Three Planes Ready For Greatest Leap In World Flight
Army fliers at Chicagoff Attu Island Alaska prepare to depart for the Kuekle Islands in a 878 mile Pacific hop. Lieut Lowell H Smith commanding reports three planes ready with Major Blair urged to fetch Atlantic weather forecasts from Labrador. Word of the flight was expected from Bremerton.
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International News Service
Washington
Chicagoff
Attu Island
Alaska
Kuekle Islands
Air Service Today
Lowell H. Smith
Smith
Blair
Signal Corps
Labrador
Atlantic
Seattle
Wash
Bremerton Naval Radio Station
trans-Pacific
Attp
Aleutian Peninsula
Remerton
Attu
Frederick L. Martin
Harvey
Wireless Mess
Seventh Ward Protests Over Principal Moore Change
Citizens from the Seventh Ward urge reinstatement of Principal W. A. Moore at Mahoning School. The New Castle School Board refuses to reconsider his retirement despite a petition with over 500 names. The meeting also addressed the J. L. Moser petition and questioned authorities to retire a principal.
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Seventh Ward
W. A. Moore
New Castle
Moore
Mahoning School
Uptown
J. L. Moser
James A. Chambers
Chambers
Mr. Moore
Billy Sunday Restful Night No Immediate Danger
In Champaign Illinois on May 14 Rev Billy Sunday rested as his special car crossed through town. Dr R L Sanders said Sunday slept from 11 30 to 3 30 then soundly afterward. Temperature normal and no immediate danger noted before Mayo Brothers treatment in Rochester for kidney ailment.
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International News Service
Champaign
Ills
Billy Sunday
Illinois Central Panama Limited
R. L. Sanders
Memphis
Rochester
Minn
Five Entombed Miners Safe After 80 Hours Rescue
Five miners trapped in the Empire Zinc mine at Gilman Colorado were rescued after 80 hours underground on the 11,900 foot level. They received food through a two inch tube for three days and were greeted by a noisy crowd as they reached the surface.
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International News Service
Gilman
Colo
Black
Empire Zinc Company
Cave Man Lovers In Town Seem To Prevail
A spoof verse portrays Arthur Mometer as a charming parlor worker and ad man with a string of flappers. The narrator mocks a cave man lover who prowls at night and wins hearts, concluding the tale with a playful moral about rugged suitors and the mood of fifty three.
Reading Man Will Head State Dental Society Next Year
Dr. O. J. Specker of Reading was elected president of the Pennsylvania State Dental Society at the convention in Pittsburgh. Other officers for the coming year include First Vice President C. R. Turner of Philadelphia and Second Vice President T. P. McFarland of Pittsburgh with A. C. Barclay recording secretary, R. E. Black assistant recording secretary, and A. B. Miller treasurer.
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International News Service
Pittsburgh
O. J. Specker
Reading
Pennsylvania State Dental Society
C. R. Turner
Philadelphia
T. P. McFarland
A. C. Barclay
R. E. Black
Huntington
A. B. Miller
Kingston
Indiana Klan Officials Sued for 200000 Damages
In Indianapolis on May 14 suit filings target Walter Bresert imperial representative of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana Hiram W Evans imperial wizard of Atlanta and Robert W Lyons of Richmond. The petitions allege slander libel and defamation of character and seek 200000 in damages. Stephenson recently elected grand dragon accuses Atlanta domination and cites an imperial order accusing him of drunkenness.
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International News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
Walter Bresert
Imperial
Ku Klux Klan
Indiana
Hiram W. Evans
Imperial Wizard
Atlanta
Robert W. Lyons
Richmond
D. C. Stephenson
Stephenson
Brossart
Evans
Indiana Klan
Final White House talks on Japanese exclusion plan
President Coolidge and Secretary Hughes called key Congress leaders to a last hour conference at the White House to urge backtracking on July first Japanese exclusion action. The gathering included Longworth Gardner Garrett Snell and Albert Johnson to discuss the gravity of the pending clause.
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International News Service
Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Hughes
White House
Longworth
Garrett
Gardner
Tenn
Rep
Snell
New York
Albert Johnson
House Immigration Committee
Lasser Identified By Three Women He Robbed Of Jewels
Harry Lasser alias Jackson was positively identified as the man who bound and robbed Mrs. Howard Johnson of 9000 dollars in a hotel room. Police tie the case to three other jewel thefts involving Mrs. Nellie Ford, Mrs. Mildred Ford Monroe and her daughter Shirley. They see the development as key to solving a string of crimes linked to the Broadway “butterflies” and possibly to an organized gang of moll buzzers.
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International News Service
New York
Harry Lasser
Jackson
Howard Johnson
Nellie Ford
Mildred Ford Monroe
Shirley
Johnson
Dot
King
Louise Lawson
Butterflies
Lasser
D Oisy Arrives in French Indo China After Air Flight
Lieut Pelleter D Oisy, French long distance flyer, arrived at Tanoi capital of An Tong king in French Indo China after a seven and half hour non stop flight from Saigon. Dispatch from Hanoi reports the milestone.
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International News Service
London
Lieut. Pelletier D’oisy
Tanoi
Saigon
Hanoi
Antongking
Ohio River Flood Hits Wheeling City
The Ohio River reached 37 feet in Wheeling West Virginia causing flooding of residential areas. Streetcar service halted and rail lines cut. River men warned heavy rains were not expected to worsen the situation today.
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International News Service
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
Harris accused in forged letter case linked to annulment suit
New York May 14 Mrs Eleanor Elaine Lee Harris, jailed on third degree forgery charges filed by her husband Beverly D Harris former vice president of National City Bank, insisted the alleged forgery letter is genuine. She requested bail and sent telegrams to friends and a lawyer while in custody.
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International News Service
York
Elenor
Elaine Lee Harris
Beverly D. Harris
The
National City Bank
Harris
Banton
McAlpin
Elizabeth Long
St. Louis
Jackie Coogan Plans Suit Over Use Of His Image
Child star Jackie Coogan seeks 10000 from Adam Bach Handkerchief Company and Wey end and Company Inc for using his pictures in ads. He petitions the Supreme Court to appoint Nat Louis as his guardian to pursue the cases in New York.
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Jackie Coogan
Supreme Court
Nat Louis
Adam Bach Handkerchief Company
Weyend and Company, Inc
New York
EWYO
Conferees Debate Tax Reduction Bill At Washington Talks
House and Senate conferees began formal talks to resolve differences in a tax reduction bill. Both sides face possible breakdowns over publicity of income tax returns and gaps on inheritance and gift taxes. If talks fail, Simmons may rejoin the senate as new conferees are chosen.
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A. O. Hayward
International News Service
Washington
House
Senate
Congressional
Congress
Mellon
Simmons
Daylight Jewelry Store Holdup Reported in Capitol
In Washington on May 14 two bandits staged a daylight holdup on 11th street at the jewelry shop of G. F. Cooper. They escaped with rings and watches valued at several thousand dollars. clerk Charles F. Adam, 76, was struck with a gun butt and left unconscious.
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International News Service
Washington
11Th Street
G. F. Cooper
Charles F. Adam
Eagle Scouts Thank Kiwanis Members
Attorney Walter Reynolds spoke at the Kiwanis Club noon gathering at the YMCA after returning from Egypt and the Holy Land. Six Eagle Scouts, including William Wallace Orrville Hoover Travis French Raymond John Everett McClaren and Harold Dangerfield, thanked the club for a $500 donation toward a permanent Boy Scout camp near Kennedy's Mills.
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Walter 8S. Reynolds
Egypt
Holy Land
Kiwanis Club
Reynolds
Plains
Kennedy's Mills
William Wallace
Orrville Hoover
Travis French
Raymond John
Everett McClaren
Harold Dangerfield
Confidential Files Vanish from Pittsburgh DOJ Office
Washington May 14. All confidential files on government investigations disappeared from the Pittsburgh office of the department of justice shortly after the Daugherty inquiry began. Cleveland private detective H B Burton told the Brookhart committee that he learned this from Herbert Little, a Pittsburgh DOJ agent. He cited missing liquor violation reports and other federal crime documents and described detective agency activity in Ohio urging manufacturers to link organized labor with Soviet Russia. He said circulars were sent to Ohio manufacturers using information from Little.
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International News Service
Washington
Pittsburgh
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Burton
Cleveland
Brookhart Committee
Herbert Little
Pittsburgh Department of Justice
Ohio
Russia
Conference on liquor transport case involving Fox defendants
City and county officials met patrons of Fox conference at the police chief office for two hours. Six men allegedly linked to Louis Fox of Erie faced arrest and possible charges. mayor Dunlap district attorney Hildebrand and detectives attended. Officials declined to release details with another conference planned and potential prosecutions discussed.
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J. Ed. Elder
Louis Fox
Erie
Dunlap
R. L. Hildebrand
J. M. Dunlap
George W. Muse
Edwin K. Logan
Hildebrand
William H. Dunlap
George W.muse
Death Record Miss Jean Acquarone and William Duncan
Miss Jean Acquarone, 23, of Providence Rhode Island, and William Walter Duncan, 31, of 811144 Knox Street, are listed in today’s death notices.
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Jean Acquarone
Providence
R. I
William Walter Duncan
Knox Street
Educational Art Society forms to bring high class concerts
The May meeting of the New Castle school board launched the Educational Art Society to schedule national repute artists for next winter. The school group will organize, sell tickets through students, and fund a possible community band while aiming to raise cultural status with artists like Chamlee and Hofman and avoid external promoters.
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New Castle
Educational Art Society of
la Verne Irvine
Mario Chamlee
Feodor Chaliapin
Tito Ruffo
Josef Hofman
Eddy Brown
Clarence Spaulding
MacDonald rules out war debt talks with reparations
London May 14 Premier Ramsay MacDonald told the House of Commons the Labour government will not entertain any proposal to link war debts with reparations. He said no inter allied debt conference will be called and reparations and debts cannot be considered together.
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International News Service
London
Great Britain
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Esmond Harmsworth
Labor
Stowells Welcome Son David Lawrence
Mr and Mrs A W Stowell of 1604 Hanna Street announce the birth of a son named David Lawrence.
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A. W. Stowell
Hanna Street
David Lawrence
Moravia Street Watchman Attacked in Unsolved Case
A Moravia street watchman was attacked in a violent incident that left him injured. Jurors are reportedly involved in reviewing the case with local authorities pursuing leads.
Cadiz man bitten by runaway cat during car ride
J O Stiers of Cadiz Ohio was bitten badly on the thumb by his pet cat while trying to keep it from jumping from his car and had to be taken to a hospital. Frank Daggett an Erie insurance man shot himself in his Daggett and Company office ending his life and was found by colleagues. Charlie Lawson a Franklin banker was found not guilty on liquor charges in Titusville with costs set by police chief M S Edwards. Rev Dr George F P Donahoe state librarian will retire after receiving a letter from Dr J G Becht Superintendent of Public Instruction which amounts to a virtual dismissal.
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Seventh Ward
Chambers
O. P. Brown
Thomas Solomon
Brown
H. G. Kaye
Third Christian Church of
The
Frank Augustine
Pennsylvania Railroad
Moravia Street
Shenango Valley Hospital
Augustine
Thomas Pagley
Harper
Fleeger
J. O. Stiers
Cadiz
Frank Daggett
Erie
Daggett and Company
Charlies Lawson
Franklin
M. S. Edwards
Titusville
George FP. Donahoe
J. G. Becht
Pittsburgh man found dead in chair with pet dog on lap
Edward Baer aged 46 was found dead at his Pittsburgh home with his dog sleeping in his lap. The body was removed to the morgue.
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Edward Baer
Pittsburgh
Moonshine Seizure Ties Crime to Pittsburgh Area
A night of crime and tragedy in Western Pennsylvania ends with the death of William Colt, 32, a Pennsylvania railroad brakeman from Free dom who fell in Conway yards. In Canonsburg, 105 gallons of moonshine and a high priced automobile were seized and 23 year old Thomas Kapick arrested. Kapick claims Pittsburgh residence.
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William Colt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Conway
Thomas Kapick
Canonsburg
Kapick
Pittsburgh
Beaverton clay and glass figure John G Quay dies at 60
John G Quay a noted figure in Beaver East Liverpool and Washington clay and glass manufacturing died at his Beaver home last night aged 60 years.
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John G. Quay
Beaver
East Liverpool
Washington
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