One Escapes a Like Fate by Dodging Ramsey Bride Fate
In Ramsey Illinois on May 26 Thomas Hayes aged 69 killed three people and then died by suicide after a planned marriage to Ros ie Harris fell apart. The victims were Rosie Harris 17 Myrtle Harris 40 and William Roberts 60. Henry Spires escaped by hiding behind his car. Hayes confronted Spires, then shot Mrs Harris and Rosie at Roberts farm before turning the gun on Roberts and himself.
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Rosie Harris
Ramsey High School
Myrtle Harris
Hayes
Rosie
William Roberts
Hayes Home
Henry Spires
Vandalia
Spires
Japan May Forego Naval Parity Amid 1935 Talks
Tokyo signals willingness to abandon parity claims with the United States and Britain, seeking a higher ratio and theoretical equality. Officials say Japan opposes the 5-5-3 ratios and expects preliminary discussions with Britain before the 1935 naval conference, with possible talks in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Prean
Tokyo
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Britain
London
Sheriff Is Shot Dead in Oklahoma Clash
Thackerville Okla May 26 Constable John Smith 60 sought by posses for the slaying of Sheriff Sam H Randolph after a dispute over credit in solving a murder Sheriff Randolph shot through the heart yesterday after a brief exchange of words in a general store The constable who had spent most of his life as a peace officer disappeared and was the target of a posses search The slain sheriff and the constable had shared attention this week for their work in solving the hammer murder of Lieut Com S J Trowbridge of San Diego whose body was later found in a roadside ditch near Greensburg Kas
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Thackerville
Okla
John Smith
Sam H. Randolph
Randolph
Lieut. Com
S. J. Trowbridge
San Diego
Greensburg
Kas
109 When She Loses A Leg
A 109 year old negro woman in Pittsburgh recently recovered from a leg amputation and is believed to be the oldest person to survive a major operation. When asked about slavery she answered with a defiant remark reflecting her long life and past as a Georgia cotton field slave.
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Pittsburgh
Georgia
Curious Ailing Appendage Baffles City Office
Mrs. William Cramer of Williamsport brought in a queer object to the Daily Mail office. The item had an unusual tail like appendage about two inches long at the small end.
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Daily Mail
William Cramer
Williamsport
Guilty Plea Filed In Local Liquor Case
One liquor case ended with a guilty plea this morning as Mrs Irene Gehr admitted selling a pint of untaxed whiskey to Patrolman Magnus Cline. A motion to suppress evidence was filed in the case against Frank Keys for possession of liquor for sale. Several appeals and nolle prosequis were issued in other cases with more trials set for Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Gehr
Magnus Cline
Frank Keys
Baltimore Leaders Back Gov Ritchie for Fifth Term
In Baltimore on May 26, 450 ward executives legislators and party leaders pledged united action to back Gov Albert C Ritchie for re election The gathering named a six district ward executive committee to coordinate plans for nomination and reelection while assailing opposition mushroom clubs and stressing Ritchies candidacy one term at a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Albert C. Ritchie
Ritchie
William Curran
Robert B. Ennis
Willis R. Jones
John M. Pohlthaus
Louis S. Ashman
House of Representatives
M. Harry Lash
Democratic State Central Committee
Baltimore City
House of Delegates
State Central Committee
Joseph L. Ruth
Lawrence F. Murphy
27Th Ward
Robert H. Carr
Maryland
Carr
FUGITIVE AND BROTHERS ARE BACK IN JAIL
Bruce Leo Peck 28 of near Hancock and his brothers Leander and Joshua were recaptured near Town Hill by railroad officers after a May 1 jail escape. The trio planned to flee to Indiana aboard a car alleged owned by Joshua. Joshua was also jailed as a suspect in auto thefts.
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Bruce Leo Peck
Hancock
Martinsburg
Baltimore and Ohio and Western Maryland Railroad
Town Hill
Leander
Joshua
Indiana
Leo
Marietta College Riots After Student Council Vote
Rioting erupted in fraternity row after a campus election that elected two coeds to student council for the first time. Police reserves detained about six students as windows and doors were smashed and the fraternities were cleared from the area.
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Marietta
Marietta College
Six in held for murder of a Texas dairyman
Six men are detained for questioning in Mexico Tex near Groesbeck after dairyman John L Adams 50 was found shot gagged and strangled in a water tank. Officers believe kidnappers mistaken him for neighbor Joe Morris and killed him to erase the captors’ identity. A note said Your old man is safe excuse us we got the wrong man.
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Mexia
Tex
John L. Adams
Will Adams
Red Burton
Texas
Adams
Groesbeck
Dwaine Adams
Joe Morris
Woman Killed In Car Plunge Near Uniontown
An automobile plunged off the road into a rock pile three miles east of Uniontown killing Mrs. Louisa Sturm of Akron Ohio, 68, and injuring six other Akron residents riding with her. Investigators reported the brakes locked causing the car to run wild as the group headed to Cumberland Maryland to visit relatives.
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Uniontown
Louisa Sturm
Akron
Ohio
Cumberland
Roy Thomas Injured in Fall at Hospital
Roy Thomas of 260 block East Franklin street is confined to Washington County hospital after suffering two broken pelvis bones and a broken foot from a porch fall at the hospital where she works.
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Roy Thomas
Franklin Street
Washington County Hospital
Frost Fires New Threat to Midwestern Crops
Chicago May 2 Frost hit Midwestern crops already stressed by heat and drought with unofficial readings the coldest for the date at the weather bureau. Frost damaged potatoes tomatoes apples fruits cabbage and beans across parts of Illinois and other unspecified areas.
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Chicago
Parte
Illinois
Weather Bureau
Milk License Revoked Over Off-Brand Milk Sale
Sanitary department revoked a merchant’s milk selling license and may file two charges after allegedly selling milk from nonregistered sources. Bottles bore a registered dairy name but with different caps, and tests will check for infection. The case recalls Hagerstown’s Malta Fever outbreak linked to infected cow milk and the subsequent anti infection campaign.
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Hagerstown
Malta
Health Department
State Department of Health
Slain girl identified in Detroit murder case
Martha Kangas, 19, who had come to Detroit from Calumet, Mich., about three weeks ago, was identified by her brothers Eino and Wayne Kangas hours after her body was found shot and beaten in a grape arbor behind a vacant house.
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Detroit
Martha Kangas
Calumet
Mich
Eino
Wayne Kankas
Whitlock Buried After Public Honors in Cannes
Brand Whitlock, American diplomat and future figure, was laid to rest in Cannes after a ceremonial by four nations. Only his widow stood by as the body was lowered into the grave amid a formal public tribute.
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Cannes
France
Brand Whitlock
Futher
Williamsport Extends Three Day Cleanup Period
The town extends cleanup operations into next week with trucks starting Monday to remove rubbish east of Conococheague street and Tuesday west of Conococheague street. Officials expect the extra two days to finish the work and urge residents to place trash in the alleys.
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Williamsport
Conococheague Street
Efroymson Signs Labor Agreement at Indianapolis Plant
G A Efroymson president of Real Silk Hosiery mill signed an agreement with employes representatives settling a labor dispute at the Indianapolis plant. The action was announced in New York on May 26.
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New York
G. A. Efroymson
Indianapolis
Ind
Zephyr Streamlined Train Aims For Chicago Record
The Burlington rail Zephyr launched from Denver at 5 04 a m aiming to beat the 1897 18 hour 53 minute Chicago Denver record. It carried 72 passengers mainly officials and newsmen and planned no stops to Chicago 1017 miles away, seeking 13 hours or less.
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Denver
Burlington Railroad
Denver Union Terminal
Chicago
Burlington
Ralph Budd
Zephyr
Illinois Central
12Th Street
Omaha
Club Official Held For Court
Ernest Scott an alleged official of the Hagerstown Athletic Club in North Jonathan street paid a $15 fine and costs on a gaming tables charge and was held under $1000 bond for liquor selling action arraigned this morning before Justice Richard Duffey in city court. Police raided the club recently finding slot machines, cards and dice. Scott the apparent manager was taken into custody. Officers would not say if other club officials would be prosecuted.
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Ernest Scott
Hagerstown Athletic Club
North Jonathan Street
Richard Duffey
Scart
Othr Club
Clyde Barrow Laid To Rest
Clyde Champion Barrow rests in Dallas after a fatal raid and gun battle near Arcadia Louisiana. His brother Buck Barrow, killed by officers in an Iowa gun battle, is buried in the same plot. Bonnie Parker’s body lay in her home as flowers are stripped from Clyde’s grave.
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Clyde Barrow
Texas
Bonnie Parker
Arcadia
Louisiana
Bob Alcorn
Henderson Jordan
Frank Hamer
Ted Hinton
P. M. Oakley
B.M. Gault
Associated Press
Buck
Iowa
Clyde
Barrow
Emma Parker
Bonnie
Fox and Beahan plan to set aside April divorce decree
Hollywood gossip notes Sid ney Fox and Charles Beahan have reconciled after separations and a divorce. They announced they will seek to have a divorce decree granted to Miss Fox on April 19 set aside and the couple reunite.
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Hollywood
Sidney Fox
Charles Beahan
Miss Fox
Weekly Weather Outlook for Atlantic States
Weather outlook for the period beginning Monday indicates generally fair conditions across the North and Middle Atlantic states with showers possible near the end of the week. Temperatures rise slowly in the first half of the week and turn cooler Friday or Saturday.
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North
Middle Atlantic States
Fire menace and arson arrest amid Electric Auto-Lite riot
National guardsmen detain Thomas Meyer 26 on arson charges as fires flare near the Electric Auto-Lite plant in Toledo Ohio amid riot conditions. The night saw a dozen fire alarms most false with a box car and two houses burned. snipers wounded Lieut Verne Silbaugh and other guardsmen while three civilians suffer jaw and hip injuries.
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Toledo
Ohio
Thomas Meyer
A. F. Gartz
General Strike Talk Gains Steam in Toledo
In Toledo on May 26 agitation grows to advance a general strike. A mass meeting planned for June 1 in Courthouse Square would reveal the strike date, with pressure mounting to call the walkout immediately.
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Toledo
Courthouse Square
Truckers Return to Work After Violent Strike Ends
Minneapolis May 26 Truck service resumed after striking drivers approved at mass meeting an agreement from conferences of strike leaders and employers ending an all day walkout marked by bloody riots. Early trucks moved and the market district filled as farmers entered the trading area with no interference since May 15. Merchants used trucks and private cars to rush perishables to stores.
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Minneapolis
Norman Bowles Found Guilty by Federal Court Jury
Norman S. Bowles a disbarred Washington attorney was found guilty by a federal court jury of failing to file a 1948 income tax return and of filing false returns for 1931. He was given until Monday to file a motion for a new trial.
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Baltimore
Norman S. Bowles
Washington
Dietz Free On Bond In Dorm Fire Case
In Catonsville on May 26 192? authorities released 18 year old Joseph P Dietz on bond after he was accused of causing the fire that destroyed the Daughters of the Eucharist private school dormitory the prior Saturday night. The case centers on arson charges as Dietz awaits further legal action.
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Catonsville
Daughters of the Eucharist
Joseph P. Dietz
Liberty
Om Bond
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Cal
Arthur J. Cleu
Associated ‘Press
Constable
Pete Jkreis
Knoxville, Tenn
Bob Hahn
Speedway
Nolle
Gov
Ritchie Standard
United Action
Sanitary Department
Whitlock
Nebraska
Yuma
Schramm
Colo
Dallas
Clyde Champion Barrow
Southwest
Heywood Broun
National Guard
Verne Silbaugh
Lima
Payton Case
Peter Bruner
Walter Noland
John O. Quigley
Norman Bowles
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