Storms Cause Heavy Damage Across Middle West
Storms flood St Louis streets with Des Peres overflow. In Illinois and Indiana damage and crop losses tally to about 1 million dollars. Five dead include Indiana University workers struck by lightning. other injuries reported in Ohio and Chicago. A 65 mile gale hits Quincy with property loss and city damage before power outages. Senator Weinkartner injured in garage fall listed as resting and not seriously harmed.
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Chicago
Middle West
Illinois
Indiana
Indiana University
Bloomington
Ind
Otto Hacker
Thomas
James Holt
Kenneth Deckard
Donald Thomas
Newark
Ohio
Quincy
Ill
Springfield
House of Representatives
Creston
Earhart lands in Wales after 21 hours above Atlantic
Amelia Earhart completes a 21 hour transatlantic flight to Wales, hailed as proof of American girls’ capabilities and a boost for women aviators. German engineers pursue a ten mile high stratosphere plane with aims of 400 mph, backed by the government and leading scientists.
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Amelia Earhart
Wales
Atlantic
Germany
German Experimental Institute of Aviation
Indorses
Greater Warren population nears twenty thousand in 1928 directory
The 1928 R L Polk directory places Greater Warren at 19 980 residents, up from 14 272 in 1920 and an estimated 15 000 two years earlier. The listing includes Grand Valley Borough, Warren County townships, Bear Lake, Clarendon, Irvine, North Warren, Russell, Sheffield, Sugar Grove, Tidioute, Youngsville, rural routes, and a four part guide with ownership marks and child counts.
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Greater Warren
R. L. Polk and Company
R .L. Polk and Company
Grand Valley
Warren County
Bear Lake Borough
Clarendon
Irvine
North Warren
Russell
Sheffield
Sugargrove
Tidioute
Youngsville
Warren
New Republican National Committee Chairman Named Today
Washington June 20 A new chairman of the Republican national committee will be chosen today by Herbert Hoover the GOP nominee. Announcement will follow after meetings with a 24 member Kansas City delegation and a briefing with James Good Ralph Williams and Work. Hoover plans to confirm Curtis as executive ally and push the back porch campaign from his S street home.
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Washington
U.P
Republican National Committee
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Kansas City
James W. Good
Iowa
Ralph Williams
Oregon
National Committee
Interior
Work
Good
Charles Curtis
Curtis
Commerce Secretary
Republican Organization
S Street
Five Miners Die In Laurel Point Mine Explosion
Five men were killed and seven injured in a June 20 explosion at the Laurel Point mine of the National Coal Company in West Virginia. Twenty two workers were present. ten escaped. Injured were transported to Morgantown hospital. State rescue teams aided in recovery. cause not yet determined.
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Laurel Point
W. Va
U. P
National Coal Company
Morgantown
Prohibition Temptations Face Police Leader Says
Major Lynn G. Adams head of the Pennsylvania State Police told a Warren five club audience that prohibition has increased temptations for officers. He praised the force for remaining steadfast, described their training, and urged volunteers though none stepped forward. He touched on graft and questioned whether morals can be legislated.
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Lynn G. Adams
Pennsylvania State Police
Warren Clubs
Kiwanis Club
Zonta
Rotary and Lions Club
Trinity Men’s Brotherhood
United States
Major Adams
In Memory's Portrait Gallery of Mrs McKinley
A travelogue style profile by Idah McGlone Gibson opens a series on presidents and their wives. The writer pursues a 15 minute interview with Mrs. William McKinley in Canton Ohio amid a cheering Christian Endeavor gathering and a busy campaign backdrop.
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Idah McGlone Gibson
Gibeon
Ohio
William McKinley
Canton
McKinley
McKinley Home
Traffic light installed at Hickory and Penn avenues
Warren installs a trial traffic signal at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Hickory Street by Pennsylvania Electric Company workers. The device will run 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. if approved, with a timed cycle giving Pennsylvania Avenue a longer through-right of way. City officials will decide on permanent use at the July council meeting.
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Warren
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hickory Street
Pennsylvania Electric Company
G. M. Borg
Pennsylvania
Hickory
George Haehn
Haehn
Electric Company
John Fenstermacher
Louise Brooks Divorced From Eddie Sutherland in Los Angeles
Louise Brooks film actress is granted a divorce from director Eddie Sutherland by the superior court in Los Angeles. The June 20 ruling ends their marriage begun in a previous year with a notable film careers.
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Louise Brooks
Los Angeles
U. P
Eddie Sutherland
Misa Bell Abandons Atlantic Flight Bid
Misa Mabel Bell abandons the attempt to fly the Atlantic becoming the first woman to try. She will return immediately to New York from St John s Newfoundland.
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ST. John's N. F
Misa Mabel Bell
New York
American flyers plan Atlantic hop on Southern Cross
In Sydney on June 20, crew member Lieutenant Harry Lyon and radio operator James Warner announced they would ask Captain Charles Kingsford-Smith to join in a Trans Atlantic flight from England to the United States. The Southern Cross had just completed a 7800 mile Pacific crossing to reach Australia.
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Sydney
Australis
Southern Cross
Pacific Ocean
England
United States
Harry Lyon
James Warner
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Probe Prompts Closed Hearing On Ponsoll Police Case
The police committee will hold a private 7:30 p.m. meeting at the city building to investigate the Ponsoll versus police department case. Attendees include Police Chief George Haehn Patrolmen Charles Britton Laurie Utter Emmett Ponsoll borough solicitor Sydney Blackman and Ponsoll’s attorney if engaged. No statement will be issued after the hearing. further meetings may follow before reporting to council.
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Borough Council
Police
Ponsoll
Police Department
Police Committee
C. W. Barwis
George Haehn
Charles Britton
Laurie Utter
Emmett Ponsoll
Sydney Blackman
Chicago gangland renews activities three shot to death
In Chicago on June 20, three known members of Little Italy's illegal alcohol trade were shot dead within twelve hours. Two victims fell at the Cambridge and Oak streets corner, a site long tied to gang violence, where over two decades more than 50 killings have occurred.
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Chicago
Iinois
Little Italy
Cambridge and
Oak Streets
Bandits steal registered mail worth up to 200000 in Toronto heist
Six men robbed an express car at Union Station in Toronto at midnight taking sacks containing an estimated 150000 to 200000 dollars in registered mail. They forced loaders to surrender, two men entering the car while four men held employees at gunpoint. The gang escaped in an automobile as police hunted for suspects.
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Union Station
Toronto
Canada
Ont
U P
Aed
Chicago
Probe Robbery of Wholesale Warehouse Details
No new developments emerged from investigations into the War ren Wholesale Company robbery. Cigarettes valued at $2,000 were stolen after a glass panel was broken to enter the south side office. Sixty cases were taken. Detectives photographed fingerprints and were told outside parties likely committed the crime.
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Warren Wholesale Company
George Heehn
P. L. Barclay
Pennsylvania Railroad Police
Erie
George Christopher
Amundsen Plane Search Op Turns Arctic Mystery
Reports say Roald Amundsen's French Farman seaplane vanished after leaving Tromsoe to aid Italia crew rescue. After 40 hours with no news, authorities monitor Spitzbergen and Kings Bay as conflicting sightings circulate about Amundsen and four companions.
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Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
Thei Lttle
Maddalena
Copenhagen
Denmark
Farman
Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Italia
London
U.P
Arctic
Tromsoe
Norway
Amundsen
Guilbaud
Green Harbor
Gen. Nobile
Grant Increase to Railroad Men Signaled in Chicago
A six and a half percent wage rise was awarded to 22 500 locomotive engineers on fifty five western railroads retroactive to May 1. The deal, signed by A L Johnston and W M Jeffers, adds about 4 500 000 dollars to payroll and follows Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen demands. The change averages forty five cents a day per engineer. A prior call for a fifteen percent raise was noted. The second item reports the Risko Godfrey boxing match at Ebbets Field postponed due to threatening weather.
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Chicago
A. L. Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
W. M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Road
Brotherhood
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George T. Weinkartner
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Arthur Brisbane
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Berlin
Secretary Work
West Virginia
William B. McKinley
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