Japan Earthquake Destruction Hits Hyogo Kyoto Areas
United Press dispatch from Tokyo reports two hundred dead and widespread devastation along the Hyogo and Kyoto coast. Cities Osaka Kyoto Kobe escaped major damage while Toyooka Kumihama Toyooka railway station and several towns suffered collapse of tunnels bridges and water tanks. Rescue trains rush to the stricken zone as traffic along the Japan Sea region is paralyzed.
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Osaka
Kyoto
Kobe
Maidzuru
Japan Sea Region
Tremendous Earthquake Rocks Osaka Kobe Kyoto
A Tokyo dispatched report says a severe quake struck at 11 10 a m damaging tall office blocks and toppling smaller structures. Tottori suffered destruction including the railway station and telegraph office, marking the region's strongest quake in thirty years.
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London
An_ Evening News
Tokio
Osaka
Kobe
Kyoto
Tottori
Quake Strikes Western Japan Hurting Tsuno Saki Toyooka
A strong earthquake and fire are believed to have destroyed Tsuno Saki and Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture on Japan's western coast. Osaka Kyoto and Kobe reported no damage though tremors were felt in these cities. The epicenter lay west of Kyoto in the Kansai district, a sparsely populated region.
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Osaka
Japan
Tsuno Saki
Toyooka
Japan Sea
Hyogo
Kyoto
Kobe
Tokio
Kansac
Fire Rips Through Japanese Towns After Earthquake
Reports say Toyooka 80 miles northwest of Kyoto was half destroyed by the ensuing fire and Tsuno Saki with hot springs may have been razed. Indirect word suggests both towns were still burning at 6 PM with no casualty estimates available. Toyooka has about 10 000 residents and Tsuno Saki about 3 000.
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Japan
Toyooka
Kyoto
Tsuno Saki
Red Cross pledges aid after Japan quake reports
The American Red Cross, which raised 10 million dollars for the 1923 Japanese earthquake victims, will extend relief to the current Japanese disaster if early magnitude reports prove accurate. Officials met with United Press notes and President Coolidge, as Red Cross president, is expected to address the situation with sympathy and concrete help.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Japan
Red Cross
United Press
Coolidge
Poppy Day Observed Across City With Poppy Sales
American Legion auxiliary members sell 10 cent poppies on streets to support the auxiliary welfare fund. The annual Memorial day custom originated from Miss Moina Michael of Athens Georgia inspired by John McCrae’s poem In Flanders Fields.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Auxiliary
Moina Micheal
Athens
Micheal
Hamilton
N. Y
Ladies’ Home Journal
John McCrea
Flanders’ Fields
Flanders
American Legion
Legion
United States
Excessive funeral charges delay Irwin Cox burial
In Columbus Indiana relatives refuse to pay a Denver undertaker’s high prices for a coffin suit and telegrams have traded for a week. Mr Irwin A Cox former Bartholomew county postmaster and sheriff died in Denver last week and the body remains held pending payment.
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Columbus
Ind
Denver
Irwin A. Cox
Bartholomew County
Colorado City
Cox
Denver Undertaking
Cecil Meloy
Denver Concern
Change of venue granted for Oberholtzer case to Noblesville
The Hamilton county court at Noblesville granted a change of venue for D G C Stephenson Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry charged with first degree murder in the Madge Oberholtzer death. Trial may occur in October due to a crowded Marion county docket. possible adjournment to Morgan Hendricks Johnson Hamilton or Hancock counties.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Hamilton County
Noblesville
D. GC. Stephenson
Earl Klenck
Earl Gentry
Miss
Madge Oberholtzer
Hines
Noblesville Court
Marion County Criminal Court
Marion
Collins
Remy
Charles E. Cox
State Supreme Court
Morgan
Hendricks
Johnson
Hamilton
Hancock
Norwegians Await Amundsen Pole Flight Return
Oslo reports anxious waiting in the senate as Captain Amundsen and his American ally Lincoln Ellsworth remain missing after their polar flight. Officials and citizens hope he achieved the pole and will soon be returning home.
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United Press Dispatch
Oslo
Norway
Amundsen
North Pole
Polar
Lincoln Ellsworth
William Edward Coffin Dies by Own Action in New York
William Edward Coffin a 70 year old investment broker fatally shot himself in his Park Avenue office after sending death notices to two papers. He left a letter blaming his wife’s death a year earlier for his loneliness and inconsolable state. Coffin a Richmond Indiana native, requested private funeral and interment and no flowers.
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Press Dispatch
New York
William Edward Coffin
Park Avenue
Coffin
William Edward
Richmond
Ind
Lee Is Retaken After Jail Break In Franklin
Ralph Lee, wanted for the murder of an Indianapolis grocer, was recaptured in Knoxville, Tennessee after escaping from Franklin jail. Tennessee authorities agreed to turn him over to Indiana to face the murder charge and he will be held at the Pendleton state reformatory until his trial.
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United. Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Ralph Lee
Knoxville
Tenn
Franklin
Lee
Tennessee
Indiana
State Reformatory
Pendleton
Kidnapped Woman Found Dead in Maine Cottage
Miss Aida Hayward who was kidnapped Wednesday was found dead today in a Maine cottage. Search teams located her body hidden between two mattresses, bringing a grim end to the case.
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United
Winthrop
Aida Hayward
Heat Wave Deaths Hit Midwest as Temperatures Soar
Reports from St Paul and Chicago describe a devastating Midwest heat wave with two deaths in Nebraska and numerous prostrations. Omaha and Lincoln each reported fatalities while Minnesota storms destroyed farm buildings and killed livestock. Temperatures in the region reached 95 to 104 degrees, with Milwaukee tallying rapid temperature jumps to 91.
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United Press Dispatch
ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Chicago
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Omaha
Lincoln
Milwaukee
Mercury
Old Tell City Factory Destroyed by Fire
A Tell City wagon hub and porch furniture factory run by John Obrecht & Son burned yesterday in Evansville. Loss is estimated between 100000 and 175000 dollars. The plant was among the oldest in southern Indiana.
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Evansville
Ind
Tell City
John Obrecht & Son
Indiana
Five Miners Die in Pennsylvania Coal Mine Blast
Wilkes Barre Pa May 28 Five miners were killed and five others burned or injured in a gas explosion at a coal mine in Edwardsville today. The blast caused extensive damage and prompted immediate rescue efforts.
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Pennsylvania
United Press Dispatch
Wilkesbarre
Edwardsville
Cruelty Emerges as Leading Ground in 1928 U S Divorces
Washington reports census analysis shows cruelty as the top reason for divorce in 1928 with 35.3 percent of cases, surpassing desertion at 33.2 percent. Other causes include adultery 10.6 percent and neglect to provide 4.0 percent.
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Washington
Census Bureau
United States
President Coolidge Taken Sudden Ill
President Coolidge canceled all morning engagements after arriving at the office and reporting a slight indisposition. White House physicians Major James F. Coupal and Dr. Joel T. Boone were summoned for examination, with no statement released about his condition.
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United Press Dispatch
Washington
Coolidge
White House
Everett Sanders
James F. Coupal
Joel T. Boone
Counterfeit Ring Busted In Jay County Bank Scheme
Two Jay county farmer youths William Elzeroth 16 and Ernest Gagenheimer are held in Marion county jail in Indianapolis awaiting federal arraignment on counterfeit charges. A third suspect fled. The group circulated poor imitation dollars and half dollars to Merchants across Jay county.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Jay County
Marion County
William Elzeroth
Ernest Gagenheimer
Portland
Charles Mazey
Secret Service
Hawkins
Elzeroth
Mazey
Samuel Elzeroth
Federal Grand Jury Indicts 42 Persons in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis on May 23, a federal grand jury reported 35 true bills to Judge Robert C. Baltzell. Forty two people were named on miscellaneous charges, nine for narcotics violations, seven for the Dyer Act, and one for prohibition. Only nine names were disclosed as others are not yet arrested or bonded.
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Indianapolis
Robert C. Baltzell
United States District Court
Huge Rum Ring Found in Boston Seized Shipments
Federal agents raided Haymarket Square uncovering a large bootlegging network operating along the New England coast from Eastport to Block Island. The seizure included 1 054 cases of liquor valued at 50 000 and involved the steamer Van and as many as 35 knot speed boats. Frank Savastino and Captain McLean with 18 crew members were arrested. another arrest was expected.
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Boston
Mass
Haymarket Square
Frank Savastino
New England Coast Line
Eastport
Block Island
Coast Guard Service
Coast Guard
Jonesport
Boston Harbor
McLean
Robert Holliday
Spokane
Wash
Back Bay
Bank Robbery at Bourbon Indiana by 10-Man Gang
State bank at Bourbon Indiana was robbed of 10000 in cash and 2000 to 5000 in bonds by a ten-man gang. Night watchman George Spindler was bound with wire in a back room as nitroglycerin blasts wrecked the safe. Moving picture operator Robert Taylor alerted residents after being fired at. Authorities in Kosciskko and Marshall counties pursued the bandits as they fled on foot, leaving nitro and railroad iron behind.
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United Press Dispatch
Plymouth
Ind
Bourbon
Here
George Spindler
Robert Taylor
Spindler
Philip Baugher
Silas Wolf
Taylor
Harry Hillis
Hillis
Pennsylvania
James Lucas
Koscikusko
Marshall
State high school track meet gathers nearly 300 athletes
Nearly three hundred high school athletes gathered in Indianapolis for the annual Indiana High School Athletic Association state track meet. The event drew teams from across the state to compete in events reflecting the season's best sprinters and distance runners.
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Indianapolis
Indiana High School Athletic Association
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Denver, Colo
Stephenson
Marion CO
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Cide
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Ville Today
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