Ocean holds mystery of daring flyers fate
Two French airmen in the White Bird, Capts. Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli, vanish on a transatlantic attempt. News reels with conflicting sighting reports stir crowds from New York to Halifax as search efforts and foggy weather hinder word of their fate.
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Actress and doctor plead not guilty in murder case
Dorothy Mackaye and Dr Walter Sullivan were arraigned in Los Angeles on charges related to the death of Ray Raymond, the musical comedy star and Mackaye's husband. June 16 set for trial. judge rejects dismissal motion amid ongoing case.
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Dorothy Mackaye
Walter J. Sullivan
Hollywood
Ray Raymond
Burnell
Raymond
Paul Kelly
Athletic Screen
Superior Court
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Cost Of Atlantic Flight Attempts Tops 400000
New York May 9 More than 400000 has been spent in efforts to span the Atlantic by air. Estimates for five leading expeditions list costs of 50000 for Charles Nungesser 120000 for Noel Davis 100000 for Rene Fonck 50000 for Richard Byrd and 60000 for the Columbia Aircraft Corporation duration flight plane.
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New York
Charles Nungesser
Noel Davis
Rene Fonck
Richard KE. Byrd
Columbia Aircraft Corporation
Columbia
Pinedo Forced Into East River After Fog Delays Flight
Italian aviator Francesco de Pinedo, flying from Norwalk Connecticut toward Philadelphia, forced to land in the East River at the foot of 162nd Street in the Bronx after fog. He had hoped to reach the Brooklyn Navy Yard if the journey continued that night. Earlier a fogbound landing was made in Norfolk.
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East River
Joseph Rawson Financier Dies After Heart Attack at Home
Joseph Rawson 76 vice president of the First National Bank and former pork packer died last night at his Clifton Avenue home after a heart attack. He had been active in banking since 1890 and also ran the J. Rawson packing business before dissolving it in the early 1890s. He leaves a widow Lucy, four daughters Bessie Martha and Mrs Collins and Mrs Woodward, and a son Joseph Rawson Jr. of Los Angeles. Funeral plans to be announced.
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Joseph Rawson, Jr
Los Angeles
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R. Woodward
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Two Automobile Death Toll Rises in Hamilton County
Anthony Dattome four year old son of Mrs Theresa Dattome of 752 Clinton street and Herman Breckel 72 of 500 Elmwood avenue Elmwood Place were added to Hamilton County list of automobile victims yesterday. The auto death toll this year is now thirty four. The child died at St Marys Hospital two hours after being run down by a heavy delivery truck operated by Richard Moomer of 1411 State avenue owned by Grand Pop Bottling Company 810 West Fifth street. The truck backed from Richmond street to turn south on Cutter street when the boy darted behind it. One rear wheel passed over him. Moomer carried him to Dr G M Galley Richmond and Cutter streets then to the hospital. The truck driver was charged with manslaughter by Policemen Jimmons and Rogers. Breckel a janitor at Elmwood Place School died at Bethesda Hospital several hours after being hit by an automobile driven by Chester W Terrel of 4828 Main avenue St Bernard at Elm and Maple avenues Elmwood Place. Terrel said he failed to see Breckel until after the impact. The janitor's skull was fractured.
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Hamilton County
St. Mary’s Hospital
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State Avenue
Grand Pop Bottling Company
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Elm and
Maple Avenues
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Breckel
Julian Oil Corporation Seeks Receivership in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on May 9 a petition for a receiver was filed in federal court by Loeb Walker Loeb on behalf of Julian Petroleum Corporation. A temporary injunction froze all transfer or retransfer of the company’s stocks to protect thousands of stockholders. Separately the Pan-American Petroleum interests were ordered to pay government interest on value of petroleum produced from Naval Reservation No 2 recently returned to the government.
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United States District Court
Loeb, Walker & Loeb
Julian Petroleum Corporation
McCormick
Pan-American Petroleum Corporation
Pan-American Petroleum and Transport Company
Naval Reservation No. 2
Borah backs five power treaty to outlaw wars
Senator Borah urged a five power pact among the United States Great Britain France Italy and Japan to outlaw war between these nations and China. He warned current forceful policies threaten tens of millions in treasure and hundreds of thousands of lives while supporting Chinese freedom and republican government.
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China
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William IE. Borah
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Briand
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Italy
Japan
New York
Coolidge
Fire Eased on Camus Steamer Off Florida Coast
A fire in the No 2 hold of the Camus steamship of the Southern Pacific off the Florida coast appears under control, per a wireless message received by the Independent Wireless Company.
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Camus
Southern Pacific Steamship Company
Florida
Independent Wireless Company
Battle Storms Fury to Save the Levees
New Orleans reports a fifty mile levee front battered by choppy waves as a twenty five mile wind drives flood waters toward the Bayou des Glaises and Red River embankments. Continued stormy weather threatens breaches along Bayou des Glaises and the main channel as the flood crest moves down the valley.
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Marines Ordered to Nicaragua Amid Looming Crisis
The State and Navy Departments disclosed 800 additional Marines and nine aircraft will be sent to Nicaragua for police duties. The move, agreed by Liberal and Conservative leaders, aims to preserve peace until a national constabulary forms, with Latimer directing transport as needed. General Moncada warned of post-disarmament lawlessness in Liberal-held areas.
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Navy Department
Latimer
Ment
Admiral Latimer
Injunction Blocks Joint Pipefitting Agreement in Cincinnati
A federal court injunction bars the Heating and Piping Contractors' Cincinnati Association and Steamfitters Local 392 from enforcing a joint plan that requires union workers to install heating equipment only per approved plans. The case cites restraint of trade and alleges conspiracy to control master steamfitting in Greater Cincinnati. preliminary hearing set for tomorrow at 10 in Dayton before Judge Hough.
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Newport
Cincinnati Association
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Peck, Hannaford & Peck Company
Williamson Heater Company
Love-Picket & Nulsen Company
Oliver Schlemmer Company
Claude D. Steadman
John Beagler, Jr
Reliance Heating Company
Joseph Hennessy
Harry E. Mason
Mason Heating Company
George H. Fennell & Co., Inc
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Greater
Dayton
Britain Abandons Sanctions Over Nanking Riots Policy Shift
Foreign Secretary Sir Austen Chamberlain announced in the House of Commons a complete change in British policy toward China. Britain will not sanction or seek reparations for the Nanking riot, will not issue a new note to Eugene Chen, and will refrain from recapturing Hankow, aligning with the United States and Japan while urging moderation to avoid embarrassing the new Nanking government.
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United States
Japan
Chiang Kai Shek
Nanking
Sir Austen
China
Chen
Kuomintang
Moscow
Hankow
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub. Co
Believe slain lawyer hired his own killer
Detectives entertain a theory that Clifford M. Hicks, 28, attorney, shot himself to death in April to escape debts. Hicks claimed $207,000 owed with creditors pressing him, while his life insurance stood at $365,000.
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Clifford
M. Hicks
Hicks
Four story Louis department store collapse in Chicago
May 9 report says about half a hundred workers and customers escaped as the Louis store walls toppled after nearby excavations. Two injured and one missing, including janitor Walter Fedorko, while cashier Ibelle Paul and employee Hy man Cassidy aided others. Relatives filled the streets as police and firemen controlled the frantic crowd.
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Louis
Fe WU
Louis Goldblatt
Samuel Miller
Ibelle Paul
Hyman Cassid
Mae Ginnis
Walter Fedorko
Divorce Petition Filed by Kathrine Davis Russel Clark
Mrs Kathrine Davis Russel Clark seeks divorce from Alexander Clark claiming separation after their February 10 1915 marriage in Burlington. The filing notes the couple resides in Paris and lists no state of marriage location.
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Katherine Davis Russel Clark
Alexander Clark
Burlington
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