Dust Explosion Wrecks Western Maryland Grain Elevator
A Baltimore harbor grain elevator at the Western Maryland terminal was wrecked by a series of dust explosions and a lasting fire injuring nine and killing a worker. A missing man, Carl Hamill, was reported. total grain held was 3,100,000 bushels. The incident caused an estimated 250000 dollars in damage.
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Baltimore
Western Maryland Railroad
Sylvan Jordan
J. A. Peterson
Carl Hamill
Harold Anderson
United States Department of Agriculture
Dry Patrol Autos to Carry Marker
Washington reports that Prohibition Director Woodcock requires dry agents on road patrol to display large metal shields on their autos to distinguish officers from criminals. The 17 by 20 inch shields hang over the right front door and must be shown when vehicles are halted.
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Washington
Woodcock
Maryland
Edward G. Duncan
Duncan
Maryland Automobile Association
Association
James M. Doran
Lack of squirtor halts rain powder experiment
Alexandria Va August 20 The Alexandria chamber of commerce cannot complete its drought plan. Two hundred pounds of rain powder from Santa Fe New Mexico awaits aerial dispersal but no squirtor device is available. Agriculture department equipment used for boll weevil spraying is all in use in the cotton belt. A search for a suitable squirtor continues while residents hope for natural rain.
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Alexandria
Alexandria Chamber of Commerce
Santa Fe
Chamber of Commerce
Agriculture Department
Cotton Belt
Nature
City judge to hear dog cat dispute on September 3
In Chicago two families clash over a pet feud after cats are killed by a neighbor's dogs and a gun is shown. Mrs. Jennie Mikeska faces the Bartosh family as Judge Elliott orders further examination of the incident set for September 3.
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Chicago
South Redvale
Jennie Mikeska
Helen Bartosh
Judge Elliott
Mikeska
Hatfield urges delay of West Virginia GOP meeting
United States Senator Henry D. Hatfield says the Clarksburg meeting call is unofficial due to Walter Hallanan's absence and urges a new date. He pledges to back Republican senatorial and congressional tickets in November and weighs the personal cost of remaining in the Senate versus leaving. He: favors party victory over personal position and calls for inclusion of all candidates and national committee members.
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Huntington
W. Va
United States
Henry D. Hatfield
Republican State Executive Committee
Clarksburg
Walter
Hallanan
Hatfield
West Virginia
Senate
Republican National Committee
Walter S. Hallanan
National Committee
Weather delays Coste transatlantic flight from Paris
Weather conditions remained poor along the Atlantic coast of France delaying Captain Dieudonne Coste’s planned transatlantic flight to the United States. Officials said the try could not start before Friday or Saturday at the earliest.
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Coste
le Bourget Air Field
Paris
Atlantic Seaboard
France
Dieudonne Coste
United States
Angelus Temple Leaders Rally Behind Aimee McPherson
More than 100 Angelus temple leaders voiced confidence in pastor Aimee Semple McPherson. Minnie Kennedy, McPherson’s mother, disputed stories of blindness and said the evangelist is recovering from a facelift at a Malibu cottage. Sister Mary Sullivan reported “prison girls” support McPherson and warned of a looming clash with Ma Kennedy.
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Los Angeles
Angelus Temple
Aimie Semple McPherson
Minnie Kennedy
Mary E. Sullivan
Sullivan
Aimee
Ma Kennedy
McPherson
Four Square Church
Emma Schaeffer
Raids Seek Zuta Gang Records at Aiello Home
Chicago police continued the hunt for another safe deposit box linked to Jack Zuta's gang after raiding the Aiello apartment. Investigators, with Judge Lyle, pursued notes and diamonds believed worth 150000 dollars, as Pat Roche warned the cache could expose political figures and gang ties despite timing limits.
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Chicago
Zuta-Moran
Joe Aiello
Unione Siciliano
Domenick
Zuta
Moran
Alfred J. Lingle
Pat Roche
State's Attorney's Office
Aiello
Joe
Domenick Aeillo
Lingle
Jack Zuta
John H. Lyle
Zata
Teena
Roche Beeves
Mrs Helen Garfield Dies in Portsmouth Hospital
Mrs Helen Newell Garfield wife of James R. Garfield of Mentor Ohio died in Portsmouth hospital from injuries after an automobile crash Monday The death follows the accident that occurred earlier this week claiming her life in New Hampshire.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Helen Newell Garfield
James R. Garfield
Mentor
Ohio
President Garfield
Portsmouth Hospital
Feds Stage Large Raid Across Five Northern Counties
Federal, state and local officers conducted a major prohibition raid in Preston Barbour Upshur Randolph and Tucker counties. About 90 to 100 people were arrested on sale charges with many held for federal court terms in Elkins Fairmont and Martinstburg.
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Feds
Northern Counties
Preston
Barbour
Upshur, Randolph and
Tucker
Elkins
W. Va
Upshur
Randolph
Kingwood
Harry Ruble
Fairmont
Harry A. Weiss
Wheeling
Alfred Richmond
West Virginia
Randolph County
M. M. Smith
Preston County
United States
L. T. Eddy
Martineburg
Pinchot Wins Full Title for Republican Nomination in Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot secured the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania governor after the state Supreme Court affirmed Luzerne County ballot rulings. Brown appealing the perforated ballots could have swung the contest, but Pinchot led statewide by 20 000 votes and Luzerne by 26 000. Pinchot praised being technically and practically chosen, aiming for a large fall victory. Brown offered no comment as party unity remained uncertain.
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Philadelphia
Gifford
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Common Court
Luzerne County
Francis Shunk Brown
Brown
Supreme Court
Luzerne
Square Deal Party
Eaton to Testify in Merger Trial
Youngstown Ohio August 20 Cyrus B Eaton leading figure in the movement against the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Bethlehem Steel merger will be the first witness in the hearing to enjoin the deal. Ernst and Ernst audit questioned asset value and alleged stock losses while Price Waterhouse recommendations influenced merger terms.
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Youngstown, O
Cyrus 8. Eaton
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cleveland
Youngstown
A. C. Ernest
Ernst and Ernst
Ernst
Eaton
Ernest
Harrell Tippit
Bethlehem
Tippit
F. H. Wood
Price Waterhouse and Company
Sheet and Tube
Local Brother Reunites With Sister After 22 Years
Clive R. Linkenholker and his sister Mrs. Robert L. Arnold reunited in Bluefield after 22 years apart. Linkenholker, 34, once ran away at twelve months, served in the U S Army, and later lived in Winston-Salem. His sister resided at 121 McDowell Street, this city. His mother lives in Zanesville Ohio.
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Clive R. Linkenholker
Wineton-Salem
N. C
Robert L. Arnold
McDowell Street
Clive Linkemholker
South America
United States Army
Linkenholker
Winston-Salem
Vivian
McDowell County
Arnold
Bluefield
Brend
W. B. Linkenholker
Zanesville
Ohio
Elmer Diehl
George Chastine
Willie Linkenholker
New Jersey
Friends Abandon Search For Body Of Sun Publisher
New York August 20. Van Lear Black Baltimore Sun publisher vanished from his yacht Sabalo off New Jersey coast. Search by air and water ends as waves thwart recovery attempts. Captain Kelley reports accident to the steamboat inspection service and the Sabalo heads back to Baltimore with witnesses. Memorial plans unknown.
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New York
New Jersey
van Lear Black
Baltimore
Coast Guard
Eatch
Scotland
Paul Patterson
Baltimore Sun
Mr. Black
Clarence Chamberlin
Rudolph E. Lent
Jersey City
Chamberlin
Kelley
Sabaho
Steamboat Inspection Service
Tomorro
Gravesend Bay
Patterson
Billings pardon hearing ends abruptly in San Francisco
The state supreme court hearing on Warren K. Billings’s pardon, tied to the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing, closed suddenly after four weeks as the court plans deliberations. Chief Justice Waste said a decision will follow a thorough review, with oral argument possibly allowed to clarify the record.
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San Francisco
State Supreme Court
Warren K. Billings
Thomas Mooney
William H. Waste
C. C. Young
Edwin V. McKenzie
Billings
Mooney
John MacDonald
Charles Goff
Supreme Court
Preston
Goff
Waste
Belle Hammerburg
Lena Mooney
Duncan Matheson
Idle Bailiff Triggers False Escape Alarm at City Lockup
Chicago dispatch reports a false alarm at the detective bureau lockup when bailiff Emil Gentzel pressed a foot tap that set off the escape alarm. Detectives and guards rushed to exits as officials and spectators took cover, only to find no prisoner missing and Gentzel whistling to the rhythm he created.
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Chicago
Detective Bureau
Emil Gentzel
4,000 Reds Fall On Western Front
Chinese press dispatches report Kiangsi provincial troops crushing Communist forces in western Kiangsi with 4,000 killed and 2,000 rifles seized. The turmoil expands as Reds sack Wusueh near Kiukiang, refugees flee, foreigners secured by a Japanese gunboat, and Nationalists gain momentum in several fronts amid heavy rains and shifting lines.
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Hankow
Kiangsi
China
Wusueh
Yangtse
Kiukiang
Changsha
Nanchang
Kinking
Northern Alliance
Henan
Shantung
Canale
Teinan
Yellow River
Ch‘hli
Nonan
Alog
Haichow
Tugkwan Railway
Pastor John Jenning faces ouster over Legion service ban
In Tron Ridge Wisconsin on August 20 Reverend John Jenning, leader of the Evangelical Lutheran church, may be ousted after a prolonged meeting. Board members and three pastors voted to remove him for refusing to admit several American Legion members to services. The congregation will decide within days whether to sustain the action. A Milwaukee meeting next month will discuss Legion membership in the Evangelical Lutheran churches of Wisconsin and Missouri synods.
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Tron Ridge
Wis
John Jenning
American Legion
Evangelical
Legion
Southern Wisconsin Synod
Iron Bridge Church
Henning
Christ
Leason Natres
Evangeical Lutheran Churches
Wisconsin
Missouri
Milwaukee
Sanity Commission Recommends for Baby Murder Case
In Pittsburgh on August 20 a sanity commission recommended for Mrs. Mary Prentice who is charged with murdering her five month old baby treated in a hospital for mental illness. The baby was stabbed in the neck on August 1.
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Pittsburgh
Mary Prentice
Gore Committee on Relief Sets County Units for Drought Aid
The state drought committee authorized forming county committees in 55 counties to coordinate drought relief. Governor Gore said committees will include a county agent, home demonstration agent, bank official, farm bureau head, Red Cross chair, county officials, and health representative. Programs cover cooperative feed purchases, funding for buyers, and food distribution with local groups. The move aims to dispel myths about public ad distribution for drought relief.
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Charleston
W. Va
State
Howard M. Gore
Gore
John J. Cornwell
Red Crosse
Red Cross
Refuse To Recall Referendum Vote At ABA Convention
The American Bar Association opened its fifty third annual convention in Chicago with a five to one vote to keep its current referendum on repealing the eighteenth amendment. Law yers from across the nation rejected opposing farm relief and heard George W. Wickersham discuss President Hoover's law enforcement commission progress. Judge James Airshie attacked the referendum as political and demanded its withdrawal.
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Chicago
American Bar Association
George W. Wickersham
Hoover
James Airshie
Cour D'Alene
Idaho
A. L. Newlin
Henry Upton Sims
Ailshie
Executive Committee
Wickersham
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Expregg
Woman Evangelist Register
Sister
Mother
Daughter
M'Cullogh
Coma
Welch Lad
Robert Orin McCulloch
W. H. McCulloch
Virginia Avenue
Welch
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Grace Hospital
Woodmont
Southern Refrigeration Plant
Charlie Hutson
Bobby
Garfield
Gifford Pinchot
State High Court
Brother
Body OF Sun
Sabah
Gore Committee ON Relief
Capital
Virginia
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