Four Die In Powder Plant Explosion Near Suscon
Four are dead and one dying after a massive blast at the Black Diamond Powder Company plant near Suscon, Pennsylvania. The explosion toppled buildings, scattered powder kegs over miles, and shattered nearby mills. Victims include Ralph Brum and Ralph Brum’s father, with several injured and missing workers. The blast's shock was felt up to twenty miles away as the glazing, drying, and packing mills exploded in sequence.
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Pittston
Black Diamond Powder Company
Suscon
Packing House
é@tring
C. E. Howell
Ralph Brum
B. Brum
Ray Slaugh
Wm. Wright
Frank Garran
Ashley
Sebastian Fabian
Suseon
Black Diamond Company
Fame Stars May Not Be Re employed
New York December 9 officials of the Famous Players Lasky Corporation refused to comment on a report that a number of well known actors and actresses will not be given contracts when the current year ends. Names mentioned include Mary Miles Minter Wanda Hawley and William Hart.
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New York
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Mary Miles Minter
Wanda Hawley
William 5. Hart
Two Arrests After Ashland Junk Plant Shooting
In Ashland and Mansfield officers arrested Job and Emer Norris at their homes for shooting Shotty Mia Dasher and Harold Gray at the junk plant around midnight. Dasher was wounded twice in the abdomen and may not survive. Motive reported as revenge. both suspects deny the charges. Six year old Max Vore died from burns suffered when his clothes ignited after a playmate set waste near the Vore home two weeks ago.
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Mansfield
Dec
Job
Emer Norris
Ashland
Shocky
Mia Dasher
Harold Gray
Dasher
Colemets
Max Vore
Vore
Glenser
Athens County
Grant Hospital
Vorr
Alimony Hearing Sets 390 Monthly Support
The alimony case of Jose Preston vs Ernest Preson was heard by Judge H. G. Redng. Preston, formerly of this city, now residing in Toledo, has wife and child in Sprain. Court orders 390 per month for the support until the main case. A cognovit note for 121.30 given by M. Rivkind was collected by Frank Jetson today.
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Jose Preston
Ernest Preson
H. G. Redng
Preston
Toledo
Sprain
Frank Jetson
M. Rivkind
Senate backs ship subsidy bill 11 to 5 vote
In Washington today the Senate commerce committee approved the proposed ship subsidy bill by an 11 to 5 vote. Senator Jones of Washington chaired the panel, with ten Republicans voting for the measure and one Democrat Fansdell joining them. The remaining five Democrats opposed.
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Washington
Dec
Senate
Senate Ecommerce Committee
Jones
Republican Committee
Fansdell
Louisiana
Mendell Charged With Slaying Best Friend in Detroit
Harry H. Mendell, 42, a draftsman, was arrested in Detroit on a first degree murder charge. Investigators say Morgan, 33, metallurgist and scout leader, drowned during a swim at a camp on the Kawhkawlin River last August. Disinterment revealed a head bruise. Mendell reportedly confessed an infatuation with Morgan’s wife.
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Detroit
Mich
Harry H. Mendel
Roland M. Morgan
Congregational Church
Mendell
Morgan
Mendall
Kawhkawlin River
Latest Aviation Toll Claims Two Army Flyers
The latest casualties in air warfare report Major Guy L Gearhart and Captain Ben ton A Doyle among the dead after an air collision at Langley Field Virginia. Four enlisted men also perished in the crash.
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Guy L Gearhart
Benton A. Doyle
Langley Field
FAGES DEATH ORDER FOR IRISH JOURNAL STAFF
Dublin December 9 Republican irregulars ordered Martin Fitzgerald proprietor of the Free Irish Journal and several staff members to leave Ireland at once or face death if they disobey. The demand signals intensified hostilities amid ongoing resistance and threats to press freedom.
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Republicanrregular
Martin Fitzgerald
Free- Irials
Ireland
ASK CHARTER FOR LADIES CU CLUX CLAN COLUMBUS OH
The Ladies Cu Clux Clan of Ohio seeks a state charter to educate women in government and US history and to promote American ideals and charitable giving. Incorporators include T C Barfield Ardmore OK and B Barefield Henderson TX. Secretary Smith will investigate purposes and withhold action pending inquiry.
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Ladies Cu Clux Clan
Ohio
Smith
United States
Ku Klux Klan
T. C. Barfield
Ardmore
Oklahoma
B. Barefield
Henderson
Texas
D. Ford
Toledo
Hender
Ella Guyer
Guyer
Darton
Ohio farmers lose wheat money. more crime and politics linked
Ohio State University figures show farmers who plowed before sowing wheat lost money last year. A Cincinnati man, Louis Langlais, 41, was shot and walked miles with a boiler in his back before seeking aid. Governor Davis, recovering from tonsil surgery, rests at Hotel Statler. William Harne, 45, with Vitanika Pharmaceutical, seriously injured when struck by a car in Reading. A legal ruling upholds Ohio tax on non par value foreign corporate stock. Louise Weisman sues Jacob Newman in a $50,000 breach of promise suit in Cincinnati.
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Columbus
Ohio
Department of Rural Economics
Ohio State University
Cincinnate
Louis Langlais
General Hospital
Cincinnati
Dee
William F. Harne
Vitanika Pharmaceutical Company
Dayton
Reading
Norwood
Donahue, Peck
Louise Weisman
Jacob Newman
Newman
Knight Denial Backing Third Party Sparks GOP Rift
Akron congressman Charles L Knight called for Republican rededication to people’s service and opposed broad government taxation and boondoggle spending. He said he is not promoting a third party. In Washington, the railroad labor board faced a death sentence with a likely one year stay.
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Cleveland
Republican Party
Charles L. Knight
Akron
Ohio
Washington
Railroad Labor Board
Making Final Movie Shots Elyria Film
Weather hindered exterior scenes for the Elyria comedy Elyria Adopts a Baby. Interior work occurred at the American Theatre with director Don Newland and his company. Exterior views were shot today as a stage of filming nears completion and audiences were invited to see the process. The final cut will be shown later with details announced locally.
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American Theatre
Hengeck
Don
Newland
Walter Maxwell Dies at Cleveland Former Elyrian
Walter Maxwell longtime Elyrian resident dies at his Cleveland home 808 Bella Avenue. He lived here fifteen years and worked for the Elyria Iron & Steel Co. Funeral services will be held at his home Sunday and at Dover Center at 2 o'clock.
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Walter Maxwell
Elyrian
Cleveland
Walter
Bella “Avenue
Elyria Ivor & Stesl Co
Dover Center
London economist Dr Bergman arrives in capital
A bulletin from London reports Dr. Bergman, foremost among German economic experts, arriving this afternoon. Other dispatches note Armour and Morris Packing merging per an attorney general opinion to Wallace, Maldonado surrendering to Obregon forces, and the Bulgarian Macedonian komitadjis revolt causing casualties in Vienna.
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Bergman
Washington
Dec
Armour and Morris Packing
Daugherty
Wallace
Vienna
Komitadjis
Hucktler Fined For Selling Bad Meat In Cleveland
Oliver Pletcher, a Cleveland huckster, was arrested this morning and charged with selling a spoiled ham to Mrs. H. B. Isler at 224 Fourteenth Street. He pleaded guilty, was fined 26 dollars and costs, and ordered to refund Mrs. Isler the ham price. Authorities suspect he also sold storage eggs misrepresented as country fresh. Lorain health board warned locals yesterday to beware itinerant peddlers.
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Oliver Pletcher
Cleveland
H. B. Isler
Fourteenth Street
Fletcher
Homer Bailey Injured at Oberlin Water Works Site
Homer Bailey was seriously hurt at noon today while at work near Kipton on the Oberlin water works property. A ditch being dug collapsed, burying him. the foreman was trapped but escaped. Bailey was rescued unconscious and transported to Oberlin Hospital with injuries not yet determined.
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Oberlin Water Works
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Oberlin Hospital
Rotary and Kiwanis Club meetings and notices
A Rotary Club meeting is set for Tuesday at noon with a November and December birthday celebration. The Kiwanis Club plans a Thursday business meeting and the annual officer election. A fire at 31% Wess River Street damaged a kitchen line, Olive Cline’s home. Divorce suit: Susanna Miadok vs John Maidok, marriage in Hungary, desertion noted in 1913. Cincinnatti story reports a love island raid aftermath and divorce filing by Grace Kinman from Ralph Kinman after marriage. Toulon, France reports ships wrecked in a Mediterranean storm observed today.
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River Street
Olive Cline
Cexcinnati
Ohio River
Louisville
Grace
Xllington Kinman
Ralph Kinmean
Kinmans
Open forum speaker Whiting Williams at First Congregational
On Sunday at 3 pm Whiting Williams, a noted sociologist returning from Europe, will address the Open Forum at the First Congregational Church. He will compare working conditions in France Germany and America and discuss causes and remedies for unemployment and industrial gloom, stressing the laborer on the job as the foundation of modern industry.
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Whiting Williams
France
Germany
America
Europe
Williams
Trains Collide in Fog Near Charleston Injuring Several
A rear end collision between express cars and a passenger train on the Atlantic Coast Line between Greenville and Charleston left several injured, none seriously. Officials cited heavy fog as the cause of the wreck.
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Charleston
Barbara Cox Welcomes Daughter Born To Ex Governor Cox
Barbara Grair Cox weighed nine pounds at birth at the home of former Governor James M. Cox and Mrs. Cox in Dayton Ohio. Both mother and child are reported well, with the father noted as a former Democratic presidential candidate two decades earlier.
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Dayton. O
Barbara Grair Cox
James M. Cox
Desmeratie
County deficit blamed on personal property losses in tax roll
A chaotic report from Saginaw and Bradford captures a fatal auto crash that killed Mitton Morford and Margaret Faye with five injured, plus a second accident in Bradford. The data shifts to Lorain county tax figures showing total taxable property valued at 176,668,335 dollars, down from last year due to weaker personal property returns amid unemployment and hard times.
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Maxs Joe Welty
Lorain County
Amherst Township
Brownhelm
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Russia
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Columbia Special
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Pittsfield
Ridgeville
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Oberlin Village
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Sheffield Lake
Rodinety
Wellington Two
Wellington Village
Lorain County Horse Owners Meet Elects Officers
The Lorain County Horse Owners Association held its annual meeting at the courthouse. The secretary reported a successful year with no horse or auto thefts among members. Officers reelected were J. A. Rawson president J. L. Edwards vice president George Hill secretary and H. M. Andress treasurer. The group has operated for forty five years and will continue a $100 reward policy for lost autos.
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Lorain County Horse Owners Association
Court House
J. A. Rawson
J. L. Edwards
George Hill
H. M. Andress
Senator Reed Awarded U S Medal For Meritorious Service
The War Department announced that Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania received the Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious and distinguished services. The December 9 dispatch confirms the honor and the recipient’s name and office.
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David Reed
Washington
War Department
David A. Reed
Pennsylvania
W. Austin Promoted to Assistant at Studebaker Plant
W. Austin former city resident and ex-president with Garford, has been promoted to assistant to M Fr Wollering, vice president of Studebaker in South Bend. He served as production manager of Plant No. 1 since leaving the city, with his work cited as the reason for the advancement.
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W. W. Austin
Garford
M. Fr. Wollering
Studebaker Automobile Corporation
South Bend
Ind
Mr. Austin
Cleveland Man Regains Consciousness After Found Unconscious
Samuel Sehnell of Cleveland was found unconscious at 886 North High Street and admitted to Protestant Hospital. Authorities believe aphasia affected him while his home is thought to be 13202 Union Avenue, E. His condition was listed as fair in the afternoon update. A separate item notes Sir Keith Smith proposing an aerial crossing of the Atlantic next year.
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Columbus
Samuel Sehnell
Cleveland
Protestant Hospital
North High Street
Union Avenue
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Sir Keith Smith
Hunt for missing U9 Army aviators widens
Washington Dec 9 Searchers for Colonel Marshall and Lieutenant Weber traced the missing aviators to Estella Arizona about 20 miles east of Gila Bend. A telegram from Major H H Arnold at Rockwell Field San Diego says Canadians are scouring the land between Estella and Tucson in the effort to locate the aviators.
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Washington
Marshall
Lieuetenant Webber
Estella
Arizona
Gile Bend
Air Service
H. H. Arnold
Rockwell Field
San Diego
Tucon
Bark Cited In Court Over Alimony Order
Eric B Bark has been cited to appear in court on December 1 to show why he should not be compelled to pay alimony to his wife Winifred Bark, as ordered by the court.
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Eric B Bark
Winifred Bark
LUES TO QUIET TITLE Suit Filed Over Property in Milyria Township
Carl Christian has filed suit in district court against Henry Newterry and others seeking a quiet title to a parcel of land located in Milyria township. The action names multiple defendants and requests judicial determination of ownership.
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Carl Christian
Henry Newterry
Milyria Township
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