Tom Greene Edges Betsy Ann In Historic River Race
In a storied Ohio river race, the Tom Greene beat the Betsy Ann from Cincinnati to Anderson’s Ferry and beyond, after the Betsy Ann struggled with coal pressure. Notables including Oscar F. Barret and officials from the Ohio Valley Improvement Association witnessed, while a bronze plaque trophy with a Robert E. Lee wood relic was awarded to Captain Tom Greene. The event drew media from NBC and WLW with cross country praise for canalization’s impact on commerce.
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Ohio River
J. Frank Ellison
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
WLW
Crosley
National Broadcasting Company
George Hicks
New York
NBC
Bob Brown
Natalie Giddings
Guy Giddings
Betsy Ann
Tom Greene
Tom
Betsy
Kentucky
Anderson
Waterloo
Southern Railway Bridge
Mississippi
E. P. Bradstrer
Natchez
Herbert Murphy
Mrs. Greene
Flora Haag
Cleveland
Chris Greene
Letha Cavendish
Huntington
George F. Schott
Coney, Island Park
Robert E. Lee
James E. Howard
Howard Shipyards
Jeffersonville
Indiana
Ohio
Cincinnati
Frederick Way
B. I. Patterson
Capt. Way
Mrs. Way
Two Robbers Captured After Hold-Up in City
Two Kentucky youths Clark and Shoemake were captured after attempting a theft at the Thom Mcan Shoe Store on Main Street. They admitted the robbery and were seized by bystanders and police within minutes, with $14.85 recovered from Clark.
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Kentucky
Charles Clark
Elm Street
Hobart Shoemake
Clark
Louisville
Hazard
Thom Mcan
Main Street
Emmett D. Kirgan
Shoemake
Ralph Bruns
Garrard Street
Covington
Charles Mesh
Elland Circle
Bruns
George Simpson
Denman Street
Jackson
Twelfth Streets
Simpson
Sergt
Bert Williams
The
Park Police
Frank Harsch
Dorsey Street
Twelfth
Main Streets
Harsch
Record attendance at Coney Island boat race and Moose outing
The Betsy Ann and Tom Greene boat race closed with record crowds at Coney Island along with the twenty first Loyal Order of Moose outing. Ben May led the event as Admiral with ship officers aiding transport and shore events. Winners of athletic contests included Robert Pratt, Anna May Metz, Harold Kramer, Horace Ringer, Harold Schwartz, Thelma Oser, Wilhelmina George, Herbert Binsberg, Virginia Frooks, William Young, Gretta Reuchie, Dorothy Poting, Carl Brockman, Bernie Meyer and Charles Hopper. Lorraine Brunner entertained at dinner.
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Betsy Ann
Tom Greene
Loyal Order of Moose
Coney Island
Ben May
Park
Island Queen
John T. Bailey, Jr
Harry Wiegel
Adam Dumele
Frank Roede
George Maringer
Oscar Gwinner
Island Maid
August Mechley, Sr
Louis F. Klayer
Frank J. Greiner
Joseph Meiser
Charles Braun
Louis Rinkenberger
Robert Pratt
Walnut Street
Anna May Metz
Corwine Street
Harold Kramer
Schaefer Avenue
Horace Ringer
Odin Avenue
Harold Schwartz
Raymond Metz
Thelma Oser
Meadow Avenue
Wilhelmina George
Liddell
Herbert Binsberg
Winding Way
Ladies of the Moose
Virginia Frooks
Broadway
William Young
Banning Road
Gretta
Reuchie
Dorothy Poting
Mtest
Young
Carl Brockman
Western Hills
Bernie Meyer
Charles Hopper
Ravine Street
Roeder
August Mechley
Oscar Gwing
President Hoover Visits Rapidan Camp for First Time in Weeks
President Hoover arrived at his Virginia Rapidan camp after a White House drive and visited his convalescing wife for the first time in three weeks. Lunch at the White House preceded the trip. Tonight guests included Hurley Ingalls Paine Richey and Capt. Boone with Hoover planning a return to Washington tomorrow.
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Orange
Hoover
Virginia
White House
Washington
Rapidan
Hurley
Navy
Ingalls
Victim chases swindler from town with pitcher
Andrew Guillombardo of Dayton, Ohio chased a man named Robert Reed and two accomplices from Louisville after losing 17 060 dollars to a stock market fraud. Reed allegedly used a Dayton hotel call to lure the money and fled in a car as police arrived near the Henry Clay Hotel.
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Louisville
Andrew John Guillombardo
Dayton
Henry Clay
Guillombardo
Robert T. Reed
Reed
Grand jury to hear Cosmopolitan Bank case subpoenas
Six witnesses are scheduled to testify as subpoenas issued over the bank failure are executed. Adolph Spellmire, served after disputing service, confirms he will appear Monday. Witnesses include Davis King Edward Kroness Fay Norton Harry Wandt and E A Mardorf. Prosecutor Schwab moves case to bank records and notes Shafer to appear for arraignment and possible guilty plea.
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Cosmopolitan Bank
Adolph T. Spellmire
Glendale
Butler County
Spellmire
Nelson Schwab
Schwab
Amor W. Shafer
H. L. Doherty & Co
Chester R. Shook
Shafer
Rovers of the Plains Take Unexpected Trip
Jack Sales and Alfred McGriffin, two youths from Alton, Illinois, hid in a box car while playing outlaws fleeing a posse. The box car ride took them to Chicago where they were found by police. They return home hungry and unharmed, now pursuing police roles in the town’s game.
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Chicago
Jack Sales
Alfred McGriffin
Alton
Jil
Jack
Alfred
Mayor's Nephews Honored for Trying to Save Priest
Francis X. and John A. Walker nephews of Mayor James J. Walker and Jack Cannon, all Notre Dame students and football star, were honored by Rev. Hugh O Donnell for volunteering to donate blood to save a priest who later died. A coin determined which Walker would donate. the transfusion failed to save the priest.
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New
Francis
Heber Halsey Stryker Dies at 59 in Hartford
Heber Halsey Stryker president of the First Reinsurance Company died of cerebral hemorrhage today at the Russia Insurance Company offices in Hartford. He was 59 and had a 32 year career in the insurance business beginning in Baltimore.
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Heber Halsey Stryker
Hartford
Conn
Russia Insurance Company
Baltimore
Trapper Accident Involves Howard Vaughn Waverly Ohio
In Waverly Ohio on June 28 Charles Dewey shot at clay pigeons and accidentally struck Howard Vaughn who was operating the trap. multiple shot penetrated Vaughn's back.
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Waverly
Pike County
Charles Dewey
Howard Vaughn
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