Four Million Near Starvation as British Lockout Prolongs
London reports the coal lockout extending to 24 days endangers three million dependents as miners face possible surrender to owners terms. Baldwin warns of June 1 subsidy withdrawal if wage cuts are not accepted, while union leaders denounce his repudiation of the Samuel memorandum amid threatened social crisis.
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John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
Herbert Smith
Baldwin
Ernest Bevin
R. B. Welker
Allan Findlay
General Council
The
Trades Union Congress
Mr. Baldwin
Samuel
Herbert Samuel
Royal Coal Commission
Sir Herbert Samuel
Sir Herbert
Advertising Rents Four-Room Corryville Apartment Fast
A local reader reports renting a four room Corryville apartment immediately after placing a classified ad in the Commercial Tribune. The ad urged prospective renters to call Canal 6300 for an Ad Taker. The notice emphasizes the effectiveness of classified ads.
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Commercial Tribune
Corryville
Canal 6300
Grim determination marks Merthyr miners wives fight
In Merthyr Tydfil and Penydarren, miners wives endure hunger as strike funds dry up. Wages fall to about 2.75 weekly for wives while children go hungry and school yards host bare feet and torn shoes amid the 1921 strike memories.
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Merthyr-Tydfil
Wales
Merthyr Valley
South Wales
Here’s a Case for Houdini in Wisconsin Mystery
A Fond du Lac woman spiritualist telephoned police to guide searchers to Herman Freymuth’s body found beneath a Wolf River cofferdam after a week of unsuccessful river searches. The medium claimed he was pushed from a railroad trestle and noted a bloodstained hat, suggesting foul play and a missing wallet with about 200 dollars.
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New York World News Service
Shiocton
Wis
Houdini
Fond du Lac
Herman Freymuth
Wolf River
Freymuth
Planes Fall Killing Three and Wounding Two in Separate Accidents
In Alabama a Gabbert aircraft burned and crashed near Bessemer killing Dennis Gabbert and George Byess while two others were injured. In Indiana a Hobart crash near Gary killed William Schreerer and seriously injured Elmer Johnson the pilot and Hugh Campbell.
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Chicago
Hobart
Ind
Gary
William Schreerer
Hugh Campbell
Toledo
Elmer Johnson
Man Dies In Marrowbone Restaurant Battle
Butler Adams was killed during a rescue attempt in a Marrowbone restaurant as a posse raided Prohibition operators. Wounded raider Lewis Casebolt faced abdominal injury. three prisoners were seized and ten onlookers fled as shots rang out.
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Pikeville
Butler Adams
Marrowbone
Lewis Casebolt
Frank Phillips
Adam
Adams
Phillips
Rally to Defeat Hynicka as Cincinnati Republicans Rally
Capt. Victor Heintz leads Independent Republicans against Hynicka in charges of control over the local party. Candidates for precinct committeemen emerge for August primary. Heintz cites offers to defect and questions Hynickaism, while the Central Committee holds no meeting yet.
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Cincinnati
Norwood
St. Bernard
Citizens’ Republican Committee
Victor Heintz
Hynicka Organization
R. K. Hynicka
Hamilton County
Republican Committee
Capt. Heintz
Hynicka
Central Republican Committee
Riot in San Fernando Leaves Four Dead
In San Fernando, forty miles northwest of Manila, two policemen and two civilians were killed in a riot. Seventeen civilians and two members of the Philippine Constabulary were wounded as the constabulary used bayonets to disperse the crowd.
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Manila
Philippine Constabulary
San Fernando
Pardon mill alleged in Chicago crime probe
Testimony claims Russell Scott could have escaped Chester Prison by paying $5,000 and that failure to fund raised led to a sane finding and hanging. Mrs. Scott described efforts to gather money, including attempts in Detroit and from Michigan clubwomen, amid broader Illinois parole mill investigations and a Cook County grand jury inquiry.
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Chicago
Russell Scott
Chester
Crimmalk
Catherine Scott
William Scott Stewart
Scott
Detroit
Michigan
Joseph Maurer
Cook County
Chauncey Jenkins
State Public Welfare
Ty Grand Jury
then-Tribune
Crowe
Thieitness
William Foehr
Menard Penitentiary
Pardon
M. A. Messlein
Garlstrom
Foehr
Messlein
Gibbons
John W. Gibbons
The
Institution Supply Company of
State
Megslein
Froesr
McCann
Maj. Messlein
Illinois
Father 62 Kills Bedridden Daughter Then Himself in Brooklyn
In a Brooklyn flat Frederick Raabe 62 fatally shoots his disabled daughter Evelyn who had been bedridden since birth. He then sends a note and shoots himself with a pistol as a gas jet is opened, leaving $38 and a will as stated provisions.
Thousands Search California Beach for Evangelist Body Amid Jazz
Crowds of followers police and curious crowds comb Santa Monica and Venice Beach after Aimee Semple McPherson vanishes. Divers airplanes and volunteers scour the coast while jazz halls echo as Angelus Temple holds services led by her daughter Roberta. A mysterious letter hints at a possible return.
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California Beach
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Santa Monica
Angelus Templé
Venice
House of Worship
Roberta
Gustav Haas
Evangelist
Malibu
Mrs. McPherson
McPherson
Capt. Barnard
Culver City
Manhattan Beach
Hicksville Vote Aims to Rename Town on Long Island
In Nassau County New York residents face a May 26 referendum at Town Hall on changing the name Hicksville. Supporters seek to escape the town’s laughingstock image with Ellsworth as a possible new name, a move tied to a five year local dispute and a notable town identity debate.
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New York World News Service
New York
Highsville
Hicksville
Town Hall
Nassau County
Long Island
Hicks’ville
Ellsworth
Amundsen
Abraham Swartz
L. I
Evangeline Booth Unable To Withstand Operation
New York May 23 The condition of Miss Evangeline Booth commander of the Salvation Army in the United States was announced as growing worse tonight. She has suffered from appendicitis for weeks and an operation was deemed too dangerous. She remains at her home near White Plains New York.
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New York
Yvangeline Booth
Salvation Army
United States
White Plains
New York World News Service
South Bend
Ind
Nicholas Medich
Studebaker Corporation
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lucy
Bessie
Medich
Prohibition Clash Roils Senate and White House
Senator Edwards pledges Senate inquiry into enforcement of Prohibition amid President Coolidge orders to enroll state and local officers as prohibition agents. He warns America could become a slave market under the new laws and criticizes both the executive order and the Goff bill as violations of constitutional rights.
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Washington
Coolidge
Edwards
Dem
N. J
Senate
Denmark
America
Lincoln C. Andrews
Congress of the
United States
Anti-Saloon League
Andrews
White House
Treasury
Pennsylvania
Union
Britten
Rep. Ill
Doctor Thornburgh Dies After Fall From Longview Hospital
Dr. H T Thornburgh assistant physician at Longview Hospital for the Insane fell from a third floor window while attempting to attach an awning. He died at Jewish Hospital at 9 30 p m from multiple injuries. He leaves Natalie and two children.
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H. T. Thornburgh
E. A. Baber
Longview Hospital
Paddock Road
Seymour Avenue
Carthage
Jewish Hospital
Dr. Thornburgh
Thornburgh
Cleveland Medical College
Longview
Norwood
Ohio State Department of Health
Natalie
William
Ross to die in electric chair for double murder
Warenton North Carolina May 23 Convicted of the double murder of Mr and Mrs Sidney Odom of Arcola who sheltered his 16 year old adopted daughter Ross will die in the electric chair June 22 at the state prison He begged the judge to speed the execution saying he had killed his best friends and had no desire to live Then he knelt before his adopted daughter and pleaded for her prayers and forgiveness
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Warrenton
N. C
Sidney Odom
Arcola
W. L. Ross
State Prison
Superior Court
Ross
Declared Battle Against Corruption Sparks Political Clash
A political figure warned of the greatest period of graft and corruption in U.S. history and pledged to oppose the step in every way possible, signaling a high stakes clash over reform efforts.
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United States
Love Nest Disturbed Sermon Links Slander Suit
The Rev Robert McCaul of Washington Avenue Baptist Church Brooklyn faces a $100000 slander suit by congregant Benjamin Tuthill. He preached on a sermon criticizing marital scandal and joked Herod would file a suit today for $100000, referencing the case as context. Tuthill’s wife seeks separation.
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New York World News Service
New York
Robert McCaul
Washington Avenue Baptist Church
Brooklyn
Benjamin Tuthill
Prohibition Order Stirs Referendum Movements in States
President authorized local sheriffs and officers as federal agents under Volstead rules, spurring a wave of anti prohibition action. Senators Walsh and Reed argue constitutional power while states from New York to Illinois push referendum or initiative votes amid cross state line enforcement concerns.
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Washington
Coolidge
Walsh
Dem
Mont
Andrews
Grant
Mr. Andrews
President Coolidge
Hke
Senate
United States
Bingham
Conn
Reed
New York
Montana
Ohio
Illinois
Spanks His Wife for Wild Dancing in Brooklyn Suit
Mrs Juliana Geraldyne Goodbody filed for alimony and counsel fees in Supreme Court Justice Riegelmann's Brooklyn courtroom amid allegations that Henry Rupert Goodbody spanks her when they quarrel. She said he is severe yet flirts with others. he denied flirting or spanking. She added she does not know how to dance the Charleston.
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New York World News Service
New York
Juliana
Geraldyne Goodbody
Supreme Court
Riegelmann
Brooklyn
Henry Rupert Goodbody
Goodbody
Death on railroad track spurs murder inquiry in Massillon
Edward Witt a 30 year old baseball player was found dead on a railroad track in Massillon Ohio early today. Coroner McQuate and local authorities investigated possible murder after marks on the body suggested foul play.
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Massillon
McQuate
Edward Witt
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Merthyr
Birmingham
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Fairfield
George Byess
Bessemer
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Pardon Mill
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Frederick Raabe
Evelyn
Raabe
Airmen Aid Quest
Hickeville
L. 1
Evangeline Booth
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Indiana
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Brooklyn Church
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Dr. McCaul
Herod
Charles Michelson
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