Hyde Park fire destroys apartment building. chief hurt
Eighteen families are made homeless when the Hyde Park Alraise Apartment Building on Erie avenue and Edwards road burns before dawn. Fire Chief Barney J. Houston is injured after slipping on ice on a stairway, treated for a sprained back. Janitor Arthur Wells raises alarm. firefighters save most ground-floor stores amid freezing hoses and water damage.
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Al'’aise
Erie Avenue
Edwards Road
Hyde Park
Barney J. Houston
General Hospital
Arthur L. Wells
Tne
Lois Riley
Frank Riley
Wells
Riley
Hyde Park Square
Marshal Hall
E. J.holden
Etremen
Salvage Corps
Apt
Fire Fault Suspected In Fatal Gas Fumes Tragedy
At 10 Backstreet tenants found Harry Rastatler and his wife unconscious in their first floor apartment. Firemen revived them and sent to General Hospital as investigators, led by Fire Marshal Schraffenberger, probed gas fumes from an unvented heater. Rastatler unconscious, wife slightly improved. theory that a cigarette ignited bed clothing remains. Building owner Joseph Engel reported renting the flat six weeks ago and hinting the couple came from Covington or Newport.
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Harry Rastatler
General Hospital
Schraffenberger
Dressel
William Beckman
Joseph Engel
Cleveland Avenue
Norwood
Cincinnati
Covington
New Pye
Salary buying firms prey on workers with high interest loans
The article reports salary purchasing companies operating near New York with 240 percent usury, targeting railroad workers and small wage earners. Officials from public agencies and the Russell Sage Foundation warn these lenders pose as legitimate payroll services to dodge penalties. Solicitors advertise “money without anybody knowing it,” while ongoing efforts push to legally identify salary purchasers as loan sharks.
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Hudson
New York
Russell Saz+ foundation
Bureau of Remedial Loans
DUC Duy
Ist
Diaz Peace Proposal Fails to Excite Senate Action
Washington dispatch notes scant prospect for congressional action on marines in Nicaragua. Debates focus on Diaz's continued presidency and U S supervision of 1928 elections, with committee hearings on Kellogg transcripts and Latin American policy. Knights of Columbus plan a January 27 mass meeting on Mexico.
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Iglesias
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Mexico
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Third International
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Supreme Council of the Knights
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California
Oklahoma hotel siege by armed escapee from county jail
John Mayo, 29, a convicted bank robber and Osage murder trial witness, escaped from the county jail armed with four revolvers and a machine gun. He terrorized a downtown Tulsa hotel seeking his wife's lover, then fled as deputies hunted him under orders to shoot on sight. The escape followed Mayo’s raid on the jail armory after overpowering the night jailer and turnkey.
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Osage
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Easterly
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Coolidge
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Holt
Three Die and Five Hurt in Dayton Crossing Crash
A car returning from church collided with an eastbound traction car two miles east of Dayton. Three Ko zlowski children died Stella 13 Stanley Jr 11 Francis 15. Five others were injured including two seriously. The accident occurred after the auto failed to stop on ice glazed pavement.
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Dayton
Stanley Kozlowski
Stella Kozlowski
Stanley Kozlowski, Jr
Francis Marczwski
Katie Kozlowski
Genevieve Kozlowski
Wallace Kozlowski
Kazlowski
Scopes Case Dismissal Delayed Amid Rehearing Push
Nashville and Knoxville attorneys move to rehear and seek repeal of the anti evolution statute after the Dayton Scopes case dismissal. Attorney General Smith delays entry of the order to allow further consultations with John T Scopes and defense counsel.
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Tenn
L. D. Smith
State Supreme Court
Knoxville
Nolle
Smith
Henry F. Colton
Thomas H. Malone
Defense Council
John Thomas Scopes
Dayton
Colton
Tennessee Academy of Science
Scopes
Supreme Court
Middle West Faces New Cold Wave Threat
Subzero temperatures eased briefly across the Middle West, with highs near 20 above and a new cold front forming in Manitoba. Forecasters warned of another deep freeze within 24 hours, possibly reaching the Day and Minnesota, but not as far south as the prior cold snap. Four people died in a blizzard as 25 children were driven into snow. A New Yorker slipped and fell under a train amid the storm.
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Great Lakes
SUM Sry
Manitoba
Canada
Minnesota
Cage
Marathon of Pacific race ends with Meyer in 16 hours
Pete Meyer of Cincinnati completed a long ocean swim in about sixteen hours fifty four minutes covering thirty four miles in the Pacific marathon off Wilmington California. He swam with a crawl stroke at roughly thirty six to forty four strokes per minute, staying with leaders until Ross quit and he was forced to stop shortly after.
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Pete Meyer
Cincinnati
Young
Ross
Canadian Boy Wins San Pedro Channel Swim For Mother
George Young, seventeen, wins the San Pedro channel cross in 15 hours 40 minutes earning $25,000 for first to finish. He swam from Santa Catalina to Point Vicente amid frigid water, aided by manager Henry O’Byrne, while two women contestants failed to complete the course. Mrs Hauser and Miss Stager received special prizes despite not finishing.
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Associated Press
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Jan
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Canada
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Portland
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Cincinnati
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England Drinks Wine as Whisky Use Drops
London reports show England increasing wine consumption and cutting whisky by about half in recent years. Frank Hedges Butler, author on wine, cites wine’s better value with three bottles often costing the price of one whisky. Patrons favor claret Burgundy and Lauterne with meals.
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London
England
Frank Hedges Butler
Mr. Butler
Three Deaths in Three Weeks After Monter Tragedy
George H. Monter 68 died while selecting a grave at Old St. Joseph Cemetery in Price Hill. He collapsed among tombstones and died in the cemetery where his sister will be buried. Monter conducted business on East Fourth Street for 37 years and his death follows the loss of his wife and sister. His family will lay his sister to rest Tuesday and Monter on Wednesday beside his wife.
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Blizzard Deaths Reported as City Ends Icy Cold Spell
A New York blizzard yesterday gave way to sunshine and rising temperatures. John Hayes aged 60 froze to death after sleeping near a coalyard chute. An unidentified man slipped on an icy Bowery Houston Street platform and was killed by a train. Snow removal operated overnight and traffic returned to normal by noon.
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Mercury
John Hayes
Bowery
Houston Street
Orphanage Fire Drives 25 Children Into Blizzard
A blaze at Bethesda Home in West Rumney New Jersey on January 16 forced 25 children to flee into a blizzard with no time to dress. They suffered exposure and frostbite as they walked in bare feet until families nearby sheltered them before transfer to an adjacent orphanage in Tumney.
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Two Men Freeze to Death in Detroit Blizzard
DETROIT Jan 16 Two men died from freezing amid a fierce blizzard in Detroit. Several others received hospital treatment for exposure as temperatures stood well below zero. Fires from overheated stoves and furnaces drove residents from their homes.
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Pietsoars
Four Children Die in Toronto House Fire
Four children aged 4, 3, 16 months and 2 months burned to death in their home as parents visited neighbors. The two story frame house was destroyed and investigators suspect an overheated stove caused the blaze.
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Ont
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Cold Wave Expected Delay in Cincinnati Weather
A United States weather bulletin said the arctic outbreak from Canada may not reach Cincinnati for several days and could pass with less severe impact than anticipated. Forecasters noted another cold spell unlikely to affect the city soon.
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Cincinnati
Canada
Married in Tropics Ties Pope to Madeline Prentice
Hamilton Pope Agee former husband of author Fanny Heaslip Lea wed Madeline Prentice at Kilauea Kauai last Friday radio reports say Agee, once Orleans resident, trained as a swimmer from youth under Johnnie Walker at the Gate Club. Walker praises Agee and predicts further world beating potential citing Young's early victories.
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Fanny Heaslip Lea
Madeline Prentice
Kilauea
Kauai
Agee
Orleans
Y. M. Co
Johnnie Walker
the Gate Club
Walker
George Young
Chanmipile Young
Mother of Swimmer Fought Hard to Aid Victory
Toronto mother Jean Young, widowed and working as a maid, cared for her son George Young, Canada's record holder in 200 and 220 yard free, 440 yard, and mile events. She funded his Califoria trip herself and hoped to be with him at the moment of his Catalina Island swim triumph.
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New York World News Service
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Ont
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Canada
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Buffalo News International
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Four Escapees Flee Warrensville Workhouse in Stolen Car
Four prisoners who escaped Warrensville Workhouse last night are believed to have fled in a car stolen from Justice of the Peace Penty in Warrensville. Police have no further trace of the fugitives.
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Jan
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Justice of the Peace Penty
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