Rescue squads battle fire as 18 miners entombed in West Virginia mine
In Kingston Fayette county 18 miners are entombed after an explosion at Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company No 6 mine. Rescue teams enter via two shafts on Coal River and Paint Creek sides while 71 men were inside at blast time. Fire rages were extinguished and authorities search for survivors amid widespread alarm.
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Charleston
State Mining Department
Kingston Pocahontas Coal Company
Kingston
Fayette County
Coal River
Paint Creek
Department
Littl
Lambie
W. D. Nunn
Grafton site eyed for state feeble minded hospital
Ohio officials grapple with whether to move a proposed sanitarium for the feeble minded from Apple Creek to the Grafton farm. H W Griswold will personally inspect the Grafton site within ten days after a conference of Lorain county lawmakers. Governor Cooper and welfare officials dispute the shift as Lorain and Huron districts press the Grafton plan and await attorney general ruling on Apple Creek appropriation.
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H.W. Griswold
Grafton Reformatory
L. J. Fellow
Elyria Board of Trade
P. H. Rogers
Lorain County
Rogers
Grafton
Griswold
C. R. Summers
C. J. Anderson
Crafton
Gilbert Bettman
Ohio
Wooster
Wooster Board of Trade
Ober- Mn
Apple Creek
Wayne County
E. C. Dix
Board of Trade
Astate
Columbus. O
Cooper
Dudley S. Blossom
Cleveland
Blossom
P. N. Rogers
C. R. Sumthers
Oberlin
Right to Transfer Pledged Stock Granted by Court
An application by FE H Blair superintendent of banks to surrender pledged U S Automatic stock held by Amherst Savings and Bankits Company as security for notes was granted today. The stock will transfer to National Bank of Commerce in Lorain which handles the escrow for the sale of U S Automatic. Purchasers of Amherst plan to issue one new share for six of the old.
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FE. H. Blair
Amherst Savings and Bankits Company
U. S. Automatic Company
National Bank of Commerce
Lorain
U. S. Automatic
Securis
National Bank of Commerce of Lorain
Amherst
American Held by Chinese Communists
The U S State Department received word that Rev Edward Yount an American Catholic missionary is being held for ransom in China The Hankow consulate general reported the Catholic Mission at Kanchow and Kiangsi said he was captured January 22 at Nanfuhiangtien by the Communists.
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Washington
Edward Yount
China
State Department
Hankow
Kanchow
Kiangsi
Young
Nanfuhiangent
Commaunicts
Tabernacle Sermon Scatters Vases as Ten Commandments Read
Rev William A BiNg preached to high school students at Tabernacle this afternoon on the Ten Commandments. He had children repeat them then illustrated the breaches by breaking class vases on the platform. Tonight he will discuss evolution under the heading Nuts for Skeptics to Crack.
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William A. (BiNg
Yell Cheer and Sing at Last Night's Meeting
Elyria High School students packed the Billy Sunday tabernacle for a Friday night rally with red and white colors flying. Rev. Sunday delivered a sermon on Forces That Win urging aim, education, self control, and morals while students pledged at the front, and the crowd heard music by the school band and cheers led by cheerleaders.
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Billy
Rev. Sunday
Abraham Lincoln
Billy Sunday Hot Shots
Quotations from Billy Sunday urge bold action and ambition. Advice covers seizing opportunities, staying energetic, and living boldly to leave a meaningful legacy.
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Billy Sunday
Even Students Win Prizes in Spelling Match
Lorain county girls dominated the county spelling contest at Wellington High School winning five of seven first prizes in written tests for grades two through eight. Boys took four of seven second prizes as about seven hundred spectators followed the competition before the oral spell down deciding the county champion later. Written winners include Edwin Bartlett Russia township and Lindy Crosker Lake avenue school in second grade. Anna Grosr3 Henrietta township and Russell Searles Camden township in third grade. Raymond Trin ter Brownhelm township and Marjorie Becker Amherst in fourth. Anna Evan Ridgeville township and Jack Fiser Amherst in fifth. Marjorie Bacor Brownhelm township and Eileen Lescher Gulf road school in sixth. Beatrice Burrer Murray Ridge school and Carl Webber Columbia township in seventh. Hannah Ehrman Amherst township and Marie Crie Huntington township in eighth.
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Lorain County
Wellington High School
Edwin Bartlett
Russia Township
Lindy Crosker
Lake Avenue School
Seond
Anna
Man Found Critical After Exposure Near Avon
John Maze, 3, of Cleveland, was found in a critical condition from exposure by a passing motorist near Avon yesterday afternoon. He was taken to French Creek post office, then to the county jail, and later ordered to the hospital by Health Commissioner Dr G E French. Maze is believed to have been walking from Cleveland. authorities say his condition is critical but he is expected to recover.
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Avon, O
John Maze
Cleveland
Avon
French Creek
Maze
G. E. French
Mave
Elyrians
Elyria
Edward G. Curtiss
Curtiss
Bose
Carmel
Curtiss Virn Ff
Eamr
Hoover Succeeds AG Fisherman Hoover Succeeds AG Fisherman
Miami Beach January 26 President-Elect Hoover returns from a fishing tour after a successful catch with the Lie. Executive office attaches report his party bagged several big fish. Hoover hoped for a large catch but remained hopeful about landing a prized fish.
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Miami Beach
Hoover
Kew
W. H. McSwain
Secret Service
McSwain
Teday
Burns Fatal to Former Goodyear Head R H Pease
R H Pease former Goodyear Rubber Co president and late San Francisco official died after a car fire started when he lit a match. The blaze trapped him as his motor car ignited, leading to his fatal injuries in EI Paso Texas.
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Burns
Goodyear CO
Paso
Ten
R. H. Pease
Goodyear Rubber Company
San Francisco
Pease
Kaiser Denies Responsibility For World War
Former German emperor Wilhelm II speaks in an exclusive UPI statement on his policies as emperor and the causes of World War I. The address, issued as he marks his 70th birthday at Doorn, reflects years of exile and his study of state archives.
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The
United Press
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Germany
London Daily Telegraph
Kaiser
Haus Doorn
Holyland
Wilhelm
Holland
Childish Clemenceau Calls Kaiser Statement Not Worth My Words
Paris Jan 26 Georges Clemenceau former wartime premier emerged from retirement briefly to comment on the Kaiser’s disavowal of Germanys war guilt. He said the statement was not worth wasting his words and, after reading the English translation, added in English Childish.
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Paris
Georges Clemenceau
France
Germany
United Press
Wilhelm
Clemenceau
Outline of Kaiser Wilhelm II Foreign Policy Program
Doorn Holland January 26 Former Kaiser Wilhelm II states his foreign policy program remained unchanged since 1888 and argues Germany was not solely responsible for the struggle. He outlines the general program and asserts misinterpretations of policy, presenting a defense against Allied charges.
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Germany
Doorn
Holland
Myteron
Former Kaiser's Wife Skips Dutch Celebration
Doorn Netherlands January 26 The former Kaiser Wilhelm’s wife Princess Hermine did not attend the first public ceremony. Reports say she was absent due to a quarrel with her husband’s children or possibly offended by their attitude. Wilhelm, aged seventy, and Hermine, forty-one, wed November 5 1922 after the former empress’s death. The birthday festivities continued with the guests serenading Wilhelm and his visits despite her absence.
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Doorn
Holland
Princess Hermine
Wilhelm
MacTow
Doom
Herminae
Anxiety Over Cape Vado Distress Near Atlantic
In New York a 1700 mile SOS from the Italian freighter Cape Vado, 4090 tons, bound for Baltimore with manganese ore, triggers anxieties as two other ships in distress are reported. Nearby, the Seiner trawler from Groton is four days overdue with 20 crew aboard, amid a broad scene of marine peril and search efforts.
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New York
Cape Vado
Jacksonville
Western Knight
Russia
Robert C. Herd, Inc
Baltimore
Dixiano
American Sugar Transportation Co
Cuba
Ferndale
Norfolk
New London
Conn
Groton
John Graham
Portland Trawling Company
Oil Tank Blaze Burns Wilmington Worker in 1900s Fire
James A. Wayland, 39, was burned today when an oil tank exploded in Wilmington Ohio. The blast set fire to 12 tanks containing about 9 000 gallons of oil and gasoline. Nine tanks belonged to Wilmington Oil Co and four to Home Oil Co. Loss estimated between 50 and 59 thousand dollars. Wayland, an employee of Wilmington company, climbed atop a tank as it blew up and is hospitalized. Firefighters battled the blaze amid extreme heat. five other tanks from a different company were cooled to prevent spread. A freight train passed through the flames. the fire remained active at 1 pm near the Baltimore and Ohio railroad.
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Wilmington
James A. Wayland
Wilmington Oil Company
Home Oil Co
Warland
Willmmington Company
Wilmington Fire Department
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Poultry Plant Razed By Fire in Attica Ohio
Fire destroyed the Rolla M. Miere poultry house at Attica early today causing losses of 145 008 in stock and equipment. Seven hundred hens 4206 chicks and 5904 eggs perished along with feed and a ten thousand incubator. The plant was among the state’s largest poultry houses.
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Tiffin
Rolla M. Miere
Attica
Leader of Trio of Bandits Killed
Cincinnati dispatch reports a cafe robbery in Norwood a suburb. A gang leader was fatally shot by Patrolman George Schultz who entered the restaurant to foil the hold up. Another bandit was wounded and a gas incident involved a woman who was revived.
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Cincinnati
Norwood
George Schultz
Schultz
Hoover weighing candidates for secretary of state in Miami
President elect Hoover returns from a fishing trip to Miami Beach where he continues to screen candidates for secretary of state. The list remains fluid with emphasis on a diplomat who can project independence yet align with Hoover's views. Alanson B. Houghton of England is highlighted as a likely choice as Hoover plans conferences next week.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Hoover
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
Morrow
Mexico City
Alanson B. Houghton
England
Elyria and Lorain Discuss Proposed Airport Plan
Mayor James A Hewitt led Elyria delegates including Myron Jones George Stark and C C Stolzenburg along with city officers to a Lorain Chamber of Commerce joint committee meeting on the proposed airport connecting Eisra and Lorain. No decision was reached and a follow up meeting is set for February 5 to continue talks. Jones chaired the session.
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James A. Hewitt
Elyrians
Eisra
Lorain
Sand City Encinesr
Jack Powell
John N. Eidt
E. J. Fellows
Elyria Board of Trade
Heroes of the Atlantic Welcome Florida Rescue Crew
The America, commanded by Capt George Fried, returns to New York with the rescue group of first officer Harry Manning and Florida crewmen saved at sea. Manning's mother Mrs Anna Manning and Mrs Fried join the arrival as a naval tug carries the party up to quarantine. The delayed official tug prevents full turnout of officials.
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New York
America
Florida
George Fried
Harry Manning
Manning
Macom
Fried
Anna Manning
Plane Carrying Seven Passengers Reported Lost
A Fairchild airplane piloted by Theodore Hull with seven passengers vanished while en route from Los Angeles to Mexico City. The Civil Aviation Department reported the craft was last seen over Ixtlán del Rio in Nayarit after arriving in Mazatlán the previous day, while Hull conducted a survey flight for a Los Angeles to Mexico City air route.
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Mexico City
Fairchild
Theodore Hull
Los Angeles
Civil Aviation Department
Mazatlan
Guadalajara
Ixtlan
Delhio
State of Nayarit
Hull
Eight Men Gassed at Youngstown Plant Power Failure
Eight workers employed by Dwight D. Robinson Pipe Company were gassed at the Campbell plant of Youngstown Sheet and Tube after ventilation fans stopped during a power breakdown caused by a high wind. The incident occurred in Youngstown Ohio on January 26.
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Youngstown, O
Campbell
Youngstown Sheet & Tuda Company
Dwight D. Robinson Pipe Company
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Griswold Will
Wall Grafton
Reformatory
Tabernacle
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Ankiety
Huston
Myron Jones
Eivria City
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