General Nobile's Leg Breaks in Arctic Rescue Mission
Berlin reports Gen. Nobile sustained a broken leg during a desperate battle with shifting ice floes at the Nobile camp. He received medical aid on the Quest while six companions remained stranded as Italian and Swedish aviators attempted perilous landings on floes and urged land parties toward the marooned men.
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Berlin
Nobile
Kings Bay
Die Welt Am Montag
Quest
Hinlopen Strait
Nobile Rescued From Italia Wreck in Arctic
Gen Umberto Nobile, stranded since May 25 after the Italia crash on Arctic ice, has been rescued. Five other members of his group remain marooned, with two Italia crew members also rescued as Swedish aviators lead a perilous relief effort near Hinlopen Strait and Virgo Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Roald Amundsen
Nobile
Hinjopen Strait
West Spitzbergen
Land
Virgo Bay
Kings Bay
Citta di
Mafe
Natale Ceccioni
Alfredo Viglieri
Giuseppe Biagi
Filippo Troiano
Prof
Behounek
Coolidge Takes Wife to Church in Superior Wisconsin
President Coolidge attended religious service at Brule church in Superior with Mrs. Coolidge. Gov. Christian of Minnesota was present but could not speak to them. John Taylor, the blind lay preacher, delivered the sermon from the Gospel of John, while the crowd filled the small, unheated building despite early sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior
Wis
President Coolidge
Brule
John Taylor
Duluth
Christien
Minnesota
Coolidge
Taylor
Lidge
Idaho Senator Frank R. Gooding Dies In Idaho City
Frank R. Gooding longtime Idaho governor and U S senator died at his daughter's home in Gooding Idaho after months of illness and a recent Mayo Clinic operation. He rose to prominence as Idaho governor during the Haywood era and faced threats while seeking trial for Haywood and associates. He leaves wife and three children John Mrs A J Schubert and Mrs Maud Pan at his bedside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gooding
Idaho
Frank R. Goring
Rochester
Minn
Big Bill” Haywood
Frank Stuenenberg
Haywood
John
A. J.schubert
Maud Pan
Ito
Water main bursts flood Court Street area in Cincinnati
A 36 inch water main under Court Street between Gilbert avenue and Reedy street ruptured yesterday morning. Water surged west to Reedy and south to Eggleston, flooding cellars and depriving thousands of homes and businesses of water for two hours. Major Rudolph Wehking heard the rumble. police, fire, Salvage Corps, and water works staff responded, with damage centered on street paving, railroad tracks, and several companies on Eighth Street and Eggleston avenues.
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Court Street
Gilbert Avenue
Reedy Street
Eggleston Avenue
Rudolph Wehking
Eden Park
Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern Railroad
Diem & Wingaper Company
Eighth Street
Seybold Paper Company
Eighth and
Lock Streets
Mae Murray Shares Hidden Child Secret
Hollywood buzz surrounds Mae Murray after reports confirm she is mother to a sixteen month old son. Prince David Mdivani allegedly admitted paternity and said secrecy protected her film career. The child born in Los Angeles has resided there. Murray and Mdivani wed in Beverly Hills in June 1926. Miss Murray, 33, is headed to Los Angeles from New York and will tour in vaudeville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Los Angeles
Mae Murray
Los Angeles Examiner
Hollywood
Prince David Mdivani
Mae
Miss Murray
Prince
Beverly Hills
New York
Union College to Get Biggest Jewish Library
The Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati will erect a library building to house the world's largest Hebraica collection. Funds raised reach 250000 dollars, raised largely by Adolph S. Oko without school aid, with a 5000 dollar contribution from Charles P. Taft. Building plans and site are to be finalized as construction starts soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union College
Atlantic City
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Alfred
M. Cohen
Adolph S. Oko
Charles P. Taft
Eight Italian Sailors Burned in Explosion at Beaumont Dock
Eight Italian sailors were injured in an explosion aboard the Italian tanker Capena at Magnolia Petroleum docks in Beaumont. Two may die. Vincent d'Alba and another sailor are in critical condition. The remaining six hospital patients are expected to recover as gasoline fumes ignited by the blast sent a sheet of flame into the forward quarters. Several crew members jumped overboard and swam ashore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaumont
Tex
Capena
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Vincent d’Alba
Rush of Water Drowns 11 Year Old in Kentucky
A sudden flood roared down Dry Creek behind Covington Kentucky sweeping James Good age 11 from Lytle avenue Elsmere Kentucky into the torrent. His body was found two miles away as companions Benjamin Bockele and Robert Owens Erlanger Kentucky looked on. Coroner Stevens ruled accidental death. In Hamilton Ohio three boys Delbert Powell 13 James Jaurett 14 Virgil Bryant 12 talked on an island as Four Mile Creek rose suddenly.
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Covington
James Good
John Good
Lytle Avenue
Elsmere
Bull Pen Creek
Benjamin Bockele
Robert Owens
Erlanger, Ky
Stevens
Erlanger Undertaking Establishment
Huck Saved
Hamilton
Tom Sawyer
Huck
Finn
Four Mile Creek
Mark Twain
Delbert Powell
James Jaurett
Virgil Bryant
Holbrook Blinn Dies at 56 in Croton-on-Hudson Home
Stage and screen actor and producer Holbrook Blinn died at Journey's End in Croton-on-Hudson New York from septic poisoning after a right arm injury from a horse accident two weeks earlier. He was born January 23 1872 in San Francisco and had a long early career including leading man roles with Mrs Fiske and forming the Princess Theatre in New York. His widow Ruth Benson Blinn and sister Eleanor Blinn survive.
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New York
Holbrook Blinn
Journey's End
Croton-on- Hudson
Mr. Blinn
San Francisco
Leland Stanford University
Corporal Ferry
New South
London
Cat and the Cherub
America
Mrs. Fiske
Princess Theater
Blanche Bates
Pancho Lopez
Ruth Benson Blinn
Eleanor Blinn
Peaches Browning Hurt in Mansfield Auto Accident
Frances Peaches Browning was hospitalized with leg lacerations and shock after a car driven by her manager Edgar Allen left the road near Mansfield Ohio while en route from Cincinnati to Canton for a theater engagement. Her mother Mrs C Heenan and Allen suffered injuries.
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Mansfield
Frances ‘‘Peaches
Browning
General Hospital
Peaches
Cincinnati
Canton
C. Heenan
Edgar Allen
Allen
Heenan
Smith surge in Houston tests two thirds rule at Democratic convention
In Houston eleven hundred delegates gathered to nominate a presidential candidate. New York Governor Smith aims for a clear majority on an early ballot. Minority contenders Reed George Hull Hitchcock contend with hopes to block Smith by amassing enough votes.
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Houston
Tex
Smith
New York
Reed
Missouri
George
Georgia
Hull
Tennessee
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Two Ohio Men Electrocuted After Auto Crash Near Mt. Victory
In Kenton Ohio on June 24 Perle Johnson and Fred Fittro were electrocuted after an automobile left the road near Mt. Victory. Johnson touched a live wire while aiding the wreck and 6600 volts killed him instantly. Fittro touched a wire and died at a hospital. Vernon Detwiler and a companion were unhurt whileWilliam Wilson and son were injured aiding the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wilson
Mt. Victory
Johnson
Futtro
Kellogg Revises Anti War Treaty Draft to Ease Disputes
The State Department released the revised text of the proposed outlawry of war treaty. Kellogg notes a updated preamble borrows phrasing from British replies and Locarno treaty links. The changes aim to clarify that war by a signatory breaks obligations under both the anti war pact and related pacts.
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Kellogg
New York World News Service
Washington
Juune
State Department
Secretary of State
United States
Ohio Democrats rally behind Pomerene for VP nomination
Ohio's delegation to the Houston convention names former Senator Atlee Pomerene as their choice for vice president. The group travels by special train through Missouri and Arkansas, with talks of possibly backing Al Smith on a second ballot. Most votes are pledged to Pomerene on the first roll call, while a few may shift if Smith nears the nominating threshold. A caucus will set their line tomorrow afternoon.
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H. S. Daugherty
Associated Press
Ohio
Houston
Poplar Bluff
United States
Atlee Pomerene
Missouri
Arkansas
Missouri Pacific
St.Louis
Cincinnati
St. Louis
St. John’s
Democratic Chieftains Push Platform Harmony at 1928 Convention
In Houston delegates seek to resolve disputes in the Resolutions Committee on prohibition and farm relief ahead of the 1928 Democratic convention. Governor Dan Moody travels from Austin amid talks on the dry plank while debates hinge on whether to endorse enforcement, modify the Eighteenth Amendment, or adopt a Kansas City style approach. Farm relief proposals from Former Senator Hitchcock call for a four member board to distribute crop surpluses using a revolving fund to aid foreign markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Resolutions Committee
Texas
Dan Moody
Kan
Congress
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Smith policy to ban bands at Texas convention backfires
At the Houston convention Scott Smith’s anti band rule clashes with live music as bands from Texas and western states rally for Smith. The scene includes Alaska Washington Oregon Idaho Montana Nevada Utah Wyoming Colorado delegates and New York style reception with famed Democrats. FDR supported Smith before and will do so again.
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Smith
Texas
West
Special
Alaska
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming
Colorado
Houston
New York
Tammany Hall
van Namee
George W. Olvany
Foley
Mack
Joseph M. Proskane
James W. Gerard
Women Wets and Days Vie in Dallas Delegation
In Fort Worth Texas on June 24 women gather amid party chatter as delegates arrive for the Democratic convention. Prohibition and candidate support dominate conversations while the role of women in leadership grows more visible and rumors swirl about potential presidential spouses. Katie Myrl Parks leads a festive Texas presence with her brass band and distinctive attire as debates focus on the dry issue and delegate representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bainbridge Hayden
Associated Press
Fiouston
Tex
New York
Houston
Didate
Katie Myrl Parks
Texas
Appeal to Day Exalts South In Moral Alcohol Stand
The text states the eighteenth amendment must stand until the nation's moral forces find a solution to the alcohol question. It frames the present appeal as urging continued enforcement and national resolve.
Reed Opens Prohibition Front in Reed Campaign
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri launched a defined anti Smith campaign on prohibition linking it to state police powers and urging strict enforcement. In Texas Governor Moody’s visit, dry groups edge toward a cohesive anti Smith organization while Reed warns against corrupt elections and pledges to fight to the end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov
Moody
Texas
Drys
Reed
Senator Reed
Patrick J. Callahan
Louisville
Association of Catholics
Prohibition
Dity
Smith
Six Die as Train Strikes Auto Near Topeka
Six people from Topeka were killed when their automobile was struck by a Union Pacific passenger train four miles west of Topeka. Victims named Frye W D Frye Mrs W D Dunlop Otto 22 son of Mrs Frye Thornburg Mrs Gertrude Thelma Louise 4 granddaughter of Mrs Thornburg. The car was demolished and wreckage scattered along the track for about 100 feet as the party returned from an Odd Fellows meeting in Manhattan.
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Topeka
Kan
Union Pacific
Frye
W. D. Frye
W. D. Dunlop
Otto
Harritt
Gertrude
Thornburg
W. A. Bradshaw
Thelma Louise
Odd Fellows
Manhattan
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Flyer
Arctic Camp
Exchange
Copenhagen
Oslo
Norway
Frank R. Gooding
U. S
Lawmaker
England
Frank R Gooding
Harrison
Blinn
Star of
Holbrook ‘Blinn
Shubert Theater
Palace Theater
Smith Forces
Tammany Camp
James L. Williams
Frank
Pomerene
Stop-Smith
Donahey
James L. West
Brian Bell
Weller
Fox
Gov. Smith
George R. van Namee
Dinty Moore
Oklahoma
Francis M. Stephenson
James A. Reed
al Smith
Missourian
Wilson
Republican Party
Norman Mack
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