Gunmen kill race horse owner in Ohio car ambush
In Goape Ohio on May 28 a machine gun assault killed Joseph Jacobs, a race horse owner and alleged racketeer. A second man was mortally wounded and fled with two young women Blanche Hoffman and Anna Smith while police seek an unidentified companion. Authorities suspect blackmail or bootlegging ties to the slayings spreading from Newport to Covington and Cincinnati, with links to a suspected ring posing as federal agents. Jacobs's wife mourns and the search continues.
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Hamilton
Gengland
Joseph Jacobs
Jacobs
Ony
Blanche Hoffman
Anna Smith
Mount Pleasant Pike
Joseph Zwick
Cincinnati
Ohio
Newport
Covington
Jacob
Joe
Canada
the Pike
Deaths of Mrs Catherine McAvoy and Edwin D Bush
Catherine McAvoy 70 died suddenly at 351 West Ninth Street Elyria born there lived all her life survived by daughter Louise Barlow four grandchildren and sister sibly. Funeral 10 am Wednesday at St Marys Church Elyria burial St Marys Cemetery. Edwin D Bush 79 died Friday at home in Newark born July 20 1849 survived by widow four sons Walter Charles George Fred two daughters Mrs Arthur Keyes one sister and six grandchildren funeral at home Newark and burial at Wellington.
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Catherine McAvoy
West Ninth Street
Elyria
Louise Barlow
Eugene
Walter
Harold Barlow
Louise Irish
Ridgeville
Helen Barlow
Frank Boylan
Bridget Scully
Anna Chase
Cleveland
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Edwen D. Bush
Edwin D. Bush
Newark
Ohio
Charles
George Bush
Fred
Hamburg
Arthur Keyes
Mary Doty
Leavitsburg
Wellington
One Armour Shop Keeps London Medieval Craft Alive
In London a single craftsman and his sister continue making and hammering armor for a living. He recently delivered a suit to a large house for a wireless receiving set. Plain armor runs about 150 dollars and takes three weeks. more elaborate pieces take six weeks and cost more. The shop reflects a medieval taste with a mix of old and new carraige.
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London
Ware to hold town meeting must have 100 voters
In Ware Mars two town meetings were planned but failed to gather enough voters. A chemical fire truck with siren sped down Main Street prompting many residents to chase it, thinking there was a fire, until the truck reached the town hall and the meeting proceeded.
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Ware
Mars
Main Street
Young Men's Club installs officers in Elyria
The Young Men's Club held its season’s meeting at the Y M C A in Elyria. Arthur Tite turned leadership to M F Fey who became president. New officers Harold Birch, Leonard Kuss, and W O McClellan took roles as vice president, sergeant at arms, and secretary respectively. Committees on program entertainment and music also reorganized.
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Young Men's Club
C.cers
Young Mew’s Club
Arthur Tite
M. F. Fey
Harold Birch
Leonard Kuss
W. O. McC
English barge traffic harms many children
A National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children report describes in England and Wales 3,000 children living on barges and canal boats. Children as young as eight to twelve perform dangerous work, are sometimes sold to other bargemen, and many receive no schooling. A House of Commons bill seeks to exclude children from canal boat labor.
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London
National Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Aheneing
United Press
U.S. PC. C
England
Wales
House of Commons
Transparent Workers’ Union
Public Parking Restrictions and Traffic Measures Outline
City regulations propose limits on parking for buses trucks and commercial vehicles citywide plus two hour zones and time limits from six p m to midnight and six to six a m and stricter controls in Merchants Alley Chapel Street and related routes. Provisions also address curb line sidewalk distance taxi bus stops loading zones and prohibited areas along Washington ave Mill street and other streets.
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East Ave
Middle Ave
Court
Chestnut
North Street
Washington Ave
Depot Street
Lodi Street
New York Central
Cascade Park
Mill Street
Director of Safety Authority
Mit
Merchants Alley
Chapel Street
Said Street
Parking space rule foils loading zones
A sentence noting a parking restriction in various time limits that obstructs spaces reserved for loading and unloading trucks. The rule targets parking in five, ten, fifteen, or sixty minute zones to prevent interference with commercial vehicle access.
Poincare Leads Buoy Life as He Nears Seventies
The aged French premier Raymond Poincare handles heavy duties at the Finance Ministry while preparing a three day in chamber speech on Home Rule in Alsace. Known for his energy and discipline he rises early maintains home life and pens notes for household staff as he leads France through political storms.
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Raymond Poincare
Chamber of Deputies
Alsace
Poincare
Chamber
Ministry of Finance
France
Paris
Rhine
Jon
Rue Marcheau
The
Republic
Tribune
Paris Breaks Record With Bicycle Boats Across Channel
Bicycle-boating replaces swimming as Channel crossing sport in Paris. Three athletes completed crossings this year, most recently Miss Aimee Pfanner. She pedalled a nautical bicycle over in 9 hours 19 minutes and fainted upon dismounting. Sea-bikes use dual pontoons with pedal and paddle wheel propulsion, averaging about five miles per hour, with currents challenging riders.
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Paris
Aimee Pfanner
Hooper High School Enrollment Tops Grade School
Hooper Nebraska claims a school record after noting 162 students in the high school compared with 156 in the grade schools, with 15 seniors graduated on May 23. England marks Empire Day on May 24.
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Hooper
Neb
United States
Hooper High School
England
Stock Prices Rally on Opening Day
Stock exchange prices rallied slightly after sharp losses yesterday as trading grew heavy. General Motors led with 25,000 shares opening at 70 1 4, unchanged from the prior close, though it had fallen over twenty points from its high and the market value of its 43,500,000 shares was cut by nearly 2 billion dollars. At 01 4 the stock stood 1 5 point above its record low.
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Stock Exchange
New York
General Motors
Markets Report Dense with Prices Across Livestock and Grains
Market details show butter eggs and poultry quotes in cents per pound or per unit, with hogs, cattle, calves, sheep, and prices in different weight brackets. Also includes Chicago and Minneapolis grain quotational figures for butter eggs poultry wheat corn oats barleys rye clover and timothy seeds, plus New York hay market ranges by bale and ton.
Navy to teach aeronautics to all officers at Annapolis
The Navy orders four Sikorsky amphibians for the Naval Academy to train future officers in aeronautics. Midshipmen will receive ten hours of flight time and extensive ground work over four years, focusing on navigation gunnery and radio. After graduation, one year at sea precedes optional aviation training at Hampton Roads or San Diego.
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Washington
United States Navy
Naval Air Forces
U. S
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Sikorskys
Academy
Hampton Roads
Atlantic Coast
San Diego
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Air Service
Bensacola Naval Air Station
Hue
Navy
Air Corps
Fleet
Venizelos aims for friendly pacts with all neighbors
Greek premier Venizelos, quoted by the Manchester Guardian from Athens, says he seeks amicable terms with every neighboring state. He notes pacts with Italy and Yugoslavia are not alliances and opposes alliances as harmful. He says talks are under way with Turkey and Bulgaria but face many difficulties.
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London
Venizelos
Athens
Manchester Guardian
Italy
Yugo- Slavia
Allances
Turkey
Bulgaria
Attendance Banner Award Given For War Time Classrooms
The article notes a school attendance banner awarded in a Washington unit to Miss Ina May Ardell's home room 237 for a 97.2 percent attendance rate with no tardiness, while Miss Floss Klopfenstoine's room 209 matched 97.75 percent with no tardiness but fewer pupils received the banner in Wood's room.
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Floss Klopfenstoine
Wood
Washington
Ina May Ardell
Planes delay ocean hop despite favorable winds
In Old Orchard Maine on May 28 continued bad weather kept the French and American monoplanes Yellow Bird and Green Flash on the beach. Rene LeFevere and Armeno Lotti Jr were in New York awaiting a favorable weather window to resume their ocean crossing.
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Old Orchard
North Atlantic
Rene LeFevere
Armeno Lotti, Jr
New York
Pilot Jean Assolant Oversees Old Orchard Preps
At Old Orchard final prep for a project in Paris involved pilot Roger Q. Williams and navigator Lewis A. Yancey aboard the Green Flash. They aim for a non stop flight to Rome and say no take off before tomorrow is possible.
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Jean Assolant
Old Orchard
Paris
Roger Q. Williams
Lewis A. Yancey
Green Flash
Rome
Officials Destitute After Capital Move to Nanking
Two hundred officials of the former Peping government, left unemployed by the capital's relocation to Nanking, have been sent to their homes in the south at the expense of the Heng Shang She, a philanthropic organization. The men and their families are destitute.
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Peping
Nanking
Heng Shang She
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