Earthquakes Rattle Eastern States Across Niagara Frontier
A major tremor was felt from Toronto to Erie with varied intensity. Buffalo reported no damage while chimneys fell in Batavia and Attica. Seismographs at Canisius College recorded a 12 second initial shock with minor quakes for six minutes. Reports spread from Niagara Falls to Toronto with windows rattled and dishes displaced.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Toronto
Ont
Erie
Batavia
Attica
Wyoming County
Cansus College
John P. de Tanb
Canisius College
Bellefontte
Coast Guard
Girard
West Field
Chautaqua Lake
Ashtabula
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Niagara District
Unusual Lightning Flashes Over Philadelphia
An unusual display of lightning flashed over Philadelphia last night striking the Atlantic Refining plant in South Philadelphia twice. A 50,000 gallon gasoline tank and a 50,000 gallon fuel oil tank were destroyed. A bolt struck a northern city house, knocking Frank Graham and his van from their chairs, and passed through a window hitting Michael Lafferty as he walked. No serious injuries occurred.
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Philadelphia
Atlantic Refining Company
Frank Graham
Frank, Sr
Michael Lafferty
Temporary Avert Hague Parley Crisis
The Hague conference on reparations adjourned today without action on the Young Plan revision proposed by British Chancellor Philip Snowden. Reports said Briand favored an adjournment and a move to a calmer League of Nations setting, as talks paused until Wednesday.
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The
Hague
Philip Snowden
Aristide Briand
League of Nations
Blast Kills Three Men In Houston Dairy
An ammonia tank explosion at a Houston dairy killed three men. Chester Hilton, 30, an engineer, and L A Robinson, 35, a technician, were blown apart while preparing to repair a leak. Robert E Williams, 26, was found wedged in a doorway after the blast.
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Houston
Tex
Chester Hilton
L. A. Robinson
Robert E. Willliams
Hilton
Robinson
Alcoholism death rate rising during prohibition era
Washington reports charts from the against prohibition association showing an increasing alcoholic death rate and rising liquor consumption. The pamphlet cites prewar levels and post-1920 growth, claiming heightened production and illicit alcohol use amid the prohibition decade.
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Washington
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
United States
Snook Murder Trial Enters Third Week
Columbus Ohio August 12 The defense rested today in the murder trial of Dr James H Snook without calling alienists whose testimony they intended to use to prove insanity when he killed his co ed sweetheart Theora Hix last June The defense contested the autopsy findings arguing death resulted from a fracture of the lateral sinus behind the right ear not the throat wound The state maintained the throat cut was fatal and a sign of premeditation The defense indicated no alienists would testify and the case nears conclusion with rebuttal expected to be brief
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Columbus
Janes i
Snook
Ohio State
Theora Hix
James H. Snook
Josph Murphy
Eugene McCampbell
School of Medicine
Ohio State University
Tes
Miss Hix
Sno
Ricketts
Chester
Actress Weds Hillman and Nixon to Sail for Europe
Actress Weds Marion Nixon, film star, and Edward Hillman, Jr., wealthy Chicagoan, were married Sunday at the home of Hillman's mother. The couple left New York to sail soon for a three months European tour.
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Marion Nixon
Edward Hillman, Jr
Hillman
New York
Hoover Returns to Washington After Virginia Camp Visit
President Hoover flew back to Washington from his Virginia camp where he spent the weekend and marked his 55th birthday. He left after attending events and will resume duties at the capital.
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Washington
Hoover
Virginia
Graf Zeppelin Readies for World Flight From Tokyo
Aug 12 reports Graf Zeppelin aims to start its second lap of a round the world trip from this port to Tokyo. Dr Hugo Eckener asks crew to be ready despite possible postponements. Motors are certified for 1000 more hours. Two routes plotted Siberia or south near Peiping Friedrichshafen with about 6600 miles per leg and ~120 flying hours at 65 mph average.
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Friedrichshafen
Graf Zeppelin
Tokyo
Hugo Eckener
Maybach
Bekener
Siberia
Beskener
Atlantic
Chicago Boy Kidnapped From Ravieloe Country Club
A 16 year old caddy, Frank Yosek, was abducted yesterday at Ravieloe country club in Homewood Illinois. Police seek two men and two women involved, with the boy later escaping to a house attic before being tracked to Chicago. A letter found at his home suggests Detroit racketeers were involved.
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Chicago
Frank Yosek
Ravieloe Country Club
Homewood
Ill
Yosek
Peter
Detroit
G. O. P Gesture To Huston Cheers Southern Followers
Chattanooga Tenn August 12 The consideration of Claudius H Huston of Chattanooga for the Republican national committee chairmanship sparks hope among southern party leaders for an early reorganization of the GOP in several southern states The national committee will meet in Washington on September 9 continued on page five
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Huston
Tennessean
Republican National Committee
Chattanooga
Tenn
Washington
Claudius H. Huston
City Officials Force Payment From Carnival Crew After Incident
Mayor Chas. King Chief Homer Selvey and night patrolmen compelled settlement of a city debt and hospital bill tied to a carnival visit. The show troupe Alleges injuries from a prior auto crash. two admitted to city hospital. An accident on Latrobe Street damaged a streetlight and fixtures. payment for city property damages was made to the chief.
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Carnival
Ity
Chas
King
Homer Selvey
Mayor King
Grafton
Latrobe Street
Plane Crash Kills Three in Rolling Fork Mississippi
Three men died when a plane nose-dived and fell about 150 feet during a landing at Rolling Fork. Victims were Albert T. Firth Jr., 20, pilot Hal Tyblaft of Miss. and Warren Barrier, 21, Rolling Fork, with Joe Cox, 21, of Charleston. Firth’s father and sister witnessed the crash. He had recently earned a commercial pilot’s license.
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Rolling Fork
Miss
Albert T. Firth, Jr
Hal Tyblaft
Warren Barrier
Joe Cox
Charleston
Firth
Tragedy at Mesquite as 13 Die in Train Crossing Crash
Thirteen people from two Mesquite area families were killed when the Sunshine Special struck their track near a crude crossing. Eyewitnesses said the stalled engine lay on the track before the collision. bodies were found along the rail. Only two family members survived, including Sherwood Badgett, who witnessed the crash. Mary Lee Henry survived with leg fractures and was hospitalized.
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Dallas
Trath
Sunshine Special
Tex
Mesquite
Marsalis Zoo
Ivy Badgett
Vera and
Eva Badgett
Emma Badgett
Texas Badget
Birdie Badgett
Mary Joe Badgett
Jessie Badgett
E. L. Henry
KE. L. Henry
Willie Henry
Be Henry
Henry
Sherwood Badgett
Badgett Farm
Mary Lee Henry
Sen Henry Kiledya Girhof
Fireworks Blast Injures Ten at City Festival
Fireworks piled in a school yard during a church festival celebration exploded last midnight injuring ten persons and shattering windows in nearby buildings. A burning cigarette is believed to have set off the sky rockets Roman candles and elaborate set pieces in the yard.
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Chicago
Man Held For Slaying Following Pistol Duel
Aug 12 Camby, 27, held in Tazewell County jail charged with slaying 46 year old Troy Bishop after a pistol duel said to have occurred yesterday. Camby wounded in flesh while Bishop was shot four times. Police say the shooting followed a quarrel over their children.
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Binefield
Arthur Camby
Tazewell County
Virginia
Troy Bishop
Camby
Canadian ace missing in northwest wilderness search continues
Charles A. Duke Schiller Canadian flying ace is missing along the Hudson Bay northwest shore after a two week old disappearance during a prospecting flight with Jack Humble and Tom Creighton. A second plane will join the search by Northern Aerial Minerals Exploration. Schiller gained prominence in 1927 with an aborted Windsor to Windsor nonstop attempt and aided the Bremen crew in 1928 at Greenland.
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Toronto
Northern Aerial Minerals Exploration Company
Schiller
Jack Humble
Tom Creighton
Windsor
Ont
England
Air search ends in fatal plane crash near Clovis
A search from the air for a cockpit vent cover blown from a plane at takeoff ended in the death of pilot-owner Lieut. O L Stephens and two passengers Thomas B Scully and Philip Berry of the Clovis Trans Continental Airport. Stephens, on leave from Mitchell Field, was en route to Cleveland for an air meet.
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Clovis
N. Ma
O. L. Stephens
Thomas B. Scully
Philip Berry
Clovis Trans-Continental
Stephens
Mitchell Field
New York
Cleveland
Pierce Family Reunion Set At Evansville Church
Despatch from F L Shaffer says the Pierce family reunion will be held at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Evansville next Sunday August 18. He urges all friends and relatives to attend and to bring baskets filled with food.
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F. L. Shaffer
Pierce
Methodist Episcopal Church
Evansville
Carolina Family Feud Ends In 2 Deaths Involving Landers Stanton
Marshall Aug 12 A family feud between the Landers and Stanton families escalated on a mountain road when gunfire killed two men and wounded a 12 year old girl Agnes Landers during the exchange. Arthur Stanton 36 and his daughter Agnes 12 were among those injured as both sides blamed the other for firing first. Landers and King were arrested.
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Marshall
King
Landers
Arnold
Lamp
Stanton
Son Landers
Albert King
Arthur Stanton
Landerster
Agnes
Hul
Bert
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Tokyo Tap
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