Italian Explorer No bile Held Prisoner After Ice Burial Tragic Tale
Stockholm reports Gen Umberto Nobile is treated as Italy's prisoner pending a clear explanation of the Italia disaster. A Tass radiogram details Finn Malmgren burial alive after the dirigible crash, with Captains Mariano and Zappi surviving and seeking aid as six planes fail to answer calls for help.
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Nobile
Italy
Malmgren
Stockholm
Dagblad Today
Umberto Nobile
Citta di Milano
Finn Malmeren
Italia
Alberto Mariano
Filip Zappi
No Man’s Land
Moscow
Finn Malmgren
Tass
Samoilovich
Krassin
Mariano
Zappi
Dr. Malmgren
Island Brok
Cast of The Captive Arrested at Opening Night
The cast of The Captive adapted by Arthur Hornblow Jr was arrested during the last act of the premiere in San Francisco. They were released on bond of 25 dollars but held on charges of giving a theatrical performance offensive to common decency under city ordinance and a state law. The play had been ruled out in Los Angeles and Chicago. No further performances were planned tonight.
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Arthur Hornblow, Jr
Edouard Bourdet
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Chicago
Earthquake Shakes Smyrna Reported by Daily Telegram
Smyrna was jolted by a severe quake today according to a London based correspondent of The Daily Telegram. Damages and details remain unconfirmed as reports come in from the coastal city.
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Smyrna
London
Daily
7Fail
Yrna
Hoover campaign tour opens across nation
Herbert Hoover continues cross country trip heading toward California as Dawes hosts him in Chicago. He speaks at Ft Wayne and meets crowds in transit before joining Dawes to the summer White House at Brule. Marshall Hicks of San Antonio endorses Hoover, while remaining a Democrat in principle.
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Chicago
California
Herbert Hoover
Dawes
White House
Brule
Coolidge
Washington
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Union Station
Hoover
Mr. Dawes
San Antonio
Marshall Hicks
Hicks
Baltimore
Wilson
Texas
Smith
Death of Henry R. Rathbone of Illinois
Chicago July 15. Congressman Henry R. Rathbone of Kenilworth Illinois died at Presbyterian Hospital after an operation. Born February 12 1870 he studied at Yale Albany Law School Wisconsin and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1895. Rathbone supported prohibition farm relief lakes to gulf waterway and aviation. he sponsored the 1924 bill honoring army flyers who circled the world. His parents were in Ford's Theater when Lincoln was assassinated.
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Chicago
Henry R. Rathbone
Kenilworth
Illinois
Presbyterian Hospital
Rathbone
Lincolnia
Henry Rathbone
Ford
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Ira Harris
United States
New York
Yale University
Albany Law School
University of Wisconsin
Laura Lucille Harney
Oshkosh
Wis
Hamilton Club
Congress
Cunard Commodore Sir James Charles Dies Aboard Aquitania
Sir James Charles, Commodore of the Cunard Line since 1921, dies at Southampton after illness on the Aquitania's last voyage. He fell unconscious at Cherbourg, declined to quit the bridge, and died hours after retirement. Passengers raised 3300 dollars for seamen’s charities in his honor.
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Southampton
James Charles
Cunard Line
Cherbourg
Sir James
Aquitania
Charles
Commodore
Anti Royalists Disrupt Royal Visit in Belgium
In Bruges on July 15 Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid laid wreaths at a war memorial during a cathedral visit. Anti Royalists tried to demonstrate blowing whistles and booing. Police scuffled with demonstrators and ten people were arrested.
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Bruge
Belgium
Leopold
Astrid
Navy plans largest armada of planes for first line of defense
204 naval aircraft to be deployed at San Diego from July 26 to September 1 for war practice, formation flying, and hypothetical enemy operations. 54 pursuers, 36 light bombers, 30 scouts, 36 torpedo planes, 35 observation and 12 utility craft will be used to showcase aviation as integral to fleet defense.
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Washington
San Diego
Cal
Uncle Sam
Pacific Coast
Pacific Coast Fleet
Navy
Mayor Replies On Coercion Charge In Clerk Petition
The Cincinnati mayor defends lawyers names on a Lewis for Clerk petition arguing legal privilege and refuses to disclose signers. He says public offices should not be used to back private candidacies and questions Judge Ryan’s coercion claim while outlining issues over clerk and auditor conduct at the courthouse.
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Seasongood
Walter A. Ryan
Frank Lewis
Ryan
Lawyers’ Lewis-for-Clerk Club
Darby
Lewis
Hynicka-Blaine Club
Youth's Body Found in River Near Bromley
Coroner Stephens identified an eighteen-year-old boy found in the Ohio River near Bromley. A hand-carved H on a brown leather belt was the sole clue. the body appeared to have been in the water about two days. Two men rowing discovered the corpse in a clump of bushes by the riverbank. he wore an undershirt and pants, with dark brown hair and fair complexion, about 180 pounds.
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Stephens
Ohio River
Bromley
Souders Suffered Serious Detroit Track Accident
George Souders of Lafayette Indiana, 500 mile Indianapolis winner, was seriously injured in a dirt track race in Detroit when his car crashed through the inner rail near the finish. He sustained a skull fracture and multiple fractures and remained unconscious late tonight. Howard Taylor of Flint Michigan won the 100 mile race.
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George Souders
Detroit
Lafayette
Ind
Indianapolis
Souders
Howard Taylor
Flint
Mich
Sauders
Auto crash on Reading Road kills rider. deaf family survives
A car careened onto a loading platform on Reading road early yesterday, fatally striking a negro man. The Mathews family, all deaf mutes, escaped with cuts and bruises as the driver Luther Williams was arrested for reckless driving. The victim died at General Hospital from a fractured skull.
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Reading Road
Ruth Marie Mathews
Twelfth Street
Harold J. Mathews
Marie Mathews
Farrell Court
Mathews
Hamilton County
Luther Williams
General Hospital
Picnic Bus Plunges Down Hill Killing Two, Injuring Fifteen
A large picnic bus ran down a 50 foot embankment at Wildwood Grove near Pittsburgh killing two and injuring fifteen. Eyewitnesses said braking failed as the vehicle descended a steep hill near the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bridge, sending many victims to local hospitals.
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Pittsburgh
Wildwood Grove
Baltimore & Ohio
Mystery Man Aboard Welcome Parade Jailed for Bad Checks
Samuel S. Spiegel, dubbed the international mystery man, was arrested in Los Angeles on charges of impersonating State Department officials and issuing false and stolen checks. He had arrived in 1927 as the Egyptian envoy amid a public New York welcome and band parades. Investigators say he traveled across several states leaving a trail of bad checks, with ties to the motion picture industry and alleged victims including movie studios and stars. He faces possible immigration charges as Washington weighs further actions.
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Los Angeles
New York City
Department of Justice
Samuel S. Spiegel
Department of State
Washington
Spiegel
San Francisco
New York
Connecticut
Illinois
Cairo
Egypt
Death duel ends in bramble patch with Hartnett slain
In Chicago a rivals feud erupts at Sterling Hotel where gangster Danny Hartnett known for two guns dies after a shootout with Patsy Tardi. Tardi, wounded and under police guard, survives, as guard Tony Califfura is also shot in front of 1621 Kells Street. Police note the hotel had been ordered closed as a nuisance.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Danny Hartnett
Patsy
Frank McErlane
Spike
O’donnell
Sterling Hotel
Madison and
Lincoln Streets
Zuta-Skidmore Beer
Tardi
Hartnett
Tar
Knights Templar Open Conclave in Detroit
Detroit hosts the thirty-seventh triannual Grand Encampment of Knights Templar with thousands of knights from every state and delegations from Canada. The city expects about 200000 attendees and families for the week as a $100000 jeweled arch lights Woodward Avenue and the Washington Boulevard court of honor.
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Detroit
Knights Templar
United States
City Tonight
Woodward Avenue
Court of Honor
Washington Boulevard
Knights In Armor
Society Woman Struck by ProPELLER at Naval Air Station
Mrs Hugh D Auchincloss a prominent Washington and New York society figure was struck by an airplane propeller after alighting from a plane at the Naval Air Station. She is in critical condition with a fractured skull and heavy blood loss requiring a transfusion.
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Washington
Hugh D. Auchincloss
New York
Naval Air Station
Widow Kills Her Son Then Ends Her Life in Oak Park
Mrs. Josephine Frese, 40, paid undertaker Edward Blatter for two coffins and two funerals before returning home in Oak Park. She killed her eleven year old son, an invalid since birth, with a hammer and then died by inhaling gas, the boy cradled in her arms.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Josephine Frese
Edward Blatter
Pleasant Street
Oak Park
New York Plans Elaborate Rites for Border Age
New York prepared an elaborate military funeral for Captain Emilio Carranza known as the Lone Eagle. His body lay in state at Campbell Funeral Church as thousands filed past the bier. A guard of honor will escort the casket to Pennsylvania Station for a train to Mexico, symbolizing strong Mexican American friendship and international esteem sparked by Lindbergh’s goodwill flight.
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New York World News Service
New York
Emilio Carranza
Campbell
New York City
Mexico
Lone Eagle
Mount Holly
N. J
Rio Grande
Pennsylvania Station
Lindbergh
Musicians Plan Fight Over Vitaphone Use
In Chicago a joint move by the American Federation of Musicians and the Chicago Federation of Musicians targets vitaphone and movie tone machines. Joseph N Weber, president of the national body, cites 200 theaters with such devices and 1,000 more planned. He seeks dialogue but warns machines could replace vocal and orchestral music, risking cultural growth. Unemployment pushes unions to oppose the tech despite recognizing synchronization as a scientific advance. The national union has about 158,000 members.
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Chicago
American Federation of Musicians
Chicago Federation of Musicians
Joseph N. Weber
National Organization
Chicago Union
France and Italy Ready to Sign Kellogg Pact to outlaw war
Washington notes public tonight that France and Italy accept the Kellogg multilateral treaty to outlaw war. France confirms self defense exceptions. Mussolini’s position not formally stated but believed aligned. Other signatories also moving toward initial signatures as Kellogg praises progress toward outlawing war as national policy.
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France
Italy
Briand
New York World News Service
Washington
State Department
Claudel
Kellogg
Paris
Mussolini
Vanderbilt auto honeymoon arrives in Buffalo on tour
Cornelius Vanderbilt and his bride, the former Mrs. Waldo Logan of Chicago, arrived in Buffalo from Philadelphia as part of their automobile honeymoon itinerary. They plan to visit Niagara Falls after leaving Buffalo.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Waldo Logan
Chicago
Philadelphia
Niagara Falls
Head Wrapped in Apron and Hands Bound With Fish Line
A grisly scene described in fragments shows a body with the head covered by an apron and hands tightly bound with fishing line, while the feet are wrapped in a burlap sack. Police investigate the disturbing find and seek clues about the victim and crime.
Hatchet Slaying Shocks Long Island Community
The body of William F. Gilbride, 52, a Brooklyn builder, was found in East Meadows, Nassau County, with cords binding hands and legs and a hatchet wound. Police pursue robbery as the motive while identifying Gilbride from business cards found on him. witnesses describe a possible berry-patch encounter near Freeport.
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New York World News Service
New York
William F. Gilbride
Brooklyn
East Meadows
L. I
Nassau County
Detective McLaren
Merrick
Navy
Gilbride
Thomas
Freeport
King
John Sheridan
Albert Berg
Sheridan
Fulton Street
Newbridge Road
JAIL POSTMASTER IN FUNDS SCANDAL
William E. Miller postmaster of Wiggins Mississippi was arrested on an indictment by a federal grand jury probing patronage abuses in the state. Miller jailed at Gulfport and to be arraigned in Biloxi before Judge Edwin R Holmes. Co-defendants Ed L Patton and J C Tannehill were also arrested in Jackson.
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Biloxi
Miss
William E. Miller
Wiggins
Mississippi
Miller
Gulfport
Edwin R. Holmes
Ed. L. Patton
Jackson
J. C.tannehill
Summrall
United States
Patton
Tannehill
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