Death Toll in School Blast Surges to Forty-One
Bath Michigan reports a horrific school explosion carried out by Andrew Kehoe. The mine beneath the basement, timed to bombs, killed 36 children and five adults, with 44 more injured. Kehoe and his wife perished in the disaster after the blast and subsequent fire. Investigators note a meticulous wiring and clock system intended to destroy the consolidated school and its occupants.
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Bath
Mich
Andrew Kehoe
Kehoe
Trial of Negro on Charge of Killing Girl in Arkansas
An atmosphere of restraint marked preparations for the trial of Lonnie Dixon and Henry Hudson, two Black youths charged in the murder of Teele McDonald, a 12 year old girl. Dixon allegedly lured the girl to a church belfry and killed her with a brick. Deputies patrolled Pulaski County courthouse corridors while guards awaited a possible not guilty plea.
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Little Rock
Ark
Teele McDonald
Lonnie Dixon
Pulaski County Court House
Henry Hudson
Dixon
Hudson
Residents Flee Parish After Tide Strike
OKMULGEE Okla May 19 Matthaw Kimes and his bandit gang held up two Beggs banks yesterday morning killed Chief of Police W J Mc Anally and escaped with 17 SG149 have been cornered at bay in Pawnee county by a posse of over 100 armed citizens and officers Constable BE W Jones of Beggs says the bank robbers were trailed through Bristow Hamrock Cushing and Yale and may head toward Osage county where they are believed to have made headquarters
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Okmulgee
Oklo
Matthaw Kimes
W. J. McAnally
Pawnee County
BE. W. Jones
Beggs
Jones
Bristow
Hamrock
Cushing
Yale
Osage County
Mind in disease debated at AMA annual meeting
At the American Medical Association convention in Washington on May 19 several speakers argued that psychogenic factors often drive illness and that patient belief in an organic disease can alter a person’s personality. The discussion emphasized the independence of psychology from medicine.
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Washington
American Medical Association
Nellis B. Foster
New York
Five Die As Illinois Peoria Storm Hits The City
Peoria Illinois reports indicate five believed dead after a wall of water about 138 feet high swept through flood areas. More than a score unaccounted for, 350 homeless, and damage estimated at 1.5 million dollars. Train service disrupted by washouts as residents flee East Peoria. Walter Mu ller, son of the mayor, remains missing after being swept away along with a companion on railway tracks. Four other deaths reported in nearby low lands. Indiana and Indianapolis also hit by the same storm system.
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Peora
Ils
Walter Mueller
Peoria
Young Mucler
Lester Jones
Toledo
New Orleans Flood Warnings Spark Mass Evacuations
In the Atchafalaya basin west of New Orleans residents flee as weather officials widen flood warnings. About 4,000 people are displaced as towns along Bayou des Glaises and Melville crevasse areas face rising waters. Refugee camps at Opelousas and Eunice are strained, with dozens rescued from perilous spots and ships prepared to evacuate families by rail.
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New Orleans
Acra
Atchafalaya Basin
Weather Bureau
John M. Parker
Baton Rouge
Parker
Bayou Des
Glaises
Atchfalaya
Melville
Bayou Des Glaises
Scientist Leader Praises Work as Highest Honor
Dr. J W Skinner president of the Texas Mexican Industrial Institute for Boys at Kingsville Texas addressed the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in Eldora Act praising scientists as key to improving human life. He argued science has advanced God’s work by making the world safer, reducing toil, banishing ignorance, and expanding the Bible’s illumination.
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Eldora
J. W. Skinner
Tenxas
Church of God
Skinner
Jesus ‘Christ
Jesus
Lora
Kingdom of Heaven
Goel
America
God
Presbyterian Church
Ess
China
Korea
Japan
Africa
Brazil
Mexico
General Assembly
Florida
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Chi
Weather Outlook Virginia and Tennessee Briefing
Local reports show afternoon thundershowers in Virginia with cooler air tonight. Friday brings mostly cloudy skies and cooler temps with shifting winds northwest to northeast. In Tennessee expect cloudy conditions with possible thundershowers tonight and Friday, cooler in eastern and northern parts.
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Virginia
Tennessee
Film actor Paul Kelly on trial over fatal beating
In Los Angeles May 19 the Paul Kelly murder trial recounts the closing acts as Kelly testifies he struck first to defend himself after Ray Raymond threatened him over Dorothy Mackaye. The maid Charlotte Lee disputed Kelly’s version, while witnesses including James Jarkwood and Owen Davis corroborated the defense.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Paul Kelly
Bu Eee
F Ray Raymond
Dorothy Mackaye
Kelly
Erday
Fight
Sevon
Ray Raymond
J Gressor
Nantes
Tara
Raymond
Charlotte Lee
Miss Mackaye
Jungle
Brook N M. D
Hollywood
Sin
James Jarkwood
Lila Lea
Death of 5 year old from clothes fire in Virginia
Mary Louvenia Ambrose, five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Jamies B Ambrose of Lenning Halifax County, died at home from burns received when her clothing caught fire from an open fireplace during her mother s brief absence. Her clothing was nearly burned off when the mother discovered her.
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Lynchburg
Mary Louvenia
Jamies B. Ambrose
Lenning
Halifax County
Burns
Indianapolis Wind Storm Leaves City in Shambles
A heavy windstorm struck Indianapolis and surrounding areas injuring at least 45 people, with police estimating property damage at 2.5 million dollars. Between 200 and 800 homes were destroyed, several business buildings wrecked, and a dozen larger structures unroofed. Telecommunication and telegraph services were disrupted. Six injuries are critical.
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Indianapolis
Ind
King Ben's Girls Ordered to Marry
Ruth Swanson testified in dissolution proceedings against the House of David colony at St. Joseph Michigan that Benjamin Purnell ordered the group marriages for more than 50 girls when a federal white slave investigation was anticipated. She said the order came after word of the inquiry reached the colony.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
House of David
Ruth Swanson
South Orange
Swanson
Benjamin Purnell
Presbyterians Open 67th General Assembly in Arkansas
Eldorado Arkansas May 19 AP crowded seven days of deliberations began with an opening sermon by retiring moderator Dr J W Skinner of Kingsville Texas. Special trains brought delegates from east of the Mississippi River and rail delays from flood disrupted arrivals. A committee proposes reorganizing executive and promotional work into a 44 member body with 11 women and six sub committees to oversee all committees between assemblies. A worship die revision was also proposed for study.
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Eldorado
Ark
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States
J. W. Skinner
Kingsville
Texas
Mississippi River
Mississippi Valley
Assembly
Committee On Survey
Levine says Bertaud will not fly Paris mission
Charles A Levine told the Associated Press that Lloyd Bertaud will not participate in the Paris nonstop flight in the Bellanca monoplane with Clarence Chamberlin. A successor has been selected but will not be named until the plane is ready.
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New York
Lloyd Bertaud
Paris
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Associated Press
Levine
Bertaud
Bellanca
Tichenor
Bertand
G. M. Bellanca
Columbia
Tinehonor
Expulsion of Five Church Directors Demanded in Assembly
May 19 Lakeland Fla Five of 13 synods and Presbyteries memorialize the 97th general assembly urging dismissal of five Cumberland Presbyterian board of education members over alleged denomnational disloyalties at Bethel College McKennie Tenn The memorials ask upholding educational commission findings while one defends the board and another urges treating the men as christian brethren
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Lakeland
Fla
Board of Education
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
General Assembly
Bethel College
McKennie, Tenn
Synod of Arkansis
Educational Commission
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