Husband of Sunday School Secretary Kills Man in Church
Fred J. Tyrrell, 53, an attorney from Lincoln Place, shot and killed Phillip F. Clark, 36, during a Sunday school scene at the First Christian Church in Munhall. Tyrrell fled, then was arrested after being confronted by church officials. motive tied to alleged affairs with Clark’s wife Elizabeth Clark.
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Pittsburg
Fred J. Tyrrell
Davis Avenue
Lincoln Place
Phillip F. Clark
Ann Street
Homestead
First Christian Church
Ninth Avenue
Munhall
J. D. Waters
Clark
Tyrrell
Berger Building
Mr. Waters
P. J. Clark, Sr
Elizabeth Clark
Michael McDermott
Christian Church
McDermott
John Hannley
W. O. Finley
Mifflin Township
Allegheny County
Trip Canceled Trip Ends in Suicide near Peekskill
Rollin F. Lewis Jr., a 19 year old Columbia University sophomore and Phi Delta Theta member, disappeared from his fraternity house last Monday. His body was found noon today hanging from a tree in the woods near Oregon five miles from Peekskill. Coroner George A. Logan ruled death by self action with the lad dead for four or five days. Friends say cancellation of a promised trip to Europe may have driven him to take his own life.
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Peekskill
N. Y
Oregon
Rollin F. Lewis, Jr
Columbia University
George A. Logan
Cold Springs
Putnam County
Lewis
Phi Delta Theta
Europe
Verdun Medal for Thirty Seventh Division Veterans
Judge Thomas H. Morrow announces Verdun honors for all Thirty Seventh Division veterans who served in the Argonne offensive. Eligible vets must mail a certified discharge and 15 francs to Verdun to receive the Verdun Medal, with postage covered by the sender.
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Verdun
Thomas H. Morrow
Common Pleas Court
148Th Infantry
Morrow
Argonne
R. Panau
Hotel de Ville
Department of the Meuse
France
Mechanical interne makes anaesthetic doctor unnecessary
Baltimore May 13 A mechanical interne described as the first of its kind in the world has been devised by a University of Maryland professor for use in medical and surgical work. The Automatic Anaesthetizer operates without a doctor nurse or orderly and prevents under or overdoses by delivering the exact amount to keep the patient unconscious.
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New York World News Service
Baltimore
University of Maryland
Department of Pharmacology
Cincinnati Idea Drives Jewish Federations Budget Plan
The "Cincinnati Idea" of Community Chest budgeting for education and charity has been adopted by forty Jewish federations across the U S. The plan aims to reduce duplication, urges welfare chests and joint offices in larger cities, and connects with national agencies.
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Cincinnati
United States
National Appeals Information Service
Appeals Information Service
National Conference of Jewish Social Service
National Association of Jewish Community Center
National Council For Jewish Education
William J. Schroder
Social Service
Boris D. Bogen
Louis A. Lurie
Lurie
Eight Die When Racing Autos Hit Train at Espyville Crossing
At Espyville grade crossing in Crawford County PA eight people died when two racing cars collided with Pennsylvania Train No 415 en route from Pittsburgh to Erie. Five killed were in the cars and three others injured, with police and coroner investigations begun.
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Pennsylvania
North Carolina
New York World News Service
Erie
Espyville Graae
Erie & Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Hayes
Clair
South Shenango
R. P. Peterson
Linesville
Thomas
C. L. Wemple
Albion
Hanley
Hamot
Byham
Crawford County
Two Local Suicides Linked to Heartsick Passages in Ohio Valley
Two Harrison residents died by self harm yesterday. Miss Louise Kern fifty six? No, forty six. Joseph Bevan seventy one. A white male about thirty was found in the Ohio River at Fernbank. Kern tied a rope and hanged herself after a nervous breakdown and illness. Bevan died after drinking poisoned alcohol at General Hospital. The unidentified man was found near Sunset avenue by Harry Knapp and taken to the county morgue with no identifying marks. Dr Swing labeled deaths self inflicted.
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Ohio River
Swing
Louise Kern
Broadway Street
Harrison
Joseph Bevan
Findlay Street
Sunset Avenue
Fernbank
Kern
Rudolph
State Street
George
Indianapolis
Jack
Bevan
General Hospital
Clark Street
Harry Knapp
Forbes Road
Edward Argo
Cleves
Ginger Ale Ban Clamps Down Chicago Nightlife
A Chicago wake at Parody Cafe laments new prohibition enforcement as Big Bill’s vow to police the ban signals closing times. Patrons mourn ginger ale refusals, fearing a dead town as a jazz band wails and the venue is padlocked for a year.
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Sid
Chicago
New York World News Service
Big
Idaho Senator Gooding To Undergo Mayo Hospital Operation
Senator Frank R. Gooding of Idaho will leave Washington to enter the Mayo Brothers Hospital in Rochester Minnesota for an operation on an intestinal disorder.
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Washington
Frank R. Gooding
Idaho
Hospital of Mayo Brothers
Rochester
Minn
Bomb damages home of Detroit attorney William Gallagher
The home of William Henry Gallagher noted attorney and chief of counsel for Aaron Sapiro in a libel suit against Henry Ford was bombed early today. No one injured, but a side of the house and several nearby windows were damaged. Gallagher could not assign a motive for the bombing. The Gallagher home lies two blocks from the recently bombed home of State Representative Robert Teagan.
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Detroit
William Henry Gallagher
Gallagher
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
Robert Teagan
Pugilist Killed at Police Station in Chicago Raid
Chicago reports a new era of Prohibition enforcement with raids across the city. Walter J. Neis, former Navy boxing champion, was shot at the Sheffield Avenue Police Station after allegedly striking Detective Otto W. Ruge. Other notable incidents include the stabbing of Grover Cleveland Fuller, a former Derby winner, and the killing of Gaetano Atti, known as the Wolfe, in northern Illinois. Police seized over 400 prisoners from flats and soft drink resorts as the crackdown continued through the night.
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Chicago
Prohibition
Hughes
Walter J. Neis
Great Lakes Naval Station
Sheffield Avenue
Otto W. Ruge
Ruge
Herndon Street
Neis
Edgar B. Elder
United States District Attorney
Grover Cleveland Fuller
Bridewell Hospital
Edward Dunant
Tom Tomlinson
Fuller
Gaetano Atti
the Wolfe
King of
Blackhanders
Harvard
Cyrus Sanford
Woodstock
Rockford
Milwaukee Welcomes Bremen Flyers Parade Draws Citywide Crowd
The Bremen flyers arrived at Milwaukee Airport from Chicago at 1 30 pm to a landmark welcome. Gov Zimmerman Mayor Hoan and Wisconsin business leaders greeted Baron Gunther von Huenefeld Captain Herman Koehl and Major James FitzMaurice. A lakefront reception followed and a parade drew about a quarter million spectators. The city wore a holiday mood as the flyers received a rousing ovation.
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Milwaukee
Bremen
Chicago
Junkers
Fred R. Zimmerman
Hoan
Wisconsin
Baron Gunther von Huenefeld
Herman Koehl
James. Fitzmaurice
Forest Fire Sweeps 2 Mile Front Near Sturbridge
A massive Worcester County effort fights a forest blaze that has burned over 3,000 acres around Sturbridge Massachusetts. Firefighters and volunteers, aided by forest agencies, struggle as winds shift repeatedly and control proves elusive. Families flee homes and cattle are moved to safety amid mounting damage and exhaustion among crews.
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Worcester
Mass
Sturbridge
Worcester County
South Bridge
American Optical Company
Prohibitionist Pastor Fined For Drunk Driving
Salisbury, May 13. The Rev. Arthur Talmadge Abernathy, noted prohibition advocate and college president, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated, paid a $100 fine and forfeited his license after being arrested by Salisbury police following an anti Smith meeting. His wife cited fatigue from giving a temperance lecture as the reason for the stimulant.
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New York World News Service
Salisbury
N. C
Arthur Talmadge Abernathy
Rutherford College
Rutherford
House of Representatives
al Smith
New York
One of Strangest Paths to Happiness for Wisconsin Family
Nineteen year old Bernice Albert and her parents leave a barren Burnett County farm for Milwaukee after a veteran of the Spanish American War, William W. Goynes, offers to relocate them and provide a six month home. He funds support with a plan that leaves Bernice with a ring and an engagement that may become marriage. He lost a leg in the war and is childless, saving his Soldier’s Home salary to help. The Albert father, once crippled, worries over the bargain but hopes for better days.
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Milwaukee
Bernice Albert
Burnett County
Wis
William W. Goynes
National Soldiers’ Home
Albert
Lyman
Bernice
Albert Farm
Siren
United States
Canada
Goynes
Gaynes
Alberts
Man Drinks Pint for Dare Then Dies in Cleveland
In Cleveland on May 13 Joe Urbanski, 32, drank a pint of liquor in one tilt after a dare. He died fifteen minutes later. A doctor attributed the death to alcoholism.
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Cleveland
Joe Urbanski
Fire destroys 600 houses in Sassovo blaze
Moscow reports a deadly fire at Sassovo near Rizan that consumed 600 houses and left about 3000 people homeless with several lives lost.
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Moscow
Sassovo
Rizan
Veteran racer Dave Lewis ends life in California
Los Angeles May 13 Dave Lewis 46 a veteran automobile race driver shot and killed himself in his mountain cabin near San Francisco Canyon about forty miles northeast of here. Fire set by him to clear brush around the cabin got out of control deputies report he hurried inside and killed himself Lewis who raced with Barney Oldfield Tetzlaff and Eddie Rickenbacker retired years ago divorced Helen Lewis in 1927 remarried two months ago.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Dave Lewis
San Franciscquito Canyon
Here
Lewis
Barney Oldfield
Tetzlaff
Eddie Rickenbacker
Helen Lewis
Monarch of Mechanics Aids Stranded Americans in Bulgaria
Two American professors at Samokov College, lost near Sofia, fix their broke auto after King Boris of Bulgaria stops, inspects the carburetor, and restarts the engine. The young monarch earns homage as he helps the travelers and is praised for his mechanical skill.
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King Boris of
Bulgaria
Sofia
American College
Samokova
Here
Boris of
California Woman Strangled Aboard Caledonia Ocean Liner
Eloise Gundrum of California was found strangled in her cabin on the Caledonia after a world cruise. Steamship officials say a rope placed in state rooms may have been used to lift passengers from bed. Gundrum was a Sacramento social figure and Stanford alumna born in 1882 in Iona Michigan.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Eloise Gundrum
California
Caledonia
Miss Gundrum
Sacramento
Cal
F. Gundrum
University Women’s Association
Stanford University
Iona
Mich
Take-Off From City Street by Obscure Aviator
New York May 13 Col Lindbergh rested while aviation world stayed quiet. Joe Suminsky a feather weight balloon peddler tied many balloons to his belt and walked Astoria streets. A fierce wind lifted him into a brief high flight before police stopped his airborne stunt and grounded him safely.
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New York
Col. Lindbergh
Joe Suminsky
Joe
Astoria
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Balchen
Acosta
Shansi and Southern Armies Clash Over Shantung Crisis
Chinese Nationalists and Southern forces press toward Tientsin as Chang Tso Lin seeks peace. Japanese troops guard foreign concessions in Tientsin while a European station holds fast. The North-South civil war escalates with a reported 7,900 Northern prisoners and large booty.
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League of Nations
Japan
China
Goolidge
Council
Shantung
United States
Kuomin
Chang Tso-Lin
Kuomintang
Nationalist Government Council
Kuomin Agency
Chang Tso- Lin
League
League Council
Nanking
Tientsin
Arai
Tientsin-Pukow
Pekin-Mukden
Shanghai
Cheefoo
Shantung Province
Yen Hsi-Shan
Shansi
Tsanchow
Tsangchow
Tenchow
Putoho
Chihli
Peking
Manchuria
Tsinan
Geneva Sees China Japan Move From Tokyo
Geneva circles expect a Chinese Nationalist appeal against Japanese actions in Shantung to come from Tokyo. The development follows ongoing League of Nations discussions and rising tensions in the region.
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China
Coolidge
Shanghai
United States
Washington
Nationalist Government Council of
Nationalist Council
Tsiwan
Japan
League
Geneva
Tokyo
League of Nations
Shantung
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William Thomas
Chadburn
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King OF Mechanics
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