Amherst Powder Plant Blast Threatens City Gas Tanks
A major fire tore through the Standard QW Co yards near Chestnut Street threatening two gasoline storage tanks holding about 100 000 gallons. Firefighters used high pressure to prevent a massive explosion as witnesses watched from nearby. Authorities suspect foul play linked to youths and note the blaze could have caused extensive city damage if the tanks had exploded.
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Hoynesite Powder Company
Amhherst
Standard QW Co
Elgins Lurber and Coal Co
Chestnut St
Amherst
Bass Piavar
Rail strikes refute blame in violence
Washington dispatch reports term vigilance committees ordering investigations of train wrecks and vandalism blamed on strikers. Strike leader Heron Jewell denies responsibility, arguing damaged equipment and hard-to-access sites explain incidents and noting explosions often cause little damage despite noise.
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Shopcrafts
Washington
Oto Ald Lncal
Herton Jewell
Indas
Pam
Jewell
Spenrer
Noo
Huntington
Harding Awards Treasury Post
President Harding names Col. Richard R. McMahon of Harpers Ferry West Virginia solicitor of the U S Treasury.
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Harding
Treasury Post
Col
Richard R. McMahon
Harpers Ferry
W. Va
Solcitor
The
U. S Treasury
King May Name Brother Smyrna Ruler
Word from Greece says King Constantine will appoint his brother Prince Nicholas as the first governor of the new Smyrna province. The report notes the decision could shape governance as Smyrna reorganizes under Greek authority.
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Smyrna
Constantine
Greece
Nicholas
Explosion devastates Hoynesite Powder plant near Amherst
Milteen Freshwater and John P L White, leaders of Hoynesite Powder Co., head a Cleveland delegation surveying a blast that wrecked the Amherst plant at 6 30 last evening. Seven buildings collapsed and eight more damaged, with a estimated loss of 100 000. The plant may be rebuilt. Thousands watched as the tremor rocked Elyria Lorain and Amherst and highway traffic stalled for miles.
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Otto Mischer
Chronicle-Telegram
Amherst
Milteen Freshwater
John PL White
Hoynesite Powder Co
United Mine Workers of America
Cleveland
Here
Watchman's
Elyria
Lorain
Moe
Mies
City funds short threaten police and fire pay as council plans delay
City auditors reveal insufficient funds to pay police and firemen with only partial street fund reserves to cover wages. A special meeting may be needed to raise cash before the September council session.
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Walter Goldman
Big Four railroad strike expands with more joiners
Aug 22 reports show trainmen in Spencer North Carolina walkout halting Southern Railway traffic at a key junction. Similar actions spread as freight and passenger service on the St Louis to Louisville division stops. Officials weigh settlement as unrest grows and a reported shooting occurs in Somerset Kentucky amid the dispute.
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Spenncer
N.C
Southern Railway
Princeton
Ind
St. Louis
Louisville
Somerset
Boys Band to Play Tomorrow at Big Picnic
The Boys Band will provide a free concert at the Community picnic in Cas cade Park tomorrow afternoon. Director Baird says the boys offered their services, and the event promises a busy, enjoyable afternoon for the entire city with contests and entertainment.
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Cascade Park
Baird
Newark Lineman Dies After Pole Breaks
Lloyd George Paffer, 21, a lineman for the local telephone company, died from injuries after a pole he climbed near Alexander yesterday afternoon broke. In Cleveland, playwright Robert H. McLaughlin demanded a public apology or dismissal of Patrolman Leroy Reed who arrested his secretary Miss Gertrude Bracker for day walking on W Ninth Street and Euclid Avenue.
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Newark
Lloyd George Paffer
Alexander
Cleveland
Robert H. McLaughlin
Ohio Theater
Leroy Reed
Gertrude Bracker
Wast Ninth Street
Euclid Avenue
George McAday Charged With Post Office Thefts
George Massaye of East River Street is jailed by federal authorities on charges of rifling the cash drawer at the local post office. He worked as a handyman for former U.S. Ambassador Wim.Kaven Sharp and as a janitor from 2 to 10 pm. Post office inspectors say Massay was trapped Sunday, while the Cleveland Postmaster said no mail was lifted and no one else arrested.
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George Massaye
East River Street
U.S
Frane
Wim
Kaven Sharp
Massay
Sharps
Cleveland
Dr. Seward
Morey Laad
Daughter’s limb broken in accident linked to theft at store
Kenry Zeramba, a former Elyria musician now storekeeper, reports his daughter was hit by a car driven by James Dohney of East Avenue Elyria Lorain. She suffered a broken limb and was hospitalized. Later Zeramba’s Stop 13 store was burglarized with candy gum tobacco and $5 pennies stolen from a machine. Suspects are boys.
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Kenry Zeramba
Elyria
Lorain
James Dohney
East Avenue
Zeramba
Central Ohio Gas to Acquire Medina Gas Firms for 9.55 Million
The state utilities commission approved Central Ohio Gas Company purchase of Medina Gas and Fuel, Buckeye State Gas and Fuel, Coshocton Gas, and Berea Pipe Line for 9.55 million. Funds include 7 million in common stock and 32 million in first mortgage bonds. The deal is linked to Henry L. Doherty interests and Ohio natural gas consolidation plans. Berlin reports talks on economic agreements among Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, and Italy during Chancellor Zipfel’s visits.
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Columbis
State Utilities Commission
Central Ohio Gas Company
Medina Gas and Fuel Company
Buckeye State Gas and Fuel Company
Coshocton Gas Company
Berea Pipe Line
Henry L. Doherty
New York
Ohio Natural Gas Company
Ohio
Medina
Berlin
Austria
Caetho-Slovakia
Germany
Italy
Zipel
Bandit Robs Lorain Elyria Streetcar in Bold Hold Up
A lone bandit on a Yellow Line streetcar between Elyria and Lorain threatened the crew and passengers with a savage pistol, forcing the motorman to drive past eight stops. He collected cash and valuables from several riders including $79 from Pete, $28.40 and a watch from Nathan Seville, $42 and a watch from George Cook, and watches from others, then fled. Police broadened descriptions as investigators track the suspect from Elyria to Lorain and Cleveland.
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Abold
Elyria
Lorain
Otis
L'Etes
Petes
Nathan Seville
Flyria
George Cook
Nicholas Naravak
Heram Lewis
H. 2. Reicson Lorain
Pat Crehan
Cleveland
Jim
C S. Beal
Lake Shore Electric
Rehabilitation of Erin Nears End as Scrap War Ends
Dublin dispatch reports Irish free state officials optimistic about ending fighting by next month. Foreign secretary Williem Cosgrave criticizes De Valera and allies as unbalanced, notes vast material damage and delayed construction plans. He warns arrests could martyrize leaders and emphasizes civilian suffering and false international impressions.
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Mares BF
Pew
International News Service
Dublin
Friends
Bamonn de Valera
DeValera
Erskine Childers
Trigh
Black and Tans
Ireland
Steel firm boosts day labor pay by twenty percent
United States Steel Corporation announced a twenty percent wage increase for day labor at all its plants, effective September 1. Other rates will be equitably adjusted.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation
Helped Boy Teals Auto After Job Visit Incident
An Oberlin resident asked Sheriff Rackus to aid in capturing a boy who vanished after being hired to paint a property. The youth, also a chauffeur, earlier drove Mrs. Sherill to Oberlin to buy paint then disappeared with the auto leaving Mrs. Sherill at the post office.
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E. A. Sherill
Oberlin
Sherif N
Rackus
Sherif
Sherill Place
Sherill
Mitchell
Raint
Parties Form Battle Plans At Columbus
Columbus Aug 22 political conventions open this afternoon with both parties naming keynote speakers. T J Duffy temporary Democratic chairman accuses plutocracy of ruling the nation while praising Wilson and Mox, and Republican leaders are to name a permanent chair as the session begins. Elyria delegates and state officials attend amid platform and committee selections.
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Columbus
Ohio
T. J. Duffy
State Industrial Commission
Trand
Toppin
Batavia
U. 5
Pomerene
Canton
Vic Donahey
New
Philadelphia
Tan Geressman
Yellow Springs
GOLP
Carmi A. Thompson
Cleveland
Harry L. Davis
Ohio Democracy
Duffy
Woodrow Wilson
James Mox
Prosecution witness May Nee Neely buried in Cleveland
Funeral services were held at St. Jerome's church for Miss May E Nee Neely star witness in the William H. McGannon murder trials. She died at Lakeside hospital after a six month illness and two operations. Interment will be at Calvary Cemetery.
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Cleveland
May E. Nee Ir
William H. McGannon
Harold Kary
St. Jerome's Church
Lake Shore
Neely
Lakeside Hospital
Calvary Cemetery
Elyria
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White House
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