Not Guilty Plea by Nickol in Dayton Bank Robbery Case
Iren Nickol waived preliminary hearing and pleaded not guilty to robbing the Dayton Savings and Trust Co North Dayton branch on August 14. He was bound over to the grand jury on $60,000 bond and later confessed to being the blue phantom who stole $28,000 during a daylight raid.
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Smithd Press Dispatch
Dayton
Ohio
Iren Nickel
North Dayton
Dayton Savings and Trust Co
Nickel
Fred Nickel
Helen Semmett
Miss Sammet
Sammer
Red Nickel
Nickols
Nickol
Outlook for crops in northwest
Minneapolis dispatch notes a bright agricultural outlook for the northwest as harvest approaches. It cites rising prosperity, hopeful fall prospects, and price levels that could yield larger net returns for farmers than last year despite a slightly smaller crop.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northwest
Chinese Tong War Spreads to Major Cities
United Press dispatch reports a burst of violence in Chinatowns across Chicago Pittsburgh and St Louis as police cordons form in New York City s Chinatown after a Hip Sing member is shot in Boston and Ho Kee a restaurant cook is killed in a Pell and Mott streets basement with detectives and narcotics squads deployed.
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United .Press Dispatch
New York
War of the Things
New ‘York
Chinatown
Boston
Ho Kee
Pell and Mott Streets
Boston China town tong war leaves injured in clash
Special police patrolled deserted Boston Chinatown streets after a fresh tong war clash. H. Yan Ung and Yee in Yu were shot and reported in serious condition at a hospital. At least three other Chinese were wounded and carried away before police intervention.
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Boston
Mass
H. Yan Ung
Yee
Leonge
Hip Sings
U. S. Florida Lands Withdrawn From Entry
Thousands of acres valued in the millions are withdrawn from homestead entry by the interior department to curb speculation. An executive order blocks forty four lots in St. Marks townsite Wakulla county near Tallahassee and follows prior orders removing government islands from Florida coast.
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Washington
Florida
Department of the Interior
St. Marks
Wakulla County
Tallahassee
Deaths in Chicago Chinatown feud flare
United Press Dispatch reports a Tong war flare in Chicago’s Chinatown between Hip Sing and On Leong. An unidentified Chinese man was killed by a bullet. a suspect was captured as police moved to prevent further slayings amid narcotics raids tied to On Leong holdings.
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Chicago
Chinatown
Hip Sing
Chinese Opera Company
Eivery Place
On Leong Tong
On Leong
Hip Line
Goat Runs Away. Boy Loses Finger Near Connersville
Francis Paul Manlove, 9, son of David Manlove, northwest of Connersville, Indiana, was seriously injured when a goat hitched to a lawn mower bolted. The boy grabbed the lines as the animal started, his left hand was caught in the mower, and the second finger was severed necessitating amputation.
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Connersville
Ind
Francis Paul Manlove
David
Manlove
St Louis Tong War Wounds Restaurant Man
St Louis witnesses a new tong war flare as Leon Choey, a restaurant owner, is shot and critically wounded by five assailants in a dark street near hop alley. Choey names three attackers from his hospital bed, but police have not captured any suspects.
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ST. Louis
Leon Choey
Choey
Chinatown Tong War Sparks Fatal Shootings in Pittsburg
In Pittsburg on August 25 United Press Dispatch reports the resumption of a Chinese tong war blamed for the death of 34 year old Shing Sun who was shot and killed by two men.
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Pittsburg
Shing Sun
Laundering House Raid Involving On Leong Member
A nattily dressed Chinese man, Sun, a prominent On Leong tong member, was involved in a laundry raid. His employer Ng Tung, not a tong member, was unharmed. The assailants rushed out brandishing revolvers and menaced bystanders who tried to intervene.
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Sun
On Leong Tong
Ng Tung
Tong
Three Highway Engineers Resign From Indiana Commission
Three more resignations from the Indiana state highway commission were reported to director John D. Williams. John Henry, office engineer of the construction department for five years, quit rather than take orders from newly appointed chief engineer William Titus. J. S. Norbert, with the commission since 1919, offered no explanation. J. S. E. Sheldon, resident engineer at Anderson, also resigned amid department upheaval. further resignations were rumored.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
State, Highway Commission
John D. Williams
John Henry
William Titus
Commission
J. S. Norbert
Williams
Department
J. SE. Sheldon
Anderson
State House
Modern newspaper praised as city growth factor
In a pulpit editorial, Rev Dr John W Kensit of Bowman M E Church, St. Louis, argues a city needs a modern newspaper guided by trio of church press and money. He urges truthfulness, legality, and family friendly content avoiding sensational crime and vice.
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John W. Kensit
Bowman Methodist Episcopal Church
St. Louis
Woman Arrested After Mule Found Hidden in Auto
Brazil Ind Aug 25 A woman identified as Eliza Morgan living in a tent near Ellettsville was arrested by Sheriff Herman Weber after passersby smelled liquor from a car stalled east of Ashboro. Ten gallons of white mule were found in the vehicle. the man fled, leaving the woman to face Clay circuit court in September. The car was confiscated.
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Brazil
Ind
Eliza Morgan
Ellettsville
Herman Weber
Ashboro
Clay
la Terre Haute
President Coolidge to Return After Labor Day
Swampscott Massachusetts August 25 President Coolidge plans to return to his desk in Washington the day after Labor Day according to an informed announcement.
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Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Washington
La Follette Attacks Mellon Plan In Wisconsin Speech
In Stoughton Wisconsin Robert M La Follette Jr denounces the Mellon tax plan and calls for keeping inheritance taxes to pay the war debt He outlines a progressive platform including abolishing nuisance taxes raising exemptions and reducing top rates He attacks Coolidge policies saying federal spending and taxes will rise unless Congress acts now.
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Stroughton
Wis
Robert M. la Follette
Mellon
United States
Congress
Mr. la Follette
Coolidge
Evansville bankers weigh protest over McCray pardon
Evansville bankers may protest the proposed pardon of Warren T. McCray former Indiana governor serving a ten year sentence in Atlanta for fraudulent use of the mails. South Bend bankers already sent a protest to President Coolidge. no formal action yet locally. Banks held cattle notes issued by McCray.
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United Press Dispatch
Evansville
Ind
Warren T. McCray
Indiana
Atlanta
South Bend
Coolidge
McCray
Indiana to Probe World War Memorial Project Details
Indiana state board of accounts will conduct a sweeping inquiry into the World War memorial program. Lawrence Orr, chief examiner, will review construction details of the $3.6 million American Legion national headquarters donated by the state. The move follows Orrs recommendation to remove Walker and Weeks of Cleveland as architects.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
State Board of Accounts
Lawrence Orr
American Legion National
Legion
Orr
Walker and Weeks
Cleveland
Indiana Farmers Benefit From Expanded Federal Highways
Indiana gains 196 miles of federal aided roads in the year ending June 86 with $6 61 728 cost and $2 908 914 federal share. Planned highway work totals 432 miles, boosting farm shipments and roadside markets helping farmers reach markets and attract tourist buyers.
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Indiana
Lueker
Four Die From Poisonous Liquor in New York
Four people, two women and two men, died at Bellevue Hospital from poisonous liquor. Victims from Manhattan died between 3 and 7 am. Police warn of renewed flood of poison liquor as federal officials note many samples of whisky and gin are made from denatured alcohol with only partial poisoning removed. Earlier incidents include a 15 year old girl found partly blind and unconscious on a Bay Side Queens house boat.
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New York
Bellevue Hospital
Manhattan
Robert Crok
Julia O'Connell
Albert Hoffman
Daniel Kennedy
Palmer Canfield
Bay Side Queens
Funeral services for Charles G. Sefrit scheduled
Funeral services for Charles G. Sefrit editor of the Washington Herald will be held at 2 PM Wednesday at the Sefrit home in Washington Indiana. He died suddenly yesterday at West Baden Springs hotel where he had been receiving treatment for several days.
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Washington
Ind
Charles G. Sefrit
Washington Herald
Indiana
Sefrit
Daylight bank robbery netted twelve thousand dollars near Clinton
Five armed bandits stopped a bank messenger and two guards on the road between Clinton and St. Bernice Indiana. They seized a pay roll of about 11 000 to 12 000 dollars, forced the guards to flee, damaged the messenger’s car and escaped in a waiting auto toward Danville Illinois prompting a wide search by Indiana and Illinois authorities.
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American State Bank of
Nia
Beatnik 2
Og Toe
Lloyd Reed
Here
St. Bernice
Reed
Ain
Indiana
Illinois
Danville
Ill
Bowman dies after poison attempt in domestic dispute
Frank Bowman, after being driven from his wife's home at gunpoint, drank poison and forced his 12 year old son William to drink the remainder. Bowman died late yesterday. the boy is in serious condition. He had traveled from Louisville to confront his wife. The body was moved to Louisville.
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Vincennes
Ind
Frank Bowman
Louisville
Gasoline Price Cut Drives Western Markets Lower
Standard Oil of Indiana reduced prices by two cents in eleven Midwest states effective today. The drop brings the new rate to 19 cents per gallon as the firm cites competitive conditions in a bid to curb bootleg gasoline sales.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
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