Death Toll Reaches Forty In Excursion Steamer Blast
Newport August 20 The death list rose to 40 as four boards met to fix responsibility for the Mackinac boiler explosion in Newport harbor Tuesday Four passengers remain missing and eight others are not expected to survive The disaster prompted rapid hospital efforts with volunteers helping and flowers from Newport society The incident is the worst Rhode Island water disaster since the Larchmont in February 1907 Investigations by state federal and police authorities were started with calls for a federal inquiry and a possible criminal culpability assessment The boiler was old and deteriorated according to Assistant Attorney General Oscar A Helizen
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Newport
Mackanac
Newport Harbor
Naval Hospital
Newport Hospital
Rhode Island
Larchmont
Oscar A. Helizen
Associated Press
George McVay
Mackinac
Death by own action found near Yosemite Falls
Theodore Jackowski of San Francisco is believed to have leaped to his death from Yosemite Falls after park rangers found his remains and a pencil dated will. The note directed Sheriff Finn to distribute five dollars each to two policemen who recently arrested him, nineteen to the jail trust, and five dollars to the Yosemite sheriff for planting redwood trees over his grave. A twenty dollar travelers check was found in his coat.
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Yosemite
Cal
Theodore Jackowski
San Francisco
Park Rangers
Yosemite Falls
Finn
Jackowski
Lobbying Again Before House in Georgia Debate
In Atlanta on August 20 the Georgia house revisited lobbying as the anti bucket shop bill was debated. Representative McClure questioned why lobbyists must be on the floor during discussion. Representative Rivers, from Lanier, answered by noting the University president and its lobbyists have long worked to secure desired measures.
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Atlanta
Georgia House
McClure
Walker
Rivers
Lanier
Lanier’ County
Reds Prayer 8 Are Answered
Chicago August 20 A storm with cloudbursts hail and wind damaged crops communication lines and property across Arizona Indiana Illinois Iowa and New York dairy country as the Hopi Indians sought rain in their snake dance ceremonial yesterday. Damage was light in Arizona but crops suffered in the east and Illinois.
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Chicago
Arizona
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
New York
Ilinois
Insane Philadelphia Pencil Peddler Named in Brooklyn Murder Claim
Thomas McAvoy a crippled pencil peddler in Philadelphia was declared insane after he startled police by claiming to be the man who killed Miss Florence Kane last May in a Brooklyn vacant lot. He was deemed unable to have committed the crime.
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Philadelphia
Thomas McAvoy
Florence Kane
Brooklyn
N. Y
Four Die In Shaft Fall At Lochgelly Mine
Four carpenters working on air shaft scaffolding at Lochgelly mine of the New River Coal company near Fayetteville West Virginia were killed when the scaffold collapsed and sent them plummeting about 200 feet Wednesday.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
Lochgelly
New River Coal Company
Here
Many Candidates Eye Turn Toward Office Of Senate President
In Atlanta on August 20, candidates for Georgia Senate president and lieutenant governor rise, with two clear contenders. Incumbent senators Walter Hendrix and Ike Peebles Jr are discussed as possible self-renewal contenders, while Rep Ed Dykes vows to succeed Dr W C Williams Jr in the 14th district and pursue the senate presidency. Other lawmakers edge toward candidacy, though party and rotation norms shape prospects.
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Atlanta
Gorgia State Senate
Georgia
Senate
Walter Hendrix
Ike Peebles, Jr
Augusta
Hendrix
Peebles
Ed Dykes
Dooly County
W. C. Williams, Jr
August Heat Record Broken Across City
Americas sweltered under a 102 degree high in several sections, a August record. July 3 saw 104 degrees, while forecasts called for continued heat and drought with little relief. Atlanta reported 98.8 degrees, marking a historic August heat display.
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Americas
Mercury
Atlanta
Weather Bureau
Howard Located in Bandit Camp Near Fu Chou Sein
Howard J. Howard an American trapped by bandits in Manchuria has been definitively located in a bandit camp near Fu Chow Sein. Negotiations for his release are underway as authorities work to secure his freedom following the killings of Morgan Falmer of Plattsburg.
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Peking
Auzgust
Harvey J. Howard
Manchuria
Morgan Falmer
Plattsburg, N
Chow Sein
Former Pen Heads Fail to Get Another Trial
Mobile Alabama August 20 Judge Robert T Ervin denied a new trial to Albert Sartain formerly warden at the Atlanta penitentiary and Laurence Riehl of Ohio who were recently convicted of conspiracy to receive bribes in federal court here today.
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Mobile
Ala
Robert T. Ervin
Albert Sartain
Atlanta
Laurence Riehl
Ohio
Cantonese Finance Minister Reported Assassinated
A Telegraph dispatch from Hong Kong reports the assassination of Liu Chang Hoi, finance minister of the Cantonese government, in London on August 20. The brief item notes the sudden death amid political turmoil and international interest.
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London
Hong Kong
Liu Chang Hoi
Peebles Faces Run Dilemma for Senate or Congress
Atlanta, Aug 20 What to run for if anything worries Senator I S Peebles Jr of Augusta in his first Georgia legislature term He may seek re election to the state senate in 1927 or run for Congress from the Tenth district to replace Carl Vinson Both options rival his successful law practice in Augusta He notes others including Carl Guess Hermann DeLaPerriere and Sapp as possible successors for various posts.
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Atlanta
I. S. Peebles, Jr
Augusta
Georgia
Senate
Congress
Tenth
Carl Vinson
Peebles
State Senate
Law Practice
Carl Guess
Representative Upshaw
Hermann P. DeLaPerriere
Representative Bell
Sapp
Representative Lee
Income Tax Bill Rejected by Georgia House
Atlanta August 20 The House rejected moving the income tax bill to the calendar marking a final defeat for the measure this session. Senate highway department inquiry will report this afternoon finding no illegal state spending except for a minor payroll padding conviction. A joint Senate resolution asks town mayors and police chiefs to inform the Governor of arrests under anti speech laws.
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Atlanta
Rules Committee
House
Senate
Highway Department
Georgia
Daytona real estate operator held in poisoning case
Suspect John Gobel of Daytona Beach, a wealthy real estate operator, is jailed in Dade County on charges related to the poisoning death of Mrs. H. B. Hunt alias May Deville who died in a city hospital. The 22 year old woman had been jailed after a private detective hired by Gobel sought to recover a $1,500 diamond ring she allegedly stole.
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Miami
John Gobel
Daytona
Dade County
H. B. Hunt
May Deville
Gobel
Legions Honor W L Bell At State Convention
Walter L Bell was unanimously elected grand chief de train of La Societe Des 40 et 8 Cheveaux at the American Legion state convention in Rome. The Americas delegation aims to elect Hillard B Williams as state historian and will admit two new members today, one from Rome and one from Dawson. Judge John S Bindler of Atlanta told delegates that molding the world into a great brotherhood is the Legion’s business.
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Walter L. Bell
la Societe Des 40 Et 8 Cheveaux
American Legion
Rome
Cecil Walters
Americas
Hillard B. Williams
The
Velture
Dawson
John S. Bindler
Atlanta
Rawlings Trial Evidence Focuses on Bauxite Source
In Wrightsville on August 20 the state pressed the Rawlings murder case over Tarbutton. It argued Ringjaw Bluff ore was worthless and Riley Georgia mines supplied samples falsely claimed to be from Ringsaw Bluff. State witnesses said samples sent to the geologist showed 50 to 60 percent bauxite deposits to lure Tarbutton to his death.
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Wrightsville
C. G. Rawlings
C. A. Tarbutton
Ringsaw Bluff
Tarburton
Riley, Ga
Riley
Ringjaw Bluff
A. D. Wilson
Rawings
Tarbutton
Methodists Open New Auditorium September 13th
Local gas price cuts spark regional reductions as Standard Oil Gulf and Loving Oil announce a penny a gallon drop effective Friday morning. The new auditorium opens September 13 with Rev John Cutler preaching both services and a major homecoming planned September 18 20 featuring Prof E H McNeill and an Atlanta organist.
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Standard Oil Company
Gulf Refining Company
Loving Oil Company
United States
Georgia
John Cutler
John Shiver
Cutler
E. H.mcneill
South
McNeill
Institute For the Blind
Macon
Charles Sheldon
Atlanta
W. N. Rainsworth
Fred Rassman
P. S. Fanjoy
Hartford
Conn
Austin
Sheik Valentino Denies Divorce Rumor
Hollywood August 20 Rudolph Valentino the sheik of the movies said he and his wife Winifred Hudnut agreed on a marital vacation. He claimed he took her to the train and kissed her goodbye and that they parted on the best of terms. Neither contemplated a divorce suit and he would not commit to the vacation length.
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Hollywood
Rudolph Valentino
the Movies
Winifred Hudnut
Valentino
Negro youth Georges Holmes tied to alleged assault in Danville
Danville August 20 Georges Holmes a 17 year old Black youth was arrested after a reported attack on a young white girl. He was moved to Petersburg jail for safekeeping. Sheriff R L Sullivan said Holmes denies the crime though the girl identified him. Laura Crallee, an African American woman who aided the white girl, was unsure Holmes was the attacker.
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Danville
Georges Holmes
Blacks Stone
Petersburg
R. L. Sullivan
Nottoway County
Laura Crallee
Holmes
Leopard Shot After Terrorizing Paris Suburb
Paris Aug 20 The Bois de Boulogne leopard that escaped from the zoological garden and terrified the neighborhood was shot and killed Wednesday in a school garden in Auteuil opposite a military police station. Police ordered an investigation to determine responsibility for the escape and to present the owner or negligent parties with a bill for the hunt costs totaling several thousand francs.
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Paris
Bois de Boulogne
Zoological Garden
Auteuil
Record Number Of Bills Introduced This Year s Session Of Legislature
Atlanta August 20 More than 1200 bills and resolutions have been introduced in this session of the Georgia legislature setting a record. House members have introduced 916 measures while the senate has 272 bills and 37 resolutions totaling 309 in that chamber.
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Atlanta
Georgia
House
Senate
McClatchey
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