Fireworks Plant Blast Leaves One Dead, Six Hurt in Elkton
At Elkton Maryland on June 12 a fireworks plant explosion in a garage building killed Thelma Dunlap, 27, and injured six others, one seriously. Forty one workers were hospitalized as officials opened an inquiry into the accident at the Trumph Fuses and Fireworks Company emergency plant in the yard of J Ben Decker.
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Elkton
Thelma Dunlap
Trumph Fuses and Fireworks Company
J. Ben Decker
Oper
Newspaper Advertising Seen Essential to Bank Ads
W R Snodgrass of Union National Bank Kansas City tells the American Institute of Banking group in Omaha that newspaper advertising uniquely performs. He says the printed page is the market place of the modern world and that banks have been negligent in using it.
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Omaha
Neb
W. R. Snodgrass
Union National Bank
Kansas City
American Institute of Banking
Fire at plant kills and injures workers
An explosion and fire at a plant nearby employed about 300 people. eight or nine workers had yet to arrive when the blast hit the garage. Miss Dunlap could not escape as others fled or were injured by running from the burning building.
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Ales
Miss Dunlap
Jewel thief Cat-Eye Annie McDowell awaits trial
Lillian McDowell, alias Cat-Eye Annie, a long-time jewel thief, is in St Louis awaiting trial on a 1922 theft charge. Police identified a photo as hers, linking a maid who locked a wife in a closet and fled with $5,000 in jewels to the case. She had been brought from Boston after recent custody release.
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ST. Louis
APJ
Lillian
Annie’ McDowell
George C. Mackay
Aley
Mackay
Boston
Three Charged With Murder in Insurance Death
In Springfield Missouri on June 12 AP reports murder charges filed against Lloyd Robinson 18 his mother Mrs Mary Robinson 49 and Dr F W Schlicht 55 in the slaying of Lloyds father Robert Robinson 80 The motive cited was to pay an $8000 mortgage with an $190000 life insurance payoff Lloyd allegedly confessed that he struck his father at the dinner table then with his mother moved the body to a car carried it to a rural site poured kerosene on the seat cushions and set them aflame The physician was said to be to receive part of the insurance money
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Springfield
Lloyd Robinson
Robert Robinson
Homer Chatfin
Webster County
Lloyd
Mary Robinson
F. W. Schlicht
Niangua
Marshfield
Chaffin
Robinson
Newbrug
Lona Andre seeks annulment of Mexico wedding
Hollywood June 12 iUP Lona Andre filed for an annulment from Edward Norris four days after their border wedding in Juana Mexico. She alleged false representations and said Norris overestimated his ability to provide luxuries. The actress, once linked to James Dunn, traveled to Mexico and reversed course on matrimony.
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Hollywood
Lona Andre
Rijuana
Mexico
Edward Norris
Laura Andeson Norris
Norris
Nashville, Tenn
Alm Colony
Miss Andre
James Dunn
Former West Pointer Faces Court Martial
Lieut. Harry A. Sebastian, former West Point football star at Governor's Island, faces court martial at Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, for marrying Harriet Hagman Sebastian in 1931 while at the academy. If guilty, penalties include removal from army promotion lists or dismissal. The marriage, revealed by a later separation suit, violated rules barring cadets from forming marriages.
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New York
Harry A. Sebastian
West Point
Governor's Island
Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn
Army
Harriet Hagman Sebastian
Military
Lieut
Sebastian
Carter's Little Liver Pills Promised To Cure Bad Breath
A vintage advertisement explains bad breath as a sign of digestive decay from excessive eating. It claims bile flow from the liver must reach the bowels, warning against calomel and promoting Carter's Little Liver Pills as a gentle aid, priced two cents.
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Carter
Admits PATRICIDE in Marshfield Family Slaying Case
Llaya Hickinson, 18, farm youth near Marshfield Missouri, signed a confession claiming he killed his father Robert Rabinson, 50, by striking him with a heavy steel rasp and burning the automobile with the body inside. The widow, also charged, aided in planning to collect a $5000 life insurance payout. Dr W P Schlich denied involvement. All three held in Webster County jail.
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Llaya Hickinson
Marshfield
Robert Rabinson
Rabinson
W. PB. Schlich
Nimgua
Webster County
King George Confined With Catarrh At Sandringham
King George suffers bronchial catarrh and will need at least two weeks to regain health, said physicians. He rests at Sandringham after Jubilee celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of his accession. He recently recovered from a cold just in time for the Trooping of the Colours on his 70th birthday.
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Sandringham
Eng
George
Calles Statement Warns of Army Division Threat
Mexican political and industrial circles react to a June 312 statement by Gen. Plutarco Elias Calles, former president now power behind the government. He warned that current bickering could split the army and trigger armed conflict and national disaster. Calles urged unity with President Lazaro Cardenas, though factions loyal to Calles and Cardenas aides foresee cabinet upheaval.
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Mexico City
Plutarca Elias
Calles
Pascual Ortiz Rubio
California
Ital
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