Six Die as Pursuit Plane Crashes Into Maddux Air Line
San Diego reports a mid air collision between an army pursuit plane and a Maddux Air Line passenger craft. Both aircraft crashed near takeoff from San Diego en route to Phoenix. Six aboard the Maddux plane and six aboard the army craft died. Lieut. Howard Keefer parachuted but died when his chute tangled.
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San Diego
Cal
Maddux Air Line
Phoenix
Ariz
J. E. Bishop
L. D. Pratt
A. D. Duajardo
Amelia
Cecila Kelly
Pratt
Beverly Hills
Dunjardos
Imperial Valley
Kelley
Phoenix Evening Gazette
Denver
Denver Post
Murphy
United States and Britain Seek Naval Arms Compromise
Geneva April 21 American aims to reduce armaments especially naval arms will be presented to the Preparatory Disarmament Commission by ambassador Hugh S Gibson head of the US delegation. The session time was moved up to 10 a.m. after talks between Gibson and Lord Cushendun British delegation leader.
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Albin E. Johnson
New York World News Service
Geneva
Hughs. Gibson
Gibson
Lord Cushendun
Hoover Denounces Debenture Plan as Disastrous for Farmers
President Hoover writes to Senator McNary declaring the expert debenture farm relief plan would bring disaster to American farmers. He lists ten reasons, cites potential profiteering and overproduction, and argues it would confuse broader relief efforts. A Senate committee weighs the plan with an even split among members in an unofficial poll.
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Washington
Hoover
McNary
Senate Agriculture Committee
Mellon
Hyde
Commerce Department
National Grange
Flivver Plane Delivers on Market Demand in Great Lakes Orders
Great Lakes Aircraft Corporation, owner of the former Glenn L. Martin plant in Cleveland, reports $4,000,000 in orders for over 1,000 light flivver planes. Deliveries start next month. The 26 by 20 by 7 foot 11 inch all-duralumin biplane uses a 95 hp inline engine, 119 mph top speed, 100 mph cruise, and 30 mph landing speed, with strong pilot response after the Detroit show.
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New York World News Service
Cleveland
Detroit
New Great Lakes Aircraft Corporation
Glenn L. Martin
C. F. van Sicklen
Organizaion
England
America
Great Lakes
What Determines The Success Of an Evening
A homemaker reflects on party success and the impact of hospitality. It urges upgrading entertaining gear with a new radio or Victrola bought via The Commercial Tribune classifieds to improve home appeal, while keeping finances balanced for future trips.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord to retire from Budget Bureau
Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Lord, director of the budget since 1922, will retire from government service at the start of next fiscal year. President Hoover is seeking a successor while Lord considers offers. he had postponed resignation after March 4. Lord served through Coolidge era and helped shape national financial plans.
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Washington
Herbert M. Lord
Hoover
Lord
Gen
Gen. Lord
Budget Bureau
Charles G. Dawes
Great Britain
Dawes
President Harding
Coolidge
Impeachment Push for Racine Judge Belden Faces Legislature
Wisconsin Assembly approves an investigation into Circuit Judge E B Belden of Racine amid reports he lent $20 000 from Simmons Company and later ruled a case for them The move follows Kenosha labor unrest and scrutiny of grand jury expenses Judge Belden is the oldest and highest paid circuit judge in the state.
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New York World News Service
Madison
Wis
E. B. Belden
Racine
Assembly
Senate
Judiciary Committee of the
House
Belden
Wisconsin
Kenosha
Kenosha Grand Jury
Allen A. Company
Herman J. Severson
Iola
Simmons Company
Wisconsin Circuit Judiciary
Captain Campbell Fails In South Africa Speed Attempt
Capt. Malcolm Campbell, famed British racer, tried to topple the world speed record in South Africa. He achieved 224.58 mph on one run and 212.51 mph on the reverse run, averaging 218.54 mph as wind and timing issues plagued the attempt.
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Campbell
South Africa
Blue Bird
Loth
Lightning Kills Two Boys at Walton Kentucky Barn
Two Walton youths, Howard Rusk and Clifford Saunders both 13, were killed when lightning struck a barn crowded with baseball fans sheltering from a sudden storm. John Hartman 17 was knocked unconscious but recovered. The barn fire was extinguished by local volunteers. damage in nearby West Covington damaged a home with a destroyed chimney.
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Howard Rusk
Clifford Saunders
Walton
John Hartman
Hartman
C. Scott Chambers’ Undertaking Establishment
Rusk
Samuel Rusk
Saunders
Owen Saunders
Walton and
The
West Covington
Fred G. Konersman
Hathway Court
AR CIRCUS Delayed by Weather for Community Chest Drive
Rain halted a planned air circus at Lunen airport and a parachute drop by Daniel A. Schryver. The Community Chest needs 1 574 976 dollars for the year and will resume next Sunday with renewed efforts, led by General Chairman W H Albers. Rev Frank Nelson to speak at the 12 30 luncheon at the Gibson.
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Lunken
Daniel A. Schryver
Su Ch
W. H. Albers
Frank Nelson
Gibson
Chest Solicitors
Six Die In Car Train Collision Near Steubenville
Six members of the Di Carlo family, all from Steubenville, died when their car plunged 100 feet down an embankment and was struck by a speeding Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train. Two others were critically injured. William M. Vale reported his car crowded the road before the crash.
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Steubenville
Pennsylvania Railroad
di Carlo
William M. Vale
Ohio Valley Hospital
Vale
Mingo Road
Germans Press 1.65 Billion Marks Annual Payment Cap
Berlin April 21 Dr Hjalmar Schacht and Dr Albert Voegier left for Paris to press allied experts on Germany’s limit to pay 1.65 billion marks yearly unless production rises. They stressed the memorandum is strictly economic, with politics to be avoided in further talks.
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Berlin
Hjalmar Schacht
Albert Voegier
Paris
Germany
Thomases
Dr. Schacht
Saar
Tornadoes and Floods Take Lives of Score in the West
Ambiguous western disaster toll rises as tornadoes and floods claim numerous lives across multiple states. A Kentucky case details an explosion caused by kerosene in a Montgomery road home, killing Myrtle Benton and injuring a nurse while Myrtle Ludlow and her remaining child Donald survive with help from neighbors and medical staff.
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Score
Mississippi
Myrtle Benton
Silverton
Love
Edward Ludlow
Montgomery Road
Miami Avenue
Donald
Lexington
Massacre links probe into Kirkland gun purchases
Chicago on April 21. Police intensified search for Frank Thompson of Kirkland Indiana after his wife Vera admitted he bought six machine guns from Peter Van Frantzius the sport dealer who testified before a coroner’s jury. She said Thompson stored guns at home then brought them to Chicago in a car. Two harmed in Louisville wind hail storm. $250000 damage reported.
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Chicago
Frank Thompson
Kirkland
Thompson
Vera
Peter van Frantzius
Fpalls
Louis VI
Louisville
New Albany
Ind
Ohio River
Elizabeth Ramster
Raymond Jonere
Leclesiile
J. L. Kendall
Weather Bureau
Bootlegger and Stool Pigeon Die in Informal Duel
In Philadelphia on April 21 a bootlegger Leon Accolacco aged 32 and a stool-pigeon Guarrie Amoroso aged 36 killed each other in a spontaneous confrontation. Accolacco died of a heart wound while Amoroso was shot four times. A third man, unnamed, is being sought after allegedly tripping Amoroso as he fled. Police say the dispute arose from accusations of informing on bootlegging.
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Philadelphia
Leon Accolacco
Guarrie Amoroso
Amoroso
Accolacco
Batavia Masons Honor Civil War Vetreans with Service Certificates
Capt. Frank White a Civil War veteran and brother of Judge Charles White and Daniel Hillen received service certificates from the Batavia Masonic Lodge. Both men have been lodge members for fifty seven years in Batavia Ohio.
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Batavia
Frank White
Charles White
Clermont County Common Pleas Court
Daniel Hillen
LaGuardia Urges Prohibition Enforcement Aboard French Ship
Representative LaGuardia calls on Secretary Mellon to stop liquor sales on the Levanthan sailing from France to New York. He argues prohibition is national law and must be enforced on ships, citing economic costs and government stake in ships.
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Washington
Mellon
LaGuardia
Rep
N. Y
Treasury
Leviathan
France
New York
Eost
United States
Mexican Strife Near End as Feds Gather for Sonora Push
In Mexico City April 21 federal troops around Casas Grandes and San Blas prepare to strike the rebel stronghold of Sonora. A San Blas advance could trigger a battle, while reports of rebel desertions and an aerial raid over Navajoa accompany a novel arms smuggling case involving two corseted women with 2000 cartridges each.
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Mexico City
Casas Grandes
Chihuahua
San Blas
Sonora
Jaime Carillo
Navajoa
The Community Chest Earns Both Praise And Grudge
In a sharp editorial stance, the piece criticizes a segment of the public for exploiting charitable efforts while urging readers to invest in the Community Chest rather than rely on opportunistic practices.
Four Killed in Auto Crash In North Carolina
Four people were killed and two children injured in a Greensboro accident near Ramseur. The dead include Walter Burgess and Mollie Burgess with daughter Mary 16 and Mrs Mollie Hudson. Injured are Virginia Burgess 11 and George W Burgess Jr 10.
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Greensboro
N. C
Here
Burgess
Mary
Dauhter
Hudson
Mollie
Ramseur
Virginia Burgess
George W. Burgess, Jr
Equal Medical Treatment for All Across Social Classes
Washington April 21 The Committee on the High Cost of Medical Care studies paying doctors who keep you well to extend equal medical treatment to the white collar as well as the rich and poor over a five year national survey. The push for preventive medicine and private physicians adopting public health codes drives the project amid clash with clinics and health programs.
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New York World News Service
Washington
United States
Twister Kills Thirteen Across Several States
A series of tornadoes and floods sweeping Arkansas, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Mississippi leaves at least thirteen dead and many injured. Tillar Arkansas reports multiple fatalities, while nearby towns suffer extensive property damage and dozens of homes destroyed.
Mississippi Flood May Be Worst In History
Canton Missouri reports the Mississippi levee breach flooding 200 plus homes and halting rail traffic as water spreads over two square miles. Fabius River breach floods 4000 acres of farmland near Quincy while heavy rains push river levels toward a seventy five year high. Hundreds labor through the night with sandbags and dynamite briefly used to vent overflow.
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Mississippi
Canton
Mississippi River
Fabius River
Here
Marblehead
Quincy
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Lima Lake District
Adams County
Marine Library Seeks Books for Sailors
The American Merchant Marine Library invites books and magazines of all kinds to be donated. Drop dates are April 15 to April 23 with conductors on Cincinnati street cars and at the Public Library and branches. Sailors need textbooks travelogues biographies science works and fiction while at sea.
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American Merchant Marine Library
Public Library
High Seas
Cincinnati
Mercantile Library
Public
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