Drug Ring Bust Nets Large Narcotics Cache
Federal agents raided an apartment described as an Oriental drug den and seized a fortune in narcotics worth between 144000 and 250000 dollars. Kitty Gillhooley and Willie Gillhooley were arrested for wholesale trafficking while four peddlers were taken into custody and 20 more sought. Pat Roche led the raid as internal revenue intelligence chief. The operation drew visits from about 100 underworld figures over two weeks. The seizure included 74700 grains of morphine, 33500 grains of cocaine, 100 pounds of gum opium, and 75 pounds of cooked opium.
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Chicago
Kitty Gilhooley
Willie
Pat Roche
Ace
Special Intelligence Unit
Internal Revenue Department
Middlewest
Defense Planned After Harve de Grace Shooting Case
Washington reports a conference on August 5 about the killing of John A. Buongore by prohibition agent Joseph Furthershaw in Harve de Grace Maryland. Treasury intelligence service to investigate while the government prepares Furthershaw’s defense and presents surrounding facts of the bootlegging arrest.
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Washington
John A. Buongore
Josheph Fathershaw
Harve de Grace
Istant
Andrews
Char
Prohibition
Interpal Revenue
Blair
Britt
Pnst
Carr
Baltimore
Treasury Intelligence Service
Furthershaw
Abely
Buongore
Board approves sale of 200 idle ships to Henry Ford
The Shipping Board voted 4 to 1 to sell 200 war fleet vessels to Henry Ford for scrapping and limited use of several ships’ diesel engines. Ford’s bid of 1 706 000 topped previous offers after Iton Iron and Metal withdrew. Chairman O’Connor and others described the move as reviving American ship purchases and reducing the fleet for scrap.
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Washington
Shipping Board
Henry Ford
Mr. Ford
Palmer
Fleet Corporation
Benson
O'Connor
Listner
Haley
Hull
Thompson
Plummer
Junk
Ford
Iton Iron and Metal Company
Cneenee Ay
Detroit
O’conner Sald
Cocina
Veteran railroad foreman killed near McCammon
James P. Barron yard foreman with over fifty four years in the Union Pacific system died after being struck by an extra outside McCammon Idaho. He crossed a west bound track to let an east bound pass and did not see the approaching train. Survived by his wife three daughters and two sons. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Barron
McCammon
Union Pacific
Deceared
J. F. Whitney
Representative Whitney
McCammon News
KE. W. Reife
Nellie Green
C. L. Barron
Anahein
California
Ed. Barron
Vallejo
Pioneer
West
Recount of Iowa Vote Under Way
Washington AP reports a senate committee recounted uncontested ballots in 88 counties in Iowa's past senate race. Daniel F P Steck Democrat led with 126 397 votes while De W Brookhart Republican had 130 votes in those counties. Additional counties Grundy Guth Hamilton and Hancock were added to today's tally.
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Washington
Senate
Iowa
Daniel FP. Steck
de W. Brookhart
Steck
Brookhart
Grundy
Guth
Hamilton
Hancock
Howard County
Henry
Humboldt
Ida
Jasper
Henry County
Two Explosions Kill Two in Bulgaria Station
In Sofia two people died and two were injured in an explosion at a railway station. The station buildings were damaged but train service continued. The cause remained unknown. This incident followed another blast reported earlier today in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Bayer
Paris
Rain-Delayed MLB Action Across League Standings
Reports show multiple games postponed due to rain including New York at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Pittsburgh and Chicago at Boston while Chicago RHE Philadelphia and American league matchups face delays. Weather disruptions forewarn further reschedulings with teams awaiting fresh dates and venues.
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New York
Cincinnati
Chicago
Boston
Compare noted Americans gone
Chicago August 5 AP professor Charles E Jam of the University of Chicago compares Lincoln Roosevelt Wilson and Bryan. He says Bryan held the most evenly balanced temperament while Lincoln was a deep thinker Wilson had hypnotic expression and Roosevelt could have been a scholar if he had not entered politics.
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Chicago
Lincoln
Roosevelt
Wilson
Bryan
Charles E. Jam
University of Chicago
Department of Political Science
Sinking of Spanish Schooner Gabriel Palmer Reported
A wireless message received by Palm Beach radio indicates the Spanish schooner Gabriel Palmer sank off the Bahama Islands. The unidentified vessel warned other ships to watch for the crew of the sunken ship.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Palm Beach Radio Corporation
Gabriel Palmer
Bahama Islands
Murdered man not Schwartz as state police probe
An unidentified New York City worker is tentatively identified as the murder victim found at Pacific Cellulose in Martinez after an explosion. Berkeley chemist Charles Henry Schwartz is sought on a murder warrant tied to an insurance hoax plot.
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Martinez
Calif
New York City
Pacific Cellulose Company
Charles Henry Behwartz
Berekeley
Schwartz
Employes
New York
R. R. Veale
A. B. Tinning
Walnut Creek
Rien
Benitis
Mrs Coolidge Learns to Swim at North Shore Pool
Swampscott, Aug 6 AP Mrs Coolidge learns to swim under the guidance of Misa Mary Hertan of West Medford Mass, an expert who is spending the summer on the north shore. She practices the side stroke in the ocean pool near White Court.
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Swampscott
White Court
Neville Succeeds Bancroft as Charge in Japan
Edward L Neville former U S secretary at the American embassy in Tokyo is named charge des affaires in Japan replacing the late Edgar Addison Bancroft who died July 28 Neville who previously served in the state department in Washington arrived in Tokyo last fall and will act until a successor is appointed by President Coolidge
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Edward L Neville
Tokio
United States
Japan
Edgar Addison Bancroft
Mr. Neville
State Department
Washington
Coolidge
Bancroft
Smetak Admits Killing Father in Nebraska Farm Case
Adolph Smetak, 26, confessed to fatally striking his father on the head with a hammer and dumping the body in a farm well near Wahoo Nebraska. The elder Smetak disappeared last March 12 and was found in a tool house then burned when a fire swept the structure. He was taken to the state penitentiary for safekeeping amid strong local emotions.
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Lincoln
Neb
Adolph Smetak
Renan
Fate Pention
Wahoo
Smetka
Europe
Smetak
Mountain climber dies in Grand Teton fall near Jackson
Theo dore Teeple of Portland Oregon was killed when he fell during descent from Grand Teton. Rescue teams struggled to recover his body after the accident, which occurred near Jackson Wyoming.
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Jackson, Wyo
Theodore Teeple
Portland
Ore
Grand Teton Mountain
McCammon Refinery Bought by Nate Morgan Leader
Nate Morgan of Pocatello has purchased the Idaho Oil Refinery company assets at McCammon. He envisions Idaho as a leading refinery region with rising demand for gasoline. Articles of incorporation filed. site chosen soon with options including Portneuf. Also reports the execution of a woman in Mount Joy prison in Ireland for murder.
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Idaho Oil Refinery Company
McCammon
Nate Morgan
Provalent Jeweler
Pocatello
Tribune Today
Morgan
Tribune
Tdaho
Northwest
Tdlaho
Star Valley
Arbon Valley
Rockland
Oakley
Idaho
Morgam
B. H. Clarke
Julius Gottberg
Myron Porges
Poentello
Biebert Rudman
Idaho Falls
W. Jones
Portneuf
Dublien
Aug
Ireland
Mount Joy
Anna Walsh
Michael Talbot
Heart Revives After Three Minute Stop At St Josephs
Eight year old Martha Ericson of Loraine Ohio was revived after her heart stopped for three minutes during a tonsil procedure. Dr R A Stack administered adranulin directly to the heart and life signs returned about three minutes later, marking a dramatic success for modern surgery.
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Loraine
St. Joseph's Hospital
Martha Ericson
R. A. Stack
Stack
Champ Bricklayer Sets Speed Record In Kansas City
James Brown, an Indian and former Carlisle end, lays 36 000 bricks daily on a highway near Kansas City. Five men supply him, two fix the face of the road, and H M Stueer says Brown is the highest paid street bricklayer in the middle west earning $2 an hour or $16 a day.
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Kansas City
James Brown
Carlisle
H. M. Stueer
Brown
Middlewest
Dempsey Comeback Up for Bid as Kearns Talks
Chicago, Aug. 5. Jack Dempsey plans to fight again and will decide where once talks with the New York boxing commission progress. Manager Jack Kearns said a promoter must guarantee a bid and that a $500,000 to $2,000,000 gate could be drawn for a Dempsey bout. He favored a Greb or Tunney showdown possibility but noted details remained unsettled.
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Chicago
Jack One
Jae Earns
Harry Wills
Jack Kearne
Dempsey
Kearne
Vadis
Jack Dempsey
New York
Walker-Wells
Yusa Boxing Commission
Dempsey- Wells
Fix
Fix In New Hign
Kearns
Toledo
Willard
Tex Rickard
Wills Dempsey
Michigan City
House Tumbles Five Die In Kansas City Collapse
Firemen recovered two bodies, raising dead to five after a three story brick building caved in in Kansas City. Victims include Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Holliday, William Banks and William Simpson, plus an unidentified carpenter. Nearly a dozen injured as tenants occupied the second and third floors. The structure, leased for a cabaret, weakened by alterations.
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Kansas City
J. M. Holliday
William Banks
William Simpson
Joseph C. Cartella
John Disalvo
Making It Hard for Bootleggers
Washington Aug 5 AP In an effort to curb illicit alcohol traffic internal revenue chemists devised a new method to denature alcohol for illicit use and complicate bootlegging attempts.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Barees
Miners Chief Breaks Off Parley With Operators
Atlantic City Aug 5 AP The United Mine Workers and anthracite operators fail to reach a new labor pact as negotiations end sine die. Miners demand wage gains and union recognition with check-off, while operators push arbitration. Suspension of work by 158,000 miners looms unless outside mediation resumes talks.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
W. W. Inglis
Glen Alden Coal Company
Scranton
John L. Fawn
United Mony Workers
Lewis
Samuel D. Warriner
Anthracite Operators’ Conference
William J. Richards
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Tron Company
Warriner
Sagnapessor
Mivise
Nm 3
Rickards
Inglis
JAILERS STATE SCOTT IS SANE
Chicago August 5 AP jail officers testified Russell Scott on death row is sane to the prisoner as sane as any under thecircumstances The court ordered further proceedings to determine sanity Four jailers said they believed Beat Biaten Astistautho of Harry N Pritzker ready to testify in limited capacity
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Chicago
William Wallace
Russell Scott
Bae Aa
Sealife Trons
Better Cattle Prices Hit Five-Year High
Kansas City August 6 prime fed Angus steers rise to 14.48 per hundredweight as cattle prices reach a new five year high for the period. Market observers report overall gains and strong demand across the region.
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Kansas City
Catite Pricea
Naa Ag
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Brooklyn
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St. Louis
STATE
Mrs. Coolidge
U. 8
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Seiaoees Organ
Deak
Champ Bricklayer
Champ
Commission
N. Y
Scott
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