Three Killed in Effort to Help mute Boy
Springfield report says a Massachusetts Airways plane crashed near Randall Field Airport Agawam while attempting a stunt to help Luke Brietta a 6 year old mute. Victims included Charles Potholm 25 of Hartford pilot Abraham H Mazer 21 of Springfield and Luke Briotta 6. The elder Briotta watched as the left wing broke and the craft fell in a swamp.
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Springfield
Mass
Luke Brietta
Randall Field Airport
Agawam
Charles Potholm
Hartford
Hartford, Conn., Pilot Employed By the Massachusetts Airways Corporation
Abraham H. Mazer
Potholm
Joseph Briotta
Briotta
Earth
Famous Plunger Leopold Bloom Dies in Chicago
Chicago officer and trader known as The Plunger dies at 75 after a short illness. He earned his nickname for years at the pit and built a mortgage business later in life. Bloom never foreclosed on notes he held and joined the board of trade at 24 after moving from Clinton Louisiana.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Leopold Bloom
Bloom
Clinton
Utah Bourbons in Convention in Salt Lake City
In Salt Lake City on September 8 AP reports three Democratic conventions county city and district legislative gathered to nominate party candidates. Judge Wilson McCarthy opened the county convention attacking the county Republican administration and urging renomination of current county commissioners. He mocked Herbert Hoover saying he once seemed a Democrat but left worthwhile matters and joined Republicans. He added Republicans can keep the child of their adoption calling him Democratic souvenir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Wilson McCarthy
Herbert Hoover
Grant Allows Buffalo Grazing on Kaibab Forest
District Forester Rutledge announced a permit to Arizona Game Department to graze up to 260 buffalo on Kaibab National Forest. This marks the first time buffalo are allowed to graze on a national forest as Arizona recently purchased the herd from Uncle Jim Owens.
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Ogden
Utah
Arizona State Game Department
Kaibab National Forest
Rutledge
State of
Arizona
Jimmie Owens
Pola Negri Seriously Injured After Horse Accident
Paris dispatch reports film star Pola Negri was seriously injured in a fall from her horse in the Bois de Boulogne. She underwent a major operation at the American Hospital and lay in and out of consciousness for hours as doctors weighed the best course. Her husband Prince Serge Mdivani stayed at her side with hopeful remarks.
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Paris
Pola Negri
Bois de Boulogne
Pola
Serve Mdivani
Mdivani
Martel
United States
Serge Mdviana
Cherain Court
France
Mae Murray
David Mdviani
David Mdvians
Mdviant
Charles Chaplin
Rudolph Valentino
Valentino
Prince Mdivani
Associated Press
State Campaign in Maine Comes to Windup Today
In Portland Maine a Republican windup rally features Vice Presidential candidate Charles Curtis and Senator Hale with Governor Brewster backing prohibition. Curtis opposes state liquor ventures while the Maine meeting promotes the national party effort ahead of Monday's election. Reductions in the national debt are discussed in other notes.
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Maine
Portland
Ater Curtis
Nomieree
William Tudorner
Vernor
Hale
Prohibition
Bangor
Brewster
Curtis
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Charlie Curtis
Hughes Elected World Court Judge at The Hague
Charles Evans Hughes of the United States was elected a judge of the world court of international justice in Geneva by the League of Nations assembly. He fills the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Bassett Moore. Hughes received 41 of 48 votes. the council voted unanimously. He is formally declared a judge.
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Geneva
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
World Court of International Justice
the Hague
Assembly of the
League of Nations
John Bassett Moore
Hughes
Council of the League
Council
Assembly
World Court
Missing Northfield Girls Spark Regional Search
Two seminary students Marian Mullen of Brooklyn and Mary Shapleigh of Buffalo vanished from Northfield seminary on Wednesday. State police checked reports from Vermont and New Hampshire, all groundless, as searchers remain without a clue. Officials say separation into different dorms was not disciplinary and hope for a safe return.
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Northfield
Mass
Northfield Seminary
Vermont
New Hampshire
Marian Mullen
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary Shapleigh
Buffalo
Bowdoin Returns From Arctic Expedition
Bowdoin arrived in Christmas Cove Maine bearing Lieutenant Commander Donald B. Mac Millan and the Rawson Field Museum expedition after 15 months of Arctic observation. Escorted by a coast guard patrol boat and the Portsmouth steamer, welcoming whistles sounded as friends on shore waved handkerchiefs.
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Christmas Cove
Maine
Arctic Achopher Bowdoin
Donald B. MacMillan
Rawson Field Museum
Coast Guard
Portsmouth
Bowdoin
Cases Disposed of During 1927
Boise report shows 3,685 misdemeanor and felony cases filed before county prosecutors in 1927. Of these, 9,291 were convicted and 700 were pending. Conviction rates varied, with some counties at zero percent while the overall average was below that. Dismissals reached 685 and acquittals 120.
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Boise
Wess
Frank L. Stephen
Trooper Wilder Slain After Ambush Near Tuxedo Park
State Trooper C. T. Wilder was shot from behind and died hours later near the gated entrance to Tuxedo Park. A red necktie found in his hand suggested a struggle with the killer, who fled into the wooded Greenwood Lake country as police hunted in the mountainous region inhabited by the Jackson Whites.
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Tuxedo Park
N. Y
Theseson
C. T. Wilder
Wilder
Greenwood Lake
Wider
Gil Bush
Chief Bush
Fight Ends in Death of Son in Ranchers’ Brawl
In Grand Junction Colorado A. O. Schaff 79 and W H Stuterman 63 clash with irrigation shovels. Schaff's son William ? was shot while aiding his father. Schaff sustains severe head injuries and remains in critical condition. A stepson of Stuterman brings a gun into the fracas and is alleged to have fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Junction
Colo
A. O. Schaff
W. H. Stuterman
Schaff
William
Stutezman
Statezman
Incendiary Fires Hit Big Cottonwood Canyon
Forest officials opened an inquiry into two fires in Big Cottonwood canyon near Salt Lake City and suspect arson aimed at damaging private property. Both blazes were controlled by afternoon, having endangered the watershed supplying the city’s water. Authorities note six region fires since July 4.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Big Cottonwood Canyon
Makes a Plea for Tammany in Mississippi
John Sharp Williams, former Mississippi senator, writes that the south owes a debt of gratitude to Tammany Hall for its support in hard times. He notes Tammany backed Tilden, opposed Cleveland and Bryan, fought the force bill, and aided southern white people since Lee’s surrender, while admitting flaws.
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Indianacla
Miss
South
John Sharp Williams
Mississippi
Tammany Hall
Otho A. Stubblefield
Indianaola
Williams
Mason-Dixon Line
Tilden
Boss Tweed
Cleveland
Bryan
Lee
Philadelphia
Chicago
Three Die in Explosion at Dominion Tar and Chemical Plant
An explosion at the Dominion Tar and Chemical works in Toronto killed three men and injured eight. Initial reports say one worker was overcome by fumes while two others died trying to rescue colleagues.
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Toronto
Dominion Tar and Chemical Works
Death of Lombardo Triggers Chicago Gang War Fallout
Chicago scene sees Lombardo shot dead by three men near 61 West Madison Street after a Priday crash crowd. Slain ex head of Unione Siculoano effort linked to Capone. Names Yale and Usile appear in gang war context as investigators probe motive and connections. In separate item, A G Cranney of Logan named accountant and deputy in state fish and game dept.
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Chicago
Tony Lombardo
Frank Gale
New York
Loop
Lombardo
al Capone
West Madison Street
Bedlam
Adacent
Unione Siciano
Frank Usile
Capone
Alello Brothers
Yale
Vale
Joseph Ferraro
Joseph Lo‘ardi
Salt Lake City
A. G. Cranney
Logan
State Fish and Game Department
J. Arthur Mecham
Fish and Game
New Horse Cars Are In Service
Pennsylvania Railway introduces Pullman race horse cars to move horses from Arlington Park to Belmont Park. Each car holds 1 to 24 horses with special stalls and a door for motor vehicle transport. Bath House John Coughlin, Chicago alderman and sportsman, ships two prize thoroughbreds aboard the first unit.
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Chicago
Pennsylvania Railway
Bath House
John Coughlin
Arlington Park
Belmont
Long Valley Fire Near Cabarton Brought Under Control
The forest fire in Long valley near Cabarton was almost controlled as winds shifted from south to north. It burned about 409 acres of heavy timber and destroyed numerous cut logs. Seventy five men fought the blaze started Thursday night on Boise Payette Lumber property. no nearby reaches were damaged.
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Boise
Long Valley
Cabarton
Cascade
Associated Press
Boise- Payette Lumber Company
Tre
Mrs Lindbergh sails to Turkey as visiting chemistry professor
Mrs Evanگeline Lodge Lindbergh mother of Colonel Charles A Lindbergh sails from New York aboard the Conte Grande for Constantinople to teach chemistry at the Constantinople Women's College. She is accompanied by Miss Alice Morrow, hostess at the college and widow of Dwight Morrow, American ambassador to Mexico.
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New York
Evangeline Lodge Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
Turkey
Constantinople
John Coolidge to Join Railroad as He Works
The report states John Coolidge has joined railroad advice and will soon be on the job. Whether son of the president or not, he seeks employment and begins a professional path in the rail industry.
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John Coolidge
Railroad
Agents Held By Grand Jury for Extortion
Two internal revenue agents Elmer F. Andrews and Edward F. Brown were indicted by a federal grand jury in New York for conspiring to obtain 350,000 from oil magnate Harry F. Sinclair. They allegedly offered to approve a 250,000 income tax reduction in exchange for 35,000 through Ragland the lawyer, after a meeting where 1,000 was found in Andrews hat as first payment.
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New York
Internal Revenue
Federal Grand Jury
Harry F. Sinclair
Elmer F. Andrews
Edward F. Brown
Sinclair
Reginald T. Ragland
Ragland
Andrew
Ragand
Spelling dispute over South Park drive name
Chicago officials debate the correct spelling of Lief Ericksson as the Norse explorer for the new outer drive of the South Park system. The Norwegian consul cites Ericksson, while the Norwegian league and other authorities list Erickson Ericsson or Ericson.
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Chicago
Lief Ericcson
Chicago Board of South Park Commissioners
Ericksson
Norwegian National League
Erickson
Ericcson
Ericson
Girl Confesses to Killing Father in North Dakota Creek
Inez Gontka, 17, confessed to Emmons county officials that she shot and killed her father Charles H. Gontka, 24 hours after his body was found in a creek. Police said she admitted the act followed a beating when she refused to help unload bricks, then wheeled the body toward a creek and attempted to bury it.
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Linton
N. D
Inez Gontka
Emmons
Charles H. Gontka
Turkey and Lithuania pledge Kellogg pact adherence
The State Department announced today that Turkey and Lithuania have declared their intention to adhere to the Kellogg treaty renouncing war as national policy. They join other nations that have officially communicated their adherence through the United States as depository of the pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Rept
Turkey
Lithuania
State Department
United States
Twenty-Four More Airships Are in Race
In a Class B transcontinental air race near Washington Pennsylvania a Laird plane flown by Speed man and Ralph Greer crashed after fuel ran out in dense fog. Both men escaped uninjured. they were forced to exit the race and were taken by car toward Pittsburgh.
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Washington
Man
Ralph Greer
Laird
Weaver Farm
Harte Mill
Pitts Burgh
Aged People Fly for Birthday Flight in Maine
Aged residents of New England celebrate again with an aerial birthday flight. Grandma Almatia Bennett, 102, flies from Old Orchard to Portland and back with centenarian Charles Bradley. They are greeted by Mary Waterhouse, 104, who also flies. Bennett hopes to fly to the Pacific coast at 105.
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Old Orchard
Maine
Almatia Bennett
Chicappe Falls
Mass
Portland
Charles W. Bradley
Rochess Nah
Mary A. Waterhouse
Scarboro
Grandma Bennett
Pacific Coast
Post Office Clarifies Mail Restrictions On Libelous Content
Washington reports the Post Office Department states there has been no relaxation in prohibitions on libelous and defamatory material. It explains such material is unmailable unless appearing on a postal card or on the outside envelope, and newspapers under a wrapper may be mailed with proper postage.
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Washington
Walker
New York
Smith
Post Office Department
Kidnaping Scene In Newark Denial From Local Leader
Newark reports that William Lyons a local labor leader was allegedly kidnapped by Detroit racketeers taken to a New York apartment and tortured for three weeks for a $100000 ransom. He was allegedly released after friends raised $10000. Lyons told police he was not kidnapped authorities will continue investigation.
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Newark
N. J
Newark Star Eagle Today
William Lyons
Detroit
New
Removal of Democratic Committeewoman Fought
In Lincoln Nebraska the legality of removing Dr Jennie Calfas as Democratic national committeewoman for Nebraska is disputed The state committee asserted power citing her repudiation of Gov Smith and support for Hoover Opponents argue only the national committee can act and question the state body's jurisdiction.
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Lincoln, Neb
Sept
Jennie Callias
Omaha
Gov. Smith
Democratic National
Herbert Hoover
State Committee
Wae
National Committes
Dr. Califan
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Robert Dake
Pittsburgh
Earl Rowland Wichita
Abilene
Flest
Rowland
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