Wave of Midwest Car Crashes Claims Nineteen Lives
Nineteen people die in mid western motor accidents over the weekend. The Seaver family perishes when an interurban car strikes their car. A newborn dies in prematurity. In Ashtabula Ohio Mr. and Mrs. Woodring and three children are killed by a train strike. Mrs. Burns dies in Anderson Indiana in a crossroad collision. Jacob Beth is killed in Grand Rapids Michigan when thrown from a motorcycle. A score of others are injured.
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Ghetcago
Parsons
Mid-West
Eens Til
J. M. Seaver
Ashtabula
C. P. Woodring
C. C. Burns
Anderson
Ind
Grand Rapids
Mich
Jacob Beth
Tourists Safe In West After Earth Tremors
Tourists in Yellowstone Park are reported safe as forest rangers monitor minor earthquakes near the disturbance center. Geologists say lower rock strata have settled and another fault may take years to form. A shallow fissure from Three Forks to Manhattan shows hot water bubbling in multiple spots.
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Manhattan
Miners' Meeting in Scranton to Discuss Wage Terms
Washington reports Secretary of Labor James J. Davis ordered commissioners James F. Dewey and Thomas Davis to observe the tri district convention of anthracite miners in Scranton to prepare terms for a new wage agreement with the operators. They are to keep Davis advised of all moves at the convention.
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Washington
James J. Davis
James F. Dewey
Thomas Davis
Scranton
Davis
Quake Panic Strikes Butte and Nearby Towns
Citizens of Three Forts and Manhattan spent the night on vacant lots after earthquakes rocked the region. Trains on the Northern Pacific and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul routes were delayed by landslides as rocks blocked tracks. Passengers feared for their safety, though no injuries were reported.
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Mont
Forts
Manhattan
Northern Pacific
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Lightning Sets 55000-Barrel Oil Tank Ablaze at El Dorado
A bolt struck a 55 000 barrel oil tank in El Dorado Kansas igniting a fierce blaze. Smoke rose 500 feet and caused the town to remain in semi darkness for much of the day as firefighters fought the fire.
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el Dorado
Kas
Lions gather for ninth international convention at Cedar Point
Full of Lions Sandusky Ohio reports Lions from across the United States and Canada arriving by June 27 to attend the ninth international convention of Lions clubs opening the next evening at Cedar Point.
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United States
Canada
Lions Clubs
Cedar Point
Soviet Trade Agent Arrested Over China Disturbances
In Shanghai on June 29 1931 Zinovii Dosser and his wife Ivgina were detained returning from deportation to Hong Kong. Police say documents show Moscow backing of anti foreign agitation in China. Dosser held on 20000 dollar bond. wife released as Shanghai’s tension remained.
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Russia
China
Zinovii Dosser
Ivgina
Hong Kong
Moscow
Dosser
Ohio Cannot Aid Federal Prisoners Overcrowding
Ohio officials told the Department of Justice that the state cannot help with federal prisoner overcrowding because the Ohio State Penitentiary is full. Warden P. E. Thomas reported to federal officials that Ohio houses 3,017 inmates, leaving no capacity to assist in housing federal prisoners.
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Columbus
Ohio State Penitentiary
P. E. Thomas
Department of Justice
W. H. White
Ohio State
China Uprising Endangers American Expedition
Roy Chapman Andrews reports the American Natural History expedition faced extreme dangers as civil war raged in China. Looting, executions, and mass killings plagued Kalgan and the surrounding region, with soldiers slaughtering looters and confiscating camels and other supplies for miles around.
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China
Aoord
Roy Chapman Andrews
Seery
Andrews
Kalgan
Peking
Mountain preacher Morgan defies evolution in Tennessee
Dayton reporter visits Old George Morgan on Walden's Ridge where the famed "worst reader" defends the Bible against Darwinism. Morgan, living on $100 yearly, argues schools should guard creation, while praising mountain life and contentment. One closing quip notes insomnia remedy as marriage.
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Tenn
George’ Morgan
Walden's Ridge
Walden’s Ridge
George Morgan
Morgan
Darwin
God
George” Morgan
Tennessee
Gasoline use for starting cars with choke pulled out
Washington tests by the Bureau of Standards show starting a motor car with the choke pulled and a weaker carburetor mixture uses more gasoline than giving a brief rich mixture.
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Washington
Bureau of Standards
Market rounds show mixed hog cattle and sheep gains
Chicago livestock receipts reach 46 000 hogs 22 000 cattle and 17 0 sheep with market weak to lower. Hog prices range 11.80 to 13.75 with heavy and light weights highlighted. Cattle calves and feeders show varied declines and gains. Cincinnati livestock prices list steers hogs lambs with mixed movements. Cleveland produce dairy and fruit items listed with general price ranges.
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Chicago
Abe
Chicago Cincinnati Produce Prices and Poultry Listings
The page lists produce prices for hamper tomatoes cucumbers and related goods, plus butter cream poultry and eggs. Prices include 20e per lb for tomatoes 8 per each for cucumbers and various grades for butter and fowl with noted per pound or per item values. A closing line offers a proverb about self control.
Evening radio picks vary with operatic and concert broadcasts
The lineup highlights WEAF with operalogue Aida and string quartet, plus WCAP WEEI and others airing varied entertainment. Gog gia Minstrel Boys on WGY at 6 35 E T while WLW presents Barnyard Symphony, KOA features violinist Gregor Cherniavsky at 8 P M 7 E T.
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E. T
Aida
WCAP
WEEI
Woo
E. T. Wgy
Goggia Minstrel Boys
WLW
Barnyard
KOA
Gregor Cherniavsky
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