Commerce shows mixed signals for mid-1927
New York reports that across several industries commerce remained generally sound but faced seasonal declines. Half-year review notes floods in the Mississippi valley and bad weather cooled demand, with coal miners' strikes and steel slackness contributing to uneven revival. Pig iron output dipped in June while pig iron production for six months stayed near last year.
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New York
Chick
Mississippi Valley
Pennsylvania
Man shoots self after row with wife over dress purchase
Frank Licata 32 shot himself in a hotel room after a morning quarrel with his wife over a dress she bought without his knowledge. He was wounded but alive. police say he admitted the dispute and claimed no intention to harm. His wife fled the room and reported the incident. The couple's argument began after she set the alarm at a disliked hour.
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Aulte
Tiley
Fatiarro
Frank Licata
Dimgelt
Idcate
Nim
Corporation license tax nets state for 1926 27
The Montasa corporation Acenre tax for the year ending June 30 1927 enriched the state treasury 282 009 53 according to the annual report by I W Dutcher corporation license tax auditor of the state board of equalization who severs relations with the board today The report shows a three per cent drop in taxes paid during the year just completed versus the prior six months ascribed to mining milling and sampling cancellations Practically all other corporations show gains undertakers and newspapers show large decreases and oil producers show a gain The slight drop this year compared with the prior is offset by this year s receipts
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Montasa Corporation
I. W. Dutcher
State Board of Equalzation
Three Convicts To Die On Gallows At Joliet
Joliet July 10 1904 Three of seven convicts who killed deputy warden Peter N Klein during a Joliet penitentiary escape 15 months ago will die on the triple gallows in the county jail yard Friday unless Governor Small acts. The governor has indicated no interference and the supreme court refused a stay. The three named are Roberto Torrez Charles Dushawski and Walter Stalesky with four others escaping from the new state prison lore after killing Klein and terrorizing guards.
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Joliet, Ti
Peter N. Klein
Joliet Penitentiary
Small
Supreme Court
Roberto Torrez
Charles Dushawski
Water Stalesky
Klein
Elks National Sessions Open in Cincinnati
B P O E Elks gather in Cincinnati for the grand lodge convention with thousands expected, marking the largest attendance in history. Governor Vic Donahey will give the principal address, while John Frank Malley of Springfield and Tee Meriwether of St. Louis vie for grand exalted ruler. annual election set for Tuesday morning.
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Cincinnati
Elks
Grand Lodge
Vic Donahey
Ohio
New Englan States
John Frank Malley
Springfield
Mass
Tee Meriwether
St. Louis
United States
France
Elephants Flee When Hit By Train At Aurora Circus
A Hag enback-Wallace circus elephant and trainer died after a Chicago Aurora and Elgin train struck the herd as they were leaving the grounds. Six others were injured and six elephants stampeded through Aurora streets, pursued by handlers. The animals were recaptured after two hours. The incident occurred while the circus mourned troopers killed in a prior train wreck.
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Chicago
Hagenback-Wallace
Aurora
Andret Stickwell
Sutemanlics
Mma- RenWach-Wallee
Uammynd
Ind
Pacific Flyers to Return Tomorrow from Golden Gate Flight
San Francisco reports that Crissy field will host every airplane and yacht fleet to greet Lieutenants Lester J. Marthand and Albert Hegerberger upon their return from the Golden Gate to Honolulu flight. Mrs Hepesberger and Mrs Agriss Lie will also meet the pilots, with Jamnes and Agriss joining at the continent to rendezvous with their husbands. In Los Angeles Judge Ben B Lindsey reveals plans to write a book exploring love, marriage and chivalry drawn from his 25 years as Denver juvenile and domestic relations court judge.
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JaPj
Crissy Field
Golden Gate
Lester J. Marthand
Albert Hegerberger
Dis. Matthand
Hepesberger
Jamnes En
Los Angeles
Ben B. Lindsey
Denver
Chivaren
Ronald Higgins and Missoula Nurse Crash in Anaconda
Anaconda July 10 Miss Nora Feland a supervisor at Thornton Hospital Missoula sustained severe cuts after a car driven by Ronald Higgins Missoula rolled two somersaults in Milereel canyon. Her professional training likely saved her life as a tourniquet bound both legs to halt bleeding before a bystander helped move her to St Anne's Hospital in Anaconda where she rested well. Higgins suffered minor injuries and is known as a prominent Montana political figure.
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Anaconda
AT3
Misa Nora
Feland
Alent Aunervisor
Thornton Hospital
Missoula
Milereel Canyon
Alo
Ronald
Mas
Montana
Fail to Find Body of Amusing Hunter
Thirty men and a dozen boys searched near Cotton during hunting season last fall but could not locate John R. Mourhland. The party covered about ten square miles and found only deer hind quarters deemed remains of game shot by Torghi and Isetfall, led by Theodore Shoemaker, a farmyard official.
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Missoula
John R. iVourhland
Cutton
Torghi
Isetfall
Theodore Ahoemaker
Farcat Service
Coast guardsmen fire at fleeing smugglers in Black Rock channel
United States coast guardsmen, in a strict duty sense, fired on three men who had gone to aid others entangled in weeds in the Ningira river near Black Rock channel. A 60-foot motorboat carrying 600 cases of contraband ale was stopped. the crew assisted the government boat, but in darkness prisoners fled toward Sherty while the fugitive escaped.
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Buffalo
United States Coast
Ningira River
Black Rock Channel
Canada
United States
Sherty
Shot Down in Dublin Suburb By Assailants In Broad Daylight
Kevin O'Higgins, known as the strong man of the Irish Free State, was shot dead in Dublin suburb as he walked from his home at Black Rock. An automobile halted beside him and three men fired, killing the minister of Justice and vice president of the Free State council. The shooting sparked fears of a serious Irish crisis and follows a pattern seen in previous political assassinations.
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Ireland
Kevin O'Higgins
Irish Free State
Astascins
Collins
Black Rock
Pen Harbors Nest of Counterfeiters
Nashville July 10 AP Warden A A McCorkle of the Tennessee penitentiary said he had halted a counterfeiting ring shown to be operating inside the prison. He reported the group had earned only about 70 dollars and that some one dollar bills had been raised to five dollars.
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Nasville
Tenn
A. A. McCorkle
Tennessee Penitentiary
Owenn Papermen
Prairie Provinces of Canada Swept by Severe Storms
Winnipeg dispatch reports three days of cyclones tornadoes hail and heavy rains sweeping the Prairie provinces of Canada. Southern Alberta and districts Edenwood Zenia Franklake Vulcan Rocky Mountain House endured the worst damage with crop losses. Saskatchewan Prince Albert Mossomin and a 20 mile south of Calgary tornado injured youths and damaged a farm home. Train tracks blocked by hail.
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Winnipeg
Man
Prairie
Canada
Alberta
Edenwood
Zenia
Franklake
Vulcan
Rocky Mountain
Saskatchewan
Prince Albert
Mossomin
Sask
Regina
Indian Head
Roeblin
van Roberts
Roberts
Calgary
Defendants in Great Oil Scandal to Face Courts Today
Los Angeles July 10 legal forces of the district attorney and about 50 indicted men prepare for open court as demurrers challenge the indictment in the Jathan Petroleum financial fiasco. Charles F Stern and John N Barker set to plead to charges over a $1 million loan. others accused of false pretenses and usury will face separate sessions. Grand jury may bring 12 more indictments and two Julian loan pools remain under investigation.
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Los Angeles
District Attorney's Office
Jathan Petroleum Corporation
Matte Y Tayt
Fone
Julian Stock
Julian Loan
Renm
DAD DROWNING RESCUE AT SEA OFF SHORE
A boy fishing off Ruskin Isl pulls his unconscious father from 100 feet offshore after his hook catches on the man’s clothing. The youth heard in a tense moment of danger as the elder’s grip on an anchor failed and water rushed in. The father was rescued and regained consciousness.
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Dad
Lad
Ruskin
Manateo
Hysset
Wolloway
Syas
Hornee
Pony Express to carry Wyoming invitation to Cal
In Cheyenne a revival of the pony express launches with Bunch Bell riding at 9 a.m. and 12 year old Francis Warren awaiting ten miles out with a pony to deliver the message to President Coolidge. Outlaws near Torrington threaten interception as state troops stand ready. The mission aims for delivery at the summer White House at 1 40 p.m. Tuesday with Governor Linerson planning a rapid three hour flight to Rapid City if arrangements hold. A delegation of congressmen and state party leaders will join when the invitation is presented.
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Wyo
Bunch” Bell
Pony Express
Capitol Steps
Frank C. Emerson
Coolidge
Wyoming
Francis Warren
Senator Warren
Black Hills
Deadwood
Inia
Torrington
White House
Linerson
Rapid City
Non-Union Mines in Penn State Closing
In Charfield Virginia on May 10 union miners pressed into the Penn State district, leading to closures as nonunion operations lose workers. About 200 miners marched from Morrisdake Second to Grang Flat Phil Ipabirg Auction and Cacodla Mills, where hundreds of nonunion men joined the unionists, signaling intensified labor action.
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Charfield
Tay
Mary
Morrisdake
Grang Flat
Phil Ipabirg Auction
Cacodla Mills
Forest Fire Near Lewistown Destroys Scrub and Timber
A forest fire broke out this afternoon near Lewistown at the head of Buffalo Creek, on the foothills of the Snowy Mountain, about 20 miles away. The blaze scorched a half mile of timber. fire appeared to move away from the larger timber, burning scrub and dying trees in the area.
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Lowlatown
Buffalo Craek
Bnowy Mountain
Butte Boy Lost in Bonita Creek
Muted AP report from Missoula July 12 states 22 year old Gort Fero of Butte reportedly drowned this afternoon in Spony Creek a tributary to Lock Creek near Hontte while with friends
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Minsoula
Gort
Fero
Spony Creek
Lock Creek
Hontte
Vanderbilt son seeks divorce in Reno from Rachel Littleton Vanderbilt
The New York Times reports Cornelius Vanderbilt, son of General and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt, has traveled to Reno to pursue a divorce from Rachel Littleton Vanderbilt. The couple wed April 29, 1920, at St Thomas Church, New York. Vanderbilt once ran a west coast chain of tabloid papers that collapsed after his father withdrew support. he has worked on a New York newspaper staff for the past year.
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New York
The
New York Times
Cornelus Vanderbilt
Cornelina Vanderbilt
Reno
New
Rachel Littleton Vanderbilt
Vanderbilts
St. Thomas’ Church
Vanderbilt
Boen
Flood Disaster Destroys Bergiesshubel in Saxony
Dresden reports a vast Saxony flood after weekend cloudbursts. Official deaths in Bergiesshubel reach 93 with many missing as water rose five to seven feet, destroying the main street and church ruins. Homes lost and aid efforts expand as 490 extra workers join salvage.
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Dresden
Saxony
Bergiesshubel
Tthat
Baptist Young People's Union closes with pledge drive
Philadelphia on July 10 delegates from the Baptist Young People's Union of America closed their annual session. Dr Abernethy urged volunteers to serve church branches across the United States and combat vice. About 10 000 delegates attended the convention.
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Philadelphia
Baptist Young People's Union of America
Waa
Wls Abernethy
Washington
United States
Abernethy
Pluniere
Arthur Bell Dies Noted California Oil Man at 66
Arthur F. J. Bell, 66, a pioneering figure in California petroleum development and for the last 14 years manufacturing manager for Associated Oil, died in San Francisco. He helped design one of California’s first pipelines and in 1900 appraised the Kern district, a step leading to the 60 small companies forming Associated Oil.
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San Francisco
Arthur F. J. Bell
California
Associated Oil Company
Bell
Kern
Associated Jou Company
Wales Sees Byrd and Chat of South Pole Flight
In Rowen France on July 10 Commander Richard E. Byrd endured a sleepless night at Le Touquet from near ptomaine poisoning after banquet meals. He remained alert and met with the Prince of Wales who recalled congratulating him on the North Pole flight and asked questions about the planned South Pole voyage. Other crew members shared a wakeful night as the America's flight preparations continued.
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Wales
Byrd
North Pole
South Pole
Viait
America
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