Two Boys Killed in Mine Incident at Wilburton Crossing
At Wilburton Oklahoma a deadly explosion trapped 105 miners 600 feet underground in the Dengan McConnell Coal Company No 21 mine. Rescue teams with fans gas masks and equipment rushed to the shaft as relatives gathered outside. Officials noted initial cracks in the shaft and debris blocked access while crews repaired the tipple elevator and supports and hoped to reach survivors if air could be circulated.
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Mcalester
Okla
Dengan-McConnell Coal Company
Wilburton
Latimer County
Redding Admits Alias To Seek Parole In Chicago
In a first authorized interview, John Redding abandons his identity as Robert Ogott and says he will use the name Robert Scott. He requests immediate parole to Chicago authorities to face a murder case, stating he wants to return there as soon as possible.
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San Quentin
Calif
John CU. Redding
Robert B. Scott
Chicago
Joseph Mauer
State, Prison Board
Robert Scott
International News Service Today
Redding
Scott
Judge Favors Shepherd In Will Ruling In McClintock Estate
Chicago Jan 13 William Darling Shepherd won a probate ruling admitting the will naming him chief beneficiary of Bly McClintock's millennial estate. The Probate Court had found undue influence. Distant cousins promised an appeal to the Chancery Division to challenge the decision.
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Chicago
William Darling Shepherd
Millen Dollay
Biy" McClintock
Kickham Scanlan
Shepherd
Atorneys
McClniork
Chancery
Circuit Court
Two Fliers Killed in Portugal Accident
LISBON Jan 15 Captains Castro Silva and Brito of the Portuguese Aviation Service were killed when their plane overturned just after takeoff at the Alverace Aerodome near Lisbon.
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Lisbon
Castro-Silva and
Brito
Portuguese Aviation Service
Alverace Aerodome
Here
16 Miners Die in Mine Blast at Pakamatsu Coal Mine
TOKIO Jan. 13 Fifteen persons were killed and more than twelve injured today when an explosion occurred in the Pakamatsu coal mine at Fukuoka.
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Tokio
Fukuoka
Legislation To Be Proposed For Rum War Aid
Washington reports a treasury driven plan to bolster the nations fight on the rum trust. A survey by a Andrews led committee highlights gaps in Volstead act and related laws on smuggling seizures and customs. Treasury officials favor shifting major enforcement to civil service to depoliticize the drive.
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Washington
Rum Trust
Congress
Treasury
Department of Justicmn
Rim
Andrews
William R. Vallance
State Department
James J. Britt
Prohibition Unit
H. H. Tyrer
Commission of Navigation
Department of Commercce
J. F. Murphy
Customs Service
C. 8. Knot
Coast Guard
Prohibition
Civil Service
Oberlin Fire Destroys Book Store in College Town
Flames swept the old Johnson Whitney Block in Oberlin injuring two stores and offices with an estimated 50000 dollars in damages. A. R. Haylor’s book stock suffered about 20000 dollars while the building’s other tenants faced smoke and fire losses. In nearby Lagrange at the Big Four crossing, 16 year olds Lester Wilson and Edward Knowles died when a milk truck was hit by a westbound train, mangling the vehicle and scattering bodies along the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Haylor
Haylor
Hill Clothing
Oberlin
New Methodist Church
Johnson Whitney
BE. P Johnson
C. K. Whitney
Frank Carpenter
Cleveland
Oberlin College
Four Homes Entered by a Nighttime Burglar
Police link a single burglar to four home break ins between 9:45 and 12:15 at night. R. H. Zielman of 312 Onford Street, J. M. Marshall of 316 Oxford Avenue, A. Abramasky of 316 Tarvard Avenue, and Ray W. Date at 922 Dennison Avenue were all entered through front doors with a skeleton key. The thief stole $22, a lady’s gold wristwatch and a wrampden watch engraved M F B, leaving one home with no cash found. The suspect fled by windows or doors in each case.
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R. H. Zielman
Onford Street
J. M Marshall
Oxford Avenue
Tolkey
Albert Abramasky
Tarvard Avenue
Ray W. Date
Dennison Avenue
Frat House Fire Causes Damage at Ohio State
A fire at the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity in the Ohio State University district melted thirty three silver loving cups from intramural contests and caused several hundred dollars in damage. Members escaped by leaping from second story windows. no injuries reported. The blaze likely started from a pile of papers in the basement.
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Columbus
Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Ohio State University
Britain's Richest Duke Starts U.S. Tour
Duke of Norfolk—Britain's richest noble—plans a U.S. trip to see the sights. He is described as outranking all other non royal English dukes.
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Duke of Norfolk
Britain
U. S
Dukes
England
Suit Against Beaver Estate Seeks 2000 Damages
John F. Flynn files suit for $2000 against the estate of the late George Beavar alleging injury in an April 9, 1925 Cleveland road auto crash in which Flynn was a passenger. He claims the driver Beaver was killed in the accident and his car overturned causing bodily injury.
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George Beavar
John F. Flynn
Cleveland Road
Beaver
Rome Buried Under Snow Blanket Across Italy
Rome woke to a heavy snow cover with Naples and Vesuvius also coated in white. Officials note no comparable snowfall since 1892, marking an unusual winter event across the country.
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Rome
Naples
Italy
Floods kill two thousand in Nayarit Mexico
Nogales Ariz Jan 15 Two thousand dead in floods sweeping Nayarit Mexico according to R B Titcomb Southern Pacific of Mexico railway president who arrived from the area More deaths likely as outlying districts are checked Property damage may exceed 2 000 000 Suffering is severe in Acaponeta San Pedro and Santiago river valleys Thousands homeless ill and financially ruined Food scarce medical relief limited Lake Chapala overflow caused dykes to break Rivers rose over ten feet destroying farm buildings Loss in cattle tobacco and crops heavy Southern Pacific damage around 300 000 and communications slow for over a month Relief needed. no epidemics yet but unsanitary conditions reported
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Nogales
Ariz
Nayarit
Mexico
R. B. Titecomb
Southern Pacific of Mexico Railway
Acaponeta
San Pedro
Santiago
Titcamb
Titcomb
Chapala
Jalisco
Columbia Steel and Pittsburgh Concerns Merge
The Columbia Steel Company of Elyria Ohio and The Forged Steel Wheel Company of Pittsburgh announce a full consolidation. Current Columbia Steel officers HH M Naugte A Z Townsend and kh R Jenson will run the combined properties with existing policies. Finishing equipment will be added to control hot and cold rolled strip steel production. New product Strip sheet will be marketed once mills are erected. The firm began in 1898 and has grown into a major producer of cold rolled strip steel for cutlery typewriters electrical appliances and automotive and furniture components. The officers gained control in 1922 and have since expanded output.
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Columbia Steel Company
Elyria
Ohio
Forged Steel Wheel Company
Pittsburgh
HH. M. Naugte
A. Z. Townsend
Kh. R. Jenson
Forum Lecture Sunday on Mohave and Sahara Deserts
Mrs Edna Perkins a Cleveland traveler who has spent much time in the Sahara and Mohave regions will give an illustrated lecture Sunday afternoon at the weekly Open Forum in the Methodist church. She has spoken in New York Columbus and Cleveland and many other states. McClellan Y M C A General Secretary says the lecture should attract a good audience and notes she has a lucrative background so proceeds are not needed.
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Edna Perkins
Cleveland
Sahara
Mohave
Battered schooner sinks off Captiva in Gulf Gale
The schooner Robert B Burnie foundered about 25 miles off Captiva during Monday night after a gale. All crew members, including Captain Thomas Wamilon, were safely landed at Estero, Fla. The vessel had put into Captiva to ride out high winds and seas before being blown back out to sea.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Robert B. Burnie
Captiva
Thomas Wamilon
Estero
Gulf
Bandits Hold Up 200 at New York Cafe
Six young bandits robbed about 200 patrons at an all night cafe on St Mark's Place in Manhattan. They took roughly 8 900 to 10 000, escaped in a waiting automobile with two lookouts outside. Police were alerted when a victim hurled a chair through a window. Most victims were owners and waiters of smaller restaurants and cabarets. One waiter kept his money to care for a sick wife.
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New York
St. Mark’s Place
Lower East Side
Committees to meet on White Way ten tonight
A joint meeting of the White Way ten committees and the property owners’ committee is set in the council chamber to discuss the White Way assessment controversy this evening. The session aims to reconcile contrasts between the two sides amid ongoing dispute over the project’s funding and scope. The Central Labor Union plans its annual election on Monday night January 25 at 7 30 in Painters’ hall. Officers to be chosen include president vice president recording secretary and secretary and treasurer with C H Kopp as corresponding secretary.
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Cornca
Council
Central Labor Union
Painters’ Hall
C. Hf. Kopp
Appointees of Coolidge Flayed by Senate
Washington Jan 13 Senator Dill of Washington charged the Emergency Fleet Corporation lost 400000 dollars to a Japanese concern when a clerk handed a consignment to the wrong firm and that Admiral Leigh Palmer, then its head, concealed the loss for fifteen months. He faulted Coolidge appointments as the Senate debated the issue. Dill said Bert E Staney demanded Palmer's resignation and Coolidge moved to remove him.
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Wasitington
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Leigh Palmer
Hiead
Senate
Dil (D
Washington
Coolidge
Bert E. Istaney
Shipping Board
Talmer
Hancy
Rum Runner Ship Burns Off Scituate During Coast Guard Chase
A 70 foot unidentified rum runner burned to the water edge 22 miles off Scituate Mass after a chase by a coast guard patrol boat. It was not determined if the crew escaped jumped into the icy sea or perished in the cabin.
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Scituate
Mass
Coast Guard
Pinchot backs action on anthracite as public utility
Governor Gifford Pinchot ends weeks of silence on the anthracite strike and says he will press a bill recognizing coal as a public utility. He plans to urge legislators in a special session to address the coal situation and the failed joint conference of miners.
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Starrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Pinchot
Joint Conference of Miners No. 2
May close air station at Lakehurst
Washington January 13 The appropriations committee urged virtual elimination of navy rigid airship activities in its Naval Supply bill report The Lakehurst New Jersey Naval Air Station which housed the dirigible in Los Angeles would be closed saving 716000 dollars yearly and its 470 officers and men reassigned to other branches of the service
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Washington
Navy
House
Appropriations Committee
Lakehurst
New Jersey
Naval Air Station
dirizibIn
Los Angeles
Britain to cut army funds in forthcoming budget
London reports that despite Geneva talks, Britain will sharply reduce army appropriations in the upcoming budget. Chancellor Churchill aims to trim about 50 million dollars from fighting and civil services, with a definite at least 5 million cut to army funds and potential total reductions of up to 10 million. Current year army spending stands near 220.6 million.
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London
Winston Churchill
Etchequer
War Office
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Robert Ogott
Campatan
Varian
Lagrange
Flames Ravage Book Store
College Town
Edward Knowles
Wilson
Anlityria
Knowles
U.S
Columbia Steel and Pittsburgh Concern Combine
Mexico City
Jesus Valasquez
Zacatecaso
Illustrated
Cooudge
Great Britain
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