Tragic Michigan crash leaves six dead in early morning fire
In Midland Michigan an automobile collided with another car and burst into flames. Four Messer children aged 12, 10, 6 and 4 died. Parents Edward and Stella Messer and Henry Crane were badly burned. Stanley Sage the night officer sustained injuries while aiding rescue. The other driver was George Patrick of London Ontario. Two gasoline cans ruptured fueling the blaze.
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Midland
Mich
Edward Messer
Forest Messer
Stella Messer
Mary Messer
Messer
George
A. Patrick
London
Ontario
Hitler Signals 75 Percent Lead In German Government
Bavarian mountains near Berchtesgaden report Adolf Hitler asserting the Nazi party could control about 75 percent of the government, claiming 13,700,000 party backing and proposing a businesslike takeover as Reichstag politics loom. He warned a legal government would be unlikely and defended his mandate with stepped rhetoric on leadership and capital. Continued on page six.
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Associated Press
Berechtesgarden
Bavaria
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
Munich
Hitler
Reichstag
Reich
Ten Thousand Striking Miners Halt Taylorville Coal Operations
In Taylorville Illinois on Aug 19 more than 10 000 striking union coal miners halted mining in the area and leaders said the action would spread across southern Illinois. Over 2 000 miners protested a reduced wage scale at Peabody Coal mines near Taylorville with most workers staying away.
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Taylorville
Uil
Illinois
Peabody Coal Company
Miners and Guards Stand Firm Amid Illinois Picketing
An aviator injured and Illinois national guardsmen prepared to move into a picketing zone with few incidents of violence reported. About fifteen hundred special deputy sheriffs kept away from clashes as state police managed traffic. Peabody mines near Taylorville halted plans to reopen until conditions change. A guard and another employee were beaten at mine No 9 near Kincaid, a gun was taken, and a Peabody property house near the camp was dynamited and two burned. Strike leader Daniel McGill urged restraint, saying miners damaged no property so far.
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Illinois
W. C. Argust
Peabody Mines
Taylorville
Kincaid
Peabody
Daniel McGill
Springfield
Curtis Stands For Dry Law In Kansas Rally
Vice President Charles Curtis stood on the Kansas statehouse steps to accept renomination as Republican candidate for vice president. He voiced support for Hoover’s platform, opposed repealing the Eighteenth Amendment, and spoke on prohibition, tariffs, and farm relief amid a crowd in Topeka. The event featured Senator Dickinson praising Curtis and a continued page six note.
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Toneka
Kas
Charles Curtis
Kansas Statehouse
Republican Party
Kansas
Hoover
Charley” Curtis
Dickinson
L. J. Dickinson
Iowa
Kaw River
North Topeka
America
Herbert Hoover
Kgo
Bandit Killed as Bank Robbery Sparks Chase in Arkansas
Ashdown Arkansas August 19. Within twenty minutes after the First National Bank was robbed of nearly six thousand dollars a bandit was killed and his three companions were captured by Sheriff Jas G Sandersons posse in a gun battle. The sheriff and two deputies were wounded but Sheriff Sanderson bore a scalp wound and led the prisoners into the bank where they were identified. The slain bandit was named William Parker 28 of near Texarkana. The captured men gave names John Addie 34 Bert Coston and Kenneth Wright 27.
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Ashdown
Ark
First National Bank
Jas. G. Sanderson
Sanderson
William Parker
Texarkana
John Addie
Bert Coston
Kenneth Wright
Nine held under public enemy act in Brooklyn homicide
Four teen men connected to the killing of John Pazzano a Pittsburgh coffee shop owner were released by Magistrate G H Ballwell in Brooklyn homicide court today and nine others were immediately arrested under the public enemy act.
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New York
John Pazzano
Pittsbburgh
G. H. Ballwell
Brooklyn
Snow Falls in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan City
Snow fell in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan as the temperature dropped to 62 degrees after a drizzling rain. Late evening light snow began as the mercury fell, following an earlier mist.
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Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
Pastor Denied Bail In Wife Murder Case
In Muskogee Oklahoma district court Rev. A Bertiey, an elderly pastor, was denied bail after a habeas corpus hearing. District Judge Enloe V Vernon ordered the preacher held without bond on a charge of murdering his wife.
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Muskogee
Okla
Sorgmoor
A. Bertiey
Saturday Specials at Grafton Fruit Market
Grafton Fruit Market lists Saturday specials including watermelons round red and white grapes large Rocky Ford cantaloupes three for two. radishes home grown. Lima beans. Washington new grapefruit. plums pears peaches nectarines persimmons honeydew melons lemons oranges green peas celery cauliflower peppers and leafy greens.
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Grafton
Rocky Ford
Washington
Senator Davis Named in Indictments
Washington reports U S Senator James J Davis of Pennsylvania and six others are indicted in New York on charges of participating in fraternal lotteries to raise charity funds. The Western Union company is named in one indictment. Arraignments are set, with a possible trial soon.
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Washington
Davis
Pennsylvania
New York
U. S
James J. Davis
Western Union Telegraph Company
The
Eagles
the Moose
Mystic Shriners
Loyal Order of ‘Moose
United States
George @. Medalle
Conrad“H. Mann
Bahias City
Order of |. Eagles
Frank E. Herring
Eagle's Magazine
Bernard C. McGuire
Raymond Walsh
McGuire
Theodore G. Miller
Mooseheart Propagation Department
M. J. Rivise
Western Union
Republicans Hear Schuck Here Saturday in Taylor County
Taylor county Republicans are urged to attend a Saturday 8 pm meeting at the courthouse auditorium with Hon. Charles J. Schuck head of the state GOP and Mrs Joseph E B Cannon director of the women's division. County Chair Harry C Compton says to bring friends and expects other state leaders including Congressman Carl Bachmann. Mrs Cannon will speak to women voters on the campaign.
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Taylor County
Court House
Charles J. Schuck
Republican State Executive Committee
Joseph EB. Cannon
Harry C. Compton
Compton
Carl G. Bachmann
Wheeling
Cannon
Daughter of Boston Merchant Seeks Flight Career in China
Rose Lok, a 20-year-old daughter of a Boston wholesale merchant and student pilot, plans to return to Canton to seek a berth in China’s aviation corps. She credits a first solo flight at 4 000 feet and aims for a pilot’s license while supporting China’s push for trained aviators amid internal dissension. She is part of the Chinese Patriotic Flying Club of New England, which includes 11 members and seeks a plane. Lt. Francis P. Kendall calls her one of his most apt pupils.
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Sue
Boston
Canton
Aviation Corps
Chinese Air Service
Rose Lok
Pacific
China
Chinese Patriotic Flying Club of
New England
Lok
Nation-Wide Radio Hookup for Roosevelt Address
A nationwide hookup of 23 radio stations will broadcast Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt s opening campaign address from Columbus Ohio tomorrow afternoon. The program will begin at 4 o clock and continue until Roosevelt finishes.
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Columbus
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Women Near Air Record At Endurance Flight
Valley Stream New York August 19 Mrs Frances Marsalis and Mrs Louise Thaden continued their five day air mission aiming to set a new endurance record for women in their flying bottle airship. At 1 o clock this afternoon they had logged about 122 hours in the air and expected to reach the current record if they remain aloft until 3 p.m. EST.
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Valley Stream
Frances Marsalis
Louise’ Phaden
Curtiss, Field
France Marsalis
Louise Thaden
Little chance for accord on feeding bill
Charleston august 19 the house of delegates conference committee on the prisoner feeding bill says prospects are very slim for an agreement with the senate. The house passed the bill with sheriff feeding prisoners at actual cost up to 35 cents per day. The senate seeks a flat 45 cent rate, a 15 cent cut from the present. Bay
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Charleston
House of Delegates
House
Senate
Bay
Pursuers In Yousujaton Probe Bedroom Prowler
Nearly 500 residents joined a night chase in Youngstown after a bedroom prowler broke into numerous homes. He moved in bare feet surprising sleeping couples and is suspected in one murder and seven attacks.
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Youngstown
Atlantic solo flight completes westward crossing
Capt J A Mollison completes the first westward solo flight across the Atlantic in his small sport plane The Hearts Content landing at Pennfield Ridge New Brunswick after about 23 hours 40 minutes aloft with ample gasoline and fatigue preventing further flight from Port Harnock Ireland to Halifax Nova Scotia The flight covered roughly 2 663 miles with a planned stop at Harbour Grace Newfoundland omitted due to weather and fog over the Bay of Fundy region
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Bt. Johns
New Brunswick
J. A. Mollison
North Atlantic
Penfield Ridge
New York
Hareter
Halifax
N.S
Australia
London
Capetown
Atlantic Ocean
Port
Harnock
Ireland
Nova Scotia
Mollison
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Here
Hallfsex
Hubbard
Shelburne
Four Measures May Be Put to Test in Court
Charleston reports that four legislature bills vetoed by Governor Conley may face court challenges for unconstitutionality, as officials cite grounds outside the special session. The governor would not comment but said department heads would decide on potential action.
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Charleston
Conley
House of Delegates
Ross
Dem
Kanawha
Executive Department
Waeidvnst
Oil Company to Buy Property in Kansas
The Standard Oil Company of Indiana announced the purchase of 3,400,000 dollars worth of property at Neoshia Kansas from the Standard Oil Company of Kansas. The deal involves the transfer of a substantial asset portfolio as part of ongoing expansion plans.
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Chicago
Sandard Oil Company of Indians
Neoisha
Kansas
Standard Oil Company of Kansas
Bakery Menu Items Include Cakes and Rolls
Readable text lists assorted bakery goods such as layer cakes pecan rolls and lady fingers with quantities and variations. The fragment hints at confectionery items including caramel toni and raisin bread though specifics are unclear.
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Dovsa
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Turkey
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Airrest
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Schuck
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Porth Marnock
St. John’s
J. A. “Mollison
Pennfield Ridge
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Thornhill
Raleigh
Raehill
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