Bank Robbery at Ovid Bank Follows Escape by Bandit
Sterling Colorado March 11 AP investigators pursue the bandit who robbed the Ovid State Bank of 4300 Wednesday noon. The suspect and a confederate fled east along the Lincoln highway in a blue coupe after forcing clerk John McGaw to open the vault. McGaw aided his escape with a screwdriver. Local witnesses reported the car north of town then east toward Nebraska with authorities at Big Springs and Ogallala notified.
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McGaw
George Hiler
Ovid
H.M. Hayes
R. J. McCullough
Lincoln Highway
Big Springs
Neb
Ogallala
Adlerika Relief Advert Says Gas Gone After Dose
Mrs. B. Brinkley reports long standing stomach gas eased after Adlerika. Her husband also benefited as the product is advertised to remove gas and old waste matter. Owl Drug Company promotes Adlerika as an intestinal evacuant easing fullness and constipation.
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Two Girls Freed After Bail Saved By Probation Officer
Cambridge, Mass. AP Aileen O Connor eighteen and her fourteen year old sister Honora were freed after manslaughter charges over their mother s death. District Attorney Arthur I Reading said he moved to save them from a jail night. He noted the mother refused furnace repairs and kept daughters away from the home while running a real estate business. The body was found January 14 after neighbors suspected neglect and the girls left court with probation officer Celia Wellman promising they would obtain a good home.
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Cambridge
Mass
Aileen O'Connor
Honora
Arthur I. Reading
Aileen
Reading
Celia Wellman
Father of President Coolidge Improves at Home
Colonel John C. Coolidge, father of the president, showed slight improvement in his condition at his Plymouth Vermont home after a morning visit by Dr. Albert W. Cram. The report comes as local officials consider a proposal to add tail lights on horses in bridle paths.
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Coolidge
Plymouth
John C. Coolidge
Albert W. Cram
Bridgewater
Chicago
Woman's Club builds fund for new clubhouse with annual dollar days
The Woman's Club reported a successful fund drive to build a new club house. The third Dollar Day raised 123 dollars following prior totals of 70 in 1924 and 33 in 1925. The fund began in 1920 with 310 dollars and now totals 1,823 dollars, with a goal of 2,000 dollars after a May Day luncheon marking the club's 81st anniversary. Delegates to the General Federation Biennial were named.
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Club House
Womans Club
James B. Herbst
Fresno
Canf
Frank Divers
E. A. Cahoon
Woman’s Club
Roy Daniel
J. D. Atwood
Atwood
Building Fund
P. Turner
Mesdames Cahoon
Daniel
Bear
A. H. Pruit
C. M. Farnsworth
Ingham
Turner
C. A. Baker
J. P. White
Walter P. Turner
Kelley
Institute
Ast
Helen Hyde
Atlantic City
McGaffey
Cahoon
Mary White
John W. Pos
Grace T. Bear
General Federation
New Mexico
Elks Club To Stage The Old Man Dreams Comedy
Roswell Elks Lodge No 969 presents a musical comedy The Old Man Dreams in the high school auditorium on April 14 and 15. Proceeds go to charity. Written by Mrs Hiza beth Sherlock with eight five cast. Mrs Sherlock directs. her daughter Miss Corona V Coon assists. Sherlock brings strong credentials as a dramatic director.
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Elks
Roswell Elks Lodge No. 969
Hizabeth Sherlock
College Editor Defends Views At Augustana College
Herman Nelson of Escanaba Mich senior editor of the Augustana College Observer defends himself against charges of un Christian views after editorials criticized the college ban on dancing and speeches opposing evolution at a Christian conference. Several college professors support Nelson saying his Christianity and conduct are sound while protests from seminary professors were ill timed and ill advised.
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Rock Island
Tls
Herman Nelson
Escanaba
Mich
Augustana College Observer
Nelson
Observer
Augustana Synod
Crater Swallows Smoky Hill River in Western Kansas
A sudden 200 foot drop in a river bed near Sharon Springs creates a funnel shaped crater over 150 feet wide. Water fills the pit as a possible underground lake forms. Geologist Walter Schoene suspects a subterranean cavern formed by gradual water seepage. Nearby reports note unrelated corsets once worn at the imperial court offered for sale by the soviet.
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Sharon Springs
Kans
Smoky Hill
Kansas
Walter Schoene
University of Kansas
Leningrad
Divorce Case Sparks $100000 Suit Over Promised Reward
Chicago news: Oregon rancher Cyrug R Shipman sues wealthy Chicagoan Mrs Katherine C Thorne for 100000 claiming she pledged shares of a mail order firm as payment for aiding the divorce of William C Camp so Thorne could wed him. The action, filed years ago, set for trial April 1.
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Chicago
Cyrug R Shipman
Oregon
Katherine C. Thorne
Thorne
Montgomery Warding Company
Camp
Eliza Otis Camp
New York
Shipman
Predict Short Life Ministry of Briand Likely in Paris
Paris reports a brief Briand ministry named the Geneva ministry. Right and center groups expect its quick demise once Briand returns from League of Nations talks. The Figaro notes Briand's possible reappointment to press ahead on Germany’s entry and League reforms amid cabinet reshuffles. Louis Malvy’s interior portfolio follows his wartime defeatism conviction.
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Paris
Aristide Briand
Geneva
M. Briand
League of Nations
the Figaro
France
Germany
League Council
Louis Malvy
Malvy
Shipping Still Held Up At Tientsin By Chinese Factions
Tientsin China March 11 AP Preparations to send a consular representative aboard a foreign gunboat to remedy a shipping blockade were abandoned after word ships were resuming movements. Pilots warned both Chinese and Japanese vessels not to pass, and a Chinese steamer followed by mistake into the river was allowed to pass. Japanese destroyers from Port Arthur were ordered to join allied warships at Taku Near Tientsin as a precaution.
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Tientsin
China
Taku
Tangau
Kuominchan
Chefoo
Tokyo
Foreign Office
Port Arthur
Guard fatally stabbed by convict in West Virginia prison
Moundsville West Virginia March 11 AP Earl Lanegitt a guard at the state penitentiary was stabbed to death today by Henry Jackson a life prisoner he had reprimanded in the dining hall Jackson a black man used a crude knife to attack the guard after the rebuke in the dining hall
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Moundsville
W. Va
Earl Lanegfitt
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Henry Jackson
Modification Bills Referred to Sub-Committee
Bills for modification of the prohibition law were referred to a sub committee by the Senate judiciary committee. The full committee will decide later if public hearings will be held. Chairman Cummins will appoint the sub committee.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cummins
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