Tornado Toll Rises Across Midwest and Southwest
The weekend tornadoes and cyclonic winds left at least 50 dead and over 100 injured, with property losses exceeding two million dollars. Texas led with 25 deaths near Dallas areas Garland and Nevada. Missouri reported 14 dead, while Kansas and Iowa saw multiple fatalities and drownings amid widespread damage. Red Cross reports indicated 17 deaths at Nevada and over 50 injuries in the two towns.
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Middlewest
Texas
Garland
Nevada
Dallas
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Church Fight Grows After Exoneration in Philadelphia
The Rev. Dr. Henry B. Crawford of Hermon Presbyterian Church Frankford faces new charges of kissing women members after being exonerated by the Philadelphia presbytery. Police quelled a pulpit scene as Bullon Galindo clashed with supporters and opponents. two church members resigned amid the turmoil.
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Narcotic Ring Is Disrupted in Seattle Raids
Federal agents arrested three women and one man in two raids, including a palatial university district residence, and seized narcotics valued at 87000. The ring allegedly supplied dealers in Idaho Montana Oregon Washington and Utah. Suspects include Mrs Cherry Adams described as the brains and Miss Bernice Richards. The Twoheys and Mrs Twohey were taken into custody. Adams home was guarded by four bulldogs and had been under surveillance over a year.
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Idaho
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Utah
Cherry Adams
Co. M. Twohes
Adams
Twohey
Bernice Richards
Twoheys
British Gunboat Woodcock Engages Chinese Firing
Advices from Nanking report the British gunboat Woodcock fired on Chinese forces today after being struck by rifles. The warship replied with machine gun fire.
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Nanking
Costs of Early Atlantic Flight Expeditions
The article reports more than 8.4 million dollars spent on attempting an air crossing. It lists five leading efforts with costs: Captain Charles Nungesser 50000 dollars, late Commander Noel Davis 120000 dollars, Captain Rene Fonck 100000 dollars, Commander Richard E. Byrd 50000 dollars, and Columbia Aircraft Corporation’s duration flight plane 50000 dollars. Additional thousands were spent on other expeditions.
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Rene Fonck
Richard E. Byrd
Columbia Aircraft Corporation
Columbia
Storm Dumped Heavy Snow Across Colorado and Adjacent States
Heavy rains and snows battered the Rocky Mountain region with blizzards in spots. Wyoming faced 3 to 10 inches of snow and drifting, hindering air, rail, and road traffic while lambing in Little Laramie Valley raised livestock concerns. Montana saw ongoing snow as a late-season storm persisted. Tornadoes damaged areas in Nebraska. Fort Laramie sent residents to schoolhouse shelters after a cloudburst. Northern Colorado faced light snow, Denver's snow melting, and marooned drivers on Palmer Lake pass. Salt Lake City reported frigid 30s with 1.53 inches of precipitation for the 24 hours ending 6 am.
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Salt Lake City
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Probing Death of an Ensign in Navy Inquiry
In Los Angeles May 9 investigators reopen the Navy inquiry into Ensign Julian J. McShane who vanished after a party October 8. His body was found in San Pedro harbor October 9. A friend described as McShane’s sweetheart and others say he and another officer fought, suggesting possible bodily injury.
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Vandalism Reported at San Francisco Cemeteries
Police investigate thefts of jewelry from vaults and graves in Calvary and old Masonic cemeteries graves opened recently rings stripped from corpses bones and skulls taken left open botany class students discover vandalism during tree study in graves
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Farmers and Kansans Favor Blonded Beauty Miss El Del Johnson
In Manhattan Kansas Miss El Del Johnson with light hair and blue eyes of Scandinavian ancestry won first prize in a beauty contest at Kansas State Agricultural College. Her home is listed as Ols- with details cut off in the clipping.
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Idaho Falls Man Missing After Disappearance
Idaho Falls on May 9 reports posses scouring the countryside for Ben Telford a 20 year old restaurant worker who vanished Sunday afternoon. His car was found on a ranch 16 miles away with charred clothing remains and an empty bottle possibly containing poison. Officers say Telford is despondent over domestic troubles.
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Yaqui Indians Cross Border at Nogales
Thirty seven Yaqui fighters who fled into the United States near Nogales seek protection under the American flag after a clash with Mexican federal troops. Camp Stephen D. Little authorities await Washington instructions as the group, once part of a larger band in the Bacatete mountains, remains held incommunicado.
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Airship crashes to field at Fort Leavenworth
The TC-10 No. 252 non rigid dirigible wrecked after breaking from moorings at Garrison field following a windstorm return from Fort Stil to San Antonio. Three shifts of 30 men tried to hold it, but loss of control caused a 300 yard sail and collapse. No one aboard. Officers in charge were Major H H Strouse, Captain W H Kepner, Lieutenant K S Axteton. The airship came from Scott Field Illinois to participate in San Antonio maneuvers.
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Chicago Financier Profits from Imperfect Ford Windshields
Meyer Friedman, a young Chicago financier, reported to friends that he profits from a plan using imperfect glass windshields for Ford vehicles. He has earned $42,000 from the venture, announced May 9.
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Comrades Hounded by Government Troopers
Fragmentary line notes that several comrades were subjected to lethal or coercive actions by government troops. The text hints at forced encounters and a crackdown impacting a group of supporters. No clear names or locations are provided in the readable fragment.
Baseball Roundup Quick: Rain Delays Dominate Cards Openers
Today’s games were largely postponed by rain with several doubleheaders and wet grounds. The American League games at Cleveland and Detroit produced lopsided scores as Walberg and Ruether pitched well for their teams while Boston and Detroit combined for 24 runs.
Snyder murder trial reaches jury in New York
Ruth Brown Snyder and Henry Judd Gray face possible penalties from five to 100,000 and death in the electric chair as the case goes to a jury after long proceedings. Justice Scudder instructed the jurors on verdict possibilities and potential counts.
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Ruth Brown Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
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Newcombe
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Gray
Ace Nungesser Praised by Idaho's McDougall
Assistant Idaho attorney general Harry QO. McDougall calls Captain Charles Nungesser the most popular World War I French aviator. He cites Nungesser’s kindness to novice pilots, willingness to take rookies on patrols, and to let others claim credit. McDougall notes Nungesser’s fearless, calculated style and his bold trans Atlantic flight without pontoons as examples.
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Harry QO. McDougall
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Nungesser
McDougall
Wild Throw Gives White Sox Victory Over Yankees
In Chicago May 9 the tenth inning wild throw by pitcher Wilcey Moore gave the White Sox a 2 to 1 win over the Yankees. The game is reported by AP as a dramatic extra frame decision.
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Pair Slayers Convicted at a Late Hour
Baltimore May 8 AP Harry Payne Whitney's Bostonian won the 37th renewal of the 650000 ak ness at Pimlico Sirr Harry of the Sea gram stables was about three quarters of a length behind to place Whickery Whitney's best candidate was third.
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Has Solution Child Labor Washington May 9 AP
William Green president of the American Federation of Labor urged in Washington that a uniform child welfare program is needed to secure the future republic. He said poverty drives poor child health and urged studies of incomes, family budgets, and seasonal employment to address child labor and provide adequate breadwinners.
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American Child Health Association
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Germans Demand Return of Old Colors in Steel Helmet Rally
Berlin May 9 AP reports a Steel Helmet demonstration features a manifesto opposing Versailles terms and urging restitution of Germanys old black white and red colors. About forty thousand marchers pass as Prince Eitel Friederich and Hohenzollern guests attend while government figures are notably absent.
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Store Collapse Traps One. Several Missed
Chicago May 9 AP Nearly 100 customers and employees escaped uninjured from the Louis Department store a four story building at 51 35 West Chicago Avenue which collapsed into ruins. The body of an unidentified woman was recovered. Two others were injured and one employee is unaccounted for.
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FLIERS NOT SEEN ON COAST
The status of Captains Nungesser and Colt flying from Paris to New York remains uncertain after 42 hours since takeoff from Lebourget. Reports of sightings near New Foundland and off New England failed to be confirmed amid foggy conditions and a suspected misidentification of a coast guard plane near Portland, Maine.
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Wealthy oil man Humphries dies after accidental shotgun incident
Denver millionaire Cole A Humphries, who rose from a $2.25 monthly teacher to oil and mining magnate, died in Mercy hospital after accidentally shooting himself. His career spanned lumber, mining, and oil ventures from West Virginia to Wyoming and Texas, with Virginia Minnesota’s boom vision and late-life oil successes. He married Alice K. Boye in 1887 and remained a prominent church figure in his youth.
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Cole A. Humphries
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Sissonville
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Ripley
Alice K. Boye
Duluth
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Humphries
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Virginia
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Mexia
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Church
Seventeen Die In Texas Town After Storm
Miss Irma Coon of Greenville reports to Ada Miller in Dallas that 17 people were dead in Nevada Texas after a storm, according to an AP dispatch from Dellas.
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Dellas
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Irma Coon
Red Cross
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Ada Miller
Dallas Red Cross
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WIAM Weather Forecast Locally Fair Tonight Through Tuesday
Generally fair conditions prevail tonight and Tuesday with frost in the northwest. Temperatures will be cooler in the east and south tonight and Tuesday across the region.
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