Poisoned children tragedy shocks Chicago family
In Cook County Illinois a boy age seven died and four siblings, Agnes eight Richard six Lorraine three and Doris seventeen months are gravely ill from a slow acting poison believed to be arsenic. The Markowski parents were questioned after authorities found the children in a damp basement flat. The mother and stepfather accused each other of poisoning. Police and doctors work to confirm the poison while concern grows over the family’s welfare.
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Chicago
Uri
Markowski
Porson
Agnes Kwiatkowski
Chester
Richard Kwhtkowski
Lorraine
Dots Markowski
Reeital
Richard
Bann
Verna Markowski
Markiwski
Eeven
Cook County
Aiece Markowski
Agpend
Iodwy
Marthe Trycene
Chester Kwiakowski
Samuel J. Hoffman
Agnes
Ami
Lorraine Markowski
Doris Markowski
Old Ford Stolen At Sterling In Week Start
Sterling police report an old Ford taken Monday morning by a Negro suspect. The vehicle was last seen eastbound.
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Sterling
Sterling Poice
LAVA FLOWS FROM CRATER HAKODATE ERUPTION SHOCKS JAPAN
Hakodate Japan June 18 The Komagatake volcano erupts violently at 10 90 am forcing thousands to flee Railways evacuate 2700 refugees Officials report more than 20 killed since Monday with deaths possibly reaching 100 Isogawa electric plant buried under ashes 30 victims found near Tomonoyu Shikabe. unverified report near Okuma Gungawa Jane d Wellington N C June 18 Earthquake death toll rises to 15 with houses buried in Murchison landslide. tremors continue offshore as planes depart Christchurch Blenheim to aid isolation and search for a motorcoach accident victim.
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Hakodate
Japan
U.R
Komagatake
Isogawa
Tomonoyu
Shikabe
Okuma
Gungawa
Wellington
N. C
Murchison
Welibeton
North Island
Christchurch
Westport
Blenheim
Cruel Father Jailed Over Boy Chained in Ind basement
In Gary Indiana a nine year old boy George was found chained by the ankles to an iron pipe in a dark basement after nine days alone. Neighbors alerted police as the boy cried for help. John Juhrk, the father, faced a $1,000 bail with a Thursday hearing scheduled.
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Gary
Ind
John Juhrk
George
Farmers Move Against Gun Practice Near Antioch Tit
Chicago detectives sought Joe Atello and Charlie Connors on warrants from Lake county after farmers near Antioch Tit complained about a planned machine gun target range. Both men were charged with assault with deadly weapons following a stray bullet injuring a farmer during the attempted improvement of marksmanship.
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Chicago
Antioch
Tit
Joe Atello
Charlies
Connors
Lake County
MacDonald Plans Washington Visit for Peace Talks
London reports Premier Ramsay MacDonald confirmed plans to visit Washington if arrangements can be made. He and Ambassador Dawes outlined aims toward international disarmament and a lasting era of world peace, stressing no alliances or pacts yet pursued.
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London
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Washington
MacDonald
Great Britain
United States
Charles G. Dawes
Ramsay MacDonald
Dawes
Forres
Scotland
Pilgrim's Society
Lassiemouth
Raumsay MacDonald
U. S
Atlantic
Short Course On Fire Prevention Opens At UI Today
The fifth annual short course on fire prevention, control and extinguishment opened at the University of Illinois Urbana today under Prof. Cc. E. Palmer of the engineering college. About 400 firemen from across the state attended, including many from Chicago and suburbs, with sessions running through Friday afternoon.
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Urbana
University of Illinois
Cc. E. Palmer
College of Engineering
The
State University
Chicago
Suburbs
Vandals Damage Wesley Church in St Louis Overnight
In St Louis on a night in June vandals entered the Wesley Methodist Episcopal church and destroyed three organ keyboards and shattered every light in the building, according to a police report filed by Rev J L.
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Church St. Louis
U.R
Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church
J. L
Prohibition Shootings Stir White House and Treasury
President Hoover condemned recent prohibition enforcement killings and urged border communities to aid in stopping illegal activity by international criminals. Treasury and courts will determine misuse of arms, while agents are to be armed only with service pistols amid deadly incidents.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Treasury Department
United States
Department
The
Treasury
Prohibition
Customs
Lowman
U.P
Law Enforcement Commission
Treasury Lowman
International Falls
Minn
Mooers
N. Y
High Honor for Airmen in Nonstop Atlantic Flight
Paris honors three young French aviators Jean Assolant Rene LeFevre and Armeno Lotti Jr with the Legion of Honor for the nonstops across the Atlantic. Stowaway Arthur Schreiber receives rebuffs from embassies and receptions as he faces penalties and exclusion.
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Paris
U.P
Laurent Egnac
Air
Jean Assolant
Rene LeFevre
Armeno Lotti, Jr
Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh
Arthur Schreiber
Portland
Slayer To Die In Chair Says Jury Verdict
Earl Manchester, 19, convicted of murder in Macon for killing James W. Parks, 21, after conspiring with 71 year old Mrs. J C Powers who sought to profit from an insurance policy. A death sentence was mandatory with no recommendation for mercy. Manchester to be electrocuted August 14.
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Macon
Earl Manchester
Atlantic
Bible County Superior Court
J. C. Powers
Manchester
James W. Parks
Powers
H. A. Matthews
Governor Signs Call Money Bill In Illinois
Governor Louis L. Emmerson signed Senate Bill No. 434 known as the call money bill. It authorizes interest rates exceeding seven percent on loans greater than five thousand dollars secured by collateral.
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Springfield
Louis L. Emmerson
School Commencement Tonight at St Marys with Bishop Hoban
The St Marys school closes the 1928 29 year with a program highlighted by a Georg e Rogers Clark play by seventh and eighth grade boys. Bishop Edward Francis Hoban will present diplomas to nineteen graduates and deliver an address.
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St. Mary’s School
Richt
Edward Francis Hoban
Rockford
Bishop Hoban
George Rogers Clark
Charles Farley
Robert Prentice
Harold Marshall
William Shelley
James Marshall
John Hope
Joseph Carr
Adolph Stefani
Paul Biagini
Edward Gallagher
Emil Marcheschi
Joseph Japuntich
Francis Horan
Edward McKelvey
Leroy Sutton
Boone
Boonesboro
Williamsburg
Virginia
Fort
Kaskaskia
Clark
Indiana
Kussner
Mary Editha B. V. M
Grammer Xrades
Anna Redmond
Forman
Browning
William Skelley
Madeline Fairvre
Grace Fitzgerald
Marjorie Hiland
Mary Kientz
Louise Malone
Mary Puppel
Edythe Potter
Annette Skelley
Delia Sauter
Helen Vickery
Woman accepts manslaughter sentence in husband slaying
Mae Raetz, 32, of Belleville, has abandoned a motion for new trial after being convicted of slaying her husband William Raetz Jr. She accepted a sentence of one to fourteen years for manslaughter in the June proceedings.
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Belleville
Mae Raetz
William Raetz, Jr
Solons Get a Vacation for Summer Recess
Washington reports final agreement to recess for the summer with the Senate voting August 19 to return and the House delaying until September 23. Debates on open sessions and tariff measures mark the brief talks as Congress eyes vacation amid policy battles.
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U.P
Congress
Senate
House
Wesley Jones
Watson
Jones
Moses
Rules Committee
Robinson
Secretary of Treasury
France
Reps
Howard
Dem
Neb
Schafer
Wis
Hoover
Cong
James E. Watson
Curtis
Smoot
Utah
Reed
Pennsylvania
Nolan Assured Position As Congressman
Minneapolis June 18 W R p Nolan former Minnesota governor and veteran legislator is assured the congressional post from the fifth Minnesota district to succeed Rep Walter Newton who resigned to become secretary to President Hoover. Practically complete returns from yesterday's special election give the Republican candidate a lead of about 4 000 votes over Einar Hoidale Democrat. Ernest Lundeen former labor was far out of the running. The vote Nolan 23 461 Hoidale 19 893 Lundeen 6 976
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Minneapolis
W. S. Nolan
Minnesota
Walter Newton
Hoover
Einar Hoidale
Ernest Lundeen
Nolan
Hoidale
Suundeen
Organize To Improve The City Police
Springfield authorities report a citizens police committee Inc formed to improve Chicago police. Directors include Dean John H. Wigmore and Leonard D. White of Chicago, Frederick B. Crossley of Wilmette, and George F. Getz, Robert Y. Hunter, Bert A. Massee, John A. Carroll. The group is based at 357 Fast Chicago avenue, Chicago.
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Springfield
U.P
Chicago Police Department
Citizens Police Committee Inc
Chicago Avenue
Chicago
Dean John H. Wigmore
Evarston
Leonard D. White
Frederick B. Crossley
Wilmette
George F. Getz
Robert Y. Hunter
Bert A. Massee
John A. Carroll
Lam All Meer
Band To Play This Evening at Liberty Park
The DeKalb band, under Bandmaster Chadwick of Chicago and Director Ed Chenette, will perform tonight at Liberty Park in the third ward at 8:00. Tomorrow night the concert moves to Huntley Park. Chadwick will direct until July 4, with Chenette in Arlington, Texas overseeing a summer band school.
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Third Ward
Huntley Park
DeKalb
Chadwick
Chicago
Ed Chenette
DeKalb Band
Chenette
Arlington
Texas
Landslide Ruins Sevilla in Cauca Colombia Town
A landslide at Sevilla village Cauca destroyed the town and blocked the Quilcace river. About 30 people were killed and many injured as thousands of tons of earth swept through the area. Inhabitants fled their homes.
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Colombia
Povayan
U.R
Sevilla
London Airplane Crash Kills Seven in English Channel
Official inquiry opens into the City of Ottawa crash after the Trans‑Channel airliner went down near Dungeness. Seven dead include Miss Jean Roberts Bassoff and Mrs Ickerson, with three bodies identified and four survivors reported resting in Folkestone hospital.
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London
Ottawa
Daily Star
Star
Landon
U.P
English Channel
England
Dungeness
British Air Ministry
Imperial Airways, Ltd
Ostend
Gaby
Adolphe Meister
Garfield
Marjorie Smith
Alfred Smith
Allan Fleming
Homer Taitham
Anti-Smith Convention Opens in Virginia With Denunciations
Roanoke Virginia June 16 40 The Virginia anti Smith Democratic convention opened with denunciations of the Smith Raskob Tammany regime More than 1000 delegates to the first Bicovercrats in the south cheered Howie Williamson keynote speaker as he assailed regular party members for backing Smith in the last presidential campaign.
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Roanoke
Virginia
South
R. Howie Williamson
Smith
Convicts Suspected in St Louis Apartment Robbery
Police believe an ex convict carried out a $500 theft in a St Louis apartment last night. A canary, released from its cage, was found flying about the room by residents, suggesting the motive or connection to the suspect.
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St. Louis
Fire truck for farmers to boost rural protection
DeKalb County forms a rural fire protection association to acquire a large high power 90 HP fire truck with a 100 gallon water tank. The truck will be housed at DeKalb fire station and operated by local firefighters under Chief McEvoy. About 120 rural subscribers are needed to fund and sustain the project for a 15 year life. Rural fires caused over 200 million dollars in U.S. losses last year. Sycamore already adopted this plan and DeKalb is nearing completion.
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DeKalb
DeKalb County
McEvoy
U. S
Sycamore
Theora Hix Murder Probe Expands to Myers Interrogation
Columbus report on June 18 details a new line in the Theora Hix murder inquiry. Ohio State horticulturist Merion Myers, previously cleared, is questioned and taken to the morgue to hear testimony while denying involvement by Dr. James H. Snook. Prosecutor Chester presses for links to Snook’s alleged narcotics distribution.
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Theora Hix
Merion Myers
Ohio State University
James H. Snook
Chester
Myers
Miss Hix
Snook
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