Grand Jury to Probe Mystery Death of Pansy Turnbull
A special Iowa grand jury begins a probe into the death of 17 year old Pansy Turnbull of Diagonal as five youths held in Bedford face murder charges undergo preliminary hearings. The case features new evidence, a chemical viscera analysis, and a sealed coroner’s verdict.
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Grand Jury
Creston
Bedford
Pansy Turnbull
Nevious
Justice Court
Jack Howard
Hal Howard
John Gibbons
Terrance Luton
St. Joseph
John Beach
Justice of the Peace
Diagonal
Mrs Turnbull
A. Turnbull
German swimmer accepts Ederle challenge for channel race
Ernst Vierkoetter, who yesterday set a record for crossing the English Channel in 12 hours 42 minutes, said in Calais that he is ready to meet Gertrude Ederle in a match race across the Channel next year. He has already reserved a tag for the next season.
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Calais
France
Ernst Vierkoetter
Gertrude Ederle
Boy 14 Dies Saving Life of Companion in Auto Crash
Chicago August 31 AP A 14 year old boy died after saving an 18 year old companion when an automobile struck the bicycle they rode. Samuel Lichter warned byswerved the bicycle to the curb and threw the youth clear, then was run over and fatally injured. The car driver was arrested.
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Chicago
Samuel Lichter
Apoe
MacMillan 10 Return Shortly From Arctic Expedition
Commander Donald B. MacMillan, returning from a sub arctic expedition to collect specimens for the Field Museum at Chicago, expects to reach Christmas Cove near Wiscasset Maine in 10 days. He planned to sail today for Sydney Nova Scotia from Battle Harbor Labrador aboard schooners Bowdoin and Sachem. The radiogram noted the crew bringing back birds fish and rocks for the Field Museum and sent regards to friends.
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Portland
Ftap
Donald B. Macmillan
sub-Arctic
Field Museum
Chicago
Christmas Cove
Wiscasset
D. W. Hoege
Evening Express
Sydney
N. S
Battle Harbor
Labrador
Bowdoin
Sachem
Assizes Harbor
Wilmington
N. C
Slain Pastor Warned Of Threat Before Death
Rev Edward W Hall told Rev Paul Hamborsky before his murder that Henry Stevens his brother in law had threatened his life. Clothing found on the bodies of Hall and Eleanor Mills lies in a safe awaiting fingerprint analysis as investigators proceed.
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Jersey City
N. J
Edward W. Hall
Eleanor Mills
Phillips Farm
New Brunswick
Paul Hamborsky
Henry Stevens
Stevens
Francis Stevens Hall
Willie Stevens
Henry Carpender
Dr. Hall
Paddy Mullins plans interview with Pinchot to block Dempsey Tunney bout
Paddy Mullins manager of Harry Wills said he would seek an interview with Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania to block the Dempsey Tunney championship fight set for Philadelphia on September 23.
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New York
N. Y
Paddy Mullins
Harry Wills
Gov. Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Spanish Government Denies Disorder Rumors Abroad
Madrid August 31 AP official government statement denies rumors of disorders in Spain as baseless. Communique says rumors caused anxiety in the stock exchange and a drop in peseta value. Propagation accused to alarmists crossing the frontier into France.
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Madrid
Spain
France
Girl Stands By Wounded Bandit in morgue Showup
In Chicago a morgue showup pairs a wounded youth Ernest De Lavergne with his sweetheart and two slain companions. Police seek identification to solve 100+ holdups, the wounded man confesses to his lookout girlfriend Frances Vaughan born in Green Bay Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Ernest de Lavergne
Joseph de Lavergne
Wiliam Maloney
Actress Named by Architect's Wife Is Living Abroad
Olga Milanoff, Montenegrin dancer linked to Frank Lloyd Wright, reportedly living abroad as the architect plans a year of travel for work. Wright said his wife’s $100,000 suit against Milanoff is a farce and would not reveal locations.
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Spring Green
Wis
Olga Milanoff
Frank Lloyd Wright
Miriam Wright
Chicago
Wright
Mme. Milanoff
Tremors Devastate Horta Azores and Quake Shocks Felt Across Regions
AP reports a heavy Azores quake centered near Fayal Island injuring many and damaging Feteira. Soldiers guard roads as tremors ease. Greece and Mexico City also report strong quakes with limited damage and no fatalities yet. Multiple regions including Fayal, Piraeus, Sparta, Tehuantepec, and Oaxaca are touched by seismic activity.
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Azores
Feteira
Fayal Island
London
Fayal
Athens
Greece
Apgreece
Piraeus
Sparta
Mexico
Mexico City
Mex
Tehuantepec
Oaxaca
Murder Charges for Dry Raiders Near Orting Wash
Three federal prohibition officers and a minister were charged with first degree murder in connection with the slaying of Emile Matsumoto 31 during a raid on a still near Orting Washington The accused are W H Kinnaird Mark Y Croxall R A Lambert and Rev George A Seeley pastor and editor of the Orting Oracle The raid occurred in dense woods several miles from Orting and officials said Matsumoto fired first before they returned fire
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Tacoma
Wash
Prohibition
Emile Matsumoto
John S. Belcher
W. H. Kinnaird
Mark Y. Croxall
R. A. Lambert
Enforcement
George A. Seeley
Methodist Church
Orting, Wash
Orting
Quillen Column Highlights Aunt Het Ry
The piece presents Aunt Het by Robert Quillen in a 1926 syndicated column style with familiar small town observations and light social satire. It reflects the tone of midwestern newspaper humor pieces and celebrity anecdotes of the era.
Missouri Opposes Paris Convention For 1927 Legion Meet
Moberly Missouri August 31 AP A resolution by the Missouri department of the American Legion opposed holding the 1927 convention in Paris urging the event be held in the United States. The move followed demonstrations against Americans in Paris.
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Moberly
American Legion
Paris
Missouri Department of the Legion
United States
Plans to ship Valentino body to Hollywood amid arrival of Alberto Guglielmi
New York report says Rudolph Valentino's family decision on transporting his body to Hollywood rests with his brother Alberto Guglielmi who arrives from Europe tomorrow. Pola Negri and Pola Negri's message from Dr Hafrold D Meeker details Valentino's final moments and thoughts of Negri.
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New York
N. Y
Rudolph Valentino
Hollywood
Sheik
Alberto Guglielmi
Europe
George Ullman
Valentino
Pola
Miss Negri
Michigan reports another jail break
Ingham county officers chasing six inmates who chopped through a brick wall at the Mason jail and escaped on a blanket ladder last night. Ten of sixteen prisoners in the cell block stayed, while authorities pressed the wider search for convicts connected to the Ionia reformatory escape and pursued four men captured near Waushan, Ohio.
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Lansing
Mich
Ingham County
Ionia Reformatory
Mason
Waushan
Alabama Judge and Wife Shot in Ambush
Wetumpka Alabama August 31 AP Judge Lamar Smith probate judge of Elmore county was killed and his wife seriously wounded when buckshot fired through a window struck him as he read a newspaper in bed neighbors report two white men and a negro fled in a car after the second shot. Authorities seek a negro with whom the judge had a dispute and note wires to the home were cut.
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Wetumpka
Ala
Lamar Smith
Elmore County
Smith
Police guard Herrin polls as voters choose city judge
In Herrin Illinois August 31 police guarded four polling places with riot guns while voters weighed the city judge race. Incumbent E N Bower faced anti klan challenger Charles Murrah backed by mayor McCormack and R T Cook aligned with klansmen over bonds tied to liquor raider S Glenn Young.
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Herrin
Ill
E. N. Bower
S. Glenn Young
Charles CC. Murrah
McCormack
R. T. Cook
California primary optics mirror national issues in race
California voters faced a primary where national topics shaped the slate. Incumbent Samuel M. Shortridge backed by Coolidge sought reelection on a protective tariff platform, while Robert M. Clarke ran on anti world court and Prohibition enforcement. The GOP field also spotlighted Tammany as a debate point among Democrats led by McAdoo backers Elliott and Johnson, amid a GOP registration advantage.
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San Francisco
Calif
California
World Court
Tariff
Coolidge
United States
Samuel M. Shortridge
Robert M. Clarke
Walter F. Lineberger
Shortridge
Cooldge
Clarke
Hiram Johnson
Senate
Tammany
John B. Elliott
Wm. G. McAdoo
Elliott
Carl Alexander Johnson
McAdoo
Isadore Dockweiler
Justis S. Wardell
Tammany Hall
Gov. A. Smith
Dockweiler
Wardell
Johnson
Higher Ups Implicate In Canton Publisher Slaying Probe
Ohio investigators say new evidence ties Patrick McDermott to the Don Mellett murder case. A woman near Canton reports McDermott was killed July 28 and his body shipped to New York in a trunk. Authorities seek Catherine Barnes Peggy Cavanaugh and Thelma Davis as the Stark County probe widens.
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Patrick Eugene McDermott
Don R. Mellett
Canton, O
New York
Cleveland, O
Canton
Cleveland Plain Dealer
McDermott
Mellett
Cleveland
Catherine Barnes
Charles Connor
Veteran of World War Battles With Police Wounded Four
George Yerrigan a 32 year old world war veteran barricaded himself in an upstairs room in Hamilton Ohio last night and in a gun battle with police wounded four persons He surrendered after several hours his wife braved death to plead with him He had recently been released from a hospital where he was treated for shell shock related mental disorders.
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Hamilton
George Yerrigan
Yerrigan
Cave-in on Cotton Belt worksite leaves three dead
Jonesboro Ark Aug 31 AP three men were killed and two severely injured when workers on a railroad right of way were buried in a cave-in during excavation. The deceased are J O Hands 35 Slim Selman 24 and Warner Freeman 25. The injured are expected to recover.
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Jonesboro
Ark
Cotton Belt Railroad
J. O. Hands
Slim Selman
Warner Freeman
Town Fair Weather Outlook and River Stages
Town fair tonight and Wednesday with likely thunderstorms in spots. Illinois reports partly cloudy skies, possible local storms, warmer in the northwest tonight, cooler west on Wednesday. River stages show St Paul 1.2 rising 0.1, La Crosse 3.7 down 0.3, Dubuque 6.7 up 0.4, Davenport 3.9 up 0.5, Keokuk 2.8 up 0.7, St. Louis 8.5 up 0.1.
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St. Paul
la Crosse
Dubuque
Davenport
Keokuk
St. Louis
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