Thaw Denied Entry at British Port in Landmark Case
In Southampton England Harry K Thaw was refused entry while aboard the Aquitania. Home Office officials cited his criminal record and extradition laws as the basis for exclusion. Thaw, famed for the 1906 Stanford White shooting, faced a sudden halt to his European holiday plans.
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Harry K. Thaw
British Port
Southampton
England
New York
Thaw
C. H. Stephens
Stephens
Home Office
Europe
London
Paris
Vienna
Pittsburgh
Stanford White
Evelyn Nesbit
White
Canada
Insdme
Mattewan
Ex-Convict Boast Triggers Arrest of Eight Suspects
In Hammond Indiana a boast by ex convict Eddie Meadows about being a big time stick up robber led to the arrest of eight suspects. Five arrested in Hammond and three in St Marys Ohio are linked to a gang behind three bank robberies in Indiana and Ohio. Claims attributed to Mrs Gladys Wheatley connect the gang to the raids. Meadows boasted of stealing a quarter of a million dollars in Kansas City.
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Hammond
Ind
St. Marys
Howard
Sport’ Smith
Eddie Ace
Otis Custer
Indiana
Ohio
Gladys Wheatley
Eddie Meadows
Calumet City
Kansas City
Pilot and Mechanic Die in Hoover Field Crash
Keith R. Keeling a 30 year old commercial pilot from Kansas City Co and Clay Goodrich a 23 year old Washington mechanic died when their monoplane crashed near Hoover Field Virginia after a tail spin from about 800 feet. Both worked for an aircraft company with a plant at Alexandria Virginia. In New Jersey a separate Hadley Field crash injured pilot Dean Smith passenger Mrs Warren Moyer and Frank De Philipo.
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Washington
Keith R. Keeling
Kansas City Co
Clay Goodrich
Hoover Field
Keeling
Arlington County
Goodrich
Alexandria
Plainfield
N. J
Hadley Field
Dean Smith
Warren Moyer
Frank de Philipo
South Plainfield
Hoover Forged Predict Choice on First Ballot
Kansas City dispatch reports strong momentum for Herbert Hoover as Republican National Committee contests favor his nomination. A Texas bloc of 26 votes firmed Hoover’s position, boosting his total to sixty-two votes. results leave Lowden opposition and a looming “Draft Coolidge” question as the convention nears.
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Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
Republican National Committee
Hoover
Lowdon
Coolidge
National Committee
Texas
Florida
Kentucky
Dailey Named Indiana Governor Candidate on First Ballot
Frank C. Dailey of Indianapolis was nominated as the Democratic candidate for Indiana governor at the state convention in Cedartown. The nomination came on the first ballot after Fredrick, Dale, Crawford trailed. Dailey clinched as the fifty third county was polled and the motion to make the nomination unanimous followed.
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Cadle Tabernacle
Ind
Frank C. Dailey
Indianapolis
Indiana
John E. Fredrick
Kokomo
George Dale
Muncie
Earl Crawford
Milton
Dailey
Fifty Third
Fredrick
Suave Swindlers fleece widow of $2000 in Newport
Romanian swindlers duped Mrs. Mary Verrach in Newport after posing as believers in a money doubling method. A trusted friend arranged a meeting, produced fake fortunes, and the widow withdrew 1800 from a bank and 200 from a jar, handing over her life savings. The ruse involved a trunk and a fake large cash windfall. The Cincinnati case links to a prior theft of 3000 from William Herzberg.
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America
Newport
Mary Verrach
West Sixth Street
Missing Patricia Elliott Feared Kidnapped in Norwood
Patricia Elliott, 14, daughter of William C. and Mrs. Elliott of 2651 Atlantic Ave Norwood was reportedly abducted by a dark haired man in a black sedan. Eyewitnesses saw the car and a stranger on Edwards Road as the family urged police to investigate. The girl had left home to shop for groceries and shoes, but never reached the shoe store. The case drew attention to a potential elopement theory that was dismissed by relatives.
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Detroit
Detroit News
George Barstad
Barstad
Guyot ’J. Craig
Joseph W. Worren
la Fayette Boulevard
Patricia Elliott
William C. Elljott
Atlantic Avenue
Norwood
Edwards Road
Patricia
Markbreit Avenue
Edwards and
Madison Roads
Elliot
Greenwald
Christ Korbe
Elliott
Pacific Flyers Set for Australia Hop Across Pacific
The Southern Cross monoplane with Capt Kingsford Smith and three crew planned a 1,762 mile leg from Suva to Naselai Beach Fiji en route to Brisbane Australia. Flight marks the next to last leg of their 7,800 mile Oakland to Sydney journey as radio stations report hop-offs from Fiji and Naselai Beach.
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Honolulu
Ft. Shafter
Pacific Coast
Naselai Beach
Fiji
San Francisco
Suva
Southern Cross
Albert Park
Brisbane
Lucy
Australia
Charles Kingsford-Smith
South Pacific Ocean
Oakland
Sydney
Merger Formed Between Veneer Firms With Kansas City HQ
A merger unites Kosse Shoe and Schleyer, Penrod Walnut and Veneer, and Des Moines Saw Mill into the Penrod Jurden Clark Company. KC and Des Moines plants to expand into foreign veneers. capital $3.5 million. Board includes Jurden, Rodnhaffer, Clark, Heidt, Schmidt, Hubbell.
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Kosse, Shoe & Schleyer Company
American Walnut
Carthage Pike
St. Bernard
Penrod Walnut and Veneer Company
Kansas City
Des Moines Saw Mill Company
Des Moines
Penrod, Jurden & Clark Company
R. L. Jurden
Memphis
J. C. Rodnh
London Miss Says Knight Kiss Was A Peck In Hyde Park
Irene Savidge testified in court that Sir Leo Money kissed her before their arrest for improper conduct. She claimed the kiss was a peck not a passionate kiss and said she is a free and independent woman. The inquiry, filling a small courtroom, will continue tomorrow with further cross examination.
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London
Hyde Park
Leo Money
Irene Savidge
Sir Leo
Scotland Yard
Leo
Lady Oxford
Miss Savidge
House of Commons
Archibald Bodkin
Director of Public Prosecutions
William Horwood
Home Office
Mexican Archbishop Delivers Peace Proposals to Pope
Archbishop Massimino Ruiz of Mexico meets Pope Pius XI in Rome after arriving from Washington to present peace proposals from Mexican bishops. Details of the pact are withheld as the Vatican weighs modifications and calls for further guidance from the Calles government.
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Holy See
Beatrice Baskerville
New York World News Service
Rome
Massimino Ruiz
Papal
Washington
Vatican
Ruiz
Calles
Pius XI
Holy Father
Mexico
Hurricane Through South Wrecks Crenshaw County
Alabama towns suffer severe losses as a hurricane crosses Crenshaw County and nearby states. More than 100 people harmed, six dead, hundreds of thousands in damages. National Guardsmen aid relief in Sweetwater and Gravel Hill. Floods disrupt rail and road. tent cities rise as people flee inundated areas. Weather improves after rain ceases.
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Montgomery
Ala
Crenshaw County
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Gulf of Mexico
Sweetwater
Gravel Hill
Sowahee Creek
Weather Bureau
Council Delays Vote on Incinerator Plan at City Session
After a lengthy debate the City Council adjourned without a vote on the incinerator project. Councilman Eisen, initially favoring the Workhouse site, said he would not cast a vote yet. Two additional formal sessions were set for later in the week to pursue a second reading and possible suspension votes.
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Charles Eisen
Yeatman
Plant
Eisen
W. Meredith Yeatman
Stanley Matthews
Matthews
Admiral Benson Deplores Decline Of Older American Virtues
Admiral William S. Benson retired U S Navy deplores decline of honor and responsibility in the nation in St Xavier College commencement address. He spoke amid honorary degrees for Crabbs and Dr Greine as 114 graduates received degrees. Father Brockman outlined needs including endowment and new buildings to serve growing out of town students. Benson warned of crime and erosion of home cornerstone and self discipline as signs of national peril. Sir Richard Crane presented the degree and Edward O McGrath spoke as College senior.
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Admiral Benson
St. Xavier
William S. Benson
United States Navy
St. Xavier College
Field House
George D. Crabbs
John E. Greine
Cincinnati
Benson
Richard Crane
Edward O. McGrath
College of Liberal Arts
Contests for All County Offices To Be Made by Independent Group
State nominee report on independent group plans to field candidates across all county offices is not yet ready. Officials say preparations continue as party lines and potential alignments are discussed.
Friedlander Named for County Treasurer in Citizens Republican Ticket
The Citizens Republican Committee in Hamilton County announced Edgar Friedlander as candidate for County Treasurer at a Carew Building meeting. Other nominees include Rudolph Ruzicka for Clerk Laurant Lowenberg for Surveyor Charles P. Taft for Prosecutor and Charles Urban for Commissioner, with further county and state reports to come.
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Citizens Committee
Republican Party
Hamilton County
Carew
Edgar Friedlander
Rudolph Ruzicka
Laurant Lowenberg
Charles P. Taft
Charles Leverone
Cincinnati
Ohio
Citizens Republican Committee
Heintz
Yale
Lowenberg
Columbia University
C. L. LeBoiteaux
College Hill
LeBofteaux
Henry LaBoiteaux
Charles Urban
Cincinnati Club
Mason Towle
Sanford , Headley
Charles O. Rose
Hamilton Executive Committee
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Toledo
Cathcart
Associated Press
Keystone View
Harry K. Than
Craft
Virginia Farm
Jersey
Forges
Ber
George
William Herzberg
Republic Street
Herrberg
Sergt. Adams
Miss
Pacific Flyers
Ocean
Atlantic
Columbia
Bell
Miss Earhart
Kosse, Shoe
Schleyer of
Western
Bie
Friedlander
Co. L. LeBoiteaux
Fred L. Swing
Victor Heintz
Sanford Headley
Senate
Nxt
Bentley
Henry Bentley
City Charter Committee
Citizens Republicans
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