West Frankfort mine disaster claims seven lives
Seven miners died after a gas explosion at Old Ben Coal Company Mine No 8 in West Frankfort Illinois. Fifteen workers were trapped but rescued as crews battled deep snow and ice. Names identified include Thomas Metermott and Jewell Baker with others lost. authorities say the blast occurred on the 890 foot level, preventing greater loss. Meanwhile five fishermen rescued from Lake Erie ice report hunger and cold but no serious injuries. Captain Jed Volk and crew were saved after anchoring among ice floes near Rattlesnake Island.
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West Frankfort
Old Ben Coal Company
Benton
Deir
Thomas Metermott
Jewell Baker
Dewey Baker
Hb. EE
Joe Lake
Fd Voss
N Climax
Sandusky
Rattlesnake Island
Volk
North Bass
Rattlesnake Islands
Brophy Found Dead at Desk After Escape Attempt
Richard C. Brophy former Byrd Antarctic expedition executive disappeared last August leaving a note of self harm and later reappeared under the pseudonym Charles Manning Mitchell as a copyreader at the Ree News. He admitted to being Brophy and said he sought to escape troubles and would return to New York with his wife and son.
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Omaha
Neb
U.R
Richard Cy. Brophy
Omaha Bee News
Coney Island
Brophy
Charles Manning Mitchell
Byrd
New Zealand
New York
Ree
Six Sailors Perish In Lake Superior Steamer Tragedy
The grain steamer Kiowa wrecked on Sabie Point rocks during a severe blizzard in Lake Superior. Six sailors died. 18 survivors were rescued by Coast Guardsmen after a lifeboat capsize. Captain Alex T. Young and four crewmen were among the missing or dead. The wreck carried a cargo of flax seed and broke apart as waves battered the vessel.
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Lake Superior
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
U.P
Sabie Point
Great Lakes
Alex T. Young
Engineer Permits May Be Revoked
David J. Lewis head of the State Department of Steam Engineers announces new rules allowing district examiners to revoke licenses of stationary engineers or boiler operators deemed unfit after notice and hearing. Previous revocation criteria included drunkenness and insanity. now apartment houses hotels and other buildings using steam heat are affected by the change.
Printing expert dies in Cincinnati at 75
James M Thomssen 75 longtime superintendent of The Methodist Book Concern Printing Plant in Cincinnati has died after a brief illness. The plant handles publication of millions of copies of Sunday School papers.
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Cincinnati
James M Thomssen
Methodist Book Concern
Arthur Brisbane Column Published Today
A brief note indicates Arthur Brisbane contributes a daily column under King Features Syndicate copyright, spotlighting editorial commentary and syndicated insights.
Mrs Richard Byrd Family Noted For Three Distinct Feats
Evelyn Byrd of Virginia is described as a proud mother. One son serves as governor of his state, another is a skilled scientific farmer, and the third has flown over both poles and the Atlantic.
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Richard Evelyn Byrd
Virginia
South Pole
North Pole
Atlantic Ocean
World applauds Byrd family in this praise column
The President and the world extend congratulations to Commander Byrd. The column joins many readers in praising Mrs. Byrd for her three fine sons and notes that whatever they have achieved, she helped make them.
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Commander Byrd
Byrd
Cold snap leaves New York with two fatalities
Temperature sits 12 degrees above zero in New York where two deaths are linked to the cold and eleven other fatalities reported elsewhere in the nation as more than 1,000 people seek work or shelter.
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New York
Suit seeking 1 million from Collier's publishers
R. B. Creager Republican leader and Texas National Committeeman sues P. F. Collier and Son and A. P. Collier and Son for libel in Collier's weekly. He claims articles titled Jobs for Jack and High Handed and Hell Bent damaged his reputation and political standing.
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Brownsville
Tex
P. F. Collier and Son
Collier's Weekly
R. B. Creager
Texas Natonal
Creager
William G. Shepherd
Jobs
Jack
Owen P. White
Senate
A. P. Collier and Son
Movie House Owner Slain in St. Louis
State Senator Joseph Mogler was shot to death as he entered his neighborhood movie theater in St. Louis. Edward Phinny, custodian, said two men participated, one guarding him while the other lay in wait at the door. Police found Mogler’s body guarded by a large black cat.
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ST. Louis
U.R
Joseph Mogler
Edward Phinny
Mogler
Old Perry County Resident Celebrates 111th Birthday
Peter T. Siniff, longtime Perry County resident now of 48% South Champion Avenue Columbus, marked his 111th birthday by visiting nephew Oscar Allen Baugh near Junction City and cutting 40 rods of hedge fence while making 214 fence posts.
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New Lexington
Peter T. Siniff
Perry County
Champion Avenue
Columbus
Oscar Allenbaugh
Junction City
Edge Re-signs as U S Senator and Sworn in France
Walter E Edge, who recently re signed as United States Senator from New Jersey, was sworn today by the ambassador to France. He said he would sail for Paris in December. Governor Larson named David Baird Jr to succeed Edge. Ambassador Dwight Morrow in Mexico City would replace Baird next February. Possible successors debated include Senator Moses of New Hampshire or J Reuben Clark Jr, who resigned as under secretary of state last spring. State Department officials offered no clarity on President Hoover’s plans. Clark said his resignation was to replenish his fortune.
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Washington
U.R
Walter E. Edge
United States
New Jersey
France
Paris
Larson
David Baird, Jr
Edge
Dwight Morrow
Mexico City
Baird
Morrow
London
Morr
Moses
New Hampshire
J. Reuben Clark, Jr
State Department
Hoover
Roses
Clark
Pilot Nelson Sought After Missing Small Plane
Four Cleveland aircraft circled a dense woodland eight miles south of Franklin Pennsylvania in a search for missing small plane pilot Thomas P. Nelson along the air mail route.
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Franklin
U.P
Cleveland
Here
Thomas P. Nelson
Increased Prohibition Enforcement Highlighted in Willebrandt Report
Washington reports show higher enforcement activity in the year ending June 80. The Willebrandt final report notes 82 convictions per acquittal, 21,602 jail sentences averaging 147 days, 66,786 prosecutions, and 4,200,852 dollars collected in fines and penalties.
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Willebrandt
Washington
Congress
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
William
B. Mitchell
Mra
Mra. Willebrandt
G. Aaron Youngquist
Minnesota
Wildebrandt
Supreme Court review asked on liquor status of denatured alcohol
Washington December 2 The government won Supreme Court review of three cases on whether denatured alcohol and alcoholic medicine count as liquor under the Volstead Act. Lower courts ruled these preparations were not beverages and thus not subject to licenses renewed annually.
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Washington
U,p
Supreme Court
Marriage of Elizabeth Hill and Howard Murphy Surprises
Announcement from New Lexington notes the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Hill and Howard Murphy in Richmond Indiana on November 9. Both are members of the younger social set in the area and the event occurred quietly during a recent visit.
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Whpd
New Lexington
Elizabeth Hill
Howard Murphy
Richmond
Ind
Sir Hari Singh May Sell Kashmir Kingdom to Britain
Reports from Delhi say Sir Hari Singh maharajah of Kashmir, ruling 8.6 million people, considers selling his realm of 84,000 square miles to the British Government. He is 34, wealth estimated at 5.0 million dollars yearly, with royal regalia and state flotillas. If true, it would rank with Lord Beaconsfield’s Suez deal.
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London
U.P
Mr. A
Hari Singh
Kashmir
Vale of Kashmir
Delhi
India
Sir Hari
Jhelum
Lord Beaconsfield
Suez Canal
Federal Prisons urged to boost funding and staff
Washington December 2. Sanford Bates, superintendent of federal prisons, pleads for more equipment personnel and funds to modernize and expand the federal prison system. He says the key problem is handling a tremendous rise in the number of detainees and that the Prison Bureau has not kept pace with federal crime developments.
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Washington
U.P
Sanford Bates
Federal Prison Administration
Bates
Texas Republican Leader Sues Collier's Magazine
National committeeman from Texas Creager has filed a $1 million libel suit against Collier's magazine over a photo and article about his role in Texas politics. Trial set for early December.
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Creager, Sahove
National Republican
Check Worker Sought Today In Athens Bad Checks
City police chase leads on a young man 21 or 22 posing as student who passed worthless checks at Haney Goodrich Beckley’s and Drake Jewelry. Suspect described five feet nine inches tall, about 150 pounds, dark hair, brown hat, light tan overcoat. Last signed Hart on a Baltimore bank check. others on Cleveland banks.
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Athens
Haney-Goodrich and
Beckley’s Haberdasheries
Drake Jewelry
Phi Kappa Fraternity
Drake and
Haney-Goodrich
Cleveland
Jack Oe
Dart
Beckley’s
Baltimore
Hart
Linney
Goodrich
Drake
Ife
Woman tied then murdered with crow bar in Cincinnati
Henry Miller, 30, was charged with murder in the death of Anna Crampton, 48, found bound at Miller’s home. Detectives said a crowbar used to strike her skull was recovered. Miller claimed he tied her feet because she had been annoying him and wanted to hold her for police. Both were estranged from families.
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Cincinnati
U.R
Henry Miller
Anna Crampton
Mayor Os Ul1 Ill in Shawnee Home
John C. Humphrey mayor of Shawnee is seriously ill at his home in Shawnee. News notes his condition as of this report from New Lexington.
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New Lexington
Bec
John C. Humphrey
Shawnee
Smallpox Case Sparks School Vaccination Push
A single smallpox case in Crooksville San and Deavertown prompted authorities to enforce strict precautions including vaccination of all school pupils.
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New Lexington
Crooksville
San Oneat
Qaith
Tax Reduction Proposal Introduced By House
A 160 million dollar tax cut plan was placed in the House bill hopper to start January 1 1929. The proposal would cut individual tax rates from 6 3 and 1 2 percent to 4 4 and 1 percent and reduce corporate tax to 11 percent with applicability to earnings this year.
Hoover proposes broad tax cuts as Congress opens
Washington December 2. Congress began a regular session with plans for a wide tax reduction for individuals and corporations. President Hoover's budget message says the government is in strong shape and a 1 percent cut is proposed, lowering rates to 4 2 and 4 percent and reducing the corporate levy. Treasury Secretary Mellon will outline details before the House Ways and Means Committee and a tax cut resolution is expected to be introduced today or tomorrow. The session opens amid funeral observations and routine business.
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Washington
Dee
U,pa
Congress
Hoover
Mellon
Shop-a-Scope Helps Select Xmas Gifts
The Messenger notes Coxwell chair with footstool as a fine gift for mother or dad. A Flexible Flyer sled pleases children and a wholesome fruit cake, made by mother, sells for 70 cents a pound.
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Coxwell
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