Heavy Ohio rainfall ends drought with floods and deaths
Torrential rain across Ohio saves the drought but causes flooding. Lorain saw two drownings as cars stalled in floodwater. Toledo, Marysville, Zanesville and Cincinnati recorded over an inch of rain with several towns reporting more than 1.8 inches. Seawage could not handle the surge in some areas.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lake Erie
Ohio River
Weather Bureau
Lorain
Richard Stewart
Clara Trumbull
South Lorain
Toledo
Columbia
Marysville
Walhending
Larue
Canton
Zanesville
Cincinnati
Lockland
Rain Prayers Answered Across South as Drought Eases
The drought-stricken South begins to see relief with rain in Atlanta and other areas. Governors urged prayer, relief programs start, and cooler air arrives. Tennessee reports a 30 mph wind storm in Knoxville as rain falls across states, with more forecast overnight.
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Atlanta
South
Georgia
Alabama
North Carolina
Virginia
North Georgia
Knoxville
Tenn
Milady urged to study today’s bargain items in Woman's Realm
The notice informs Milady to read the classified pages for helpful hints in Woman's Realm. It promises clues to substantial savings likely to be found among the advertised bargains.
Dry Law Faces Supreme Test in Church Council Report
New York World News Service reports the Federal Council of Churches finds prohibition may not be as effective as its supporters claim. The 30 000 word study criticizes publicity and data used by prohibition advocates and calls for new methods of propaganda. It notes juvenile drinking may rise and respect for law fall as the policy faces a decisive test.
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Church Council
New York World News Service
Washington
Department of Research and Education
Federal Council of Churches
R. Ernest Johnson
Drys
The
Prohibition Unit
Treasury Department
Prohibition
Research Department
National Conference of Social
Bishop Galton Churchman Attacks Bishops and Hell
Galton Churchman Bishop William Montgomery Brown of Galton Ohio denounces bishops as lazy and unthinking and decries the church’s imagined hells. He argues science reveals truth and calls for a living faith focused on life, liberty, and civilization rather than outdated creeds.
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William Montgomery Brown
Galton, O
Protestant Episcopal Church
Emery Auditorium
Brown
Uncle Sam
Santa Claus
Veiled Woman and Sleight of Hand Aid Prince Escape in France
Paris reports a veiled woman and mystery guests influencing the escape of Egyptian Prince Seif ed Din from an English asylum. A party including Signor Folloni and Ibrahim Feridoun Pasha moved the prince through Paris and into the Forest Senart, with allegations of disguise swaps involving the prince and his mother Princess Navadjani. French police deny extradition grounds while fearing British kidnapping plots.
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New York World News Service
Paris
Seif-ed-Din
France
England
Signor Folloni
Ibrahim Feridoun Pasha
Folloni
Bruney Forest
Forest Senart
Navadjani
Prince Seif-ed-Din
King Faud
N. Y
Patrolman Fatally Shot In Black Marlin Street Ambush
Cornish a 28 year old sub-policeman was shot at Clark and Harriett streets during a patrol. The suspect described as a bootlegger known as a bad man fled after a pistol duel. A second shot hit Daniel Jones in the hip as the crowd dispersed. Doctors say Cornish has little chance to live.
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Cornish
Garfield Place
Fifth
Clark and Harriett Streets
General Hospital
Freeman Avenue
Fifth District
Coleman
Carnish
Daniel Jones
Harriett Street
Jones
Weatherly
Seebohm
Venn
Harry M. Box
J. Edward Perring
Man Hunted After Killing Ex Wife in Golden Gate Park
John Govner, middle aged mechanic, shot and killed Hazel Young, 33, in Golden Gate Park San Francisco. Harry Jacobs was seriously wounded as police and search teams fanned the park for Govner, last seen escaping into woods after the noon shooting. Jacobs said Govner had threatened his former wife and acted crazed by jealousy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
John Govner
Hazel Young
Harry Jacobs
Govner
Govaer
Jacoby
Caillaux Authorized to Negotiate France Debt Fund
Paris dispatch says Joseph Caillaux France's Finance Minister sails for Washington with full government authority to negotiate a funding agreement with the United States on France's war and post war debts. Prime Minister Painlevé's orders are broad and Caillaux's actions will await Parliament ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Joseph Caillaux
Washington
United States
France
Painlee
M. Caillaux
Flying Colonel to Stand Trial Despite Committee Finding
A political figure nicknamed Flying Colonel will face trial even after a committee’s finding that he cannot be ejected without presidential action. The case centers on leadership disputes and constitutional constraints within the governing body.
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U. K
Washington Air Service inquiry to convene after talks with President
President's committee to investigate Air Service needs and Mitchell crusade to meet after conferring with the President next Thursday. A conservative report is expected, opposing a separate Air Service and favoring a midway aviation plan. Board selections aim for nonpartisanship with notable retired officers and Hoover picks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Michelson
New York World News Service
Washington
William Mitchell
Congress
Army
Navy
Turks Mass 70,000 Soldiers Over Mosul Dispute
Geneva reports claim Turkey has massed 70,000 troops on the Irak frontier to pressure Britain over Mosul. Ankara would open its oil resources to all, if the League grants sovereignty over Mosul. Other word exists of a three power pact guaranteeing a division solution.
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Geneva
Irak
Mosul
Great Britain
Council of the
League of Nations
League of Nations Investigation Committee
Persia
Mechanic Fatally Shoots Ex Wife Then Commits Suicide
Thomas Balsley an automobile mechanic from Springfield Illinois shot and killed his divorced wife on a lonely road one mile east of Alexander then took his own life Sheriff Wright said he had kidnapped his wife on Saturday night dragging her into his car in Springfield before fleeing.
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Jacksonville
Ill
Thomas Balsley
Springfield
Alexander
Wright
Balsley
Congressional Inquiry in Shenandoah Airship Wreck Debate
New York Sept 13 The World News Service reports mixed replies from Senate and House Naval and Military Affairs Committees on a congressional probe into the Shenandoah airship wreck. Democrats urge full investigation into Colonel Mitchell charges while Republicans favor merging War and Navy Departments and oppose a separate aviation service. Senator Reed questions Mitchell’s conclusions and warns against overhauling command structure amid criticism of insubordination.
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Bingham
Marine Corps
Mitchell
Aeronautical Grand Jury
War Department
Army
Air Affairs
Moffett
Navy
Bureau of Aeronautics
Hoover
Davis
Wilbur
Dwight W. Morrow
Coolidge
Amherst
Vinson
House Committee On Naval Affairs
Parker
House Committee On Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Senator Bingham
Air Service
Senate
Admiral Fletcher
General Harbord
Howard E. Coffin
Aircraft Board
Wilson
United Air Service
William F. Durand
California
Arthur C. Benison
Grand Rapids
Mich
Washington
New York World News Service
New York
World News Service
House
Naval and
William Mitchell
War and Navy Departments
David A. Reed
Rep
War
Great Britain
Aviation
Department of Artillery
Pop Corn King Bouiver Dies After Premonition
Samuel D. Bouiver known as Nebraska's Pop Corn King died at age 88 in Omaha after a premonition of death led him to arrange his funeral and select a coffin. He passed away at a friend's home and will be buried in the coffin he chose.
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Omaha, Neb
Samuel D. Bouiver
Nebraska
Jt Fennego Man Of Cincinnati Theatrical World Dies at 68
James E. Fennessy a former Cincinnati theater manager died after an operation at Christ Hospital. He ran People Lyric and Heuck’s theaters and held the title Colonel. He leaves a brother William T. Fennessy of New York and planned funeral arrangements.
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James E. Fennessy
Cincinnati
Christ Hospital
Covington
Cin Gymnasium
People’s
the Lyric
Heuck’s
Fennessy
H. C. Theissen
Wallace Avenue
Madison Road
Colonel Fennessy
Old People’s Theater
Thirteenth
Vine Streets
Heuck
Hubert Heuck
Lyric Theater
Empire Circuit
Indianapolis
Ohio
Indiana
St. Xavier's
St. Mary’s College
Dayton
D.C
William T. Fennessy
New York
France India flyer killed in German forest crash
Paris reports Robert Thierry was killed and Dieudonne Coste injured when their plane from Etampes fell in the Black Forest Germany. Coste telegraphed that he was hospitalized in Freiburg Im Breisgau. The pair, aiming for Baghdad and perhaps India, apparently lost their way in fog.
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Paris
Robert Thierry
Dieudonne Coste
Etampes
Black Forest
Germany
Coste
Freiburg-Im
Breisgau
Baden
Bagdad
India
Freiburg
Belfort
Switzerland
Dying words point to Vinton youth in murder case
W C T U president Myrtle Cook died after a night of shooting in Vinton Iowa. Minutes before her death she whispered a name, a hint pointing to a local youth. Coroner's inquest continues as investigators seek to verify the claim and identify the killer.
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Vinton
Myrtle Cook
Ku Klux Klan
S. W. Cook
Cook
Martha Underwood
Sioux City
Christian Church
Gertrude
Waverly
Mrs. Cook
Grundy Center
Nashville Negro Held as Midnight Prowler
Henry Holt, a negro, is in custody as the night prowler terrorizing North Nashville. He admitted being the man shot by Patrolman Kirck Denton when found near Eighteenth Street, denying links to other prowling incidents. Arrested in bed near the operation area, Holt bore a leg wound and said he once lived in Houston, Texas.
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Nashville
Tenn
Henry Holt
Kirck Denton
Eighteenth Street
Feat
Houston
Tex
Moffett denounces Mitchell charges on aviation reform
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett branded Colonel William Mitchells charges about Shenandoah PN nine and Dayton air races as unsound and false. He warned that attacking government aviation work could erode national defense and invite military dictatorship.
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Washington
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
William A. Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
Mitchell
Dayton
Bert E. Skeel
Alexander Pearson
Moffett
Army Air Chief
Army
Navy
Spa Ee
United States
Pearson
Skeel
Admiral Moffet
Shenandoah
PN-9
Congress
Republic
Capto Skeel
Mee
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Freeman
Caillaux
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Reed
Fennego
France-India
Aglew
Iona Dry
Nashville Negro
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