City Manager Shot by City Physician in Health Dept Dispute
In Austin Texas on March 14 city manager Adam R. Johnson was shot five times by Dr C W Goddard city physician and health officer a few hours after an argument over health department operations Goddard later died in a city jail cell Williams stated Johnson may recover from his chest wounds as authorities review the incident and potential resignation requests from the city council.
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Austin
Tex
C. W. Goddard
Adam R. Johnson
Goddard
Johnson
Dr. Goddard
State Board of Control
Pat M. Neff
Health Department of Texas University
Gey
Metcalf
Pacpica
Littlepage
Princess Ileana Betrothal Report Circulates in 1927 Rome Visit
Bucharest dispatch says King Ferdinand and Queen Marie plan to depart March 24 for Rome to arrange the betrothal of Princess Ileana to Crown Prince Humbert of Italy. Premier Averescu and Foreign Minister Militineu accompany the royal party on the official visit.
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Ileana
Humbert of
Italy
Bucharest
Ferdinand
Marie
Rome
Illeana
Humbert
Averescu
Militineu
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub. Co
FACES OLD COUNT REVIVED BY WIFE
Frank Bennett of Miami and Cleveland is held on blue sky law charges after his former wife Frances Gratz de Vere, once a city policewoman, triggered the arrest by threatening to take her children. Bennett, once known as David K. Gratz, is arraigned on a $1,200 securities case and faces $98,700 in alleged stock fraud. Bond set at $10,000.
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Cleveland
Frank Bennett
Miami
Fla
Frances Gratz de Vere
Bennett
David K. Gratz
Walter Meinert
Emmett Potts
Meinert
New York Investor Named Defendant in $1 Million Libel Suit
August Hecksher, a New York capitalist, was named defendant in a $1,000,000 libel suit filed in Tampa Circuit Court by D. C. Gillett. The suit cites allegedly slanderous remarks published in the Tampa Morning Tribune and allegedly reiterated at a hearing today.
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Tampa
Fla
Hecksher
New York
D. C. Gillett
Tampa Morning Tribune
Special Rates For Mantat Ad Service Details
Special rates for Mantat advertising offered with a paid service. Ads may be phoned in up to 8 p.m. for the next morning’s issue. Commercial Tribune offices located at 408-410 Commercial Square Just Off Broadway Between Fifth and Sixth Streets.
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Commercial Square
Kellogg Denies US Aided Diaz in Nicaragua Talk
Secretary Kellogg issued a flat denial that he instructed the Managua Legation or any US official to promote Adolfo Diaz or other candidates for Nicaragua’s presidency. He said no such document existed and no instructions were given. The denial follows Washington Post reports of a secret message to Dennis to secure Diaz’s election by the Senate on Chamorro’s withdrawal.
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Washington
Kellogg
Legation
Managua
United States
Adolfo Diaz
Owrence Dennis
Washington Post
Dennis
Diaz
Senate
Chamorro
Solorzano
Nicaragua
Calcutta Mail Train Collision Kills Fourteen
Fourteen people die and twenty eight are injured when the Calcutta Madras mail train collides with a freight train at Bahadrak Station, about 180 miles from Calcutta.
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India
Calcutta
Madras
Bahadrak Station
Contempt Action Threat Follows Ford Subpoena Fight
In Detroit on March 14 William Henry Gallagher threatened contempt unless Henry Ford attends court amid a $1,000,000 libel suit by Aaron Sapiro. The dispute arose after a lengthy preliminary session with Ford defense counsel and Senator Reed present.
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Ford
Sapiru LI
Agi
Reed
Dudley Nichols
New York World News Service
Detroit
Mich
William Henry Gallagher
Federal District Court
Henry Ford
Gallagher
Aaron Sapiro
Sapiro
United States
James A. Reed
Missouri
Federal
Mr. Gallagher
Mr. Hanley
Mr. Longley
Clifford B. Longley
Ford Motor Company
Right Bower
Senator Reed
Mr. Ford
Missing School Girl Found in New York Town
Mary Cabell, missing from Spence School, was detained in Hudson Falls New York. She admitted her identity and used the alias Charlotte Blake in a planned return as she explored work at Fox Film offices for three dollars daily or as a dress model.
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Hudson Falls
N. Y
Mary Cabell
New York
Spence
Texas
Lieut. P. Habell
South
Charlotte Blake
Sidney B. Self
Mary
Fox Film
Hamilton Man Sought in Double Killing of Ex-Wife and Father
Police hunt 24 year old Michael Foley for the double slaying of his former wife Catherine Mitts 21 and her father James Mitts 53 in Hamilton Ohio just after 1 am. The Mitts family lived along the canal near Heaton street.
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Hamilton
Michael Foley
Catherine Mitts
James Mitts
Mitts
Canal
Heaton Street
Ohio approves Brown bill to tax motor fuels
Gov. Donahey signs a measure extending the two cent gasoline tax to benzol and other motor fuels. The Ohio Treasury is estimated to gain about 500 dollars daily from the excise tax, which becomes effective immediately after the veto was overridden two years ago.
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Columbus
Ohio Treasury
Donahey
Mystery of Mutilated Will Comes Before Probate Court
In a Probate Court hearing Judge Lueders heard more than a dozen witnesses about a torn four part will said to be Luke Devine's. Relatives contest its validity while a later Will by Devine was also discussed. The case names Michael Devine executor and involves Mrs Bridget Devine and Lavina Bushelman among others.
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Lueders
Geault Viaziuno
Attracter Avenue
Devine
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bridget Devine
Covington
Lavina Bushelman
Luke Devine
Michael Devine
Richard Grogan
Eastern Avenue
Bushelman
Mary Roach
Anthony Hyland
Contempt trial on Teapot Dome probe authority
Defense argues the Senate oil investigation lacked legal authority to summon witnesses during the Teapot Dome inquiry. Judge Hitz considered directing a not guilty verdict, contending the chairman had no binding oath power without proper congressional authorization. Government counsel disputed the claim, noting oath validity and witness swearing in December 1923.
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Washington
Senate
Harry F. Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Justice Hitz
Owen J. Roberts
Sinclair
Roberts
Americans Flee Nanking as Cantonese Advance Deepens
A Shanghai dispatch reports orders for about 800 Americans and British to evacuate Nanking amid fear the city may fall to Cantonese forces. The fighting reaches within twenty miles, with internal Kuomintang strife complicating the Cantonese campaign and prompting planned evacuations of missionaries and nationals if needed.
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London
Shanghai
Westminster Gazette
Nanking
Sun Chuan-Fang
Yangtse
Shing
Kiangsu
Changhing
Chekiang
Percival Phillips
Daily Mail
Wuhu
Shantung
Chang Tsung-Chang
Hankow
Peking
Mystery Killing of Pretty Wife of Mt Crab Man
A puzzling deathbed tale from Tonopah details a murder involving a Mt. Crab man and his pretty wife. The report links the case to local youth and underscores community mystery around the tragedy.
France to send unofficial observer to Naval Disarmament Parley
Paris March 14 Foreign Minister Briand told U S Ambassador Herrick France would send an unofficial observer to the Naval Disarmament Conference called by President Coolidge. The United States seeks France’s participation while noting no aim to interfere with the League of Nations General Disarmament Conference. Italy and France show reluctance but France may gain by delaying signing the pact while submarine limits loom as a key issue. An unrelated prospectors tale about a Nevada mine entry follows the main item.
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Arno Dosch Fleurot
New York
France
Italy
Japan
Satir
High School Girl Shot to Death in Brooklyn Home
Anna Harris a 16 year old honor student at New Utrecht High School was found shot dead at her Brooklyn dining room table. Neighbor and alleged boyfriend Walter Goldberg 18 was detained after four hours of questioning on a murder charge. Goldberg admitted a pass key to the Harris home and earlier had admitted the defendant’s sisters to the house when they were locked out. The investigation traced two revolvers hidden in the Harris home a month ago as the likely murder weapon. police say Goldberg is among youths who drove to Dr Herbert Sparber’s home reporting the shooting.
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New York World News Service
New York
Anna Harris
New Utrecht High School
Brooklyn
Walter Goldberg
Goldberg
High Schoo
Martha ‘Harris
Harris
Sullivan
Ryan
Herbert Sparber
Sparber
Angelina
Martha
Anna
Elderly Mt. Orab man linked to Mrs. McGee murder
In Georgetown Ohio March 14 Brown County authorities focus on Harry Cummings 59 in the death of Mrs Mayme McGee 30 who named a Felicity man before dying. Cummings admitted riding with her after she took his knife but an airtight alibi prevents charges. Blood stains found in his car seat and a coroner's report support a fatal wound to her left lung and heart with investigation ongoing.
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Georgetown
Mayme McGee
Louis McGee
Mt. Orab
Harry Cummings
John H. Houston
Brown County
Felicity
George B. Tyler, Jr
Ripley
John McCullum
Cummings
Chambers
McGee
Tyler
McCullum
Ms. McGee
Robert Kinney
Cincinnati
Cal Crim Detective Bureau
Crim
Houston
Kinney
Wudimeimro
Aoen
Iff
Raymond Ross
Mamie Ring Metzger
Chile
Otto Sten
Bethel
McGees
Slap of Kerensky Revealed by Desperate Lover
New York report details Catherine Bary paying 4.50 for a glove slap at Kerensky’s speech marking the tenth anniversary of his Russian revolution. She claimed personal motive, refused ties to czarist groups, and recounted her fiancé’s death blamed on Kerensky’s orders.
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Kerensky
Irish Free State seeks ownership of large Irish fund
In New York a court hears Ireland's claim to the 2.5 million dollar balance of a 6 million dollar fund raised in the United States for the Irish Republic. The portable offices concept is cited as reason for moving swiftly during Sinn Fein rule. Eamon De Valera attends as De Valera and other lawyers observe the trial, with three more days of depositions expected before witness testimony begins.
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New York
Irish Free State
William C. Cannon
Hugh Kennedy
Free State
Trial Marriage and Lax Moral Code Assailed by Lecturer
Mrs Gruenberg of New York warned at the University of Cincinnati against modern social changes and trial marriage. She urged parents to build an inner circle of reputable people and stressed essential early training to shape child relationships and resist risky experiments.
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Sturminsen
Gruenberg
New York
Child Study Association of America
University of Cincinnati
Ben Lindsey
EA Efas
Nasmann
Brooklyn Ethical Culture Society
Dr. Neumann
Walnut Hills
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Mental Hygiene Society
Neumann
Legal Aid Society Aided 1700 Poor in Cincinnati 1926
The Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati provided free legal aid in 1926 to 1700 individuals unable to pay. Funding and support came from the Community Chest.
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Legal Aid Society of Cincinnati
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