Flood control bill becomes law as Coolidge signs
President Coolidge signs the Mississippi flood control bill, authorizing 325 million dollars for works from Cape Girardeau to the Gulf. A new floodway and spillway plan shifts federal responsibility for flood damages and includes a tributaries survey. Miners' proposed coal regulation bill, drafted by Henry Warrum, aims to create a Bituminous Coal Commission and regulate interstate coal commerce.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
House
Army Engineers
Mississippi River Commission
Cape Girardeau
Gulf of Mexico
Mississippi
United Mineworkers
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Watson
Henry Warrum
Indianapolis
Interstate Commerce Committee
Brother of U.S. District Attorney Acquitted in Killing Neighbor
Garrett Smith 40 of 530 West Eighth Street Newport, brother of Sawyer Smith U S District Attorney Covington was acquitted in Campbell Circuit Court of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of his neighbor in self defense. The defense contended the left hand raised before the right was a defensive gesture. The case arose last night in Campbell Circuit Court.
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U.S
Smith
Garrett Smith
West Eighth Street
Newport
Sawyer Smith
United States
Covington
Campbell Circuit
John
Buddy” McCaffery
Powell Street
Smith Yard
McCaffery
Frank Benton
Benton
Lawrence J. Diskin
Commonwealth Attorney
William A. Burkamp
Frank Benton, Jr
Hiram F. Farmer
Clay County
Walter Smith
Sampson
Argonne
France
Raymond McCaffery
Italia dirigible explores unexplored Arctic Lenin Land
News recounts the Italia reaching uncharted Arctic areas between Spitzbergen and Franz Joseph Land under Gen. Nobile. At 21 hours its position 81.29 N 35.50 E reported heavy ice, reduced speed, and no land sighted yet as it heads toward Lenin Land amid fog and wind.
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Rome
Italia
Arctic
Stefani
Lenin Land
Spitzbergen
Franz Joseph Land
North Cape
Kings Bay
Bremen first east to west Atlantic crossing parade in St Louis
Tens of thousands lined Ninth and Olive as the Bremen crew Baron von Huenefeld Capt. Koehl and Maj. Fitzmaurice paraded the historic route. Crowds cheered amid bombs and confetti while dignitaries and St Louis residents welcomed the trans Atlantic aviators.
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ST. Louis
Bremen
North Atlantic
Baron von Huenefeld
Capt
Koehl
Maj
Fitzmaurice
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ninth and
Olive Streets
Mother Killed as Twister Hits White Cloud Kansas
A tornado struck White Cloud Kansas injuring four Cox children ages 7 5 and 3 and an infant. Mrs Edward Cox was killed and her sister Mrs Charles Cash gravely injured. The Cox home was demolished and the two women were carried by the twister 100 to 300 yards.
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ST. Joseph
White Cloud
Kan
Here
Edward Cox
Charles Cash
Cox
Marie
Gladys
Charles
Actor 61 Seeks License To Wed Daisy Robison
Thomas Lockyear Jefferson, 61, actor famed for Rip Van Winkle, filed at the Marriage License Bureau in Los Angeles with 33 year old Daisy Marguerite Robison and gave notice of intention to marry.
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Los Angeles
Thomas Lockyear Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson
Rip van Winkle
Daisy Marguerite Robinson
Lannin Dies in Hotel Granada Fall Mystery
Joseph J. Lannin 62, real estate owner and Garden City Hotel operator, fell or jumped from Suite 915 at Hotel Granada Brooklyn. Authorities cite heart trouble. family says no suicide. He owned millions in property and lived with wife Hannah and children Paul and Dorothy.
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New York World News Service
New York
Joseph J. Lannin
Much Real Estate
Garden City
Boston Red Sox
Granada
Brooklyn
Romeo W. Auerbach
Lannin
Hannah J. Lannin
Paul
Dorothy
Garden City Hotel
Auerbach
Cumberland Street
Mr. Lannin
Sarasota Bank Closed by National Examiner Action
The American National Bank of Sarasota was closed today on orders of a National Bank Examiner. Officials declined to discuss the action. The bank, capitalized at 150000 dollars, was organized about two and a half years ago. George L. Thacker serves as president.
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Sarasota, Fla
American National Bank of
Sarasota
George L. Thacker
Cooper Flings Down Gauntlet in 3 Cornered Ohio Debate
In a University Club forum at the Elks Temple Cooper challenged Edward C Turner and James T Begg in a three cornered GOP gubernatorial debate. Turner attacked the Anti Saloon League and the utilities lobby while Begg pledged to align Ohio policies with national ones and to cut national debt and tax burdens.
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Cooper
Begg
Turner
Myers Y. Cooper
Edward C. Turner
James T. Begg
Sandusky
Republican Club
Elks’ Temple
Charles H. Lewis
Harpster
Republican Standard-Bearer
Business” Administration
Ohio
Anti-Saloon League
Utilities
Ciry Organization
Republican Party
Congress
Fall of Peking to Nationalists Expected Soon
Reports from Peking say Chang Tso Lin’s rule ends as Northern troops withdraw toward Manchuria. Nationalists anticipate Peking’s fall while Shanghai and Nanking prepare for political talks on Japan demands and international questions. Chiang Kai Shek arrives in Nanking for a key conference.
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London
Peking
Chang Tso-Lin
Chang
Shanghai
Tientsin
Paoting-Fu
Manchuria
Japan
Nanking
Tokyo
Fukuda
Tsinan
Chiang Kai Shek
Ho Yao-Tsu
Shantung
Chiang Kai-Shek
Tsiwan
Far East
China
Geneva
League of Nations
League Today
Wittenberg investigates fatal Woodlawn Hall fire at dormitory
Springfield May 15 Wittenberg University ordered an immediate inquiry into a morning fire in Woodlawn Hall girl dormitory. One student Hilda Sipes twenty from Shelby died, Helen McClain of Troy was seriously hurt after jumping from a porch roof, and others including Mary E Horn Alice Olde Marie Schneider and Mary Levengood were treated for injuries. Fire discovered around 2 o clock. origin undetermined with no furnace or cigarette cause found. Property damage listed as five.
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Springfield
Wittenberg University
Woodlawn Hall
Hilda Sipes
Shelby
Helen McClain
Troy
Mary E. Horn
Lewisburg
Alice Olde
Detroit
Marie Schneider
Indianapolis
Mary Levengood
Reading
Miss Sipes
Peru Quake Ravages Towns Leaving Chachapoyas in Ruins
Reports from Chachapoyas say the town is ruined with ten dead after a northeast Peru earthquake that also affected Ecuador. The cathedral and its tower collapsed into a school building as aftershocks continued past last night.
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Lima
Peru
Chachapoyas
Amazonas
Ecuador
Trujillo
Iquitos
Chilete
Piura
San Miguel del Piura
Huancabamba
Pacasmayo
Strong Ecuador Quake Rattles Loja to Yaguachi
Repeated shocks were felt across Ecuador with the strongest in Loja near the Peruvian frontier. A church tower collapsed at Yaguachi near Guayaquil and a 9:25 PM tremor sent theatergoers into a panic.
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Loja
Yaguachi
Former Day Agent Slain in Kentucky Gun Battle
Middleborough, Ky May 15 reports say E. C. Sellers a former federal prohibition agent was shot and killed in a gun battle at Wallins Creek Allen County near Pineville. Unverified reports say several other men may have fallen in the clash between prohibition agents and moonshiners.
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Middleborough
E. CC. Sellers
Wallins Creek
Allen County
Pineville
Portrait Attributed to Raphael Sparks Berlin Art World
Berlin reports a painting labeled as a Bugiardini portrait of a young lady sold from the Huldschinsky collection may be by Raphael. Sir Joseph Duveen bought it for £3950 and allegedly bid up to £75,000 for the work.
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Berlin
Huldschinsky
Bugiardini
Raphael
Joseph Duveen
Joseph
Trains Collide Head On Injuring Seventeen Near Hardy Ark
Seventeen people were injured in a head on collision of Frisco passenger trains Nos. 103 and 104 near Hardy Arkansas about 150 miles southeast of Springfield. Engineer Phillips misread orders and expected to meet at Hardy spur not the station. A special train with physicians was sent from Thayer to aid the injured.
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Springfield
Frisco
Hardy
Ark
Here
Phillips
Thayer
Hardy Station
Hardy Spur
B. G. Smith
J. W. White
Rolla
Anna Wheeler
Kansas City
T. Sellers
Dallas
Tex
Don Griffith
Ashflat
C. H. Buttrick
S. T. Rowden
Oren Nearguen
Clyde Callaway
Sisters Slain In Their Beds In Louisville Cottage
A coroner's jury in Louisville decides Mrs. Belle Holmes and Miss Kate Satterwhite were murdered in their beds, likely Sunday night, with robbery as motive. Holmes choked, Satterwhite struck on the skull. The home was ransacked. a trunk pried open and a heavy auto tool found near the piano.
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Louisville
Belle Holmes
Kate Satterwhite
Maple Street
Charles B. Stephens
Bruc es Broadside on Dry Law Triggers Senate Fight
A Buffalo area prohibition administrator, his assistant, and a former Buffalo enforcement chief are among thirty eight indicted in federal court for conspiring to violate the alcoholic prohibition law. The case centers on diversion of 108 carloads of alcohol from the Illinois Alcohol Company and claims about 500000 in bribes. Several city agents are charged and some have pleaded not guilty.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Ciry
Illinois Alcohol Company
Bellvidere
Ill
Roscoe C. Harper
Washington
New York
Leo A. Regan
Michael H. Stapleton
Harper
Regan
John A. McQuade
Edward J. duPont
Leroy Wilder
Edward Moran
J. Herve Reeves
Rochester
Andrew McCampbell
Prohibition
Illinois Company
Federal Grand Jury
Air rail service plan confirmed across United States
Blair & Co. confirms reports of a new air rail service that would slash cross country travel time. The plan links Pennsylvania and other railroads with Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Co and National Air Transport with a Western route from New York to Los Angeles then San Francisco and Seattle. The itinerary would depart New York at 6 PM by train, transfer to an airplane in Columbus, fly to Wichita, then to a New Mexico airfield before continuing to Los Angeles. Eastern leg details pending with similar speeds. Fare estimates are about two and a half times the current rail fare of 104.77 dollars from New York to Los Angeles.
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New York
Blair & Co
United States
Pennsylvania
Curtiss, Aeroplane and Motor Company
National Air Transport, Inc
Columbus
Wichita
Kan
New Mexico
Los Angeles
California
San Francisco
Seattle
Hoover Fight Deepens as Campaign Expenditures Hearings Open
The Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee heard two long sessions on Hoover’s bid for the Republican nomination. Testimony outlined three independent Hoover committees and a hostile magazine Politics. George Lockwood said California New York and Washington offices ran separately. Harry Price testified Hale built Politics and financed losses, while Harold Goldman praised Hale as sole payer.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Hoover
National Law Scope
Commerce
Politics
California
New York
George B. Lockwood
Senator McMaster
Rep
S. D
James W. Good
Hoover Councils
Frank J. Hale
New York City
Hale
Price
Harold Goldman
Firewater and How A Gin Guzzler Tripped Alarm
Chicago May 15 John B. Graham an insurance broker drank from a London gin while in a taxi He believed his insides were on fire and fired a false alarm with a firebox key Police and fire units responded as Graham pleaded for hoses He was given a lecture and released. the gin vanished.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
John B. Graham
London
Curran
Clark Street
Graham
Bank Robber Beaten by Angry Mob After Toledo Hold-Up
An armed robber of an Ohio Savings Bank branch took $3,000 and was pursued by a mob. Citizens beat the thief, George McDonald of Detroit, before police rescued him. The money was recovered and McDonald aided by officers.
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Toledo Depository
Toledo
Ohio Savings Bank and Trust Company
George McDonald
Detroit
Bracy
McDonald
E. W. Bennett
Adams-Franklin
Still for Every 240 Inhabitants sparks Senate clash
In Washington on May 15, Senators Bruce of Maryland and Black of Alabama traded sharp remarks over prohibition. Bruce urged daily debate ahead of Houston conventions while citing alleged Southern hypocrisy. Black defended the South, attacked bias against Dixie, and recalled enforcement disputes and racism tied to Prohibition trials.
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Washington
Senate
South
Bruce
Maryland
Black
Alabama
Capitol Hill
Houston
Virginia
South Carolina
Sheppard
Dem
Tex
Ciry
Confederate States
States of Dixie
New York
Senator Black
Woodruff Named Acting Administrator for Ohio Indiana District
William N. Woodruff, acting deputy administrator for the Northern Ohio district, is named acting administrator of the Ohio Indiana district. He succeeds William H. Walker who resigned and will move to Columbus office tomorrow. Woodruff, former Hamilton, Ohio resident, has five years in the Department of Justice and no immediate staffing changes are planned.
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Columbus
William N. Woodruff
Ohio
Ohio-Indiana
James M. Doran
Washington
Woodruff
William H. Walker
Hamilton
Walker
Department of Justice
Dry Agents' Tactics Probed as Hanson Protest Grows
Niagara Falls May 16 mass meeting drew over two thousand people from across the Niagara frontier to condemn the killing of Hanson and to protest the use of dry agents tactics.
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Hanson
Niagara Falls
N. Ys
Niagara Frontier
Cale
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Gineer
Coal Regulating Commission
U. M
wWay
Boulder Dam
Philippines
House Rules Committee
Hala
North Pole
Nobile
Twister
Jd, Lannin Dita VI Atory
Florida Bank
Protection of Investors
Public Utilities Commission
War Lord
Kentucky
Arkansas
Dixie
Buffalo Enforcement
Day Losing
Lloyd Bracy
Wet
Ator
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