Von Frantzius Arrested in Slaying of Tribune Reporter
Chicago police say Peter Von Frantzius a sporting goods dealer is charged as an accessory before the fact in the June 9 killing of Tribune reporter Alfred Jake Lingle. The warrant alleges he sold a gun used in the crime and conspired to remove serial numbers.
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Lingle
Chicago
Peter von Frantzius
Sporting
Alfred
Jake) Lingle
Tribune
John H. Lyle
von Frantzius J
Frank Foster
Michigan Avenue
Lingle W
George
Bugs) Moran
von Frantzius
Dr Versey
Earhart Arrives as Derby Race Advances
Amelia Earhart, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, arrived during a multi-aircraft derby race as Gladys O’Donnell stretched her lead near Milwaukee. The event covers 2,250 miles from Long Beach to Chicago with pilots including O’Donnell, O’Donnell’s rivaling contenders, and veterans clipping pylons in civilian races.
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O'Donnell
John Blum
Seattle
Art Chester
Joliet
Ill
Frank Hawks
Casey Jones
Jimmy” Haizlip
Amelia Earhart
Henry Brown
National Air Pilots’ Association
Milwaukee
Wis
Long Beach
Calif
Chicago
Madison
Gladys O'Donnell
California
St. Paul
Bert Rouff
N. B
Nick) Mamer
Spokane
Frank Kammer
Wenatchee
Arsenal of Gang in Brooklyn Home Seized
Police seized a Brooklyn flat after tailing a car tied to Jack Legs Diamond. Readied for a gang war were nine bombs 24 hand grenades eight steel vests three signal pistols two stocks for machine guns 16 clips 25 shots each five gallons tear gas 29 ammo boxes 150 bullets and 22 fountain pen pistols. Arrests included Frederick Wichter his wife and son Harri Klein and James Dalton Diamond's chauffeur.
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New York
Brooklyn
Jack “Legs” Diamond
Frederick Wichter
Harri Klein
James Dalton
Era
N. Y
Legge urges Iowa farmers to act via organization and livestock focus
Legge warned that farm and industrial parity has long been unequal and urged Iowa farmers to buy cattle from distressed areas to feed locally. He defended wheat feeding for temporary relief but favored corn as cheaper to raise, predicting a tight 2,000,000 bushel US corn crop and weak market prospects.
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Legge
China
India
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Farm Board
Iowa
Brouth
Des Moines Club
Legger
Wall Street
United States
Six in Family Killed in Grade Crossing Crash
In St. Anthony Indiana a farm trip for water ended in tragedy when a car driven by William Hedinger 35 was hit by a Southern railway freight train. Six in the family died including Theodore 11 Irene 10 Leola 8 Bernice 4 and Mrs John Bieker 55. Three others were seriously injured.
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St. Anthony
Ind
Southern Railway
William Hedinger
Hedinger
Theodore
Irene
John Bieker
Leola
Bernice Bieker
Marie Bieker
Aged Circus Man Suffers Relapse in Grave Condition
Al G Barnes, veteran circus figure, battles lobar pneumonia and is reported sinking rapidly. Legally Al phonseus George Stonehouse, he was hospitalized two weeks ago as his wife Mrs. Sarah Jane Barnes was summoned to his bedside after a relapse.
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Los Angeles
al G Barnes
Barnes
Alphonseus George Stonehouse
Sarah Jane Barnes
Fatal Auto Crash Near Webster City Kills Mendon Man
J L McPherson aged 35 from Mendon Missouri was killed when his auto skidded in loose gravel and overturned east of Webster City Iowa late last night. Two other occupants escaped with minor bruises. McPherson, unwed, worked for Western Union Telegraph company in the area.
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Webster City
J. L. McPherson
Mendon
Here
McPherson
Western Union Telegraph Company
Eight British, 32 Tribesmen Die in New Battle
In the Kur ram region of the northwest frontier, eight British soldiers and 32 tribal fighters were killed in hand to hand fighting on the Bannu-Kohat road. Captain Ashcroft was shot dead from behind, and Fazal Qadar, a mullah leader, was mortally wounded. Forty one British and native combatants died or were wounded, with 70 prisoners taken. Bombs damaged a car carrying Sir Charles Tegart. both bombs failed to harm him.
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Simla
India
Bannu-Kohat
Kurram
Northwest Frontier Province
Fazal Qadar
Peshawar
Frontier Constabulary
Bannu
Calcutta
Bengal
Charles Tegart
Sir Charles
Resents Whipping Attempts to Kill His Grandparents
In Creston Iowa on August 25 AP reports 14 year old Eugene Carl held in Union county jail in connection with an alleged attack on his grandparents Mr and Mrs H J Swanker. Police say Carl slashed the grandparents faces with a hatchet after they slept. Authorities expected assault with intent to murder charges to be filed. Carl says he and his sisters were mistreated at the Swanker home and the whipping that night was the climax.
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Creston
Eugene Carl
Union County
H. J. Swanker
Swanker
Carl
Ammunition Train Blown Up Near Kweiteh China
Near Kweileh Honan a nationalist government ammunition train of 19 cars was blown up today. Loss of life is unknown but believed small. Cause of the blaze unknown. spies rumored. The explosion ripped the railroad right of way, twisted cars, and debris flew far. The governor was burned. rail fighting along the Haichow Tungkwan line reported at low ebb. Fields are flooded waist high, threatening crops.
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Kweileh
Honan
Haichow-Tungkwan
Henan
Gas Station Robbed in Belle Plaine Heist
Two masked bandits robbed the G. W. Preston service station in Belle Plaine Iowa early today, obtaining 50 dollars in the holdup.
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Belle Plaine
Income Taxes Show Big Gain Despite Reduction
The bureau reports total internal revenue for the year ending June 30 at 3.040 billion dollars, up 101.1 million from the previous year. Income tax receipts reach 2.410 billion, rising nearly 79 million, while refunds total 126.8 million. New York leads with 830.2 million in income tax payments and Delaware posts the largest percentage increase. Wyoming falls 35 percent.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Hoover
Mellon
Bureau
New York State
Illinois
Delaware
Wyoming
Judge Cummings Dies at 66 in Iowa District Court
Marshalltown Iowa August 25 AP B F Cummings 66 former judge of the seventeenth judicial district court died after two weeks illness. His widow and a daughter survive.
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Marshalltown
B. F. Cummings
Seventeenth Judicial District Court
Aerial Bomb Accident Injures Man at National Air Races
Theodore Ulrich, 30, of Mason City Iowa, suffered serious injuries from a premature aerial bomb explosion during the national air races last night. He is expected to recover.
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Chicago
Theodore Ulrich
East Seventh Street
Mason City
Bandits Loot Casinos and Taverns in Sioux City Spa
Sioux City Iowa bandits and burglars net more than 1100 in a series of holdups Sunday night and early today. The largest haul came from Ye Old Tavern Inn where robbers blasted the safe and took 579 dollars in cash.
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Sioux City
Tinley Takes Command of Iowa National Guard Camp
Maj. Gen. M. A. Tinley of Council Bluffs arrived at Camp Dodge to assume command of the Iowa national guard encampment. He recently returned from Europe where he fought as a World War I colonel and visited former battlefields.
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Des Moines
M. A. Tinley
Council Bluffs
Thirtyfourth
Camp Dodge
Iowa National Guard
Tinley
Europe
Pershing Returns Home From France Mission Memoir Work
General John J. Pershing arrived home from France where he had spent four months as chairman of the battle monuments commission and was completing his memoirs.
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Pershing
New York
John J. Pershing
Tle
France
Battle Monuments Commission
Canadian Fliers Start Flight to Magnetic Pole
Winnipeg Aug. 23 AP On a flight to the north magnetic pole pilots W. E. Gilbert and Maj. L. T. Burash, Canadian explorer, aimed for King William land shores after a start from Fort Hearne. They expected to reach the pole in three or four days with observations and photographs to follow, radio contact not yet received.
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Winnipeg
North Magnetic Pole
Arctic
W. E. Gilbert
Maj
L. T. Burash
King Williams Land
Fort Hearne
Williams Land
Dubuque Man Killed in Wisconsin Crash
James Ackerman a 42 year old resident of Dubuque Iowa died when his car overturned while overtaking an approaching vehicle near Lancaster Wisconsin on August 25 according to AP authorities report.
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Dubuque
Lancaster
Wis
James Ackerman
Pilsudski Forms New Polish Cabinet
Warsaw reports Marshal Joseph Pilsudski formed a new Polish cabinet today which won approval from President Moscicki.
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Warsaw
Poland
Joseph Pilsudski
Moscicki
Souvenir French shell wounds two in St Joseph
A 37 millimeter battlefield souvenir exploded in a St Joseph house wounding 17 year old Dudley Garber and 15 year old Genevieve Courter. Garber lost fingers and suffered injuries to his right side while Courter suffered facial and eye burns. Both are listed in dangerous condition by physicians.
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St. Joseph
France
Genevieve Courter
Dudley Garber
Garber
Miss Courter
Fair Manager Dies at Central States Fair
Clifford R. Trimble, secretary and manager of the Central States Fair and Exposition association, died in Aurora after seven weeks of illness.
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Aurora
Ill
Clifford R. Trimble
Postpone Trial of George Ewald in Mail Fraud Case
The trial of George F. Ewald a resigned New York city magistrate on mail fraud charges was postponed in federal court until September 2. The case links to a state inquiry into bartering of minor judge ships in New York City and centers on alleged irregularities in Cotter Butte mine stock sales.
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New York
George F. Ewald
New York City
Cotter Butte
Mystery girl fully identified in Omaha case
Omaha Aug 25 AP reports science confirmed the long dead mystery girl as Beulah McConnell Wagle of Colchester Michigan. Dentist Dr B K Brown matched teeth to the skull and Evelyn McConnell sister will claim the body for interment in Carthage.
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Omaha
Neb
Beulah McConnell Wagle
Colchester
B. K. Brown
Evelyn McConnell
Carthage
Here
Name officers named for Iowa C M T C at Des Moines camp
Ferris G. Spoor of St. Joseph Missouri was named major of the battalion headquarters at Fort Des Moines. Lieut Herbert L. Gorr of Dubuque was named to the battalion staff. First company infantry officers include Captain Joseph R. Thiehoff of Fort Madison and Lieutenants William R. Noland West Liberty Newlin N. Briceland Davenport Raymond B. Drake Davenport and Richard H. Free Davenport.
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Des Moines
Ferris G. Spoor
St. Joseph
Citizens’ Military Training
Fort Des Moines
Edgar A. Sirmyer
Herbert L. Gorr
Dubuque
Joseph R. Thiehoff
Fort Madison
William R. Noland
West Liberty
Newlin N. Briceland
Davenport
Raymond B. Drake
Richard H. Free
Gas Thieves Steal 335 Gallons at Vinton Rail Yards
Gas thieves stole about 335 gallons from Sinclair Oil railroad cars in Vinton Iowa and likely broke tank locks with a crowbar. The break mixed 14,000 gallons of high and low test gasoline. Loss estimated at 300 dollars by Sinclair agent Alva Thompson. truck tracks near the warehouse provided the only clues.
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Vinton
Sinclair Oil Company
Alva Thompson
Sinclair
Memorial motion to modernize five year air program
Chicago August 25 The National Aeronautic Association closed with a vote adopting a memorial to Congress urging modernization of the five year army and navy air program. Godfrey Cabot of Boston presented 200 other resolutions at the session.
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Congress
Chicago
National Aeronautic Association
Godfrey Cabot
Boston
Sales Manager Pleads Guilty In Embezzlement Case
Cincinnati Aug 25 A W Shafer former district sales manager of Henry L Doherty and company pleaded guilty to embezzling 10162.50 from his former employers as his trial began in criminal court. He received a 10 year prison sentence.
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Cincinnati
A. W. Shafer
Henry L. Doherty and Company
Cicero Butcher Shot Dead in Gangland Style Killing
Chicago reports Joseph Terravecchia a Cicero butcher was shot to death last night in an alley behind his home. Police found shotgun slugs in the body and suspect gangland motives, though Terravecchia had no known gang ties. The widow was too distraught to question.
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Chicago
Joseph Terravecchia
Cicero
Terravecchia
Gold Coast Club Raids Nabs 17 Inmates Of Disorderly House
Chicago police under Captain Michael W. Delaney raided Club Nagel on the Gold Coast arresting the manager and 16 diners in evening dress. Officials seized imported alcohol and booked all for disorderly house with bail set. arraignment planned before Municipal Judge John H. Lyle. Delaney vowed to close booze venues on the Gold Coast.
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Chicago
Gold Coast
Michael W. Delaney
Delaney
Nagel
John H. Lyle
Stockyards
Hotel Elevator Tragedy Kills Repairman at Gotham Hotel
An elevator at the Hotel Gotham on Fifth Avenue surged upward and then dropped, flooding the lobby and cellar. Andrew Dublin, an assistant engineer, was repairing the car at street level when the accident occurred and was found dead at the shaft bottom half submerged.
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New York
Gotham
Fifth Avenue
Andrew Dublin
Dublin
Rum Chasers on Lake Erie Watch Liquor Steamers
Four or five ocean going steamers laden with liquor lie unmolested in Canadian Lake Erie waters awaiting a chance to discharge to small boats. Coast guard boats numbered 75 are stationed opposite Port Burwell and Long Point to prevent landings as rum runners move about with their own boats.
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Buffalo
Lake Erie
Coast Guard
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Washington
M. W. Rasmussen
Port Burwell
Ont
Long Point
War Veteran Elijah Trent Dies at 86 in Ankeny
Elijah M. Trent 86 a member of the Twenty-ninth Iowa infantry in the Civil War died at his Ankeny home after an illness of three weeks. He died yesterday in Ankeny Iowa with AP reporting.
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Ankeny
Elijah M. Trent
Twenty-ninth
Iowa Infantry
Plot to kill Egyptian premier thwarted in transit
Authorities halted an alleged assassination attempt on Egyptian Premier Sidey Pasha. A Berberine dressed as a waiter with a sharp axe was found in the corridor outside the compartment of his train from Alexander to Cairo and was arrested.
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Cairo
Egypt
Sidey Pasha
Alexander
Strikers Return to Textile Mills in Bessemer City
In Bessemer City North Carolina two textile plants with 700 workers who walked out last Monday over a wage cut resumed operations with a partial force. Superintendent George R Spencer said nearly all the strikers returned, while strike leaders claimed about half came back.
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Bessemer City
N. C
American Mills
George R. Spencer
Ancient Indian Chief Unearthed on La Cloche Island in Ontario
Archeologists from the McDonald-Warren foundation excavated an ancient grave on La Cloche Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario. They recovered a chief's skeleton and treasure, dating 500 to 1,000 years, with bear tooth and shell necklaces and stone weapons indicating pre contact civilizations. The remains and artifacts will be moved to Warren Foundation in Three Oaks, Michigan.
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la Cloche Island
Georgian Bay
Ontario
McDonald-Warren Foundation
Warren Foundation
Three Oaks
Mich
George R. Fox
Zoad
Eugene F. McDonald
Chicago
Fox
Alvin Laforge
Drouth Committee Meets in Chicago Amid Survey Delays
Illinois drouth relief committee members met in Chicago on August 25 but took no action on a permanent program until county agents finish crop condition surveys. Chairman Melvin A. Traylor, appointed by Gov. Emmerson, said a definite plan would follow the reports.
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Drouth Committee
Chicago
Illinois Drouth Relief Committee
Melvin A. Traylor
Louis L. Emmerson
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