Plaza dance hall blaze traps Brooklyns firemen
A three story building housing the Plaza dance hall in Brooklyn collapses during the fire. Two firemen Raymond Farrell and James Sullivan are killed and 27 injured as roof and wall give way. about 60 firefighters were inside fighting the blaze when the catastrophe occurred. Rescuers and bystanders rushed in amid smoke and debris to save the trapped crews.
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New York
Williamsharch
Brooklyn
Raymond Farrell
James Sullivan
Nagine Co. No
Calla
Coal Wen Fail In Last Effort To Avert Strike
Atlantic City August 21 miners and operators failed to reach a wage agreement in the anthracite talks. John L. Lewis urged a 20 percent raise for contract miners and $2 a day for day workers while Samuel Warringer warned the industry cannot sustain higher wages. Operators reportedly prepared to offer a compromise below the miners demand as both sides presented data to support their positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Samuel PD. Warringer
Lewis
Warriner
Tailor Gashed With Scissors In Front Of Shop
Peter Moskos a 25 year old tailor at 904 Sth St NE is in Aultman hospital annex after three scissors wounds on the left side. Police seek Mike Stelionopous charged with stabbing after a quarrel outside 516 Tuscaransasst FE Monday night. Wounds described as not serious by hospital staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Moskos
Aultman Hospital
Mike Stelionopous
Moskos
Tuscaranasst FE
Stelionopoua
Cincinnati Near Race Riot In Lincoln Park Clash
In Cincinnati on August 21 a large white mob fought with about 50 Negro residents in Lincoln Park over dancing and privileges barred to Black people. Bottles bricks and clubs flew as violence threatened a riot before the crowd dispersed amid heavy rain and retreats into homes.
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Cincinnati
Jincoln Park
Pittsburgh beer priced at 37.50 a keg in Akron court
Akron judge Fritch fines Charles Carpenter 500 after he pleaded guilty to possessing eight kegs of Pittsburgh beer. A second Crabbe act violation would raise the fine to 1000, court warns.
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Akron
Pittsburgh
F. D. Fritch
Charles Carpenter
Landlord Liquor Law Hearings Open in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on August 2, a hearing began before Assistant County Prosecutor Hickey for about 60 landlord cases alleging tenant liquor law violations.
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Cincinnati
Hickey
Benedict Named Assistant Principal at McKinley High
H W Benedict, head of history and civics at McKinley High for three years, was appointed assistant principal for the coming year by the board of education. He succeeds M Channing Wagner who left to lead Wilmington high school. Benedict, Harvard and Princeton educated, joined McKinley in 1920 and helped run the Opportunity School with F D Hendley. He served 14 months in World War I and later worked with the Labor Department under Roger Babson.
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H. W. Benedict
McKinley High School
Board of Education
Benedict
M. Channing Wagner
Wilmington, del
Harvard
Princeton
McKinley High
F. D. Hendley
J. L. G. Pattort
United States Army
Department of Labor
Roger Babson
Bureau of Information
Count Hunted for Burglaries in Canada and Northwest
Winnipeg dispatch reports Red Coats of the Manitoba Mounted Police pursuing a former Polish count and chemistry professor sought for six safebreaks and multiple burglaries near York Saskatchewan. He escaped July 18 from provincial officers and robs at night. The fugitive is described as a Prague University chemistry professor turned criminal a decade ago.
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Winnipeg
Man
Red Coats
Manitoba Mounted Police
York
Sask
Prague
Twenty year old whiskey worth 25000 seized in Cincinnati
Twenty year old whiskey valued at 25000 stored under the name sean was confiscated late yesterday at the old Anheuser Busch warehouse in Cincinnati. The whiskey was contained in 760 gallon cans labeled soap.
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Cincinnati
Anheuser Busch
East Defiance group eyes 60 by 120 pool at park site
Members of the East Defiance Men's Rooster club discuss installing a 60 by 120 foot swimming pool in the new recreation park at the Maumee and Auglaize rivers junction. The plan signals a major facility addition for local residents and visitors.
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Defiance
East Defiance
Typhoid Fight On Columbus Area Underway
State Sanitary Engineer W. H. Dittoe of the health department visited Floodweed Athens to inspect the water supply and end a typhoid fever epidemic there, officials announced today.
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Columbus
State Sanitary Eng New W. HH
Dittoe
Tate Health Department
Athens
Train Robbery Raiders Seize Mail in Oklahoma Heist
Bandits believed led by Al Spencer halt a southbound Missouri Kansas and Texas train at Okesa Oklahoma fire several shots to force stop and rifle mail pouches taking about 20 registered packages as posses organize a wide search across nearby Osage counties.
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Pawhuska
Okla
al Spencer
Missouri, Kansas and
Texas
Okesa
Spencer
Oklahoma
Walter Bunch
B. D. Towers
Towers
Bunch
Antidisorder Ordinance Up Steubenville
Steubenville Ohio Aug 21 an ordinance to ban meetings parades or demonstrations that may cause disturbances will be presented to city council tonight. The measure follows an anti-Klan outbreak with city officials deeming it legal and a planned Ku Klux Klan parade for Thursday canceled.
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Steubenville, C
Ku Klux Klan
Ralph Levinson
Frank A. Hawkins
Council
Chicagoan Wins Peacock Trap Shooting Trophy
W. G. Warren of Chicago won the Peacock trap shooting trophy at Southshore Country Club in Chicago. He broke 24 of 25 targets in the shoot off, finishing with 198 of 200, while William Lambert of Oklahoma City marked 2 percent in earlier rounds.
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Southshore Country Club
Chicago
W. G. Warren
Peacock
Lake Michigan
William Lambert
Oklahoma City
Becht Named Acting Head of State Fish and Game Bureau
Columbus, Aug 21. Major George Becht assumed duties as acting head of the state fish and game bureau succeeding the late John Bliss Governor Konahey. Becht has served over 20 years in the state’s employ and was previously chief clerk in the bureau.
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Columbus
George Becht
State Fish and Game Bureau
John Bliss
Konahey
Major Becht
Judge denies request to inspect RK L Dellings records
Common pleas Judge Rogers rejects John A. Bushnell of Columbus who chairs a 600 member stockholders group from inspecting RK L Dellings Co of Ohio and its subsidiaries records. The ruling was announced today.
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Columbus
Common Pleas
Rogers
John A. Bushnell
RK. L. Dellings Co
Ohio
Coast to Coast Air Mail Service Is Inaugurated
Reno reports the De Haviland mail plane piloted by Burr Winslow arriving at 7 46 pm after leaving Crissey Field San Francisco on the first 28 hour cross country mail flight. Blanchard relieves Winslow and the crew head toward Elko Nevada with a 8 45 expected arrival.
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Reno
de Haviland Mail
Burr Winslow
Crissey Field
San Francisco
United States Mail
Blanchard
Elko
Nev
de Haviland
Hazelmarst Field
Mineosa
N. Y
C. E. Eugene Johnson
United States Air
New York
Mass Held for Priest Moran by Hibernians in Columbus
The Ancient Order of Hibernians and its auxiliary held a solemn high mass of requiem for the late Rev. Father Moran at St. Dominic's Church in Columbus. Delegates will conduct business sessions today and Irish Day events are planned at Olentangy Park from 3 PM to midnight for visitors.
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Columbus
Order of Hibernians
Father Moran
St. Dominick's Church
Olentagy Park
Reinstatement of Dr. W F Ray as medical examiner
The state civil service commission unanimously ordered the reinstatement of Dr. W F Ray of Columbus as special medical examiner for the state industrial commission. Ray had been dismissed recently by the director of industrial relations, Witler, ending a years long tenure with the commission.
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Columbus
W. F. Ray
State Industrial Commission
State Civil Service Commission
Ray
Industrial Commission
Witler
Deaf couple wed in written vows at Catlettsburg
Clarence G. Henderson and Ava Peck both deaf married in a unique ceremony in Catlettsburg Kentucky. Henderson answered license questions in writing on a pad and the minister read the service from his manual. The couple exchanged vows with a written pledge reading I will be good to my wife.
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Catlettsburg
Clarence G. Henderson
Ava Peck
Henderson
Police search for kidnapper in New Jersey and New York
Police and state troopers joined New York officers in a search for a plainly dressed young woman believed to have abducted three month old Lillian McKeagle from a carriage last Saturday. Guards were posted at baby hospitals and nearby institutions as detectives pursue the suspect who reportedly plans to obtain medical care for the child.
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New York
New Jersey
Lillian McKeagle
Jersey
Union Hil
N. J
Horse Shoe Tournament Funds Planned in Cleveland
Efforts to raise 2500 for the national horse shoe pitching tournament to be held in Cleveland begin this week. Forty entries have already been received as a meeting of the Association of Horse Shoe Pitchers of Cuyahoga County is set for tomorrow morning to finalize arrangements.
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Cleveland
Greater
Association of Horse Show
Cuyahoga County
Fireworks blast injures man as truck explodes in Cleveland
Three Italian workers from Hudson Pliceworks Co were shaken from a truck carrying fireworks after an explosion near 21st St NW. One man suffered minor burns. two others leaped clear and escaped. All three were detained for transporting explosives without a permit.
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Cleveland
21St St NW
Tom Tomtans
Hudson, O
Joseph Pincel
Adam Mikie
Hudson Pliceworks Co
Mesnar
Mikle
Costa
Tomtans
Piuces
McCook Pilots in Important Role in St Louis Races
McCook field pilots will play an important part in the international air races at St Louis October 1 and 2. Lieutenants W H Brockley Leigh Wade and Alex Pearson from Dayton field have been named by the war department to represent McCook field. Last year army flyers won several events in Detroit. The Pulitzer trophy race is a feature of the races and the three McCook pilots have distinguished air records.
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Dayton
McCookield
St. Louis
Dayton Field
War Department
W. H Brockley
Leigh Wade
Alex Pearson
McCook Field
Detroit
Army Air Service
France Delivers Reply To Britain On Reparations Note
France sends its written answer to Britain's August 12 reparations note to the British embassy at 9 a.m. It defends Ruhr occupation legality and urges unity in settling reparations. The reply includes two documents: an explanatory letter and a point by point response to Britain’s concerns.
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Paris
France
Great Britain
Ruhr
Wheat Goes to Stock in Ohio as Farmers Feed Crop
Columbus Aug 21 Wheat consumption in Ohio farms rises as up to a quarter of the state's harvest may be fed to livestock this year. Officials report substantial increases in farm use across all regions, signaling a shift away from grain exports toward animal feed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ted Edie
Barling bombing plane to make first test flight at Wright field
The Barling bombing plane the largest airplane in the world is set for an initial 6 PM flight at Wilbur Wright field Dayton Ohio. Lieutenant H R Harris will pilot with Lieut L Fairehild as assistant Walter S Darling designer and Douglas Culber engineer. Final adjustments completed yesterday under Mr Barling supervision.
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Dayton
Aeronautical
Wilbur Wright Field
Barling
H. R. Harris
Lieut. L. & Fairehild
Walter S. Darling
Douglas Culber
Wilbur Wright Feld
Miller wins Pittsburgh mile championship in strong swim
Joan Miller, a Central M C A instructor and McKinley High student, won the annual mile championship in Pittsburgh with a 21 24 time. He led by over 60 yards, built a growing advantage against W Miller despite a headwind. The Cantonian staged a dramatic swim and Miller captured a silver cup.
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Joan Miller
the Central
McKinley High
Pittsburgh
Miller
W. Miller
Cantonian
Six Tuberculosis Cottages Planned for Mount Logan Sanitarium
Aug 21 report from Chillicothe states Gireand approved six cottages for TB patients. Five to be built by the hospital and the sixth by Colonel Michard Enderlin, a local philanthropist.
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Chillicothe
Mount Logan Sanitarium
Hospital
Michard Enderlin
Philanthropiat
Recruit War Veterans at Sherman Tech School
An active campaign in Chillicothe aims to enroll up to 1000 disabled World War veterans at Sherman Tech Vocational School No. 1. Men began interviewing prospective students yesterday as part of the drive.
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Chillicothe
Sherman Tech
Mexican Negotiations Reach Critical Point Over Treaty Recognition
Aug 21 report from Washington says President Coolidge and Secretary Hughes face a choice on whether Obregon era promises bind future administrations below the Rio Grande to American rights. After months, talks stalled as Mexico balked at a treaty, insisting recognition come first. Delegates Warren and Dayne were sent to Mexico City to break the deadlock.
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Retary Hughes
Obregan Ta
Rio Grande
Mexico
Obregon
Americana
United States
Charlee FE. Warren
John Parton Dayne
Mexico City
County Auto Registration Bureau Opens in Courthouse
The new county automobile registration bureau on the courthouse first floor opened Tuesday under Milo W. Cathon and deputy Ross H Harford. A bill of sale must be registered each time a motor vehicle changes hands and a sworn ownership statement filed for unregistered vehicles. Failure to register is a legal violation and may complicate future sales.
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New County Automobile Regetration Bureau
Milo W. Cathon
Stark Co
Ross H Harford
Macon Floggings Stifled by Fearful Victims
Macon Georgia August 21 Officers struggle to solve a spree of flogging parties as victims refuse to provide information. Kidnapped men, beaten and prodded to silence, will not identify attackers, leaving investigators without leads and Mayor Luther Williams urging fresh information to act.
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South
Macon
Luther William
Hera
Injury strikes light Armstrongs on eve of game
Ava O. is scratched on the eve with a blade. Johanny Caldwell, 63, a farmer, was treated after a ball struck the eye at Bellaire Hospital. Authorities report the incident occurred near the eve of the match and the ball was removed.
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Armstrongs
Ava
Johanny Caldwell
Bellaire Howple Tal
Seville Appoints Temporary Postmaster Posts Pay Mentioned
Medina Oklahoma May 21 Fred Poster rural mall carrier is named temporary postmaster at Seville. The position carries a salary of 900 dollars.
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Medina
Fred Poster
Seville
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