Whirlwind serial promises thrills in The Times
The Times begins a new serial Whirlwind on Aug. 23 set in Boston society with Sybil Thorne torn between Craig Newhall and a soldier believed killed. Sybil meets Richard Eustis aboard a Havana bound boat, a whirlwind romance stirring conflict with Valerie Thorne and the social circle.
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Sybil Thorne
Sybil
Craig Newhall
Craig
Richard Eustis
Havana
Valerie Thorne
the Times
Rozelle Resigns as U S Marshal Amid Fraud Probe
South Bend Indiana August 21 Numerous witnesses gather before a Federal grand jury examining the Omaha Tapestry Paint Company linked to Frank E Rozelle who quits as U S marshal to avoid embarrassment to the Justice Department The resignation letter cites years in La Grange mail order dealings and the desire to prevent embarrassment for the department with an effective close of business Tuesday August 21 1928
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Ind
Federal
Omaha Tapestry Paint Company
Frank E. Rozelle
United States
Indiana
John G. Sargent
Rozelle
Department of Justice
Federal Grand Jury
Rozelle Company
Robert E. Hicks
South Whitley
United States Marshal
United States District Court
District
la Grange
Department of Justice of
Socialist Speaker Norman Thomas to Address Public Meeting
Norman Thomas will address a public meeting at the Knights of Pythias hall at 8 tonight. The former minister and editor of The World Tomorrow is known for social reform. Forest Wallace of Veedersburg will preside and Indiana Socialist candidates will attend.
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Norman Thomas
United States
Knights of Pythias Hall
Thomas
State Socialist Organization
Forest Wallace
Veedersburg
Effie M. Mueller
Socialist Party of
Indiana
Emma Henry
Indianapolis
Haiti Hurricane Devastates Thousands with 200 Dead
United Press reports ten thousand people homeless and two hundred killed as a tropical hurricane struck 1400 square miles in Haiti last week. The naval tug Woodcock arrived with word of widespread destruction and acute suffering though food remains available and no disease outbreak noted.
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United Press
Port-Au-Prince
Haiti
Woodcock
Rail Strike Looms as Brotherhood Votes to Walkout
Members of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen on lines west of Chicago vote heavily to strike after wage increase demands were rejected. A. F. Whitney, president, announced the strike vote ordered last week following a failed conference in Chicago over a wage increase offer and rule changes.
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United Press
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad
Chicago
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood
Chained 11 Years for Mother's Fear in Colorado Cabin
In AIRPORT? Actually AIRSHIP? No. A Colorado mother, 69, kept her son chained in a dark cabin for eleven years fearing he would die in an asylum. Officers found him nude with ankle and waist chains. He will have a sanity hearing after being taken to the county jail.
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United Press
Colo
Anna Deeler
Harry
Deeler
Fred L. Richard
State
State Penitentiary
Whiting Selected as New Commerce Secretary
President Coolidge accepted Herbert Hoover’s resignation and named William F. Whiting of Holyoke Massachusetts as the new secretary of commerce. Whiting, 65, is president of Whiting Paper Company and a longtime Massachusetts political figure who will go to Washington to assume the post.
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United Press Superior
Wis
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Gas Hawks Repulsed Assault on Woman on Virginia Ave
Miss Marie Miller aged 21 of 1028 East Morris Street reported to police that two men accosted her on Virginia Avenue while she was en route to her city market job. One grabbed her arm and demanded she enter their machine to be taken to work.
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E. Morris St
City Market
Virginia Ave
Schooners on rocks off California and Alaska coast
Two fishing vessels were pounded against rocks today with little chance of saving their cargoes. The schooner Naweema was held fast on rocks at Tolstoi Point in the Bering Sea, and the trawler Ideal was aground eighteen miles south of Point Reyes. Crews of both ships were saved.
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San Francisco
Cal
Naweema
Tolstoi Point
Bering Sea
Ideal
Point Reyes
Brennan Will Filed In Chicago Probate
George E Brennan Democratic leader who died Aug 8 left an estate valued at 300000 to his wife and daughter Mary plus 50000 trust funds set up in 1925. The will was filed for probate as relatives disclosed details of the estate and beneficiaries. Dwight W. Morrow travels to Mexico City after a Oaxaca vacation as state and city officials hosted him in Oaxaca.
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Chicago
George E Brennan
Mary
Brennan
United Press
Mexico
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico City
Oaxaca
Monay
Indianapolis clergymen split on prohibition views in Times survey
A group of eight Indianapolis Protestant ministers, aligned with Episcopal and other denominations, largely support modifying the Volstead Act while eight others favor keeping prohibition as is. Dissenting voice Rev Werner Kuntz of Grace English Evangelical Lutheran Church urges improvement without revival of liquor.
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Episcopal
Church Temperance Society
Times
Werner Kuntz
Wilcox St
Grace English Evangelical Lutheran Church
Kuntz
Orien W. Fifer
Methodist Episcopal Church
Hoover visits birthplace in Iowa village welcome reception
Herbert Hoover arrived by special train in West Branch Iowa where 545 residents welcomed him with two bands and a parade. He toured his childhood sites including the family home the old swimming hole and the blacksmith shop before a speech planned for tonight.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
West Branch
Iowa
George Turner
Herbert Hoover
Main
Hoover
Maples
Jennie Schellers
Baker’s Hill
Harry Avery
Rock Island
Western Union
Polly Carson
James Thompson
Thompson
American Legion Band
Tipton
Newt Butler
Butler
Arthur Capper
Farm Bloc
James R. Howard
Farm Bureau
Birthplace
Storm Tornado Ravages Minnesota and Iowa Area
Relief workers rushed to the storm path in Minnesota and Iowa after a Monday tornado left at least eight dead and about 1.5 million dollars in damage. In Austin five people died and damages there exceeded 500 thousand dollars while many towns remained cut off by damaged telegraph and telephone lines.
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United Press
Austin
Minn
Minnesota
Iowa
Bandits Rob Bank Messengers in Chicago Robbery
Two bank messengers, Tom Meaney and Ole Peterson, were robbed of nineteen thousand dollars while en route from the Service State Bank to Union Trust Company in the loop. Five men in a sedan forced them from a taxicab and seized a bag of cash and negotiable checks. police had no leads.
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United Press
Chicago
Union Trust Company
Tom Meaney
Ole Peterson
Service State Bank
Clearing ether to locate lost fliers Hassell and Cramer
Washington August 21 authorities ordered a broad ether clearing to allow Hassell and Cramer lost aboard Greater Rockford to send distress signals if alive on their Greenland route. Government agencies coordinate with nations in the search while Coast Guard and Commerce Department confirm SOS reception from a radio operator in Stamford Connecticut.
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United Press
Washington
Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
Greater Rockford
Greenland
Clarence F. Young
Commerce Department
Coast Guard
Hassell
Rockford
Ill
F. L. Hull
Stamford
Four nations aid search for missing airmen Bert Hassell and Parker D. Cramer
United Press reports four nations joined a search for Bert Hassell and Parker D. Cramer who disappeared over forty eight hours ago on a flight toward Greenland. The Coast Guard cutter Marion operates in Davis Strait with a slight chance of survivors as Canada Newfoundland Denmark and the United States expand aid and resources for the search.
Widow sues to cut off step-daughter inheritance from governor
Nora Taylor and her son sue four Taylor daughters in Probate Court claiming on deathbed the late Governor W. S. Taylor bequeathed $54,000 in Empire Life stock and $27,000 in Liberty bonds plus $4,000 in notes. The daughters cite an anti nuptial agreement shielding both spouses from estate claims.
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W. S. Taylor
Kentucky
Merrill Wilson
Meridian St
Leo Davidson
Thirty- Fourth St
Irwin Miller
Thirty-Second St
Letha Bailey
Columbus
Ohio
Nora Taylor
N. Delaware Sr
Charles
Empire Life and Accident Insurance Company
George Sheehan
Harvey & Sheehan
Florida
State blocks Steve's fight for freedom
Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice David A. Myers issued a writ of prohibition to stop La Porte Circuit Court Judge John Richter from enforcing a habeas corpus hearing for D. C. Stephenson, the life prisoner at Indiana State Prison. The action, taken at the request of Warden Walter H. Daly, delays Sept. 4 proceedings where Stephenson and his counsel would argue bail or release pending an appeal. Stephenson, a former Klan leader, seeks freedom or bail while challenges to murder indictments and court jurisdiction proceed.
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Indiana State Prison
Prohibition
David A. Myers
State Supreme Court
John Richter
la Porte Circuit Court
Stephenson
Richter
la Porte Coure
Arthur L. Gilliam
Daly
la Porte
Madge Oberholzer
Indianapolis
Marion Criminal Court
Hamilton Circuit Court
United Press
Ind
John C. Ritchter
Supreme Court
D. ©. Stephenson
Ralph N. Smith
Lenn J. Care
South Bend
Deserter Held in Cleveland After Ten Years
Bernard Graczyk, 28, arrested in Cleveland after escaping the Federal Penitentiary at Leavenworth ten years ago. Police say he lived in Cleveland since the escape and was sentenced to Leavenworth after deserting the Army at Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas.
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United Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Bernard Graczyk
Leavenworth
Kan
Graczyk
Poice
Lavenworth
Ft. Bliss
el Paso
Texas
Death by Own Action Reports in City
A dazed Mrs Martha Hicks 22 of 526 S Alabama St drank poison at South St and Virginia Ave midnight Monday and was treated at city hospital then sent home. Amil Schedel 1517 Howard J swallowed poison in distress over unpaid bills and was treated and later held at police headquarters on vagrancy charges.
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Virginia Ave
Martha Hicks
Alabama St
City Hospital
Amil Schedel
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