Alleged Aviator Bootleggers Murdered in Chicago
Two men shot to death near the Ashburn aviation field in Chicago in what police call a renewed bootlegger war. One victim was identified as Irving Schlieg, an aviator bootlegger recently arrested after an airplane liquor find near Kalamazoo. A suitcase nearby held goggles, new overalls, a helmet, and a leather jerkin. hangar workers did not hear gunfire and suspect bodies were dumped from a car.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Ill
Irving Swhlkieg
Ashburn Aviation Field
Schlieg
Kalamazoo
Michigan
Rudolph Disse to Die in Electric Chair for Triple Murder
Richmond, Va. Aug 28 Rudolph Disse twenty year old slayer of his sweetheart rival and a police detective was sentenced to die in the electric chair at the state penitentiary on October 7. Judge Coleman overruled defense motions and Disse's lawyers said they would appeal to the Supreme Court on a writ of error within ninety days.
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Rudolph
Associated Press
Richmond
Rudolph Dise
State Penitentiary
Coleman
Hastings
Supreme Court
Georgia Weather Forecast Partly Cloudy With Northeast Winds
Partly cloudy conditions expected in Georgia tonight and Saturday. Light to moderate northeast and east winds will prevail, with no significant precipitation anticipated.
Wilson Dam Turbine Login To Be Started
Army engineers will start at least one Wilson dam turbine to boost power for Southeastern and Atlantic states. The plan avoids lowering waters or hindering navigation. Major General Taylor says one turbine can run slowly now, producing about eighteen thousand kilowatts per hour once dried.
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Associated
Washington, D. C
Army
Wilson Dam
Atlantic
George
Georgia
War Department
Taylor
Army Engineers
Davis
Birmingham mine explosion kills two workers
In Birmingham Alabama at the Little Jim mine in Dogwood two white miners Clayton Roman and Will Holley died in the explosion. Two Black miners Henry and Woody Tobert were seriously injured.
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Little Jim
Dogwood
Birmingham
Associated Press
Ala
Clayton Roman
Will Holley
Henry
Woody Tobert
Coolidge Sails On Mayflower For Plymouth Visit
Swampscott Massachusetts August 28 The modern Mayflower with President and Mrs Coolidge aboard sailed today for Plymouth where the Pilgrim fathers landed over three centuries ago Camp Devens Massachusetts August 28 President and Mrs Calvin Coolidge will visit tomorrow at the Citizens Military Training Camp where their son John is a corporal He will review student officers and address them.
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Camp Devens
John
Citizens Military Training Camp
Associated Press
Swampscott
Mass
Coolidge
Plymouth
Massachusetts
Calvin Coolidge
Camp Deven
McAdoo to Join Marco Island Property Dispute
William G. McAdoo former war-time cabinet member travels from Tampa to Fort Myers to gather firsthand details on the Marco Island controversy over disputed titles between Mr. Collier and longtime settlers. The report places McAdoo at the center of the developing dispute.
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William G. McAdoo
Marco Island
McAdoo
Fort Myers
Anxiety in London over U S French British collusion
London reports stir anxiety as word spreads that British Chancellor Churchill and French Finance Minister Caillaux may have conspired to pressure the United States on foreign debts. Officials note the stance of the U S government remains unchanged while suspicions circulate about allied leaders.
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London
United States
Caillaux
Churchill
U. S
Associated Press
American debt talks push smaller nations to fund their obligations
Washington officials press smaller debtor nations to submit funding proposals while awaiting the Anglo French funding settlement. The Paris Washington French debt terms loom large as Britain’s Churchill pledge and Franco American terms shape negotiations. Officials insist France’s pay cannot be treated as the same as other debts and must be considered on its own merits.
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Washington
D. C
United States
American Debt Commission
Debt Commission
The
Treasury
London
Paris
France
Commission
Great Britain
Churchill
Winston
Italy
Gertrude Ederle Sets Sights on Channel Swim
Boulogne France Aug 28 Miss Gertrude Ederle plans to swim the English Channel before September third as the limit of her stay here depending on fair weather and favorable tides.
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The
Associated Press
Boulogne
France
Gertrude Ederle
English Channel
Dine Bell Draws Escapee Back From Roof Standoff
Leon Nuleter escaped from a cell by climbing to a roof and defying pursuers for five hours as a crowd watched. A dinner bell finally summoned him back to his cell ending the ordeal.
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Bell
Paris
Leon Nuleter
Indictments Hit New Orleans Prohibition Ring Names
A federal grand jury indicted 34 people in New Orleans on charges of conspiracy to violate the Volstead act. Walter L. Cohen, negro customs controller, and Sheriff L. A. Meraux were named alongside others including Capt. Joseph Johnson and Alonzo Patterson. The case alleges shipment of 4250 cases of liquor from Havana to New Orleans between June and August with payments of $10,000 for protection.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Federal Grand
Walter L. Cohen
New. .Orleans
New Oreans
L. A. Meraux
St. Barnard Parish
Joseph Johnson
United States
H. D. Clayton
Alabama
Charlton R. Beattie
Clayton
Gulf of Mexico
Cohen
Meraux
Havana
Cuba
Johnson
Patterson
Patrick Needham
Joseph Conrad
Conrad
Battistella
Fim
Paulina B. Mosher
Needham
Former Georgian Belah Identified in Chicago Self-Destruction Case
A Chicago death staged as suicide by poison is linked to Homer Bellah of Stockbridge Georgia, previously known as John C. Bellah. Bellah, son of wealthy Stockbridge parents, left suicide notes in his room and had wounded Leon Garrett in an earlier Stockbridge fight before vanishing.
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City OF Chicago
John Dobson
Homer Bellah
Stockbridge
Associated Prese
Chicago
Til
Homer Belah
Atlanta
John C. Bellah
Young Bellah
Leon Garrett
German reply to French security note accepts invitation
Paris reports Germany sent a brief courteous acknowledgement of the French note and acceptance of an invitation to a meeting of legal experts. The reply is viewed as satisfactory and likely to hasten progress toward settling the issue.
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Associated Prensa
Paris
Germany
American Aviators Bomb Enemy Camps In Morocco
American aviators based in Ouezzan in French Morocco conducted their first bombardment mission over attacking tribesmen. They dropped 240 kilograms of bombs and scored multiple direct hits while also delivering food and ammunition to one Spanish outpost and five French outposts surrounded by enemy forces.
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Ouezzan
Alleged Slayer of Nurse Released After Questioning
An Oakland nurse Mrs Bessie Loren was found dismembered in a swamp. Gordon Rowe a San Francisco accountant and former Loren employee was questioned for over eight hours and released.
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Associated Preas
Berkley, Cail
Bessie Loren
Oakland
Gordon Rowe
San Francisco
Five Conferences Vote On Unification
Five conferences vote today on unification of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and the Methodist Episcopal North at the northern church thirty ninth annual conference. Dr R J Wade of Chicago says the northern church tally is 5815 for and 382 against.
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I'Vesay
Chicago
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Methodist Episcopal
North
R. J. Wade
Princess Ileana Reported Engaged to Duke of Apulia
Venice dispatches report the engagement of Princess Ileana youngest daughter of the King and Queen of Roumania to the Duke of Apulia eldest son of the Duke of Aosta. No official confirmation has been received.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Venice
Ileana
Roumania
Apulia
Aosta
Turkish Brigands Invade Mosul Field
A telegram from Angora reports five hundred brigands crossed the Mosul line from Rowanduz but were repulsed. Mosul, in northern Mesopotamia, is under British mandate, with a boundary dispute over oil riches between Britain and Turkey.
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Mosul
Angora
Associated Press
Contantinople
New Turkih
Rowanduz
Mesopotamia
Great Britain
Lexington inmate dies in jail yard incident
An Associated Press report from Lexington Kentucky states Ray Ross, a Black man, died in a jail yard incident today. He was involved in a confrontation with a girl of his own race and died as he faced the aftermath in the county jail yard.
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Associated
Read
Lexington
Ray Ross
Camly
Aged Texas Man Kills Wife Then Ends Own Life
Mexia Texas Aug 28 Henry Mc Kenzie 72 shot and killed his wife at their home and, as officers arrived to arrest him, killed himself. Mrs McKenzie was daughter of Mrs Lucy Gamble owner of the Gamble lease in the Mexia oil field. The family is wealthy and prominent.
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Henry McKenzie
Lucy Gamble
Mexia
Associated Press
Texas
McKenzie
Gamble
Dunwoody Declines Florida Prohibition Post
Washington Aug 28 Major Baisey Dunwoody declined the appointment as prohibition administrator for Florida. Harvey Duncan, general prohibition agent, is ordered to take over as acting head of the Tampa district.
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Prohibition
Florida
Dunwoody
Harvey Duncan
Tampa
Soft coal operators prepare to enter anthracite trade
Quick to take advantage of the coming suspension of mining the bituminous operators met to plan entering the hard coal market. They said they are prepared to send soft coal into any territory in an emergency and offer prepared sites of their product as a substitute for anthracite.
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Philadelphia
Miners Vote to Suspend Coal Work in September
John L. Lewis announced a suspension in the hard coal fields starting Sept. 1 as miners failed to obtain a 10 percent wage increase check off wage equalization and other demands tied to renewing the wage contract due Aug. 31. About 158000 miners would walk out with 10000 kept for maintenance as operators and miners dispute how to deploy the emergency labor force.
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Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Snar
United Nine Workers of America
Sirs and Brothers
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