Seventeen Japanese Sailors Die After Harbor Collision
Seventeen Japanese crewmen including an officer and petty officers drown when the pinnace returning to the cruiser Idzuma collides with the Canadian-Pacific tug Nanoose in Vancouver harbor. Bodies of the officer and five sailors recovered. nine missing. seven rescued from wrecked pinnace but two die en route to a cruiser. Rescue led by Captain Slagston. searchlights used. depth about thirty feet with ongoing dragging for victims. Vice Admiral Hyutatuke and staff visited the scene as the Idzuma tours the area.
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Vancouver
B. B
Slaglston
Nanoose
Hyutatuke
Boones
Sdzuma
Turesesneta
Avama
Takumo
Jighty
Othe Idzunia
Crea Wi
President Harrison reported in distress off Mediterranean coast
The American steamer President Harrison, 10,533 tons, sailing from New York to Alexandria via Naples and San Francisco, was reported in distress in the Mediterranean near the Greek archipelago. The cable from Na Naples said the ship left Alexandria for New York last week and no clear cause was given. A Lloyds report placed the vessel near the island of Chios in the Aegean Sea with distress signals received by radio stations.
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San Francisco
Robert Dollar
Harrison
Mediterranean Sea
Na‘ples
Alexandria
New York
Naples
Chico
Aegean Sea
London
Associated Press
Chios
Lloyds
Attiens
Archipelaro
North Africa
Alezendria
President Hurricon
Greece
Mediterranean
Bea Is & US
Tone
Steiner
San Fi Ineira
Balto the Dog Hero Dies in Blizzard Relay
Balto, leader of Gunnar Kasson’s Siberian team, perished in a Nome relay from Bluff to Nome after eight hours of blizzard travel. The report says many of Kasson’s dogs froze to death as temperatures plunged well below zero.
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Salrbanks
Alaska
Associated Press
Balto
Jeader
Gunnar Kannon
Banana
Nome
Kasson
Bluff
Vero
Brainard seeks guidance on new election in Twelfth district
Hartford May 10 Lieutenant Governor J Edwin Brainard said he will confer with Governor Trumbull on Tuesday to decide if a special election is required to fill the Twelfth Senatorial district vacancy. He cites Attorney General Healy's opinion suggesting Brainard's move to lieutenant governor left the Senate seat vacant and wonders whether the governor must order an election or seek court clarification.
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Hartford
Web
Edwin Brainard
Trumbull
Healy
Broinad
Senate
Jane
Frumbull
Brainard
Mirainard
M. Brainard
Air Ministry Proposed to Build Mighty Airship Fleet
Congress leader James McClintic urges shifting defense from ships to air power. He cites aerial defense as essential, proposing zeppelin type airships with massive gun capacity to cross the Atlantic, deter invasion, and challenge battleship dominance. The House Aircraft Committee report warns of a sunken ship within minutes by air attack and a China-wall style defense possible with air power.
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Washington
James McClintic
Oklahoma
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Congress
House Aircraft Committee
Ead
Atlantic
America
McCintic
Moe
Navy
Young Chicago killer confesses murder plot and theft
Sixteen year old Gillen admits luring 16 year old Schmidt to Lake Michigan where Schmidt was killed during a theft attempt. He says he planned the crime the day before and prepared a stout club. Gillen will be charged with murder in juvenile court tomorrow.
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Chicago
Rig Gillen
Schmidt
Lake Michgin
Gillen
Jugentley Court
Hye
Death of Thomas W. Lawson, famed financier and author
Boston reports the death of Thomas W. Lawson, famed for Friday the Thirteenth and Frenzied Finance, following a hospital operation. Lawson, known for vast fortunes and dramatic financial gambles, died after a relapse with his two sons at his side.
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Boston
Thomas W. Lawson
Lawson
Douglas
Arnold Lawson
Rotor Conquers Winds In Crossing Baltic Sea
Special correspondent James B Wharton reports on the Buckau rotor ship crossing the Baltic from Denmark to Scotland. After rough three days and savage winds, the vessel anchored off Holtenau at Kiel Canal entrance. Captain Carlsen and crew praised rotor power, noting sails alone could not have progressed in heavy seas. many crew were seasick during the initial days.
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Rotor
Baltic Sea
Kiel Canal
North Sea
Scotland
James B Wharton
The
Telegram
Alliance
Holtenau
Germany
Balti
Houltenau
Aed
Wth
Peter Catwan
Franz Cont Bletth
Deh Sid
Dandig
Tela
Dinzis
Carlsen
Five Children Left Homeless by Tunxis Hill Fire
A blaze at 7 King's Tilghway Far Field last night destroyed a home while parents were at church. Five children aged 14 to 6 were sheltered at police HQ and by their grandmother. Owner Leon Baker ran a nearby gas station. Fire crews from Bridgeport and Fairfield prevented spread. one Fairfield volunteer, Robert Sullivan, was injured. Household goods were largely lost. three chairs and a bench survived. The loss was about $1,000.
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Tive
King’s Tilghway
Farfield
Ted
Charlotte Japp
Arng
Harry
Russell
Leon Baker
Bridgepom Fire Department
Une der Assigant
George Beerdassee
Fairfield Dire Department
Robert E Sullivan
Fairfleld Company
Terome Clapp
Ingwie
Frederick Carl
Baker
Tridgewelt
Coast Guard Seizes Rum Runner After Firing Two Shots
New Bedford sloop Josephine Maria carrying 3600 gallons of alcohol is seized 12 miles southeast of Montauk by Coast Guard destroyer Jouett and towed to New London. Four crew members, including Capt Jeremiah Wynn, George Josephs, Manchester, and Ware, are held for hearing next day. A second chase ends with a speedboat escaping after exchanges of gunfire with patrols and pier watch men in New Jersey harbor.
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New London
Josephine Maria
New Bedford
Mass
Montauk Point
Coast Guard
Jouett
Jeremiah Wynn
Newport
George Josephs
Stoya Manchester
New Edited
Ware
Fourty
Lester Bowman
United States
Earl Mathewson
New
Dhrsey City
N. J
Web
New York
Pat Richmond
Staten Island
Hudson River
Rairoad
New Jersey
Harot
End of World Prophet Booed Off Patchogue Stage
Robert Heldt of East Patchogue who predicted the world’s end was voted off the Patchogue theatre stage after insisting the millennium has only been delayed. Catherine Kennedy of Valley Stream spoke first. crowd boos and cheers followed Reidt’s eclipse moon claim before he and his family departed with followers.
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Patchogue
Robert Heldt
East Patchogue
Patchogue Theatre
Atruma
California
Michael Glynn
Catherine Kennedy
Valley Stream
Spealk Reidt
Clermany
Thle
Perecuron
Piphtheria Epidemic Feared In Oregon Vale
Vale Oregon officials warn of a likely diphtheria outbreak following irrigation failures near Bay Creek. The January health crisis spreads through Vale and surrounding areas as officials brace for consequences of the burst irrigation system last week.
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Oregon
Vale, Ore
Feb
Vale
Bay Creek
Britain demands French reparations terms linked to war debt
London declares Europe must pay Britain as much as it lends to the United States in war debt liquidation. Churchill forwards a note to Clemental outlining reduced French debt to Britain and using Germany reparations to cover Britain’s claims, with three annual French payments and charges on Dawes annuities, superseding counter claims.
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London
Europe
Britain
United States
Churchill
Clemental
United Kingdom
Great Britain
France
One dead as train hits truck in Torrington
Sidney Albert 18 of Waterbury was fatally injured and Sidney Albert 20 of Waterbury badly cut as a northbound passenger train struck a truck at Water Street crossing near Torrington station. The younger man died at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital. the driver said he did not see or hear the train. The truck dragged more than a hundred feet. skull fracture suffered by the dead man. He had been in the country three weeks and was living with his cousin at 4 George Street. The truck was badly damaged.
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Torrington
Sidney Albert
Waterbury
Waterury
Water Street Crossing
Torrington Station
Charlotte Tfungeford
George Street
Passage digging in cave fails to reach Collins tomb
Rescue efforts at Sand Cave near Cave City Kentucky continue as divers and engineers push a shaft toward Floyd Collins, aiming to reach his tomb after banana oil scent attempts to locate a hidden passage yield little progress. Officials report the effort remains a race against time with a narrow chance of reaching him before collapse or exhaustion ends the search.
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Cave City
Fev
Associated Press
Gan
Floyd Collins
Collin
Asegs Ctatea
Collins
Band Caverns
Sand Cave
Colina
Collina
Ifson
Mammoth
Colonyx
Crysta
Coblins
Iim
Floyd Cott
W D Funkhouser
Department of Geolesy Kentucky University
Perta Ata
Greenville
tAgeos
Peach Floyd Collins
Vitady
Deer Run Into Wall in Torrington Dies
Two deer wandered into a Torrington residential area driven by hunger. One deer charged a stone wall and died before police arrival, the other avoided harm. Local officers were alerted but could not prevent the incidents.
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Torrington
Prisoners In Frigid Freight Car Escape To New York
Two Montana youths Everett Relhm and Jack Read stowed away in a refrigerated freight car near Detroit. After five days immobilized by thirst and cold they were rescued at the Grand Central yards in New York City and rushed to Bellevue Hospital where they recovered. They recited a line from The Ancient Mariner as medical staff treated them.
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Detroit
Montana
Grand Central Railroad
Bellevue Hospital
Everett Relhm
Billings
Jack Read
Butto Ware
Detroi
New York
Bayond
New York Central
Nethan
Read
Fectitia Chace
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