Woman saved as pier ice traps rescue attempt on Lake Michigan
Eye witnesses recount a dramatic incident on the north pier where a man named Fred Richter fell into icy waters while attempting a rescue. A helper, John, tried to reach him with an oar and boat but was battered by waves and ice. Coast guard arrived and searched for hours, but Richter did not survive. The witness describes the treacherous conditions and the moments before the drowning.
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Woman of 60 fends off Milwaukee bandit
Mrs. Mary Struck, 60, soft drink parlor owner in Milwaukee, fought a mugger today after he grabbed her by the throat and demanded money. She broke free, was struck on the head with an iron piece, and screams drew passersby who chased the man away down an alley.
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Wis
Mary
Ray Nye Dies Prominent Omaha Industrialist Founder Of Major Concerns
Ray Nye a prominent Omaha industrialist and founder of major manufacturing stock and financial concerns died at his home 622 Wisconsin avenue at 340 this morning after a short illness He was born October 7 1861 in Fremont Nebraska and married Annie End in 1882 A son died in infancy He was cousin to Edgar W Nye author of Nye's History of the United States and helped establish the first telegraph instrument on the Union Pacific line in Omaha Continued on page 13
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Annie End
Nay Nye
Kye & Winter Company
Benjamin Nye
Mr. Nye
Worf
Arthur Winter
Nye & Winter company
Worida
Winter
Mr. Winter
Movida
Nebraska
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Fremont
Nebr
Annie Tend
George End
Nye
Omaha
Omaha Printing company
Chicago
Ilo
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Fedgar W. Kye
Mir. Nye
Ohio State professor jailed amid campus purge orders
Ohio Governor Donahey urged Ohio State University to clean house after Prof. Dabney Horton was arrested on liquor violations and accused of communistic ties. The board faced calls to dismiss Horton and probe further drinking at fraternities as agents alleged a home still and liquor. Horton said neighbors sought to humiliate him and planned to sue raiding agents for home invasion.
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Columbus
Vic Dombey
board of trustees
Ohio State universary
Dabney Horton
Horton
prohibition
McDonald
Donahey
A. Propst
ciry
university board of trustees
Ohio State
Million-Mark Heist in Yorkville Ended as Counterfeit Ruse
In Yorkville Manhattan police reported Hugh F P McGovern robbed of a massive roll labeled cook mil Jan but investigators found the so called million marks were inside a counterfeit one dollar bill. The hoax revealed a staged theft to misappropriate a nonexistent treasure.
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United Press
New York
N. Y
Yorkville
Manhattan
Hugh FP
McGovern
Patrick admits LS not ruler of clouds in court
United Press reports Major General Mason M. Patrick told the Mitchell court martial that the U S air service lags behind France and England in defense. He disclosed only twenty obsolete pursuit planes and no attack group machines while defending anti aircraft artillery and noting uncertain air policy. He denied accusing the War Department of harming morale.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
United States
France
England
Mason M. Patrick
Army air service
Mitchell
Patrick
war department
air service
Turkish anger over Mosul deportation report at League session
In Geneva the Turkish delegation refused to attend a League of Nations council session on General Laidoner’s report alleging continued Turkish deportations of Mosul Christians. The document cites massacres, famine, and camps, with three thousand deported Christians in Zakho and more arriving, while Britain and Iraqi authorities may face a sharp decision before adjournment.
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Mosul
HENRY woop
United Press
Geneva
Switzerland
league of nations council
Iraqu
Iraq
saya
Zakho
Laiaoner
tongue
Great Britain
Tevfik Tousehi Bey
Angora
Young Bob Introduces First Bills in Senate
Senator Robert M. LaFollette Jr. of Wisconsin today introduced his first senate bills. He was kept waiting on the floor for ten minutes as other senators were recognized before he could speak. The measures include four pensions for Civil War veterans from Wisconsin and an amendment to the Seamen's Law urged by the Seamen's Union.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Robert M. LaFollette Jr
Wisconsin
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Seamen's Union
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ant Labollette
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dias aemator
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herons
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wooly
traurgent
Geradd P. Nye
North Dakota
Coast Guard court martial for bootlegging ties
Washington report says two coast guard patrol crews off Florida were court martialed for conspiring with bootleggers. Treasury sources note about 1,700 of 9,000 enlisted personnel face trials this year on offenses from AWOL to desertion, with 36 convicted of treating with liquor interests receiving one year hard labor.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
coast guard
Florida
justice department
treasury department
Warrant Action Delayed in Beloit Klan Demonstration
Beloit Wisconsin police halted action on two riot warrants tied to a Klan demonstration after a cross burning in front of Mrs. Robert Mayo’s home. The incident followed a quarrel between Mayo’s child and Tellico Matthews, white, with Mayo alleging threats. Warrant service was paused for a fuller investigation. attorney W S Rundell sent the full report to Governor James O. Binni, who has not indicated further steps.
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Beloit
Wis
Bervier
warants
Robert Mayo
tome
Mystery over disappearance of auto in Madison
A. E. Nelson reports his brand new 1926 Buick Standard Six left at W. F. Schmitt and Sont garage Wednesday night is missing. Engine number 1527973, no license yet. Police search underway with Addison Nelson of Madison and A. F. Clausen Studebaker involved. another car recovered at Eighteenth Street and Cambridge Avenue with no damage.
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A. E. Nelson
W. F. Schmitt and Sont
Nelson
Madison
Studebaker
A. F. Clausen
Fifth street
Eighteenth street
Cambridge avenue
Republicans May Put Question About Lakeliatte To Coolidge
Insurgent Wisconsin Republicans gain chairmanship shifts in the House Committee on Committees as leaders debate sending the Lakeliatte question to President Coolidge. The party remains split between insurgents and traditionalists over how to handle the matter and elections strategy.
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Vrenal
Washington, DC
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Dawes Ridiculed in Senate During Reform Push
Vice President Charles G. Dawes faced taunts from Senator Pat Harrison as he presided over the Senate and pushed for cloture reform. Dawes remained silent after being mocked, with Harrison likening his tour to a farmer and his mule to illustrate perceived opposition to reform.
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United Press
Washington, D. C
Charles G. Dawes
senate
Pat Narylson
Mississippi
Dawes
Harrison
hells
Pretty Young Woman Victim Of Murderer
Lucille Guerin a 20 year old woman was found dead with stab wounds and neck marks. The body was discovered by the landlady shortly before noon as police began a search for Carmine Guerin the man she had been living with.
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United Preval
Chicago
Lucille Guerin
Pallea
Carmine Guerin
Mine Explosion Traps Miners at Alabama Overton Shaft
UPI report from Birmingham states a blast at the Overton No 2 mine of Alabama Fuel and Iron trapped scores of miners. Early word lists 15 recovered bodies and about ten others missing or injured as the scene drew in US Bureau of Mines ambulances and crews.
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Watney
United Press
Birmingham
Alan Gaes
Overton
Alabama Poet and Iron Company
Ala
Alabama Fuel & Iron company
United States bureau of mines
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