Open Water Bars Escape From Islands Office
A 1928 AP dispatch reports Italia crew split into two groups amid Arctic drift near Spitzbergen as rescuers push through ice. Citta di Milano and Norwegian pilots seek Russian icebreakers and a Savoia seaplane to reach eighteen marooned men, with dogs and sleds readied for possible overland aid in Northeast Land.
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Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Arctic Ocean
Ryser-Larsen
Lieut
Holm
Riser-Larsen
Arctic
Italia
Braganza
King’s Bay
Citta di Milano
Romanga
Oslo
Riiser-Larsen
Smith
Land
Thirteen Injured When Car Plunges Into Washout Near Oxford
Thirty people were injured, sixteen seriously, when an Illinois Central motor car plunged into a deep washout south of Oxford Mississippi. The vehicle overturned twice and rested in water about fifteen feet deep. Most victims were University of Mississippi students treated at Oxford hospitals. A special train ferried the injured from the scene amid heavy rain making highways impassable.
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Oxford
Miss
Illinois Central
Here
University of Mississippi
N. D. Bond
J Lenoir
McComb
Dorris Johnson
Water Valley
Queen of Diamonds Plans Atlantic Dash At Five Morning
The Queen of Diamonds intends to begin an Atlantic dash at five oclock this morning, aiming for a swift crossing. Organizers warn participants to expect rough seas and strong winds as the vessel steams from the harbor.
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Queen OF Diamonds
Two Girls Shot at Beer Camp on Little Mami
Two girls were shot at a beer camp on Little Mami, hitting both victims. Police reported the incident as a local shooting with no immediate suspect information and ongoing investigations.
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Agnes Gibbons
Vine Street
Odyssa Wolf
Elm Street
Little
Miami River
Gibbons
L. B. Osborn
St. Mary's Hospital
General Hospital
Oscar Lipp
East Thirteenth Street
Charles Webb
Central Avenue
Newport
Streat. Pflug
Sergt. Tobergte
St. Mary’s Hospital
Coney Island
Maysville
Lipp
Addison Sheets
West Court Street
Clifford Rohr
Baker
Lieut. Hayes
McGurn
Bell
Flaugher
Kaiser
Sheets
Rohr
Little Miami River
Union Leveen Bridge
Ohio River
Maj
O'Neil
Jack Parker
Hamilton
Lebanon
O’neil
Mami
Bandit Chief Escapes Jail As Outlaws Flee To Chicago
Evergreen Park bandit leader Charles Cleaver escapes from DuPage County Jail at Wheaton with four companions after seizing Sheriff Edgerton s car and weapons. They force entry, injure the jailer, then flee toward Chicago with Jos eph Farina and three others amid a city-wide hunt by forty detective squads and patrolmen.
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Chicago
New
Rk World
Chigg
Charles ‘Leaver
Evergreen Park
DuPage County
William Edgerton
Joe Farina
West
Edgerton
Rina
Fires Valley
Charles Hattendorf
Cleaver
Joseph Farina
Vila Park
Charles W. Clark
Charles McGoorty
Preseck
Oscar Nelson
Chicago Police
Sorlie plans clash with McMullen on Kansas City caravan
Gov. Sorlie of North Dakota arrives in Omaha angry that Nebraskan Gov. McMullen did not meet the caravan as planned. Sorlie says he will confront McMullen in Kansas City and claims McMullen promised to guide Nebraska farmers to the convention. The Dakota caravan grew from 19 to 25 cars and scattered due to engine trouble and detours. Sorlie expects about 400 crusaders to reach Kansas City before the convention.
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Omaha
Neb
A. G. Sorlie
North Dakota
Kansas City
Adam McMullen
Nebraska
McMullen
Jamestown
N. D
Aberdeen
S. D
Child 7 Slays Woman in Valley Station
Marion Parker Boyd, seven, retrieved a shotgun from his home in Valley Station near Louisville and killed 17 year old Bessie Bryson who was caring for other children. The incident followed the boy being forced to leave a card game. He was detained as investigators weigh the case.
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Louisville
Marion Parker Boyd
Valley Station
Here
Bessie Bryson
Parker
Bryson
Boyd
Coronen
Burglar fatally shoots ex merchant in San Diego suburb
Emil Silverman aged 56, a retired New York dry goods merchant, was killed early today in his Chula Vista home when he awakened around 3 am and found a burglar on the premises. The case is under investigation by local authorities.
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San Diego
Emil Silverman
New York Cie
Chula Vista
Kansas City Seethes With GOP Delegates Ballyhoo
Kansas City on the eve of the Republican Convention swarms with visitors as 13 railroads bring delegates to the city. Banners, bands, and motor bars fill the streets while a carnival air overlays the arrival bells and hotel lobbies. The scene mixes fact with showmanship as delegates flood in amid celebratory chaos.
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Charles J. W. Murphy
New York World News Service
Kansas City
Ballyhoo
Anon
Chance of Coolidge Re-election Seen as Market Influencer
A New York analysis argues Coolidge’s renomination would steady markets as confidence hinges on a repeat bid. It notes Wall Street fears any other candidate and predicts a brief market wobble from convention news, with continued credit tightening by the Federal Reserve amid economic considerations.
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Coolidge
Commerce and Finance
New York
Wall Street
Kansas City
Federal Reserve Banks
Westwood Judge Fines Theater Cash Then Declares Town Closed
Westwood Justice of the Peace E Alan Meyer orders town shut after fining theater manager for Sunday film. He deputizes citizens to enforce a blue law crusade halting traffic and barring most shops, suspending bus services and pausing street life. Police abstain from enforcement.
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Justice of Peace
New York World News Service
Westwood
N. J
E. Alan Meyer
Justice of the Peace
Meyer
Westwood Theater
Joseph Marrese
Blue Law Enforcement
Westwood-to
Willis Pledges Without Choice For President
Ohio delegates split over who will back for president at the convention as Hoover supporters push to secure nomination. Key figures include Walter F. Brown Col Thad H. Brown Col Ralph D. Cole and Congressman John G. Cooper who publicly backing Hoover. Cooper urges Ohio to back Hoover if nominated.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Ohio
Commerce
Walter F. Brown
Toledo
Thad H. Brown
Columbus
Ralph D. Cole
Findlay
Hoover
Col. Cole
Two Plane Crashes Kill Two, Injure Four
In Waco Texas at Rich Field two local youths died when a plane crashed from 500 feet. R L Spencer eighteen and Dewitt Felkner twenty four were dead. Tom Shhild the pilot was seriously injured. In Columbus Ohio at Norton Field a second crash injured three men including M M Cochran and Hiram E Hattery with fractures and internal injuries to Duncan McCallum the pilot.
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Waco
Tex
Rich Field
R. L. Spencer
Dewitt Felkner
Tom Shhild
Columbus
Norton Field
M. M. Cochran
Hiram E. Hattery
Duncan McCallum
Jeffersontown
Hoover on early roll call in fight for Republican nomination
Pennsylvania's 79 delegates amplify Hoover's bid at the Republican National Convention as Melon and Mellon move westward. Hoovers supporters claim a first ballot win possible with the Keystone bloc while anti Hoover groups forecast delays and coalitions led by Lowden Curtis and Goff.
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Mellon
White House
Hoover
James L. Williams
Associated Press
Kansas City
Andrew W. Mellon
Pennsylvania
Herbert Hoover
United States
Commerce
Melton
Keystone
Coolidge
Lowden-Watson-Curtis-Goff
Lowden
Arson
Curtis
Goff
Kansas
Mr. Coolidge
Illinois
Republican National Committee
Nebraska
Norris
Dawes
Charles Evans Hughes
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Roald Amundsen
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Ae County
Vigtor Heintz
City Hall
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Victor Heintz
Citizens Republican Committee
Citizens Republican
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Col. Sherrill
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County Commissioners
Budget Commission
Capt. Heintz
Mabel Boll
Methodist Episcopal Church
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