Twilight Inn Fire Kills Eleven. Missing Number Unclear
At Twilight Inn in Tannersville New York a devastating fire killed at least seven people with eleven bodies found and many guests and staff still missing. Rescue efforts were hindered by ten tons of burning coal in the cellar and a rapid-building blaze. A list of missing includes residents from Bronx Brooklyn Waterbury Philadelphia and New York among others. The cause remains undetermined and the hotel was a three story wooden structure built thirty years ago.
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Tannersville
N. Y
Twilight Inn
Catskill Mountains
Richard T. Hennessy
the Bronx
Ernest Tolizsch
Brooklyn
H. Lo. Beardsley and Son
Waterbury
Conn
Cornelius Erkenbrecker
Orange
N. J
Livingston Bishop
Philadelphia
Brinton
Ann Millbank
New York
Henrietta Picken
Richard Engel
Hudson
France
Edward France
Stryker
Fearful midnight grave cure game ends infine
Boston reports a Gypsy fortune teller Mary Jones paid by Joseph Seana for a series of spiritual remedies. Seana testified she massaged his face for rheumatic pain then neck and chest for 56 dollars more. She then demanded 500 dollars for cemetery midnight guidance.
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Boston
Joseph Seana
Mary Jones
Seana
Moral Edicts King Nation Dever Asserts
Chicago Mayor William E. Dever told the American Bar Association that the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act create a national problem of immense consequence. He urged an unbiased scientific facts report and noted Cook County’s judge shortage hinders rapid enforcement while criticizing moral edicts as regulators of private conduct.
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Denver
Col
William E. Dever
Chicago
American Bar Association
Cook County
Dever
United States
Two Gangsters Die in Chicago Shootings
In Chicago on July 14 two gangland killings occurred. Jules Perugese a 24 year old former target of gangsters was found shot to death with multiple wounds near a roadside while Joseph Ciciccone a 37 year old lieutenant of the Genna gang was gunned down at his home. Police say youths fled after a brief gunfight with an officer.
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Northwest
Seattle
Wash
Pacific Northwest
Banff
Alta
Windermere
B.C
Leslie Watt
Clifford Nesbitt
Chicago
Jules Perugese
Joseph Ciciccone
Genna
Coast Guard hearings tell of ten thousand dollar bribe offer
Norfolk July 14 Coast Guard records the testimony of Chief Boatswain R K Middleton that a $10,000 cash bribe was offered to allow the rum running barge Margaret Egan to proceed. All four crewmen are held for Federal Court under $10,000 bond.
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Norfolk
Margaret Egan
R. K. Middleton
Coast Guard
United States
Mahone
Courage of Marines Ends Threat in Lake Denmark Arsenal Fire
About 100 marines under Cap J A TD Lewis fought a blaze in a wrecked storehouse at the Lake Denmark arsenal near Dover New Jersey. They laid a hose line from a nearby lake and, amid tons of explosives, extinguished flames before they spread. Major General Lejeune praised the Marines and noted missing Captain Clarke may be lost.
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Dover
J. A. TD. Lewis
Navy
Lake Denmark
Arsenal
Quantico
Lewis
Lejeune
Marine Corps
Clarke
Postmasters Form Tri State Association in Cincinnati
More than 300 delegates at the Gibson session in Cincinnati vote to make the Tri State Postmasters Association a permanent body for Ohio Indiana and Kentucky. Mayor Seasongood and national officials address postmasters on service and efficiency as Postmaster General New is represented by John H. Bartlett.
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Ohio
Diana
Kentucky
Tri-State
Postmasters’ Association
Gibson
Seasongood
Cincinnati
Robert H. Bryson
Indianapolis
National Postmasters' Association
Arthur L. Behymer
Ernst
New
John H. Bartlett
New Hampshire
Senator Willis
Nicholas Longworth
House of Representatives
Postal Service of the
United States
W. R. Spillman
Washington
Division of Postoffice Service
Gibson Ballroom
W. C. Culkins
Chamber of Commerce
James G. Yaden
Division of Examinations
United States Civil Service Commission
Spillman
Yaden
Civil Service Commission
Postoff
Franco British debt settlement blocks ratification of American terms
Paris July 14 French Chamber backs not ratifying Mellon Berenger debt accord. Caillaux to seek special powers as Britain’s Churchill signals U S concessions may be needed if Germany fails Dawes plan. War debt issue tied to American terms.
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Caillaux
America
Churchill
Germany
Dawes
United States
N. Y
Court Martial Acquits Officer Over Salute Delay
An army court martial absolved Col. James Thornton Watson of blame for a late salute to Haiti President Louis Borne on arrival in New York. The delay happened after Governor's Island troops mistook President Roosevelt for the liner Ancon, due to flag decorations.
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New York
Col
James Thornton Watson
Louis Borne
Haiti
Governor's Island
Roosevelt
President Borne
Americans Complete World Circumnavigation in 28 Days
Aitir planes, ocean liners, express trains and racing cars carried Linton O. Wells and Edward S. Evans around the globe in 28 days 14 1 hours, breaking Jules Verne and past the 1913 record. They returned to New York aboard a tugboat and met the Aquitania to sail for Europe, after crossing France, Germany, Russia, Siberia, China, Japan and the United States with no accidents.
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New York
Jules Verne
Globe
Verne
Tim
Actu
Linton O. Wells
Edward S. Evans
Pulitzer
Europe
France
Germany
Russia
Siberia
China
Japan
United States
Rantoul
Ill
Seattle
Mitchel Field
John Henry Mears
Immigrant Women Protest Body Examinations at Ellis Island
A twelve person group arriving from England on the Tuscania protested mandatory private examinations at Ellis Island. They alleged women were forced to strip to the waist and faced intrusive questions while undergoing checks by U S and Canadian immigration officials. Noting privacy, they cited a separate private setting for each examination. officials maintained standard third class procedures. Mrs Mary McNeil of Liverpool and sister Miss Anna Noble were among the travelers.
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New York
England
Tuscania
Ellis Island
United States
Immigration Service of Canada
Mary McNeil
Liverpool
Anna Noble
Elis Island
Nobile Returns to New York With Pippina on Pole Flight
Maj. Gen Umberto Nobile and his small terrier Pippina arrived in New York after the Norge polar flight. He was greeted by crowds at Grand Central and City Hall with Fascisti delegations amid a festive welcome along Fifth Avenue.
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New York
Umberto Nobile
New Yrk
Pippina
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
City Hall
Manhattan
Grand Central Station
Wages of 62 transit strikers impounded in New York
The Inter borough Rapids Transit Company impounded wages of sixty two strike leaders as partial security for possible damages totaling 239000 dollars with three defendants involved. The company said 2500 dollars is the amount tied to the action as security while some strikers returned to work and were readded to the payroll.
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New York
Interborough Rapids Transit Company
James L. Quackenbush
Romans Fight Duel Near Rome Between Officials
In a wood near Rome on July 14 Luigi de Alfonso honorary consul general of a fascist militia and Giuseppe Caradonna former under secretary of state dueled with sabers. After about thirty minutes de Alfonso was struck three times and suffered a deep gash to the face.
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Rome
Luigi de Alfonso
Giuseppe Caradonna
Signor de Alfonso
City Council debates salary for planning engineer post
The City Council clashed over an ordinance creating the City Planning Engineer position with a $6000 yearly salary. The measure passed 7 to 2, with critics noting salaries of other engineers and questioning citizenship status of Planning Commission engineer Ladislas Segoe.
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City Planning Commission
Martin Daly
Charles Lackman
Edward T. Dixon
Frank Shipley
Highways Department
Walter Sullivan
Shipley
Sullivan
Council
Cip
Daly
Ladislas Segoe
Planning Commission
Seasongood
Segoe
Roberts Scott given life sentence in Chicago case
Judge Gemmill sentenced Robert B. Scott to life imprisonment after finding he lacked the instinct to kill and was led by his older brother Russell T. Scott in the City Hall Pharmacy robbery murder. Russell faces a death sentence for Maurer’s murder, with prior evasions and insanity rulings affecting his fate.
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Chicago
Robert B. Scott
Russell T. Scott
William N. Gemmill
Russell Scott
Joseph Maurer
Scott Brothers
City Hall
Gemmill
Robert
Russell
Robert Scott
Maurer
Noose
Young Woman Dies During Dental Work in Oakley
Vera Louise Tucker a 20 year old wife of Clarence Tucker died in a dentist chair on West Ninth street Oakley. Coroner Handley ruled death due to nitrous oxide gas and oxygen asphyxiation after nitrous oxide anesthesia during dental treatment.
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Vera Louise, Tucker
Oakley
Ninth Street
Vera Louise Tucker
Thirtieth Street
Handley
Clarence W. Tucker
West Ninth Street
Typhoon Kills Seven in Philippine Island. Sixty Homes Razed
Manila reports seven natives dead as typhoon sweeps over Romblon island 175 miles southeast of Manila. A family of five drowned when their house was washed into the sea, another victim buried in a landslide, and a tree collapse cited. Sixty homes destroyed.
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Manila
Rombiga
Georgia banks close as Bankers' Trust faces receivership
Florida receivership over the Bankers' Trust Company triggers the temporary shutdown of forty nine Georgia banks and the Atlanta Bankers' Trust operating unit. Officials say solvency remains strong overall, with closures due to the Trust Company embarrassment, not local conditions.
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Atlanta
Georgia Banks
Bankers’ Trust Company of
State Department of Banks
State Banking Department
Bankers’ Trust Company
Banking Department
Florida
Georgia
G. H. Howard
Fulton Superior Court
Ground Bank
Bank of Lexington
Bank of Plainville
Bank of Powder Springs
Bank of Roopville
Commerce Bank
Madison County Bank
Colbert Bank
Bank of Hamilton
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Chipley
Bank of Hir
State Bank
Cochran
Bank of Arnoldsville
Bank of Hazelhurst
Richland State Bank
Bank of Alapaha
Temple Banking Company
City Commercial Bank
Woodbury
Bank of Warm
Maysville
Midville
Montezuma, Ocilla, Omega
Vidalia and
Winder
Bank of Palmetto
Bank of Chauncy
Alma State Bank
Bank of Leesburg
Commercial Bank of Dallas
Bank of Abbeville
Farmers and Traders Bank
Bankers’ Trust Compabhy
Georgia State
Bankers’ Trust
Orville Park of
Macon
Georgia Bankers’’ Association
Bank of Umatilla, Fla
Umatilla Bank
W. D. Manley
Petitio
Fun Ga Trust
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Catskills
Commercial Tribune
Tribune
Gypsy
Lejewne
Theaptain
Gity
Hacnch
U.S
Col. Watson
New York City
Nobile
Pole
Mr. Segoe
Commission
Law Committee
University Hospital
General Hospital
Music Hall
Carl Jacobs
Apauerted Council
John R. McLean
Street
Wards Road
Transportation Committee
Philippine
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