Train and Tube Accidents Injure Dozens in Illinois and New York
Eight people are hospitalized after a Baltimore and Ohio train derailed near Olney Illinois when a switch split. Five cars left the track as passengers including St. Louis fans to Cincinnati were aboard. several injuries are serious or critical. A separate East River incident reports 700 feet of third rail burn with smoke and gas exposure from a tube collapse.
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Olney
Baltimore & Ohio
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cardinal
Olney Hospital
Madame Louise
Subway Fire Traps 41 Citizens in Smoke Filled Car
A traction shoe failure in a five car IRT subway caused a short circuit in the East River tube near Long Island City. Forty-one people were overcome by smoke with four in serious condition, as police and firefighters evacuated and guided passengers to safety through emergency exits.
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New York World News Service
New York
Grand Tral Terminal
Astoria
East River
Long Island City
Stage Dancer Poison Case Shocks New York
A stage dancer Ruth Tuchton lies in critical condition after drinking poison in a hotel room dispute with her estranged husband Jock Tuchton who is jailed on felonious assault charges. Salesman James Stark is hospitalized with ten knife wounds from the altercation. Tuchton claims no stabbing. bail set at 1500 dollars. He cites a reputed prominent family and past ties in Jacksonville and other Southern cities.
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New York
James Stark
Jock Tuchton
Tuchton
Ruth Tuchton
Stark
Orgia
Jacksonville
Fla
Gorgas Institute Sets Malaria Control Goal in Panama
Dr. Franklin Martin, president, announced the Gorgas Memorial Institute will focus on malaria control as the first objective of its preventive medicine research in Panama after a year of preparation. He spoke on returning from Panama.
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New York
Gorgas Memorial Institute
Panama
Franklin Martin
Saxophone player kills robber in roadhouse holdup
In Chicago at the Picadilly Inn a black robber threatened proprietor Ernest Klee. Louise Klee and sister Alice, ages 18 and 17, armed with a shotgun, forced the robber to shoot. William Red die, a professional saxophonist, fired back and the robber fell dead in the room adjoining the bar.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
William Reddie
Picadilly Inn
Ernest Klee
Klee
Louise
Alice
Reddie
Louise Klee
Four ships collide off Washington coast in dense fog
The steamship Floridian, reportedly afloat unmanned after a collision with the Admiral Fiske sixty five miles south of Tatoosh, sparked a search. The Admiral Fiske rescued Floridian’s crew and sheltered in Seattle, while the Floridian’s location and damage remained unclear as salvage efforts ramped up.
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Seattle
Wash
Floridian
Washington
Tatoosh
Admiral Fiske
Pacific Steamship Company
King
Victoria
B.C
Coast Guard
Algonquin
Astoria
Ore
Cudahay
Westport
Minister Maurice Bokanowski Killed in Plane Crash
Paris reports Maurice Bokanowski French Minister of Commerce and Aviation perished in a crash near Toul along with four others. TheSpad plane carried 700 liters of gasoline and went down minutes after takeoff en route to Clermont Ferrand for an aviation festival. Premier Poincare and other officials announced his death as a ministerial duty.
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Paris
Maurice Bokanowski
Commerce and Aviation
Toul
Gabriel Hanin
Jean Vidal
Henri Willins
Edouard Lefranc
Bokanowski
Poincare
National Union
le Bourget
Houdert
Clermont-Ferrand
Gilbert Lardier
France
Albert Sarraut
Mme. Bokanowski
du Perray
Inetnnes
Ead
M. Bokanowski
Budget Commission
Commerce
Aviation
United States
Darrow Defies Federal Court Over Chicago Musicians Strike
Clarence Darrow warned Chicago theater musicians that a Federal Court injunction does not bar their walkout. Judge Wilkerson had ordered a temporary restraint related to four to five piece orchestras amid talks on talking movies. Petrillo said the 750 musicians in 151 theaters face a decision by individual players as Darrow urged honoring contract terms for those with later expirations.
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Chicago
Clarence Darrow
James Wilkerson
James C. Petrillo
Chicago Federation of Musicians
Darrow
Karolyi silent on native land visit in New York
Count Michael Karolyi Hungarys first President arrived in New York for a brief layover en route to Spain and attended an Anti Horthy League meeting. He said he would not discuss Hungarian politics due to immigration rules and stressed he would speak freely only when allowed full rights in the United States.
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Hungary
New York
Michael Karolyi
Spain
Anti-Horthy League
State Department
New Police Plane To Drop Bombs On Liquor Runners and Hijackers
Cincinnati unveils its first police plane amid a crowd of over five thousand at Lunken Airport. Officials say the Waco craft with a Wright motor will fly daily to deter rum runners and hijackers, prompting amused questions about a bell on the sky wagon.
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Eugene
Yegg
Copelan
Cincinnati
Col
C. O. Sherrill
William Copelaw
T. Higbee Embry
Col. Sherrill
Copeland
Lunken
Turkey Bottoms Road
Copelaw
Sherrill
Terra Firma
Atrolman
Harry Klien
Missing Pasadena Society Woman Sought for Fraud Case
Mrs. Knoll a Pasadena society woman disappeared on the eve of a District Attorney appearance to swear a complaint against two men accused of defrauding her of more than 75 000. Telegraphic missing person notices issued across California. If not found within ten days, the case may go to a grand jury for possible murder indictments.
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France G. Toll
Pasadena
Cal
Attornney
California
Ie Angeles
Rival Rum Kings Forge 10 T01 Mark of Gzar
Philadelphia DIstrict Attorney John Monaghan reveals a hidden grand arbiter or czar among rival bootleg rings who fixed prices and directed jail terms or killings. Investigators will probe Building and Loan firms feared to cloak beer and liquor, and trace permits and a $10 million underworld fund. Mayor Mackey pledges police cooperation.
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Philadelphia
John Monaghan
Monaghan
Rancocas Creek
Union Ank and Trust Company
Tum
Harry A. Mackey
Atlantic City
Death of Silk Merchant Charles H Eagle Found in New York Roof Penthouse
The body of Charles H Eagle 51 a silk merchant hunter and sportsman was found with a bullet wound to the temple in the gymnasium of his West Side rooftop penthouse. Police say he died by his own hand with a hunting rifle beside him and had suffered insomnia for three weeks under medical care.
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New York
Charles H. Eagle
Upper West Side
Bathing party hosts 120 New York women politicians
A hundred twenty lady politicians from New York will attend a Southampton gathering hosted by Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, VP of the RNC. The event blends business with leisure, including swimming at Montauk Point, a bake, and a business session aimed at swift results. Mr. Sabin, a Democrat, is abroad in Europe.
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Lorena A. Hickock
Associated Press
New York
Southampton
L. I
Charles H. Sabin
Republican National Committee
Sarah Schuy] Butler
Montauk Point
Hoover eludes trackers for church visit during campaign
Washington Sept 2 Herbert Hoover visited a moss covered Quaker meeting house in Sandy Springs Maryland with wife and son Allan to worship quietly. He then returned home and prepared for a stretched campaign week focusing on farm relief remarks and party organization. Hoover trimmed campaign expenditures toward 3 million and decentralized duties to state chairs as he plans speeches in Newark New Jersey and New York City.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Maryland
Secret Service
Allan
Sandy Springs
Hoover
Newark
N. J
New York City
Walnut Theater Wall Collapse Ends Local Theater Era
The rear wall of the Walnut Theater at 628 Walnut Street collapsed while razing for a garage. No injuries reported though bricks and debris damaged nearby vehicles and blocked a passageway. Fire and police responded. cause undetermined though a hidden defect is suspected.
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Humpty
Dumpty
Walnut Theater
Walnut Street
Seventh Street
Bowen Alley
Main Street
Leyman Buick Company
Franks
Ruth regrets missing Hoover meeting at Washington Park
Babe Ruth said he declined to pose with Herbert Hoover at Washington Baseball Park because of a misunderstanding and regrets not meeting the Republican presidential nominee. He denied politics influenced the choice, noting the ball game was about to start and Hoover was the focus.
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Washington
Babe Ruth
New York Yankee
Herbert Hoover
Washington Baseball Park
Hoover
Ruth
Thousand Men Battle Coast Forest Fire In California
In Yreka California on September 2 a thousand men failed to halt the Stevens Pass fire which scorched over 23 000 acres of brush and timber. Fire fronts shifted as the red demon advanced and smoke blanketed Shasta National Forest blocking visibility from Mt Shasta to outlying ranger stations.
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Yreka
Cal
Stevens Pass
Shasta National Forest
Mt. Shasta
Forest Rangers
San Francisco
Morrow Honored as Mayor in Mexican Zapotec Lands
In Oaxaca Mexico on September 2 American Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow was celebrated as honorary headman of the Zapotec tribe and honorary mayor of Tule and Mitla. He received warm welcomes with dances and cheers, as locals praised his visit to Oaxaca and Puebla, while a festive crowd hailed him “Viva, Meester Morrow.”
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Mexico
City
Dwight W. Morrow
Tropics
Oaxaca State
Tule
America
Morrow
Oaxaca
Puebla
Lindbergh
Viva, Meester Morrow
Rockford Celebrates Safe Return of Greater Rockford Flyers
Rockford crowds erupt in joy as word arrives that Bert Hassell and Parker Cramer, pilots of the Greater Rockford, are safe after a flight that disappeared toward Stockholm. Family members express relief as the town recalls the troubled path of the ill fated plane and its prior crashes and repairs.
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New York
The
New York Times
William H. Hobs
University of Michigan Observatory
Mt. Evans
Greenland
Bert Hassell
Parker Cramer
Greater Rockford
Point Sukkertoppen
Prof. Hobbs
Hassell
Cramer
Camp Lloyd
Cochrane
Ontario
Fiskenaesset
Prof
Hobbs
United States Coastguard
Marion
Islandfalk
Prof. Hebbs
Hostenborg
Atlantic
Arctic
Rockford
Ill
Stockholm
Sweden
Fannie Cramer
Stinson Detroit
Iowa
Stinson Detroiter
Memphis
Tenn
Hassell Cramer
Theater
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