Bootlegger Shot Dead in Herald Square Incident
New York police hunted a portly extravagantly dressed man and three companions after a bootlegger named Edward Carter was shot to death in Herald Square. Carter, hit six times in the head, died at the operating table. A sedan fired through the coupe window, then the assailants fled. a chorus girl linked to the car denied detaining authorities.
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New York
Todas
Herald Square
Edward Carter
Harold Amw
Farin Macs
Viet
Carter
Cope
Priuner
Doris Sheerin
Dack Kaylon
Hoover Victory Signals New Era for G O P
Senator Borah secured the convention victory, challenging Hoover in a pivotal moment for the party. The triumph likely ends McNary Haugen as a campaign issue, shifting focus to Hoover’s leadership and Western voter confidence after 22 years in public life.
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Hoover
Borah
McNary-Haugen
Cole Opposes Notification to Hoover at Old Home
Cedar Rapids June 18 Cyrenus Cole a congressman from this district doubts the propriety of notifying Herbert Hoover at his boyhood home in West Branch Iowa about his nomination. Gale says California is Hoover's home and proper for ceremonies. If Hoover conducts a front porch campaign he hopes this city would be chosen.
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Cedar Rapids
INS
Cyrenus Cole
Congress
Herbert. Hoover
West Branch
Hoover
Pilot Near Death After Crash Near Washus New Hampshire
June 16. George Ghaeppie Lennox of Wichita Kansas, pilot of a plane that caught fire near here yesterday, leaped from the craft before it crashed. His two passengers Miss Kathryn Thomas 20 and Mareel Therviault, wealthy farmer and former state senator, were killed. County officials opened an investigation. Lennox formerly test pilot for the American Farle Aircraft Corporation Kansas City Missouri.
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Washus
N. H
George Ghaeppie Lennox
Wichita
T Ken
Lennox
Kathryn Thomas
Dancer
Mareel Therviault
American Farle Aircraft, Corporation
Kansas City
National Grand Lodge Meeting At University of Iowa
Leon S Merrill president of the University of Maine attends as national grand sire of Old Fellows in Iowa City. Eastern nwa chapters hold a mammoth ceremonial with 500 candidates to receive work at the University of Iowa field house. Festivities include parades and dl drums as lodges from Iowa participate.
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Towe City
Insi
Leon S. Merrill
University of Maing
Nwa
Old Fellows Indee
University of Towa
Towa
Drgves
Weather report summary with scattered values
Incomplete climate note shows temperatures for Sunday and Monday with a rainfall total of .45 inch for Saturday night and Sunday. Names of cities or exact figures are missing or garbled.
Amelia Earhart Flies Over Atlantic in Friendship Planc
Des Moines residents recall Earhart as a West High alumna and describe her as a capable, persistent girl who pursued aviation since youth. Messages of pride from President Coolidge and Kellogg were sent to the London embassy honoring her Atlantic crossing aboard the Friendship.
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Amelia Earhart
Atlantic
Filer
Iowa
Des Moines
Amelia M. Earhart
Atlantic Ocean
West High
Carl Rowlan
Keith’ 2
Merrill
Mildie
Lens Moessace
Washington, D.C
Coolidge
Kellogg
London
Mysel
United States
Wilmer Stuill
Antisaloon League Backs Hoover as Dry Candidate
Lipssin Neb June 18. The Antisaloon League and prohibition groups will back Herbert Hoover as a dry candidate. Dr F Scott McBride national superintendent says the Republican prohibition plank meets all demands and Hoover will be seen as dry. He adds Democrats cannot nominate Smith on a dry enough platform for prohibitionists.
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Lipssin
Neb
Antisaloon League
Prohibition
Herbert Hoover
F. Scott McBride
McBride
Hoover
Smith
Pilot's Mother Celebrates Safe Atlantic Landing
Mrs. Clara Stultz, mother of Wilmer Stultz, expresses joy after the trans Atlantic plane Friend ship arrives near Llanelly Wales. She sent a message via International News Service and spent the night waiting in Williamsburg Pennsylvania while monitoring dispatches of her son’s crew.
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Gordon
Williamsburg
INS
Clara Stultz
Wilmer Stultz
Wilmer
Reed for President HQ Opens in Houston During Convention Build Up
A trainload of Missouri supporters for Senator James A Reed arrived in Houston Texas on June 18 and established Reed for President headquarters at the Rice hotel. Manager Samuel Fordyce began issuing statements predicting nomination as convention activity grows. Nearby friends of Governor Alfred E Smith expect his headquarters to open tomorrow under campaign manager George R Van Names.
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Houston
Tex
LRI
James A. Reed
Missouri
Rice Hotel
Samuel FR. Fordyce
Reed
Jesse Jonts
Gev
Alfred E. Smith
George R. van Names
Four Boys Paroled After FIS Arrests In Downtown District
Four boys aged 12 and 13 were arrested last week on charges of theft from downtown stores and a garage. They were paroled to a dwelling at W368 Kern with a $3,500 bond by Municipal Judge George J. Sager and backed by pastors Theodosius Plassmeyer and W. F. Hemmerling. The incident involved possession of baseballs bats and other items, with multiple addresses listed for the incidents and related property.
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Ws TT
Bennett
Kern
Theodosius Plassmeyer
W. F. Hemmerling
St. Mary's Catholic Church
Berich
George J. Sager
Garake
Fourth East
Oneida Street
Barclay Street
Amelia Earhart Over Atlantic Flight Reaches Victory
Medford Mass June 18 news confirms Amelia Earhart and the Friendship crossed the Atlantic. Her fiancé Samuel Chapman said he would cable congratulations. Family kept on edge during the flight with well wishes and will details discussed.
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Medford
Mass
Amelia Earhart
Samuel Chapman
Miss Earhart
Marblehead
Chapman
Boston
Mariss
Amelia
Los Angeles
Earhart
Muriel
Miss Barart
Dusty Stultz
Newfoundland
Atlantic
South Medford
Utica
Bunker Hill
Greater Boston
Printeton Street
Short Cut Road to T. C Abandoned
The county board voted unanimously to abandon the plan for a short cut road linking West Cedar Falls Road and Teachers College. Cedar Falls business interests had strongly opposed the project.
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T. C
Tounty
Cedar Falls
Teachers College
Pugilist Albert Knipp Charged in Municipal Court
Albert Knipp, local fighter, faces charges for fighting outside his regular work. The complaint names Francis L. Reed as the witnesses. The case was filed this afternoon in municipal court.
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AL Knipp
Albert.Knipp
Francis L. Reed
Baseball results with names and misread players
Fragmented report lists Chicago national section players OMI and Boswery with 10 to 1 score and batteries Tish Wally Caron and J Hartnett Barnes. Names appear garbled but indicate a box score style recap of a game.
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National
Chicago
Sec
Tish
Wally
Caron
J Hartnett
Barnes Ang Apobrers
Funeral notices From Waterloo area obituaries
Funeral notices list Mrs Florence Kezar 1861 80s born Floyd Ia died at home 805 Washington St service from home and Walnut Street Baptist Church burial Fairview cemetery. Surviving children and relatives named with addresses and origins. Other notices include Mrs Mesu Kloster died in Waterloo kidney complications with nine children, Herman Hitz er 18 dies heart disease stored at Petersen Bros and Sarah M Wright 62 buried Elmwood after services at St John’s.
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Florence Kezar
Florence Almeta Kezar
Washington Street
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Marion Flint
Burton Avenue Baptist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Kezar
Floyd
George M. Rowley
Jerome M. Kezar
Waterloo
Alice Pratt
Eva Emberling
O. W. Burright
J. W. Thompson
Henry Rowley
Portland
Ore
Leslie Lynn
Wenner
Bessie
Minnie
Waller
Ted
Ham
Kearns Mortuary
Ars. Minmesuay Muvee
Denver Street
Graves Memorial United Brethren Church
Knights and Ladies of Security Lodge
Ray
Kloster
Western Avenue
M. E. Shanewise
Pasadena
Cal
K. P. Cotton
Sioux City
Ruth
Thelma
Guy
Robert
Gladys
Grace
Petersen Bros
Elmwood
Herman Witzer
Herman
Hitzer
Adam Hitzer
Black Hawk Street
Lutheran Church
Henry Mueller
Sloane Wallace
First Lutheran Church
Aspella
Louise
Lena
Carl
New Hartford
Sarah MM. Wright
Sarah M. Wright
J. F. McGovern
Fifth Street West
St. John’s Church
Nod. Lantz
Weight
Chicago
Eee
George Wright
Calvin L. Reed
Bronkton
O'Keefe & Towne Mortuary
Hoover May Pick Good as Head of Nats Committee
Washington date reports Herbert Hoover poised to decide on key campaign roles as Republican nominee. He plans to consult party leaders and meet 24 national committeemen to name a possible chairman James W. Good has emerged as Hoover’s likely pick. Hoover weighs cabinet resignation timing and plans for the formal nomination notification from the Kansas City convention.
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Hoover
Good
Nats Committee
Washington
D. C
Herbert Hoover
Kansas City
Republican National Committee
James W. Good
Commerce
National Committee
President Coolidge
White House
Wisconsin
Coolidge
California
Detaches Peace Banner to Use Pole for Fighting
Berlin crowds clash during the German election campaign as processions from rival parties march on the Kurfuerstendamm. A muscular leader tears down a peace banner from a pole and fights before reestablishing his banner and continuing the march. The banner’s slogan reads Down with War.
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Berlin
Kurmerstendamm
West End
Famous Paris Theatres to Disappear for Department Store
Paris June 18 The Porte Saint Martin theatre one of the oldest Paris playhouses will vanish to make way for a department store. Demolition will start after the current season ends in 1930 erasing a historic link and past traditions. Stars such as Sarah Bernhardt Coquelin Mademoiselle George Frederic Lemaitre and Mistinguette were linked to its stage.
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Paris
Porte Saint-Martin
Leaigion
Madame Sansine
Sarah Bernhardt
Coquelin
Mademoiselle George
Frederic Lemaitre
Mistinguette
Saloon crackdown in Leningrad bans brass rails and bars
Leningrad city soviet orders removal of brass rails and bars from saloons to curb vodka drinking. Tables and chairs to be replaced, and patrons must enter as refined guests. Women welcomed as a sober influence. officials cite health concerns and public order.
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Leningrad
N. A. Semashko
Brain Tests in Evening Post Practice Series
A published, quiz style exercise presents ten questions on general knowledge and reasoning. It notes a one minute limit and explains what constitutes an intelligence test versus knowledge breadth.
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Zola
Trafalgar
France
Italy
Spain
Africa
Virgil
Julius Caesar
Two Deaths Added to Toll of Storm
Two more deaths were reported from Saturday's storm in southwestern Oklahoma. Lewis McDonald, 3, died at the men county hospital from storm injuries and A Wheeler was killed when his car skidded into the Red River north fork.
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Frederick
Olle
Eght
Oklahoma
Lewis McDonald
Tdmen
A. Wheeler
North
Red River
Plans 10 000 Mile Dirigible Flight
Dr Hugo Eckner, famed zeppelin designer, will attempt a 10000 mile dirigible flight from Friedrichshafen Germany to Long Beach California in July. Mayor Oscar Hauge announced the plan based on conveyed word. The journey spans roughly ten thousand miles.
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Long Beach
Cal
Hugo Eckner
Friederichshafen
Germany
Oscar Hauge
Flood Devastates Farmland Swamping 2000 Homes
Flooding from the St. Francis River caused two major levee breaks and a 275 foot crevasse north of the river break. About 100000 acres of farmland including wheat, corn and cotton were ruined, with damages topping $1,000,000. The storm threatened levees near Senath as water spread from the St. Francis into the Varney River area.
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St. Francis
Varney River
Senath
Varney Ver
Masked Tenor to Sing at Riviera Ahead of 1928 Frivolities
The Masked Tenor, a noted city professional, will perform at the Courier-Riviers Frivolities of 1928 at the Riviera theatre this Thursday to Saturday. Listeners of WHRM in Hotel Russell Lamson and WHEM praise the radio voice and have flooded calls. He will take requests from 8 to 9 pm tonight with an orchestra, then resume at 10. musical requests also aired from 3 to 5 pm this afternoon.
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WHRM
Russell Lamson
Courier-Riviers
Riviera Theatre
Redio
Glendora Wonder Coal Station
WHEM
Four Hundred More Rooms Sought for I A C E Crusaders Convention
Waterloo residents were urged to lodge delegates for the forty first annual Iowa Christian Endeavor Crusaders convention to be held June 24. About 150 responses were received but organizers say 400 more rooms are needed for 1800 to 2900 expected youths. The Harvard plan offering lodging and breakfast will be used.
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Waterloo
Iowa State
Christian Endeavor Crusaders
S. A. Cohagan
Harvard
Shru Sundey
Bus Crash Near Allen Hospital Injures Three
A Red Ball Transportation bus en route to Mason City slid into the ditch on primary road Mo 99 three miles north of Allen Memorial hospital. Three people were bruised and cut, none seriously injured, as the bus with six to seven passengers left its four wheels in the ditch. Details on the victims were not learned.
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Red Bail Transportation Company
Mason City
Allen Memorial Hospital
Leo Droste
Tripoli
Russell-Lamson
District Court Adopts Summer Schedule
Black Hawk County district court switches to summer hours with one judge on duty Tuesdays and Thursdays. Judge R W Hasner will serve through July 1% and be assigned to Grundy Center Manchester and Independence other days. Judge George W Wood starts July 177, followed by Judge H B Boies from August 14 to September a.
Quarantines Reported for Mumps and Chickenpox
Mumps cases include Betty Gibson aged 3 and Kenaeth Gibson aged 7 with addresses listed at 709 Sixth West and 8440 Cherry respectively. Also named are Orval Knief and Mr and Mrs Sam Cameron with the Cameron address at 228 Rath. Chickenpox involves Kustna Rose aged 5 with address 740 and Goneers M L Burch, adult, 428 Con Ty.
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Betty Gibson
Kenaeth Gibson
Orval Knief
Cherry
Sam Cameron
Kustna Rose
M.L. Burch
Governor Heads Goodwill Fliers Tour West to Centerville
Centerville hosts the state goodwill air tour with Gov. Hammill and Henry Bolte in Miss Lois arriving to dedicate a new air port. More than 20 planes plan to visit a dozen Iowa cities with a grand program at Iowa City and Waterloo ahead.
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Des Moines
Hammill
Henry Bolte
Centerville
Bolte
Lois
Iowa City
Eddie Stinson
Goodwill Group
Iowa
City
Loretta Carlson
Cedar Rapids
Smithfield
Glyder. Ice
South Dakota
Gov. Hammill
Ancient American Art Displayed in Paris Museum
Paris curators assemble over 1200 ancient American works for exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts. Highlights include Tarascan artifacts 14,000 years old, Nahua Teltec pieces back to 4800 B C, Zapotec jewelry and jade wares, Mixtec enameled ware, and stone sculptures from Honduras in a transatlantic showcase involving Mexican and Belgian private and public collections.
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Paris
Europe
Museum of Decorative Arts
Mexico Museum
North America
Columbus
Stoclt
Honduras
Bermuda Mourns for Veteran Sailor
In St Georges Bermuda tributes flow for Robert Francis Fox a longtime mariner born on St. David's Island who spent 50 of his 85 years at sea and built a coral cottage gathering rare goods from global ports His sea tales attracted visitors and his juniper chest under the bed was a prized keepsake.
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St. Georgies
Bermuda
Robert Francis Fox
St. David's Island
Fox
Lfe
Coral
South American
St. David's
Gall
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