Sapiro says Ford apology and settlement likely in libel case
Chicago lawyer Aaron Sapiro reports satisfaction with Henry Ford Dearborn Independent retractions and apologies. He aims for an out of court settlement after returning from Canada, saying the public retraction fulfills the suit’s main purpose and that Ford has been enlightened and made amends.
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Chicago
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
Ford
Canada
Mr. Ford
Dearborn Independent
Sapiro
Hbel
James A. Reed
Missouri
Stewart Hanley
Detroit
Borah Warns Against Fossilizing the 18th Amendment
Senator William E B Borah of Idaho warns in the Christian Advocate that the eighteenth amendment will fossilize unless a major political party makes enforcement an issue. He says both parties have wets and drys factions and without party pledge and prestige behind enforcement, enforcement remains a local skirmish.
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Idaho
Chicago
William EB. Borah
Christian Advocate
Dismembered Woman's Body Found in Brooklyn Case Ties to Double Mutilation
Police linked the discovery of a decomposed woman's head in Brooklyn to the knives action in a Battery Park case. Investigators believe Miss Sarah Brownwell 60 and Mrs. Alfred Bennett 48 were slain in a Brooklyn house where the torso and limbs were later found. Ludwig Lee 38 was held on homicide charges after denying involvement while evidence pointed to a broader serial discovery.
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Manhattan Island
Brooklyn House
Ludwig Lee
New York
Brooklyn
Evelyn Martino
Gine
Lee
Battery Park
Manhattan
Sarah H Elizabeth Brownwell
Alfred Bennett
Brownwell
Lower East Side
Willett Street
Christian Jensen
Earthquake in Palestine Kills 20, injures 260 at Mablus
A Jewish Telegraphic Agency dispatch reports 20 dead and 260 injured in today’s quake at Mablus Palestine. The toll and damage are being tallied as rescuers search for survivors.
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New York
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Mablus
Palestine
Corn Crop Estimate Puts Yield At Over Two Billion Bushels
Washington July 11 department of agriculture issues July 1 forecasts totaling 2 274 424 000 bushels of corn 579 416 000 winter wheat 274 218 000 spring wheat and 853 634 000 all wheat the release notes persistent political discourse referencing the 18th amendment fades into the report.
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Washington, D. C
Department of Agriculture
Atlanta Woman Dies in Mountain Resort Accident
Mrs. Mildred Lohse wife of William Lohse division manager for California Packing Corp died at Lake Mont mountain resort when a boat doors crushed her as they docked a motorboat. She had been staying with the family of S G Dobbs of Atlanta. Lohse formerly of Baltimore was a prominent local musician and golfer.
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Atlanta
William Lohse
Baltimore
Lakemont
Mildred Dobbs Howard
Clayton
Lohse
Gates
California Packing Corporation
New Albanya
Son of Federal Dry Agent Arrested on Prohibition Charge
Howard Unthank son of Deputy Prohibition Administrator Ben F. Unthank in charge of federal dry law enforcement in eastern Kentucky was arrested on Clay Mill Pike by County Patrolman James Fortner and Wm. Clark. They seized a large sedan and 46 gallons of moonshine whiskey. Officers said Unthank locked the car and ran when approached, then identified his wife and was taken to county police headquarters.
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Lexington
Howard Unthank
Ben F. Unthank
Kentucky
Clay Mill Pike
James Fortner
Wm. Clark
Onthank
Radical changes in Aggie department proposed in Georgia
Atlanta July 11 radical changes in the state department of agriculture were introduced in the House of Representatives. The measures call for a new fertilizer inspection system abolish the state board of entomology empower the commissioner to dismiss any employee and shift the commissioner term to begin January 1 from June.
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Atlanta
State Department of Agriculture
Eugene “Talmadge
House of Representatives
State Board of Entomology
Department
Commissioner of Agriculture
Georgia bill proposes state police with 200 officers in 1928
A Senate bill by Senator Jordan would create a state police department headed by a governor appointed superintendent with a 500000 dollar appropriation. The force would include up to 200 members with salaries from 1600 to 5000 dollars and would serve as game warden fish warden and forest warden while assisting counties and municipalities. Half of revenues would go to the state treasury and the rest distributed by law. Local headquarters would be established across the state.
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Department OF State Police
Atlanta
Senate
Jordan
Stephenson Evidence Turned Over To Substantiate Charge
Indianapolis July 11 Lloyd O Hill attorney for D C Stephenson former Indiana Klan leader and life prisoner at Michigan City presented to William H Remy Marion county prosecutor a photostatic copy of a letter to Stephenson and purporting to be signed by Claude M Worley inspector of detectives in the Indiana polis police department The letter promises to name certain men on the police force The prosecutor later asked Hill to deliver alleged documentary evidence but Hill instead handed over a check for 2500 drawn on D C Stephenson in favor of Ed Jackson dated 1923 The check endorsed Ed Jackson was not among the documents claimed to substantiate Stephenson charges Governor Ed Jackson said he had nothing to say about the photographs of the check
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Indianapolis
Ind
Lloyd O. ‘Hill
D. C
William H. Remy
Marion County
Floyd QO. Hill
National Bank . of
Columbus
Ohio
Jackson
Ed Jackson
Remy
Hill
Stephenson
Aids
Grand Jury
Qossawatchie
Kansas
Goodyear Elects New Board of Directors
Akron stockholders elect 17 directors for a three year term to oversee Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company matters. Re-election of H W Litchfield noted among executives to hold ongoing authority.
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Goodyear
Akron
Ohio
Lantit Jae
Ta Yrita
H. W. Litchfield
Baldwin County Flogging Case Ordered Fully Probed
In Milledgeville Georgia Judge James B Park urged the Baldwin County grand jury to thoroughly probe the flogging of Jess Thomas a Black man and return a true bill if warranted The judge stressed ending lawlessness Solicitor K B Duke began presenting evidence and Dr J B Kidd of Milledgeville was named jury foreman The flogged man's whereabouts were known and he was to testify later in the day
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Milledgeville
James B. Park
Greensboro
Baldwin County Grand Jury
Jess Thomas
K. B. Duke
J. B. Kidd
Formation of Farm Colonies In South Explored
Washington reports progress on reclamation studies in North and South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Mississippi and Tennessee. Special interior advisers propose organized farming communities of about 100 farms per state with 21 000 acres in Lee County Georgia and a cow hog and hen program. Conferences planned for October 1927 to tailor plans to regional conditions.
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Washington, D. C
Bureau of Reclamation
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Interior Department
Howard Elliott
Daniel C. Roper
George Soule
Lee County
Chamber of Commerce
George C. Kreutzer
Reclamation Economics
C. A. Bizzel
Washington
8S. L. Jeffords Agronomist
South
New Macon Charter Presented to the House Today
A new Macon city charter was presented to the Georgia House by Representatives Jones and Bloch of Bibb County. Key provisions include removing term limits for the mayor, raising the mayoral salary to 7500 a year, and abolishing the city water board subsidy of 25000 annually. The recorder's court would gain jurisdiction over city misdemeanors, with an upcoming hearing before the House committee on municipal government. The charter also contemplates changes in capitol structure.
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Atlanta
Macon
House of Representatives
Jones
Bloch
Bibb County
House Committee On Municipal Government
Recorder’s Court
Assassination of Kevin O Higgins Shocks Dublin Officials
Dublin reports indicate several arrests linked to the assassination of Kevin O Higgins the Free State council vice president. An official account states five men participated with two scouts and a signal that triggered the volley. A stolen car likely used by the killers was recovered abandoned in Milltown.
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Kevin O’higgins
Free State Council
Naval
Dublin
Ireland
Kevin O'Higgins
Breakup of Naval Conference Delayed by O Higgins Death
Geneva July 11 The death of Irish statesman Kevin O Hignins yesterday shifts the tri partite naval talks. Delegates postponed indefinitely a requested preliminary public session to restate positions on cruisers. British Bridgeman sought public questions while Americans and Japanese favored caution to avoid provoking a blow up.
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Yavert
Geneva
Kevin O'Higgins
O'Higgins
Savannah thief steals dead man's suit in odd crime
M A McQueen, a Birmingham Casket Company traveler, reported leaving a suit of dead man clothes in his Savannah garage. A thief took the suit designed to fit a corpse, hoping for a normal look, leaving McQueen with no sample and the thief with a useless garment. It was described as the most unique theft seen by Savannah police in a long time.
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Savannah
M. A. McQueen
Birmingham
Ala
McQueen
Redfern Hopes 10 Reach Brunswick Within Next Week
Brunswick Georgia July 11 Paul Redfern the aviator wires local committee sponsoring his flight that the Stinson Company Detroit was now working on his monoplane and left Detroit for Brunswick within the next week. Work started on a hangar on Glynn Isle where Redfern will land on arrival. Final financial arrangements for the flight were completed at a local committee meeting. Detroit July 11 Redfern has purchased a Stinson monoplane and is adding an oversized gasoline tank for a record non stop Brunswick to Rio de Janeiro flight planned for July 26. George Lowe Brunswick is here with Redfern representing the city backing the project.
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Georgia
Brunswick
Brazil
Paul Redfern
Branswick
Stinsd
Detroit
Glynn's Isle
Redfern
Paul R. Redfern
Rio de Janeiro
Stinson
Chamberlin
George D. Lowe
Intimacy Link Probed in Lebouef Murder Case
Franklin Louisiana July 11 investigation into the murder of Jamie Lebouef centers on the alleged relationship between his wife Mrs Lebouef and Dr Thomas Dreher both held in the case Sheriff Pecot visited Morgan City to question a local woman who is said to have acted as an intermediary Dreher and Beadle are accused of shooting Lebouef and a grand jury is to meet at a special session tomorrow to review evidence
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Franklin
Jamie J. Lebouef
Morgan City
Dr. Dreher
James Beadle
Dreher
Pilot William I. Howarts Killed in Duncan Field Crash
Second Lieutenant William I. Howarts of Harvey Illinois, student in the private section of the advanced flying school Kelly Meld, was killed when his plane crashed on Duncan Field this morning in San Antonio Texas.
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San Antonio
Texas
William IL. Howarts
Harvey, Ill
Advanced Flying School
Kelly Meld
Duncan Field
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