Hoover Campaign Speech Opens in Newark
Herbert Hoover kicked off his campaign in Newark after touring nearby towns. He labeled Democratic tariff and immigration stances as threats to labor, pledged government aid to ensure full-time jobs, and urged a tariff to protect American workers amid crowded Armory attendance and July heat.
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New
N. J
Herbert Hoover
113Th Regiment
Newark
America
Republican Party
Wamt
Murder farm grave yields bones and hair in Northcott case
Los Angeles reports confirm the Riverside area murder farm tale. Officers dug up pelvic bones, vertebrae, and matted hair from a grave near the chicken house. J Clark Sellers and others corroborate evidence of killings. Suspects Northcott and mother still sought in Canada. father says son confessed and claimed another victim.
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Los Angeles
Riverside
Stuart G Northcott
Chicken House
Stanford Clark
Northcott
J. Clark Sellers
Sellers
Cyrus G. Northcott
Young Northcott
Louisa Northcott
Canada
Clark
Walter Collins
Glenorgie
Collins
Illinois
Walter
Pomona
Mexico
Sinking of Manasoo off Griffiths Island Claims Sixteen Lives
The passenger and cargo steamer Manasoo foundered near Griffiths Island with a crew of seventeen and four passengers aboard. Five survivors were rescued by the Manitoba, while Chief Engineer Tom McCutcheon died after being on a raft fifty hours. The vessel sank at 3 a.m. Saturday in heavy seas en route from Weet Bay to Owen Sound.
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Owen Sound
Ontario
Griffith’s Island
Manitoba
John McKay
Osborn Long
Arthur Middlebro
Roy Fox
B. Wallace
Oil Springs
Tom McCutcheon
Manasoo
Weet Bay
Manitoulin Island
Griffiths Island
McKay
Red Cross aims to raise over one million for hurricane relief
Col William Cooper Procter, chairman of the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Chapter, announced a national authorization to collect funds for Porto Rico and Florida hurricane victims. The Cincinnati quota will be set after an estimated total is calculated, but could exceed $1,000,000. Donations should go to the American Red Cross at 312 West Ninth Street, Cincinnati. Only money is accepted at this time.
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Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Guadeloupe
Porto Rico
William Cooper Procter
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
American Red Cross
West Ninth Street
Canada Brewer Kidnapped for 35000 Dollar Ransom
Samuel J. Low president of Carling Brewing Company London Ontario was kidnapped in Detroit and held for 35000 dollars ransom. Police trapped an extortion plot but a taxi driver delivering the ransom disappeared in traffic. Low was kept blindfolded and shackled near Thamesville Ontario before being released in Windsor.
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Detroit
Samuel J. Low
Carling Brewing Company of
London
Ont
Dominion
Low
Windsor
Thamesville
Maj
J. H. Clark
West Palm Beach Storm Levels Buildings in Severe Outbreak
A powerful storm devastates West Palm Beach causing widespread destruction to multiple structures. Officials compare its intensity to the historic 1926 harbor crisis, signaling a crisis response and ongoing restoration efforts by city agencies and emergency services.
West Indian hurricane devastates Florida coast
Reports from Florida detail 33 killed and 140 injured as West Indian hurricane hits Okeechobee Palm Beach and West Palm Beach. Red Cross appeals pour in from Bartow Haines City and city officials seek aid. Flooding, property loss, hospital strain and mass homelessness are reported with rising casualty figures.
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Florida
Palm Beach
Georgia
Jacksonville
Fla
Bartow
Okeechobee City
Red Cross
Price
Byrd
Washington
West Palm Beach
Miami
Howard Shelby
George W. Parr
Haines City
Okeechobee
Hurricane Town
Palm Beaches
Atlantic
American Legion
National Guardsmen
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pennsylvania Hotel
Harvey
Flyer tumbles from fifth floor window in South Bend
Lieut O O Niergarth an army air corps veteran of eleven years at Wilbur Wright Field Dayton fell from a fifth floor hotel window in South Bend after becoming dizzy He landed on a skylight two floors below suffering a broken wrist facial bruises and possible internal injuries He said dizziness came while looking out the window He commanded an army air squadron that participated in the recent air meet
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South -Bend
Ind
Army Air Corps
O. O Niergarth
Wilbur Wright Field
Dayton
Lieut
Niergarth
Wright Field
Hoover Tariff Talks Boost Longworth Campaign
Longworth returns from a five week vacation and praises Herbert Hoover's labor tariff speech. He urges voters to support the Republican high protective tariff, plans later campaign speeches for the Hoover Curtis ticket, and notes party tide favoring Republicans. The piece also cites Washington campaign discussions and a Paris theatre controversy over Napoleon III’s son.
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Longworth
O; Grandin Road
Glan
Herbert Hoover
Newark
Congressional
Washington
Beaker
Lis
Police Race Death in Mad Hunt for Kidnaping Band
Chicago police press a race with death to trap the rest of a six man kidnaping gang who abducted ten year old Billy Ranieri. three suspects are jailed as federal agents join the probe and extortion letters are traced to two men. the search extends to Melrose Park as the boy’s family pleads for his return.
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Chicago
Billy Ranieri
A. Frank Ranieri
Melrose Park
Salvatore Mastroianni
Renaldo Schiedo
Angelo Petitti
United States Marshal’s Office
Ranieri
City to require daily auto repair reports
City officials plan an ordinance to compel auto repair shops to file daily reports mirroring pawnshop practices. Col Sherrill cites police aid in detecting stolen cars and criminals as the goal. Noncompliance carries a $100 fine or one year prohibition from repairing cars if willful withholding is proved.
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Col. Sherrill
New York
California
Five Prisoners Escape Montgomery County Jail in Dayton
Five inmates awaiting trial escaped the Montgomery County Jail in Dayton Ohio by sawing bars on a second floor window and using a rope ladder of bed blankets. A nearby family spotted blankets in the wind and notified Sheriff Fred S Wolf. Prisoners named include Robert Fletcher 21 Richard Easterday 25 Edward Carney 28 Asa Sargent 31 and Charles Burch 28 all charged with grand larceny burglary forgery or related offenses. Burch is from Toledo.
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Dayton
Montgomery County
Fred 5
S. Wolf
Robert Fletcher
Richard Esterday
Edward Carney
Asa Sargent
Charles Burch
Toledo
Planners Alter Railroad Stand On Millsdale Track
The City Planning Commission reversed its earlier approval of an extra B and O railroad switch on Millsdale Avenue. After a public hearing with Hartwell residents angry, the commission ruled it could not grant permission for more tracks in a residential zone. The prior approval hinged on eliminating a grade crossing, which the company refused.
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City Planning Commission
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Millsdale Avenue
Hartwell
Seasongood
Ellis
City considers ordinance to curb employment agencies
Cincinnati officials draft an ordinance to tighten oversight of employment agencies and curb advance fees. If passed, the Welfare Director may investigate complaints and seek criminal action against agency managers. Public hearings will follow council referral and committee review.
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John D. Ellis
Col. Sherrill
Fred K. Hoehler
W. Meredith Yeatman
Cincinnati
Taft family rushes to Cincinnati for pneumonia cases
Charles P. Taft, 84, Cincinnati publisher, and his son-in-law William T. Semple, UC classics professor, hurry from Pointe-au-Pic Quebec to Cincinnati as Semple is ill with pneumonia and Taft’s condition is not serious. They traveled via private car to New York Central express after a fast Montreal transit.
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Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
William T. Semple
University of Cincinnati
Willam Howard Taft
Pointe-au-Pic
Quebec
Canada
Prof. Semple
Mr. Taft
Murray Bay
Montreal
New York Central
Utica
N. Y
Buffalo
Taft
Cleveland
Mr. Semple
Charles P. Taft II
Ass of No Value Notation on Ohio Tax Return
A Cleveland man filed a personal property tax return with the line under pure-bred livestock reading mules and asses one ass myself no value. Another entry lists debts at 15000 with no credit, prompting county auditors to note the unusual self assessment.
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Cleveland
Zangerle
Armored Cashier Raid Beats Sophisticated Security
Two armed robbers in uniforms resembling armored car staff raided the Shefield Arms Dairy cashiers department in the Bronx stealing 18500 dollars slated for a bank. They cut the hold up alarm wires and entered the cashier area where 125 drivers worked, then walked through the assembly room to escape while guards awaited receipts. Edward Neil opened the door after recognizing the uniforms.
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Armored Car Service Company
Bronx
New York World News Service
New York
Sheffield Arms Dairy Company
The
Cross Armored Transportation Company
Edward Neil
Woman Falls From Moving Car After Husband’s Hat Blows Free
Mrs Eva Kates 40 of 1909 Linn street tried to keep her husband Albert Kates hat from blowing into the street. The car moved along Alfrea street and Spring Grove avenue yesterday morning when she fell out. She was found at St Marys Hospital with bruises.
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Eva Kates
Linn Street
Alfrea Street
Spring Grove Avenue
Albert Kates
St. Mary's Hospital
Five actors killed when their auto hits train near Elkhorn
A vaudeville troupe of five, traveling to Chicago for The Violin Mania act, died when their sedan collided with a Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific passenger train east of Elkhorn Wisconsin. Authorities identified Arthur Haggerty Hazel Haggerty Maurice Kaplan and two others as victims. The car swerved into the train after leaving the highway and striking a ditch.
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A. Haggerty
Elkhorn Hospital
Arthur Haggerty
Hazel
Maurice Kaplan
Plotkin
Julia
Chicago
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