Death Toll Rises 154 Drownings Adds To Heat Toll
Across the eastern half of the United States a heat wave, thundershowers, and high temperatures pushed fatalities higher. A United Press tally shows 53 killed by heat prostration and 154 drowned seeking cooling waters since the Fourth of July. New York area reported several drownings and heat deaths, with Ohio, Chicago, Washington, and New England also affected. The weather forecast predicted partial cloudiness and renewed heat, with some relief expected in the lake region and Ohio Valley by Tuesday.
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United States
Mid-West
Atlantic
Ohio
United Press
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Chicago
Washington
New England
Detroit
Albany
Phoenix
Yura
Ariz
Fresno
Califori
el Paso
Texas
Middlewest
East
Rocky Mountain
Lower Lake Region
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Heat Wave Death Toll Prompts Warning In Ohio
An intense June heat wave across Ohio caused 19 deaths at noon today per United States Weather Bureau data. Eight drownings, four heat prostrations, and other fatalities were recorded as temperatures reached 83 and higher with no relief in sight. Traffic accidents and summer heat overwhelmed highways while beaches filled across the state. Two men drowned in Cleveland, Henry No. 1 and another unnamed victim, as residents seek relief from the heat.
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Columbus
Jules
Ohio
United Sates Weather Bureau
United Press Today
Cleveland
Storms Follow Heat Wave In Kansas
Rainstorms hail and high winds swept Kansas over 48 hours, causing two deaths and farm damage. Western regions saw heavy rains delaying wheat harvest as five inches fell and rivers rose, while wheat fields under harvest faced further trouble.
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Kansas
Topeka
Karts
Italy Endures Severe Heat Wave With Fatalities
Bologna reports two deaths as Italy basks in a nationwide heat wave. Temperatures rose to 93.6 degrees, while Rome registered 26.8, reflecting across the country in an unusually hot day.
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Bologna
Italy
Rome
Storm Brings Relief To Chicago
Chicago finally received relief from a heat wave as a Sunday night thunderstorm swept in with rain that broke ongoing hot spells in the Midwest. The weekend heat caused twelve deaths in the city, including two drownings, while Chicago beaches set attendance records with over 200,000 people seeking relief. Flat dwellers slept on fire escapes as parks and porches turned into sleeping areas for thousands seeking cooler air.
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Chicago
Middlewest
Heat Wave May Be Dispelled By Showers
The weatherman forecasts tonight’s showers to end a prolonged heat wave that peaked yesterday with Lorain County residents fleeing the heat. Unofficial readings ranged from 91 to 102 degrees as people sought relief by tidaling or watering lawns. Showers this afternoon are expected to bring relief and cooler conditions.
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Lorain County
Rescue efforts continue for Italia crash survivors amid Arctic search
United Press dispatch from Kings Bay reports that only four of 21 men remain alive or hopeful among Italia wreck survivors. A twelve day joint search by Norway and France aims to locate Roald Amundsen and his companions, with planes, icebreakers, and navy ships sweeping Spitzbergen waters toward Northeast Land. The plan shifts to deem six missing as lost by July 21 while pursuing a southern route to the Italia camp.
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United Press
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North East Land
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Norway
France
Arctic
Roeld Amundsen
South Pole
Fwo
Citta di Milano
Tordenskjold
Strasbourg
Hobb
Louise Bord
Sar Rafaeel
Calif
Tcke
Hobby
Tromsoe
Chuknovski
Mass Town Battles Sore Throat Epidemic
Lee Massachusetts reports nine deaths from a sep tic sore throat outbreak with about 450 of 4005 residents ill. Health authorities rush measures, pasteurize milk, and close churches and theatres indefinitely. Dr John Bassidy, a throat specialist, dies after contracting the illness.
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Lee
Mass
3Ohn Bassidy
Weather Sparks Heat Fueled Disturbances and Police Calls
Hot weather drives irritable behavior and a surge in police activity over the weekend. Four arrests by officers and fourteen by the sheriff followed numerous calls with no arrest. Neighbors cite sleepless days, noisy children, quarrels at home, and a stressed canine as signs of summer strain.
Resume Fight to Send Hoppe to the Gha Toledo
The state resumed its bid to execute Charles Hoppe by electrocution for the murder of Dorothy Szelagowsk i. Hoppe pleaded guilty to abduction and murder but his lawyers seek to prove insanity. He also confessed to killing Lily Dale Croy and attacking four other women as medical witnesses testify he is sane.
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Charles Hoppe
H i
Far-Aid
Dorothy Szelagowski
Hoppe
Szelagowskij
Lily Dale Croy
X. L. A. Querner
Hoppes
Gar
Stunt Actress Victim Of Crash At Spring Lake Airport
Spring Lake New Jersey June article reports Mary Jobling a 25 year old film stunt actress killed in a plane crash at Spring Lake airport. Her companion M C MacCormick from Cleveland also died. Pilot Lieut Archer Saki survived with slight injuries. The accident occurred when engine failed over the ocean near the field and the craft struck a tree on approach.
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Spring Lake
N. J
Juiz
Mary Jobling
United States
Movingi Pictures
M_ C. Ma.Cormick
Cleveland
Archer Saki
Vilot
Fall into Black River Leaves Man With scalp Injury
Frochette, a Baltimore and Ohio worker, dove from a rock into Black River near Massey Avenue and Jackson Road to escape heat. He struck his head on a river bottom, suffered a deep scalp wound, and was hospitalized at Elyria Memorial after bystander help and police response.
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Black River
Roca Tod
Joe Froehette
Frochette
Baltimore and Ohio
Guards arrest man adrift on Lake Erie raft
Lorain Ohio July 9 immigration officials today arrested Edmund Lutz after coast guards spotted a lone paddling raft made of logs and poles drifting four miles off Vermilion in Lake Erie. He claimed to be from Detroit en route to the seacoast and said he served in the Russian navy. his raft carried only a pail of drinking water. Lutz was turned over to Vermilion marshal for transfer to Cleveland immigration officers.
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Edmund Lutz
Arre Sundar
Lake Erie
Coast Guards
Hans Lauder
Detroit
Riga
Lithuania
Luiz
Hermen Ball Oz Vermilion
Cieveland
Governor Smith Readsied for Broad Presidential Campaign
Albany July 3 Governor Alfred E Smith planning a rapid presidential campaign schedule this week meeting national leaders in Albany and New York. He undergoes a positive medical check and prepares to announce his nomination after New York deliberations. Senator Robinson and Jesse Jones will join talks as Smith coordinates with the National Democratic Committee.
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Alfred E. Smith
New York
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Raymond J. Sulivan
Joseph T. Robinson
Jesse Jones
Texas
National Democratic Committee
National Committee
James A. Reed
Missouri
Bear Mountain
Washington
Hoover- Curtis
Moses
Hoover
Palo Alto
Cal
Hoover Accepts Republican Nomination At Stanford
Washington announces Secretary Hoover will accept the Republican nomination for president at Stanford University in California on August 12. Senator Curtis, the vice presidential nominee, will deliver his acceptance speech in Topeka, Kansas, shortly after.
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California
Washington
Commeca
Stanford University
Curtis
Topeka
Hkas
President Coolidge
White House
Brute
Commerce Department
Elyria Fire Loss Soars in First Half of 1926
Elyria reports 73 382 66 in fire losses for the first half of 1926 from 150 fire calls since January 1. Fire chief W N Bates cites population growth and rising carelessness as factors, noting the Lesnick fire on Furnace Street caused substantial damage.
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W. N. Bates
Lesnick
Furnace Street
Bates
Forty one rings found on man in box car
Police say Dan Hardy, 52, listed as living in major U S cities, was found in a railway box car with forty one rings, mostly signet type. He told the mayor he bought them. He was fined 210 and costs for violating railroad laws.
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Dan Hardy
United States
Hardy
L. ¥. Jones
Baltimore and Ohio
Hewitt
Mai
Death summons railroad chief Howard Elliott
Dennis Mass July 18 Howard Elliott 63 a leading railroad man died last night from heart disease. Elliott was former president and chairman of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad after starting with Burlington at age 20. He led the New Haven until 1917 when illness forced his resignation.
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Dennis
Mass
Howard Elliott
Elliot
New York, New Haven and Hertford Railroad
Burlington System
Elliott
New Haven
Iliiness
Political battle in brief across party lines
Senator Capper endorses limited campaign contributions in a letter to Dr Huber while Work of the Republican National Committee proposes caps at 1000 dollars. Robinson and Reed will travel to Albany to confer with Governor Smith on Democratic funds. Hoover Curtis campaign logistics and party leadership actions outline a tense nationwide contest.
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Dr. Huber
Work
Republican National Committee
James A. Reed
St. Louis
Albany
N. Y
Smith
James W. Good
Hoover-Curtis
Washington
William Atherton du Puy
Foroe
Hoover-Curtis Club
Chilean transport Angamos sinks off coast with heavy loss
A Chilean cargo vessel Angamos sank after a night of fierce storms off Lebu in the Gulf of Arauco. Four of 295 crew survived after the ship struck rocks and foundered on a reef seven miles offshore. Captain Ismael Suarez reportedly shot himself as the vessel disappeared. Survivors describe a chaotic last hours amid howling winds, sirens, and crashing waves. Six bodies have been recovered as debris washed ashore and search efforts continued despite the brutal weather.
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Jaly
Angamos
Pastenter Lst
Gulf of Arauco
Lebu
Ismael Suarez
Joss Aguila
United Press
Pas Sengers
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Epperentis
Tar Itapaca
Tarazpeca
Apolo
Bhose
Reverend Rybacki Sent to Akron Parish
The Reverend S. Rybacki has been transferred from Holy Cross to Akron’s parish, ending about three years of service. He praised the local support from church members and the community. His successor is the Reverend Kerioski, formerly of Akron.
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S. Rybacki
Holy Cross
Wit’s
Akron
Rybacki
Keriosowski
Former Oregon governor dies at 74 in Washington hotel
George Barie Chamberlain, former governor of Oregon and two-term U S senator, died in a Washington hotel today after a two year illness. He retired to private life because of poor health and was 74 years old.
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Oregon
Washington
Geo. Barie Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Senate
Weekend Sheriff Logs 14 Jailings in County
Sheriff E G Mathews reported one of the busiest weekends as 14 men were jailed for various offenses. Arrests included Abe Fuller for shooting with intent to hit after his wife was found beaten with a bullet wound. Thomas faced grand jury charges after a disputed incident. Robertson was bound over on removing mortgaged property. Other arrests included two youths from Toledo on a suspected auto theft case, several liquor charges with fines, and multiple disorderly conduct cases. Deputies also resolved three serious family quarrels county wide.
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Abe
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S. J. George
Abs
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Toledo
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Probior
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James
Cleveland Beach
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Lake
Igner
Guilky
W. B. Thompson
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Bei
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Brown
Clarence Wheeler
Oberlin
Cos Gadge Thompson
Charses
Assan
Fester
Elbere Ha
Avon
L. A. Altea
J B. Johnson
John Karp
Sherif
Wagner
Paul Donald
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Dry Democrats
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