Lightning bolts blaze: Bishopric plant hit by major fire
A lightning strike at 7:45 last night set the Bishopric Manufacturing plant in Spring Grove and Este yeages on fire, destroying half the building. Stock and machinery valued at about 40,000 with total damage around 75,000. Fifty police and nearly a hundred firemen battled the blaze amid a 2 mile traffic jam as crowds watched from hills and streets.
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Bishopric Manufacturing Company
Spring Grove
Este @yeages
Winton Place
Cincinnati
Spring Grove Avenue
Bishopric Company
Chester Park
Marshal Connelly
William Friend
Edward Steinway
Fire Prevention Bureau
Bond Hill
Friend
Acme Machine Tool Company
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Bishoprics Company
F. W. Jones
Jones
Wall Boarding and Co
Rockefeller Keeps Health Routine Between Homes
John D. Rockefeller maintains a daily health program at his Lakewood New Jersey home between his winter residence at Ormond Beach Florida and Pocantico Hills New York. As he nears 86 his rest and recreation routine supports a growing golf game.
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John D. Rockefeller
Lakewood
N. J
Ormond Beach
Fla
Pocantico Hills
N. Y
Ernest K. Lindley
New York World News Service
New York
Fila
Mr. Rockefeller
World
Times and Herald-Tribune
John Yordi
Rockefeller
The
the Times
Herald-Tribune
N. W. Davis
Driver Escapes In Fatal Elizabethtown Pedestrian Crash
An automobile racing toward Cincinnati struck and instantly killed a man of about 88 on the Louisville and Cincinnati pike near Henry J. Sykes's store in Elizabethtown Ohio. A lone witness, a woman, left the scene. The victim’s body was taken to Argo funeral home. no identification found. Marshal Hodges and the coroner pursue clues as to driver and victim.
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Elizabethtown
Henry J. Sykes
Louisville and
Cincinnati
Marshal Hodges
Argo
Miami
Mulberry
Buildings Swept Away By Texas Cloudburst
North Texas endured days of heavy showers and cloudbursts with Lett village hardest hit. Buildings were washed from foundations and cars swept off highways. no injuries reported though property damage is expected to be heavy. Trinity River rising may reach flood stage by morning. Rain could help crops.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Lett
Trinity
Weather Bureau
Brooklyn Man Inhales Dentures During Coughing Fit
Conrad Zimier of Brooklyn faintly coughed at home this morning and swallowed a full set of false upper teeth. At the hospital an X ray showed the teeth lodged below the collar bone. Doctors used forceps to extract the denture under anesthesia.
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New York World News Service
New York
Conrad Zimier
Brooklyn
Zimier
Emigrants Die in Snowstorm in Primorsk Region
Two hundred people perished in a snow storm in the Primorsk region on Tuesday after emigrants faced severe weather during travel. The report from Seoul, Korea, dated April 25, attributes the loss to the blizzard conditions and harsh winter travel.
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Associated Press
Seoul
Korea
Cee Peerenes
Primorsk
Spheniile Keeps Six Dead and Many Wounded in Bulgaria
Oil magnate enjoys relaxation reading three newspapers before breakfast. In Bulgaria a violent incident leaves six dead and many wounded as authorities search for answers amid tense conditions.
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Bulgaria
Oil King
Furniture trust books seized in federal probe
Federal authorities seize books sales records and cost accounts from 250 furniture makers as part of a grand jury investigation into alleged price fixing and a closed corporation. Special Assistant Attorney General Roger C. Shale leads the secret months long probe, claiming widespread overcharges and monopolistic practices.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
United States
Roger C. Shale
Washington
Combine
Naval
Great Lakes
Shale
Federal Grand
Wil
Life of Boris Hangs by a Thread in Bulgarian Turmoil
Refugees flood into Belgrade and Greece as Bulgarians dislike King Boris, viewing him as foreign due to Catholic roots and distant from peasant needs. Many blame Premier Tzankoff’s policies and fear rebellion as 75 percent of 6 million inhabitants protest land loss and war profiteering. The king’s isolation and perceived laxity toward reform deepen anger.
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Boris
Beatrice Baskerville
New York World News Service
Rome
Sofia
Belgrade
Tzankoff
Moscow
Ferdinand
Boftis
Kingdom
Bulgarian disturbances flare as bridges survive amid clashes
Bulgarian disturbances flared in provinces with deaths and injuries in Plevna Bur gas Gabrovo and Varna. Bridges near Varna were unsuccessfully targeted, while officials vowed loyalty and urged peasant support as curfew eased next week.
Sheriff Killed During Day Raid in Monetta South Carolina
Sheriff Henry Aiken Howard and Annie Lowman died in a daytime raid on the Lowman house as deputies searched for liquor. Annie Lowman attacked with an ax. her daughter Bertha was fatally wounded. Sam Lowman and several others were injured.
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Monetta
Henry
Howard
Aiken County
Annie Lowman
Lowman
Robbins
Bertha
Sam Lowman
Communists Prefer Death Over Arrest in Bulgaria
Sofia reports Bulgarian terrorists choose death over capture. Police widened arrests of Communists in Sofia Varna Jamboli and other towns after uncovering captured documents. A young Communist near Sofia killed himself when his rifle proved unloaded after escape. At Varna three Communists died in exchanges with police.
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Rome
Sofia
the Tribune
Varna
Jamboli
Germany's election clash ends with bloodshed in Berlin
Two dead and scores injured mark the close of Germany's presidential campaign as violence erupts in Berlin and across provinces. Betting favors Marx over von Hindenburg amid war psychology and religious tensions influencing the vote.
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Germany
Berlin
Wilhelm Marx
Marshal von Hindenburg
Stock Exchange
Marx
von Hindenburg
East Prussia
N. Y
Germany's League of Nations bid hinged on election outcome
Geneva reports April 25 that Germany's admission to the League of Nations in September rests on the Sunday election. If Wilhelm Marx wins, membership is seen as likely at the next assembly. if Hindenburg prevails, opposition could block immediate Berlin application despite favorable Allied sentiment.
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Albin E. Johnson
New York World News Service
Geneva
Germany
League of Nations
League
Wilhelm Marx
Marshal von Hindenburg
Berlin
Rumored Hindenburg Stroke Denied by Berlin
Berlin and Hanover officials denied a Dresden radio rumor that Field Marshal von Hindenburg, Nationalist presidential candidate, had suffered a stroke today. Hindenburg rests at his Hanover estate awaiting tomorrow's election results while his rival, Dr Wilhelm Marx, recuperates in Bavaria.
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Samuel Spewack
New York World News Service
Berlin
Dresden
Field Marshal von Hindenburg
Hanover
World News Service
von Hindenburg
Wilhelm Marx
Bavaria. Co
World Press Pubishing Company
German Politics and Hindenburg in the 1925 Landscape
The report discusses potential reentry of Hindenburg into politics and the risk of young Nationalists gaining influence. It notes Marx’s strong backing from the league and portrays Stresemann as a practical opportunist. Both leaders aided the political groundwork ahead of the assembly’s approval.
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von Hindenburg
Marx
League
Stresemann
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Denies Peary Found the Pole, Bernier Claims
Montreal April 25 Captain J E Bernier the Arctic explorer says in Quebec that Peary could not have located the North Pole in 1909 due to sun elevation and frequent sky obscuration. He cites Royal Geographical Society correspondence questioning the discovery status.
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Montreal
Montreal Standard Today
J. E. Bernier
Quebec
Robert Peary
U.S. N
North Pole
Bernier
Sir Clement Markham
Royal Graphical Society of London
Arctic
Pole
Sir Clement
Money For Reds Seized and Meetings Baned in Bulgaria
Bulgarian martial law bans all political party meetings and imposes newspaper censorship. Police seize about 3,000 dinars in money intended for Communist agents as leaders of the Left Wing Peasants party allegedly plan a new government with Omar Chevsky swearing allegiance to Volkoff. Four active officers linked to plots, one killed, and an aviator raid foiled near Sofia.
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New York World News Service
Sofia
Bulgaria
Moscow Bolshevists
Boris
Tsar Boris
Georgieff
Sveti Kral
War Ministry
Volkoff
Minkoff
Yankoff
Lazareff
Buulgaria
Banque
Kordiff
Peasants’ Party
Attanasoff
Pertrini
Omarchevsky
Agrarian Party
Air Force
Velinoff
Noikoff
Vesuvius Eruption Opens Summit Access To Tourists
In Naples April 25 the renewed Vesuvius eruption allowed 500 visitors including Americans to ascend by funicular and approach the crater. Prof Mallandra, observing director, descended into the crater to inspect the activity and reported a solidified lava cone rising within the crater and lava issuing from the rim.
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Naples
Italy
Vesuvius
Mallandra
Robbery spree on Broadway ends with capture near subway station
April 25. Five thousand people chased a robber and a companion along Broadway just above Times Square after they stole 5,000 in money and jewels from two victims. The fugitive named George Velso of the Bronx, 17, was captured in a subway station. police believe he fled with the loot.
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New York
Broadway
Times Square
George Velso
Bronx
Velso
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