Oil Tank Farm Fire Devastates San Luis Obispo Complex
A massive blaze at Union Oil in San Luis Obispo killed two, with another dying, and caused estimated losses up to 25 million dollars. Two 1,200,000 barrel tanks exploded, homes were destroyed, a family of Seeber perished, and residents fled as fires spread toward Edna and nearby Lahabra as lightning sparked additional fires.
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Oil Company
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San Francisco
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Press Cornerstone Speech Urges Tolerance and Global Unity
President Coolidge, at the National Press Club cornerstone ceremony, denounces race hatred and class divisions and calls for a united, prejudice-free press. He warns against misrepresentation of foreign peoples and urges reporters to keep columns clean and constructive in advancing international harmony.
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Coolidge
National Press Club
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World Court
League of Nations
Prohibition Hearings Prompt Backfire From Dry Forces
As wets testify before the Senate judiciary committee on prohibition enforcement, the Anti-Saloon League launches a nationwide protest campaign urging telegrams and letters to oppose any modification of the Volstead Act. The drys plan continued public pressure through hearings, with appeals urging strong action to enforce the eighteenth amendment.
Pastor and family found shot to death in Wilkes-Barre
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on April 8 Rev A H Nickolin 62 his wife Mary 38 and son Alex 14 were found shot in their home after firefighters responded to a fire alarm Police say the clergyman killed his family then may have died by suicide The bodies were arranged with care and an old revolver and shell were found neighbors note the pastor had been ill and recently discharged from a sanitarium
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Mother in court over guardianship charge in New York
Mrs. Catherine Heenan, mother of Frances Heenan known as "Cinderella Peaches," appeared in the children's court on a charge of improper guardianship brought by the Children's Society. The case was postponed for one week after arraignment.
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Catherine Heenan
F. W. Browning
Cinderella
Frances ‘‘Peaches” Heenan
Children’s Court
Children’s Society
Father Beats Daughter Prompting Hospital Observation
Washington district judge records show Frank Hopkins, a father, was sent to a hospital for mental observation after beating his daughter Louise, age five, when she woke crying for her mother during the night.
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Frank Hopkins
Washington
Louise
Italy's Premier Mussolini Wounded in Rio Assault
Rome April 8 Mussolini shows little inconvenience from a bullet wound in his nose as he reads congratulatory letters. Dr Bastinielli says the wound is healing with no danger. The assailant is Violet Albina Gibson, sister of Lord Ashbourne, aged fifty, noted in England and Ireland as a religious enthusiast with a prior suicide attempt.
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Violet Gibson
Mussolini
Bastinielli
Violet Albina Gibson
Lord Ashbourne
Miss Gibson
England
Ireland
Man Commits Suicide in Canton Hotel
Canton April 8 Mark Stecker 40 of New Straitsville hanged himself in a hotel bathroom. He had been missing since Sunday night and had been staying several days. He traveled for a Cleveland company and possessed cards showing lodge memberships in New Straitsville.
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Canton
Mark Stecker
New Straightsvile
Stecker
Cleveland
New Straitsville
Mussolini Heads to Fiume to Board Dreadnought
Premier Benito Mussolini leaves London for Fiume to board the Italian battleship Comte De Cavour en route to Tripoli, per a Central News dispatch from Rome.
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Athens Visitor Secures Passage of Bridge and Rail Bills
Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins reports two House bills passed and await Senate approval. The Gallia County Ohio River Bridge authorization would link Gallipolis to Point Pleasant across the Ohio River. A New York Chicago and St Louis line through Camp Sherman near Chillicothe would extend the C and O Northern toward Columbus aiding coal traffic. Pensions for Spanish war veterans rose from 20 to 30 dollars and 30 to 50 dollars in a 325 to 0 vote. investigation of Pearl Reed’s pension aided Jenkins’ Athens visit.
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Gallia County
Ohio River Bridge Company
Point Pleasant
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New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad Company
Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
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Waverly
Columbus
Pearl Reed
Athens
Ironton
Buckner Calls for State Rights to Enforce Prohibition
United States attorney Emory R. Buckner testified at the wet and dry hearings in Washington urging modification of the Volstead act to let states set their own liquor limits. He warned that without changes and a $75 million annual boost in enforcement, the Eighteenth Amendment cannot be effectively enforced in New York.
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Wayne B. Wheeler
League
Emory R. Buckner
United States
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Buckner
New York State
Father of Five Loses Both Arms in Saw Mill Accident
Norfolk, April 8. John Spratley, 29, father of five, lost both arms and had his right leg amputated after a band saw accident at a Smithfield saw mill. A fellow worker donated a quart of blood to help救救 his life, doctors report.
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John Spratley
Suffolk
Spratley
Smithfield
Newly Incorporated Firms Listed in Columbus
Columbus reports new corporations including The McGovern Company of Logan with capital of 125000 and executives James D. Vogel and M. P. Bringardner among others, announced on April 8.
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the McGovern Company
Logan
James D. Vogel
M. P. Bringardner
Tombstone inscription ends feud over a tragedy
A two year feud between the Bellaver and Buttel families over a boy's 1923 death ends after a grave inscription is condemned. State's Attorney Ramsey mediated, urging forgiveness. The libel suit will not be filed and the inscription will be removed.
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R. Buttol
Blen Bellaver
Blen
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Bellaver
Buttel
Ramsey
Montgomery County
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Coolidge Unveils Pan American Press Creed in Washington
President Coolidge welcomes Pan American journalists to Washington and presents a newspaper creed. He says truth dissolves misunderstanding and a free press sustains liberty, while linking U S and Latin America through enhanced news exchange and shared cultural bonds.
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Washington
Coolidge
Two Americas
United States
Latin America
Fragmentary Quote Reflects Regional Mood Shift
A cut line notes that people in the Southern republics reject the idea that national life centers on train wrecks lynchings and divorces, signaling a push for a broader civic narrative. The phrase underscores a desire to redefine public discourse away from violence and scandal toward unity and progress.
American Tourists Slip Through Battle Line at Peking
Five American tourists including two women crossed the battle line from Tientsin to Peking in an automobile. The city, encircled by 400,000 troops, heard artillery throughout the night and morning as they arrived.
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Peking
Tientsin
City to test legality of Crabbe gasoline tax ruling
Cincinnati officials plan a test case to challenge Attorney General C. C. Crabbe’s ruling that gasoline tax funds may not buy equipment for street repair. City manager Colonel Sherrill seeks $60 from tax funds via city auditor to purchase an iron tar kettle for street work.
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C. C. Crabbe
Ohio
Sherrill
Insurance Exec James M. Sowers Shoots Self in Cleveland
James M. Sowers age 37, vice president of Dais and Farley Insurance, shot and killed himself at his Cleveland home. His wife found the body and collapsed calling neighbors.
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Cleveland
James M. Sowers
Dais and Farley Insurance Company
Star Witness in Hill Murder Case Released After Boy Denies Story
Frankie Hill, son of Sam Hill, who was shot dead at his home, is described as a star witness. He was freed from county jail after another youth was accused of robbery and contradicted Hill’s alleged involvement. Investigators doubt the motive but expect new developments in the Sam Hill murder case.
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Sam Hill
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R. W. Murray
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Howard Denny
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Deneny
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Dentes
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