Hoover seeks wartime use of surplus supplies for famine relief
Secretary Hoover urged Congress to authorize donating surplus clothing, food, and other war stock to famine zones including Tulsa and the Volga basin in Russia. He cited Kellogg and Gregg reports noting millions at risk with limited local food and potential mass deaths without outside aid.
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Tlusala
Hoover
Wbvieman Kali
House Military Affairs Committee
Volga
Russia
Oyo Mpany
Congress
Secretary of War
Weeks
Vernon Kellogg
National Research Council
Conference Plane All Set for Armament Talks
Washington reports concrete proposals to meet all problems on the agenda of the limitation of armament conference and discussions of Far Eastern and Pacific questions will be shaped by the American delegation for presentation when the conference meets. State Department says progress warrants this prediction.
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Washington
State Department
Missing Seaplane 893 and Crew Rescued by Galveston
New Orleans naval seaplane 893 missing from local aviation station. Both crew members picked up by the gunboat Galveston after a wireless message received here.
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New Orleans
Galveston
Masterson Death Ends Colorado Gunman Era
W B Bat Masterson longtime frontier gunman and editor of the New York Morning Telegraph died from heart disease at his desk in New York. He earned fame as a gunfighter gambler and sportsman during his youth in Colorado and built a storied career as a standup fighter and journalist.
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Colorado
Tual
New York Morning Telegraph
W. B
Bat
Bie
Four Die From Poison In Car In Washington Sample
A man believed to be B Doll of 15 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington D C was found dead in a car there another supposed to be Roy Bechtold of H Strohm Indianapolis is in a hospital in a severe condition James Wm Price of Wilmington Del and J P Broan of Philadelphia were found in the same car believed to be suffering from wood alcohol effects
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Philadelphia
B. Doll
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C
Roy Bechtold
H . Strohm
Indianapolis
James WM. Price
Wilmington
Del
J. P. Broan
Nine States Get Beer under new treasury ruling says Wheeler
Washington report quotes B Wheeler general counsel of the Anti-Saloon League stating that nine states California Connecticut Massachusetts Missouri New Jersey New York Pennsylvania Rhode Island and Wisconsin will receive beer prescriptions under the treasury regulation. The list omits non-prohibited portions of Louisiana and Maryland.
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Washington
Treasury Reguilal
Yao B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
California
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Missouri
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
Louisiana and
Mary
French Communists Threaten Retaliation Over Sacco Vanzetti
Paris reports a plotted backlash against American officials in France if Sacco and Vanzetti are executed. Letters threatening attacks on passport and registration offices were sent to Thackara and consuls in Marseille Bordeaux and Lyons. Police guard key sites as Americans warn of a broader plot despite police doubts.
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Union News Service
Paris
Commini- Inte
France
Sacco
Vianelli
United States
Regntrations Commission
A.M. Thackara
Marseilles
Bordeaux
Lyons
Pace de L'Etoile
Thackara
Lille
Ambassador Herrick
Morse and Penfold Seized by Mexico City Habits
Dr M P Von David reports Edwin F Morse bank teller and Ma bel Penfold former comptometer operator are living in luxury at the Reels hotel in Mexico City after absconding from the International Trust Company last August. He says he spoke with the fugitives during a Mexico research tour.
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Denver
Edwin F. Morse
International Trust Company
Lase August
Mabel Penfold
Reels
Mexico City
Mexico
M. P. von David
Mathewson Receives 30000 Dollar Benefit Check
Christy Mathewson, hospitalized with tuberculosis at Saranac Lake, received a $30,000 check from New York baseball fans following a benefit game. The sum surpasses the players pool in the 1905 World Series, where Mathewson pitched the Giants to three wins and the championship over the Athletics. the 1905 pool was 27,454.
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New York
Christy Mathewson
Saranac Lake
Giant
Mathewson
Matty
Giants
Athletics
Double Murder Suspects Burned in Barn Incident
Report says two African American suspects in the murder of Sheriff W. C. Bond and Sergeant J. Z. Boyer were burned to death when surrounded by a four man posse at a barn near the scene. The barn was allegedly set afire by shotgun blasts from the suspects. Seven posse members were lightly wounded in the attack.
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Orange, Vaie
W. C. Bond
J. 2. Boyer
Posye
Four Pouches Taken in Night Postal Robbery on Broadway
New York police seek a green automobile after three armed men forced Frank Havranick to stop a parked truck and steal four registered mail pouches worth about 7 million dollars. The heist occurred near Leonard Street as the driver delivered mail to a Pennsylvanian terminal.
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New York
Lower Rou
Hostil A
City Bv
Pennsylvan
Leonard Street
Broadway
Frank Havranick
Beach Street
Worth Street
Huvranick
Mrs Cody Dead Widow of Buffalo Bill Passes Away
Louisa Frederici Cody widow of Colonel William F. Cody died at home after a five month illness from a heart attack. She celebrated her seventy eighth birthday on May 27. Born to a native of Alsace Lorraine she married Cody in 1866 at Frenchtown near St. Louis when he was 21.
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Cody
Buffalo Bill
Louisa Frederici Cody
Louisa Frederici
Col
William F. Cody
Old Frenchtown
St. Louis
Alsace-Lorraine
Divorce Decree Filed for Mrs Duke in Philadelphia
Final decree granted to Mrs Cordelian Biddle Duke against Angier B Duke in Common Pleas Court. She cited cruelty after a 1915 marriage at age seventeen. Duke is heir to a large tobacco fortune valued at tens of millions.
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Philadelphia
Cordelian Biddle Duke
Cordelia Biddle
Major
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Angier B. Duke
Common Pleas Court
Duke
Ceiling Collapse Damages Senate Anteroom
The gold chandelier in the President's room near the Senate chamber fell, damaging the ceiling and shattering gold and glass globes. Senator Pomerene of Ohio and Senator Swanson of Virginia were struck by debris but uninjured.
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Washington
Senate Chamber
Pomerone
Ohio
Swanson
Virginia
Governors to Meet in December for Annual Conference
State governors will meet in Charleston Washington DC December 5 to discuss national problems with unemployment named as a main topic announced by conference secretary M Riley.
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Madison
Wis
Charleston
D. C
M. ©. Riley
Riley Wild
Morrison Estate Restored To 80-Year-Old Millionaire
Chicago reports a three year legal battle ending with a jury setting aside a prior spendthrift ruling and restoring control of a $3,000,000 estate to EB W Morrison aged 80.
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Chicago
EB. W. Morrison
Lynching of Suspect in Allendale Mob Violence
A Black man, Ed Kirkland, accused of killing B K Walker of Appleton, was taken from custody by a mob and lynched near Allendale. The mob dispersed after shooting him as he allegedly tried to escape from a train platform while Sheriff Bennett attempted transport to Columbia. The wounded man was carried by car to Appleton where the body remained.
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Allendale
8. C
Ed Kirkland
BK. P. Walker
Appleton
Bennett
Columbia
Lenin Admits Defeat and Calls Economic Policy Shift
Premier Lenine of soviet us wit returns with admission of defeat and outlines a strategic retreat toward mixed capitalism. He argues the new policy blends old regime elements, urges peasants and state capitalism, and warns that failure to reform will doom communists and plunge all into ruin.
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Unian News Service
Riga
Omintey
Lenine
Congress of Political Workers
Moscow
Rost
Bolsheviat
Communist Party
Beer As Medicine Rules Surprise City Leaders
Treasury Department issued regulations permitting manufacture and use of beer for medical purposes. The move, withheld since March 3 when Palmer ruled beer legal under prohibition, surprised city leaders who believed rules would await Senate action on the anti beer bill.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Palmer
Treasury
Senate
Teen Confesses to Slaying Girlfriend and Seeks Death
A 17 year old Indianapolis boy, jailed in Terre Haute on first degree murder charges, has written Gov McCray requesting execution by electric chair saying he wants death rather than life. The letter asks the governor to "send him to the electric bar."
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Indianapolis
Ind
Anay Parse
Terre Haute
McCray
Death of Major General William W. Witherspoon at 71
Major General William W. Witherspoon retired former army chief of staff and war college head died at his Washington residence from a heart attack. He was 71. Survived by his widow and his son Lieut. Alexander 5. Witherspoon U S N.
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Witherspoon
Washington
William W. Witherspoon
The
Army
War College
Lieut
Alexander 5. Witherspoon
Posse and Bandits Battle Near Osceola Iowa
A gunfight ten miles southwest of Osceola Iowa left one man dead two mortally wounded and a fourth severely injured after bandits looted the Columbia Iowa post office and three local stores before clashing with a sheriff s posse in a rural Nebraska area.
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Omaha
Neb
Osceola
Iowa
Columbia
Towa
Famous Woman Author Ursula Gestefeld Dies in Wisconsin
Ursula Newell Gestefeld founder of the Science and Being movement, lecturer and author, died at the home of her nurse Mrs. Adeline Briggs after months of illness. Born in Augusta Maine she joined the circle around Mary Baker Eddy and lectured in Boston and Chicago for many years.
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Kenosha
Wis
the Stey
Ursula Newell Gestefeld
Adeline Briggs
Hungary in Crisis As Charles Tries To Reclaim Throne
Budapest braces as Charles and his army near the capital. Government troops defend a line to block his advance while rails are torn up to impede transport. Regime leader Horthy calls to restrain royalists amid martial law and confusion across Vienna and Budapest.
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Charles
Bickerwich
Komorn
Vienna
Hungary
Budnor
Horthy
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Alameda swimmer seeks world record in 600 meters
Alameda California claims a new world mark for Lady Langer former University of California star by swimming six minutes forty nine and three fifths seconds, aiming to beat the present record of Norman Ross at six minutes fifty five and four fifths. The effort is pending before the International Record Committee as Menie Borg of Sweden holds a six minute forty nine and three fifths time.
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Calif
Lady Langer
University of California
Norman Ross
Menle Borg
Sweden
Admirals Beatty and Rodman Arrive in New York Welcome
Admiral Earl Beatty lands in New York to a hearty crowd. Head Admiral Hugh Rodman and Mrs Beatty accompany him with their son Peter, 12, and Miss Gwendolyn Wield, Lady Beatty’s niece.
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New York
Earl Beatty
Hugh Rodman
Admiral Rodman
Americas
Peter Beatty
Gwendolyn Wield
Wyoming State News Briefs Sweep Western State Topics
Adam Rels pleaded guilty to manufacturing liquor near Douglas while facing a 400 dollar fine. C. B. Canfield takes charge of Union Consolidated OW holdings at Corder place and Budd properties as drilling surges. A worker, Thomas Givens, dies from a derrick accident near Cheyenne. Fire department enforces new speed limits in Casper business and residence zones. Cheyenne, Laramie, and Rawlins discuss a single city manager. Capital pledged for a Burlington sugar factory with Lincoln Land Company financing. Frank Jordan must serve 15 to 20 years for murder at Glenrock. A racing car crash near Lander injures two. Destruction of Golden Gate Inn roadhouse suspected arson. Nathaniel Boswell funeral with Masonic services. Colongo mine vein near Centennial yields rich ore. Robbery at Kemmerer pool hall. two Mexicans reported. Casper police shooting of Ray Chapman supported as self-defense. Cheyenne court sees gun packing defense. unconvincing to some. Union Pacific awards 25 000 ties contract for Saratoga line. Burlington starts new through freight schedule Lincoln to Douglas.
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Adam Rels Las
Robert D. Carey
Douglas
Thomas Givens
Lepage
Cheyenne
Givens
Nunn
Colo
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N. E. Cortell
Laramie
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Tawlins
Burlington
Lincoln Land Company
Burlington Railroad Company
Frank Jordan
Joe Dunn
Glenrock
Rawlins
C. O. Brown
District Court
William Castro
Charles Summers
Dallas
Lander
Golden Gate Inn
Nathaniel Kimball Boswell
Joyae Converse
M. N. Grant
Otto Gramm
A. C. Jones
H. C. Brown
H. L. Stevens
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W. A. Rogers
Ray Chapman
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Chapman
Schroeder
Union Pacific
Oseu Nelson
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Saratoga
Walcott
Burlington Railroad
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