Tragic Grade-Crossing Crash Claims Seven Lives Near Eaton
At Dayton Richmond Pike near Eaton Ohio a Pennsylvania passenger train struck a car carrying two Richmond families. Seven people including two wives, three children and both husbands were killed as wreckage spread 400 yards. Train engineer Frank Powers aided response as authorities identified the seven victims.
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Freble County
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Richmond Co
Aviators Pursue Endurance Flight Record Rescue
Capt. Ross G. Hoyt, US Army, crash lands returning from Nome to New York near Yar Mount B C though uninjured. In St Louis, Dale Jackson and Forest O Brine on the Missouri Robin near nine days in air, 204 hours, 42 hours remain to break the record with strong weather and crowds at Lambert Field.
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China WarLord Report Fires By Manchuria Warline
July 21 dispatch reports Marshal Chang Hsueh Liang claiming Soviet forces attacked along the Sainfendo River on the Manchurian border. Chinese troops held defensive while Russians reportedly used poison gas and heavy artillery. Other notes cite new regional commanders and rail disruptions affecting trans Siberian travel.
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Son of Fred Lazarus Killed by Automobile
Richard Lazarus eight son of Fred Lazarus president of John Shillito Company was killed in Charlevoix Michigan when struck by an automobile as he ran into the street. Lazarus secretary of F and R Lazarus Department Store Columbus rushed to the city to meet the boy’s father Jeffrey Lazarus secretary treasurer of Shillito Company left for Columbus to join the family.
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Multiple Auto Crashes, Three Injured, One Child Killed
Hamilton County records a fatal automobile crash killing eight year old Thomas Blair at Springfield pike and Compton road. Henry Dan Etton of Bellevue Ky drove the car. Blair died at General Hospital after transfer. Separate crash on Central avenue and Second street left Harry Duffy with severe head injuries and possible skull fracture. Driver Thomas Strickland was charged with reckless driving. Mrs Duffy filed assault and battery charges. A third incident on Gilbert avenue and Elsinore place injured Charles Cantrell after he ran into traffic. Nellie Sommers was knocked down near Fifth and Stone streets while waiting to board a Warsaw avenue street car. She suffered facial and head cuts and was treated at General Hospital. The car involved was driven by Thomas Oyler.
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St. Mary’s Hospital
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Glenmore Avenue
Endurance flyer thrills crowd at Watson Airport homecoming
Roy L. Mitchell, a Cleveland endurance flyer and former Watson Field associate, staged a daredevil exhibition at Watson Airport yesterday. The informal welcome by airport officials followed his parachute drop and return flight, drawing a crowd and excitement.
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National Guard Regiment Heads to Camp Perry Today
Cincinnati’s 147th Regiment of the Ohio National Guard departs for Camp Perry on Lake Erie at 8 30 this morning for its annual duty and training period. Col Donald L Caldwell commands the unit with Lt Col Rudolph Capt Havelin and Capt Heilman in support. The Seventy Fourth Brigade under Brig Gen Frank D Henderson encamped yesterday joining units such as the 112th Engineers of Cleveland and the Columbus regiment. The Military Club of Cincinnati plans an inspection visit next week.
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Fire devastates business area in Wainwright
In Wainwright Alberta on July 21 a fire swept through a chicken coop and destroyed most of the town’s business district. Only four business buildings remain standing in the oil town of about two thousand residents.
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Distilleries to Resume Operations Under Dry Czar Permit
Commissioner of Prohibition Dr. A. M. Doran announced permits for 2,000,000 gallons of Bourbon and rye whisky annually for non beverage uses. He said Willis Campbell act grants authority after conferences with Treasury officials and cited warehouse stock provisions. Congress allowed licensed physicians to prescribe whisky, and Doran emphasized meeting medicinal needs.
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Houston Plane Surpasses 100th Flight Hour in Record
A Houston plane marked its 100th in the air hour during a record flight as a large crowd gathered at the Houston airport this afternoon to witness the milestone at 4 49 45 p m.
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Police Rescue Eight From Angry Lower East Side Mob
Police reserves halted a riot on the Lower East Side as about 1,000 pursued eight intoxicated men armed with pocket knives who tried to drive off in a taxi. A white boy was injured. missiles rained from windows as the group fled. Twelve patrolmen and detectives saved the eight from the angry crowd and charges of felonious assault and Sullivan law violations were filed.
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Raiders Stranded Five Days In Desert Seek Liquor
Federal agents L. E. Hammond and Thomas Hendrick became stranded on the Great Salt Lake desert for five days after their auto broke down. Facing 100 degree heat, they found only goat milk to drink and concluded the liquor still they sought was long abandoned.
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Texan Judge Aims Rifle, Silences Neighboring Radio
Beaumont Texas July 21 Acting Jefferson County Judge H C Keen gained rapid fame after using a rifle to shoot three times at a neighboring radio loudspeaker at the Log Cabin cabaret. The blast silenced the radio drawing praise from far and wide including a telegram from Shreveport urging a repeat of the act.
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Cheat River escape foils arrest near Uniontown
Morris Free faced Constable John Feeney with a warrant, leaped an eighteen foot embankment into the Cheat River, and swam to the West Virginia shore to evade arrest. The man was accused of siphoning several gallons of gasoline to another man's account without consent.
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Bear Victorious In Tilt With Auto In Wisconsin
An auto driven by Crandon attorney Warde Wascott collided with a large black bear on a Forest County road near Argonne. The impact damaged the car and the bear fled into the woods, leaving bear fur on the front of the auto.
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Premier Plans American Visit Next October
Premier Ramsay MacDonald intends to sail from England in October for talks with President Hoover on naval questions. He will attend the league assembly in Geneva in September, as France pushes to delay the reparations conference until late August at the earliest. British sources report ongoing, hopeful discussions between London and Washington on naval proposals.
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Garry Herrmann Improves After Foot Surgery at Bethesda
August Herrmann former Cincinnati Baseball Club president and ex Grand Exalted Ruler of the Elks is improving after a surgery at Bethesda Hospital Saturday. He had a toe X ray and bone removal after a chiropodist cut, confining him to his Hollister Street home prior to the procedure.
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Bremen Seaway Breaks Transatlantic Speed Record
The North German Lloyd liner Bremen shattered the daily distance record, covering 711 miles in one day at about 28 knots. Captain Ziegenbein steered a 27.9 knot average as the ship neared Nantucket, with a seaplane mail drop planned and reception by officials at Quarantine.
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Hoover's Swiss Descent Linked to White House Founder
New York July 21 An official letter from a Hoover secretary reveals President Hoover is of Swiss descent with Andrew Hoover identified as the President’s ancestor. The ancestor is said to be the grandson of Johann Heinrich Huber a linen weaver from Bern Canton.
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Transatlantic Passage Times Through the Ages
A New York record shows dramatic drops in voyage times from 1492 to 1929. Entries note Christopher Columbus 69 days to cross. Savannah to Liverpool 26 days. Acadia 11 days 4 hours then 9 days 1 hour. Scotia 8 days 3 hours. City of Paris 5 days 19 hours 18 minutes. Maritania 5 days 2 hours 34 minutes. Bremen incomplete in July 1929 with routes to the West Indies.
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Bremen at Sea Sets Stage for Record Attempt
Radiogram from the Bremen reports lively anticipation of beating Mauretania’s transatlantic record. A storm passed without heavy seas and the ship’s speed appears at normal maximum, with little vibration and high comfort noted by all aboard. The narrative notes a fifty year old stowaway with a full beard on board.
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French War Debt Ratification Faces House Gauntlet
The French war debt settlement approved by the French Chamber awaits Senate ratification and a possible move to the extra session in September. Sen Smoot favors immediate consideration, with House action first, as France must ratify before the Mellon Berenger agreement postpones the August 1 debt repayment. The deal matches other postwar settlements with extended sixty two year payment terms.
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Chinese Alarm Over Repeated Airplane Intrusions
Reports from Tokyo on July 21 describe Russian cavalry near Manchuria and residents in Pogranichnaya and Pokhnaya seeking safety. Four Russian airplanes have been sighted over Pokhnaya, alarming local inhabitants. Vladi vostok port reportedly cut off from rail links by floods at the Amur River mouth.
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Japanese Board Special Train and Flee to Harbin
Panic grips Japanese border town as three Russian planes appear. Residents flee on a special train to Harbin while Vladivostok is cut off by Amur Railway floods and a railway junction blockade at Nikolsk.
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President Chiang Urges Chinese to Fight Red Imperialism
President Chiang Kai Shek urged Chinese armies to rise against Red imperialism, calling for unity and action to defend the nation amid ongoing tensions with communist forces in Peiping.
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