Fire Waste Hit Nation As Fire Losses Reach 351 Million
Franklin H. Wentworth warns at the National Association of Credit Men convention in San Francisco that American fire waste totaled 351 million dollars in 1926, urging local groups to curb hazards and enforce swift penalties. He cites how insurance costs, housing shortages, and negligence drive up losses and calls for public accountability and preventive measures.
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National Association of Credit Men
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National Fire Protection Association
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Brothers in love quarrel lead to stabbing emergency
Philadelphia report says two brothers who loved the same girl fought over the photograph of the woman on Tuesday night. James Diorke was found stabbed in the abdomen with an ice pick and may die at Pennsylvania Hospital. He implicated his brother Gustave, who fled.
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Philadelphia
James Diorke
Pennsylvania Hospital
Gustave
James
Miracle rescue saves eight year old from Niagara gorge
Eight year old Karl Parnell recovered after a dramatic rescue at Niagara Falls gorge. His father two detectives and a patrol driver lowered a hammock rope and pulled him to safety from a ledge just above the river. The boy’s injuries were minor but he suffered severe shock.
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Noagara Falls
Karl Parnell
Sugar Refining Cuts Sugar Price to New Low
The Federal Sugar Refining company reduced fine granulated sugar to 5.60 a pound, creating a new five year low.
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New York
Federal Sugar Refining Company
Glands Tied to Crime Sparks Brooklyn Woman Case
New York June 17. Tyroid glands blamed for criminal tendencies and a court orders a medical test to restore Mrs. Fannie Liebowitz of Brooklyn to normalcy while awaiting sentencing for burglary. Dr. Vaughan says hypothyroidism may be treated by injections. Also noted is the unexplained death by suicide of salesman D F Parker in Durham North Carolina with a final letter to his mother-in-law.
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New York
Fannie Liebowitz
Brooklyn
Bayes
Kings County
Ernest H. Vaughan
Liebowitz
Vaughan
D. F. Parker
Durham
N. C
Woodson Simons
Poison Vials Beside Corpse Reported
Roanoke Virginia June 17 authorities found sever al empty bottles near a corpse in a suspected poisoning case. Investigators search for origin and motive as police collect scene details.
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Roanoke
Sheriff cancels third hanging as inmate claims insanity
Chicago reports the sheriff's office halted a third execution for June after Harry Ward, killer, fled with lawyers and claimed insanity since conviction. The case follows a state supreme court ruling in Geary that a jury trial is mandatory to decide sanity, delaying Ward’s scheduled hanging and the earlier Geary and Wandere plans.
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Chicago
Harry Ward
Gene Geary
Carl Wandere
State Supreme Court
Geary
Wandere
Ward
Parole Refusal by Cumberland Miner and Others
Cumberland Maryland June 17 Albert Pelligan a miner at the old Merteng mine Vale Summit county refused parole from the Maryland penitentiary after eight years served. His term ends September 21 He works on the state farm at Jessups Several other prisoners also refused paroles.
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Cumberland
Albert Pelligan
Vale Summit
Maryland
Pelligan
Jessups
Spain Faces Cotton Export Restrictions Debate in Senate
In Madrid the labor minister said 200000 Spanish workers were unemployed due to restrictions on cotton exports, planning to raise the issue in the senate. In Washington officials denied US limits on cotton to Spain and questioned the unemployment figure, noting April shipments of cotton to Spain rose slightly from the prior year.
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Senate
Sedo
United States
Great Britain
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Spain
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