Collapse of North Army Looms In China War Fear
The Associated Press reports that up to four to five thousand U S Marines are being moved from Shanghai and the Philippines toward Tientsin amid fears of a collapse of the northern Chinese army south of the Yellow River. The transfer aims to bolster Americans and foreigners there and may include relocating the legation from Peking to Tientsin and strengthening the Peking guard with 2000 more troops.
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Associated Press
Washington
Yellow River
Tientsin
Shanghai
Philippines
Peking
Peking Guard
State Department
Admiral Williams
Gen
Butler
Warine
Ching
North China
American Vessels Sail for Chefoo in Chinese Waters
Seven American naval ships moved from southern Chinese waters toward Chefoo on the Gulf of Chihli near Mentsin, signaling a shift toward the likely operational zone of rival Chinese factions.
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Washington
Chefoe
Gulf of Chihli
Mentsin
Fhe
Vanderbilt divorce granted in Paris for Mrs Virginia Cair Vanderbilt
Paris June 2 Mrs William K Vanderbilt II formerly Virginia Cair was granted a divorce. The decree cites her husband drove her from their home and was cool toward her. Custody of their son William J Vanderbilt awarded to Mrs Vanderbilt. no alimony requested or awarded.
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Paris
William K. Vanderbilt II
Virginia Cair
William Kissan Vanderbilt
Virginia
New York
Unearth Live Clams In Bluff
Workmen using a steam shovel along the Northern Pacific right of way uncovered a bed of lively clams in a bluff near Eureka California. Placed in water the mollusks showed vigorous life and the area features fossilized marine deposits nearby.
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Eureka
Cal
Four Boys Hurt In Wayne County Car Crash
Four Wayneboro boys escaped serious injury when a car driven by Alfred Kennedy aged 17 sideswiped Robert Brown of Waynesboro. Injured are Kennedy with a cut foot Gilbert Bregler 13 with a broken collarbone and cuts Theo dore Wilhide 15 with knee and leg burns and Merman Ross i with a sprained wrist and leg cuts. Around the same time, news from New York reports twenty couples celebrating golden weddings recalling necking was unknown fifty years ago.
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Waynesboro
Alfred Kennedy
Pen- Mar
Robert Brown
Kennedy
Gilbert Bregler
Merman Ross
Theodore Wilhide
Euns
New York
Lous Island
Commission to review Sacco and Vanzetti case formed
Boston June 2 The governor appoints a high level commission to aid his review of the Sacco Vanzetti conviction. Members include A Lawrence Lowell Robert Grant and Baralu W Stratton. They sit independently of the governor as he continues his own review of the evidence and legal proceedings surrounding the death sentence. Sacco and Vanzetti await execution in July.
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Boston
Nicola Sado
Fertolomen
Alvan Fuller
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Robert Grant
Baral W. Strattan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maller
Vanzetti
Sacco
South Braintros
Purnell Ready to Escape in a Wig and Gown
Esther Hansel testified in the receivership suit against the House of David colony. She said Benjamin Purnell planned to flee in a mother Hubbard gown with a red wig, borrowed garments, and fled aboard a boat with many girls who slept under canvas wagon covers on the dock.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Benjamin Purnell
House of David
Mother Hubbard
Esther Hansel
Benjamin
Wenn
Purnell
Local man overcomes floods and tornadoes on western route
Local resident W. Nicewarner of Highland Was escaped a flooded Jevee in Mannibal Missouri and survived debris as the tornado crossed Iowa ending in Kodak Decatur. He endured two feet of water while continuing east and spent two weeks at the Champion Shoe Machinery Co taking a special course before being sent through the Midwest.
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T. W. Nicewarner
Highland
Nicewarner
Mannibal
Decatur
Kodak
Iowa
Waterloo
Ip East
Nivewarner
Chianplon Shoe Machinery Co
Middle West
Prohibition Officers Bail Four Suspects in McConnellsburg Case
Four men Roy Ornadorff Jake Schreatem Meathad THM and Raymond Lucas arrested yesterday by Pennsylvania prohibition officers were released on $200 bail each. They were taken to McConnellsburg JPM for processing.
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Roy Ornadorff
Jake Schreatem
Meathad Thm
Raymond Lucas
Pennsylvania Prohibition of Fwers
McConnellsburg
Jpm
Farmers Plowing by Night to Catch Up
Retarded by a wet spring Washington County farmers have switched to night plowing and harrowing aided by headlights. They hope to salvage crops this season if weather stays favorable, marking Cumberland Valley’s first wide use of modern night farming methods once common in other regions.
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Washington County
Cumberland Valley
Local tailor duped in glass diamonds scam
Alec Kaplan, a North Jonathan street tailor, was swindled for about $3000 at noon by two strangers who offered diamonds worth more than the money. Kaplan learned the stones were glass and police began a search for the confidence men.
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Alec Kaplan
North Jonathan Street
Kaplan
Author Francis Grierson Dies in Poverty at 79
Francis Grierson, noted author and man of letters, died in Los Angeles at age 79 after a late life marked by writing music art and philosophy. He passed away Tuesday at his piano as funeral arrangements were completed amid reports he recently received a watch from the King of England.
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Los Angeles
Francis Grierson
Grierson
England
Toronto Sees First Day Under Liquor Law Indifferent
Toronto reports few drunks while liquor permits and arrests surface under the new law. Michael C. Kelly of Washington D C was held on liquor possession without permit, first arrest since enforcement began. A boy in Mulberry Street breaks his arm. Hagerstown exams set for next week. British waive claims against the U S for WWI seizures. Mrs Anna Appolohto released on bail with husband furnishing. other scattered items reflect day’s news.
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Toronto
Michael C. Kelly
Washington, D. C
Kally
Ontario
Baby Born With Two Teeth In Baltimore
The newborn daughter of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Powell formerly of Hagerstown now in Baltimore weighs four pounds yet sports two ready made teeth prompting medical interest in Baltimore. Doctors have visited and admired the unusual development as the infant proves remarkably small but distinctive.
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Gilbert Powell
Hagerstown
Baltimore
Quiet Tampa Ends Siege at Hillsborough Jail
After three nights of rioting, five killed and many wounded, Tampa deputies and National Guardsmen secured the Hillsborough county jail. A 9 o'clock curfew held, 30 mob suspects jailed for action by a grand jury, while murderer B. F. Levins remained in custody in another county.
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Tampa
Via
Hillsborough County
National
B. F. Levins
Herman Merrell
Three Ill in Sefton Home
Mrs E B Sefton of Virginia avenue was described as critical with double pneumonia and unconscious at 10 am. Russell Fulford, her ill son-in-law, worse from blood poisoning after tonsillitis, also in critical condition. Donald Sefton, son of the Seftons, fainted on reaching the stairs and bruised himself after traveling from Detroit. Nellie K Mentzer granted divorce from Jonathan T Mentzer by Judge Frank G Wagamon. A third scarlet fever case reported by health authorities this morning.
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E. B. Sefton
Virginia Avenue
Russell Fulford
Donald Sefton
Sefton
Detroit
Slain Young Women Found Near Pittston Field
In Scranton Pennsylvania two young women Jennings Montika and Edith Fonzo, both of Wilkes Barre, were found slain in a field near Pittston. One body nude, the other clothed, ages 19 and 20. One was shot and strangled, the other choked to death after a violent struggle. A pay envelope bearing the name J Fonci was found on one corpse. Carmel Marranda of Pittston, age 33, is reported under arrest as a man linked to the case.
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Scranton
New Boston
Pittaton
Pittston
J. Fonci
Jennie Montika
Edith Fonzo
Wilkes- Barre
Carmel Marranda
Cyclist Robert Quigley in Serious Motorcycle Accident
Robert Quigley linotype operator for Boonsboro Times remained in serious condition noon today after a motorcycle crash last Thursday on the Western Pike two miles west of Boonsboro. He was en route to Indianapolis to take another job when the accident occurred.
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Robert Quigley
Boonsboro
Western Pike
Quigley
Harold Lloyd Taken Ill In Hollywood
Hollywood California June 2 The fourth member of his family to be taken ill Harold Lloyd film comedian today was confined to bed under a physician care Pleurisy is not serious according to the doctors Other ill family members include Mildred Davis his wife recovering from bronchitis their young daughter Mildred Gloria and Lloyds father J Darsey Lloyd
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Hollywood
Gal
Harold Lloyd
Loyd
Mildred Davis
Mildred Gloria
Lloyd
J. Darsey Lloyd
Verdict Returned for Defendant in Santmyers v Caskey Suit
The jury in the Juli an and Ethel Santmyers versus W R Caskey returned a verdict for the defendant at noon today. The plaintiffs claimed they cared for a relative of Mr Caskey until her death and that he promised to pay but refused. Attorneys for Caskey and for the plaintiffs appeared in court.
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Julian and
Ethel Santmyers
W. R. Caskey
Mr. Caskey
Caskey
Aftormiys
W. P. Lane
Juarph Mish
Mr. Castey
Bruce C. Lightner
Hired man to kill ex wife in Baltimore
A 63-year-old man allegedly hired a hit man to murder his ex wife and her second husband after their 13 year divorce. George Kroski, 29, confessed to receiving 100 dollars to carry out the killings, while Simon Nitkowski and others faced conspiracy charges.
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Baltimore
Geo. Kroski
Baling
Simon Nukowaki
Nitkowski
Kroyski
Winebrenner And Snook To Prison
David C G Winebrenner Jr son of Maryland secretary of state and Harry R Snook of Frederick Md were sent to Atlanta penitentiary for one year and one day for anti narcotic law violations. They were arrested in October 1928 and fined 2000 dollars each. They were among nine prisoners. J Murray Brackenbury Carolina county postmaster received the same sentence for embezzlement of government funds.
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Baltimore
David CG. Winebrenner, Jr
Maryland
Harry R. Snook
Frederick
Atlanta, Ga
J. Murray Brackenbury
Carolina County
Flood relief rushes to Woodside and Odenburg region
Hundreds in the Atchafalaya flood area faced two days without food as relief teams moved supplies to the West Bank communities of Woodside and Odenburg, about 140 miles northwest of New Orleans. Reports from Baton Rouge noted rapid water drop elsewhere while Breaux Bridge St. Martinville and New Iberia began to recover.
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New Orlleans
Woodside
Odenburg
Atchafalaya River
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Mississippi
Atchafalaya
Morgan
Lindbergh to Reach Washington With Memphis at Noon
Washington expects the cruiser Memphis to bring Captain Charles Lindbergh home and dock at noon Saturday June 11. Lindbergh delays Paris flight due to haze and fog, planning to depart Cherbourg at dawn if weather clears. He hopes for a warm reception from President Coolidge after meeting royalty and diplomats in Europe.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Memphis
Charles Lindbergh
Kenley
Eng
Paris
Associated Freas
London
Lindbergh
Cherbourg
Potomac River
France
Belgium
England
Spirit of St. Louis
Forty Die In European Cyclone Across Holland and Belgium
A cyclonic storm swept parts of Holland and Belgium killing forty people and injuring 159. Three villages were devastated including Neede and Groenlo, while Den-den nine others suffered extensive damage. Much damage reported in Brussels and Antwerp districts.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Belgium
Neede
Groenloan Delden
Brussels
Antwerp
Nation Looks Forward To Honoring Air Hero
Washington eager to honor Captain Charles A. Lindbergh arriving June 11 aboard the Memphis. President Coolidge to present the Distinguished Flying Cross if arrival is late. a District of Columbia committee leads planning with options for post Washington travel.
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Nation
Wshington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Memphis
Washington
Towetham
Coolidge
Lindbergh
New York
St. Louis
District of Columbia
John Hayes Hammond
Tyer
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John PD. Zentmyer
Nellie K. Mentzer
Jonathan T. Mentzer
Frank G. Wagamon
Say
Now
Winebrenner
Snook
Lower
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Lloyd Palmer
Frederick County
Albert C. Cook
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