Obregon narrowly escapes assassination in Mexico City
President-elect Alvaro Obregon was shot six times at a luncheon in San Angel Mexico City as Jose Juan Gonzales, an amateur cartoonist, allegedly concealed the attack. Authorities mass troops, close gathering spots, replace police officials, and censor the press to avert wider revolt.
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Mexico City
U.P
Calles
Alvardo Obregon
General Obregon
Obregon
Red
la Bomills
San Angel
Jose Juan Gonzales
Juan Iscapulario
Warren Boy Passes State Board Exams
Melvin Ahlgren, son of Mr and Mrs John Ahlgren of Redwood Street, has passed the state board exam and become a registered pharmacist. Ahlgren, a Warren High and Philadelphia School of Pharmacy graduate, has accepted employment at Hotches' Drug Store in Philadelphia and plans to visit relatives here during vacation.
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Melvin Ahlen
John Ahben
Redwood Street
Warren
Ahlgren
Warren High
Philadelphia School of Place and Science
Hotches’ Drogore
Philadelphia
Bucknell Grid Star Benjamin Kupstas Seriously Injured
Bucknell University football star Benjamin Kupstas, 21, is hospitalized in Wilkes Barre after a 40 foot fall from a roller coaster at Sans Souci Park. He sustained a fractured skull and internal injuries and is described as probably fatally hurt.
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Wilkes Barre
Benjamin Kupstas
Bucknell Unirsity
Sans Souci
Upstas
Shiftless crowds threaten thrift and law in party platform claim
The text notes many shiftless people gathering at the front to discourage thrift and industry. It claims only a small portion of 125,000 readers engage with a party platform, and asserts he is not afraid of the law.
Big Business and Politics Stir 1923 Columns
The piece notes Ras kob of General Motors as Democratic national chairman and Owen D. Young of General Electric being urged to run for New York governor by Democrats. It cites William Jennings Bryan, Queen Wilhelmina missing the Olympic Games, and Calvinist views in Holland warning against the Olympic carnival.
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Raskob
General Motors Company
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
America
New York
William Jennings Bryan
Old John
Wilhelmina
Holland
York Gazette and Daily Opposes Democratic Presidential Candidate
The York Gazette and Daily, a leading Pennsylvania Democratic paper, will oppose Gov. Alfred E. Smith for the presidency. Editor Jd. W. Gitt denounces Smith and attacks Democratic National Chairman Raskob over the party’s prohibition stance.
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York
U.P
York Gazette and Daily
Pennsylvania
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Jd. W. Gitt
Houston
Gazette and Daily
Smith
Raskob
Hoover Farm Program Clears Farmers at Des Moines Meet
Governor Hammill reports Hoover’s agricultural program satisfies farmers after a Des Moines conference with the Iowa Republican convention set to endorse Hoover. Hammill cites farm policy as a national welfare measure and predicts Hoover’s victory with farmer backing. Page Two continues.
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Omaha
Herbert Hoover
John Hammill
Towa
Des Moines
Hoover
Hammill
Missouri Valley
Corn Belt Committee of Twenty Two
Democrate
Houston
Alfred E. Smith
Iowa
Corn Belt
United States
Palo Alto
Cal
G. O
Standard
Trans-Atlantic Plane Crash At Curtiss Field
Charles A. Levine the first trans oceanic air passenger accompanied by Major Fleming flew the Columbia at Curtiss Field last night. After lifting a fence and causing panic among staff, the monoplane crashed to earth. Levine escaped from the wreckage as spectators reached the scene.
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Curtiss Field
L. L
U. P
Columbia
Charles A. Levine
Levine
Major Fleming
Fleming
Heavily Laden Truck Makes 496 Mile Trip to Warren
Ed Hall relates a bet driven trip where a truck carrying 5,000 pounds of furniture covered 496 miles in 28% hours with two drivers alternating. The vehicle left West Brookfield Sunday and arrived Warren by 3:30 PM Monday, with daylight saving time noting 6 PM Sunday for the drive.
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Warren
Ed Hall
Hal H
Hall
J. W. Clark Company
West Brookfield
Mass
Buchanan St
Hal
Massachusetts
Worm Ranch Battle Ends in Robin Protests and Roof Plan
In Warren, the Wright brothers worm ranch at East street and Second avenue sustains Robin raids. Surviving worms endure self defense against robins as a Robin proof roof is planned to protect the bait farm. The robins’ after dinner songs prompted the defense and relocation of the remaining stock.
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W. W
W. H. Wright
East Street
Second Avenue
Fast Street
Wright
Establishmnt
Breeders Seek Strong Strain From Robins Fought Ancestors
The article discusses hopes that descendants of those who repelled the Robins will inherit strength and intelligence enabling them to catch trout, reducing reliance on Kepelow.
Icebreaker Krassin resumes Arctic search for 12 missing
The Soviet icebreaker Krassin, which saved 16 explorers, will press on to Advent Bay to refuel and launch a second search for 12 missing in the Arctic. Six may have died aboard Italia and six with Amundsen’s air expedition. but six others may still be alive. Read list of believed missing names.
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Moscow
U. P
Krassin
Arctic
Advent Bay
Roald Amundsen
Russia
Aldo Pontremoli
Renatto Aleasandrini
Ettore Arduino
Attilio Caratti
Calisto Cicecca
Ugo Lago
Lief Dietrichsen
Rene Guilbaud
Lieut. de Cuverville
M. Candebee
M. Brazy
Arrests in Headlight Drive Across State Patrol
Several motorists were arrested last week as part of a campaign against improperly adjusted headlights. Each arrest carried a $10 fine plus costs, with the Warren Jamestown highway noted for several detentions. Patrolman Howard McJunkin said the drive aims to enforce head light laws and bridge cross border awareness with New York motorists.
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State Highway Patrol
Howard McJunkin
McJunkin
Warren- Jamestown
New York State
Pennsylvania
New York
Devil's Grip Sickness Grips Denver Pa Population
In Denver Pennsylvania a third of the town of six hundred is ill with a disease doctors call Devil's Gap. The illness lasts four to five days, rarely fatal, with sore throat as an early sign. Two physicians serve the town as hundreds assist the sick. The state health chief says the outbreak is a mild form of grippe.
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Denver
U. P
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
J. Moore Campbell
Chfe
Bureau of Communicable Diseases
State Health Department
Reduction in grape freight rates ordered by ICC and PSC
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a 25 percent rate cut on shipments of fresh grapes from Chautauqua Erie and Cattaraugus counties in New York and Erie County Pennsylvania to major consuming points north of the Ohio River. The Public Service Commission followed with a similar rate reduction for Erie county origins to Central Pennsylvania, effective by September 1.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Erie
New York
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Ohio
Chautauqua, Erie
Cattaraugus
N. Y
Erie County
California
Harrisburg
Public Service Commission
The Tribune Tonight listings and page references
A compact listing of sections and page numbers for The Tribune Tonight including late local telegraph and society news on page two, cross word on page three, editorials on page four, Youngsville news on page five, sports on page six, society and church on page seven, comic pages on page eight, want ads and radio programs on page nine, and Kane, Porkey, Lander and Barnes news on page ten.
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Telegraph and Society News
Youngsville News
Society and Church
Honey Lou
Kane, Porkey, Lander
Barnes News
Cancer theory argues internal origin not from living germ
Dr James B Murphy of the Rockefeller Institute outlined a cancer theory at a London conference, claiming tumors arise inside the body and are not caused by a living virus. He cited experiments with filtered extracts producing chicken tumors, arguing the active fraction lacks any living organism.
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London
James B. Murphy
New York
Rockefeller Institute
Murphy
W- E. Gye
J. E. Barnard
Gye-Barnard
Chanrer
Peyton Roos
Two Injured In Pennsylvanian Crossing Crash Near Warren
Mr and Mrs M F Cook of Bear Lake escaped with slight head injuries when their Studebaker Commander was struck by a light engine at the Pennsylvania crossing west of Warren borough. The car turned over landing on its eastern side as both vehicles traveled west. Police say confusion over signal timing by watchman Angelo Tomenio contributed, with the engine hitting the rear of the auto and the car towed for repairs.
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Studebaker
Cook
Bear Lake
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Cegas
Inga
Warren
Post Office
Riley
Warren Barracks
National VFW Auxiliary Heads Visit Warren Thrusday
Northwestern Pennsylvania VFW Ladies Auxiliary hosts National President Mrs Florence Stark of Camden New Jersey and National Treasurer Mrs Dora Raffensberger of Harrisburg at a luncheon and meeting in Trinity Memorial parish house Warren members from Warren Kane Titusville Corry Bradford Erie and Oil City join in greeting. Stark arrives Wednesday evening Raffensberger Thursday morning and both will stay at Mrs Bertha Lyons home Fifth Avenue Warren president of the council.
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Northwestern Pennsylvania
Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign Warts
Plorence Stark
Camden
N. J
Dora Raffensberger
Harrisburg
Trinity Memorial Parish House
Warren
Kane
Titusville
Corry
Bradford
Erie
Oil City
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Bucknell Grid
Arthur Brisbane
Democratic Daily AT
Mid-West
Worm Ranch
Robins
Ball
Warren County
Marvelous Spegmeh
Amundsen
Companions
Italia
Chautauqua- Erie
the Tribune Tonight
Mr. Cook
V. F. W. Council
NATS
Lake Erie
Seta
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