German voters fail to elect president in first ballot
Berlin results show Dr Karl Jarres leading with 10 787 000 votes while Otto Braun trails with 7 838 000 and Wilhelm Marx has 3 988 000. About 27.3 million votes cast, 70 percent turnout. second ballot set for April 26 with possible candidate lists unchanged or new names.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Republic
Karl Jarres
Otto Braun
Wilhelm Marx
Ernest Thaelmann
Hellpach
Baden
Democratic Party
Dr. Held
Bavarian People’s Party
Ludendorff
Next German President Likely to Be Republican
Germany's preliminary presidential vote shows no winner. Republicans lead the reactionaries, with about 80 percent turnout. Coalition prospects hinge on results for coalition talks ahead of the April 26 election.
Masked Gunmen Fire Into Crowd at New Jersey Hotel
Five masked men opened fire on patrons at Wilkie's Hotel in Wayne New Jersey wounding two men and taking about five thousand dollars in cash and jewelry before fleeing in an automobile. Victims include Charles Manganey and his brother Gus of Paterson who sustained leg wounds.
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Wayne
N. J
Charles Manganey
Gus
Paterson
Police Use War Tactics to Nab Roxbury Robber
In Boston on March 29 a drug store robbery suspect Joseph Burke 21 of Roxbury used threats to shoot entrants. Police deployed tear gas bombs from a wagon breastwork and entered with gas masks and bullet proof vests to seize the unconscious robber.
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Boston
Roxbury
Joseph Burke
Girl's body identified in Ohio River death case
Relatives identified the body found near Wellsburg West Virginia as Margaret Glenn a 17 year old girl from East Liverpool Ohio who disappeared two months ago Police deem death by own action and the body will be brought here for burial
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East Liverpool
Ohio River
Wellsburg
W. Va
Margaret Glenn
Arm-less Man Writes Memoirs Using Feet
Berlin reports Herr Unthan, born without arms, writes with his feet and has penned his life memoirs to inspire others who lost limbs. He urges disabled men to train their feet to perform tasks once done by hands.
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Berlin
Herr Unthan
Missing veteran Tom Coyle feared murdered after note
Relatives of Tom Coyle 55 a Spanish War veteran report a mailbox note claiming he was killed three weeks earlier. Police pursue three men seen manhandling Coyle the day of his disappearance as inquiries spread from Cincinnati.
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Tom Coyle
Trio
East Pearl Street
George Bakewell
Coyle
Bakewell
East
Pearl Street
Heston
Cincinnati
Richmond
Acquit Doctor in Wife's Death at Bessemer
Dr George T Edwards was found not guilty by a circuit court jury after two and a half hours deliberation in a bitter four month case over the December 2 murder of Annie Lou Edwards. The acquittal followed two trials and prior mistrial. Edwards smiled as his father cried out praise. The state had claimed he killed his wife and planted evidence.
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Bessemer
Ala
George T. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Lett Edwards
Selma
Gwin
Annie Lou Edwards
Edwards
Riverside Prison Break Stuns Pittsburgh Nine Escape Arrests After Roof Hole
Eight convicts at the Riverside Branch of the Western Pennsylvania Prison escaped through the roof late today. Two were recaptured. six remain at large after stealing a car. Guards shot Bernstein as he descended the rope. O’Leary led the escape discussions but said he knew little of the plan until Friday. A clipping from 1924 Parkersburg noted a similar jail break.
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Pittsburgh
Riverside
Western Pennsylvania
Liberty
Lawrence O’leary
Blue Bandana Gang
Harry Bernstein
Eastern
Reading
Robert Slattery
Bernstein
O'Leary
O’leary
Parkersburg
W. Va
Poincare Warns Against Germany Security Pact
Bar LeDuc France March 29 Raymond Poincare former President of France warned against accepting Germany proposed security pact. He spoke at a monument dedication and warned that such guarantees would not disarm Germany and could undermine Versailles terms. He urged Europe to stop the march toward renewed aggression.
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M. Poincare
France
Germany
Versailles
Reich
Soviet Russia
Poland
Austria
Central Europe
Alles
Europe
Forbes ex Veterans Bureau head Charles Forbes stricken with paralysis
Colonel Charles R. Forbes former head of the United States Veterans Bureau was stricken with paralysis at his sister's home in Brighton Boston. He is confined to bed at Hart private hospital Roxbury and doctors caution the prognosis is uncertain. Forbes has a long history of illness including encephalitis and prior partial paralysis.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Boston
Charles R. Forbes
United States Veterans’ Bureau
Harry Judkins
Brighton
John H. Cauley
Edward A. Tullidge
Philadelphia
Forbes
Hart Private Hospital
Roxbury
Mass
Colghel Forbes
Colonel Forbes
Hopkinton
Hold-up Staged on NY Central Express Near Laporte
Two men robbed an express messenger on an eastbound New York Central train between Chicago and Laporte Indiana. They looted the car, escaped toward Chicago in a maroon auto, with theft estimates ranging up to 650000 though later revised. Express Messenger Howard Young aided investigation after being bound during the heist.
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Chicago
New York Central
Laporte
Ind
Howard Young
la Porte
Young
Cleveland
Express Company
Forbes Stricken Before Chicago Appeal for New Trial
Colonel Forbes, convicted on conspiracy charges after a Veterans Bureau probe, was struck down on the eve of departure for Chicago to seek a new trial. He received two years imprisonment and forty days to prepare his appeal.
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Philadelphia
Forbes
Chicago
Veterans’ Bureau
Federal Penitentiary
Charrges
French aviator recalls wooden leg after Niamey crash
Captain Dagnaux recounts the Paris to Lake Chad flight crash near Niamey in February. He notes his wooden leg broke, joking that they broke the wrong leg and that a spare wooden leg was aboard. Sergeant Vandaele was killed and Colonel Vuillemin injured.
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Bordeaux
France
Dagnaux
Niamey
Africa
Paris
Lake Tchad
Verdun
Vandaele
Aolonel
Vuillemin
Knecht
Dakar
Pelletier Doisy
Tokyo
Degoys
Paris-to- Lake
Bank Official and Family Die in Madelia Train Crash
E O Lee cashier of the State Bank of Madelia his wife and their eight year old son Ralph were killed when the auto they rode in was struck at a grade crossing by a Twin Cities bound Chicago St Paul Minneapolis Omaha train near Madelia.
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Madelia, Minn
E. O. Lee
State Bank of
Madelia
Ralph
Twin Cities
Robbers Take New York Central Car Remittance
Two robbers seized less than 1900 dollars from a Howard Young Buffalo New York Central express car. M F Muldoon said only New York Central remittances were aboard and no blame attached to Young after he helped verify contents.
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Cleveland
Howard Young
Buffalo
New York Central Express
M. F. Muldoon
American Railway Express Company
Muldoon
Chicago
New York Central Railway
Young
Watch fob may link train robbers to loot
Laporte Indiana March 29 railroad police probed whether a watch fob bearing A F Planck Chicago was part of the loot from five robbers who held up New York Central train No 28 last night. The fob was found beside the track where the bandits escaped as detectives plan to question Planck’s involvement.
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Railroad Police
Panck
The
Commercial Tribune
Franklin, O
Cincinnati
147Th Infantry
Freeman Avenue Armory
Columbus
166 Infantry
Austin Dennison
Clifford Eaves
Harold Herron
Raymond Henry
Henry Quackmeyer
Troy Murphy
Joseph Simms
Bruies
Main Street
Laurel Street
Eaves
Dennison
Marshal Graham
N. A. Hamilton
S. Stahl
Robert Brown
Ted Wedding
Albert Balasch
Lyman Hatter
George Newton
Middletown
Herron
Yeggmen Loot Louisville Department Store Safe
Three men dynamited the Kauf man-Straus department store safe totaling 11 000 dollars in cash and jewelry. The watchman was chained to a radiator and watched the robbery from 11 10 PM to 2 40 AM. Delays occurred due to limited dynamite and extra charges. Police worked on several leads tonight.
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Louisville
Kaufman-Straus Company
Coolidges End Two Day Cruise Aboard Mayflower
President Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge with their son John and friends sailed the Mayflower to the Potomac River near Washington after a two day cruise that nearly reached Norfolk. The President planned to leave the yacht tomorrow. It marks one of his longest cruises since Congress convened last winter.
Connecticut Jury In Chapman Murder Trial Hears Subpoenas
In Hartford Connecticut Deputy Sheriffs serve subpoenas on witnesses in the Gerald Chapman murder trial at Wethersfield Prison as jurors prepare for the verdict. Chapman reads in his cell while guards line the path to the courtroom.
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Chapman
New York World News Service
Hartford
Cofin
Gerald Chapman
Wethersfield Penitentiary
Jim
Connecticut
New Britain
Wethersfield
Hotel Heublein
Fluvial Floods Sweep New England with Heavy Damage
Rivers swollen by rainfall flooded Vermont New Hampshire and Maine causing property losses and road washouts. In Randolph Vt floodwaters swept away two dams six buildings and damaged a mill dam prompting dynamite use. rail service was disrupted and trains faced washouts across the line.
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Boston
Vermont
New Hampshire
Manchester
N. H
Randolph
White River
White River Junction
Connecticut
Merrimac
Moscoma
Grafton
Concord
Canaan
Maine
Waterville
Kennebec
Androscoggin
Lewiston
Bristol
Connecticut River
N. H. Morse & Son
Sargent, Osgood & Roundy
Mascoman River
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Main
Claremont
Sugar River
Braintree
Burk Oil Leader John M Burk Found Dead in Taxi
John M Burk former President of Burk Petroleum Tulsa Oklahoma was found dead in a taxicab this morning. The taxi driver delivered the body to police headquarters. Cause of death not yet determined. Burk born in Texas spent much of life in the oil business. Standard Oil recently purchased his oil holdings.
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New York
John M. Burk
Burk Petroleum Company
Tulsa
Okla
Burk
Texas
Standard Oil Company
Flyers Missing in Everglades
In Sebring Florida March 29 fear that Captain R A Smith and E P Lott aerial photographers of New York were lost in the Everglades. They departed Saturday morning for a one day trip to photograph drainage maps and were to return Saturday night. Worries mount over potential landing in the marshy area and safety concerns despite their experience.
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Sebring
Fla
R. A. Smith
E. P. Lott
New York
Everglades
Rescue planes search Everglades for Captain Smith and Lott
Rescue parties will be sent in airplanes tomorrow to search the Everglades for trace of Captain Smith and E P Lott. Stuart Moyers, Southeastern manager of the company, said both men are York City residents with families. Mrs Lott flew to Florida with her husband and returned to New York a few days ago. Captain Smith served three years in the British Air Forces in France and later taught aerial photography in Canada. Lott was a member of the American flying forces during the war.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Everglades
Captain Smith
E. P. Lott
Stuart Moyers
Southeastern
Lott
York City
France
Canada
Prince of Wales Inoculates Aboard Repulse for South Africa Cruise
The Prince of Wales receives typhoid inoculation aboard the battle cruiser Repulse as it sails from Portsmouth through the Bay of Biscay toward Bathurst in West Africa. He leads the volunteer group for the treatment and plans a rest before arrival on April 4.
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Associated Press
Repulse
London
Prince of Wales
Repulser
Bay of Biscay
South Africa
Portsmouth
South America
Bathurst
Africa
Rome Burns 320 Million Lire In Government Burn
In Rome on March 29 a portion of Italy's paper currency was burned in the presence of Finance Minister De Stefani, Bank of Italy President Pavoncelli, and government officials. The amount destroyed totaled 320 million lire, following a prior destruction of 100 million lire in bank notes last Wednesday.
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Rome
Italy
de Stefani
Nicola Pavoncelli
Bank of Italy
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N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub. Co
OY Migal
Western Pennsylvania Penitentiary
Poincare
Forbes Vgtm
NY Express
Ghigagu
Englewood
Windy City
Franklin
Shean
N. Y. Crook
Hugh M. Alcorn
Nathan C. Freedman
Frederick J
Henry Johnson
New England
Fallg
Hamilton
Miamisburg
Shaffer
Hipple
William Rines
Miner Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Main
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Parliamo Avenue
Phy
Rines
J. M- Burk
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