Tragic New York elevated crash kills guard and injures dozens
A northbound Sixth Avenue train crashed into a Ninth Avenue train at Death Curve in Manhattan. One guard, Edward Brennan, 25, died. about thirty others were seriously hurt. Debris and flames halted the line for hours as police and fire crews rescued victims and recovered belongings.
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New York World News Service
New York
Sixth Avenue
412Th
113Th Streets
11Vth Street
Harlem
Knickerbocker
Whalen
Stanton
D Joards
Execution Set for Ford on July 19 by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court fixed July 19 for Rodney Ford’s execution in the electric chair as it denied a rehearing. Ford, formerly of 964 West Highth Street, was convicted last December in Criminal Court for his role in the Pelican Club poolroom robbery murder of former Marshal Peter Dumele on April 8, 1928. Co-defendants Messner and Lutes received life terms after appeals.
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Cooper
United States Supreme Court
Rodney Ford
West Highth Street
Die Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Ford
Arshal Peter Dumele
North College Hill
Pelican Club
Edward M. Hurley
John
Todd” Messner
Breck Lutes
Brick home in Ft Thomas with two five room apartments
St Louis brick in Ft Thomas offered for sale featuring two five room apartments. Also listed are an unfurnished five room corner apartment for rent in Hyde Park with a garage and a five room furnished apartment for rent in Price Hill. A dog and a Smith typewriter are for sale and a large storeroom near a chain store grocery will be leased with owner assistance to locate.
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St. Louls
Ft. Thomas
Hyde Park
Price Hill
Interest ing Want Ads On Page Eleven
A brief note indicates only a few of the interesting want ads are listed on page eleven. Readers are directed to the Want Ad page for complete details.
Bootlegger Is Ruled A Worker Not A Vagrant
Lincoln court dismisses vagrancy charge against John Chidester after he pleaded bootlegging as a lawful occupation. Municipal Judge Polk rules bootlegging unlawful only when the bootlegger is caught.
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Lincoln, Neb
John Chidester
Polk
Poincare Stresemann Agree to Fast Young Plan Action
Paris June 9 Premier Ray mond Poincare and German Foreign Minister Stresemann agree to move the Young plan into operation as soon as possible. If the German Cabinet supports Stresemann in Berlin tomorrow all nations involved will be asked to agree to a conference in July for final adoption. France pledges rapid ratification and full Rhineland evacuation after plan adoption.
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New York World News Service
Paris
Raymond Poincare
Gustav Stresemann
Quai D'Orsay
Stresemann
Briand
Herr von Schubert
Madrid
Council
League of Nations
Poincare
Finance and Foreign Affairs Commission
Chamber of Deputies
New York World News Reduce
France
Rhineland
Aged Chicagoan Dies of Starvation Pride Alleged
In Chicago on June 19 a 79 year old man named John Nelson died of starvation. A doctor cited starvation as the cause while police attributed it to pride. Nelson had recently left a home for the elderly and rented a small hotel room whose rent depleted his funds. He fainted at a delicatessen window and died before regaining consciousness.
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Chicago
John Nelson
Nelson
Murder Suspect Confesses In Slain Co-ed Case
Police report Dr James H Snook admitted taking two pairs of pajamas and women slippers from the room he shared with Theora Hix the slain co ed and burning them in his home furnace last Saturday morning. Meyers released after detention since Saturday and faculty action recommended. Blood stains on auto tied to chemist testimony. Columbus Ohio June 20.
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Columbus
John H. Snook
Ohio State University
Theora K. Hix
John J. Chester
Snook
James H. Snook
Theora Hix
John J. Chester, Jr
Chester
Howard Lavely
Harry E. French
W. G. Schellenbarger
French
Miss Hix
Joseph D. Cleary
Cleary
Ohio
Referendum Sought to Change Ohio County Government Form
Groups in Columbus form a pro reform group to place a 1930 statewide constitutional amendment on the ballot allowing counties to adopt regional or metropolitan government. The Burton resolution failed in the last Legislature, with Hadden noting opposition from Hamilton County and township trustees. If 1930 fails, a 1931 Cuya hoga County plan may be pursued.
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Columbus
Burton
John A. Hadden
Cleveland
Hamilton County
Friends
House of the State Organization of Township Trustees
Cleveland Group
Cuyahoga County
No Relief From Heat Wave in Ohio And East in Sight
Ohio and the eastern region face continuing heat with no lasting let-up foreseen by weather observer W A Alexander. Local storms brought brief relief, while floods in Springfield and several drownings—Harry Huffman nine, Emory Brown nineteen, plus five other drownings and a prostration death—raise the toll from the heat to at least eight in the state.
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Ohio
East
Weather Man
Mercury
Columbus
W. A. Alexander
United States Weather Observer
Springfield
Harry Huffman
Emory Brown
Auglaize River
Defiance
Hoover Prohibition Clash in Senate Over Law Enforcement Commission
In Washington on June 19 the Hoover Law Enforcement Commission and shootings by dry officers dominated Senate debate. Senator Glass accused the administration of submerging prohibition in law enforcement inquiry, while Senators Jones Copeland Brookhart pressed or defended Hoover’s stance and the enforcement campaign amid violent incidents and partisan tension.
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Congress
Prohibition
Jones
Washington
Hoover Law Enforcement Commission
Senate
Glass
Dem
Virginian
Hoover
New York
Rep
Wash
Law Enforcement Commission
Copeland
N. Y
Brookhart
Four Republicans pick four judges for Municipal Court
Cincinnati's Republican nominating committee selects Clarence J. Elliott Landon L. Forchheimer Otis R. Hess and Denning as candidates for the Municipal Court. The group announced the selections after firm denning and others accepted and will present names at a 1 p m Saturday meeting at the Republican Club Building.
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Clarencening
Thomas J. Elliott
Landon L. Forchheimer
Otis R. Hess
Hamilton County
Fred Schneller
City Central Committee
Schneller
Central Committee
Republican Club
East Ninth Street
Denning
Omar Place
Cincinnati
St. Xavier College
Y. M. C.A. Law School
Gilbert Bettman
Withrew
Earl T. Westerfield
309Th Engineers
Servin
Robert Bentleyst
American Legion
Price Hill Council
Knights of Columbus
Civitan Club
Hamilton Country Republican Club
Ohio State Bar Association
The
Lawyers’ Club
Mr. Elliott
Norwood
Yardstick Naval Plan Advances in Disarmament Talks
The Dawes speech gains allied backing as the United States moves to deposit a formula based on a yardstick approach. American naval experts prepare the plan evaluating tonnage armaments age and speed, with several nations to submit formulas before the U S deposit at the league Preparatory Commission. Senator McKellar notes favorable sentiment on the Dawes MacDonald talks at Forres.
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Washington
London
Dawes
United States
Gibson
League Preparatory Commission
Senate
Senator McKellar
Dem
Tenn
MacDonad
Forres
Divorce Suit Alleges Navy Doctor's Infidelity With Washington Woman
Mrs Alice Wedd Cheney of 3601 Michigan Ave files for divorce from Dr Raymond Cheney a United States Naval physician. She claims infidelity neglect and that he consorted with a young Washington official's daughter in Washington Annapolis and elsewhere since February 1929. The couple wed August 17 1925 in Covington Kentucky and Cheney now resides in Washington.
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Alice Wedd Cheney
Michigan Avenue
Raymond Cheney
United States
Washington
Cheney
Cheneys
Covington, Ky
More Concrete Action Due in Parliament Next Week
London reports a lively session with no adverse criticism as Dawes speech and disarmament ideas are discussed. Officials hope Parliament reassembles next week will yield further developments.
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Dawes
London
U. S
Charles G. Dawes
Monsignor Malone Dies After Operation in Toledo
The Rt. Rev. Monsignor Francis F. Malone chancellor of the Toledo diocese died at Mercy Hospital after an operation. He passed away tonight at 11.25 o clock. The death ends a lengthy parish and diocesan service in Toledo and Ohio.
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Monsignor Malone
Toledo
Ohio
Francis F. Malone
Mercy Hospital
Honeymoon Ends as Lindberghs Witness Air Field Tests
Col and Mrs Lindbergh return from honeymoon to Mitchel Field New York to watch first tests in a $150000 Guggenheim fund safety competition. They view the entry trials and Lindbergh emphasizes safer easier flying before widespread air travel. Col Lindbergh piloted the first entry with Harry Guggenheim aboard.
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Mitchel Field
N. Y
Charles A. Lindbergh
Daniel Guggenheim Fund
Lindberghs
Col. Lindbergh
Harry Guggenheim
Fund
Laurel Captain Reaches Astoria After Fifty Hours Afloat
Capt. Louis Johnson of the wrecked freighter Laurel was rescued by Cape Disappointment Coast Guardsmen after fifty hours at sea. He had refused earlier offers of aid, signaling with a white flag as waves battered the vessel. The Laurel broke in two after grounding Sunday and Johnson saved instruments and papers before surfacing.
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Astoria
Ore
Louis Johnson
Laurel
Cape Disappointment
Johnson
Columbia River
Coast Guard
Slow Driver Fined in Indiana Campaign
Gary Indiana June 19 Al Shaw of Chicago was arrested for driving fifteen miles an hour on Lake County highways. He paid a five dollar fine and was the first man arrested in Indiana campaign against slow driving.
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Gary
Ind
al Shaw
Chicago
Lake County
Indiana
Actress May McAvoy seeks permit to wed Maurice Cleary
Los Angeles on June 19 May McAvoy film actress applied for a license to wed Maurice G Cleary a Los Angeles investment broker. She said the marriage is planned for next Wednesday at a Beverly Hills church. McAvoy age 25 Cleary age 31.
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Los Angeles
May McAvoy
Appled
Maurice G .Cleary
McAvoy
Beverly Hills
Cleary
Senator's Wife Wins 2000 Verdict in Dry Raid Case
Edna Bender wife of Senator George H Bender of Cleveland won a 2000 damages verdict in Common Pleas Court for a raid four years earlier by dry agents at their Cleveland home. The case against the estate of William J Patrick and John Connors was part of a long legal fight linked to Prohibition era raids.
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Cleveland
Edna B. Bender
George H. Bender
Common Pleas Court
Bender
William J. Patrick
John Connors
Patrick
Anti - Saloon League
Justices of Peace
Dry League
Inlaw
Hey
Euclid Village
Judge Upholds 5500 Damages in Slanger Slander Suit
Judge Thomas H. Darby refused to set aside a 5500 slander verdict against Edmund Posner for statements about Mrs. Hattie McElroy of Price Hill. He noted intoxication is not a defense in slander and cited larger similar verdicts as justification for leaving the award intact.
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Thomas H. Darby
Common Pleas Court
Hattie McElroy
East Fourteenth Street
Edmund Posner
Ridgeview Avenue
Price Hill
McElroy
Posner
Darby
Capitol Worldly Turmoil as Legislators Adjourn for Summer
Washington June 19. The Senate adjourned until August 19 and the House until September 23 after a busy closing day. President Hoover plans fishing on the Rapidan as Congress breaks. Farm groups press for higher tariffs while importers warn of domestic monopoly. Witness congestion prompts Senator Smoot to warn of delays until next December. The Hawley plan to shift French debt maturities is adopted by the House and sent to the Senate. Senate Indian Affairs extends its extended inquiry with additional funds approved.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
White House
Federal Farm Board
Hoover
Rapidan River
Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains
Louis Golden
New York
Chester H. Gray
American Farm Bureau Federation
Iliieham
Rep
Conn
Gray
Smout
Utah
Hawley
Senate Indian Affairs Committee
Indian Bureau
Bettman Rules City Police Can't Hold Health Board Post
In Columbus on June 19 Attorney General Gilbert Bettman ruled that a police department member cannot serve on the City Board of Health without violating civil service law. The opinion was issued for the State Bureau of Accounting.
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Bettman
Columbus
City Board of Health
Gilbert Bettman
State Bureau of Accounting
Council Repeals Rail Crossing Prohibition Moves New Ordinance Passes
The Cincinnati Council repealed the ban on blocking streets for over ten minutes at grade crossings and approved a new ordinance removing the stand on grade crossings rule. Railroads and major shippers warned freight disruption. police will not enforce the old rule while the city studies a legislative manual. Wyoming water request referred to Public Utilities Committee amid mayoral opposition.
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Cincinnati
Wedding Party In Train Crash Involving Norwood Family
Miss Gertrude Muckerheide 25 of Norwood drove into a transfer train at the Dane Street crossing after mistaking a warning light for a track designation. Her father Harry 62 and mother Catherine 48 were seriously injured, while her brother Edward 15 and Gertrude escaped harm. The parents were taken to Good Samaritan Hospital.
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Northside
C. Hall
Gertrude Muckerheide
Quatman Avenue
Norwood
Dane Street
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Miss Muckerheide
Harry Muckerheide
Catherine Muckerheide
Edward
Good Samaritan Hospital
George Murphy
Elmer Metz
Minford man slain in home altercation near Portsmouth
Columbus Mowery, 74, was killed in a slashing at his Minford home near Portsmouth. Deputies questioned his son McKinley Mowery, 33, as the cause remained unclear. William McKinley Mowery is listed as a brother of Eugene Mowery of Cincinnati and Crit Mowery of Newport, Kentucky.
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Portsmouth
Columbus Mowery
Minford
Here
McKinley Mowery
Mowery
William McKinley Mowery
Eugene Mowery
Cincinnati
Crit Mowery
Newport
Moonshine raid ends in double gun battle deaths
Deputy Sheriff J. A. Swafford aged 27 and moonshiner Tom Bowman aged 60 were killed in a hillside gun duel following a liquor raid fifteen miles from Pikeville Tennessee.
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Pikeville
Tenn
J. A. Swafford
Tom Bowman
Mother Kills Twin Babies in Gas Attack
Philadelphia report states 24 year old Mrs Anna Carolivanos attempted suicide by gas in the rear of a grocery store and killed her ten month old twins. She is reported in critical condition.
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Philadelphia
Anna Carolivanos
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