Scarface Al Capone jailed in Philadelphia crackdown
Philadelphia reports say mob leader Scarface Al Capone was sentenced to one year for carrying concealed weapons at Holmesburg jail. The underworld doubts the verdict, while Detective James Malone is credited with Capone’s downfall. Capone will be moved to Holmesburg as authorities vie to limit his influence.
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Philadelphia
INS
Scarface al" Gapone
Chicago
Tan
City Hall
Capone
Frank
Cline
Underworld
Uonderworld
Haven
Gapone
Death
Chisgo
Atlantic City
Ed Capone
Cybksight
James
Shooey” Malone
Cepone
Holmesburg
HG 5
Moyainensing
War game ends in Columbus area air fighting mock battle
In Columbus Ohio a two day air clash between rival Red and Blue armies leaves industry ruined and transport crippled. Red supply hubs are near Norton Field while Blue staff offices sit at Fairfield Depot Dayton. Blue raids on Cincinnati fail with heavy losses to the Forty Second Pursuit group.
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Red Army
Blue Army
Norton Field
Bia Army
Fairfield Depot
Dayton
Columbus
Ohio
Bute
Reds
Blues
Cincinnati
Lockbornen
Fivat
Selfridge Fisth
Mich
Sinclair Worried Over Wife After 90 Day Jail Term
Washington May 18 The oil magnate Sinclaiy finished the second week of a 90 day sentence in district jail today. He is worried over the condition of his wife who has suffered a nervous breakdown due to worry and strain from his incarceration. Mrs Sinclair was removed to a Michigan sanitarium to recuperate.
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Wasitington
Stock Market Noon Brief Overboard Totals And Items
At noon, a snapshot shows a variety of stock quotes and ticker items across multiple companies and sectors. Notable mentions include Am Caneperessae Amaconda Erie Railroad Kennecott Marland Oil Studebaker General Motors Willys Overland and Am Tobacco among others with mixed percentages and notes on trading activity.
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Locorn Certainteed
Chrysle
Erie RR
Kennecott Marland Oil Mack
Iami- Cop ' Stewart Warner
Fairy Nask Motors
Eeessveee N ¥ Ycentral
Wees Owens
Perna Ror W
Cevevees Pullman
Pure Oil
Radio Corp Studebaker U § Steel
Wright Aero
Westinghams
St P Com
Willys Overland
Curtis Aero
Ee Eee
Atchinson T and SF
A” Ab O.u
Battle of Cincinnati Sets Stage for 11 Day Manoeuvres
Officials foresee a decisive land assault along the barley River near Columbus with 40,000 infantry on each side supported by artillery and cavalry. Reds expected to yield early skirmishes, then mount a counterattack to defend the capital, as planners anticipate variable outcomes after two days of fighting.
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Cincinnati
Barley River
Columbus
Boards of Strategy
Wandin Couple Wed Yesterday in Pennsylvania Home
Miss Ethel Esther Bouch and Mr. Harry David Dishong were married Friday at 4 30 PM by Rev. William MacTavish at 404 Philadelphia Street. The couple, residents of near Wandin, Pa, plan to reside nearby after the ceremony in the Christian and Missionary Alliance home setting.
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William MacTavish
The
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Philadelphia Atreet
Ethel Esther Bouch
Harry David Dishong
Wandin
Christian and Missionary
Allance
Salvation Army Ih
Viola Churchill
Missionary Training Institute
Philadelphia Street
Iselin Safety Meeting Highlights Local Effort
The Iselin event featured Lucerne Safety Chapter’s Thomas Jeffery noting a 60 percent reduction in accidents since forming the group and urging continued safety work. Lucerne attendees Paul Campbell and R. A. Sutton offered help, while Iselin’s Lawrence Redding, now Indiana County County Coal Inspector, urged employees and their wives to engage.
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Wardrop
Thomas Jeffery
Lucerne
Jeffery
Paul Campbell
R. A. Sutton
M. J. Woyton
Iselin
Lawrence Redding
Indiana County
Redding
Safety First at Iselin Mine Promotes Monthly Meetings
Under his supervision at Iselin the mine worker held the record for fewest accidents among miners of the company. The article notes that those with safety chapters show the best results and mentions a moving picture titled When a Man is a Miner by the U S Bureau of Mines. The meetings are free and aim to organize monthly sessions for all interested in safety first to protect workers and fulfill duties.
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Iselin
United States Bureau of Mines
Commencement Program for 1929 Class Presentation
The 1929 class continues with commencement events on May 24 at 8 PM featuring Tea Tavern Play by Lindsey Barbee. Cast includes Lara Gearhart Charlotte McCurdy Lucille Abram Iyham Shaffer Arthur Chapman Margaret Potts and others with Sara Wells first honors and Harold Tost second. Class motto Honour Waits at Labor's Gate colors Old Rose and Silver.
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Pageter
Arthur Chapman
Margaret Potts
Clara Heberling
Harold Hadden
Lylian Shaffer
Elizabeth Lydick
Charlotte McCurdy
Sara Wells
Benediction
Lindsey Barbee
Lara Gearhart
Lucille Abram
Divie
Iyham Shaffer
Charlotte
Lylian
Sirold
Tost
Kenneth Coon
Clyde Moore
John Manner
The
Lavern
Miss Gearhart
Beatrice Stoddard
Helen Gallo
Beatrice
Harold Tost
Mary Bowers
Laura Gearhart
Clara Heberlin
Charslotte McCgurdy
Lyllan Shaffer
Labor’s Gate
Ose
Immigration quotas proposed as Senate debate grows
Senator Steck of Iowa introduced a new immigration bill fixing quotas by law and lowering total immigration from 153000 to 100000. Quotas favor Great Britain 4500, Germany 25000, Irish Free State 10000, Sweden 7000, with all other nations limited to 23500 as a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee discussed the issue.
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Senate
Steck
Iowa
Great Britain
Irish Free State
Sweden
Congress debates president's order halting public oil output
Next week the House will consider the presidents action as to constitutional limits on executive power over the public domain while the Senate resumes work on the census reapportionment bill. An agreement on a Senate vote is hoped for Thursday and then moves to the House. Congress has produced little besides political speeches.
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Congress
Hoover
House
Senate
School Medal Awards Highlight Quarterly Assembly
The listing honors many students with first and second honors, presenting banners and emblems. Medals and emblems were awarded by Miss Gray, recognizing long term effort across multiple years.
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Virginia Stewart
Jessie Jeane Hunter
Carolyn Pollock
Betty Musser
March
Katherine Bartley Hannah
Eleanor Stewart
Elizabeth Lewis
Erma McElhoes Laurie
Kathérine Whitmyre
Lawrence
Mary Kathryn Pound
Brooke
Mary Agnes Walkers
Miriam Kooze
Beth
Miriam Koozer
Miss Gray
Indiana Hospital tightens plans after Cleveland blast risk
The article describes crowding at Indiana Hospital and a rebuilt design by architect R. G. Howard to prevent future disasters. It notes current storage of medical films in a steel vault and makes reference to the Cleveland explosion possibly sparked by faulty plumbing and wiring. Dr. John Phillips, who spoke on hospital relations, is named among the dead in Cleveland. Two Indiana citizens, George T. Buchanan and Dr. F. B. Stevenson, were in the hospital when the blast occurred, with the institution escaping harm.
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R. G. Howard
Indiana Hospital
Warret
Cleveland
Indiana
John Phillips
Indiana Rotary and Kiwanis Clubs
Chamber of Commerce
George T. Buchanan
F. B. Stevenson
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Suffering After Clinic Fire Tragedy
Rushing oxygen and suspected negligence are cited after a deadly clinic fire and explosion caused by spontaneous combustion on X ray films in the subsbasement. The disaster, the worst since the Collinwood school fire, drew worldwide condolences including a message from President Hoover.
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Columbus
Collinwood
Hoover
Ambassadors Send Condolences and Death Toll Grows
The report notes messages of sympathy from Ambassador in Washington Paul Claudel and Cardinal Casparri for Pope Pius XI. Dr. Gebren W. Crile receives a $150 check from Arthur J. Brothers of New York as support. Eleven funerals held yesterday. deaths 122 known, with many bodies returned home or moved to morgues. Gas from burned X-ray film in the Clinic basement caused the tragedy. 50 hospital patients remain in critical condition. Coroner Pearse prepares investigations for next week as witnesses are gathered.
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Myron T. Herrick
Paul Claudel
Washington
England
Cardinal Casparri
Piug XI
Gebren W. Crile
Arthur J. Brothers
New York
Stot
Ben Jones
Grove City
William KE. Lower
W. B P. Yant
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh
A. J. Pearse
Ray Miller
H. L. Gilchrist
War Department
Pearse
Rose Reber
Graf Zeppelin lands after motor failure over Rhone Valley
Franklin Nicholson reports from Coulon France on the Graf Zeppelin crisis as four of five motors fail near Valence and Eckener struggles with radio contact. Passengers endure a perilous drift in the mistral wind, later guiding the airship to Cyers Naval Air Station for a safe landing and ground aid from 400 crew.
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Cuers - Piprrefeu
France
INS
Franklin J. Nicholson
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Graf
Rhone
Valence
Hugo Eckener
Ministry of Aviation
Nicholson
Eckener
Franklin Nicholson
I, N
Oulon
Grand Hotel
Paris
Friedrichshafen
Rhone Valley
Hugo Eckenar
International New Service
New York
Ocean
Dr. Eckener
Cyers Naval Air Station
Church Notes for Tomorrow Services and Events
A packed listing of Sunday worship across local churches. Richard Eaton and George Blankenbicker lead Morning and Evening services at various churches including Christian, Wesleyan, and First Presbyterian with sermons on Unreasonable Disobedience, The Genius of Christianity, and The Universal Law. Also notes Epworth League, midweek prayer, and choir events, with Catholic Masses at St. Bernard's, and a Beulah Baptist schedule with missionary involvement.
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Christian Church
Richard Eaton
Wesleyatt Methodist Church
George Blankenbicker
First Presbyterian Church
Robert L. Clark
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Trenton
New Jersey
Methodist’ Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Epworth League
Betor
Zion Lutheran Church
B. F. Bieber
Luther
Christian Endeavor
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Sinclair
Indiana Iwosp
Hana Hospital
Agnes
Sara Smith
Meg
Frances Lefevre
Erma McElhoes
Katharine Bartley
Carolyn Pallock
James Jack
Leroy Rowley
Lillian Howe
Harold Buchheit
Virginia Lloyd Mary Louise Whiteman
Margaret Playtoot
Evelyn McAfoos
Vera Pilgrim
Lucille Seanor
David Mack
Kathryn Horton
Frances Lydick
Margaret Price
Jane Gillespie
Betty Patton
Paul Reed
Jack Steetle
Harry Neal James Hess
Wendell Koozer
Jane Lyke
Mildred Howe Rose la Mantia
Raymond Uhler
Walter Rowley
Tom Ellis
Jeanne Fair
John Glasser
Porethy Taggart
Mary Ann Oswalt
Graf Zeppelin
the Gazette
John S. Scott
St. Bernard’s
Catholic
N. FP. McNelis
St. James A, M. E. Zion Church
Rev
H. Waters
Thor Ladies of the Church
Christ Episcopal Church
Roger Charnock
Church School
Beulah Baptist Church
L. Wilson
S. M. Hayman
Second United Presbyterian Church
Samuel W. Shane
C. Weir
Pittsburgh Y. P. C
First Evangelical Church
A. B. Hosbach
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