Sacco and Vanzetti Hunger Strike Updates From Boston
Reports from Boston detail Nicola Sacco's twenty-eighth day of hunger strike with possible forcible feeding looming, while Bartolomeo Vanzetti begins solid meals. New eye witness found in Framingham prompts defense interviews as appeals linger. authorities seek respite extensions or commutations before Aug. 22.
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Boston
INS
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Sacco
State’s Prison
Vanzetti
Fuller
State-Supreme Court
United States Court
Arthur D. Hill
Supreme Court
Webster Thayer
George A. Sanderson
Thayer
State Court
United ‘States Court
Altho
George “W. Anderson
United States District.court
Oliver' Wendall
United States
South Braintree
Framingham
Man at 60 Plans 15000 Mile Walk From Asbury Park
Edward Fromm a 60-year-old man announced plans to begin a 15000 mile walk from Asbury Park New Jersey aiming for St Louis as the first leg. He recounted prior treks from Jacksonville to New York then Chicago and back and issued two challenges that could delay the start.
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Asbury Park
N. J
St. Louis
Edward Fromm
Jacksonville
Fla
New York
Chicago
Spanish Dictator Foils Coup Attempt in Lisbon
In Lisbon a coup attempt against Gen. Carmona was thwarted when Moraes Armento and two officers burst into the dictator’s home demanding a new cabinet. Carmona disarmed Armento after he fired four shots, injuring Captain Costa. The rebels were seized and imprisoned as guards secured the scene.
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Lisbon
INS
Carmona
Portugal
Dict Star
Moraes Armento
Armento
Captain Costa
Finance
Temperatures Reported For Friday and Saturday Trends
Readable fragments indicate high and low temperatures for Friday and Saturday with scattered letters and stray marks. The data appear incomplete but suggest a sequence of daytime highs around 64 to 86 and overnight lows near 63 with some notation tied to Saturday and specific times.
Treasurer Samuel S. Lewis Back Mellon Pick
York Pa Aug 13 Samuel S Lewis state treasurer issued a statement at his home praising Andrew W Mellon secretary of the treasury as the most outstanding possibility for a sane safe and conservative Republican presidential candidate in 1928 He urged Mellon as the likely choice and highlighted his qualifications in the national party mood
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York
INS
Samuel S. Lewis
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
Prince of Wales Shovels Gravel At Ranch Near High River
High River Alberta August 13 The Prince of Wales and Prince George were seen loading river bed gravel into a farm wagon in ranch country near the E P and Bar U holdings. Cowboys and ranch hands worked beside them while outsiders were largely barred from the scene. Senator Dan Riley was the only notable guest from outside the immediate area.
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High River
Alta
Rocky Mountains
Prince of Wales
FE. P
FB. P
International News Service
Prince George
E. P
Bar U
Dan Riley
Printers Union Ends Convention Filled With Strife
The diamond jubilee convention of the International Typographical Union ended amid turmoil as delegates rejected a seven hour day proposal. AFL President William F. Green addressed the gathering, warning against political strife and internal factionalism while opposing Sacco and Vanzetti executions and noting broad doubt about their guilt.
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Indianapolis
Ind
International Typographical Union
Altho
William F. Green
American Federation of Labor
Sacco
Vanzetti
Building Permits for Garages and Heating Plants Listed
P M Venter secures permit for a garage at 139 Rhey costing 2100 dollars. I Bunn gets one for a garage at 763 Denver for 100 dollars. Kramer Bros raise a garage at 307 Eighth east with a 200 dollar cost. Banks Lawyer receives a heating plant permit at 938 Campbell. L W Miller receives a heating plant permit at 345 Columbia Circle.
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P. M. Venter
Rhey
I. Bunn
Denver
Kramer Bros
Eightheast
Banks Lawyer
Campbell
L. W. Miller
Columbia Circle
Uprising of Bolivian Indians Prompts White Flight
In La Paz Aug 13 a surge of 80,000 Indians mobilizes across Potosi Cochabamba and Sucre driving white residents to flee. Government fears nationwide spread and possible catastrophe if La Paz joins in. Officials blame communist agitation while Indians armed with clubs and slingshots clash with troops.
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Bolivia
la Paz
Potosi
Cochambama
Sucre
Republic
Department of
Congress
Interior
el Diario
Dole Air Race Entrants Press Toward Hawaii Qualifiers
Oakland Cal Aug 13 The Dole air race to Honolulu advances as navigation tests continue with four of nine entrants qualified amid deaths in prior trials. Miss Mildred Doran, a Michigan teacher, qualified aboard the Miss Doran, joining four other approved ships led by Oklahoma and El Encanto. Protests to Hoover over inspection standards accompany the effort to secure flight readiness for Tuesday’s start.
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Los Angeles
Rogers
Department of Commerce
Lieut
Ben Wyatt
Naval
Travelair
Oklahoma
Bennett H. Friffin
al Henley
el Encanto
San Diego
Norman A. Goddard
J. C. Hawkins
Breeze
Pacific Flier
Livingston G. Irving
Berkeley
Golden Eagle
The
San Francisco Examiner
Jack Frost
Gordon Scott
Mildred Doran
Michigan
Hawaii
J. W. Pedilar
Wiles Knope
William P. Erwin
Dallas
Giles
Peoria
Charles W. Farkhurst
Ralph Lowes
Wyatt
Frederick Giles
Detroit
Honolulu
Lindbergh
Paris
Ernest Smith
San Francisco
Hawaiian Islands
Hoover
Oakland Airport
Cal
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Clarence M. Young
Washington
Arthur V. Rogers
Buhl
Miss Doran
Auggie Peddlar
Vilas K. Knope
Miss. Doran
Peddlar
Knope
Pacific
Seek Troops for Owa Mine Field
Des Moines authorities urge state aid as Appanoose county mine strike fuses up to national concern. County Attorney William Hay and Sheriff Earl Gaughenbaugh meet Governor Hamill while UMWA leader J R Morris appears at the statehouse to oppose troop deployment.
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Des Moines
Appanoose
Iowa
William Hay
Earl Gaughenbaugh
John Hammill
James Risden
J. R. Morris
United Mine Workers of America
State House
Morris
Appanoose Fields
Albia
Town Man Killed in Ottumwa Wreck
After an all night search of wreck debris from a Chicago and Alton freight train in Hillview Ottumwa two bodies identified as Hurley Fisher Bowling Green Ma and J F Meyers Ottumwa were recovered. The bodies were taken to White Hall and traffic was resumed as the track was cleared this morning.
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Hillview
Chicago & Alton
Hurley Fisher
Bowling Green
J. F. Meyers
Ottumwa
White Hall
Mount Mussolini Named Peak Cresting Mount Blanc
Acosta Aug. 13.4LP Italy formally renamed the highest peak of Mount Blanc partly in French territory to Mount Mussolini. The move marks a bold geopolitical act highlighting wartime-era rhetoric and shifting Italian national sentiment.
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Acosta
Italy
Mount
Blanc
Mussolini
Miss Jacobs Loses in Wightman Cup Match
Forrest Hills N Y Aug 13 Miss Betty Nuthall of England defeated Miss Helen Jacobs of Berkeley California in straight sets 6 3 2 6 1 in aWightman cup match. Jacobs, a 17 year old rising star, followed in the footsteps of Helen Wills.
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Miss Jacobs
Forrest Hills
Betty Nuthall
England
Helen Jacobs
Berkeley
Cal
West
Helen Wills
Southern Forces Suffer Major China War Casualties
Shanghai reports massive losses as nationalist and northern forces clash. Casualties reach tens of thousands with incursions toward Nanking and fears of political upheaval. Reports of cities like Kuchensuyi, Pukow, Yangchow and Chinkiang changing hands and labor leaders executed in Kiukiang accompany the fighting.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
London
INS
Kiangsu
Anhwei
Sun Chuan Fang
Pukow
Yangchow
Chen Tiaowan
Chinkiang
Chuang Kai-Shek
Heavy Rains Flood Two Kansas Towns
Torrential rains hit Great Bend and Hoisington Kansas last night causing flooding in both towns. No lives were believed lost though a Union Pacific train near Hoisington had passengers crawl onto the roofs of cars to escape high water.
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Great Bend
Kan
Hoisington
Union Pacific
Fire in Wittick Food Shop Motor Causes Minor Damage
A blaze in the rear of Wittick land shop at 307 Fourth Street West at 2 20 pm caused about 100 in damage to the electric motor. Firemen used chemicals to extinguish the fire, which did not spread to surrounding property. Advertisement for Ferman C Miller phone 2404.
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Wittick Land
Fourth Street
Renew Movement for Special Session on Road Bond Issue
Des Moines reports a push to convene a special Iowa legislature session to vote on a 100 million road bond. Col Glen C Haynes of the Iowa Good Roads association leads the effort with Senator J O Shaft and other surfaced road supporters. If approved, the bond could go to voters at the November election. otherwise a referendum would wait until 1929.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Glen C. Haynes
Iowa Good Roads Association
J. O Shaft
Clinton County
Senate Highway Committee
Shaft
House
Senate
Union Carpenters Protest Mercy Plea
Marshalltown Iowa August 13 in a resolution Local No 1112 United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America deplores any acts by J C Lewis president of the Iowa State Federation of Labor that connect organized labor of Iowa with the Sacco Vanzetti case or seek leniency in punishment for robbery and murder in the name of organized labor.
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Marshalltown
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
J. C. Lewis
Iowa State Federation of Labor
Organized Labor of
Iowa
Sacco-Vanzetti
Organized Labor
Toy Fire Truck Showcased by City Firemen
A miniature 18 inch fire truck at station No 1 displays functional features for real trucks. Built by Harry Parsons of 624 Walnut street, it includes a three section extension ladder that rises automatically to four and a half feet.
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Harry
H. O. Parsons
Walnut Street
Palo Girl Dies After Roller Coaster Fall
Miss Ivy Hazeltine, 17, of Palo, died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a roller coaster accident at Cedar Park Thursday night. She had a fractured skull six broken ribs and multiple internal injuries from being thrown from the coaster as it rounded a curve.
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Cedar Rapids
Ivy Hazeltine
Palo
Cedar Park
Hazeltine
John Coolidge Comments On 1928 Phrase In Chicago
Chicago August 13 John Coolidge son of President Coolidge stopped in en route from New York to Rapid City to join his parents at the summer White House and said I dont know anything about it when asked his view of the famous I do not choose phrase as a possible 1928 candidate.
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Chicago
INS
John Cooldge
President Coolidge
New York
White House
Rapid City
PLAN LINDY BANQUET IN SIOUX CITY
Sioux City Iowa August 13 IN S Col Charles A Lindbergh will visit for a banquet August 27 officials from Iowa Nebraska and South Dakota will attend about 1500 guests expected for the dinner featuring the famed aviator and civic leaders.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska
South Dakota
Charles A. Lindbergh
Faversham Bankrupt in New York Petition Filed
English actor William Faversham filed a bankruptcy petition in the United States district court in New York. The document lists no assets or liabilities.
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Faversham
New York
William Faversham
United States District Court
Infant son of Garvey dies at home in New Hampton
Gorman Vincent Garvey infant son of Mr and Mrs William J Garvey of 740 Eleventh Street West died at 8 p m yesterday at the family home Surviving are three sisters and one brother The body at Kilamer funeral home will be taken to New Hampton tomorrow for burial
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Gorman Vincent Garvey
William J. Garvey
Eleventh Street West
Kilamer
New Hampton
Strained Unions Spark Mining District Turmoil
In St Clairsville Ohio amid coal mine tensions nonunion miners and union supporters clashed, injuring C V Nichols of Wheeling West Virginia. Col L B Connelly of the Ohio National Guard investigated mine conditions, pled to hold instigators accountable. Six people were arrested on incitement to riot and assault charges as authorities consider Sheriff Hardesty removal amid alcohol affidavits.
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St. Clairsville
C. V. Nichols
Wheeling
Connelly
Ohio National Guard
Nichols
Provident Coal
Hardesty
Paul V. Waddell
Col. Connelly
Waddell
$2 200 Car Periled by Pint of Booze
Detective Crumline stops Erling Larson in a new Nash cabriolet valued at 2,200 after finding a pint of liquor and two bottles of pop in the car. Larson, wanted in Jews City on a bad check charge, faces possible forfeiture of the car if illegal transportation is charged. Johnson County sheriff expected tonight for the man.
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Hugh R. Crumline
Erling Larson
Jews City
Larson
Johnson County
Kidnapped American Ransomed for $100
Washington D C Aug 13 Robert Edward Pirie an American citizen kidnapped two days earlier from his ranch near Vincent Guerrero Mexico has been freed. Edward H Mall American consul at Durango informed the state department. The bandits released Pirie after a ransom of 200 pesos was paid.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Robert Edward Pirie
Vincent Guerrero
Mexico
Edward H. Mall
Durango
State Department
Pirle
Heavy Rain Spoils Plans for Outings
A heavy downpour at noon ruined plans for shoppers picnickers and motorists who hoped to enjoy the Saturday half holiday. The rain disrupted trips to nearby towns and spoiled the day’s leisure activities.
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Inez
Prayer Meetings Announced For Next Week
Bob Jones schedules prayer meetings for next week with Mrs C E Smith at 129 Black Street Tuesday at 10 a m and Mrs Norman Scarbaugh at 1603 Lafayette Street Wednesday at 10 a m.
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Bob Jones
C. E. Smith
Black Street
Norman Scarbaugh
Lafayette Street
Married men live longer, Brits study says
A London report cites a study by the Associated Bodies of Life Assurance Actuaries. Prof G M Robertson notes insanity is more common among single men and women. The group urges marriage before age 25. The piece also surveys place names for Huck Finn in Britain and Buckingham Palace garden access rules.
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London
England
Associated Bodies of Life Assurance Actuaries
Lindbergh Lands at Old Chicago Field
Col Charles Lindbergh, famed for the first solo trans ocean flight, arrived in Chicago at 12 44 pm from Grand Rapids Mich. He looped Soldier's Field then reached Maywood field for a reception. About 10 000 people attended the landing and reception.
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Chicago
Charles Lindbergh
Grand Rapids
Mich
Soldier's Field
Lindbergh
Maywood
Bombs Restaurant Incident in Chicago Restaurant Vesti bule
Four men in a car in Chicago tossed a powerful powder bomb into a restaurant foyer and fired at a guest. Windows shattered for blocks. patron unharmed.
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Chicago
INS
Fall Kills Contractor In Keokuk House
Gustave F Sandberg, 80, a longtime stone contractor in Keokuk Iowa, died after falling through a floor while supervising the laying of a large stone in a house. He died in a hospital last night from injuries suffered in the fall.
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Keokuk
INS
Gustave F Sandberg
Salesman Dies in Creston Hotel
Edward O. Eldred, 40, a traveling salesman from Des Moines, died after a brief illness at a Creston hotel last night. His wife arrived moments before his death.
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Creston
Edward O. Eldred
Des Moines
Davis Flies East from Huron for Philadelphia
Secretary of Labor J. J. Davis departed Huron South Dakota by army plane at 8 30 this morning bound for Philadelphia where he is scheduled to arrive by 8 o clock tomorrow morning.
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Davis
Huron
S. D
Secretary of Labor
J. J. Davis
Philadelphia
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