Britain Votes Russian Break Amid Floods and Fire Threats
The report describes Britain backing a strategic move by Lloyd George while disaster unfolds in Louisiana with a flood from the McCrea crevasse. Hundreds marooned near Pointe Coupee as a fire pillar looms and rescue fleets mobilize.
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Britain
Lloyd George
Pillar OF Fire
Texas
New Orleans
Pointe Coupee Parish
McCrea
Atchafalaya River
Texas & Pacific Railroad
Morganza
McCrea Crevasse
Mississippi River
Baton Rouge
Kills His Wife Then Himself in Cleveland Home
Mrs Bertha Schenck a 54 year old seeks divorce from John Schenck. Police say he killed her and then shot himself in their home after threats with a revolver. Their daughter Evelyn found the bodies. five children at home. Schenck a teamster, alimony had been granted earlier but divorce pending.
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Cleveland
Bertha Schenck
John
Schenck
Evelyn
William Smith
New York
King Ben
Parnell
Smith
James Tucker
Taylor
Benton Harbor
Lindbergh Hailed as Greatest Hero by Paris Parade
Capt. Charles Lindbergh rode a triumphal route through Paris on Ascension Day as crowds packed the Champs Elysees and Place de la Concorde to honor the American aviator. Marshal Foch and Marshal Joffre greeted him, and he visited wounded Belgians amid a day of formal ceremonies and public admiration.
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Paris
Charles Lindbergh
Middle West
Woodrow Wilson
Europe
France
Champs Elysee
Place de la Concorde
Rue de Rivoli
Hotel de Ville
New York
Foch
Joffre
Lindbergh
Marshal Foch
Marshal Joffre
Transit Head Defies Mayor Over Fair Play Demand
Rapid Transit Commission chairman E d wards refused to resign and urged fair play from city hall in a Rotary Club address. He praised the commission amid recent criticism from Mayor Seasongood and countered claims about overpaying for property, noting experts valued the purchase $10,000 higher than the price paid.
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Transit Head
Rapid Transit Commission
E. W. Edwards
Seasongood
Rotary Club
The
Gibson
Edwards
Transit Commission
B. H. Kroger
Mine blast in Wilkesbarre leaves two dead two missing
In the Glen Alden Coal Company Woodward mine two men were killed and nine injured when a roof fall triggered an underground explosion. Workers removed the bodies of Herbert Mensch and Felix Klosyke as crews searched for Henry Carpenter and William Evans. The incident disrupted nearby bridge and river activity as authorities investigated the cause. Detonations reached the surface and shook area office buildings.
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Wilkesbarre
Woodward
Glen Alden Coal Company
Herbert Mensch
Felix Klosyke
Henry Carpenter
William Evans
Nesbitt Hospital
No. 3
Susquehanna
Drownings Shock City Lakes Sparks Week of Tragedy
Two teenage swimmers perished in separate city lakes, bringing Cincinnati's drownings for the year to five. Anthony Cecconi, 13, disappeared after cramps struck while swimming at Madison Park Oakley. his body was recovered after 90 minutes. William Thieman, 14, drowned at a lake near Western Hills Country Club while diving. club caddies aided by divers located his body after a second attempt.
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Greater
Cincinnati
Anthony Cecconi
Joseph Cecconi
Alamo Street
Oakley
William Thieman
Fred J. Thieman
Coronado Avenue
Price Hill
Cecconi
East Oakley
Thieman
Elder High
Cincinnati Fire Department
Madison Park
Clott
Halbrecht
Ody
Western Hills Country Club
Fenwick Club
Johnny Wolfer
Wolfer
Connor Ommes
George Goetz
William Gleason
Fred Crane
Crane
Blaze at Texas gas well leaves four dead
A massive gas well explosion in Sanford Texas killed four people and injured seven with two missing. The blaze rose 200 feet, forcing attempts to shoot the well with explosives to quench the inferno. Only one man, Tex Thornton, entered the crater.
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Pointe Coupee
Lettsworth
Bachelor
Texas & Pacific
Ravenswood
Bayou Des Glasses
New Orleans
Mississippi
New Orleans Weather Bureau
West Baton Rouge Parish
Sanford
Tex
Thornton
Doughty Welshman Makes Career Speech Amid Fire Toll
In Sanford the fire roared around McMillan No. 1 as crews tensed to shoot the well tomorrow after an explosion. Thornton in a fire proof suit inspected a fresh hole while rescuers moved dead and wounded to Borger. The town faced destruction as flames rose 200 feet, harming buildings and forcing evacuation.
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Thornton
Borger
Elmer Richards
Lester Nelson
G. C. Pattey
McMillan No. 1
Sanford News
Sanford
Woman Seared by Gas Explosion in Home
Mrs Dorothy Hammer aged 34 of 528 East Liberty Street fled through her home flames after a gasoline can near a stove exploded igniting her clothing. She collapsed semiconscious, later admitted to General Hospital with grave burns as her husband Frank Hammer and eleven children pursued to smother the blaze.
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Dorothy Hammer
East Liberty Street
General Hospital
Frank Hammer
Fiery Oration of Expremier Witherstories in Parliament
London reports a heated Commons debate over breaking diplomatic relations with Russia. Lloyd George attacks Foreign Secretary Chamberlain and Russian duplicity while Ponsonby warns of corruption in foreign offices. Names and addresses of alleged Soviet assets appear in a white paper issued under royal authority.
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London
House of Commons
Russia
David Lloyd George
Lloyd George
Austen Chamberlain
Soviet House
Great Britain
Arthur Ponsonby
America
Third Internationale
J. R. Clynes
Pariamentary
Bel
New York to Spokane Air Race Proposed for Prizes
The National Aeronautic Association approved plans for an air race from New York to Spokane starting September 20 with total prizes of 33 000. Sponsored by Spokane businessmen, invites go to Capt. Charles A Lindbergh. A San Francisco to Spokane race offers 3500 in prizes. Entries limited to commercial planes and pilots with stops at Chicago St Paul Fargo Glendive and Butte.
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New York
Spokane
Washington
National Aeronautic Association
Wash
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
San Francisco
Chicago
St. Paul
Fargo
N. D
Glendive
Butte
Mont
$100000 Campaign Aids Kin of French Aviators
E W Edwards of Cincinnati announced at a Rotary Club meeting a nationwide drive in the United States to raise 100000 for the families of the aviators Nungesser and Coli believed lost attempting Paris to New York. A committee in France seeks subscriptions and Edwards may form a local Cincinnati group to oversee the fund and cable the money to Paris.
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United States
Nungesser
Coli
Paris
New York
Rotary Club
E. W. Edwards
Cincinnati
Edwards
Dudley Field Malone
News
France
Mr. Edwards
Rockefeller Jr Donates 40 Million Francs to French Monuments
Paris reports John D Rockefeller Jr has donated 40 million francs about 1.6 million dollars for continuing the restoration of French national monuments begun with his previous 1 million dollar gift three years ago.
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John D., JR
France
Paris
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Dry Spies Pose as Illini Students to Gather Evidence
Two amiable youths posing as university law students resided at College Hall and acted as raiders' informants for federal agents. Sidney S. Kennedy of Indianapolis and Elliott Ness of Chicago posed as students for two weeks to win access to local dispensers, aiding raids that led to eighteen arrests and seizure of contraband liquor.
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Champaign
Ill
College Hall
Sidney S. Kennedy
Indianapolis
Elliott Ness
Chicago
Speer Succeeds W. O. Thompson as Presbyterian Moderator
Dr. Robert E. Speer of New Jersey was elected Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the USA at the General Assembly in San Francisco. He succeeds Dr. W. O. Thompson, former President Emeritus of Ohio State University, with Speer noted as a leading church figure and former Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. Thompson urged fewer materialist values in society, warning that wealth and status should not signify character.
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San Francisco
Robert E. Speer
New Jersey
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
General Assembly
W. O. Thompson
Ohio State University
Speer
Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions
New York
Englewood
N. J
Huntington
Thompson
Mussolini Sets Italy Goal of 5 Million Army in Ten Years
In a May 26 speech in the Chamber of Deputies Mussolini outlined Italy's future build up to 1940 with a strong navy, vast air power and an army of 5,000,000. He declared aims to broaden population to 60,000,000 by 1950 and warned of continuing constitutional and economic reforms as part of creating a corporative state.
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Mussolini
Italy
Rome
Iitaly
Chamber of Deputies
Duce
Charter of Labor
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Atclafalaya
Bureau Bulletin
Grand _ Lake
Atchafalaya
Gulf of Mexico
Iberville
Assumption
New Iberia
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Parthower
Pon Lindbergh
Ing
Pennsylvania
Atlanta
Commission
Rapid Transit Board
Boy
Country Club
Gantic Torch
Doughty
Jack Daniel
E. L. Stillwagen
Eddie Evans
Associated Camss
Underyoso
Expremier Witherstories
Baldwin
Man
Labor Party
Moscow
Hothead
John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
Sir Austen
Foreign Office
Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
England
Anton Miller
Joseph Brodsky
Union Square
Die Partes
Anters Organisatones
J. .Moness
Croton Park
North Bronx
Besonderers Anweissungen der
Profintern
J. Moness
Lydia Bethel
West
Marquette Road
Ben Mandel
Broadway
Dina Wilson
Xolin Avenue
Elizabeth Braun
Nordica Avenue
West Washington Boulevard
Max Bedacht
Postoffice Station
Dunning
Commercial Tribune
Flyer
House of David
ST. Joseph
Mich
Ethel Johnson Hansel
Detroit
Ben” Purnell
Dolly Smith Wheeler
Illini
Champaign-Urbana
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