Final Tribute Paid Memory Great Citizen
Leaders across American life paid final tribute to Chauncey M Depew a distinguished bar member transportation financier and political figure at his funeral in New York Services at St Thomas church Peekskill mausoleum ceremony halted merchants paused cortege family mourners widow son and many notable pallbearers and honorees including Elia Root John D Rockefeller Jr Frederick W Vanderbilt and Nicholas Murray Butler.
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New York
Chauncey M. Depew
Peekskill
V. Y
St. Thomas’ S Church
Village
Kate Strang
Pelham
Chauncey M. Depewt
Elia Root
John D. Rockfeller
Frederick W. Vanderbilt
Iiam K,. Vanderbilt
Patrick E. Crowy
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Royal Copeland
Robert F. Wagner
Harles H. Sabin
James J. Walker
Kidnap Plot Ties Convicts to Walter Collins Case
Los Angeles reports a boy’s 8 year old friend Lloyd Tutor, 12, says a man matching a former convict’s description asked directions to the Collins home and offered to carry messages. Police tie the suspect to the case while Walter Collins’s father handled inmate duties at Folsom and faced gang hostility for reporting them.
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Los Angeles
Walter Collins
Walter
Lloyd
Collins
Susta
Folsom
Walter J
Colis
Los Les
Easter Invasion Fills White House With Youthful Parade
Thousands of spring visitors fill the Capitol for Easter, the White House and surrounding corridors echo with colors and bonnets as schools bring classes to see how the federal government functions. Neither house is in session, leaving halls quiet and galleries busy with curious youngsters.
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Washington
Capitol
America
Dawes
Borah
Walsh
Heflin
Senate
Longworth
Tilson
Garrett
House
Eight Die In Cisco Ranch Fire Slaying Mystery
Eight members of Boss Jackson's family, two adults and six children, were found dead in a Cisco Texas farm house fire believed started after the family was slain. Sheriff Hart and Night Chief Wilson led the probe as flames hampered rescue efforts. Undertaker A C Green noted extreme burns obscuring causes of death. The Jacksons lived six miles southwest of Cisco for about 15 years.
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Cisco
Tex
Boss Jackson
Hart
Eastland County
R. L. Wilson
A. C. Green
Jackson
Wilson
Here
State Stone Heads to the Capital for Washington Monument
Idaho stone, last from the state, shipped to Kellogg for border trimming with Idaho lead and copper before its final placement among 47 stones on the Potomac. In Boise, April 7, 46 National Guard members joined in three months, bringing total strength to 1060 enlisted and 83 officers. A fire at headquarters troops of the 116th Cavalry reduced horse numbers by 25.
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Boise
Idaho
Washington Monument
Kellogg
Potomac
Washington
Poison fears swirl as Ark town confronts poorhouse plot
In POUKE Arkansas fears of the poorhouse drove Nancy Lynn to poison the village well. About 70 year old Mrs Lynn and her brother face charges of attempted murder after more than 300 residents including children sickened by poison found near the camp of Appl Timber holdings. Authorities say she aimed to halt timber sales to protect her finances.
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Pouke
Ark
Nancy Lynn
Mra Lynn
Kidnapers Slip Up on a Chicago Job
Wealthy automobile dealer Thomas Gaynor was rescued and four suspects were jailed after Chicago police traced a ransom plot. Detectives captured two men who tried to collect 10000 at Gaynor’s partner’s office, while others were tracked to a rendezvous and Dundee Illinois.
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Chicago
Thomas Gaynor
Michael Hughes
Hughes
Wm. E. O'Connor
Dundee
Hainois
O'Connor
Jake Adler
Milton Held
Gaynor
James McCormick
McCormick
Design for Idaho License Plates Suggested by Newspapers
Boise April 7 The secretary of State mails letters to newspapers asking for plate emblem ideas to replace the current motif on the 1098 vintage license plates. The decision to rely on press input was announced today as the state seeks input from media outlets across Idaho.
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Boise
Secretary of State
Sugpoe
Sixth grade pupils bright on bootlegging in survey
Spokane April 7 Sixth grade pupils show strong knowledge of bootlegging and social issues in a Bur ton survey of 9 000 children from varied backgrounds. The ranking also highlights awareness of mayor elections taxes and insurance in the same group. Cancer specialists mobilize in Washington to coordinate national campaign against cancer under Surgeon General Cumming.
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Spokane
Wash
W. H. Burton
Department of Education
University of Chicago
Inland Empire Educational Association
Burton
Chicago
Salem
Oregon
Pioneer and Sanitary Inspector
Washington
United States
Mugh
Cumming
Public Health Service
Death of Opal Black Mystery in Hawk Point Case
Jerry Black, a Missouri farmer, arrived in Kansas City to reclaim his daughter Opal Black who lay dying from unknown injuries in a residential street. Police pursue a possible fatal street assault and a claimed husband figure linked to a lover triangle. Detectives also explore a woman who sought a warrant alleging threats by a man she named as her husband.
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Kansas City
Jerry Black
Hawk Point
Opal Black
Black
St. Louis
Joe
Hoover gains cabinet support for Hoover in 1928 bid
Secretary Wilbur voices open backing for Herbert Hoover with Interior Secretary Work and Postmaster General New also aligned. Jardine of agriculture and Curtis as favorite son shape Kansas dynamics while Mellon and Labor head Davis may join Pennsylvania delegates.
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Washington
Wilbur
President Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Work
Interior Department
New
Commerce
Jardine
Agriculture Department
Hoover
Kansas
Curtis
Kan- Sbs
Moover
Indiana
Senator Wateran
Mellon
Davis
Labor Department
Pennsylvania
Kansas City
Bremen plane remains grounded in Dublin amid changing weather
The Bremen flight from Baldonnel Airdrome Dublin to New York faced delays as later weather reports signaled less favorable conditions. Initial optimism gave way to readiness for a possible 4 start on short notice, with pilots keeping planes grounded.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Bremen
Baldonnel Airdrome
New York
London
Baldonne
Union Pacific Plans 90 Million Budget For Improvements
Union Pacific System president Carl Gray announced a 1928 budget of 90 million dollars for improvements and maintenance, 23 million of which covers new capital. Major items include a 2.6 million dollar 84 mile cut off in eastern Wyoming linking North Platte and the mining line, and ten miles of second main track between Twin Falls and King Hill Idaho costing 675 thousand dollars. A veteran Civil War figure, W H Smith aged 83, died in Idaho Falls after serving with Sherman's army in the Georgia march.
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Omaha
Neb
Carl Gray
Union Pacific System
Wyoming
North Platte
Ingin
Prbert
Kansas
Pacific Northwest
Twesken
King Hill
Idaho
Storm costs hit Nebraska wire lines in April blizzard
A April snow storm cost Nebraska communication firms thousands of dollars as crews worked through the night to restore service. Omaha and Council Bluffs faced halted streetcars and widespread outages with about 2,700 phones down in Omaha and 2,000 in Council Bluffs. Northwestern Bell estimated losses over 200,000 dollars and 2100 poles damaged across the storm area. Radio and army stations aided press in staying connected.
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Omaha
Neb
Weather Bureau
Nebraska
Counc
Y Bluffs
United States Army
Tinenin
Nebr
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Council Bluffs
Steady Gains in Idaho Bank Deposits Report
Idaho banks show consistent deposit growth in an eighteen month period from mid-1926 to end 1927. Twin Falls and Base banks lead the gains while Lewiston Pocatello Weiser Caldwell rank high but Idaho Falls and Blackfoot show declines in deposits.
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Boise
Idaho
E. W. Porter
Twin Falls
Base
Lewiston
Pocatello
Weiser
Caldwell
Idaho Falls
Blackfoot
Evans elected president of Utah Agricultural College board
Anthony W. Evans was elected president of the board of trustees for the eleventh straight term at Utah Agricultural College. Dr. E G Peterson was reelected president, a role he has held since 1916. Adney of Corinne was reelected vice president and Russell G. Bernteen of Logan secretary after a capital meeting.
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Salt Lake City
Anthony W. Evans
Utah Agricultural College
E. G. Peterson
AG. Adney
Corinne
Russell G. Bernteen
Logan
Candidates in Chicago Republican primary race neck and neck
Chicago voters faced a political storm as two rival Republican factions, Lowden-Deneen and Thompson-Small, pursued nomination for the state wide primary next Tuesday. Emmerson campaigned in Champaign Urbana while Frank L. Smith urged support for Republicanism in Cicero. Judge Swanson faced threats amid primary clashes. A large police mobilization planned with thousands of watchers faced anticipated fraud concerns.
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Medi) McCormick
Frank L. Smith
Coolidge
Thompson
Chicago
Len Small
Illinois
Lowden-Deneen
Thompson-Smaill
Emmerson
Small
Champaign
Urbana
Cicero
Swanson
Judg John A. Swanson
Judge Swanson
Crowe
Edmund ©. Jarecki
Social Light Has An Idea On Mixed Race Marriage
April 7 AP report quotes Lucy Banning Ross social figure of Southern California explaining her marriage to Setsuro Oto a Japanese man as her fifth husband She notes the Japanese code of honor and contrasts it with American views defending the union and her loss of citizenship stating the sacrifice was worth it.
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Los Angeles
The
Examiner
Lucy Banning Ross
California
Setsuro Oto
Oto
Phinneas Banning
Seattle
Milwaukee Couple End Life After Financial Worries
Milwaukee, April 7 AP A 12 year marriage ended in a staged double suicide as a husband Oscar Haggin and wife Pearl left notes detailing debt and pleas to spare their lives. A brother Joseph Haggin found the scene after receiving a letter urging him to come fetch the bodies. Authorities described the event as a carefully planned financial crisis driven tragedy.
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Oscar Haggin
Pearl
Milwaukee
Joseph Haggin
Chicago
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