Rebels raid Miller plantation as Coco river unrest spreads
On the Coco river in Nicaragua rebels attacked the Miller plantation seeking revenge after information given to marines. They looted valuables and destroyed what they could not take. it was unclear if Mrs. Miller was American. The incident followed earlier pillaging as marines planned to counter the rebels.
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Coco River
Nueva Segovia
Caribbean Sea
Cape Gracias
Interior
Two Women Killed In Louisville
In Louisville two elderly sisters, Mrs Belle Holmes 79 and Miss Kate Satterwhite 72, were found dead beaten in their Maple street cottage. A trunk was pried open and robbery suspected. Their nephew Clarence Stephens reported the bodies to police after discovering them and said his aunt Mrs Ella Stephens had been ill. Autopsies planned. motive linked to theft.
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Belle Holmes
Kate
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Maple Street
Roy L. Carter
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Soouth Thirty-Second Street
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Ella Stephens
Harry Satterwhite
South Brok Street
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Fire wipes Wittenberg girls dormitory at Ohio college
A blaze at Woodlawn Hall, Wittenberg College girls dormitory, Springfield Ohio, killed Hilda Sipes of Shelby and left Helen McClain of Troy paralyzed and near death. Four others were hospitalized with burns, cuts, and broken ribs after escaping via rope, a burning roof, and a second floor window. Mary E Horn of Lewisburg, Alice Olde of Detroit, and Mary Legengood of Reading suffered various injuries.
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Wittenberg College
Hilda Sipes
Shelby
Alice Olde
Detroit
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Marie Schneider
Indianapolis
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Reading
Prince Carol May Seek Refuge in Belgium
The arrival of M. Ionescu in Brussels fuels talk that Prince Carol may take refuge in Belgium. Officials say he could stay if he refrains from political activity while planning an eventual arrival in Belgium. Carol is scheduled to leave England Thursday.
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Carol
Belgium
M. Ionescu
England
Gipsy King Wins Newmarket Handicap
Gipsy King by son in law out of Gipsy Queen and owned by J B Leigh won the Newmarket handicap today at Newmarket England. Eleho owned by Sir Walter Gilbey was second and Moss On slow owned by W Singer was third in a field of eight. Gipsy King won by two lengths with the same margin between second and third. The distance was 11-4 miles and stakes were 500 pounds with extras. Betting was 15 to 8, 10 to 1 and 100 to 7.
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Walter Gilbey
Eleho
W. Singer
Moss Onslow
Birmingham News executive dies in Asheville
Thomas J. Heflin, 51, vice president of the Birmingham News and the Birmingham Age Herald, died suddenly of pleurisy at an Asheville sanitarium after influenza. Survived by his widow Isabella and daughter Isa bella. funeral in Birmingham. The Hansons, Victor Hanson’s family, are abroad.
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Thomas J. Heflin
Birmingham News
Birmingham Age Herald
Heflin
Isabella White
Uniontown
Ala
Charles Sharp
Birmingham
Weather Halts Bremen Rescue Effort Over Atlantic Monoplane
Bad weather blocked rescue flights for the Bremen salvage mission in Nova Scotia. Capt Ira Baker and Fred Melchoir were forced down in a snowstorm at Tatamagouche while Major General Fechet’s flight to Greenly Island was delayed by mud at Truro. Lieut Elwood Queseda’s aircraft also ran aground on mud flats as wind battered the operation.
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Fred Melchoir
James Fechet
Ora C. Baker
Washington
Greenley Island
St. John
N. B. Fairchild
Elwood Quesada
New York
Pictou
N. S
United States Army Air Expedition
Bremen
Ira Baker
Junkers
Tatamagoubhe
Fechet
Greenly Island
Truro
Elwood Queseda
Mrs Jones Leads in North and South Carolina Golf Qualifier
Mrs. R. R. Jones of Winston-Salem led the field in the qualifying round of the seventh annual Women's North and South Carolina Golf Association at Biltmore Forest Country Club at 1 30 this afternoon with a 91. Several players were yet to finish their cards.
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Asheville
R. R. Jones
Winston-Salem
Biltmore Forest Country Club
Stresemann Sickness Halts Election Speeches in Berlin
Berlin reports Gustave Stresemann confined to bed with a feverish illness delaying his election speeches. Doctors warn of three weeks of bed rest after a May 5 to May 7 trip sequence and Heidelberg visit, with Dr. von Schubert to assume foreign minister duties.
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Mayence
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Foreign Office
Marines Send Fourth Aircraft Toward Nicaragua
The fourth Marine Corps transport plane left Anacostia Naval Air Station this morning bound for Miami for a ten hour flight. Commanded by Lieut. H. D. Palmer the tri motor Fokker carried Lieut. W. R. Hughes as radio officer and Sergeant Dugald Steel as mechanic. After a rest in Miami the crew planned an early tomorrow departure for Managua.
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Marine Corps
Nicaragua
Anacogia Navail Air Station
Miami
Fla
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H. D. Palmer
W. R. Hughes
Dugald Steel
Managua
Colonial Episodes Reproduced for Annapolis Pageant
Washington and Mrs Coolidge attend a reenactment in Annapolis commemorating the 1786 Annapolis convention. President Coolidge invited governors from Maryland and the original 12 colonies to witness episodes such as Washington's arrival and his resignation in historic venues opened for the event.
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Coolidge
Annapolis
George Washington
United States
Senate
Ritchie
Maryland
President Coolidge
Old State House
Charges Dismissed Against Bishop McConnell
In Kansas City on May 15 the quadrennial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church dismissed charges of mal administration and immorality against Bishop Francis J. McConnell of Pittsburgh, brought by Rev. George A. Cooke of Wilmington, Delaware.
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Francis J. McConnell
Pittsburgh
George A. Cooke
Wilmington
Del
Methodist Episicopal Church
Large Jewel Theft From Home of Knight in Oyster Bay
Police sought 125000 dollars worth of jewelry from the Oyster Bay home of Sir Ashley Sparks director of Cunard. The loss occurred Sunday night while the family dined. Nine servants heard nothing as two diamond rings two brooches two diamond watches three gold pins and other items vanished. Mrs Chapin left a 100000 jewelry bag in a taxi after arriving at her Springfield hotel from Grand Central Station. the cab and driver are being sought.
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Nassau County
Oyster Bay
Sir Ashley Sparks
Cunard Line
Alfred H. Chapin
Springfield
Mass
Lady Sparks
Chapin
Alfred H. Chapin, Jr
Grand Central Station
Senate Tax Bill Seeks 224 Million Dollar Cut
Senate action on the tax reduction bill advances with a total cut of 224 million dollars well above the 200 million limit set by President Coolidge and Secretary Mellon and near the 290 million house figure. The plan preserves graduated rates for corporations earning 15 thousand dollars or less, while Republicans push for cuts on incomes between 20 and 80 thousand dollars. The measure faces further debate and possible passage tomorrow.
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Senate
Coolidge
Mellon
House
Simmons
North Carolina
Bruce
Maryland
Italia May Start On Another Polar Expedition
At Kings Bay Spitzbergen on May 15 the dirigible Italia awaited an easterly wind for a polar trip toward Greenland. A new motor replacement caused a delay after a compromised landing on Friday, but the crew remained ready to launch when conditions permit.
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Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Greenland
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