Cause Is Sought After Fatal Washington-Pittsburgh Wreck
Nine of the injured in the Blairsville Pennsylvania wreck remained in critical condition at Latrobe hospital. Ralph H. Jones of Cincinnati, 46, was listed very serious. Investigations by federal state and public utility officials proceeded as debris was sifted for valuables and engineers examined possible missed signals amid a fatal collision. Survivors described heroism as victims helped others while medics treated bleeding and crushed injuries.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Cincinnati Limited
Pennsylvania
Blairsville
Latrobe
Ralph H. Jones
Cincinnati
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. Josraon
Cincinnati Ciniaa
Gordon
William Bentz
Doc
T. F. Farrell
East Orange
N. J
Bentz
Friday's Best Air Features Highlights
Radio listings show WEAF New York 492 and hook up 8 30 p m Father s Day program. WGY Schenectady 380 and WMAK Buffalo 265 7 15 p m Gilbert and Sullivan Io lanthe. WSM Nashville 283 8 p m Peabody Ensemble Singers. WLS Chicago 345 8 p m Eucharistic Congress. WHM New York 361 8 30 p m boxing from Coney Island stadium.
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WEAF
New York
WGY
Schenectady
WMAK
Buffalo
Gilbert and Sullivan
WSM
Nashville
Central Standard
Peabody Ensemble Singers
WLS
Chicago
WHM
Coney Island Stadium
Uncle Sam offers household efficiency booklet
A Washington Bureau note describes a government issued home conveniences booklet with tips on drying dishes, saving fuel and simplifying kitchen tasks. It promises a copy to those who send name and address with two cents for return postage.
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United States
Sam
Washington
Storm Halts Logan Officials Visit to Athens
A party of Logan officials and businessmen planned a visit to Athens to review the curb lighting system but was derailed by a severe storm. Service Director Romine and Chamber leaders were to meet them. Romine prepared cost figures for review. The Logan delegation is expected to reschedule.
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Logan
Athens
Romine
Chamber of Commerce
The
Electric Company
Welfare officials feud over commissions in Wayne County site deal
Testimony before the state board of control reveals Sam Bell of Wooster and J H Hogsett would split commissions from the Wayne County Apple Creek site sale for the feeble minded institution. Bell claimed one third and Hogsett two thirds totaling 18000, as Crabbe hints at grand jury inquiry.
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Columbus
U.r—J
John E. Harper
State Board of Control
Ravenna
Upshaw Seeks Reed Question on Noted Wet Probe
Representative Upshaw urges Senator Reed to call William H. Slayton from the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment before the senate primary investigating committee. Upshaw cites letters to investigate anti prohibition funding claims and notes that more than a million dollars has been raised from big business.
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Washington
U.rd
James A. Reed
William H. Slayton
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Senate
Upshaw
Georgia
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Anti Prohibition Association
Lightning Kills Maxville Youth at Home
Donald Larimer 17 son of Mrs. Robert Larimer was instantly killed by a bolt during an electrical storm at his Maxville area home. He and his mother had sought shelter in the cellar. the mother was uninjured. Donald had just graduated from Maxville High School. His father had died six weeks earlier, leaving him and his mother on a large farm. Distant relatives live in Logan.
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Logan
Donald Larimer
Robert Larimer
Maxville
Donald
Maxville High School
Bolivian Tin Mine Uses Long High-Altitude Tramway
The world’s highest aerial tramway, operating from 15 000 to 17 000 feet above sea level and spanning over five miles, serves a Bolivian tin mine.
Meigs Lads Admit Search of River Captain's Home
Six middleport boys faced Probate court in Pomeroy after admitting entering Captain Haptonstahl’s home in search of a buried treasure. They denied taking jewelry but confessed to taking less than ten dollars, saying they acted after reading Treasure Island while Captain Haptonstahl was away.
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Meigs
Martha Foulk
Thompson Messenger
Pomeroy
James Root
Henry DeMaine
Jesse Swisher
George McNeal
James Faulkner
Gordon Harris
Middleport
Captain Haptonstahl
Haptonstahl
Harris and DeMaine
Cora B. Roberts
Chaunc ey hit by severe storm in Chauncey
A severe storm swept Chauncey last evening starting around 6 30 with bright lightning high winds and heavy rain. Gardens and vegetation suffered, trees and property were damaged across town.
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Chauncey
Monroe Doctrine Has Failed Says Chile’s President
Former Chilean president Arturo Alessandri told reporters in Washington that the Tachna Arica plebiscite collapse, due to the American commission chair’s move to abandon it, represents a blow to arbitration and an insult to Chile.
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Washington
D. C
U.R
Arturo Alessandri
Chile
Alessandri
Broadcast license rush slows as applications dwindle
Washington June 18 The flood of broadcasting license applications has subsided sharply in the past four weeks. Department of Commerce officials report requests to operate stations have dwindled and it is unlikely the total will exceed 700. The waiting list shows about 650 prospective broadcasters.
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Washington
C. P
United States
Department of Commerce
Ohio Briefs Alleged Fakes Prompt Fraud Suit
J E Webster of Ames Iowa sues for 25000 in Columbus charging a conspiracy to defraud through fake companies. Defendants named include B H Busey of Steubenville and C D Stewart J G Furman and William H Funston of Pittsburgh.
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Columbus
J. E. Webster
Ames, Ia
B. H. Busey, Steubenville
C. D. Stewart
J. G. Furman
William H. Funston
Pittsburgh
Cleveland Bus Collision Injures Four Near Bedford
A Cleveland Akron Canton bus collided with a car near Bedford during the night injuring four people who were taken to local hospitals for treatment.
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Cleveland
Seamen Battle Blaze in Lodging House Tragedy
In New York a burning lodging house trapped fifty seamen. One man died and another may die as the building burned to the ground. Police used clubs to disperse crowds and many were carried out. The fire reportedly began when a cigarette lit a paper and alcohol spill.
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New York
U.P
Herriot Refuses to Join Briand Cabinet
Paris authorities report Edouard Herriot mayor of Lyons declined to participate in forming a new cabinet after Aristide Briand's resignation. President Doumergue had summoned Herriot to Elysee following Briand's admission he could not form another government.
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Herriot
Briand
Paris
U.P
Edouard Herriot
Lyons
Doumergue
Elysee Palace
Aristide Briand
Briand Likely Asked to Try Forming Cabinet After Herriot
In Paris on June 18 Edouard Herriot refused Aristide Briands invitation to join a cabinet of national union. It was expected Briand would propose Herriot to President Doumergue to form a cabinet. Briand probably would refuse to serve in a Herriot cabinet but could be asked again if Herriot fails. Herriot had formed a government in 1924 when Poincare resigned after a general election.
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Paris
Edouard
Herriot
Aristide Briand
National Union
Briand
Doumergue
Raymond Poincare
Plane catches fire midair two pilots bail out
Dayton reports an airplane from Wilbur Wright field caught fire at about 4,000 feet yesterday afternoon. Two United States air service pilots jumped with parachutes and landed safely. The aircraft crashed to the ground.
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Dayton
Wilbur Wright Field
United States Air Service
Bandits Rob Ten In Drive Near Dent
Four bandits held up a motor party of ten near Nine Mile House at Dent in the early morning and escaped with cash and jewelry totaling about $5000, police were told by telephone from Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Nine Mile House
Dent
Copeland to Ask Review of Case
Josh ue E. Russell former prohibition director for Ohio Merle B. Copeland former prohibition agent at Columbus and Warren E Barnett Ohio attorney convicted in a prohibition case plan to seek Supreme Court review They have sent the record to the court and given notice to docket their application
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Washington
Joshue E. Russell
Ohio
Merle B. Copeland
Columbus
Warren E. Barnett
Supreme Court
Professor Accepts Position at Ohio State
Dr H G Good resigns after four years as professor of education at Ohio University to assume a similar post at Ohio State University starting October 1. He earned an A B from Indiana in 1909 and a Ph D from the University of Pennsylvania in 1915 and has taught in Camden and Philadelphia high schools and at Bluffton College and Colgate University. He belongs to Kappa Delta Pi.
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H. G. Good
Ohio University
Ohio State University
Good
University of Indiana
University of Pennsylvania
Camden
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Buffton College
Colgate University
Kappa Delta Pi
Carlos Bean Fined After Traffic Stop at Court and Mulberry
Carlos Bean paid a $6 fine plus costs imposed by Mayor Alex Moore after failing to stop his car at the Court and Mulberry corner last Wednesday evening.
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Court and
Mulberry Streets
Carlos Bean
Alex Moore
Ohio Cyclone Deluges State Causing Death and Damage
A late June Ohio storm system produced a cloudburst, electrical display, and high winds. In New Lexington area Donald Larimer, 17, was killed by lightning near New Lexington five miles south. Joseph Bishop, 38, drowned when a creek overflowed. Two barns near Thornville burned from lightning. Athens saw over an inch of rain with tree damage and roof harm. Motorists were stranded on country roads as storms swept across the state.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio
United Press Today
New Lexington
Donald Larimer
Joseph Bishop
Bishop
Thornville
Athens
Country School Spellers Win National Contest
A thirteen year old girl, Pauline Bell from Clarkson Kentucky, won the national spelling bee prize of $1,000 and two gold medals as the country’s best speller after Betty Robinson of South Bend failed on Cerise. Four other girls led the field, and a boy could only reach sixth place.
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Washington
U.P
Little Country
Big City
Pauline Bell
Clarkson, Ky
Betty Robinson
South Bend
Ind
Pauline
Ohio oil boom yields two wells near Fisher and Athens
The Gross Frebault Oil and Gas Co closed a gasser on the Irvin farm near Fisher with a 400 pound rock pressure and a 2 million cubic feet daily output. The first well on the lease now pumps about five barrels daily and shows signs of long life. A second well is 800 feet deep on lands of the Athens state hospital, south and west of the first, with drilling progressing and strong prospects for pay.
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Gross-Frebault Oil and Gas Company
Irvin
Higgins
Fisher
Logan Gas Company
Athens
Athens State Hospital
City Corporation
Hodges Given Suspended Sentence After Robbery
Alexander R. Hodges a 25 year old University of Kansas graduate and football star was placed on three years probation after robbing an uptown restaurant cashier of 240 dollars at gunpoint with a toy pistol last April 20.
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New York
U.P
Alexander R. Hodges
University of Kansas
Bus collision near Northfield fatally injures man
A rain storm crash near Northfield injured one man fatally and left two men and a woman shaken and bruised when a Cleveland Akron Canton bus collided with an automobile.
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Northfield
A.R
Cleveland- Akron-Canton
Here
Hollister Man Fined for Stealing Automobile Wheel
Hollister near resident Ray McLaughlin was fined 50 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail after being found to have stolen a wheel from Francis Horner’s car. Tracks from the Horner garage to McLaughlin’s home led to the arrest. The wheel, painted white under the rim, was recovered as evidence.
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Glouster
Francis Horner
Ray McLaughlin
Hollister
Mayor Park
Horner
McLaughlin
Marshall Williams
Athens dealer breaks window over lost key
A local Athens car dealer smashed a Ford sedan door window with a brick to enter after losing the key. A separate note describes a boy on post office steps offering a kitten he wishes to keep but his mother rejects.
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Athens
T. R
Elderly man on Maplewood dances to old time music
A man in his seventies stepped onto his Maplewood drive porch and, hearing old time music, began an old-fashioned dance. He continued for several minutes as watching neighbors clapped to the rhythm.
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Maplewood Drive
Ww. B. de
Wheeler on Stand Names Congressmen Who Make Prohibition Speeches
United Press report from Washington details Wayne B. Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League being examined by a Senate committee into campaign expenditures and honorariums. Wheeler alleges national and state league funds supported campaigns and paid legislators to lecture for dry candidates, naming several Senators and Representatives as being employed for speeches.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
League
Oberlin
Ohio
Appea
Reed
Wheeler
Jones
Republlican
Washington
Willis
Reptlican
Fess
Noa
Robinson
And
Representatives
Democrat
Georgia
Cooper
Publican
Barkley
Kentucky
Lowery Democrat
Mississippi
League For Ary
French scientist unveils flame-jet organ invention
A French scientist has invented an organ operated by jets of flame instead of air. The device uses controlled flame streams to produce musical notes, suggesting a novel approach to wind instrument design and acoustic study.
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Pittsburgh-Washington Express
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Washington Express
Limited
Express
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger
Washington, D. C
STORM
Board of Control
France
Copeland
Ohio State
Department of Education
Messenger
Gested Reed
Reeded
Flapper
Fanny
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