Fish Sing in Pascagoula River Like Musical Chorus
Local naturalists report a strange phenomenon as fish in the Pascagoula River allegedly sing when the wind shifts and the river nears the gulf. Observers describe notes swelling to a crescendo then fading, with claims of musical phrases produced by tiny bones and swim bladder. Researchers note Dr Effingham and townsfolk discuss quartets and even a harmonica aiding the fish, while Conan Doyle was asked to investigate.
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mahar
Dr. Effingham
Gus Harper
ndrew Jackson Brown
husd
Unclear Manitowoc Body Belongs to Duluth Man
Report from Manitowoc River area identifies a body found upstream as possibly Fred Green, resident of Duluth, Minnesota. Details describe an unidentified heating incident and a preliminary examination by investigators, with firm identification yet to be confirmed.
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Thutel
Attorneys Plead Insanity in Scott Case to Save Russell
In Chicago Russell Scott former millionaire faced closing arguments as prosecutors seek death for murder. Doctors testified Scott sane while defense urged insanity due to stress of narrowly escaping hanging. Jury instructions expected by 6 PM with final defense argument to follow.
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Russell Scott
O’Brien
Chicago
Joseph David
David
Pruvger
Russell
Futtonhouse
William Scott Stewart
Joseph Maurer
William Krohn
Scott
Krohn
Scott’s attorneys wayled cross examination of Dr. Krohn
W. W. O'Brien
slayer
Whitney Hall
Plan to Prosecute Hundreds of Saloonkeepers
Milwaukee reports federal Prohibition Commissioner John B Madden will press District Attorney Eugene Wengert to prosecute several hundred saloonkeepers on false swearing charges. Wengert says city license law and false swearing statutes support actions against applicants or licensees who lied. Federal agents have investigated over 200 licensed establishments despite police objections.
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United Press
Milwaukee
Wis
Eugene Wengert
John B. Madden
Wengert
Madden
One-Year-Old Girl Found in Sewer Tunnel
Chicago police found 1-year-old Bessie Dorn in a sewer tunnel today after her 13-year-old brother Nathan heard cries from a manhole. She had been missing since yesterday afternoon and was described as serious. the motive and abductor remain under investigation.
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Chicago
Bessie Dorn
Nathan
Ife
Janitor shoots man after heated argument in Lindsay office
Jos Buche, 63, janitor at Lindsay Light Company offices, shot and killed Otto N. Berndt Jr., 35, secretary and treasurer, after an argument on the sidewalk. Berndt was struck three times in the back. Buche was arrested shortly after.
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United Press
Chicago
Otto N. Berndt, Jr
Lindsay Light Company
Jos Buche
Light Company
Berndt
Buche
Lindsay
Bathing Beach Temperatures Reported at Sheboygan
Lifeguard Eugene Win reports at North Side beach the air temperature around 68 and water about 64 degrees. The entry notes conditions for bathers at Sheboygan beaches.
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Sheboygan
Eugene Wingender
life guard
North Side beach
Revolutionary automobile powered by new synthon fuel
A revolutionary car design fueled by a new synthetic gasoline named synthon is unveiled by a renowned chemical engineer at the American Chemical Society convention in Los Angeles. Major financiers back a $5 million merger. General Motors plans to install the engine in five makes, while DuPont will produce the fuel from Standard Oil materials. The engine reportedly runs on high compression like steam, with no carbon deposits or poisonous fumes, and with extreme smoothness and minimal gear shifting. Estimated fuel efficiency around 40 miles per gallon, with official figures tightly guarded.
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LINCOLN QUARBERG
United Piess
Los Angeles
Calif
United Press
American Chemical society
General Motors
DuPont Company
Standard Oil Co
Two Sentenced for Violations of The Dry Law in Milwaukee
Madison, Wis. Three men were fined and two sentenced to the Milwaukee House of Correction by Judge Luse after pleading guilty to national prohibition violations. Leon C. Schmidt of Monroe was fined 250 dollars for beer over the legal alcohol limit. Ole Lowry and Joseph Fischer of Merrill received 300-dollar fines. Peter Danielson and Benjamin Gipple of Merrill were jailed for two and three months respectively. Fischer warned to avoid future charges. Trial of Dr. C. H. Heth and Dr. K. D. Shireman for alleged narcotics violations was postponed to the fall term.
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Madison
Wis
Milwaukee House of Correction
Luse
United States District court
Leon C. Schmidt
Monroe
Ole Lowry
Joseph Fischer
Merrill
Peter Danielson
Benjamin Gipple
Fischer
C. H. Heth
K. D. Shireman
Tragedy Victims Prepared for Last Rites in Manitowoc
Three shipyard workers drowned when a river staging collapsed beside the steamer Charles C West. Walter Raether age 41 will be buried at home in Manitowoc while A C Battica 38 is shipped to Superior and John Oatman is sent to Marathon City for burial. Battica and Oatman were recovered within twenty minutes. Raether remained submerged for hours.
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Py United Press
Manitowoc
Wis
Walter Raether
A. C. Battica
Superior
John Oatman
Marathon City
Battica
Oatman
Raether
Charles C. West
Ederle Plans English Channel Attempt With Dover Partner
American swimmer Gertrude Ederle will begin her English Channel crossing under trainers direction with Lillian Harrison of Dover as her partner for the historic attempt.
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Ging Nez
France
Gertrude Ederle
Lillian Harrison
Dover
Riot injures many in Amman Valley mine strike
London report recounts a night of rioting in the Amman valley strike region where six police and about 100 miners were wounded. Seven hundred strikers attacked Amman Word Colliery, overwhelming officers until reinforcements dispersed the mob with batons.
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London
Amman valley
Cardiff
Amman Word
Iowa Senatorial Recount Shows Brookhart Narrow Lead
United Press reports after 37 counties counted in Iowa the Senate race stands with Republican Smith W. Brookhart at 142,061 and Democrat Daniel F. Steck at 140,907. The totals exclude 665 Steck ballots and 2,368 Brookhart ballots challenged by the opposing side.
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United Press
Washington
Iowa
Smith W. Brookhart
Daniel F. Steck
Steck
Brookhart
Probable murder probe after body found outside hotel window
In San Francisco a probable murder case centers on Mrs. Fannie Rose whose body was found in a vacant lot beneath her hotel window. Police say her husband, reportedly from Milwaukee, Wis., had not been seen for days. Morgue attendants note severe beating and possible murder followed by a throw from the window. Twin sons Jean and Myron, students at San Mateo military academy, were last to see her yesterday.
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San Francisco
Calif
Fannie Rose
Milwaukee
Wis
Jean
Myron
San Mateo military academy
Mra
Rose
New theory on Mattoon death unsettles cistern finding
In Mattoon Illinois the body of Miss Cora Stallman was found slanting in a cistern, not upright. Officials shifted from suicide to possible murder as autopsy and tests found no poison and suggested she was dead before entering the water. Coroner and sheriff await inquest verdict and possible organ analysis.
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Mattoon
New Hight
Cora Stalman
Miss Stallman
Schilling
McNutt
Charles Fletcher
Agents Halt Liquor Flow Across Lake Erie
Federal efforts to stop bootlegging across Lake Erie concentrated in Cleveland where four alleged bootleggers were arrested. Fourteen federal warrants were turned over to local police for dry raid cooperation as part of a statewide crackdown begun in Detroit by Thomas EK Stone. Earlier wholesale arrests occurred in Sandusky and Port Clinton after a rum-running fleet used a warehouse at Point Plee.
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Cleveland
Lake Erie
United States
Detroit
Thomas EK. Stone
prohibition
Sandusky
Port Clinton
Ohio
Point Plee
Aviators Swoop Over Lake Michigan Search For Men
Chicago reports three amateur aviators missing after a train to Detroit and their planes vanished. Eugene Coutellier Norris Gathercos and Earl Banker of Chicago were believed lost after engine trouble forced a water landing in Lake Michigan. Coast guards led a nighttime telegraphic search with no reports found.
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United Press
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Detroit
Eugene T. Couteller
Norris M. Gathercos
Earl P. Banker
Mary Coutellier
Coast guards
Wisconsin roads join national system as interstate highways
Washington reports the interstate highway board designated many Wisconsin roads as interstate federal highways to be printed on U S maps for motorists nationwide. The plan consolidates 180000 miles of highways with standard shield markers and state initials U S in black on white, plus new signs for turns crossings and cautions.
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Highway Board
U. S
Washington
joint board on interstate highways
United States bureau of public roads
treasury
Washington, D. C
Wisconsin
joint
interstate highway board
Badger
United States
the
Union
Ita
ratlrosé
Iettera R. R
Honda
Superior
Saulte Gaunt Marte
Mich
Ashland
Hurley
Bessemer
Crystal Falla
Escanaba
S J. Ignace
Prairie du Chien
Hayward
Chippewa Falla
Whitehall
La Crosse
Virequa
Beloit
Merril
Stevens Point
Portage
Madison
Eagle River
Bauke
Manitowoc Detour Underway on Highway 17 Bridge Work
United Press reports a detour in Manitowoc Wisconsin as traffic is routed from the bridge to the new Teath bridge while construction and a new span proceed. The project aims to replace the old crossing with a modern route to ease future travel.
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United Press
Manitowoc
Wis
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