Moonshine raid ends in explosive blast injuring three officers
A cave hideout on Baltimore Pike near McHenry Road housed a fifty gallon still when a gasoline tank exploded as Sergeant Huerth, Policeman Willis, and Policeman Cunningham entered to dismantle the operation. All three were severely burned, with Willis mortally injured. Miller, the farmer, was arrested as investigators search for further charges.
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Baltimore Pike
McHenry Road
Fairmount
Sargent M. Willis
Fergus Street
General Hospital
Leo M. Huerth
Mess Avenue
College Hill
Joseph Cunningham
Thirteenth Street
Sergt
Huerth
John i. Miller
Molder
Miler
Willis
Cunningham
318 Ohio Penitentiary Fire Claims 318 Dead in Cellhouse
Officials deny convicts were shot. Fire at Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus gutted E and F dormitories. Guards moved prisoners to safety as 318 bodies lay unburied in the Agricultural Building awaiting relatives for burial arrangements.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio State Fairgrounds
Myers Y. Cooper
State Emergency Board
Fairgrounds
P. E. Thomas
Resignation Shocks Cincinnati as Col. Sherrill Accepts Kroger Post
Col. C. O. Sherrill resigns after four years as Cincinnati City Manager to become Public Relations counsel and director of Personnel Policy for Kroger Grocery and Baking Company. He will replace Adam L. Nagel and remains in office until a successor is appointed.
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Col
C. O. Sherrill
Cincinnati
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Adam L. Nagel
Col. Sherrill
Russell Wilson
John D. Ellis
Charles O. Rose
Nue
Kroger Company
Albert H. Merrill
Best Routes to Gift Home in Cincinnati Home Show
The Gift Home, to be given away at the Cincinnati Realtors Home Show, is in Homewood subdivision along Wooster Pike near Mariemont. From downtown, drive east on Eastern Avenue to U S Route 50, or take the Mariemont Hyde Park bus and alight at Homewood venue, or use the Mariemont streetcar to Settle Avenue and walk south.
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Cincinnati Realtors
The
Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati Real Estate Board
Homewood Subdivision
Woosterpike
Mariemont
Eastern Avenue
Hyde Park
Homewood
Settle Avenue
Fire destroys $15000 in Solway Furniture warehouse
A late night blaze at the Solway Furniture Company warehouse 1826-30 Race street destroyed about $15000 worth of new furniture. The four story brick building saw the upper two floors heavily damaged and a ten blow alarm mobilized city fire apparatus. Tenants nearby faced danger as flames spread. owner Harry Solway said losses were only half covered by insurance.
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Solway Furniture Company
Race Street
Franks and
Shearwood
Harry Solway
Eaton Jane
The
Furniture Company
Bill would let liquor sale in U S territory
Washington April 22 The Virgin Islands could store liquor at St Thomas for sale to foreign registry ships calling at the port under a bill introduced by Senator Bingham The proposal aims to boost foreign trade by allowing replenishment of liquor supplies and would amend the territorial prohibition law strictly for the Virgin Islands.
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Washington
Virginissente
St. Thomas
Bingham
Conn
Territories Committee
United States
Virgin Islands
Shipping Board offers aid in fleet investigation
Washington April 22 Chairman T W OConnor of the Shipping Board said the board would do everything in its power to cooperate with the Senate Committee in its investigation of the board and the Merchant Fleet Corporation as the inquiry continues.
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Shipping Board
Washington
T. W. O'Connor
United States
Shipping Board Today
Senate Committee
Merchant Fleet Corporation
Wisconsin Governor Goes On Trial Under Election Laws
Gov. Walter Kohler of Wisconsin faced trial for alleged violations of the state corrupt practices act. The proceedings center on claims of excessive campaign spending in 1928 and accepted funds from the Kohler Corporation, with appeals expected to stretch to the state Supreme Court after a prior ruling interruption.
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Sheboygan
Wis
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
Kohler
Phil la Follette
Kohler Corporation
James Wickham
Eau Claire
Supreme Court
Wickham
Quick Relief For Injured Inmates At Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus April 22. Former State Health Director John Monger promised immediate aid to more than 100 Ohio Penitentiary inmates burned in last night’s fire that killed 318. He ordered a special serum from Chicago for burns, forming a glaze that speeds healing.
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Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
John Monger
Monger
Chicago
Osborne Says Bad Conditions Costing Lives
New York April 22. Charles D. Osborne president of the National Society of Penal Information Inc and Auburn mayor says the Ohio state prison fire deaths stem from overcrowding inadequate and non fireproof buildings and low pay He warns other states of similar fire traps urging a constructive program and regular fire drills while noting fires escapes are rarely used in prisons.
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New York
Ohio State Prison
Columbus
Charles D. Osborne
National Society of Penal Information, Inc
Osborne
Auburn
N. Y
Missouri State Prison
Ohio
Indictment in Napoleonic Necklace Theft Case
New York April 22 An indictment charges Archduke Leopold of Austria and Charles F Townsend with grand larceny over the sale of the Napoleon Bonaparte heirloom necklace. Townsend and his wife faced grand jury action for soliciting funds from jeweler D M Michel for 60000 dollars. Archduchess Marie Theresa of Vienna valued the necklace at 400000 dollars and says Townsend sold it after revoking his power of attorney.
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New York
Napoleon Bonaparte
Marie Louise
Archduke Leopold of
Austria
Leopold
Charles F. Townsend
D. M. Michel
Fifth Avenue
Marie Theresa
Vienna
Townsend
Immigration plan loses in Senate vote
Washington April 22 The Senate rejected a proposal by Senator Gould of Maine to impose immigration quota restrictions on all Western Hemisphere countries including Canada and Newfoundland.
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Washington
Senate Today
Gould
Rep
Canada
Newfoundland
Ohio Penitentiary Fire Probes Focus on Prison Guards
Gov. Cooper's inquiry into the Ohio Penitentiary disaster continues after a two hour session. Warden P E Thomas and guard Thomas Watkinson testified about control of cell blocks as flames raged, with Noel claiming a short circuited wire caused the blaze and others detailing guard actions and cell security during the fire.
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Columbus
Ohio
Cooper
P. E. Thomas
William Noel
Cleveland
Noel
Envoys Sign Pact at London Parley
Twenty seven envoys of five naval powers signed the London naval treaty of 1930 ending three months of talks. Secretary Stimson and aides sail from Southampton on the Leviathan after the plenary session. Senator Reed called the treaty an honorable, fair arrangement and said Britain and the United States would stand on equality. text on page seven.
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London
MacDonald
Col Stimson
Mr. MacDonald
Henry L. Stimson
America
Reed
Great Britain
United States
Japan
Hoover To Send London Pact To Senate At Once
President Hoover decided to forward the London naval limitations treaty to the Senate as soon as a certified copy arrives from London. Senate leaders pledged immediate attention. hearings will be held by the Foreign Relations and Naval committees, while the full Senate withholds judgment for now.
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Hoover
Senate
Washington
London
Orah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hale
Reed Says American Delegation Heads Home From London
Senator David A. Reed reports from London that the American delegation to the naval conference is returning with the firm conviction that their countrymen will support the outcomes. He spoke in a radio address detailing the delegation's views and anticipated reception at home.
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David A. Reed
Rep
London
Davis Grundy Senate Contests to be Probed
Washington April 22 Charges involving the Pennsylvania Republican Senatorial contest were laid before the Senate campaign investigating committee. Secretary Davis opposing Senator Grundy and Chairman Nye said both candidates likely will be called before the committee late in the week. The nature of the charges was not disclosed though they did not involve specific campaign expenditures.
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Washington
Pennsylvania
Nye
Senate
Davis
Senator Grundy
Grundy
W. W. Atterbury
Republican National
Christmas jail murder suspects freed by Estill jury
A five man mob murder case ended with a not guilty verdict after a 15 minute jury deliberation. Chester Fugate had been taken from Breathitt County jail in Jackson last Christmas and shot to death.
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Irvine
Estill
Injured convicts relish guard's alleged disgrace riot tale
Amid Ohio State Penitentiary chaos 319 inmates perished in a night fire. Warder Thomas Watkinson, accused of refusing to surrender keys, looms as a cruel legend while investigators pursue facts. Reporter Amy Porter recounts the grim aftermath and guarded hospital scenes.
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Ohio State Penitentiary
Thomas Watkinson
Weather summary and temperatures across states and cities
The page lists regional forecasts for Ohio Kentucky Indiana Tennessee and West Virginia with clouds showers and warmer trends. It then provides a table of temperatures for cities like Louisville Albany Nashville New York Cleveland Detroit Washington Chicago Miami Atlanta St Louis New Orleans Kansas City Omaha Denver and more with highs lows and precipitation figures for April 22 1930.
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Ohio
Kentucky
West
Indiana
Tennessee
West Virginia
Louisville
Albany
Nashville
New York
Cleveland
City
Detroit
S.S. Marie
Jacksville
Miami
Duluth
Atlanta
St. Louis
N. Orleans
Kans
Galveston
Omaha
Pittsburgh
Denvera
N.W
Man Dies Trimming Tree While Demonstrating To Friend
Mason Snell 39 of 1207 Sycamore Street died after losing balance while showing Oscar Pruitt how to trim a tree on Ashland Avenue Norwood. He fell about thirty feet to the street suffering a skull fracture and died en route to General Hospital.
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Mason Snell
Sycamore Street
Snell
Ashland Avenue
Norwood
Oscar Pruitt
Pruitt
General Hospital
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Secret Cave
RS Ant
Columbus Department
Sparks
Bertilion
O. Sherrill
United States Army Engineers Corps
Amoger Ol Glases
Beitea A
Paco
Katharine Brush
Leo Huerth
Sergt, Wms Willis
Yoseph Cunningham
U. S. Territory
Napoleonic Gems
Warden Thomas
Pris
Bettman
Blaze
P. EB. Thomas
John J. Chester, Jr
State Fair Grounds
John Hall
Davis - Grundy
Amy Porter
Porter
Columbus, CO
Buddy
Q O. K
Trim Tree
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