Blockade to curb rum row seen as long campaign
Captain Samuel T Moore argues the Coast Guard dry blockade against rum running is a prolonged, indefinite effort. He notes congressional funding, risk of espionage, and evolving smuggling tactics, with success hinging on continued support and vessel reliability.
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Samuel Taylor Moore
Coast Guard
Moore
New York World News Service
New York
Atlantic Seaboard Institution of Rum Tow
Rum Row
High Seas
Cape May
N. J
Cape Ann
Mass
F. C. Billard
Vauclain vows liquor abstinence amid Rum Row woes
Samuel Vauclain president of Baldwin Locomotive Works predicts an end to his drinking pledge in a week. He notes a May 18 1924 pledge date tied to prohibition violations and planned celebrations for his seventieth birthday and pledge completion. He hints at visiting New York for a drink.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
Samuel Vauclain
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Texas
New York
Woman Mayor Resigns Citing Home Duties
Dora Whiston resigns as mayor of Holloway citing interference of office with homework. She had won a decisive victory over a male opponent last fall and the election was hailed as a new era for women in civic life. The absence of vice to fight prompted her to quit.
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New York World News Service
Holloway
Dora Whiston
Von Hindenburg en route to Berlin oath as President
President elect von Hindenburg arrives in Berlin for his oath as President of the Republic amid a massive Nationalist welcome. Police brace for possible Communist disorder as thousands line the six mile procession route with guards, bands and motorcycle escorts.
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Samuel Spewack
New York World News Service
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Republic
Heerstresse
Luther
General von Seeckt
Inter-Allied Control Commission
Vikings
von Seeckt
Wilhelmstrasse
Feldmann
Man
Wright claims Smithsonian mutilated Langley plane tests
Orville Wright said Smithsonian records show the Langley flying machine was radically altered for tests at Hammondsport in 1904. He cited changes in wings camber, trussing, tail, keel, rudder, launching system, propellers, radiator, and engine components as evidence.
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Langley
Smithsonian
Wright
Wilbur
South Kensington Museumy
London
Washington
Potomac River
Hamméfredsport
Potomac
Wrights
Hammondsport
Zahm
Smithsonian Institution
Jettman
Eleven Die as Train Strikes Bus at German Crossing
BERLIN May 10 Eleven persons were killed when a Frankfort Basel express train struck a motor bus at a grade crossing in Roth Malsch Baden. Twenty five bus passengers were aboard and several others were badly injured.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Frankfort-Basle
Roth-Malsch
Baden
Farmer Kills Wife Then Self in Fredericktown Tragedy
Fredericktown Mo May 10 Henry Ruth a farmer killed his wife while she slept and then killed himself. He told his children he would die and the youngsters ran to a neighbor for help. The couple married 25 years and left eleven children ages 2 to 22.
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Fredericktown
Henry Ruth
Ruth
$75 000 Jewelry in Trunk Stolen
The trunk containing diamonds and jewelry valued at $75,000 was stolen from an unguarded transfer wagon during a move from a residence to a railroad station in Chicago. Ernest E. Strauss, salesman for three New York jewelry firms, reported the theft. witnesses saw three men drive up and seize the trunk. Strauss linked the case to a prior robbery in Cincinnati in 1923.
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Chicago
Ernest E. Strauss
New York City
Kemedry
Strauss
Cincinnati
Boy and dog battle mysterious fire in New York home
Richard Berens seven fights a small fire on the third floor of his home with a glass of water as Stroup the police dog barks guidance. Neighbors alert the fire brigade and the boy’s actions likely saved the room from worse damage.
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New York World News Service
New York
Richard Berens
Conrad Berens, Jr
Stroup
Richard
Dr. Berens
Sutton Place
Robbery Report Involves New York Jeweler in 1923 Theft
Ernest E. Strauss of Chicago and Chaifetz & Zolo tarnd were linked to a 1923 jewel theft at the Lin ton roadhouse after a party. Bernard West of New York City lost 75000 in diamonds whose trays were later found at Ham ister after two men in the hall room were suspected but not charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest E. Strauss
Chicago
Chaifetz & Zolotarnd
Bernard West
New York City
Linton
Indianapolis
Strauss
Hamister
Two Boys Die In Plane Crash At Woodward Field
Salt Lake City Utah May 10 A Clarion Nelson former Western division head of the Air Mail Service piloting a commercial plane and two 15 year old passengers Grant Christensen and Russell DeLoge were killed when the craft stalled and plunged from 100 feet flames trapped victims as rescuers were injured Nelson a World War veteran and noted aviator was on his first flight for Anger Aircraft Company.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
A. Clarion Nelson
Western Division
Air Mail Service
Grant Christensen
Russell DeLoge
Woodward Flying Field
Nelson
Anger Aircraft Company
New Zealand Premier Massey Dies in Wellington
William Ferguson Massey former Premier of New Zealand died aged sixty nine in Wellington. He led the dominion government from 1912 and was a longtime Imperialist who attended Imperial conferences in Britain five times serving as dean at one gathering. Born near Londonderry Ireland he emigrated to New Zealand at fourteen and later entered Parliament in 1894. He made multiple visits to the United States and his last trip was in 1923 en route to London for an Imperial conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wellington
New Zealand
Willliam Ferguson Massey
Massey
Great Britain
Limavady
Londonderry
Ireland
Dominion House of Representatives
United States
London
Collecting Debt From Rum Run Ship Stumps Surgeon General
The Surgeon General of the Public Health Service faces a dilemma over collecting hospital fees from a rum running vessel. A wounded crew member was treated at Vineyard Haven Hospital by Coast Guard, and since the ship is not an American port, questions arise about charging foreigners for Marine Hospital Service.
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Washington
Cumming
Public Health Service
Vineyard Haven
Coast Guard
Covington gas blast fatally injures local barber
W M Uhley 73 a Covington barber living at 38 Pike street died at St Elizabeths Hospital after a gas stove explosion. Fire Chief Edward Griffith cited a double valve on the gas jet, with the blast tearing plaster and shattering windows. The damage was about 300 dollars.
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W.M. Uhley
Barber
Pike Street
Covington
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Edward A. Griffith
Ahley
Griffith
Clyde Blake
Harris Apartments
Norwood
War on Negro Gunmen Looms After Double Shootings
Wholesale arrests of armed Negroes likely after three white men were shot within thirty nine hours. Angelo Rizzo 22 fruit dealer of 2902 Glenway Avenue in St Marys Hospital with stomach wound. Ferdinando Mattiacci 26 Newport shot at Broadway foot. Frank Richter shot in chest at Third and Plum streets during an alleged robbery attempt.
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Angelo Rizzo
Glenway Avenue
St. Mary’s Hospital
Water and
Vine Streets
Broadway
Richter
Third
Plum Streets
Fire at Wheatley Pottery destroys drying room and more
Firefighters and Wheatley Pottery workers saved items valued at 27 000 dollars after a blaze in the drying room in the 4609 East ern avenue plant. Damage was set at 4 000 dollars by vice president Isaac Kahn. Henry Babel found the fire and organized a water response as heated clay melted and clogged drains.
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Wheatley Pottery
Eastern Avenue
Isaac Kahn
Henry Babel
Imperial Klan Center Moves Near White House in 1926 plan
Washington report says the imperial palace of the Ku Klux Klan may move from Atlanta to Washington, with Imperial Wizard Evans basing in the capital. Klansmen deny relocating main offices but say Evans will spend most time in Washington as a wave of recruitment and branch expansion begins.
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Imperial Palace
Ku Klux Klan
White House
Empire
Evans
New York World News Service
Washington
Atlanta
Dr. Avans
Klan
National Capital
Cen
Order
Divers Abandon Hunt for Bodies in River Collision
Divers near Coahoma Landing Mississippi struggle to recover victims from the capsized steamer M. E. Norman. Strong current forces temporary halt as engineers work to tear away superstructure and wash bodies free. Major D. H. Connolly and U S engineers oversee recovery efforts amid river eddies and shoaling banks.
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Memphis
Tenn
M. E. Norman
Coahoma Landing
Miss
United States
D. H. Connolly
Engineer Corps
Ti ~ Ark
Josie Harry
Memphis and
White River
Tresca Pardoned Editor Returns From Atlanta Penitentiary
Carlo Tresca Italian editor who attacked Mussolini was released from Atlanta to New York after a one year and one day sentence for publishing a birth control notice in Il Martello. He said President Coolidge pardoned him as a miscarriage of justice and he thanked the President, while criticizing the State Department and Mussolini.
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New York World News Service
New York
Carlo Tresca
Law and Order
Atlanta
Coolidge
White House
Secret Service
Tresca
Il Martello
Mussolini
Washington
State Department
Mr. Tresca
Italy
Count Caetani
Count Karolyn
America
Charles Evans Hughes
Kellogg
Paris may force recall of Volin over speech
First Secretary Volin of the Soviet Embassy may be expelled from France after a ceremony memorializing Sun Yat Sen. French Communists allegedly used the event to spotlight Algerian and Tunisian critics of colonial rule. Volin denies wrongdoing, but Paris demands a second explanation and recalls.
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
Volin
France
Sun Yet Sen
Krassin
N. Y
Parades of Five For Joan of Arc at Paris Fete
Parisians defied a no larger than five delegation rule by forming many small groups to lay flowers before Joan of Arc statues. A government ceremony led by Premier Painleve honored the saint with military display as police prevented larger processions and minor clashes occurred.
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Alfred M. Murray
New York World News Service
Paris
Joan of Arc
Joan
Painleve
Rue Des Pyramides
War Costs De Chambrun London Diplomatic Post
The Moroccan campaign under Abd El Krim disrupted French diplomacy as General Count de Chambrun, married to Clara Longworth, was set to become military attaché in London but moved to the front. He has led maneuvering groups and been cited in dispatches from Morocco.
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Paris
Abd-El-Krim
Morocco
France
Count de Chambrun
Clara Longworth
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
House of Representatives
London
Herbert Quick, Author, Dies in Columbia Missouri
Herbert Quick, 64, author and editor from Berkeley Springs West Virginia, died at the University of Missouri Hospital in Columbia Missouri of heart disease. He was here for journalism week when stricken, and his wife was summoned yesterday and is en route.
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Columbia, Mo
Herbert Quick
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
University of Missouri Hospital
the Universe
Columbia
Rockefeller Jr Donation Prompts Eastern College Fund
John D Rockefeller Jr gives 625000 toward a 2500000 fund for five near Eastern colleges. Gift conditioned on subscriptions before June 30. Cleveland H Dodge, chairman, announced the move saying 870000 remains to be raised.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Cleveland H. Dodge
Night Watchman’s trap ends in shooting at garage
At 6323 Madison Road garage night watchman William H. Jackson shot a youth he said aimed to rob the facility. Earl Zike was wounded in the hip as three youths and a cousin were arrested outside Madisonville Police Station.
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Atzec
Madison Road
William H. Jackson
East Twelfth Street
Earl Zike
Zike
Francis
Jess Wall
Madiera
Madisonville
Jackson
O. O. Williams
General Hospital
Wall
Radio message from plane marks new page in radio history
A Navy plane over Lake Michigan flashed a message to Prof. C. M. Jansky at the University of Minnesota. The system, powered by dry batteries with no generator, enables an operator to send messages if a ship is grounded or in distress.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Navy
Lake Michigan
C. M. Jansky
Department of Electrical Engineering
University of Minnesota
Fires in London Homes Kill One and Injure Four
In Columbus on May 10 one woman died and three people stayed dying after two kerosene explosions in London Ohio homes. Mrs Sarah Webb 45 died from burns and her husband Floyd was seriously burned. Mrs Asa Long 50 and her daughters Helen 14 and Virginia 5 were injured. Helen poured kerosene into a stove and the container exploded. The five gallon can and burning liquid ignited clothes. Mrs Long and Helen were hospitalized with poor prospects for recovery. Virginia was seriously burned but expected to recover.
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Columbus
London (Co
Sarah Webb
Floyd
Asa Long
Helen
Virginia
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Dayton
Orville Wright
World News Service Today
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A. F. Zahm
Curtiss
Curtiss Company
Samuel P. Langley
Kitty Hawk
Farmer
Mother
William F. Massey
The
W. M. Uhley
Cui
Freed Fun Atlanta
Goulio
DE Chambrun
Marko Ambuor
Watchman
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