Trainmen meet today to vote on big strike
Chicago August 14 U R decline arbitration over wage dispute 30000 trainmen convene sections in cities to vote on strike The Brotherhood Railroad Trainmen and Orderly of Railway Conductors seek seven and a half percent raise They rejected arbitration as issues have been heard at four previous arbitrations under Railway Labor Acts
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Chicago
U.R
Brotherhood Railroad
Ordley
Railway Conductins
Brotherhood
Milhagers
Device to prevent film projection fires tested in England
The U S Department of Commerce announced a new appliance to vent films that catch fire during projection. An attachment to spool boxes cuts the film at the opening and seals the box when pressure is applied, preventing ignition of the film inside. The test occurred in Huddersfield England with promising results.
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Washington
United States Department of Commerce
Huddersfield
Enegland
Muskegon Field Sweetens With Record Gas Well Blowout
In Muskegon on Aug 1, the Kelly Goldboss No. 1 Mattingly hole blew in as the largest gas well in the field and likely the state. It yields 15 to 20 million cubic feet of dry gas daily, triple the former top producer, boosting Dundee sands output to about 60 million cubic feet per day. The noise travels over four miles, and head control attempts failed due to immense pressure. A stronger head assembly will be flown in from Oklahoma to manage the field.
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Muskegon
Kelly Goldboss No. 1
Mattingly
Dundee Sands
Oklahoma
Fordson Joins with Dearborn to Form Dearborn City
Detroit dispatch reports Fordson and Dearborn voted to merge last night. The new city will be named Dearborn with Henry Ford’s home now at its center.
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Detroit
Mid
U.P
Fordson
Dearborn
Henry Ford
Bremen Will Rest In New Museum In New York
Berlin Aug 14 The airplane Bremen destined for the trans Atlantic route to America is to be housed in New York Citys municipal museum. Baron von Huenefeld owner of the plane offers it as a permanent gift to the city in thanks for American hospitality and friendship. The baron writes from a sanitarium where he recovers from appendicitis. He says he has sacrificed the Bremen and its sister ship for a goodwill project prompted by American friendship.
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Berlin
Bremen
Baron von Huenefeld
Europe
Black man confesses to schoolteacher murder for one dollar
David Skaggs, 28, a Black man, confessed to killing Miss Jennie Meta Constance, a school teacher in Evanston and Chicago area. He planned robbery, obtained $1.19 from the wrist watch sale, and was arrested after a jewelers alerted police. He admitted fatally injuring her to gain money.
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Chicago
David Skaggs
Jennie Meta Constance
Evanston
Chicarro
Skages
Leland Bastian
Man Saw Fight and Runs for Sheriff in Dane County
Madison Wisconsin August 14 twenty candidates seek Dane County sheriff post among them Thomas J Watson Madison A circulated pamphlet by Watson claims he witnessed a gun battle between four bandits and two police officers at 4 am in a Washington district home two days later one officer died from gunshots and three bandits were electrocuted a second officer was shot five times but survived.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Dane County
Wisconsin
Thomas
J. Watson
Watson
Wasington
Michigan Death Records Show Declines in Several Diseases
United Press reports Michigan posted lower death rates in five major illnesses in 1927, with measles 1.5 per 100,000, tuberculosis 67, typhoid 2.1, diarrhea under two 21.6, and infant mortality 67.7. Automobile fatalities rose to 31.8 per 100,000, driving heavy casualties though not all were deaths.
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Lansing
United Press
Michigan
Man Invents Lifeboat To Rise On Own Power
Dallas inventor Willis L. McQueen unveils an undersea safety device for submarines. The auxiliary lifeboat would detach during emergencies and rise to the surface under its own power, without hindering normal submarine movement. A government patent review is underway.
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Dallas
Tex
Willis L. McQueen
Geologists Find Prehistoric River Bed in North Adams
Workmen digging for a new parochial school uncovered a prehistoric river bed in North Adams Massachusetts. Large boulders up to ten feet in diameter were found embedded in gravel and required a steam drill to free the rocks from earth.
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North Adams
Mass
Telegram Signals New Lead in Mrs Mellus Murder
Los Angeles investigators traced a Chicago telegram signed Sergeant Sullivan to Captain Ray Cato reporting a young woman fleeing with a $5000 bill amid the slaying of society woman Myrtle Mellus. Leo Kelly, arraigned for the murder, pleaded not guilty as trial set for August 27.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Myrtle Mellus
Leo Kelly
S. Sullivan
Ray Cato
Police Detentive Bureau
Kelly
Virginia Grove
New York
France
Herman ‘Cline
Sullivan
Chicago Police Department
Hamtramck Faces Bitter Recall Campaign Shocks
Hamtramck, a Detroit enclave, is engulfed in a recall battle centering on Mayor Rudolph Tenerowicz. Petitions circulate accusing him of unfitness, favoritism, high trucker wages, and poor property leasing decisions amid a stormy local political scene.
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Detroit
Mich
Hamtramerk
Rudolph G. Tenerowica
Hamtramck
Rockford Aviator Ready for Stockholm Flight
Rockford aviator Bert Hassell announced readiness for a second hop to Stockholm Sweden. He planned to start within four days awaiting favorable weather. Also reported is Doris Metzger a seven year old girl who has recovered from neck injuries after a miniature railway car wreck.
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Rockford
Ill
Bert Hassell
Stockholm
Sweden
Rye, N
U.P
Doris Metzger
Smith to Meet Hoover in Battle Over Prosperity Claims
Washington August 14. Governor Alfred Smith plans to clash with Herbert Hoover on prosperity. Smith allies prepare a campaign arguing unemployment rose under Republican rule and will quote Hoover against him. Hoover praised eight years of Republican progress in stabilization of commerce and industry and occupancy of jobs.
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Washington
WIP
Alfred
Smith
Herbert Hoover
New York
Hoover
Distillery Equipment Seized in Rolland Township
Sheriff Hess reports county officers found two complete distillery setups on a vacant Rolland township farm about five miles west four miles south and one mile east of Winn. The cache included a still pressure tank 110 gallons of mash and numerous jugs and bottles. Moonshiners were not present, suggesting they visited only occasionally to replenish liquor.
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William A. Hess
Rolland Township
Winn
Well Known Author Louis Tracy Dies in England
London Aug 14 Louis Tracy author of many novels and detective stories died Monday at his home near Ashford Kent He was born in 1863 and educated privately in Yorkshire and France His early career included travel in India and the United States
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London
Louis Tracy
Ashford
Kent
Yorkshire
France
India
United States
Local Ladies Attend Disabled Veterans Birthday Party
Indies of the American Auxiliary Legion attended the tenth district birthday party for disabled veteran patients at the American Legation hospital. Mrs James Hunt, Mrs Mary Hunt, Mrs Jean nette Vee, Mrs Marc Clave Nok, Mrs Willey, Maria 0, Mrs Roy Bailey, and Mrs Charles Crawford joined a group delivering seventy five boxes of candy to the soldier patients.
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Indies
American Auxiliary Legion
James Hunt
Mary ‘Hunt
Jeannette Vee
Marc Clave
Nok
Lie ‘Willey
Maria
Ne-Vanee
Roy Bailey
Calif Fires Largely Controlled As Reinforcements Arrive
Fires across California remained largely under control with crews resting on several fronts. Idaho's Blanchard company sent 200 firefighters to aid near Spirit Lake while other blazes near Priest River and Merced Gorge saw containment or swift suppression. The Berkeley and Walnut Creek incidents prompted reinforcements from Oakland and Berkeley amid memories of the 1928 Berkeley fire.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
D Blanchards
Idaho
Nea Spirit Lake
Priest River
Osenite Park
Merced
Merced River
Miami Mountain
Siérra Forest
Madera ‘County
Ard
Sequoia: National Park
Berkeley
Oakland
Walnut Greek
Contra Costa
College Town
Dam Bursts In India Threatening Vast River Area
A glacier dam burst on a tributary of the Indus releases millions of gallons, threatening flood across northern India near Attock Qhachh Ladakh and other districts. The lake formed in the Karakoram was nine miles long and 300 feet deep with a thick restraining glacier, risking obliteration of populous towns.
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Carachi
India
U.P
Indus River
Attock
Qhacchh
Ladakh
Nowshera
Kashmir
Indus
Lehin
Karakoram
Flack Carnival Promises Grand Northwestern Show at Fair
The Northwestern Shows bring a rebuilt midway with the whip ferris wheel and merry go round. The new monkey autodrome features trained Rhodus monkeys driving cars. Mechanical City and other attractions promise a thrilling exhibition for fairgoers.
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Coney Island
Joe
Wonder Boy
Mechanical City. Co
Hastings hatchery building to cost about 10000 dollars
The department of conservation will add a two story brick veneer hatchery at Hastings, expanding fish propagating capacity after 100 years of operation. The new building intended to help raise perch, bass and bluegills will be completed soon and cost about 10000 dollars.
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Lansing
Hastings
Department" of Conservation
Mail Service Improved by New Contract
Beginning next Monday morning Mr Pleasant and Shepherd will gain added mail service. A contract with J D Alexander via J R Ayer of Grand Rapids brings all first class mail from Saginaw each morning, arriving in time for first delivery and rural routes. Early mail shifts reduce city half day and rural route delivery times. bus dispatch at six closes the day.
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Mr. Pleasant
Shepherd
J. R. Ayer
Grand Rapids
J. D. Alexander
Saginaw
Mt. Pleasant
Rate Reductions Boost Cleveland Louisville Air Line
The Cleveland Louisville air line sees reduced mail and freight rates sparking aviation business growth. New lower tariffs attract heavy cargoes and expand traffic as the service inaugurates the route amid optimistic demand and plummeting rates.
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Cleveland
Louisville
U.P
Clévelard
Cléveland- Louisville
Aix
Refugees in Europe and Asia settle, 260000 left
Henry Wood reports that after World War I about 3,000,000 refugees faced upheaval across Europe and Asia. By mid August roughly 200,000 still homeless, with 1,500,000 Russians displaced since the Bolshevik rise and about 1,200,000 Greeks moved from Asia Minor back to Greece, plus 400,000 Greeks sent to Turkey. The League of Nations notes most have found self supporting homes.
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Henry Wood
United’ Press
Geneva
Europe
Asia
League of Nations
Lausanne
Asia Minor
Greece
Turkey
Greéce
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