Miserable death of worker Edward Kuhlman found in squalid room
Police found 54 year old laborer Edward Kuhlman of 1525 Linn Street dead in his room from hanging himself with a dirty sheet tied to a water pipe. Missed work and long illness, along with hunger, were cited by roomer Herman Alfrey as factors. Coroner ordered removal to the County Morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kuhlman
Linn Street
Herman Alfrey
Kuhlman
Alfrey
Swing
English treasure hunt voyage to recover $60 million in Bolivia
A British prospectus outlines an expedition of eighteen Englishmen led by Dr. Edgar Sanders to locate a reputed $60,000,000 treasure near Gaichani ranch in La Paz Bolivia. The plan calls for leasing the Sacambaya hillside, distributing one fourth to the ranch owner, and completing the search by October after a March departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
Bolivia
Edgar Sanders
Gaichani Ranch
Sacambaya
Inquisivi
la Paz
Sanders
Spain
Upper Peru
Europe
Gregorio San Roman
Callao
Peru
Gregorio
Donna Carina
Progers
Sir Edward Denison Ross
N. Y
Maiden speech of Mrs Langley draws wild House applause
In Washington on January 24 the House gave extended applause to Mrs. John W Langley of Kentucky for her maiden address. She urged relief for Kentucky coal miners and spoke of supporting a mountaineer’s plight amid a political vindication campaign following her husband’s liquor sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Washington
John W. Langley
Rep
Atlanta
Old Kentucky
Heflin Attacks Reporters In Senate Lobs Threats
Senator Heflin denounces reporters as liars and hickory nuts over stories about his remarks. He warned of action against press if more false statements appear while defending his attacks on Al Smith and the Catholic Church. The House quickly expunged a similar "liar" remark amid a clarifying exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Press Gallery
Heflin
Dem
Ala
Catholic Church
Gov. Smith
New York
Alabama
Washington Herald
Hearst
Senate
Cooper
Wisconsin
Free
California
Tornadoes Hit Paducah Area Killing Kentucky Infant
A Kentucky tornado near Paducah killed an infant daughter of farmer A. Trice and damaged the Lang school where 6 to 14 year olds sheltered. Twenty one pupils and their teacher escaped injury. The storm crossed from Tennessee near Wickliffe and exited toward Caseyville Illinois with no report of damage there. Multiple communities felt the impact in Kentucky and nearby Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah
Kentucky
Tennessee
Illinois
A. Trice
Trice
Gage
Lang
Hattie Scott
Wickliffe
Kevil
Gage, Lamont
Franklin
Tenn
Couple seeks re marriage after companionate divorce
In Cleveland on January 26, Mr and Mrs Florian L Hummer requested remarriage after thirty days under a companionate divorce enabling them to live in their $45 000 home without full spousal duties. The arrangement aimed to keep their three children together. Judge Ewing discovered the divorce was not recorded, revealing they had never legally been divorced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Florian L. Hummer
Ewing
Court Journal
Father dies after roof fall leaves seven orphans
Albert Broxterman a 50 year old carpenter fell from a new Phillips avenue roof in St Bernard dying at General Hospital. His seven children aged 6 to 13 are left orphaned with the widow Hildegard Broxterman. Funeral services are set for 8:30 am Friday at St Clement’s Church with burial in St Mary’s Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips Avenue
St. Bernard
Albert Broxterman
Oak Street
St. Clement’s Parochial School
Frank
Margaret
Cecelia
Aloysius
John
Joseph
St. Clement's Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Editor urges more crime news printing at convention
Grove Patterson of The Toledo Blade argues crime reporting should increase to deter crime. He cites 347 Chicago murders versus 27 in London and credits extensive coverage of the Ruth Snyder case as a preventive factor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Grove Patterson
Toledo Blade
Associated Dailies
Patterson
Snyder- Gray
Ruth Snyder
Chicago
London
Planners Balk at Library Site Contention Over City Plan
The City Planning Commission protests the County Library Board site for the new main library at Walnut Street and Central Parkway. The Commission favors Elm Street and Central Parkway through Washington Park, citing limited block space and clash with city plans. A Cincinnatus Association committee led by Clark Wilby will meet the Library Board to discuss the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Planning Commission
County Library Board
Cincinnatus Association
Library Committee
Walnut Street
Central Parkway
Library Board
Court Street
Bowen Alley
Planning Commission
Elm Street
Washington Park
Seasongood
Clark Wilby
Stanley Rowe
Neil Mallon
Ohio youth wins Prince of Peace declamation prize
C J Schwarz aged 18 from Washington D D is declared winner of the third annual Prince of Peace declamation contest. The event is run by the Ohio Council of Churches during the pastors convention in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumbus, O
Cc. J. Schwarz
Washington D. H
Ohio Council of Churches
One Pastors
Lover Held Girl Prisoner for Two Weeks
William M. Stockton 28 of Monticello Kentucky and Mona Sharp 16 of Falmouth Kentucky were arrested after a note found in a grocery store led authorities to Addyston Ohio. Stockton claimed he planned to marry the girl and that she had consented to wait while he earned money. The pair had lived in two rooms rented from Walter Hays in Addyston, and the girl previously told police she was 18 before revising her account. The girl had been married once before to J. E. Bruce of Falmouth, Kentucky, and said she had divorced nine months earlier.
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William M. Stockton
Monticello
Mona Sharp
Falmouth
Cincinnati
Addyston
O. Monticello
Kirgan
Stockton
Walter Hays
Elisha Sharp
J. E. Bruce
First District
Inquiry ordered into oil sale to foreign firms
Secretary Wilbur ordered an investigation into reports that Honolulu Consolidated Oil Co sold Naval Reserve oil to Royal Dutch Shell. A board including Rear Admirals Rousseau and Mulligan and JAG E H Campbell will study remedial legislation and report to Congress. Continuous production continues in Reserve No 2 while Reserve No 1 is nearly shut down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilbur
Naval Petroleum
California
Honolulu Consolidated Oil Company
Royal Dutch Shell Company
H. H. Rousseau
Navy
John Mulligan
E. H. Campbell
Congress
Naval Reserve
Honolulu
Pan- American Company
Escape of 19 Prisons from County Jail Sparks Canada Hunt
Nineteen prisoners fled from a County Jail branch in Detroit by digging through a brick wall with improvised tools. Two were recaptured, including Robert J. White. William Trudeau was found at a hospital seeking drug treatment. Authorities feared others would cross the Detroit River into Canada as narcotics agents hunted the escaping inmates.
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Detroit
Canada
Robert J. White
William Trudeau
Hartley Uapt. To Quit After Thirty-Five Sea Years
Herbert Hartley resigns as Commodore of the United States Lines fleet after 35 years at sea, with five years in command of the Leviathan. Hartley to join Pepperell Manufacturing as Atlanta representative. Vice Commodore Cunningham named to succeed him. Hartley cites desire for a home and notes he has not had one since age 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert Hartley
United States Lines
Shipping Board
H. Cunningham
Cunningham
George Washington
Hartley
Pepperell Manufacturing Company
Boston
Atlanta
Saratoga
William S. Sims
W. Bh. Fletcher
S. S. St. Paul
American Lines
United States Navy
Atlantic
Albert B. Fall
Teapot Dome Naval Reserve
New York
M. T. Everhart
Pueblo
Sinclair
Fall
New Mexico
Russia
Constitutional Law Enforcement League of Ohio Formed
State Senator George Bender of Cleveland announced the formation of the Constitutional Law Enforcement League of Ohio to combat re establishment of kangaroo courts. Headquarters would be set in Cleveland as the group aims to elect public officials who reflect constituents with regard to the Marshall bill and oppose current court jurisdiction changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
George Bender
Constitutional Law Enforcement League of Ohio
Ohio
Benders
Ohio State Bar Association
Bender
Justices of the Peace
Ford Flyer Forced Down Near Asheville
Harry J. Brooks piloting the Ford flivver that departed Detroit for a nonstop flight to Miami landed on a hilltop at Emma a suburb of Asheville at 4 45 this afternoon. Heavy head winds and ice on the wings caused the forced landing.
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Asheville
N. C
Harry J. Brooks
Detroit
Miami
Emma
Police Chief Copelan Drives City Car Into Platform
A city touring car driven by Police Chief Copelan struck a loading platform on Gilbert Avenue. The left front wheel was knocked off. The Chief, his wife, and Patrolman Louis Pohl were unharmed. Pohl said the platform was dark. Copelan blamed a driver maneuver. Multiple other accidents followed on slick streets, injuring a nurse and listing additional minor crashes.
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Copelan
Gilbert Avenue
Sixth Street
Louis Pohl
Pohl
Wiliam Matherson
Sharon and
Willow Avenues
Glendale
Reading Road
Elsinore Avenue
General Hospital
Florence and
Gilbert Avenues
Emmons Stone
Chateau Avenue
Charles D. Cotter
South Woodward Street
Dayton
Anna Haanson
West Court Street
Central Parkway
Vine Street
Cutter
Good Samaritan Hospital
Elbert and
Meyer
Albert Erb
Logan Street
Elder Street
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Langley
Consin
Vors
Longworth
Hudspeth
National Livestock Association
el Paso
Houston
North Atlantic
Mount Vernon
House
Hale
Naval Committee
C. A. Hinsch
Community Chest Campaign
A. E. Anderson
Charles A. Hinsch
Twister
Robert Burton
Children’s Convalescent Hospital
Community Chest
Chest
C. M. Bookman
Secrrtary
the Chest
Cincinnati Orphan Asylum
Mt. Auburn
Bookman
Fred A. Geier
Geier
Council of Social Agencies
A E. Anderson
Anderson
Liberty Loan
War Chest
William Cooper Procter
Siegfried Geismar
R. Marcellus Wagner
A. C. Bachmeyer
Robert A. Taft
Hinsch
J. Hinsch
Commission Protests
Selection
Cincinnatus Group
Choice
Honolulu Company
Naval Re
British Corporation
Congressional Committee
Rousseau
Judge Advocate General
Bureau of Engineering
U. S. Lines
Everhart
Owe
Fort
Jan
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate Lands Committee
Edward L. Doheny
Teapot Dome
Elk Hills
Cal
Continental Trading Company, Ltd
Continental Company
A. E. Humphreys
Denver
Standard Oil Company
A. C. Downing
New York Trust Company
Henry M. Blackmer
Midwest
France
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Blackmer
James E. O'Neil
The
Prairie Company
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Humphreys
Tres Ritos
Harriss
Anti-Kangaroo League
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