Man Dead After Eden Park Streetcar Accident
Police believe the victim was murdered as Edwin Schram the motorman halted a streetcar at Eden Park near the Art Museum but dragged the body about twenty feet. Fire crews lifted the body after over an hour of work and a coroner is to perform autopsy to determine exact cause of death.
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Williams
Owen
Campbell
Norwood
John
First Street
Georgetown
Handley
Eighty Youths to Tour Europe
Eighty boys aged 16 to 19 from thirty two states will tour Europe this summer under the National Council of the Y M C A. program. John A. Van Dis notes selections were made by local applications with some expenses paid by Rotary Clubs and civic groups. The trip, begun three years ago, aims to foster international friendship and goodwill with participants from Norfolk Virginia Cincinnati Dayton Jacksonville Detroit and other cities.
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New York World News Service
New York
Europe
National Council of the Y. M. C. A
John A. van Dis
Rotary Clubs
Henry Fenn
Norfolk
Ll. Hegenbarth
Cincinnati
Frank N. Stanton
Dayton, O
Marshall Taylor
Jacksonville
Fla
Slayton G. Todd
Detroit
William van Dusen
Norwood High School Student Hegenbarth
A Norwood High School student named Hegenbarth is noted in local records.
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Hegenbarth
Norwood High School
Bride on Honeymoon Dies in Yosemite Valley
Mrs. William Howard, bride of three weeks, died on a wedding trip after a heart attack. Her husband died hours later after being guarded at Yosemite Hospital. Doctors were unsure if poisoning or a broken heart caused his death.
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New York World News Service
San Francisco
William Howard
Yosemite Valley
Fishing party believed lost on Gulf cruise
Sixteen people who left St. Petersburg for a day fishing trip aboard the Casanova were missing after dark. A government boat and police searched the Gulf of Mexico off Gulfport, with officials believing the party was lost at sea.
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St: Petersburg
Fla
Casanova
Gulfport
Gulf of Mexico
Earthquake Shakes Oaxaca. No Damage Reported
A strong earthquake was felt in the state of Oaxaca early this morning. No damage was reported. The tremor was centered near Mexico City and indicates seismic activity in the region. Authorities urged calm and monitoring of aftershocks.
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Mexico
Mexico City
Oaxaca
Progress of the HOME through the ages in a new series
The Commercial Tribune presents a six part historical ad series on the HOME. This sixth installment traces the journey from caveman beginnings to early human shelter as it surveys progress in architecture and daily living.
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Commercial Tribune
Newburgh Labors Over Census Error Claim
Newburgh New York residents denounce a census error claiming the federal census undercounted by nineteen people from 1920 figures. The Chamber of Commerce will conduct its own count beginning Monday after the 1920 total of 30,366 is cited.
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New York World News Service
Newburgh
N. Y
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Prohibition Administrator Baird Resigns Amid Private Busines
Frederick C. Baird, prohibition administrator for Pennsylvania and New Jersey, resigns effective next Monday to focus on his role as traffic manager for Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad. Speculation ties his departure to Senator Reed's waning involvement with the dry cause in Pennsylvania. Edward R. Ray and Thomas J. Cavanaugh named acting administrators in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia.
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Frederick C. Baird
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Lincoln C. Andrews
Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad
Reed
Baird
Treasury
Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Edward R. Ray
Pittsburgh
Thomas J. Cavanaugh
Philadelphia
Amine Oia Victim Identified by His Buddy
Paul A. Martin of Springfield and G R Garwood of Dayton, veterans of France, reconnected after amnesia left Martin unable to recall who he was. Garwood identified him from a wartime photograph published by the Dayton Journal while Martin recovered at General Hospital.
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Paul A. Martin
Springfield
G. R. Garwood
Dayton
France
Paul
Garwood
Altamont Hospital
Ft. Thomas
National Cash Register Company
Marine City
General Hospital
No Man's Land
Hig
Buddy
Dayton Journal
The
Commercial Tribune
Martin
Conflict Over Bottled Beer on Hamburg Cruiser
Berlin reports the alleged sale of beer on the German cruiser Hamburg in San Pedro Harbor. German papers vary in tone with Acht Uhr Abendblatt citing conflict with the United States while Vorwaerts mocks War Ministry spending on battleships and questions fleet usefulness for peaceful tasks.
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Hamburg
San Pedro
Acht Uhr Abendblatt
Germany
United States
Vorwaerts
War Ministry
Baltic
Junkers
World Cruises
Nominations Returned for Tax Appeals Board
The Senate sent back sixteen nominations for the Board of Tax Appeals to the Finance Committee after executive session. Objections arose over qualifications of some appointees former Internal Revenue Bureau staff, prompting further inquiry before confirmation. The current board expires June 1. new appointees will assume office then.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Board of Tax Appeals
Coolidge
Internal Revenue Bureau
Lisbon Papers Stop Amid Censorship Protest
Paris reports say cavalry patrol Lisbon streets day and night after a mutiny by two army divisions. Despite calm daily life, vigorous censorship blocks news from Portugal and local papers decide to suspend publication in protest.
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Paris
Havas
Lisbon
Portugal
Kramer Brothers Found Guilty in Whittemore Robberies
New York May 29 Twelve jurors convict Jacob and Leon Kramer stepbrothers in the Whittemore mob case of robbery as second offenders They face a sentence of twenty to forty years with a June 11 hearing set for sentencing Their Philadelphia alibi collapsed after a realty contract indicated multiple ink signatures.
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New York World News Service
New York
Jacob
Leon Kramer
Whittemore
Maryland
Koenig
Kramers
Philadelphia
Rosalind Pollock
Hyman Bushel
Bridge of Sighs
Russia
Baltimore
Old Abattoir Building Burns in City Fire
A ten alarm blaze at the old Cincinnati Abattoir Company building on Alabama Street near Spring Grove Avenue caused about 50000 dollars in losses. The three story structure, being dismantled for a new building, burned from the power house to the beef chill room. The E Kahn Sons Company had recently acquired the property from Charles W H Strebel, the receiver for the old firm. Louis Kahn, president of Kahn Company, estimated losses.
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Cincinnati Abattoir Company
Alabama
Liquor Wars Turn Deadly in New York Shootout
Two killed and three wounded in bootlegger violence across Manhattan and Brooklyn. Dennis O Connor, a 23 year old iron worker, charged with homicide after arrest eleven hours after Frank Loonie was killed on East Eighty third street. Salvatore Rea died in a separate Brooklyn shooting as detectives link a spree of recent gun violence.
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New York
Frank Loonie
East Eighty Third Street
Manhattan
Dennis O'Connor
Salvatore Rea
Brooklyn
Loonie
William Dorsch
East River
Daniel Ahearnan
Harry Bender
Ericsson Civil War Inventor Honored By US Sweden
President Coolidge and Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus unveiled a John Ericsson memorial on the Potomac near the Lincoln Memorial. The ceremony honored Ericsson as a great American and Swedish patriot who built the Monitor during the Civil War, with Crown Prince praising allied ties and Eriksson birthplace sending greetings.
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Washington
John Ericsson
Coolidge
Gustavus Adolphus
Sweden
Banks of
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Potomac
Lincoln Memorial
Louise
America
Ericsson
Monitor
Middlewest
Northwest
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Ision
Taft
Dawes
Longworth
Senate
House
Wilbur
Navy Department
Prince
Vermland
Ericcson
Senator Fess
G. A. Brandelle
Lutheran Augustana Synod
Ohio
Brilliant wedding reception overshadowing McPherson case
Los Angeles reports reveal two facts about Aimee Semple McPherson's disappearance: she went to the beach and no one has confirmed her return to Angelus Temple. Investigators press a major inquiry as guards and followers search the surf and relatives offer help.
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Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Capone Admits Being With MacSwiggin Targeted By Bids To Surrender
Chicago reports say Capone admitted being with William H. MacSwiggin, the assistant state’s attorney killed by gangsters. Federal agents search for Scarface A Capone as officials say he would surrender Tuesday in Brooklyn. Capone, rival of Duffy and Doherty, had a Brooklyn mother, and a summer home in the North Michigan woods. A Joliet prisoner, Thomas Sullivan, admitted an escape plot paid by a friend.
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MacSwiggin
Chicago
Joliet
Thomas Ivers
Three More Captains of Joliet Prison Guard Quit
Joliet Illinois May 29 three more captains of guards at the State Penitentiary were relieved today two following Will County Grand Jury recommendations from its probe of prison conditions The third Captain John M Keeley said his resignation was asked by Chauncey Jenkins Director of the State Department of Public Welfare The grand jury did not censure Keeley but urged retirement of Jenkins and Will Colvin head of the Parole Board
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Ill
State Penitentiary
Will County
Grand Jury
John M. Keeley
Chauncey Jenkins
State Department of Public Welfare
Keeley
Jenkins
Will Colvin
Parole Board
Starvation Diet Continues as Sheriff Obtains Injunction
Prisoners in Sheriff Kohrer's County Jail will not receive special menus ordered by Common Pleas Judges. The court injunction halts the 42-cent meal plan that included cornmeal milk pot roast potatoes cold meat and apple sauce.
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Cleveland
Kohrer
Common Pleas
Bubbling Over skips Latonia Derby after stall injury
Kentucky Derby winner Bubbling Over will not race in the Latonia Derby next Saturday after striking himself in a Churchill Downs stall. Col. E R Bradley and manager Barry Shannon report the colt is not seriously injured but will be rested. Bagenbaggage and Boot to Boot will pursue Latonia Derby bids. Bubbling Over hopes to heal for Fairmount Derby and Saratoga in August.
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Churchill Downs
Lexington
E. R. Bradley
Louisville
Barry Shannon
Annon
Shannon
Saratoga
Two Pittsburgh Girls Run Away to Cincinnati for Romance
Thelma Wagner and Anna Guddenburr, both teens from Pittsburgh, leave home with savings, seek romance in Cincinnati, board a train, and are stopped by Policeman Morgan. Detained at Broadway station, they face return home after a police talk with Juvenile Detention Superintendent William Hunt.
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Cabinet Street
Anna Gudenburr
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania Station
Pearl
Butler
Morgan
Broadway
Sergt. Fricke
Wagner
William Hunt
Paroled Benwood mine widow after liquor plea
Emma Berlitch widow of a Benwood mine disaster victim and mother of eight pleaded guilty to selling liquor before Federal Judge E. E. Baker. The court paroled her for a year after hearing her tale of misfortune including lost compensation, bank failure, and a son losing work, leaving her as the sole breadwinner.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Emma Berlitch
Benwood
E. E. Baker
Bank of Benwood
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Marries David Kirkpatrick Estes Bruce
Washington celebrates a simple Episcopal ceremony for Ailsa Mellon, daughter of Treasury Secretary Mellon, and David Kirkpatrick Estes Bruce, son of Senator Bruce. Royal attendance includes the Crown Prince and Princess of Sweden. reception draws 3,000 in Pan American Building. Bruce heads to Rome for his embassy role.
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Ailsa Mellon
David Kirkpatrick Estes Bruce
Sweden
Coolidge
Diplomatic Corps
Secretary of the Treasury
William Cabell Bruce
Baltimore
Pan-American Union
Bethlehem Chapel
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Mount St. Alban’s
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Mr. Mellon
Mrs. Bruce
Pan- American
Hall of the Americas
Bruce
Marine Band
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Supreme Court
Rome
Salvation Army Leader Evangeline Booth Critically Ill
Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army, living near White Plains, New York, is critically ill and had a very bad night according to Army headquarters.
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Evangeline Booth
New York
The
Salvation Army
White Plains
Army
Crown Prince Applies Royal Versatility in Washington Tour
Sweden's Crown Prince Gustaf Adolph visited Washington as traveler and envoy, meeting President Coolidge at the Ericsson memorial dedication and attending Bruce-Mellon wedding events. He toured the Pan-American Union, Pan-American floral decor, the Corcoran Gallery, and the Freer Gallery while studying American art.
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Sweden
Prince of Wales
President Coolidge
John Ericsson
Potomac
Prince Gus
Tavus Adolphus
Bruce-Mellon
Pan-American Union
National Press Club
Legation
Ericsson
Corcoran
Freer Gallery of Art
Had Names of Women Carded as Easy Marks
Murray Kohl alias Louis A Murray of Toronto and New York convicted of obtaining stocks valued at 12900 under false pretenses from Henry James Skinner of Chrisholm. Detectives said cards in Kohl's hotel room listed names addresses and financial ratings of women across the United States with notes reading easy mark.
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Ont
Murray Kohl
Louis A. Murray
Toronto
New York
Henry James Skinner
Chrisholm
Kohl
King Edward Hotel
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