Tragic Collision Ties Up Boston Bay Oil Tanker Fire
Skies fog bound off Massachusetts Bay hid a deadly crash as the oil tanker Finthis, from Fall River, and the passenger liner Fairfax collided. The tanker sank within minutes carrying about 40 crew. the Fairfax carried 71 passengers and 70 crew, with at least 11 missing and many injured. Survivors described flames, burning oil, and passengers leaping into the sea as both ships burned and broke apart.
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Fall River
Fairfax
Massachusetts Bay
Miners Transportation Company
Hoston
Norfolk
Goocester
Gloucester
Archibald Brooks
Psirtax
A. ©. Bunting
Glouchester
Arthur P. Saulnier
S Marine
Brockton
Mass
Saulnier
Childdren
Steve
Harry Jam
Quincy
TN Sega Ata
Caulfield backs KC police defense against crime
Kansas City Governor Henry S. Caulfield urged residents and business leaders to back the city's police as the first line of defense against crime. He criticized city manager H. F. McHiroy and the council for opposing police funding while praising Mayor Bryce B. Smith for standing for law and order. He warned organized crime has funds to wage violence and urged adequate funding for police nationwide.
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Kansas City
Henry S. Caulfield
Chamber of Commerce
Theolice
Caulfield
H. F. McHlroy
Bryce B. Smith
Heroic Seaman Saves Woman Before Fatal Sinking
Seaman d B Walker of Kittery Maine died after clinging to a woman tossed into burning oil from the Fairfax explosion near Chaumont Norfolk. Seaman Fred Jam of US 5 Concord recounted waves of fire screams as two men perished.
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Chaumont
Norfolk
Fairfax
Boston
United States Navy
D. B. Walker
Kittery
Fred Jam
US 5
Concord
Jam
Walker
Police Budget Full Allocation Declared by Governor
Governor Caulfield praised the Supreme Court ruling forcing city commissioners to allocate the entire police department budget for the last fiscal year. He expressed hope no efforts would arise to curtail essential police funding in the near future.
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Caulfield
Supreme Court
Wall Street recovers after another heavy selling wave
New York trading opened with a sharp market dip as more selling hit stocks. By early afternoon the index recovered substantially with short covering cushioning losses, volume remained light, and tariff bill talk dominated Washington attention. Celotex cut its quarterly dividend.
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New York
Steel Trade Reviews
Wall Street
Washington
Celotex
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Laxative Story
In 1875 a young physician developed a mild purgative to ease constipation and avoid harsh medicines. His creation, Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, became a popular, consistent laxative used by all ages, lauded for its gentle, effective relief of sluggish bowels.
High Court Reverses and Affirms 41 Missouri Cases
The Missouri Supreme Court division two handed down 41 decisions including four death sentences affirmed and several reversed for new trials. Notable actions include reversing and remanding Elmer Schneider and William B. Moore for new trials, affirming Loyd Austin’s two year liquor transport sentence, and affirming others such as J. E. Golson and Louis Miller on embezzlement and robbery charges.
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Missouri Supreme Court
J. E. Golson
Missouri
Chariton County
William Garrish
St. Joseph
Garrish
Harry Heilen
Edmond St
Louis Miller
Miller
Harry l LeCroix
Farnon St
Ct. Joseph
Crisp
Lonnie Gruse
Crusel
Elmer Schneider
St. Louis
Schneider
William G. Nicklin
Nicklin Tannery Co
Nicklin
del Slattery
William B. Moore
Tie
Morgan County
John C. Keim
Keim
Loyd Austin
Barton County
Ray Barnes
Sedalia
Cannon Faces Senate Inquiry Over Church Questioning
Bishop James Cannon Jr testified as a voluntary witness before the Senate Lobby Committee on the Methodist Episcopal Church, South to explain last week's defiance. He questioned his jurisdiction and objected to answering politics related queries as lawmakers examined a Kansas City statutory crime case and condemned gangsters before the Kansas Supreme Court.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Senate Lobby Committee
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Borah
Cannon
Karaway
Blaine
John Bowers
Kansas City
Supreme Court For
Shartel
Robert W. Otto
This City
Don Purfeet
Baalmann's Gas Tablets Promise Relief from Stomach Gas
An advertisement claims Baalmann's Gas Tablets permanently relieve gas in the stomach and intestines. It says the pills stop bloating and cold limbs, remove nervous feelings, and improve breathing after meals, urging purchase from drug stores in a yellow package for $1 and noting Henry DeWyl's as a seller.
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Baalmann
Henry DeWyl’s
Caraway Hearings Highlight 1928 Campaign Finances
Senator Caraway questions testimony by E C Jameson who said he gave 65300 to the anti Smith campaign and notes a 5000 donation from the Methodist Episcopal Church South temperance board Cannon defends means of 6000 for prohibition speech circulation as non political work The hearing draws interruptions and a protest from an elderly woman as order is maintained by officials
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Caraway
E. ¢. Jameson
Gannon
Temperance
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Jameson
Cannon
Methodist Board
Pickett
Cannnon
Stomach Trouble Remedy Promoted as Pure Medicine
Advertising copy claims 90 percent of sickness stems from stomach issues and touts Taniac as a pure root herb bark medicine. It promises a money back guarantee and emphasizes relief from gas stomach pains dizziness loss of appetite sleeplessness and nervousness.
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