Survivors Speak From Oklahoma Mine Tragedy
Wilburton Oklahoma miners recount the blast and long crawl to safety as rescue teams race to recover bodies. McKinnis the first survivor from the lower levels describes inching through darkness and flooded passages amid grim death tolls and ongoing fire despite efforts to extinguish it.
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Wilburten
Okla
Dan ii
Ceci
McKinnis
White
Caplosan
Carrning
Mckinney
McKinnes
Wuthera
Uater
Bits
Wilburren
James McConnell
Boyle
McConnell
E Cape
Tirlay
Fort South
Ark
Sullivan v Jazz troupe figures in operatic scandal
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Sullivan and a jazz group amid references to operas and a theater scene. The text is garbled and reads as a partial report on a legal or performance dispute involving named parties with unclear specifics.
Labor unions declare war on Governor over hydroelectric project
Baltimore labor groups vote a political boycott against Governor Albert Ritchie for approving the 25 100 000 Conowingo Power project and the Susquehanna hydroelectric development. The Baltimore Federation of Labor acts after a denunciation by Edward Bierett of the Building Trades Council. Continued on page four.
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Baltimore
IA. P
Albert Ritchie
Ato
Baltmore Federation of Labor
Public Service Commisson
Susquehanna River
Edward 2. Bierett
Aled Building Trades Council
Ritchie
Pennsylvania General Assembly Delays Mine Legislation
The Pennsylvania General Assembly examined anthracite mining bills in a brief session. Proposals would make coal a public utility under state supervision, create compacts for cross state regulation, and repeal the miners certificate law, with action stalled awaiting Monday night session.
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Hartsbury
Padandh
Goa
Pennsylvania General Assembly
House Committee On Mines and Mining
Senate
Committee On Mines and Minng
Railroad Workman Killed by Train in Baltimore Tunnel
Baltimore January 18, A P Her man Fishback an electrician for the Baltimore and Ohio was killed instantly today while repairing braces in the Howard Street tunnel. He had been warned not to use a small ladder but to wait for a wide one. An express entering the tunnel struck the ladder and threw him under the locomotive wheels. Coroner George Blades said the accident resulted from disobeying the instruction.
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Baltimore
Herman Fishback
Baltumore
Oho 5
Howard Street
Tuuneh
George Blades
Fishback
Lerence
Bank Robbery in Des Moines Tells of Loss and Threats
A Des Moines report says a bank robbery at Continental Trust and Savings Bank involved armed threats to a man and two employees and a customer, with cash taken and an automobile used in the getaway. The incident is part of a stream of 1920s era news items across the bulletin.
Hadley Bank Robbery Fails as Townsmen Foil Heist
Four men attempted a Hadley bank robbery in Michigan on January 13. A resident alarm prompted armed townspeople to intervene. robbers fled with about $1,600 before being cornered and wounded. Police say three of the four bandits remain hospitalized as the town helps recover deposits.
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Lapeer
Machigan
A. Po
Hratley
Hadley
BF Oh
Potter
Barber
Lee
Eurhas Qurade
Boob Hayley
Telephone Exchange
Nafe
Pius Mashley
Cie Retaers
Ira Jones
Ralph Firespon
Pibtay
Brad Wiam
Idrew
Weal
Omaha Legion Post Seeks Titular Fight with Georges Carpentier
Matchmaker J. Mason of Omaha Nebraska says Greb and Carpentier could meet if arranged for mid March. Mason notes Greb is traveling to the Pacific Coast for bouts and cannot fight in Omaha next month. An offer of 20000 was received from Isaacs for the bout but timing must align with Tiger Flowers in New York on February 26.
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Pattsburich
Indan
A. Pop
Georges Carpentier
Aeriaid
New York
Weanesday
France
Harry Greh
J. 4
Psaarson
Omaha
Nebraska
American Legion
James Mason
Greb
Isaacscn
Mason
Pacific Coast
Bette
Tiger Flowers
Georges
Ponzi Realty Scheme Charged by State Court
A warrant was issued in municipal court after an investigation by Attorney General Bent into the Charpon Land Syndicate and Ponzi Realty project in Boston. The case targets unregistered securities sales by Caledonia Alitt Burton, a representative of Charles Ponzi, amid alleged true sale law violations.
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Boston
Dan
Warerant
Caledonia Alitt
Burton
Charles Ponzi
New Engined
Florida Real Estate
Teaing
Yetarday
Jay EB
Charpon Land Syndicate
Penas Real Eistate
Pagan
Ade Ventures
Sponte Chante Oyaimet Alvi
Broner
Sakeeman Ae
Fry
Ponzi Sy Nadie Cate
Wind swept flames threaten palace garage fire
A blaze in a rear portion of a structure near the palace garage spread quickly but was checked before firefighters arrived. The fire damaged the area and prompted a mechanical response from the sales department with crews working to contain the flames.
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Capross
Tre
Palerr
Mine Workers Scale Parley In Recovery Effort
Union leaders and local officials from the anthracite field meet to discuss strike status and relief for miners families. The Sealeh Committee chaired by John N. Lewis will consider aid for needy miners as fears rise over possible mine reopenings and aid networks expand.
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Uazitun
United Mine Worker's Sealeh Committee
John N. Lewis
hiteoWiedze
Euch Properls
New York
Scranton
Relwf
American Red Cross
Milla
Man seeks license cancel after misled marriage plan
A Towson man aged 30 tied a license to marry 18 year old Elsie Kent, then asked the court to cancel. He claimed he had been greatly disappointed and misled by the situation and did not wish to stand in their happiness.
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Robert E. Mants
Washington
Towson
Elsie M. Kent
Halethorpe
Cwre
Leense
Mies Brown
Accused Rum Seller Faces Murder Trial
Annapolis Maryland January 14 A 16 year old Joseph Lewis was arrested on charges of selling whiskey to Charles Thompson who died after drinking allegedly poisonous liquor. The case ties a Mayo South Rivers farmer Nelson Owens and others to purchases from the same source as federal and state authorities weigh murder charges.
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Annapolis
Joseph Lewis
Charles Thompson
Te Wady
Oateens Icena
Thompson
Lewin
Lewis
Theodore Brady
Nelson Owens
Mayo
South Rivers
United States
Woodeurk
Federal
Prohibition Unit
Prohibition
Edmund Rudnitz
Brady
Man Ends Life After Giving $1000 Savings Gift
Chicago police report a 60 year old man withdrew all his savings of $1000 in new ten dollar bills and burned the cash after leaving a note saying he did not want relatives to quarrel over it. The self inflicted death followed the gesture as authorities found charred currency and a suicide note.
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Chicago
Jan
Is.a. P
John Kelnar
Hero of Northwest Fire Guard Saves Plant Tree
Boise Idaho January 18 Fred Call a ration al forest fire guard crawled into a hollow burning tree to cut away the flaming wood. He chopped the tree down then using a shovel and hatchet hauled out shovelfuls of burning timber to save the plant tree.
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Boise
Idaho
Fred Call
Bulls Run Loose Through The Strand
A party of four bulls caused a commotion in the Strand after defying police signals to turn left. They rammed into a trolley or barrier, scattering pedestrians as a drover and locals pursued and eventually rounded up the animals.
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Lenden
King
Tee
Left handed children deemed luckier by superstition
London audience hears belief that left handed children, allowed to develop naturally, are luckier than those forced to use the right. A medical man comments on the natural inclination and the potential advantages of left handedness.
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London
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