Million Dollar Phone Exchange Will Be Built
The Cincinnati and Suburban Bell Telephone Company plans an eight story downtown exchange at Seventh and Elm, costing about 1 million dollars. The company bought the Queen City Club building and adjacent property for over 400 thousand dollars to enable construction slated to begin in about sixteen months, with operation planned around 1930.
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Seventh and Elm Streets
Cincinnati
Bell Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Queen City Club
Cleneay
Nourse & Malick
James P. Orr
Frank Simpson
Ransom C. Hall
Exchange
The
Seventh and
Elm Streets
Seventh Street
Elm ‘Street
L’hommedieu Alley
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Hall
Fourth Street
Broadway
Canal Exchange
Queen City Building
J. A
Public Library
Ready to Face the Chair, Man Confesses Three Murders
Ray Lutz of Middletown Ohio, 28, confessed to Police Sergeant Hugh King that he killed three men in Chicago. He claimed Hopkins was slain on a fishing trip near Fox Islands, and police were to verify details. The 1920 Hopkins case remains unsolved. two other killings occurred two years earlier on the Blue Island area.
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Middletown
the Commercial Tribune
Ray Lutz
Fourteenth Avenue
Hugh King
Chicago
Lutz
King
Henry Spott
Second Avenue
Robert Hopkins
Spett
Brack Lutz
Ray
Hopkins
Fox Islands
Robert J. Hopkins
Butchers’ and
Bakers’ Union
Harvey
Blue Island
Blue
Jewels Worth 60000 Stolen From Hotel Suite
Mrs. F G Dahlberg reports jewelry theft at the Ritz Carlton while she slept in her room. The haul includes a plaque of sixty five diamonds valued at 22000 and a nine karat diamond brooch. both sets were insured with St Paul Fire and Marine. The case mirrors a 193? Donahue theft at the Plaza with passkey entry and a large reward reportedly paid to an intermediary.
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New York
James P. Donahue
Woolworth
F. G. Dahlberg
Celtex Company of
Chicago
Donahue
Plaza Hotel
Mrs. Dahlberg
Ritz Carlton
Noel C. Scaffa
Insurance Company
Dahlberg
St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company
Lion Building Sold for 425000 in Landmark Transfer
The Lion Building at Fifth and Elm Streets was sold yesterday by the N B Harrison estate to Seton Realty Company for 425000. The six story stone front building houses Evans Bros Hardware on the ground floor with upper lofts and a 72.8 by 99 feet footprint. Frederick W Schmidt Company brokers announced the investment purchase, noting four ownership changes in the past three years including a recent transfer tied to the Ingalls Building deal.
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Lion
Fifth and
Elm Streets
N. B. Harrison
Seton Realty Company
Evans Bros. Hardware Company
Fifth Street
Elm Street
Frederick W. Schmidt
Charles Scheingold
Ben Bernstein
Harrison Estate
Ingalls
Fourth and
Vine Streets
Plot to kill Iowa prosecutor by poisoned beer uncovered
Marshalltown Iowa March 28 Harold Grimes and Rose Campbell in jail as police pursue a plot to kill County Attorney Roy L Pell by poisoning two near beer bottles found in a businessman's car. Grimes admitted buying poison. Campbell linked as confidant. motive tied to Pell's liquor prosecutions.
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Marshalltown
Harold Grimes
Rosé Campbell
Roy L. Pell
Pell
Grimes
Campbell
Girl Confesses Killing Father Wounding Mother in Mississippi
Kitty Jones, 15, said her parents favored her younger brother and fired at them at the Jones farm near Stewart. Ira Jones, 50, was shot asleep and Mrs. Jones, three bullets in serious condition, in Winona Mississippi. The mother later questioned the story and cited a quarrel with a man over alleged attentions to the daughter.
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Winona
Miss
Kitty Jones
Ira Jones
Mystery remains in Mrs Houck drowning case in Washington
A coroner's jury ruled Mrs Gladys W Houck died by drowning in an unknown manner. District Attorney Gordon considered presenting the case to a grand jury. Dr Knute Houck, her husband, was held then released in Albany Oregon as authorities pursued leads. Witnesses noted her unhappiness and a friend testified she spoke ill of married life. Her body was found in a Potomac River branch after months missing since December 15.
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Washington
Gladys W. Houck
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Gordon
Knute Houck
Albany
Ore
Three Arrests in Child Kidnapping Case in Chattanooga
Chattanooga authorities arrested Frank Baskett 47 on kidnapping and ransom charges in connection with Virginia Jo Frazier’s abduction. A second woman and Mrs. Annie Tominson were detained for questioning, while Baskett is held for safekeeping after the ransom case. Frazier’s daughter was taken from her crib Wednesday and safe with her parents after a $3,333 ransom.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Frank
Baskett
Virginia Jo Frazier
Annie Tominson
North
Tominson
W. H. Hackett
Dayton
Fred B. Frazier
Frazier
Virginia Jo
Tom Fugit
McAlexander Would Like to Fight On Side of Chinese
Maj. Gen. A G McAlexander retired famed as The Rock of the Marne says he would join China’s side with reservations. He spoke at the Oregon DAR state convention defending strong law enforcement and urging vigorous action to remove foreign influence even through enforcing harsh laws until repealed.
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McAlexander
Corvallis
Ore
A. G. McAlexander
Marne
China
the Daughters of American Revolution
Pacific
Detroit Liquor War Claims Two Lives
Detroit police probe a deadly bootleg feud with two men killed and a third wounded by a machine gun volley in a third floor apartment. Victims Joseph Bloom George Cohen and Frank Wright were shot from behind a steel door while four men, including Wright, were said to have entered. Wright, aka Frank Burke, faces possible Chicago diamond robbery links. Authorities chased leads to Meyer Bloomfield and others as the gun battle left a hall strewn with shells and a hospital patient in critical condition.
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Detroit
Joseph Bloom
George Cohen
Frank Wright
Edward O’brien
Bloom
Coker
Wright
Frank Burke
Chicago
Meyer “Fish
Bloomfield
Albright
Cohen
Mystery Note Explained Stirs Mexico US Spying Debate
Secretary Kellogg discusses a claimed mystery note to Mexico denying US spies in Mexico. The Mexican government reportedly accepted the denial while both sides seek to uncover forged documents and signatures. The note’s origin remains unclear amid academic war game theories.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Mexico
Kellogg
Calles
United States
State Department
War College
Refugees Trapped by Shanghai Violence Amid China Tension
In the Shanghai area and across treaty ports, anti foreign sentiment rises as naval and diplomatic observers work to avert wider unrest. Americans evacuate under warnings from Peking and consuls while Cantonese authorities guard settlements and await a formal statement from Eugene Chen on the Nanking incident.
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Yangtse Valley
Shanghai
McMurray
Peking
Canton
Chen
Hankow
Hangéhow
Chiang
Gauss
Nanking
Kidnapping Plot Fears After Indian Girl Vanishes at Home
Millie Naharkey known as the poor little rich Indian girl, valued at 400000, disappears from her Muskogee home. A Kansas automobile and a smooth stranger are linked to the case as government agents seek leads. Friends fear she has been kidnapped and she was last seen with the man while traveling toward Tulsa.
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Musmogee
Okla
Millie Naharkey
Kansas
T. N. Roach
Five Civilized Tribes
Two Auto Accidents Tilt Hamilton County Death Toll
Two people died from injuries in automobile crashes, raising Hamilton County 1927 fatalities to 21. Charles Findley Jr. 11 of 6829 Grace Avenue died after being struck by a car driven by Howard Hooman 6263 Cary Avenue in front of 4114 Hamilton Avenue. He darted into the street with his brother John 13. Flo at General Hospital after a 10 p.m. death. Michael Hackett 59 of 626 Burns Street died at St. Marys Hospital from injuries suffered March 21 when struck by a hit and run motorist. Howard Strole 9 of 2171 Longworth Street broken skull in collision with a car driven by Mollie Tyler North Cooper Avenue. Taken to General Hospital in serious condition. Stanley Hallwech 21 of 1622 Jogan Street suffered a broken left leg and internal injuries in a motorcycle crash with Allen Johnson 2630 University Court near 1340 Lincoln Avenue. He remained at General Hospital in serious condition. The Roach home incident involved an Indian girl and unknown men, with their departure toward Tulsa after meeting at Oswego Kansas. The narrative continues on page one.
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Hamilton County
Charles Findley, Jr
Grace Avenue
Howard Hooman
Cary Avenue
Hamilton Avenue
Charles
John
Flo
General Hospital
William L. Frayhoff
Clifton Avenue
Michael Hackett
Burns Street
St. Mary’s Hospital
Hackett
Clarence Benson
Price Avenue
Howard Strole
CC. R. Strole
Longworth Street
Lockland
Mollie Tyler
North Cooper Avenue
Marshal Wagner
Stanley Hallwech
Jogan Street
Final effort to avert coal strike by UMWA policy panel
Indianapolis reports the United Mineworkers Policy Committee authorizes central field districts Illinois Indiana Ohio and Western Pennsylvania to negotiate district contracts. They may extend temporary terms after April 1 and allow maintenance work under existing wages until a basic central field agreement is reached. John L. Lewis says this opens talks to operators but avoids immediate work suspension where no temp deals exist.
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Indianapolis
Ind
United Mineworkers of America
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Miami
John L. Lewis
International Convention of the Union
Mr. Lewis
Lewis
Riots and Evacuations Amid Rising Anti Foreign Sentiment in Shanghai
Foreigners in Nationalist China flee Shanghai under a near wartime mood as Cantonese mobs target ships on the Yangtse. Barricades tighten around the international settlement while Americans evacuate from Nanking and other cities.
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Shanghai
China
Yangtse
Nanking
United States
Japanese Miners Die in Coal Mine Fire Near Tokyo
Reuters reports 136 miners killed in a coal mine fire near Tokyo with 60 bodies recovered. Local mine location not specified in the dispatch.
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Tokyo
London
Reuter
Evacuation Threat Looms for Canton Christian College
A cable from Canton warns that immediate evacuation of Canton Christian College and the Shameen foreign settlement may be required after recent Nanking and Bias Bay incidents. More than 150 American missionaries and college affiliates operate on Shameen island.
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Canton Christian College
New York
Shameem
Canton
The
College
Nanking
Bias Bay
Shameen
Southern Baptists
Escaped Convicts Captured Near Mt Sterling
Two of three prisoners who escaped from the Ohio Penitentiary were captured near Mt Sterling in Madison County. The men identified were Evecare Shoemaker and Monte deter.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Mt. Sterling
Madison County
Evecare Shoemaker
Monte Deter
Three Die as Auto Strikes Trolley Pole in Cheshire
A car owned by James J. Welch of New Britain crashed through a fence and demolished against a trolley pole in Cheshire. James H. Riley Jr., teller at New Britain National Bank, and Edward H. Sheehy, manager of the Connecticut Hat Company at Bristol, also died.
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Cheshire
Conn
James J. Welch
New Britain
James H. Riley, Jr
New Britain National Bank
Edward H. Sheehy
Connecticut Hat Company
Bristol
Private manufacture planned for medicinal whisky supply
Washington March 28 Definite proposals for private manufacture of medical whisky to restock the nation will be presented to Lincoln C Andrews in charge of prohibition enforcement He met with distillers and owners of the current four and a half year supply and plans for several privately owned corporations to begin production by next September were agreed upon Andrews said the supply would be controlled by a few strong corporations split into Eastern and Western groups with distribution overseen by manufacturers and wholesale druggists to keep whisky out of illegitimate hands He will invite wholesale druggists to refine safeguards against illegal diversion.
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Washington
Lincoln C. Andrews
Andrews
Ohio Operators See Little Chance of Averting Suspension
Toledo March 28 Ohio coal operators anticipate a March 31 shutdown of mines with no firm plan for future actions. A Thursday meeting aims to discuss possible paths for the suspension but no definite proposals emerged. Operators expect non union capacity to cover demand for about a year with large supplies in storage.
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Ohio
Toledo
Three Confess Killing Macon Broker in Robbery
Macon Ga March 28 Three men from Knoxville Tenn arrived today and confessed to killing E B Hogan a Macon cotton broker during a March 16 attempted robbery. Jack Kenton alias Kelley fired the fatal shot but said the pistol discharged accidentally as he wrestled with George Hiall the youngest of the trio. Bernard B Sprayer was the third member of the group police said
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Macon
Tonoxville
Tenn
E. B. Hogan
Here
Jack Kenton
Kelley
Kenton
George Hiall
Bernard
Sprayer
Cincinnati Association aids 407 blind with $15,500 paid
The Cincinnati Association for the Welfare of the Blind at 1548 Plural Street makes brooms mops and flower baskets. It paid blind workers last year a total of $15,500 and, aided by the Community Chest, helped 407 blind people.
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Cincinnati Association For the Welfare of the Blind
Community Chest
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City Club
Commercial Tribune
Fifth and Elm Streets
Iowa
Houck
Machine Gun
Trio
Mich
Santa Barbara
Cal
Ogden
Utah
Smilar
Abe
Simon Axler
Sam Miller
John Tolzdord
Miller
Kent. O
Eddie Fletcher
Trenton
N. J
Foo Chow
Navy
Admiral Williams
General Labor Union
Geuss
Chiang Kai Shek
Lockhart
Eugene Chen
Amoy
Navy Department
Bulmer
John R. Putnam
Putnam
Foochow
Bishop Brown
Tulsa
Roach
Yangtse River
Japan
Clarence E. Gauss
Kiukiang
Nanchang
Yangchow
Swatow
Hangchow
Chinkiang
Preble
Nagier
Frank Price
Richmond
Nanking Theological Seminary
Price
Nanking University
Mme. Chaplain
Gen. Andrews
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