Ex Soldier Kills 3 in Chicago Killing Spree
An ex soldier, Ferdinand Pruess, 38, opened fire with a repeaters shotgun in a Chicago flat, killing Sgt. George Connell detective, Officer Herbert Haggberg, and bystander John Chorazek and wounding three others before escaping. Police believe alcohol fueled the spree. Pruess left a bloody trail over two blocks, was wounded, and vanished.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Ferdinand Pruess
George Connell
Pruess
Herbert Haggberg
John Chorazek
Tragic Calton Shooting: Offier Killed In Front of Flat
Officers responded to a neighbor report of a drunken disturbance at the Pruess flat. A gunman fired through a window fatally wounding Sgt. Connelly, then hitting Haggberg as he returned fire. Chozarek was shot in the front yard, dying on the scene.
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Pruess
Connelly
Haggberg
Chozazel
Mrs. Howard Scruggs Visits Clearbrook Host Family
Mrs. Howard Scruggs is spending several days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Penty in Clearbrook, likely social visiting.
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Mrs. Howard Scruggs
Mre
G. E. Penty
Clearbrook
Eugene Newsom Named Rotary International President
Eugene Newsom of Durham North Carolina was named Rotary International president for the coming year at the twentieth annual convention in Dallas Texas. He won 1354 votes to 959 for Raymond Knoethel of New York City in an essentially unanimous result.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Tex
Eugene Newsom
Durham
N. C
Rotary International
Newsom
Raymond Knoethel
New York City
Knoethel
Conquest Based on The Candle in the Wind
Arthur Faunce returns from Antarctica where Simon Overton was lost and later rescued. Diane Herford, now Faunce’s wife, confronts truth about Overton’s return and Faunce’s past. Overton asks Diane for patience as secrets burden all, foreshadowing a dramatic confrontation when Faunce returns to tell his wife the truth.
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Mary
Imlay
Taylor
Arthur Faunce
Simon Overton
Fawnce
Diane Herford
Faunce
Gerry
Overton
Diane
London
New York
Faance
Connecticut
Dean
Antarctic
Arthur
Asher
Papa
Public Warned to Destroy Wormy Fruits from South
Virginia officials warn residents to discard worm infested citrus from Florida linked Mediterranean fruit fly incursions. Entomologist says unlikely to establish here but all fruit should be inspected and destroyed if wormy to prevent damage to crops, especially peaches.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Virginia
State Department of Agriculture
G T. French
French
Florida
Peerme
United States
Local Wholesale and Retail Market Report Summary
Daily market prices for eggs meat and dairy items listed with unclear entries. Notes include cattle lambs butter noodles flour hay and poultry alongside retail estimates and varied weight measures in a historic market ledger style.
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Ition Wlate Alsleates
Deere Aiarsis
Baltimore
Datweiea Cts
Conic Secarile
Bray
SSS
Mead Tataiels
Viciehs
Stesesea
Sriocula Astea Ie Ageta
Stabarns
Nate Atmel
Telemunress
Pala
Early Settlement Talks Start Over Mexican Church Dispute
Archbishop Ruiz announced the Holy See named him Apostolic delegate in Mexico, signaling early negotiations with President Porfirio Diaz Gil to reestablish Catholic ecclesiastical structure. It is unclear when talks will begin or if the delegate will travel to Mexico City within two weeks.
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the Associates Press
Washington
Tnl
Ruiz
Mexican Bishops’ Conference
Holy See
Mexico
Portez Gil
Tuch
Catholic Ecclesiastical Organization
Gil
Mexico City
Government Agents Arrest Two In Plot To Sell Used Stamps
Two men surrendered to federal authorities in New York May 31 facing charges in a ring accused of washing and selling cancelled stamps. Warrants were ordered for five others. Indictments were returned in Charleston against Anton Lagattuta and Mortiz Stein.
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New York
U. S
Charles H. Tuttle
Charleston
S. C
L. A. Bleede
Frank Marquis
Charles W. Gramm
Zephyr Mills Corp
Ring
Federal
Anton Lagattuta
Mortiz Stein
Frank E. Shea
Edgar Nurton
Stein
Lagattuta
Glass Eyes Tax on Speculators in Stock Market
Senator Glass of Virginia proposes a 5 percent tax on stock and security deals by sellers who have held the asset less than 60 days. The plan aims to distinguish speculative from investment trades to allow tighter federal supervision. The amendment has not been drafted or introduced.
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Associated Press
Washington
Glass
Virginia
Fireworks Factory Explosion Kills Four in Maryland
ELKTON Md May 31 Four men died and a dozen others were slightly hurt when a blast ripped through the mixing room of a fireworks plant. A worker unloading chemicals sparked the explosion. investigators said the blast may have occurred in the truck or inside the building. Glass injured several women workers as flames were quickly put out.
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Associated Press
Elkton
Feeding Poults and Bedding Notes for Winter Laying
The text advises feeding poults with grain mash and cod liver oil for winter laying, and discusses sanitary and economical use of concrete floors. It praises peat moss or sphagnum moss litter for soft, absorbent bedding and warns farmers to plan by future prices, not initial costs.
Labor Victory Looms In Britain After Vote Counts
With general election counting nearly finished in London the Labor party trails just short of an absolute Commons majority. Conservatives gain in votes but Labor holds a 38 seat plurality while Liberals wield kingmaker power as Ramsay MacDonald expected to form a government.
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Associated Press
London
Labor Party
House of Commons
Stanley Baldwin
Liberal Party
David Lloyd George
Labor
Baldwin
Secon Labor
Ramsay MacDonald
Randolph-Macon boy wins Carnegie bronze hero medal
Francis Wayland Jr., 17, of Lyon Village Va., received the Carnegie bronze hero medal with a $2,000 disability fund and a $1,600 educational fund for saving two classmates in the Randolph-Macon Academy dormitory fire of January 11 1927. He fashioned a rope from sheets to help his companions escape and leaped two stories to safety, breaking a leg and ankle.
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Lyon Village
Carnegie
Francis Wayland, Jr
North Oak Stret
Foer
Hia
Randolph-Macon Academy
Front Royal
Wayland
Academy
Richard J. Akers
Worthington
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