Big Tim Murphy Slain by Gangsters at His Chicago Home
Chicago labor leader known as Big Tim Murphy was shot to death at his Rogers Park home on Morse Avenue. The killer fired a machine gun from an car parked nearby as Murphy answered a home call. His brother-in-law Harry Diggs dragged him inside before help arrived. Murphy, released from Leavenworth a year earlier, had recently engaged in minor union organizing and an aborted meat dealers association effort. Police search for weapons and suspects continues.
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Chicago
Murphy
Morse Avenue
Rogers Park
Big Tim
Diggs
Tim
Dawn of Arctic Rescue Surges Amid Fog and Fire
The Italia dirigible caught fire after gondola separation and crashed on the ice as Gen. Nobile reported a column of smoke. Motor attendant Vincenzo Pemeila died. his body was buried by the rescuers. Mild weather aids Arctic search as ships near Hinlopen Strait prepare for closer operations. 15 or 16 men remain.
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Rome
Nobile
Italia
Stefani
Vincenzo Pemeila
Arctic
Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Roald Amundsen
Foyar Island
Citta di Milano
Hinlopen Strait
Rea
Remus Claims Estate of Wife in Probate Court
George Remus of Cincinnati, released from Lima State Hospital, appeared in Cincinnati Probate Court to prove heirship to his late wife Mrs. Remus estate. The estate includes a $1589.46 credit for a traded automobile, with Remus claiming ownership of the auto trade in. A daughter and son-in-law share, while Remus seeks all property. search for jewels and securities yielded none.
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Chicago
George Remus
Cincinnati
Lima State Hospital
Remus
Payroll Robbers Steal $6000 From San Antonio Light
In San Antonio Texas on June 26 a trio of robbers held up paymaster George Farmer as he entered the building with $6000. A gunman jumped from a curbside car, forced Farmer into an alley, and the money was taken before the thief fled.
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San Antonio
Tex
San Antonio Light
George Farmer
Farmer
Widening of Vine and Walnut Streets Sparks City Debate
At a Highways Committee meeting Mayor Seasongood denounced private interests blocking widening from forty to forty six feet on Vine and Walnut between Third and Fifth streets. Council members consider repaving while seeking an ordinance repeal and plan estimates.
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Vine
Walnut
Seasongooed
Highways Committee
Seasongood
Dixon
First National Bank
Walnut Street
Charles Eisen
Vine Street
Walnut Streets
City Planning Commission
Twister Hits Wyoming Oil Field Wrecks Rigs and Plants
A small tornado struck Salt Creek Oil Field near Midwest Wyoming injuring two workers and destroying about 100 oil rigs and two gas plants. The twister tore a one mile wide strip south of Midwest where Midwest Refining Company operates. Names of injured were not learned.
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Casper
Wyo
Salt Creek
Midwest
Midwest Refining Company
Plane crash kills Army student pilot Draper at March Field
Riverside Cal June 26 Lincoln Draper 23 an army student pilot at March Field was killed when his plane crashed after a 250 foot fall. His parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Draper live in Portland Maine.
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Riverside
Cal
Lincoln Draper
March Field
Here
Arthur Draper
Portland
Four Killed in Powder Blast at Thompsonville Plant
Four men and a possible fifth worker were killed when an outer building at the New England Fireworks Manufacturing Company exploded near Thompsonville Connecticut. The victims named include Joseph Anzallotti 14 John Anzallotti 11 Rosario Sarno 45 and William Dorenski 19. Investigators said none were employees and the cause remains undetermined. A car carrying two men and three boys was seen approaching the site before the blast.
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Thompsonville
Conn
New England Fireworks Manufacturing Company
Joseph Anzallotti
John
Rosario Sarno
William Dorenki
President Coolidge Enjoys Vacation Amid Cabinet Visits
In Superior Wisconsin President Coolidge concentrates on vacation pleasure as Secretary Work plans a visit next week. A Kellogg July visit to St Paul is anticipated while Hoover's July Palo Alto trip remains unconfirmed. It is unclear if Work will resign to chair the Republican National Committee or the purpose of his Superior stay.
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Superior
Wis
Work
Interior Department
Coolidge
Kellogg
St. Paul
Minn
Hoover
Palo Alto
Cal
Republican National Committee
Girl Locked in Office Vault Rescued Near Overtime
Miss Hattie Dingle a stenographer at the Good Housekeeping Institute was shut inside the International Magazine Building vault while filing correspondence. The door was locked with unknown combination numbers and a police squad had to cut a hole in the wall to obtain her notebook and read the dial numbers to unlock the door.
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New York World News Service
New York
Miss Dingle
Smith Dons Latest Political War Bonnet of Chocolate Hue
Albany, June 26. Gov Alfred M Smith wore a chocolate brown derby at the Democratic national convention in Texas as part of his long running campaign ritual. He greeted reporters and joked about four new hats arriving by mail that morning.
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Smith
Albany
N. Y
Texas
Alfred M. Smith
Morning Mail
Bankers’ Merger Profit Claim Targets Dodge Chrysler Deal
In New York, lawyers argued in the Supreme Court that Dillon Read & Co would net about 13 million dollars from a proposed 250 million dollar merger of Dodge Brothers Inc and Chrysler. The minority stockholder contends the bankers earned 32 million in the 1925 Dodge purchase and that the plan unjustly swaps preferred stock worth 105 a share for Chrysler stock at 67.50, creating a windfall.
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New York
Dillion, Read& Co
Dodge Brothers, Inc
Chrysler Corporation
Supreme Court
Justice Mullan
Maryland
Dodge Company
Henry P. Holthusen
Calvin H. Goddard
Richmondy
Dillion, Read & Co
Edward G. Wilmer
Banking Company
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Dodge ~Corporation
Holthusen
Dodge
Wilmer
Dillon Company
Dillon, Read & Co
Chrysler
Dillon
Ritz-Carlton
Dodge Preferred
Youth Killed in Elmira Prison Break Incident
In Elmira New York a prison break at the Elmira Reformatory left Morris Caster 18 dead and Cecil Berry 17 wounded along with guard Frank Frawley and Peter Apenowich injured. Two inmates were captured after attacking guards with a hoe and a gun was used to subdue others.
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Elmira
N. Y
Elmira Reformatory
Morris Caster
Richland
Frank Frawley
Cecil Berry
Sandy Creek
Frawley
Peter
Apenowich
Four-Year Sentence For Former Broker In Mail Fraud
Percy Jay Fuller, a former broker from New York, was sentenced to four years in Atlanta Penitentiary for fraudulent use of the mails in selling securities. He allegedly disposed of securities from the New England Tobacco Company Cuban Tobacco Company French franc pool and United States Power Corporation netting about $235 000.
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New York
Percy Jay Fuller
Atlanta
New England Tobacco Company
Cuban Tobacco Company
French Franc Pool
United States Power Corporation
Battle lines form at Democratic National Convention over prohibition plank
Delegates tense as wet and dry factions prepare for a showdown in Houston on June 26. Key figures including Josephus Daniels and Gov. Dan Moody push for a strict enforcement plank naming the Eighteenth Amendment, while Alfred E. Smith supporters seek a broader law enforcement stance.
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James L. West
Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Resolutions Committee
Platform Committee
Southland
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Thomas Ball
Texas
Daniels
Alfred E. Smith
George B. Brennan
Illinois
New York
Maryland
New Jersey
South
Virginia
Orth
Carolina
Commonwealths
Return Home to Find Sittner Believed Dead
Henry Sittner of Philadelphia returns after three weeks to learn a body found in the Delaware River was believed to be his. Fifteen people identified the remains. the man, 54, had been seeking work when struck on the street and later hospitalized. The false burial spurred an afterlife investigation and questions over funeral costs and unpaid benefits.
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Philadelphia
Henry Sittner
Sittner
Delaware River
Sink or Swim Motto as Houston Hall Roof Leaks
Sam Houston Hall in Houston Texas suffered a severe roof leak during the storm flooding the space reserved for the Texas and Illinois delegations. Rain poured through rafters spraying press areas as workers moved to drain puddles and protect equipment while staff attempted to manage the downpour.
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Houston Hall
Sam Houston Hall
Houston
Tex
Sam Houston Convention Hall
Texas
Illinois
Wheels of Smith bandwagon groans under load at convention
Houston dispatch reports the Smith camp facing a crowded convention as delegates scramble for seats. North Carolina aligns with Simmons faction and anti Smith coalition grows weaker. Tennessee and Ohio factions shift, while only a few of 1100 delegates still hope to derail the Smith parade.
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Smith Band
Smith
Tennessee
Cordell Hull
Pomerone
Ohio
Young Democracy
South
Swanson-Glass-Byrd Organization
Thomas Staplesartin
Sencita
Henry D. Flood
Swanson
Byrd
Virginia
North Carolina
Simmons
Joke Is On Kansans At Democratic Convention Humor From Kansas Delegation
The Ohio delegation at the Democratic National Convention gathers in the Rice Hotel with Claude Meeker predicting a Smith ballot switch on the first vote. Frank Dore and William Reinhard set up a mock Kansas headquarters on the hotel seventh floor drawing in telephone operators and noting the humor of their prank while talks of a favorite son candidate circulate.
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Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Ohio
Florida
Atlee Pomerene
Gov. Smith
New York
Smith
Frank T. Dore
Tiffin
William H. Reinhard
Sandusky
Rice Hotel
Kansas
Democratic Convention Hears Bowels Beat Prohibition Issue
James L. Williams reports from Ton, Texas that 16,000 in the Democratic convention hall and millions at home heard Claude Bowels attack the Republican record on oil scandals farm relief and unemployment. Robinson of Arkansas named permanent chairman as party mobilizes toward a nomination likely by Thursday or Friday. The hall rocked with marches and cheers as farmers and states rallied behind the Democratic battle cry with the convention adjourning until tomorrow morning.
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James L. Williams
Associated Press
Sam Houston Hall
Houston
Tex
National Democracy
Jefferson
Old Hickory
Claude G. Boweis
New York
Harding
Coolidge
Platform Committee
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Bowers
Hall
W. H. Porter
Calvin, N. D
Kentucky
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Iowa
Reckless Driver Reinstated After Civil Service Hearing
The Civil Service Commission ordered James A. Howard Jr. reinstated as senior clerk in the Building Department, effective July 1, after a hearing on charges tied to a vacation auto crash and a Municipal Court reckless driving conviction. The case drew that civil service rules differ for civilian employees and sworn officers.
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Civil Service Commission
C. M. Stegner
James A. Howard, Jr
Howard
Stegner
Col. Sherrill
Richard Crane
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Maurice “Mossy
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Mossy
Twister
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Chrysler Concern
N. Y.) Reformatory
Enforcement Plank
Éay
Brennan Modsey
Seation
Edwards
Key Pittman
Nevada
Senator Pittman
Party In Power
Nation
Claude G. Bowers
Lincoln
New York Evening World
Latin America
Egypt
America
H. FE. C. Bryant
World News Service
Teader
Washington
Daniel C. Roper
Lamar Hotel
Democratic
Frank A. Hampton
Mr. Simmons
George Fort Milton
McAdoo
Mr. Roper
Sunflower State
H. H. Daugherty
Wilson
Civil Service Group
City Department
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