Record Heat Wave Grips Nation As Deaths Mount
From the Rockies to the Atlantic many cities suffer extreme heat with fatalities rising above 185. Schools close and relief measures activated as storms cause damage in Minnesota and elsewhere. New York City reports one death. Philadelphia and Chicago show multiple fatalities as heat continues through Sunday.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Seaboard
Mercury
Minnesota
Crosby
New York City
New York State
Pittsburgh
New England
New Jersey
Innesota
Michigan
Philadelphia
Ohio
St. Louis
Kentucky
Baltimore
Wisconsin
Indiana
Heat Tide Recovers in Cincinnati as City Seeks Relief
A brief shower cooled the city after five scorching days with a 97 degree high and 73 degree low. Heat claimed two victims, Adele Webb and Adele Krollmann, while schools closed at noon and fire crews opened water plugs for relief.
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United States Weather Bureau
Cincinnati
Adele Webb
Gerard Street
Covington
Adele Krollmann
Cheviot
Jacob Krollmann
Webb
Race Streets
General Hospital
Miss Krollmann
C. A. Neal
O. E. Cross
E. D. Roberts
Tudor
West End
William H. Peters
Secret Chamber Hidden in 2928 Vaughn Street Explodes
In a brick house at 2928 Vaughn Street Mrs. Mary Hoffman lived with a secret cache hidden in a secret compartment. A whisky filled jug exploded blowing a hole in the wall and uncovering 12 gold watches 109 beauty pins 48 rings 34 necklaces and chains 15 purses 15 gold bracelets 7 silver spoons 13 silver teaspoons 5 opera glasses 8 silk shirts 20 handkerchiefs 8 knives 1 cigar box of buttons and two guns worth over 5000 dollars. Firemen and police uncovered the trove and questioned Mrs. Hoffman who claimed it likely belonged to her allegedly dead son Elmer Hoffman. The blast damaged the home and sent police to investigate.
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Vaughn Street
Mary Hoffman
John Lemmick
Louis Vollmer
George Heisterman
Hoffman
Elmer Hoffman
Covington
Berlin Notes German Disarmament Violations in Detail
London June 5. Allied powers published a note outlining Germanys failures to meet Versailles disarmament terms. It demands drastic cuts to the Reichswehr and police, destruction of key industrial plants, and rapid rectification of defaults before evacuating Cologne zone, with annexes detailing specific perfections required.
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Associated Press
London
Germany
Luther
Berlin
Baron d’Abernon
Council of Ambassadors
Cologne
Reichswehr
Krupps
Allied Control Commission
Control Commission
Loeb Suffering Mental Illness in Joliet Prison
Richard A. Loeb, son of a Chicago millionaire and co defendant in the Leopold murder case, has collapsed mentally and physically in Joliet State Penitentiary. He has become delirious after measles and appendicitis, strapped to his bed, with prison doctors and the warden denying feigned illness.
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Loeb
Whitman
Leopold
Stinnes Empire Reorganized as Family Feud Ends
Berlin June 5 The Stinnes industrial empire regains solvency with a 15 million dollar German Bank loan but the family rift ends in estrangement Hugo Stinnes Jr banishes Edmond from control and from the family table while Edmond runs auto and ad divisions The quarrel marks the end of the Stinnes era and the hopes of Napoleon like expansion fade as creditors intervene
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Samuel Spewack
New York World News Service
Berlin
Stinnes
Hugo Stinnes, Jr
Hugo, Jr
Hugo
Edmond
Coden Trust
America
Maelheim
Hugo Innes, Jr
Napoleon
Fray Stinnes
N. Y
New York Endures Hottest Weather in History
New York faced unprecedented heat as temperatures reached 96 degrees by 4 pm, breaking June records first set in 1893. Authorities opened parks and beaches, deployed more street work crews, and issued relief measures for congested districts while many businesses closed for Friday and a heat-casualty count rose to thirty to forty. A chorus girl incident drew police attention for disorderly conduct as courts relaxed dress rules.
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New York
Mercury
Columbus Circle
No Relief in Sight from Washington Heat Wave
The Weather Bureau reported no relief as the sixth day of a heat wave gripped the nation. High pressure from Bermuda to Arizona persisted, setting new heat records across the East and causing additional prostrations, including in Washington.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Towa
Illinois
Bermuda
Arizona
Amundsen timing praised for pole reach
A rippling mix of curios from June 6 notes: Amundsen praised for at pole timing while rum-runners feel chilled by a cold snap. A Pittsburgh man, 81, played 36 holes in hot conditions with no ill effects as Boise reports a killing frost and Toronto sees four point four beer stock surge. Newark records 539,600,000 gallons of water in a day amid lime prices. Yonkers court appearance for Joseph Renner in fur coat. Electric fans in demand in small shops as snow melts in Great Falls Montana.
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New York World News Service
New York
Amundsen
John Charley
Pittsburgh
Boise
Idaho
Toronto
Newark
Joseph Renner
Yonkers
Birmingham Man Killed and Girl Attacked Near Birmingham
The body of F. A. Lancaster, 28, with a pistol wound to the temple, was found under an automobile on a road near Birmingham, Ala. Miss Hattie Stewart is in serious condition after an attack while the couple's car stalled. Stewart told police they were attacked as Lancaster attempted to start the motor.
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Birmingham
Ala
F. A. Lancaster
Hattie Stewart
Protocol to bar gas war favored at Geneva
The conference in Geneva supported immediate framing of a protocol to outlaw the use of asphyxiating gas in wartime. The measure would be open to signature by all nations. American delegate Burton and French representative Boncour led the push for a concrete action and a possible Washington conference if needed.
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Burton
Paul Boncour
France
Possier
Anaes
United States
Washington
Moscow
Shanghai
China
Canton
Changhai
Peking
Karakhan
Coolidge
Legation Guard
Wilbur
Asiatic Squadron
Army, Navy
Marine Corps
W. D. Connor
Tientsin
Germans Seek Armament Disposal Talks in Berlin
Berlin reports a German government proposal for an international conference to address armament disposal, Cologne evacuation, and the four power security pact after reacting to an interallied military report. Wilhelmstrasse urged immediate Allied action.
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Samuel Spewack
New York
Tunney Knocks Sibbons Out In Nineteenth Round
Gene Tunney of New York defeats Tom Gibbons of St Paul by knockout in the twelfth of a scheduled fifteen at the Polo Grounds before about 50 000. Gibbons showed grit but could not match Tunney as the champ dominated from start to finish.
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New York World News Service
New York
Gene Tunney
Tom Gibbons
St. Paul
Polo Grounds
General War Looms as Reds Goad Chinese
In a World News Service dispatch from Lynn Massachusetts dated June 5 19xx Anton Dyerus a Lynn police officer wearing a street vest fights heat in 98 degree shade. Cycrus a linguist reports in nine languages that it is hot and notes the vest may stop bullets but heat penetrates.
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New York World News Service
Lynn
Mase
Anton Dyerus
Cycrus
Robber Grabs Gun Then Is Chased by Store Manager
Frank Gray, 38, of Columbus Ohio, attempted to rob Kinner Clarke at a Hereford avenue store. Clarke wrestled the gun away and Gray fled toward Springfield pike, pursued by Clarke and police. Gray was later captured at the Cincinnati corporation line and held on suspicion of attempted robbery.
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Frank Gray
Town Street
Columbus
Gray
Hereford Avenue
Carthage Pike
Kinner _D
Clarke
Springfield Pike
Steiner
McMann
Cincinnati Corporation
Chicago London air mail proposed with new airship design
Chicago and San Francisco engineers unveil a novel airship blending airplane and dirigible fundamentals for a Chicago London mail run. Negotiations for production funding opened on LaSalle Street as Colonel Henderson prepares to manage the $19 million National Air Transport Company.
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Associated Press
Chicago
George D. Hazard
E. M. Greene
San Francisco
LaSalle Street
Paul Henderson
National Air Transport Company
Three Robbers Steal $750 Ring In Southgate Carjack
Fred W. Simon and his wife were attacked at Reading road and Thirteenth street by three men in a second car. One man forced Simon from his vehicle and the trio drove off with a $750 diamond ring after stopping near Music Hall.
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Fred W. Simon
North Street
Southgate
Reading Road
Thirteenth Street
Simon
Music Hall
Son of Governor Injured in Pool Fall at Bathing Pool
John Donahey 18, son of Governor A V Donahey, fell from a diving tower at Tuscoraw Park pool in New Philadelphia Ohio. He refused an ambulance and drove to a physician's office where five stitches closed two wounds over his left eye. His right hand was injured as he lost his hold on the tower.
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Tunney
Gene
Gibbons
Tom Gibbons
Tom
Eddie Kane
Dick Nugent
Buffalo
St. Paul
King Solomon
Panama
Romero Rojas
Chile
Johnny Grosso
Jack McDonald
Bud Gorman
Jack de Mare
Ray Neuman
Jersey City
The
Associated Press
New Philadelphia
Tuscoraw Park
John Donahey
A. V. Donahey
Donahéy
Platform Given To Cops Feet Sink In Asphalt
In New York on a June day traffic officers stood on wooden platforms after a near miss with a truck left one man stuck in melted asphalt up to an inch. Another officer had to remove his shoes and pull them from the burning roadway with his bare feet.
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