The Carnegie Awards and a Nation in Flight
A 1926 Carnegie awards roundup honors brave rescues including a 14 year old who died saving others and a girl who saved two young lives. A separate feature profiles a man released from prison who built a fortune via aviation bootlegging and a sprawling beer network amid indictments. Also discusses courtroom spectacles, the Flaming Arrow stage plot and a Taunton youths’ dynamite plot in Cambridge, with reflections on money and value.
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Carnegie
Carnegie Des Fund Commission
Americas
National policy fixed in local elections campaign views
Washington report notes no national issue dominates the campaign. Senators Camp on local fights and personalities shape results. Hoover’s economic focus offered a national note, while Coolidge’s aloof campaign posture drew criticism.
Courier Delivery Deadline and Call-Innote
The notice says newspapers should arrive at homes before 5 40. If not received by then due to carrier error or other cause, readers should call 4100 for a duplicate copy. Calls should reach offices before 6 30 p m for assistance.
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Old Parties Spend Nearly Million in Present Campaign
National committees of the Republican and Democratic parties have spent about $714,000 on campaigns for congressional control. Republican totals show $539,000 across the National Committee, Congressional Committee, and Senatorial Committee, with $35,138 by itineraries. Democratic spending totals $174,594 across similar committees, including $99,998 for the Senatorial Committee.
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Washington, D. C
Get. WO
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Republican
National Committee
Congressional Committee
OQ Register Morning Final Rush for City Voting
About 100 voters registered by noon across seven precincts of the city. Precinct tallies show 32 registrations from seven wards, with 24 city precincts totaling over 100 registrations, expected to rise in the afternoon and evening. City clerks warn late-day registration still possible. movers must register and ask registrars about eligibility.
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Fourth Ward
Mackay
Dry Raid Nets Man, Wife and Daughter
Barney MacDonald and daughter Anna were arrested in Adais county on maintaining a liquor nuisance. They were each bound at $1,400 bonds after arraignment. Fifteen gallons of alleged moonshine were confiscated at the MacDonald farm, following a raid by Federal Prohibition Agents Robert C. Adams and W. C. Cooper.
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Greenfield. Ja
Barney MacDonald
Anna
Liberty
Adais County
MacDonald
Robert C. Adams
W. C. Cooper
Van Sweringens to Fix Merger Plans
The Van Sweringen brothers of Cleveland are said to drop the Erie from their Nickle Plate merger plans. They will run a trunk line to compete with Pennsylvanian New York Central and Baltimore & Ohio, and will serve Newport News as a port, excluding New York from calculations, per the New York Times report.
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van Sweringen
Cleveland
Erie
Pennsylvanian
New York Central
Baltimoore & Ghlo
Newport News
New York Times
Mount Tarumae Eruption Dwarfs Ship Guns in Roar
Tokio reports Mount Tarumae in central Hokkaido erupted with a towering column of smoke fire and ashes rising about 10 000 feet. Ash fell as far as 120 miles away as the eruption was accompanied by a roar likened to heavy artillery. Reports reach Saporo and detail the violent display.
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Tarumae
Tokio
Hokkaido
McPherson In Letter Claiming Hideaway Identity
District Attorney Keyes says a sensational letter to Kenneth Ormiston proves Aimee Semple McPherson authored the note urging him to stay hidden and avoid coming forward. The missive, posted Sept 27 from Los Angeles and decoded in New York, echoes a plot linked to her disappearance and Angelus temple.
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TNS
Aimee Semple McPherson
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Angélus Temple
Carmel
Ormiston
Asa Keyes
Keyes
Bmyrs. McPherson
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Whayes
New York
Keyres
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Gibson Exonerates Meyer in Fee Case
Des Moines report states Attorney General Ben J Gibson released a signed statement exonerating Judge Joseph Meyer from criticism over a fee approved for Charles Bradshaw as attorney for the now closed Commercial Savings Bank. Judge Hubert Utterback, another candidate for the district bench, had questioned the fee as excessive.
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Des Moines
TNS
Ben. J. Gibson
Joseph 3. Meyer
Meyer
Charles Bradshaw
Commerceial Bavings Bank
Hubert Utterback
Brewster and Palmer wed amid potential court battle
Eugene V. Brewster, millionaire publisher, married Corliss Palmer in Los Angeles after years of romance sparked by a beauty contest win. Brewster expects a potential challenge from his ex wife Eleanor Brewster, now in New York, as she may seek to nullify the Mexican decree and the new marriage. He fears a public embarrassment and aims to shield his bride while dealing with the uncertain fate of the divorce action.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Eugene V. Brewster
Corliss Palmer
Enz Nada
Mex
Brewster
Mexico
Eleanor Brewster
New York
Girl Learns She Can't Raid Love Letters
Valley City North Dakota October 30 193X A girl faced United States Commissioner Zahel on charges of tampering with the mail after admitting she opened letters to probe a boy friend's love affairs. She is held on $300 bail for court.
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Valley City
N. D
Sam
United States
Zahel
Explosives Found At English Mine Mouth
London police report three canisters of high explosives with fuses and detonators near the mouth of the middle pit at Babstock last night. A watchman saw a man fleeing the scene as authorities note this as the first violent act against mine property since the six month British mine strike began.
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London
Babstock
Home Brew Almost Ruins Booze Vault
Hibbing Minnesota October thirty police station vault wrecked by two fence bottles of powerful home brew beer exploded interior walls and ceiling soaked with beer tests showed more than percent alcoholic content.
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Hibbing
Minn
Houdini Near Death After Second Operation
Detroit hospital officials reported Houdini near death after a second operation conducted to address paralysis of the bowels. The surgery, performed last night, was described as an effort to prevent further complications, with a later statement claiming the attempt was unsuccessful.
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Detroit
Mich
Harity Thoudini
Secon
Wright Bound Over On Mann Act Charge
Frank Lloyd Wright, the architect, was bound over to the federal grand jury on a Mann act charge at a preliminary hearing before U S Commissioner H W Abbott in Minneapolis Minnesota.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Frank Cloyd Wright
Federal Grand Jury
U. S
Abbott
Embezzler Freed on Bonds of $2 500
Humboldt file reports Otto Windrath former city treasurer was freed on bonds of two thousand five hundred after grand jury indictment for embezzling funds of the grand lodge of the Fr C O F of Town amounting to about six thousand seven hundred dollars. A separate city fund embezzlement charge is listed but may not be acted on this term.
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Humboldt
Otto Windrath
Mherry
Windrath
Grand Lodge
Lee County Bills for Escape Cases
Lee County presents a bill of 1446.78 to the executive council for trials of 36 escape cases from the Town state prison, the largest such bill since the law on added sentences for attempted escapes went into effect.
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Fort Madison
Lee County
Sioux City Pupils Bank Deposits Reach $170,000
Sioux City pupils numbered 12,358 with 83 percent enlisted and the remaining balance on deposit totaling $170,000 as Savilies deposits by schoolchildren peak in Sioux City today.
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Sioux City
Scheal
Billow Colonial Office Rubber Shipping Reduction
London reports the Colonial secretary announces a cut in the minimum export rate for standard rubber from Ceylon and Malaya effective November 1. The production percentage falls from 100 percent due to the recent quarter’s average rubber price of 20.19 pence, below the 81 pence threshold set by the export board.
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England
United States
London
Colonial Secretary's Office
Malya
Export Board
Farmer Bothered by Stray Airplane in His Backyard
Niagara Falls farmer Henry Reeggers appeals to the National Aeronautical Association for help removing a mysterious airplane parked in his yard for about 20 days. He believes the aircraft was stolen and forced to land while he was away, and that the pilot fears returning for it. He asks the association to locate the owner.
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Niagara Falls
National Aeronautiqal Association
Henry Reeggers
Niagara Walls
Plfot
Hale Sent Up for Life for Murder of Osage Indians
William K Hale, wealthy rancher and alleged leader of the Osage murder ring, is convicted in federal court of Osage murders tied to a fortune claim. John Ramsey and Ernest Burkhart receive life terms. Hale linked to dynamiting the Smith home and multiple killings across Osage County.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Oklahoma
John Ramsey
W_ BE
Smith
Smile Osage
Royaltes
Henry Roan
Dleath
Ramsey
Haie
Ramsey Hites
Ernest Burkhart
Niot
Laborer Held for Slaying of Youth in Halloween Prank
A coroner's jury in Bliffs, Ta, found East Omaha laborer Thomas Cerovac responsible for the slaying of 16 year old Erick Waldick and recommended first degree murder charges. Waldick and two companions were trying to overturn a shed at Cerovac's home as a Halloween prank when he was shot. A wine press and several bottles were discovered in Cerovac's basement prior to the verdict.
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Gets Year in Prison for Drunken Driving
Guthrie Center Iowa October 20 District Judge Vander Bieceg sentenced Robert Lee Stuart to one year in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison after he was found guilty of driving an automobile while intoxicated Fouws M Shaham was sentenced to three months in the county jail and a fine of 140 dollars for possession of intoxicating liquor.
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Guthrie Center
W.G. Vander Bieceg
Robert Lee Stuart
Fort Madison
Lee
Fouws M. Shaham
Chief to Get After Hallowe'en Jokers
Fort Madison Iowa October 36 4 1NS Hallowe en prankers step softly today One window broken in Chief of Police Datin s home and the chief conducts a vigorous campaign against property destruction
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Cambridge
Nately
Fort Madison
Hallowe'en
Datin
Weather Outlook for Upper Mississippi and Adjacent Valleys
Weather forecast for November 1 to 6, 1928 covers upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys and northern and central plains. Forecast calls for precipitation chances throughout the week with generally normal temperatures and overall normal averages.
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Mississippi
Missouri
Rear Plains
Yallabie
Republicans Point To Party Achievement and Election Climax
Washington Oct 30 The 1926 campaign winds toward a decisive vote that will shape the Seventieth Congress. Republicans trumpet achievements under Coolidge while Democrats warn of reform needs as key races in Illinois Ohio New York Missouri and elsewhere test prohibition and world court questions amid a national mood of prosperity and political tension.
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Washington,d. C
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George H. Williams
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Coolidge
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