Rescue airplanes ready to start on heroic polar trip
United Press reports Los Angeles based prize figure Jack Kearns funds Captain Haakon Hammer for a North Pole search mission to find Amundsen and companions. Oslo officials foresee rescue flights while Norwegian defense ministry offers planes and pilots on short notice. Copenhagen notes Danish interest as global aid for Amundsen Lincoln Tilsworth and crew gathers, with Los Angeles dirigible plans eyed for broader reach.
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United Press Dispatch
Los Angeles
Jack Kearns
Haakon Hammer
North Pole
Amundsen
Oslo
Norway
Roald Amundsen
King’s Bay
Spitzenbergen
Norwegian Defense Ministry
Norwegian Aeronautical Society
Lincoln Tilsworth
Copenhagen
America
Speedway Crowds Arrive in Capital For 500 Mile Race
The first crowds arrive in Indianapolis for the Decoration Day 500 mile sweepstakes at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Officials predict 125000 to 150000 spectators with 18 of 21 cars qualified and speeds above 100 mph likely aided by balloon tires. Weather bureau forecasts fair, warm conditions with little rain risk.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Autus
Ralph DePalma
R. J. Vail
EL. Corun
Weather Bureau
Jury Bribery Case Collapses in Shepherd Trial
Chicago May 28 State's Attorney Crowe declares the jury bribery attempt against William D. Shepherd's lawyers collapsing as jurors drift away. Missing witness Robert White may return if found, while James Callan faces denial and potential release. Trial delays continue with jury selections failing amid publicity.
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Chicago
Robert E.crowe
William D. Shepherd
James C. Callan
Phillip Barry
Barry
Callan
Crowe
Surory
William Scott Stewart
W. W. O’brien
Shepherd
Robert White
White
J.J. Kelly
Kelly
O’brien
Stewart
United Press
Explorer’s Pole Flight Hope Amid Ice Openings
The speaker describes a polar aviator with one month of food and growing open water between ice floes aiding takeoff. He may have aimed for the Pole and miscalculated by miles due to compass errors. If he landed in a lead it could close, delaying departure. yet the speaker believes the flyer is safe and will return.
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United Press
Washington
Pole
Cape Columbia
Amundsen
Cape
Peary
MacMillan
Death penalty imposed on two men in Dallas assault
Two Black defendants were sentenced to death in Dallas after pleading guilty to an assault on a white woman. The May 28 report states the district court handed down the irreversible punishment following the guilty plea.
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Dallas
Texas
Shot at plant guard after fire destroys sewer pipe works
William Oliver night watchman for the Chicago Sewer Pipe company was shot at by two mysterious assailants as guards are increased to protect a dynamite filled magazine that survived the blaze at Brazil Indiana.
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Brazil
Ind
William Oliver
Chicago Sewer Pipe Company
Married to Father Shocks Chicago Woman in Probe
Mrs Josie Rand told state s attorney attaches she has learned the man she lived with for fourteen years and bore five children to is actually her father.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Josie Rand
State
Subway Train Collision Injures Twenty in New York
A subway collision in New York on May 28 injuries twenty people, five seriously, when two trains bumped in a rush hour crash. Dense crowds and emergency crews aided victims as officers investigated cause and sequence of the crash.
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United Press Dispatch
New York
Nude Body Found On Lake Erie Shore
The nude body of an unidentified woman with head hands and feet missing was found on the shore of Lake Erie today in Cleveland Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Dispatch
Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Erie
Mechanical loaders discussed at American Mining congress session
At Music Hall Cincinnati the American Mining congress explored coal loading with mechanical loaders replacing some hand work. Speakers noted development since wartime shortages, discussed cost, return on investment, and the impact on wages and piecework, with Indiana and Illinois operators sharing experiences.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
American Mining Congress
Music Hall
I. N. Bayless
Union Colliery Company
Dowell
Ill
N. H. McClevey
Pike County Coal Corporation
Petersburg
Ind
McClevey
Mussle Digger Killed by Angry Fisherman
In New Albany Indiana on the Ohio River J B Hundley 56 was shot and killed by Enoch Barker 51. Hundley son Edgar 11 was shot in the face and wounded as Barker fired at the boy after killing his father. Barker surrendered to police and said Hundley fired first.
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New Albany
Ind
J. B. Hundley
Enoch Barker
Ohio River
Hundley
Edgar
Barker
Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty in Shaw Murder Trial
In Martinsville Indiana on May 28 Prosecutor Remy urged the death penalty in closing for John Thomas Shaw a Black man charged with the murder of Helen Hager Whelchel a white Indiana woman. Defense attorney Silas Kivett argued the state failed to clinch its case and the jury will deliberates soon.
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Martinsville
Ind
Remy
John Thomas Shaw
Helen Hager Whelchel
Indianapolis
Silas Kivett
Shaw
Bail Requested for Three Men in Oberholtzer Death Case
Eph Inman attorney for D C Stephenson Earl Klenck and Earl Gentry moved for bail while they await trial for the death of Miss Madge Oberholtzer Judge Hines set June 11 for a hearing on the motion.
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Noblesville
Ind
Eph Inman
D. C
Weeks Undergoes Gall Stone Operation at M G H
Secretary of War John W Weeks underwent gall stone removal and gall bladder drainage at Phillips House Massachusetts General Hospital Boston under local anesthesia. A bulletin from Dr Jones stated the operation was successful and Weeks is in good condition.
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United Press Dispatch
Boston
Mass
John W. Weeks
Phillips House
Massachusetts General Hospital
Jones
French Casualties in Morocco War Reported by Premier Painleve
Paris dispatch reports official figures: four hundred French soldiers killed and 1,100 wounded in the war with Rif tribe forces in Morocco. The announcement was made today by Premier Painleve.
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Lunsted Press
Paris
Morocco
Painleve
Mine Blast At North Carolina Coal Mine Kills Dozens
Between 50 and 71 miners are believed dead after a gas explosion at the Carolina Coal Co mine near Sanford North Carolina. Eight bodies were recovered and rescue teams labored at the 1800 foot level awaiting a rescue car from Thomas West Virginia as families endured a dawn to dusk vigil.
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Sanford
N. C
Carolina Coal Co
Here
Thomas
W. Va
Red Cross
North Carolina
Tornado toll tops historic U.S. losses in March sweep
Official government tally pegs property losses at 16.5 million dollars from the tornado that struck Indiana Illinois and Missouri last March making it the heaviest on record for the nation.
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Washington
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Water boiler explosionKills two in Chicago Chinese restaurant
A water boiler exploded at a Chicago Chinese restaurant killing two Black men and injuring another Black man and nine Chinese waiters. The blast caused extensive damage and alarm across the block.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
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