Maude Sailors Return After Arctic Drift and Loss
Six crewmen of the Amundsen schooner Maude returned to Nome Alaska after more than three years in ice packs. Captain O Westing and crew recounted drifting northwest toward the Arctic unlike the planned pole approach. One assistant engineer Syvestern died July 28 1928 from polar hardships.
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United Press Dispatch
Nome
Alaska
Maude
Arctic
North Pole
Pole
O. Westing
United Press
Westing
Carl Hansen
M. Olonkit
A. Malmert
Syvestern
O. Dahl
Harold Sverderup
Enginesr
Davy Jones
East Cape
Siberia
Jeanette Islands
Herald Islands
Bennett Islands
United States
Spiritualist mediums arrested in Indiana on charges of fraud
Four teen spiritualistic mediums, some of national note, posted bond in Anderson Indiana after last night’s arrest at Camp Chesterfield on warrants from Virginia Swain a Cleveland newspaper woman. Swain alleged a spirit conversation with her grandmother who she says is not dead and with a brother she never had.
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Anderson
Ind
Bond
Camp Chesterfield
Here
Virginia Swain
Cleveland
Storm Damage in West by Wing Storm
Severe damage occurred Sunday in the Red River valley as a wing storm swept northward tearing down farm houses and telegraph lines. Grand Forks North Dakota and Winnipeg Manitoba were hardest hit with communication lines severed and the full extent of the damage not yet estimated.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Red River Valley
Grand Forks
N. D
Winnipeg
Manitoba
New England Governors to Meet on Coal Crisis
Governor Yuller with President Coolidge’s approval calls a conference of New England governors to address the coal miners and operators dispute. Rear Admiral Robert F. Coontz is to be relieved of command and reassigned to shore duties after returning from New Zealand ports. Pussyfoot Johnson says Baltic statutes will dry but prohibition remains distant in England. Mrs. C S Kohle of San Francisco plans marriage to Vicomte de Lambeytye, a French noble family member.
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Gov. Yuller
Massachusetts
Coolidge
New England
Robert FE. Coontz
United States
New Zealand
Ab Fo Roads
Pussyfoot
Johnson
England
C. S. Kohle
San Francisco
Vicomte de Lambeytye
France
Priest Threatened by Pal of Dead Gangster
Police surround the rectory of St Stephens church and the home of Walter Derrosier after a call claiming John Troy planned to avenge his lieutenant and attend the gangster’s funeral. A relative of the bandit asked guards be posted to arrest Troy without bloodshed.
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Prisss
Worcester
Mass
St. Stephens’ Church
Walter Dorrosier
John Troy
John Lunney
Troy
Derrosier
Trench mortar explosion kills six Army men at Camp Grant
Six soldiers from Chicago were killed and fifteen injured when a trench mortar explosion during firing practice at Camp Grant, Illinois, today caused instant deaths and possible further fatalities among the wounded.
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Daily Citizen
Camp Grant
Pardon Recommendation Declined for Former Indiana Governor
United Press dispatch from Indianapolis reports Warren T. McGray, former Indiana governor, had his pardon application sent back to the Department of Justice in Washington. District Attorney Albert Ward did not comment, and it is understood there was no recommendation for a pardon.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Warren T. McGray
Indiana
Department of Justice
Washington
Albert Ward
United States District Attorney
Ward
Ambassador Blanchard Found Dead in Haiti Mission Hotel
United States ambassador to Haiti Arthur Bailley Blanchard was found dead in his hotel room in Port-au-Prince today, with officials saying the death is under investigation. No further details were released.
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Montreal
Arthur Bailley Blanchard
United States
Haiti
Hare
Lincoln’s Cousin Dead in Canon City
Mrs. A. J. Gardi, 71, described as a second cousin of Abraham Lincoln, died in Canon City Colorado on August 24, according to United Press Dispatch.
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United Press Dispatch
Canon City
Colo
A. J. Gardi
Abraham LincoLn
State Federation of Labor Holds Annual Terre Haute Session
Indiana labor groups gather in Terre Haute for five conventions this week with over 1000 expected visitors. The State Federation of Labor meets Wednesday to Friday to discuss workmen compensation child labor and prison made products and to ratify T N Taylor's reelection as president. A labor parade is planned Thursday night with speakers Eugene V Debs and possibly William Green invited.
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State Federation of Labor
Terre Haute
United Press Dispatch
Indiana
Indiana Building Trades Council
State Federation
T. N.taylor
Eugene V. Debs
William Green
American Federation of Labor
American Legion Invades Fort Wayne for Indiana Convention
Fort Wayne hosts the Indiana American Legion annual convention with delegates from across the state. National Commander James A Crain reviews postwar duties and urges continued service in peace. The event features a parade and ends with officer elections and next year’s host city selection.
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American Legion OF Hoosier State
Ft, Wayne
United Press Dispatch
Fort Wayne
Ind
America Legion
Indiana Department of the Legion
Hosey
Albert Schaff
Chamber of Commerce
James A. Crain
American Legionnaires
Drain
World Court
No action taken on Scott insanity ruling report
Chester Illinois August 24 Dr Frank A Stubblefield denies a Chicago paper report that Russell T Scott slated to die on the gallows after being found sane by hospital attendants and two alienists. Scott slayer of Joseph Maurer has been in the asylum three weeks after a Chicago jury found him insane.
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Stubblefield
Two Die in Air Mishap on Golf Links
Captain Frazer Hale army golf champion and Private Karl Norris were killed when their plane crashed on the White Sulphur Springs golf links in view of vacationers. Captain Otto G. Trunk arrived to take charge of the bodies. Hale was a Winnetka native and Norris hailed from Whitesville Kentucky.
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White Sulphur Springs
Otto G. Trunk
Bolling Field Air Station
Washington, D. C
Frazer Hale
Karl Norris
Hale
Winnetka, Ill
Norris
Whitesville
Editor Charles G. Sefrit Dies Sudden in Indiana
Charles G. Sefrit editor and owner of the Washington Indiana Herald and a prominent Republican worker died suddenly at French Lick Springs hotel in West Baden. He was sixty five and a well known newspaper man in the Second Congressional district. His editorials vigorously supported the GOP and he was esteemed by Republicans in Linton Greene County and beyond.
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United Press Dispatch
West Baden
India
Charles G. Sefrit
Washington, Ind
Herald
French Lick Springs
Sefrit
Vincennes' Commercial
Linton
Greene County
Italian Navy launches largest armada for annual maneuvers
In Naples on August 24 a massive fleet exercise opened with 106 ships of the line 60 aircraft and three dirigibles taking part. The king and cabinet officials attended as the blue defense fleet faced the red attacking group with the aim to prevent a landing along the Sicilian coast.
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Naples
Chamber
Senate
Cities to Have News Booking System in Indiana
Budget classification books are sent by the state board of accounts to all city clerks or comptrollers in the state. The books list all classes of expenditures to standardize city accounting and are kept by the clerk or comptroller, signed by the mayor, and returned to the accounts board.
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Indianapolis
State Board of Accounts
Accounts Board
Ku Klux Klan Plans Nationwide Drive to Fight Atheism
The Ku Klux Klan may launch a nationwide campaign to curb agnosticism within Protestant churches as the national council convenes in Columbus Ohio. The announcement came on the eve of the meeting.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ku Klux Klan
National Council
Seven Hanged for Lee Stack Assassination in Cairo
Seven men were executed for the murder of Sirdar Lee Stack the Sudan governor general in Cairo. The hangings followed a swift British response and military action after the November attack. One fighter resisted with a tiger-like struggle as guards restrained him.
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United Press Dispatch
Cairo
Egypt
Sirdar Lee Stack
Sudan
Abdul Hammid Enayat
Lee Stack
Britain
Bandit Defends Anderson In Murder Case
Hartford August 24 Ger ald Chapman defends George Dutch Anderson alleging he did not kill Ben Hance and his wife in Muncie Indiana. Chapman,testifying earlier in Hartford, says Anderson is incapable of cold blooded murder and recalls kindness shown while staying at the farm.
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Anderson
Hances
United Press Dispatch
Hartford, Conn
Gerald Chapman
George “Dutch” Anderson
Muncie
Ind
Ben Hance
Hance Farm
Chapman
Frederick J. Groehl
Hance
Coolidge May Return to Handle Coal Strike
President Coolidge plans to return to Washington next week to intervene in the anthracite coal strike dispute between miners and operators. He has pursued a policy of non intervention for about a month, hoping for a quick compromise and an end to halted production beginning September 1 in New England. A reconvening conference is considered the only rapid path to agreement, with public opinion as his main tool.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Washington
New England
White House
Harnéas
Spectators injured at Camp Grant chemical display
At Camp Grant near Rockford Illinois, a chemical warfare demonstration injured 16 spectators on Sunday as crowds surged into the firing area. Colonel H. D. Orr said none of the injuries will prove fatal after officers fired smoke grenades, then grenades into a group of automobiles amid heavy smoke.
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United Press Dispatch
Rockford
Camp Grant
H. D. Orr
Field
Prince Heads to Hunt and Ranch Fun in Argentina
The Prince of Wales leaves the city after a flurry of official entertainments and travels to a nearby estate in Buenos Aires province for deer hunting and broncho busting. A jazz band of American Mack Sennet girls is billed to perform during his idle hours.
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Buenos Aires
Prince of Wales
Nerby
Gasoline Prices Slashed in Indiana Cities
Alto owners in Richmond Winchester and Union City bought liberal supplies as prices were cut. Dealers reported gasoline selling as low as 17 cents a gallon signaling a widespread price war across the three cities in Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Richmond
Winchester
Union City
Serve
Smiths Outnumbered by Millers in Fort Wayne Directory
In Fort Wayne the Smith name appears under a shad avoided by Miller representation. The Miller clan dominates the directory with six hundred eighty nine entries while only Smiths are fewer. The passage notes Smiths are outclassed by Millers in the local listings.
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Smith
Fort Wayne
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