Father kills himself after mother dies and boy in lap
In Los Angeles a father Frank Smith thirty kills his three year old son Edward and then shoots himself after leaving notes to burial in Chicago. Neighbors find bodies at 19 South Cimarron Street. The distraught father spoke of failing health and fear for the boy’s future amid strangers and relocation.
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Los Angeles
Edward—piiy
Frank Smith
South Cimarron Street
W. G Lake
Chicago
Smitha
Ealward
Agaunt
Ohin
Edward
Police Retrieve Cannonballs Found On City Sidewalk
In Georgetown police report ongoing interest as cannonballs appear on the sidewalk. An antique cannonball was found and remains unclaimed at the station amid public attention. A second seized cannonball nearly caused a close call for an officer, with no identification of source or origin.
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Universal Bersdee
Washington, D. C
Georgetown
Valdolsol
New Zealand Joins Worldwide Tariff Increase Move
Washington July 26 New Zealand has put higher tariff rates in effect pending formal ratification by parliament the commerce department was advised today. The items affected include food products tobacco manufactures confectionery vegetables meal machinery electrical machines and appliances oils and paints including gasoline jewelry musical instruments toilet preparations textiles shoes lumber wearing apparel and motor vehicles.
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Universal Seesice
Warhington
D. C
New Zealand
Commerce Department
Bridge Expansion Causes Heat and Traffic Delays
A large span opened to allow a ship to pass causing four hours of traffic stoppage in extreme July heat. The event disrupted street traffic as the bridge expanded under 97 degree temperatures. A related report mentions a tuberculosis case and a custody sequence that preceded a shooting incident.
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Auvenal
Canden
Postal Rate Hike Urged by Post Office Agency
Washington July 20 a 25 percent rise in first class letter postage was urged to curb the annual postal revenue deficit Testminster General Brown indicated the recommendation at the post office department The move would lift the ordinary rate from 2 to 212 cents and nearly eliminate the 10 cent stamp from use Officials estimate the increase would add about 60 million dollars to yearly stamp sales and revenue
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Universal Service
Washington,d.c
Testminster General Brown
Post Office Department
Autos Carried on Backs of Mules in Colombia
Report from the commerce department details a unique transport method in Colombia where automobiles are delivered to distant workers by mules. A car is knocked down into 25 boxes and carried over mountains to Bucaramanga.
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Universal Secrcy
Washington, D.C
Columbia
Commerce Department
Bucramanga
Press Gallery of Senate Closes for Extended Period
Washington July 26 The senate press gallery closed its doors for an extended period for the first time in nearly two years. Jim Preston veteran superintendent of the gallery will depart Monday for a well earned rest.
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Press Gallery
Senate
Lnlversal
Washington,d . C
Senate Press Gallery
Jim” Preston
Hope for Former Solon Abandoned Hope for Former Solon Abandoned
In Ban Jose July 26 former Senator James D Phelan's condition remained unchanged after his health improved overnight. His nephew Noel Sullivan said the patient had a fair night and was resting comfortably despite expectations.
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Stevee
Ban Jose
James D. Phelan
Phelan
Noel Sullivan
Imaginary prison blaze staged in Geneva spectacle
A fake fire at St Antoing Prison in Geneva drew several hundred prisoners and bold firemen into a staged demonstration. Guards and fire crews played out dramatic rescues as ladders and equipment were showcased, with no real danger or escape.
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Geneva
St. Antoing
Tskent
Linus
Ile Firg
Boy Killed by Live Wire Atop Pole During Ball Game
Madison Indiana July 20 Franci Bargel eight of Me and Mrs John Bargel of Maison electrocuted here when he touched a high tension wire atop a pole near a university game. About 60 persons say the boy climbed the pole before disaster. Rescue efforts failed as the body dropped to ground when current was cut off.
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Madison, IN
Franci Bargel
John Bargel
Maison
Sidair
Prisons Fire Question Ends With Door Call Crockett 2400
A fragment describes a prison fire during this year’s continuation and the fire crew’s response. Inmates reportedly asked Who’s winning and a note mentions calling Crockett 2400 after ten. The text is garbled and names are uncertain.
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Aueshion
Crockett
Officer Shot during Burglar Attempt on Seventy-First Street
July 26 in Chicago, Woodlawn officer Cyrus Brush was shot in the thigh by a watchman while responding to a break in at Guth Shore Vogue shop, 2216 Seventy-first Street. The burglar fled after breaking a front window. he was later pursued by the watchman and was shot as he ran, with the wounded man taken to the hospital.
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Chicago
Voliceman
Cyrus Brush
Woodlawn
On Watchman
Brush
Soq
Uresses
Guth Shore Vogue
Seventy-first St
Vewalehuan
Joseph
Rhodes Ave
Jerry
Staelad
Finetten Dees
Walt
Tirush
Mlinnis Cen
Court Urges Call Mooney as Witness in Perjury Case
Universal Serve in San Francisco reports Adomer Frank Walsh asks the court to compel Chovins J. Mooney to testify at Tuesday’s hearing in the Mooney Hillings trial. Walsh claims Mooney is a material witness essential to presenting the case, as Warren K. Lining seeks commitment for a patient hospital evaluation and related testimony.
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Mooney
Universal Serve
San Francisco
Adomer Frank Walsh
Supreme Conte
Chovins J. Mooney
John MacDonald
Mooney-Hillings
Walsh
Warren K. Lining
Patdan
Film Actress Del Rio Faces Home Wrecking Suit
Dolores Del Rio Mexican film star hid from press as attorney Waller Burks prepared to defend against charges of home wrecking by Gunther H. Lessing who alleged she influenced his wife to leave. Del Rio asserted her actions had no relation to her husband’s divorce and noted gifts she gave. The case unfolds amid publicity and a possible sale of related items in the newspaper’s classified section.
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Tollywood
Calif
INS
Dolores del Rio
Waller BE. Burks
Gunther H. Lessing
Lessing
Laulu
Nel Itio
Avon 2
Insland
Del
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