Store Rooms Flooded as Cloud Burst Deluges Nelsonville
Water rose rapidly and left soon after, flooding streets and store rooms to nearly two feet. Debris mud coats yards and gardens as residents work with boots and brooms. Sanitation and water supply risk loom. waterworks damaged and wells ruined. Flooded routes isolate Nelsonville with several roads impassable and Bridge area washed out.
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Debria
Segal
Hocking Valley
Crek Coal Company
Eo No. 5
Tapline plans 38 mile railroad route approved
Washington June 21 Plans of the Tapline interests to build a 38 mile line from Cochran's Mill to Connellsville Pa connecting with the Western Maryland railroad were approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The commission overruled its examiner who urged denial as against public interest. The line aims to form a through route from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic and south via the Baltimore gateway, competing with existing trunkline systems in the region.
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Washington
U.R
Tapline
Cochran's Mill
Western Maryland
Connellsville
Interstate Commerce Commission
Great Lakes
Atlantic Seaboard
Baltimore Gateway
Portrait of Ieraplican for Pi President
Fragmentary notice references Romines for President and a dated check, urging action with a coupon and TEN CENTS in coin or stamps. The garbled text suggests an old ballot or political mailing with instructions to enclose payment.
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Ieraplican
Bailie Defends DAR Blacklist Disclosure
Mrs Helen Tufts Bailie of Boston defends disclosing the D A R Blacklist of prominent liberals as the sole defense witness in a hearing before the DAR national board She argues the issue is free speech and vows to appeal to the next congress if action is taken by the board.
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Washington
Helen Tufts Bailie
Boston Today
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Board of the D. A. R
Remus Returns Home After insane asylum case
George Remus former millionaire bootlegger and wife killer returns to Cincinnati from Lima asylum after a state supreme court ruling he is sane. He plans to stay in his mansion and visit his Chicago-born mother while writing a memoir about his experiences. State attorneys offered no further action.
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George Remus
Imogene
Cincinnati
Remus
Lima
State Supreme Court
Cima
Asylum
Chicago
Bobby Jones Shows The Way In National Open at Olympia Fields
Bobby Jones led a field of 41 golfers at Olympia Fields with three early birdies and a 36 on the front nine. The favored Atlant an finished the outward journey in par as sunshine highlighted the event, while Tommy Armour held the defending title and challengers posted high scores.
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Olympia Field
Chicago
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Olympia Fields
Tommy Armour
Washington
Bob Jones
Jealousy Blamed For Tragedy In Charleston
In Charleston on June 21 Ephraim George 47 a house painter wounded his divorced wife L C McKim and Clyde White in a boarding house shooting before killing himself with a razor. Mrs George expected to die.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.P
Ephraim George
L. C. McKim
Clyde White
George
Court Stirs as Lorain Robbery Youths Fined
In Cleveland on June 21 Judge Frank C. Phillips stirred the courtroom when sentencing four Lorain youths for robbery. Clarence Meyer and Edward Minnich received ten years each in the penitentiary, Herman Ziegler five years, and Thomas Marren a reformatory term. Probalion officers had altered tentative reformatories to penitentiaries. spectators included about thirty relatives. Meyer’s wife fainted as the ruling was announced.
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Cleveland
U.R
Frank C. Phillips
Phillips
Clarence Meyer
Edward Minnich
Herman Ziegler
Thomas Marren
Meyer
Rozella
Minnich
Flood waters halt arraignment of fifty four defendants
Arraignment of fifty four men and women accused of rioting with Fireman Hubert Bailey on June 15 was postponed as flood waters blocked court access. Warrants were issued on seven hundred fifty seven charges. Arraignment of Mrs Walter Zukoski and Mrs Alec Milch occurred yesterday with each posting a two hundred nine dollar bond.
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Hubert Bailey
Court of Justice of the Peace
Carl Porter
Harry Dalton
Mia
Walter Zukoski
Alec Milch
Smith campaign faces anti Smith front stiffening
In Houston on June 21 Norman E. Mack New York Democratic national committeeman said Governor Smith is opposed to prohibition and favors states rights on alcohol limits, prompting a stronger anti Smith coalition in the city.
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Houston
Tex
Norman E. Mack
New York
Smith
theanti-Smith
Nobile Crew Near Rescue by Giant Icebreaker Krassin
Plans form to air and sea rescue for Gen. Umberto Nobile and four crew members stranded on Arctic ice near Foyn island awaiting Krassin. Chief Engineer Natale Cecioni injured with a broken thigh to be saved by a small seaplane as radio messages link Citta di Milano and authorities.
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Rome
Umberto Nobile
Italia
Foyn Island
Nobile
Natale Cecioni
Citta di Milano
Nobile Directs Rescue Flight From Ice Floe
General Umberto Nobile directed by radio the plane sending food ammunition and supplies to six men stranded on an ice floe north of North East Land. Major Maddalena located Nobile using pre arranged signals and saw five men waving as provisions were dropped.
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Nobile
Maj
Maddalena
Krassin
Bergen
Foyn Island
Pierluigi Penzo
Italia
North Cape
Rome
U.R
Umberto Nobile
North East Land
Kings Bay
Amundsen May Seek Italia Survivors Amid Ice Disaster
Oslo reports Roald Amundsen, missing since Monday night, may be pursuing the Italia parties after the ice crash. Mor gen Bladet says Amundsen told friends before leaving Tromsoe that the eight Italia crew and three who left Nobile’s camp faced greater need than the main Nobile party.
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Oslo
Norway
U.R
Roald Amundsen
General Nobile
Morgen Bladet
Amundsen
Tromsoe
Nobile
Appointed Deputies for County Coal Mines
Sheriff Williams received court approval for eleven more deputy sheriffs to serve without pay, with 17 total appointed in six weeks to guard county coal companies. Appointees include James Lauderbach for a Kimberly area mine and Jacob Peach for Ewing Mining Company, among others at Ohio Collieries and related sites.
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William Williams
L. G. Worstell
Thurman L. Morgan
Williams
James Lauderbach
Kimberly
Jacob Peach
Ewing Mining Company
Loren Jalmes
Butler Safreed
Patrick B. Burns
William Junod
Sam Gordon
Leo Bradley
Charles Speary
John Speary
George Richardson
Ohio Collieries Company
Ohio Governor Donahey Declines Convention Representation
Columbus June 21 Governor Vic Donahey will not have an official representative at the Democratic national convention in Houston. His secretary J A Meckstroth will stay home and no cabinet members will attend though Utilities Commissioner James W Huffman will go. Meckstroth says attendance would imply the governor is a candidate and he wants to avoid color to unfounded reports.
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Columbus
Vic Donahey
Houston
J. A. Meckstroth
Meckstroth
Ohio
James W. Huffman
Huffman
Donahey
Work to Head Hoover Dane T 1 Decided
Secretary of Interior Hubert Work named chairman of the new Republican national committee to direct the Hoover Curtis campaign. J R Nutt named national treasurer with other officers, including Franklin Fort as secretary and James Franklin Burke as general counsel, in a briefing at the Willard hotel after Kansas City nomination.
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Washington
Hubert Work
Pueblo
Colo
New Republican National Committee
Work
Hoover-Curtis
W. M. Butler
Massachusetts
James Franklin Burke
Republican Committee
K. Williams
Oregon
T. Hert
Kentucky
Daniel Pomeroy
New Jersey
Ice
Franklin Fort
Pennsylvania
Hoover
Will Hayes
Albert B. Fall
Greely
Pueblo County
Colorado State Medical Society
American Medical Association
Herbert Hoover
Kansas City
Willard Hotel
Senator Curtis
James W. Good
Iowa
George E. Akerson
Good
Chicago
Earhart and companions tour London in relaxed style
Amelia Earhart Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon shed flight fame for tourist habits in London. Earhart borrowed a dress to shop at Selfridge's and Bond Street while Stultz and Gordon bought socks shirts and ties. They dined at the residence of Mrs Frederick E Guest after lunching there and spent the night at the Guest home.
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Kendall Foss
United Press
London
Atlantic
Amelia Earhart
Wilmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
England
Miss Earhart
Stultz
Gordon
Hyde Park
Selfridge
Bond Street
Frederick E. Guest
Boston
Stultz An Gordon
Gardens Damaged by Rampant Waters Rises Despite Search
In Glouster on June 21, relatives and friends failed to find Rebalert Lussford Jr. about 36 after he vanished near Little Italy following torrential rains. James Cavello located along Oakdale Pike heard shouts but found no trace of Lussford, whose whereabouts remained unknown as search efforts continued amid flooded ditches and rising water.
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Glouster
Star
Rebalert Lussford, Jr
Wade
Little Italy
Lusfford
James Cavello
Oakdale Pike
Cavello
Luefford
Lussford
Hocking river floods near Athens disrupts transport
Flood stage readings near 17 feet prompted closures of state route 13 and bus lines from Athens to Glouster and Lancaster. Rainfall totals topped 4.87 inches in a month with 2.27 inches this week as water covers roads, threatens homes, and slows mail and rail service.
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Hocking
Athens
C. N. France
Government River Observer
France
Mill View Place
East Bridge
Mill Street
Athens-Glouster
Glouster Isolated as Flood Waters Cut County Roads
Glouster, Ohio was cut off from Athens County by flood waters on June 21. Heavy rainfall and two cloudbursts swelled Sunday Creek, flooding streets and basements, stopping motor bus and railroad traffic and delaying trains. Homes and yards flooded. mines and sewers affected. residents unable to reach work.
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Glouster
Athens County
Hunterdon
Corning
New York Central
Columbia
Modoc
Trimble
Redtown
Derthick
Bumme
Alec Waddo Hunterdon
Levi McClellan
Ing
Chauncey Floods Prompt Homefront Boathouse Use
High water surrounds Chauncey as West Main Street remains passable by machines at 9 am. Many homes are besieged by floodwaters and residents use rowboats for transportation. Water covers roads near the Chauncey baseball park and north of the cemetery, threatening further property damage.
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Chauncey
Richard Dowler
Mer Chauncey
Exatt
Frank Lands
Nee Cemetery
Iron Kettle
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Shawnee
Athens Messenger
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J. Formation
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Lorain
Penitentiary
Reformatory
By Francisco Rea
Hoover Dane T
J. R. Nutt
Cleveland Union Trust Company
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Italy
Rockbridge
Lancaster-Athens
Logan
C. N. Burgeth
Retary
Southeast Ohio Motor Club
Pome
Middleport
Marietta
Union Depot
Main Street
Thiek Place
George Firhart
West Main Street
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