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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1927
Page
1
A mob riots outside Hillsborough County jail in Tampa as National Guard troops and militiamen clash with hundreds seeking to seize C. F. Levins the confessed killer of five. One man is dead eleven wounded. Troopers order shoot to kill as guards fire across the area.
Washington reports President Calles has ordered an embargo on American furniture and machinery for Mexican government use. Ambassador Sheffield plans to return home amid questions over a new chill in relations and the memory of earlier notes urging reform.
Washington weighs shifting the American Legation from Peking to a safer location such as Tientsin amid fears for U S personnel in Northern China. Marine detachments from Shanghai or the Philippines to Tientsin are considered, with Admiral Williams and Gen Butler authorized to act. The plan to amass foreign troops at Tientsin or Peking remains unofficial and unsettled.
Akron, May 31. Ward T. Van Orman leads the 1927 national balloon race with a 705 mile drop at Bar Harbor Maine. St. Louis Rotary entry Capt Harry E Honeywell lands at Brockville Ontario 425 miles from Akron. Six entries remain aloft with two pilots in Army No 3 and Scripps Howard potentially challenging the leader.
R L Gillett general secretary of the Y M C A told the Cincinnati Y M C A annual meeting that foreign intervention worsens the Chinese crisis. He urged that China can settle its internal strife amicably and compared the situation to the U S Civil War. Gillett noted twenty six years of Y M C A work near Nanking and predicted the National army would win.
Will Reeves was appointed to the permanent post of Recreation Director in Cincinnati after a withdrawal by Louis Burnett of Paterson left Reeves among the eligible candidates. Reeves had been acting as director since January and had long been active in local recreation work. The first four applicants and scores were listed with Elmer Manning leading at 96.5.
Dr William A White of St Elizabeths Hospital said Earl Carroll is really sick and not feigning illness. White spoke at the Hotel Linton during the American Psychiatric Association convention and noted Carroll's doctors believe prison illness could be serious. The gathering ended with election of officers and the final session featuring papers presented.
Lieut. Paul Evert and Lieut. R R Gillespie, in Army No 1, eluded the woods for eight hours after their balloon descended in a tree top fifteen miles northeast of Cranberry Lake New York during the national elimination race. Both men escaped injury and reached Cranberry Lake at eight o clock tonight.
The cloudburst and storms across Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia have raised total fatalities to nineteen with three more deaths confirmed in Kentucky. Drowned include Dr. T B Bailey and two Burton Jail prisoners. Beaver Creek towns cut off, Camp Branch fatalities reported, Letcher and Roxana hit hard, and rail service disrupted on the McRoberts division. The Kentucky River rises further.
The swollen Atchafalaya River and adjacent great lakes spread over rich farming lands as impounded waters roll toward the Gulf. Rescue and relief teams stood ready for emergencies across the region.
Britain’s air chiefs and world flight heroes honored Capt. Charles Lindbergh at a Buckingham Palace banquet. King George VI pinned the Air Force Cross on Lindbergh while Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales attended, and Lindbergh spoke of his Atlantic crossing amid admiring royal attention.
Captain Lindbergh may sail to Washington aboard the Memphis to reach the capital before President Coolidge leaves for the Black Hills. A Cabinet committee invited him to bypass slower crossing on the Breck to ensure an early arrival and a national celebration is planned.
Lita Gray Chaplin begins a deposition in her divorce action against Charles Spencer Chaplin. She says she will name seven women four prominent movie actresses as partly responsible for the suit. The deposition is being conducted by Chaplin's attorneys with her consent. its sensational content is withheld from the public.
George Forsdike former Lord Mayor of Cardiff and twenty five British delegates praised Cincinnati's hospitality during a visit hosted by John Omwake of the Playing Card Company. They noted shared ideals with America and England and praised cordial reception at the Cincinnati Country Club and Gibson luncheon.
Ohio Governor Donahey vetoes the Chappelear Herbert elections code and calls for an extraordinary session in January to pursue election reform. He faults the measure for corruption risks and wide amendments by political bosses.
Indiana Governor Jackson is ordered to appear in Superior Court June 11 to be questioned under oath about property of D. C. Stephenson former Ku Klux Klan leader now in prison for murder of Madge Oberholtzer. The move ties to a support suit filed by Nettie Stephenson Brehm through attorney Floyd J. Mattice.
Captain Ivan Lundbloem of Cincinnati, who ran away from Stockholm as a boy, identified his sister Mrs Emil Carl ius in New York after 33 years. The reunion followed a bet won when he picked her among passengers aboard the Swedish liner Stockholm. The sister is wife of Sweden’s National Chorus director, visiting for concerts.
Paul Kelly, motion picture juvenile actor, convicted of manslaughter in the fatal fight with Ray Raymond, musical comedy actor, was sentenced to one to ten years in state prison in Los Angeles. Oral notice of appeal was filed and Kelly was returned to jail without bond.
Capt. E. L. Janney, 34, vows a nonstop Ottawa to London flight, about 3000 miles, as part of Canada's jubilee. He plans to depart June 36 morning with a radio operator aboard, who will not assist in flying the aircraft.
The Court of Appeals set aside a Common Pleas verdict for the defense in a $10,000 death claim against bus operator William Schmidt. Judges ruled Judge Roettinger mischarged, holding a pedestrian must be protected even with an approaching vehicle in view. A new trial was ordered.
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