Scenic Special wreck near Royal Gorge leaves many dead and injured
A derailment of the Scenic Special passenger train on the Denver and Rio Grande Western line near the Arkansas River at a Royal Gorge curve killed 15 and injured about 50, with 25 in serious condition. The 217 passengers aboard were en route from Salt Lake City to Denver when the engine jumped rails and toppled cars into the river. Rescue teams from Leadville Buena Vista Salida and nearby towns worked to reach victims amid submerged coaches and damaged legs. Investigations will determine fault while doctors treated the wounded.
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Grande Western Passentrain
Arkansas River
Salt Lake City
Grand Junction
Golo
Denver
Leadville
Buenasta
Salida
Arkansas
America
Royal Gorge
Daugherty and Miller to Face Trial Tuesday
National politics skeletons surface as former Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty and ex Alien Property Custodian Thomas W. Miller prepare for a federal court trial on charges of defrauding the government. The case centers on seven million dollars and World War claims adjudication.
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Leon M. Siler
Canton Daily News
New York
Warren G. Harding
Harry M. Daugherty
Ian Thomas W
Daugherty
Prominent Photo Tied to Lengel Trial Hearings
A cleveland photo from the murder case of Don R Mellett will feature at the Canton civil service commission hearing of deposed Chief of Police A Lengel. The image shows Lengel with a newspaper and a banner headline, amid charges he bungled the investigation and did not pursue suspected killers.
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
Cleveland
Don R. Mellett
Saranus A. Lengel
Civil Service Commission
Lengel
Swarts
Canton
Mellett
A. Lengel
Canton Daily News
Canton Po-Lice
Jellett
Canton News
Fad L. Mills
Ammerman and Mille
Nquez
Ammerman
Mike
Ben Rudner
Ander
Detective Streitenberger Rumor Ties to Mellett Case
Police report says Detective Floyd Streitenberger may resign this week amid grand jury inquiry into Don Mellett murder. Hexamer and Wise acknowledge no official confirmation. rumor cites alibi disputes and past associations with underworld figures.
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Floyd FE. Streitenberger
Earl W. Hexamer
John Wise
Safter
Marl W. Hexamer
Streitenberger
Robbers fail in two Oberlin area safe attempts
Police link two attempted robberies at the Oberlin Coal Co and Shilling Auto Top Co. The Oberlin vault was not locked. cash and valuables may have been taken from a misaligned safe. Entry at the auto shop involved a forced door and a broken glass panel.
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Oberlin Coal Co
Cora Oberlin
Oberlin
Auto Top Co
Ng Auto Top Co
Channey Foils Briton Dover in English Swim Duel
Dover England September breakthrough follows report of Colonel Berns and Freyburg as British forces attempt to swim the Eng. Channel. The event opened at Cape and continued through the morning with 7 37 o'clock noted in the Prcing and este.
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Dover
Eng
Berns Ec Freyburg
Cape x
Eleckh
Liquor Raids Net Four Violators and 175 Gallons Whiskey
Police ended a weekend of Crabbe act enforcement reporting four violators and large quantities of wine home brew and corn sugar whisky. Arrests included Mary Wanscha George Harris B Sharnie and George Smith with officers Walters Pence Kepler Guthrie and Haley involved.
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Crabbe
E. Walters
Pence
Kepler
Guthrie
Tiny
8Th St SE
Mary Wanscha
B. Sharnie
Sherbay SW
Sharnie
Haley
Carnahanay
George Harris
Indian Way
Harris
George Smith
8Th St
Smith
Jack Been
Cherry Ar SE
Ritz
Skotnicky
Labor Day Festivities Aired Across Stark County
Labor day observances unfold with Canton not planning events while Stark County residents attend the Stark County Fair opening and Meyers Lake boxing bouts. Alliance hosts a union labor parade and mass meeting with speakers including Mother Jones, expected to address miners and workers in a large outdoor gathering that may move indoors if rain interrupts.
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Canton
Stark Co
Meyers Lake
Jones
Alliance
France Denies Notice on Spain Diplomacy Report
Paris Sept 6 The foreign office denied reports in diplomatic circles that France and Britain have served Spain with notice to abrogate the Italo Spanish treaty. The pact urges cooperation between Italy and Spain in Africa, with critics claiming it harms French and British interests.
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Paris
Foreign Office Today
France
Great Britain
Spain
Italy
Africa
Pauly Press Announces Labor Day Edition
The Daily News runs a single edition for Labor Day with press at 8 o clock and four editions resuming on Tuesday at the standard time.
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Daily News
Seventh League Assembly Opens in Geneva
The seventh Assembly of the League of Nations opened in Geneva with Germany’s admission as the main item on the agenda. Dr Eduard Beneš of Czechoslovakia presided and hailed Germany joining the league as a positive sign for European peace. He said the event augurs well for present and future peace and reconciliation in Europe.
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Geneva
League of Nations
Germany
Eduard Benes
Czecho-Slovakia
Europe
Salineville Fights Water Famine After Main Break
Salineville faces a water famine as a main break cuts supply from the pump station. About 2,909 residents rely on wells and cisterns, many abandoned for water use, with repairs not expected until late today or Tuesday following a pipe shipment from Pittsburgh.
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Salineville
Pittsburgh
Thirty Die In Drumcolliher Theater Fire in Ireland
Thirty persons perish as a fire destroys a motion picture theater in Drumcolliher Ireland on a Sunday night. The blaze started when a film caught fire and spread through the wooden building flooding the packed venue with panic. Victims likely died by trampling amid the crowd rush to exit.
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London
Drumcolliher
Ireland
Drumcoliiher
Mullaghareirt Mountains
Limerick
Bare legs become evening wear in hot London fashion
London society notes bare legs are fashionable for evening wear during hot weather. Women tint legs with colored powder to match gowns and some use faint back seams painted down the leg. Lighter stocking shades remain in vogue, as seen in the Savoy ballroom.
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Canton Daily News
London
Savoy
Rabbit fur to replace wool in Irish farming push
Dublin agri experts pressed rabbit breeding as a new fiber trade. The newly formed Irish Fur and Wool Breeders Association promotes Angora rabbits yielding fourteen to sixteen ounces of wool per season sold at about four dollars per pound. Factoring in feed costs near two dollars per rabbit, the venture promises profit. England imports rabbit wool from China, and Ssaorstat aims to compete in this trade.
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Canton Daily News
Dublin
Ssaorstat
Steubenville Fire Causes $25,000 Damage
A blaze in Steubenville damaged the Pete building, estimated at $25,000. Three firefighters were trapped in the basement when the main floor caved in but were rescued with only slight injuries. The fire threatened the city’s business flow but was controlled after the collapse.
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Steubenville
Probe of Witness Threats in Mellett Case
Prosecutor B McClintock will probe threats against grand jury witnesses in the Don R. Mellett murder investigation as first degree murder indictments are returned for Ben Rudner Louis Mazer and Pat McDermott. Witnesses previously silenced by intimidation are said to be targets of the probe.
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Mazer
Hexamer
Don R. Mellett
Laula Mazer
Jungle Prince
A. K E. Bernsteen
Cleveland
Strettenberger
Buffalo
Mellett
St SE
Walnutay
Don Mellett
B. McClintock
Ben Rudner
Louis Mazer
Pat McDermott
German students criminalize dueling as crime
In Germany a new law makes dueling among students punishable by months in prison. In Constanz twenty three technical college students were tried for deadly-weapon dueling and each received three months behind bars. The crackdown aims to curb campus combat while universities pursue less severe contests in face markings.
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Canton Daily News
Berlin
Germany
Constanz
Technical College
Germany Sees Sharp Fall in Birth Rate Says Storks Desert Land
Berlin reports a notable decline in births with northern Germany showing clear drops and central areas about half previous levels. Some regions have only a third as many stork nests as before prompting questions about future children. Experts note population growth remains, suggesting storks may migrate to areas needing population support.
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Canton Daily News
Berlin
Germany
Massillon Celebrates 100th Birthday in Centennial Park
Massillon opened its centennial celebration with Mayor Irving Ferrell and CG Stuart of Central Alloy Steel speaking as crowds faced intermittent rain. Acknowledging community effort and city progress, Ferrell urged four days of festivities while Stuart reflected on Massillon’s 109 years of growth and pioneer hardship along the Tuscarawas River.
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Irving Ferrer
CG. E. Stuart
Central Alloy Steel Corporation
Oak Knoll
Ferrell
Stuart
Mr. Stuart
Tuscarawas River
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