New York Welcomes Ocean Flyers Home Led By Byrd
Five air pioneers return to American soil after non stop flights to Europe. The Macon, escorting Byrd and his crew aboard the America and Columbia, enters Pier A as crowds roar. Lindbergh led welcome at the Battery with Byrd to receive the crowd as officials, families, and supporters greet the homecoming heroes.
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Associated
Prema
New York
Europe
Macon
Pier A
Richard BE
Byrd
America
Clarence Chamberlin
Columbia
Governors Island
Chamberlin
Broadway
Grover Whalen
Atlantic
Colonel Lindbergh
Paris
Charles A. Levine
Leviathan
Bert Acosta
George Neville
Neville
Bernt Balchen
Naville
Belchen
Levine
Car crash injures Mrs. Attalia near Sharpsburg pike
Mrs. Demio Attalia of Williamsport was injured yesterday when the Nash car she was driving hit a fence along the Sharpsburg pike. The accident left Attalia under observation as residents described the collision and subsequent events. Meanwhile Noah Fowler reports tires stolen from his automobile stored in a shed on a Byron farm near Williamsport.
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Demio Attalia
Williamsport
Nash
Sharpsburg Pike
Attalia
Noah Fowler
Byron
Milwaukee Faces Sweeping Liquor Raid On Saloons
Milwaukee July 18 Numerous arrests were made early today by federal prohibition agents in one of the most sweeping raids on Milwaukee saloons and cafes. Central police HQ were crowded with cafe proprietors, managers, bartenders and waiters brought in by federal forces, including city units and agents from other cities. Taftie Tale was combed and many downtown spots visited, including a restaurant across from City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Indictments Quashed in Cathierecat Trust Embezzlement Case
Harrisburg July 18 The indictments of Charles A De Jones and James A McLaughlin over 700000 embezzlement from the Cathierecat Trust Company were ordered quashed by President Judge Hargest today The indictments of Aloists S Barnmiller and Edward J Glaney former treasurers were upheld
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Charles A. de| Jones
James A. McLaughlin
Cathierecat Trust
Hargest
Aloists
Banmiller
Agsist Ant
Edward J. Glaney
Pwere Uphelil
New York Murder Case Worries Police In West Side Flat
In New York on July 18 a woman and a poodle were killed and a policeman wounded in an upper west side apartment. Christina Quinlan 45 wife of Matthew Quinlan a AT&T traveling auditor lay dead near Walter Sharland a widower policeman seriously wounded. A neighbor Rene McArdle hid in a bathroom when Sharland threatened to kill Quinlan and herself quotes Sharland saying you haven't treated me right. Sharland later said Quinlan wrested the pistol from him then shot the dog and herself. The case centers on Sharland long troubled by unrequited attachment to Quinlan.
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New York
Upper West Side
Christina Quinlan
Matthew Quinlan
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
Walter Scharland
Schaarland
Rene McArdle
Scharland
Sharland
Ms. Quinlan
Mrs. Quinlan
Lane
Shorland
Acquits Woman With Real Beer
Los Angeles reports Miss Lena Anderson acquitted after city chemist testifies 400 quarts of beer with 3.44 percent alcohol could not intoxicate. The case centered on whether the beer qualified as intoxicating liquor.
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Los Angeles
Lena Anderson
U S Consul Shot Down in Mexico
American consul William E. Chapman, stationed in Puerto Mexico, was shot by a masked bandit in his room and reported in serious but not dangerous condition. Sparks, British vice consul, says two intruders entered via skylight, followed him to his room, then fired. Chapman's home was in Allane Oklahoma. Embassy urged Mexico to arrest and punish the attackers.
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Washington
Wilam E. Chapman
Puerto
Mexico
State Department
Chapman
Allane
Oklahoma
Sparks
Large barn burned on Webster Palmer farm near Welshur
Fire destroyed a large barn on Webster G. Palmer's farm near Welshur Pa early morning. Most machinery, hay and straw were lost. Estimated damage about 9000 dollars. Fire suspected incendiary origin and investigation underway with many neighbors aiding.
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Webster G. Palmer
Welshur
Way and Straw
Poole Vlad
Potomac Edison Adds 10 PE Plant Near Williamsport
Potomac Edison officials announced that a new addition at the Williamsport plant, costing about two million dollars, will triple output to 40,000 horsepower and be completed early in August. The expansion, tied to 10 percent annual demand growth, includes new lines, substations at Millville and Capon WV, and links to the Millville steam and hydro plant. Construction has doubled the building size with seven months of development and a turbine generator arriving for August operation.
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Potomac Edison
Williamsport
C. M. Harris
T He Steam
Millville
Shenandoah
Capon
W. Va
Virginia
West Virginia
Clothing Found In Field After Residence Theft
clothing stolen from Edgar Beard residence in Williams Port was found in a field nearby missing cash and a gold watch a purse with checks and papers left behind officers investigate links to the robber who fled after Mrs Beard screamed during the break in also notes on religious notices and a Vatican update follow with unrelated items in the page
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Edgar Beard
Williams Port
Mra. Beard
Brugh Couple Survive Ocean Collision Near Nantucket
Mr and Mrs Lynn K Brugh Sr escaping aboard the Holland America Veendam from Paris narrowly survived a collision with a freighter off Nantucket Island early Friday. They witnessed the freighter crew rescue of 25 sailors as the Veendam cut the freighter in half and made port under its own power.
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Lynn K. Brugh
Paris
Nantucket Island
Mrs. Brugh
Summit Avenue
Mr. Brugh
Indignant When Bees Get Drunk In Ohio Farm
In Gallia County near a Harpers farm bees return home drunk from honey gathering. William Harper reports loss as workers attack drones and brood. He seeks prohibition officers to locate a still he suspects feeds mash to the bees.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
William Harper
Harper
Prohibition
Man shoots wife then kills self in Cumberland
Max Kleinstub a 42 year old Cumberland shoe merchant shot his wife and killed himself in their apartment early Sunday neighbors heard five shots. He had been morose and sought medical advice claiming his wife and sister in law were poisoning him. He said he loved his wife though she did not return his affection and recently bought a .22 revolver before trading it for a 3D automatic to ensure a decisive finish. The bodies were taken to Altoona for burial.
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Max Kleinstub
Cumberland
Kleinstub
Germany
Altoona
Schools Set to Open September 6
Board plans for opening day September 6 and the appointment of teachers. Bids will be opened for the Mt. Loma school and for concrete pavement around the Winter street building. Superintendent Hod Grimes announced recommendations to Alvacanetas in the teaching staff are being received and will be filed with the Board.
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Due Fing
Twoe Toon
Mt. Lona
Winter Street
Hod. Grimes
Alvacanetas
Naval Parley Advances in Geneva Talks
A communique from Geneva reports progress in the tripartite naval conference among the United States Great Britain and Japan. Conversations aim to bridge British and Japanese views on auxiliary surface craft with promising progress warranting further detailed examination. Downing Street officials in London say private talks hint at a possible Britain Japan agreement with American approval.
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Geneva
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Britain
London
Downing Street
Spanish Ace Dies in Fall at Guatravientos Field
Madrid July 18 Commander Joaquin Loriga Spanish aviator who once flew from Madrid to Manila in the Philippines was killed in a flying accident at Guatravientos field today.
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Madrid
Joaquin Loriga
Manila
Philippines
Guatravientos Field
Bootie Fined In City Court For Whiskey Sale
William Shatzer pleaded guilty in city court to selling whiskey on Pennsylvania Avenue. He was fined $200 and costs by Judge J. H. Ritner after being arrested following a warrant obtained by dry agent Hunter B. Stotler who said he bought a pint from the accused Saturday night. Police reported finding Shatzer pouring whiskey from a pitcher into pint bottles and nearly 10 gallons of whiskey at his residence.
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William Shatzer
Pennsylvania Avenue
J. H. Ritner
Shatzer
Hunter
Stotler
Suit Against Henry Ford Officially Ends
DETROIT witnesses the formal end of the Ford Sapiro Whel suit as Audga Charlies C. Simons in Federal Mstriet Court grants an order of discontinuance, marking the closure of the case.
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Henry Ford
Detroit
Ford-Sapiro Whel
Audga Charlies C. Simons
Rescue at Sea Sinks Sagaland Off Nantucket in Dense Fog
Rare photo shows the Veendam of the Holland-American line rescuing the Sagaland crew after a collision in fog near Nantucket. The freighter sank in about 15 minutes with all but one crew member saved. Dawn light captures a lifeboat being hoisted aboard the Veendam as survivors are brought aboard.
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Lyne K. Brugh
Veendam
Holland-American Line
Sagaland
Nantucket
Mishap Leads to $1000 Suit Over Auto Crash
Floyd H Turck of Port Huron sues Miss Elizabeth Coleman of Chicago for $1000 damages after Coleman crashed into Turck’s Buick on the Western pike. Coleman pleaded guilty in city court, paid a $15 fine and costs, while Turck seeks hotel expenses and replacement of goods in the suit filed this morning.
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Western Pike
Floyd
Turck
Port Huron
Mich
Elizabeth Coleman
Chicago
Hartle & Wolfinger
Turek
Jennie Miller
Condemned Men Hunger Strike At State Prison
Boston July 18 1921 evidence that Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are hunger striking was seen at the state prison this morning Vanzetti refused any food while Sacco declined all sustenance after Vanzetti said he would rather starve than be hanged on false evidence the two men began their fast Saturday
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Boston
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
State Prison
Vanzetti
Calle
White Sacco
Marines Repel 400 Rebels In Fierce Ocotal Battle
U S Marines suffer first combat casualties in Nicaragua as 400 Sandino rebels attack Ocotal armed with machine guns. Marines 39 strong and 47 constabulary halt the assault after 17 hours of heavy fighting. One Marine killed, another wounded, and a constabulary member seriously wounded. Air bombing planes from Managua aid the defense.
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Managua
Nicaragua
United States Marine Corps
Gando
Ocatal
Sandina
Manague
Hifles
Logan Feland
Michael A.obelski
Roulette
Ocogal
Charles Sidney Garrison
Asheville
N. C
Constabulary
jSrower
Darneil
Ocotal
Sandino
Feland
Ross F. Rowell
Edison Jr Fire Destroys Lab At 26 Canfield Street
Edison Jr son of the Wizard of Menlo Park suffers heavy loss as a building at 26 Canfield Street housing his private laboratory is destroyed by fire. He had been pursuing experiments on internal combustion engines for aircraft and fuel use in engines. Sharpsburg experiences steady rain for 30 minutes while other areas report little to no rainfall. In Hagerstown about two minutes of rain falls with hail reported in the southern county. John Coleman, colored, wanted in Shippensburg for an $875 theft, is arrested in Shippensburg, cash in hand at his arrest. Calvin Baker, of North Mulberry Street, is injured when vehicles collide at Franklin and Mulberry, Baker riding in the Kaylor car.
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Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison, Jr
Menlo Park
Canfield Street
Alps
Sharpsburg
Hagerstown
John Coleman
Shippensburg
Calvin Baker
North Mulberry
Baty
W BR
Stafford
Fast North Street
Kaylor
Franklin and Mulberry
Young Ba_ker
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North Pole
Chamberlin Land
U.S
Duquoin
of Helleville
Althoff
Austria
Mr. and
Bootie
Wm. Shatzer
NEA
Michigan
Sacco
U. S
Edison, JR
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