Derby Winner Goes On Trip To Claim $84 750
Arthur Court, an engineer from Augusta, must travel to Quebec to obtain his Derby winnings after a pool promises $84 750 from a $1 bet. He faces expected $12 445 income tax and will be escorted by pool reps from Cleveland to Quebec for payment. Court left with three friends, leaving his eight children and wife awaiting his return.
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Arthur Court
Court
Quebec
Canada
Cleveland
Joseph Jackson
United States Internal Revenue
Army and Navy Veterans of Canada
Times
Augusta
Trigo
New Augusta
Jackson
Worker Falls Eighteen Feet During Home Cleaning
Squire Walden a 33 year old man of 1001 North Delaware street was injured in the back when a ladder they were using to clean eaves pipes at 932 Dailey street gave way. His brother Glen Walden 26 held the ladder and escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Walden
Delaware Street
Glen
Dailey Street
Reward Offered For Apartment Blast Suspects
Detectives pursued clues after a Sunday night dynamiting of a North Meridian Street apartment house under construction. Arthur Baynham Construction Company posted a $1000 reward on Wednesday for information leading to arrests.
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North Meridian Street
Arthur Baynham Construction Company
Appellate Reverses Conviction in Window Peeping Case
The Maryland appellate court reversed a Montgomery circuit court misdemeanor conviction of Frank Wainscott after finding insufficient evidence of the charged violation. Charles R. Fletcher had testified he peered through two windows and saw Wainscott with Fletcher's wife, but the court ruled the testimony unsupported by the element in question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Fletcher
Montgomery County
Fletcher
Montgomery
Frank Wainscott
Wainscott
Firefighting airlift aids Manitoba settlers in distress
United Press reports hundreds displaced by northern Manitoba forest fires receive food and clothing by air. Forestry planes and commercial ships carry supplies and fire rangers to Cranberry Portage and Mile 83 as flames force residents, including 1,000 at Cranberry Portage, to flee by raft on Lake Athapapuskow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Cranberry Portage
Mile 83
Lake Athapapuskow
Gas Well Blast Kills Two in New York Field
Two people died and eleven were injured when a gas well being brought in by Iroquois Gas Corporation exploded and burst into flames six miles south of East Aurora New York during the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
East Aurora
N. Y
Iroquois Gas Corporation
Here
Graf Zeppelin to Try Again on Atlantic Crossing
The German dirigible Graf Zeppelin will attempt another Atlantic crossing to the United States on June 21. The announcement comes from Friedrichshafen where the airship is based and was reported reliably.
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Dirigible
U. S
United Press
Friedrichshafen
Germany
United States
Jury Deliberates in Involuntary Manslaughter Case
John Hubble 24 faces a manslaughter charge in the auto death of John Heyden 66 on May 25 1927. Closing arguments by Deputy Prosecutors Rhoadarmer and Ringer and defense counsel Ira Holmes. Heyden a crossing watchman was hit while crossing Harding street near the Big Four railroad. Mrs Hubble testified her husband may not have been drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hubble
South West Street
John Heyden
West
Wisconsin Street
Paul Rhoadarmer
William Ringer
Ira M. Holmes
Hubble
Harding Street
Big Four Railroad
Railroad
Missionary Escapes from Chinese Bandits
Dr. C H Holleman missionary of the Reformed Church has escaped from bandits who captured him at Lungyenchow Fukien province. His present whereabouts were not known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reformed Church
United Press
Peping
China
C. H. Holleman
The
Lungyenchow
Fukien Province
Cottage stolen from lakeside property near Milwaukee
Robert Straka reported to police that a four room summer cottage near Milwaukee was stolen. He found only the foundation while inspecting for a weekend fishing trip and cursed the loss, saying he hopes the roof leaks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Robert Straka
Here
Licenses Issued Fast At Statehouse and Branches
About 600 drivers licenses were issued by noon at the statehouse and 114 branches across the state on the first day of sale. James A. Bradley, head of the automobile license division, said licenses go on sale today though not required until after July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Statehouse
James A. Bradley
Secretary of State
Fragmentary OCR date and time notes
A scattered OCR fragment lists various times and numbers such as 06 10 mh ML 7 a Die 59 12 a Mires T5 8 a. m 63 12 noon 76 9 a. M 69 Ep WMness 76. The text shows inconsistent formatting and unclear context without identifiable events or subjects.
Robbery convict gets 10 years under new statute
William Howard, 35, of 919 East Sixteenth street, was sentenced to ten years in state prison for pointing a gun at an acquaintance and demanding $2. The judge said the new robbery statute left no alternative, marking its first use in Marion county. Howard, a World War II veteran, faced potential appeal on constitutional grounds.
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William Howard
East Sixteenth Street
Howard
France
James A. Collins
Marion County
Partlow
Brown
John Boyd
Supreme Court
Leslie vetoes armory plan in Indiana
Governor Harry G. Leslie rejected Adjutant General William H. Kershner's bid to build ten more Indiana national guard armories under a now-abolished "closed corporation" plan. He said the legislature intended armory funding to be paid as built, with only four thousand dollars left in the 1927 budget and the rest from an emergency fund. In Hammond, Katr ina Conde, 8, died in a tenement fire that also injured three others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry G. Leslie
William H. Kershner
Indiana National Guard
Kershner
Leslie
Ed Jackson
Peoples State Bank
Ostrom Realty Company
Park custodian loses wallet in two trousers joke
Gilbert Gilbertson, custodian of the tourist park in Rice Lake Wisconsin, had joked tourists about wearing two pairs of trousers for warmth. Today he wore only one pair and explained that his wallet with 400 dollars had fallen between the waistbands of the two pairs and was lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bu United Press
Rice Lake
Wis
Gilbert Gilbertson
Gilbertson
Vanish on liner after death charge in Los Angeles case
William L. Tallman charged with the clothes closet murder of Mrs. Virginia Patty in Los Angeles vanished from the liner Admiral Benson as it docked in San Francisco. He was last seen at 9 P. M. aboard the ship and reportedly swam ashore despite guards. San Francisco police issued coastwide warnings.
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United Press
San Francisco
Cal
William L. Tallman
Virginia Patty
Los Angeles
Admiral Benson
M. A. Sohst
Tallman
Patty
Frank D. Patty
Portland
Ore
Solist
Half Moon Bay
Sohst
Mine Wreck Kills 9 in Virginia Coal Mine
Nine miners died in a slate fall at the Halcon mine near Wise Virginia five coal loaders crushed to death. The trapped men were Fred Hylton Robert Hall Coddie Gibson Allen Stidham and Carroll Miller all of Wise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Bluefield
W. Va
Halcon
Wise
Fred Hylton
Robert Hall
Coddie Gibson
Allen Stidham
Carroll Miller
Worker Crushed in Sewer Cave-In Near South Bend
Frank Ruggieri, 35, is in serious condition after being trapped by a cave-in of earth in a sewer ditch where he was employed. He was in a pit created by a steam shovel when the accident happened.
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Times
South Bend
Ind
Frank Ruggieri
Ruggieri
Girl 14 Runs Away From Grieving Widowed Mother
Helen Barber, 14, fled after a letter from an attendance officer. Her mother Emma Barber, a Beveridge Paper Mills worker, says Helen has missed most of this year’s classes. Neighbors saw her downtown with another girl. police monitor North Illinois Street. Helen, a freshman at Emerick Manual Training High School, has been ill and without shoes at times, and seven pennies for streetcar fare was provided every morning.
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Helen Barber
Emma Barber
Hanson Street
Helen
Emerick Manual Training High School
North Illinois Street
Barber
Beveridge Paper Company
British Ambassador's Liquor Policy Sparks Mixed Diplomatic Silence
Washington observers note little chance other diplomats will echo Sir Esme Howard’s pledge to withhold future liquor approvals. Most officials avoid direct comment and regard the move as a concern for the British embassy.
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Esme Howard
Washington
Sir Esme Howard
Diplomatic Corps
Esme
Hoover asks Congress plan to strengthen prohibition enforcement
President Hoover urges a joint congressional committee to study reorganizing federal prohibition enforcement. He proposes department transfers and border patrol unification, signaling a shift from treasury to justice and seeking swift action amid debates on secret hearings and Wil l ebrandt's resignation.
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Hoover
Congress
Prohibition
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Senate
Presidential Crime Commission
James E. Watson
Law Enforcement Commission
Harry Hawes
Missouri
Hawes
Treasury
Justice Department
Wesley Jones
Pat Harrison
Dem
Miss
Congress of the United States
National Commission On Law Observance and Enforcement
Mabel
Department of Justice
Plasterers Seek Five Day Week With Friday Pay
Workers demand a formal five day week contract with Friday night pay. The plasterers union and city contractors’ committee meet to avert a possible strike that could halt construction. Union president Clyde Pierce says action will be decided if no agreement is reached. Contractors’ secretary R H Chalfant notes a special committee will meet though he doubts a strike will occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plasters Union
Employers’ Association
Otter
Clyde Pierce
R. H. Chalfant
Skipper Resigns After Heflin Jr Visit on Ancon
Captain A W Haynes resigns as master of the steamship Ancon amid reports the Heflin incident influenced the move. Panama advices say the resignation was not forced, with line officials maintaining retirement was voluntary after Tom Heflin Jr.’s Panama trip and return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heflin JR
United Press
New York
A. W. Haynes
Ancon
Tom Heflin Jr
Panama
Heflin
Panama Line
Haynes
Paris Governor Coming to Attend Veterans Convention
General Gouraud the one armed military governor of Paris will sail on the liner Paris July 4 to attend the Forty second division A E F veterans convention in Baltimore He will also make a short tour of the United States
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United Press
Paris
Gouraud
Forty-second Division
Baltimore
United States
Boy Hit by Truck In Alley Accident
Six year old Junior Delks suffered a fractured leg when struck by a motor truck driven by L A Jones aged 34 of 62 South Gray street. The collision occurred in an alley between Wood and Phipps streets north of Thirty second street early this afternoon.
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Junior Delks
Wood Street
L. A. Jones
Gray Street
Wood and Phipps Streets
Thirty-second Street
Portland Woman 92 Dies After Yearlong Illness
Funeral services were held today for Mrs. Amaretta Skinner 92 of Portland Indiana who died after a yearlong illness. She was born in Perry County Ohio.
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Portland
Ind
Amaretta Skinner
Perry County
Ohio
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James Brown
East Nineteenth Street
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Highland Avenue
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Parlow
Hammond
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Ole Johnson
West Virginia
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General Gouraud
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