Equitable Life Building in New York Fire Ravages Skyscraper
A spectacular blaze at the Equitable Life Insurance building in New York City damaged the forty story edifice, injuring seven firefighters and one worker. The fire started in a pine shaft and spread across multiple floors, with four alarms drawing all Manhattan units and rescuers from Brooklyn. The American Smelting and Refining Company suffered heavy losses on the 34th and 35th floors.
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New York
Equitable Life Insurance
Manhattan
American Smelting and Hefining Company
Manahattan
Brooklyn
Kenton
Equitable
Secrecy Order Kept On Tax Conferees Deliberations
Washington February 16 Conferees from the house and senate tax panels agreed to withhold all news of their negotiations until a full agreement is reached. The unusual secrecy was urged by Rep Green R of Town to speed progress on the bill aimed at reducing the tax burden and restoring 160 900 000 in repealed rates. Initial talks focused on surtaxes corporation taxes and repeal of the capital stock tax.
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House
Senate
Green. R
Town
Bs House
Congress
Site for New Institution Undecided in Ohio
Columbus Feb 1. State welfare director John Harper says the site for a proposed new state institution for the feeble minded in northeastern Ohio remains undecided. An advisory board, delegated to choose a site, will gather more information on New London, Spencer, Applecreek and Ravenna. The board also advised immediate testing and analysis of water supplies at each site to determine quantity and quality.
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Columbus
Ohio
John Harper
Harper
New London
Spencer
Applecrerk
Ravenna
Waepee
City Council Reconsiders White Way Plan and Bus Station
City council held a brief session to discuss the White Way dispute and postponed a Bus Station relocation from Second Street and Cheapside to Broad Street. The Yellow Line Waiting Room committee was named to study conditions as lighting plans from the electric service drew attention. Mayor and city solicitor Don Myers planned next Monday’s follow up while property owners' committee worked toward final action.
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Second Street
Cheapside
Broad Gtreet
Don Myers
George Stevens, Jr
James A. Hewtt
Electric
Stevens
Council
Hewitt
Mage
Plot Revealed to Murder Mussolini in Rome
A Roman plot to assassinate Premier Mussolini was revealed by Doctor Antonio Carreti who told police deputies Mantini Dutlo and thirty others were involved. The disclosure, reported by Pope lo di Aroma from a Central News dispatch, suggests numerous additional arrests are expected.
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London
Mussolini
Popelo di Aroma
Rome
Antonio Carreti
Mantini
Dutlo
Central
Records Broken For Building In 1925
WALLINGTON February 16 The Federal Reserve Board announced that 1925 set record building activity with new constructions near 36.6 billion dollars, about 26 percent higher than 1924. Economists credit the surge as a key driver of rapid business advances and high industrial productivity.
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Wallington
Federal Reserve Board
Navy aviation plan would fund 1000 planes and two dirigibles
The House Naval Affairs Committee tentatively approved a five year naval aviation program calling for 1000 planes and two dirigibles at a total appropriation of about 100 million dollars. The plan would be about three fifths of the original request by Rear Admiral William Moffett.
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Washington
House Naval Affairs Committee
Shenandoah
William Moffett
Naval Aeronautics
United States seeks tighter controls to curb liquor smuggling
London reports that in February 1916 the United States pressed Britain to prevent liquor smuggling by ships of British registry. Secretary Kellogg reopened talks, asking stricter manifest checks and fuller information on final destinations. Britain said it wished to cooperate but cited difficulties.
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London
United States
Kellogg
Great Britain
Man found bleeding from scalp wound on Beech Street
Police found John Brazo at 225 Beech Street with a scalp wound and taken to Memorial Hospital. He claimed he had been struck, but officers discredited his story, noting he appeared intoxicated and had fallen on ice on the residence steps.
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John Brazo
Franklin Ave
Memoral Hospital
Beech Street
Brazo
Twin children die in blaze at Renova residence
In Renova near Signe Pennsylvania on February 16 a fire gutted the Prebble home killing twin two year old siblings, a boy and girl. Neighbors rescued the parents and three other children after breaking into the burning house as the family slept.
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Renova
F. S. Prebble
Prebble
Signe
Auto accident suit filed over November 22 1825 collision
Urban Pf Miller of Avon sues Peter Russo of Ridgeville claiming his car was struck on Detroit road intersection at seven pm by Russsos auto due to negligent excessive speed. Miller seeks damages of 250 dollars plus costs.
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Urban Pf Miller
Joseph Mutler
Avon
Peter Russo
Ridgeville
Detroit
Illinois Supreme Court Stays Executions in Swinontowski Murder
The Illinois Supreme Court halted the scheduled hangings of Henry J. Jernekes Daniel J. McGeoghehan and John Flannery after a Feb 16 ruling. The three men, convicted of the murder of Michael Swinontowski, will have their cases reviewed by the high court.
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Springfield
Til
Hiinois Supreme Court
Henry J. Jernekes
Daniel J. McGeoghehan
John Flannery
Michael Swinontowski
Theigh Court
British Scions to Take Up Countess Case in Commons
London february 16 the countess vera cathcart case moves into international politics as captain g j fairfay mp says he will question foreign minister sir austen chamberlain in the house of commons and press for suitable reprisals while seeking negotiations with the united states to ensure visas are final guarantees of country for foreign citizens unless immigration offenses occur after grant washington february 16 an adverse ruling on countess cathcart's deportation appeal by the immigration board of review was expected today or tomorrow with the board holding she is undesirable for eloping with baron no 3
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Earl of Craven
Moral Turpiunde
Countess of Cathcart
Ellis Island
National Women’s Party
Washington
W. W. Husband
R. Carl White
Labor
London
Vera Cathcart
G. J. Fairfay
M. P
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
Home Office
Fairfax
Foreign Office
United States
Immigration Board of Review
Vera
Countess Cathcart
Bills Island
Countess i
Chase Ends as Police Save Colored Man From Black River
An escape through four inches of ice in Black River ended late last night when officers pulled Matt Williams from the stream. He was jailed, fined $50 and costs, and served 39 days after a dramatic city hall hearing in which he menaced Mrs Lee Davis, wife of a man jailed yesterday for liquor statute violations. Officer Lloyd Sweet restrained him from striking Mrs Davis.
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Matt Williams
City Jail
S,t George
City Hall
Willams
Lee Davis
Lloyd Sweet
Will No. 4
Rexes sue for 16600 damages in Lorain county case
May Rex and her husband Harry Tex filed in the court of common pleas against Margaret Corta. They allege a collision on Lake road near Oak Point Hill on August 10 injured May’s face body loosened teeth and left ankle broken. May seeks 10000 damages. Harry seeks 6000 for injuries and 600 for car damages.
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Teo
Court of Common Pleas
May Rex
Harry Tex
Margaret Corta
Lorain
Lake Road
Oak Point Hi
Harry Rex
Bank Bandits Scour County Across Lima Heist
Columbus police and Franklin county deputies hunted five bandits who burglarized the Metropolitan Bank of Lima, escaping with $4,000 in cash and securities. Officials traced their escape by noting Milo Bracknes of St Johns drove them yesterday to Columbus.
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Columbus
Franklin County
Bank of
Famous Woman Editor Speaks Here Tonight
Ida Clyde Clark associate editor of the Pictorial Review speaks at First Congregational Church at eight this evening on Uncle Sam Needs a Wife. The talk covers women in government and service to the nation in peace and war. Clark is known nationally for club work and magazine writing and has spoken in California Canton and Cleveland.
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Ida Clyde Clark
Pictorial Review
First Congregational Church
Sam
United States
Women’s Clubs
California
Woman's Clubs
Canton
Unity Club
Cleveland
Elyria
Woman's Club
Lorain Joins Infight on Grorates in Public Hearing
Lorain City Council voted unanimously to join other municipalities in funding an engineer's data for a Public Utilities Commission hearing on the Logan Gas Company fight. City funds were pledged to participate, with City Solicitor Walter Tt. Harlan to draft legislation for the next meeting. Mayor William Grall supported the action after addressing the council. Elyria's solicitor spoke by invitation to present data to the council. Trade with Latin America broke records in 1925, surpassing two billion dollars. The Department of Commerce reported a total of $2,091,195,309 in trade.
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Don Myers
Lorain
Counet
Myers
William Grall
Counal
Elyria
Logan Gas Company
Washington
Department of Commerce
Man killed in Lehigh Valley express wreck at Newport Crossing
In Wilkes Barre Pa on February 16 a Lehigh Valley express train engine and six cars derailed plunging from the track into an embankment near Newport Crossing. One man was killed and another was perhaps fatally injured in the crash between New York and Buffalo.
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Wilkesbarre Pa
New York
Buffalo
Newport Crossing
Impressions of Springfield by Rev William Mair Auld
Rev William Mair Auld pastor of the First Congregational Church spoke before the Springfield Rotarians at noon in the YMCA. He delivered a vivid talk on the city birthplace of Abraham Lincoln, sharing memories, museum displays, and material from locals who knew Lincoln well.
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Springfield
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
William Mair Auld
First Congregational Church
Auld
Arch Kramp
Cleveland
Idacoln
Lincolnana
Lincoln
Salesmen Gather for Fox Furnace Co Convention
Over sixty salesmen and traveling men from the Fox Furnace Company are holding their annual convention in the city and will also attend a training session. W. H. Hill, company president, opened the gathering and J. E. Maynard spoke on heating engineering. Attendees were invited to submit engineering problems for discussion. The group toured the company plant at the session’s end. The convention continues with No. 5 on page 2.
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Fox Furnace Co
W. TI. Hill
J. E. Maynard
Cleveland Fireman Hurt In Basement Fall Rescue
Fire lieutenant Clarence W. Hall was injured while battling a blaze in a Cleveland apartment house. The floor collapsed, Hall was carried out unconscious, and Mrs. Iver Vaughn and her two children Iver Jr. and Helen were rescued from the basement.
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Cleveland
Clarence W. Hall
Hall
Iver Vaughn
Iver, Jr
Helen
Pulaski policemen slain in ambush gun battle
Two Pulaski policemen, George Dodson and Hud Jackson, were ambushed and killed by three bandits early today near the main street. The attackers, heavily armed, fled in a car as bloodhounds trailed toward the cemetery. A state-wide alert was issued for the fugitives.
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Pulaski, Tenn
Pulaski
George Dodson
Hud Jackson
Dodson
Jackson
Klan Protests Catholic Religious Instruction in Toledo Schools
In Toledo on February 16 the Ku Klux Klan protested a Catholic priest teaching religion for one hour weekly to Catholic students in the public schools. About fifty robed Klansmen disrupted a school board meeting, demanding the instruction be stopped, while superintendent Meeks acknowledged the issue and suggested Protestant pupils would be taught similarly if requested. J. D. Robinson, acting board president, dismissed the protest as not open, inviting a public approach.
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Toledo, O
Toledo
Ku Klux Klan
Birmingham Achool
Khan Reacher
United States of America
Meeks
Childrn
J. D. Robinson
National Tube Co Awards Foremen Bonuses for Low Accidents
Lorain February 16 The National Tube Company announced it paid ten thousand dollars in bonuses to foremen for the last six months of 1925 based on accident records within their departments. Largest bonuses went to departments with the fewest accidents, bonuses tied to department wage scales.
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Lorain
the National Tube Company Today
Reconciliation Declared Impossible By Judge Mills
McIntosh Fla Deb 16 Report states Leonard Kip Thinelander and Alice Jones Rhinelander cannot reconcile, per Judge Isaac N. Mills who also notes uncertainty about further court moves while on hunting vacation. Mills, counsel for Rhinelander, suggests a peaceful reunion is highly unlikely. Reporter notes possible announcements from New York regarding veteran matters.
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