Eight Children Die in Blaze at Cascade Cabin
An unemployed laborer Bert Edkins and his wife were burned and a stepson Edgar Cosgrove survived after a two story cabin in Cascade Pennsylvania burned Saturday night. Eight children and Edkins stepchildren perished: Edward 13 Henry 12 Joseph 11 Raymond 9 Robert 7 Phyllis Beverly 5 Birtriss and Beatrice 1. An 11 year old daughter initially believed dead was found alive at a neighbor's home where she attended a party. Deputy sheriff Carl L Rosser said the cabin was awakened by screams but flames leveled the house in minutes.
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Williamsport. PA
Bert Edkins
Edgar Cosgrove
Edward
Henry
Joseph
Raymond
Robert
Phyllis Beverly
Birtriss
Beatrice
Cascade
Williamsport
Pennsylvania
Carl L. Rosser
Edkins
Largest Lake Vessel To Make Trial Run
The Great Lakes largest freighter, the 768 foot by 70 foot Wilfred Sykes, built for Inland Steel of Chicago, is making a trial run at Lorain. Powered by 7,000 horsepower turbines, it will reach 16 miles per hour, faster than present lakes vessels at 12 to 14 mph.
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Lorain, O
Great Lakes
Wilfred Sykes
Inland Steel of
Chicago
American Ship Building Company
Sakes
Ohio Hotel Association elects Matters as trustee
Dayton Ohio AP report says L. A. Matters of the Lape Hotel Salem was elected a trustee by the Ohio Hotel Association before adjourning its three day convention in Dayton on Saturday.
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Dayton
Ohio Hotel Association
Ll. A
Lape Hotel
Salem
Misfortune Harbors Trout as Car Is Carried From Cliff
Lloyd Trout, 23, of Manhattan Beach California faces a string of misfortunes after a windy incident at Tespiration Point. A gale lifts their car as Trout and a friend search for a lost license, sending the auto sailing over a 350 foot cliff to the beach below. Earlier troubles include a broken ankle two months ago, a sick wife and child, mounting medical bills, and a missing wallet and car after mussel gathering. The odd sequence ends with the car going over the edge.
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Manhattan Beach
Calif
Lloyd Trout
Trout
Lloyd
Price Hikes Seen In Steel Output
Cleveland AP reports steel prices likely rise as major producers adjust schedules to address higher costs. Steel's finished price index held at 152.52 while the arithmetical composite stood at 91.64. Ingot production surged to 93 percent of capacity, about 1.72 million tons weekly, the strongest since May.
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the Trade Journal
Noted Cartoonist Dies At Age 80
Washington AP report notes Clif ford K. Berryman aged 80 died peacefully after collapsing at the Evening Star. Pulitzer winner and dean of American cartoonists he originated the teddy bear image. Funeral set for Tuesday at 11 am EST at Washington Heights Presbyterian Church. He served as Gridiron Club president in 1926.
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Washington
Clifford K. Berryman
Evening Star
America
Berryman
The
Star
Washington Heights Presbyterian Church
Gridiron Club
Granite Slab Falls Tragedy Kills Four at Picnic Spot
A 70 ton granite slab broke from a cliff at Dead Man's Point near Victorville California and crushed a holiday picnic. Four people died Robert Asper 35 Jessie Isom 45 both of Upland Harold Boyee 40 Ventura Frances Morris 38 Pomona. Two others Frances Long 35 and Clifford Morris were critically injured. Rescuers toiled two hours to reach Long who lay on a cot as the rock fell. Milburn Hirschman of Pomona escaped injury.
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Victorville
Calif
API
Dead Man’s Point
Mojave Desert
Robert Asper
Jessie Isom
Upland
Harold Boyee
Ventura
Frances Morris
Pomona
Frances Long
Clifford Morris
Morris
Long
Milburn Hirschman
City Briefs Highlights Local Club Meetings This Week
The Monday list notes rehearsals for the Middletown Civic Symphony at 7 30 p m in the high school music room and a Ladies Democratic Club meeting at 8 p m on 30 S Broad St Longview Social Service hosts a 7 30 p m gathering at Mrs William Arkill 2207 Superior Ave Mami Chapter of Ohio Society of Professional Financiers meets at 7 40 p m in the Middletown Garanti Electric Co conference room 39 North Broad St On Thursday Unity No 241 D of A holds its 7 30 p m meeting at the Nelva Center Fraternal Order of Eagles convenes at 7 p m Civitan Club noon meeting at the Manchester Hotel and North Middletown Fire Association gathers 7 p m at the North Middletown Fire House Sportsman’s Club monthly 8 p m at the club Middletown Co operative Club meets 6 50 p m at the Manchester Hotel Cancer Clinic opens 7 p m at Middletown Hospital Rotary noon meeting at the Manchester Hotel and the Board of Control of Middletown Safety Council meets 4 p m in the Civic Association library.
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Mami
Ohio Society of Professional Finaineer
Middletown
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DRY Cleaners
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Erle Hanson
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Rotary
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Gill Carton
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