Plane crash kills 3 in Palacios Texas stirring street scene
In Palacios Texas a sightseeing plane crashed into a street killing pilot Earl Prosser of Texas City and passengers Max Weinberg of Boston and Ralph Green of Galveston. The craft burst into flames after circling the town, with witnesses retreating from the intense heat.
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Palacios
Tex
Earl] Prosser
Texas City
Bana
Max Weinberg
Boston
Mass
Ralph Green
Galveston
Weinberg
Green
Texas National Guard
Prosser
Army
Two Indiana Flyers Die in Wabash Plane Crash
In Wabash Indiana on July 13 a Monocoupe plunged nose first into the ground about a mile north of the city killing two men instantly. Pilot Charles Wenrick of Wabash and passenger Lloyd Keister of North Manchester died in the 3 19 p m CST crash. Wenrick had recently moved to Wabash to open a flying school. both were married.
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Indiana
Wabash
Ind
Here
Charles Wenrick
Lloyd Keister
North Manchester
Wenrick
Liberty Mills
Keiser
Keister
Four Die in Purley Plane Crash Fire
In Croydon England on July 13 a small plane crashed and burned at Purley killing two women and two men. Among the deceased was A Hall the aeronautical inspection director of Croydon Airdrome. The pilot was seriously injured and taken to hospital.
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Croydon
England
Purley
A. Hall
Secret Service Man Is Slain in Morrison
James W. Hair, United States Secret Service operative, was shot and killed by a stranger at an outdoor shooting gallery in Morrison. Hours later a patrol took J. F. Anderson, 23, his wife Irma, 19, and William Wryscarver, 36, into custody on a nearby highway after their car had broken down. Hair was shooting with James Knoll and Perry Knoll when the assailant declared he was an officer and fired, escaping into the crowd.
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Perry
Hair
Secret Service operative Hair killed in Orrison death
Chief Moron of the Secret Service said James W. Hair was on vacation when killed at Orrison Col. He served over a year and had a good record. Hair was a native of Denver.
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Washington
Secret Service
James W. Hair
Orrison
Col
Orvice
Hair
Denver
Rescue on Ice Returns Two From Foyn Island
Capt Sora and Dutch engineer Vandongen were rescued by Swedish and Finnish air crews near Kings Bay Spitzbergen afterweeks missing on Foyn Island. A Krassin crew and Swedish observers confirmed their location and transfer by Upland and Turku aircraft. The mission followed earlier Italia and Amundsen related rescue efforts in Arctic waters.
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Sora
Foyn
Floes
Italia
Amundsen Group
Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Vandongen
Foyn Island
Krassin
Upland
Turku
Acue
Nort
Cape Etrown
Braganza
Roald Amundsen
Latham
Begg Attacked by Dry Wing at Ohio WCTU Session
Lakeside Ohio July 13 The Ohio section of the Women s Christian Temperance Union opens its annual session to draft a sample ballot endorsing candidates who back the dry cause The session focused on James T Begg of Sandusky and his stand on prohibition with Dr E J Moore urging a public repudiation of a Cincinnati Times Star editorial Begg is challenged as a moderate Cooper Turner are noted as dry or wet figures The organization sent candidates a questionnaire asking views on the Eighteenth Amendment and state control of alcohol Their opening meeting drew over 300 attendees including Florence Richards and Judge Florence E Allen and urged forming first voters leagues to mobilize youth to vote.
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Lakeside
Ohio Organization of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union
E. J. Moore
Ohio Anti- Saloon League
James T. Begg
Sandusky
Begg
Congress
Moore
Anti-Saloon League
Cincinnati Times-Star
Ohio
Cooper
Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
Edward C. Turner
Florence Richards
Toledo
Florence E. Allen
Ohio Supreme Court
Wealthy Victim of Theft Held in New York
Police search for taxi driver who fled with a $4,000 diamond bracelet after an attempted shooting of Mrs. Frederick B. Johnson wife of Palm Olive heir. Mrs. Johnson, 19, had advertised for the bracelet after a threatened call and testified she seized a revolver. the driver fled after finding the gun empty.
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New York
Frederick B. Johnson
Johnson
Many Arrested In Spanish Plot
Garbled dispatch from Guethary says Madrid reports wide repercussions of a supposed Spanish plot. Arrests claimed in Madrid Barcelona Saragossa Oviedo Orense with frontier guard tightened. Theatre Royal workers detained. censorship imposed. suspected Syndicalists watched. Sanchez Guerra rumor persists without proven link.
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Mdaria
Theater Royal
Royal Palace
Sanchez Guerra
Madrid
No One Considers a Violation of the Dry Law as a Moral Delict Says Ohio Candidate
Canton Ohio July 13 John J Whitacre former congressman and Democratic candidate for the Eighteenth District argues against prohibition in principle. He asserts individual freedom within legal duties and cites widespread law violations as evidence of the Eighteenth Amendment's unenforceability and calls for repeal or amendment.
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Ohio
Canton
John J. Whitacre
Carroll County
Congress
Whitacre
Whitacre-Greer Fireproofing Company
Waynesburg
Citizens Must Register to Vote for Primary Election
Citizens who did not register last fall or have moved since, or will be of age by November 7, must register for the August 14 primary. Special registration occurs at the Board of Elections office in the Palace Theater Building on August 6 through 10, daily 9 AM to 2 PM and 4 PM to 9 PM.
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Board of Elections
Palace Theater
Half a Million Damage From Ohio Flood Hits Eastern Counties
Eastern Ohio endured a cloudburst that sent streams over banks, flooding mines and halting transport, with Jefferson and Belmont Counties hardest hit. Damage estimated at 500000 dollars, no deaths, several injuries and rescues. Bridges washed out, mines flooded, homes damaged, rail and street traffic disrupted, West Virginia side workers idle, and a Martins Ferry burn case.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Jefferson
Belmont
Ohio River
Belmont County
Wegee
Webb
Western Railroads
Jefferson County
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Cleveland-Pittsburgh Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Steubenville-Wheeling
West Virginia
Lyman Boughn
Martins Ferry
William Fitzen
Rush Run
Moundsville
W. Va
United States Weather Bureau
Coal magnate ordered jailed over unpaid debts
Josiah V Thompson, once the world’s largest coal owner, is ordered jailed for nonpayment of 215,477 with jail to start September 1 if not paid. He also faces a separate contempt finding for about 300,000 to Emma Messmore’s estate, while in ill health at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Thompson allegedly lacks funds despite recent coal deals totaling over 1 million dollars.
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New York World News Service
Uniontown
P.z
Josiah V. Thompson
Thompson
Emma Messmore
Johns Hopkins Hospital
John A. Nicaolls
Princess of
Weds Finder's Daughter Ends In Surprise Marriage
Hollywood July 13. Film actor Leroy Mason found by Ed Win Carewe at a sandwich counter eloped with Carewe's daughter Rita to Yuma Arizona. They announced their marriage to Carewe. Mason, from Larimore North Dakota, age 28. Miss Carewe age 22.
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Finder
Hollywood
Leroy Mason
Edwin Carewe
Carewe
Rita
Yuma
Ariz
Mason
Larimore
N. D
Miss Carewe
Hoover closes seven year tenure as commerce secretary
Herbert Hoover ends over seven years as Secretary of Commerce and prepares to campaign as the Republican candidate for president. He will be ratified in Palo Alto, with Dwight Morrow and William M Butler among potential successors. Hoover plans a western tour ending in San Francisco after a two day stop at the Brule summer White House.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Mei‘on
Davis
Labor Department
Morrow
Hoover
Coolidge
William M. Butler
Massachusetts
Republican National Committee
Dwight Morrow
Mexico
Palo Alto
Cal
Dawes
Tilson
Connecticut
Wisconsin
Coolidge Considers Cabinet Resignations and Boulder Dam Commission
Superior Wis July 13 President Coolidge will soon accept the resignations of Hoover and Work from the Cabinet. He surveys possible successors to the Commerce Secretary and delays Work's resignation pending appointment of a commission of experts to study Boulder Dam technical aspects. The Interior Secretary communicates further details.
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Coolidge
Superior
Wis
Hoover
Work
Commerce
Dr. Work
Commission of
Boulder Dam
Interior
Chile and Peru restore diplomatic relations under Kellogg plan
Secretary Kellogg announced that Chile and Peru agreed to resume diplomatic relations, signaling a direct path to settling the Tacna Arica dispute. Both foreign ministers responded favorably, and the date for resumption will be set by mutual consent, with ambassadors to be exchanged in each capital.
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Washington
Chile
Peru
Kellogg
Coolidge
State Department
Mr. Kellogg
Tacna-Arica
Friday the 13th air toll claims eleven lives
The Associated Press reports Friday the thirteenth saw six fatal aviation crashes, totaling eleven deaths. Among the victims are Capt. Emilio Carranza in Mt. Holly New Jersey, four killed at Purley Croydon, three burned in Palacios Texas, two in Wabash Indiana, W. W. Barnette in Houston, and two escaping injury in Laconia New Hampshire where a plane overturned on Lake Winnipesaukee.
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Mt. Holly
N. J
Emilio Carranza
Croydon
England
Purley
Palacios
Tex
Wabash
Ind
Houston
W. W. Barnette
Air Transport
Laconia
N. H
Lake Winnipesaukee
Smiths Gather in Forest Park for Smith Picnic in St Louis
In Forest Park, St Louis, thousands of Smiths gather for a Smith Association picnic honoring Gov. Al Smith of New York. Frank Smith hosts. Mayor Miller proclaims Smith Day. The event highlights Smiths through history with readings, a glee club, and a roll call of notable Smiths.
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New’ York World News Service
St.alouis
Forest Park
Smith
al Smith
New York
Frank R. Smith
St. Louis
The
Smith Association
Smiths
Smith T
al’ Arizes
Hi Oni
Pictate
James Smith
Capt
John ‘Smith
Smith Glee Club
America
Russell Smith
Miller
Association
Perlman Smith
Frank Iin
Albert
Alfred
Smiths of Ireland urge Irish of U S to back Smith
In Belfast July 13 the Smiths led a County Council meeting in Cavan to approve a resolution praising Gov. Alfred E. Smith as the Democratic candidate for U S president. Owen Smith noted Gov. Smith’s ancestor came from Bruskey, Cavan, and urged Irish voters in America to support him.
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Smiths
Ireland
U.S
Smith
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Cavan
Alfred E. Smith
Gov. Smith
United States
Owen Smith
Patrick Smith
Bruskey
Arson Suspect Arrested In Williams-Spanvietti Case
Charlie Spancietti, restaurant owner, was arrested in Williamson West Virginia charged with firebombing the Davis McElroy Building last December. Fire Chief M Stock said Spancietti aimed to destroy his wife’s cafeteria business by setting the blaze, killing several people when the structure burned.
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Williamson
W. Va
Charlie Spancietti
Davis-McElroy
M. Stock
Spanvietti
Towner
Peggy Joyce to wed Lord Northesk in France
Peggy Hopkins Joyce the four times married actress known as Countess Gosta Morner said she and Lord Northesk husband of Jessica Brown of Buffalo plan to marry. They have been bathing dancing and playing baccarat together while staying at the Normandy Hotel in Deauville. Miss Joyce may appear in a movie. marriage dates referenced as July 19 1923.
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Deauville
France
Peggy Hopkins
Joyce
Lord Northesk
Jessica Brown
Buffalo
Normandy Hotel
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Gosta Morner
Countess of Northesk
Isadore Tennenbaum Killed in Auto Crash
Isadore Tennenbaum, 33, a Crown Overall Company agent from Cincinnati, was killed this afternoon near Butte when the car he rode in overturned after striking a sand hole in the road. He lived at 323 Forest Avenue.
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Isadore Tennenbaum
Cincinnati
Butte
Mont
Forest Avenue
Crown Overall Company
Lost Genius Found in Mobile Youth Sought by Borglum
Judy Rayford a nineteen year old Duke University student from North Carolina emerged as Gutzon Borglum s sought after genius after reports of his poetry sketch and artistic talent reached the famed sculptor in Richmond. Borglum said he would like the youth to join him soon and described his work as revealing the soul of nature. Rayford who had been working in Mobile joined the artist s quest after leaving behind poems and a sketch in San Antonio.
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Mobile
Ala
Judy Rayford
Duke University
N. C
Gutzon Borglum
Rayford
Borglum
Richmond
San Antonio
Tex
Judy
Suaties
Mobile Egister
Mexican air hero Carranza dies in New Jersey storm
Capt Emilio Carranza Mexican air hero crashed in southern New Jersey during a fierce electrical storm while en route to New York City on a projected nonstop flight. His body was found near Chatsworth after the wreckage was scattered by the strike.
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Mount Holly
N J
Emilio Carfani
Mexico
Pine Belt
New Jersey
John Henry Carr
Whith
Atsworth
New Yorxico City
Roosevelt Field
Charles A. Linggbergh
Carranza
Lindbergh
Carr
Jack
Chatsworth
Arth
Madison Square, Garden
New York
New Orleans
New Orle
Carab
Sergt. Crawford
Gil
Carabine
Washington
Rranza
Neady
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