Donahey weighs 1928 Democratic nomination bid
Columbus Ohio September 9 1926 Governor Donahey has reportedly decided to declare for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator in 1928. The move could position him as a party leader, with several rivals already eyeing the gubernatorial race.
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Olumbus
Georic Donahey
Ohio
Kelvy
Derinic
Unitec
Dona
Donahey
Barren G Harding
Senate
Didact
Jonahey
Wuld
Nonaher
Doney
Donahers
Aigat
Cox
G Soen
Donahes
Poison mystery grips Enid as nurse dies and kin fall ill
Police hold Mary Atkinson for questioning after two Batley women die in Enid Oklahoma from what is believed poisoning. Rev Charles Bales, Episcopalian minister, is en route from Trinidad to be questioned. A twin sister Mary Jane 18 is ill while the mother died August 26 and another sister died yesterday. Brothers John and Stewart Batley recovered from illness.
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Enid
Okla
Charles Bales
Episcopalian Minster
Mary Atkinson
Bailes
Trinidad
Colo
Batley
Mary Jane
John and
Stewart Batley
Alek
Three Men Pay Penalty For Murders In Maryland
Three Black men were hanged at Maryland State Penitentiary for murder in Baltimore early today in the citys final triple execution. Otto Simmons and Arthur Swan were convicted of the county Charles County holdup slaying of Joseph F Carpenter on January 8. William H Ross and his wife killed Mrs Lottie McElfresh in Thurston Maryland this summer. A heavy guard surrounded the prison walls with no demonstrations reported. Eleven nearby lists note the stadium entrance fund reached 2 884 060 dollars in pledges.
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Baltimore
Mad
Maryland State Penitentiary
Otto Simmons
Arthur Swan
Joseph F. Carpenter
Charles County
William H. Ross
Wfe
Lottie McElfresh
Thurston
Man Found In Box Car Dies After Fight Injury
Lawrence Glynn a Chicago sailor and ex service man was found with a fractured skull in a B and Q box car last Sunday morning. He died Thursday afternoon at Elyria Memorial hospital. Coroner Myles Perry calls it a murder case. Police believe Glynn was fatally injured in a fight and burned in the incident.
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Lawrence Glynn
Chicago
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Glynn
Myles Perry
Rapid City Says Goodbye To President Coolidge
Rapid City SD observed a townspeople tribute as police closed shops at 10:45 am and schools dismissed. The mob gathered to shake hands with President Coolidge at his Westward trip stop the town band played and the mayor presented a testimonial before the presidential train departed for Washington en route to Brookings for a final western speech at Lincoln Library dedication.
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Rapid City
Coolidge
Cocidge
United States
Ohio
Main Street
Jepsen
Washington
Brookings
Lincoln Library
South Dakota Agricultural School
Jail constable on murder charge
Pittsburgh police report constable Thomas Drexter of Moon Run township was jailed on murder charges after a riot near a Pittsburgh Coal Company mine. Two Cleveland men, George Nehal alias James Toots and Jose Barga, died from injuries sustained in the affray. Drexter denied the charges as Coroner W W of McGregory filed the case.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas Drexter
Moon Run
Township
Pittsburgh Coal Company
George Nehal
James Toots
Cleveland
Jose Barga
Drexler
McGregory
Woman born in stagecoach days to celebrate 101st birthday by airplane
Sept 4 Boston reports Mrs Ajinatia Bennett of Chicopes will fly 110 miles from Boston to Portland or Old Orchard Maine to mark her 101st birthday. Captain Harry M. Jones pilots with 99 year old Charles W. Bradley of Rochester New Hampshire also aboard. This will be Grandma Bennett’s third flight after turning 95 and 100 on prior birthdays.
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Boston
Ajinatia
Grandma) Bennett
Chicopes
Portland
Old Orchard
Charles W. Bradley
Rochester
N. H
Harry M. Jones
Grandma Bennett
Shell shocked veteran finds death by own act in Detroit ward
Solomon Segel a 29 year old shell shocked marine veteran who had been admitted to a Camp Custer hospital psycopathic ward hanged himself with an improvised noose. He had been discharged in May as cured after arriving in Detroit from Cincinnati where he lived with his mother. He previously attempted death by his own hand within forty eight hours prior to this fatal act. He had worked on a Michigan farm then became a Detroit salesman.
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Detroit
Solomon Segel
Sogel
Camp Custer
Cincinnati
Michigan
Elyria Lions Club Formation Under Way at Newell Hotel
At a Lorain Lions Club meeting in Elyria last evening the formation of an Elyria club was started with PF W Hunsicker and Lorain members assisting. E R Smith was named temporary president and David Hyman temporary secretary. A charter application was signed as talks covered Lions aims including aiding handicapped children and supporting juvenile Braille efforts.
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Elyria Ig
Lions Club
Lorain Lions Club
Newell
Wadsworth Lions Club
Lorain Club
T. W Morgan
Lorain
Hibbler
Fr Rafferty
P Reidy
P. HimMard
Wadsworth Club
P W Hunsicker
Lions International
International Lions Juvenile Braillie Monthly
United States
Canada
Hawaii
Mexico
Cuba
China
Balloon pilots guests of Ford Balloon Race
Balloon pilots from Belgium England France Germany Italy Spain Switzerland and the United States will compete for the Gordon Bennett trophy tomorrow. At a dinner last night pilots and aides adopted a resolution limiting trans ocean flights to seaworthy dirigibles or large flying boats with supplies. Aeronautical enthusiasts and officials will attend the start of the trophy races tomorrow afternoon.
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Belgium
England
France
Germany
Thaly
Spain
Switzerland
United States
Lorain Council Plans To Fight Six Cent Fare
Lorain city officials announced plans to oppose a proposed fare increase from five to six cents for streetcars. Officials argue five cents is sufficient while street railroad executives cite operating costs as the reason for higher fares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain Council
Lorain
Move to curb foolhardy overseas flight dangers
Washington officials privately view oceanic flights by single motor landplanes as futile and dangerous and plan to urge Congress to curb or halt such overseas flights. The deaths in these ventures push authorities to hope President Coolidge acts to safeguard fliers and protect commercial aviation from a black eye. Officials see Congress authorizing the commerce department to regulate stunt flyers following Lindbergh's example.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Lindbergh
Beimé
Commerce Department
Aviation Section
Gallipolis Bridge Progress Amid Delays to Opening
In Gallipolis work on the Point Pleasant vehicular bridge progresses after 50 days of layoff due to high water and substructure delays. Officials say the $1,000,000 project will be ready for the steel superstructure next week with completion anticipated and the bridge to be opened to traffic on August 1, 1928.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Point Pleasant
Robinson Quits As Grand Secy Of Elks Order
Chicago reports Fred C. G. Robinson resigned as grand secretary of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He had been re elected at the July convention in Cincinnati. His family said he would not comment on the resignation and any statement would come from the grand exalted ruler or the organization.
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Robinson
Grand Sec’y. of Elks Order
Chicago
Fred CG. Robinson
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elna
Cinemnati
Girl Pilot Ruth Elder Plans Transatlantic Flight
Ruth Elder, 22, preparing in Detroit for an attempted New York to Paris crossing later this month. She left Ford airport for Lakeland Florida with navigator Capt Gee W Haldeman aboard for further tests. Backers include a group of business men supporting a Roosevelt field return via Wheeling West Virginia if weather cooperates.
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Ruther
New York
Paris
Atlantic
George Haldeman
Miss Elder
Detroit
Lakeland
Fla
Wheeling
W. Va
I Wheeling
Lakeland Fla
Mich
Ruth Elder
Lindbergh
Ford Airport
Gee. W. Haldeman
Roosevelt Field
Elder
Mrs Kaber Refuses Operation on Life Threatening Tumor
Marysville reports Mrs Eva Katherine Kaber life prisoner at the women’s reformatory refuses to undergo surgery despite doctors saying an operation is necessary to save her life. Her religious scruples are cited as the reason for declining the procedures already performed successfully on other inmates.
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Marysville
Eva Katherine Kaber
Louise Mittendorf
Kaber
Dan Kaber
Lakewood
Willis Declares Wets Ousted Haynes
Delaware Sept 9 United States Senator Frank B Willis announced that Major Roy A Haynes was ousted as federal prohibition director by the wets at a West Ohio conference. Willis nominated Haynes as lay delegate to the general conference to signal Ohio's support and vowed to monitor enforcement and act if laws were not followed. Some attendees urged Willis to run for president, but he declined and did not consider a political future.
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Delaware
Roy A Haynes
Wets
United States
Frank B. Willis
Lasmen
West Ohio
Willis
Haynes
Ohio
Witlis
Unfavorable Weather Halts Flying Whale Flight
Coruna Spain September 9 reports of unfavorable weather kept Captain Frank T Courtney from resuming the Flying Whale flight to New York.
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Coruna
Spain
Frank T Courtney
New York
Pride of Detroit fliers push world flight toward Tokyo
William S. Brock and Edward Schlee reaffirm plans to fly from Shanghai to Tokio via Midway Island and Honolulu. They arrived Hong Kong after Hanoi leg, have covered about 9 540 miles of a 22 967 mile route, facing poor visibility and weather delays.
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Hong Kong
William S. Brock
Edward F. Schlee
Detroit
Midway Islands
Honolulu
Shanghai
Tokio
San Francisco
Hongkong
China
William
Brock
Edward
Senlee
Hanoi
Indo-China
Harbor
Grace
Newfoundland
Pacific Ocean
Fiers
Royal Air Force
Kaitak
Schlee
Atlantic
Europe
Asia
Rangoon
Burma
Bangkok
Siam
Fr Spa
Grafton Man Fined in Common Pleas Court
Frank Stanislawski of Grafton was fined $500 and costs for possession of liquor after admitting guilt in common pleas court presided by Judge A Rex Weber. Deputies Bivins and Cowie arrested him during a raid in Grafton conducted under a search warrant issued by Justice St. George.
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Frank Stanislawski
Grafton
A. Rex Webber
Common Pleas
Stanislawski
Claude Bivins
Stee Cowie
Court of Justice St. George
Prohibition Agents Close In On Moonshine Still Near Cold Springs
Cincinnati and Covington federal agents, descent on Duck Creek near Cold Springs, prepared to dynamite a 1000 gallon moonshine still foundation after uncovering one of the region’s most complete illicit distilleries. About 14 000 gallons of mash dumped after rain. plant described as a major operation.
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Cincinnati
Septa
Covington
Cold Springs
Duck Creek
Cers
Doheny Interests Pay U S Gov t for Naval Oil
Doheny interests have paid the U S government 3172 400 and 80 for Naval Reserve leases and Pearl Harbor contracts. The court will rule on government interest for sums paid since May 10 as Judge McCormick reviews the case. Dayton briefings note Rep James T Raggy and Carman Thompson to speak at local clubs.
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Los Angeles
Calit
Pearl Harbor
Doheny
Paul J WcCormik
United States Circuit Court
Dayton
James T Raggy
Sandusky
Exchange Club
Carmin Thompson
President Coolidge
Philippines
Kiwanis Club
Lorain County Fair Sees 15910 Paid Admissions Three Days
Figures released by N. D. Backus, president of the Lorain county agricultural fair show 15 910 paid admissions over the three day run. The total excludes exhibitor and staff passes. Daily tallies are Monday 7984, Monday night 9992, Tuesday 2505, Tuesday night 1163, and Wednesday 1206.
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Lorain County
N. D. Backus
Lorain
Turner Flays Method of Taxation in Ohio Address
Attorney General Edward Turner blasted the present tax system at the Ohio county treasurers convention in Toledo. He said the plan misses much taxable property and called for property classification to shift more intangibles onto the tax base, lower rates, and cut government costs by removing duplications and restrictions on public borrows.
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Toledo
Edward Turner
Ohio
Turner
Probe into alleged brutality by ship captain in tanker case
New York authorities review a case of alleged abuse aboard the tanker Manataumy. British officials pressed for prosecution of Captain Crowley after crewman Fred Thomas, a Royal Welsh Fusiliers steward, suffered severe burns and mistreatment at sea and in port. Thomas returned to England for care after the ship's voyage.
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New York
Department of Justices
Austin Chamberlain
Sir Austin
Esme Howard
United States
Captain Crowley
Fred Thomas
Royal Welsh Fusilers
Austin
Thomas
England
Crowley and Sait
Manataumy
Hadnot. Corporation
Southampton
Eny
San Fedro Macoris
Portu Prince
Ifait
Ran Tuan Perth
Raxco
Crowley
Child Drowns In Cistern At Marton Home
Donald and Seckel child dies after lifting a lid and falling into a cistern at the Seckel home. The accident occurred near Marton as emergency calls reached the father, but help arrived too late to save the boy. Autopsy details are not provided.
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Marton Marton
Donald
Seckel
L. G Seckel
Tanna
Plane believed to have fallen into sea with two Canadian aviators
London reports that Sir John Carling's monoplane is overdue by 24 hours and presumed down at sea after departing Harbor Grace Newfoundland for London. Captain Terence Tully and Lieut. James D Medcalf are named among the missing. Meteorologists cite strong southward winds as a contributing factor.
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London
Sir John Carling
Carling
Terence Tully
James D Medcalf
Harbor Grate
New Foundland
Wife of missing airman clings to hope in London
Mrs James Medcalf, wife of airman missing with monoplane pilot John Carling, was in tears yet held hope for his survival. She expected a telegram saying he reached Croydon Field and recalled his fearless character amid the sudden loss of faith.
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London
Eng
James Medecalf
John Carling
Medcalf
Croydon Field
Jimmy
Disputed Course Of Lost Plane Near Atlantic Disasters
Westly winds may have pushed the aircraft toward Scandinavia with no reports from that region. A 40 hour flight time to land or sea was stated, and dawn sightings of unextinguished Croydon lights raised fears for Tully and Medcalf as they vanished into stormy seas amid gales and squalls.
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Scandinavia
Ireland
Croydon Field
Tully
Medcalf
Nungesser
Goli
Princess Anne
Minchin
Hamultter
Bertaud
Hill
Payne
London
Transylvania
Sir John Carling
Sir John Catrine
Atlantic
Pacific
Levine Postpones Flight After Weather Delays Atlantic Crossing
London dated dispatch reports Charles A. Levine and Captain Walter R. Hinchliffe delaying their planned Bellanca Columbia flight to New York due to persistent bad weather over the Atlantic. Levine warned that if conditions do not improve in four hours they will abandon the attempt for the year.
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London
Atlantic
Charles A. Levine
Walter R . Hinchliffe
New York
Columbia
Levine
United Preas
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