Babe Ruth Slotted as Potential Detroit Tigers Pilot
Detroit fans and club president Frank J. Navin discuss Babe Ruth as a possible successor to Stanley R. Harris as Tigers manager. A crowd of other candidates is named, including Donie Bush, Ron Howley, Gabby Street, Bill Klllif er, Del Banker, Jewel Ens, Steve ONeill, and Muddy Ruel, who also expresses interest in managing the Tigers.
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Babe Ruth
Stanley R
Bucky) Harris
Detroit Tigers
Frank J. Navin
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Ruth
Donie Bush
Tiger
Cincinnati Reds
Ron Howley
Ty Cobb
Tiger Pilot
Toronto
Gabby Street
St. Louis Cardinals
Bill Killifer
St. Louis Browns
del Banker
Beaumont
Tex
Jewel Ens
Pittsburgh
Steve O'Neill
Toledo Mudhens
Harold N
Floods on Yellow River Kill 50,000 in China
Aviators and relief officials report July and August flooding of the Yellow River killed about 50,000 Chinese and left 1,000,000 more in famine. A relief commission is rushing supplies to the stricken peasantry.
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Yellow River
Associated Press
Nanking
China
Four Injured As Ships Collide In Dense Fog
Four Hudson river night boat Rensselaer passengers were injured and 127 endangered when a Swedish freighter Roxena collided with the boat in fog about 2 am. No one was seriously hurt. The damaged hull was raised and the Rensselaer resumed its trip to New York. Passengers were taken to New York by train. The collision happened north of Highland near Roosevelt’s Hyde Park home. The Rensselaer runs between Albany and New York.
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Associated Press
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Hudson River
Rensselaer
Roxena
New York
Highland
Hyde Park
Roosevelt
Albany
Kelly Nabbed Shannon on Stand in Urschel Kidnap Case
George Kelly known as Machine Gun Kelly surrendered to federal agents in Memphis after a nationwide search and a Memphis raid. He had sent threats from Chicago to prosecutors of the twelve men on trial in Oklahoma City for the Urschel kidnapping case.
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Kelly
Urschel
Memphis
Tenn
Chicago
Oklahoma City
Death summons J. V. Thompson a noted coal baron
Uniontown Pa Sept 27 J V Thompson former multi millionaire coal operator died at his mansion Oak Hill today after a long illness He had been prostrated by paralysis for more than a year Thompson once one of the wealthiest men in the world died virtually penniless His palatial mansion is in disrepair with weeds around it
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Uniontown
J. V. Thompson
Oak Hill
Thompson
Fleeing Felons Elude Police Traps Twice In a Day
Ten convicts escaped from an Indiana prison and split into three groups. Four held Sheriff Neel hostage as vigilantes hunted through barns and woods. two released after commandeering cars. One guard was shot in the hip during the escape. investigators study how arms were obtained and how the breakout occurred.
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Associated Press
Michigan City
Ind
Indiana
Charles Neel
Corydon
Chesterton
Wheeler
Finley P. Carson
Mage
Chicago Grain Market Prices Reported by Winchester Milling
Closing quotations today show Chicago September at 87 1/2 cents, December 91 4/5, May 95. Baltimore spot wheat at 91 2/5, Winchester spot wheat at 80. Prices supplied daily to The Star via Winchester Milling Corporation through Stickell Sales Corpora tion dealers in cash grain and futures.
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Chicago
Baltimore
the Star
Winchester Milling Corporation
Stickell Sales Corporation
North
Washington Street
Hagerstown
Winchester
Winchester and Western rail line valued at 425000
The Interstate Commerce Commission set the Winchester and Western Railroad Company value at 425000 for rate making as of December 31 1927. The note also lists all property used but not owned at 15837 dollars. The line runs from Winchester Virginia to Wardensville West Virginia.
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Associated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Winchester and Western Railroad Company
Winchester
Wardensville
Sub-Committee Grills Judge Lowell on Charges
A congressional sub-committee in Boston questions Federal Judge James A. Lowell for an hour about alleged radical conduct in extradition cases and the Jamaica ginger poison sales. Reps Gordon Browning and Randolph Perkins met with him and offered no public comments. They plan to report findings to the full sub-committee.
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Associated Press
Boston
James A. Lowell
Virginia
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Randolph Perkins
New York
House Judiciary Committee
C C C Recruits To Report Here Monday October 2
Recruits from Frederick Clarke Warren Loudoun and Shenandoah counties and Winchester will report to the United States Army Recruiting Station in the Post Office building. They will undergo medical exams and be assigned to Civilian Conservation Corps camps with transfers planned for late Monday. Sergt H T Smith urges all to report early for timely examinations and transport.
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Warren
Loudoun
Shenandoah
Winchester
United States Army
Sergt
H. T. Smith
Conservation Corps
Sergt. Smith
Publisher of Cleveland Plain Dealer Dead
Elbert Hall Baker died aged 79 after 35 years shaping the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the city. He chaired the Plain Dealer Publishing Co board and held longtime AP directorships and leadership in the American Newspaper Association.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Associated Press
Cleveland
Elbert Hall Baker
Plain Dealer Publishing Company
American Newspaper Association
Association
No. 1 Apples Short Crop Across Five-State District
A survey across Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland West Virginia and Virginia covering over 3000 miles by auto finds that the No. 1 apple crop will drop from four to five million barrels to about 1.2 million. York Imperial production will not exceed 20 percent of normal. Cumberland Shenandoah Valley supply is limited. Nova Scotia and Canada expect some trade with England despite barriers. Growers favor storing better grades this season and No. 1 Yorks are offered at 3.00 per barrel F. O. B. with a few not below 3.50 net.
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Delaware
Maryland
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Virginia
England
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Nova Scotia
Canada
York
Langford Ramsey Pursued Loot in Texas Route
The Justice Department reported $73,000 in ransom money found amid the ongoing case connected to Langford Ramsey. Authorities note repeated trips to Texas tied to the loot as part of the investigation continued.
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Texas
O”R.ge
Washington
Justice Department
Ransom Money Buried In Texas Farm Linked To Kelly Case
A portion of Charles Urschel’s $200000 ransom was found buried on a Coleman Texas farm. Cass Coleman, described as an uncle of Kathryn Kelly, was arrested. The Kellys, under heavy guard in Memphis, are to be tried with ten co defendants in the Urschel kidnapping conspiracy. Geraldine Arnold led officers to the capture, prompting plans to return the couple to Oklahoma City by air after the trial.
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Albert Bates
Charles Urschel
R. G
Boss) Shannon
Texas
Oklahoma City
Ursche
Kelly
Bates
Cass Coleman
Kathryn Kelly
Memphis
Coleman
Urschel
Geraldine Arnold
George
Kathryn
Charles F. Urschel
Herbert K. Hyde
Hyde
Kelleys
Arnold
Kellys
U. S
Oklahoma
Underworld
Oran Shannon
Wise County
R. G. Shannon
Harold Nathan
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Luther Arnold
Shannon
Geraldine
Department of Justice
Tenn
John M. Keith
Kansas City
United States
Lester Brenner
Charles Fierschel
Paradise
John C. Tichetor
8. E. Travis
Tichenor cites Gainesville lawyer in Kelly case
Tichenor said a Memphis lawyer exchanged telegrams with Kelly while the lawyer stayed in Gainesville Texas. The lawyer reportedly left Sunday night with a girl believed to be Geraldine Arnold who alerted DOJ agents to the Kellys. Federal agents had pursued Kelly for weeks as trials related to the Urschel kidnapping and a Chicago murder case loomed.
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Kelly
Gainesville
Texas
Geraldine Arnold
Department of Justice
Kellys
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Urschel
Friday KELLYS CAPTOR ONCE STUDIED FOR MINISTRY
Lynchburg Virginia residents recall Willam A. Rorer known as the Bureau of Investigation agent who captured Machine Gun Kelly. The mild mannered former teacher studied at Randolph Macon College and Virginia University, taught physics at a high school, led New London Academy, earned a law degree, and later ran the Birmingham field office.
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Willam A
Alex) Rorer
Bureau of Investigation
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France
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Washington
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Birmingham
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