Deaths of Powell and Pike Spark Dictaphone Secrets Theory
In Los Angeles a Pasadena man George E. Powell Jr and his secretary Margie Pike are found shot in an automobile. Police consider possible dictaphone secrets from Julian Petroleum meetings and a motive tied to unrequited love. Notes from Pike raise threats while investigators weigh double murder versus self-inflicted death.
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Los Angeles
Harold Davis
George E. Powell, Jr
Pasadena
Margie Pike
Julian Petroleum Corporation
Davis
Powell
Miss Pike
Discount Corporation of California
Catherine
Margie
District Attorney’s Office
Loeb, Walker & Loeb
F. C. Lewis
Discount Corporation
Julian, Petroleum
Julian Pool
Howard J. Schocter
The
Ellen
New York
Millionaire William Leeds Recounts London Passport Prank
In Southampton May 17, William B. Leeds, husband of Princess Xenia of Russia, explains he traveled to England in borrowed clothes after a spur of the moment scheme with friend William Meyer. Immigrations officers issued temporary papers while they obtain actual passports. He planned to sail from Cherbourg on the Aquitania after business in Europe.
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Southampton
England
Xenia
Russia
William B. Leeds
Associated Press
Leeds
Aquitania
New York
London
Europe
William Meyer
William
Meyer
Paris
Cherbourg
Death in Cincinnati Marks Rare Torula Case at Deaconess Hospital
Arthur J. Church, 28, of Princeton Pike Glendale, dies at 6 20 PM in Cincinnati from torula a rare lung infection linked to a tongue wound. Only three U S. cases of torula entering lungs are on record with one in Wheeling and another in California. Church contracted the illness about a year ago while employed at the Pollack Steel plant in Cartage.
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Cincinnati
Torula
United States
Arthur J. Church
Princeton Pike
Glendale
Church
California
Wheeling
W. Va
M. F. McCarthy
260Q Union Central Building
Pollak Steel Company
Carthage
Perjury Charges Filed Against Indiana Mayor Duvall
Seven affidavits accuse Mayor John L. Duvall and City Comptroller William C. Buzer of perjury unlawful election practices and conspiracy to commit a felony. Warrants issued bonds set at 5000 dollars each hearing scheduled June 6 before Judge Collins. Charges cover post May 1925 city offenses with prior state county allegations tied to D C Stephenson.
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Indianapolis
John L. Duvall
William C. Buzer
Marion County
William H. Remy
James A. Collins
Duvall
Thomas H. Adams
Vincennes
Adams
D. C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Indiana
Stephenson
Lfe
Buzer
Murder conviction and mercy plea shock Canton era
Fragmentary clipping reports an ex-canton detective convicted of murder with a life sentence sought without parole as part of a larger discussion of progress and civilization. The text includes President Coolidge praising medical professionals and urging moral reform, with continuation hinted on the tenth page.
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Codlinge Lains
Canton
Tech Sage
Melville Faces Flood as Atchafalaya Crest Rises
Thousands flee Melville Louisiana as Atchafalaya flood crevasses widen. Crevasses opened near Melville while water rose along Palmetto and Bayou des Glaisses. Crests were reported over a hundred miles away at Ferriday with water levels said to exceed 1882 flood.
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New Orleans
Atchafalaya
Mississippi
Melville
Palmetto
Baton Rouge
Sugar Bowl
Louisiana
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Morrow
Bayou Des Glaisses
Atchafalaya Basin
Ferriday
Tensas Basin
Weather Bureau
Mrs McCormick collapses during Westchester GOP meeting
Mrs Medill McCormick, Republican National Committeewoman from Illinois and widow of Senator McCormick, fainted while addressing the Westchester County Republican Women's Club meeting in New York. She was unconscious about 15 minutes, then improved. Charles Hilles condemned Gov Smith and denied any third term for Coolidge.
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Illinois
New York Club
New York
Westchester County
Republican Women's Club
Medill McCormick
Republican National
T. Channing Moore
Charles D. Hilles
State Committee
Hilles
Gov. Smith
Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge
Canton Jury Finds Streitenberger Guilty in Mellett Murder
Floyd Streitenberger, former Canton policeman, is convicted of first degree murder in the Don R. Mellett case. Jury recommends mercy, yielding life imprisonment. Streitenberger to be sent to Stark County workhouse pending sentence within days. Mazer faces potential blanket homicide charges. Canton police official Van Gunten suspended for inefficiency after testimony in the trial.
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Canton, O
Floyd Streilenberger
Canton
Don R. Mellett
Strettenberger
Louis Mazer
Mellett
Streitenberger
Patrick McDermott
Ohio State Penitentiary
Stark County
Common Pleas
Frank M. Clevenger
Wilmington
Frank Streitenberger
Alva Vinson
Mater
Ed Gibson
Wise
Civil Service Commission
van Gunten
S. A. Lengel
Underworld
Kite's Plea Ends Kite Trial Then Warrants Charge Reading Widow
A warrant charging murder was filed against Mrs Mary Miller 27 for the April 10 killing of her husband Emmett Miller at 711 Oliver avenue Wyoming. The Kite trial ended earlier when Nathan Kite 41 pleaded guilty to second degree murder. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty. Kite received a life term. An associate witness Martin was arrested as a material witness in the Miller case. The article continues on the second page.
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Mary Miller
Emmett Miller
Oliver Avenue
Wyoming
Nathan Kite
Southern Avenue
Reading
Floyd Renner
Benson Street
Kite
Walter K. Sibbald
Raymond J. Kunkel
Caldwell
Sibbald
Kunkel
Conley Martin
Middletown
Renner
J. B. Redwine
Redwine
Martin
Herman Kleine
Joseph Schaefer
Miller
Paris Divorce Case Involving Prince Galatzine Aims Cash
In Paris today the divorce suit of Aimée Crocker against Prince Mistislav Galatzine proceeded with a letter read in court claiming the princess hired the prince as a commercial arrangement. The letter said she would pay $250 monthly, reduced to $125 if divorced, detailing a pending financial settlement.
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Paris
Aime Crocker
Ashe - Gillig - Gouraud - Misskinoff- Galatzine
Mistislav Galatzine
Galatzine
California
M. Campinchi
Prince Galatzine
Rum Making or Possession in Home Not a Felony
Kansas City May 17 The United States Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a three year disbarment against Nebraska lawyer Frank W. Bartos for moral turpitude after he pleaded guilty to manufacturing and possessing 700 quarts of home brew. The court ruled no felony or malpractice occurred and a court has no power over a lawyer’s private life.
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Kansas City
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Frank W. Bartos
Nebraska
Bartos
Nebraska Federal District Court
Robert Lewis
Denver
William S. Kenyon
Iowa
Jacob Trieber
Arkansas
King George and Queen Mary Attend French Banquet in London
King George and Queen Mary were guests of honor at a banquet in honor of President Doumergue of France during his visit to England. The lavish French Embassy reception drew 100 guests including American Ambassador Allanson B. Houghton and wife, other ambassadors, and many society members.
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London
King George
Queen Mary
Doumergue
France
England
Allanson B. Houghton
Wives of House of David Leader Testify in Dissolution Case
In St Joseph Michigan on May 17 two women claiming legal wives of Benjamin Purnell testified in a dissolution case against the House of David colony. Angeline Riley Barnett, who said Purnell married her in Kentucky and deserted her, described him as a no account youth. Mary Purnell testified she married Purnell in 1880 and produced a marriage certificate.
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ST. Joseph, Mich
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Angeline Riley Barnett
Parnell
Kentucky
Purnell
Mary Purnell
Benjamin
Mary
Angéline Barnett
Richmond
Ind
Ray Barnett
Mystery note signed by missing airmen found
A corked bottle bearing a message referencing Nungesser and Coli was found in a net by a fisherman in Boulogne sur Mer, France. The Port Authority calls the item a hoax, noting an experienced sailor would include exact longitude and latitude.
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Boulogne - Sur - Mer
France
Eguthan
Port Authority
Coli
Treaty of 1921 Must Be Fulfilled Or Relations Break Off
Moscow reports a Soviet note to Britain demanding strict fulfillment of the 1921 commercial treaty and warning that continued trade depends on no violations from British politics. It cites the London raid on the Soviet House and reserves rights to seek reparations.
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Great Britain
Moscow
Russia
London
Tinues
Soviet Economic Organization
M. Rosengolz
Soviet Republic
Port bust aids identify suspect as Jack Stevens
Richmond May 17 police said J M Manning arrested with thirteen others during a raid on an alleged bucket shop is Jack Stevens. Stevens is wanted in Atlantic City as a member of a gang that fleeced the public of more than a half million dollars.
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Richmond
J. M. Manning
Jack Stevens
Atlantic City
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