Deadly fire claims Annie Klein and child Annie Meese
Coroner recalls attending birth of Annie Meese 17 years ago near Greensburg. Mrs. Annie Klein 29 dies after being carried from a burning building while her daughter Annie Meese suffocates in the blaze. Meese lived in Redstone township near Brownsville in the Western Pennsylvania coal region. The mother later married Hollis and had lived in Ohio before returning to Westmoreland County.
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Westmoreland
Pearl Hollis
H. Albert McMurray
Meese
Liter
Nellie
McMurray
Brownsville
Nel Me
Young
Wood
Greensburg
Hollis
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Greenburg
Redstone Township
Brownaville
Annie Klein
Annie
Ten Die In Northwest Airlines Crash Near Bozeman
The Lockheed 14 H crashed about 17 miles northwest of Bozeman killing ten on board. Coroner Nelson set the time of death at 3 07 p m and noted both pilots and eight passengers perished instantly. An aviation board will examine causes after two minutes earlier weather report. The victims’ bodies were released to relatives today.
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Bozeman
Mont
Northwest Airlines Transport
Howard Nelson
Billings
George E. Gardner
Spokane
Western Division
Commerce Eut
Bridger Mountain
Nelson
Fire Claims Mother and Infant in Buffalo Rooming House
A young mother and her 2 1/2 year old daughter died from smoke in a rooming house fire in Buffalo New York. The blaze occurred during the day, with investigators beginning to determine the cause as rescue efforts were underway.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Murder by Mistake Arrest in South Bend Slaying Case
Lawrence McCarthy, an ex convict, is under arrest in South Bend Indiana on a seven dollar charge. Investigators link him to the October slaying of 16 year old Melba Moore on a Granger lover’s lane. A South Bend homemaker, Mrs. Cecil Hawkins, claimed McCarthy and his men claimed a barn on her property. She feared for her life and sought safer routes after meeting him.
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Lawrence McCarthy
South Bend
Ind
Melba Moore
Granger
Acar
Cecil Hawkins
McCarthy
Moore
Hawkins
Noyes to quit AP presidency after term ends
Frank B. Noyes of Washington announces retirement from the Associated Press presidency at the end of his current term. He says his son will not seek reelection and that he will turn duties over to younger hands. Noyes, approaching 75, will remain president of the Evening Star and may be considered for the AP board by members in April.
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New York
Frank B. Noyes
Washington
Associated Press
Newpaper
Noyes
Evening Star
Cooperative news alliance seeks unbiased exchange since 1893
The subject served on the board and executive committee of the Associated Press and its predecessor for forty four years with ties that go back further. He joined a western movement in 1893 to form a cooperative association of newspapers for factual news exchange free of partisan bias and private interest.
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Associated Press
The
Press Association
West
Ciated
Walton quits lieutenant governor bid for House seat
Alabama politics reports state Senator Will O. Walton of LaFayette qualifying to run for the Alabama House from Chambers county in the May 3 Democratic primary. Chauncey N. Sparks of Bufalo and James E B Folsom of Coffee county also filed for governor and congress respectively, with M W McDermott’s seat in Mobile county vacated for the revenue board post.
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Montgomery
Ala
Will O. Walton
LaFayette
Howell Turner
House of Representatives
Chambers County
Chauncey N. Sparks
Bufaulo
James EB. Folsom
Coffee County
Carl M. Booth
Mobile
M. W. McDermott
Mobile County
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Alabama Bar Association
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Frank Noyes
Maniac
Mary Carroll
Canton
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Decatur
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