Step Mother Waits at Tunnel Brink in Floyd Collins Cave
A Kentucky cave rescue story centers Floyd Collins trapped seven days after a shaft was drilled to reach him. His stepmother Jennie Collins, gazing into the shaft, conveys the family’s hope as bloodhounds and rescuers attempt to feed him and locate a way to reach him safely. The scene unfolds amid a battleground of drilling, debris, and a tense search near Sand Cave in Cave City.
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Cave City
Sand Cave
Collins
Kentucky
Floyd Collins
Wis
Jennie Collins
Floyd
Dhe Cave
Homer
Oe Rand
John
Geralds
Grandma McCurdy Acquitted of Arsenic Murder Charge
In Coshocton Ohio on February 4 67 year old Grandma Clara McCurdy was acquitted of first degree murder for allegedly poisoning her husband. The judge directed the jury after the state’s circumstantial case failed to show motive. Crowd cheers and flowers greeted the verdict as supporters praised the defense.
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Coshocton
Clara McCurdy
James Glenn
Glenn
Mrs McCurdy
McCurdy
U S Withdraws From Opium Conference
Washington reports the United States withdraws from the International Opium Conference in Geneva. Official telegrams notified Stephen G Porter, head of the American delegation, to withdraw and return home.
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Washington
Geneva
State Department
Stephen G Porter
Bomb Theater in Union War Shatters Downtown Kansas City
Police believe a bomb set off at the World in Motion theater marks the culmination of a cals war with the Movie Picture Operators' union. Windows shattered for half a block and the lobby wrecked. A suspect Wade Rolls died an hour later in a duel with Patrolman S Stephens at the prisoners’ boarding place. E H Rearback, proprietor, is a non union man.
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Kansas City
Tech 6
World In Motion
Wade Rolls
S Stephens
E. H Rearback
Veterans 108 and 104 Are Oldest In State
Dayton report notes Robert Brown is 108 years and one day old, a native of Arkansas and war veteran living at the soldiers home. He avoids autos and airplanes, preferring old modes. William Bane, aged 104, calls him a “boy” and visits to pay respects as he remains active in his late years.
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Robert Brown
Robert
Arkansas
William Bane
Close Tange
William
Brown
Norton Named Collector for District 41 by President
Cleveland Feb 6 The nomination of Minger G Norton of Cleveland to be collector of customs for district No 41 with headquarters at Cleveland Ohio was sent to the senate today by President Coolidge.
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Antwerp
Hamburg
Ner Oden- Wald
Papal Medal Marks St John Lateran Centenary
News items report Pope Pius XII awarding silver medals to all cardinals in honor of St John Lateran’s centenary. American cardinals to receive theirs with letters from Cardinal Gaspari and related notices.
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Rome
Pius
St John Latran
Gaspari
Flappers Outpace Men Critics In Education Debate
Charleston note on Dr Karl Barnes speech to 350 teachers argues women’s education outruns men. He links progress to German system influences via Horace Mann, noting sevenfold school growth since 1900 and a 100 percent rise in teacher salaries. He urges broader cultural standards beyond jazz and vaudeville.
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Charleston
W. Va
Church of educationAal
Karl Barnes
Philadelphia
Leland Stanford University
Barnes
Horace Mann
United States
Three Die In Collision With Train At Leesdale Station
Three men en route to work were killed when their car was struck by the Detroit to Pittsburgh flyer of the Pennsylvania railroad at Leesdale station near Pittsburgh. Victims were Lu. Lavelle of Ambridge, Pa. C. A. Perry of Buffalo, and C. J. Dimmers of Buffalo. Perry and Dimmers boarded at Lavelle’s Ambridge home.
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Detroit
Pennsylvania Railroad
Leesdale Station
Lu. (. Lavelle
Ambridge
C. A. Perry
Buffalo
C. J. Dimmers
Perry
Dimmers
Lavele
Poison bottle fuels OSU student deaths probe
Officials probing the strychnine deaths of two Ohio State University students and near misses of at least three others narrowed their inquiry. Prof. William Kevzer admitted obtaining a bottle labeled poison from the pharmacy stock room for student practice. The bottle contained enough toxin to kill thousands and was kept on laboratory shelves for routine use in courses.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
William Kevzer
College of Pharmacy
Kesser
Ife
General Chemical Stock Room
Kevner
Wny Sues
Harvard President’s Sister Dies In Hotel Fall
Mrs Catherine Bowlher sixty six a sister of Harvard President A Lawrence Lowell was killed in Boston when she fell from a fifth floor hotel window after leaning out she apparently lost balance and plunged sixty feet to the alley below police said the death was an accident following an interview with her husband’s maid
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Boston
Catherine Bowlher
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Vendom
Elyria Man's Brother Dies in Cleveland Funeral Held
Andrew Klinkner 34, son of the late Joseph and Christina Klinkner, died Monday in Cleveland. Funeral services were held there yesterday. Survived by wife, brothers Fred Klinkner and Mrs Hartman, Cleveland, Mrs John Stauder and Miss Catherine Younglas, Elyria, Mrs Geo Eberling, West Dover, Emma Klinkner, Avon Lake.
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Andrew Klinkner
Joseph and
Christina Klinkner
Cleveland
Fred Klinkner
Christ Hartman
John Stauder
Catherine Younglas
Elyria
Geo. Eberling
West Dover
Emma Kliinkner
Avon Lake
Fire at Luce Furniture Co. plant injures worker in Grand Rapids
A $400000 blaze at the Luce Furniture Co finishing department in Grand Rapids injures Henry Van Lear who was seated and grabbed a fire extinguisher to fight the flames. The fire's origin is in the finishing room and the incident occurred February 6.
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Michigan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Luce Furniture Co
Henry van Lear
Washington Birthday 200th Anniversary Plans Discussed
A White House breakfast conference today reviewed plans for a 200th birthday celebration of George Washington to be held in 1932. Members of the recently appointed commission on the centennial attended.
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Washington
George Washington
White House
LaGrange Adventists Deny World Ends Tonight
The LaGrange Seventh Day Adventists deny forecasts of an imminent apocalypse while noting a church with more than sixty members. The LaGrange group, led by Pastor Joseph Hagman, has formed in White Fox with a small Adventist school nearby.
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Seventh Day Adventists
Lorain County
Adventist Church
Reformed
Marret Bowen
Iollywood
Cil
Seventh Day Adventist Church
LaGrange Church
Joseph Hagman
Huron County
White Fox
Deputy Sheriff and Woman Bootlegger Easing New Charge
In Toledo on February 6, deputy sheriff Clyde Rollins of Millams and bootlegger Mrs Mass face new federal charges in a liquor running gang case. A third member, arrested at Povano, remains jailed. Mrs Mass, released from Lenawer county jail after a 25 day sentence, awaited bond set at $5,500 but could not post it.
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Mats Mass
Wealth
Boo'lezzer
Wayne
Clyde Rollins
Millams Courts
Pir
Sirce Rolling
Povano
Mrs Mass
Lenawer
U.S
Williams
Discovery of iron sand deposit could make Japan self reliant
News from Tokio reports a vast iron sand deposit in northern Japan with up to 49 percent iron, valued at over a billion tons. Gore Matsukata is said to have discovered a smelting method enabling domestic production of iron, predicted to create thousands of jobs and boost industrial growth and exchange stability.
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Tokio
Japan
Tron
United States
Australia
New Zeland
Gore Mataukata
Prince Matsukata
Restaurant owner kills wife then dies in tragedy
In Los Angeles on February 6, Yarry Alexander, a restaurant owner, shot and killed his wife after claiming her sister attended an all night party without permission, wounded his sister-in-law, and then killed himself.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Yarry Alexander
Millionaire Yeast Aso Funeral to Be at Cincinnati
The body of Julius Fleischmann, millionaire yeast philanthropist and former mayor of Cincinnati, who died suddenly in Miami at age 52, will be sent to Cincinnati tonight. Fleischmann, born in Cincinnati in 1872, once owned the Cincinnati Nationals baseball club and had recently traveled to attend his mother's funeral.
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ASO
Cincinnati
Miami
Fla
Julus Fleischmann
War Spotsman
Fleischmann
Meschmann
Dies In Florida While On Visit
Mrs Martin Reisinger 77 of North Eaton died yesterday in DeFumak Springs Florida while visiting. She was survived by sons George Bert Vern Harley Fred and Fail and several grandchildren. Funeral services conducted by J H Hurst at Taylor Funeral Home 213 Court Street Monday at 2 o clock with burial at Ridgelawn Cemetery.
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Martin Reisinger
North Eaton
DeFumak Springs
Fla
George
Bert
Vern
Harley
Fred
Fail
Granldren
Taylor Funeral Home
Court Street
J. H Hurst
Ridgelawn
Former Olmsted Resident George Stevens Dies
George Stevens 90 former resident of Olmstead died in Creston. He is survived by daughter Jennie Ingersoll. Funeral services will be Saturday at 1 15 at the Universalist church here with burial at Butternut Ridge cemetery.
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North Olmstead
George Stevens
Creston
Jennie Ingersoll
Universalist Church
Butternut Ridge Cemetery
Steel operations drop Lorain
National Tube Co announces a three percent cut at its Lorain plant next week with current output at 90 percent. The butt mill rolling mill and Jap mill will be affected most by the layoff.
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Lorain
National Tube Co
Lorain Official Expects Relief Bill Approval
Lorain City Solicitor Wesley Grills, returning from Columbus, said he believes the Senate will approve the $190,000 Lorain relief bill reported by the Senate finance committee yesterday.
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Wesley Grills
Columbus
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Creditors Take Over Reid Bros Shoe Store
C D Reid proprietor of Reid Bros shoe store on West Broad Street has placed his affairs in the hands of creditors. The Credit Men’s Adjustment Bureau of the Cleveland Association of Credit Men will take charge. Liabilities are about $10 000 with assets around $8 000.
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D Reid
Reid Bros Shoe
West Broad St
Credit Men's Adjustment Bureau
Cleveland Association of Credit Men
Peter Wagner Dies Suddenly On Cleveland Street
Peter Wagner veteran motor man on the green line died suddenly at his home on Cleveland Street this afternoon. He started work this morning and at 9 o clock, not feeling well, was relieved. Death caused by heart trouble occurred about 2:00 PM.
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Peter Wagner
Cleveland Street
Robin sighting sparks early spring hopes
Mrs J B Slater of 313 Princeton Avenue reports the first robin of the year near her home. The bird appeared cheerful despite cold feet and sang a tune that invoked thoughts of an early spring.
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Robin
J B_ Slater
Princeton Avenue
Three Bills Filed In Brief State House Session
In Columbus today February 6 three House bills were introduced by Tiles Woods and Buchanan. One prohibits exclusive patented articles in public contracts another abolishes the office of assistant county superintendent of schools and the third bans smoking in motor vehicles used for transporting persons. The Senate did not meet while a five bill package on minor real estate code changes passed late Thursday.
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Colimbus
House
Senate
Tiles
Huron County
Woods
Perry
Buchanan
Carroll
Two Million Swindler Is Given 5 Yrs
Moe Turman of Brooklyn known as the Boy Ponzi fainted in General Sessions Court as Judge Talley sentenced him to five to ten years in Sing Sing on his guilty plea to second degree forgery. Turman had turned a $1000 debt into about $2,000,000 by borrowing from one person to pay another.
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New York
Moe Turman
Brooklyn
General Sessions
Talley
Sing Sing
Turman
Bootlegger Saws Way Out of Jail
Claude R. Coline, 30, awaiting penitentiary sentence for bootlegging, escaped Lima jail this morning by sawing through the bars of the Bull Pen and breaking exterior window bars. Thirty other prisoners denied knowledge of the method used.
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Lima
Claude R. Coline
Collins
Crimeless town boasts it never has a hold up
In LaGrange a town of 10 000 near Chicago, Police Chief L G Mathews says there have been no stick ups or stolen cars in four years while 355 offenders have been jailed elsewhere. Citizens report a spotless record and a unique rule requiring home visits by police when owners are away.
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L. G Mathews
LaGrange
Here
Clef Matthews
Riter
United States
Tre
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