J A Bouman Faces Arctic Risks In Amundsen Rescue
AP staff correspondent J A Bouman endured hazards as he covered the Amundsen relief effort from Oslo and Spitzbergen. Norwegian government and Aero Club blocked dispatches while Bouman pressed on despite illness and icebound routes.
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New York
Associated Press
Arctic
J. A. Bouman
London
Amundsen
Spitzbergen
Norwegian Aero Club
Ingertre
Bouman
Oslo
Aero Club
King’s Bay
North American Newspaper Alliance
Lightning kills Cincinnati man while on forestry duty
Paul Blickensderfer age 31 of Pleasant Ridge was struck by lightning and killed instantly at 4 am while on duty as a forest ranger at Newport Washington. He had just finished his junior year at Colorado Agricultural College and was spending a second summer in the Forestry Service. He is a graduate of Withrow High School and his body will be sent to Lebanon Missouri for burial.
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Paul Blickensderfer
Mapleleaf Avenue
Pleasant Ridge
Newport
Wash
J. E. Blickensderfer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Blickensderfer
Colorado Agricultural College
Ft. Collins
Col
Forestry Service
Withrow High School
Lebanon, Mo
Byrd
Dr. Potter
Methodist Episcopal Church
Potter
Rappleyea
Soiow
C. Patton
South
China urged to protect foreigners amid violence in Canton
The Cantonese soldiers attacked the English Presbyterian Mission at Wukingfu injuring one missionary and two women. The British Consul demanded apology and compensation while foreigners were ordered to leave for Swatow. Uprisings and strikes worsen Swatow’s crisis under rival commanders.
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Associated Press
Peking
Wukingfu
Kwangtung
Swatow
Lake Michigan Sees Dramatic Tidal Spree At Chicago Beaches
Lake Michigan produced a dramatic tidal event as water levels receded 75 to 100 feet from the normal line, then returned within 15 to 20 minutes. Lifeguards kept bathers near shore while a man drowned after venturing beyond lifelines, with Northside beaches most affected.
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Lake Michigan
Chicago
Northside
Southside
Man Rampage Injures Two On Busy City Streets
William Simpson, 26, an iron worker of 815 Sycamore, ran amuck at Second Street and Broadway injuring two men and prompting a near riot. He attacked Frank Bell, 55, and stabbed an unidentified Black man before being captured by two motorists. A bystander was hurt when a police car collision occurred. Taylor suffered a possible hip fracture. Simpson was held at the Second District Police Station.
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William Simpson
Sycamore Street
Second Street
Broadway
Third
Elm Streets
Simpson
Second District
Frank Bell
Front Street
Bell
Daniel Quinn
East Second Street
Jones
Aufdenbrink
Riley
LeFever
Tritsch
Second
John Ruff
Fourth National Bank
Walter Taylor
West Sixth Street
Taylor
General Hospital
Auto crash at East End leaves two dead
A collision between a car and a street car on Setchel Street and Eastern Avenue injures four, two fatally. Victims include Mrs. Edna Smith 38 and infant Leroy Hartzell 10 months. Dorothy Hartzell 4 and Marie Hartzell 26 are wounded. Smith dies at General Hospital. Hartzell infant dies at Jewish Hospital.
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East End
Setchel Street
Eastern Avenue
Edna Smith
West McMicken Avenue
Leroy Hartzell
Marie Hartzell
Dorothy Hartzell
General Hospital
Robert Montgomery
Alms Place
Walnut Hills
Haywood Greenleaf
Preston Avenue
Barr and Linn Streets
Montgomery
Greenleaf
H. A. Cohen
Vine Street
Alfred Wilson
West Fourteenth Street
Wilson
George B. Teaney
Kindel Avenue
John Ball
Washington Avenue
Newport
Bennet
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Covington
War Looms as Unions Unite Over British Coal Crisis
London reports a potential August 1 coal stoppage as 5,000,000 workers could shut railways and docks. Miners demand withdrawal of July 31 wage cuts, while A J Cook and mine owners clash amid government mediation efforts. Inevitable economic chaos sparks calls for nationalization or big-trust consolidation as fuel research pursues smokeless fuel and power from coal.
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John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
Great Britain
United ‘Action
A. J. Cook
Miners’ Union
Sunderland
Evan Williams
Mine Owners’ Association
Baldwin
General Council of the
Trades Union Congress
Miners’ Federation
Trades Council
Fuel Research Bureau
Greenwich
Aldwin
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Dayton Clergymen Denounce Scopes Trial Methods
Dayton churchmen from several denominations urged restraint after public comment on the Tennessee Scopes trial. Clergy questioned whether the case settles science or religion, with views ranging from caution about teaching creation to affirmations that the trial addresses law rather than doctrinal truth.
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Tennessee
Earl E. North
Presbyterian Synod of Ohio
Jacob Kaplan
Sherith Israel Temple
C. J. Sebastian
Central Christian Church
Earl Hoon
Hyde Park
C. v. Atwater
Lincoln Park Baptist Church
State of
British research workers claim cancer germ found
London July 12 British researchers announce discovery of a cancer germ by John Edwin Barnard and colleagues. The germ, visible only indirectly, infected animals and showed cancer can be produced by a universal organism. Full results to be published in Medical Journal with government-backed research and cautious optimism about future implications.
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London
World News Service
Sunday Times Today
Pasteur and
Jenner
John Edwin Barnard
Barnard
England
Royal Microscopical Society
William Ewart Gye
Walter Morley Fletcher
K.C.B
Medical Research Council
Sambon
P&rnard
America
Koch
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Ohio Valley Storm Ravages Homes and Crops in Wider Area
A violent storm from early morning with heavy rain and frequent lightning ripped through the Ohio Valley. It caused extensive property damage in Cincinnati and across Hamilton and Butler counties, with a fire destroying the Hunkler home, several barns struck by lightning, flooded cellars, and two horses killed. The storm also disrupted utilities, roads, and a courthouse area, with hundreds of acres of corn flooded and local shelters housing homeless families.
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Ohio Valley
Cincinnati
Union Gas and Electric Company
Summit Avenue
White Road
Edgemont
Carthage
Egner
Hunkler
Benjamin Bierman
Wesselman Road
Cheviot
Robert Cady
North Bend
North College Hill
John Rease
Harrison Pike
Miami
Walter Avenue
Buena Vista Place
Westcott
Edwards
Wendel
510
Central Avenue
Arata
Hamilton
Ecuadoran Minister Quits Amid Junta Takeover
Dr Francisco Ochoa Ortiz Ecuadorian minister to the United States says he has cabled his resignation to the military junta leaders who recently took power. He will stay at his post until relieved and no other immediate staff changes are planned.
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Ecuador
Associated Press
Washington
Francisco Ochoa Ortiz
United States
Ortiz
Legation
Fall at Daughter’s Home Ends Life of Mrs Cornelia Jenners
The 66 year old widow was found dead at the foot of the cellar stairs in Southgate Kentucky. Dr J Asher Caldwell said she had been dead for hours from a fractured skull. She rose during the night and apparently opened the cellar door by mistake. Survived by six children and husband who died years ago.
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Cornelia Jenners
George Decker
Electric Avenue
Southgate
Jenners
J. Asher Caldwell
A. J. Lampe
Elmer Jenners
Calvin
Nila Jenners
Peter Schweed
Newport
Charles Ryan Injured By Auto Driver Escapes
Charles Ryan a divinity student of 3943 Forest avenue Norwood was struck by a speeding automobile while walking to Venice Presbyterian Church to preach. He was knocked unconscious and taken to Mercy Hospital Hamilton by William Neal who found him on the road. Ryan had exited a bus at Symmes corner and began walking three miles to Venice. He sustained a large head laceration and body bruises and is expected to return home tomorrow.
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Associated Press
Dayton
Tenn
Howard Gale Burn
Methodist Episcopal Church
Northern
Charles Francis Potter
New York
Byrd
Potter
John T. Scopes
Mr. Byrd
Foster W. Taylor
Cocoanut Grove Presbyterian Church
Miami
Fila
Whicch
William Jennings Bryan
Taylor
Mr. Potter
Westside Unitarian Church
New York City
Hamilton, O
Charles Ryan
Forest Avenue
Norwood
Venice Presbyterian Church
William Neal
Rurau
Venice
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Ryan
Symmes Corner
Gasoline Train Fire Kills Three Near Taylor Texas
Three unidentified men burned to death and six others missing after a gasoline train wreck six miles south of Taylor Texas. Eighteen tank cars of gasoline and two box cars of a fifty car M K and T freight train were destroyed. Rescue efforts were hindered by continuing fire as crews search for additional victims and determine if the missing escaped or perished. Railway officials estimate losses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars in what may be the railroad's worst disaster. The cars carried gasoline and lubricating oil.
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Associated Press
Taylor
Texas
Here
Riots in Glasgow Injure 100 and Arrest 50 After Boyne Parade
In Glasgow Scotland on July 12 more than one hundred people were injured and fifty arrested as four riots broke out after a Boyne commemoration parade. Fifty thousand Orangemen participated in the march but clashes erupted near midnight with missiles and battles until police separated the combatants.
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Associated Press
Glasgow
Scotland
Old Saying About Lightning Proved False in Clermont County
Residents report a Mt Carmel building under construction was struck by lightning three times during a storm. The strikes bored a 1.5 inch hole in the concrete foundation and a similar hole in a window on opposite side. Investigators note additional hits in two corners of the structure.
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Clermont County
Mt. Carmel
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