Aviators of Air Cruisers Welcome Aboard Japanese Destroyer
The three United States Army airplanes completing a long flight reach Paramashiru and are hosted by Japan aboard the destroyer Tokitsukaze at Hitokappu Bay. Lieutenant Lowell Smith spoke in Japanese, expressing gladness at arriving in Japan amid wintry weather and snow.
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Associated Press
Paramashiru Island
Kuriles
United States Army
Hitokappu Bay
Yotorofu Island
Bering Island
Kashiwabara Bay
Hitohappan Bay
Hamakaze
Japan
Lowell Smith
Wei
French World Flyer Reaches Canton China
French aviator Daisy arrived in Canton from Hanoi on a world flight. He reported bad weather en route and flew about 3,000 meters high. He aims for Shanghai at 6 a.m. if conditions permit. Sun Yat Sen received a reception at the aviation field as a large crowd gathered.
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Canton
China
Associated Press
Daisy
Hanoi
Tong King
Indo-China
Shanghai
Sun Yat-Sen
South China
Deering Death Ruled Poison in San Francisco Case
Charles W. C. Deering son of Charl Deering and grandson of William Deering died from poisoning not an aviation accident, a San Francisco coroner ruled. Detectives found empty bottles in his room and an investigation was ordered. He had faced a $50,000 breach of promise suit by Marguerite Curl, later settled.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles W. C. Deering
Charl Deering
William Deering
Harvester
Croner
T. W. B. Leeland
San Francisco
Deering
Marguerite Curl
California
Ambassador Woods Asked To Be Relieved Of Duties
Cyrus F E Woods ambassador to Japan has asked to be relieved of his duty. It is not known when he would retire or whether his resignation has been acted upon.
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Ambassador Woods
Japan
Associated P
Washington
Cyrus FE. Woods
Fire Hits U S Shipyard Plant in New Jersey
A major building at the Federal Shipbuilding plant in Kearny New Jersey was nearly destroyed by fire causing an estimated 500000 dollars in damage. Fourteen acetylene tanks exploded with blasts breaking windows in nearby buildings. The cause remains undetermined.
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Kearey
N. J
Kearny
Federal Shipbuilding Company
Fuqua Set to Inaugurate as Louisiana Governor
Henry L. Fuqua of Baton Rouge will be inaugurated governor of Louisiana at noon tomorrow, succeeding John M. Parker. The inaugural ball will be held tomorrow night at the Executive Mansion. E. H. Simpson of New Orleans will take the oath as lieutenant governor.
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Associated Press
Baton Rouge
Henry L. Fuqua
Louisiana
John M. Parker
Executive
E. H. Simpson
New Orleans
Over 50 Groups Back World Court Adherence Oppose Lodge Plan
A coalition of more than fifty organizations urged Congress to back the Permanent Court of International Justice with Hughes Harding Coolidge reservations. They argued the United States should join the world court, noting hearings showed broad public support for adherence and the court’s ongoing work with 47 nations backing it.
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Tell Congress
Washington
World Court
Congress
Henry Cabot Lodge
House
Senate
United States
Permanent Court For International Justice
John H. Clarke
League of Nations
Permanent Court of International Justice
Hughes
Harding
Coolidge
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Permanent Court of Inte 1 Justice
Permanent Court of Arbitration
Plans Made to Handle a Palace Visitors
Geneva May 11 The Associated Press reports special rules will start in June at the League of Nations palace to keep staff from interference while visitors, including Americans Huntington Gilchrist of Auburn New York and Howard Huston of Minot North Dakota, can view the League at work.
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Associated Press
Geneva
League of Nations
Huntington Gilchrist
Auburn
N. Y
Department of International Administra
Howard Huston
Minot
Internal Services
League
Methodists Set War Stand At Episcoal Conference
Springfield mass May 18 delegates to the Methodist Episcopal Conference weighed the churchs future attitude toward war and the election of five bishops. They would decide if the church should refuse participation in any war or allow wars waged in defense of country or humanity. Telegrams urged neutrality amid fears of unpatriotic interpretations and Glenn Frank urged a firm antiwar line.
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Springfield
Mass
Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Conference
New York
Chicago
Glenn Frank
The
Century Magazine
Board of Education
Mr. Frank
Christ
Pershing
von Hindenburg
New Radio Device Set for Trials by Hammond
John Hayes Hammond Jr., aviation and radio inventor, travels to London to demo his latest radio transmission device. He signed a contract with the Italian Government for transmitting and receiving sets using a new system designed for secrecy enabling multiple messages on one wavelength. The device, marketed for wartime utility and potential commercial broadcasting fees, relies on specific wavelength variants to prevent interception.
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Rome
John Hayes Hammond, Jr
London
United States
Wallace Eddinger Weds Margaret Munn in Los Angeles
Wallace Eddinger a New York comedian married Margaret Munn also of New York known on stage as Margaret Lawrence in Los Angeles after a closing engagement in which they led roles.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Wallace Eddinger
New York
Margaret Munn
Margaret Lawrence
Parisians to Fly London for Dinner Night Flight Plans
London May 18. New Imperial Airways plans night flights from Paris to London at 100 miles an hour to let business men dine in London after work and return by bedtime. The airline also considers large planes with sleeping berths for overnight trips to distant European capitals.
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London
Paris
Imperial Airways, Limited
Six Die in Seaboard Link Wreck at Apex North Carolina
Six persons were killed and six hurt when a Seaboard Airline local passenger train crashed into an express train stalled in Apex yards, sixteen miles south of Raleigh. The coach was destroyed and injuries affected crew members. Poor orders and late running caused the collision.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Seaboard Airline
Apex
Smn
Coolidge Set to Return to Office After Illness
President Coolidge will resume work tomorrow after two days of rest to shake off a bronchial cold. He spent today reading and resting in the White House while his wife Mrs. Coolidge stayed home.
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Associated Press
Washington
President Coolidge
Executive Mansion
Coolidge
Butler Pleo Breeds Grime Hayward Says
William Hayward United States Attorney leveled a sweeping critique from Brooklyn church pulpits accusing Governor Smith and Columbia University President Dr Nicholas Murray Butler of striking hard blows at law. He framed Butler as anti prohibition and implied bootlegger sympathy and urged obedience to the Eighteenth Amendment. He contrasted Albany policies with Butler’s stance and warned against repeal without enforcement.
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Associated Press
New York
Governor Smith
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Respect For Law
William Hayward
United States
Jones Methodist, Episcopal Church
Brooklyn
Dr. Butler
Missouri Society
Columbus
Hayward
Butler
Columbia
Balloon Adrift After Channel Crossing From Paris
A French balloon with two occupants ascended in Paris and drifted across the English Channel. It was driven by a thunderstorm over the Isle of Wight, forcing one pilot, M Bollard, to jump into the sea near Milford. He swam ashore exhausted and was hospitalized. The balloon landed near Broughton, Hampshire, about twenty five miles inland. The other occupant was unharmed.
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Associated Press
Londony
Paris
English Channel
Isle of
Wright
Hampshire
M. Bollard
Milford
Broughton
Kenyon College Dormitory Theft Traced to Suspects
Kenyon College students vow to help faculty and police locate the thief who ransacked dormitories during a freshman ball last night, stealing over 600 dollars in cash and several gold watches. Two visitors with liquor were chased from campus by the president and a special officer.
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Gambier
Kenyon College
General Townshend Dead in Paris
May 18 Paris Major General Sir Charles B Townshend famed defender of Kut el Amara during World War I died after six months illness. He was visiting his mother in law Countess Cahen d Anvers at the time of death.
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Associated Press
Paris
Charles B. Townshend
Kut-el-Amara
Mesopotamia
Countess Cahen d
General Townshend and the Kut el Amara Siege
Major General Townshend born 1861 entered Royal Marines 1881 with service in Egypt India and South Africa. He commanded British forces at Kut el Amara where Turks overran them after 148 days of siege with starvation and hardship. Townshend later said Kut el Amara was not captured by the Turks and was released in 1918.
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Roya Marines
Egypt
India
South Africa
Bagdad
Townshend
Kut-el-Amara
Kut-el- Amara
Ander
Townsh
General Townshend
Turkey
Thaw Brother Ed ward T. Thaw Dies in California
Ed ward T. Thaw aged 51 brother of Harry K. Thaw died in Pasadena California after arriving from Milton Massachusetts three months ago for health reasons. The body will be sent to Pittsburgh for burial.
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Pasadena
Cal
Edward T. Thaw
Harry Ki Thaw
Thaw
California
Milton
Mass
Pittsburgh
Church delegates condemn day era as heathen's act
In Cape Town May 1, South Africa, the synod of South Africa condemns prohibition as a wrong method to fight drunkenness. It affirms wine as a gift of God and notes abstinence is a personal choice, citing scripture. Prof Kuyper, a delegate from the Reformed Church of The Netherlands, brands prohibition as Heathen in origin and linked to Gnostics.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Synod of
Kuyper
Reformed Church of the Netherlands
Frank H. Stuart Slain in Mexico
Word from the American Consul in Tampico reports the murder of Frank H. Stuart at his ranch near Tampico by a former Mexican employee. The Cincinnati native, 33, will be buried in Cincinnati. He left three brothers and four sisters surviving, with funeral plans not yet made.
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Tampico
Mexico
Frank H. Stuart
Salesman Dies in Clifton Streetcar Crash
Walter Donaldson a 40 year old traveling salesman died from an infection after a pencil wound from a collision on Ludlow avenue near Morrison avenue Clifton. Also killed was waitress Amelia Neumeister 24 with others injured including driver Clarence Green 34 and Ruth Gaskins 22. The crash involved a car with three men and three women and a Clifton Ludlow streetcar.
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Walter Donaldson
General Hospital
Hamilton County
Donaldson
Amelia Neumeister
Clarence Green
West Sixth Street
Ludlow Avenue
Morrison Avenue
Clifton
Clifton-Ludlow Street
Ruth Gaskins
Albert E. Howell
Tack Causes Widow's Death in Ohio Town
Dover Ohio reports Mrs Almeda Heldt aged 74 of Wainwright near Dover stepped on a carpet tack two weeks ago. Infection followed and an amputation failed to save her life. She was the mother of eleven children.
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Associated Press
Dover, O
Almeda Heldt
Wainwright
Here
Haldt
Seven Injured as Dirt Track Race Crashes at Lafayette
A dirt track fifty mile race at Lafayette Indiana left seven injured, one seriously, when three cars collided and a spectator E G Boyer aged 65 was struck after a car broke through a fence. Roland Clay of South Bend won the race.
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Associated Press
Lafayette
Ind
G. Boyer
Roland Clay
South Bend
Ferry Sinking Prompt Rescue Of 12 Near Kenova Landing
Sixteen saved as the government Steamer James Rumsey rescued twelve people and cars when the ferry Proctor K Smiley sank in the Ohio River near Kenova Landing. Flood stage river and near shore location limited potential losses and authorities believed more would have perished if mid stream.
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Gallipolis
James Rumsey
Proctor K. Smiley
Ohio River
Kenova Landing
Jolson Road Show Detained Over Debt Claim
The Al Jolson road show was attached in Santa Barbara California for a debt alleged due to a Riverside theater after a late booking.
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Jolson
Santa Babara
Cal
al Jolson
Riverside
Woman Killed by Car After Alighting From Street Car
Mrs. Matilda Hamilton a 57 year old resident of 2845 Victoria avenue was killed instantly when struck by a small touring car as she stepped from an Oakley street car at Drake avenue and Madison road four men fled the scene. A hat found nearby bore the initials J H R and police hope to tie it to the death car. The driver reportedly passed the street car in violation of traffic rules. Post mortem showed skull fracture internal injuries and both legs broken. Hamilton planned to move to New York with her son Alex. a farewell party had been held for her last week. She leaves two sons and a daughter Mrs Hubert Fayfield Vancouver B C.
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Matilda Hamilton
Victoria Avenue
Drake Avenue
Madison Road
Hamilton
Charles Perin
Madison Read
Perin
Hamilton County
Covington Man Struck By Auto Hospitalized With Injuries
Charles Schultz age 73 of 3333 West Eighth Street Covington was hit while crossing near Eastern and Beechmont Avenues. Driver Myrtle Ranch of 8545 Columbia Avenue was arrested on reckless driving charges. Schultz sustained a fractured left arm and pelvis and was taken to General Hospital.
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Covington
Charles Schultz
West Eighth Street
Beechmont Avenues
Myrtle Ranch
Columbia Avenue
Schultz
General Hospital
Auto wedged by street car on bridge injures driver
E. W. Bristow of Sharonville ped without injury when his auto was wedged between the street car and the Central Bridge superstructure on the bridge late Saturday night. Bristow attempted to pass the street car but was struck.
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E. W. Bristow
Sharonville
Allevue
Dayton
Central Bridge
Bristow
Two Women Killed and Injured by Taxicab in Cleveland
In Cleveland on May 18, Mrs Mary Wolgarth 50 was killed and Mrs Sophia Meyers 37 seriously injured after a taxicab rammed them while they waited for a street car. The city’s forty seventh traffic fatality of the year.
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Mary Wolgarth
Sophia Meyers
Cleveland
Coolidge Camp Claims 984 Delegates for Nomination
William M. Butler announced 984 delegates to the Republican National Convention favor Coolidge. Johnson receives 15 delegates, La Follette 28 from Wisconsin, with 82 still to be selected. Delegates pledged or favorable include Arizona through Hawaii. remaining unchosen totals listed by state and territory.
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Washington
William M. Butler
Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
Ilinois
South Dakota
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Butler
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
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Delaware
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Virginia
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Alaska
District of Columbia
Philadelphia
Hawaii
Alabama
Montana
Texas
Vermont
West Virginia
Porto Rico
Women Peace Parade Bravely Weather Rain in Cleveland
The Women's Council for the Prevention of War led hundreds of Cleveland women in a rain soaked peace parade with several hundred World War veterans in line. Police estimated 3 500 marchers though planners expected 15 000 to 20 000. Banners urged peace for children and the Prince of Peace as critics and local groups denounced the event.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Women’s Council For the Prevention of
Polic
Israel
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
The
American Planning Association
Ohio Woman Poses as Husband for Fifteen Months
Cleveland May 18 Police investigate a case where a 21 year old woman posed for fifteen months as the husband of another girl. The deception surfaced after a planned marriage was proposed and a ceremony was held before a local Justice of the Peace. The bride disclosed the ruse to an attorney who alerted authorities.
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Cleveland
Justice of the Peace
Moonshine Motive Sways In Mass Killing In Pennsylvania
Officials probing the double death of Harry Ganster and Leah Ellenberger near Harrisburg weighed motives from moonshine vengeance jealousy and accident. The coroner found both victims died from a single rifle bullet, fired from a distance, with evidence tying to a mountain camp used by moonshiners.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Harry Ganster
Maryville High School
Leah Ellenberger
Hollidaysburg
Here
Gaheter
Ganster
Pralek
Ellenberger
Governor Smith's Mother Dies in Brooklyn Home
Mrs Catharine Smith mother of Governor Smith died at 6 20 p m in Brooklyn after a several week pneumonia illness He learned of the death while at Absecon New Jersey and rushed to Brooklyn Her son had visited Sundays and she took pride in his public life Born on the lower East Side seventy two years ago her husband Alfred Emanuel Smith died in 1886 The family later moved to Brooklyn with daughter Mary Glynn and husband John Glynn The Governor recalled cooking a ginouse and visiting with his mother and grandchildren.
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Associated Press
New York
Catherine Smith
Smith
Lower East Side
Alfred Emanuel Smith
Brooklyn
Mary
John A Glynn
Elevator Hero Ernest Nova Saves Fourteen Lives
New York May 18 Ernest Nova a Negro elevator operator calmly operated the emergency control as his car plunged ten floors then stopped a foot below the first floor saving fourteen occupants from serious injuries. The group eight women five men and a boy suffered only minor injuries and were taken to a hospital in a commandeered van. The accident was caused by a breaking cable.
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New York
Ernest Nova
Rasig
Rocke
Acid attack kills man at Columbus theater
Grace, a woman known to police, threw acid into George O B Hackney at a downtown Columbus theater, killing him before hospital arrival. Donald Wilcox, 18, was burned on the hand. Grace fled in an automobile. Hackney leaves three children, Rose 9 Helen 7 Lawrence 11.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Grace
George O"b. Hackney
Rose
Papa
Donald Wilcox
Hackney
Wilcox
Ling Ih
Ace Accitien
A. F. Lewis
Lewis
Helen
Lawrence
Harvey to join Washington Post as editorial writer
Colonel George Harvey former ambassador to Great Britain will become editorial writer for The Washington Post starting June 1. Edward B. McLean, publisher, announced. Harvey has extensive journalism background including work at The Springfield Republican The Chicago Daily News The New York World and other publications.
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Great Britain
Washington Post
The
Associated Press
Washington
George Harvey
Edward B. McLean
the Post
Harvey
Post
Harding
Springfield
Mass
Republican
Chicago Daily News
New York World
the World
North Americans Review
Harvey's Weekly
Piqua Movie Houses Closed Sunday
Piqua Ohio May 18 theater managers closed Sunday showings after Ohio Supreme Court Findlay ruling holding Sunday motion picture displays unlawful. Police said no plans to reopen, marking first Sunday closure since the blue law dispute two years past.
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Piqua, O
Supreme Court of Ohio
Findlay
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