Bath school massacre shocks Michigan village
In Bath Michigan a farmer Andrew Kehoe killed many, including his wife possibly, and detonated dynamite at the Bath school, destroying the building and killing 41 people, most pupils, while injuring many others. Kehoe died in the subsequent carnage. Authorities tie the act to resentment over a school tax and mortgage foreclosures.
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Bath, Mich
Andrew Kehoe
Kehoe
Jayek
Glen Smith
Bath
Nelson McFarren
Smith
Lansing
Lawrence Price
Khoe
Sheriff Fox
Public intoxication case ends in fine and fine option
Charged at the police court this morning with being intoxicated Louis Laframboise was fined 20 dollars and costs. He chose the alternative of thirty days no Lethbridge.
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Louis Laframboise
Fle
Lethbridge
Nineteen Drown as Milk Barge Capsizes on Dneiper
Nineteen peasants drowned when a milk barge capsized on the Dneiper river at Kiev. Five people were rescued, authorities reported today.
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Kiev
Russia
Dneiper
Wheat and grain inspections report car figures
Winnipeg on May 19 reports inspections of wheat totaling 238 cars, down from 491 last year, contract greede 129 cars. Coarse grains inspections reach 57 cars, versus 266 cars a year ago.
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Winnipeg
Foreign demand lifts wheat options amid late profit taking
Winnipeg notes strong foreign demand for May October and December wheat options pushed prices higher early. Gains faded as profit taking pressured markets with May weakest at close. Continental buyers drove the advance and substantial speculative activity occurred. Rye led gains among coarse grains with about two cents rise as exporters secured liberal supplies. Other grains remained steady.
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Winnipeg
May
Winnipeg police round up gang of alleged bad men
Winnipeg police, after a sweep of underworld hangouts, arrested five men on conspiracy to rob charges and remanded them for a preliminary hearing. Two more suspects held, with several witnesses in custody, tied to a planned bank robbery on April 2 and a pattern of store and safe blowups in the city.
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Winnipeg
Andy Richmond Revealed as Toronto Vet Hero and Fireman
The article chronicles Andy Richmond born in Glasgow who came to Canada at 16 and worked on ranches before becoming a top rider for Stair outfit and later a city fire team driver. He left in 1898 with Jack McBain to study at Ontario Veterinary College and later joined the Toronto Public Health staff. Richmond served in World War I with the Imperial Army Veterinary Corps, commanding mobile veterinary sections and veterinary evacuating stations, earning a Despatches mention.
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Hife
Andy Richmond
Scotland
Stair
Jack McBain
Ontario Veterinary College
Jack Melyuide
Toronto
Toronto Star
Andrew R. B. Richnong
V.S
Glasgow
Alberta
Department of Public Health
Division of
Food Control
University of Toronto
Canadian Field Artillery
Imperial Army Veterinary Corps
Communists Surrender Jen Days
Wireless reports from Hankow indicate continued unrest as clashes between Radicals and Anti-Red troops loom near the city. Anti-Radical forces are about twenty miles away marching toward Hankow while martial law is declared and officials call on Communists to surrender within ten days amid chaotic trade conditions.
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Shanghai
Hankow
London
China
Soviet Delegates Threaten Walkout Over Conference Resolution
Soviet delegates warned at the International Economic Conference in Geneva on May 19 that they would quit the talks immediately unless a resolution recognizing the coexistence of communism and capitalism and the possibility of peaceful collaboration between the two systems is adopted.
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Geneva
Bank Clearing Totals Reported For Week
Clearing house returns show $321 810 for the current week and $245 122 the prior week. The year ago week totaled $288 795.
Canadian air expedition proves transport viability over Hudson Bay
Captain J R Ross led a Dominion government contract mission transporting 16000 pounds of gear and twelve passengers from Hudson to Fort Churchill on Hudson Bay. The outfit completed twenty seven return trips across a 950 mile route with pilots F J Stevenson Bart Balchem and chief mechanic S H Cheesman. Timbers 18 to 20 feet long and equipment weighing 5000 pounds were moved successfully.
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J. R. Ross
Dominion Government Department of Trailways and Canals
Hudson
Fort Churchill
Hudson's Bay
F. J. Stevenson
Bart Balchem
S. H. Cheesman
Future King of Spain Named Heir as Princes Abdicate
Under an agreement with Primo de Rivera King Alfonso declares his fourteen year old son Infante Juan Carlos heir to the throne. No public announcement will be made until he is 17 when his two elder brothers abdicate due to illness, allowing Carlos to ascend.
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Spain
Primo de Riveria
Alfonso
Infante
Juan Carlos
Carlos
Prince of the Asturias
Jaime
Italian aviator De Pinedo makes multi city flight
Commander Francesco De Pinedo begins from Quebec at 11 32 AM heading to Shippegan New Brunswick on the Santa Maria IT giant monoplane Isis. He aims to cross four continents with crowds watching as he soars over the citadel of Quebec and reports a foggy landing in Rimouski Harbor.
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Father Point
Que
Can. Press
de Pinedo
Quebec
Shippegan
N.B
Newfoundland
Rimouski Harbor
Francesco de Pinedo
Francesca de Pinedo
Isis
Santa Maria
Montreal
Bertaud Barred From Paris Flight Plans
New York May 19 Lloyd Bertaud will not take the Bellanca monoplane to Paris for the Cham Berlin fight and his successor has been chosen Charles A Levine head of the firm behind the Tehint sold to the Associated Press today amid reports of increasing rainfall and temperatures recorded at 483.
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New York
Lloyd Bertaud Definitley
Paris
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles A. Levine
Hacking
Associated Press Today
Indiana Illinois Spring Storm Plows Through Midwestern Towns
A strong spring storm sweeping Indiana and Illinois caused severe damage and injuries. Peoria saw widespread flooding, many homes evacuated, and losses estimated around 750000 dollars while Indianapolis reported over 100 injured as winds up to 80 mph toppled structures. Rail and telegraph lines were crippled, and other towns faced fatalities and heavy damage including a train wreck near Lafontaine.
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Chicago
Peoria
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Ilinois
Farm Creek
East Peoria
Pekine
Les Jones
Walter Muchller
Mueller
Lafontaine
Hartsburg
Ill
Hancock County Court House
Carthage
Chanute Flying Field
Rantoul
Ils
Illinois
FE. Coulter
St. Louis
Lethbridge Eyes Quarter Million Dollar Community Hotel
Lethbridge officials unveil a plan for a quarter million dollar hotel as a community project. The project aims to serve growing tourist traffic and will be advanced by the Board of Trade after today’s regular meeting.
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Lethbridge
Board of Trade
Flood Fears Drive 27 Towns Dwellers From Homes
Residents along the Atchafalaya basin flee as a massive flood threatens from Hayen Des Glases crevasses and a rising river. Army engineers estimate thousands displaced, with 7,000 already in temporary camps as waters push toward the Gulf of Mexico.
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New Orleans
Sin
Atehatalaya Basin
John M. Parker
State Helfer
Parker
Gulf of Mexico
Hayen Des Glauses Levee
Atchafalaya
Melville
Bayou Des Glases
New River
Tenses
Evan
Seeding Announced For International Hard Court Champs
Paris May 19 The organizers adopt American seeding for the International hard court championships at St. Cloud. Big Bill Tilden and Rene Lacoste will head their halves with eight top seeds among 120 entries including French rival Lacoste and U S star Hunter.
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Paris
St. Cloud
Telden
Rene Lacoste
Franc
S 'T
Hunter
United States
Douglas' Killer Convicted of Manslaughter
Vancouver B C May 19 a jury found Angus Nicholson guilty of manslaughter in the death of Marshall Douglas in a local hotel shortly after midnight on April 3 The verdict carried a strong mercy recommendation and Justice D A McDonald said he would consider it before sentencing Nicholson remains at the end of the assizes. Robert Moore faces trial on the same indictment beginning today.
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Vancouver
B.C
Angus Nicholson
Marshall Douglas
Stroom
D. A. McDonald
Nicholson
Robert Moore
Western Weather Summary and Forecast
In the west, broad clear conditions persist in Vancouver Victoria Edmonton Medicine Hat Lethbridge Moose Jaw Regina Saskatoon and Winnipeg with scattered cloudiness in Calgary Saskatoon and Winnipeg. Pressure is highest over Manitoba and north of the lakes and receding over Alberta. Easterly winds bring increasing rainfall across the region.
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Vancouver
Victoria
Fair
Edmonton
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Lethbridge
Swift Current
Moose Jaw
Regina
Saskatoon
Winnipem
Manitoba
Lakes
Alberta
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Michigan State College
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Jackson
Howell
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Horace KE. Dodge
Detroit
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Ocean Greyhound
Jen
Yunnan
Bertaud
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Masonic Temple
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