Prisoner Uprising Grim After Ohio Penitentiary Fire Kills
Columbus reports a chaotic scene as 320 convicts faced death during a dormitory fire at the Ohio State Penitentiary. Gov. Myers Y. Cooper ordered a full inquiry while convicts threatened Warden P. Thomas and blamed state officials for delays in unlocking cell doors during the blaze. Father Albert Meien provided extreme unction to those who died amid crowded quarters and tensions rose as Fire Marshal Roy R. Gill pursued a separate investigation.
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Columbus
U.P
State Penitentiary
Myers Y. Coopr
Liston G. Schooley
Trusty
Eaf
Fard
Elay
Albert Meien
Tony
Ted Press
P. ¥. Thomas
Wal S
Roy R. Gill
Thomas
Gill
Quiry Board
Smith & W
State Welfare
Hal H,wold
Gilees Bettman
Calla Senna
Griswold
Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary Disaster Rescues Highlighted by Cleveland Johnson
In Columbus the Ohio Penitentiary fire aftermath features George W Cleveland Johnson recounting 75 trips into burning cells to aid convicts. He admits a perjury charge of five to ten years, while morgue preparations continue at the Ohio Fair Grounds. Relatives recover bodies as 80 embalmers work on unidentified remains.
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Columbus
U.R
George W “Cleveland” Johnson
Ohio
Cleveland
George
Boss
Ohio Fair Grounds
Ruth E. Brashear
Fire delays led to prison deaths during 強 slow cell unlock
Fire broke out at the state prison around 5 20 p m as testimony shows confusion and delay opening cell blocks. Guards and prisoners struggled with many doors while smoke filled the quadrangle and trapped inmates died. Warden Thomas focused on preventing escapes.
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Schooley
McRooley
wWadrangle
George Johnson
Johnson
Thomas
Prisoners Die as Guards Argue Over Keys in Cell Block
Inside the block Thomas Little and Will Baldwin allegedly seized keys from the guard house during a dispute with Captain McCodding, unlocking cell tiers. Convicts smashed locks as fire and smoke engulfed the 800 prisoners, with witnesses unsure of its cause. The Catholic chaplain condemned officials for delaying rescue, while Deputy Warden Woodard was praised for his decisive action.
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Thomas Little
Will Baldwin
Captain McCodding- My
Thomas Redd
Rd Thomas Watkinson
Little
Baldwin
Schooley
William Robert Noel
Cleveland
United Press
Father O’brien
J. ©. Woodard
Warden recalls riot risk and clergy intervention
Warden Thomas says prisoners would have torn him apart if he entered the cell block during the riot. He notes 300 died and 4,000 inmates stood in the yard. Bishop Hartley sent 15 priests to aid as dying prisoners emerged, crediting calm admonition for preventing violence rather than soldiers bayonets.
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Thomas
John Joseph Hartley
Closer U. S. Britain Ties Seen From New Naval Treaty
London reports highlight closer Anglo American relations as a key outcome of the three power treaty. Britain shows public revulsion to entanglements, welcomes the naval understanding with the United States, and rules out any pledge to blockade in war involving U S neutrality.
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U. S
Britain
London
U.R
United States
Great Britain
Europe
Flying into the Future Lindbergh’s Continental Flight and Heated Suits
The article notes science advancing while civilization’s brain power lags. It highlights Charles Lindbergh’s feat of crossing the continent in 14 hours 45 minutes and mentions newly discussed electrified heated flying suits as part of aviation progress.
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Athens
Pericles
Lindbergh
Esquimaux
Pilots Comment On Storms And Skies Aboard Flight
Lindbergh warned of storms at Wichita but said the craft would fly high enough to miss them. The narrative notes calm conditions aloft and a tiny breeze caused by Earth’s rotation, always moving toward the Fast.
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Lindbergh
Wichita
Lindbergh’s Flight Above Towns Prompts Defense Debates
Flying only 10 000 feet Lindbergh could not see towns below his route. The observation stimulates Victorian era Army officers to consider anti aircraft and coast defense guns as assets for future wars.
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Lindbergh
Antiquated Exhibit on Temperance and Turtles
A note from Constantino ple discusses ZARO AGHA aged 156 and his grandson at 100, linked to a planned American Anti Alcohol Society display proving abstinence benefits. The piece mentions Turkish gentlemen adhering to Mohammed’s laws and a 900-year-old Galapagos turtle that also drinks no alcohol.
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Zaro Agha
Constantinople
American Anti-Alcohol Society
Anti-Alcohol Society
Mohammed
Galapagos Island
Francis Bacon Quote Leads to Page 4 Continuation
Wordplay quote about identity and knowledge appears attributed to Francis Bacon and continues on page 4. The snippet frames a thematic note likely part of a larger discussion or column.
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Francis Bacon
Governor plans council to aid Ohio investigation
The governor called the scene a blot on the state and a crime against youths. He announced plans to appoint a five member council of prominent citizens to assist officials in the state investigation.
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Ohio
Cooper
Treaty claims lasting peace from London Naval Conference
Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson told United Press that many major outcomes of the London Naval Conference cannot be written into the treaty and will foster future peace and growth. He noted that the Geneva Conference’s influence helped shape the London results and that delegates were returning home with the signed treaty.
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London
U.P
Henry L. Stimson
United Press
United Press Bureau
Stimson
Britain
America
Geneva
St. James’ Palace
Goff Declines Run Prompting GOP Senate Speculation
U S Senator Guy D Goff Republican announced he would not seek re election provoking strong speculation over who the Republican State Central Committee will nominate as its candidate.
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Goff
Charleston
W. Va
U.P
U. S
Guy D. Goff
Republican State Central Committee
Federal prisons warned on fire safety after Columbus disaster
Justice Department officials ordered wardens of Alderson West Virginia Chillicothe Ohio and Atlanta Leavenworth and McNeil Island to inspect fire prevention systems. Bates noted fireproof main structures but temporary wooden barracks at Chillicothe and outbuildings pose risk amid overcrowding and push for two new federal prisons and three smaller jails.
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Washington
U.S
Columbus
Justice Department
Alderson
W. Va
Chillicothe
Sanford Bates
Atlanta
Leavenworth
McNeil Island
Chillicothe Institution
Bates
Alderson Women's
Congress
Frost damages early fruit blossoms in Ohio reports
Snow flurries and sudden temperature drops swept over a wide area in Ohio last night and early today damaging some early fruit blossoms but not heavily. Another heavy frost was predicted for tonight as reports came in from Columbus.
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Ohio
Columbus
U.P
Oho
Robinson accuses lobby group of direct Supreme Court lobbying
Senator Robinson of Indiana claimed before the Senate Lobby Committee that the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment lobbied directly with the United States Supreme Court. The charge was pressed in Washington on April 23.
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Robinson
Washington
U.P
United States Supreme Court
Senate Lobby Committee
Indiana
Feminine opposition to dry law mobilizes in Cleveland
A new organization the Women's Organization for Prohibition Reform holds its first national meeting in Cleveland with over 200 women from 27 states and a claimed 100000 members. Leader Mrs Sabin advocates returning power to the states and criticizes prohibition as a mistake while appealing to women voters to influence lawmakers.
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Cleveland
U.R
Women's Organization For Prohibition Reform
Charles H. Satin
New York
Women's Christian — Temperane Union
Sabin
States
Athens County Relatives Claim Bodies of Penitentiary Victims
Relatives from Athens County travel to Columbus to identify three of four victims in the Ohio Penitentiary fire. The fourth victim remains unfound. transfers and funeral plans are being arranged as officials confirm injuries and deaths among inmates and from adjoining counties.
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Athens County
Columbus
William Smith
Fred Smith
Ed Smith
Jacksonville
C. Ff. Wallace
Columbia
Eli Douglas
Glouster
William EF. Douglas
RE. F. Carpenter
Douglas
Jerseyville
Louis Campbell
Drake
Ohito
Athens
Charles Collings
Ross County
Joseph Goldberg
Goldberg
Taylor
Meigs County
Dewey Pierce
Hocking County
Albert
William Sisco
Paul Harden
Fairfield County
Everett White
Washington County
Pierce
Hunt Lost Boy Near Mount Burney in California
A six year old boy, Asa Lee Lakey Jr., has been missing since Sunday on the forested snow clad slopes of Mount Burney. Search teams from the airplane and dog units joined the hunt today to locate him.
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Redding
Calif
Asa Lee Lakey, Jr
Mount Burney
Langsville Fire destroys I. A. Miller store
A $5,000 blaze at the I. A. Miller general merchandise store in Langsville destroyed most of the mail at the local post office and badly damaged the adjoining Miller home. Fire departments from Pomeroy and Jutland battled the blaze discovered in a warehouse area, with a bucket brigade later organized to assist. The postmaster Miss Mabel Miller is related to the merchant.
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Langsville
I. A. Miller General Merchandise
Pomeroy
Jutland
Mabel Miller
Prisoners threaten Thomas as Ohio Penitentiary fire death toll climbs
In Columbus four thousand inmates await the investigation into the fire that killed 320. Prisoners condemn Warden Thomas blaming him for the disaster and threaten to rebel, while officials report illnesses and new incendiary fire attempts. Guards deny opening doors and Governor Cooper considers a rehabilitation committee.
Fire Monster Confinement Sparks Prison Block Inferno
A group of inmates seized a guard, bound him with a blanket and threw him from an upper window. Fire crews and troops fended off further blazes in cell blocks G and H as survivors were moved to classrooms and a chapel auditorium slept in crowded quarters. Funerals were prepared as authorities readied bodies at the Ohio Fair Grounds mammoth hall.
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Woodward
Gill
National Guard
Cella
Ohio Fair Grounds
Prison disaster at Ohio fair grounds exposed guarded turmoil
Relatives were denied access to the morgue as guards prepared to handle aftermath after a devastating prison fire that killed hundreds. Reports say prisoners were moved, cells were sabotaged and shots were fired during the chaos. Investigators examine shells from the blaze while officials vow a full inquiry.
Federated Clubs in Columbus Elect New President
In Columbus April, Mrs W H Schwarta is elected to lead the Federation of Versa clubs and will serve as the new president. The change marks a planned transition in the local federation’s leadership and activities.
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Columbus
W. H. Schwarta
E Iy
Whio Federation of
Versa
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