Harvard Junior Huntington Murder Mystery Deepens
New York World News Service reports Windsor Connecticut where Dr. Henry Costello Hartford Medical Examiner and Windsor Medical Examiner Pratt back Coroner Calhoun in concluding Walter Treadway Huntington Harvard University junior was murdered. Detective Hickey claims motive for self destruction and asserts dying hand may have hurled away pistol. Handkerchiefs with blood and transfer details cited as key evidence.
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Windsor
Conn
Henry Costello
Hartford
Calhoun
Walter Treadway Huntington
Harvard University
Murphy’s Farm
Here
Pratt
Hickey
Huntington
Costello
Marsh
Gospel Martyr LaJunen Dies After Beating in Idaho
Andrew LaJunen itinerant minister died in Portland after a beating in Mull an Idaho tied to a sermon he preached. Police learned of the assault twelve days earlier. He refused to name his assailants and traveled from Mullan to Spokane then to Portland arriving May 4 to visit a friend. He suffered a fractured skull and broken leg and died at the county hospital. He had come to this country from Finland ten years ago.
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New York World News Service
Portland, Ore
Andrew LaJunen
God bJess
LaJunen
Mullan Idaho
Mullan
Spokane
Portland
I. Isaacson
Want Ad News Brief: Winton Place Stucco Bungalow For Sale
A modern five room stucco semi bungalow with a double garage on a level lot is for sale in Winton Place, advertised today. The note preserves a brisk Want Ads tone highlighting the property’s key features and location.
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Winton Place
Radio cabinet sale and Avondale apartments for inspection
Several hundred radio cabinets of various types, some with speaker units, offered at reasonable prices. Beautiful heated three and five room apartments with electric refrigeration available for inspection in Avondale.
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Avondale
Lovely Glendale country home with five acres for sale
A charming Glendale country home sits on five acres of improved ground and is offered as a bargain price. The property promises immediate sale interest from prospective buyers seeking rural space and value.
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Glendale
Seven room Ft Thomas brick home seeks trade for Ft Mitchell or Covington property
Owner with a seven room brick residence in Ft Thomas, boasting a beautiful river view, offers a trade for property in Ft Mitchell or Covington. Turn to the Want Ad page for more quick results. Telephone The Commercial Tribune CANAL 6300 to place your ad.
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Ft. Thomas
Ft. Mitchell
Covington
Want
The
Commercial Tribune
Executive Held with Wife After Stabbing in Flat
A man claiming to be Walter Thompson, 50, superintendent of Frechtling Ice Cream Co of Hamilton Ohio, was arrested after a woman, identified as his wife Lillian Thompson, 37, was stabbed in a Liberal Apartments flat at 712 John Street. Police described blood stains and a chaotic scene. the couple cited jealousy and a dispute after drinks. the woman’s injuries were described as stab wounds. About a dozen home brew bottles were confiscated. Both he and the woman were held on suspicion.
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Walter Thompson
Frechtling Ice Cream Company
Hamilton
French Brothers- Bauer Company
Lillian Thompson
Liberal Apartments
John Street
Thompson
Kentucky
Five Die and Dozens Hurt in Plant Explosions
A series of plant disasters across Massachusetts and New York left five dead, one missing and forty four injured. In Hanover Mass four workers were killed with ten injured after a fireworks plant explosion. In Syracuse New York a chlorine tank ruptured fatally gasifying one worker while others suffered varying injuries. A varnish factory blast in Brooklyn caused four injuries.
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Massachusetts
New York
National
Hanover
Mass
Syracuse
N. Y
Brooklyn
Latonia crash kills baby as auto hits streetcar
A baby died when a hub cap collision on Thirtieth Street Latonia Ky caused a touring car to strike a street car derailing it. Mrs Loretta Brinkenburg 27 driving west. two year old Dorothy fractured skull. Passengers Betty Westover 54 Odessa Westover 30 injured. all taken to St Elizabeths Hospital. Car headed toward Cincinnati. no streetcar injuries.
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Thirtieth
Frazier Streets
Latonia
Loretta Brinkenburg
Park Avenue
Dorothy
Rosedale
Brinkenburg
Thirtieth Street
Betty Westover
Odessa Westover
Forty-first Street
J. W. Jenkins
R. Tanner
Cincinnati
Ruth Livermore May Be Set Free
Ruth Livermore, 20, serving a life sentence for burglary, won a court bid for jury trial from the Appellate Court. The Common Pleas Court and Prosecutor Ray Thomas may move to dismiss the indictment, potentially freeing her without trial if approved.
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Youngstown
Ruth Livermore
Marysville Reformatory
Common Pleas Court
Ray Thomas
Thomas
Miss Livermore
Explosions at National Fireworks Plant Kill Four in Hanover
Four Hanover workers die and ten others injured when a series of blasts wreck five buildings at the National Fireworks Company plant. The dead are Edgar Knight Frank Bulos Teobil Skwarzinsky and Robert Perry. John Handberry and John Swenska are among the injured and missing respectively. Perry's dying statement described powder on a rack detonating, as officials note. Rescue units from nearby towns aided the scene.
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Hanover
Mass
National Fireworks Company
Edgar Knight
Frank Bulos
Teobil Skwarzinsky
Robert Perry
John Handberry
Brockton Hospital
John Swenska
Thie Town
Brockton
Perry
Hanson
Handberry
George J. J. Clark
Svenska
Honegger's King David Held as Uneven by Critics
Robert Aura Smith reviews the Cincinnati May Festival concert focusing on Honegger's King David and Tibbett's performance. He praises Tibbett's controlled, flawless singing and the overall refined ensemble, noting Beatrice air by Jeanette Vreeland, stock's restrained conducting, and the demanding choral score described as vicious yet well executed.
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Beddoe
Schumann- Heink
Lawrence Tibbett
Wolf- Ferrari
Cincinnati
Music Hall
Tibbett
Jéanette Vreeland
Beatrice
Alfred Schehl
Heermann
Frederick Stock
Emil Heermann
Neva Remde Landau
Stock
Honegger
G O P Caucus Splits Over First Tariff Rule Parley
Washington May 10 The first Republican tariff rule conference failed to reach a decision after two hours. A tentative rule similar to 1922 was proposed with select items to be voted on later. Tilson said further talks and possibly two to three meetings are needed to settle the rule before amendments are tested.
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Washington
House
Tilson
Connecticut
Snell
Rules Committee
Hawley
Ways and Means Committee
King George May Be Forced To Name Next Prime Minister
London May 10 With three weeks until elections and results near, King George may be asked to name the next Prime Minister if no party wins a majority. Premier Baldwin indicated the King must decide if no party has a clear majority, shifting responsibility from ministers to the crown amid the parliamentary deadlock.
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George
England
New York World News Service
London
King George
Baldwin
Lloyd George
Privy Council
Navy pilot sets new world altitude record by Soucek
Washington May 10 Lieut Apollo Soucek of the navy reached 39140 feet in a cream biplane over the naval air station. The NAA recognized the mark as a new world altitude record and plans to send the Bureau of Standards confirmation to Paris for FAI recognition. Soucek aims for a seaplane altitude record next, with pontoons to be added.
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Washington
Apollo Seucek
Navy
National Aeronautic Association
Naval Air Station
Bureau of Standards
Hoover seeks 39 million rail mail pay increase
President Hoover recommended Congress a supplemental appropriation of 39 million dollars to compensate railroads for carrying U S mail. Some funds would follow an Interstate Commerce Commission decision raising rates retroactively over three years, with the rest for fiscal year 1929. The ICC action could add about 15 million annually to railroad revenues.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Hoover
Interstate Commerce Commission
Blame in Crash Oversees Cited in Ohio Bus Truck Collision
Federal hearings place responsibility on Edward Butler driver of a Greyhound bus in last January’s Bellevue collision with a Lake Shore Electric interurban. Twenty people died and eleven were injured as the bus failed to clear the track in a heavy snowstorm after Butler stopped and looked for signals. The Interstate Commerce Commission officer attributed the crash to the bus’s direct entry onto the crossing despite checks for visibility and cautions.
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Norwalk
E. G. Martin
Huron County
Edward Butler
Bellevue
Martin
Safety Bureau of the
Interstate Commerce Commission
Butler
Commission
Washington
W. P. Borland
Bureau of Safety
Cleveland
Borland
Detroit
Greyhound Lines
Lake Shore
Air Fleet of 21 Planes Hops Off at San Diego For Cincinnati
Twenty one army planes depart Rockwell Field San Diego to bomb New York and Cincinnati and rehearse long distance attack maneuvers with 150 other planes from Wright and Norton Fields Ohio May 15 to 26 Maj Carl Spatz commands the group and plans stops at Tucson El Paso Midland Ft Sill Muskogee and Scott Field before reaching Columbus The aerial unit includes 27 officers and 29 enlisted men The May 18 Cincinnati attack and May 22 New York raid will be broadcast from airborne description and refueling en route at Middletown Pa will showcase aerial refueling for long distance nonstop flights.
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San Diego
Cal
Army
Rockwell Field
New York
Cincinnati
Wright
Norton Fields
Ohio
Dayton
Columbus
Carl Spatz
Seventh Provisional Group
Spatz
California
Keystone
Tucson
Ariz
el’ Paso
Tex
Midland
Ft. Sill
Okla
Muskogee
Scott Field
Ill
Scott
Middletown
Policeman Held as Woman Slayer in New York
Patrolman Frank A. Gentner of the Elizabeth Street Station faced a first degree murder charge in Brooklyn based on an affidavit by Detective Patrick A. Harty. The case stems from the death of Mrs. Helen Coberg wife of fellow officer Christopher Coberg after Gentner brought her to a hotel, later denying knowledge of the injuries. He was remanded to the Tombs without bail as his family attended court.
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New York World News
New York
Frank A. Gentner
Elizabeth Street
Corrigan
Helen Coberg
Gentner
Christopher Coberg
Liberty Avenue
Brooklyn
Mrs. Coberg
Coberg
Helen
Nine sentenced to prison in narcotic act case
Cleveland May 10 Federal Judge Samuel H West sentenced nine defendants who pleaded guilty to violating the federal narcotic act. The court handed down prison terms after the guilty pleas were entered, marking a decisive action in the narcotics enforcement effort.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. West
Belle Isle Liquor Scandal Falls Flat
Detroit May 10 The Federal Grand Jury investigating the Belle Isle liquor scandal reported no sufficient evidence for indictments under federal law. The inquiry followed the suspension of Harbor Master Captain Joseph A Burkheiser who faced charges of aiding rum runners transporting liquor from Canada across the Detroit River.
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Belle Isle
Detroit
Federal Grand Jury
Joseph A Burkheiser
Island
Detroit River
Canada
Octopus Still Found by Cops in Lockland Raid
A large illegal whiskey operation described as an octopus still with a brick furnace and five arm-like connections was raided near the Lockland boundary by state agent L W Fury Lieutenant Patrick Hayes and Cincinnati police. The operation was housed at 86 88 Independence Street Lockland in a double frame building rented by John Wally a 44 year old laborer. Officers found two 100 gallon capacity sub stills and two 50 gallon capacity sub stills in operation with raw alcohol dripping from them, while a 25 gallon sub still was the only one not running at the moment of entry.
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Lockland
L. W. Fury
Patrick Hayes
Case
Hill and Killen
Cincinnati
Independence, Street
John Wally
Giant Dirigibles to Carry Mail and Passengers Across Pacific
New York May 10 A $10 million plan proposes California base for Leviathan air liners to Hawaii the Philippines and the Orient Construction could start next winter with 1931 service to California Hawaii and beyond If approved the service would carry 190 passengers and 50 crew with a 90 mile speed enabling a week long trip to the Orient The plan centers on carrying all first class Hawaiian mail and surplus parcel post for revenue and uses dirigibles larger than Navy contracts with Goodyear Zeppelin Co
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New York
California
Hoover
Hawaii
Philippines
Orient
America
California-Hawaii
Washington
Paul W. Litchfield
Saythene Zeppelin Company
Akron
Congress
Post Office Department
Litchfield
J. C. Hunsaker
United States
Goodyear Zeppelin Company
Navy
Los Angeles
Failure of suspended state officers to appear delays Groh case
In Canton on May 10 United States Commissioner Ball continued the case against former Dover mayor Peter J. Groh after Edward Little and John O. Cole, suspended state prohibition agents, failed to appear as witnesses. Groh faces a federal conspiracy charge. a May 18 continuation was set after prosecutors cited miscommunication between federal and state agencies.
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Canton
Edward Little
John O. Cole
United States
Charles M. Ball
Peter J. Groh
Dover
Little
Cole
Groh
Cooper
Marc Wolpaw
District Attorney's Office
State Prohibitions
Rupert Beetham
Columbus
Wolpaw
Little and Cole
Henry Bowers
Jail sentences result from Cleveland club raids
Thirty-one former officers and employees of the Sachsenheim and Harmonie clubs in Cleveland received sentences from four months in jail to fines up to $750 after pleading guilty to violations of the national prohibition act. The arrests came after federal agents raided the two clubs in a coordinated operation last summer. Patrons were ejected for drinking beer and wine as the raid unfolded. Former U S Attorney A E Bernsteen threatened to publish the membership list, stirring public attention. Sachsenheim manager Martin Konnerth was fined 250 dollars.
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Cleveland
Saadhs Senatins
Harmonie Clubs
United States
A. E. Bernsteen
Martin Konnerth
Sachsenheim
Two Actresses Questioned Over Dancer Death in Hollywood
Natalie Joyce and Mildred Harris were questioned about the death of dancer Delphine Walsh after an illegal operation. Dr. Traxler and Dr. Lanterman were arrested for murder as investigators probe links to Walsh’s life and a wedding party in San Francisco.
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Los Angeles
Natalie Joyce
Mildred Harris
Delphine Walsh
Hollywood
William A. Byrne
State Board of Medical Examiners
Miss Walsh
P. S. Traxler
R. S. Lanterman
Miss Harris
Charles Chaplin
Miss Joyce
Wanted to See Dog Not Estranged Wife
Chicago May 10 J Clarke Dean Jr ordered to take a mentality test after persistently trying to see his estranged wife Mrs Josephine Seeberger Dean now faces a charge of disturbing the peace brought by hotel guests. Dean 21 was disinherited by his wealthy father for marrying in violation of a court order. His wife divorced him on cruelty grounds and moved into hiding with an injunction stopping flowers and visits. He will face the disorderly conduct charge Monday.
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Chicago
J. Clarke Dean, Jr
Josephine Seeberger Dean
Dean
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