Five Trainmen Die in Penny Rear End Collision
Aberdeen Maryland January 18 five Pennsylvania railroad workers are dead after a northbound passenger train rear ended a freight and a second southbound passenger train struck wreckage. Victims included K A Klein W W Stewart A C Terhune T J Kavanaugh and engineer Leon Sweeting. Fritz Kreisler was among slight injuries as fog and steam scalding hindered rescue efforts. The cause being probed with relief trains rushing survivors to Washington and Baltimore.
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Aberdeen
Here
Leon Sweetin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Havre de Grace Hospital
Pennsylvania
A. C. Terhune
T. J. Kavanaugh
Fritz Kreisler
Washington
Leon Sweeting
John Lee
Sweeting
Pennsylvania Road
Terhune
Maryland
Baltimore
Quake in Cumana Kills 200. Over 1000 Hurt
A tsunami of destruction from a major quake in Cumana leaves 200 dead and more than 1000 injured. Property losses reach about 10 million dollars. Venezuelan Red Cross mobilizes volunteers as President Gomez dispatches aid ships and supplies.
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United Press
Caracas
Cumana
Venezuelan Red Cross
Alfred E. Smith Named Director at County Trust Co
Former New York governor and presidential candidate Alfred E. Smith is elected to the board of County Trust Co. Directors include John J. Raskob, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and William F. Kenny. Smith plans no other business ties until his Florida trip in a month. Kenny, Raskob, and Smith depart for Florida on Sunday.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
The
County Trust Co
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
William F. Kenny
Smith
Florida
Kenny
Raskob
Earthquake Devastates Famine Areas in Shansi Province
American missionaries report widespread deaths and destruction in northwest Shansi after Sunday’s earthquake. The tremor toppled houses and caused large fires in Sui Yuan district, affecting several cities and worsening famine conditions.
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Peking
Shansi
American Missionares
Sui Yuan
Al Smith Speech Praised by Will Rogers in Radio Remarks
New York January text notes Will Rogers commends Al Smith for a straightforward radio address. He warns the party must stay active lest Republicans seize leadership and wealth policies. Rogers dislikes calls to fund the rich and argues Smith is too influential to be sidelined.
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New York
al Smith
Washington
Dick Harter Vindicated In Reader Comment
A reader defends Dick Harter’s Looking Back column as other writers err in grammar, prompting a page feature about criticism and accuracy in opinion writing.
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Dick Harter
Cattleman Lee Bivins Dies in Texas at 66
Lee Bivins, regarded as the world’s largest individual cattle owner, died in a Wichita Falls hospital from an acute indigestion attack. The Texan, 66, passed away after leaving Sherman en route home from a visit with his sister.
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Klarillo
Tex
Texas Panhandle
Lee Bivins
Bivins
Wichita Falls
Sherman
China to Reduce Army Plan Adopted at Nanking Conference
A Nanking military conference adopted a wholesale plan to trim China’s armed forces from about 2.5 million men to 800000. The program outlines major reductions across all arms with a target date for the overhaul set by officials receiving advices today.
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Shanghai
Nanking
Eaid
Hoover Turns His Attention Toward New York
President elect Hoover to tackle New York party unity and patronage friction in a series of meetings. State chairman Mechold and publisher Hill join Hoover with Albert Ottinger and other figures to seek a unified Republican front. Tonight Hoover and wife dine with President Coolidge at the White House.
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United Press
Washington
Hoover
New York State
New York
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William H. Hill
Binghampton
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Albert Ottinger
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
Hill
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Kansas City
Hull
Hilles
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Hoove
D. B Robertson
The
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Conn
Reed
N. Y
Reid
Ill
Smith
Idaho
Williams
Begg
Williamson
Coolidge
White House
Harsh's Hope Hinges on Sanity at Murder Trial
Atlanta January 18 The case of George Harsh a Oglethorpe University student accused of murder in robberies rests on medical testimony. Defense presents ten physicians asserting insanity while three prosecution experts deem him sane. Today's line of witnesses may continue that dispute.
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Atlanta
George Harsh
Oglethorpe University
Harsh
Mrs Dukes Sues Paris For Divorce From Paw Dukes
Mrs Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherford Dukes files suit here for divorce on desertion grounds against Paw Dukes. She is daughter of Mrs W K Rutherford Vanderbilt and was previously married to Ogden Mills, former U S treasury official, in 1919. She has spent most of her life in France.
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Paris
Margaret Stuyvesant Rutherford Dukes
Paw Dukes
Dukes
W. K. Rutherford Vanderbilt
Ogden Mills
United States Treasury
France
P T A Presents Counterfeit Miracles at McKinley High
Notice lists P T A event Counterfeit Miracles by Monsieur Jean De Jen at McKinley High Auditorium on Friday January 18 at 8 15 PM City Council Parent Teachers Association Ady Also Canton Wall Paper Company ad for January reduced prices.
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Jean de Jen
McKinley High
City Council Parent Teachers’ Association
Canton Wall Paper Company
Ady
Battle leaves two policemen injured. man killed in house blaze
In Canton area a clubman attacked police during a blaze at his home injuring a sergeant and a patrolman, while the house burned from an oil fire. The wounded man is hospitalized with burns and fractures. the assailant is in custody.
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Philadelphia
W. Griffith Gribbel
Gribbel
Elit Tien Bisane
Weather Breaks Records as Canton Warm Front Sweeps In
A dramatic temperature rise in Canton saw the mercury jump from just above zero to 58 degrees in 86 hours, with snow disappearing, streets washed clean, and a faint green tint on country grasses. By Friday morning the thermometer hovered near 51 as rain or sun remains uncertain.
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Mercury
Carl Meyer
Canton
Fred L. Craig
Tragic double shooting ends in murder suicide in Steubenville
In Steubenville Ohio Vincenzo Giannamore 64 shot his wife Medeline 55 then his daughter-in-law 28 who was about to give birth. He killed himself after the family dispute over his will. The day old infant was saved by nurses and fought for life.
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Steubenville, O
Frank Giannamore
Vincenzo Giannamore
Medeline
U S Sweden Flight Planned
Copenhagen reports details of a second attempt by Bert Hassel and Parker D. Cramer to fly from Rockford Illinois to Stockholm Sweden and return to the United States. Prof William H Hobbs confirms the plan noting his rescue party aided the 1923 attempt and that $50 000 has been raised for expenses this year.
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Denmark
Bert Hassell
Parker D. Cramer
Rockford
Stockholm
Sweden
United States
William H. Hobbs
Helge Bangsted
Hobbs
Hassel
Cramer
Mockholm
Greenland
From Darling of Monte Carlo to Chicago Scrubwoman
Anita Keep once known as Monte Carlo’s darling gambled away her husband’s fortune after a divorce and his suicide. Thirty years later she has $5,000 left and works as a hotel scrubwoman in Chicago. The News presents her life story in Canton in ten chapters starting today on page 2.
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Anita Keep
Chicago
Canton
Pag 2
Death of Dr Joseph Goldberger Prompt Cremation Ashes
Washington January 18 ashes of Dr Joseph Goldberger of the U S Public Health Service and a renowned pellagra specialist will be received from the Potomac today He asked to be cremated in the presence of family and a few colleagues His death yesterday ended a brilliant career with contributions to yellow fever typhoid fever pellagra and other diseases
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Joseph Goldberger
Potomac River
Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Golberger
Arraignment Set for Edward Kaltenbaugh in Double Murder
Edward Kaltenbaugh is to be arraigned before Judge A W Agler Monday at 9 AM on two first degree murder indictments for the Canal Fulton killings of John and Bertha Oser. Attorneys Gorsuch and Klein were appointed. defense may pursue insanity while prosecutor Harter pushes a sane, possibly guilty plea with mercy sought. Kaltenbaugh confessed, saying he killed for a car, with bodies found next morning after the January 6 crime. he was captured in Grove City after fleeing in an Over machine later found in Youngstown.
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A. W. Agler
John
Bertha Oser
Canal Fulton
John F. Gorsuch
Carl F. Klein
Kaltenbaugh
Agler
Grove City
Henry W. Harter, Jr
Kaltentaugh
Oser
Youngstown
Ed Gibson
Murder of Bank Head Linked to Forgery and Death
In Sullivan Indiana on January 18 Edgar D Maple vice president of the People's National Bank was found shot near the vault amid a suspected $4 000 theft plot Ex banker Jessup F Bolinger Shelburn State Bank president confessed to forging notes and attempted suicide Bolinger accused of forgery and held $75 000 in fraudulent notes Examiners found Maple's accounts intact and Bolinger confessed to the crime resulting in the Shelburn bank closure and Bolinger's arrest
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United Press
Sullivan
Ind
Edgar D. Maple
People’s National Bank
Jessup F. Bolinger
Shelburn State Bank
Maple
People's Bank
Bolinger
Benjamin Davis
Shelburn
William C. Jamieson
Jamieson
Hollywood Is Late for Trial Girl's Death in Home Probed
In Los Angeles Alma Rubens faces delays as Hollywood figures miss court due to work. A prior postponement led to a $500 bond. witnesses Rita Carewe Leroy Mason and Finis Fox were absent again. Court and jurors were ready. prosecution cited work obligations.
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