Sinking of Spanish freighter Ogono near Humber River
Graphic reports tell of the Ogono sinking in the North Sea within six minutes after a collision with the British tug King's Cross. Fifteen of 25 crew drowned. ten rescued, one body recovered. Wireless operator Nortberto Gutierrez, 20, Barcelona, stayed at his post to send distress calls and died. Survivors described frigid seas, exhaustion, and loss of possessions.
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Grimsby
Eng
Ogono
North Sea
Humber River
King’s Cross
G. Anderson
Nortberto Gutierrez
Barcelona
Young Quiterrez
14 Killed in Frisco Oil Field Special Train Crash
An official investigation follows a derailment near Henryetta Oklahoma that killed 14 people and gravely injured eight. Three all steel cars of the Frisco Oil Field Special derailed after an open switch. Most victims burned in the Jim Crow car as steam filled the coach. The engineer and fireman died instantly beneath the overturned locomotive. Detectives say the switch may have been thrown deliberately.
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Henryetta
Okla
Frisco’s
Arrests Sought For Theft Of Copper Wire At Fairgrounds
Deputy sheriffs prepared to arrest Wellington boys who stole about 75 dollars worth of copper wire used for lighting at the Wellington fair grounds and sold it to a junk dealer. County Commissioner Charles Murray said fair officials know the youths and have asked for their arrest.
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Wellington
Wellington Fair
Charles Murray
Doctor Bennett, West Reserve Alum, Opens Elyria Office
Dr. H R W Bennett, age 21 when a student at Western Reserve University, studied pre medical courses there and practiced in Ohio after World War I. He served two years in France with the medical corps, returned to Ohio to practice in Lakewood, and opened an Elyria office three months ago. He is married with one son and enjoys golf.
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HR. W. Bennett
Western Reserve University
Ohio
France
Lakewood
Bennett
Elyria
Wreck of Pennsylvanian excursion train injures many
A Pennsylvania excursion train with over 500 passengers derailed near here Sunday when the second engine left the rails. Three score persons were injured with few serious cases. The first engine stayed upright and moved 200 yards. the second toppled, five of twelve cars buckled. Ambulances, doctors, and nurses aided victims from Mt. Vernon and Columbus. Engineer Osborn escaped serious harm as coal piled around him after the engine overturned. The train had left Cleveland and was headed to Columbus for a day trip. The cause remains under investigation by railway officials and Public Utilities officials.
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Pennsylvania
Here
Ohio
Mt. Vernon
Columbus
G. S. Osborn
Cleveland
Akron
Younttown
Murder Suicide Plot Claimed After Detroit Area Fire
Royal Oak Michigan. Peter Nielson 45 and his wife Madeline 44 and their four children Hans 9 Bertha 8 Paul 6 Bodell 2 died in their home after a fire. Police say it was murder and death by own action aided by an exploded naptha can and a gas hose found in a bedroom. Nielson reportedly was demented.
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Royal Oak
Mich
Peter Nielson
Nielson
Madeline
Hans
Bertha
Paul
Bodell
Six men arrested for intoxication fill county jail
County jail population rose to 61 after weekend arrests by Sheriff Clarence E. Adams and deputies. Elmer Herrington, calling himself a bad man, drank away in North Eaton, wrecked his car, slept on a store porch, and shattered his cell window with a stick after being jailed. He faced a maximum fine of 1900 dollars in front of Justice S J George.
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Country Jail
Clarence E. Adams
Adams
Elmer Herrington
North Eaton
Herrington
S. J. George
Cross Country Endurance Plane Headed to St. Paul
The Spokane Sun God aircraft captained by Nick Mamer and Art Walker departed Cleveland Airport for St. Paul Minnesota at 5:05 a.m. today. The plane landed briefly here before 7 a.m. after two contacts with the airport. They refueled with a breakfast and 25 gallons of fuel, then continued on their journey.
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Cleveland
Spokane
Sun God
Nick Mamer
Art Walker
St. Paul
Minn
Armies Clash as Russia Invades Manchuria
Mukden Manchuria Aug 19 official reports say Red Army invaded Manchuria from the west and pressed toward the interior. Chinese and Japanese observers note mobilization, reinforcements, and clashes near Daiainor and Hailar as Beijing warns to defend borders under the Kellogg pact.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Russia
Red
Siberian
Chang Msueh-Liang
Manchur
Manchuri
Hailar
Manchuli
Daiainor
Chang Chang
Manchuk
Dalamar
Nanking
C. C. Wu
Washington
China
Mayor Assesses Several Fines
Three Cleveland youths faced disorderly conduct charges in police court this morning. Two pleaded guilty and were fined $10 and costs, the third was dismissed after pleading not guilty. Andrew Hahn and Ed Tracy were among the guilty, Victor Rutkowski pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined $100 and costs by Mayor James A. Hewitt after his auto hit a street car. Fred Smith and Sam Bago pleaded guilty to intoxication and were fined $5 and costs.
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Cleveland
Second Street
Andrew Hahn
Ed Tracy
Victor Rutkowski
James A. Hewitt
Rutkowski
East Bridge
Lorain and Medina Countys Conclude Road Contract Talks
Lorain and Medina county commissioners met in Medina to cooperate on the Smith road contract. Bids were received and terms set for paving the road this summer along the county boundary after all summer negotiations between the two boards.
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Lorain
Medina
Medina County
Smith Road
Boundry
County Boards of Commissioners
Wacher and Horse In Complicated Tale
A jury trial tonight in Vermilion court explores a tangled dispute among Day's Hardware of Elyria and residents of Blyria Amherst and Vermilion. A washing machine demoed at an Amherst home was traded for a horse, sparking a demand for the washer from Elyria, while the horse is to be cared for amid humane concerns and marital frictions.
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Welch
Vermilion
Day
Blyria
Amherst
Elyria
Elyria Hardware Firm
County Humane
Stabbing on Lorain Street Leaves Man Dying
Leroy Jones aged 39 of 975 Broadway lies dying at St Josephs Hospital Lorain after being stabbed in the back on a street corner Sunday night. Police say a motor running car at the scene fled toward Cleveland. authorities seek an unknown assailant.
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Lorain
Leroy Jones
Broadway
St. Joseph's Hospital
Jones
Cleveland
La Grange Penfield Road To Be Owed
County Surveyor C. T. Biggs announced surface treatment on the La Grange Penfield road will start tomorrow morning. Four days will be spent applying asphaltic oil, followed by work on the Indian Hollow road south from the Big Four crossing to the Wakeman Belden road. The La Grange Penfield road will remain open but motorists should use extreme caution.
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la Grange-Penfield Road
C. T. Biggs
Indian Hollow Road
Big Four Railroad
Wakeman-Belden Road
Biggs
LaGrange-Penfield Road
Elyrians Hurt In Accident On Lake Road
In Lorain county on Sunday nine people were injured in automobile accidents in and near Lorain. William Moore and his wife of Elyria sustained facial and body cuts in a Lake Road crash and were treated at a hospital with no serious injuries.
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Elyrians
Lake Road
Lorain. O
Elyria
Lorain
William Moore
Here
Body Of Man Found In Ditch With Clues But No Foul Play Suspected
Authorities ended further inquiry into the death of Martin Smilek Sr., 67, after finding about 260 dollars on him and deeming the death natural. The body was located in a three foot ditch by Markley school property, with a one dollar bill on top and a twenty beneath, along with other items suggesting no struggle. Three young girls found him and alerted authorities who noted prior strokes and mental troubles, and investigators planned to inspect a club near the scene for fingerprints as part of solving the mystery.
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Martin Smilek
Smilek
Miles Perry
Martin Smilek, Sr
West River Road
Markley School
Helen
Erika Switzer
May Gill
Gill
Myles E. Perry
Clarence Adams
Barberton
Akron
Officer Injured In Battling Prisoner
Harry Joyce of Cleveland awaits trial in Sheffield Lake on a resisting and attacking an officer charge after two fights, one in Sheffield Lake and one in Lorain. Joyce helped lead a Cleveland group that attacked Sheffield Lake officers. he was jailed in Lorain where he bruised inmate William Mullahusen and caused Police Sergeant Charles Wright to break a hand en route to hospital.
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Harry Joyce
Cleveland
Sheffield Lake
Lorain
Joyce
St. Joseph's Hospital
Allen Tells of Conference at Geneva
Edgar F. Daddy Allen president of the International Society for Crippled Children reports the first World Conference on the Problem of the Crippled Child held in Geneva July 29 to August 3. Twelve nations participated with nine joining the society during the talks. Countries cited strong institutional and educational work but lack cohesive early detection and end-to-end programs.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Edgar F
Allen
International Society For Crippled Children
Norway
Sweden
Holland
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Czecho- Slovakia
France
United States
Canada
England
Spain
Germany wins first victory in Rhineland control dispute
Aug 19 The Haguen news reports Germany gains a victory in its fight against a board of control for the Rhineland as allied troops prepare to evacuate. Concurrent talks among France Italy Belgium Japan and Great Britain seek Yeans plan terms and four power offers. Jurists abandon Briand’s plan for a Rhineland control board and empower Locarno commissions to investigate complaints after occupation ends.
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Hague
Germany
Rhineland
France
Italy
Belgium
Japan
Great Britain
Britain
Aristide Briand
Fremier
Sunday Calls on Church to Smash Booze Politicians
The Rev Billy Sunday urged a 3000 audience at Lakeside to unite militant church members against “boom brood” liquor backers. He defended Prohibition, blasting repeal as ruin and criticizing both top politicians and bottom critics while urging active church action.
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Lakeside
Billy
Polis
Sanday
Graf Zeppelin Ends World Flight in 101 Hours at Kasumigaura
The Graf Zeppelin completed the second leg of its world circumnavigation by landing at Kasumigaura Airport near Tokio after a 101 hour 50 minute non-stop flight from Friedrichshafen. The airship carried 20 passengers and 40 crew, marking a record pace and unprecedented route through uncharted northern Asian skies. Thousands greeted it as crowds filled Tokyo streets and the Imperial hotel hosted the passengers after a flawless drop into the hangar.
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Tokio
Kasumigaura
Asia
Germany
Friedrichshafen
Graf
Lakehurst
N. J
Hugo Eckener
Eckener
Dr. Eckener
Japan
Imperial Hotel
United Press
Five Die in Boiler Explosion in Little Rock
BULLETIN LITTLE ROCK Ark Aug 3 Five persons burned to death when a stove stave exploded and set a rooming house afire today. Several others seriously burned. The dead include Hiram Evang J Samuel J Archer an engineer named Bartier Daniel Straw and a retired soldier known only as Cap. The victims were trapped in an upper story.
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Little Rock
Ark
Hiram Evang
J. Samuel J.archer
Bartier
Daniel Straw
Cap
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