New Charges Hold Gunmen in Blast Case
Homer Wright and James Walker face new charges as ex convicts with weapons, bond set at 10000 each. The pair, rearrested in the Traugott clothing store and related gun crimes near Clinton Indiana, were previously questioned in the Eckerlee murder investigation.
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Homer Wright
James Walker
Traugott
Clinton
Ind
Wright
Walker
Paul Scharffin
Edward Traugott
Fire at broom factory warehouse arouses incendiary theory
A fire in a warehouse of the State Board of Industrial Aid for the Blind on Ethel and Thirtieth Streets damaged baled straw. Thirty five blind workers remained inside the factory as flames burned. Fire Captain Hanna favored incendiary origin over spontaneous combustion based on Superintendent Hendershot’s testimony.
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State Board of Industrial Aid For the Blind
Ethel and Thirtieth Sts
Hanna
Louis Hendershot
Band concert and safety play at Garfield Park
A Sunday 3 p m band concert and open air safety play are set for Garfield Park directed by Police Chief Claude Worley and Lieutenant Frank Owen. The play Billys Accident was written and directed by Owen. Special scenery lighting prepared. Police estimate 25 000 attendees with four minute Shelby street car service and dedicated parking.
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Garfield Park
Claude M. Worley
Frank Owen
the Park
Billy
Owen
Shelby Street
Weather Conditions Report At Nine Thirty A M
Southwest wind seven miles per hour and a barometer of 30.17 inches. Temperature seven degrees. Ceiling unlimited and visibility one and a half miles with ground haze. Report compiled for The Times observers J H Armington and Donald McConnell.
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Times
J. H. Armington
Donald McConnell
Government Aeronautical
Riches Gone toils in Mine near Albuquerque
Osborne Wood 28 and son of Gen. Leonard Wood has left wealth behind to toil in a Pecos coal mine near Albuquerque New Mexico. Once a millionaire via stock speculation and Manila connections he resigned from the army after war department cautions and now works eight hours daily as a miner before joining the New Mexico National Guard cavalry encampment at Fort Bliss.
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EL Paso
Texas
Osborne Wood
Leonard Wood
Pecos Company
Albuquerque
N. M
Cable
Manila
Wall Street
The
Philippines
Young Wood
Mandaloyon
South Sea
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
Wood
Congress
Lieutenant Wood
Weeks
United States
Osborne
New Mexico
111Th Cavalry
New Mexico National Guard
111Th
Ft. Bliss
New York
Bank Bandits Rob Rensselaer Bank In Daylight Hold Up
Five armed men robbed the State Bank of Rensselaer in daylight, escaping with $10,000 in cash and bonds. Sheriff’s posse and an airplane searched the area but found no trace. suspects fled in a blue Cadillac after forcing cashier James H. Chapman and several workers into an adjacent cage.
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Rensselaer
Ind
State Bank of
Harry Rouse
James H. Chapman
Extradition Hearing Sheds Light on Broadmoor Hold Up Suspect
Indianapolis detectives seek to bring Charles Phayer to face charges tied to the Broadmoor Country Club hold-up on May 30. Phayer, held in St. Louis after capture, fights extradition. four victims identified him as one of the bandits. Gov Baker of Missouri and papers in Jefferson City influence the case.
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Wright
Alabama St
Traugott
Walker
Michigan
Edward Eckerlee
St. Louis
Shannon
Donald Hunt
Detroit
Roosevelt Hotel
Mary Ryan
Kansas City
Indianapolis
Charles Phayer
Broadmoor Country Club
Sam A. Baker
Missouri
Jefferson City
Donald Tooley
Phayer
Thayer
United Press
Time marks in blast probe at Traugott store fire
Investigators at police headquarters reviewed steps in the blast probe into the Traugott Company clothing store explosion. Det Chief Jerry Kinney Arson Investigator Harry Gates and others questioned Traugott associate Paul Scharffin while Harold Libowitz remained hospitalized in serious condition at Methodist Hospital.
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Edward
William H. Remy
Remy
Chicago
Paul Scharffin
Traugott
Traugot
New York
Harold Libowitz
Methodist Hospital
Twenty Planes Fear Fog Delays in Pittsburgh Area Flight
Dense fog shrouded Bettis Field at McKeesport and Roosevelt Field Long Island as twenty Class B planes in a trans continental air race faced landing hazards. Oil flares lit Bettis Field while pilots feared visibility shortages in the Allegheny foothills.
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United Preas
H. B. Clarke
McKeesport
Clarke
United Press
Bettis Field
M’keesport
Allegheny Mountains
FT. Worth
Texas
National Air Race
Meachamfield
el Paso
Abilene
Midland
Pecos
Weather Bureau
Earl Rowland
Wichita
Kan
Robert Dake
Pittsburgh
Rowland
Kansas City
Engine Smashes Auto on Vermont Street
Korah Wilkerson of 1216 E Vermont St. escaped injury when an engine pushing four freight cars on the Monon struck his car at Vermont St. at 12 30 a m today. His vehicle was wrecked badly in the collision.
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Korah Wilkerson
Vermont St
Two Die For Attack Executions In Texas Prison
Clemente Rodriguez and Esquivel Servin were executed in the electric chair at the State prison in Huntsville Texas for criminally assaulting a San Antonio high school girl.
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United Press
Huntsville
Texas
Clemente Rodriguez
Esquivel Servin
State Prison
San Antonio
Chicago Arms for New Gang Outbreak After Loop Slaying
Territorial violence erupts as Chicago and Philadelphia faces a bootlegger surge. A Lombardo ally, Tony Lombardo, and accomplice Ferraro shot in the Loop while Capt. Garrick’s home is bombed amid renewed underworld pressure on police reforms.
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Chicago
W. F. Sullivan
United Press
Underworld
Tony Lombardo
King
al “Scarface
Capone
Lombardo
Loop
Jimmy Ferraro
Ferraro
Luke J. Garrick
Desplaines St
Garrick
Minerva Inn
Lawrence “Dago” Mangano
Anna E. Garrick
Colleta Klauke
Garricks
Joe Aiella
Polce
Cicero
Aiello
Enna Brothers
Frank Yale
New York
Brooklyn
Yale
Leslie Finlayson
Joseph Lolardo
William F. Russell
Russell
Michael Hughes
Mack to Top Yanks If They Win Two Today
Philadelphia Athletics chase the pennant with a doubleheader against the Yankees looming. The club, rebuilt by Connie Mack with youth, need two wins today to seize first place and influence the 1928 American League race. Max Bishop stars in a pivotal season. The series with New York and a remaining 20 games loom crucial.
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Frank Getty
United Press
New York
Philadelphia Athletics
New York Yankees
Yankees
Mackmen
Boston
Senators
Athletics
Yanks
Boston Red Sox
Red Sox
Yankee Stadium
United States
Boston Braves
Cobbs
Collinses
Connie Mack
Jimmy Dykes
Jimmy Foxx
Bishop
Max Bishop
Mack
Keystone
Haas
Simmons
Miller
Connie
Cobb
Speaker
Philadelphia
Tris
Eddie Collins
Kid Gleason
Market Opens Firm as Amusement Mergers Drive Gains
Optimistic weekend reviews and a heavy August steel output report buoy early stock dealings. Amusement shares lead gains with Fox Film trading at a new high of 112, Keith-Albee-Orpheum at 28, Warner Brothers issues up, and Loew's near a point higher. Armour A 225, International Nickel 125, Motor Wheel 50, United States Steel 158, GM steady at 205, Montgomery Ward 240.
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Elmer C. Walzer
United Press
New York
Stock Exchange
Fox Film A
Keith-Albee-Orpheum
Warner Brothers
Loew's
Warner and
Fox
Armour A
International Nickel
Motor Wheel
United States Steel
General Motors
Montgomery Ward
AL DONS BROWN DERBY TO BARNSTORM COUNTRY
Governor Alfred E. Smith adopts a brown derby as the campaign symbol and plans a barnstorming western trip starting Sept. 16. The article compares the style to William Jennings Bryan’s 1896 tours and notes Smith will travel by a ornate train with extemporaneous, humorous public appearances while maintaining formal dignity with the nickname Al not used in official settings.
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Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Smith
Grandpa
al Smith
Philadelphia Fans Rally For Athletics Yankees Doubleheader
Philadelphia crowds prepare to travel to New York for a Sunday double header between the Athletics and Yankees. With Philadelphia tied for the lead, fans expect Mack's club to win its first title since 1914.
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United Press
Philadelphia
Athletics
Quaker City
New York
Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Tae Mack
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