Industrial Leader Tells Prohibitionists Why He Joined Enemies of Volstead Act
John J. Raskob, GM Finance Committee chairman and director of firms employing over 300000, declares in a letter to Col. Callahan that he opposes prohibition as a citizen and father of twelve, urging the nation to teach right from wrong and uphold liberty despite attacks on laws. The letter responds to Callahan's charges about his ties to the National Association Against Prohibition and Catholic Church concerns.
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New York World News Service
New York
John J. Raskob
General Motors Corporation
Patrick H. Callahan
Louisville
Mr. Raskob
United States
Roskob
Col
Callahan
Europe
National Association Against Prohibition
Col. Callahan
Louisville Varnish Company
al Smith
John L. Belford
Brooklyn
Raskob
Tragic Train Collision Kills Three in Ohio Baptism Trip
At Cook Station near Bloomingburg Fayette County a car carrying Percie Kennel and a party to a baptismal ceremony was hit by a northbound B&O passenger train. Dead are Ray Hiestand 30 Robert Kennel 8 Dean Kennel 6. Hiestand senior 65 badly hurt. Percie Kennel 35 expected to recover. Witnesses noted clear view of tracks at crossing. Continued on Fourth Page.
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Cook Station
Here
Hiestand
Ray
Kennel
Robert
Dean
H. T. Hiestand
Percie Kennel
Bloomingburg
Fayette County
White Oak
DIES AFTER FIGHT OVER TALK RIGHT TO TALK
James Allen, 28, of 909 North Third street, died at Mercy Hospital from a bullet wound in the right side after an altercation with Pearl Gabbard, 21, of 26 North B street. Gabbard, jailed on first degree murder charges, says Allen attacked with a knife after a dispute in an alley. Virginia Sexton, 18, was with Allen. she disputes crude language claims.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
James Allen
North Third Street
Pearl Gabbard
North B Street
Mercy Hospital
Gabbard
Allen
Virginia Sexton
South Retreet
James Benge
Corn Belt Seeks Midwest Man for Preswengy
Illinois group condemns Coolidge and Hoover-Lowden as standard bearers. A meeting of fifty corn belt farmers and business men in Chicago Friday organized a voluntary farm committee to unite four hundred Midwestern voices to press tariff relief for farmers and industry. A caravan to Kansas City during the Republican convention is planned. A committee led by Watson of Indiana, McMullen of Nebraska, and George Peek of Illinois will draft a farm relief plank for the national conventions. The Nebraska Stock Growers Association endorsed the President's veto of the McNary-Haugen bill.
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Chicago
M. J. Tobin
Vinton
Tobin
Iowa
Corn Belt Committee
Kansas City
Voluntary Farm Committee
Watson
Indiana
Gov. McMullen
Nebraska
George Peek
Illinois
Kansas
Nebraska Stock Growers’ Association
Ogallalla
Neb
McNary-Haugen
Poisoned liquor claims victim in Newport death
Newport police seek the source of a suspected poisoned liquor linked to the death of Charles Kelly a 53 year old resident of 1014 Boonestreet Newport after he was struck by a car near Fifth and Monmouth streets He died at Speers Hospital Dayton Ky Coroner Hughes ruled the death caused by poisoned liquor Two men provoked George Sanders 48 of 20 East Front street Newport to be injured after he refused a drink from a bottle offered by two strangers later Sanders was found with knife wounds near the Central Bridge.
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Charles Kelly
Boonestreet
Newport
Fifth
Monmouth
Kelly
Morris Hatfield
Washington Street
Speers Hospital
Dayton
Hatfield
Hughes
George Sanders
East Front Street
Central Bridge
Front Street
Sanders
Massillon Youth Slain After School Party Escort
Lester Boyd an 18 year old Massillon youth and member of a West Brookfield family was shot after escorting Eben Fichter home from a school party. Police found no enemies or clear motive, with Miss Fichter denying jealous suitors. The incident occurred near the Fichter home following a lawn fete at the local school.
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Massillon, O
Lester Boyd
West Brookfield
Massillon
Eben Fichter
Massillion Commercial Institute
Fichter
Miss Fichter
Boyd
Peter Fichter
J. E. Boyd
Commercial Institute
Peter
Lester
Swiss tourist dies by own action at Niagara Falls edge
Pierre L Bovard, 22, from Villette Vaud Switzerland, shot himself on the Canadian side near Horseshoe Falls and fell 160 feet to the river. Tourists heard the shot and saw the fall. police recovered the body hours later. He had arrived May 14, was unemployed and left his overcoat on the railing.
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Horseshoe Falls
Pierre L. Bovard
Villettex Vaud
Switzerland
Bovard
Earhart Aims for Atlantic Flight From Boston
Amelia Earhart with Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon depart Dorchester Bay aboard a three motor plane built for Byrd’s South Pole expedition. The crowd limited, the craft struggled to lift due to flat air before finally taking off toward Yarmouth with plans to refuel at Trepassey Bay.
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New York World News Service
Boston
Boston Harbor
Byrd
Dorchester Bay
London
Amelia Earhart
Dennison House
Wilmer Stultz
Grayson
Dawn
Lou Gordon
Harvard
Miss Earhart
Castle Island
Pemberton
South Medford
Lindbergh
Inquire Into Ohio Campaign Funds
Investigators for the Senate Presidential Campaign Funds Committee have been in the district gathering data with secrecy. A conference with Charles M. Dean over a $1450 expense account related to the Willis-Dawes campaign was held, and Ralph plans to report to Washington on whether a sub committee meeting is warranted.
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Senate
Charles M. Dean
Willis-Dawes
Hamilton County
Howard F. Ralph
Gibson
Dawes
Senate Committee
Ralph
Washington, D. C
Chicago Labor Feds Seek Mooney Release From San Quentin
The Chicago Federation of Labor renews efforts to free Tom Mooney, sentenced for the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing in San Francisco. An affidavit by sports writer Alfred H. Spink alleges German agents carried out the plot without Mooney’s involvement and links Spink and Mrs. Spink to German agents.
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Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor Today
Tom Mooney
San Quentin Penitentiary
Cal
San Francisco
Mooney
Alfred H. Spink
Spink
Johns Fitzpatrick
Federation
Televox The Polyglot Automaton Speaks Many Tongues
Televox the Westinghouse talking machine now uses a celluloid larynx and film strips to utter sentences in languages from English to Sanskrit. Roy A. Wensley demonstrates the polyglot automaton by receiving calls, then replying in a human voice and acting on commands with lights fans and other devices.
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New York World News Service
New York
Westinghouse Medical
Frankenstein
Roy A. Wensley
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Mr. Wensley
J. Wensley
Televox
Marine 2608
Hi Master
Wensley
Acquittal of Remus Cited as Example of Sanity Trial Flaws
The National Crime Commission calls Remus verdict in Cincinnati a example of the jury system's inadequacy in mental responsibility cases. It urges moving insanity questions to qualified experts before trial, noting Colorado and Massachusetts reforms and widespread use of psychiatric services in courts.
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Remus
National Crime Commission
New York
George Remus
Cincinnati
National Crime Commission Today
Frankwood Williams
Ethel Roosevelt Derby
Colorado
Massachusetts
Newton D. Baker
Victim Ids Suspect In Slain Village Marshal Case
Victims of a gang that robbed the Pelican poolroom north of Cincinnati identified Breck Lutes 28 of Middletown as a gang member who looked like the robbers. Lutes was arrested in Newport Kentucky after a raid at 913 Washington Ave. He admitted auto theft tied to a stolen vehicle from Hamilton. Authorities linked him to the Parker murder near Lebanon Ohio and other crimes.
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Hamilton
Sundale
North College Hill
Peter Dumele
Schaefer
Breck Lutes
Middletown
Lutes
Washington Avenue
Newport
Central Bridge
Jack Parker
Lebanon
William H. Jackson
Jiff Sloneker
Butler County
Brant
Red County
Parker
Newport House
Kleine
May Hamilton
Chicago
Jackson
Jackson Detective Bureau
Warren County
Southern Cross Heads Toward Suva on Pacific Flight
The tri motor monoplane Southern Cross led by Capt Kingsford Smith and crew heads from Kauai toward Suva Fiji on a 3138 mile ocean crossing. Aboard are Kingsford Smith James Warner Harry Lyon and Charles Gilm as it logs 90 mph and faces radio and weather challenges.
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Southern Cross
Pacific Ocean
Suva
California
Australia
Kingsford-Smith
Barking Sands Beach
Isle of Kauai
Hawaiiian Islands
Charles Uim
Harry W. Lyon
James Warner
Oakland
Cal
Hawaii
Kauai
Fiji Islands
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Phoenix Group
Ft. Shafter
Warner
San Francisco
Naval Radio Station
Faye
Hawai
Hawaiian Islands
Fanning Island
Fanning Group
Iji
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