Shenandoah Dirigible Disaster Kills Thirteen Officials Report
United Press dispatch from Cambridge and Washington describe the Shenandoah crash near Ava Ohio and a later navy tally listing thirteen dead including Commander Zachary Lansdowne. Two injured and one missing were reported as searches and relief efforts mobilized.
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United Press Dispatch
Cambridge, D
E. W. Shephard
Washington, D. C
Zachary Lansdowne
Ava
Ohio
Sharon
Washington
Zavahary Lansdowne
Shenandoah
Navy Department
Grand Rapids
Wis
Louis Hancock
Austin
Tex
J. B. Lawrence
St. Paul, Minn
Maranville Quits Cubs Manager Post
Walter Rabbit Maranville resigns as Chicago Cubs manager and coach. George Gibson becomes acting manager after an announcement by President William Veeck. Maranville cites inability to both play and manage effectively. he will remain with the team.
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Chicago
Walter “Rabbit
Maranville
Chicago Cubs
George Gibson
William Veeck
Becauld
Brother Shot by Brother in Jonesboro Incident
Tom Gift of Jonesboro was questioned by Grant county authorities after shooting his brother Jesse Gift in Marion Indiana. Jesse Gift 61 was in dangerous condition with a bullet wound in the abdomen at a Marion hospital. Tom Gift claimed he fired at a cat and accidentally struck his brother.
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Marion
Ind
Tom Gift
Jonesboro
Grant County
Jesse Gift
Fire destroys wing of Peerless Foundry plant
A fire in Indianapolis today damaged a wing of the Peerless Foundry Company plant. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars. A night watchman found the blaze and the cause is listed as unknown.
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Peerless Foundry
Indianapolis
Peerless Foundy. Co
Stabbed man in Greensburg fight on interurban car
Samuel Coulter fifty of Greensburg is in serious condition at St Vincent's hospital in Indianapolis after a September 3 stabbing by Robert Coppin a Black man. Coppin faces charges of assault and battery with intent to kill from the on board incident.
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United Press Dispatch
Indianapolis
Samuel Coulter
Greensburg
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Robert Coppin
Coppin
Coulter
Hoosier Farmers Embrace Radio Sets for Market News
Washington reports Indiana farm households now number radio users in the seven figure range with 550000 U S farms equipped overall. Officials cite weather and market reports as prime drivers and note rapid growth from 145000 sets in 1923 to 865000 last year and 550000 farms nationwide.
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Washington
Indiana
Department of Agriculture
United States
Lawton predicts more activity in Hoosier mines
Tyler G. Lawton president of United Mine Workers District No 11 says a general coal strike lasting thirty days could end in full Indiana operation with plenty of work. He cites 1902 as a parallel when soft coal revived after a long anthracite strike. Mines in Sullivan County already win contracts and Terre Haute district reports reopening preparations with over twenty mines active two to three days weekly as winter nears.
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Terris Hwaute
Indiana
Tyler G. Lawton
United Mine Workers, of America
Sullivan County
Lawton
Terre Haute
Pennsylvania
Indian Creek Mine Moves Toward Full Operation
The idle Indian Creek mine has called day shift workers to prepare for a return to full operation. Officials say a restart will be brief. Superintendent P L McManus notes Petersburg strip mines run at full blast and many shaft mines have resumed. Railways report increased coal shipments and added train crews to handle daily loads.
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Indian Creek
P. L. McManus
E. I. & T. H. Railway
Petersburg
McManus
Attorney General Construes Teachers Wage Law
Indiana Attorney General Gilliom rules that wages paid for attending institutes may count toward the minimum $800 salary under the teachers wage law. A teacher paid 40 dollars for institute attendance would have a lawful 760 dollar salary under the interpretation.
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Gilliom
Indianapolis
Gilliam
Evans to tackle liquor trade claims in Evanston
Uniped Press Dispatch reports Evanston, home of Vice President Dawes and a noted temperance hub, infested with liquor shops. The lead paper says thriving alcohol trade exists, while Mayor Bullett defends the suburb and calls the claims exaggerated noting limited liquor availability outside drug store stock.
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Evanston
Charles G. Dawes
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Chicago
Bullett
Ivanston
Typhoon Strikes China Shipwrecks Reported Near Foochow
Typhoon winds lash Shanghai coast as many small native vessels founder with heavy loss of life feared. The Chinese steamer Shinyu en route from Amoy to Shanghai wrecks near Foochow but passengers are reported saved.
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United Press Dispatch
Shanghai
Shinyu
Foochow
Seven Die In Auto Accidents In Chicago 1925 Toll Rises
Chicago records seven more automobile deaths in the last 24 hours bringing the year’s toll to 504. The daily average remains above two and surpasses the figure for the same date in 1924.
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United Press Dispatch
Chicago
Woman wounded by brother in law dies after birth in Hammond
Physicians hold hope for Mrs. Mary Kulak's recovery after she gave birth while dying from five bullet wounds inflicted by her brother in law during a quarrel in Hammond Indiana.
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Hammond
Ind
Mary Kulak
Memorial board weighs architect change for Indiana memorial
Indiana world war memorial board met to consider Lawrence Corr s demand to remove Walker Weeks of Cleveland as memorial architects but no action had been taken by noon.
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Indianapolis
Indiana World War Memorial Board
Lawrence Corr
State Board of Accounts
Walker & Weeks
Cleveland
Ohio
Morgan Associate Dead in Locust Valley
Edward Stelinus, longtime J. P. Morgan & Co. associate and former second assistant secretary of war, died at his Locust Valley, New York home on September 3.
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Locust Valley
N. Y
Edward Stelinus
J. P. Morgan & Co
Fate of Missing Seaplane Crew Uncertain
Pacific storm delays word on the missing seaplane crew. Otis Stantz, radio operator and former employee of C., M. and St. P. Local Station, is identified as a crew member. Authorities search coastal areas to determine fate of the missing men.
Missing radio operator from Linton linked to Chicago flight
A Linton resident employed as a radio operator on a missing plane is described as about 25 years old. Switz City residents thought a Stantz family tie existed but a Switz City call confirmed no relation. His wife, living in Terre Haute, remains hopeful he will be found alive.
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Into Me
Chicago
Iivealee & Stf
Ion
Stantz
Switz City
Daily Citizen
Terre Haute
Search continues for missing naval seaplane crew off Hawaii
Lieutenant Commander Rodgers and four sailors are missing after a seaplane incident. Navy officials say hope remains, but local residents doubt a recovery is possible as searches cover hundreds of square miles off the Hawaiian islands.
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United Press Dispatch
Honolulu
Hawaaii
Rodgers
Pacific
Hawaiian Islands
Navy
Missing navy seaplane PN-91 and crew sought near San Francisco
Naval Headquarters San Francisco reports PN-91 with Lieutenant Commander John Rodgers and four crewmen missing for about 36 hours. Despite searches by planes, destroyers, and merchant ships, no trace is found. Honolulu dispatches say locals have largely given up hope the aviators survive.
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Naval Headquarters
San Francisco
U. S.S. Navy
John Rodgers
U. S. S. Aroostook
Twelfth Naval District
Honolulu
United Press
Submarine Sebastiano Veniero Found Off Cape Passero
The Italian submarine Sebastiano Veniero was located in 90 meters of water off Cape Passero. The navy department notified the crew families that the vessel and crew are dead. The ship had disappeared during the recent naval operations and a drifting oil slick marked the burial site.
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United Press Dispatch
Rome
Sebastiano Veniero
Cape Passero
Navy Department
Swimmer Edna White River Tragedy Near Noblesville
A 17 year old Edna Huntley, an expert swimmer, drowned in the White River near Noblesville after cramps seized her during a swim. The accident occurred while she was in the water with others from Huntley.
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Noblesville
Andy S
Edna
Huntley
White River
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