City Mourns Rothstein Murder as Police Name Suspects
New York police, with new clues from Ruth Keyes, identify three men in room 349 at Park Central hotel where Arnold Rothstein was shot. One gunman with a long criminal record is positively identified, and George McManus, a bookmaker tied to Rothstein, is labeled the key man. Third man McManus’s coat was found in the room.
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New York
Arnold Rothstein
Park Central
Ruth Keyes
Rothstein
Chicago
McManus
Diamond Gang
George McManus
Keyes
Screen Actress Denies Wobble Claims and Drunkenness
Miss Rubens denies being drunk and wobbling amid a disclosed studio dispute. The affidavit notes abusive language accusations and a confrontation with a studio worker. She and husband Ricardo Cortez say their trial separation has ended, deciding to reconciliation after months apart.
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Swenson
Rubens
Denes
Miss Rubens
Ricardo Cortez
Witness Says Vestris Crew Knew Ship In Trouble
Witness testimony describes the Vestris plight during the sinking off the Virginia coast. Colossal damage, flooded holds, and lifeboat No 4 filled mostly with women and children as the ship listed and foundered. Captain Bambra, former master, testifies seaworthiness despite prior leaks. Inquiry aims to uncover the loss of life causes and SOS delay amid ongoing hearings.
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Boxill
Moon
Vestris
New York
INS
William A. Bambra
United States
Charles H. Tuttle
Virginia
Bambra
Tuttle
B. P. Jessop
Henry Mae Conkney
Ott
Jones Standard Oil of New Jersey chairman dies in hospital
George H K. Jones, chairman of the board of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, died today after a long illness in a New York hospital. He was elected chairman on November 16, 1925, after 35 years with the firm, and was known as "the man who never played" for his dedication to the business.
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New York
George HK. Jones
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Jones
Standard Oil of
Ship officers blamed for Vestris emergency chaos
Capt. Jessop yesterday drew admissions from Frank Johnson chief officer of the Vestris that officers were inefficient in the emergency and that chaos reigned after the S O S was flashed. Lifeboats were manned and loaded improperly and Johnson could not enforce discipline.
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Jessop
Frank Johnson
The
Vestris
Johnson
Quarantines Listed for Mumps and Other Diseases
Quarantine notices list patients with mumps including Warren Tarr and J H McCaun among others at addresses on Fairview Jefferson Sullivan Linwood and more. Scarlet fever quarantines name Betty Barnam Eugene Ecker Betty Rice Pleasant Talley Argyle Henry Westerbeck and others. diphtheria quarantine covers Bert and Gale Wilcox at 1310 Knoll.
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Warren Tarr
Fair- View
J. H. McCaun
Jefferson
Cleone Best
Sullivan
Joseph Sibert, Jr
Linwood
Betty Barnam
Bluff
Eugene Ecker
Mulberry
Betty Rice
Englewood
Pleasant Talley
Argyle
Henry Westerbeck
Walgate
Bert
Gale Wilcox
Knoll
Indianapolis Chosen For 1929 WCTU National Convention
Boston news reports that the executive board of the Women's Christian Temperance Union selected Indianapolis as the site for the 1929 national convention, after approving sessions held there today.
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Boston
Indianapolis
The
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Bazaar Receipts Total $180 From Methodist Aid Bazaar
Dunkerton Iowa November 22 total receipts from the bazar the Methodist Episcopal Ladies Aid society held yesterday at bank hall reached 180 dollars listed for the community fundraiser and local church project.
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Dunkerton
Methodist Episcopal Ladies' Aid Society
Bank Hah
Mad Horse Bites Two Before Being Killed by Police
In Chicago on November 22 two people were seriously injured after a mad horse attacked them. The enraged animal, likely rabid, was shot and killed by police after running amok. Cecilia Gold, 26, was bitten on the hand and knocked down, while William Fragin, 16, suffered a shoulder bite.
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Chicago
Cecelia Gold
William Fragin
Man jailed after sidewalk glass breaking dare
Art LeValley of Cedar Falls was arrested after breaking sidewalk glass on a dare from his girl. He spent the night in jail on $15 bond and paid a $3 fine in police court this morning.
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Art LeValley
Cedar Falls
LeValley
Moose Program Presented by Lions Club At Black's Tearoom
George Weilein secretary of the Loyal Order of Moose Waterloo lodge spoke at the Lions Club meeting in Black's tearoom. Music by Roy Gilfillan Harry Burton and the Moose junior orchestra accompanied by Georgianna Bartell Dale Hasbrook Melvin Adams Kenneth Bartell. Weilein shared his Europe trip and Mooseheart Moosehaven service details. A Thanksgiving next Thursday break was decided and Mortimer Cleveland reported party plans for two weeks hence.
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George Weilein
Waterloo
Loyal Order of Moose
Lions Club
Black’s Tearoom
Roy Gilfillan
Harry Burton
Verléan Dilger
Alice Smoker
Moose
Georgianna Bartell
Dale Hasbrook
Melvin Adams
Kenneth Bartell
Weilein
Europe
The
Wales
Ireland
England
France
Germany
Mooseheart
Moosehaven
Fila
Mortimer
Cleveland
Insurance policy included in assets of Litchfield receivership
The Commercial National Company as receiver for Litchfield Manufacturing sought court direction on whether a $100,000 life policy on late president Henry Litchfield is covered by a 1925 trust deed. Judge G W Wood ruled the policy is within the assets and allowed payment of one premium. The Penn Mutual Life policy was payable to Litchfield Manufacturing.
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Commercial National Company
Litchfield Manufacturing Company
District Court
Henry L. Litchfield
G. W. Wood
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company
Character actor dies after 14 years with studio
Edward J. Connelly, 71, a veteran character actor of screen and stage, died in Los Angeles from influenza. He held the record for continuous service at a single motion picture studio and was the oldest member of the Metro Goldwyn-Mayer company, under contract 14 years as a featured player. In Winnipeg, five fishermen swept from ice into Lake Manitoba and a sixth man who aided them were believed drowned after a northwest gale.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Edward J. Connelly
Metros Goldwyn-Mayer Company
FEAR
Winnipeg
Lake Manitoba
Tada
Hoover Gets Two Deep Sea Dives On Latin Tour
President-elect Herbert Hoover continued his goodwill voyage toward Latin America aboard the Maryland off the Mexican coast. He fished Cape San Lucas, landing a 15 pound dolphin and a five pound mackerel in 15 minutes while others aboard caught smaller fish.
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Maryland
Herbert Hoover
Latin America
Mexican
Amazpala
Honduras
Cape San Lucas
Lower
California
San Pedro
Cal
Hoover
Victor A. Kimberly
Mark Sullivan
Sullivan
Bonita
George Akerson
Edwin McIntosh
New York
Pacific
Paris selects experts for reparations payment revision
Paris on November 22 named Emile Moreau governor of the Bank of France and Professor O Allix of the University of Paris as the French members of the commission of experts to handle revision of reparations payments.
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Paris
Emile Moreau
Bank of France
O. Allix
Faculty of Political Economy
University of Paris
Mrs Clayton Goff is sent to LaCrosse for burial
The body of Mrs Clayton Goff of 625 Park Avenue West died here Tuesday evening. The remains were sent to LaCrosse Wisconsin for burial Friday afternoon.
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Clayton Goff
Park Avenue West
LaCrosse
Wis
Brain Tests No 280 Matching Words Across Lists
An intelligence test item from the Evening Post presents two lists of ten words each. Readers must match each general word from the first list to a concrete example from the second list within two minutes. The sample suggests a social rating focus and directs to page page for answers.
Whitney estate leaves vast sum to education and charity
New York reports Payne Whitney left a gross estate of 194,328,514 with a net 178,893,655 largest in Transfer Tax history. Over 45 million goes to Yale, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical, and New York Public Library among others. Widow Helen Hay Whitney receives 54.2 million life income plus real estate and valuables.
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New York
World
Yale University
New York Hospital
Cornell University Medical School
New York Public Lbrary
Whitney
Helen Hay Whitney
John Hay
New York City
Nassau County
Towan Confesses California Holdup
V. V. Doty formerly of Des Moines admitted robbing the First National Bank of Del Ray, Fresno. Cal. Six tellers were herded into the vault as he looted tills and escaped in an automobile. He was arrested as he drove into town.
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Fresno
Cal
INS
V. V. Doty
Des Moines, Jr
First National Bank of
Wife Stabs Man and Fires in Glenwood Row
A domestic dispute at 614 Glenwood ends with Erma Walker stabbing Anderson Walker in the chest with an ice pick after a confrontation about a white woman. Anderson then fires a .22 rifle, misses, and police arrive to find him wounded. no arrests reported.
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Anderson Walker
Erma
Anderson
Student Shot Dead in College Rivalry Fallout
Birmingham Southern student Montress Freeman died from a pistol wound inflicted by rival Howard college student O H Westbrook amid escalating tensions over the annual football game. Westbrook, in custody, said Freeman’s group tried to force him from a drug store, and he did not intend to kill. Authorities weighed canceling the longstanding rivalry game as faculty and city leaders expressed regret.
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Birmingham
Ala
Montress Freeman
Birmingham Southern College
O. H Westbrook
Howard College
Westbrook
Freeman
Birmingham Southern Committee
Inqust
Byron Matthews
Jesse Stallings
Alfred Kilbourne
Jales
Matthews
Kilbourne
Birmingham Southern
Howard
Guy EB. Snavely
John C. Dawson
Methodist
Baptist
King Has Cold but No One Need Worry
London reports King George III is confined to his bed with a cold and slight fever. Buckingham Palace officials say the royal household is not anxious and the king is resting on doctors orders until the feverishness passes.
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King
London
George
Buckingham Palace
Wren Convicted of Two Liquor Charges in District Court
Thomas W. Wren was found guilty of maintaining a liquor nuisance and illegal possession of intoxicating liquor in Judge G W Wood's division. Sentencing set for 9 a m November 28. The jury, with foreman F C Moir, heard that alcohol was bought from Wren at a rent-a-car garage on Fifth Street West and found liquor in his Elms apartments home during a 1927 raid. Wren claimed the liquor was to give his wife baths and to spike beer. he admitted buying a gallon from a bootlegger named Radcliffe.
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Thomas W. Wren
G. W. Wood
District Court
F. C. Moir
Wren
Fifth’ Street
Elms Apartments
Radcliffe
Standard Oil Gas Tanks and Heating Plant Notes
Standard Oil company locations cited include gas tanks at 120 Center and 100 Falls with another site at 1325 Fourth West operated by Harry Krensky for a heating plant.
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Standard Oil Company
Harry Krensky
Omaha Police to Question Chicago Ax Man Suspect
Police in Omaha plan to question a Chicago ax man suspect described as 5 feet 7 inches, about 140 pounds with a small moustache and slick black hair. He wore a bloodstained natty suit after a confrontation with Samuelson, who fought him and seized the weapon amid an attempted home invasion linked to prior ax murders.
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Omaha
Chicago
Samuelson
Mrs. Samuelson
Ganasha
Boy Suffers Hemorrhage After Broken Nose
Elwin Shimp a three year old of Dun-kerton and son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Shimp was brought to Allen Memorial hospital after a fall caused a broken nose. He suffered a hemorrhage but the blood flow has stopped and he rests easily.
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Elwin Shimp
Harvey Shimp
Dunkerton
Allen’ Memorial Hospital
Elwin
Night Club Queen Kate Merrick Walks Free From Prison
London dispatch reports Mrs. Kate Merrick known as the Night Club Queen released from Holloway prison after serving a six month sentence for liquor license law violations. She was greeted by her two daughters the Countess of Kinnoull and Baroness de Clifford.
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London
Kate Merrick
Holloway Prison
Merrick
Countess of Kinnoull
Baroness de Clifford
Report Shows Decline In Automobile Deaths
Washington, D. C., Nov. 22. A commerce department study shows a slight decline in automobile accident deaths for the four weeks ending Nov. 3. In 77 large cities 621 people were killed, vs 684 in the same period in 1927.
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Washington, D. C
Commerce Department
Weather Fragments Show Sparse Temperature Readings
Readings list Wednesday maximum .43 and Wednesday night minimum .31 with scattered figures for Thursday morning and afternoon. OCR text is fragmented listing times and odd values, not a coherent forecast.
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Litchfield Insurance Policy
Evening Post, Inc
Robert Royal Longman
Irene Vernon
Financial Center
Towan
Glenwood Fireet
Paul F. (Og) Cou
Air Mail
Caterpillar Club
Brookville
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