Train wreck near Henryetta kills 13 injures 7
Thirteen people died and seven were injured when a St. Louis San Francisco passenger train struck an open switch near Henryetta Oklahoma. The boiler exploded sending the locomotive down an embankment as about 500 feet of track was torn up. Investigators found a tampered switch lock 100 yards away and searched for fingerprints to identify malicious switch tampering.
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Henryetta
Okla
St. Louis
San Francisco
W. A. Wolfe
H. A. Bryan
Sherman
Tex
Farmer Killed in Auto Crash Near Terra Alta West Virginia
Terra Alta WV Aug 19 John Hanger 65 a farmer was killed today when struck by an automobile owned by E R Clifford and driven by T H Nixon both of Elyria Ohio Other occupants included Mrs Nixon and Miss E M Dill ingham Toledo Ohio A victim was said to have been crossing the road at the time of the collision
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Terra Alta
W. Va
John Hanger
E. R. Clifford
T. H. Nixon
Elyria
Nixon
E. M. Dillingham
Toledo
Swiss Fliers Begin Their 1 Westward Flight To N. Y.
Swiss aviators Oscar Kaesar and Kurt Luescher, with Alfred Tschopp, started from Juncal Portugal at 7 30 a m aiming to cross the Atlantic westward to New York. They planned a fuel stop at Halifax Nova Scotia before continuing over the Azores if necessary returning to Portugal if fuel ran low. Their Farman monoplane bears Jungschweizerland on the fuselage and follows a route via Le Bourget and Alberca airfield.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Oscar Kaesar
Kurt Luescher
Juncal
Here
Atlantic
New York
Mulifax
N.S
Azores
Jungschweizerland
Switzerland
Five Die In Gas Stove Explosion Fire
In Little Rock Arkansas five persons were burned to death and several others injured when a gas cooking stove exploded in a 14 room frame rooming house. The fire trapped victims in upstairs rooms of the building.
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Little Rock
Ark
Spokane Sun God returns to the West from Roosevelt Field
The Spokane Sun God endurance plane landed at Cleveland airport at 6 45 A M EST on a return flight from Roosevelt Field New York to the western coast. The crew reported a 81 hour air session covering 3600 miles and requested 200 gallons of fuel as they push a distance record for air refueled flight. Continued on Page Three.
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Cleveland
Spokane Sun God
Roosevelt Meld
New York
Spokane
West Virginia Jewelers Hold Annual Convention in City
The twenty fourth annual convention of the West Virginia Retail Jewelers Association gathered at the Hotel Grafton this morning. President C A Keer Loar and Company led the session, stressing jewellers responsibilities and noting the craft’s ancient origins from Genesis. Continued on Page Four.
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West Virginia
West Virginia Retail Jewelers Association
Hotel
Grafton
C.A. Keer
Tubal-Cain
ubal-Cain
Mobilizing Of Chinese Army Begins And Air Derby Stirs Arizona
Shanghai reports the Chinese Nationalist government mobilizes 100000 Manchurian troops across six Fengtien brigades, Kirin and Heisongking contingents, with General Ho Chen Chun taking command in Manchuria. In San Bernardino, eighteen fliers enter the first women’s national air derby from Santa Monica to Cleveland. near Calexico, contestants win permission to bypass a control stop as they head toward Yuma, Phoenix, and final destinations.
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Shanghai
Fengtien Province
Kirin
Heisongking
Kuomin
Ho Chen Chun
Chaign Kai Shek
Peiping
Markden
Manchuria
San Bernardino
Cal
Fighteen
Santa Monica
Cleveland
Calexico
Yuma
Ariz
Phoenix
Mary von Mack
Detroit
Miss Mack
Montebello
Los Angeles
Delay Hearing On Motion For Another Trial
Judge Henry L. Scarlett continued the hearing on Dr. James H. Snook's motion for a new trial to 9:20 tomorrow morning after a brief session. Defense lawyers sought at least a 10 day delay claiming insufficient time to prepare and to obtain affidavits alleging juror prejudice in the murder case of Theora Hix. F O Ricketts pressed to refuse any delay.
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Columbus
Henry L. Scarlett
James H. Snook
Snook
Theora Hix
F. O. Ricketts
Defense Counsel
Tariff bill advances after Senate finance panel vote
Washington reports the house tariff bill with hundreds of rate changes, approved by 11 Republican finance committee members, is submitted to eight Democratic committee men for consideration. The partially revised measure will not be public until tomorrow and debate in the senate was delayed by a week under a June 19 recess agreement.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Grafton Children Head to Camp Y-Rater Fun
Twenty to thirty Grafton youngsters, guests of the Rotary club and Salvation Army, depart for Camp Y-Rater for a two week encampment. Captain W. H. Arnold will supervise a diversified program of education and entertainment. Rotarians provide the outing at their expense for underprivileged youths.
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Grafton
Rotary Club
Salvation Army
Camp-Y-Rater
W. H. Arnold
Mandant
Arnold
Sixth Victim Is Claimed By Fire In French Home
Concord New Hampshire reports the fire at the home of Marshall French on the outskirts of town raised the death toll to six. French, a 27 year old truck driver, died after his 18 month old daughter Esther also perished at Margaret Pillsbury Hospital. Surviving children Charles five, Marshall Jr four, George five months, and neighbor Joseph Mercier fourteen were trapped in the house as French attempted rescues.
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Concord
Marshall French
French
Margaret Pillsbury Hospital
Esther
Charles
Marshall Jr
George
Joseph Mercier
Killing Ends Family Quarrel in Royal Oak
In Royal Oak Michigan Hans Peter Nielson killed his wife Magdeline and four children with gas fumes and then poisoned himself after setting fire to their home. Firemen found the family dead in the bedroom and Nielson in the bathroom as the blaze raged.
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Michigan
Royal Ooak
Mich
Hans Peter Nielson
Royal Oak
Magdeline Nielson
Niels Hans
Bertha
Paul
Bodell
Nielson
Compromise Talks Run With Five Nations At The Hague
Representatives of France Italy Belgium Japan and Great Britain meet at The Hague to review the reparations compromise offered by France Belgium and Italy aimed at increasing the British share. Snowden British chancellor of the exchequer attends to push for a larger British stake in German reparations. Continued on page four.
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Associated Press
Louis Loucheur
Hague
France
the Hague
Iaiy
Belgium
Japan
Great Britain
Phillip Snowden
Italy
Snowden
Globe Circling Log Being Followed by Graf Zeppelin
AP reports the Graf Zeppelin completes the first world flight lap from Lakehurst to Freld sichshafen, 4200 miles in 55 hours 24 minutes, then continues Aug rounds crossing Latvia near Duenaburg and Vyatka near Moscow. Posts postcards from Kizel as it nears August 16 milestones.
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Graf Zeppelin
Guards clash as 1600 strikers block 400 nonunion workers
In Marion North Carolina 1600 strikers at Clinchfield cotton mill beat and bruised several as 400 nonunion workers tried to enter. Pickets attacked the advance guard with clubs as Nat A Townsend urged Governor Gardner to mobilize Asheville National Guard. Mill superintendent Henderson was badly beaten. Albert Hoffman of the Union Textile Workers of America sought peace but was booed. Associated Press photo shows Peggy Hall in racing garb.
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Marion
N. C
Clinchfield
Nat A. Townsend
O. Max Gardner
Eugene B. Coston
Asheville
Fifteen Crewmen Die When Ship Sinks After Collision
London reports the span ish steamer Ogono sank in six minutes after being rammed by the British tug King's Cross in the North Sea near Humber. Fifteen crew members drowned, including the captain and most officers. eight survivors were rescued from a lifeboat and two in the water. The King s Cross was badly damaged but salvaged the remaining crew. Grimsby landed the survivors.
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London
King’s Cross
North Sea
Humber
King's
Rng
Greth Grimsby
Bomb blasts porch of Chicago Democratic leader home
A powerful bomb exploded beneath the front porch of Lawrence F. King’s summer house in Chicago. The blast wrecked the front of the residence and hurled King and his five children from their beds, though no injuries were reported. King is a county Democratic leader and sanitary district trustee.
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Chicago
Lawrence F. King
Sanitary District
King
Graf Zeppelin completes second lap of world voyage in Tokyo
The Graf Zeppelin circled Tokyo completing its second lap of the world tour. After overflying Yokohama, it landed at Kasumigaura naval airport at 6 27 p m local time, totaling 101 hours 53 minutes and about 6500 miles. The airship crossed Europe Siberia and Asia in its 4 34 a m Thursday start, finishing the second loop with Tokyo signaling the tour's near end.
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Tokyo
Germany
Yokohama
Jern
Europe
Friedrichshafen
Senate Ends Long Recess Inactive Opening Session
Washington expects a staged resumption as the Senate ends its summer recess but gains little momentum. Only a handful of Finance Committee members attend the opening. a Republican Democratic leaders’ agreement dictates further recesses until the tariff bill is ready, with two weeks of light business anticipated.
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Washington
Senate
Finance Committee
Crade
Nance Committee
Watson
Indiana
Taylor County Teachers Convene Three-Day Institute
Taylor County educators gathered at Grafton high school auditorium for a three day teachers institute. Superintendent Lloyd L. Shriver announced the goals of boosting public education and uniting educational effort as about 125 teachers from area schools met to address school problems and discuss a state wide movement to raise classroom brakes.
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Taylor County
Taylor County Teachers’ Institute
Grafton High School
County
Lloyd L. Shriver
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Gladys O'Donnell
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