Big gas well fire injures thirteen in Huntington
A 3,700,000 foot gas well on a hill near Eighteenth street in Huntington caught fire five hours after being brought in. At least 13 people were burned, including three workers C H Stickler Dale Hager and Raymond Johnson. Firefighters and onlookers watched as flames lit the area while attempts to control the blaze failed. The well is owned by R H Adkins Russell Morris and lies on land owned by Charles M Matts.
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C. H. Stickler
Hamlin
Dale Hager
Raymond Johnson
Eighteenth Street
R. H. Adkins
Russell Morris
Charles M. Matts
Cesco McClure
C. R. Bradley
Jesse Marren
Homer Chambers
William DeVore
A. E. Wright
Clarence Becket
John Teubert
Azel Meadows
C. J. Teubert
Ex Head Medical Association Dies in Kensington
Dr. William Latane Lewis aged 172, longtime physician in Kensington Maryland, former president of the Maryland-Virginia District of Columbia Medical Society, and former president of Montgomery County Medical Society, dies at home after 40 years of practice. Funeral Friday at home with burial in Monocacy Cemetery Beallsville.
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Kensington
William Latane Lewis
Maryland- Virginia District of Columbia Medical Society
Montgomery County Medical Society
Kensington Lodge of Masons
Virginia
Monocacy
Bealsville
Ale
Woman loses 14 pounds with Kruschen Salts weight loss claim
A reader records rapid weight loss from 162 to 148 pounds after two Kruschen Salts bottles. She reports reduced rheumatic pain in knees and greater energy, praising the product as a splendid weight reducer. price and duration noted for the four week jar.
Emergence of External Influences on a Child’s Values
The text discusses how as children interact with neighbors and friends they encounter differing ideas of right and wrong and varying freedoms. It notes early parental instinct to resist changes, but warns that adolescence brings intensified conflicts where parental guidance is crucial to avoid harm in voice and advice.
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Johnny
Jack
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Strong Sues For 250000 Over Wrist Operation
Ken Strong, former NYU star fullback and Detroit Tigers prospect, sues Detroit physician Dr Alfred Laferte in Federal Court for 25000 in damages claiming an operation removed the wrong wrist bone and ruined his athletic career after a 1931 fracture.
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Detroit
Kenneth Strong
Detroit Tiger
Alfred Laferte
Strong
New York University
Laferte
Church May Get $5,000 in Will
Trustees of the Presbyterian church of New Cumberland receive 5000 from the estate of William J. Patterson. The funds are to endow a memorial in his mother Margaret Patterson's name for the pastor's salary, but the bequest may be abated due to estate assets. Patterson died June 18, 1932.
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Presbyterian Church of
New Cumberland
W. Vaz
William J. Patterson
State Transfer Tax Department
Patterson
Margaret Patterson
Terror Trail at Opera House features Paint Horse Gang
Tom Mix thriller Terror Trail unfolds in Silver City 1885 as the Paint Horse Gang terrorizes stages and mines. Tom Munroe battles McPhersons with Norma Laird amid gunfights, escape, and a posse pursuit, ending with a staged capture and a predicted marriage.
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Opera House
Paint Horse
Silver City
Arizona
Tad
Tim McPherson
Pseudo Ranch
Bernard Laird
Charles Ormsby
Judell
Tom Munroe
Norma Laird
Little Casino
Tony
Junior
Tom
Te Y
Lucky Dawson
Lucky
Pantless
Norma
Ormsby
McPherson Ranch
Ted
McPhersons
Corral
Ohmsby
Atlanta banker escapes kidnap in downtown incident
John King Ottley, prominent Atlanta banker, was abducted in downtown Atlanta but overpowered a kidnapper and escaped a few hours later near Suwanee about 30 miles away. A youth was later taken into custody in connection with the case.
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John King Ottley
Atlanta
Suwanee
Associated Press
Marshall Captains U S Team to Folkestone Trophy
Chess champion Frank J. Marshall, United States chess champion, is pictured with the F. G. Hamilton Russell trophy won by an American team he captained in an international event at Folkestone England.
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Frank J. Marshall
United States
F. G. Hamilton Russell
Folkestone
England
Associated Press
Western author Zane Grey paid seven dollars a word
Strand Theatre reports Zane Grey earned seven dollars per word for the 1,000 word short tale Tappan's Burros, netting $7,000, with his only other short story The Great Slave fetching $5,000. He has written sixty three novels and two short stories, selling about 17 million copies, as Hollywood prepares Man of the Forest film at Strand with Randolph Scott Verna Hillie and Noah Beery.
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Grey
Guy
Tappan
Hollywood
Strand Theatre
Randolph Scott
Harry Carey
Noah Beery
Verna Hillie
Buster @pbbe
Liberty Magazine
Paramount
Nancy Carroll
Gary Grant
Scott
Miss Hillie
Beery
Sebrell Named Imperial Potentate of Shrinedom
John N Sebrell of Norfolk Virginia was chosen imperial potentate of North American Shrinedom succeeding Earl C Mills of Des Moines Iowa as national head of the Arabic order. Other officers named include Walters Sugden from Sistersville West Virginia as imperial guide. installation set for today.
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N. J
John N. Sebrell
Norfolk
Earl C. Mills
Des Moines
Walters
Sugden
Sistersville
W. Va
Imperial Guide
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