Budget Commission Sees City Cuts for Next Year
At the third public Budget Commission meeting the city faces nearly 3 million in cuts to its request, with education and library items trimmed. The panel estimates 6.04 mills for next year raising 5.86 million from duplicate tax figures, plus 2 million outside income, totaling about 7.86 million in receipts.
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County Budget Commission
Board of Education
Library Board
Pleasant Ridge
Charles S. Bell
Budget Commission
Frank Marchant
Marchant
Bell
Mr. Bell
Moffett Denies Navy Charges as False and Slander
Admiral Moffett defended the Navy's air service in a statement denouncing recent charges by Colonel William Mitchell as false and a slander on personnel. He offered to testify under oath to disprove the accusations as the War Department awaits Major General Hinds's report. President Coolidge is briefed and pending actions.
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Moffett
Navy
Mitchell
Washington
Air Service Administration
William A. Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
War Department
Ernest Hinds
Eighth Corps
San Antonio
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
Naval Air Service
Coolidge
Hinds
Fabric in Ohio mound tomb reveals royal burial canopy
Ohio explorers detailing uncover four skeletons in the Seip group mound near Bainbridge report a copper plate concealing the first North American cloth fragment with concentric circle designs. Pearls and a canopy imprint in the clay indicate a princely burial. further tombs are expected to be found next spring as excavations pause.
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Associated Press
Chillicothe
Ohio Historical and Archaeological Society
Seip Group
Bainbridge
North American
H. C. Sherrone
Ohio Society
Shetrone
Miss California is Crowned Miss America at Atlantic City Pageant
In Atlantic City New Jersey on September 11 Fay Lanphier of Oakland was named Miss California and Miss America the nation’s top beauty. Fifteen finalists were measured in finals with notable results including Greater New York at 13½ inches and Syracuse at 14½ inches.
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Frank Sullivan
Adtdanic City
N. J
California
Fay Lanphier
Oakland
Atlantic City
Miss Lanphier
Sahta Cruz
Miss Greater New York
Miss Miami
Beatrice Roberts
Bader
Washington
Syracuse
Miss Roberts
Jack Dempsey
Jersey City
Bronx
Newark
Ambassador
Child Burglars Loot Seven Stores in Newark
A group of three junior thieves led by an 11 year old mastermind, a high achieving eighth grader and violinist, confessed to seven store robberies in Newark. The trio included a 12 and a 13 year old. They used one lookout while one distracted the clerk and the third opened the cash register, netting several hundred dollars.
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Newark
N. J
Payroll Robbers Hold Kroger Offices For Cash Heist
In St. Louis on September 11 payroll robbers struck the Kroger Grocery and Baking Co offices and escaped with 12000 dollars. Thieves had entered R P Wiggins jewelry store the night before, forced the safe, and fled with 31000 dollars in jewelry and 300 dollars in cash.
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ST. Louis
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
R. P. Wiggins & Co
Back Walker in Mayoral Primary Bets Run High
New York brokers say they will wager 25000 to 5000 that State Senator James J. Walker will defeat Mayor Hylan in the Democratic primary. Guy B. De Chadrenedes notes no Hylan money is available today and that even money may be offered if Walker and Republican Frank D. Waterman win.
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New York World News Service
New York
G. B. de Chadrenedes & Co
James J. Walker
Tammany
Hylan
Guy B. de Chadrenedes
Walker
Frank D. Waterman
Inquest Widens on Mrs. Syria Cook's Death at Vinton
The Benton County coroner adjourned the inquest into Mrs. Syria Cook's fatal shooting as B. Cook disputed details of his whereabouts the murder night. He disclosed Klan membership and church attendance while denying open domestic strife. A liquor law motive was suspected by some. no arrest was made.
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Vinton
B. Cook
Syria Des Sea
Benton County
C. L. Modlin
Cook
Whitfield Ruhl
Associated Press Today
George W. Atkins
Ku Klux Klan
Waverly
Sioux City
Grundy Center
Gertrude
Modlin
Atkins
Head Doctor Blamed For Escape of Noel
Essex County board of freeholders blames Dr. John W. Thompson senior resident physician for Harrison W. Noel escape from Overbrook Insane Asylum and orders his immediate resignation.
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Noel
Associated Press
Newark
N. J
Harrison W. Noel
Overbrook Insane Asylum
John W. Thompson
Essex County Board of Free Holders
Montclair Man Indicted in Child Kidnapping Murder Case
Harrisson Noel of Montclair was indicted by the Passaic County Grand Jury for the murder of six year old Mary Daly linked to her kidnapping. A second indictment accuses Noel of assault with intent to kill John Sandin, a chauffeur, who was shot during a pursuit in an automobile after the kidnapping.
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Paterson
N. J
Harrison Noel
Montclair
Passaic County
Mary Daly
Noel
John Sandin
Chinese to be deported if they have no papers
New York authorities announced immediate deportation for all Chinese lacking proof of legal admission and anyone with a criminal record. U S Attorney E G Buckner spoke after talks with Hip Sing and On Leong Tong leaders to curb Chinatown tong war murders. Ng Wing, linked to On Leong, faced white slavery charges for allegedly bringing Fay Ying to New York. Wing posted $10,000 bail as Fay Ying was sent to Ellis Island for a deportation hearing.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
G. Buckner
Hip Sing
On Leong Tong
Chinatown
Boston
Fay Ying
United States District Attorney
Ng Wing
Leong
Tong
Ellis Island
Wing
Rodgers Tells Flight Tale and Nine Day Sea Ordeal
Commander John Rodgers promoted to Assistant Chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics after his rescue with the PN-9 No. 1 crew. He will report to Washington for new duties once recovered, likely sailing from Hawaii aboard the fleet flagship. Navy officials praised the rescuers and noted plans for PB-1 flight to Hawaii, with tests showing higher fuel load than PN-9.
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Rodgers
Washington
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
John Rodgers
Department
Httle
Hawaii
Battle Fleet
Wilbur
Alfred W. Johnson
Moffett
Johnson
Eberle
Naval Operations
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Honolulu
Pacific
Stanford E. Moses
Five aviators reach Pearl Harbor after Kauai rest
Honolulu reports Commander Rodgers and four companions completed a San Francisco to Pearl Harbor flight aboard the destroyer MacDonough. The five exhausted aviators were brought from Kauai after a nine day mid ocean drift and a period of rest at Nawiliwili Harbor.
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Pearl Harbor
Island of
Kauai
Associated Press
Honolulu
America
Air Pioneers
John Rodgers
San Francisco
MacDonough
Lihue
T. H
Hawaii
Navy
Pacific
Rodgers
San Pablo Bay
Oahu
Waimea River
U.S. 3
Aroostock
Nawiliwili Harbor
J. B. Kaufman
Pinchot to Hear Two Sides of Anthracite Strike
Governor Pinchot invites United Mineworkers leader John L. Lewis and Operators’ Negotiating Committee chair W. W. Ings to Milford Pennsylvania to discuss a new wage contract. Lewis will meet the Governor Monday. the Governor says he seeks information not intervention amid a national strike.
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Philadelphia
Pinchot
Milford
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers
W. W. Ings
Lewis
United States
60 Year Old Brandy Found In Old Ships At Johnsonville
Old federal hulks sunk in 1864 near Johnsonville Tennessee resurface as the Tennessee River falls revealing salvaged items. Treasure hunters report medical and quartermaster stores destroyed in Forrest’s attack. bottles of brandy said to be drinkable after sixty years. A brass cannon is rumored aboard one hulk but not yet found. Muskets minie balls cannon shells and a water bucket with pen points also recovered.
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Johnsonville
Tenn
Sherman
Forrest
Tennessee
Parents killed as Vandalia freight strikes car near Hindsboro
Paris Illinois Sept 11 William Mullich and his wife were killed instantly when their car was struck by a Vandalia freight train near Hindsboro An infant son was thrown onto the locomotive pilot and escaped uninjured The couple leaves seven children.
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Paris
Iull
William Mullich
Hindsboro
Truck Driver Killed as Train Hits Vehicle Near Springfield
Ralph Rhoades, 20, of Chillicothe, was killed instantly when his truck was struck by a fast Eastbound Pennsylvania passenger train this afternoon near Springfield, Ohio.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ralph Rhoades
Chillicothe
Pennsylvania
Burned Parts of Plane 10 Fire Still and Provide Pure Water
Seaplane PN-9 No. 1 commander reports voyage from San Francisco to Nawiliwili. Flight August 31 with No. 3. fuel shortage forces landing at the Aroostook, an airplane tender, as weather and navigation challenges unfold.
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John Rodgers
Associated Press
Honolulu
San Francisco
Nawiliwili
No. 3
Kahului
Spirit of Battle Fills Paris Spiritualist Congress Row
In Paris on September 11 the International Spiritualist Congress faced clashes and a 1500 strong mob at the doors as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle spoke. The event featured debates on protection of mediums, trials over hooting and a call for seances and healing without charge.
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Spook Congress
Doyle
Paris
International Spiritualist Congress
Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur
Sir Arthur
Congress
Harry Houdini
M. D. Cadwallader
Chicago
M. Guyonnet
Duperat
Mrs. Cadwallader
Rochester
N. Y
Fox Sisters
God
Doyle Preaches Spirit World Proof At Paris Congress
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle declares the dead live and describe a transformed afterlife. He cites conversations with his mother and other witnesses, describes higher spheres and multiple heavens, and asserts spiritualism complements all religions. The Paris Spiritualist Congress ends amid strong interest.
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Alfred M. Murray
New York World News Service
Paris
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Doyle
William Crookes
France
N. Y
Octogenarians Wed in Nebraska Soldiers’ Home
Grand Island Neb sept 11 A marriage of octogenarians was revealed when eighty seven year old George's brother, an inmate of the Nebraska Soldiers' Home, returned with his new wife Mrs M Ormsby an 80 year old. It was the bride's fourth matrimonial venture.
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Grand Island, Neb
George
Nebraska Soldiers’ Home
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Trenton
Hattie Wannip
Miss Minneapolis
Minneapolis
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Aroostook
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