Wreck of Holiday Train Leaves 33 Hurt in Atlantic City
A high speed holiday train crash near Wins Junction, Atlantic City, halts as conductor signals fail. Thirty three injured, several dead, including Westcott and Dilasua. Rescue workers aid victims. line cleared after officials blamed faulty signal mechanisms.
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Falter Westcott
Gloucester
N. J
Tineer
William T. Rider
Atlantic City
Eph Dilasua
Pleasar Worth
Jes
Red Cross
American Legion
Thieves Take Two Autos and Accessories in City
Two cars and a truck were stolen last night. H M Bell of Rink Apartments reported a theft from Meridian and Ohio streets. Henderson Tire and Tractor Company of Mooresville Indiana reported a vehicle stolen from Maryland and Illinois streets. Wade Mary of 838 Park Avenue reported a truck stolen from in front of city hall. A hood from L Markowitz 1212 Cornell Avenue, a spare tire from John Lee 858 Bradshaw Street, a spotlight from Lee Wilkerson of Star Store, and a motometer and battery from William E Lapier 931 North East Street were also taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Bell
Rink
Meridian
Ohio
Henderson Tire and Tractor Company
Mooresville
Ind
Maryland
Illinois
Wade Mary
Park Ave
L. Markowitz
Cornell Ave
John Lee
Bradshaw
Lee Wilkerson
Star Store
William E. Lapier
N. East
Seek Woman's Assailant In Beatrice Amer Man Case
Detectives search for a fashionably dressed young man who attacked Beatrice Amer man at 2708 N Dearborn St near Washington Blvd and Thirty Seventh Street last night. No motive or weapon specified. neighborhood residents report shock and fear.
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Beatrice Amerman
Dearborn St
Washington Blvd
Rehearing Denied On Power Rate Reduction and Surcharges
The Public Service Commission refused a petition for rehearing of an order reducing power rates by Merchants Heat and Light Company and Indianapolis Light and Heat Company. It also denied rehearing for establishing new basic rates and authority to increase temporary surcharges on each bill pending new rates.
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Merchants Heat and Light Company
Indianapolis Light and Heat Company
Pubic Service Commission
Quotable quips and quirked observations from Tom Sims
A collection of humorous lines and witticisms touching on barbering legends, self love, Ohio deputies in disguise, luck, London women, insomnia in church, famous boxing prospects, radium prices, daylight robberies, and aging women. The item presents a mosaic of pop culture jests with a punchy, period voice.
Elevator Fire Near Hospital Causes 4 Million Loss
Lightning struck a Baltimore and Ohio grain elevator at Locust Point injuring three firefighters. The blaze stopped short of Ft. McHenry Hospital where 400 disabled World War II veterans are treated.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio
Locust Point
Ft. McHenry Hospital
Suit on Skates Tests if Skates Are Sporting Goods
In a Kokomo case the United States Government may claim 75 000 of Liberty Pressed Metal Co assets if referee Harry S Sheridan rules ice and roller skates are sporting goods. If not creditors receive the funds. The suit continues in federal court until next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Harry S. Sheridan
United States
Liberty Pressed Metal Co
Kokomo
Fires Hit Two St. Louis Papers in Daytime Blazes
Fires damaged two city newspaper buildings in St. Louis on July 3. The St. Louis Times burned motor at its Globe Democrat press site while the Post Dispatch radio room suffered a blaze from crossed wires. both losses were described as slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
St. Louis Times
Globe Democrat
Post Dispatch
Government Service Examinations Announced for Clerical Posts
H. M. Trimpe, secretary of the civil service board, said openings for druggist and general clerical positions exist in government service. Examinations are scheduled for July 14 and July 22 at the Federal Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Trimpe
Civil Service Board
Federal Building
Arrest Report: Conley Held in Baseball Pool Charges
Lester Conley 29 of 120 W. Michigan St. was arrested on charges of selling baseball tickets and keeping a gambling house. This marks his first arrest this year on operating a baseball pool.
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Lester Conley
Michigan St
Rebels Press Dublin as Free State Troops Close In
Dublin dispatch reports Irish Rebel barricades weakening as Free State forces tighten around insurgent positions in Dublin. Father Albert notes Eamonn De Valera is safe in the Gresham Hotel. Lord Mayor ONeill arrested as armored cars and shelling rattle OConnell Street. several prisoners reported and many wounded walking away.
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Dublin
Free State
Albert
Gresham Hotel
Eamonn de Valera
O'Neill
O'Connell St
Park Theaters Attack Sparks City Council Objections
Residents near Garfield oppose open air theaters in city parks. The council plans to amend the park ordinance to ban theatricals, linking them with public dancing ban. Brookside Park theater cost 3500 dollars. Garfield Park project estimated at 6000 dollars. President Bernd says south side members will push the amendment tonight.
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Shank
Theodore J. Bernd
Brookside Park
Garfield Park
Bernd
South Side
Cincinnati Man Ends Life After Shooting Two
William Dean fifty shot and killed himself on a porch after seriously wounding Scott Bredwell fifty and attempting to kill his former wife Anna Dean in Cincinnati Ohio. He arrived from Detroit this morning and fired at his wife, who escaped unharmed.
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Cncinnati
Ohio
William Dean
Scott Bredwell
Anna Dean
Dean
Detroit
Chicago Marshal Robert R. Levy May Quit for Prohibition Post
Rumor says Robert R. Levy the United States marshal in Chicago may resign to become Federal prohibition director for the Great Lakes district. The shakeup could remove Charles A. Gregory from control of duty forces amid personal differences with Col. L. G. Nutt.
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United Press
Chicago
Robert R. Levy
United States
Great Lakes District
Charles A. Gregory
Gregory
Col
L. G. Nutt
Race Postponed Five Mile Pushmobile at Parker Ave
The five mile pushmobile race scheduled for July 4 at Parker Avenue and E Tenth Street is postponed to Saturday July 22 due to many entrants being out of town. Merchants nearby have donated prizes valued at 105 dollars.
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Parker Ave
E. Tenth St
Marion celebrates centennial with banner running through Main Street
At Marion Ohio the centennial celebration opens with a bold banner proclaiming The first hundred years are the hardest across the Main Street as residents and officials mark a century of community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Ohio
Marioi
Will We Be Hanged Sherman Hanna and George Hurlburt Case
Sherman Hanna and 9 year old George Hurlburt are detained after a shooting at Peter Carramusa. Hanna fears hanging and is held as a witness while George faces unclear disposition as police weigh charges. The incident involves Kansas City police and NEA Service reporting.
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Sherman Hanna
Kansas City
George Hurlburt
Peter Carramusa
Hanna
George
Sherman
Monkeyface
Sher
Harding Keeps Eye on Strike En Route to Marion
President Harding travels from Uniontown toward Marion Ohio for the Fourth of July event. He follows rail and coal strike developments and hopes Hoover Davis and Fall can resolve the mine and railroad crises. He visits Senator Crow before continuing to Marion where he and Generals Pershing and Dawes will speak.
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Herbert W. Walker
United Press
President Harding
Uniontown
Harding
Marion
Ohio
Washington
Hoover
Davis
Fall
Labor Board
Senator Crow
Wheeling
W. Va
Columbus
Gen
John Pershing
Charles Dawes
George T. Harding
McCumber Blames Short Campaign for Primary Loss
Senator McCumber of North Dakota released a letter to campaign manager R. J. Hughes of Fargo explaining his defeat in the Republican primary. He said Hughes’ two months were too short to counter two years of opposition and noted his political lines were broken as a united organization opposed him.
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Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
R. J. Hughes
Fargo
Hughes
United Organization
U S Citizens Wife Slain by Mexican Gang Near Tampico
Consul Shaw reports the murder of Mrs. Thomas Cheney, wife of an American citizen, at Chocoy forty miles NW of Tampico on June 30. Bandits led by Manuel Larraga demanded 20 000 pesos and killed her when she identified the rebel leader. Secretary Hughes directs Mexican authorities to punish the killers.
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Washington
Tampico
State Department
Consul Shaw
Thomas Cheney
Chocoy
Cheney
Manuel Larraga
Shaw
United States
Hughes
Summerlis
Gorozave's Trail Hot as Feds Close In
Federal troops in the Tampico district routed part of General Gorozave's band at El Trueno and killed five bandits. About 50 horses and many guns were abandoned as 1,000 troops converge to capture Gorozave and the remaining outlaws. Colonel Yaqui, a notorious bandit, accompanied Gorozave and attempted to kill an American, but was stopped by another officer.
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Frederick Neuimtier
United Press
Tampico
Mexico
Gorozave
el Trueno
Yaqui
Strikes Sweep Germany Halting Shipping and Printing
On July 3 Berlin reports nationwide strikes across Germany. Printers stoppedwork countrywide while Hamburg’s sailors and stokers quit, freezing shipping and paralyzing port activity.
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Berlin
Germany
Hamburg
Disorder Flaunts at Chicago Rail Yards in Strike Turmoil
Twenty men gathered in the Balti more & Ohio yards and stoned coaches on the tracks. Police arrived to find the crowd dispersed. Reports link a Perry Iowa influx of strikebreakers to unrest at the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul shops where recruits fled into a corn field and remained missing.
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Chicago
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Perry
Iowa
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Train Service Unharmed As Shop Strikers Replaced Locally
Local Big Four and Pennsylvania C I W railroads report strikers returning to work and new hires in many yards. Sixty eight machinists and sixteen new workers join jobs while eighty percent of Indianapolis force remains at work. Officials say service continues with only running repairs.
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Big Four
Pennsylvania
Labor Board
Motive Power
Majestic Building
General Office
Majestic
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Louisville
South Bend
Peoria
B. A. Worthington
Worthington
Shelby St
E. M. Costin
Cincinnati
Cleveland & St. Louis
Michigan & E. I. & T. H
Brightwood
Mooresfield
Indianapolis Union Railway
P. J. Landers
Automobile Turns Turtle in Illinois Injuring Three
A. H. Worsham of Guilford Avenue was hurt at McHenry Illinois yesterday when his car flipped over. His two children were cut by glass.
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A. H. Worsham
Illinois
Guilford Ave
McHenry
Stunt Aviator Killed In Midair Collision Incident
Chicago July 8 Louis James a stunt aviator was killed while attempting to change planes in mid air. His body was swung into the path of a propeller and fell near his sweetheart. The accident occurred as he executed a midair maneuver.
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Sweetheart
Chicago
Louis James
Avatar
Sentencing Update for 16-Year-Old Fred Tomlinson
Fred Tomlinson, 16, with a suspended sentence of one to fourteen years in the State reformatory, was ordered by Judge James A. Collins to be turned over to the sheriff today after rearrest for breaking into a jewelry store.
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Fred Tomlinson
Station St
State Reformatory
James A. Collins
Tomlinson
Hen theft at W D Spitz farm shocks Allsonville road
Ten hens were stolen overnight from the farm of W. D. Spitz at Allsonville road and Fiftieth Street. Police were notified of the theft today.
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W. D. Spitz
Allsonville Road
Fiftieth St
Rise of Railroad Strike Looms as Unions Consider Walkout
Detroit officials report maintenance of way leaders near 250000 members weighing a strike after a long Detroit Chicago conference. Leaders indicate a 36 to 40 hour delay before action if approved, with allied unions potentially joining to swell the walkout.
Detroit Toledo Ironton workers reject strike over wage cut
Lima Ohio July 8 United News reports DT&I shop workers declined to strike after Henry Ford owner of the railroad did not use the labor board ruling to cut wages.
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United News
Lima
Ohio
Detroit, Toledo & Ironton
Henry Ford
Labor Board
Picketing Issue at Railroad Shops Led by Local 611 Chief
More than 700 strikers from all crafts met at Machinists Hall to form a committee of eighteen to decide if local railroad shops should be picketed during the strike. Charles Hanrahan, president of Local 611, International Association of Machinists, chairs the panel and the broader strike committee.
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Charles Hanrahan
International Association of Machinists
Delaware St
Hanrahan
Frank Pendleton
Boilermakers
Clarence M. Dobson
Pennsylvania
Striking Shopmen Lose Standing With Board
The United States railroad labor board stripped the shop crafts union of recognition after a Saturday strike in Chicago. It urged remaining and new railroad workers to form a replacement group and ruled shop craft workers were no longer railroad employees under the Transportation Act. The ruling covers unions ordering strikes and the government will protect current rail workers.
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United Press
Detroit
Mich
Maintenance of Way Union
E. E. Grable
Executive Council
Grable
Jewell
Chicago
Railroad Shop Crafts’ Union
United States Railroad Labor Board
Shop Crafts’ Union
Local Observations In Rain and Streetcar Mishap
Reports describe a neighbor sprinkler during rain, a girl’s escort tripping on a streetcar dance step and falling, a sign reading Davenport for sailor rooms two rent, a man holding a lit firecracker until it exploded, and a person surrendering a car key to a repair shop worker while waiting for the place to open.
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Ihn Dewalt
Junction
of the
Public Service Commission
Tom Sims
Ee Sims
London
Dempsey
Wills
New York
Ft. McHenry
Unitea
The
Indianapolis Times
Indianapolis Times Circulation Dept
Eamon de Valera
Father Albert
Ulletin
Evening News
Council Group
Garfield
Safety Board
Board of Safety
NEA
Hopee
Crow
T. Dewitt Cuyler
Association of Railway Executives
U. S
Tampico Fields
Volney B. Fowler
Bert Jewell
United Front of Trade Organizations
Association of Employers
Charles R. Lynch
Maintenance of Way
Edward F. Grable
Maintenance Brotherhood
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Bert M. Jewell
E .H. Fitzgerald
Timothy Healy
D. W. Helt
Burnside
Illinois Central
Fitzgerald
Wabash
Big Workers
L. V. Hart
D. A. Cromwhite
Railway
American Federation of Labor
H. E. Jones
Federation of Striking
Jones
Hart
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