Chicago Police Chiefs Resign in Wake of Gang Slayings
Police Commissioner William F. Russell and Detective Chief John Stege resign under fire after the murder of Alfred J. Lingle, Chicago Tribune reporter. John Alcock named acting commissioner, John Egan to Stege’s post. reform pressures and Prohibition cited as causes.
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United Press
Chicago
William F. Russell
John Stege
Alfred J. Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Russell
Stege
Irving Park
John Alcock
John Egan
Steve
Lingle
Michigan Boulevard
Russell-Stege
Robert I. Randolph
Association of Commerce
Death in pulpit shocks Chicago as young pastor dies
Chicago June 16 Relatives and mourners gather after Rev Bertil Lundh 27 collapsed during a sermon from a cerebral hemorrhage The preacher fell ill Sunday while delivering a Trinity sermon at his church authorities stated sermons were interrupted as guests prayed for him until medical personnel arrived and pronounced him dead onsite
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Presa
Chicago
Bertil Lundh
Baby Survives Brain Bullet After Shot Hits Infant
Laurence Stensland six months old suffered a .22 caliber bullet embedded in his brain. Doctors could not remove the pellet, yet the child remained bright and healthy, prompting bafflement from medical experts and police who have not located the shooter.
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Times Special
Laurence Stensland
Oscar Stensland
Jane 4
Laurence
Indiana marble tourney seeks Ocean City trip
A Times marble tournament at Willard Park on State Avenue and East Washington Street will award a week long vacation to Ocean City New Jersey. The event starts at 10 am with rings laid on the park courts and contestants urged to arrive by 9 30. Top winner sails next Saturday under a chaperon with all expenses paid. The national tourney follows June 23 with about sixty cities represented and finals Friday.
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Willards Perk
State Avenue
East Washington Street
Times Marbles
Ocean City
N. J
A. C. Sallee
David
Kilgore
Times
McPherson in New York Plans Return After Customs Fine
Aimee Semple McPherson said she would gladly pay a $277 customs fine as she arrived from the Holy Land. She explained a few undeclared items including slippers pajamas and a hat bought abroad. She criticized the idea of a French gown and noted her hair appears unchanged despite the Eastern sun. She planned to return to California and Angelus Temple with many weddings awaiting her.
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United Press
New York
Aimee Semple McPherson
California
Holy Land
Sister McPherson
Constantinople
Budapest
The
Near East
Mrs. McPherson
Hoover accused of hypocrisy on tariff stance in Senate
Senator Pat Harrison charged President Hoover with misleading statements in defense of the Smoot Hawley tariff. He cited a prewritten White House notice and argued Republicans planned to push the bill without Grundy’s vote. The bill was signed by Vice President Curtis after a brief ceremony.
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Hoover
Senate
Pat Harrison
Miss
White House
Harrison
New York
Grundy
Government Printing Office
House
Republican Coalition
Curtis
Taft
Payne Aldrich
Moorer
Reed
Pennsylvania
Congress
Delegates Gather for 41st Supreme Council Meeting
Indianapolis hosts 15000 delegates for the Mystic Order of the Prophets of the Enchanted Realm session. Sahara Grotto leads events at Claypool and Indianapolis Athletic Club with pageants, parades, banquets, and contests scheduled Tuesday through Thursday.
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Mystic Order of the Prophets of the Enchanted Realm
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Sahara Grotto Drum and Bugle Corps
Statehouse
Claypool
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Indiana
Sahara Grotto
Cable Tabernacle
Nominee George W. Joseph Dies in Clatsop
Republican Oregon gubernatorial nominee George W. Joseph collapsed and died in Camp Clatsop while speaking with Adjutant General George A. White. Heart disease is believed to be the cause.
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United Press
Clatsop
Ore
George W. Joseph
Oregon
George A. White
Oregon National Heart Disease
Schumann-Heink Seeks Final Note At End Of Life
Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink, aged 69, plans to sing to the last note of her last song and die on stage or shortly after, expressing she cannot retire and wishes to exit quietly after the final lyric. She celebrated an informal birthday party at Roxy's theater with her son Ferdinand present.
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York
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Roxy's
Mme. Schumann- Heink
Schumann- Heink
Ferdinand
Appointments announced for Indiana state sanatorium trustees
Governor Harry G. Leslie announces Dr. Harold S. Hatch of Indianapolis will replace Dr. D. C. Barnhill as trustee of the state sanatorium at Rockville for a four year term starting June 16. Dr. Hatch is a Republican. J. E. Hall of Indianapolis is reappointed alumni trustee of Purdue University for a three year term starting July 1.
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Harry G. Leslie
Harold S. Hatch
Indianapolis
D. C. Barnhill
Rockeville
Hatch
J. E. Hall
Purdue University
Riches Lost Starving Man Who Won Stock Market Fortune
New York June 16 A P Choate once reputed to have made a fortune in the stock market years ago is now in Bellevue Hospital being treated for undernourishment.
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Ball Pi
New York
A. P. Choate
Bellevue Hospital
Y W Leader III Secretary Suffering Paralysis in City
Mrs. Carrie Ada Campbell longtime head of the local Y W C A, appointed last September, is in serious condition at Methodist Hospital with paralysis on her left side after a downtown department store collapse on Saturday. She previously served as general secretary in Omaha Nebraska.
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Frank Stewart
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George Ross
Monarch
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Carrie Ada Campbell
Young Women's Christian Association
Methodist Hospital
Campbell
Omaha
Neb
Wounded Prisoner Breaks Free From Shackles
A wounded prisoner escaped from a city hospital after removing his shackles during a clash. Patrolman Geiger, who had been slugged, heard the disturbance from home and seized his revolver as two automobiles were involved in the affray.
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Manges
Geiger
Worst Crash Since Break in November Deepens Market Slump
The stock market fell sharply today with the Dow industrials down 11.04 to 233.21 and rail averages down 2.67 to 131.79 as hundreds of stocks hit new yearly lows. United States Steel and other big issues declined, sparking talk that tariff passage and presidential actions influenced selling.
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United States Steel
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Atchison
van Sweringen
Ascribi
Moorer
Dow, Jones & Co
William Tully Swallows His Teeth in Toronto Incident
In Toronto on June 16 William Tully staggered into a police station with a stomach ache. He claimed he swallowed his false teeth and an X ray will be taken to confirm the cause.
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United Press
Toronto
Ontario
William Tully
Cornerstone Rites Planned for Airport Administration Building
A cornerstone ceremony for the new airport administration building is set for 2 Friday afternoon. The plan emerged from a meeting of Mayor Reginald H. van city council members works board and airport overseer Paul Moore.
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Reginald H
Van
Paul Moore
Auto plunges from bridge at Niagara Falls kills man
Charles Reaves, 30, of Niagara Falls, dies when his car crashes through the railing and falls 150 feet from the Falls View bridge near Niagara Falls New York. The accident occurred June 16 and the victim was alone in the vehicle.
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United Preas
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Falls View Bridge
Charles Reaves
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