Blockade Escalates as Rum Fleet Threatens Coast Guard
Reports from May nine describe a renewed blockade clash as rum runners lift anchors off the coast, capsize threats to coast guard leaders, and a death list circulated amid a two ship chaser patrol. Several officers face intimidation and at least one guard is killed with another kidnapped in ongoing hostilities.
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New York
Coast Guard
Staten Island
W. V. Jacobs
New London
Cape May
Jacobs
Crest Guard
Manhattan
Washington
Coast Guards Dry Navy
Missing New York Institute Babies Mystery Rumors Rise
Clues surface about 22 infants reported missing from a New York institution as investigators probe activities linked to a former associate tied to East Eight South Twenty area. Officials seek answers on what happened to the babies and who may be responsible.
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New York
Clamant
Bellevue
Here Gessen-Volk
East
Women’s Council backs league and world court resolution
The International Council of Women urged member nations to join the League of Nations and accept the world court jurisdiction for disputes. A German delegate spoke in favor of cooperation with the League but abstained on disarmament due to unsettled international politics.
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Washington
Court In International Justice
Icra
Power Brakes Fail in Manhattan Crash Report
A Washington dispatch reports a Manhattan Transfer NJ crash where brakes failed on power cars caused a derailment involving passenger trains on the Con sylvania Railroad. The Interstate Commerce Commission said a safety bureau report calls for ram test checks of train brakes to determine defects or misadjustments and notes fatalities and injuries.
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Washington
Manhattan Transfer
Interstate
Caramerce Commission
St. Bureau of Safety
Bureau
Amandsen Delayed By Weather Report
Weather disruptions delay Amandsen and related northern pole expedition plans. Unclear timing shifts affect start dates as atmosphere conditions impact travel and logistics for a voyage guided by the expedition's organizers and leading figures.
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Amandsen
Camden Clean-Up Days Announced for Hamsden District
The Clean-Up Week in Camden districts runs Monday to Wednesday next week. Homeowners are urged to place rubbish and waste at the curb on these days as courts will not return to the Camden District after Wednesday May 1.
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Hamsden
Mrs Sturtevant Reunites With Husband After Absent Two Days
Mrs Jennie Weai ward Sturtevant of Brockton reports returning from Moaddlebury Vermont with her husband Simeon Sturtevant after a two day absence. She said he claimed to be in Addison county jail on the charge related to a 11 year old girl. The couple, wed in 1901, have five children. she admits withholding the fact she had conceived before marriage.
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Maes
Mar
Jennie Weaiward Sturtevant
Moaddlebury
Weestward
Addison
Lucille
Hatterton
Grantville
Mrs Sturtevant
Middlebury
Brockton
Simeon Sturtevant
Mre Sturtevant
Captain recounts Norman sinking and hero saves 35 lives
Captain Howard T. Fenton said the Norman sank after listing on the Mississippi River near Coahoma Landing. Tom Lea, a Negro worker, steered a motor boat and saved at least 25 people by distributing life preservers and aiding survivors on shore.
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Memphis
Tenn
Norman
Wessel
Howard T Fenton
Mississippa
Coahema Landing
Fenton
Aahoma Landing
Tom
Mayr
H Connolly
Mynelf
Keaton
Ca Fenton
U S Industrial Aviation Lagging in Commercial Progress
A report from a spring committee led by Professor Joseph Wonce at New York University examines the American aviation sector. It notes current U S leadership in heavier than air flight research but calls private initiative behind Europe in developing commercial aviation and urges clear data to attract investors and private capital.
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Philadelphia
Mouver
Department of Commerce
Council
United States
United
Enthus
Europe
Thalitien
Rink
Vote on Prince's Gift Delayed by War Time Strain
Citizens debate whether Prince Wilhelm should receive a promised wedding gift of silver dishes. The set, begun before the war, was stored in the Reichsbank and held up by wartime and bureaucratic delays.
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Bertin
Wilhelm
Reichsbank
Gas leak fatal for two in New Jersey home
A gas leak in a Van Winkle Avenue house killed Richard Gollaes, 42, and John Zatucks, 50, on the first floor before neighbors escaped. George Jarweh, his wife Anna, and overnight guest Susan Rieck, 20, were partially overcome but escaped via a window after awakening to headaches. The gas was discovered when Mere Jarusekah woke with a headache and alerted others.
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Jerry City
J May
Pereom
Richard Gollaes
John Zatucks
van Winkle Avenue
George Jarweh
Anna
Susan Rieck
Asphy Station
Mere Jarusekah
Wild Bulls Sweep Buenos Aires Baseball Rise
Baseball gains traction in Argentina as the Wild Bulls and other clubs in Buenos Aires push the sport, led by organizations like the M A and local teams seeking wider support and competition.
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Buen Aires
Bune Atren
Jewelry heist robs store after armed clash in crowded New York
A large jewelry store robbery in New York yielded jewels worth an estimated 90 000 pounds after four employees were bound and tied. Police reserves restored order as the neighborhood saw Jewish Sabbath crowds and street tension.
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New York
A. P
Mississippi River steamer Norman capsizes with 60 aboard
The Norman, a 114 foot 26 foot beam vessel carrying sixty persons from Cas Island, capsized in a strong Mississippi current near Conata Landing, drowning more than twenty. Tom Lea's rescue boat saved many survivors while a lengthy recovery effort identified missing crew and passengers including C. E. Shearer and Major W. Gardiner.
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Pras
Memphis
Tenn
Nav
Mississippi River
Camey Norman
Mid-South Association of Engineers
Tom Lea
Conkna Landing
Nema Wee
Rowlette Rayne
Cae Island
Stwthly
Naswengyr ©Ev
Alt
Ruidéer
Norman
Howard Fenton
Bower
Memphes
TL Miser
Fattle Rock
Ark
E. Shearer
Ralph Beseard
Edgard Berard
Lydia Hiearr
Paul Norcross
Atlaneta
G I. Anderson
W W Gardiner
Bic
Wilcan
Tee Ils
Wilmon
J v. Waters Fox
Oxford
Misa
Mrs. Cadwell
Jack Cothran
Earl Simonson
Roy Thompson
Stoker
Will Moore
Aegro
Tom Plunkett
Aegere
K. H
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Miss Rockefeller Te Wed Oe Thentey
Miss Rockefeller te wed oe thentey. The readable text lists names and a ceremony phrase in fragmented OCR style without clear dates or locations.
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Miss Rockefeller
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