Lightning Ignites U S Navy Largest Ammunition Depot Fire
Dover New Jersey July 12 lightning struck the Lake Denmark Navy depot thirty miles from Jersey City causing a massive explosion. Ten killed three bodies recovered seven seen in debris one hundred million dollars in damage. About thirty miles of destruction with houses shaken and vehicles overturned amid ongoing shell and fire threats.
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Navy
Lake Denmark
N. J
Bob Dorman
NEA
New York
Arsenal
New Mope
Dover
A. P
Jersey City
Army
No Man's Land
Ted
Mm- Hee
Para
Naval Operations
Washington
Wiliam Sayles
188 Strikers Back in Regular Service
Subway strike leaders refuse to admit defeat as 188 workers return or are replaced and disturbances flare. Interborough says 65 more strikers signaled return, total 188 back with 311 still on strike. shootings and sabotage reported but denied by strike HQ.
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Queens
Mar
Interborough
Three Injured in Interstate Car Collision Near Benevola
Three people were hurt near Benevola on the state road when the cars of J W McCoy of Martinsburg and Frank L Hiser of Belair collided. McCoy and wife and Miss Alice Ebersole were taken first to a Boonsboro physician, then to Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown. McCoy’s car overturned after the sideswipe and occupants were rescued from beneath the wreckage.
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Hagerstown
A. P
J. W. McCoy
Martinsburg
W. Va
Frank L. Hiser
Belair
Benevola
Alice Ebersole
Boonsboro
Washington County Hospital
Mannix Slams Irish Free State as a Wretched Compromise
Arch-Bishop Daniel Mannix of Australia, speaking at a mass meeting in New York, calls the Irish Free State a wretched compromise. He cites his Ireland visit showing only government workers and pro-British supporters content with the government.
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New York
Daniel J. Mannix
Australia
American Association For Recognition
Mannix
Irish Free State
Ireland
Britain
Six Hurt In Bomb Blast In Clifton New Jersey
Six people were injured when a bomb exploded under the hood of an automobile at Ackerman and Park avenues in Clifton New Jersey. Victims include Barney Singer real estate man and Nat Carl of the town and four unidentified bystanders. Police say Singer has prior liquor possession arrests and the attack may stem from a bootleggers feud.
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Clifotn
N. J
Ackerman
Park Avenues
Barney Singer
Nat Carl
Singer
Carl
Polce
Motion Picture Leaders Back Prohibition Policy
Will Hays and the motion picture producers of America affirm a policy that films from their studios must not promote disrespect for any law, especially Prohibition. The rule, adopted at the association's recent annual meeting, aims to ensure movies do not belittle statutes and to support law, order, and authority.
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Los Angeles
Calif
A. P
Will H. Hays
Tee Ens Picture Producers of America
Diagnoses His Death Doctor Dies After Self Diagnosis
New York reports Dr. Barnet Quel, a physician for 26 years, died after diagnosing his own illness and seeking hospital treatment shortly before he suffered a stroke.
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New York
Barnet Quel
Prevent Disaster from Rock Dust in Coal Mines
Discovery that limestone dolomite and gypsum can prepare pulverized rock dust used to prevent mine explosions announced by the Bureau of Mines. Also notes eel behavior stating eels are the only fish that hunt in bands.
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Washington
The
Bureau of Ines
Death of John W. Weeks at Mount Prospect
John W. Weeks died at his Mount Prospect summer home after a long illness from angina pectoris. The former War Secretary under Harding and Coolidge was born 66 years ago in this town. Funeral plans were unsettled with a possible service in Washington, D C, after the body is moved from Wilder, the physician, following standard procedures.
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Mount Prospect
Mr Weeks
TL E
Washington
Lancaster
John W Weeks
Harding
Coolidge
First Sculptor of Philadelphia Born American Woman
Mrs. Patience Lovell Wright of Bordentown NJ is noted as the first native born American to practice sculpture. After her husband died in 1769 she shaped bread and putty faces for children and later worked in wax, with her works reaching commercial demand.
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Philadelphia
Patience Lovell Wright
Bordentown
Funding pact seals French debt terms with Britain
London reports Finance Minister Callous of France and British Chancellor Winston Churchill reached a complete funding agreement for the French war debt to Britain. Terms to be published tomorrow. The dispatch notes casualties and other assorted wartime brief items from Dover Paris Chicago and Washington.
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London
A. P
Callous
France
Wieston Churchill
Great Britain
Record High Cast Iron Pipe Leads Market Rally
The stock market rose on July 12 led by U S Steel and Cast Iron Pipe. Gains were reported in General Mills cereals Baldwin Chrysler and other industrials while foreign exchange remained weak with the French franc falling to new lows.
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New York
A. P
U. S. Steel
Generals Fostum
U. S. Castleon
Jndustriel
de Pont
Case
Rkunney
Baldwin
Chrysler
Fisher Body
Bermington
Typewriter
Allud Chemical and Lambert
Lehigh Wmere
Ohio
Sout Pacific
Gas kills rats at Duncan Field saves army funds
Wartime gas paid into the army storerooms at Duncan Field Texas cleaned out buildings containing about 870 million dollars worth of stores. The hydrogen cyanide gas cleared the rat infestation in 48 hours and will save the army about 20 thousand dollars annually according to a central department announcement.
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Wahington
Jay
Duncan Field
Tex
Central Department
Chicago Opens Arms to Greet Invading Elks
Chicago gears up to host the Elks convention with a 3 million memorial for World War I heroes. An expected crowd of up to 250000 will attend events including a naval parade and speeches by Exalted Ruler Alexander Weir and Chief Judge William Nekey Atwell.
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Chicago
A. P
Istcome
Elks
Aulthude
Pedis Martin Verae
Alexander Weir
Chicago Lodge
Jedge Wiliam Nekey Atwell
French franc hits new low on Paris Bourse
The franc closed at 59.87 to the dollar, a new low amid Parisian uncertainty over Finance Minister Caillaux's decree based reform plan. The figure followed a prior low of 59.01 in July as Parliament's stance remained awaited. Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show played for seven months in Paris.
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Parise
Paris
Merecce
Malai Veuwelf
A. P
Minicer Caillaus
Buffalo Bill
Paru
Fire and rescue struggle at Picatinny arsenal blast scene
Eyewitness accounts describe a devastating explosion at the Picatinny arsenal area with flames, collapsing buildings, and shell fire. Military and naval guards moved through a cratered landscape as families were separated and then largely reunited, while Secretary of War Davis inspected the site and denied an army explosion.
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Hugh A. i
Davis
Picatinny Arsenal
Army
Navy
Pete
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