Man Hangs Self In Jail Cell Believed Drunk
Orman Terrell a 45 year old LaPorte resident living on Butternot Ridge hanged himself using a belt in a city jail cell after being held for driving while intoxicated. Dr Austin pronounced him dead. Terrell had been brought in on a DWI charge and officers noted a partially filled bottle of alcohol in his bunk.
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Orman Terrell
Butternot Ridge
LaPorte
Erty
Céline
Terrell
Moor
Sicre Nagy
Parroll Corput Southam
Corezor
Ocepon
Guthaim
Iwiches
AUFFER ATTACKS CORN BORER WAR
Levelland Texas reports early 20th century political debate over corn borer control. State secretary candidate George A. Stauffer accuses state and federal programs of extravagance while farmers suffer crop losses. Republican leaders counter with farmer grievances and charges of overreach.
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Levelland
George A. Stauffer
Stauffer
Orig
Charleston
JES To Stop Work On City Sidewalk Job
James Peterson of Lorain sues William Maurath and city officials over a 3 655 dollar sidewalk project. Judge A R Ober grants a preliminary injunction to halt work and prevent further payments and a new bid process without advertising for bids. The suit seeks perpetual orders and accuses city officials of improper contracting actions.
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Jes
William Manrath
Lorain
James Peterson
A. Rober
Court of Commons
Peterson
William Fletcher
Etereterson
Maurath
Awardeo Maurath
Br Ser
Rath
Ci Yitor
Poeterson
J. C. Standen
City Andh
Taining Fletcher
Ron
Army captain sets altitude balloon record near eight miles
Captain Hawthorne C. Gray of the Scott Field Army unit ascended in a free balloon above Golden Gate until his altimeter reached 41 000 feet before descending by parachute. The record beats the 33 233 foot mark set twenty six years earlier by German aeronauts. At peak the temperature dropped to 60 degrees below zero.
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Hawthhorne C. Gray
Army
Scott Aviation Field
Belle-ville
Jil
Golden Gate
Hawthorne
Capt Hawthorne
Solicitor and Council Firm in Gas Fight
D A Miers and members of the legal committee of the city council addressed the Board of Trade committee at a 2 pm meeting on Thursday to reject implied criticism from a Board of Trade letter read at the previous open meeting. They seek a fair settlement of the controversy and oppose any single party settlement with Lozan Gana Co without safeguards.
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D. A. Miers
Board of Trade
Lozan Gana Co
Bootleggers May Face Taxes in Cleveland Prosecutions
May preparations are under way to extract illicit profits from bootleggers convicted in Cleveland. John B. Osmus, assistant United States attorney, is filing 40 indictments to collect internal revenue taxes from each offender, about 2500 dollars per case. Distillery taxes and license fees will be assessed where illicit spirits are found, and successful seizures may result in penalties against property.
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Clevelant
Cleveland
Jobn B. Osmus
United States Attorney
Internal Revenue
Osman
No Compromise With Gooliege States Truax
Ohio farmers reject President Coolidge’s farm relief compromise. A. N. Truax director of agriculture in Columbus wires Senator McNary urging opposition to any compromise linked to S. D. Fess and the President’s vetoed policy. Truax warns of political manipulation and vows to stand firm against concessions.
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Columbus. O
Ohio
S. D. Fess
Coolidge
A. N_ Truax
Wired
Charles N. McNarr
McNarr
Truax
5. D. Fess
Trouax
McNary
Sua
Sala
Ohio Assembly to Consider Revenue Raising Measures
Columbus March 6 F Enactment of proposed revenue measures will be considered when the general assembly returns Monday to solve the state's immediate financial problems. Plan includes cigaret stamp tax, amusement tax, morning recording tax, and a new half mill direct property levy on the 1927 duplicate. Governor Donahue has expressed veto concerns on the half-mill levy.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Donahey
Donahery
Ohio women endorse measures affecting state and national affairs
In Marion Ohio the Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs approved resolutions urging a formal money education for students and endorsed the Fess amendment, the Bing law, and Shepard-Towner support. They also backing a census reform to register homemakers and pressed for juvenile court age programs while calling politics out of the Welfare Department.
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Marion
Ohio
Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs
Fess
Smith-Hughes
General Federation
Hoover
Tred
Children’s Bureau
United States Department of Labor
State Department
Pri
Thomas G. Winter
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Charles F. Wishart
Wooster University
Butler Signals Coolidge renomination push from West trip
William M Butler, Republican national committee chairman, returned from a transcontinental trip and said business conditions look prosperous in western cities. He plans to visit every state this summer and even the solid south, signaling support for Coolidge at the 1928 convention.
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Paul Br.allon
Washington
Coolige
Republican National Committee
Butler
Coolidge
Fonis
Republican Organization
Ferce
Abuffer
Tars
Eighteen Indicted in Anthracite Beer Ring Case
Cleveland reports reveal an eighteen man indictment tied to the Anthracite Beer Co. and its circuits in Stranton Pennsylvania. Special investigators Thomas E. Stone and James A. Savage led raids, detaining William V. Laachtan and Lester Lord Jr. and searching for six more associates. Names include Vincent, Andersen, Marer, Quinn, Purcell, and Dooley among others.
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Cleveland
Investizaton
Taday
Thomas E. Stone
James A. Savage
Anthracite Beer Co
Taammoth Brewery
Strantor
William V. Laach- Tan
Anthracite Co
Lester Lord, Jr
eFy
Charles Rasen
Pfeak Ulelekanti
Fomer
Steve Nagy Fined for Disorderly Conduct in Police Court
Steve Nagy was fined $50 and costs and committed to the county jail until the fine is paid after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct. Police reports state he was under the influence of strong drink and abusing his wife at their West River Street home yesterday evening.
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Steve Nagy
Polce
Polles
Nagy
West River Street
Gray Trials Nearing Close in Long Island Court
The Snyder Gray murder trial neared its close as seven character witnesses for Judd Gray testified that he was a well regarded man. Gray described the murder scene under cross examination by Dana Wallace, detailing Mrs Snyder leading him to the room where Albert Snyder slept and recalling the tense moments as the testimony concluded for the defense.
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Tong Island City
Snyder-Gray
Judd Gray
Ruth Brown Snyder
Albert Snyder
Gray
Paul W. White
United Press
Long Island City
Albert Snider
Henry Judd Gray
Gray-Snider
Dana Wallace
Erik Brown Snyder
Fig
Sasyder
Wallace
Gang of Kidnappers Crippled In New York Arrests
A gang involved in kidnappings across six cities was busted after a gang member was killed and several others arrested in New York. Abraham Scharin and James H. Taylor were abducted for ransom April 28 and released today, with officers tracing their tale to real estate suspects and a broader network linked to Chicago Montreal Baltimore and Philadelphia.
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New York
Eald
Sheld
Abraham Scharin
James H. Taylor
Poller
Chicago
Clevelagh
Tere Scharkin
Jacob
Rom Rugnies
Joseph Marecus
David Berman
John Cordes
Marcus
Motorevera
Montreal
Berman
Chinease
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Bermany
Charles Kraemer
Krasjoer
Kraemer
Mary Goldberg
Yarlor
Sharisa
Zur Lorir
Podce
GQP Leaders Discuss Politics At Washington Breakfast
At a breakfast hosted by President Coolidge the Republican leadership gathered at the temporary White House. William M. Butler presented a survey of party prospects with Kellogg Mellon Wilbur Work Longworth Curtis Borah Snell Slemp and Treadway among attendees as they talked possible 1928 convention site and foreign relations.
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Washington
Mar
Morntus
White House
Coolidge
William VI. Butler
Republican National Committee
Te Kellogg
Treasury
Mellon
Navy
Wilbur
Tnterior Work
Nicholes Longworth
Curtis
Borah
Repulican
Idaho
Treadway
Assachusettea
Rep
Snell
Republcan New York
C. Bascom Slemp
Butler
Prisons Join Bankers to Fight Louisiana Floods
New Orleans reports the Mississippi flood holds at about 20 feet as prison convicts work with farmers and bankers to shore up levees. Wide areas in Concordia Parish and the Red River basin remain inundated with thousands displaced and rescue boats ready.
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New Orleans
J. M. Cline
Weather Bureau
Tensas Basin
Milliken Bend
Concordia Parish
Bend
St. Joseph
Louisiana
Mississippi
Red River
Bayou Des Glasses
Big Bend
Alexandria
Bayou Rapides
Rayville
Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Arkansas River
Met Rouge
Delhi
Lodge Country
Madison
Franklin Parishes
Simpson
Pineville
South Central
Rapides Parish
Oakscrove
Mississippi River flood relief scenes and local deaths
From Cincinnati O May 6 fresh tales of suffering caused by the Mississippi River flood are told by Captain James O Brien of the steamer Cincinnati. He reports tents on levees and children near dangerous edges as debris and rising waters force hardship. also death of Traction Magnate Kesler Schoept in Cincinnati at 61 from heart disease.
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Cincinnati, O
Ilness
James O’ Brie
Cincinnati
Cairo
Thompson
Chicago
New Orleans
Misafesippi River
O'Brien
Mississippi
St Louis
Memphis
O Brien
Kesler Schoept
Cincinnati Car Co
Cincinnati Tracticn Co
Schoent
Nees
Duanows Settriebem
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Stensbelt
Onddead
Rain Man
GAS Fight
Assembly
Army Base
Red Crow
St. Bernard
Playuemines
Flord Waters
Mississinpi
Butlen
Gheering
I Alwa
Jade
Mrs. Snyder
Ty Wallace
Ana
GQP
Vicksburg
Misa
Lousiana
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