Heat Wave Drowns Teens as Ohio Sizzles Across Midwest
Ohio endures a deadly heat wave with eighteen deaths in two days as temperatures rise into the 90s. Drownings in the Ohio and Maumee rivers surge, with Toledo and Cincinnati reporting multiple fatalities. Officials warn no relief soon as records peak and rain remains unlikely.
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Ohio
Toledo
Abe Luce
Earl Pyne
Harvey Long
Maumee
Dewey Spicer
Ohio River
Bellaire
Robert Kimball
Columbus
Big Walnut Creek
James Gronninger
Chillicothe
Scioto River
Paul Smith
Cincinnati
Constantino Simi
Little Miami River
Milfor
Lindsey ousted from Denver Juvenile Court bench
Judge Lindsey, founder of the Juvenile Court, was removed after courts ruled his 1924 election illegal. The case was carried by the widow of Royal K Graham after his death. Lindsey, long a controversial figure, blames Ku Klux Klan influence for his removal. no successor named yet.
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Denver
Ben B. Lindsey
Lindsey
Financial baron arraigned before judge in stock scandal
In Los Angeles on June 30 the Julian Petroleum stock scandal led to arraignments of bankers brokers and others on multiple counts including embezzlement and usury. Judge Albert Lee Stephens postponed plea to July 11 as the case widens with seven bankers among the defendants and charges centered on stock refinancing pools.
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Los Angeles
Julian Petroleum Corporation
Albert Lee Stephens
John E. Barber
First National Bank
Charles F. Stern
Pacific Southwest Trust and Savings Bank
Julian Stock
Stern
Barber
Rhany
S. C. Lewis
Attempt Made to Kill Ince in Fullerton
Police investigate reports that motion picture director Ralph W. Ince was targeted by a chloroform attacker in a Fullerton hotel room last night. Ince awoke to fumes and was helped by others. investigators suspect a demented individual. He had been filming near Santa Ana Canyon.
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Fullerton
Cal
Ralph W. Ince
Hollywood
Ince
Santa Ana Canyon
Here
Leningrad Recalled as Glamour Fades in Modern City
Walter C. Whiffen, former Associated Press correspondent in Leningrad, revisits the city and compares its post revolutionary state with its peak era. He describes a tarnished charm, quiet cafes, scarce restaurants, and a lack of the former glitter of pre revolution life.
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Walter C. Whiffen
Associated Press
Leningrad
St. Petersburg
Mr. Whiffen
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Peter the Great
Europe
Petrograd
Chantant
Amity Hov ers W er Debated In Arms Parley
Geneva dispatch reports the world powers advancing in disarmament talks. Britain declares no sea power supremacy toward the United States and outlines destroyer and cruiser size limits. The Americans push for 10,000 ton cruisers under the Washington treaty and study six inch gun installations.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Tripartite Naval Conference
United States
Great Britain
W. C. Bridgeman
Admiralty
Associated Press
Byrd Flies Into Fog as America Vanishes Near Paris
New York World News Service reports Commander Richard E. Byrd and three companions in the monoplane America are lost west of Paris after a night of failed SOS signals and fading fuel. Crowds at Le Bourget watched for signs as searchlights and police mobilized amid heavy rain and low ceiling.
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Alfred M. Murray
New York World News Service
Paris
France
America
Richard E. Byrd
le Bourget Field
le Bourget
Byrd
Clarence D. Chamberlin
New York
Germany
Brittany
Land’s End
Chamberlin
Cherbourg
Seine
Saint Brieux
Rennes
Quessant
Rodman Wanamaker
Brest
Wilson
St. Brieus
Acosta
Man shoots himself after quarrel with wife in street
Elmer Pahner, 25, a laborer of 1411 Main, shot himself in the left chest during an argument with his wife Louise Pahner at 125 West Fourteenth Street. He was taken to General Hospital in critical condition, the bullet near his heart.
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Elmer Pahner
Main Street
Louise Pahner
West Fourteenth Street
Pahner
General Hospital
Glazer Verdict Not Guilty In Ida Glazer Murder Case
In Cleveland on June 30 Mrs Helen Schaefer Glazer was acquitted of murdering Ida Glazer nineteen year old wife of Joseph Glazer. The jury deliberated briefly after a ten day trial in which prosecutors alleged Ida was killed by Mrs Glazer while asleep beside her husband and staged as death by own action.
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Cleveland
Helen Schaefer Glazer
Ida Glazer
Joseph Glazer
Death by Own Action Suspected in Local Asphyxiation
Coroner prepares verdict of death by own action in the asphyxiation death of Edward Beverly, 60, a carpenter living at 131 West Ninth Street. Beverly body found by friend R H Wilds at 1320 Central Avenue after gas fumes filled the room and life squad failed to revive him. Beverly had been living alone after separating from his wife and recently spoke of seeking work in Marion Ohio.
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Edwin Beverly
West Ninth Street
R. H. Wilds
Central Avenue
Milton Hellman
Wilson Avenue
Beverly
Wilds
Marion, C
Whistle Valve Malfunction Triggers Citywide Din
A defective locomotive whistle valve in the Big Four roundhouse at Riverside caused a continuous blast for forty five minutes. Residents feared a disaster as three Commercial Tribune reporters investigated by phone. Mechanics fixed the valve after twenty five minutes of work.
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Riverside
Byrd
Paris
The
Commercial Tribune
Roundhouse
Pogue Files Suit Challenging 1924 Gift Tax Provisions
Mrs. Fannie W. Pogue widow of Samuel Pogue sues Charles M. Dean claiming Sections 319 to 324 of the 1924 revenue act are unconstitutional and not retroactive. She seeks $24, $21.75 paid under protest on gifts totaling $650,900 arguing Fifth and Tenth Amendment violations. The gifts, believed to be stock to charity, were made before the act.
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Fannie W. Pogue
Samuel Pogue
H. &S. Pdgue Company
Charles M. Dean
Internal Revenue
Pogue
Hoffheimer & Pogue
Girl in coma after prowler sighting in Baltimore
Sophie Doeflin, 15, terrified by a prowling man, has remained unconscious for four days since Monday night. She briefly wrote “Man-Hall” to her mother on Wednesday, is fed by milk and juice, and shows only regular breathing. Doctors believe speech may return.
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Baltimore
Sophie Doeflin
Man-Hall
Will of Dr Joseph C Marcus directs charity gifts
The will filed in Probate Court after Dr Marcus death on June 26 at 214 West Seventh Street directs the executor to use only reasonable efforts to collect debts but to forgive payments if they cause hardship. Collected funds go to charitable organizations regardless of creed. Books and diplomas are to be burned. Remainder, about 5000 dollars, goes equally to three nieces and two nephews, including Nellie Newman and the Baum siblings.
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Joseph C. Marcus
Swueders
West Seventh Street
Jules
Nellie Newman
Warwick Apartments
Bertha K. Baum
Blanche B. Mayer
Nat K. Baum
Joseph K. Baum
St. Louis
Jerome Rice
New Warwick
Daabater
Sacco and Vanzetti Moved to State Prison
Nicolai Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, condemned for the 1920 murder, were secretly moved at midnight from Dedham Jail to Charlestown State Prison. Gov. Fuller had granted a 30 day respite for study of trial evidence, while appeals for commutation continued.
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Boston
Nicolai Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Dedham
Charlestown
Fuller
Act Now Veterans: Bureau Extends Hours Through July 2
The United States Veterans Bureau at 1015 Vine Street Cincinnati will stay open from 8 30 a m to 8 30 p m during June 27 to July 2 to help veterans reinstate or convert government insurance. After July 2, 1927, it will be too late.
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United States Veterans’ Bureau
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Army OF Lawyers
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