Couple Beaten and Abducted Near San Antonio
Police seek seven suspects after Bliss Stinson and escort L. Crawford were assaulted and dragged into a car on the curb near a theater. Crawford, weakened from the beating, aided detectives as Stinson was found unconscious in an alley. about $40 was taken. The pair were driven miles into the country before release.
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Uby Lee Stinson
White Roed
Crawford
el Dorado Street
Mias Stinson
Wee
Ely En
W. 1
Swift
H. GC
Rhodes
Miss Stinson
Bliss Stinson
San Antonio
Grawford
D. E. Kelly
Whhodes and
Forced Landing of Kelly Bombers Reported Friday
Two Kelly field bombers on a cross country training flight from Fort Sil Oklahoma to El Paso were forced down 49 miles west of Midland Thursday night. First Lieutenant Roy G Harris left Kelly Field Friday to reach the scene. One ship was reportedly damaged but no airmen were hurt. The formation included ten bombers touching at several points in Texas and Oklahoma.
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Kelly Field
Fort Sil
Oklahoma
el Paso
Midland
Gieutenant
Roy G. Harris
Ellers
Texas
Mother Kills Child Then Ends Own Life in Hannibal
In Hannibal Missouri on September 26 Mrs Edna Ritchie aged 32 formerly of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania shot and killed her seven year old daughter Dorcy and then died by suicide in their apartment local police said.
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Hannibal, Ohl
Edna Ritchie
Pittsburgh
Dorcy
Tony
Decrease in Steel Employees Is Light
New York reporters note on September 26 indicates United States Steel Corporation's average employment in the first half of the year fell to 220,501 from 224,050 for the full year 1922. The drop of 4,259 equals a 1.0 percent decline, despite a broad economic slump.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Actor Leaves With Death Threat Made in Chicago Case
Police learned that Jack Onkle, a motion picture actor, faced threats to his life from racketeers seeking to extort $100 from him and his manager Martyn Martyn. The departure of the actor followed the threats reported in Chicago.
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Chicago
Insi
Jack Onkle
N Life
Martyn Martyn
Anderson Advisory Elects Officers at Brackenridge High
Rofas Whurmund named president of Miss Florence Anderson advisory at Brackenridge High School. Seven other officers include Frances Mae Hicks as vice president and Donne Murdock as secretary.
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Anderson Advisory
Rofas Whurmund
Catts to Conduct Waco Inspection
Gordon Catts officer for organized reserves at Fifth Corps Area headquarters has been ordered to Waco to inspect the headquarters of the 344th Field Artillery and its units.
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Catts
Waco
Gordon
Catta
Fighth Corps
Field Artillery
Announcement commends Hoover treatment for tuberculosis
Public notice from Washington dated Sept 2 announces that President Hoover's tuberculosis treatment is commended by health authorities as a step toward wider use of early diagnosis. The brief item notes the approaching winter season and advises readers to arrange home repairs through local contractors or daily light advertising in the classified.
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Washington, D. C
Hoover
Atience
Itantar
Kingsford Smith to Begin New Long Flight Plan
London reports Wing Commander Charles Kingsford-Smith, fresh from a westward transatlantic flight, likely to begin another long journey within days, probably heading to Australia. In Corsicana Texas, Mrs. Gus Collins, 39, died of heart trouble at a Valley Farms movie showing last night.
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Kingsford- Smith
London
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Australia
Corsicana
Texas
WPI
Gus Collins
Valley Farms
Hére
River Dam Project Delegates in Meet
Delegations from East Texas districts and chambers of commerce gathered in Denison Texas on September 26 to chart a campaign opposing a Red River dam project. They aimed to deny the dam and promote the river as a servant to the region rather than a barrier.
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Meet
Denison
Texas
Eltica
East Texas
Chaober
Red River
Baron Ends Life as Bullet Kills Wife
In Dressau Germany Baron You Koony, a millionaire, accidentally shot his wife while they were building near here. He then fired a bullet through his own heart, dying beside her. The event occurred Sept 26 and details appear in The Light classified ads.
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Wnvrersas
Dressau
Germany
You Koony
Stanford Educator Henry Fairclough Marries in Paris
Word of the marriage of Henry Thurston Fairclough, 68, renowned philologist and professor emeritus at Stanford, to Nies Mars Charlotte Holly, in Paris, was received here today. Employment ads in the classified feature highlight top positions now available.
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Stanford
Paris
Palo Alto
Calif
Henry Thuabton Fairclough
Stanford University
Nies Mars Charlotte Holly
Tucaday
Former Bartender Shot at Resort in Peoria Case
Joseph Fluber, a famed former bartender of Peoria, was shot and killed at a resort owned by Diamond Li Guyette, a Black woman nicknamed Diamond Li after she had diamonds set in her teeth. Clarence Ym, reportedly her bodyguard, was arrested amid the investigation.
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Peoria
Joseph Fluber
Proria
Diamiond Lili Guyette
Diamond Li
Clarence Yelm
Dixon Named to Tariff Commission by Hoover
Dixon of North Vernon Indiana was reappointed a member of the tariff commission by President Hoover, completing the agency's personnel. The report notes the commission's ongoing status as part of Hoover's administration.
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Dixon
Tariff Commission
Wasitington, D.C
Lincoln Dixon
North Vernon
Ind
Hoover
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Etyles
Hoyle & Rarick Clothing Company
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