Daring hold up staged by a girl who gets away
Topeka Kansas June 28 a woman held up W L Stalens cashier of the Security Benefit Association and fled with about fourteen thousand dollars after abducting A J Perlich of Kansas City He drove to the police station then to a nearby apartment where discarded clothes and the revolver were found Police described the robber as 25 to 27 years old thin faced medium height and dark she escaped on foot after forcing Perlich to drive to the scene
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Topeka
Kan
W. L Staiens
Security Benefit Association
A. J. Perlich
Kansas City
Stalens
Louis Streit
Association
Central National Bank
Stratons
Agsogation Hospital
Stavtns
Ther
Bralons
Streit
Perlich
Striet
Capt. Kingsford Smith Sets Course to Break Record
Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and three companions arrived in Singapore aboard the Southern Cross from Derby Australia en route to England. They covered about 16 650 miles as part of an attempt to beat the 15 day England Australia record set by Red Hinkler.
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Singapore
Straits Settlement
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Southern Cross
Derby
Western Australia
England
Sydney
N.S. W
Australia
Rt Hinkler
Lindbergh Welcomed Home After Marriage Visit
Col Charles A Lindbergh and his wife Anne Morrow return to St Louis for a coast to coast inspection tour for trans continental Air Transport. They receive cheers at Lambert field and plan to inspect the field before continuing to Kansas City.
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St. Louis
Makig
Col
Charles A. Lindigh
Lambert-St. Louis
Feld
Transcontinental Air Transport
Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Indianapolis
Falcon
Lindberghs
35Th Division Air Corps
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Kansas City
Editorial Association Convention Tour Leader Named
Presiding official Lemuel Hall of Wareham Mars Jolisher will head the regional editors group at the Editorial Association convention in Cheyenne from July 19 to 23 and will lead a post conference tour.
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Associated Preas
Lemuel
Hall
Wareham
Mars
Jolisher
Fional
Conation
Cheyenne
New Hospital Advocated by West Virginia Legion Leaders
American Legion members attending a Philippi district meeting last night urged unity to plan a government hospital unit for northern West Virginia. State Commander Morris and District Commander Kerr said WV lacks a government hospital for disabled World War I veterans and urged passage of a hospital bill. they noted many wounded veterans need care and pledged to keep the war memory alive.
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American Legion
Philippi
Stanley C. Morris
H. H. Kerr
West Virginia
Union
Davis
Elkins
Thomas
Grafton
Andy” Roe
Gratton
Forest Poling
Philipp
Erie Restores Dividends After 27 Year Gap at Erie Railroad
New York directors announced resumption of 4 percent annual dividends on both classes of Erie railroad preferred stock after a 27 year lapse. Two 2 percent semiannual dividends will be paid, with July 31 and December 21 payment dates. The move follows improved earnings and marks a return to non cumulative preferred dividends last paid in 1904.
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New York
Erie Railroad
Brie
Erie Company
Marlow Case Is Unsolved In Nightclub Raids
New York on June 28 raids swept through more than twenty shady resorts in the Broadway nightclub district seeking witnesses to the slaying of Frank Marlow, a fight manager and night club owner. While no vital clues emerged, police arrested several on prohibition violations, seizing liquor and wrecking speakeasies. Five men and two women were taken to a police station. the men, four sports promoters, were questioned about links to Marlow but not charged, while the women were released after brief talking. The detained include Dan Corrall, Chick Soloman, his brother Charles, Eddie Mack, and Anthony Carfano.
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New York
Broadway
Frank Marlow
Mquor
Dan Corrall
Boston Police
Chick" Soloman
Charles
Eddie Mack
Boston
Anthony Carfano
Mt. Vernon
Sliding scale sugar tariff eyed as major issue
Washington report notes a sub committee will study a sliding scale tariff for sugar imports. The proposal would raise duties as domestic sugar prices rise or fall, and is set to become a key topic in the tariff revision debate. President Hoover has made a formal statement on the sugar schedule as Senate Finance Committee hearings resume.
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Washington
House
Capitol
Hoover
Senate
Two Men Die in South Rockwood Shooting Fray
South Rockwood Michigan June 28 two former Kentuckians Clifford Williams twenty and Lee Waldon twenty five are dead from shots fired by the same pistol. Eugene H Cheves thirty two of South Rockwood is under arrest for investigation.
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South Rockwood
Mich
Clifford Williams
Lee Waldon
Eugene H. Cheves
Cheves
Waldon
Williams
Endurance fliers near world record as flight ends
Minneapolis pilots Thowald Johnson and Owen Haughland were within 45 hours of the world endurance flight record at 1 30 pm today, having completed 127 hours of continuous flying. In Yonkers Louis Spreckels 62, noted sugar refiner and former Federal Sugar Refining Co. manager, died of a heart attack.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Thowald
Thunder
Yonkers
N. Y
Louis Spreckels
Federal Sugar Refining Co
Bartender Held For Sale In Panama Canal Zone
June 28 dispatch reports the first arrest of a bartender for selling liquor on a vessel in the Panama canal zone. Georgio Imperiale, first class bartender of the Italian liner Virgilio, from Valparaiso and S American west coast ports to Genoa, was taken into custody. Captain Romulo Chiesa, the ship's master, was also arrested for his role in the conduct of the bar. He claimed ignorance of the legal restriction on keeping the bar open in canal waters.
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Panama
Panama Canal Zone
Georgio Imperiale
Virgilio
Valparaiso
Genoa
Romulo Chiesa
Chiesa
Canal Zone
Fire at Cleveland Clinic building. no injuries reported
Fire broke out today in the research building of the Cleveland Clinic Hospital. The nearby Cleveland Clinic building had been the site of a deadly explosion and fire on May 15 in which 123 people perished. No one was in the burning structure. Meanwhile Prussian state counsels approved the treaty with the Holy See.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
Cleveland Clinic
The
Holy See
Germans Deny War Guilt Call Pact Lie in Mourning Day
On the tenth anniversary of the Versailles treaty Germany staged nationwide demonstrations denying war guilt. President Hindenburg led a statement calling it a day of mourning and rejecting blame for the conflict. Riots and protests spread beyond the Rhine. nationalist opposition grew in the Reichstag and fear rose over Kaiser Wilhelm’s potential return.
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Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Germany
Rhineland
Reichstag
Kaiser Wilhelm
Cyclone Rips Through Somerset Area
A cyclone struck 10 miles east of Uniontown and damaged Somerset and nearby towns including Confluence Ohio Pyle and Farmington. Homes were unroofed, trees and poles fell, wire service was cut and several towns were isolated. A bus driver reported a dark funnel cloud moving rapidly from the east as it hit the district damaging facilities such as the Rush service station and Bell Telephone building in Farmington.
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Uniontown
Fountains
Here
Somerset
Confluence
Ohio Pyle
Farmington
Lees
Rush
Bell Telephone
Congressman Denies Story In Campaign Funds Charge
Rep John M Robinson of Kentucky denies press reports accusing postmaster R B Waddle of soliciting funds for his 1924 campaign. Robinson says Waddle refused illegal demands and was not reap pointed, asserting he never contributed or was asked to cover campaign expenses. He cites Judge R C Tarter supporting his position and notes Waddle's county incurred expenses at Waddle's own instance without Robinson's knowledge.
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Washington
John M. Robinson
Kentucky
R. B. Wadvale
Somerset
Senate
Brookhart
Waddle
Robinson
Associated Press
Corbin
Waddle's
Pulaski
R. C. Tarter
28Th Judicial District of
Young Woman Injured in Auto Accident Today
A young woman identified as Rita Jenkins of Clarksburg suffered serious facial lacerations and mouth injuries when the car driven by Carl Weigle crashed on the Turnpike about two miles east of the Northwesterners’ Turnpike continued on page two.
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Grafton
Rita Jenkins
Clarksburg
C. J. Campbell
Carl Weigle
Mins Jenkins
Campbell
Jena
Maine Senator Claims Rights To Make Wines
Maine adopted a dry law decades ago and now Senator Arthur R. Gould a Republican elected on a dry platform says he supports modification. He released a letter asserting a right to make and drink wine and beer arguing it would be an improvement over current prohibition. The disclosure drew reactions from anti saloon forces and dry leaders urging re election opposition.
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Presque Isle
Maine
United States
Arthur R. Gould
St. Louis
Gould
Mike
Northern
Almigh
Datson
Washington
Lowma
Treasury
Mia
Alta G
Quimby
W.C.T. U
Gold
Saturday Specials at 15 W Main St
Readable items advertise produce at 15 West Main Street including watermelons melons peaches cantaloupes oranges tomatoes lettuce cucumbers corn green peas beans beets turnips with pricing per dozen baskets and by unit. Includes a list of assorted fruits and vegetables available Saturday specials.
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Georgia
California
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Bride
NEW
Taylor County Post
Philippi Legion
Ashcraft
Erie
Viola Gentry
Uldrich
Roosevelt Field
Long Island Fields
Martin Jensen
William Aubrick
Jack Ashcraft
Ashcraft-Gentry
Miss Gentry
Ulbrich
Jensens
Marlow
Cone
Hag
Bulletin
Canal
Osgood
der Tag
Danzig
Posen
Kattowitz
Strassburg
Long Island
Somerset, Ky
Postmaster Waddle
Prohibition Commissi
Dolan
W.C.J.U
Wine Company
Main St
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