1927 Weather Forecasts Foresee Severe Frosts and Tornado Year
NEA Service forecast by Herbert Janvrin Browne warns of a severe cold wave starting in the Northwest June 2 spreading to the Corn Belt and Atlantic Seaboard by June 6 with freezing temperatures and snow. Frosts through late June and early July threaten northern grain regions, amid expectations of a major tornado and hailstorm year.
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NEA
Herbert Janvrin Browne
Washington
Ohio
Potomac
Atlantic Seaboard
Great Northern
Scene of Horror Mothers Break Into Sobs as They Find Bodies
Mothers gasp and break into sobs upon discovering lifeless bodies in a tragic domestic incident. Police investigate while neighbors grapple with shock and grief. Local authorities urge calm as details remain scarce.
Body of Mrs. Andrew Kehoe Found Near Bath Farm Ruins
The charred body of Mrs Andrew Kehoe wife of Bath man blamed for the Bath Consolidated School explosion was found near the Kehoe farm ruins on Bath village outskirts. The Kehoe home was destroyed by a mysterious fire that preceded yesterday's demolition and had been partly wrecked by an explosion.
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Lansing
Mich
Andrew
Kehoe
Bath
Bath Consolidated School
Bath Village
Bath school blast leaves 38 children dead
May 19 Bath Michigan. The Bath consolidated school was destroyed by dynamite planted by treasurer Andrew E Kehoe. Forty three more students and five adults were killed or fatally injured as the west wing collapsed. Rescue work followed as the community faced a grim, costly rebuilding and revived bonds drives.
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Foster Eaton
United Press
Bath
Mich
Bath Consolidated School
Quarantine Ordered at Junction City Brick Plant
Quarantine of the Junction City Brick plant and vaccination of guards and prisoners was ordered by Ohio penitentiary Warden P E Thomas to halt typhoid fever spread. Four prisoners believed sick were moved to the penitentiary hospital on cots, and two guards R J Blosser of Junction City and T H Grable of Georgetown were stricken.
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Columbus
U.R
Junction City
P. E. Thomas
Ohio Penitentiary
Penitentiary Hospital
R. J. Blosser
T. H. Grable
Georgetown
Unusual sentence for George Wallace in Logan court
Logan authorities report Judge Harley M. Whitcraft sentenced George Wallace to pay fines of 150 and 200 dollars on possession and transportation charges, with confinement to the county jail at hard labor. The sentence aims to reduce county costs and allow Wallace to work for his family's support. Wallace, of Hebbardsville in Athens county, was caught leaving Frank Hancock’s home near Gore with a jug and bottles. a pint of whisky was found at Hancock’s home during a warrant search. Hancock faces arraignment on a possession charge.
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Wallace
Hebbardsville
Athens County
Charles Poling
Frank Hancock
Gore
Logan
Hancock
Whitcraft
Bath Michigan school bombing and arson tragedy
Andrew Kehoe, a financially ruined school treasurer, killed himself and the principal Emory Huyck after bombing Bath High School. Fire had destroyed nearby farm buildings and a large cache of dynamite was found under the building with wiring intended to wreck the entire structure. A dynamite package mailed to an insurance broker was intercepted by authorities.
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Foster Eaton
United Press
Bath, Mich
Bath
Andrew Kehoe
Kehoe
Emory E. Huyck
Lansing
Ohio University Lantern Parade Honors Senior Night
Five hundred women students at Ohio University carried colorful lighted Japanese lanterns in a double line procession through campus. The event, arranged by undergraduates and sponsored by the Y M C A and Women's League, featured a forty boy choir, an East Side school pageant, and an address by Dean Irma E. Voigt on personality. The crowd gathered at Ewing Hall and the night ended with taps and seniors receiving souvenir pictures.
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Ohio University
GARRY
University Y. M. C. A
Woman’s League
Woman's League
East Side
Ewing Hall
East Wing
Mary Peters
Irma E. Voigt
Dean Voigt
Child Thrown From Car on The Plains Road
Wilma Cooper five year old daughter of Clarence Cooper Ath ens janitor of the Majestic theater suffered severe cuts to the right leg requiring ten stitches when the Ford sedan she rode in was in a collision with a Nash sedan driven by Albany farmer Glenn Scott. Mrs Cooper sustained a dislocated wrist. The child was brought to Athens and rested well. physicians report no bones broken and expect no crippling.
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Wilma Cooper
Clarence Cooper
Athens
Majestic Theater
Plains Road
Nash
Auto Crash Near Urbana Kills Man, Injures Companion
URBANA May 19 One man was killed and another severely injured in an automobile accident near here late yesterday.
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Urbana
Here
Success of Psychology Department at Ohio University
The article credits Professor James P. Porter, head of the psychology department, for its success. It notes Porter and two students recently attended a Northwestern University psychology meeting, and that his students teach at colleges nationwide. It details Porter’s Indiana roots, education at Indiana State Normal, Indiana University, Clark University, Waynesburg College, and his marriage.
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Ohio University
J. P. Porter
James P. Porter
Porter
Chicago
Northwestern University
Hillsboro
Indiana
Alfred
Elizabeth Porter
Indiana State Normal School
Indiana University
Clark University
Waynesburg College
Browne predicts 1927 to be a year without a summer
Washington weather forecaster Herbert Janvrin Browne warned that 1927 would yield a harsh season with floods frosts and crop losses. He warned of killing frosts as late as July and early frosts in late summer risking famine after a string of droughts and disasters.
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Mr. Browne
Browne
Washington
House Committee On Agriculture
Oldest Athens Mother Dies At Home Of Roods
Mary Culter Parkins 84 years old and almost blind died Tuesday at the home of her daughter Mrs. H P Rood 1 North Congress Athens. Born in Pocahontas County West Virginia she lived on the Civil War era frontier during her marriage to J A Parkins a veteran who lost a leg and an arm. Funeral services will be held in Letart Friday after being taken there yesterday.
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Guy Richardson
Richardson
Huyck
Athens
Mary Culter Parkins
H. P. Rood
North
Congress Street
Pochahontas County
W. Va
J. A. Parkins
Eliza Mitchell
Gallipolis
Browne’s weather forecasts stir clash with Weather Bureau
Browne, long-range forecaster for a paid subscription service, predicts violent tornadoes this year while clashing with the Weather Bureau which questions his methods. He cites sunspot cycles and ocean temperatures as causes and cites farmer praise and high confidence from clients amid ongoing debate over forecast accuracy.
Ohio cities balk at Logan Gas rate pact proposal
Fifty Ohio cities served by Logan Gas failed to reach a rate agreement today. Don Myers for the cities proposed a four year deal at 50 cents per thousand with minimums of 1.50 then 1.20, while Logan president Raymond Cross offered 50 cents with 1.10 minimum for the first two years and 1.00 then 0.60 for additional gas. Cross also floated an alternative plan of 1.00 for the first 500 cubic feet with 0.50 per thousand thereafter. Myers planned to take the latest terms back to the cities.
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Columbus
Ohio
Logan Gas Company
Don Myers
Elyria
Raymond Cross
Logan Company
Myers
Cross
French aviators plan to fly to New York
Paris reports two more French pilots prepare attempts to fly to New York despite the disappearance of Charles Nungesser and Francois Coli. The Location remains uncertain and officials urge caution as the venture proceeds.
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Paris
Charles Nungesser
Francois Coli
New York
Two Die After Chester Hill Auto Crash
Two of the six injured in yesterday morning’s collision near Chester Hill have died. Arch Taylor, 73, died at his son Oscar’s home. Albert Taylor died at White Cross hospital in Columbus at 10 10 this morning. Funeral plans set for Arch and Albert from Chester Hill Methodist church.
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Chester Hill
Arch Taylor
Oscar Taylor
Albert Taylor
Mr. Taylor
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Raymond Taylor
Chester Hill Methodist Church
Albert
Fire damages stores in Warren business district
Fire swept through Warren damaging several stores in the business section. Initial reports indicate property losses but no injuries are detailed in the brief dispatch. The incident occurred today as firefighters faced stubborn flames in the downtown area.
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Warren Warren
U.P
Tornado and storms bring heavy damage across Indiana Iowa
A string of tornadoes and violent storms swept the Midwest. Indianapolis faced business district destruction with signs down and glass shattered, while casualties rose to at least three dead and fifty injured. Flooding and hail damaged Peoria and surrounding counties as rains extended into Illinois and Iowa.
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Chicago
U.R
Peoria
Iowa
Heavy rainfall floods Ohio towns and crops
Rain storms drenched Ohio during the night causing property damage and slight crop injuries. Unprecedented rainfall fell at Galton and nearby, with a tornado form near Bethany destroying a farm's barns. Bridges washed out near Galion and many streets flooded. Columbus faced wind driven damage as rivers rose and streams swelled.
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Ohio
Columbus
U.R
Galton
Bethany
Galion
Olentangy
Scioto
Dam Breakin Harsh Flood Devastates Kelly Wyoming
Flood from Gros Ventre dam breach devastates Kelly and Wilson Wyoming area. Eight known dead and many missing as 20 foot high wall of water sweeps 1.5 miles through Jackson Hole valley. Refugees flee to hills. only St. Johns church and schoolhouse remain in Kelly.
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Wyoming
Rock Springs
Wyo
Kelly
Grosventre
Jackson Hole
Wilson
Kelly Latera
St. John’s
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Rodney Dutcher Messenger
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