Tornado Toll as Wisconsin Farm Towns Hit Hard
A severe Wisconsin twister swept Ashland County towns Ashland Jct Morongo and Melton killing Mabel and John Johnson 18 and 20 and Albert Anderson 12 and injuring many others. The storm leveled farm buildings lifted victims from ground and caused extensive property damage before dissipating near Mellon. The Johnson parents were hospitalized with injuries.
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United Prain
Ashland
Wis
Vere Jane
Mabel
John Johnson
Albert Anderson
Ashland Jct
Morongo
Melton
Wee
Ashland Duetion Aad
Metenga
Mellon
Wo Johnson
Ori Johnson
Anderton
Hare
Wild driving causes triple crash near Warren
Late last night on the Jackson Run highway near Warren a three-vehicle collision left Oliver Watt of Clarendon hospitalized with deep leg wounds and facial injuries. Darling and Tooner were involved, Watt allegedly drove at high speed forcing an evasive ditch maneuver and colliding with Chambers after rear ending Darling’s car. Watt’s car was wrecked and the others escaped with non life threatening injuries per hospital staff.
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Jackson Run
Warren
Oliver Watt
Clarendon
Warren Geteval
Darage
Arthur
R. FT
Nody Waeren
Watt
Darling
Toorer
Beore
John Chambers
Youngsville
Chambers
Thenee
Plenty of Fish in Lake Erie Report Says
The Commerce Department reports Lake Erie provides about half of the Great Lakes fish production, totaling around 440 million pounds valued near 9 million dollars. Production has been declining, according to the summary, with ongoing comparisons to prior years.
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Byumby Sims
Washington
Lake Osgood
Lake Erie
Great Lakes
Commerce Department
Seven Die in Buffalo Auto Wrecks across City
United Press reports seven killed and eight injured in Buffalo area auto crashes. A fatal chain occurred when a Bit Line train struck a stalled car at a grade crossing in Lackawanna. Others died or were hurt in crashes near Batavia and Mount Vernon involving Lackawanna and Buffalo residents.
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United Press
Buffalo
Talo
Rochester
Pittsburgh
Lackawanna
Batavia
Sone
Mount Vernon
John Patti
Dunkirk
Prank Bgary
Oil City
DuBois Firm Gets Columbus Road Contract
The DuBois firm bid $58,191 for improving 520 feet of unpaved road near the subway at Columbus, awarded by the State Highway Department. The Milian Dimstriction Company bid on the project but was not awarded. A second contract, $2030, covers road work in Westmoreland County Derry Township. All bids for Glascourt, Allegheny County highway construction were rejected as reviewed.
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Milliron Construction Company
Columbus Township
Suilroad
Colurmbin Fe
State Highway Department
Rollas
Milian Dimstriction Company
PuBois Luye
Wis
Lund
Weetioreland County
Derry Towneliy
M Bennett
Iona
Telana
Highway Department
Glascourt
Allegheny County
Devotion to duty, war hero rises as assistant secretary
United Press reports Trubee Davison, a crippled WWI flier who survived a 1917 crash with a dislocated spine, has been appointed assistant secretary of war. Davison, sworn in yesterday, vows reforms in the Army Air Service and plans to visit training fields after learning department wheels.
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United Press
Washington
Trubee Divisi
Ephy
Davison
Hough
Aviation
Youne mi
United Press Today
Army Air Service
Davis
Bolling Field
Lew
Hoy
Guives
Henry P. Davao
Morgan and Company Irwin
Sie
State Officials Silent On Probe Primary Fraud
Harrisburg July 17 Governor Pinchot absent from the executive offices and Attorney General Woodruff silent on the progress of the primary election probe in Pennsylvania. Officials doubt any candidates can be held responsible under current law for county committees failing to file complete receipts and expenditures. All candidates and central committees have filed personal accounts. commission work on election reforms resumes with the Governor's return.
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United Press
Harrisburg
Gitford Pinchot
George Woodruff
Pennsylvania
Woodruff
Commission of 76
Kvinwei
Believer Evangelist at Mountain Resort Disappearance Probe
Los Angeles authorities investigate a mountain resort near the Mexican border for clues about the vanishing evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. A woman and two men reportedly arrived at the resort soon after her disappearance and sought lodging for weeks. Detectives and the district attorney followed the lead, while the search for missing Angelus Temple radio operator Kenneth Ormiston continues.
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Los Angeles
Aimeee Semple McPherson
Msn
School Board to Elect Secy Monday Night
Announcement stated a special Board of Education meeting will be held Monday evening to elect a new secretary for the Corry School District after Miss Myrtle Puller resigned. The administration committee will report on creating a supervising janitor or custodian of buildings and whether to consolidate offices with the secretary role. Several applications have been filed and the board is expected to act promptly. Other school business will be discussed.
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Board of Education
Corry
Myrtle Puller
Playgrounds Leader Visits Corry to Boost City Recreations
Field Secretary Dixon of the National Playgrounds Association, based in New York City, visited Corry to discuss expanding school playgrounds for summer use. Journal staff learned of progress in industrial recreation under Wil Shields and Dewey. Dixon offered help to introduce a new game called howling on the grees and arrange instruction and rules through the local supervisor.
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Dixon
National Playgrounds Association
New York City
Davis
Journal
Dewey
Wil Shields
Shields
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Today's Five Best Radio Features
Radio listings detail a slate of performances across major stations at 8:25 to 8:30 P.M. Eastern and Pacific times. Notable soloists and orchestras include the New York Philharmonic at Lewiston Stadium and the Goldman Band at WJZ, with programs airing from WGY Buffalo and WHK Philadelphia among others.
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WJZ
New York
WGY
Schenectady
WRO
Washington
New York Philharmonic
Lewisohn Stadium
WEAF
WWJ
Detroit
WGR
Buffalo
Goldman
Philadelphia
KGO
Oakland
WFMAA
Dallas
Mosart Choral
Cholera Toll Mounts in Rangoon Burma July 17
Cholera epidemic in Burma worsens with 162 deaths in Rangoon province last week. Harragaddy district logged 70 deaths and Mupye reported 23 fatalities amid a severe heat wave. Precautions are being taken to prevent spread by traveling steamer passengers.
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United
Rangoon
Joner Burma
Tharragaddy
Mupye
Company A Leaves for Mount Gretna Encampment
A large crowd of relatives saw Company A depart last night from First Avenue for a two week Summer Encampment at Mount Gretna. The unit, with Guardsmen from Ene battalion, included veterans from World War Overseas in a sendoff led by Captain William S Houghton and Lieut I Brown. They will undergo intensive training at the camp.
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Nuri
Caldtock
Mount Gretna
Ene
Bot Meni
First Avenue
Cap
Ait Williamy S Houghnon
Lieut
I Brown
Stevie Qwitly Hocutt
Hatcheries Inspected by Pa Commission in Erie
Erie inspection of state fish hatcheries at Erie Coty ry and Union City led by Nathan R. Buller president of the commission. Federal authorities blamed lake pollution from industrial plants for the near collapse of commercial fishing in Lake Erie.
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State Fish Commission
Erie
Corry
Union City
United Press
Pauly
Cotyry
Mit
Pennsylvania Fish Commission
Nathan R. Buller
Horrisy ‘Tivng
Washington
Threat of Bomb Threat Prompted Harvard Music School Guarding
Boston July 17 Police guarded the Harvard Musical School today after officials received a bomb threat from an anonymous note. The threat referenced a New Jersey explosion and offered no reason. Officials treated it as a possible prank while police remained stationed around the buildings.
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Boston
Harvard Musical School
New Jersey
Canton Horror Deepens as Publisher Is Slain
In Canton Ohio on July 17 the antivice campaign of Don R. Mellett publisher of the Canton Daily News ended when gunmen shot him in the head and killed him in his yard. Authorities offer a reward of 50 000 for the murderers as the investigation widens to possible city and interstate links.
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United Press
Canton
Ohio City
Don R. Mellett
Canton Daily News
Astassi
Etti
Fila
Indiana
Melletts
Mellett
Canfors
Underworld
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Radio Wave Length Chaos In New York Stations
Chaos feared as New York radio stations clash over wave lengths after government control ended. Congress failed to pass new legislation and the Justice Department ruled lacking jurisdiction, prompting stations to shift from low to higher ranges and causing widespread interference.
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United Press New York
Congress
Justice Department
Iefy Commerce
Hoyer
Hoover
Janes
Trade Slumps Mills Close in Lawrence Massachusetts
Trade slumps trigger Everett Mills to close next Saturday for seven weeks in Lawrence Mass. Notices posted at the plant say unsatisfactory trade conditions necessitate curtailment. The mill will reopen September 7, with a reduced, part time staff until then under company officials.
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United Press
Lawrence
Mass
Everett Mills
Attorney General to Close Sesqui Centennial Expo
Harrisburg July 17 Attorney General Woodruff announced he will seek quo warranto relief to shut the Sesqui Centennial exposition’s Sunday commercial features in Philadelphia The move marks a reversal from earlier claims of no state power to intervene and the action may be filed in Dauphin County Court later today or early next week The state cites charter powers misuse and Sunday observance concerns and notes Pinchot protested the Sunday observance to Mayor Kendrick previous to the decision
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Harrisburg
Woodruff
Philadelphia
Woodruf
Commonwealth
Dauphin County
Eiqht
Pinchot
John Robert Jones
Philadelphia Sabbath Association
Presidents Party Rescues Four Boys
United Press reports on July 17 as President Coolidge’s party rescues four youths after a boating accident on Lake Pies. Secret operatives jumped into a motorboat to bring the boys ashore, with witnesses including George D Gerald and James Haley present during the rescue.
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Presidents Party
United Press
Paul Smith
President Coolidge
Vacation Paysun
Lake Pies Coolidge
Witnelther Josithane
Ian
George Dgerald
James Haley
Secret Sity
Briand Cabinet Resigns After Chamber Vote
Paris report says Premier Aristide Briand's government resigned after a defeat in the Chamber of Deputies. Finance Minister Caillaux's demand for full powers sparked the vote of confidence, resulting in 383 to 245 against Briand.
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United Yrers
Paris
Aristids Briand
Chamber of Deputies
Cailaux
Chamber
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