Detroit Lawyer Buckley Shot by Three Gunmen
Gerald W Buckley attorney and critic of Detroit politics was shot dead in the Hotel LaSalle lobby by three men who fired fifteen revolver rounds as he read a newspaper. Angelo Livecchi 20 was arrested as a lookout. Buckley, 37, known to thousands as Jerry, had received threatening letters over his anti mayor campaign activity.
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Detroit
Gerald W. Buckley
Thomas C. Wilcox
Angelo Livecchi
Wilcox
Buckley
Gerald W Buckley
WMBC
LaSalle
James E. Chenot
George Meyers
Bowles
Jerry
Costly blaze at Barberton roars through junk yard
A $50,000 fire at a Barberton junk yard operated by I A Barnett raged six blocks from the heart of the city. Flames due to scrap tires spread quickly, drawing all available apparatus as residents feared a repeat of a 20 year old blaze. Fire visible a mile away. Nearby Rotary leaders and Elyria officials scheduled to meet Thursday and Friday to discuss club problems with speakers EH F Allen and W O McClellan among participants.
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Barberton
I. A. Barnett
Rotary
Elyria
Lawrence Webber
James A. Hewitt
Elyria Rotary
EH. F. Allen
International Society For Crippled Children
W. O. McClellan
S. H. Squire
Earthquake Devastates Southern Italy Killing Hundreds
Naples and surrounding districts reel after a major earthquake at 1 66 a m. Reports from eight cities in middle southern Italy list 169 dead and 618 injured, with Naples city death toll near 1 000 as rescue teams search rubble. Officials mobilize relief through Mussolini government channels. The epicenter was Naples 37 5 miles away.
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Naples
Italy
Mediterranean
Foggia
Adriatic
United Press
Rome
Melfi
Capitanata
Ribolla
Rio Nero
Atella
Mercato San Sezerino
Buonalbergo
Oscoto
Araldo Crollalanza
Mont de Cabini
Florence
Leoni
Orca
Mussolini
Filippi Cremonesi
Red Cross
Specialist I. W. Miller Visits Lorain County Farms
Extension specialist in Farm Management I. W. Miller is in Lorain County to visit farmers who began recording their farm work and results this year.
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I. W. Miller
Lorain County
Bridge Collapse Kills 38 in Coblenz Germany
Coblenz officials report 38 dead after an iron bridge over the Moselle collapsed during Rhineland Liberation Day celebrations. Many victims were young women, with rescue efforts ongoing as President Hindenburg halted his tour and contributed funds for relief.
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Coblenz
Germany
Rhineland
Moselle
Paul von Hindenburg
Berlin
Coblez
Gayety
Raymond Lawley
Akron
Ehrenbreitstein
Pruski Leads In Local Tree Sitting Race
The race for world tree sitting honors tightens as John Pruski reaches 124 hours at 2 PM. Andy Thompson and Ernie Ray, both Bath Street youths, trail with a 32 hour gap and aim to top Johnny's mark. East side contenders Robert Jerratt and Eliosius Werenski sit in a Winckles Street lot with sixteen hours in by 2 PM.
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John Pruski
Andy Thompson
Ernie Ray
Bath Street
Johnny
Ernie
Andy
Winckles Street
Robert Jerratt
Elosius Wercenski
East Side
Head of Miners Fined For Contempt
SPRINGFIELD WI July 23 John L Lewis president of United Mine Workers of America was convicted of contempt of court by Judge Charles G Briggle and fined 500 Fourteen associates of Lewis also were convicted but were not punished Lewis fine fixed after Briggle upheld Master to Chan cery Frank L Trotter finding that Lewis and his associates violated an injunction restraining them from interference with the reorganized anti Lewis union Trotter had recommended that none of the defendants be punished hoping the contempt was technical
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Springfield
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Charles G. Briggle
Lewis
Briggie
Frank L. Trotter
anti-Lewis
Trotter
Jtechnical
Heat Wave Sweeps Eastern States Amid Seaboard Dying Toll
July 23 New York A severe five day heat wave grips the lower Atlantic States with temperatures in the triple digits and daily deaths from heat and drowning approaching 300. Forecasters warn of rising temperatures in the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley as thunderstorms bring relief in some areas. In New York City 19 deaths are recorded and a New Jersey home is destroyed by cyclonic winds from the heat.
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New York
Atlantic States
Seaboard
Middle West
Mercury
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Rotary Officers Conference Opens Tomorrow at Elyria
The Rotary Club met at Hotel Newell, planning the Officers Conference for the Twenty-First District with sessions at Spring Valley Country Club on Thursday and Friday. A July 30 picnic at Ruggles Beach was announced, dinner at Wild Waves Hotel, overflow at Air Castle, and car transport help via Elyria members with nearly all offering to drive or guide.
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Wild Waves
Air Castle
Plocher
Arthur Robinson
W. O McClellan
Bert Pfau
Louis Hecock
Twenty- First District
Lawrence Webber
Spring Valley Country Club
Elyria
Newell
Four gangsters die in electric chair in Trenton
Four gangsters died in the electric chair in Trenton New Jersey last night for the murder of a gas company cashier during a holdup. All met death without flinching. One had reportedly expected a last minute reprieve for aiding in convicting the others.
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Trenton
N. J
Bve
Flames wipe out Racine business district in fire
Fire early today virtually wiped out the Racine business section. Nine buildings including the Masonic and Odd Fellows Halls burned. Pomeroy fire engines responded and saved the town from total destruction by laying hose lines from the Ohio River. Damage estimated at 50,000 dollars.
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Racine
Masonic
Odd Fellows
Pomeroy
Ohio River
Plane upsets in All American Air Derby crash injures Hart Lunken
Detroit pilot R A Hosier crashed his simplex plane during takeoff on the fourth lap near Little Rock Ark in the All American Air Derby. The wreck left the plane demolished and Hosier hospitalized after the nosedive as 12 ships remained in the race. Herman Hamer of Chicago led the field with Lee Gehlback of Little Rock close behind in elapsed time.
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Lunken
Cincinnati
R. A. Hosier
Detroit
Little Rock
Ark
Hosier
Hosler
Herman Hamer
Chicago
Roosevelt Field
L. I. Hamer
Lee Gehlback
A. B
Todd
Pueblo
Colo
Land
Pioneer aviation icon Glenn Curtiss dies in Buffalo
Glenn Curtiss, the aviation pioneer born May 21, 1878 in Batheport New York, died in a Buffalo hospital after an appendicitis operation revealed a blood clot on the lung. He rose to fame with early flight feats including a Albany to New York City run twenty years ago and built a bicycle shop into an inventive workshop. Cont on page 2
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Buffalo
N. Y
Glenn Curtiss
Albany
New York City
Curtiss
Batheport
Tablet Placed In Ely Park War Memorial
A tablet made from material of the battleship Maine was mounted at the north end of Ely Park by the Major Woodworth Camp of Spanish War Veterans. It honors United States sailors who died in the 1898 Havana explosion aboard the Maine. The plate, identified as No 538, has hung in Spanish War Veterans rooms since 1914 and a similar plate is in Ely High School’s Technical Building lobby.
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Ely Park
Maine
Woodworth
United States
Havana
Elyfia
Four Held After Oberlin Swindle Attempt
Four young offenders bound over to the grand jury by Justice S. J. George. Robert Cole 24 Albert G. Smith 29 Harold K. Smith 18 and Loraine Smith 19 were charged with swindling or aiding and abetting. They allegedly targeted merchants with a fake ten dollar exchange scheme.
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Grand
S. J. George
Oberlin
Robert Cole
Albert G. Smith
Harold K. Smith
Loraine Smith
Albert Smith
Elkhart
Indiana
Harold Smith
Bellevue
Norwalk
Pfaff and Morris
Mrs. Smith
Justice George
Marell Smith
Cele
Alberton
Bond
Alee Five
Six Given Lodging for Transients at City Jail
The East and West met in the city jail last night as six transients were provided lodging for the night. One guest listed New York City as his address, another claimed San Francisco, and the rest hailed from Canton Ohio Denver Colorado Kenaston Kentucky, with one stating he has no home.
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New York City
San Francisco
Canton
Ohio
Denver
Colorado
Kenston
Kentucky
Every Man's Castle Home Is The Magic Word
A short, unclear passage argues that home transforms a humble house into a palace. It stresses the desire for a home and suggests that many people seek to achieve such a dwelling through real estate concepts.
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Elyrians
Rotary Conference
Laurence Webber
E. F. Allen
Jas. A. Hewitt
Villnova
Montecalvo
Avellino
Villanova
Watchatch
Andrew J. Marshall
Alness
Turner Street
Marshall
Knoxville
Tennessee
Cook County
10Th Ohio Cavalry
Independence
Priecilia
George
Hazel Turner
Delilah Coleman
Cleveland
Second Methodist Church
J. F. Burton
Pruski
Thura
Bulletin
Derby
Hart
Gurtiss
Pioneer Aviation
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