Havoc at Sinclair Oil Plant as Tanks Explode in Wellsville
A massive series of explosions at the Sinclair Oil refinery in Wellsville New York killed three spectators and injured 75 with a firestorm that raged through storage tanks. Fire crews faced collapsing pumps and multiple bursts as flames threatened 300 tanks and nearby power lines.
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Wellsville
N. Y
Sinclair Oil Company
Genesee River
New York
Pennsylvania
Hollie Johnson
Guins
Genesee
Walter Maeder
Robert Powers
Eugene McCormick
Firmen
Igkyward
Ed Pickens
Maeder
Sullavan Stars in Shopworn Angel at Gra nada
Margaret Sullavan delivers a grand turn in Shopworn Angel at the Gra nada with James Stewart and Walter Pidgeon heading the cast. The story unfolds as the United States enters World War I with Sullavan as a veteran nightclub singer whose life shifts after an encounter with Stewart, a Texan soldier, while Pidgeon pursues her.
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Margaret Sullavan
Granada
Miss Sullavan
James Stewart
Walter Pidgeon
United States
New York
Stewart
Pidgeon
Suave Café Owner Faces Unruly Flirtation Plot
Stewart plans to depart for France and asks Miss Sullavan to marry him. The Texas cowboy believes she is his ideal, and the singer agrees. Stewart goes to war, with Nat Pendleton and Sammy Levene in supporting roles. Pete Smith Enric Madriguera orchestra and a Fairbanks romance with Miss Darrieux lead to Paris.
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Stewart
France
Miss Sullavan
Nat Pendleton
Sammy Levene
Pete Smith
Enric Madriguera
The Rage of Paris at Dickinson with Danielle Darrieux
Danielle Darrieux stars in The Rage of Paris at the Dickinson with Doug Fairbanks Jr Mischa Auer Helen Broderick and Louis Hayward. A job seeking girl is sheltered by Broderick aided by eight thousand dollars from Auer as she aims to land a wealthy husband. The film blends entertainment and comedy in a Paris set venture with English prowess noted for Darrieux.
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Danielle Darrieux
Dan-Yeul
France
Hollywood
Paris
the Dickinson
Simone Simon
Mlle
Darrieux
Doug Fairbanks, Jr
Mischa Auer
Helen Broderick
Louis Hayward
Danielle
Miss Broderick
Auer
Miss Darrieux
Hayward
Fairbanks
Taxi Driver Bluffs Howard Hughes Ruse on Long Island
New York July 18 Jesse Romero a New York taxi driver picked up a passenger at a Park Avenue apartment who asked to go to Grover Whalen's home on Long Island. The driver later learned his fare was Howard Hughes who left a $6 20 fare and 80 cent tip and joked about the misdirection a world tour would have caused. Hughes then faced a dinner date with Katherine Hepburn and many other guests, admitting he had been late by about 40 minutes.
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New York
Jesse Romero
Howard Hughes
Park Avenue
Grover A. Whalen
Long Island
Romero
Apowandt Hughes
Hughes
Katherine Hepburn
Band Camp Concerts Draw Smaller Weekend Crowds
The Mid-Western music camp ensembles gave Sunday concerts with about 150 in Hoch auditorium and roughly 200 in Fowler grove for the band program last night. The article notes a regular schedule and attendees for the campus events.
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Hoch Auditorium
Fowler Grove
Orchestra Delights With Chinese Fantasy And Bizet Intermezzo
The concert featured a standout Chinese Fantasy built on an old story with eerie chords that won audience approval. Intermezzo from L Arlesienne Suite was added while Blossoms Time and Lisbon Metropolis were skipped. Hebestreit led with confident operetta flair and Swarthout called the performances the best yet in the Sunday series.
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Romberg
Grofe
Bizet
Tagliacci
Ludwig William Hebestreit
Donald M. Swarthout
School of Fine Arts
University
Surge on Challenged Law in London Operation Case
London surgeon Dr Aleck William Bourne, a leading obstetrician, faces trial under a rarely used statute barring operations to prevent motherhood. He is accused of performing an illegal procedure on a 15 year old girl who was assaulted by soldiers at the Royal Horse Guards barracks in Whitehall. Bourne sought prosecution, drawing attention from medical circles.
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London
Aleck William Bourne
England
Bourne
Royal Horse Guards
Whitehall
Trial on unlawful operation case draws London crowd
Harley Street specialists and socialites filled the Old Bailey as counsel pressed to insert unlawful in the indictment. Three troopers jailed June 30 for the attack with four years penal servitude for two and 22 months for attempted assault.
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Harley Street
London
Old Bailey ‘Court
Fraternity Purchases Kansas Property At Court House Sale
Kappa Alpha Psi, a colored social fraternity at the University of Kansas, bought for 1200 dollars a lot at 816 Maine Street Lot 20 Block 14 Lane Place addition from the Thomas Madden estate at a partition sale held at the courthouse. Peggy H. Lee and Carl Johnson of Kansas City Missouri represented the group.
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Kappa Alpha Psi
University of Kansas Colored Social Fraternity
Court House
Maine Street
Lane Place
Thomas Madden
Pegcy H. Lee
Carl
Johnson
Kansas City
Fraternity Trustee Wins Bid on Local Property Deed
The group arrived this morning to bid on the property and the deed will go to Theophilus M. Mann, a fraternity trustee. Officials said the fraternity house sits on the site and improvements are planned for the near future.
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Fraternity
Theophilus M. Mann
Roosevelt Fishes as Houston Heads Toward Panama
President Roosevelt unlimbered tackle for a full day of fishing in Magdalena Bay on the Lower California coast of Mexico aboard the U S S Houston. The cruiser, carrying the President and his party, proceeded from Cedros Island toward the Panama Canal after starting from San Diego. He exchanged greetings with Mexican President Lazaro Cardenas at Cedros.
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U.S.S. Houston
Panama
Roosevelt
Magdalena Bay
California
Mexico
Houston
Panama Canal
Magdalena
Cedros Island
San Diego
Cedros
Lazaro Cardenas
Forfeits Bond for Speeding Charge in Police Court
Howard Kampschroeder forfeits cash bond of 5 dollars by bail to appear before Donald S. Hults in police court this morning. He faced a speeding charge.
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Howard Kampschroeder
Donald S. Hults
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