Utopia murder case grips Ohio village as suspect identified
Sheriff Crosby of Clermont County arrests Edward O. Warren alias Robert Edwards of Athens Georgia, suspected in the Utopia river murder. Rivermen Hessler and Hines positively identify him as the last man seen with the victim, whose nude body and auto chain were found in the Ohio River last June. Warren denies being there and offers conflicting stories while Atlanta authorities are asked to confirm his presence during last year’s June to September period.
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Utopia
Ohio River
Brown
Clermont Counties
Fred Croswell
Clermont County
Batavia (Co
Edward O. Warren
Atlanta
Robert Edwards
Athens
Second
Broadway
Cincinnati
Croswell
Charles Hessler
Liverpman
Hessler
Warren
J. H. Hines
Riverman
Florida
Georgetown
Higginsport
Hines
William Vandergrist
Ray Brookbank
Five Thousand Solicitors Rally to Beat Chest Shortfall
About five thousand solicitors race to raise the final $213,997 needed to push the Community Chest over the top on campaign’s last day. The latest figure shows $1,659,476.41 raised since May 1, with reported receipts of $215,317.21. Team I-2 led by Julian Pollak announced progress toward the goal.
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Team I-2
Julian Pollak
Senate passes Watson-Parker bill to abolish Railroad Labor Board
Washington May 11 The Watson Parker bill to abolish the Railroad Labor Board and create a new mediation setup passed the Senate 69 to 13. It would appoint a five member federal mediation board and, if needed, an emergency board to report on disputes before any transport changes.
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Washington
Watson-Parker
Railroad Labor Board
Senate
Coolidge
House
Board of Meditation
National Manufacturers’ Association
Curtis
Republic
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norbeck
Farmer-Labor
Officials Hear Coroner's Jury Rail on Joliet Escape
Chicago reports say honor farm convicts spent nights in the city to commit robberies and bought partridges with proceeds. Leopold may be called before the Coroner's Jury as investigators seek links to the deputy warden killing during the seven-prisoner escape. A crime conference with Oscar Carlstrom is set to discuss pardons parole policies and Joliet Stateville prison conditions.
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Chicago
Joliet
Nathan’ Leopold
Bobby Franks
Oscar Carlstrom
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Stateville
Mrs Clara Thompson In Murder Case Denied Aid By Poverty
Kansas City May 11 Anxious to exonerate her husband Earl Thompson Mrs Clara Thompson said she could not reach Des Moines for questioning due to lack of money. Authorities say Earl Thompson was arrested and returned to Des Moines while Mrs Thompson traveled through Omaha Denver Tulsa Hastings St Joseph and Kansas City after leaving her husband last year. Her grandmother Mrs Maggie Harmon of Omaha identified the straw stack victim as Mrs Thompson prompting the broader inquiry.
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Clara Thompson
Straw-Stack
Kansas City
Iowa
Carlisle Straw Stack
Earl Thompson
Des Moines
Omaha
Thompson
Neb
Maggie Harman
Carlisle
Deadlock Ended as King Acts as Peace Apostle
London reports say a general strike and press suppression have hampered labor’s bid for a negotiated peace. Churchill directs censorship as Lloyd George warns of national disaster. Archbishop Canterbury’s peace formula faced radio bans and pre‑clearance.
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London
Trades Union Congress
Churchill
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Official
British Gazette
London Times
Daily Chronicle
Archbishop of Canterbury
Christian Churches
Chronicle of Today
Baldwin
N. Y.world News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Byrd to prove polar flight before Congress
Washington May 11. Lieut Com Richard E Byrd must submit positive proof of his polar flight before Congress acts. Leaders agreed records will be sent to the National Geographic Society for approval, then a Congressional medal and promotion to Rear Admiral are anticipated.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Richard E. Byrd
North Pole
Congress
Com. Byrd
King's Ergen
D House
National Geographic Society
House
Desire for a Home Predominant Then and Now in Classified Ads
In a retrospective tone the article notes the enduring longing for home ownership from colonial to modern times. It highlights a shift toward permanent houses and graceful design, and praises classified ads offering homes at various prices to accommodate every seeker.
Norge Airship Advances Toward Pole On Polar Flight
Reports from King Bay Spitzbergen via radio indicate the Norge dirigible led by Roald Amundsen is making steady progress toward the North Pole on its flight to Nome Alaska. The voyage, planned to take 50 to 60 hours, follows a route via Point Barrow and Nome, weather permitting.
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New York
The
New York Times
Norge
Raold Amundsen
North Pole
King Bay
Spitzbergen
Amundsen
King’s Bay
Nome
Alaska
Ane
Sturs Globe- Democrat
Pole
Point Barrow
Mrs Coolidge Sees Circus With White House Guests
Mrs Coolidge visited the circus today spending about an hour under the big top. She was accompanied by Boston guests Mr and Mrs Frank W Stearns Col BS A Cheney and Mrs Cheney.
Fourth Man Arrested In Elks Temple Robbery Case
Jimmy Charlton formerly of Cincinnati, linked to the Elks Temple robbery of 800 dollars on January 4, is arrested in Chambersburg Pa and later recaptured after escaping jail. Two other suspects were arrested January 5 and convicted. Charlton fled using his family as shields to avoid detectives in Elizabethtown Ohio.
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Jimmy Charlton
Cincinnati
Elks’ Temple
Ninth and
Elm Streets
Chambersburg
William C. Sweeney
Charlton
Sweeney
Pittsburgh
Chariton
William Lotham
the Elks’ Temple
Leslie McNeal
Richmond Street
Henry Trimble
Clark Street
Bruce Fuller
West Eighth Street
Trimble
McNeal
Arata
Elizabethtown
Aahine
Labor endorses Pinchot after heated battle in Pa
In Erie on May 11 the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor endorsed Gov. Pinchot as its candidate for United States Senator. The endorsement followed a long afternoon meeting during the silver jubilee convention and occurred amid a three cornered Republican primary race upcoming Tuesday.
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New York World News Service
Erie
State Federation of Labor
Pinchot
Pennsylvania Federation
United States
Warden's Hands Tied by Orders Report
Joliet Illinois May 11. Stateville prison conditions are exposed to the Will County Grand Jury. Convicts move between Stateville and the Honor Farm and even visit Joliet saloons at night. Warden Whitman is said to be powerless due to orders from Springfield. The grand jury may hear testimony from a Joliet police captain.
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New York World News Service
Joilet
Ill
Stateville
Will County
Honor Farm
Chicago
Joliet
John D. Whitman
Whitman
State Department of Welfare
Springfield
Rehn
Synthetic bust of Williams to grace NYU Hall of Fame
A synthetic bust of Roger Williams will be unveiled in NYU s Hall of Fame. Sculptor Herman A. MacNeill used living descendants and sketches to form a likeness, aiming for a strong, sad face with brooding eyes, rugged chin, and a kindly mouth.
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Williams
Hall OF Fame
New York
Roger Williams
Rhode Island
New York University
Herman A. MacNeill
Mr. MacNeill
Prohibition Committee approves revamped liquor enforcement plan
Washington May 11 The Senate Prohibition Committee approved a tightened dry law enforcement bill. It requires malt beverage makers to bond and obtain permits with heavier penalties, allows annual permit renewals with court appeal, and imposes up to ten years in prison or 25000 dollars fines for denaturing alcohol for beverages.
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Washington
Senate Prohibition Committee
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Prohibition Committee
Treasury
High Seas
Wisconsin Supreme Court to rule on beer referendum timing
The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed to decide if voters will have a beer referendum. It granted Milwaukee taxpayer S. A. Fulton permission to seek an injunction against Secretary of State from submitting the referendum, ordered by the Legislature for the November election. case set for September calendar.
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Madison
Wis
State Supreme Court
Wisconsin
S. A. Fulton
Milwaukee
Secretary of State
Missouri voters to decide on repeal of prohibition law
State leaders announce a bill to repeal Missouri prohibition via initiative petitions. If approved in November, Missouri would lack a state prohibition enforcement act, leaving federal enforcement as the national policy.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Robbed of $100000 Gems in a Ghetto Restaurant
Samuel Brandler a jewelry salesman for a New York firm reported to police in Chicago that three young men robbed him of uncut diamonds valued at 100000 while he ate in a restaurant in the Ghetto district. He said there were about half a dozen patrons and staff present when the trio entered and demanded the jewels.
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Chicago
Samuel Brandler
New York
Brandler
Doubts If Kansas City Woman Is Mrs Thompsons Claim
Mrs Maggie Harman arrives in Omaha to verify if a woman found in Kansas City is her granddaughter Mrs Clara Thompson. She says she cannot believe the identification without seeing the woman herself and questions why no letter was sent if she is alive.
Second suspect sought in Carlisle straw-stack murder case
Des Moines officials hunt a second man linked to the July Carlisle murder. The man, an acquaintance of Mrs. Clara Thompson, is believed to have fled the state. Evidence ties the victim to the straw stack and a hammer found nearby. Mrs. Maggie Harman of Omaha identified charred clothing and matching descriptions, saying she received letters implying a troubling matter before the slaying was revealed.
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Des Moines
Carlisle
Clara Thompson
Maggie Harman
Omaha
Strachey Among 20 Labourites Arrested in Birmingham
London May 11 John Strachey and nineteen other Labourites were arrested in Birmingham on charges of publishing false information in a local strike bulletin. The arrests were made under emergency powers act with reports of additional arrests nationwide among minor strike organizers.
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New York World News Service
London
John Strachey
J. St. Lee Strachey
the Spectator
Birmingham
Copumlent
N.Y
Bombwrecked home of Oregon prosecutor shocks town
In Klamath Falls Oregon a dynamite blast wrecked one side of the home of District Attorney E L Elliott a former prohibition prosecutor. The charge lay on a bedroom window sill used by Elliott and his wife last night and their 15 year old son Jack slept there. The boy escaped with a scratched thumb while a burning fuse remained after the explosion. No threats were reported.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
E. L. Elliott
State Prohibition
Elliott
General Strike Seen Avoidable Says Macdonald
Former Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald contends the general strike was inexcusable and could have been prevented with ordinary care and common sense. He argues the strike was not aimed at Parliament yet was used as wartime propaganda by the government and expresses hope for calm, steady leadership to end the dispute.
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London
Trades Union Congress
Tories
General Council
Congress
Baldwin
Downing Street
Eccleston Square
George
Archbishop of Canterbury
Buckingham Palace
House of Lords
Bords
Commons
England
No. 10
All England
Marquis of Londonderry
Baron Waryngton
Herbert Pike Pease
Bishop Gore
Southwark
Viscount Astor
London Times
Times
A. J Cook
Miners’ Federation
Labor
MacDonald
J. Ramsay MacDonald
New York World News Service
N.Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub. Co
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Lily &. Fleischmann
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