Chicago raises million for tornado relief workers aid
Relief work after the twister spreads across five states as Chicago raises over a million dollars for hospitals sanitation and housing. Mourning services and memorials mark the first Sunday since the disaster while Red Cross and allied agencies plan permanent relief centers in Carbondale to coordinate rehabilitation and reconstruction for dozens of communities.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
Murphysboro
Ill
Providence
Red Cross
Evvery
Henry M. Baker
Carbondale
Baker
National Guard
Jackson
Williamson
Franklin
Hamilton
Perry
Salvation Army
Murphysboro Tornado Witness Relates Scene of Horror
An eye witness Mrs May Williams describes in a letter from Murphysboro the immediate aftermath of Wednesday's tornado. She recalls darkness, flying debris, fires, injured and bleeding residents crying for missing loved ones, and rampant confusion as the city burned and rescuers worked.
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Murphysboro
ST. Louis
May Williams
H. Wache
Rock&s
Gompers Widow Drops Objection to Will in Circuit Court
Mrs. Gertrude Gompers will withdraw objections to Samuel Gompers will when heard in Circuit Court, allowing probate and estate distribution among heirs. The estate, valued around 40 000 to 50 000, had been contested after a 1924 will gave her only dower rights.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Gertrude Gompers
Samuel Gompers
Samuel J. Gompers
Smith
New York
la Follette
Sol Bloom
Gompers
Fascists parade in Rome as Mussolini returns to public
In Rome on May 22 a mass Fascist parade of over 20 000 black shirts marked the sixth Fascist birthday. Premier Mussolini appeared from illness on the Chigi Palace balcony addressing about 30 000 followers. He urged calm and promised a resumption of Fascist action while declaring his voice undimmed by illness.
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Rome
Corso Umberto
Mussolini
Chigi Palace
Farinacci
The
Fascisti
Oil Man Dies as Plane Crashes in Tail Spin
ARDMORE Oklahoma March 22 F S Bennett oil man died at a hospital after an airplane piloted by William Krohn newspaperman and oil writer crashed near Springer at about 150 feet. Krohn, bruised badly, dragged Bennett from the burning wreckage and survived.
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Ardmore
Okla
F. S. Bennett
William Kronn
Springer
Bennett
Krohn
Boy Donor Saves Janitor's Son At Withrow High
Wyatt McCall, 18, captain of Withrow High football, donated a pint of blood to Nestor Henson, seven, the janitor's son, facing fatal sympathetic leukemia. Doctors said transfusions could prolong life. an older brother had already given blood. The procedure was performed early Saturday and the boy's condition was reported hopeful.
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Withrow High School
Wyatt McCall
Withrow
Nestor Henson
Harry Henson
Paxton Road
General Hospital
William A. McCall
Beacon Street
Mt. Washington
Boy 14 Held in Slaying of Mrs Summers in Cairo
John Haines, 14, is jailed in Cairo W V for investigation in the death of 64 year old Mrs Ben Summers shot as she sat by an open window. Summers son Paul 20 was wounded the same night. Haines reportedly asked for money for a film and had been fed by the Summers family.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
John Haines
Ben Summers
Cairo
Haines
Summers
Columbus, O
Calling Card Blown 210 Miles in Storm
A calling card picked up in Murphysboro by Wednesday's tornado was carried to Palestine Illinois two hundred ten miles away. Rev H A Abbott pastor of the New First Baptist Church killed in the storm owned the card.500 calling cards were found in his study. A check for 800 to apply on the new church lay under the cards on the parsonage porch.
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Murphysboro
F. C. Hiller
Thebes
A. D. Millhouse
Logan
Ili
Palestine, Ill
H. A. Abbott
New First Baptist Church
Goolidge Fell A Way With Gare In Arms Parley
Washington March 22 President Coolidge travels down the Potomac on the Mayflower with Kellogg and Senator Curtis to set the stage for an arms conference. Debates in Congress on calling the meeting include Borah’s broader economic agenda. Talks cover submarine limits, cruiser limits, aircraft issues, and Far Eastern postings as Kellogg Curtis MacMurray and Culberson figures loom large.
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New York World News
Washington, D. C
Coolidge
Kellogg
Curtis
Senate
Potomac
Congress
Borah
Harding
Washington
Wilson
England
France
Holland
Japan
China
Schurman
Peking
Germany
John van A. MacMurray
MacMurray
State Department
Orient
William 8. Culberson
Tariff Commission
Finding of Body Ends Months-Long Missing Case
Robert Carroll a 26 year old from Piqua was found dead in the Miami River near Troy Ohio by three small boys near the municipal dam. Police say his skull was crushed and foul play is suspected. He had been dead for weeks and an autopsy is planned by Coroner Hance. His brother identified the body.
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Associated Press
Troy
Robert Carroll
Piqua
Miami River
Municipal Dam
Carroll
Hance
Pittston Dept Store Fire Destroys 4-Story Building
Property valued at 300000 was destroyed and three Pittston firemen were injured one seriously as Evans Bros department store building four stories tall burned. Fire swept through the structure in Wilkes-Barre reporting March 22 by the Associated Press.
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Pittston
Associated Press
Wilkesbarre
Evans Bros
Venango Mill Fire Destroys Landmark in Franklin
In Franklin Pennsylvania the historic Venango Mill at the junction of French Creek and the Allegheny River burned to the water's edge during the night. The fire caused an estimated loss of $25,000.
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New York World News Service
Franklin
Venango
Pennsylvania
French Creek
Allegheny River
Trains Collide Near Ricohoe Killing Thirteen
Two Southern Pacific mail trains collided in fog near Ricohoe Sd between Franklin and Patterson. Thirteen people died including three engineers and several unidentified negro passengers. nine others were seriously injured. The crash followed a missed signal and weathered by detours via La Fayette.
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New Orleans
Southern Pacific Railroad
Ricohoe
Franklin
Patterson
Frank Stafford
Port Arthur Tex
L. E. Conery
Frank Nebily
August Aupast
A. J. Thibodeaux
Frank Mathews
Mathews
San Antonio
Conery
Southern Pacific
Stafford
Houston
Tex
No. 12
LaFayette
Engineer of Flyer Injured Severely in Florida Wreck
West Palm Beach Florida March 22 Two baggage cars were wrecked and E T Cawthorn engineer of Miami was injured severely when the Floridan a Chicago and St Louis to East Coast train crashed into the rear of a local Florida East Coast train from Jacksonville to Key West at Camden twelve miles north of here this morning
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Flyer
Florida
West Palm Beach
Fla
E. T. Cawthorn
Miami
Floridan
Chicago
St. Louis
Florida East Coast
Jacksonville
Key West
Camden
Here
Ohioan Killed in Pistol Battle at Chesapeake City Hall
In Huntington West Virginia on March 22 Harrison Wilkes of Chesapeake Ohio died after a pistol clash outside Chesapeake City Hall. Fred Base of Proctorville was seriously wounded and several others suffered minor injuries in a fight that began over a tire theft warrant.
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Associated Press
Huntington
W. Va
Harrison Wilkes
Chesapeake
Fred Base
Chesapeake City Hall
Proctorville
Wilkes
Chesapeake & Ohio Hospital
Jess Forgy
Marshall
Melvin Neff
Lawrence County
Ironton
O. Forgy
Neff
Carl Dennison
Slab Carson
Forgy
Nationalists Consider Seats in New Parliament
Unofficial reports say a six hour Nationalist convention decided that if elected they would take seats in the new Parliament, reversing their prior boycott stance. The meeting occurred in Belfast on March 22.
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Belfast
Man in the Iron Mask echoes as Chapman faces trial
Gerald Chapman likens himself to the Man in the Iron Mask on the eve of his trial for murder in New Britain. He is housed in near isolation at Wethersfield Prison as officials open his mail and restrict access, with only his counsel allowed brief contact.
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Chapman
Man In the Iron Mask
New York World News Service
Hartford
Conn
Paris
Gerald Chapman
See Eee
Frederick J. Groehl
New York
Wethersfield Prison
Here
Connecticut River
Groehl
World News Service
Charles S. Whitman
Broadway
Atlanta
New Britain
Wethersfield
Louis XIV
Bastile
Connecticut
Mobilization in Turkey Raises Middle East War Concerns
Reports from Geneva describe extensive Turkish mobilization aimed at 100000 troops before summer, expanding centers except Angora. The move coincides with Kurdish revolt, Mosul boundary tensions, and Soviet activity as Bolshevik policy may press Kemalists and Britain toward conflict over oil fields and influence in the Middle East.
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Albin E. Johnson
New York World News Service
Geneva
Turkey
Middle East
Angora
Souritz
Moscow
Mustapha Kemal
Mosul
Ibn Sa'ud
Mecca
Hussein
Hedjaz
Weddah
Ibn Sa’ud
Arabia
India
Germany
Rotterdam
Berlin
Angola
N.Y. Wo
Four Die As Traction Car Strikes Auto
Four people were killed near Fremont when a Lake Shore interurban struck their auto. Victims: Clarence Michaels, his wife, daughter Maryell Michaels, and hired man Eurle Tuckerman. The car dragged the wrecked auto over 300 feet. Michaels was thrown on the track and Tuckerman’s body was caught around the rear axle. A wrecking car was sent from Fremont to assist.
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Toledo
Fremont
Lake Shore
Clarence Michaels
Maryell Michaels
Eurle Tuckerman
Michaels
Frediller
Tuckerman
Seven Incendiary Fires Kill Five in New York Tenement Blaze
Five die and four injured as a fire on East Forty-seventh Street destroys a tenement housing eleven families. The flames, started by a pyromaniac in a baby carriage, prompted police to hunt a baker in a white uniform tied to the alarm.
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New York
Poli
East Forty-seventh Street
Injuries after multiple automobile accidents in city
Alexander Jackson 58 of 218 Stanley avenue was seriously injured when struck by a car driven by George Brent of 3606 Evanston avenue at Fifth and Race. He suffered a skull fracture and is in General Hospital. Witnesses called the crash unavoidable.
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Alexander Jackson
Stanley Avenue
George Brent
Evanston Avenue
Fifth
Race Streets
General Hospital
Helen Heckler
Fairmount Avenue
Martha Sokolowsky
Jefferson Avenue
Eighth Street
State Avenue
Sokolowsky
Charles Clark
Longworth Street
Hyman Rosen
Manss Place
Longworth
Plum Streets
Frank Wood
Knowlton Street
Bernard Hidecamp
Vine Street
Fight Over Lost Trousers Ends In Jail Sentence
New York report details a eight year feud between John Frain and Benedict Marino sparked by the disappearance of a pair of trousers from the sinking of the British tramp steamer Mapag in 1917. The quarrel led to public demonstrations in Liverpool and Marseilles and结束 with Frain receiving a three day jail term.
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Associated Press
New York
John Frain
Benedict Marino
Frain
Marino
Mapag
Liverpool
Marseilles
France
Woman Heroism Saves Town as Fire Spreads
In Mapleton Mining March 22 Miss Dora Simon a telephone operator stayed at her post in a burning department store housing the phone exchange to summon aid from Mankato Wells and Amboy. She guided calls to three towns then descended through smoke and stairs suffering bruises while saving the business district and likely the town. Two people were injured and losses reach about $100000.
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Mapleton
Dora Simon
Mankato
Wells
Amboy
Simon
Jardine Calls Farmers Business Men and Seeks Equal Opportunity
Secretary William M. Jardine challenged farm blocs in Washington, saying American farmers are business people who want equal opportunity, not subsidies. He urged credit access, better marketing machinery, and cooperative efforts to raise productivity while avoiding paternalistic legislation.
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New York World News Service
Washington
William M. Jardine
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Mr. Jardine
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
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Joseph Walsh
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Thomas Carey
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