Avalanche Buries Village Killing Many Near Canyon
A massive snowslide swept the Suh Gulch area near BANGHAM Utah February 17 killing dozens and burying the Uttle Highland Bay mining settlement. Rescue teams recovered 28 bodies with 29 missing as homes and cabins burned in the cascade of snow and debris. The Utah Delaware and Utah Apex mines were involved and the toll was feared to rise.
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Bangham
Uttle Highland Bay
Suh Gulch
Debri
Utah Delaware Mining Compuntry
Frank A. Wardlaw
Utah-Delaware
Utah Apex
Perse
Tug Is Saved From Sinking In Harbor
Acting Captain John Spear Allen and chief engineer Stephen Pujda kept Bridgeport Tow ing Line tug John Glenor afloat after a hole opened by river ice near the waterline while towing the barge Trieste with 490,000 feet of Oregon fir. Pumps and ballast were used to avert disaster, the vessel returned to the towing downs for swift repairs, and praise came from a resident witness for the crew’s actions under stress.
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Capta
Bridgeport
John Glenor
Trieste
A. W. Burritt Company
South Branklyn
Stephen Pujda
John “Spear
Daher Hat Tals
Robert Ho
Steamship Crews Honored by Congress for Rescue Work
The House today approved a restitution bill praising crews of American steamships Provident Roosevelt President American Trader Republic and the British Cameroni for heroic rescues during fierce Atlantic storms. The acknowledgment credits the crews and Congress for their role in saving lives at sea.
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Washington
House
Congress
Provident Roosavelt
President
Holding
American Trader
Republic
Cameroni
Atlantic
Fires, thefts, and investigations mix in busy state pages
A sweeping page 1 roundup details an old time fiddlers contest, a state fire origin probe, courtroom action in the Lewis trial, health department licensing, and a wide array of local incidents. Other items report a tobacco shed blaze, a Stamford pension inquiry, appeals, tax drives, and political notes while sports and cultural items populate page 1 through 8 with events, performances, and matches.
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State Street
Lewis
Archbishop Cieplak Dies In Passaic Hospital
Archbishop Cieplak of Poland died in St Mary's hospital Passaic after a one week illness from influenza and pneumonia. Clergy and consul for General Gruska were at his bedside. He had been in the United States since November 15, 1923 and planned to return to Poland soon.
Propaganda Quiz Clears Head of Army Air Service
Washington dispatch reports the Army Air Service probe into unauthorized propaganda efforts amid the Davis led inquiry. Major Arnold and Major Dargue receive reprimands. Arnold to a new station, Dargue remaining in current war plans post. General Patrick notes no foundation for sensational claims of a forced ouster, and says the air corps bill views did not displease Davis.
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Dwight Davis
Army Air Service
Air Service
Army
Arnold
Darigue
Patrick
War Department
Capitol
Pat
War Secretary
Davis
Air Corps
House Military Committee
Countess Dented Entrance to U S
The Countess Cathcart lost her appeal for admission to the United States and was ordered excluded for moral turpitude. Her counsel will seek a writ of habeas corpus in New York to challenge the decision, potentially allowing entry during judicial review. The Labor Department affirmed Ellis Island removal after she admitted an elopement with Earl Craven.
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Washington
A_P
Cathcart
Labor Department
District Court
New York
Ellis Island
Earl of Craven
United States
Secrtary White
James J. Davis
Board of Review
Hungarian Operette Plots Counterfeiting Ring Amid Royalty Ties
The engaging Hungarian operette stage tale interweaves Count Karolyis daughter Consuela and Regent Horthy’s son Nicholas into a high society plot. Count Teleki and Count Paul Teleki feature in political intrigue touching anti currency schemes and a League of Nations context.
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Horthy
Ibudayfest
Isueli Karmilyi
Nicholas Horthy
Consuela
Bromerion
Karum
Admiral Horthy
Karolyi
SR 3
Ass Us
Muride Wangzong
Sie Wis Sheanand
Christian Hungary
Trungary
Paul Teki
Lea Ee of Nations
World Flyers Race Soviet to Occupy Arctic Territory
Lieutenant Wade leads a Bolshevik chasing expedition to probe Arctic Alaska and Siberia for a potential foreign military base. He warns of a Soviet air force with large equipment and pilots, planning a summer voyage from Seattle toward Wrangel Island and Kamchatka as the party resigns to pursue the mission with university backing.
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New York
Furia
Alaska
Siberia
Lingo Wade
Associated Press
Wade
Holohevik
Wrangel Island
Kamchatka Peninsula
Biberis
United States
Lenne
Red Army
Greenland
Army
H. H. Ogden
Alill
Washington
Seattle
Point Barrow
Miners End Five-May Strike With Five-Year Pact Signed
In Schuylkill County Pa on February 17 193? the signing of a five year agreement sent 158000 idle mine workers back to work the great coal strike ended after negotiations in Glen Alden. Twelve negotiators six from each side signed 14 copies while red roses adorned the signers lapels. Operators spoke briefly and dispersed to resume coal production.
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Sclantdon
William W. Inglis
Glen Alden Goal Company
Tugboat collision delays New Hampshire in East River
Frantic morning on the East River ends with Tug No. 6 rammed and sunk by the Fall River liner New Hampshire. All 14 crew members survive, saved by floating debris and nearby vessels as both ships maneuver amid heavy ice and low visibility. Captain Avery reports avoiding another collision just before the crash.
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New Hampshire
New York
New York Marine Company
East River
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Dr. Avery
Tig No. 6
Blatnes
Tog
Final Round in Elimination at Palace Theatre Tonight
The third and final elimination of the Post and Telegram Old-Time Fiddlers championship occurs tonight at the Palace theatre. Waterbury sends four contestants for tonight’s elimination, with three more Brass City entrants. Washington Depot and Naugatuck towns also field players as Bridgeport sends five entrants seeking a finals berth next Thursday. Dinner at Spaghetti House at 6 includes judges Buckingham Trugo and Thorns.
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Palace Theatre
Post and Telegram
Waterbury
Brass City
Washington Depot
Berkshire Mountains
Naugatuck
Bridgeport
Spaghetti House
Edward T. Buckingham
John Adam Trugo
Angus P. Thorns
Gilpatric’s Downfall Revealed At State Honors Room
G Harold Gilpatric, former state treasurer turned convict, described his embezzlement-driven fall from power in Putnam at the Citizens National Bank. He recalled the crash that wrecked the bank, his arrest, and a fifteen year Atlanta prison sentence, recounting his attempts to repay and confess.
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Putnam
Citizens National Bank
First National Bank
G. Harold Gilpatric
Atlanta
Ufe
Tobacco shed destroyed by fire at Hazardville Connecticut
A large tobacco warehouse owned by U Stephen Bridge of Hazardville and partners Steane Hartman and Co Hartford burned, with damage estimated around 200 000 dollars. The blaze started in a blind attic above the sweat room, likely from a defective chimney, gutting a one story 140 by 68 foot frame structure and destroying tobacco and related contents.
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Enfield
Hazardville
Steane, Hartman and Company
Hartford
Connecticut Valley
Mazardville
U. Stephen Bridge
Jeritza Still Idol Of Opera Lovers Fakes Ten Calls
Jerome Jeritza the opera idol despite debut furore proves her loyal following. Ten curtain calls were answered by Lauritz Melchior and Friedrich Schorr before Jeritza appeared in a dressing gown to acknowledge the audience. The Viennese soprano’s farewell performance of Tannhauser drew devoted fans and mixed reaction.
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York
Marion Talley
Kansan City
Maria Jeritsa
Tannhauser
Lauritz Melchior
Friedrich Sehorr
Jeritca
Origin of Blaze on State Street Is Investigated
Fire officials probe the blaze that damaged a men’s furnishing shop at State street and Clinton avenue owned by A Mordachay. Damage estimated near 15000 dollars. Firefighters prevented spread through a four story block housing 20 families and six stores. An aged man and an infant were rescued as smoke and collapse forced evacuations. A clerk heard the alarm and a patrolman dispatched the call at 10 19.
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State Street
Clinton Avenue
A. Mordachay
Thomas Tierney
Bridgeport Health Department
Iwan
Julius Peet
Norve
Thomas Quinn
Gre price drops as mines reopen in Uniontown Pa
The crushed coke market collapsed as the preanthracite price fell from 12 to 19 dollars a ton, while offers at eight to six dollars a ton drew buyers. Demand vanished and much crushed coke now moves east, unsettled by the sudden anthracite settlement.
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Uniontown
Connellsville
Feun
Volstead as Comedian in White House Film Surprises onlookers
In a scene at the White House grounds, former Prohibition head Andrew Volstead is filmed in a rapid pursuit by photographers and movie crews. He darts past front doors and behind shrubs, embodying a chaotic Keystone-like gag as cameras capture the escape from a bakery doorstep to a bushline chase.
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White House
Andrew J. Velstead
Prohibition
President Coolidge
Coolidge
Valvient
Pat Mckenna
Pat
Walstead
Providieatien
Ryine
Kansas City Girl Stars in Verdi Opera Rigoletto
A 19 year old from Kansas City mesmerizes New York Met audiences with a flawless Cate Name in Verdi’s Rigoletto. Applause stops the show for minutes as Marion Talley earns world wide acclaim, while father Charles M Talley and mother Mrs. Talley celebrate backstage.
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Starion Talley
Kansas City
Primi
Donna
Mr. Talley
Talley Familly
Charles M. Talley
Poleit Bia Tao
Marion
Applange
Ming Talley
de Luca
Marion Talley Debuts in Turbulent Ringside Night at Met
From Ringside New York Feb 17 AP dispatch reports Marion Talley’s Met debut in Tanhauser. The AP wire from wings captured the performance with Delicy as title role. Talley’s stage presence and expressive singing enthralled the audience as critics noted her youthful glamour and strong vocal promise.
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Marion Talley
Associated
Metropolit
Amn
Charles M. Tallether
Young Star
Associated Press
Tannehauser
DeLucy
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