Cleveland Clinic Tragedy Prompts Rebuild Plan Under Crile
An inquest opened into the Cleveland Clinic disaster that killed 125 as two explosions and gas fire struck May 17. Dr George W Crile to lead a rebuilt clinic within six weeks with an 800000 damage estimate. Survivors set up temporary HQs while the institution plans a return to prominence.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
A.J. Pearse
Samuel HE
Mather
Citiens
George W. Crile
Senate plans baffle house on farm relief rule
Washington May 17 The senate moved to incorporate expert debenture legislation into the farm relief bill and used a special rule to submit a measure with chamber disagreement to conference for adjustment. Republican leaders and the rules committee urged immediate arbitration and a majority vote passed to adopt the rule.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sweet Dealers Get Fag Case at Confectioners Meet
Washington May 17 The advertising clash over cigarette versus candy ads drew attention among American retail confectioners delegates in session. Nevada ranked high with 17 pounds of candy per person, while an anonymous statistician warned Prohibition would boost consumption. Berlin May 17 Opera singer Lehmann dies at 81.
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Washington
Nevada
Berlin
Lehmann
World War Veteran Guy Flesher In Jailed Probe
World War II era veteran Guy Flesher of Barbour county lies in Taylor county jail awaiting official probes by Sheriff W J Maya and others after an incident near West Main street. He met Attorney W P Samples asking if he was an attorney and requested a hat. The attorney noted the encounter and said he would obtain one.
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Guy. Flesher
Barbour County
Red Cross
American Legion
W. P. Samples
Taylor County
W. J. Maya
Samples
West Main Street
Flesher
GMC Entering Airship Field Buys Fokker
General Motors gains a 40 percent stake in Fokker Aircraft Corporation, taking virtual control and matching Ford’s airplane engagement. The Packard Motor Car Company is testing a diesel engine for aircraft, with a successful demonstration this week. The deal leaves GM with a major role in aviation alongside Ford and Packard.
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New York
General Motors Corporation
Fokker Aircraft Corporation
Lonmon
Fokker
General Motors
Ford
Ford Company
Derby to Draw Racing Lovers Entrants Good
Louisville May 17 Kentucky derby to be run tomorrow draws mixed post positions as 26 starters largest ever for the classic. Blue Larkspur and Bay Beauty hold poor rails while Windy City and Clyde Van Dusen also drew back. Expected field includes weather uncertainty and about 75 000 on track with national radio coverage. Derby day tradition and pageantry color Kentucky’s big horse race.
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Voltcar
Windy City
Clyde van Dusen
Alan J
Gould
Misville
Churchill Downs
America
National Broadcasting Company
Kentucky
Al Capone Sentenced To One Year In Philadelphia Jail
Philadelphia May 17 Capone the Chicago gangster received a year in county prison for carrying a concealed deadly weapon Frank Cline Capones reputed bodyguard drew a similar sentence The two pleaded guilty when trial began after swift arraignment and a brief counsel conference Judge Walsh imposed the maximum term noting the case as a first prison sentence against Capone The pair were arrested leaving a motion picture house and were mugged after arrest
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Philadelphia
Alphonse
Scarface al) Capone
Chicago
Frank Cline
Capone
Pennsylvania
Cline
John E. Walsh
Atlantic City
Bank cashier shoots self in barber shop at Shinnston
Clyde A. Cole, 49, cashier of the First National Bank of Shinnston, shot himself in the right temple in a local barber shop yesterday morning. He is reported recovering at St. Marys hospital as doctors consider surgery, with the bank described as sound by director Jesse Naum. The incident prompted a temporary halt in bank concerns as physicians monitor his condition.
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First National Bank of
Jesse Nuaum
St. Mary's Hospital
Colle
John High
Florida grocer lynched by enraged mob near Lake City
Lake City Florida May 17 a grocer N G Romey was taken from jail by a mob and lynched two miles south of town after an altercation in which Chief John F Baker and Mrs Romey were wounded. Romey’s body with bullet wounds was found upright in a roadside ditch later. The clash followed a dispute over clearing rubbish in front of his store.
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Baker
Guy Gillem
Graf Zeppelin Struggles With Storms Lands At Cuers
The Graf Zeppelin, after a day of stormy weather, landed at Cuers at 8:35 pm. An emergency anchor mast was being prepared at Lowenthal field near Friedrichshafen as wind speeds rose. Constructors fear landing on the narrow field may be impossible tonight and hope remains uncertain for a homeward reach.
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Bulletin Cuers
France
Friedrichshafen
Germany
Lowenthal
Ludwig Duer
Log of Zeppelin Flight From Friedrichshafen to Istres
The log records a German airship flight from Friedrichshafen to the French coast and toward Istres with stops and passages over Lyons Nimes Barcelona Balearic Islands Avignon Istres and Marseilles radiating times from 11 57 p m Wednesday to 12 noon Friday the airship turning back toward southern France. Dr Eckener coordinated the return plan and requested permission to recross France as the craft passed over Saintes Maries de la Mer and related locations.
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Germany
Lyons
France
Nimes
Barcelona
Spain
Mediterranean
Balearie Island
Eckener
Friedrichshafen
Saintes Maries
de la Mer
Bellegarde
Hontelimar
Valence
Saillans
Avignon
Naval Aviations
Istres
Marseilles
Ship carries 40 crew and 18 passengers amid Rhône drift
The vessel with Dr. Hugo Hékener at the helm, including Mrs. Mary… faced repeated pleas for permission at Valence as it drifted east from the Rhone Valley toward the Alps. The scene closes with a note of continued reporting on page three.
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Rhone Valley
Barrren
French Alps
Hugo Hékener
Valence
Waa
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