Two Killers End Lives to Evade Man Hunters and Dry Agents
In Minnesota and North Dakota, two fugitives shot themselves as posses closed in after last night's fatal encounters. Walter Chrisman, a bootlegger, killed two officers near his farm before taking his own life with a shotgun. Sayles Hastings, quarrel over horses, then killed himself on his farm as National Guardsmen neared. Senator Norbeck aided the search. an airplane was used but failed to locate Chrisman.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Redfield
S. D
Walter Chrisman
Sayles Hastings
Cleveland
N. D
Chrisman
Here
Carl Bintliff
Mitchell
Prohibition
Charles Halpin
Aberdeen
Dave Jones
W. F. Flint
Hastings
Roy Flint
Wayne
Flint
Ronald
Hunt
James River
United States
Peter Norbéck
Halpin
Notre Dame
Federal Secret Service
Knickerbocker Girl Barred From Jefferson School
Virginia Allen eleven year old known as the knickerbocker girl is again barred from classes in Jefferson Indiana after a temporary restraining order dissolved. Principal Harlan Voght ordered knickers replaced by a dress and sent her home upon noncompliance as school authorities sue the girl's mother and others for 5600 dollars alleging ridicule and demoralization of the schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Allen
Fahyma Allen
Bank Robber Steals 5000 From Milwaukee Bank
A lone bandit entered the Anchor State Bank at noon and held up the cashier escaping with 5000 dollars in Milwaukee Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
State Bank
Duck procession halts traffic at Hyde Park corner
A duck leads four yellow ducklings across Hyde Park corner while five traffic policemen halt four streams of traffic. The family is believed en route to a lake in St James's Park about a half mile away.
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Hyde Park Corner
Hyde Park
Green Park
St. James’s Park
New York Feels England Divorce Scandal And Flight News
New York reports details of an English divorce affair involving Sir James Beatty’s daughter and an American husband with ties to the British army. The piece also covers three New York to Paris flight crews facing bad weather as Byrd lends maps and Lindbergh rivalry grows.
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New York World News Service
New York
Appleton
Wis
Harald
Spencer
Isabella Beatty
James
Lady Beatty
St. Andrews
Scotland
Eaton Square
London
William MacQueen
Valparaiso
Chile
Royal Field Artillery
British Army Intelligence
Byrd
Lindbergh
Richard KE
Atlantic Storm Dales Plans At 10 Paris Flyers
The article notes delayed plans for the Atlantic storm and mentions Byrd starting conditions on even teams. It reports a search for Nungesser and Colt driven by a $5,000 reward in Los Angeles aid, but all leads fail.
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Dales
Paris
Los Angeles
Neal O'Hara
Elopers Sought After Illegal Chicago Wedding
Derby crowds in Louisville watched Louis Nettel horst pursue Ruth Nettel horst and Ellsworth Wilt who wed aboard a special train en route to the Blue Grass classic. The bride and groom, from Chicago, face claims the ceremony was illegal due to an invalid license and nonqualified officiant. The couple, after learning of possible invalidity, planned a reunion in Louisville.
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Chicago
Louisville
Louis Nettelhorst
Ruth Nettelhorst
Ellsworth Wilt
Indianapolis
Justice of the Peace
Indiana
City considers $3,000,000 street bonds for 1928 start
City council members were asked by Fred Schneller to consider submitting a $3,000,000 street improvement bond issue at the fall election. The plan aims to bridge until the coordinated program begins in 1928 while avoiding a lapse in work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Schneller
Highways Committee
Schneller
Rose
Breach in Britain Russia relations seen as sequel
A noted rupture between Britain and Russia appears to be a sequel to the 1921 agreement. The English lion remains quiet while the Soviet bear grows louder as a search by Arcas, Ltd. continues, with tasks likely to take a week as workers uncover a seven foot finding.
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Britain
Russia
Love letters and telegrams reveal affair in murder trial
In Los Angeles court, Dorothy Mackaye and Paul Kelly's romance emerges as a motive in the Ray Raymond murder case. Prosecutors read messages from Kelly to Mackaye and from Raymond to Mackaye. the notes show intimate terms, calls of wife and mother, and financial transfers. The trial continues as defense challenges the evidence.
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Hall OF Justice
Los Angeles
Cal
Dorothy Mackaye
Ray Raymond
Paul Kelly
Raymond
Kelly
Miss Mackaye
Ray
Fresno
Dorothy
Stanford Theater
Palo Alto
Burnell
Paul
Marriage License 13 Issued on Friday the 13th
Ray Theodore 24 of Niagara Falls and Miss Mary Ella Powers 22 of Key West Fla obtained a marriage license on Friday the 13th. The clerk noted license No 13 and the couple laughed at the superstition in New York.
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New York
Ray Theodore
Niagara Falls
Mary Ella Powers
Key West
Fla
Beeler Contract To Extend Transit Feasibility Study
City Council authorized Beeler Engineering to collect more data for the rapid transit feasibility study at a cost of 12000, split evenly with the Street Railway Company. The current survey has cost 50000 with half paid by the company. Judge Matthews opposed the motion while City Solicitor Ellis and Rose said the original 50000 contract was an upset limit, not a final total. Beeler plans further work including yearly cost projections to 1935, bus options, and printing 1000 copies of the report.
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Beeler Organization
Stanley Matthews
Matthews
John A. Beeler
John D. Ellis
Ellis
Charles O. Rose
Council
Beeler
Col. Sherrill
Diplomatic Rupture Foreseen Between Britain and Soviet Union
London officials warned that Anglo Soviet relations are closer to a break than at any time since the 1921 trade pact. The strain follows Scotland Yard raids on Arcos Ltd London, with a Soviet protest lodged by Charge d Affaires A P Rosengaiz. Scouts from Scotland Yard remain at Arcos House conducting searches of safes and vaults.
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London
Great Britain
Scotland Yard
Arcos, Ltd
Austen Chamberlin
A. P. Rosengaiz
Seotiland Yard
Arcos Houge
Darrow to Speak Here Under Legion Auspices
Clarence Darrow Chicago attorney and defender of Loeb and Leopold will address a mass meeting of negroes at Music Hall on May 30 under the auspices of Stewart Post of the American Legion. Proceeds aid a fund for ex servicemen visiting France during the legion convention to inspect the graves of Negro soldiers.
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Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Robert Franks
Music Hall
William Anderson
West Eighth Stret
Darrow
Stewart Post
American Legion
France
Elevated street planned to clear Beechmont grade crossing
Frank Shipley reports an elevated street near Eastern and Beechmont avenues to bypass the Beechmont grade crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The design features a Y shaped approach with two connections to Eastern avenue and a main stem over Beechmont, at about twenty two feet above the tracks, likely cheaper than rebuilding Beechmont or elevating rails.
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Beechmont Avenues
Beechmont Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Frank Shipley
Shipley
Col. Sherrill
Eastern Avenue
German Stock Crash Reaches Black Friday Scale in Berlin
The Berlin stock market collapsed as shares fell 30 to 50 points with some plunging 80 to 140. Dr. Hjalmar Schacht faced blame as Reichsbank tightened credit to curb speculative excess amid fears of draining foreign currency reserves. Officials warned the boom distorted Germany's prosperity and stressed risky foreign loans. A torrent 600 feet wide rushed through breaches in Evangeline Country.
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Berlin
Hjalmar Schacht
Reichsbank
Dr. Schacht
Reichbank
Germany
Dawes
Rampart Breaks as Flood Rushes into Evangeline Country
Mississippi flood shifts south from Northeastern Louisiana into Evangeline region driving 200000 people from homes. Bayou des Glaises breaches threaten 16 parishes, flooding 1,000,000 acres, with 25000 evacuated and rescue fleets aiding towns like Moreauville, Melville, Bunkie, Marksville, and Alexandria. Louisiana officials warn of continuing danger along the main stream.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Louisiana
Sugar Bowl
Bayou Des Glasses
Bayou Des Glaises
Gulf
Bayou Des Glaises Crevasses
Harry D. Wilson
Moreauville
Atchafalaya Basin
Big Bend
Parker
Red Cross
Bunkie
Marksville
Mansura
Bunklie
Alexandria
Melville
Oli River
Crescent City
Bayou Des Glaises Crevasse
Avoyelles
St. Martin
St. Mary
St. Landry
Iberville
Longfellow
Morganza
Baton Rouge
WED FOUR TIMES SHE BRAVES THE HOODOO TO WED
Josephine Griffen, 25 percent of Detroit, chose Friday the thirteenth to begin her fifth marriage venture and secured a license to wed her third husband. She had divorced all prior spouses and had previously linked with Thomas Manning, Joseph Byrne, Albert Whetter, and Joseph Smith.
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Toledo
Josephine Griffen
Detroit
Thomas Manning
Joseph Byrne
Albert Whetter
Joseph Smith
Mystery Death Found In Negro's Home Prompts Probe
A man believed to be W B Slevin of Dayton was found dead in a two room apartment at 524 Plum Street. Coroner said death from heart disease and a head wound may indicate a fall. Door lock broken, race slips and bank book with 900 dollars found on him. Police seek motive and origin of his presence.
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London
War Office
Daily Express
W. B. Slevin
Dayton, O
Plum Street
Winters National Bank
Dayton
Swing
Roy Spikes
Wehberg
Faragher
Flyer Freed in Killing Case at Maxwell Field
Lieut. Arthur J. Lehman a Maxwell Field flying officer was acquitted by a court martial of charges connected with the death of Frank G. Browder last October. Browder, an elderly cotton broker, was killed when a plane swooped low into a cotton field. Lehman faced charges of perjury and manslaughter.
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Flyer
Montgomery
Ala
Arthur J. Lehman
Maxwell Field
Frank G. Browder
Lieut
Lehman
Fifty Die When Indian Launch Capsizes in Gale
Fifty persons are reported drowned after a launch foundered in a furious gale off Madras as it traveled from Mahahndry to Polarvaram. The vessel was en route when disaster struck, drowning passengers and crew.
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Madras
India
Polarvaram
Mahjahmundry
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