Missing Toledoans may be held by rum runners
Searchers found a life preserver with Herbert Nants initials near West Sister Island as authorities consider the eight Toledoans missing since their speed boat was found on Lake Erie. Coast Guard officials doubt drowning and suspect hijacking for ransom. the party included prominent men with valuables, headed to Pelee Island for an Elks Lodge picnic.
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Lake Erie
West Sister Island
Ufe
Herbert Nants
William J. McGraty
Coast Guard
McGraw
Franklin B. Jones
Election Board
Sides Jones
Charles H. Nants
Internal Revenue
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Arthur Kruse
Kruse-Barman Mortuary Co
Frank Miller
Henry Heinbrush
John Myers
John Hipcok
Pelee Island
Elks Lodge
Bing the World War dog honored with funeral and taxidermy display
June 17 AP reports preparations for the funeral of Bing the World War I dog hero. Decorated for bravery with the American Expeditionary Force, he saved soldiers by sniffing gas and earned a government pension of 60 dollars monthly. His body to be interred in Urichsville Dillon cemetery while his skin is mounted by a taxidermist. He was born at Camp Sheridan Ohio, smuggled aboard a transport with the 37th Division, and cited by the French government for saving Coy D. 163 infantry.
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Bing
France
Urichsville Dillon
United States
Coy D. 163
Alsace Lorraine
Armine Forest
Epress-Lyse
Joyful Radox foot bath promises relief for tired feet
From England comes a simple method to heal burning feet. Dissolve two tablespoonfuls of Radox in a gallon of hot water and soak feet for 3 to 4 nights, then lift out the coins. A druggist can supply the package, claiming the bath will deliver instant foot comfort and rejuvenation.
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England
A. Fischer, Drug Co
Radox
Ady
Missouri farm stockholders back early Fed board alignment
In Chillicothe stockholders of the Producers Produce Co vote to change by laws to conform with Federal Farm Board requirements. William Hirth opposes the Farm Board and did not attend the meeting. Separate dispatches report Red Cross say $50,000 is needed for nine Wisconsin and Minnesota counties hit by a June 13 tornado, and a man killed by a Missouri Pacific train near Desoto.
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Federal Parm Board
Federal Board
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Missouri Farmers’ Association
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Farm Board
ST. Louis
Red Cross
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Torado
Desoto
Missouri Pacific
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Hoover
Miller
Kansas City
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R. A. Clark
Clark Brothers Cutlery Company
Clark
Bing the War Dog to Receive Funeral Honors
The article tells how Bing, once saved by Ernest Gray's company in the Argonne, lived out four months as an invalid due to gas and rheumatism. Gray adopted him at Camp Sheridan after a genuine army discharge, the only dog ever honorably discharged. Government compensation led to a legal label, and American Legion Post commander C W Fowler orders attendance at Bing's funeral in St Clairesville within days.
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Argonne
Bing
American Legion
Ernest Gray
Gray
Camp Sheridan
Senate panel to vote on London naval treaty next Monday
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a Monday vote on the London naval treaty. A motion to delay action until President Hoover releases confidential notes was rejected 13 to 4, signaling a committee majority in favor of the pact. Republicans Johnson Shipstead Moses Robinson led the opposition.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hoover
Johnson
California
Shipstead
Farmer-Labor
Made a New Person of Me
A reader letter from Claude Hungerford praises the McCleary Clinic for hemorrhoid treatment at Excelsior Springs Missouri. He reports relief, resumed work on a railroad run, and plans to recommend the clinic to friends. The ad offers a free book and cites a 20,000-name reference list.
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McCleary Cunic
Elms Boulevard
Excelsior Springs
Claude Hungerford
Eleveth Ave
Fors Dodge
M. & S. Railroad
McCleary Clinic
Elms Blvd
Excel
Sior Springs
McCleary
Letter Threatens Fellow Over Girlfriend
A caller reports receiving a note promising drastic action if he continues dating another man's girlfriend. The exchange shows fear but no immediate plan, and the recipient notes the author did not sign the threat.
Motorist Acknowledges Gun as Dog Is Killed
In Wichita Kansas on June 17 an AP report notes a motorist collided with and killed a dog owned by 10 year old John Graham. The driver, upon the accident, observed a menacing shotgun in view and hastily offered the remark Sorry, son, will that help any.
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Wichita
Kas
John Graham
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