Sole survivor recalls coal mine blast disaster
Marina Coccia of Coalport survived the Irvona No 3 mine explosion, telling rescuers how luck saved him as 14 trapped men faced gas, heat and collapse. Officials cited a dust explosion and ongoing probe by Deputy State Inspector H Thomas, with 13 victims identified and others still missing.
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Coalport
Irvona Coal and Coke Company
Marina Coccia
Coceia
W. H. Mays
Maya
Mays
Steve Coable
Emery Spannar
Joe Fulare
C.W. Richards
Charles Kublelna
Madera
William Small
John Collins
Andy Apramovich
Tony
Emmons
James
Louis Hunt
Irvona
Hernan Britton
Osceola Mills
Charles N. Ageton
Flushing
Eres
Here
Ageton
Texionier
Havana
Key West
Still Missing Four Youths in Drowning Search
The search for the bodies of four young men who were drowned when their 15 foot sailboat capsized off Fishers Island Sound Sunday night continued without success today.
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Westerly
R. Xs
Fishers Island Sound
Abandon Arrangements To Operate On 1 Twins
A New York surgery case involving 17 year old Siamese twins Mary and Margaret Gibbs was indefinitely postponed due to adverse publicity. Dr. Francis P. Weston said the girls were removed from the private hospital to ease nerves. no operation will occur until publicity subsides while laboratory tests continue to study their organ functions.
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New York
Aus
Mary
Margaret Gibbs
Francis P. Weston
Woman sought in murder of gang leader
Chicago August 16 police hunt a woman who sent a telephone tip leading to the identification of Angelo Francisco's body tied to a $12,000 McHenry state bank robbery. Francisco's corpse was found in an abandoned car with 47 bullet holes near McHenry, and his parents later identified him at a city morgue. The informant woman allegedly lived with a man who hid the body and may have knowledge of the robbery plot.
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Central Press
David Shanks
Boothlack
Jennie Constance
Evanston
Lefty
Harold Levy
Shanks
Thomas Dillon
Focal Pine
Chicago
Wom
Angelo Kancigeo
McHenry
Francisco
Ca Hight
Franciscos
Anthony Francisco
Angelo
Warman
Lit
Bradford Is Out on Bond After Shooting Incident
Clyde Bradford, charged with maliciously and unlawfully shooting Lonnie Mahaffey, was released on a $2,000 bond after friends and Prosecuting Attorney W. Merle Watkins approved the arrangement. Mahaffey remains in hospital, slightly improved, with a 32 caliber bullet wound through his intestines.
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Clyde Bradford
Lonnie Mahaffey
W. P. Samples
Sen
Bradford
West Boyd Street
W. Merle Watkins
Mahaffey
Lonale Mahaffey
Glyde K. Bradford
West Royd Street
Two Boys Die In Harvey's Lake Resort Fire
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on August 16 a fire trapped two youths in a second floor bedroom of an amusement place at Harvey's Lake. The victims were identified as Abraham Diamond 14 and Matko Tatko 17 both employed at the bowling alley. Twelve other workers on the same floor escaped after the blaze was detected.
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Wilkesharre
Harvey's Lake
Abraham Diamond
Tatko
No Nominee For Judicial Post In Republican District
Republicans of the twenty second judicial district did not enter a candidate for the judicial post. The district is heavily Democratic.
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Momney
Twenty-Second Judicial District
Judge Ira E Robinson Denies Resignation Rumor
Judge Ira E Robinson head of the Federal Radio Commission denies reports he plans to resign. He states the Washington dispatch is unfounded and accuses certain powerful interests of trying to shift control to larger operators. He vows to continue protecting small community stations and to carry out the president's mandate.
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Ira Robinson
Federal Radio Commission
Ira E. Robinson
Washington
D.C
United States
Node al
Con
Judge Robinson
Robinson
National Broadcasting Corporation
Ttadio Corporation of America
Federal Commission
Hoover Goes East Tonight from Palo Alto
Herbert Hoover and party depart Palo Alto at 10 tonight on a special train heading east after a three day stay near California cities south of here. He will visit about a dozen southern California cities before continuing to Washington to cast his ballot on November 11.
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Stanford University
Cal
Herbert Hoover
California
Ohio primary results show dry vote miscount in Cleveland
In Cleveland the county tally corrected a 10,000 vote error boosting Cyril Locher while deflating Graham Hunt. Hunt's margin narrowed to a handful of votes after Cuyahoga figures were amended. Officials may probe the county count as Columbus reports the governor race shaping to a bitter contest.
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Cleveland
United States
Cyril Locher
Cuyahoga County
Graham Hunt
Hunt
Locher
Cuyahoga
Secretary of State
Highway Bond Issue Sparks Party Split In West Virginia
Charleston August 16 Republicans and Democrats launched their campaigns after party conventions in Fairmont and Clarkshuro. Republicans largely backed the 26 million road bond while Clarkshuro delegates defeated endorsement. Fairmont endorsed the bond, condemned Democratic tactics, praised national Republican policies, and urged tax and debt restraint. Both conventions urged state economy, wage rights, and a new education plan for negro residents.
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Charleston
Fairmont
Clarkshuro
Republican National Administration
Democratic Party
Cammanyize
West Virginia
Sisterhood of States
West Virginia University
Wyckoff Honored as Presidential Elector at Republican Convention
Ole E B Wyckoff of Grafton a leading attorney was chosen presidential elector from the first district at the Republican state convention in Fairmont. After several ballots he defeated rivals from Brooke and Marshall counties to secure the nomination with votes including E F Clark Marion county and Ohio district shares. The contest continued with Wyckoff leading on the first ballot and finally securing a majority after Marshall County’s support.
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Cooper
Borg
Fred Kohler
Cleveland
Harry A. Shanley
Harry C. Smith
Forest
Ohio
Farmer
Turner
Davey
Kent
Ohio Democrats
Peter Witt
George C. Braden
Warren
John T
Brown
Champaign County
Begg
Theodore E. Burton
Graham P. Hunt
Cincinnati
Ole EB. Wyckoff
Grafton
Fairmont
Brooke
Marshall
Harry C. Compton
Wyckoff
Taylor
E. F. Clark
Mr. Wyckoff
Marion County
Italian Airman Del Prete Dies From Crash Injuries
Major Carlo P. Del Prete Italian airman who with Captain Arturo Ferrarin made a nonstop Brazil Italy flight died of injuries from a crash on August 7 He underwent amputation of his right leg after the accident at Rio de Janeiro aviation school Del Prete had been co pilot with De Pinedo and helped break the long distance record of 4377 miles in a flight from New York to Germany and was to have set a longer duration record.
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Rio Jancino
Carlo P. del Prete
Italy
Brazil
del Prete
Ferrarin
Rio Janeiro
Son of Prominent Utah Resident Crash Victim
Willard Young Kimball, son of Edward P. Kimball, president of the Salt Lake Rotary Club, was killed and three others injured when a 300 pound boulder crashed down at Rotary Grove during a Rotary Club picnic near Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Willard Young Kimball
Edward “P.~kimball
Salt Lake
Another Man Mixed Up In Bond Deal in Missouri
St Louis August 1 Stratton Shartel Missouri attorney general directs two assistants to prepare an information against Dr E N Morgenstiern of Chicago vice president of International Life Insurance Company charging a similar offense to a warrant against Roy Toombs president The Toombs warrant alleges grand larceny of 104000 in Texas and Montana county bonds part of 2562052 allegedly removed from the company Morgenstiern a director of personnel and adviser to Toombs a Romanian handwriting expert is involved along with B O McReynolds The case follows testimony by Bee Barclay assistant financial secretary that bonds were withdrawn October 1 and taken to Toombs office with Morgenstiern and McReynolds Nearby Chicago August 16 Roy C Toombs Chicago and St Louis stockbroker and insurer faced a new judgment for 108665 and a petition for a receiver was filed
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St. Louis
Stratton Shartel
Missouri
E. N. Morgenstiern
Chicago
International Life Insurance Company
Roy Toombs
Toombs
Texas
Montana
Morgenstiern
International Life
Tee
Bee Barclay
Barclay
B. O. McReynolds
T. J. McReynolds
Roy C.toombs
Arrest Rabbi for Smuggling Jewels into the United States
New York August 16 A New York rabbi Sea der Isak Horowitz was held on 2000 bond after a federal grand jury charged him with attempting to smuggle 100000 dollars worth of gems into the United States. Customs Inspectors arrested Horowitz on arrival from Europe aboard the He De France after he initially claimed all possessions were declared. He admitted jewelry items described later and said he was to be paid to smuggle gems for a Vienna jeweler. Seized items included travel clinchers pearls rings studs a brooch a bracelet and a wristwatch. His daughter was wearing the brooch and not held.
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New York
Seader Isak Horowitz
Horowits
Europe
France
Horowitz
Thm
Vienna
Weather Update Forecast Showers Tonight and Warmer Friday
A weather note indicates showers tonight and Friday, with a slight rise in temperatures. Forecasters expect unsettled conditions, with winds easing and temperatures edging up across the region.
Fliers Move Toward Stockholm From Rockford Route
A monoplane named Greater Rockford, carrying Hassell and Parker Cramer, left Rockford en route to Stockholm Sweden on a multi leg journey via Cochrane Greenland and Reykjavik. Weather across Canada and along the planned route was described as ideal though Rockford fog delayed departure. The crew, sponsored by the Rockford chamber of commerce, planned fuel stops and carried radios, supplies, a lifeboat, rifle, and first aid kits.
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Mockford
Bert Hassell
Central Standard
Stockholm
Sweden
Hassell
Parker Cramer
Rockford
Cochrane
Oak
Greenland
Cramer
Corm
Canada
Iceland
Mt. Evans
Reykjavik
Swi
Greater Rockford
Rockford Chamber of ‘Ommerce
Flyeré
Rock
Fred Machesney
Clinton
Wis
Cochrrane
Khah
Pace
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Martin Davey
Myers’ Y. Cooper
Cincinnat
Martin L. Davey
James T. Begg
Sandusky
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Bege
Edward C. Turner
Anti-Saloon League
League
O. E. Wyckoff
Senoot
Insurance Company
Rabbi
Fale
Milwaukee
Plug Island
Milwaukee Journal
Coal Guard Station
Plum Island
Joyce
Women of
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