Tragedy at Clymer Mine Kills 41 Fire Claims Lives
In Clymer Pennsylvania a massive explosion trapped miners and 41 died from blast and black damp. Rescue crews recovered 9 more bodies at noon, bringing total dead to 41 with 3 still missing. Wives and children held vigil, and Salvation Army workers prepared identifications as families mourned. Families were heavy with ties as fathers and sons, brothers, uncles and nephews perished together.
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Clymer
Salvation Army
Alexander Trockson
Mike
Mike Kuzick
John
Joseph
John Turo
Steve Turo
George Polaskey
Four Prominent Turks Hanged in Angora for Conspiracy
Constantinople Aug 27 AP Four well known unionists Dravid Bey former Finance minister Nazim Bey former education minister Hilmi Bey former deputy and Nail Bey former unionist secretary were executed at midnight in Angora prison yard. Overall 17 men have been hanged in connection with the alleged plot against President Mustapha Kemal Pasha, with 13 already executed at Smyrna.
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Constantinople
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Angora
Dravid Bey
Nazim Bey
Abdul Hamid
Hilmi Bey
Nail Bey
Unionist Party
Mustapha Kemal
Smyrna
Custer Battlefield Highway Association Elects President
George Fredericks of Mitchell South Dakota was chosen president at the two day convention in Des Moines Iowa. Sheridan Wyoming was named the site for the 1927 meeting.
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Des Moines
George Fredericks
Mitchell
S. D
Custer Battlefield Highway Association
Sheridan
W.0
Weather Synopsis for Iowa and Illinois
Iowa mainly fair tonight and Saturday with unsettled periods Saturday. Warmer in extreme northeast and cooler in extreme northwest tonight and Saturday. Illinois fair tonight and Saturday with a chance of local thunderstorms, then cooler Saturday.
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Iowa
Ilinois
Bandits Capture Tahlequah Chief After Shootout on Highway
Two Sequoyah county deputies were wounded and Tahlequah Chief J C Wall was abducted by two bank robbers after a running gun battle on the Albert Pike highway west of Sallisaw. The bandits forced Wall into their car and fled westward, a posse later recovered a sack of money abandoned in the criminals’ vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Sequoyah County
J. C. Wall
Tahlequah
Albert Pike
Sallisaw
Bert Cotton
Perry Chunkulate
Wall
Inquiry into Corn Field Deaths Near Clarinda
In Clarinda Iowa Aug 27 AP report says Thomas E Anderson and Miss Elsie Benge were found dead together in a corn field. Officials deem the case murder and self harm. Andersons brother obtains the car and the widow is beneficiary of a $1000 policy. Benge had a $150 policy. relatives seek a $7000 policy linked to Anderson.
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Clarinda
Thomas E. Anderson
Elsie Benge
Anderson
Frank E. Anderson
Council Bluffs
Miss Benge
George F. Benge
Price of Electric Bulbs Is Reduced
Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing cuts bulb prices five to seven percent effective September 1. New standard lamps drop seven percent while other types fall five. Officials say national savings around one million dollars annually for users.
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Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Company
Man Charged in Death of Dorothy Kirk
Cleveland reporter states that Er mil Balanscu a young college student and former Parisian is charged with manslaughter in connection with the death of his girlfriend Dorothy Elizabeth Kirk a 21 year old stenographer.
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Cleveland, O
Ermil Balanscu
Dorothy Elizabeth Kirk
Woman Tries to Drown Self Trip Causes Injury
In Chicago on August 27, Miss Anne Quinn, 35, attempting suicide by Lake Michigan, tripped on a stone and sprained her ankle. She fainted and was hospitalized, later recovering and saying she had abandoned the farewell-note plan.
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Chicago
Ill
Lake Michigan
Anne Quinn
Three Stoughton Laborers Die In Milwaukee Rail Crash
Three Stoughton laborers Knute Bjerke Andrew Sterle and Andrew Ytr were killed when a stalled car on the South Madison crossing was struck by the Chicago to Elroy flyer of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad. Patrolman Austin White tried to warn them as the train approached but the car was swept from the tracks.
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Madison
Wis
Stoughton
South Madison Crossing
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
Knute Bjerke
Andrew Sterle
Andrew Ytr
Bjerke
Sterle
Ytri
Austin White
More Than Half of Threshing Is Done in Iowa State
Des Moines Iowa August 27 AP More than half of the threshing is completed in Iowa the weather and crop service reports. Winds and rain damaged shocks and oats at elevators. Much plowing seeding of alfalfa and late potatoes thrived. Cattle flesh and milk flow improved as pastures hay recovered.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Weather and Crop Service
Two Americans shot by rebels in Nicaragua attack
In Puerto Cabezas, rebels attacked the Pragman Bluff Lumber and Standard Fruit Steam Ship operations injuring two Americans. The insurgents seized the town and fired on the local hospital while a gunboat request was sent. Pearl City and Bluefields tensions rise as movements shift.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Puerto Cabezas
Pragman Bluff Lumber Company
Standard Fruit Steamship Company
New Orleans
Pearl City
Bluefields
Domestic triangle case involves Gowland and ex wife
Los Angeles August 27 AP A film actor Gib son Gowland admitted in court he kept his divorced wife Beatrice Meakin and her husband as guests to keep his 10 year old son with his mother. He sought permission to custody by someone other than his mother. The plan failed Gowland also supported his former wife at home and obtained motion picture work for both. Gowland rose to fame as McTeague in Greed.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Gibson Gowland
Gowland
Beatrice Meakin
McTeague
Frank Norris
Farmers Hit Hard as Gulf Storm Lays Waste
Five people dead and damages estimated from five to ten million dollars as a tropical hurricane sweeps southern Louisiana. Farmers bear three fourths of losses with sugar cane and corn ruined, rice flooded, hundreds of homes and businesses damaged, and roads blocked by fallen trees. Thirteen fishermen move from Barataria Bay as communications resume.
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Louisiana
New Orleans
Schriver
Barataria Bay
Texas primary run off starts in Dallas
The second Texas primary for governor closes as Gov. Miriam Ferguson and Attorney General Dan Moody whip supporters with Fergusonism and Ku Klux Klan themes. Moody leads by about 120,000 votes from the July ballot but lacks a majority, triggering a runoff. Lynch Davison, who issued over 100,000 votes last month, backs Moody in the second race.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Miriam A. Ferguson
Dan Moody
Moody
Lynch Davison
10 Year Terms for Bandits Who Held Up Express Office
Two men arrested in Cedar Rapids pleaded guilty to burglary in Boone Iowa and were sentenced to 19 years in the state reformatory at Anamosa. R W Wilson and W L King of Chicago gave the names used, and two Express office employees were held up and locked in a closet as the bandits escaped with travelers checks.
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Boone, Ja
Cedar Rapids
American Express
H. E. Fry
State Reformatory
Anamosa
R. W. Wilson
W. L. King
Chicago
Boone
Express Office
Judge to decide dog ownership in case tied to Franks murder
Judge John R. Caverly, who sentenced Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold in the Bobby Franks case, will decide ownership of a female German police dog named Countess or Duchess. The dog, tied to Joseph Wellmuth and Richard E. Clapp, hinges on a wag of the tail.
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Chicago
Ill
John R. Caverly
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Bobby Franks
Richard E. Clapp
Joseph Wellmuth
Eleven Injured in Auto Spill Near Des Moines
A gravel truck collided with three cars near Des Moines injuring eleven people, two fatally possibly. Victims include Vern Evans of Des Moines and Mrs. W. R. Miller of Indianola, with Dorothy Hopper and W. W. Bulman among the severely hurt. The crash occurred as Hopper and Clyde Harding tried to pass while three cars were parked roadside.
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Des Moines, Inc
Vern Evans
Des Moines
W. R. Miller
Indianola
Dorothy Hopper
W. W. Bulman
Chariton
Clyde Harding
Somerset
Thomas Dunan
Jake Smith
Kansas City
L. J. Brooks
Irven
Dorothy
Claresce Shuey
de Moines
Miss Hopper
Harding
Baby Bandit with Four Bullets in Body Recovers
Leslie Gonce a 14 year old known as baby bandit lay in a Pueblo hospital bed after being shot by sheriff’s officers during an arrest struggle. He experienced a lung wound yet remained calm and reportedly ate well as doctors planned to keep bullets in place until strength improves. His older brother Forrest, 21, is serving a penitentiary term for highway robbery following a spree of holdups across Kansas and Colorado.
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Pueblo
Colo
Leslie Gonce
Forrest Gonce
Kansas
Colorado
Old Job Again Roy Haynes Could Be Prohibition Chief
Washington whispers Roy C. Haynes the former dry czar may be tapped to replace Lincoln Andrews who plans to quit as chief prohibition administrator.
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Washington
Roy C. Haynes
Lincoln Andrews
Valentino Body Still a Magnet Postpone Funeral Services
New York reports Rudolph Valentino's body draws thousands while public access is barred at the undertakers. Police guard prevented disorder as nearly 500 people were admitted. only one lacked a card. Valentino's manager seeks to delay Monday funeral services at St Malachi's so his brother can attend.
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New York
Rudolph Valentino
Undertakers Establishment
Upper Broadway
Castellaneta
Italy
S. George Ullman
Valentino
St. Malachi's Catholic Church
Europe
Leniency Sought for Aged Woman In Fire Confession
Storm Lake Iowa reports Mrs. Anna Trebu 68 crippled who confessed burning her Newell home last Friday may receive leniency at sentencing before District Judge Deland. County Attorney Charles Pendleton recommends considering mitigating circumstances. Treby denies arson for insurance, citing life hardships.
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Storm Lake
Anna Trebu
Newell
Deland
Charles Pendleton
Treby
Meeting at Wellman to protest curtailment on Montezuma line
Muscatine businessmen set a Tuesday Wellman meeting to plan action against reduced Rock Island Montezuma line service. A Muscatine Association of Commerce committee will invite Rock Island officials and discuss restoring steam trains while awaiting experimental railroad motor cars.
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Wellman
Montezuma
Rock Island
Muscatine
Association of Commerce Rooms
J. J. Fuller
C. E. Richards
Louis Kautz
Charles Fox
Association of
Coughlan
Wilton
Iowa Railway Commission
Sicilian Ex-Service Man Kills in Illinois Central Station
Chicago police say Joseph Mazza, 36, a Sicilian track worker, killed one man and wounded several others in a station rampage at Illinois Central terminal before being shot by barber Charles Danloff, a veteran of France. Mazza’s motive appeared to involve a grudge against the railroad. He carried a shotgun and loaded ammunition in a work bag, with knives and passports found at his lodgings.
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Chicago
Ill
Illinois Central
Charles Danloff
Michigan Central
Joseph Mazza
Michigan Central Limited
Detroit
Mazza
Joseph Edwards
Louis Kikakos
Kikakos
Danioff
France
Italy
Priest D Howard Installed Arch bishop in Portland
The Rev. D. Howard was installed yesterday as archbishop of the Portland Oregon diocese succeeding the late Archbishop Alexander Christie. Clergy and laity from Oregon and Washington welcomed him as Archbishop Casey of Vancouver Canada and Archbishop Hanna of San Francisco escorted him to the cathedral for installation. The pallium was conferred by Archbishop Hanna after mass.
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Portland
Ore
D. Howard
Oregon City
Alexander Christie
Oregon
Washington
Davenport
Casey
Vancouver
B. C
Hanna
San Francisco
Howard
Two youths executed at Sing Sing in one night
Ossining New York August 27 AP Two 19 year old inmates faced the electric chair at Sing Sing last night. John Garguila convicted of murdering a Manhattan grocer during a holdup appeared nervous as he went to the death chamber. Cosmic Brescia sentenced in Brooklyn for killing his cousin went to his death laughing saying he would rather die sitting up than in bed.
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Ossining
Sing Sing
John Garguila
Manhattan
Cosmic Brescia
Brooklyn
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Yubuque
Keokuk
Pt. Louis
Ennre
Carnegie
Richard Alexander
Jimmy Cleveland
Richard
Oklahoma
Woman's Insurance
Wisconsin
State of
Gulf Coast
Ry Robert Quillen
Treckon
Publishers Syndicate
Loeb
Leopold
Anoth
Baby Bandit
Ilinois Central
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