Indictments Return Gifts Probe Into Kentucky Officials
Franklin County Grand Jury indicts Gov. Flem D. Sampson and seven Text Book Commission members for allegedly receiving gifts from publishing firms seeking school text adoptions. Indictments name Ginn & Co and others, with penalties up to $1,000 fine and six months jail. Trial date not set.
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Frankfort, Ey
Flem D. Sampson
State Text Book Commission
Franklin County Grand Jury
Grand Jury
Kentucky
Text Book Commission
Ben G. Williams
Sampson
Ginn & Co
Frank V. McChesney
American Book Company
K. R. Cummins
Silver-Burdette Company
Samuel Walker
D. C. Heath Company
W. R. McCoy
Laidlaw Company
McChesney
Commis
Cuba Press Denies "Reign of Terror" Claims in Senate Hearing
Havana publishers rebut charges of misgovernment and a reign of terror in Cuba presented to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The joint statement, on behalf of four Associated Press Havana papers, asserts press freedom under President Gerardo Machado, cites rapid national progress, and notes broad American business support including the American Chamber of Commerce of Cuba representing over 800 million dollars in U.S. capital.
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New York
Cuba
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Washington
Havana
Associated Press
R. R. Gavin
el Mundo
Conda de Rivero
Diano de la Marina
Carl Byoir
Evening Telegram
Havana Post
Free Press of
Gerardo Machado
Island
Machado
Latin America
American State Department
American Chamber of Commerce of
Tragic Pedestrian and Child Die in County Road Crashes
Two fatal traffic incidents in Hamilton County increase 1929 toll to 120. Thelma Hanks, 5, was crushed by a truck driven by James Hine while crossing Baltimore Avenue near Seegar Street. the driver was arrested for manslaughter. Separately, Lena Lena, a man identified as Will Casey’s crash victim, died after being struck at Eastern and Stanley avenues. Casey claimed he swerved to miss him but the right fender struck him.
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Hamilton County
Thelma ‘Hanks
Robert Hanks
Baltimore Avenue
Frank Sena
Delta Avenue
General Hospital
Eastern
Stanley Avenues
Hanks
Seegar Street
James Hine
Cleves
Wirth
Walnut
Augusta Brehme
Casey
Remnant of Glacial Period Ice Cap Found Near Hudson Strait in Arctic
The report notes a discovery near Hudson Strait of a glacial period ice cap fragment. Details are limited. no further entities or dates are provided.
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Hudson Strait
Arctic
Last remnant of ice cap found near Frobisher Bay by MacMillan
Lieut Commander Donald B. MacMillan and nine crew members concluded a three month Arctic cruise from MacMillan to Newagen. They located the final remnant of the vast ice cap once covering 4,000,000 square miles and collected flora and fauna from Frobisher Bay. The Bowdoin withstood a twelve day ice pack attack and photographs were taken to document the polar remnant.
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Wiscasset
Donald B. MacMillan
Frobisher’s Bay
Bowdoin
Explorer
Newagen
MacMillan
Trails Berg
Meta Incognita
Hudson Strait
New England
Mt. Washington
Jury Deliberations Continue In Go Ed Case
In Braunfels Texas Judge John Watson ordered Rebecca Bradley Rogers to keep deliberating after the jury failed to reach a verdict on robbery with firearms in the 1926 Buda bank robbery. The foreman said jurors held differing opinions on guilt and the trial cost about $1500 to the county.
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Watson
Becky Rogers
Buda
Texas
New ‘Braunfels
Tex
Rebecca
Bradley Rogers
John Watson
University of Texas
Britain Defies Disarmament Obstruction in League Move
Geneva reports Britain led by Foreign Secretary Henderson declares disarmament the main issue for next year and signs the World Court optional clause with reservations. France Italy and Japan oppose Cecil's trained reservists plan as nations pledge compulsory arbitration in wide conference.
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New York World News Service
Geneva
Arthur Henderson
France
Italy
London
Henderson
Great Britain
World Court
League
Robert Cecil
Japan
Lord Cecil
Czecho-Slovakia
British Commonwealth
Ohio Society Adopts 200-Year-Old Cowbell as Gavel
The Ohio Society of New York selected a tarnished copper cowbell dating two centuries as its official gavel. Brought from Baden Germany to Pennsylvania in 1785 by John Heter, the bell was chosen from 300 entries and will be christened at the fall banquet on October 14 with guest Mrs. Irving Bastian.
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New York World News Service
New York
John Heter
Baden
Germany
Pennsylvania
Ohio Society of New York
Irving Bastian
John Heter V
Clyde, O
Martin I. Davey
Ohio
Lindberghs Begin 7000 Mile Pan American Flight
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh arrive in Miami to launch a 7000 mile inspection flight to sixteen nations in the Pan American Airways program. The voyage will start tomorrow using land and amphibian planes to inaugurate air mail and passenger service from Miami to Dutch Guiana, with brief stops in Trinidad and Panama.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic Seaboard
Charleston
Charles A. Lindbergh
Pan-American Air
Ways, Inc
Blaze At Powhatan Mine Claims One Miner
Nine rescue teams from Belmont County Ohio plus crews from Pennsylvania and West Virginia fought a mine fire at Powhatan Mining Co near Bellaire Ohio. Foreman Lawrence Lurch, 40, died from damp gas as smoke and flames halted entry. Miner Lawrence Kurin, 28, was missing after the blaze started while night workers were leaving. Officials and inspectors traveled to the scene as the fire burned timber and coal with air currents altered to slow spread. Six hundred miners were temporarily laid off. A rock fall that severed an electric wire caused a short circuit, blamed for the fire.
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Bellaire, O
Belmont County
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Powhatan Mining Company
Lawrence Lurch
Lawrence Kuriin
Richard McGhee
Lot Jenkins
Martins Ferry
Lurch
Powhatan
Senate to Fast Track Tariff Bill Action
Senate Republicans urged speeding tariff legislation with earlier daily sessions and potential night meetings if needed. Finance Committee plans to drop two controversial provisions amid changes to how tariffs are set, replacing cost of production equality with a competition-based formula.
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Washington
Senate
Watson
Indiana
Finance Committee
House
No Clews Found in Kidnaping and Floggings
Sheriff investigations in two states, plus NC Governor and Solicitor, yielded no public results into the flogging and kidnapping of Cleo Tesenair. No crew details or suspect identities disclosed as Cleo remains bedbound in a local hotel near Kings Mountain.
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Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Cleo Tesenair
Tesenair
Kings Mountain
South Carolina
Thinning Out The Crowd On City Sidewalks
City employees will stripe downtown sidewalks to manage heavy pedestrian traffic. Col. Sherrill, the city manager, ordered a lane system with an eighteen inch window-shopping strip along storefronts and a twenty foot corner buffer to keep walkers on the right.
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Col. Sherrill
Guilt of Judge in Bank Fraud Case Indicated
New York report says evidence shows General Sessions Judge Francis X. Mancuso was paid 25000 in installments by bank president F. M. Ferrari. Checks totaling 25000 dating 1927 1928 were found in safe deposit boxes. Mancuso denied any salary or remuneration from City Trust or Ferrari.
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New York
General Sessions
City Trust Company
F. M. Ferrari
Brooklyn
Mancuso
Ferrari
Ziniti
Grand Jury
City Trust
Mystery Links Prince to Berlin Bomb Probe
Berlin and Munich police investigate a possible royal link to recent bomb outrages after a 40 year old stranger vanished from Koenigsee. A hotel room contained an overcoat and a letter implying involvement with bombers and a desire for burial at Koenigsee with an Napoleon like inscription. Authorities keep details secret amid rumors the man was a Hapsburg prince or possibly hoax or madness.
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Berlin
Munich
Germany
Koenigsee
Bavarian Alps
Napoleon
Hapsburg
Human Cannon Ball Fails to Emerge at Exposition
Springfield Sept 19 Captain Wilno known as the human cannon ball was seriously injured at the Eastern States Exposition when he failed to emerge from the cannon after the powder charge exploded. He was taken to a hospital in grave condition.
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Springfield
Mass
Wilno
The Dinner of Horrors at the temporary White House
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge recalls a formal dinner at the temporary White House at Du Pont Circle. A chair collapsed under a guest, a tie slipped, a guest’s dental temporary failed, and a chimney fire on the roof prompted an onlookers’ alert. The event was dubbed “the dinner of horrors.”
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New York
Calvin Coolidge
White House
du Pont Circle
Fishermen land 40000 pounds of mackerel for 1500 dollars
The auxiliary schooner Bethulia returned to Boston with 40,000 pounds of mackerel caught within two hours after leaving port. The catch was sold for 1500 dollars, marking a remarkable display of luck for Boston’s waterfront.
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Boston
Bethulia
Maine
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