Bomb Explodes Outside Detroit County Building
A mysterious bomb exploded in the Detroit County Building injuring at least ten people including guards and clerks. Frank Stolpa and Edward Hackenjos found and hurled the device into an areaway, causing a crater and panic as investigators review a quarrel between Joseph Kovacs and a Justice of the Peace.
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Detroit
Circuit
Justice Cours
Frank Stolpa
Edward Hackenjos
Charles C. Gershhow
Stolpa
Edward Cooney
Justices of the Peace
Cooney
Elfreda Schollette
Joseph Kovacs
Plans for National Syndicated Stores in dry goods trade
Cincinnati based Reins & Meiss Company forms the National Syndicated Stores to counter chain dry goods stores. Over 500 retailers sign on to buy staple goods at cost and promote monthly sales with hand bills. First sale set for July 6 7 and 9 to boost volume and allow retailers to undercut wholesalers.
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Cincinnati
Reins & Meiss Company
Reins & Meiss
Chicago Jury Indicts Six for Violence in April Primaries
A Federal Grand Jury in Chicago returned nineteen indictments against six individuals over violence and fraud at the April primers election. Chief Justice William VI. Brothers of the Criminal Court presided.
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Chicago
Federal
William VI. Brothers
The
Criminal Court
Ritchie Withdraws From Democratic Presidential Field
Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland withdraws from the Democratic presidential race a week before the Houston convention. He says Gov. Alfred E. Smith is best fitted to lead and will receive Maryland's delegation support. Ritchie urges party unity and cites Smith's experience, character, and ability as proof of fitness.
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Houston
Albert Co. Ritchie
Maryland
Associated Press Tonight
Gov. Smith
Democratic Party
Gov. Ritchie
Alfred. E. Smith
New York
Wives May Collect Damages In Affection Suit
New York June 18. In a $100 alienation of affections suit, Princess Elaine von der Lippe Lipski vs her sister Gertrude Schroeder, the court upheld a wife's right to collect if her husband is enticed away. Justice Mullan allowed adding that the princess may have had no affection for her husband, while noting the key issue is rights to her husband's affections rather than mistresses.
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Elaine von der Lippe-Lipski
Gertrude Schroeder
Supreme Court
Mullan
Warehouse Fire Destroys Brazel Fireworks Stock
Fire destroyed a one story warehouse on Ella Street containing twenty five thousand dollars worth of fireworks. Fire Chief Houston led six companies as residents watched from behind lines of water and smoke. Fred W. Brazel, president of Brazel Novelty Manufacturing Company, suffered facial and hand burns and received treatment nearby.
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Ella Street
Fred W. Brazel
Houston
Brazel
Brazel Novelty Manufacturing Company
Butler Calls GOP a Prohibition Party After Convention
Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler blamed the Republican National Convention for failing to adopt his resolution for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment, saying the party risks becoming a prohibition party. He described the convention as dull and noted eight committee members supported his stance in executive session. Butler warned of a two front campaign and urged liberal voters to align with a constructive, constitutional approach.
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New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Kansas City
Butler
Valley Area Hit By Tornadoes In Ohio Storms
A string of tornadoes and windstorms across Central and Southern Ohio killed one child in Columbus and injured many others. Buckeye Lake cottages wrecked. Marietta area suffered $500,000 damage. Traction lines, railways, and oil property damaged. deputies rushed to aid homeless residents.
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Donald Thomas
Buckeye Lake
Newark
Marietta
Washington County
Cornelius Schwenderhan
Lowell
Muskingum
Marietta Country Club
Masonic Park
Buckeye
Newabek
Buckeye Lake Summer Resort
Summer Colony
Elsie Huber
Orville Huber
Elsie
Harold Johnson
Rescue planes fail to locate Nobile on Arctic ice
Gen Umberto Nobile and the Italia crew watched two seaplanes depart Spitzbergen after a one hour search. The planes reported good visibility but saw no sign of the stranded expedition as they circled Beverly Sound North Cape and Cape Platen. Signals to the rescuers proved unsuccessful as the craft disappeared toward the Arctic horizon.
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Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Citta di Milano
Italia
Hoover and Hooverites Weigh Path of Campaign
Hoover and Republican leaders confer on campaign strategy as Butler joins Coolidge allies. In Washington on June 18, Hoover met Atterbury Tilson New Cox Macy Lucey Kiddlen Fort and other delegates. Plans point to a Western Pacific swing and a California address after nomination in Palo Alto.
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House
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Elwood Cox
North Carolina
W. K. Macy
New York
J. E. Lucey
Texas
Fred Kiddlen
Oregon
Representative Fort
New Jersey
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Palo Alto
Wisconsin
California
Middle West
Porto Rico Senate President stabbed during celebration
In San Juan Porto Rico Antonio Barcelo president of the senate was stabbed with a carpenter's chisel during a dockside celebration for his return from Columbia University. He was hospitalized. Jose Matos, who fought with police, was wounded by a gunshot and jailed.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
Antonio Barcelo
Jose Matos
Senor Barcelo
Matos
Barcelo
Columbia University
Sues to Halt Sale of Oxford College for Women
Eva Gould Harris of Cleveland, alumna, filed in Common Pleas Court to enjoin any sale or merger of Oxford College for Women in Oxford, Ohio. The suit targets the trustees Agnes Hope Morris William H. Stewart Gilbert Welsh G. Chapin and Bruce Ferguson and argues that merging or selling the institution would be illegal without alumnae consent.
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Oxford College For Women
Oxford, CO
Common Pleas Court
Eva Gould Harris
Cleveland
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Western College For Women
Oxford, O
Agnes Hope Morris
William H. Stewart
Gilbert Welsh
G. Chapin
Bruce Ferguson
British Franchise Bill Awaits Royal Assent
The equal franchise bill granting women 21 vote under same terms as men passed its third reading in the House of Lords today. It has cleared both houses and awaits royal assent.
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London
House of Lords
Earhart lands in Wales after 21 hour Atlantic crossing
Amelia Earhart recounts her fog bound flight coast to coast across the Atlantic with Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon resting after a 21 hour leg. She describes limited visibility the in flight use of instruments and attempts to climb above clouds.
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Atlantic
New York World News Service
Barry Port
Ashburnham Hotel
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
America
Arthur E. Mann
Burry Port
Trepassey Bay
N. F
Southampton
New York
Newfoundland
Gordon
Ruth Elder
Azores
Ford sued over demountable wire wheel patent
The Packard Motor Company and the Wire Wheel Corporation of America filed suit in Federal Court against the Ford Motor Company accusing the demountable wire wheel used on Ford cars of infringing the Cowles patent. They seek an injunction and a profits account, noting prior actions restraining another maker from using the wheel.
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Packard Motor Company
Wire Wheel Corporation of America
Ford Motor Company
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Ford Company
Ford Motor Company of
Edward T. Cowles
Warren,c
Packard Company
Wire Wheel Corporation
Detroit Automobile
Jewish actor undergoes operation in Philadelphia
Max Rosenthal, a prominent Jewish actor from New York aged over 60, underwent brain surgery today at University Hospital performed by Dr. Charles M. Frazier. He is among the oldest Jewish actors in the country and is currently in Philadelphia to stay with relatives.
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Philadelphia
Max Rosenthal
New York
Charles ‘'M. Frazier
University Hospital
Rosenthal
Girl Attacked in Kentucky Home Break-In
Miss Helen Gaskins, 16, daughter of Hoy Gaskins of 1133 Grand Avenue Kentucky, was attacked with an ice pick by a robber who forced her to reveal hiding places for valuables. She defended herself with revolvers from the kitchen, the robber fled after she exposed her purse with $60, and authorities were informed. The incident occurred while her parents were away.
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Hoy Gaskins
Grand Avenue
Cote Brilliant
Miss Gaskins
Hale Leads Maine G O P Nomination Race in Senate
In Maine on June 18, two thirds of precincts counted show United States Senator Frederick Hale leading for renomination as the Republican candidate for a third term, with Gov. Ralph O. Brewster trailing. Gardiner wins the Republican Governor nomination over Hinckley Libby and Smith. Holmes and Moran secure Democratic slots for senator and governor.
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Gov. Brewster
Maine
Senate
Democrats
Portland
Frederick Hale
Ralph O. Brewster
William Tudor Gardiner
House of Representatives
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Gardiner
Hinckley
Libby
Smith
Herbert E. Holmes
A Lew
Iston
Edward C. Moran, Jr
Rockland
King and Queen Welcome Daring Young American
First of Her Sex To Conquer Rolling Seas. Has Narrowest Margin of Escape-Flight To Continue This Morning.
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