Mafia terror nears justice in Chicago kidnap plot
A scramble of sensational items features the Mafia blamed for Billy Ranieri’s kidnapping and threats against witnesses, with Judge Comerford pushing to tame the secret society. Polly Lauder vows a Naples-bound wedding to J. J. Tunney aboard the Saturnia, while Florida’s disaster prompts urgent relief appeals. Other items note hunters fined for game-law violations, a sleep campaign by Illinois Central, and President Coolidge’s Vermont visit mood.
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Mafia
Bicilian
Billy Ranieri
Chicago
Chef
Billy Ranteri
Comerford
South proves battleground in presidential race
The campaign shifts from organization to action as Smith and Hoover push final weeks. Hoover parades support from New Jersey to Washington while Smith tours the farm belt and southwest. Radio exposes contrasting styles: Hoover polished and statistic driven, Smith improvised and combative. Both seek farm relief and broad appeal as the race tightens.
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Hy Byron Price
Associated Press
Dallas
Yex
Gov. Smith
Southwest
Hoover
Washington
Texas
South
Smith
Houston
Dikie
East
West
Repubican
New Jersey
Omaha
Oklahoma City
Denver
Adam McMullen
Republian
Nebraska
John TL. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Newark
Wisconsin
la Follette
Courier home delivery deadline and remedy notice
The notice states Courier should be delivered before 6 30 pm. If an error by the carrier prevents timely receipt, call 516 and a replacement copy will be sent. Calls must reach the office before 6 30 pm.
Calgary Chief signals release of Louise Northcott
Calgary police chief David Ritchie says Louise Northcott will be freed within 24 hours unless a warrant arrives. She has been held three days without charges or legal papers, after being detained by Riverside, California police. Local authorities reported no instruction or warrants to detain her.
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Calgary
Alta
U.A
David Ritchie
Louise Northcott
Wilkins Plans Antarctic Flight Expedition
New York, Sept. 22. Captain Sir George Hubert Wilkins sails for Montevideo with two planes and three companions to begin Antarctic exploration. He announces engagement to actress Suzanne Bennett and intends to depart Southern Cross at Montevideo for Deception Island to reach Graham Land.
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New York
U.P
George Hubert Wilkins
Antarctic
Montevideo
Carl B. Eidtson
Joseph Crossan
Oral Porter
Suzanne Bennett
Robinson Attacks Foreign Policy In Paducah Speech
Senator Joseph T. Robinson Democratic vice presidential candidate denounced Harding and Coolidge naval policy in Paducah Kentucky. He warned of imperial designs, criticized the large construction program, and called the Geneva conference a failure while noting Washington talks led to scrapping ships.
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Paducah
Joseph T. Robinson
Harding
Coolidge
United States
Loin Sisk
President Coolidge Returns to Washington After Vermont Tour
President Coolidge arrived in Washington early today following a tour of Vermont to observe reconstruction work after last year's floods. Mrs. Coolidge stayed in Northampton, Massachusetts, with her mother.
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Washington, D. C
Goebel Wins Cincinnati-Lanken nonstop air race in 15 17
Art Goebel flying the Lockheed-Vega monoplane Yankee Doodle landed at Lunken airport at 10 25 a m to win the Los Angeles to Cincinnati nonstop race time 15 hours 17 minutes. He reported excellent weather and no mishaps while Burgin and other entrants were not sighted.
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Cincinnati
Art Goebel
Los Angeles
Miers
Goebel
Lunken
Fier
California
New York
Dole
Emil Burgin
Mineola
N. Y
Burgin
Harry Tucker
Tucker
Fort Worth
Texas
Pine Bluff
Ark
Robert Dake
Pittsburgh
T. W. Kenyon
Detroit
George W. Hopkins
S. J. Whitman
Fond du Lac
Wis
J. S. Charles
Richmond
A. H. Brelder
Hagerstown
Ralph, Haynes
Elmira
Dick Myhres
Maniglia Kills Wife and Son Over Family Rift
Chicago report says Philip Maniglia shot and killed his 16 year old son Anthony after the boy refused to confide, then fatally shot his wife Mary. A 15-year-old daughter Catherine provided details of the family tragedy as authorities search for the father.
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Chicago
Anthony
Philip Maniglia
Mary
Catherine
Dad
Josephine
Anna
Frances
Mother
Fentian
East High Leads Osage 13 to 0 at Half
Osage trails 13 to 0 at halftime as East High dominates the game at Osage Ta on September 22. Waterloo had the early scoring advantage and the hosts have yet to respond with a point.
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East High
Osage
Carrier Special Servier
Waterloo
Ten Years Ago in the Service Lost Battalion ordeal told at Paris hospital
Corliss Shirley of 304 Hammond Avenue recalls the Lost Battalion episode from October 4 1918. He describes a 7 day siege in a valley near Argonne with Company D 306th MG and 308th Infantry, facing German fire, severe hunger, and heavy casualties. Shirley survived after receiving nine machine gun bullets and waking in Base Hospital No. 1 Paris.
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Argonne
Corliss Shirley
Hammond Avenue
Three
Ufe
Shirley
Paris
Florida hurricane toll seen at fifteen hundred in lakes region
West Palm Beach Florida September reports say influenza outbreaks followed the hurricane over Lake Okeechobee with a flood zone corpses strewn highway and, on a tour, Governor Martin estimated total deaths will reach at least 1500. He described mass burials and urgent relief appeals amid widespread flooding and disease.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Florida Everglades
Clewiston
Lake Okeechobee
Fort Myers
C. G. Enos
John W. Martin
Pahokee
Pahdékee
Rebpeal
All
Florida
Bovetnol
Bof
the Everglades
Connors Highway
Everglades
Wis
Davis
Palm Beach
Belle Glade
Towa City Invites Journalism Parley
High school students of journalism, their teachers and supervisors from middlewestern states will be invited to attend a three day convention at the University of Towa October 19, 20 and 21. The annual Quill and Scroll convention, the fifth Iowa high school institute and the National Association of Teachers of Journalism all convene there during the three days.
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Iowa City
UPI
University of Towa
Iowa High School Institute
National Association of Teachers of Journalism
Weather Outlook for Upper Mississippi and Lower Missouri Valleys
Washington D C Sept 22 The weather outlook for Sept 24 to 30 calls for temperatures near or slightly below normal early week rising later with little precipitation expected in the upper Mississippi and lower Missouri valleys.
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Washington, D.C
Misisespat
Missouri
Coolidge Speaks Warmly On VermontFarewell from Rear Platform
President Coolidge, en route to Washington, told a crowd of about 5,000 at Bennington, Vermont, that he loves his home state and its people. He noted Virginia, I mean Vermont’s hills, valleys and climate as he recalled his life there and praised its indomitable pioneers. Mrs. Coolidge visited Northampton to see her ill mother. The event marked his first rear platform farewell speech of his presidency as the train moved on.
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United States
Vermont
Calvin Coolidge
Bennington
Green Mountain Country
Cal
Washington
INS
Goodby
White House
Coolidge
Northampton
Mass
Lemira Goodhue
Ascutney
Whittier
Mansfield
Green Mountain Range
Probe Death Blast on Railroad Coach
An inquest is set by Coroner Jo H. Robbins to probe the fatal explosion on a Milwaukee passenger car in Sioux City that killed Joseph Malcolm and burned Frank Kadmer. Officials say the car was stored for the night and no one should have been near it. They suspect Malcolm's lantern may have touched a gasoline drain, with Kadmer dragging the body out and suffering facial and arm burns.
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Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Sioux City
Taday
Jo. H. Robbins
Milwaukee Railroad
Joseph Malcolm
Frank Kadmer
Malcolm
Kadmer
One Man Dead, One Injured in Taxi War in Chicago
In a taxi drivers war in Chicago's southside theatre district one man was killed and Bernard Reichter was wounded and arrested. Eugene Thivierge is named as the dead man while police search for Robert Mooney, accused of firing the fatal shot. Reichter was found bleeding from a head wound en route to a hospital.
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Chicago
INS
Southside
Eugene ‘Thivierge
Bernard Reichter
Connec
Robert Mooney
Thivierge
Reichter
Detective Bureau
Billy Coontz Struck by Car Near Death in Denver Roadside
Five year old Billy Coontz, son of Mr and Mrs M F Goonts, 704 Kimball Avenue, is in Presbyterian hospital with a fractured skull after being struck by an automobile Wednesday. He has not regained consciousness and doctors say his life is ebbing with poor chances of recovery. His mother, en route to Denver with an older son, reached his bedside in Greeley after news arrived and returned by train.
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Billy Coontz
M. F. Goonts
Kimball Avenue
Presbyterian Hospital
Lfe
Greeley
Colo
Help Hurricane Relief Urgency Urges Immediate Action
Herman Miller, chair of the Waterloo American Red Cross, sent a $361.25 draft to the national treasurer as Waterloo’s total relief contributions for Florida and Puerto Rico hurricanes. a Red Cross appeal stresses urgent giving to meet rising needs and prevent further deaths as famine and pestilence emerge. Former Waterlooans recount the horror, while a national goal of 5,000,000 and Black Hawk County asks for 1,500 to 2,000.
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Herman
Miller
Waterloo
American Red Cross
Florida
Porto Rico
Red Grass
Black Hawk
Gallagher Named Third Vice President Of Postmasters
Omaha officials announce John R. Gallagher of Ludlow Falls Indiana was chosen as third vice president of the National League of District Postmasters at a meeting held yesterday in Omaha Nebraska on September 22 22.
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Omaha
Neb
John R. Gallagher
Ludlow Falls
National League of District
Short Interviews With Home Folks
George B. Green of 610 Riverside Drive argues the times not ripe for Iowa to experiment with compulsory automobile insurance. He claims compulsory coverage would not lower rates but would force insurers to raise premiums by absorbing undesirable risks.
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Iowa
George B. Green
Riverside ‘Drive
Acton Casualty Company
Western Railroads Seek Permission to File Freight Rate Increases
Representatives of western trunk line railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for permission to file immediately applications seeking rate increases on many western commodities. The move aims to remove technical obstacles and allow blanket supplements to existing tariffs, with a target of effecting raises as conditions permit. Leaders cited below‑par earnings and pending wage demands, hinting at a link between higher costs and the proposed increases.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Western Territory
Western Trunk Line Railrroads
Western Roads
Commission
Western Trunk Lines
West High Edges Independence Early With 7–0 Lead
West High scored early against Independence as HK Watson Miller and Waite drove 56 yards for a touchdown in the first five minutes. Miller sprinted 30 yards for the major play, Watson carried for the score and kicked the goal to put West High up 7 to 0 on the local field.
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West High
Independence High School
HK Watson
Miller
Waite
Watson
Independence
Delay Action on Naval Pact Note
President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg failed to decide on sending a note regarding the Franco British naval pact. After a 400 minute conference, officials said no action would be taken pending further talks next week.
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Washington, D. GC
Coolidge
Kellogg
Baseball Results Digest From St. Louis and Brooklyn
Unclear OCR notes show scattered baseball scores and player names including Mitchel Wilson Fits Simmons Habbell Hogan Malona Harriett Maweeny Gooch and references to St. Louis and Brooklyn games with partial inning marks and unusual formatting indicating reading errors.
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Polly Lauder
Weiress
Naples
J. J. Tunney
Solar System
Polly
Gene
Valorida
Omece
Illinois Central Railroad
Ban Felice
Henry George
Idolia
Havana
Martin Best
Presidency
G.O. P
Mines Field
Wilking Ails
South Pole
Robinson
President Coolidge
Boy
Red Cross
Gov. Martin
Towa City
Moines
Pot County
Capital Beauty
Hurricane Relief Fund
James Black Devon
Glass
Evangelical Church
FE. Stewart
E. JI. Faust
J. S. McAlgin
Fred S. Cropper
Gacy Gray
Laura Ghols
New York O
Mitchel
Sherd Wilson
Fitssimmons
tHabbell
Hogan
Onicaro
Brooklyn
Malona
Harriett
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