Largest Theater Disasters List Across 100 Years
A New York report lists major global theatre disasters from 1876 to 1927. It names Conway's Brooklyn theatre 295 dead, Ring Vienna 800, Opera Comique Paris 200, Exeter New York 75, Davidson Milwaukee 76, Quanton Pekin 230, Grand Charity Bazaar Paris 143, Rhoades Boyertown 169, Iroquois Chicago 602, Panic Calumet 72, Knickerbocker Washington 98, Laurier Montreal 77.
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New York
Conway
Brooklyn
Ring Theatre
Vienna
Opera Comique
Paris
Exeter Theatre
Davidson's
Milwaukee
Quanton
Pekin
China
Rhoades
Boyertown
Iroquois
Chicago
Calumet
Mich
Knickerbocker
Washington
Laurier Theatre
Montreal
High Point Theater Fire Claims Over Seventy Perish
Officials report a deadly blaze at a theater resulting in over seventy fatalities. Authorities reveal stern enforcement measures and heightened action by agents after the disaster. Brogden indicates the U S enters a critical phase as investigations unfold tonight. Major developments anticipated in various fields after the new year.
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High Point
Stern
Brogden
U. S
Deadly Paisley theater fire claims seventy two
A fire at a Paisley motion picture theater killed 72 people most of them children ages 5 to 14 and injured about 150. The blaze started in the projection room and many died from carbon monoxide as panicked crowds fled via two main staircases. Rescue workers faced a chaotic scene as ambulances and trams carried victims to infirmaries.
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Paisley
Scotland
Porter predicts adjustment in U S China extraterritorial rights
Porter of the house foreign affairs committee says extraterritorial rights in China are the sole issue straining U S relations with the Far East. He expects a gradual modification or relinquishment as nations reform such privileges, noting they undermine sovereignty and provoke persistent disputes.
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Cecil B. Dickson
Washington
Porter
House Foreign Affairs Committee
China
United States
Far Eastern
Nanking
Siam
Turkey
Nankhins
Paisley Town Rich in Shawl Fame and Abbey Burials
Paisley, population 84 000, seven miles from Glasgow, rose to international fame for Paisley shawls produced from 1800 to the early 1880s on hand looms. The town is also noted for its abbey church dating to the 14th and 15th centuries, housing Margery Bruce's tomb and the burial of Robert III of Scotland.
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Paisley
Glasgow
Margery
Robert Bruce
Robert the Third of
Scotland
State collects over thirteen million in six months
North Carolina paid the federal government in the first six months of the fiscal year ending today, about ten and a half million dollars more than the same period last year. Collector Gil liam Grissom said totals reached 133,898,482.48 with one day unreported, and December 29 added 821,142,972.89 in revenue versus 19,623,900.43 in December 1928.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Gilliam Grissom
Internal Revenue
Gardner to Return to Raleigh for New Year
Governor Gardner is due to arrive in Raleigh tomorrow night from Shelby where he spent Christmas. His executive counsel O M Mull returned to Raleigh yesterday. All state departments will observe a New Year’s holiday.
Weather Hinders Eielson Search From Nome Alaska
A north gale and bitter cold hamper search efforts for Pilot Carl Ben Krielson and mechanic Earl Borland near Nome Alaska. The Nanuk ship with 11 aboard is icebound 500 miles northwest, reducing rescue progress as Crosson and Gillam report no search launch since Christmas.
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Nome
Alaska
Carl Ben Krielson
Earl Borland
Arctic Ocean
Here
Marion Senson
Olaf Senson
Joe Crosson
Harold Gillam
Crosson
Gillam
Ekielson
Borland
Pacific
Siberian
Fielson
Winston Man Hurt When Struck By Hit and Run Motorist
Winston Salem dispatch reports Bernard Wurreschke, a well known citizen, hospitalized with concussion after being struck by two hit and run drivers crossing the street. He was crushed between cars and thrown to the pavement. neither driver stopped. Pedestrians summoned an ambulance.
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Winston-Salem
Bernard Wurreschke
Warreschki
Liquor Haul Seized in Miami River Four Hundred Sacks Impounded
In Miami Florida customs officials seized a boat carrying four hundred sacks of liquor valued at twelve thousand dollars in the Miami river near the city.
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Miami
Fla
Miami River
Here
Two Trainmen Die In Canadian Rock Slide Wreck
Vancouver December 31 two CN freight train crew members L I Ross engineer and C H Reese brakeman were killed when a rock slide derailed the engine and three cars at Boston Bar on the Kamloops to Vancouver route.
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Vancouver
B. C
L. I. Ross
C. H. Reese
Canadian National Railway
Boston Bar
Kamloops
Smallpox Case Stirs Springfield Court Contagion Fears
Everett Sellers, jailed for a $2 theft, triggered a courthouse scare as he presented a virulent smallpox case in Springfield municipal court. Officials fled for exits while spectators backed away. the judge ordered fumigation and the case continued.
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Springfield
Everett Sellers
Sellers
Language map project to record U S regional speech
At the 46th annual American Language Association meeting Hans Kurath described a plan to catalog regional speech across the United States and Canada. The project would create 2000 to 3000 maps, 10000 phonograph records, and involve 25 to 50 field workers over two years.
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Cleveland
Georgia
Modern Language Association of America
Hans Kurath
Ohio State University
United States
Canada
American Council of Learned Societies
Language Association
Kurath
Bank Robbers Foiled by Citizens in Ohio Shootout
Five bank robbers kidnapped Ralph Davenport cashier then engaged in a wild gun battle with citizens and officers at Phillipsburg Ohio near DAYONTO after attempting to loot Phillipsburg state bank.
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Dayonto, O
Phillisburg
Ohio
Ralph Davenport
Phillipsburg State Bank
Chicago New Year Eve Driest Yet With Tight Controls
Chicago observers expected a restrained New Year celebration as the government deployed agents at major dining rooms and venues. The Palmer House closed its dining rooms, while other hotels planned multiple parties despite fewer intoxicants due to a blizzard and restrictions. About 20 000 reservations were reported across cabarets and hotels for the events.
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Chicago
Palmer House
Hoover quiet New Year hosts as Washington streets teem
Washington prepares for New Year revelry with President and Mrs. Hoover choosing a quiet home evening. Hotels night clubs and police assign extra staff to supervise crowds and enforce prohibition laws in business district venues.
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Washington
Hoover
City Rejects Bids For 1 1/2 Million Water Bonds
Four bids were submitted for the city’s 1.5 million water and sewer bonds but all were rejected as excessive interest or low premiums. The top bid came from The Commercial Bank and associates in Cincinnati with 5.5 percent interest and a 5200 premium. Other bidders included Caldwell and Company Chattanooga Mack and Company Birmingham Seasongood and Mayer Cincinnati. City Manager Knox said bids would be reissued later to raise funds to pay short term notes from dam and sewer plant construction.
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Commercial National Bank
Cincinnati
M. F. Schlater and Company
C. M. McNear and Company
Weil Roth and Irving
Provident Savings Bank and Trust Company
Caldwell and Company
Chattanooga
Tenn
Mack and Company
Birmingham
Ala
Seasongood and Mayer
Caldwell
Knox
McCall Enters Democratic Primary for District Solicitor
Charlotte attorney Johnson Db McCall announced candidacy for the Democratic primary next June for district solicitor. He would run on one plank equal treatment in court. McCall helped defend seven National Textile Workers Union members convicted of second degree murder in Gastonia last October.
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Charlotte
Johnson Db
McCall
John G. Carpenter
Gastonia
Caidh
National Textile Workers Union
O. F. Aderholt
The Late Mr. Cohn Brings Wedding Delays
In Evanston the wedding of Miss Elsie Hoffman faced repeated delays as Edward Cohn arrived hours late after a misaligned schedule. Guests and the bride waited from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. before the groom appeared, prompting lighthearted remarks about his chronic tardiness.
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Mr. Cohn
Evanston
Edward Cohn
Cohn
Elsie Hoffman
Resignation Sought for U S Marshal in Whisky Case
Raleigh Dec 31 The Raleigh Times reports Deputy U S Marshal J W Taylor in charge of the New Bern division asked to resign after his car was caught with 94 gallons of whisky following a chase. Taylor wired his resignation to U S Marshal R W Ward. Driver Doc Floyd of New Bern was fined 1000 dollars or jailed 11 months at Kinston.
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Raleigh
Raleigh Times
U. S
J. W. Taylor
New Bern
United States
R. W. Ward
Taylor
Warsaw
Marshal Ward
Times
Doc" Floyd
Kinston
Brookhart Demands Mellon Resignation Over Prohibition
Senator Brookhart of Iowa called for the resignation of Andrew W. Mellon secretary of the treasury over enforcement amid the prohibition controversy. He urged removing Mellon and others in the treasury department linked to enforcement and said he would bring the issue to the Senate floor next week.
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Washington
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Brookhart
Iowa
Ciry
Mellon
Treasury Department
Norris
Nebraska
Senate
Wall Street
Titanic Thompson Jailed Overnight Over High Stakes Golf
Alvin C. Thomas known as Titanic Thompson, ally of the late Arnold Rothstein, stayed in jail in Little Rock after police investigated a golf match with stakes rising to 2000 per round. No complainants appeared, and Thomas and his Chicago companion Frank Sitkoski faced release pending further action.
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Little Rock
Ark
Alvin C. Thomas
Milwaukee
Titanic” Thompson
Arnold Rothstein
Thomas
Frank Sitkoski
Chicago
Rogers, Ark
New York Samblers
Sitkoski
George MacManus
Rothstein
New York
Lowman Blunt on Killings Support for Prohibition Enforcement
Seymour Lowman assistant secretary of the treasury said the killing of three rum runners off Newport Rhode Island by coast guardsmen was unfortunate but unavoidable and that federal officers enforcing dry laws would have backing from superiors. Rear Admiral Billard added the law must be enforced with firmness.
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Washington
Fede
Seymour Lowman
Lowman
Billard
Coast Guard
New London
Conn
Senate
White House
Borah
Idaho
Prohibition
Hoover
Congress
House
Walsh
Massachusetts
Metcalf
Rhode Island
Pole Again Thwarted By Loss of His Money
Camden New Jersey December 31. Elex Slessandreck aged 40 has been robbed of funds saved for a return to Poland. He withdrew $1,000 from a bank to travel but the money disappeared last night. He previously lost $2,500 in 1921 and $1,200 in 1923 after withdrawing for the same trip.
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Camden
N. J
Elex Slessandreck
Poland
Slessandreck
Wilkins Finds Unknown Lands Over Antarctica
Montevideo reports Captain Sir George Hubert Wilkins has recovered from his polar flight with news of unknown land spotted during his latest voyage over the Antarctic ice cap. The government radio service cited a Melville steamer message from Deception Island as base, but details were not released.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Antarctica
Polar
Melville
Explorer
Deception Island
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Supreme Court
Judge Brogden
Senator Simmons
B. Richard L. Turner
Associated Press
America
Law Enforcement Commission
Yatm
Great Britain
Uncle Sam
Eielson
Nanuk
Winston Man
Treasury
Pole
Wilkins
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