First World War Raiders Kill Three at Vosges Post
The November 8 1917 raid by German forces on a Sixteenth Infantry isolated post in the Vosges resulted in three American dead Corporal James J Gresham and Privates Thomas F Enright and Merle D Hay all from company F. The French conducted the funerals with formal guards and a speech by General Bordeaux.
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Vosges
Sixteenth Infantry
James 3. Gresham
Thomas F. Enright
Merle D. Hay
Bordeaux
Wodehouse Amazed At Hollywood And Business Methods
Hollywood humorist P. G. Wodehouse recalled a year in motion pictures and lamented being paid 104000 for little real work. He noted writers tinkered with others stories and questioned his role at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He contrasted with a Warner Brothers incident involving Roland Pertwee and Marilyn Miller.
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Hollywood
Cal
P. G. Wodehouse
Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer
Roland Pertwee
Warner Brothers
Marilyn Miller
Veterans of Spanish American War Meet in Savannah
In Savannah on June 8 veterans of the Spanish American War and members of the Women’s Auxiliary gathered to honor Daughters of the Confederacy leaders Captain S. Harris and Mrs. Mildred Rhodes with the first cross of military service for descendants of Confederate soldiers who fought in the war with Spain. The event featured an unveiling memorial presented by Mrs. Rhodes and accepted by General William L. Grayson and Gordon Saussy.
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Savannah
Womans Auxiliary
Daughters of the Confederacy
N. Harris
Mildred Rhodes
Athens
Harris
Rhodes
Spain
Stephen Raymond Harris
Carl A. von der Leith
Georgia Volunteers
Giblin Sues Capone Over Legal Fees in Florida Case
Miami attorney Frank Clark Jr filed suit against Al Capone seeking $50,000 in attorney fees. A temporary restraining order prevented deputies from further removing household effects from Capone’s Palm Island home, with Sheriff Lehman served. A portion of furnishings had already been taken after the filing, and work was set to resume the next day.
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Miami, Fla
al Capone
Palm Island
W. L. Freeland
Lehman
Dade County
Frank Clark, Jr
Miami
Capone
Bublin
Fascist Students Face Military Penalties In Rome
Rome reports fascist education enforces military discipline on students for lax homework and giggling in class. Members of the Fascist university group perform fatigue duty cleaning rifles under a stern black shirt sergeant. The Mussolinian slogan is urged as a reminder.
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Rome
First Dude Ranch Opens in Mindanao Philippines
The Manila and Philippine Islands report the opening of the first dude ranch in the Philippines on Mindanao, the island known as the big one. The project marks a new recreational venture in the region with potential tourist appeal.
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Dude Ranch
Philippines
Manila
P. I
Theppines
Mindanao
Island
Government to liens Capone properties in tax case
Chicago June 8 The government seeks civil liens against Al Capone’s holdings to recover 215083 in income tax allegedly owed. Federal action targets Chicago and Miami Beach real estate plus a California ranch and Wisconsin property, with potential coverage of safe deposit boxes. Capone, indicted for tax evasion, surrendered and was released on 50000 bond.
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Chicago
Alphonse Capone
Capone
Miami Beach
Fla
Los Angeles
San Diego
Cal
Eagle River
Wis
Robert E. Neely
Internal Revenue
Actlo
Chicago Tribune
United States
George E. Q. Johnson
World Conference on War Reparations Predicted
London reports a possible world conference to reopen discussions on war reparations following talks between British and German leaders at Chequers. The British and German officials weighed postponing payments under the Young plan and sought creditor nations input, with MacDonald noting Britain would not initiate this move.
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London
Nat Chequers
MacDonald
Arthur Henderson
Great Britain
Heinrich Bruening
Julius Curtius
Germany
Bruening
United States
London Herald Today
Mellon
American agronomist Mac Dowell receives Lenin Order
Joseph Mac Dowell a former Kansas agronomist who has lived in Russia eight years was awarded the order of Lenin. The honor includes a salary boost, rent relief, railway passes, and streetcar tickets. He is the first American to receive the decoration.
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Moscow
Joseph MacDowell
Kansas Agronomist
Russia
Soviet
Mr. MacDowell
Duringer Sentenced to Death for Brannen Murder
Rudolph Duringer, convicted of the murder of Virginia Brannen a taxi dancer, was sentenced to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing the week of July 13 by Justice Cohn in Bronx Supreme Court and was taken to Sing Sing. Francis Crowley captured with Duringer after a gun fight with police awaits execution for killing patrolman Frederick Hirsch.
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New York
Rudolph Duringer
Virginia Brannen
Sing Sing
Justice Cohn
Bronx
Editors to Be Guests of Savannah Today
Savannah editors from the National Editorial Association tour through Georgia and will be hosted in Savannah tonight and tomorrow. They arrive from Brunswick and Darien, visit Midway church, attend a dinner by the city and local papers, with T Mayhew Cunningham speaking, and a shore luncheon planned at Savannah Beach before departing for Statesboro.
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Savannah
South Georgia
National Editorial Association
Georgies
Brunswick
Darien
Midway Church
Morning News
Evening Press
T.mayhew Cunningham
The
Central of Georgia Railway
Savannah Beach
Statesboro
Powers Faces Second Murder Trial in Macon
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Powers, 73, once sentenced to death for the 1929 slaying of James W. Parks, faces a second murder trial in Macon after the Georgia Supreme Court granted a new trial over the trial court’s failure to instruct on circumstantial evidence. Bibb County officers said Earl Manchester of Rochester Michigan confessed to the killing and claimed a $1,000 life insurance payout. Manchester was convicted and sentenced to death, with his case pending before the high court.
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Macon
Sarah Elizabeth Powers
James W. Parks
Georgia Supreme Court
Bibb County
Earl Manchester
Rochester
Mich
Manchester
Supreme Court
Money Circulation Rises 35 Cents Per Capita in May
The Treasury reported a May per capita circulation increase of 35 cents, totaling $37.66 per person. Overall money in circulation reached $4,702,283,712 in May, with total U S money including gold coin and bullion at $8,781,382,173 and treasury gold at $3,666,331,951.
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Washington
The
Treasury
United States
Hoover Returns to White House After Trip
President Hoover returned to the White House in Washington on June 8 after completing a trip. He appeared rested and ready to address national issues as he resumed official duties.
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Hoover
Washington
White House
Two Men Arrested in Slaying of Eastman Youth
In Eastman Georgia two Dodge County men Bud Bryan age 33 and John Stuckey age 25 were arrested on murder charges for the shooting death of 19 year old George Lee Kennedy who was riding in a car near his home four miles from Rhine. Sheriff Rogers said Kennedy had threatened them and the shooting followed an earlier argument about a fight near Rhine in which Kennedy was involved. The car carried seven other men and a Negro driver. Bryan is single while Stuckey is married and a father of four.
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Eastman
Dodge County
George Lee Kennedy
Rhine
Rogers
Bud Bryan
John Stuckey
Kennedy
Bryan
Stuckey
Cantonese Forces Concentrate Amid Expected Chiang Attack
Hongkong June 8 Forces of the new Cantonese government ready for an anticipated assault by Chiang Kai Shek’s nationalist armies. Nationalist troops mass near Foochow as southern campaign backers seek wider militarist support, mainly from Kwangsi province.
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Hongkong
Chiang Kai- Shek
Foochow
China
Kwangsi
President's three hour Rapidan Camp trip with Gibson Joslin
The president traveled from Rapidan Camp in Virginia and quickly proceeded to his office. Hugh Gibson ambassador to Belgium and Theodore Joslin secretary joined the three hour presidential journey.
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Rapidan Camp
Virginia
Hugh Gibson
Belgium
Theodore Joslin
Puzzle Solving Mixed with Word Clues and References
A dense cryptic style puzzle fills the page with numbered clues ranging across definitions and wordplay. The list includes several singles and phrases that hint at crosswords like answers, with scattered numbers and stray terms interwoven in a bygone newspaper tone.
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the Globe
the Globe Store
East Jackson Street
Pioneer
Pioneer Rubber Mills
T. A. Futch
South Broad Street
Thomasvile
J. W. Blanton
Hart’s
General John J. Pershing
Truiun
Seaboard
Interallied Munitions Board
Tasker H. Bliss
War Department
Baker
Baw Sanly
Adea
France
Younr
Joffre
Balfour
Regular Army
National Guard
Wodehouse
Vincent Giblin
Duringer
Savannah Today
Thomasville Lee & Mig. Co
Agross i
Ireland
Hebrides Islands
B. Witheres
Bok
Land
Tostigasee
Aula ‘Lang
Papascarf
Hindu
Heather
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