Fires destroy two coal tipples in Pomeroy district
Meigs County offers a $500 reward for arson suspects after fires leveled two major tipples in the Pomeroy mining district. Estimated loss tops $135,000 with insurance covering part. guards clash with a crowd at Vulcan mine as authorities brace for further trouble.
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Pomeroy, CO
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Rice
Blackstone Coal Company
Rutland
Here
Sheriff Rice
Pomeroy Bend
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Staker-Essex Coal Company
Sveral
Maynard Coal Company
Stalter
Miners Strike After Accidents At Elmnor Mine
More than 200 workers at the Elmnor mine of the Yougheny and Ohio Coal Company in Warnock refuse to return, claiming unsafe conditions after two men were hurt. State inspectors from Columbus are due Monday to investigate the stoppage.
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Bellaire
Elmnor
Yougheny and Ohio Coal Company
Warnock
Columbus
Clarkson Coal Mines to Suspend Operations Tonight
ST. CLAIRSVILLE O Aug 8 Two Clarkson Coal Company mines that employed 800 men this summer will suspend operations indefinitely tonight. Officials cited inability to operate at a profit against non union fields and announced the shutdown.
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ST. Clairsville, O
Clarkson Coal Company
Eruption of Volcano Wrecks Plantations in Nicaragua
In Managua on August 8 the double volcano on Ometepe Island erupts from both peaks. Dense smoke and ash rise, spreading rain to nearby plantations and causing damage to crops and plantations in the area.
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Nicaragua
Managua
Ometepe
Ometepe Island
Lake Nicaragua
Commercial Tribune Classified Ad for Jobs Buy Sell
A notice inviting readers to place a classified ad in the Commercial Tribune for job listings, exchanges, or opportunities. Includes instructions to contact the newspaper for placing the ad and its pricing or deadlines.
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Commercial Tribune
Three Generations to Preach Sermon from Same Pulpit
Grandfather, his son, and grandson will unite to preach a single sermon at Sterling Christian Church tomorrow. The trio are Rev. W. C. Lessley, pastor, his father Rev. W. G. Lessley of Hollis Oklahoma, and his son G. D. Lessley of Blanchard Iowa.
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Sterlinow
Col
Sterling Christian Church
W. C. Lessley
Sterling Church
W. G. Lessley
Hollis
Okla
G. D. Lessley
Blanchard
Druse Uprising in Syria Sparks Public Concern
Paris reports lack of official information as Druse rebellion grows with fears of wider meddling. The government pledges local danger only while critics blame General Sarrail and British intrigue. Trans-Jordan support rumored. Damascus and Aleppo garrisons reduced to minimum.
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New York World News Service
Paris
Syria
Sarrail
Trans-Jordania
Morocco
Echo de Paris
Damascus
Aleppo
Pyright
N. Y
British Move Against Druses in Mandated Territories
British authorities in Palestine dispatch a motorized machine gun contingent to the northern border of Trans-Jordania to drive Druse tribesmen back into the French mandated territory in Syria. British airplanes patrol the border between the French and British mandated areas as the tribesmen resist French authority.
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Druses
Mandated
Associated Press
Beyrut
Syria
Palestine
Trans-Jordania
French Losses in Syria Convoy Attack Spark Parliament Alarm
Paris reports an attack south of Damascus by Syrian rebels on a convoy of artillery. French officials say several tanks with guns aboard were lost and the episode appears set to become a major political issue in Parliament.
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British Arc
Paris
Syria
Associated Press
Damascus
Stinnes Fortune Nearing Collapse Amid Debt Push
Berlin reports confirm the Stinnes heirs face near penniless status as liquidation proceeds. Hugo Jr threatens bankruptcy unless mercy from creditors, while banks rescue the group with 40 million marks. Ship lines hotels and mines sell to cover debt totaling 180 million marks.
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Hugo, Jr
Samuel Spewack
New York World News Service
Berlin
Stinnes
N. Y
Reichsbank
Edmund Stinnes
Germany
Mayor vetoes car franchise despite council vote
Mayor Carrel vetoed the 8 13 cent fare car franchise project, citing excessive capitalization and no fare guarantee. He objects to the at cost plan and calls for rapid transit and feeder operations, criticizing the amortization terms and forfeiture clauses. Supporters expect the council to override, with a 28 to 4 vote possible.
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Carrel
Fred Schneller
W. Kes
Air mail robbery on San Francisco Embarcadero
Eight pouches of air mail arrived from the East were seized from a United States mail truck by armed men on the Embarcadero near Crissy Field. The six attackers forced the truck to halt, loaded the pouches, and fled toward the Ferry Building, scene witnessed by bystanders who noted the attackers’ car number.
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San Francisco
Market Street
Mississippi Woman Sues for 150000 Alimony in Fraud Case
Mrs. Clara A. Woodruff of Norwood Ohio sues L. D. Woodruff in Chancery Court Hattiesburg seeking 150000 alimony plus 15000 for trial prep. She alleges he fraudulently obtained a divorce in St Louis in 1918 and remarried after deserting her and their four children.
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Clara Woodruff
St. Louis
Hattiesburg
Miss
Clara A. Woodruff
Chancery Court
L. D. Woodruff
Chicago
Woodruff Furniture Company
Woodruff
Mississippi
Woodruffs
Jackson
Cincinnati
John Thomas
James Edgar
Betty Jane
Elmer Woodruff
Train Plunges Through Trestle Killing Two Injuring Five
In Fulton Kentucky a five car train of H W Nelson Construction plunged through a trestle and into a ravine. The dead were Raymond Walker 35 from Beelerton Kentucky and J Will Maupin 45 foreman from Harris Tennessee. Two others died later? Hart most seriously hurt. Injured were taken to a Mayfield Kentucky hospital. Officials blamed possible heavy rainfall undermining the trestle foundation.
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Fulton, Ky
H. W. Nelson Construction Company
Fulton
Raymond Walker
Beelerton
J. Will Maupin
Harris
Tenn
H. Hart
Mayfield
Walker
Maupin
Wave Drowns 13 Children at French Beach
At Hardelot near Boulogne a giant wave drowned thirteen children aged 9 to 14 as they were swept from a bathing area. Four priests aided by divers saved ten, while five children remained missing as search continued late into the night.
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Associated Press
Boulogne
France
Hardelot
Here
Poor student strikes oil in Texas education funds
A. G. Koenig, a chemistry student from the University of Chicago, left teaching in 1922 for a Mexia Texas post as superintendent. He found a gas-rich plot, donated about one fifth of his income since 1923, about 100000 annually then, with 20000 to charity, education, and child welfare, claiming prayer aligns with science and that science and religion share universal laws.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
A. G. Koenig
University of Chicago
Koenig
Mexia
Tex
Texas
Hold Up Man Killed In Running Gun Fight Near Muskogee
In Chockee Hills near Muskogee Oklahoma an unidentified man was killed and Deputy Sheriff F S Watkins was wounded during a running gun fight with three robbers and a posse. The trio attempted to rob a store and fled. A separate raid at Sperry Bank nearby yielded about $1000 with a suspect captured fleeing in a car.
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Muskogee
Okla
F. S. Watkins
Hulbert
Chockee Hills
Associated Press
Tulsa
Sperry State Bank
Sperry
Here
Steck Gains in Iowa Senate Recount Vote
Unofficial recount totals in Iowa show Daniel F. Steck gaining 291 votes over the auditor’s count. Brookhart supporters challenge Lee County ballots while noting similar protests in Anamakee Buena Vista and Clinton Counties over blank portions and alleged noncompliant ballots.
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Associated Press
Washington
Iowa
Daniel F. Steck
Brookhart
Lee County
Senate
Steck
Anamakee
Buena Vista
Clinton
French Aviators Set World Air Flight Longevity Record
Brouhin and Lan dry raised the nonstop distance record to 4100 kilometers over a Chartres Etampes corridor. They flew 40 hours forty minutes by early evening, breaking the American and Drouhin duration marks, with fuel to continue for seven more hours as crowds watched along the route.
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Etampes
France
Brouhin
Landry
Hoelberg
Chartres
Kelly
MacReady
United States Army
Dayton
Drouhin
Former Premiers Unite To Fight The Fascist In Exile
Two Italian ex PMs Orlando and Giolitti plan a conference in Vichy to discuss Italy's situation and options to oppose the Fascisti dictatorship. Orlando resigned as Deputy to protest Fascista methods and seeks to unite non Fascist forces for concerted action.
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
Orlando
Giolitti
Italy
Vichy
ItaliSong
Hoover outlines bold plan for government controlled airways
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover described a national aviation program to harness airships and airplanes for passenger and freight service, with Navy support and private Morgan interests backing a Los Angeles operation linking New York, Chicago, St. Louis and Omaha. He spoke after a White House conference with President Coolidge as lawmakers weigh government role versus private development in commercial aviation.
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New York World News Service
Swampscott
Mass
United States
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Commerce Chief
Hoover
Coolidge
White Court
Los Angeles
Great Morgan
Herbert L. Satterlee
J. P. Morgan
Fred S. Hardesty
John Hays Hammond, Jr
Mr. Hoover
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Omaha
Germany
Secretaries of War
Navy
Commerce
Trans Atlantic air service plan with nine engine triplanes
London reports a proposed commercial trans Atlantic air service using nine Napier engines per monster triplane. Joseph Navarro says President Coolidge and the U S Navy support the plan with a 75 aboard passenger fare as low as 275 dollars for a 35 hour voyage to New York, with two captains and eight crew per craft.
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Johnl. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
Goolidge
United States Navy Department
Joseph G. Navarro
Navarro
Coolidge
Naval
Pla
Aero
Navargegg
Parade of 50000 Klan Members Through Washington Ends in Rain Interruption
In Washington on August 8, Ku Klux Klan members in white robes and peaked hoods paraded from the Capitol to the Treasury, then held a public meeting interrupted by a rainstorm. Police counted tens of thousands in the procession, with estimates varying from about 30,000 to 50,000. The march culminated near the Washington Monument as storms rolled in, and the meeting adjourned amid fading crowds.
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Washington
Ku Klux Klan
National Capital
Washington Monument
Pennsylvania Avenue
Capitol
Treasury
Cfime
A. H. Gulledge
Columbus
Ar]n
Investigations Planned Into Lynching of Walter Mitchell
In Excelsior Springs Missouri two investigations into the lynching of Walter Mitchell began to take shape. Clay County Prosecuting Attorney Raymond W. Cummins said a special grand jury would be convened and he would request Craven to prosecute mob participants. Local business leaders and the Chamber of Commerce criticized officials for failures to protect the prisoner.
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Excelsior Springs
Walter Mitchell
Raymond W. Cummins
Clay, County
Missouri
Liberty
John F. Craven
Craven
Fred K. Harris
Chamber of Commence Here
C. L. Oliver
Chamber of Commer
Tell the Truth: Is Placed in a Home Until Inquiry Ends
The article reports a family plea as a daughter faces questioners while her mother asks for the girl to be returned home. The father underscores the harsh reality of the inquiry and seeks speed in resolution.
Browning repudiates Mary Louise Spas over adoption claims
Edward W. Browning rejects the adopted teen Mary Louise Spas claiming fraud and vows to nullify the adoption and bar any share of his fortune. She had attempted suicide earlier and dispute centers on her true age amid investigations by Queens County authorities and Surrogate Noble.
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New York
Edward W. Browning
Mary Louise Spns
Cinderella
Queens
Browning
Francis Dale
Mary Louise
Mr. Browning
Dale
Newcombe
Public Welfare
Goler
Brown
Robert H. Dunnett
Brooklyn
Daniel Noble
Queens County Court
Kew Gardens
Dorothy Sunshine Browning
Mary
Ellis Island
Bohemia
Prague
Spas
Expel Bolshevist From Military Camp
In Camp Custer Michigan on August 8 a youth was discharged for the convenience of the government after officials uncovered a Bolshevist propaganda effort among students. The discharge followed discovery credited to Herbert W Hagley and Walter B Kaczynski of Chicago. The expelled youth was believed sent from Chicago Bolshevist headquarters and carried documents urging Leninist League affiliation.
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Custer
Mich
Herbert W. Hagley
Walter BE. Kaczynski
Chicago
Cam
Bolshevist Organization
Leninist League
Party
Fire Menaces Province In B C South
Victoria B C Aug 8 With 145 fires in timber and brush in the southern half of British Columbia Provincial Chief Forester Caverhill said today No relief to this grave situation is in sight.
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Associated Press
Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
Forester Caverhill
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