Middletown Negro Gunman Killed After Killing Two Police
George McCullen a 26 year old Middletown negro bootlegger who shot and killed two patrolmen Harold Roth and Elmer Crout then leaped from a moving car and was fatally wounded by Middletown police. The incident followed a mob attempt to lynch him and a Hamilton to Middletown transfer.
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Commercial Tribune
Middletown
George McCullen
Hamilton
McCullen
Harold W. Roth
Elmer Crout
National
Charles R. Howell
Noom
W. A. Raymer
Jesse Bennett
Ralph Bower
Yankee Road
Kyles Station
Bower
Bennett
Raymer
Roth
Crout
Tom McCullen
Megro
Endurance flyer uses neck rope to prevent sleep
Lieut. Royal V. Thomas describes a neck rope fastened at his back and looped around his neck to wake him if he succumbs to sleep during an unaccompanied endurance flight from Roosevelt Field New York. He says it was not used on the last trip and plans another attempt within a week or ten days.
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Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Lieut
Royal V. Thomas
Associated Press
Thomas
Haing Increase Perils Of Dam Flood In South
Table Rock Cove South Carolina May 6 14 A cold rain worsens danger from a leak in the earthen Saluda Creek dam that released water and forced thousands to seek hilltop shelters Engineers trench the dam sides to redirect drainage and protect the 5 000 000 000 gallon reservoir Superintendent H W Perry of Greenville City Water Works says the dam should hold with controlled release while crews work to prevent a break
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Table Rock Cove
S. C
Saluda Creek
Table Rock Mountain
H. W. Perry
Greenville City Water Works
Westheimer R Jr Dies After Ten Day Illness
Joseph Ransohoff Westheimer 22 of Avondale died at Jewish Hospital after a ten day illness. He worked for N. S. Hill & Co. bond house two years since leaving University of Michigan. Active in Boy Scouts as Assistant Scout Master at Rockdale Center. Funeral private.
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Joseph Ransohoff Westheimer
Leo F. Westheimer
Washington Avenue
Avondale
Jewish Hospital
N. S. Hill & Co
Bond House
University of Michigan
Westheimer
Rockdale Center
Title Guaranty & Trust Company of Cincinnati
Jean Ransohoff Westheimer
University of Cincinnati
Leo F. Westheimer, Jr
Ferdinand Leo Westheimer
Title Guaranty and Trust Company
Seven men arrested in Browning family ambush case in Kentucky
Seven men were arrested on federal warrants in the Browning ambush slaying and killings near Shepherdsville Kentucky. Wounds to Ben Browning and family members followed the blaze and gunfire as they escaped the burning home in the Bardstown area. Federal warrants issued for conspiracy to intimidate a federal witness and obstruct justice.
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Shepherdsville
Kate Browning
Browning
Brownington Settlement
Here
Arthur
Sylvia Hodge
Walter Crenshaw
Elmer Crenshaw
Clarence Crenshaw
Walter
Elmer
John Bolton
Frank Kinder
Frank Hodge
James Harris
United States
Osso W. Stanley
Bardstown
Bullitt County
Stanley
Ben Browning
Lou Browning
Angie
Amanda Jones
Peachie
Educator Mason Leaves Chicago for Rockefeller Foundation
The University of Chicago loses its president Dr. Max Mason who will resign likely at year's end to head the new division of natural sciences at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York. The move is framed as a scientific gain with Foundation President George E. Vincent confirming the plan, and Mason's departure aligning with a lineage of university leaders moving to major foundations.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Max Mason
Mason
Natural Sciences
Rockefeller Foundation of New York
George E. Vincent
Foundation
Harold H. Swift
University
Vincent
Sciences
James Rowland Angell
Yale University
Angell
Carnegie Corporation
Yale
Paulding Officers Freed of Blame In S-4 Disaster
The Coast Guard Board of Inquiry absolved the destroyer Paulding of blame for the December S-4 collision off Provincetown. It exonerated Lieut. Commander J. S. Baylis and recommended no further action, while noting no negligence in lookout or bridge duty. The Navy had previously blamed Baylis. Treasury oversight was sought for final determination.
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Washington
Naval Court of Inquiry
Coast Guard Board of Inquiry
Mellon
Provincetown
Mass
Billard
Baylis
Naval Board of Inquiry
Wilbur
Navy Department
Paulding
Treasury Department
Coast Guard
Massachusetts
Peasants Rally in Romania Demand Bratiano Government Resign
Some 200000 peasants gathered in Albajulia near Bucharest led by Juliu Maniu demanding the regime dismiss the Bratiano government as illegitimate. Troops and aircraft deployed to prevent unrest as delegates met to call for resignation.
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Associated Press
Albajulia
Romania
Europe
Bucharest
United States
Rumania
Juliu Maniu
Sit
Maniu
Michael
Marie
Carol
Bratiano
Nobile Dirigible Finishes Flight to Spitzbergen
General Umberto Nobile lands the Italia at Spitzbergen after a challenging flight from Vadsoe Norway. Heavy snow and contrary winds hampered progress, but the crew completed the leg with weather data shared by the Gitta Milano steamer and Tromsoe institute. Plans call for further Arctic flights and a possible North Pole revisit.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Umpberto Nobile
Vadsoe
Norway
Nobile
Milan
Italy
Stolp
Germany
Italia
Gitta
Milano
Georgsiske Institute
Tromsoe
Sydkap
Ocoast
Green Harbor
Gen. Nobile
Citta di Milano
North Pole
Norge
Paris debuts two legged skirts in fashion forward move
Paris dressmakers report demand for two legged skirts called pantalette suited to sports and evening wear. Ultra smart Parisians embrace the innovation following a bold couturier's opening. The style, once unpopular, returns as modern outlook sustains interest.
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New York World News Service
Paris
Ultra Smart Parisiennes
Rue de la Paix
Couturier
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Two Ohioans Die in Separate Auto Crashes
Adrian Michigan reports Walter Dickerman aged 13 died when the car driven by his cousin Arthur Marett of Detroit left the road and overturned while en route to Detroit. In London Ohio James Sollars a 63 year old farmer was killed by a hit public motorist on the Three C's highway near Mt. Sterling after leaving a friend’s house to walk home. a widow and nine children survive.
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Adrian, Mich
Walter Dickerman
Auséon
Arthur Marett
Detroit
London
James Sollars
Era, O
Sollars
Mt. Sterling
House of Friends
Two Young Wives Drink Poison in Jealous Dispute
Police report two young wives attempted suicide after husbands ignored their pleas. Mrs Lessie Riggs 21 of 2306 Kenton Street drank poison when Louis Riggs 27 refused to stop banjo playing. Mrs Ruby Barton 17 of Freeman Avenue drank poison as Leslie Barton 26 walked toward St Marys Hospital. Both were hospitalized with uncertain outcomes.
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General’ Hospital
Lessie Riggs
Kenton “Street
Louis
Leslie Barton
Ruby Barton
Freeman Avenue
St. Mary's Hospital
General Hospital
Cincinnati Girl Wins New York Social Work Fellowships
Eleven American and one Chinese woman and an Australian man received fellowships from the New York School of Social Work. The awards were given from 175 graduates seeking professional training. recipients include Cora M. Bowzee Columbus GA Emily F Cornelius Seattle Harriet Crawford Chicago Aileen McBrien Berkeley Dorothea Oestrich Janesville Marguerite Wykoff Cincinnati Marie Youngberg Grand Forks North Dakota Dju Y Bas Coochow Ku China and Hamish Methew Auckland New Zealand.
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New York
New York School of Social Work
Cora M. Bowzee
Columbus
Emily F. Cornelius
Seattle
Harriet Crawford
Chicago
Aileen McBrien
Berkeley
Cal
Dorothea Oestrich
Janesville
Wis
Helen E. Ruff
Cleveland
Marguerite Wykoff
Cincinnati
Marie Youngberg
Grand Forks
N. C
Dju Y Bas
Coochow
China
Hamish Methew
Auckland
New Zealand
Fatal Auto Train Collision Claims Mrs Pearl Kennedy
Mrs Pearl Kennedy, 28, owner of the Black Cat Inn on Main Street, was killed when her car was struck by a Baltimore & Ohio locomotive at Dane Street crossing in Cumminsville. The accident marks Hamilton County's 40th automobile fatal of the year. Kennedy, six months married to L. W. Kennedy, was en route to join him at the Broadway Hotel when she failed to heed signals. The locomotive, Train No. 64 north, was under engineer Jesse Greer and conductor Harry L. Meyer. Kennedy died after hospital care. funeral plans were announced. Also injured was Thomas Osborn, 54, struck at Pearl and Broadway.
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Jesse Greer
Edgewood Avenue
Cincinnati
Harry L. Meyer
Hamilton
Greer
Albrecht
Beck
General Hospital
Kennedy
Broadway
Simpsonville
Three Coast Children Die In Wyoming House Fire
In Basin near Grey Bull Wyoming on May 6 a fire destroyed a home killing three children of Mr and Mrs O W Coast. Robert seven Willis thirteen and Howard three were in bed when flames broke out. The parents and an older daughter were at a Shell Creek dance and returned to find the home in ruins and the children dead. A lamp in an incubator is blamed as the likely cause.
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Basin
Wyo
O. W. Coast
Grey Bull
Shell Creek
Robert
Willis
Howard
Shell
Roll of Bills Found in Subway Catches Eye
Abraham Slackner, a 35 year old salesman, spotted a roll of bills on a Mt Eden Avenue subway platform. He picked it up and took it to a house with two green lanterns on the doors, telling Lieutenant O'Sullivan of the Tremont Police that someone should count the money.
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New York World News Service
New York
Abraham Slackner
Mt. Eden Avenue
Lieut. O'Sullivan
Tremont Police Station
Gun Battle at Dance Hall Kills Four in Floyd County
Four men were killed and five wounded in a dance hall gun battle at Ligon Floyd County. The clash began when James Bush and Greer Gibson tried to arrest a Newson family member. Bush was killed and Gibson wounded. three others died and two more were wounded. No arrests reported.
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Prestonsburg
Ligon
Floyd County
Verlie Banks
Garrett
James Bush
Greer Gibson
Newsom
Banks
Bush
Gibson
Alex Newsom
PB. L. Miner
C. Reynolds
French 75 Year Bonds Offered to Raise Funds
The French government announces a 75-year internal loan of 5 percent to be sold in unlimited amounts by American banks starting tomorrow. Proceeds will repay advances from the Bank of France, retire short-term debt, and reduce circulating paper francs. Bonds dated May 10, 1928, mature May 10, 2003, priced at 910 francs per 1000 francs to yield 5.50 percent.
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New York
Bank of France
McKnight Elected VP of Major Railroads in Pittsburgh Region
Announcement tonight names T. H. B. McKnight as Vice President of the Pittsburgh Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway and of the Pennsylvania Company. He has served in the railroad system for fifty one years.
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Philadelphia
T. H. B. McKnight
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Company
Congress Adjournment Hinges on Flood Bill and Farm Act
Washington May 6 Congress adjournment hinges on a White House conference with Coolidge and conferees over the Mississippi River flood control bill. If an agreement is reached by May 26 the session may end. failure could push adjournment past the national party conventions. The McNary Haugen farm relief bill and tax cuts also loom with possible presidential vetoes. Muscle Shoals Boulder Canyon Dam and railroad consolidation face limited action this session.
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White House
Washington
Congress
Coolidge
House
Senate
National Party
Capitol
Senate Finance Committee
Boulder Canyon
Citizens Buried Alive by Army of Nationalists
As fighting cools around Taiwan Japanese and Chinese forces face a tense stand. Tokyo weighs stronger action amid reports of civilian casualties including women and mutilations. Naval reinforcements moved toward Tsingtao while food and services falter in Tsinan.
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Associated Press
Peking
China
Taiwan
Orient
Japan
Tokyo
Shanghai
Tsiwan
Singtao
Toakura
No Man's Land
Agef
Shantung
Manchuria
Tsingtao
Tsinan
Tin Peking
Shantung Railway
Kiaochow
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Rus
Tai
Ohio
Desperado
Scene of
Real Es
Tate
HAING
South
South Carolina
J. R. Westheimer
Naval Court
George Haladjian
Jon Epratiano
Spizbergen
Cincinnat
Omashes
Pearl Bradley Kennedy
Black Cat Inn
Dane Street
Texas
Ead
Onl
Dange Hall
Army OF Nationalists
Glenn Babb
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