Woman Confesses to Strangling Common-Law Husband
Miss Laure Weaver 21 describes killing her common-law husband Slilbur Kitzelman 52 at her Wyoming Illinois home. She bound his throat with a belt and burned the body near Annawan after driving it there, claiming he drank and failed to reform. Police note her calm account and identify the victim by false teeth.
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Napierville
Ill
Laure Weaver
Slilbur Kitzelman
Annawan
Kitzelman
Miss Weaver
Wyoming
Fire in Grandstand Injures 103 at Mack Park
A panic in the Mack Park grandstand as fire broke out near 3 pm injuring 103 people, four seriously. Eyewitnesses spoke of an explosion preceding the blaze while players helped pull crowds to safety. Most victims were taken to a city hospital with the stand filled to near capacity for a Detroit Stars versus Kansas City Monarchs game.
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Detroit
Mack Park
Mack and
Fairview Avenues
Detroit Stars
Kansas City Monarchs
James Robinson
Robinson
John D Rockefeller Avoids Birthday Publicity at Ninety
John D Rockefeller marked his ninety first birthday by staying home from church in Tarrytown New York. Reporters and photographers gathered at Pocantico Hills but he declined interviews, issuing a brief statement via Ivy Lee thanking everyone for kindness and good will.
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New York World News Service
Tarrytown
N. Y
John D. Rockefeller
R. S. Richardson
Rockefeller Foundation
New York
Union Church
Rockefeller
Pocantico Hills
Richardson
Standard Oil Today
Ivy Lee
Transcontinental Air Rail Lindbergh Line Opens
Seven teens led by Amelia Earhart boarded the Lindbergh Line inaugural trip from New York to Los Angeles. The ceremony at Penn Station christened the plane City of New York and the air-rail train link. The journey covers about 48 hours with two nights on trains and two days in the air.
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New York
West Coast
Charles A. Lindbergh
Transcontinental Air Transport Air Rail
Lindbergh
Atlantic
Pacific
Amelia Warhart
Trans- Atlantic Flyer
Pennsylvania Railroad
The
Air Company
Pennsylvania Station
City of New York
Miss Earhart
Dorothy Stone
Fred Stone
Columbus
Los Angeles
Death ends climb attempt on Mont Blanc peak
French Captain Emile Jarrier and Maurice Montin died in a blizzard near Mont Blanc summit at 15,000 feet. Alpine guide George Couttet reached a village and called for rescue teams after the two alpinists collapsed in the storm.
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Chamonix Mont Blan
France
Cauught
Mont Blanc
Emile Jarrier
Maurice Montin
George Couttet
Couttet
Jarrier
Rhineland
Want Ads Deliver Local Listings and Deals
In Mt. Auburn Eden avenue a three flat building with three garages is for sale and priced to sell at once. Five room flat with all conveniences for rent in Corryville. Band and orchestra instruments for sale at half price for a limited time. Three room flat with separate garage for rent in Hyde Park. For more ads call Canal 6300.
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Mt. Auburn
Eden Avenue
Corryville
Hyde Park
Corner Stone Laid for New University Y Building
The corner stone of the University Y M C A building in Cincinnati was laid with Charles Taft II delivering the main address. Dean Louis Peckstein spoke for President Schneider. The ceremony honored a $400000 gift from Mrs. Mary H. Gamble and her sons.
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University of 7Ncinnati Y. M. C. A
Charles P. Taft II
Cincinnati x. M S. A
Louis Peckstein
Schneider
Taft
Mary H. Gamble
Cecil H. Gamble
Cincinnati ‘Y
Clarence J. Gamble
Sidney D. Gamble
Hanselmann Lodge No
Fred K. Hoeler
Wilbur Fowler
Clifton M. E
Bulgarian Premier Liaptcheff Escape Feud Foe Attack
In Sofia on July 7 a failed assassination attempt occurred when 20 bullets were fired at an automobile carrying government police officials. Police officer Semon Alexandorff, assigned to guard Minister Vassileff, was killed. Several bandits believed Macedonian were involved in the attack.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Liaptcheff
Simeon Alexandorff
M. Vassileff
Earthquake Recorded in New Orleans Seismograph
A quake was recorded today at Loyola University Seismograph in New Orleans. Father H. C. Abel estimates the quake originated about 5,100 miles away, with activity starting at 3:34 p.m. CST and peaking at 5:05 p.m.
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New Orleans
Loyola University
H. C. Abel
Pet Dog Dies After Biting Hand Fed Him
A Boston bull terrier owned by Mrs. Nancy Hill bit her hand during a fit and died within an hour. The dog will be examined for rabies by the Board of Health. Irvin Schmidt, three, was bitten on the wrist by a dog belonging to Mrs. Emma Trichtler and was taken to the General Hospital. The second dog was ordered held for health examination.
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Boston
Nancy Hill
Sycamore Street
Emma “Trichtler
Renner Street
General Hospital
Health Department
Man Found Frozen in Ice on Mount Rainier Icefall
Forest Greathouse of Seattle was found standing upright in a block of ice after a fall into an ice crack on Ingraham Glacier at Mount Rainier. Park ranger Charles Brown lowered to the crevasse to recover the body as eleven guides and mountaineers worked through piercing cold to reach 13,000 feet. Ed win A. Whetzel of Milwaukee also died in the plunge.
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Paradise’ Inn
Rainier National Park
Wash
Greathouse
Seattle
Ingraham Glacier
Mt. Rainier
Charles Brown
Tacoma
Brown
Edwin A. Whetzel
Milwaukee
Pastor Preaches Fashion Sermon at Westwood Church
The Rev Bernard Lea Rice at Westwood First Presbyterian extols summer fashions noting sun tan dresses and white flannel trousers while contrasting fashionable Christian joy with Puritanical restraint. He cites Pope on not being first to try new and not last to lay aside old.
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Westwood First Presbyterian
Bernard Lea Rice
Westwood First Presbyterian Church
Jesus
Rail officials eye direct Cin cinnati link to new air rail service
Daniel M. Bowman, Big Four Railroad official, travels to New York to discuss linking Cincinnati with the New York Central air rail schedule launched today. The 46 hour fastest NYC Los Angeles ride joins Western Air Express, Santa Fe, and Chicago & Alton. Cincinnatians would connect via Chicago then Kansas City with a motor ride to the airport and a 12 passenger tri motor Fokker flight to Los Angeles.
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Daniel M. Bowman
Big Four Railroad
New York City
Cincinnati
New York Central
Los Angeles
Cal
N. Y. Co
Western Air Express
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Chicago & Alton
New York
Universal Air Express
Santa Fe
Cincinnati Territory
Kansas City
Chicago
Californians Near Endurance Record Hopes After Plane Crash
A Travel-Air plane piloted by Robert L. Rorick of 3560 Pape Avenue landed nose first at Dixie Davis Flying Field. The wheel struck a rut causing minor damage and no injuries, though alarms prompted police and a fire company response. Rorick, 21, was unhurt and downplayed the incident.
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Robert L. Rorick
Pape Avenue
Dixie ‘Davis
Union Levee
Rorick
East End
Angeleno Ends Tutoring Run Refueling Flight Pursuit
Culver City California July 7 L W Mendell and R B Reinhart piloting the Angeleno report 136th hour in air toward a world endurance record. They stand 39 hours and 59 seconds from the 174 hours 59 seconds Cleveland record as fog lifts and sleep improves. Ground crew say the 220 horsepower motor could run 300 to 400 hours.
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Culver City
Cal
L. W. Mendell
R. B. Reinhart
Cleveland (O
Pacific
Byron K. Newcomb
Roy L. Mitchell
Mendell
Reinhart
Obituary of EB Piepho influential St Louis businessman
EB Piepho 86 a longtime St Louis Tin Can Co and Haydock Carriage Co president died yesterday at his Flushing New York home. Born in Carthage Ohio he rose from office boy to executive, helped launch the St. Louis Tin Can Co and built a career across carriage and manufacturing firms. He leaves a son Carl Piepho and daughters Mary Fischer and Helen Piepho with three grandchildren.
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EB. B.piepho
St. Louis Tin Can Company
Haydock Carriage Company
Business Men's Club
Cincinnati Club
Flushing
Long Island
Piepho
Carthage
Cincinnati
Forrest and Collings Avenues
Methodist Book Concern
George Enger
St. Louis
C. F. Bianke Carpet Company
Union Club
Flushiste
Carl Piepho
Mary Piepho Fischer
Helen Piepho
Coast Guard still finds calm after Prince George crash
267 passengers from Yarmouth to Boston were transferred from the Prince George to the Agassiz after a collision fifty miles off Cape Ann. The Mojave rescued the Agassiz passengers, bringing them to Boston docks twelve hours after the crash. Two Agassiz crew members were badly hurt. investigators began examining signals and lane rules in heavy fog.
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New York World News Service
Boston
Cape Ann
Gloucester
Prince George
Yarmouth
Coast Guard
Agassiz
Mojave
Silver Maple
West Hika
Boston and Yarmouth Steamship Company
East Boston
Wainwright
Tuscarora
Coast Guard Steamship Company
Federal Steamship Inspection
Orlo
D. Hawser
Detroit
Alfred R. Johnson
Beatswain
King George V Reconcecrated in Westminster Abbey Thanksgiving
London July 7 George V king of England and the British dominions was consecrated anew today in Westminster Abbey in a thanksgiving service unique in history. The ceremony, attended by the public, honored his recovery from a grievous illness and reflected the loyalty of subjects worldwide. The Duke and Duchess of York led the royal family to the abbey followed by Prince George and others.
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London
George V
England
India
Westminster Abbey
George
Edward
British Empire
Duke
Duchess of York
Buckingham Palace
Prince George
Umbrella Routs Bandits in Broad Daylight Robbery
Fred Breuer of 1733 Elm Street used an umbrella to repel three armed robbers at Symmes and McMillan streets after they tried to steal a roll of fifty five cents. Police arrested John Clark Edwin Campbell and Richard Raymond in connection with the earlier holdup at the same corner. Raymond allegedly had a pistol when seized. Victim Harry Gaver identified two of the men who took twenty dollars from him at Symmes and McMillan before Breuer intervened.
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Fred Breuer
Elm Street
Symmes and
McMillan Streets
Seventh District
John Clark
Broadway
Edwin Campbell
Richard Raymond
Antonio
Tex
Raymond
Harry Gaver
McMillan Street
Symmes
Gaver
Lone Pilot Completes 1600 Mile Nonstop Flight
Brownsville Texas to Stevenson Field Winnipeg Manitoba, pilot D. B. Zimmerley of Marshall Missouri lands after a 1600 mile non-stop flight. He completed the journey in exactly six hours.
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Texas
Canada
Winnipeg
Man
Brownsville
Tex
Zimmerley
Marshall
Stevenson Airfield
Chicago Officer Shot Near North Side
Patrolman John J. Sweeney was shot and killed on the near North Side early today. Five fellow officers, within 100 feet, did not see the assailant as Sweeney fell at an alley entrance while starting to pull a patrol box. Authorities had no clues.
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Chicago
John J. Sweeney
Near North Side
Sweeney
Cincinnati Lady Bountiful Seeks Aid To Resume Role
Mrs Leah Weiss, once famed as Cincinnati’s Lady Bountiful, has fallen on hard times. Friends plan a fundraiser through her published works to restore her finances and allow her to resume charitable gifts to Gentile and Jewish children alike.
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Cincinnati
Bountiful
Leah Weiss
Lady Bountiful
Israel
Weiss
Boy and girl shot accident by family rifle
Ruth Meyers eight, wounded fatally by a .22 rifle discharge while playing with six year old Robert Baumgartner on Bevis Lane Bevis town Ohio. The gun had been left by Mr Baumgartner for crow shooting. Ruth hospitalized in critical condition.
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Ruth Meyers
Julia Meyers
Milton Street
Robert . Baumgartner
L. Baumgartner
Bevis Lane
Bevistown
Baumgartner
Tragic Lightning Strike Kills Golfer and Two Caddies
A woman golfer and two caddies were killed at Rosemount Golf Club in Montreal today after they sought shelter under an umbrella during a electrical storm. The incident occurred while the players were on the course and highlights the danger of sudden weather during outdoor sports.
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Montreal
Que
Rosemount Golf Club
Silent Lamp Signal Aids Nurses In Hospitals
Louis Cooper Levy of the Jewish Hospital introduces a silent lamp signal to locate floor nurses without disturbing patients. A colored bulb outside each room lights when a nurse is inside and switches off on exit. The system has sparked demand and a Chicago firm now focuses on hospital equipment installations.
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America
Louis Cooper Levy
Jewish Hospital
Maurice E. Pollak
Levy
Je Hospital
Chicago
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Cross - America Air Rail
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Amelia Earhart
Want
Commercial Tribune Canal 6300
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U. S. Glacier
Eddie Stinson
City of Cleveland
Ernest Basham
Mitchell and Newcomb
Stinson
Basham
Cleveland
Logal
Nast
St. Louis Can Company
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Breuer
Isaac H. Schwartz
Alexander Weiss
Father Duffy
Western Hemisphere
Zion
Humanity
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