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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1928
Page
2
A acid blast at the Dupont Viscoloid company plant on De forest avenue in Kearney New Jersey leaves at least two men dead and about twenty injured as police and firemen with gas masks search the ruins. The acid house two story brick building 190 by 200 feet was demolished with the roof blown off and walls collapsed.
Rescue operation saved crew members including John Dawson and Tatson among a long list of officers, engineers, seamen, oilers, and coal passers. The article names numerous personnel such as B. Rowe H. E. Callis A. R. T. Gotwell and Frank R. Britt with several others.
Wireless operator F D Noashuna reports three coast guard boats still seeking survivors from the freighter Kershaw sunk near Hedge Fence lightship and East Chop. Commander Nichols says most of the crew were rescued by the steamer President Garfield, with six to seven still unaccounted for.
Mrs Lucy Matherly was found dead in her kitchen six miles from Rockingham. Her husband heard screams and found the body. Witnesses described a white man with a terrified expression seen fleeing as bloodhounds traced the trail from Asheboro.
Chang Sun-Chang, northern commander at Tientsin, orders a general retreat for northern forces along the Tientsin Pukow railway front as they combat Nationalist forces.
A Tokyo dispatch to the Evening News reports reliable Peking sources stating Chang Tso Lin the northern dictator has definitely decided to abdicate.
A dispatch from Peking to Rengo states Marshal Chang Tso-Lin informs representatives of the powers that he will evacuate Peking shortly.
Seven killed as two Illinois Traction interurban cars collide head on near Fithian seven miles west of Danville. Five killed instantly and 15 injured, with airbrake failure cited as cause as east bound car failed to take siding for westbound local.
Four men robbed the Indianapolis Country Club and escaped with a $1,600 payroll. This follows another club raid two days earlier at Broadmoor Country Club where robbers took money and jewels valued at $100,000.
Garland Alderman a Greensboro-born business leader with deep family ties to North Carolina communities died by self-inflicted gunshot at his High Point home. The 32 year old, married to Florence Adams, faced chronic pain from a prior automobile accident and had a history in photography and furniture industry ties. His funeral is planned at his Greensboro family home with Rev J W Moore officiating and burial in the family plot.
Lawr ence is charged with killing Mrs. Annie Terry of Durham by tossing her from Avent's Ferry bridge into the Cape Fear river. A green car bloodstain and search across several states are noted. Lawrence attempted self harm in custody and remained in court with help from a transfusion. Jurors deliberated after May 16 trial began.
The Rev. Frederick G. Arnold pastor of First Baptist Church Canon City and grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in Colorado died from erysipelas.
Cleveland reporters say Judge Willie Stephenson dismissed a suit by Kent P. Johnson of Kenton Ohio against Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company seeking to invalidate a $16,000,000 stock transfer.
The Southern Cross reports sighting land at 6:35 a.m. and later confirms landfall near Molokai and Oahu as it crosses Hawaii. Messages from Mutual Wireless and Fort Shafter relay the progress with pilots expressing concern about clouds and potential danger. The plane lands safely at Wheeler Field at 12:19 p.m. local time with navy escort.
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