Noted S: Wealthy Los Angeles socialite Myrtle Mellus slain in her home as police close in on suspect Lee Kelley a man who denied murder claiming a beating occurred while authorities note an unmolested $10 000 jewel case fueling the case against him
The body of 41 year old Myrtle Mellus was found in a locked Mellus residence in a posh district. Suspect Lee Kelley was found hiding in a clothes closet and overpowered while attempting to flee. Police say robbery motive unlikely despite the jewels.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Myrtle ‘L. Mellus
Frank Mellus
Kelly
Mineral finds spark northern mining scramble in Pas
Mining reports from the north last week trigger urgent prospecting by air as engineers rush to rumor sites. Beland reports a silver find near Mile One Hundred Thirty-Seven on the Hudson Bay Railway, while Reed Lake claims a gold vein worked by Mc Dougall Como Ferguson Bartlett and Kerr. Copper zinc gold values are cited in Crow Lake district assessments by Shorty Russick with promising assays. Peter Graham and Robbie Cock cram fly over ten thousand miles in six weeks, reporting distant prospects beyond Wollaston Lake, while A Dumas and W Tremandan tease new discoveries before continuing operations.
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Pas
Man
Reed Lake
Beland
Hudson Bay
Joe Mc Dougall
M. Como
Bill Ferguson
George Bartlett
W.kerr
Bartlett
Schoolteacher Shot by Sister in Law in Sask
In Mikado Saskatchewan a two fatal shootings occurred in a schoolhouse early Saturday. Norman McLeod a 40 year old teacher died after being shot three times while in bed. Annie Fylanka 21 shot him then killed herself. A four year old witnessed part of the events. McLeod’s wife was hospitalized and had just given birth six days earlier. An inquest was opened by Coroner J G Warren.
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J. G. Warren
Canova
McLeod
Canora
Russia to participate in the convention in Geneva
Soviet Foreign Affairs Commissar Tehté Teherin notified the League of Nations that Russia accepts the invitation to an international conference in Geneva on November 26 to frame the convention on official economic statistics. Mexico also said it will be represented. Chas. R. Bowyer has been named postmaster at Simcoe Ontario.
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Geneva
G. V. Tehtéteherin
League of Nations
Russia
Mexico
Geodetic Survey Erect Pillar in Central Park
The Geodetic Survey of Canada erected a concrete pillar in Central Park as a fundamental benchmark for precise levelling and triangulation. A second tablet sits six feet underground for reference if the visible mark is destroyed, linking Dominion, provincial, municipal, and private surveys into a single datum.
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Central Park
Geodetic Surey
Canada
Bing
Geodetic Survey
Eagle Butte No. 1 Down At 1595 Feet
The Eagle Butte Company's No. 1 off. well was down 1595 feet with the 18 inch casing at 1575 feet. The formation is described as a soft brown shale.
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Eagle Butte
Eagle Butte Company
Rail clash in Illinois Central wreck at Mounds
Cairo Illinois August 6 five persons killed and dozens injured as Illinois Central trains No 2 and No 16 collided at Mounds nine miles north of Cairo. Reports list several cars derailed and one engine struck a pipe causing further casualties. Conductor Ed Whalen later said twelve killed in the wreck of trains No 16 and No 3 near Mounds with about 200 injured including 38 to 40 seriously.
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Cairo
Ills
Illinois Central
Mounds
Here
Lmited
Carbondale
Ed Whalen
Ifo Colonize Hudson's Bay Lands Near Vermilion
The Hudson's Bay Company withdraws over 400000 acres in the Vermilion and Alexandra districts from market for colonization. Agents survey lands to establish a Clan Donald style settlement with 250 British families by spring, including quarter sections, farm buildings, wells, fencing, and soon-to-start cultivation of the first crops in 1929.
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Hudson's Bay Company
Vermillion
Alexandra
Clan Donald
Hurricane Devastates Bamberg Bavaria
A brief hurricane struck Bamberg Germany on August 6 damaging most buildings and severing railway telegraph and telephone lines. Soldiers police and fire brigades worked to clear debris as Bamberg’s hillside orchard and market garden surroundings suffered extensive destruction.
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Hiamberg
Germany
Bamberg
Bavaria
Polish aviators rescued after Atlantic descent near Portugal
Major Kasimir Kubala and Major Louis Tdzikowski were forced to ditch their biplane Marshall Pilsudski 100 miles off Portugal's coast. Rescued by the German steamer Samos, they reached Oporto's outskirts with injuries after a 38 to 35 hour flight. The crew planned to return to Paris, while the plane was towed in damaged.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Kasimir Kubala
Louis Tdzikwoski
Paris
New York
Marszalek Pilsudski
Samos
Lexicoes
Oporto
Kubala
Cape Finisterre
Spain
Kabala
Tdzikowski
Leizoes
Marshall Pilsudski
Opoto
Greenwich
Atlantic
Azores
Europe
Frank T
Grant Hall Reports Bumper Prairie Crop Outlook
Grant Hall described a positive crop outlook after touring the Prairies and Pacific coast. He noted hail and rain damage was minor overall and that grain could recover with good weather. He cited near 625 new country elevators and 25 million bushels more storage, plus expanded terminal facilities and railcar power on Canadian Pacific lines. Hall travelled with D C Coleman W R Dunn Hamilton J Dodds and G Montagu Black. he heads to the head of the lakes tonight.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canadian Pacific Railway
Prairies
Pacific Coast
Canadian Pacific
Vancouver
Hall
Western Lines
Mr Hall
West
Mr. Hall
D. C. Coleman
Western Lines Canadian Pacific Railway
W. R. Dunn
International Harvester Company of Canada
Hamilton
Jackson Dodds
Bank of Montreal
G. Montagu Black
Head of the Lakes
Clara Bow Delayed at Monarch Tonight
Adolphe Menjon will show A Night of Mystery as the main feature tonight at the Monarch theater. Get Your Man arrives at 8 13 but will be screened only once starting at 8 30. A Night of Mystery will start and finish the evening shows.
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Monarch
Adolphe Menjon
Explosion wrecks Opel IV during first test near Bingen
Fritz Von Opel's rocket propelled motor racing yacht Opel IV exploded and sank within minutes off Binger Loch during a test run. Von Opel and his companions leaped overboard in leather coats and swam to shore. Earlier a rocket car exposed during a speed test on Saturday.
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Bingen
Germany
Fritz von Opel
Binger Loch
von Opel
Hei Pig
Earthquake Devastates Town in Oaxaca Region
Despatches from Pigotens Oaxaca report a city leveled by the most violent earthquake on record with fifty aftershocks through Saturday and Sunday. Residents fled outdoors fearing collapsing buildings while other towns like Jamiltupec Cacamatepec Illamaca and Minizona suffered. No casualties yet reported though Huixotepec fears persist as telegrams go unanswered. Local rains after the quake worsened damage.
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Mexico City
Pigotens
Oaxaca
Patriat Yo
Huixotepec
Jamiltupec
Cacamatepec
Illamaca
Minizona
Archbishop Mathe son to resign as primate of Canada
Archbishop Samuel Pritchard Mathe son will retire as primate of the Church of England in Canada on September 22 after 20 years in office. He will remain Bishop of Rupert's Land and Chancellor of Manitoba University. A House of Bishops meeting will choose his successor, with three archbishops named as likely candidates.
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Winnipeg
Church of England
Canada
Samuel Pritchard Matheson
All Canada
Rupert
Land
Manitoba University
House of Bishops
Nova Scotia
New Westminster
Huron
Matheson
Manitoba
Selkirk
East Kildonan
Robert Machray
Farmer 18 Killed as Auto Falls on Him on Saskatchewan Farm
Regina reports John Anderson a prominent southern Saskatchewan farmer died instantly on his Littlewoody farm when the automobile he was repairing toppled onto him. Word reached the city Sunday and details are sparse.
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Regina
Sask
John Anderson
Saskatchewan
Littlewoody
Huronic Aground Near Lucile Island on Lake Superior
The passenger steamer Huronic ran aground on Lucile Island on the north shore of Lake Superior. The Chesaplain tug and Coast Guard cutter Crawford moved toward the ship. passengers and crew were not in danger and damage above waterline was not considered serious.
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Duluth
Minn
Huronic
Lucile Island
Lake Superior
Wire Corporation of America
Aytene
Chesplain
Arthur
Aegist
Wes
Pigeon River
United States
Coast Guard
Crawford
Harbors
Detroit
Port Arthur
British Harvest Helpers Over 10 000 Men Sought
London reports a call for 10 000 men to assist in Canadian harvest under a British Canadian agreement. Mining districts fill quotas quickly with 1500 from South Wales 1000 from Bristol 1200 from Manchester and 100 from Edinburgh telephoned to London.
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London
C.P. c
South Wal
Bristol
Manchester
Edinburgh
Isgt
Mrs Roderick Morison Aged One of Prince Raward’s Old Women
Local notice records Mrs Roderick Morison, aged one, described as an elder woman of Prince Raward, noted in a terse genealogical snippet and attributed to author Granvitly.
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Roderick ‘Morison
Prince Raward' Taland
Auth Granvitly
Canada’s Business Volume Surges Beyond Previous Records
Ottawa reports the physical volume of Canada’s business for the first half of the year at a record high. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics index shows a 14 percent rise over the same period in 1927, with construction contracts up 34 percent compared to 1927’s half year.
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Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion Bureau of
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Hudson's Bay
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Courtney
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Madrid
Ramon Franco
Grant Hall
Clara Bow
Haye Fia
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