Viscount Cecil resigns as Chancellor of the Duchy
Viscount Cecil quits his cabinet post as chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with immediate effect. He cites disarmament policy disputes and Geneva failure, says he may still go to Geneva as a non ministerial British representative. The successor has not been named.
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Viscount Cecil
London
Duchy of Lancaster
Cecil
Geneva
League of Nations Assembly
Lord ‘Eeil
Great Britain
Inwood Man Held After Fatal Martinsburg Hit-and-Run
Doyle Masters of Inwood West Virginia is jailed in Martinsburg after authorities say he drove a speeding car that struck and fatally injured Elmer Hicks on the Winchester Martinsburg pike as Hicks repaired a tire. Hicks family described the vehicle and Masters allegedly confessed.
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Elmer Hicks
Martinsburg
Doyle Masters
Inwood
W. Va
Hicks
Winchester-Martinsburg
Doyle
Hoban Held on Murder Charge in Stabbing
Baltimore on August 29 Thomas Hoban 24 was held pending a coroner inquest into the stabbing death of John Kelly known as Beegam The killing followed an argument sparked when the victim touched Hoban s straw hat Police reported the incident occurred yesterday
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Baltimore
Thomas Hoban
John Kelly
Beegam
Kelly
Hoban
Motorist Survives Narrow Railroad Collision Thrill
In Buffalo New York a motorist escaped serious harm when a railroad locomotive sheared the front of his car from radiator cap to windshield. He and his family remained in their seats uninjured after the collision occurred on August 29.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Two Enginemen Killed In Wreck Of Pennsy Limited
The Broad Way Limited derailed near Gallitzin tunnel Altoona with two enginemen killed and a club car plus nine Pullmans plunging down a 200 foot hill. Passengers escaped as fog shrouded Bennington curve and a rescue party retrieved the injured fireman B C Spangler. The crash halted near the embankment while continued efforts pulled survivors from the wreckage.
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Pittsburgh
Broadway Limited
Pennsylvania
Penneylvania Mountain
Gallitzin Tunnel
Altoona
Bennington Curve
Pride of the
New York
Leith
Racine
Wis
B. C. Spangler
Girl Held on Forgery Charge in Grand Jury Hearing
Hazel Moore eight years old, wife of Cecil Moore, Army member, held on forgery charges after the November Grand Jury indicted her for forging Ray F. Rohrer's name on an eighteen dollar check to Alice Rohrer. The hearing showed the check was contested by Mr. Rohrer, who denied writing or authorizing it. She is said to have forged and cashed two other checks and cried at the close of the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel Moore
Cecil Moore
United States Army
Ray F. Rohrer
Alice Rohrer
WIFE No. 118 CHIEF WITNESS AGAINST HUBBY
Mrs Catherine Heinecke testifies in Police Court that she and William H Heinecke married in Baltimore July 2 1922 lived together until October 1926 with alleged cruelty and ill treatment Heinecke deserted her and was later arrested for non support He was sentenced to six months and held on $1000 bond for the November Grand Jury action
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Heinecke
William H. Heinecke
J. H. Bitner
Hagerstown
House of Correction
Priscilla Breecbil
Levine flies Columbia from Paris to Croydon in search of new pilot
Charles A. Levine piloted the Columbia from Le Bourget near Paris to Croydon airport in London seeking an aerial chauffeur to reach America. He said he would depart for the United States once a pilot and favorable weather allowed, and offered to hire Maurice Droubin at 100,000 francs, dissolving their contract.
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Levine
Paris
Croydon
London
le Bourget
Charles A. Levine
Croydon Airy
America
Air Ministry
United States
Atlantic
Columbia
Ir. Levine
Drouhin
Channel
Coolidge To Confer With Senator Jones
President Coolidge will discuss reclamation of the Columbia river basin with Senator Jones of Washington and a northern coast delegation. He and Mrs. Coolidge will visit a county fair and inspect a reclamation project at Newell and Niland. He reduces his calling list after Yellowstone trip as he plans departure for Washington on September 9.
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Rapid City
S. C
Columbia River Basin
Coolidge
Jones
Washington
Newell
Nisland
Yellowstone Park
Young man arrested in case involving 14 year old girl
Charles Gardner a 22 year old, is said to have brought Evelyn Ruth Miller 14 from New Port Perry County Pa to Ha serstown last Friday. Police questioned Gardner at a post office and found the girl in a woods near West Side Avenue after a report from her father. The couple had spent weekend in the woods without food. Authorities will decide if serious charges will be filed after contacting Miss Miller's parents.
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Charles Gardner
Evelyn Ruth Miller
Haserstown
Newport
Perry County
Gardner
Sailes and Brown
West Side Avenue
Cushna
Miss Miller
Hagerstown
Youth released in local court after auto theft case
Joseph Guise, 16, charged with theft of Lester Baker's automobile on Locust Street, released to his father by Justice Bitner after agreeing to stay at home in Emmittsburgh. Patrolman Desmond stopped him trying to drive through the Public Square. He claimed his father funded a trip to Cumberland via Hagerstown. Guise, an epileptic with a stroke in his cell at Police Headquarters yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Guise
Lester Baker
Rabbis Refuse Jewish Weddings Over New Fashion
In Tomaszow Poland on August 29 rabbis protest Western fashion trends among Jewish girls. They refuse to perform marriage ceremonies for those with bobbed hair short skirts or rouged lips citing religious standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tomaszow
Poland
Navy Unable to Assist in Hunt for Lost Flier
Coast Guard ordered to aid in the search for missing aviator Paul R. Redfern as Navy ships unavailable near his Brunswick Georgia to Brazil route. Assistant Secretary Warner said no warships were within reach, but Coast Guard vessels off Florida would help if practicable.
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Washington
Coast Guard
Paul - Lauriat
Florida East Coast Patrol
Paul R. Redfern
Paul Redfern
Brunswick
Georgia
Brazil
Navy
Warner
Naval Aviation
Florida
Paul J. Warner
Marathon Race Across the Sea Looks Likely Now
Windsor Ontario hosts a potential trans-Atlantic marathon as Phil Wood and Duke Schiller pilot the Royal Windsor toward England. Their rival Sir John Carling paused in London Ontario due to poor conditions, renewing hope for a dawn departure and a race to the mother country.
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Windsor
Ont
Phil Wood
Duke” Schiller
Royal Windsor
Sir John Carling
London
Ontario
England
Schiller
Wood
No Clue Found To Woman's Assailant
Intensive search fails to reveal identity of man who attacked Mrs. Giulia Pinch nurse and daughter of Mr and Mrs J S Wenner along the B and O Railroad tracks near Point of Rocks last Monday evening. Pinch is hospitalized at Garfield Hospital in Washington during her vacation.
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Giulia Pinch
Washington Hospital
J. S. Wenner
Point of Rocks
Wenner
Finch
Garfield Hospital
Washington
Old Bill the artillery horse buried with honors
Shanghai reports Old Bill an artillery horse buried with full military honors after an eighteen year career four of which were in France. The veteran animal was known for his keen ear for the army bugle and served alongside soldiers in multiple campaigns.
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Shanghai
Bill
France
Temperature rises as Labor Day expected warm
Weather reports say yesterday’s high reached 73 degrees, four degrees above Sunday. Weather Man Miller of Keedysville notes mid winter days peaked above 66, but rising temperatures suggest Labor Day will be warm and balmy.
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Miller
Keedysville
Labor Day
Negro Held for November Court Admits Robbery
John Williams, a 22 year old Black man from Chicago, caught leaving the Garlinger home in Summit Avenue, admits stealing a flashlight and is jailed under $600 bond for action of the November Grand Jury. Police Sailes and Brown captured him after Mrs. Garlinger reported the break in.
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John Williams
Howard R. Garlinger
Summit Avenue
Hagerstown
Garlinger
Justice Bitner
Williams
N. B. Rowe
Sailes
Brown
Chicago
No Settlement In Baltimore Dispute
Baltimore August 29 The dispute between moving picture machine operators and theatre owners showed no settlement after a conference. Both sides refused to comment beyond noting no agreement was reached and further talks would continue tomorrow on wage scale demands from operators in large theatres.
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Baltimore
Three Men Held on Charge Of Arson In Boston Fires
Boston police lock up three men on arson charges after a 24 hour probe into eight incendiary fires that damaged four industrial plants and four fire stations in Boston and Cambridge yesterday. A small white dog was booked as a material witness and one man reportedly confessed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cambridge
Wait for Ashes of Sacco and Vanzetti in New York
In New York on August 29 crowds failed to receive the ashes of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Hundreds gathered at Grand Central and Union Square for an escort and reception group while Boston legal delays prevented the ashes from arriving. Mrs Sacco received an ovation as about 10 000 people crowded near a granite memorial model bearing the labor clenched fist symbol and the label martyred by American plutocracy.
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New York
Grand Central Terminal
Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Varzetti
Union Square
Charles H. Pickens
Sacco
Nicola
Vanzetti
Illinois town stirred by murder
Streator Illinois civic and religious leaders met to plan a clean-up campaign after the death of Mrs Eliza Hill. Police sought her year old son Harry as a nationwide search broadened from the Midwest to the entire country.
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Illinois
Streator, Ill
Eliza Hill
Streator
Coal Shipment Decline Hits Western Maryland Railway Earnings
The Western Maryland Railway reports a sharp drop in coal shipments in three weeks of August, with coal receipts totaling $253,634.91, 30 percent below the same period in 1926. The week ending August 21 saw a 22 percent fall in coal traffic versus the prior year, erasing earlier gains by the railway through June.
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Western Maryland Railway
Ashes of Sacco and Vanzetti to be divided
The defense committee announced that the ashes of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti will be divided into two parts. Half will be buried in Italy and the other half will be buried in a Malden cemetery.
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Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Italy
Malden
Sacco-Vansetti Defense Committee
Airmen Plan 10 Hop Off For Constantinople
American trans Atlantic fliers William S. Brock and Edward F. Schlee reached Munich at 4 05 p m after a fast Atlantic crossing. A sudden east wind delayed them. they received a hearty Munich reception and beer steins. They expect a 12 hour lap to Constantinople and will rest before resuming at 6 30 a m.
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Constantinople
Munich
Germany
America
William S. Brock
Edward F. Schlee
Chamberlin
Levine
Brock
Schlee
Lufthansa
Aerial League
Charles B. Curtis
Army aviators free but plane held in Mexico
Captain C H Reynolds and Sergeant Gus Newland forced to land in Mexico while returning from Phoenix to San Antonio. They are free to return to the United States but their planes are held by Mexican authorities. Details expected from Camp Mariana near Presidio De Vada De Piedras, Coahuila. Consul General Carrillo pressed Mexico for information.
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San Antonio
Tex
C. H. Reynolds
Gus Newland
United States
Mariana
Texas
Presidio de Vada de Piedras
Coahuila
Phoenix
Alfred Menard
Actress Poisoning Rumor Denied by Star
Hollywood reports actress Yo Reynolds left hospital after treatment for poison. Police stated a suicide attempt was alleged but she denied the claim. Her mother Lillie Reynolds and others questioned the report as press groups pushed rumors about an attempted self harm.
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Hollywood
Cal
Yo Reynolds
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Bridgeman
Viscount Robert Cecil
Ll. L. Seer
Amarillo
Hubby
William Heinecke
Maurice Droubin
Senator Jones
Emmitsburg
Redfern
Friends of
He Associated Press
Navy Department
Porto Rico
Elopers
Alma Hatz
Casper Dickel
Lancaster
Belair
Garlinger Home
Rees
Mexico
A. P. Carrillé
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