Kansas City Chief Miles Orders Crackdown on Crime
Kansas City Police Chief John L. Miles vows to clean up the city with a campaign against the big and small time criminals. He calls for less crime and stronger actions following recent gang incidents and a fatal hotel shooting on the south side.
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EL Dona. Higgins
United Press
Kansas City
Dom
John L. Miles
Miles
Xio
South Side
Wiles
la Salle
Ben
Ocean Vessel Splits Amid Reef Trek In Chicago News
A large ocean vessel broke in half on a reef near Tetty Chicago. A gunman Arthur Hartman from St. Louis was mortally wounded while Neal Pumphrey of Memphis was shot in the arms. Miles, leading city crime task forces, warned of gambling influence spreading to south side hotels and vowed to purge it.
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Tetti
Chicago
Arthur Hartman
St. Louis
Neal Pumphrey
Memphis
Miles
Bagnell Dam
Missouri
South Side
North End
Columbia River
Pacific Coast
Louis Dotmson
Refuge
Lindberghs Plan Short St Louis Stopover in June
Col Charles A Lindbergh and his bride Annie Morrow arrived in St Louis after a flight from Indianapolis and will stay at least until tomorrow afternoon possibly through Sunday. He said St Louis may be a home, while his wife did not comment. The aviator plans a coast to coast inspection trip and may depart for Kansas City Sunday morning, aiming for Los Angeles by July 8 to inaugurate a new air service. Nearby, Mrs J G Leslie prepares to visit her children in St Louis for several days before returning with Judge J G Leslie next week.
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Charles A. Lindbergh
Annie Morrow
Indianapolis
Col. Lindbergh
Trans-Continental Air Transport
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Avizong
J. G. Lslie
Ungrounded Fragments Sketch Local Scene
Fragmentary OCR notes describe places in Missouri including hotels Laneycome and Rockaway, with references to showers baths and outdoor sports. The text mentions paying for a company named Merryam and an address 174 Tuneyeon, but details are unclear.
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Ozark Syuntala
Mieiouri
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Laneycome
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Merryam Company
Tuneyeon
St Louis Police Craftsmen honored by Capital City Masons
About 700 members of the St. Louis Police Craftsmen visited to confer the Masonic third degree on candidates at the Capital City lodge. Governor Caulfield, Attorney General Sharter, State Treasurer Brunk and other officials spoke at the banquet. The delegation returned to St Louis after a brief downtown demonstration.
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St. Louis
Eastern Star
H. S. Caulfield
Sharter
Larry Brunk
Ten Injured In Bus Sedan Collision In Scotrun
Ten persons were hurt when a bus collided with a sedan on the Lackawanna trail at Scotrun, twelve miles west of Stroudsburg, Pa. Seven of the injured were taken to Monroe County Hospital.
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Stroudsburg
Scotrun
Here
Monroe County
Urban families housed largely in apartments in 1928
A 1928 census slice shows over 53 percent of urban United States families living in apartments, highlighting a shift in housing patterns and denser city living.
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United’ States
U.S. Supplies One Fourth of World Chemical Trade
A historical note states the United States accounts for about a quarter of global chemical trade, reflecting its dominant role in manufacturing and commerce.
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United States
Hair weight measure units in science notes
An ordinary human hair about one inch long weighs .000007668 ounce. The remark presents a tiny weight for a single hair.
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