Southern tornado toll rises with 36 dead and 80 injured
A fresh Atlanta AP report details a second tornado outbreak across Southern Alabama and Mississippi, with Alabama recording nineteen dead and eighty injured nationwide. A family of eight died near Elkinton, Alabama, as homes were destroyed and mines disrupted. Red Cross relief teams mobilized, tents and cots requested, and widespread property damage noted across multiple towns.
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Alabama
Associated Press
Atlanta
Mississippi
Elkmont
Ala
Empire
Etowah
Debardelen
Red Cross
Organizations of
Mercy
Ville
Greenwood
Johnston Station
Collins
Devoe
Bay Springs
Victor Cook
Swain Plantation
Greenville
Brewer
Hight
Ovett
Sandersville
Evergreen
Ittawamby
Lee
Waynesboro
Owens
Walker County
Limestone County
Burnsville
Dallas County
White Springs
Gadsden
Mt. Pleasant
Georgia
Rockmart
Cave Springs
Alabama- Mississippi
Identify Bodies in Hotel Blaze
Six men died in a Newark Hills Hotel fire caused by ignition of cleaning fluid. Seventy lodgers were rescued as firefighters battled flames. victims identified by a hotel clerk as Joseph Wright Joseph Martin Alexander Brown William Faulhauber Hyman Goldberg and a man known only as Lane. Bodies held at the morgue awaiting claims or burial.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Hills Hotel
Joseph Wright
Joseph Martin
Alexander Brown
William Faulhauber
Hyman Goldberg
Lane
Goldberg
Prince of Wales Seen With Princess Mafalda at Guild Hall Luncheon
London May 27 The Prince of Wales walked with Princess Mafalda of Italy at a Guild Hall luncheon amid rumors about his marriage prospects. Authorities said the Italian visit has no political or marital significance, though gossip about a Wales Yolanda match persists and two younger Italian princesses are noted as potential future brides.
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Mafalda
Wales
Guild Hall
Associated Press
London
Prince of Wales
Italy
Yolanda
Union Protesters Quit After Whistle Blows in Columbus
Union workers in building trades stopped protests at the Columbus Board of Education after 4 30 p m today when a non union contractor was to be considered. The delegation left claiming their day’s labor done but said they would return for the next board meeting to press their stance.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Board of Education
Hoffman Testifies Alibi Frame-Up Claim In Murder Trial
New York on May 27 motion picture operator Harry L Hoffman testified in Richmond County Court that he planned a frame up alibi with Racey Parker after being told he resembled the killer of Mrs Maude Bauer. He said Parker would tell police he was at the theater from 3 to 5 on March 25. Hoffman noted Barbara Fahs misidentified him at first and then recounted the room scene as the trial adjourned.
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Associated Press
New York
Harry L. Hoffman
Maude Bauer
Richmond County
Hoffman
Bauer
Racey Parker
Parker
Barbara Fahs
Eight-Year-Old Bandits Hold Up Laundryman
In Steubenville Ohio two boys about eight years old robbed a Chinese laundryman. One boy threatened him with a large knife while another opened the cash drawer, taking sixteen dollars before fleeing. Police quoted Wu Yung, the laundry proprietor, in the incident.
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Steubenville, O
Wu Yung
Italian King and Queen Host Dinner in London Embassy
King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena of Italy hosted a dinner at the Italian Embassy in London. Fifty five guests attended including King George VI and Queen Mary, the Prince of Wales, the Duke and Duchess of York, Prime Minister MacDonald, and prominent peers and diplomats.
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Associated Press
London
King Victor Emmanuel
Queen Helena
Italy
King George
Queen Mary
England
Prince of Wales
Duke
Duchess of York
MacDonald
Marquis
Marchioness Curzon
Grey
President Coolidge Commits Not to Interfere in Ohio Race
Ohio former Governor Harry L. Davis said President Coolidge promised not to involve himself in the Ohio GOP gubernatorial contest. Davis note followed reports Carmi A. Thompson sought Presidential influence to urge Theodore E. Burton to run. Davis spoke in Marion and Columbus.
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Buckeye
Davis Ayers
Associated Press
Columbus
Coolidge
Ohio
Harry L. Davis
Carmi A. Thompson
Washington
Theodore E. Burton
Cleveland
Prohibition Official McDonald Seeks Ohio Attorney General Nomination
State Prohibition Commissioner B F McDonald of Newark filed for the Democratic nomination for Attorney General in Columbus Ohio He narrowly missed the nomination two years ago losing to Stephen M Young of Cleveland He suggested filing his petition on Saturday Rumors link his move to Anti Saloon League support and note league discontent with Crabbe s stance on card prohibition enforcement agents tied to judge activities
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Columbus, O
B. F. McDonald
Newark
McDonald
Stephen M. Young
Cleveland
Anti-Saloon League
Earthquake in Port-de-Paix Kills Three and Wrecks Building
An earthquake shock at Port-de-Paix killed three people and injured several. A church steeple collapsed and gendarmerie barracks were damaged. The ten second quake was felt in Port-au-Prince where the High Commissioner sent airplanes to aid.
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Port-de-Paix
Haiti
Associated Press
Port AU. Prince
Unprecedented earthquake reported near Tashkent
Moscow dispatch reports an earthquake of unprecedented intensity struck Tashkent last Wednesday with few details available.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Tashkent
Bishop Anderson Transferred to Boston in 1919 Shakeup
The General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church moves Bishop William F. Anderson from Cincinnati to Boston and assigns Bishop Theodore S. Henderson from Detroit to Cincinnati. The overhaul shifts many bishops and creates new U S and foreign posts with Huntington era reforms limiting tenure to eight years. Anderson had directed Ohio and Kentucky and did war relief tours in Europe.
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General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Springfield
Mass
William F. Anderson
Cincinnati
Boston
Theodore S. Henderson
Detroit
Associated Press
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Ohio
Kentucky
Chattanooga
Board of Education
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Henderson
General Conference Commission
Albion College
Albion
Mich
Meharry Medical College
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Tenn
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Italy
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Sweden
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Finland
Russia
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San Francisco
Chattanoga
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Mexico City
Chicago
Edwin P. Hughes
Covington
Matthew W. Clair
Liberia
Thomas Nicholson
Helena
Mont
P. Lester Smith
Bangalore
India
Omaha
Frederick T. Keeney
Foochow
China
Kansas City
Ernest L. Waldorf
Wichita
Kan
St. Paulo
Charles E. Locke
Manila
Ae Francisco
Charles W. Burns
Elena
Methodist ban on amusement lifted by conference vote
Springfield May 27 The Methodist Episcopal General Conference voted five to one to lift the ban on amusement except those cannot be used in the name of the Lord Jesus A minority report that forbade theater attendance on Sundays and specified dancing and immoral theater performances was tabled 460 to 295 There was no debate Dr George Elliott of Detroit presented the majority report and W M Short of Ft Worth led the discussion
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Springfield
Mass
Lord Jesus
Methodist Episcopal General Conference
George Elliott
Detroit
W. M. Short
Ft. Worth
Diabolical ray inventor rejects US offer to buy secret
Paris reports H Grindell Matthews refused a U S Navy offer to buy his secret death ray. He traveled to Paris to seek a deal with a French firm after London Air Ministry tests failed to prove the device’s value. Matthews would have demonstrated stopping a motorcycle engine for 1000 pounds and fourteen days for negotiations.
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Otter
U.S
Paris
France
Associated Press
H. Grindell Matthews
United States Navy Department
the Herald
London
Air Ministry
Matthews
Senate panel backs government control of Muscle Shoals plant
The Senate Agriculture Committee endorsed government ownership and operation of the Muscle Shoals facility by a vote of 11 to 4, rejecting Henry Ford's bid. The Norris bill expands power distribution and fertilizer production and would use sale proceeds for the new operation. A floor vote is expected by week’s end amid competing proposals and amendments.
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Senate Agriculture Committee
Associated Press
Washington
Muscle Shoals
Henry Ford
House
Ford
Senate
McKenzie
Norris
Gorgas
Federal Chemical Corporation
Nitrogen Research Laboratory
Department of Agriculture
Ransdell
McNary
Heflin
Capper
Federated Waterpower Act
Lloyd
Loveland Park lots sell at a rate of one a minute
The Commercial Tribune reports Loveland Park near Cincinnati opening its summer real estate sales with many buyers. Businessmen like Frank Pugh Al Veith and Harry Motz purchased multiple lots for future shops and services as A C Lovell predicts rapid value growth and resort status for the Lake Little Miami development. The sale includes a six month Tribune subscription and clubhouse access.
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Loveland Park
The
Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati
New Colony
Little Miami River
Frank Pugh
Railroad Avenue
Jackson Street
Loveland
Pugh
Richroad
Locust Drive
al Veith
Rich Road
Veith
Taylor Street
Harry Motz
Negro pastors halt Klan talk at Youngstown meeting
In Youngstown Ohio on May 27 during a weekly ministerial meeting Rev R H Williams a Klan supporter said every church has Klansmen among its members and challenged any minister with none to rise Two Negro pastors in the rear stood up prompting laughter and a quick finale to the exchange
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Associated Press
Youngstown, O
Youngstown
Williams
Bank robbery in Peoria with teen mother and infant
Norma Anderson, 18, armed with a gun and carrying a baby, robles Steen burg Bank at Farmington, nets over 1000 dollars. She forces taxi driver David Settles to flee toward Hanna City, is arrested later tonight. officials doubt her claim the bank owed her money.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Norma Anderson
Steenburg Bank
Farmington
Hanna City
David Settles
Auto Bandits Steal $15000 From Messenger in Cambridge
Four men seized a messenger for Guaranty Trust in Cambridge Massachusetts and robbed him of $15000 on the West Boston Bridge. The attackers halted his closed car with a limousine, forced the stop, grabbed the bag, and escaped in the vehicle toward Cambridge.
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Associated Press
Cambridge
Mass
Herbert Hume
Guaranty Trust Company
Hume
National Shawmut Bank
Boston
West Boston
Necklace stolen from Mrs Fellowes at hotel in Rome
Thieves entered the hotel room of Mrs L Fellowes widow of Captain Coulson Churchill Fellowes and stole a pearl necklace and checks valued at £1000. A guest heard someone jump from a balcony adjoining the room.
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Rome
Snow Falls After All Night Rain Across Wyoming
Snow fell since five this morning after persistent overnight rain, melting quickly. At Medicine Bow and Elk Mountain fifty miles west of Laramie, rain continued for two days and streams are full.
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Laramie
Wyo
Medicine Bow
Elk Mountain
Frear Defends Insurgent Republicans in Congress
Washington May 27 Republican insurgent Representative Frear of Wisconsin defended his group on the floor, arguing Lincoln would be called radical by modern New York influence and condemning big business influence across parties. He challenged Democratic charges of GOP inaction and urged focus on constructive aims. Representative Berger of Wisconsin also criticized both parties for political ineffectiveness.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Representative Frear
Wisconsin
House
Lincoln
New York
Cooper Union
America
Chambers of Commerce
Mr. Frear
Berger
Soc
Wis
Eight ex-officials named in claims cases list
Secretary Mellon reported to the Senate the names of four former Cabinet officers and four former Senators who prosecuted claims against the government before the Treasury Department. The individuals listed are William G. McAdoo Bainbridge Colby A Mitchell Palmer W H Hayes W S Kenyon Hoke Smith T P Gore and P J MacCumber in response to a resolution seeking those active in claims suits within two years of leaving office and since January 1 1918.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Mellon
Treasury Department
William G. McAdoo
Bainbridge Colby
A. Mitchell Palmer
W. H. Hayes
W.S. Kenyon
Hoke Smith
T. P. Gore
P. J. MacCumber
Cincinnati Vice Mayor faces graft charges amid street crisis clash
The Cincinnatus Association debated unofficial activities of Vice Mayor Froome Morris at the Literary Club. A report accused Morris of defending shoplifters in Police Court while drawing a $3,000 salary, linking it to city street conditions and officials Hornberger and Krug. The group urged resignations and scheduled written replies for June 10.
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Froome Morris
Cincinnatus Association
Literary Club
Cincinnati
Russell Wilson
Morris
Charles Hornberger
Reis
Wilson
Lawrence C. Witten
George P. Carrel
Hornberger
Frank Krug
Association
Krug
Quitman
Arthur C. Fricke
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Lucknow
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John W. Robinson
Jatee B. Mitchell
St. Aul
Singapore
Titus Lowe
George A. Miller
George P. Bickley
William A. Quayle
St. Louis
William Burt
Frank M. Bristol
Homer C. Stuntz
Mathews
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Cetae
Illinois
Wyoming
Ona
Frear
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