Governor Small forms war board to avert arrest
Illinois Governor Len Small creates a five member war board to act as military advisers and preface use of state troops to block arrest of the governor by Sangamon county officials. Sheriff Henry Mester journeys to the capital with two deputies amid the unfolding crisis.
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William K. Hutchinson
International News Service
Springfield
Henry Mester
Len Small
Ilinois
Illinois
Capitol Hill
Ilinolg National Guard
Sangamon
Faye Two
Police Discover Auto Burch Used Cannot Find Gun
Los Angeles reports state that in the Kennedy murder inquiry in Beverly Glen, new evidence emerges including a receipt for a gun found in Burch’s pocketbook while detectives seek the missing firearm believed to be the murder weapon. District Attorney Woolwine indicates indictments may follow as investigations continue.
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Los Angeles
J. Belton Kennedy
Burch
District Attorney’s Office
Kennedy
Beverly Glen
Thomas Lee Woolwine
Soldiers’s Drill Echoes From Gretna Barracks
The speaker recalls early wake calls, bugle tones, and harsh cadence as a platoon endures hours of drills amid heat at Gretna. A rookie notes the tough routine while a captain declares the men soldiers, promising resilience and discipline despite fatigue and rough days.
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Conn
Gretna i
Jno
Reynoldstown History Shared At Reunion
The Reynoldstown School reunion shares inside district history provided by Colonel J. B. DuShane. Notes describe Pollock township’s 1858 organization from Neshanock township land between Neghannock creek and County Continus, as published on reunion day at the W. N. Aiken school.
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Reynoldstown School Association
Reynoldstown
J. 8. DuShane
W. N. Aiken
Pollock Township
Neshanock Township
Neghannock Creek
County Continus
Eli Helial
Reynoldsstown Pupil Reunion At Old W N Aiken School
Old timers who attended Reynolds town school before 1890 gather this afternoon at the old building on Pearson street for their annual reunion. John M. Snyder, longtime president of the reunion association, leads the informal program. Afterward the group plans a Cascade Park picnic with supper in the grove.
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Reynoldstown
W. N. Aiken
Pearson Street
John M. Snyder
Reynolds
Cascade Park
Grove
Ring With Red Set Not Found in Ryhal Case
County investigators pursued a clue about a red set ring claimed to be worn by Clara Belle Lennox. A found ring in Verne Ryhal’s pocket was old fashioned gold without a red set, and officials could not confirm it matched the alleged girl’s ring.
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Verne Ryhal
LenNox
M. J. Young
Ryhal
Clara Belte Lennox
Mercer County
Mercer
Rybal
Clara Belle Lennox
Rhyal
Flames Consume Gulf Coast Train Wreck Near Dequincy
International News Service reports a Houston to New Orleans freight wreck on a 350 foot trestle near Dequincy Louisiana with 12 oil and gasoline cars burning. Seven injured, unconfirmed reports of fatalities while cause remains undetermined.
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International News Service
Houston
Texas
Gulf Coast Line
Dequincy
New Orleans
Clear Creek
Package Licenses Report From Butler County
A local release from Butler County lists package licenses associated with New Castle Pitner West Bridgeway Pi Clara i Kleinsiith and West Helge Po Mian G Daugher ly. The document records license details and related entities in the county.
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L. Sublient
New Castle Pitner
West Bridgeway, Pi
Clara i
Kleinsiith We
Lennox Fund Nears 400 As Day Brings More Support
The Lennox Fund totals 872.02 after a record day of contributions from Highland U P church and local Bible classes. Donations from J L Maxwell and company, Mothers' Class, Modern Woodmen, and individuals pushed the fund toward aid for Clare Bell Lennox and her father Frank Lennox amid hospital expenses following her July 14 assault.
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Lennox
Clare Bell Lennox
Highland U.P
AM. BE
U. P
J. L
M. E. Church
Modern Woodmen of America
Frank Lennox
Clara Bell Lennox
Forces Daughter to Swallow Poison and Kills Herself
Detroit dispatch reports Minnie Dobson, 26, forced her eight year old daughter Winona to drink Carbelic acid then ingested poison herself. The child died at a hospital within two hours. authorities cite despondency from an argument with her husband as the likely trigger.
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International News Service
Detroit
Minnie Dobson
Winona
Eleven Dollars More For Milk Fund Grows
Friends of the milk and tea fund continue donations to sustain the work. Since Monday contributions of 5, 1, and 5 dollars bring the total to 521 dollars, moving toward a 609 dollar goal in a few days. Donations may be sent to the News or treasurer Mrs W J Marshall at 608 Court Street or to John G Nothdurst at the Dollar Savings Association.
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Mra. W. J. Marshall
Relief Workers Hasten Massive Soviet Aid Plan
International News Service reports plans for unprecedented relief work in Russia. American relief administration orders ready shipments of food and medicines from the United States. New York headquarters cabled for urgent action as heat and famine drive relief efforts across Southern and Northern Russia.
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Earle C. Reeves
International Ne Service
London
Ang
Russia
American Relief Administration
United States
New York
Russia frees Americans from Soviet jails in Moscow
International News Service reports Americans imprisoned in Soviet jails in Moscow have been released and are en route to the frontier. They are expected to reach Hamburg this evening. The state department follows a presumption that all detained Americans will be liberated together. An updated list will be supplied to the American relief commission to cross check arrivals at Baltic ports.
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Russia
Baltic
Gardiner Releas e Back to Prison in Miami
Charles Gardiner, after five months in county jail for defrauding Citizens National Bank, is taken in handcuffs from jail in Minami to Miami Florida. A Miami deputy awaits and informs he must return to prison. Gardiner protests as officers secure the restraints and escort him out.
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Gardiner
Miami, Fla
Charles Gardiner
Citizens National Bank
Miami
Boyd
Minami
Rolf
Mbmi
Bone
Florida
Jewelry Recovered After Gettysburg Trip Loss
Mr and Mrs Edwin D Moore of Lincoln avenue report jewelry valued at about 1500 to 2000 dollars lost during a trip to Gettysburg has been recovered. The man who found the pieces and sent anonymous letters demanding a reward has been arrested.
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Edwin D. Moore
Lincoln Avenue
Gettysburg
Dewelry
Mra. Moora
Change In Street Car Stops At Mull Street Corner
Traffic rules drew criticism as street cars crossed the Mil and Washington intersection. Police Chief J Ed Older ordered a return to previous stopping pattern to load and unload passengers. He aims to ease congestion while experimenting with traffic flow. Mrs Farry Price and her son Bobby visit Milton Street resident Mrs Robert Patton from Cleveland.
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Mull St. Corner
Mil
Washington Streets
Washington Street
J. Ed Older
Cara
Trafic
Farry Price
Bobby
Cleveland
Robert Patton
Milton Street
Milk theft complaints spark porch milkside scandal
Henry Goldberg, a Reichs informer, alleges milk theft from porches as drivers deliver at night. The issue follows an unrelated note that President Watding signed the Sweet bill creating a veterans bureau and named Charles Forbea, then director of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance.
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Henry Goldberg
Ianigar
Reichs
International News Service
Washington
Watding
Charles Tt. Forbea
Veterans’ Bureau
Bil
Worbes
Bureau of
War Risk Insurance
McElwee Files Petition At Harrisburg Today
Harrisburg dispatch notes petitions filed for the state department and constitutional convention candidates. Notables include Mrs. George Rose from Sewickley as a Republican delegate candidate and D. W. Harper Erle, William McElwee Jr of New Wilmington, James B. Reil, A. W. Stroup, and Guy B. Mayo among others across several districts.
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A. W. Stroup
Tionesta
Forest County
Lieut Jewell’s Body Buried in Local Service
Special to The News Lieut Arthur Jewell, killed in action in 1918 near Chateau Thierry France, is buried in Nashanshock Presbyterian churchyard with soldiers at attention. The funeral service at the church was conducted by Rev Kirkbride pastor with Rev Noate and Dr Ferguson reading prayers and music by a quartet including Garr Kirkbride Kirkbride and Sewall. Relatives and friends attended the solemn ceremony in Ang Newport area.
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New Wilmington
Ang
Nashanshock
Lieutamant
Arthur Dowel
Campais
Chateau Whiarcy
France
Tual Durtal
Wr. S.A. Kirkbettle
Jewell
J.'ipl
Paulin
R. G. Perguson
J.D. Garr
AL Kirkbride
Arthur Kirkbride
Walter Sewatl
Psumming
Death Record Mix Brief Notice From Local Deaths
Obituary notices list Harbert Alison 84 of Ducksville Mes Caroling A Metitlere age 55 of 505 Cannon Street Miner Robinson 72 of Siatins Atrect with deaths reported in local records.
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Harbert Alison
Ducksville
Mes
Caroling Ametitlere
Cannon Street
Miner Robinson
Siatins Atrect
Mystery Attack On Nar Ragansett Bay Seaplane Shootings
U S Marshal Richards probes a Nar ragansett Bay incident in which a seaplane fired on a motorboat party, wounding Ruth Buxton of Oakland Beach as bullets tore through the launch and water. The pilot targeted the group again after the plane rolled away.
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International News Services
Providence
BR. 1
Narragansett Bay
U. S
Richards
Ruth Buxton
Oakland Beach
Marragansett Bar
Navy
Bixton
Frontiers In Silesia And Stop Troop Movements
International News Service reports Paris August dispatch that Britain and Italy urged restraint as inter allied talks on new Frontiers in Silesia pressed amidst plans to draw borders and allow Poland and Germany to keep order in their zones. Allied reinforcement needs remained debated as council weighed immediate boundary decisions and troop movements.
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Newton
Parker International News Service
Btafy
Paris
Great Britain
J and
Haly
Supreme Council
Poland
Germany
Lis Ta
Upper
Si Suard
Sarintster
Untidy crime and prison hospital notes across counties
Fragmented report recalls riots between black and white prisoners at Auburn and state hospitals, with violence at Smithton Pa and Belmont county prohibition seizures. A coroner's inquest in Virginsburg/Virtneburgh investigates the murder of 80 year old Georg Mitehall by a shotgun blast from a neighbor at a boxhouse. a woman shot and cut at another scene.
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Nerroes
Auburn, N
Aire
Hees nataGal Iy
Ayaa
Warry Wilson
Virtsbuneh Vertentay
Georg Mitehall
Boxst
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Arthur Mometer
Reynoldstown History
Reynoldstown Pupils Meeting
Gulf Coast
Stebert Smvith
Hortow Street
Butley
Vincent Amusl
America
Europe
Hamburg
Citizen National Bank
McElwee
Harrisburg
Lieut. Jewell
American Legion
Silesia
High Council
Lloyd George
Chers
Italy
Von
Smithton
SoMs
Belmont County
New Volandic
Dhe Webber
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