Mine Disaster In Pennsylvania Tells Grim Toll
The Clymer mine disaster in Pennsylvania left 44 men believed dead with 58 trapped after an afternoon explosion. Nine burned bodies were recovered by noon as rescuers, authorities, and families frantically waited amid gas and wreckage. Federal and state probes began to determine the cause.
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Clymer, Pa
Clymer
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation
A. J. Musser
New York Central Railroad
Fred St Clair
Indiana County
Dixonville
Salvation Army
J. J. Forbes
United States Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh
Forbes
Turk Conspirators Executed in Angora Prison Yard
Four prominent unionists were executed at midnight in Angora after a special court found them guilty of conspiring to slay President Mustapha Kemal. The hangings bring the total for the alleged plot to 17, with subsequent banishments for other union leaders.
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Constantinople
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Angora
Dravid Bey
Nazim Bey
Abdul Hamid
Pilmi Bey
Nail Bey
Unionist Party
Mustapha Kemal
Smyrna
Com
Kemal
Water Front
North Carolina board probes textbook price discrimination
The North Carolina State Board of Education met in Raleigh to continue its inquiry into alleged discrimination in school book prices. Publishers argued the Tennessee deal is too late to change and the board pressed for parity with Tennessee pricing under the current contract, noting about 15000 dollars yearly in added costs to NC students.
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Raleigh
State Board of Education
North North Carolina
Brummitt
Tennessee
North Carolina
Citizens urged to lure manufacturers to High Point
Local businessmen send in daily letters to the High Point Chamber of Commerce urging increased industrial facilities. Mayor H A Moffitt stresses concentrating effort on bringing manufacturing plants to the city to provide jobs and boost industrial prosperity.
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High Point
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
C. C. Garrett
H. A. Moffitt
Moffitt
Warrant Issued for Stanly County Home Keeper
Indicted J C Burleyson keeper of Stanly county home on assault and battery charges involving inmate Mrs Nannie McIntyre who fled ten days ago and aided by Burleyson. She told reporters of alleged cruelties. Burleyson bonded after arrest and is held.
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Albemarle
J. C. Burleyson
Stanly County
Nannie McIntyre
Burleyson
Hundred-Plus Perish in Megna River Ferry Disaster
In Nakhalt Bengal Italy on August 27 an AP report says a Megna river ferry capsized midstream breaking in two. Of about one hundred on board ninety four are believed drowned with only six saved as swift currents carried many away.
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Nakhalt
Bengal
Italy
Megna
Rotary meet here closes with talk by former leader
The 57th district Rotary executive conference ends with Frank Lenz of Newport News calling for ethical business methods in Rotary and urging clubs to stress programs for better citizenship. Group formations, inter city meetings, and Wilmington's March conference were discussed as officers pledged efficient service.
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Rotary International
Rotary
Frank Lenz
Newport News
T. Wingate Andrews
High Point
Winston-Salem
Thomasville
Sheraton Hotel
S. Wade Marr
Gene Newsom
Wilmington
Reso
Immigrant laborer in Chicago rampage ends in death
An armed immigrant laborer identified as Joseph Mazza, 36, shot and killed a barber and wounded three others at the Illinois Central Railroad terminal before being fatally shot by a war veteran, after shouting he would “get even with all of you.” The incident prompted a fifteen minute panic as Mazza fired from a shotgun and pistol, then reloaded and targeted uniformed men before his demise.
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Chicago
Illinois Central Railroad
Charles Danloff
Michigan Central
Joseph Mazza
Illinois Central System
Mazza
Joseph Edwards
Louis Kikakos
Kikakos
Danioff
France
Gabor May Be Deported
Federal immigration officials planned to question a man who claims to be Baron George Exter Frederick von Krupp Jr. about his possible deportation as an undesirable alien. He uses the name George Adorjan Gabor and is wanted in the East for bad check charges. He says he was disowned, went to Hungary, became a Hungarian citizen, and later returned to the United States as a college student.
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Albuquerqque, N. M
Baron George Exter Frederick von Krupp, Jr
Krupp
Germany
George Adorjan Gabor
United States
Hungary
Gabor
Cotton Caterpillar Adds To North Carolina Pests
North Carolina reports a new cotton pest the cotton caterpillar seen about every four years. Granville county records the insect and State Entomologist C. W. Leing warns farmers to inspect cotton fields. Calcium arsenate advised for control as per Leiby.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
R. W. Leing
Granville County
Leiby
Valentino Funeral To Be Tuesday If Possible
Valentino's body remains on public view at a New York mortuary as crowds press to see the star. Police restrict access amid disorder fears while preparations continue for possible cremation or burial with Valentino's brother awaiting arrival.
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Valentino
New York
Rudolph Valentino
Upper Broadway
Castellaneta
S. George Ullman
Winfred Hudnutt
Europe
Hudnutt
Woodlawn Cemetery
Hollywood
Mr. Ullman
Alberto Guglielmi
St. Malachi’s Catholic
Ullman
Italy
James R. Quirk
Photo Play Magazine
Chicago
Sarazen Extends Lead At Highland Club Open
Gene Sarazen held the lead in the western open golf championship at Highland club Indianapolis finishing with 72 for a 141 total. His earlier 69 left him one under par and ahead of runner up Harry Hampton of Memphis who totaled 146 after a 70.
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Indianapolis
Gene Sarazen
Highland Club
Sarazen
Harry Hampton
Memphis
Catholic Church Services Halted in Mexico Pending Law Revisions
Mexico City August 27 AP Catholics suspend church services until religious laws are amended or repealed. The episcopate says the government seeks a schism but vows to resist. Petitions for constitutional religious clause amendments circulate as congress moves toward September 1 session amid a boycott economy.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Republic
Germany
Bismarck
Grand Jury to Hear New Evidence in Mills Affair
Hitherto unseen fingerprint evidence and a new description of the 1922 Hall Mills murder will be presented to a grand jury next month as three indictments are prepared. Willie Stevens, brother in law of Rev Edward Wheeler Hall, is identified as the chief suspect, with Mrs Eleanor Mills present during the fatal attack.
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Mills
Somerville
Hall-Mills
Willie Stevens
Edward Wheeler Hall
Eleanor Mills
Hall
Alexander Simpson
Stevens
Henry Carpender
Twelve New Typhoid Cases in North Carolina This Week
Twelve new typhoid cases were reported to the state health board, bringing this week’s total to 67. The report notes a gradual decline in typhoid, with only one new smallpox case and six infantile paralysis cases thus far this week.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
Tragedy Strikes Visiting Family as Infant Falls
The 20 month old Francis Vanmeter, son of Rev. and Mrs. J V Vanmeter of Columbia South Carolina, died in Shelby after falling from a second story window at Avery W McMurry's home where the family was visiting. Rev. Vanmeter is Euclair Presbyterian pastor and USC professor.
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Shelby
Francis
J.V. Vanmeter
Columbia
8. C
Avery W. McMurry
Vanmeter
Euclair Presbyterian Church
University of South Carolina
Escaped Negro Child Slayer Sought by Crowds in Mountains
An excited crowd aided by bloodhounds pursues George Mills a negro who allegedly struck and killed one year old Clarence Melton on a highway near Black Mountain and Montreat. Mills fled after the crash leaving a whiskey bottle in his car as officers caution him.
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Black Mountain
George Mills
Clarence Melton
Montreat
Montreal
Mills
John L. Carroll
Asheville
Melton
Rate hearings postponed in North Carolina
The Western Union and Postal Telegraph petitions for higher intra state rates were postponed from September 8 to September 20 by agreement of counsel per the State Corporation Commission. Local business groups opposed the rise arguing profits from inter national work. telegraph firms say intra state losses exist and seek distance based charges, about a 13 percent hike.
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Raleigh
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
North Carolina
State Corporation Commission
Chamber of Commerce and Merchants
Adventists Hold Opening Session in Charlotte Conference
Seventh Day Adventists met in Charlotte for the Carolina conference with the first business session. Arranging of committees occupied the morning gathering.
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Charlotte
Carolina
Louisiana Hurricane Toll Hits Four Dead
The Louisiana hurricane caused four known deaths with at least 13 fishermen missing. Morgan City suffered about 1 million in damage, while New Orleans and surrounding parishes faced hundreds of thousands to ten million in losses. Sugar cane and other crops were ruined across Southern Louisiana as storms toppled trees and damaged refineries.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Bayou de Fo
Barataria Bay
Baratar Bay
Morgan City
New Orle
Schriever
LaFourche
Terrebon
Lehriever
Houma
Thibodeaux
Final Letting of Contracts Sept 1 for North Carolina Highway Projects
The North Carolina State Highway Commission will meet September 1 to approve 21 projects from bids opened August 24. The awards cover 72.6 miles of hard surfaced highway and 83.9 miles of other roads across 18 counties. Low bids are expected to be awarded, with final approval by the commission.
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Entterpris
Sir Walter Hote Raleigh
State Highway Commission
The
Highway Commission
Franklin County Men Expect To Find Gold
Franklin County men L. F. Tillery and F. G. Sturgis, having conferred with government officials, report that active mining on their leased tract near the old Sturgis mine will start immediately after finding gold in the hills of Franklin.
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Franklin County
Rock
Franklin
L. F. Tillery
F. G. Sturgis
Sturgis
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Mittee
Union and Progress
Reouf Bey
England
Rasmi Bey
Chamber of Commerce
Cyrus Bettis
Wilds
Madman
Illinois Central Station
Barber
Rudy
Marie Guglielmo
Manley
Atlanta
D. Manley
Bankers’ Trust Company
Farmers and Traders Bank of Atlanta
Joe Paterson
the Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Adventists Meet
Storm
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