Plane Demolished in Forced Landing Kills Pilot
Ross Kirkpatrick, 30, aviator for Ford Motor Company air service, died when his Maiden Dearborn freighter nose-dived on landing during a storm at Summit, near Chicago. Storm damage reached $190,000 to $200,000, with Harvey, Maywood, and surrounding areas hit by hail and wind as 300 homes were wrecked and trees felled. Kirkpatrick, linked to the 1920 Mitchell Field Alaska flight, was crushed when the fuselage telescoped against the motor while strapped in his seat.
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Chicago
Ross Kirkpatrick
Trans-Continental Flyer
Maywood Field
Iowa City
Kirkpatrick
Mitchel Field
Long Island
Nome
Alaska
Harvey
Danville
Street Railway Plans Highlight City Line Proposal
Street railway plans propose a ten bay c M and eight line extension as part of the city system under Draper. The plan envisions widening transit, integrating routes, and improving streetcar service subject to further municipal action and funding.
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C. M
Gilman to survey villages served in potential traction purchase
Cincinnati Street Railway seeks to buy track poles and wire for 49 000 dollars from the Kroger line now running Milford to Madisonville. Walter Draper urges operation to serve Milford Mariemont Plainville Indian Hill Madisonville and surrounding areas, with a survey planned to gauge future patronage.
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Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Cincinnati
Draper
Gilman
Milford
Mariemont
Plainville
Indian Hill
Madisonville
Street Railway Company
Kroger
Blanchester
Erie Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cincinnati Suburban Power Company
L. G. van Ness
The
Power Company
Union Gas and Electric Company
Mariemont Ee Ee
Henry Ford
Two U S Collectors Removed By Nicaragua Rebels
In Managua on May 18 revolutionists removed United States Collector of Customs W. J. Crampton and Deputy Collector W. A. Peters from office for refusing to surrender their collections. The seizure of Atlantic Coast customs houses violates the republics financial plan approved by the U S State Department. Collector General Clifford D. Ham protested to Washington.
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Managua
Nicaragua
W. J. Crampton
United States
Collector of Customs
W. A. Peters
Bluefields
Atlantic
Kresge Foundation Fund Created for Philanthropy and Education
New York May 18. Sebastian Kresge announced formation of a $25 million fund through the Kresge Foundation to support charitable and educational causes. He contributes 500000 common shares of S S Kresge Company valued over $22 million as collateral for bond issues and real estate purchases. The foundation began two years ago with a $2 million endowment.
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New York
Sebastian
Kresge
Kresge Foundation
S. S. Kresge Company
Mr. Kresge
Rioting in Lisbon Parliament Over Tobacco Monopoly
In Lisbon on May 18 rioting erupted after a disorderly session of the Chamber of Deputies debating the tobacco monopoly. Police cleared galleries, crowds clashed in the street, several wounded and many arrested as debate centered on replacing the expired monopoly contract. The government vows to keep tobacco factories running while a new system is chosen.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Parliament Square
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber
Convict Labor Abuses Exposed in Alabama Prison Mines
A New York World News Service report details brutal conditions at Flat Top Prison in Jefferson County Alabama. It cites Warden Davis straw boss Cecil Houston and guards abusing convicts including James Knox with beatings, broken arms, and falsified accounts, urging Governor Brandon to end convict leasing.
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New York World News Service
Birmingham
Ala
James Knox
Jefferson County
Brandon
Alabama
Charles R. Davis
F Knox
Knox
Cecil Houston
Wiley Pugh
Harwell G. Davis
F. F. Blair
F. Robbins
Davis
Homer Anderson
Houston
Prohibition referendum push gains governor support in New York
Governor Smith signals no obstacle to a statewide prohibition referendum at the next general election. He questions the Eighteenth Amendment's ratification and backs the Earle Phelps bill while noting strong wet and dry mobilization at the Albany hearing.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Smith
Edmund B. Jenks
Nga
New York
Mr. Jenks
Gov. Smith
Churchman
William Sheafe Chase
New York Civic League
John L. Earle
Queens
Wets
Anti-Saloon League
Canon Chase
Berlin and U linked in on disarmament efforts
Geneva context shows Germany and the United States likely to lead initial moves toward world disarmament while Britain and France clash over effective and potential limits. Boncour and Cecil push for guarantees. Locarno influences French stance, with Britain resisting pledges of industrial and economic armament alongside military power.
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Geneva
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Count von Bernstorff
Hugh
Gibson
Paul Boncour
Viscount Cecil
Washington
Bus Teeters on Price Hill Inclined Plane Narrowly Misses Fall
Fifteen passengers mostly women aboard a Cincinnati Traction Co bus on the Price Hill Inclined Plane teetered when the front wheels dangled over the edge for about thirty five feet as the incline truck rolled down. Traffic officer Louis Suttman credited the driver’s caution. Charles Rose blamed a misapplied reverse by the operator. The incline was closed briefly for inspection then reopened via a reroute over Warsaw Avenue.
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Price Hill
Cincinnati Traction Company
Clarence Will
Kirbert Avenue
Warsaw Avenue
Louis Suttman
Fifth
Vine Streets
Mr. Suttman
Chares Rose
Rose
Pennsylvania Ballots Point to Liberal Victory in Primary
Returns from 4 293 districts in Pennsylvania show William S Ware leading the Republican U S Senate race with 353 281 votes, Pepper 280 143 and Pinchot 177 328. Beidleman leads GOP governor's race with 365 949. Fisher 322 809. Bonnivell leads Democratic Senate race in early tallies with 23 842 votes.
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Philadelphia
William S. Ware
United States
Pennsylvania
George Wharton Pepper
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Gov. Pinchot
Vare
Pepper
Vore
Pinchot
Edward E. Beidleman
Ware Forces
John 8. Fisher
Mellon- Pepper Group
Thomas W. Phillips, Jr
John K. Téner
Beidleman
Fisher
Phillips
Tener
Eugene C. Bonnivell
Samuel ®. Shull
William ¥. Porter
Bonniwell
Shull
Porter
James J. Davis
Labor
Pittsburgh
Ware
Senate
Edward H. Biedleman
John S. Fisher
John KK. Tener
National Baseball League
Thomas W. Philips
Butler
Tornado Wrecks Farms Near Piqua in Ohio
A tornado cut a swath one-quarter mile wide for almost two miles between Piqua and Covington causing property damage over 10000 dollars. Dozens of barns silos and buildings were demolished with livestock killed. A tobacco shed on the G W Bausman farm and seven other Bausman buildings were destroyed.
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Piqua
Covington
G. W. Bausman
Bausman
Harvey Hollman
St. Marys
Boy Killed by Lightning on Farm Near Kenton
Virgil McQuistion 13 working in an open field on his father's farm near Kenton O killed by lightning. The incident occurred May 18 and was reported from Kenton.
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Kenton
O. Kenton
Here
Virgil McQuistion
Evidence links eighteen East breweries in beer trust scheme
Federal investigators led by Gerald P. Murphy gathered data on an alleged beer trust involving eighteen major East brewery firms. Pennsylvania witnesses were subpoenaed and allowed to vote in the primary before returning to testify. Assistant District Attorney Osman said the grand jury probe could extend beyond two weeks as new angles emerge. A Cleveland man reportedly admitted involvement in collecting and shipping beer barrels to breweries.
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Cleveland
East
Beer Trust
Gerald P. Murphy
Washington
John BR. Osman
Daugherty and Miller to plead tomorrow
Former U S Attorney General Harry M Daugherty and Col Thomas W Miller a former Alien Property Custodian are indicted for conspiracy to defraud the government and will be arraigned next Thursday. An arraignment had been set for today but Col Miller was unavailable due to blood poisoning. The case concerns the transfer of American Metals Company securities to a German owned Swiss company rumored to have bought seized German properties.
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New York
Harry M. Daugherty
Thomas W. Miller
Col. Miller
Daugherty
Miller
American Metals Company
Securities
Byrd Sails Home After Arctic Pole Flight
Lieut Com Richard E Byrd, first to reach the North Pole by air, plans to sail from King's Bay Spitzbergen to New York Thursday. In a Navy notice Byrd reports ten seals killed and all personnel in excellent health. He praises Navy and Marine teamwork and cites shortwave interference causing message delays.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Richard E. Byrd
North Pole
King’s Bay
Spitzbergen
New York
Wilbur
Byrd
Navy
Five Die as Hill Collapses on Frontiers
Berlin dispatch reports Maeuse berg Hill collapse on the Belgo-Duéeh frontier killing five and wounding thirteen. The hill was honeycombed by underground passages created by mushroom growers.
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Berlin
Aix la Chapelle
Maeuseberg Hill
Belgo-Duéeh
Seances and table tipping at White House rattle hearing
Washington hearings on a bill to curb fraudulent fortune tellers were disrupted as Rose Mackenberg testified that Mrs. Jane Coate claimed seances occur in the White House under President Coolidge. Mrs. Coates and Mme. Garcia clashed with Houdini associates while officials remained silent.
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New York World News Service
Washington
White House
Coolidge
House District Committee
District of Columbia
Rose Mackenberg
Harry Houdini
Jane Coate
President Coolidge
Miss Mackenberg
Coates
Capper
Rep
Kan
Watson
Ind
Dill
Dem
Wash
Fletcher
Mrs. Coates
Houdini
Acid hurler gets life in Ohio pen
Sigil Stockdale pleaded guilty to maiming his wife Anna by hurling acid and was sentenced to life in the Ohio Penitentiary by Pleas Judge Phillips. The judge called the act one of the most heinous and contemptible crimes he had heard.
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Cleveland
Sigil Stockdale
Anna
Ohio Penitentiary
Phillips
Youth inherits fifty thousand as burglary case delayed
In Ottawa Ohio, Joseph Ricker 25 had sentence deferred after pleading guilty to burglary and larceny as he learns he inherited $50,000 from his mother’s estate. The court will withhold ruling until the estate is settled while Ricker faces additional charges tied to auto parts taken from a cousin’s garage near Delphos. The arrest followed his intended marriage to a Perry Oklahoma woman and a letter from her mother to Delphos Mayor Leasure, prompting the mayor to order arrest.
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Ottawa
Joseph Ricker
Ricker
Oklahoma
Frank Ricker
Delphos
Perry
Leasure
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Jones
W. A. Haines
Troy
Shipman
Haines
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