Nine miners die as Clymer mine blast toll rises to forty one
Aug 27 Clymer Fa nine badly burned bodies recovered from the Clymer mine bringing the death toll from yesterday's explosion to 41. Rescuers press on for three more buried miners as mourners gather near a temporary morgue set in a tool shed.
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Clymer
Salvation Army
J. J. Forbes
United States Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh
Forbes
Stafford
Shanktown
Four prominent Unionists hanged in Turkey purge
Four prominent Unionists were executed at midnight in Angers after a special court found them guilty of conspiring to slay President Mustafa Kemal. Thirteen others were hanged at Smyrna, raising total executions to seventeen, with five more Union leaders banished. The Turkish police had uncovered the plot during a visit to Smyrna last June, triggering mass arrests and swift trials.
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Constantinople
Mustapha Nemal Pasha
Turkey
Angers
Dravid Bey
Long
Nazim Bey
Abdul Hamid
Hilmi Bey
Nail Bey
Unionist Party
Togay
Mustapha Kemal
Smyrna
Committee of Union and Progress
Reouf Bey
England
Rahmi Bey
Kemal
Poincare Annoyed By Reports On Franc Situation
Paris reports state that foreign bankers allegedly meeting abroad to advise France on franc policy have irritated the Poincare cabinet. The Associated Press says Paris is unaware of any such meeting and would not consider a Dawes plan for francs. France seeks internal fixes and says foreign aid, if needed, would be in credits not presently contemplated.
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Paris
France
Poincare
Associated Press
Ederle Receives Roaring Homecoming in New York
Gertrude Ederle returns from Europe to a festive New York welcome. A parade, music, and fireboat displays mark the arrival after a mayoral presentation at City Hall. A continued report promises details on page six.
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New York
Trude
Broadway
Walker
City Hall
Miss Ederle
Youth claims he is German baron visits Ford agency
Albuquerque officials plan to question a young man who calls himself Baron George Exter Frederick Von Krupp Jr and alleges disownment, Hungarian citizenship, and a past as George Abert ion Gabor. He waives extradition to Delaware for a bad check charge while a Brown University companion claims he cashed checks in Wilmington and Pittsburgh.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Baron George
Frederick von Krupp, Jr
Krupp Arms
Germany
George Abertion Gabor
United States
Hungary
Gabor
Wilmington
Delaware
Pittsburgh
Penna
Automobile Agency
Charles Tatesch
Brown University
Tatesch
Said
Catholic Services Remain As Laws Not Yet Changed
Mexico City August 27 Until religious laws are repealed or amended Catholics will not resume church services in the republic. The Catholic Episcopate pledges Catholics will not yield to threats while noting German Catholics endured Bismarck provisions. Congress to be asked to amend religious clauses. signatures gathered nationwide, time tight before session September 1. Business lowness from economic boycott lingers.
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Mexico
City
Republic
Hatter
Germany
Bismarck
Episcopate
Congress
Prosecutor Claims Clergyman Died Defending Choir Leader
Special Prosecutor Alexander Simpson stated the Episcopal clergyman was killed defending Mrs Eleanor Mills from an attack in the Hall Mills murder case. He argued Willie Stevens, brother in law of Rev Edward Wheeler Hall, was the principal assailant and that a soilied calling card linked him to the scene four years ago. Simpson described the victim shielding Mrs Mills and noted Mrs Hall placed a card at the dead man's feet.
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Somerville
N. J
Hall- Mills
Willie Stevens
Edward Wheeler Hall
Simpson
Jeader
Eleanor Mills
Hall
Alexander Simpson
Stevens
Naval armaments should be limited to curb war risk
Geneva August 27 A naval committee of the preparatory disarmament conference adopts a resolution urging competitive armaments be limited to ease misgivings between nations and promote universal peace. The panel has studied methods to reduce navies and lessen the chance of conflict.
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Geneva
Investigation of Don Mellett Case Settles to Jury
Canton Ohio August 27 The murder of Canton publisher Don R Mellett tied to his stand against labor trafficking settled into the grand jury process with no timetable for reports. Prosecutor C J McClintock said a mystery witness and key informers were questioned as the panel prepared to hear H C Pontius former judge and attorney along with Louis Mazer who faces murder charges.
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Canton
Don R. Mellett
Sluin
C. J. McClintock
Grand Jury
Weather Outlook for Virginia and Tennessee
Virginia sees fair skies tonight and Saturday with little temperature change and moderate west winds. Tennessee also has fair conditions tonight and Saturday with near steady temperatures and a partly cloudy afternoon.
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Virginia
Tennessee
Reunion Brings Home Killed-in-Action Soldier Before Armistice
Fred Hoffman 42, listed as killed in action before the 1918 armistice, arrived in Pittsburgh yesterday and phoned his sister. She fainted upon hearing his voice as a family reunion with their 85-year-old mother followed.
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Pittsburgh
Fred Hoffman
Police Chief Seized by Bandits After Shootout near Sallis
In Muskogee Oklahoma on August 27 two Sequoyah county deputies Bett Cotton and Perry, along with Chief of Police W J Hall of Tahlequah, pursued two bandits in an automobile after a bank robbery. A running fight ensued two miles out of Sallis, resulting in deputy injuries and Hall being captured, the bandits seizing the officers’ car and fleeing west. The pursuit continued as the outlaws escaped with the chief.
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Muskogee
Okla
Sequoyah County
W. J. Hall
Tahlequah
Alice
Sulligan
Bett 'Cotton
Perry
Wall
Sallis
Delegates Weigh Berry as 1928 VP Candidate
At Pressmen's Home Tennessee Aug 27, Democratic labor leaders discuss Major Geo L Berry, president of the Pressmen's Union, as a possible vice presidential nominee for 1928. Prominent labor figures across states urge support, praising Berry's background and potential to unite the party.
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Pressmen’s Home
Tenn
International Pressmen and Assistants Union of North America
Major
Geo. L. Berry
Pressmen’s Union
Berry
William H. Young
Colorado
John M. Brophy
Wisconsin
John Schneider
Kentucky
William H. McHugh
Pennsylvania
Joseph A. Dart
Mass
Jacob B. Boscon
Washington
James Brooks
Oregon
Frank White
Georgia
Shuford B. Marks
Illinois
Major Berry
Mr. Young
Abraham Lincoln
Texas primary race tightens between Ferguson and Moody
The Texas gubernatorial runoff campaign closes with Governor Miriam A. Ferguson and Attorney General Dan Moody using Fergusonism and Klan themes to rally support. Moody trails by about 1,700 votes from the first primary while Ferguson campaigns with her husband James E. Ferguson and sparse public appearances.
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Dallas
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Dan Moody
Kn Ax Klan
Moody
Govenor
James E. Ferguson
Railroader Turns Shooting Maniac Killed by Barber
Chicago authorities say a 36 year old Sicilian laborer Joseph Mazza armed with a shotgun and knife created chaos at Illinois Central terminal firing on uniformed workers. A barber named Charles Danloff killed Mazza after Mazza killed a waiter and wounded three others. The shooter shouted I will get even with all of you before his demise.
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Chicago
Ilinois Central
Barber
Charles Danloff
Michigan Central
Joseph Mazza
Requisition for Kinnie Wagner Ties Arkansas to Mississippi
Governor Terral authorized a requisition for the transfer of Karl Wagner a feared gunman from Texarkana to Greene County Mississippi to face murder charges. Sheriff Turner of Greene County indicated Mississippi will pursue Wagner if Tennessee shares in a $2750 reward while Arkansas awaits Sheriff Thomas’s return for comment. The plan also notes Kin nie Wagner may be released to Mississippi if a verdict is not reached locally.
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Little Rock
Ark
Terral
Mississippi
Karl ‘Keonie’ Wagner
Texarkana
Arkansas
Kinnie Wagner
T. R. Bandy
Turner
Greene County
Miss
Wagner
Tennessee
Joe Thomas
Sullivan County
Desperado
Greene
Kingsport
Andville
Bandy
Thomas
Aay
Sam
Will Carper
M. M. McIntosh
Terrall
Dexter Bush
Lillie Barber
Miller County
Five Known Dead In Louisiana Storm Toll
New Orleans Aug 27 Five persons were dead and several missing as a tropical hurricane hit southern Louisiana Wednesday night with damage estimated between five and ten million dollars. A renewed search was under way for 13 fishermen missing more than 36 hours from Bayou de Fon near Barataria Bay after they set out in three gasoline launches before the water was struck by the storm.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Bayou de Fon
Barataria Bay
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Ferguson
Symra
Gertrude Ederle
U. S
Channel Lands
Federal Immigration Officials
Baron
Ford Agency
Jersey
Don Mellett
Anti-Ferguson Gang
Oklahoma’ Highway
I Pressmen’s Home
Jim
Maniac
Kinnie
Cam King
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