Two Killed in Liquid Oxygen Explosion at Harvard Lab
A tank of liquid oxygen exploded in the Jefferson Physical Laboratory basement at Harvard Cambridge causing the deaths of Atherton Kinsley Dunbar 30 and William Connell 68 and injuring seven others including students and a faculty member. The blast blew out floors shattered windows and knocked people to the ground during a government related cryogenic experiment.
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Mass
Dunbar
Atherton Kinsley Dunbar
Harvard
Harvey N. Davis
William Connell
Jefferson Physical Laboratory
Paul A. Harvey
Rathdrum
Idaho
Barnett F. Dodge
Newtonville
Eugene Hy
Henry Reiff
New York
David A. Cohan
Roxbury
Paul L. Norton
Orient Heights
Paul L. Hoover
Newton Falls
Dubbar
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
United States
Thomas Jefferson Coolidge
Alexander Agassiz
John Trowbridge
Dempsey to Wed Miss Edith Rockwell of Colorado
Jack Dempsey announced plans to marry Edith Rockwell of Boulder Colorado after returning from Europe. He appeared stylish and reserved as he shared the news through his bodyguard Teddy Hayes who announced the engagement. The wedding date is not set, with a plan for before Christmas.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Edith Rockwell
Boulder
Cal
Europe
Teddy Hayes
Jack
Bandits Trailed Through Old Haunts of Jesse James
Springfield, Mo May 19 The three of five bank robbers who fled with 20500 from a bank messenger near here are believed to be near Bagnell Miller County about 75 miles northeast pursued by Ozark woodsmen militiamen and peace officers They were seen at dawn but slipped back into rugged Osage River foothills where pursuit is difficult A $5000? in silver was recovered and abandoned pursuit continues as two bandits who headed west are believed to have escaped
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Miller County
Arkansas
Regro
Hallen Owens
R. C. Choate
Choate
Owens
J. Lumus
John Strange
H. M. Barney
Lummus
Springfield
Associated Press
Ozark
T. J. Harris
Bagnell
Here
Osage
Jesse James
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Withdraws From Steel Merger
The Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company withdraws from a seven firm steel merger leaving five firms. Midvale Steel Republic Iron and Steel Brier Hill Inland Steel and Steel and Tube remain. Officials cite internal reasons. DOJ probe cited but not blamed. Youngstown had no debt, 18 years of dividends, $48 million surplus, strong earnings.
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Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
New York
Associated Press
Lackawanna Steel Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Thomas L. Chadbourne
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
J. A. Campbell
Youngstown Company
Chadbourne
Campbell
Youngstown
Department of Justice
Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company
Republic Iron and Steel Company
Brier Hill Steel Company
Inland Steel Company
The
Steel and Tube Company of America
Midvale
Republic
Bethlehem- Lankaren
Mystery air fleet aids rum runners along Long Island shores
New York May 19 Eagle Boat No 17 of the dry navy was wrecked off Amagansett as reports spread of an unseen air fleet aiding rum runners. Sailors spoke of airplanes signaling smugglers while a Marked sea plane at Patchogue broke a propeller and a yacht collected a spare. Orient Point saw the General John Wilkins sink after a bow impact and oil tank explosion with little salvage possible.
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New York
Eagle Boat No. 17
New
Amagansett
L. I
Long Island
Patchogue
Orient Point
John Wilkins
Support for League of Nations Society in Canada Manifesto
A manifesto to rally Canadian support for the League of Nations Society in Canada was released through the press. It is signed by Premier King former Premier Sir Robert Borden and Arthur Meighen among other Canadian leaders.
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Toronto
League of Nations Society
Canada
King
Robert Borden
Arthur Meighen
Bearded inspector thwarts massive New York postoffice robbery
In New York on May 19 a planned City Hall postoffice hold up was stopped by a postoffice inspector who grew a bad man beard and worked undercover with six or seven alleged accomplices, including a Morris Steinberg clerk. Authorities say the plot would have targeted the registered mail section with shots to deter resistance and could link to the $1,477,000 July 18 Liberty bond theft and a $40,000 securities loss in Watertown. Seven men were arrested and jailed on high bonds after confessions and telephonic transcripts.
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City Hall
Postoffice
Doran
Washington
Watertown
N. Y
Lower Broadway
City Hall Station
Wall Street Financial Zone
Hig
Morris Steinberg
Registry Department
Steinberg
Federal Reserve Bank
Edward Fogel
Fogel
Lower East Side
United States
Hitchcock
Abraham Goldsmith
Gustav Galles
Irving Weinstein
Gustav Feldman
Harry Shapiro
Irish Partisans Dragged From Beds and Murdered
Four Catholic men were dragged from beds at Desertmartin County Derry and murdered. Half the village burned as violence spread across Belfast and nearby towns amid curfew and arson. Homes and a flour mill were destroyed. four workers shot at a Belfast coopery. police injured in clashes.
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Belfast
Associated Press
Desertmartin
County Derry
Constabulary
South Derry
John Higgins
Frank Higgins
Henry McGreghan
James McGreghan
Wilson
Heggarty
Dublin
Saltins
County
Kildare
Heslip
Lords Debar Lady Rhondda From Sitting in Upper House
London May 19 The House of Lords Privileges Committee voted 20 to 4 that Lady Rhondda’s claim and petition to sit in the Lords had not been made out The Attorney General contends a peerage is not a public function and the removal of sex disqualification does not apply to peerage status Lady Rhondda daughter of Viscount Rhondda is a leading British business figure and former wartime food controller
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Debar
Rhondda
London
Associated Press
Committee On Privileges
House of Lords
Lady Rhondda
G. J. Talbott
K. C
Crown
Pollock
Viscount Rhondda
Great Britain
Fire destroys Hallaway Hotel and Mason House in Pass Agrilla
In St. Petersburg Florida on May 19 a blaze leveled the Hallaway Hotel and the Mason House at Pass Agrilla. Authorities estimated losses at seventy five thousand dollars.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Hallaway
Mason House
Pass Agrilla
Pinchot Victory Sparks GOP Realignment in 1922
Washington reports growing belief that Gifford Pinchot’s Pennsylvania win signals a major party realignment. Republicans fear a progressive surge aided by women voters, while Democrats count signs favorable to them amid Indiana and Pennsylvania contests.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Old Guard
Albert Beveridge
Indiana
Harry New
Hart in Fall on Steps at Dixie Terminal
Hart in Fall on Steps at the Dixie Terminal Building quits. Craig Butt, 39, of Ludlow Kentucky, tripped on eight stairs and was taken to General Hospital. Miss Lena Rose, waitress, fainted and other witnesses became hysterical. An elderly woman also slipped nearby. police note several prior falls since the building opened.
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Dixie Terminal
Craig Butt
Latta Avenue
Ludlow
Lena Rose
L. Howard Schriver
Union Central
Miss Rose
Butt
General Hospital
Pinchot Sees Republican Victory After Pennsylvania Primary
Gifford Pinchot said Pennsylvania and Indiana results cannot reflect on the Harding administration. He attributed his gubernatorial win in Pennsylvania to women and Progressives and predicted a full Republican delegation to Washington in the coming elections.
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New ‘York
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Harding
Gifford Pinchot
Washington
Private Smith Actor Injured In War Themed Play
Albert H Thompson stage name Private Smith sustained a left eye blow from a shell fragment during a skirmish scene at the Shu bert Theater. He finished his act before hospital care. Doctors say the eye is not permanently damaged but may miss remaining performances. A theatrical scout sought Cincinnati for the final show as road interest grows. Soldiers from Branch Hospital will attend tonight’s performance. New York.
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Shubert
Albert H Thompson
Smith
American’ Legion
Thompson
Commercial Tribune
Payate Smith
Ans
Maso
Derrick T. Vail
Dr. Vail
New York
American Legion
Harding Backs Transport Use for Naval Reunion in Japan
President Harding approves sending the naval transport Henderson to move members of the Naval Academy class of 1881 to their Tokyo reunion. He believes the trip will foster international comity and would cover any excess fuel costs himself if needed despite a Senate veto.
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Harding
Senate
Washington
Naval Transportenderson
Naval Academy
Japan
White House
Tokyo
Denby
Hender
Atlantic
Pacific
Death takes widow of founder of Swift Co
Mrs. Anne Gustavus F. Swift, 79, widow of Swift & Co founder, died in Chicago. Born in North Eastham, Massachusetts, she married in 1863. Survived by ten sons and daughters including Louis F. Swift, president of the company. Widely noted for charitable donations to various institutions.
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Anne Gustavus F. Cking
Chicago
Higgins Swift
Swift
North Eastham
Mass
Louis F. Swift
Swift & Co
Reputed Love Tangle Opens in Nash Company Robbery Case
In Criminal Court the trial of John Sydell and Charles Steggenberg began as defense counsel for the latter questioned the credibility of Mrs. Clara Bowman head of the Nash Company accounting staff. Prosecutors say the two led a gang that robbed the Nash payroll of 8058 at Elm Street plant.
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Raymond Ratliff
John Sydell
West Fourteenth Street
Charles Steggenberg
West Seventh Street
Clara Bowman
A. Nash Company
Sydell
Steggemberg
Jesse F. England
Richard Neuhaus
George Farrell
Mrs. Bowman
A! Nash Company
Elm Street
England
Neuhaus
Farrell
Kentucky
Ratliff
Bowman
Greenup Street
Covington
Nash Company
Peter Grisby
Porter
Washington National Bank
Citizens’ National Bank
Grisby
Nash
Baker
Stanley
Roettinger
Mrs. Sydell
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