Dual tragedy ends trip as kidnaped girl is found
The body of Clarence Flener was found near the wrecked car outside West Chicago. He had slashed his own throat after allegedly stabbing and slaying his wife Dorothy in a speeding, fatal car ride during their attempt to see their kidnapped child. The husband had lured Mrs Flener with promises to see their baby, and a bank book under the victim’s coat indicated savings for the child’s education.
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United Press
Chicago
Til
Clarence Flener
Flener
Dorothy
Ann Hughes
Roy Flener
du Page County
Dorothy Monday
Clarence
Roy
Snook
Thut
Ricketts
Clothes and radio in loot of thieves
Burglars removed a rear window pane and bars at Talbott Dry Cleaners at 131 East Twenty Second street and stole seven suits and four pairs of trousers valued at 200 dollars. They entered Frank C Murphy's apartment at 1832 Central avenue by breaking the front door glass and took a radio and loud speaker valued at 135 dollars.
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Talbott Dry Cleaners
East Twenty-second Street
Frank C. Murphy
Central Avenue
Kokomo Girls Vacation Unaware Brother Died
Kokomo Indiana August 15 two local girls on vacation in southern Michigan remain unaware their brother Walter Covalt was killed in a Tuesday evening automobile crash. Miss Veda Covalt a school teacher and Miss Frieda Haseltine society editor left without travel plans and may not return until next week. Walter Covall was one of four victims in the crash.
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Bu United Prose
Kokomo
Ind
Michigan
Veda Covalt
Frieda Haseltine
Lake James
Miss Covalt
Walter Covall
Temperatures and times in unclear weather note
Fragmentary weather data lists temperatures and times such as 7:20 am 57, 11 8 am 66, noon 72, 8 am 59, 6 8 am 68. Lacks clear location or date. cannot confirm full forecast but shows a sequence of morning readings with rising daytime values.
Delinquent Tax Wagon Warns 25000 Delinquents
County Treasurer Clyde Robinson leads a large truck labeled Delinquent Tax Wagon through streets to collect unpaid taxes from about 25,000 debtors owing over 200000. Five helpers ride aboard as the warning is issued and furniture may be seized if payments are not made.
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Clyde Robinson
Snook Aids To Accuse 2 Death Jurors
United Press reports that Dr. James Howard Snook, condemned for Theora Hix’s murder, will seek a new trial Monday. Attorneys claim two jurors discussed conviction beforehand and were influenced by bias. Snook, calm in jail, awaits sentence after a 28 minute verdict. motion filed to appeal.
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Morris DE Haven Tracy
United Press
Columbus,o
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
Snook
John Chester
Mercy
Henry L. Scarlett
Ricketts
Court of Appeals
New York Central
Two Held as Suspects in Fiend Killing
In Minneapolis and St Paul 500 police surround the Twin Cities seeking the man who assaulted and murdered Dorothy Aune a 12 year old girl. A suspect Grant Blake 45 was arrested for questioning with bloodstains on his shoes. Six men were arrested last night. Andrew Oll ness held for further questioning. Dorothy to be buried Saturday.
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United Press
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
Dorothy Aune
Andrew Aune
Dorothy
Grant Blake
St. Peter Insane Asylum
Faribault
Minn
Blake
Anne
Andrew Ollness
Pact Fails Woman and Man in Bronx Gas Tragedy
Sophie Burges 31 and Edward Smith 30 living as a couple at 2511 Cruger Avenue Bronx after 35 farewell letters turned on gas jets and used a jazz radio. Neighbors smelled gas, aid arrived, and the pair were revived in about 30 minutes with a fan and pulmotor.
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United Press
NEW York
Sophie Burges
Edward Smith
Cruger Avenue
The
Bronx
Fight Amendments Hit Tariff Bill In Senate Panel
Washington Aug 15 Republican members of the senate finance committee prepared to reject the Norris debenture plan of farm relief and the Glass proposal to curb Wall Street stock speculation as part of a package of twenty independent amendments to the tariff bill.
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United Press
Washington
Wall Street
Senate Finance Committee
Street Car Strike Sparks Violent Fallout in New Orleans
In Orleans, Aug 15 a 3 year old boy died after being run over by a street car run by a strike breaker. Dynamite damaged Laurel street cars and a Chippewa street car, wrecking floors and shattering nearby windows. An angry mob surrounded the Blair operated car when it struck Floyd East, 3, causing the fatal injuries.
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Uni
Orleans
New Orleans
Laurel
Woman ejected from cafe seeks 15000 dollars damages
Mrs Abbie Collier filed suit in Superior Court 2 alleging Charles Davidson forcibly ejected her from her restaurant at 1 am on August 1 causing bruises internal injuries and a nervous shock. Davidson had entered a complaint for possession of the restaurant in municipal court on August 3 which was granted.
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North
Illinois
Abbie Collier
Charles Davidson
Graf Zeppelin Rounds Baltic In Tokyo Hop Around World
The Graf Zeppelin travels northeast over the Baltic on the second world flight leg from Friedrichshafen to Tokio. It maintains pace at 65 mph with a crew of 40 and 20 passengers, including Lady Drummond Hay, aiming to reach Tokio in about 120 hours.
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Lakehurst
Navy Air Station
Zep
Hugo Eckener
Knute
Baltic
World
United Press
Berlin
Baltic Sea
Russia
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Danzig
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Koenigsburg
Thauroggen
Dvinsk
Latvia
Siberian Wastes
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Zeppélin
Nelson Morris
Chicago
Lakeurst
Morris
Drummond Hay
Henrich Se
Osaka
Joachim Rickard
Madrid
Max Geisenheimer
Zoleon Heinz
von Perkhammer
Gustav Kauder
Hein von Eschwege
Karl von Wiegand
Robert Hartman
Sir Hubert Wilkins
Ex Rector to Face Charges in Alleged Impersonation
The New York state education department received charges that Rev Dr James Empringham ex rector and national secretary of the Church Temperance Society posed as a licensed physician and conducted alleged examinations of disrobed girls. Charges were filed in Albany by the city health department.
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New York
State Department of Education
James Empringham
Church Temperance Society
Anti-Saloon League
Albany
City Health Department
Sol Ulman
Reno, Ney
Ullman
Empringham
Reno
Episcopal Church
Ludlow Names Wilson Top Among Seven Presidents
Congressman Louis Ludlow of the Seventh district spoke to the Advertising Club at the Columbia Club recounting intimate views from his thirty seven years as a Washington newspaper correspondent. He cited Harrison Roosevelt Taft Wilson Harding Coolidge and Hoover, praising Wilson as historically outstanding and Harrison as equal in power with the right tests.
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Congressman Ludlow
Wilson
Washington
Louis Ludlow
Columbia Club Today
Ludlow
Harrison
Roosevelt
Taft
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Spokane Sun God Plans 7200 Mile Nonstop Flight
Spokane August 15. The Sun God set to depart for a 7200 mile nonstop refueling flight from Spokane to New York and back. Lt Nick Mamer and co pilot Art Walker pilot the Buhl air sedan aiming to complete the round trip in about 72 hours to prove in flight refueling is practical for commercial air service.
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United Press
Spokane
Wash
Spokane Sun God
New York
Buhl Air Sedan
Nick Mamer
Art Walker
Death of Baby Prompts Child Protection Order in Indianapolis
Indianapolis police chief orders guards on curbside dangers to keep children from running between parked cars and bring them to juvenile court after 4 year old James Richardson dies in a street accident. Driver Elzer Whitis held on involuntary manslaughter charges as police face scrutiny and family denies neglect amid prior tragedies. Funeral planned for Saturday. typhus outbreak in India reported with 1300 dead and 2500 ill after Indus floods.
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Indianapolis
Claude Worley
James Richardson
River Avenue
City Hospital
Charles Richardson
Lansing
Mich
Kékomo
Ind
Elzer Whitis
West
Wilcox Street
Richardson
Corning Mo. Not in Immediate River Threat, War Dept Reports
War Department dispatches indicate Corning Missouri faces no immediate danger as river conditions shift toward farm land along its left bank. The update notes no imminent flood threat to the town as of the latest reports received in Washington on August 15.
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United Press
Washington
War Department
Corning
Charge use of child labor at General Cigar Company
Atlantic City New Jersey August 15. Charges that children were employed by the General Cigar Company of New Brunswick to fight a strike of about 900 workers were presented to the executive council of the American Federation of Labor. The charges described alleged violations of the New Jersey child labor law. William Green, A F of L president, urged New Jersey federation officials to act to remedy the situation as the strike began last May following a seven percent wage cut and longer work hours.
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United Press
Atlantic City
Chi
General Cigar Company of
New Brunswick
N. J
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor Today
New Jersey
William Green
A. F. of L
New Jersey Federation
Pennsylvania Man Elected President At Ft Wayne Police Meeting
Edward J. Allen of Erie Pa was elected president of the Order of Police at the Ft Wayne gathering. John Taylor of Ft Wayne was named vice president, Harry Hyer of Pittsburgh recording secretary, J D Beatty of Canton treasurer, with David Evans Bethlehem and others named to posts as officers at the 1930 convention.
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Pennsylvania
Ft. Wayne
United Press
Ind
Edward J. Allen
Erie
Order of Police
Reading
John Taylor
Harry Hyer
Pittsburgh
J. _D. Beatty
Canton
O.3
David Evans
Bethle- J. Fennie
Lackawanna
London Daily News report on Hing George Bit Cairea
London readers get a Daily News dispatch dated Aug 15 noting a report that Hing George Bit Cairea is understood to be involved in a developing story. The item outlines expected details and potential developments.
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Cairea
London
Daily News
Cash needed to fund boys' club trip to Louisville
The Times and city recreation department seek public contributions to send champions from the Ringgold playground Kitten leagues to Louisville. A $250 rush order funds the trip postponed to Aug 22, with no transport budget in place. Contributions urged to Playground Editor or Recreation Department at City Hall.
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the Times
City Recreation Department
Louisville
Ringgold Playground
Indianapolis
City Hall
Paper Dolls To Be Given To Crippled Tots
Children at a playground have spent weeks making small paper dolls to present to crippled children at Riley hospital. They dress the dolls in colored paper outfits and parasols, working daily when it is too hot to play outside, under Matron Ida Gelderman’s announcement.
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Riley Hospital
Ida
Chiefs elect Knoblock president as Indy chosen for 1930 convention
Roy Knoblock of South Bend was elected president of the Indiana Chiefs' Association at convenere proceedings in Michigan City. Indianapolis was picked as the 1930 convention city. Other officers named include first vice president Harry Voshell of Indiana and second vice president George Rosenberger of Alexandria with Archie McCabe of Muncie as secretary and John Stahlhut of Fort Wayne as treasurer.
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United Press
Michigan City
Ind
Roy Knoblock
South Bend
Indiana Chiefs’ Association
Conveniere
Indianapolis
Harry Voshell
India
George Rosenberger
Alexandria
Archie McCabe
Muncie
John Stahlhut
Ftty
Jin At
Plan Regular Zeppelin Air Routes
London dispatches report that Graf Zeppelin builders will travel to the United States next week to negotiate regular air routes. Dr Hugo Eckener will stay in Lakehurst to secure definite agreements after the world flight.
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United Press
London
Berlin
London Morning Post Today
Zeppelin Works
United States
Hugo Eckener
Lakehurst
Baby Girl Afraid to Jump Burns in Barn
A two year old girl Willamay Zeilney died in a barn fire at Britton Oklahoma on Wednesday. Her four year old brother escaped by leaping to his father's arms as the blaze was discovered in the hay mow. The child hesitated atop the hay and fell from fear, dying moments later. The boy survived unharmed.
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United Preas Britton
Okla
Willamay Zeilney
Willamay
Slae
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