Michigan Chief Dies After Pneumonia From Neck Wound
Chief of Police Douglas McKenzie of Alpena died after a short illness worsened by an old neck wound from a gunfight with Norwalk gunman two gun Jim Lyon. Wounded in 1926 while trying to capture Lyon and his brother, McKenzie helped lead to their capture. He leaves a widow, a married daughter Mrs Leroy Gray, and five other children.
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Alpena
Bmich
Douglas McKenzie
Jim Lyon
Norwalk
McKenzie
Lyon
Ohio
Here
Srewards
Leroy Gray
Four Chinese Executed at Arizona Penitentiary
Florence Arizona June 22 four Chinese convicted of murdering Tom King a rival Tong man were hanged at dawn. Executed in order were B W L Lam Chew Chin Jew Har and Gee King Long Wong Long escaped death when commuted to life imprisonment last night by the state board of pardons and paroles which ruled Long was 17 at the time of the murder.
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Florence, Ariz
Tom King
State Penitentiary
B. W. L. Lam
Chew Chin
Jew Har
Gee King Long
Wong Long
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Long
Girl Tells Of Torture at Lakeland Hospital
Camden county grand jury heard Elizabeth Hinkle recount brutal abuse by foster parents Allen Robertson and Della Robertson. She described blackened eyes, burned hands, a broken nose, throat bruising, and extensive cuts while alleging being forced to eat a wet dog named Beauty. The Robertsons denied the charges, blaming a soldering iron incident.
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Camden
N. J
Camden County Grand Jury
Elizabeth Hinkle
Camden County Hospital
Lakeland
Allen Robertson
Della
Allen
Robertsona
Civil War Vet, 85 Years Old Dances A Jig
Lancaster Ohio June 22 An impromptu dance by Comrade Henry Wendt 85 of the George Thomas Post Cincinnati closed the Sherman Memorial Armory hall. He danced a jig balanced on his hands and lifted a weight with his teeth impressing spectators. Wendt is an expert heel skater and performs feats for many years.
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Lancaster
Henry Wendt
George Thomas Post
Cincinnati
Sherman Memorial Armory
Wendt
Wife of Democratic leader fights Governor Smith in Houston
Mrs. Clem Shaver wife of the Democratic National Committee chairman takes a leading role in allied city women’s groups in Houston against Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York. Shaver remains noncommittal publicly while scheduled as a principal speaker at pre convention mass meetings. Her speech in Columbus Ohio urges prohibition as the campaign’s central issue and questions tariff policy and party unity.
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DEM. National Committee
Smith
Houston
Tex
Clem Shaver
Democratic National Committee
Allied Women’s Dity Organization
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Shaver
Cty
Columbus
Ohio
Democratic Party
New Anti War Note Sent Across Nations
Washington reports a new note renouncing war negotiations with a revised anti war treaty draft. The State Department says favorable attitudes allow signing soon. Publication is planned for Monday with delivery to Paris London Berlin Rome Tokio Ottawa and Dublin. Copies are believed sent to Poland Belgium and Czechoslovakia.
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Washington
State Department
Bowers
Paris
London
Berlin
Rome
Tokio
Ottawa
Dublin
Poland
Belgium
Checho-Slovakia
Bankers collapse after $147000 embezzlement at Noblesville bank
Omer G. Patterson, 59, bookkeeper for Citizens State Bank Noblesville, died after being found injured in a hotel room following a bank shortage of 147000 dollars. The bank closed earlier as state examiner Thomas Barr reported a two-decade pattern of false ledger entries. Patterson confessed to bank officials, was arrested, and hospitalized, not expected to survive the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noblesville
Ind
Omer G. Patterson
Citizens State Bank
Thomas Barr
Patterson
Barr
Harry Craig
Indiana
32 Killed In Mex Battle Near Las Puertas
Mexico City dispatch reports an eight hour battle near Las Puertas resulted in 32 deaths, including twenty two rebels and ten federal soldiers. Two priests were cited as co leaders with bandit Rodolfo Lora on the rebel side.
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Mexico City
Las Puertas
Guadalajara
Omstals
Rodolfo Lora
Kansas wheat farmers brace for record harvest after floods
Rivers in southern Kansas and Oklahoma receded after two rainless days, reducing new flood damage. Families displaced by floods return home, tornado damage is being rebuilt, and Missouri’s Boone county fights a typhoid fever risk as Perche River floods. Red Cross and national guardsmen aid relief efforts in McBaine.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Oklahoma
Boone County
Missouri
McBaine
Perche
Red Cross
National Guardsmen
Kimberly Mine Resumes Work In Ohio
In Athens Ohio on June 22 the Kimberly mine in Athengy county resumed operations, employing 35 men. Nearby the Lick Run mine near Nelsonville added 36 workers, while a crowd of union sympathizers failed to induce three men at Long Hollow mine to quit. Pickets were seen at two Ohio Collieries Co. mines near Athens, but no disturbance occurred.
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Athens
Valley
Kimberly
Athengy County
Lick Run
Nelsonville
Long Hollow
Ohio Collieries Co
Elyria gains quicker access to Cleveland airport says major Berry
Major John L. Berry in charge since 1924 told Elyria Kiwanis air service here outpaces Cleveland and compares European and U S air travel. He cited 1500 monthly flights at Cleveland airport and potential growth with Chicago passenger lines while noting no U S government subsidies for aviation. Kiwanis to send boys to Salvation Army camp at Mentor for two weeks this summer.
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Cleveland
Elyria
John L. Berry
Elyria Kiwanis
Kiwanians
Chicago
United States
Europe
U.S
Salvation Army
Mentor
Crow Lines Nest With American Flags
In Upper Sandusky Ohio investigators solved a strange theft when a flag at a veteran grave led to the culprit. American Legion and G A R members placed flags on all veterans graves for Memorial Day. The next day three flags missing, then one more each day. A crow nesting in a tall tree was found with dozens of flags lining its nest.
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Upper Sandusky
American Legion
Carbons Cleared on Shooting Charge. Guilty of Assault
After four hours of deliberation the jury found Serafina Carbonis not guilty of shooting to kill but guilty of assault as charged. Judge W B Thompson postponed sentence to tomorrow at 9 am at defense counsel Wm F Hurley’s request. Trial began yesterday with guilty verdicts on the assault count.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Thompson
Serafina Carbonis
Thompson
Wm. F. Hurley
Hurley
Mutiny on Australian Liner Jervis Bay
The Australian liner Jervis Bay reports eight stowaways have caused a serious mutiny aboard with under hatch confinement and attempted arson. The ship, carrying about six hundred passengers, is steaming toward Colombo with the Enterprise cruiser advising on the situation.
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London
Commonwealth Shipping Line
Jervis Bay
Colombo
Ceylon
Enterprise
Prohibition and party splits shape early 1928 campaign
Governor Smith defends prohibition and states rights as pro and anti dry factions maneuver. Senator Harrisson and Senator Glass push for dry plank. Maryland backs Underwood for vice president. Alonzo Work promotes reform and clean government. Herbert Hoover plans July trip to California, acceptance speech forthcoming after talks with Coolidge.
Hocking Valley Rivers Reach Crest Today
ATHENS Ohio June 22 Flooding from heavy rains left Hocking Valley streams at crest late today with damage mainly to crops. Some livestock drowned and truck gardens flooded cutting food for striking coal miners. Glouster and Nelsonville faced isolation while Murray City and Bucatel districts flooded. Herbert Lussford, 36, is missing, believed drowned.
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Athens
Hocking Valley
Nelsonville
Murray City
Bucatel
Herbert Lussford
Tax receipts expected to be favorable in 1927
County Treasurer A H Waters reports early indications show tax receipts for the latter half of 1927 will be above par. He and staff have been tallying mainly by mail since Wednesday. A definite figure will take more than a week. Wednesday was the final day to pay without a ten percent penalty.
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A. H. Waters
Waters
Murderer Wagner Electrocuted in Sing Sing
Wilmont Leroy Wagner a 23 year old farmhand from Canada New Hampshire was executed by electric chair at Sing Sing for killing two state troopers in Ossining New York.
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Ossining
N. Y
Wilmont Leroy Wagner
Canada
N. H
Sing Sing
Water supply cut as fierce storm floods East Liverpool area
East Liverpool Ohio June 22 torrential rains flood Wellsville causing water shutoff for 10,000 residents and fire use. Road and trolley tracks washed out. Landslides cripple Steubenville East Liverpool line and Beaver Valley tracks. A 16 inch main at Yellow Creek Dam burst. damage around $50,000.
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East Liverpool
Wellsville
Here
Steubenville
East Liverpool and
Beaver Valley Traction Co
Pennsylvania Avenue
Yellow Creek
Lincoln Highway
Capital Executions Mark Third DC Electric Chair Attempt
Three men, Nicholas Les Eagles, Samuel Moreno, and John Proctor, were executed in the District of Columbia’s electric chair for the murder of policeman Leo W. Busch during a robbery arrest attempt. Eagles sang a Jewish lament, Moreno kissed a cross, and Proctor was carried in, unconscious, after a long imprisonment. Proctor’s last night included a failed confession plan as authorities awaited a final admission.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Surrat
Leo W. K. Busch
Nicholas Les Eagles
Enli
Eli
Samuel Moreno
Moreno
John Proctor
Busch
Proctor
Eagles
Youth Drowns Suspect in Lake Erie Incident
Coast guards were asked to search for William Jacobs a 13 year old believed to have drowned in Lake Erie after he and two companions Robert and Lawrence Radke went canoeing. Jacobs did not return to shore after paddling out and has not been seen since.
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Cleveland
William Jacobs
Lake Erie
Robert
Lawrence Radke
Jacobs
Woman Sentenced to Thirty Days for Perjury in Divorce Case
Cleveland O June 22 Mrs Katherine J Miller 34 was sentenced to thirty days in jail on charges of perjury in connection with testimony she gave at the trial of a suit for divorce from her husband.
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Cleveland. O
Katherine J. Miller
Rush Batteries To Nobile By Plane
Two Italian seaplanes prepared at Kings Bay Spitzbergen to search for the Italia crew missing four weeks. Major Umberto Maddalena, in command of plane 355, and Major Pierluigi Penzo in a Dornier whale plan a radio battery drop to aid General Nobile. Flights to Foyn Island camp then over ice floes toward Spitzbergen and Franz Josef Land.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Umberto Maddalena
General Nobile
Pierluigi Penzo
Nobile
Foyn Island
Cape Leigh Smith
Franz Josef Land
Outfall Sewer Start In Gly City Project Progresses
The city outfall sewer is being built within the city site with sixty percent of tunneling along Gulf road completed. Galla gher Burke Construction Co of Rocky River faces bad weather but keeps progress. portions under construction at present and across Spring Valley must finish before river crossing work, as the sewer intersects the northeast district trunk sewer at Poplar Street and sewage will be diverted from the trunk to the outfall and into the river.
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Gulf Road
Gallagher-Burke Construction Co
Rocky River
John N. Efdt
Spring Valley
Northeast District
Poplar Street
Smith backs change to dry law if elected president
New York June 22 Governor Alfred E. Smith reiterates he favors amending prohibitions and will push for changes if he becomes president. Asked at his daily press conference about Norman E. Mack’s Houston statement, Smith said he has not changed his belief. Mack, New York Democratic national committeeman, said Smith has long stood for personal liberties and states’ rights, opposing prohibition and supporting temperance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Houston
Norman E
Mack
Smith
Beams Fall Kill Farmer Near Marysville
Marysville Oh June 22 an elderly farmer Frank Hamilton 68 was killed when a beam from a grain shed on the Curtis Connolly farm fell crushing his skull Hamilton who was helping move the shed near here died at the scene he was a neighbor of Connolly
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Beam Falls
Marysville, O
Frank Hamilton
Curtis Connolly
Hamilton
Connolly
Search for Man's Body in Lake Erie at Cleveland Breakwater
Coast guards and police searched Lake Erie at the foot of West 68th street for Michael Chake, 36, believed drowned after falling from the breakwater last night.
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Lake Erif
Cleveland
Coast Guards
Polce
Lake Erle
West 68Th Street
Michael Chake
Mary Pickford Gives Up Famous Tresses
New York June 32 Mary Pickford has given up the curse which helped make her Americas Sweetheart and an international motion picture star. A barber cut of the celebrated tresses rust before Miss Piesteed left for Chicago.
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Mary Pickford
New York
Misa Piesteed
Chicago
Hoover poised for 1932 nomination amid New York pivot
Washington reports Senator Moses predicts Hoover will win 212 Democratic women votes for every wet Republican voting for Smith. Moses says New York will tilt to Smith with odds 21-2 to one. Hoover plans a July departure for Stanford to receive official nomination news, with cabinet duties and travel plans shaping his campaign HQ setup in Washington.
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Washington
George Moses
N. H
Herbert Hooweer
Alfred Smith
Moses
Hoover
Smit
New York State
Stanford University
Calif
Interior
Hubert Work
Republican National Committee
Franklin Fort
Work
Fort
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Pacific Coast
Brule
Wis
President Coolidge
Hoover to Go to California in July for Nomination Speech
President nominee Herbert Hoover plans to leave Washington in July for Palo Alto to draft and deliver his acceptance speech at the July notification ceremonies. He aims for a comprehensive statement of Republican platform ideas and will limit public appearances while focusing on cabinet duties and the Commerce Department report.
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Herbert Hoover
Palo Alto
Cal
Hoover
Coolidge
California
Washington
Calif
Borak
Commerce Department
Congress
White House
Wisconsin
Lewa
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Nariz
Mex
Major Berry
Carbons
Erview
Pat Harrisson
Mississippi
Virginia
Glass
Maryland
Oscar Underwood
Alabama
Alonzo F
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