Five Murders Added to Toll of Chicago's Crime Victims
The body of a man who authorities say died by his own actions with dynamite near the School of Mines is identified as John Delehunty, 55, a Butte miner. A letter signed by Delehunty was received by Mrs. J Hassan, enclosing a cabin key, prompting officials to confirm the identity and note sightings on campus earlier.
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Chicago
School of Mines
John Delehunty
Butte
Celehunty
Steamer Sights Airliner
The R-100 airship nears halfway across the Atlantic on its return trip from Montreal. At St Hubert airport reports indicate the craft is maintaining a record pace toward Cardington England, with potential to surpass Graf Zeppelin’s crossing time. Officials relay progress messages marking the journey.
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Gilbert Draper
ST. Hubert
Quebec
U.P
Atlantic
Cardington
England
Montreal
Butte Elks Leave for State Sessions Today
Drummers and buglers lead the Butte Elks as they head to the state convention in Virginia City for a three day meeting. The Anaconda drum corps and Butte members parade this morning and about 300 No. 240 members with families join to travel. Officials estimate 2000 to 2500 attendees with highway repairs completed after earlier rain damage.
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Butte
Elks
Virginia City
Anaconda Drum and Bugle Corps
Butte Corps
Woman Believed Dead Faces Remarried Husband After Mystery
In Springfield Vermont on August 14 a woman named Catherine Rockwell Packard reappeared alive, finding her husband George Packard married to another woman. She had disappeared a year earlier from Rutland with two young children, a body found in Chester was buried as hers after a suicide note and poison were found, and authorities sought to identify the true deceased.
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Vermont
Springfield
Chester
Catherine Rockwell Packard
St. Albans
George J. Packard
Rutland
Wild coyote in Philadelphia docks stirs curiosity
A claimed wild dog roaming the Delaware river docks is identified as a coyote after being chased among ships. Waterfront workers reported it biting a stevedore and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals agents tranquilized and captured it on August 14 in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Delaware River
Seven Seas
Society To Prevent
Ten Million Dollar Rain Sweeps Ohio River Valley
A ten million dollar rain drenches the Ohio river valley across Kentucky Tennessee Southern Illinois Indiana Maryland Virginia and West Virginia with over an inch in parts around Louisville and Springfield Ill. Farmers faced drought relief as crops burned pastures baked and water was hauled to farms while Gov Emmerson called the situation critical in Southern Illinois amid frost reports in Wisconsin.
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Chicago
Ohio River
Kentucky
Tennessee
Illinois
Indiana
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Louisville
Springfield
Ill
Kansas
Louis L. Emmerson
Washington
Midwest
Couderay
Wis
Couderay River
Racketeer's Death Knifed by Machine Gun Ambush
Rockford Illinois August 14 two Chicago gunmen gunned down 32 year old racketeer Joe Giovingo as he sat in a car with three companions on a south side street near the theater district. Police nearby exchanged fire with the fleeing duo. Giovanni's companion Tommy Abbott a Chicago gunman released on bail last week in an unrelated robbery case was present along with two men identified as William Sullivan and Elmer Whitley. Abbott has been charged with being an accomplice.
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Rockford, Ill
Chicago
Joe Giovingo
Rockford
Folke Bengston
Giovingo
Tommy Abbott
William Sullivan
Elmer Whitley
Abbott
Mother shoots man claiming marriage to daughter
In Philadelphia Mrs. Elizabeth Attilio, 40, killed James Cassidy, 48, when he arrived at her home to announce he had wed her 18 year old daughter Rose. Cassidy, who had boarded there, was shot in the left side below the heart as the couple left the house with Rose. The daughter accompanied him. Attilio said she did not know of the attachment until after the marriage.
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Philadelphia
Elizabeth Attilio
James Cassidy
Rose
Cassidy
Attilio
Notorious gang war killings lift toll near Chicago resorts
Five more murders added to the gang war toll as underworld figures expand into northern suburbs and resort areas. Reports describe fresh gun battles near White Bear Lake Minnesota and other northern fronts as lawmen race to curb violence tied to liquor vice and gambling.
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Marren Graham
Chicago
U.P
Chicago Loop
White Bear Lake
Minnesota
Father O Maley Honored At Butte Parish Farewell Reception
About 200 parishioners at St. Ann's school hall honored Rev. W. M. O'Maley with a purse and farewell remarks. Speakers John Hale and William Coughlin noted his service in Butte before his transfer to Polson. John McManus led arrangements. program included songs and recitations. luncheon followed.
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St. Ann's Church
Butte
W. M. O'Maley
St. Ann's
Father O’maley
John Hale
William Coughlin
John McManus
Father O'Maley
Polson
Mooseheart Legion to Meet at Helena
Mooseheart legion to hold its annual frolic in Helena Montana on Saturday. The group is the second degree of the Loyal Order of Moose. W L Black of Livingston heads the organization.
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Mooseheart Legion
Helena
Mont
Loyal Order of Moose
W. L. Black
Livingston
Storm tears through Naples market killing four and injuring many
A violent storm razed the Piggi oreale market place in Naples adding four dead and numerous injuries amid the city still reeling from a recent earthquake. Six of the injured were dying, twenty in serious condition, and fifty with lighter hurts as market stands toppled and walls collapsed near the Rome airplane works. No American tourists were killed.
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Naples
Italy
Piggioreale
Rome
Railroad Seeks 493 Damages For Wrecking Truck
Salt Lake Daily reports the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad sues J. B. and R. B. Walker, contractors, seeking 493 dollars for engine damage after a train struck a truck parked near the tracks. The railroad claims the truck was placed on the right of way without permission three years ago.
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Salt Lake Dily
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Railroad Today
J. B
R. B. Walker
Tragic potato patch killings shock Ohio town
In Toledo on August 14 Elmer Tilton 45 and his 17-year-old son were shot dead by farmer Lester Coy after a nocturnal mission to obtain food for a starving family. Coy claimed he lay in his potato patch four nights guarding stolen crops valued at about 200 dollars.
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Toledo
Tilton
Elmer Tilton
Louis
Lester Coy
Coy
Father Snatches Babe From Mother Before Crowd
At the Park and Montana streets intersection a father seized his two year old from the arms of his estranged wife as witnesses shouted. Sheriff officers apprehended him on South Montana. the child was returned to the mother and the father warned not to bother her. The wife had recently begun divorce proceedings.
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Park and
Montana
South Montana
Lewis
Wisecracks Aid a7 Louis Airmen to Keep Morale
Two weary aviators Obie O Brine and Dale Jackson push the world endurance flight record toward 600 hours at Lambert St Louis Field. They extend their flight with humorous notes and endure fatigue as they remain aloft for more than a day, earning $100 an hour from an oil company.
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Lambert-St. Louis Field
ST. Louvig
Forrest
Obie
Dale
Red) Jackson
Faribault
Minn
United Press
Weather Outlook For Montana Friday Into Saturday
unsettled conditions loom with probable thunder showers in the western portion of Montana Friday and Saturday. cooler air moves into the eastern portion Friday as the system shifts eastward.
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Montana
East Porrion
Governors Confer On Drought Relief Organization
At the White House conference President Hoover and ten state governors plus representatives from three commonwealths agreed on forming a drought relief organization. The plan unites federal, state, and county committees to prevent livestock losses aid farm families and protect public health. The meeting lasted over three hours.
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Washington
White House
Hoover
Air Speed King Plans Rest After Record Flight
Frank Hawks, holder of both eastward and westward transcontinental air speed records, heads to New Hampshire for a few days rest aboard a 110 mph cruising plane. He and his wife will then fly from Bridgeport Conn to Lake Winnipesaukee, alighting near Mrs. Richard A. Mestres estate to spend several days as guests.
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New York
Frank Hawks
New Hampshire
Hawks
California
Bridgeport
Prominent Alumni Visit Montana School of Mines in Butte
Three notable alumni from Poland, Idaho, and Mexico plus a mining engineer visited the Montana School of Mines yesterday. Frederick Peter Gaethke of Anaconda metals led the group with Co. O. Newton and Arthur E. DeCelles, joined by Charles T. Adams of St. Joe Lead Co. The visitors praised campus improvements and the new mineralogy museum.
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School OF Mines
Butte
Poland
Idaho
Mexico
Montana School of Mines
Frederick Peter Gaethke
Anaconda Company
Co. O. Newton
Real del Monte
Pachuca
Hidalgo
Goethke
Silesia
Arthur E. DeCelles
Hecla Mining Company
Burke
Charles T. Adams
St. Joe Lead Company
St. Louis
Arthur E. Adams
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