Prohibition Debate Rouses 3000 Clergy At Springfield Rally
Governor Gifford Pinchot assails President Butler and Secretary Mellon over liquor enforcement. He accuses Mellon of stock in Overholt whisky and cites 42000 barrels illegally withdrawn from a Pittsburgh warehouse. The address at the Methodist convention denounces political use of enforcement and urges moral action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury Head
Associated Press
Springfield
Mays
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Secretary of the
Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Federal
America
Mellon
Senator Reed
William F.mcdowell
Washington, D. C
Duse Laid In State In Rome At Santa Maria Angeli
The body of Eleonora Duse arrived in Rome and lay in Santa Maria Angeli inside Diocletian Baths. The casket draped in national flag rested on a gun carriage beneath the dome with four funeral torches and mourning guards. A solemn requiem mass drew many dignitaries and cast a massed tribute as the coffin prepared for transport to Asolo for a simple burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rome
Eleanora Duse
Santa Maria Angeli
Diocletian
Italy
Victor Emmanuel I
Helena
Elena
Duse
Mme. Duse
United States
Asolo
France Glider to Be Imported by Imperial University
A thirteen meter glider will be imported from France by the aviation experimental bureau of the Imperial University in Tokyo. A French expert will accompany the aircraft and train Japanese airmen in its navigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Associated Press
Tokyo
France
Aviation Experimental Bureau
The
Imperial University
Rioting in Berlin and Halle as German Fascists parade
Police report eleven Communists killed and several wounded near Boelleberg Berlin while Halle sees a mass Fascist parade led by Ludendorff with 150,000 spectators. The event features historic banners, Nazi loyalists, and a clash with Communists outside Halle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Berlin
Boelleberg
Alle
Halle
Germany
Red Halle
Ludendorff
Bavaria
Pulitzer Awards Announce 1924 Prizes and Travel Scholarships
New York May 11 President Nicholas Murray Butler announced Pulitzer prizes and traveling scholarships for 1924. The New York World won a gold medal for exposing Florida peonage evil. Other awards included Frost for verse New Hampshire and McKwain for The American Revolution. Traveling scholarships of 1500 went to Marian Robinson Herbert Brucker and Phelps Haviland Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Associated Press
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
University
School of Journalism
New York World
Boston Herald
Coolidge
Frank B. Buxton
Frank I. Cobb
The
Magner White
San Diego Sun
San Diego
Cal
Margaret Wilson
Hatcher Hughes
United States
Charles Howard McKwain
Michael Pupin
New Hampshire
Robert Frost
Europe
Marian Robinson
Orlando
Fla
Herbert Brucker
East Orange
N. J
Phelps Haviland Adams
New York City
Philip Bower
National Academy of Design
Solomon B. Griffin
Springfield
Mass
Republican
John L. Heaton
Victor F. Lawson
Chicago Daily News
Edward Page Mitchell
New York Herald
Ralph Pulitzer
Melville E. Stone
Robert Lincoln O'Brien
Arthur M. Howe
Broooklyn Daily Eagle
Joseph Pulitzer
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
John Steward Bryan
Richmond News Leader
Rollo Ogden
New York Times
Alfred Holman
San Francisco Argonaut
French National Bloc Suffers Setback as Left Gains in Balloting
In Paris on May 12 voters turned out in large numbers amid Joan of Arc celebrations. Left bloc gains reported while Communists hold, Royalists suffer. turnout high with minimal violence and broad abstention patterns. President Millerand and Premier Poincare cast ballots amid holiday crowds.
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Poincare
Associated Press
Paris
France
Ruhr
Ministry of the Interior
Dum
M. Poincare
Joan of Arc
Millerand
Elysee
Jean
Premier Poincare
Mme
Lucien Poincare
Campigny
Army Men Hall News Of Flyers Safe Arrival
Major Martin and Sergeant Harvey, part of the world flight team, were reported safe at Port Moller after 11 days missing. President Coolidge announced government efforts to locate them continue as navy and army teams search by land, sea, and air. Major Martin, 42, Purdue graduate, leads the expedition with aviation experience. Harvey, 22, is a skilled mechanic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Navy Department
Martin
Harvey
Port Moller
White House
Coolidge
War Department
Martion
Seattle
Army
Cleburne
Tex
Air Service
Indiana
Purdue University
Coast Artillery Corps
France
United States
Bolling Field
D. C
Carlstrom Field
Arcadia
Fla
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Air Service Technical School
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Air Service Mechanics’ School
United States Army Air Service Technical School
Chanute Wield
Navy
Unalaska
Ieutenant
Earl H.tonkin
Norrth Army Area
Alaska
Ivan ©. Cooper
San Francisco
T. J. Koenig
Sand Point
Attu Island
Ring Sea
Paramiru Island
Kuriles
Scream Costs Woman Two Teeth On Edwards Road
Mrs Amanda Blymyer a notary public living at 527 Missouri avenue fought off two Black men who tried to rob her on Edwards road near Cleybolte avenue last night. They fled after she screamed drawing vehicle assistance while one man struck her with the revolver butt knocking out two teeth. She notified police and the incident recalled the 1920 murder of Detective Frank Hueftlein by Red Holt later electrocuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Blymyer
Missouri Avenue
Edwards Road
Cleybolte Avenue
Major's Wife To Ask Him To Stop Flying
In San Diego on May 11 the wife of Major Frederick L. Martin received word of his safe return from peril in the Arctic. Her emotional reaction mixed tears with joy as she pledged to ask him to renounce flying for life, recognizing the sacrifice would be the hardest decision of his career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Diego
Cal
Arctic
United States Navy
Frederick L. Martin
Fred
Auto Crash Leaves Two Men Hurt In City
Stanley Withrow 45 of 2971 Deckebach avenue suffered fractures of three ribs and scalp wounds when his car collided with a vehicle driven by 16 year old Charles Costner of 225 Marquis street at Riddle road and Clifton avenue. Costner was arrested for reckless driving and driving under age and sent to Juvenile Court. Withrow was taken to General Hospital in the car of witness Willard Hess 949 Riddle road. condition not serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Withrow
Deckebach Avenue
Withrow Manufacturing Company
Spring Grove Avenue
Charles Costner
Marquis Street
Riddle Road
Clifton Avenue
Costner
Withrow
General Hospital
Willard Hess
Telephone Operator Hurt Seriously In Auto Crash
Miss Edna Wrassman an 18 year old telephone operator living at 425 Dorchester avenue suffered serious injuries when struck by an automobile driven by Lawrence Vetter of 4209 Glenway avenue at Sixth and Vine streets. She was taken to General Hospital with a fractured pelvis a fractured rib and other bruises. Vetter was not held as the accident was deemed unavoidable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Wrassman
Dorchester Avenue
Lawrence Vetter
Glenway Avenue
Sixth
Vine Streets
Miss Wrassman
General Hospital
Vetter
Berger Plan Aims Versailles Pact Revision Meet
President Coolidge would call a conference of Versailles signatories to revise the treaty in line with the fourteen points. Representative Berger of Wisconsin proposes the measure and a neutral commission of experts to study war causes.
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Washington
Coolidge
Berger
Wis
Congress
Last Letter Reveals Alaska Flight Emergency By Martin
In San Diego May 11 Major Frederick L. Martin and Sgt Alva Harvey recount in an optimistic letter their Alaska crash near Portage Bay. They found an engine oil hole, glided to shore, anchored, and faced a harsh coastline and worsening winds while planning survival until rescue or gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Frederick L. Martin
Alaska
Martin
Alva Harvey
Kanatak
Seward
Nelson
Shelikoff Strait
Afognak Island
Kodiak Island
Alaskan Peninsula
Harvey
Cape Iguak
Portage Bay
Chignik
Woolies
Right Day for News Flyer’s Mother Finds Hope
Connersville Indiana May 11 Mrs Nancy Martin mother of Major Frederick L Martin expresses joy that her son the aviator is safe at Port Moller Alaska She had given up hope after three days with no word and says it has been a wonderful Mother's Day for her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connersville
Ind
Nancy. Martin
Frederick L. Martin
Port Moller
Alaska
Fireman Hurt In Lake Shore Train Wreck Near Hillsdale
Westbound Lake Shore Train No 647 derailed near Dawheese Lake south of Hillsdale Michigan at 7 pm. Fireman H W Dietche of Toledo was injured though not severely and engineer F Charles Vanallen of Toledo escaped. Conductor J L Lapoint of Toledo directed the train's crew. wrecking crew from Toledo dispatched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsdale
Mich
Lake Shore
Michigan
New York Central Railroad
Here
Dawheese Lake
H. W.dietche
Toledo
F. Charles Vanallen
J. L. Lapoint
Five Miners Found Alive in Colorado Mine Rescue
Five workmen entombed at the 1,900 foot level of the Black Iron Mine near Gilman Colorado were found alive after rescuers drilled through twenty five feet of debris. The cave in occurred Saturday afternoon and was caused by a sulphite ore collapse. Officials said the men had taken refuge in a drift and were saved when the drill reached them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilman
Col
Empire Zinc Mining Company
Bandits Rob Gem Store In East Side Heist
Three well dressed bandits entered the East Side jewelry store of J. and L. Bail in New York on May 11. They bound and gagged three occupants and escaped with watches ornaments and gems valued between 50000 and 75000 dollars. Jacob Bail faced a pistol as one robber threatened him during the repair offer. The others vaulted the counter and restrained the remaining men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East Side
L. H. Bail
Jacob Bail
Men Forge Way Through Wrste Lands on North Peninsula
Aviators nearly exhausted reach Trapper's Cabin on May 7 after a week of hardships on a snow covered peninsula. Two comrades await orders as they press onward in harsh terrain and dwindling supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Trapper
Miraculous escape of air crew after misty crash near Alaska
Major Frederick L. Martin and Staff Sergeant Alva L. Harvey survived a crash on a mountain peak near Port Moller Alaska after leaving Chignik for Dutch Harbor. They endured a seven day trek, found a trapper’s cabin, and reached Port Moller Bay exhausted but alive. Rescuers, including Coast Guard cutters and a fisheries vessel, searched the coast until the pair sent a wireless message confirming their safety. Further search efforts and plans for an aerial expedition to Chignik followed as the world flight circle nears its long route.
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Associated Press
Cordova
Alaska
Seattle
United States Army
Frederick L. Martin
Alva L. Harvey
Port Moller
Chignik
Alaskan
St. Paul Island
Dutch Harbor
Unalaska
Pacific Ocean
Port Moller Bay
Moller
Port Muller
Washington
Major Martin
United States Coast Guard
North Pacific Bay
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Rider
Lake Chignik
Martin
Waska Peninsula
Bering Sea Coast Line
Bristol Bay District
Alaska Peninsula
North Pacific
Bear
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Butler
von Moltke
Lu‘dendorff
House of Hohenzollern
Prince Oscar
von Stein
von Heering
von Francois
Wrrstberg
von Buelow
Huttler
von Mudra
Maercker
Lettoiw-Vorbeck
Republic
Hitler
Army Men Hall
Algonquin
World Flyers
Sergeant Alva Harvey
Major
F."l. Martin
Colorado
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