Ohio Storm Toll Reaches Three Dead In Cleveland Area
Ohio storm deaths rise to three as a 57 year old Cincinnati woman is found in a pond near Dover and a Columbus resident dies after a lightning strike. Pittsfield, Oberlin, and surrounding areas report heavy property damage with multiple homes destroyed and livestock unharmed. Witnesses compare the event to a tornado funnel.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Carrie Hunt
Cincinnati
Cedar Crest Sanitarium
Dover
Lena Martin
Columbus
Pittsfield
Oberlin
Willoby Harris
Pittsfield Center
John Watkins
Watkins
Lydia McCarty
Elyria
Wakeman
Hartland Rduge
Norwalk
Miami County
Bride Leaves Lady McKenzie's Husband as Ad Claims
Frank Teague Jennings, manufacturer and third husband of Lady Grace Esme McKenzie, says his wife deserted him seven weeks ago and disclaims debts. The ad was placed by Jennings's brother George. Inquiry shows Jennings was out of town. Lady McKenzie, once married to Farquhar McKenzie, reportedly seeks to keep her title.
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Associated Press
New York
Frank Teague Jennings
Grace Esme MckKenzie
Jennings
George
Frank
Africa
Lady McKenzie
Lady MccKenzie
Ernest L. Frisbee
Buffalo
Seven boys rescued after two days lost in Florida swamp
Seven boys aged eight to twelve were found exhausted in Lake Thantassassa swamps near Plant City Florida after two days. They reported being forced to dance and drink whisky at gunpoint by four men who fled, sending searchers back into the marsh.
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Everglades
New York World News Service
Plant City
Fla
Lake Thantassassa
Fred Knight
Knight
First Baptist Church
Garland Branch
Justice of the Peace
Branch
Jack Knight
George Turner
Frank Hogan
Federal Trade Commission gag rules spark minority protest
Nugent and Thompson, minority commissioners, charge that new secrecy rules force the FTC to discard publicity and shield fraud. They cite past cases, argue punishment is avoided for guilty firms, and accuse the majority of undermining enforcement. Senators push to overturn or abolish the commission.
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World News Service
Washington
Federal Trade
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Thompson
van Fleet
Hunt
Humphrey
Federal Trade Commission
Coolidge
Commission
Nugent G
Better Business Bureau
Vigilance Committee
Associated Advertising Clubs of the World
The
American Fair Trade League
Unfair Competition Bureau of the Paint and Varnish Industry
Nugent and
Congress
Norris, Borah, Couzens
Hiram Johnson
Arbuckle and Doris Deane Wed In California Honeymoon
Roscoe Arbuckle and actress Doris Deane secretly married in San Marino near Pasadena after earlier wedding attempts. Buster Keaton served as best man with Natal ie Talmadge as matron of honor. Norman Talmadge and Joseph M. Schenck attended. The couple planned to return to Hollywood and resume film work with possible later travel for production.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Cal
Roscoe Arbuckle
Bke
Doris de
Miss Deane
San Marino
Pasadena
Buster Keaton
Natalie Talmadge Keaton
Norma Talmadge
Joseph M. Schenck
Elsie Dempsey
Jack Dempsey
William Collier
Arbuckle
New
Why Art Museums Bore Visitors Investigated
Professor Edward S. Robinson of the University of Chicago will study visitor behavior at the Art Institute and Field Museum. Researchers will record routes viewed items and time spent, with laboratory tests to determine why casual tourists leave galleries with limited information.
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World News Service
Chicago
Edward S. Robinson
University of Chicago
Art Institute and Field Museum
Prof. Robinson
Windsor Awaits Thirsty Crowds For New Beer
Detroit May 17 The 4.4 percent double strength beer authorized under Ontario prohibition law is to be delivered to hotels and other selling places and start Monday for a expected influx of Americans into Canada Thursday. Breweries hotels restaurants and other outlets have prepared for the crowds with workmen on duty day and night. Several thousand gallons are ready for distribution. No bars will operate all drinks must be served at tables. Windsor has arrangements to manage crowds crossing the Detroit River for the celebration.
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Detroit
Ontario
Canada
Windsor
Detroit River
Trainman Is Killed in Arkansas Boiler Explosion
A Missouri Pacific freight train boiler exploded one mile south of Jerome Arkansas at 7 o clock. Brakeman Cecil M Burkett was killed and three others L C Cobb J A Anderson and Cliff Taylor were badly injured and may die from the burns and gashes. The blast occurred while the train was pulling up a grade and blew out both ends of the boiler. Burkett and Anderson were thrown over twenty feet.
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Little Rock
Ark
Cecil M Burkett
Missouri Pacific
Jerome
L. C. Cobb
J. A. Anderson
Cliff Taylor
Burkett
Anderson
Mad pursuit ends in fatal car crash and arrest
William Carroll, 28, in a white stolen racing car tears through Central Park West and Broadway injuring six and killing a woman as crowds chase the vehicle. He is captured at 109th Street after a high speed drive through Manhattan.
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New York World News Service
New York
William Carroll
Central Park West
Broadway
Amsterdam Avenue
109Th Street
Carroll
August Hoop
Fifty-fourth Street
Edward Kline
Croly
Kline
Sixty-ninth Street
James Sweeney
98Th Street
Walter Newman
John Egan
Reconstruction Hospital
Knickerbocker Hospital
Holy Name Roman Catholic Church
Deranged Girl Leaps Window Then Leads 400-Yard Sewer Chase
An 18 year old Marion Uhl of Walnut Hills leaped from a second story window, plunged into a manhole, and crawled 400 yards through a slimy sewer while singing incoherently. Fireman Marshall Westcott pursued and captured her near the manhole. She was taken to General Hospital for mental observation.
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General Hospital
Marion Uhl
United States Playing Card Company
Anna Uhl
Hewitt Avenue
Walnut Hills
James Martin
Martin
Fire Department
Adder Company No. 9
Marshall Westcott
Westcott
Marshal Westcott
Miss Uhl
Darrow Attacks Bryan Over Tennessee Evolution Law
Clarence Darrow condemned William Jennings Bryan as bigoted and ignorant for defending Tennessee's anti evolution statute. He and Dudley Field Malone volunteered to defend Scopes, arguing for light over darkness while predicting Bryan would block enlightenment and that prosecutions could target all science teachers if the law stands. Knoxville reports say prosecutions could aim to repeal the statute by testing its constitutionality.
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Darrow
New York World News Service
New York
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
Tennessee
Dudley Field Malone
J. T. Scopes
Mr. Darrow
Malone
Killing ends in Cleveland alienation suit testimony
Frank Muni, defendant in a 75000 alienation of affections case, was killed when Charles Albanez fired six shots after a man crawled into his door. Albanez, held on murder charges, said he believed he shot a burglar.
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Cleveland
Frank Muni
Charles L. Albanez
Constance Sorchi
Albanez
Muni
Juvenile escape from Courthouse Detention Room ends with recaptures
Five youths escaped the Juvenile Detention Room at the courthouse at 2:30 PM breaking a skylight window and climbing down a ladder. Three, including Herbert Dickey, Stanley Blanford, and John Sweeney, were identified as repeat offenders and remained at large. two were recaptured in the courthouse corridors. Blanford later confessed to multiple thefts, burglaries, and car thefts near Cincinnati, aiding the arrest of Sweeney. Police vow tighter supervision at the detention facility and intensified searches for the remaining suspects.
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Herbert Dickey
Eastern Avenue
Stanley Blanford
East Sixth Street
John Sweeney
Woodmont Avenue
Siwa Court
Dickey
Blanford
Sweeney
Pearl Street
Edgar Coleman
Zumstein Avenue
Harley Jones
Cincinnati
Jones
Opportunity Farm
Glendale
John Bauer
Raymond Eslinger
Stoll Oil
Gilbert Avenue
Ang
Rnde
Hindenburg's Peace Plan Spurs Outrage From Reactionaries
A NY news brief recalls Anna Goosman a Yonkers girl who rode trains to reach Grand Central for a shoe shine. She found the booth, enjoyed the glow of polished shoes, but could not locate the return train. station staff notified her parents and her father retrieved her, noting she proudly announced, I got my shine.
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New York World News Service
New York
Anna Goosman
Yonkers
Max Goosman
Anna
Grand Central Station
Rhineland Celebrations Addressed by Luther
Chancellor Luther calls for removal of Allied troops and urges a greater, united Germany in a national address. He appeals to German publics and signals a policy shift toward sustained independence and regional cohesion amid occupation.
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Rhineland
Luther
Germany
J Dallas Dort Dies While Playing Golf in Flint
J Dallas Dort former President of the Dort Motor Car Company died of heart disease at 64 after eighteen holes at Flint Country Club. Pioneer in the auto industry with Durant he co founded Durant Dort Carriage Company and led Dort Motor. He was a 32nd degree Mason Knights Templar and Elks member.
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Flint, Mich
J. Dallas Dort
Dort Motor Car Company
Flint Country Club
Mr. Dort
W. C. Durant
Durant-Dort Carriage Company
Mr. Durant
Durant- Dort Carriage Company
Dort Motor Company
Dort
Knights Templar
the Elks
Tragic Car Crash Kills Two Near Toledo
A touring car was struck by a New York Central passenger train on the Phillips road ten miles from Toledo killing Mrs. Eliza Lowry and Mrs. Frederick J. Buergin while a man and his wife were reported dying. The Boughtons are unconscious at St. Vincent's Hospital. The accident occurred as two motoring parties attempted to reach Mrs. Myron Strausmeyer of Gibsonburg Ohio.
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Toledo
New York Central
Phillips Road
W. Boughton
Lowry
Boughton
Boughtons
St. Vincent's Hospital
Buergin
St. Vincent’s ‘Hospital
Train and car crashes claim six lives near Fort Wayne
A spate of crossing crashes in Indiana near Fort Wayne leaves six dead and two seriously hurt. Youths from Bryston die when their car is struck by a Nickel Plate train. another car hit by a Pennsylvania line train near Warsaw kills two and injures others. a Grand Rapids and Indiana freight collision near Monroe claims a farmer’s wife. The deceased include John Tope and Melvin Beatty, both 17 or from Warsaw, Bryston, Orval Robinson, and Mrs. Monroe Armey plus Mrs. John Shocker. The seriously injured are Melvin Beatty and Leo Tope. Numerous other vehicle accidents are reported statewide.
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Associated Press
Ind
Bryston
Here
Pennsylvania
Warsaw
Indiana
Monroe
Grand Rapids & Indiana
John Tope
Herman Kunce
Orval, Robinson
Monroe Armey
Melvin Beatty
John Shocker
Decatur
Leo Tope
Ohio boy shot fatally, uncle hunted in hills
May 17. Sheriff Harley McNabb and deputies search the hills near Misco for Lee Loggins, 30, alleged slayer of Gentry Loggins, 18. The younger Loggins died from gunshot wounds said to be fired by his uncle after a quarrel.
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New Lexington
Harley McNabb
Misco
Lee Loggins
Gentry Loggins
Young Loggins
Toll of Mine Blast Mounts to 37 Dead, 18 Hurt, 3 Missing
BERLIN May 17 Thirty seven men were killed and eighteen injured in the explosion in Pit 5 of the Dortfield mine near Dortmund yesterday. With the exception of three missing miners all the dead and injured have been removed from the mine.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Dortfield
Dortmund
Campbell to Resist Removal to Washington
Great Falls Montana May 17 Gordon Campbell will resist removal to Washington D C for trial on the charge that he conspired with Senator Burton K Wheeler and E S Booth former solicitor for the Interior Department to commit fraud in connection with oil permits A bench warrant for Campbell's arrest issued in Washington May 14 Campbell was convicted here two weeks ago on the charge of fraudulent use of the mails in promoting an oil syndicate He has given notice of appeal
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Great Falls
Mont
Washington, D. C
Burton K. Wheeler
E. S. Booth
Interior Department
Gordon Campbell
S. C. Ford
Campbell
Wheeler
Booth
Washington
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Eliza Lowry
Frederick J. Buergin
Hotel Newland
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