Devastating Tornado Strikes Five States Causes Large Death Toll
International news reports a massive tornado from northwestern Arkansas ripping through Illinois Indiana Kentucky and Tennessee. Deaths estimated in Illinois at six hundred sixteen with hundreds more in Indiana and Kentucky. Property losses projected between fifty and one hundred fifty million as rescue teams work amid shattered towns and incomplete casualty tallies.
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Deadly tornado devastates Illinois Indiana towns
International News Service reports a massive tornado roared through southern Illinois and into Indiana. West Frankfort Murphysboro Desoto Carmi and Princeton suffer hundreds of deaths and thousands injured with extensive property damage including the Heinz packing plant and Baldwin Heights school.
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Chicago
Illinois
Indiana
West Frankfort
Iil
Murphsboro
Desoto, Ill
Carmi
Ill
DeSoto
Heinz Packing
Baldwin Heights
Indiana town wiped out in worst tragedy says Morgue Overflows
Sw Indiana reports the worst disaster in state history with mortuaries overflowing and emergency depots inadequate. Estimates place dead in Indiana around 300 with many more seriously injured. Criffin town is reported wiped out.
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Indiana
Criffin
Indiana Governor Sends Guard to Tornado Zone
Governor W. L. Jackson ordered Adjutant General Kershner to Princeton Indiana to assess conditions after the tornado and report on troop needs. Batteries D and EH of the 189th field artillery are already on site with authorization to establish military law where necessary.
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W.l Jackson
Kershner
Indiana National Guard
Princeton
Ind
189Th Field Artillery
National Guard Leaders Report Griffin and Princeton Rescue Progress
Captain Philip Rowe in charge of the Mt. Vernon National Guard reported to the adjutant general that Griffin rescue work is well in hand and progressing as rapidly as possible. Major S. B. Watts at Princeton said the rescue efforts there are progressing satisfactorily.
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Indianapolis
Philip Rowe
Mt. Vernon
Tornado Destroys South Princeton Area
A tornado swept a four and a half mile track through South Princeton around 4:15 PM yesterday, leaving death and injuries in its wake as crews assess the extent of the wreckage.
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Princeton
Ind
South
Destructive Tornado Ravages Southern Illinois Towns
A powerful tornado struck late yesterday, destroying Murphysboro Parrish and severely damaging DeSoto Duquoin West Frankfort Thompsonville Logan and nearby areas in southern Illinois. West Frankfort reports over 250 deaths Parrish nearly wiped out and Murphysboro over 100 dead or injured with casualties ranging in other towns. Children were among the hardest hit in the core mining district town of West Frankfort.
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Nine Die As Storm Hammers Witham Area In Tennessee
Gallatin Tennessee March 19 Nine persons were killed when a storm ripped through Witham and nearby Angle causing widespread destruction and many houses to collapse in the night reports from the scene said the death toll may rise as rescuers search for missing residents in the storm battered district.
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Witham
Tenn
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Miners Trapped After West Virginia Mine Explosion
Bethlehem Mine in Barracksville remains hazardous as fire rages. Thirty four miners are still entombed 3800 feet underground following a blast, with rescue efforts hampered by dangerous conditions. The scene reflects one of the darkest tragedies in mining history.
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West Virginia
Linternational News Service
Barracksville
W. Va
Bethlehem Mine
Brand on Wife’s Back Alleged in San Francisco Case
Mrs Dolores Winfree told authorities that her sailor husband Theodore Winfree burned his initials into her back with a hot iron. She obtained a warrant and exhibited the branded mark as evidence alleging the act followed suspicions of her being fancied by other men.
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Cal
Dolores Winfree
Theodore Winfree
Army flier killed in crash near San Antonio
In San Antonio Texas two airmen were involved when an airplane crashed after falling about 1000 feet. Staff Sergeant Irwin Mackey was killed and Sergeant Womack of Kelly Field was injured likely fatally.
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San Antonio
Texas
Irwin Mackey
Womack
Kelly Field
Jail Doors Close On W. D. Shepherd
William D. Shepherd remains in custody after his counsel moves to block immediate indictment service. Defense calls the case a giant conspiracy as the McClintock death probe widens with potential typhoid germ links from city labs.
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International News Service
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William D. Shepherd
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Defense Pleads Faiman Testimony in Shepherd Case
Stewart argued before Judge Hopkins that only Faiman’s testimony mattered to the case and urged that without it Shepherd should not face prison. He warned a jury might distrust Faiman and advocated proceedings to spare Shepherd from a cell.
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Jacob H. Hopkins
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Three Die in Palm Beach Hotel Fire Ruins
International News Service reports a four million dollar hotel fire in West Palm Beach Florida last night. Three persons are believed dead as investigators search the ruins and authorities note the post office was looted of twenty thousand dollars.
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Fla
Dawes Goes 10 Country to Humble the Senate
Vice President Dawes plans a nationwide push for rules reform to curb one man filibusters. He will speak at the Associated Press luncheon in New York on April 21 and may visit Ohio and Indiana. After his inaugural address he told Marietta delegates the issue must go to the country if the Senate fails to act.
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Dawes
Senate
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New York
Ohio
Indiana
Marietta
Underwood
Alabama
Copeland
Bryan Brothers Meet Coolidge at White House
President Coolidge posed with Charles W. Bryan the Democratic vice presidential candidate and his brother William J. Bryan during a White House visit by Presbyterian Church delegates. The leaders exchanged pleasantries and shook hands as a group photo was taken.
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Washington
Coolidge
Charles W. Bryan
William J
White House
General Council of the Presbyterian Church
Bryan Brothers
Coroner Ups Estimate of Poisoned Liquor Deaths
Coroner Patton said Philadelphia deaths from poisoned liquor exceed his earlier estimate of 12 a day and may reach about 4,000 per year. Governor Pinchot cited the figure in urging enforcement legislation.
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Philadelphia
Patton
Gifford Pinchot
Speed payment for Sullivan disaster miners' survivors
Sullivan Ind March 19. The state industrial board will begin hearing compensation claims for families of miners killed in last month's Sullivan disaster on March 23 to speed up payments.
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Sullivan
Ind
State Industrial Board
Senate ends extraordinary session with recess appointment jab
Washington March 19 the 69th congress adjourns sine die after 15 calendar days and 12 legislative days in an extraordinary session. The move cements a precedent on advising and confirming presidential appointments and Dawes gains a quirky immortality for the term danzing.
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Senate
69Th Congress
Charles Gates Dawes
Warren
Sargent Sworn In as Attorney General in Cabinet Shakeup
John Garibaldi Sargent of Ludlow Vermont is sworn in as attorney general in Washington within 24 hours of senate confirmation. His appointment fills the cabinet vacancy created by Stone’s transfer to the Supreme Court and ends a bitter senate battle over the post.
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Supreme Court
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Charles Beesher Warren
Michigan
Coolidge
Marrying Squire of Brazil Dies at 66
Justice George Edwin Law known nationwide as the marrying squire died in his Brazil Indiana rooms on March 19 after a two week illness. He suffered heart trouble followed by paralysis and never regained consciousness after a stroke at his North Franklin street residence.
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Ind
George Edwin Law
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