Ohio woman confesses to arsenic poisonings in family deaths
Medina Ohio reports the confession of Martha Wise 41 widow mother of four linking arsenic poisoning to the deaths of her mother Mrs Hazel and relatives at the Gienke home. The case follows traces found on a coffee pot and drugstore arsenic purchases.
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Associated Press
Medina, CO
John Gienke
Lillian
Sophie Hazel
Martha Wise
Hazel
Nell McCarrier
Wise
Gienke
Elyria
Fred Hazel
Crum
Roshon
Cleveland
Mrs. Wise
Seymour
Medina
Fire Sweeps Northeastern Tokyo Leaving 20000 Homeless
A major fire in Northeastern Tokyo destroyed about 3000 buildings and left 20000 people homeless amid ongoing relief efforts. Officials reported no deaths. firefighters faced water shortages as troops assisted in evacuations. The blaze began at a factory near Nappori Junction and spread toward Ueno Park. State Department offered aid and expressed sympathy to Tokyo authorities.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Nappori Junction
Ugeno
Imperial Museum and Zoological Gardens
Ohmachi
Zohigaya
Breakers Hotel Fire Destroys Palm Beach Resorts
Fire in Palm Beach destroys the Breakers and the Palm Beach Hotel with losses pegged at 4 to 5 million dollars. Martial law is declared as state troops guard bridges while looting is halted and residents seek refuge. Witnesses crowd the scene as riches flee with possessions.
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Palm Beach
Storm Rips Through De Soto Illinois School Killing Many
Centralia Illinois dispatch reports a tornado in De Soto destroying schoolhouses and homes. Eyewitness Max Burton describes bodies of twenty or more children in the wreckage, with parents killed or injured and townspeople fleeing amid fires and ambulances to Carbondale and Du Duoin.
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Illinois
New York World News Service
Centralia
Ill
DeSoto
Here
Illinois Central Railroad
Max Burton
Illinois Central
Tamaroa
Burton
Narow
Carbondale
de Soto
Tornado Devastates Illinois and Missouri Towns
A violent storm plowed through Southern Illinois and Eastern Missouri, killing and injuring hundreds as Murphysboro De Soto Parrish and West Frankfort suffered near‑complete destruction. A schoolhouse collapsed in Murphysboro with 245 pupils inside. grain elevators and churches were razed. relief efforts mobilized from national to local levels.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
West Frankfort
Murphysboro
Parrish
de Soto
Ozark Mountains
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Federal Wheat Inquiry Looms
Chicago March 18 Wheat prices surged on reports of a government inquiry into market manipulation. News of the possible investigation spurred a bear cover rally from Florida and pushed May wheat to about 1.64 after an initial 10 cent rise. Arthur W. Cutten reportedly held a large bull position despite rumors of the probe.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Board of Trade
Department of Agriculture
Florida
Arthur W. Cutten
Cutten
Fire and entombed miners at Bethlehem No 41 Mine
Fire discovered in the No 41 Mine heading of Bethlehem Mines Corp in Fairmont West Virginia. Rescue crews battled wreckage as 22 of 34 missing miners were believed trapped in the right heading while 12 were thought to be in the left heading. Authorities arrested three men amid a bomb blast investigation but most believe the explosion was accidental, likely gas ignition, as hope for survivors faded.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
W. Va
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
R. M. Lambie
West Virginia
W. D. Emons
Clarence Whetsel
A. G. Kendall
Lastctober
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers of America
Aviator Killed In 1000-Foot Plunge Near San Antonio
One airman died instantly and another was gravely injured when a plane from Kelly Field crashed about 1000 feet this afternoon. Staff Sergeant Irwin Mackey was killed and Sergeant Womack was injured, the aircraft wrecked completely in the incident.
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San Antonio
Tex
Irwin Mackey
Womack
Kelly Field
Dempsey Carpentier Film Case Nearing Verdict
In Trenton New Jersey March 18 the trial of George L Rickard and five others charged with conspiring to transport Dempsey Carpentier fight films across the country adjourned with both sides resting. The defense offered no testimony and jurors were expected to decide tomorrow afternoon. Harry M Daugherty left town after the defense refused to call him as a rebuttal witness. Jack Kearns, manager of Jack Dempsey, appeared by subpoena but offered no statement.
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Trenton
N. J
George L
Tex) Rickard
Harry M. Daugherty
New Jersey
United States
Sager
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Mr. Sager
Kearns
Patient amid fire at Michigan hospital dies in blaze
In Newberry Michigan on March 18 Paul Crave a 40 year old inmate rushed into flames in the Michigan State Hospital for the Insane awakening panic among 54 residents in the convalescent ward. Crave burned to death and Anton Protecki is missing suspected burned or escaped as volunteers fought a fire that destroyed one of eighteen cottages with damages not yet estimated.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Breakers
Lake Worth
Martin
West Palm Beach
Royal Poinciana
Bradley’s Club
Newberry
Mich
Michigan State Hospital For
Paul Crave
Anton Protecki
Crave
Protecki
Carbondale
Murphysboro
de Soto
Chinn
Miassi
Cerese
Chicago
Rea
Nineteenth Disaster Since 1884 Tornado Toll Spurs Lorain Tragedy
New York reports list of the worst tornadoes in the Midwest and South since 1884. It notes Lorain Ohio's June 28 1924 wind disaster with 67 killed and $25 million in losses, plus 1923 1924 storms across Alabama Georgia South Carolina and Mississippi and other fatal outbreaks.
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Lorain
New York
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Middle West
South
Minnesota
Kansas River Valley
Iowa
St. Louis
East St. Louis
Chandler
Okla
Marquette
Kan
Snyder
Meridian
Miss
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Nebraska
Kansas
Ilinois
Tennessee
Texas
Pomeroy
Lake Erie
South Carolina
Georgia
Devastating Illinois Tornado Strikes Carmi to Griffin
A fast moving cyclone plowed from Missouri into Illinois and Indiana, killing scores and wounding many as it split, razed buildings, and triggered urgent relief. Governors ordered National Guard aid as trains, nurses, and supplies rushed to Murphysboro and surrounding towns.
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Murphysboro
Parrish
Indiana Line
Carmi
Princeton
Griffin
Ind
Owensville
Poseyville
Chicago
St. Louis
Len Small
Illinois
National Guard
Missouri
Pareadeae Ae
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Cathe
State Department
Washington
Kellogg
Bancroft
Poinciana
Sie
ROPER
Elizabeth
Seth
Aal Weeeseer
Ak Hs Aes As
Eeener
Duduoin
Ozarks
Murphrysboro
Federal Wheat Inquiry
Ngide Otory Hill
Taugherty
Dodgers
Tex” Rickard
The
Michigan Hospital For Insane
Oklahoma
Cairo
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