Missing aviator found after crash in Pennsylvania mountains
Lieut. Cyrus K. Bettis an Army flying ace who had been missing since Monday was discovered alive in the Seven Sisters mountains and taken to Center County Hospital in serious but not critical condition. He suffered a broken left leg, skull fractures, and severe head injuries but survived the wreck and crawl through dense forest for five and a half hours to a roadside with help from two state highway workers.
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Bellefonte
Cyrus K. Bettis
Seven Sisters Mountains
Center County
Lieut. Bett
Lieut. Bettis
West Liberty Fair Sets Attendance Record Hopes
Daily attendance near 11 000 as crowd swells for livestock poultry shows and platform dance tonight. Fair awards will be announced with livestock and poultry winners and fair activities wrap up this evening.
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West Liberty Fair
Journal Today
Duel Halt Ends in Tragedy In Hammond
In Hammond Indiana a mutual friend intervening in a pistol duel was killed and another man wounded. Mariellus Sanchez and Diageo Ayala faced off back to back when Dominco Padilla stepped in to separate them. A bullet struck Sanchez in the throat and another shot killed Padilla as the men struggled for the gun. The motive for the duel is unknown.
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Hammond
Ind
Mariellus Sanchez
Diageo Ayala
Dominco Padilla
Ayala
Sanchez
Padilla
Indian Murder Trial Ends with Mistrial in Osage Case
Guthrie Oklahoma August 25 The jury in the Hale and Ramseyr case charged with slaying Osage Indian Henry Roan was discharged by Federal Judge J H Cotteral after reporting it could not agree on a verdict. The case went to the jury last Friday afternoon.
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Jory Hanes
Guthrie, Okla
W. K. Hale
John Ramseyr
Henry Roan
J. H. Cotteral
Generally Fair Weather Tonight and Thursday
Town forecasts show fair conditions with warmer readings across east and central areas tonight. River States towns report varied readings with some rises and a few declines, including La Crosse up 1.6 and Keokuk up 0.3 while St Louis dips slightly.
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St. Paul
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
St. Louis
Two Killed in Santa Fe Train Wreck in New Mexico
A Santa Fe work train derailed near Thoreau New Mexico early today killing conductor J B Tucker of Gallup and Mrs Joe Hansen wife of the ark train foreman. Eight others were injured and taken to Gallup as crews worked to clear the wreck and reopen the main line.
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Winslow
Ariz
Santa Fe
Thoreau
N. M
J. B. Tucker
Gallup
Joe Hansen
Ark
Mellett's Wife Sues for 100000 in Murder Case Move
Mrs. Don R. Mellett of Indianapolis sues in federal court seeking 100000 damages for her husband Don R. Mellett killed at Canton on July 16. Defendants include Ben Rudner Louis Mazer and Patrick Eugene McDermott. The suit frames the murder as a conspiracy to rob the family of support and appears to shift the probe into federal jurisdiction.
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Cleveland
Don R. Mellett
Indianapolis
Ind
Federal Cour Here
Canton
Ben Rudner
Massilon
Louis Mazer
Patrick Eugene McDermott
Naty Glo
Mazer
Rudner
Mellett
H. C. Pontius
Joseph R. Roach
Chicago
Francis W. Poulson
United States
Don R. Melletto
Girl in Uncle's Wife Case Faces New Theft Charge
Elsie Dunleavy a 16 year old who previously lived with her uncle as his wife and was sent back to Massachusetts parents after a nationwide search is again in police custody. She is charged with stealing clothing and jewelry from a home where she worked as a maid after returning to the city six weeks ago. Items valued at about 500 dollars disappeared and she was arrested last night. The uncle John Dunleavy father of nine children and holder of a five months old baby found when the couple were arrested last winter was sentenced to 25 years in the Iowa penitentiary.
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Chicago
Til
Elsie Dunleavy
Manchester
Elsie
John Dunleavy
Iowa
15-Foot Boa Reported Near Rankin Community
Danville Illinois August 25 AP farmers near Rankin report a 15 foot boa constrictor seen three miles south of town by Reverend Trambell pastor Rankin Free Methodist church. Constable Frank Potter and others searched the area but found no trace of the reptile.
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Danville
Ill
Rankin
County
Trambell
Rankin Free Methodist Church
Frank Potter
Man Confesses Shooting Wife Despondent Over Losses
Maquoketa Iowa August 25 AP Ferdinand Mueller of Bellevue told a sanity commission Something just made me do it as the reason for shooting his wife last Thursday She is recovering at a Bellevue hospital The commission ordered Mueller transferred to the state hospital at Independence Relatives testimony shows years of despondency from financial troubles and the death of three daughters since 1917 He expressed sorrow for the act
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Maquoketa
Ferdinand Mueller
Bellevue
Bellevue Hospital
Mueller
Independence
Farm Bureau
West Liberty
Fair
W. F. Schilling
Schilling
Twin Cities Milk Producers Association
Grange
St. Paul
United States
Minister slain by a relative in unwritten law defense
Springfield Aug 25 AP Rev Edward Gillum 49 evangelist at Sheridan Mo was killed by his brother in law W R Leffler a contractor in Leffler home Leffler used an Indian club to crush Gillums skull claiming unwritten law Leffler said he found Gillum in front room Gillums alleged attempts to wreck Lefflers home led to the fatal confrontation Mrs Leffler supported her husbands account and police were summoned
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Springfield
Edward Gillum
Sheridan
W. R. Leffler
Leffler
Gillum
Rev. Gillum
Bombing at Farmers Deposit Savings Bank Shocks Pittsburgh
A bomber in working clothes exploded a bomb at Farmers Deposit Savings Bank in Pittsburgh injuring about 24 people and killing the bomber and a policeman. The attacker demanded 2000 dollars and fled after the blast as authorities scramble for motive and identity.
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BANK
Pittsburgh
Thousands Bring Valentino Viewing to Standstill
New York crowds flocked to view Rudolph Valentino's body as police and black shirted fascists guarded the scene. About 50 000 spectators crowded Broadway with 100 injured in the crush and two plate glass windows shattered. Burial plans remain undecided with Valentino's brother en route from France and figures like Pola Negri and manager Ullman awaiting funeral details.
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New York
Rudolph Valentino
Broadway
Undertaking
Mussolini
Fascisti
Benito Mussolini
Valentino
Alberto Guglielmi
France
Pola Negri
S. George Ullman
Hollywood
Miss Negri
Mayor Walker
Will Hays
Adolph Zukor
Marcus Loew
Hiram Abrams
St. Malachi’s Catholic Church
Storms Push Gulf Coast Hurricane Threat Inland
Gulf coast vessels report hurricane velocity winds as a tropical storm moves inland. The Steamship Cody 75 mph winds 220 miles east-southeast of Galveston while the Argon clocks 100 mph NE with high seas and heavy rain. Weather officials say the storm shifts north toward Louisiana coast with hurricane warnings on Burwood Morgan City stretch.
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Galveston
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Cody
New Orleans
Louisiana
Weather Bureau
Burwood
Morgan City
Indictments for Election Fraud In Chicago Forty-Second Ward
Chicago reports twenty indictments naming forty election judges and clerks for fraud in the last primary. Indictments allege conspiracy to make false returns and will be filed in criminal court tomorrow. Most accused hail from the forty-second ward where officials noted the most outstanding fraudulence in the city.
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Chicago
Ill
Plausible clue in girl's death in Ohio case
Dorothy Kirk a 21 year old stenographer died after a suspected overdose of medicines given by her suitor Emil Balanscu 21. Coroner and chemists found the stomach loaded with drugs but no single poison identified. Balanscu admits prescribing medicines but denies intent to cause death. The case hinges on chemical analyses and the youths medical knowledge gained in Paris and through U.S. drugstores and schools.
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Cleveland, O
Dorothy Kirk
Emil Balanscu
A. P. Hammond
Harold J. Knapp
Balanscu
Knapp
Police hunt for murderer in Carroll shooting death
Carroll Iowa August 25 AP state and county officers press to identify the man who shot Thomas Casey of Chardan at a Green home drinking and gambling party. Four men including Wilbur Green are in custody. Arthur Fritz is missing. Casey died before noon after being shot in the abdomen. no gun found.
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Carroll
Thomas Casey
Chardan
Wilbur Green
Green
Casey
Thomas Shea
Charles Allen
Charles Carey
W. J. Schmidh
Hi Yackey
Arthur Fritz
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Rudy
Hles
Banius
Lowan
Evangelist
Law
Farmers Deposit Savings Bank
George Ortmann
Ortmann
Police and Fascisti Guard
Condylis
Greece
Pangalos
Gulf Coast
Manta
Paris
America
Isadore Moidel
Warren, CO
Robert Quillen
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