Leaded Gasoline Destroys Lab Test Animals Findings Suppressed
Details from Columbia University experiments show diluted tetraethyl lead gasoline caused paralysis and death in multiple animals, including two dozen rats all dying. Dr Flynn notes lead absorption from handling the fuel and verifies earlier lead findings while keeping full data secret.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Columbia University
Frederick B. Flynn
Public Health Service
Flynn
Agnes Starkson
Horatio Williams
Department of Physiology
Fleas From Cuba Trigger Cleanout of Dead Letter Office
Cuban fleas reputed the hardest biters forced a full renovation of the local dead letter office. An inspector opened a misaddressed package and fleas swarmed desks files and staff clothing. Fumigators were called in to exterminate the pests and restore order. The fleas entered via a Cuba clothing shipment and the owner remains unfound.
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Washington
Cuba
Meuse-Argonne veteran testimony on Frazier death at war field
Two former Meuse-Argonne soldiers testified in federal court that Arthur Frazier died on October 5 1918 during a battlefield action. They described burying him in a shallow trench after a German shell exploded near their position and his body fell across a comrade’s knees.
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Argonne
Jury
Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Meuse-Argonne
Arthur Lopez-Frazier
Arthur Frazier
Lopez-Frazier
Frazier
Arthur Lopez
J. W. Meyers
Charles Snyder
Arthur
Meyers
Snyder
Dorothy Haydel to Wed Herman Oelrichs in Paris
New York May 22 The engagement of Dorothy Haydel daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Harry Haydel of St Louis to Herman Oelrichs son of Mrs Herman Oelrichs and nephew of Mrs W K Vanderbilt II was announced today by Miss Haydels sister Mrs Gordon Blanding Tevis of Santa Barbara Cal The wedding will be held in Paris on June 29 Vanderbilt will attend and sail to Europe with Consuelo Vanderbilt Oelrichs heir to the late Herman Oelrichs Sr is a grandson of Senator Fair of California He is a sportsman and magazine contributor and a member of the Union Knickerbocker Racquet and New York Yacht Club graduate of Columbia 1914
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New York
Dorothy Haydel
Harry Haydel
St. Louis
Herman Oelrichs
W. K. Vanderbilt II
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Oecelrichs
Senator Fair
California
Union, Knickerbocker, Racquet
New York Yacht Club
Columbia
Insurgent Fight Near Sofia Reported as 1,600 Troops Clash
A clash is reported east of Sofia between 1,600 Bulgarian troops and insurgents. General Vulkoff says Bulgaria cannot suspend martial law until communists are cleared. government pressured by the Council of Ambassadors to dismiss 190,000 auxiliary troops aiding the militia.
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Sofia
Council of Ambassadors
Bulgaria
Vulkoff
Goat Shows Widespread Lead Poisoning Across Body
Researchers report a goat with lead contamination in organs including brain and bones. The brain weighed about 25 grams with 34 percent lead, muscles about 0.8 percent, and lead distributed throughout the animal. The second goat showed partial recovery after ceasing exposure, with signs of improvement after two weeks.
Indicted Ohio financier tied to Delaware County stock swap
Josiah Kirby former head of the Cleveland Discount Company faces three indictments in Delaware County charging false pretenses in a stock exchange scheme. He allegedly offered two shares of common stock for one preferred share and applied stock to his own debt. Several stockholders named. Trial slated in Delaware County with arraignment set for early June.
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Delaware, CO
Delaware County
Josiah Kirby
Cleveland Discount Company
Kirby
Grace C. Cooper
Laura B. Schultz
Manford McClosky
Discount Company
Crabbe
Wilbur Benoy
Cleveland
Prince of Wales Honored by Native Chiefs in Umtata
In Umtata fifty thousand natives gather to honor the Prince of Wales as chiefs anoint him Langa Likakanya meanings Sun. He receives 150 oxen for a feast and 5600 pounds in sweets for children while urging self-help and unity through council.
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Associated Press
Umtata
Union of South Africa
Prince of Wales
Langa Likakanya
South Africa
Wales
Prisoners Labor Break Fails in Constantinople Fight
At the central prison in Constantinople inmates attacked warders with knives and pistols at noon. Fierce fighting produced many casualties among prisoners and guards before gendarmes overwhelmed the attackers and restored order.
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Associated Press
Constantinople
Central Prison
Special Beer Train Runs Louisville to Detroit
A special beer train will depart Louisville on June 6 and arrive in Detroit the next morning. Officials of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announced the trip for Kentuckians to Windsor Ontario after arrival and a return run is planned for Sunday evening arriving in Louisville by Monday morning. The consist includes at least ten coaches for about 800 passengers.
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Associated Press
Louisville
Detroit
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Windsor
Ontario
Ontario Beer Dubbed Four Point Four a Big Letdown
New York World News Service reports Ontario's four point four beer failed to impress Buffalo border crowds. Americans tasting the beverage called it froth and slops with faint alcohol and no kick. At Niagara Falls and Fort Erie, drinkers found it tasteless as officials and locals mocked the product.
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New York World News Service
Toronto
Ontario
Buffalo
World News Service
Ft. Erie
Niagara Falls
Ni Ra Falls
Treenick Hotel
John Barleycorn
United States
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League of America
Downing Weeps as He Sees Wife and Indictment
John Downing, 37, facing a first degree murder charge in the death of Aileen Williams, 38, of Bromley Kentucky, sobbed as his wife Beatrice Downing visited him in the sheriff's office before the Hamilton County Grand Jury. She spoke of their son and asked to bring the boy to visit.
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Hamilton County
Aileen Williams
Bromley
Vaughn Road
Price Hill
John Downing
Armory Avenue
Beatrice Downing
Elm Street
Richard B. Witt
Downing
John
Diamonds Stolen In Newark Jewelry Raid Worth 100000
Two masked robbers stopped J E Keer, rep of Albert Lorch & Co. of Maiden Lane Manhattan, in Newark's jewelry district and took diamonds valued at about $100,000.
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Associated Press
Newark
N. J
J. E. Keer
Albert Lorch & Co
Maiden Lane
Manhattan
Tok
Keer
Bank Robbery Foiled as Suspects Nabbed in Sioux City
Sioux City officers nabbed two armed men forty five minutes after they robbed the Goodwin Nebraska bank of about 1600 in cash and 4000 in travelers checks. They were arrested while crossing the Missouri River bridge into Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Goodwin
Neb
Missouri River
Gallagher Convicted by Naval Court in Liquor Case
James P. Gallagher chief pay clerk of the naval transport Beaufort was found guilty today by a naval court on two charges connected with the finding aboard the transport of fifty cases of liquor. A verdict of not guilty was returned on the third charge.
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Naval Court
Associated Press
Norfolk
James P. Gallagher
Beaufort
Dr Darling Killed in Syria Automobile Crash
Dr Samuel T Darling of the Rockefeller Foundation Dr Norman Lothian epidemiological expert of the League of Nations and Anastasia Besson a French secretary were killed near Beirut Syria in an automobile accident. They were members of the Malar Commission investigating Syria Palestine Egypt Sicily and Spain for the League. Lothian a noted Scot designed war kits used by the fish Army and was engaged to Miss Peggy Ray. The mission was insured and League plans to compensate dependants.
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Albin E. Johnson
New York World News Service
Geneva
Samuel Taylor Darling
Rockefeller Foundation
Norman Lothian
League of Nations
Anastasia Besson
Beirut
Syria
Malar
Palestine
Egypt
Sicily
Spain
League
Lothian
Fish Army
Peggy Ray
England
Council of the League
Darling
N. Y
Distinguished Pathologist Dr. Samuel Darling Dies
Dr Samuel Taylor Darling a pathologist of unusual distinction known for malaria relapsing fever dysentery and hookworm work. Born Harrison New Jersey April 6 1872 he earned his medical degree in Baltimore 1903 and led laboratories for the Isthmian Commission at the Panama Canal Zone from 1906 to 1915.
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New York
Samuel Taylor Darling
Darling
Harrison
N. J
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Baltimore
Isthmian Commission
Panama Canal Zone
Clock and Calendar Sport Open to Polar Explorers
Amundsen and companions left Kings Bay Spitzbergen shortly after 5 PM May 21 as they pursue the North Pole. The piece muses on time zones and the clock’s jokes for explorers, noting how moving across longitudes shifts noon to midnight and back.
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New York World News Service
New York
Amundsen
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
North Pole
Ice
Nome
Alaska
American Samoa
No Word From Polar Explorers After Kings Bay Flight
The Associated Press reports that no word has arrived on the fate of the Amundsen Ellsworth polar expedition planes since their departure from Kings Bay Spitzbergen Thursday afternoon. The convoy ships Farm and Hobby reached Danes Island and crews voiced full confidence in the flyers safe return.
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Paper Alliance
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Danes Island
White House Airedale Muzzled For Groundside Nuisance
The White House airedale wears a muzzle after showing overzealous guarding at the mansion. The dog even grabbed cloth from a messenger’s trousers while patrolling grounds. Mrs. Coolidge accepted a muzzle from Senator Underwood of Alabama. The dog remains affectionate toward President and Mrs. Coolidge.
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Washington
Paul Pry
White House
Executive Mansion
the Airedale
Sturdy Dornier Wals Backing Amundsen Seaplane Fleet
New York May 22 The Dornier Wal seaplanes used by the Amundsen expedition are praised as exceptionally rugged with seventy five foot aluminum hulls and amphibious undercarriage. Each plane has twin Rolls Royce motors, dual propellers, and can operate as a float or land craft in water snow or ice. Locatelli’s earlier attempt showed the craft’ s resilience after eighty hours of battering seas before a collision.
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New York World News Service
New York
Mmundsen
Locatelli
North Atlantic
Spitzbergen
Richmond
Four Detroit Boys Die In Train Collision After Auto Crash
Four Detroit youths died when an automobile headed to Port Huron for a baseball game veered into a ditch near Mt. Clemens Michigan struck a telephone pole and was hit by a work train. Three other boys were seriously injured as the car occupants were thrown onto the tracks. Names identified include Joseph Grantham John Sullivan Vincent Knupfer and George Tracy.
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Associated Press
MT. Clemens
Mich
Port Huron
Here
Detroit
Joseph Grantham
John Sullivan
Vincent Knupfer
George Tracy
Gas Blast Kills Three at Woodward Colliery
Three men died and five were seriously injured in a gas explosion at the Woodward Colliery of the Glen Alden Coal Company in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania. The blast struck No 1 shaft in the top red ash vein about 1 150 feet from the surface and a mile from the shaft foot. The cause was not determined. Those killed include Joseph Furiska and Frank …
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Associated Press
Wilkesbarre
Woodward
Glen Alden Coal Company
Joseph Ee Dohn Furiska
Frank
Parachute Failure Kills Kyle on Lakehurst Jump
Lieutenant James R. Kyle Jr. of Lynchburg Virginia dies when his parachute fails to open during a practice jump from a Douglas cruiser at Lakehurst New Jersey. Lieutenant Clarence H. Schildauer, Kyle’s partner on the endurance flight, lands safely after his chute opens. Both men had set a world record by remaining aloft 28 hours 36 minutes earlier in Philadelphia.
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The
Associated Press
Lakehurst
N. J
James R. Kyle, Jr
Lynchburg
Naval Board of Inquest
George W. Steele
Naval Air Field
Acci
Kyle
Philadelphia
Clarence H. Schildauer
Schildauer
H. E. Jewell
Elmir Sparr
Slaying in the Bottoms Sparks Manhunt and Arrests
Joseph Vanderheide a 55 year old police officer was shot in the neck and abdomen with a .38 pistol as shots rang out near Front street and Main. Horace Woods known as Buster 23 years old hid on a roof as detectives closed in and pistol found on him. Five negro suspects including Herbert Ferguson Florence West and Harvey Berry detained as officers pursue the unidentified gunman and attempt to resolve the motive.
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Joseph Vanderheide
Pike Street
Aleen. Williams
John Downing
Front Street
Main Street
Vonderheider
General Hospital
James J. Conlon
Linden Avenue
Newport
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
East Front Street
Vonderheide
Second District
Covington
Seventh Street
Madison Avenue
Hattie Berry
Commerce Street
Cincinnati
Suspension Bridge
Front
Second Streets
Buster
Eighth
Washington Streets
Weatherly
Jennings
Kaiser
McShane
Carney
Herbert Ferguson
Florence West
East Water Street
Harvey Berry
Berry
Dawes Opens Army Field Tournament in Grant Park
Vice President Dawes officially opened the United States Army Field Tournament in Grant Park Stadium as thousands cheered. An airplane piloted by Lieutenant Warren crashed after a tail dive. the flyer was uninjured and Dawes sent an orderly to check on his condition. Jean Parmetlar, a French member of the Experts Committee, accompanied Dawes and will attend again tomorrow. The maneuvers will run for a week as part of the War Department program to boost interest in the army and preparedness.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Charles G. Dawes
Grant Park Stadium
J. W. Warren
Jean Parmetlar
Mr. Dawes
War Department
Plane crash in Barcelona kills two aboard
Two men aboard a military airplane in Barcelona were killed when the craft caught fire and crashed into city streets. The pilot died from burns and Colonel Remos, the observer, leapt as the fire started.
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Associated Press
Barcelona
Spain
Remos
Child Run Down at Gate. Driver Flees
Irene Martin, 4, was fatally injured at the gate to 2 Barnes Alley when a car struck her as she played. The driver fled. witnesses reported a license plate number to police as the child died en route to General Hospital.
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Irene Martin
Barnes Alley
General Hospital
Marie Bazal
Maharajah of Gwalior Undergoes Dawson Operation in Paris
King George's physician Lord Dawson of Penn flew from London to Paris to operate on the Maharajah of Gwalior at a Bois de Boulogne hotel. The prince, India's richest ruler, had suffered weeks of violent head pains. The operation was successful and the patient is reported out of danger.
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John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
Paris
Lord Dawson of Penn
London
Maharajah of
Gwalior
Bois de Boulogne
All India
Dawson
N.Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Press Pub
Sinclair loses oil lease ruling on Soviet appeal
Moscow reports the Soviet Supreme Court denied Sinclair Bee Company’s appeal from an oil court decision. The ruling voids a past lease-related injunction and affects Saghalien oil operations as of May 22.
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Sinclair
Associated Press
Moscow
Soviet Supreme Court
Sinclair Bee Company
Decision Oil Court
Ts Sesions
Saghalien
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