Miners Trapped In Old Wise Mine Near Henryetta
Twenty seven miners were trapped when McDonald Creek floodwaters flooded the Old Wise coal mine near Henryetta Oklahoma. Six were rescued before noon and 21 remained 70 feet underground three quarters of a mile northwest of the mine opening. Fire pumps struggled as crews tried to divert the flooded shaft and lower water levels, but the men are believed drowned.
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Henryetta
Okla
Wise
Cato
McDonald Creek
Henryetta Fire Department
Henryette Fire Department
Miners Escape As River Bed Gives Way Endurance Record Set
Bert Acosta and Clarence D. Chamberlin land after an endurance flight of 51 hours 12 minutes setting a world record. The plane hovered at 3006 feet before landing, breaking the previous mark by six hours as thousands cheered and police restrained the crowd. Gasoline dwindled to ten gallons at noon, forcing a timely descent.
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Mineola
N. Y
Bert Acosta
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Miners Entombed After Mine Flood at Henryetta
A long distance call reported 24 or 6 miners trapped in the Ole Wise Coal mine at Henryetta Oklahoma after a roof collapse allowed 15 feet of water to flood the shaft. Rescue teams could not reach the mine by telephone due to the flood and impassable access.
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Tulsa
Okla
Ole Wise
Henryetta
Old Levee Caving Near Cairo Illinois Flooding Looms
The Columbus Kentucky levee, caving for two weeks, washed out 750 feet into the river. Residents and volunteers cut the levee to back water into the town to stop a full river sweep, threatening seven to ten feet of flood in the business district. An exodus to the hills was ordered as stores moved to higher shelters.
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Cairo
Ills
Columbus
Equalization Board Meets in Raleigh to Appoint Secretary
The state equalization board met in Raleigh to standardize county property values for distributing a $3,250,000 school fund. A general secretary was to be appointed, with Miss Elizabeth Kelly, former Senator P. H. Johnson, and Williard Dowell named as candidates.
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Raleigh
Elizabeth Kelly
P. H. Johnson
Williard Dowell
Acosta and Chambrin Endurance Flight Near Finish
Bert Acosta and Clarence Chambrin logged their fiftieth hour aloft at 11 30 40 a m but gas dwindled to a few gallons leaving only an hour of lift. Ground observers noted fatigue and intake of scarce rations as they pressed on for the final stretch amid cautious optimism from the watchers.
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Mineola
N. Y
Bert Acosta
Clarence D. Chambrin
Acosta
Chamberlain
Santiago
Chile
la Nacion
el Mercurio
Los Angeles
Plaza de Armas
Valpariso
Count Declares He Married Heiress For Love
Paris report says Count Ludwig Salm Hoogstraeten, divorced from Millicent Rogers, asserts he wed the American heiress for love and money never entered his mind. He left a Paris court with the countess smiling, while custody of their son Peter was awarded to her and a separation granted.
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Paris
Ludwig Salm-Hoogstraeten
Millicent Rogers
The
Riviera
Carlton
Cannes
Peter
Tornado Toll Rises to Sixty One at Rock Springs Tex
AP reports 61 dead from the Rock Springs tornado with more than 70 injured in the San Antonio hospital. Rescue crews from Delrio Uvalde and Kerrville aid recovery as relief trains reach the injured. The town sits on a rocky dome elevation with stone courthouse and frame houses amid a grazing region.
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Rock Springs
Tex
San Antonio
Delrio
Uvalde
Kerrville
Southern Pacific
Camp Wood
Thea
Tornado Rips Rocksprings TX Leaving 60 Dead and 170 Injured
Relief and salvage operations in Rocksprings proceed under military rule after a tornado devastated the inland plateau town Tuesday night. The casualty toll reached about 60 dead and 170 injured with many taken to San Antonio and Camp Wood hospitals.
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Rocksprings
Tex
San Antonio
Here
Camp Wood
Dottie Fleming
Nicholetta Montell
Adams
James Borland
Red Cross
Kelly Field
Uvalde
Fort Clark
a_ hillside
San Angelo
Associated Press
Nichols
Texas Rangers
Texas
Heavily Armed Robbers Hold Up Chicago Jewelry Store
In Chicago a jewelry store robbery led to a two hour standoff as lawmen encircled a house where Mary Walters and three male suspects hid. Officers recovered about $7,000 in jewelry while Walters claimed aliases and police say she led the assault.
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Chicago
Mary Walters
Carl Ness
Clarence Swanson
Joseph Mashinski
Los Angeles
Ness
Anna Ness
Walters
Helen Conklin
Helen Busch
Helen Santchez
Million Dollar Suit Filed in Memphis
The Memphis Press Scimitar company filed a $1,000,000 suit in Shelby circuit court against Commercial Publishing company of Memphis. The case cites alleged circulation issues tied to recent Press Scimitar coverage in the Commercial Appeal.
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Memphis
Memphis, Tenn
Memphis Press Scimital Company
Commercial Publishing Company
Shelby
Press Scimitar
Commercial Appeal
Memphis Press Scimitar Company
Newspapermen’s Club of Memphis
Press Scimiter
Largest Catawba catch in 23 years nets 12.5 lb carp
Gastonia April 14. Will Stone, veteran fisherman, landed the largest Catawba River fish in 23 years a carp weighing twelve and a half pounds. He caught it with an old fashioned hook and line near Rozzelle's bridge above Mount Holly.
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Gastonia
Will Stone
Rozzelle
Mount Holly
Levee Breaks Spark Alarm Across Flood Region
Reports of three levee breaks raised flood fears along the Mississippi valley as heavy rains swelled waters. A quarter mile section of an earthen levee on the Arkansas River near Haroldton was washed away, forcing many to flee, while other breaches threatened Tulot and the town of Truman.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
Gulf
Arkansas River
Haroldton
Crawford County
Arkansas
Tulot
Ark
St. Francis
St. Francis River
Big Lake
Columbus
Clinton
Cairo
North Carolina boards begin work on equalized property estimates
Ten of eleven state board of equalization members met in Raleigh to launch plans and machinery for a statewide equalized estimate of property values. Governor Long said completion by June 1 seems likely to shape the $3,250,000 school fund distribution for 1928 29.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Equalization
J. Elmer Long
Governor Long
Leroy Martin
Long
Levee Break Reports Flood Threat in Kentucky Towns
An operator in Clinton Ky reports the private levee protecting Columbus Ky failed at 9 this morning. Communication with Columbus was cut as floodwaters swept into the town. In Oklahoma, about 100 people were marooned in Blaine after a bridge washout and rising water.
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Memphis
Tenn
Clinton
Columbus
Fort Smith
Ark
Blaine
Okla
Keota
Arkansas River
Hartshorne
Motion to Dismiss Marion County Grand Jury Files
In Indianapolis on April 14, Will H. Remy, Marion County prosecuting attorney, filed a motion to dismiss the Marion County grand jury amid alleged bribery attempts. The motion cites Claude H. Achey, a grand juror, being offered 2600 dollars and a job by James F. Armitage to prevent an indictment of Indianapolis Mayor John L. Duvall. Armitage is brother of local political leader William H. Armitage.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Marion County
Grand Jury
Will H. Remy
Remy
Claude H. Achey
James F. Armitage
Dexter Green Arrested on Train With Employer Funds
Dexter Green, who left Chicago with over $30,000 in cash and negotiable securities for his employers, the Mercantile Acceptance Company, was arrested on a New York Central train in Albany. Police found him carrying $804 in cash and $31,049 in securities. he claimed spending $80 on clothing en route to New York.
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Albany
N. Y
Dexter Green
Chicago
Mercantile Acceptance Company
New York Central
New York
Green
Earl Carroll ill in city hospital in Greenville
Mrs Earl Carroll Mrs Alice Carroll Snyder and Norman Carroll arrived from New York to go to the bedside of Earl Carroll the theatrical producer ill in the city hospital here
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Greenville
D. C
Earl Carroll
Alice Carroll Snyder
Norman Carroll
New York
City Hospital
See Frie s Appeal Heard in Greensboro
Greensboro April 14 Superior Court opens with S B Jeffreys appeal of a police court fine for assault linked to last spring’s clash between Jeffreys then a city officer and Chief George P Crutchfield. Jeffreys had filed the original charge which the court amended to include both men. The court also hears embezzlement charges against Roy Cole and forgery cases with continuations and changes due to juror illness.
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Greensboro
Superior Court
S. B. Jeffreys
Jeffreys
George P. Crutchfield
Roy Cole
Nolle Pros
R. E. Watson
D. G. Gilliam
William Brady
Durwood Brady
First Reunion of 113th Field Artillery Set at Fort Bragg
RALEIGH April 14 AP The first reunion of the 113th field artillery 30th division A E F will meet at Fort Bragg on August 12 and 13 More than 95 percent of the soldiers in this division were Tar Heel born and Tar Heel bred.
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Raleigh
113Th Field Artillery
Fort Bragg
Brakeman Fatally Injured In Coupling Accident
Raymond Thomas a 37 year old brakeman for the Seaboard Air Line railway was trapped between two freight cars while coupling them in Monroe. He was knocked under a car and his right leg was amputated at Monroe hospital after the lantern failed and another train backed down on him.
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Monroe
Raymond Thomas
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Thomas
Damaging Fire Destroys Morganton Block
A major blaze in Morganton West Virginia destroyed a theatre hardware store music shop and several other buildings in a single block. Damage was estimated between 1 500 and 2 000 000 dollars. The fire occurred early today and razed multiple structures including businesses.
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Morganton
W. Va
Windstorm Hits Texas Towns Injures Family Members
A Texas windstorm struck Mount Pleasant and Avery, about 50 miles from Texarkana, demolishing several buildings and injuring five members of one family, reports to the Texarkana Gazette said.
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Texarkana
Ark
Mount Pleasant
Avery
Texas
Earl Carroll Shows Signs of Improvement in Coma
In Greenville South Carolina on April 14 Earl Carroll theatrical figure and federal prisoner remained in coma for 29 hours. Dr C O Bates said condition improved though still serious as physicians monitor responses and seek cause. A United States deputy marshal stood outside the hospital during bedside consultation.
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Greenville
S. C
United States
Earl Carroll
C. O. Bates
Carroll
Associated Press
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Equalization Board
Lee’s Vets
Tampa
United Confederate
Aaron L. Hunt
Honaker
Fannie Graves
Chattanooga
Birmingham
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Felix Robertson
Tri-State Tobacco Growers Co-operative Association
United States District Court
Merton L. Corey
James H. Poll
Hallet S. Ward
IK Winston
Fred Morrison
Educational Commission
Morrison
Commission
General Assembly
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