Michigan oil disaster kills dozens at Struble No 1 gusher
A major oil well explosion at Struble No 1 near Mount Pleasant Michigan devastated the area after a cigarette caused a fire when the well shot in. The blast killed several and endangered many as blazing liquid ran through the forest and tanks exploded. Victims included Walter Lee Melanakan and others connected to Roosevelt Refining Company.
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MT. Pleasant
Mich
Michigan
Walter Lee Melanakan
Guy
Roosevelt Refining Company
Gur
Robert
Thomas Lamb
Oil Well Fire Toll Hits Michigan Town
In Mt Pleasant Michigan a deadly oil field fire harms many residents. Names include Mary McClanahan and Lola Guy with several others listed as victims or feared burned. Officials cited include Walter McClanahan and EB Guy among the refinery and drilling operators.
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MT Pleasant
Mich
Michigan
Mary McClanahan
Lola Guy
Roosevelt
Helen Guy
Anna Land
Arwin E. Gorman
Marion Frugate
Ruby Melvin
H. B. Whittkind
Mt. Pleasant
John Melvin
Walter L. McClanahan
EB. J. Guy
RK. C. Guy
Glen Hogdson
George Kelly
Pleasant
Thomas Lamb
Ohio Weather Forecast Shows Thunderstorms Likely
Local thundershowers expected this afternoon or tonight with cooler temperatures tonight. Tuesday should be generally fair with unsettled, showery conditions in the area for the next 36 hours followed by a return to fair weather.
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Ohio
Cabinet Ministers Go to London for Parley on Debts
Paris July 20 Up Cabinet Ministers of four powers France Gemma Italy and Belgium test for London today to continue discussions toward a settlement of Europe economic problems from the German financial crisis Premier Laval heads the French delegation and appears optimistic Chancellor Bruening unsure about prospects as London talks hinge on today and tomorrow Foreign ministers Grandi and Hymans travel with the group Japan joins with United States and Great Britain as the other powers represented
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Paris
France
Gemma
Italy
Belgium
London
Europe
Cris
Pierre Laval
Hastorice Palleys
Bam
Laval
United Press
Heinrich Bruening
Germany
Bruening
City Payg And Argument Ends In City Court Row
The dispute over paying 5454 court costs for Patrolmen Fauldine Irkline and Christ Kray ended when Deputy Sheriff Fred Underhill delivered an execution order to Mayor James A. Hewitt and collected the money. The mayor said he ordered payment, while City Solicitor Harry Redington claimed he acted with mayoral authority. Council split four to three against paying. No. 3 Continued on Page 9.
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Fauldine Irkline
Christ Kray
Fred Underhill
James A. Hewitt
Robert Rice
Redington
Eyes of World Turn Toward London
London hosts a Statesmen's Conference following Paris talks on the Germany crisis. Secretary Stimson with Ray Atherton met Prime Minister MacDonald at 10 am. The cabinet then met to set the seven power agenda as Germany seeks a long term loan of around 200 million dollars.
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London
Germany
Economieals
Paris
Henry L Stimson
Ray Atherton
J. Ramsay MacDonald
France
Berlin
Farmers Victims of a Confidence Game Warned by Judge
Warrants issued by Justice Walter H Watts for a Lor am Countsman alleged to run a confidence scam on farmers. He lures farmers to sell cattle then sends another person to take part of the purchase and disappears with the cattle or money. Sheriff efforts traced some cattle and arrests are anticipated as more farmers are urged to report similar losses.
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Loram
Tistice
Walter H Watts
Tastne Watts
Columbia
Arthur Pseheruth
Sherif
Clarence Adams
Banks to Record Tax on Deposits in Ohio
Banks decide to absorb a new Ohio tax on deposits, making savings accounts tax free and yielding about four percent. About fifteen and a half million dollars in deposits fall under the ruling, with the tax to be collected from banks and passed to depositors starting likely in 1932.
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Elva
Ohio
Chronicle Telegram
Hundred Hurt In Unions Clash Near Canonsburg
In western Pennsylvania a large fight between rival unions broke out near Canonsburg. About 150 were injured as bricks chairs and fists flew. Five Hospitalized including Patrick T. Fagan UMWA district head. State troopers arrested five men and four women.
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Pennsylvania
Canonsburg
National Miners’ Union
United Mine Workers
Patrick T. Fagan
Judge Webber Returns to Bench After Illness
Judge A. R. Webber resumed regular service today after weeks of illness. Motions hearings divorce and equity cases were filed this morning as he began full-time duties addressing a steady docket.
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Webber
A. R. Webber
Drought Threat Chased By Scattered Rains In Ohio
Intermittent showers fell across Ohio as unsettled weather persisted after a weekend of heavy rainfall. Flooded fields roads and basements were reported in multiple counties amid a record July total. A Buckeye Lake windstorm damaged vessels and toppled trees in Fayette County injuring three people briefly as a car was struck by a falling tree.
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United Press
Ohio
Buckeye Lake
Fayette County
Washington Court House
Eleven Workmen Rescued From Milwaukee Tunnel
Eleven laborers were trapped for five hours in a tunnel beneath Milwaukee during a heavy rainstorm. Foreman Stanley Grabowski and his crew were hoisted to safety after 11 workers endured rising water and darkness. Spectators cheered as rescue teams from fire and police departments coordinated the alarm and effort.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Stanley Grabowski
Grabowski
Warning on Improper Subscriptions by Youths
Chronicle-Telegram cautions subscribers about non regular carriers soliciting payments at homes for subscriptions. Readers asked to pay only their regular carrier or notify the Chronicle-Telegram immediately if others collect. Guilty parties will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
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Los Angeles
Tokio
Japan
San Diego
Cal Herbert Partridge
Inset
Chronicle-Telegram
Chronicle- Telegram
Man 15 Taken Without a Battle in Norwalk
Sheriff Clarence Adams and six deputies captured Robert Weldinger in Norwalk after expecting a gun battle. Weldinger, an escaped Norwalk jail inmate, surrendered unarmed in his attic wearing night clothes. Narcotics were found in the home. Weldinger had been hiding in Lorain county since last December and was previously shot during capture attempts.
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Robert Weldinger
Huron County
Norwalk
Clarence Adams
Weidinger
Sherff Adams
Adama
Sheriff Adams
Rab Rodgers
Paul Chapman
William Caley
Jack Breagger
Claude Adams
Adams
Wedinger
Lorain County
Ohio weekend death toll rises to 13 in accidents and heat
Ohio reports 13 weekend deaths from traffic crashes drownings burns electrocution and heat. Notable losses include Clyde Ross 50 Uhrichsville Oliver Cooper 27 Bournesville Arnold Koo 78 Dayton Ruth Poindexter 10 Cincinnati and Fruest J Kempel 34 Akron attorney who drowned at Turkey Foot Lake. Frank Maxwell 24 died from heat induced heart attack near Otsego.
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United Press
Ohio
Clyde Ross
Uhrichsville
Oliver Cooper
Bournesville
Chilheathe
Nick
George
Edegio Gedetti
Cleveland
Independence
Burns
Antonio Bastk
Barberton
Sheila Haris
Swayton
James Lettie
Cincinnati
Frank Maxwell
Otsego
Zanesville
Emmanuel Lutheran Church Awards Builder for New Church
Emmanuel Lutheran church selects T J Hume to erect a brick and stone English Gothic church at Princeton and Garford in Eastern Heights. Ground breaking is next Sunday at 6 30 p m with a vesper service open to the public. The Rev J S Herold will speak with assistance from the Rev Melvin Geesy. The building should ready by year start. Rev Harold Sayles named pastor.
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Emmanuel Lutheran Church
T. J. Hume
Princeton
Garford
Eastern Heights
Herold
Ohio Synod
Melvin Geesy
Lorain
Harold Sayles
Five-vehicle crash spree injures seven in Elyria area
Seven people were hurt in multiple Saturday and Sunday crashes around Elyria. Bernard Rhoda a four year old from Cleveland near death after a collision at Indian Hollow and Butternut Ridge roads. his father Joseph 37 suffered multiple cuts. Injuries were reported for several other drivers and passengers as cars collided on Cleveland road East Avenue and nearby streets. Sheriff Clarence Adams and others investigated, with Biggs and Barnes among those injured.
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Elyna
Bernard Rhoda
Rosewood Ave
Cleveland
Memorial Hospital
Indian Hollow
Butternut Ridge
Joseph
Floyd Pelton
Medina
Pelton
Clarence Adams
E L Biggs
Polce
National Tube Company
New LaPorte Bridge
Biggs
Forest Adams
Sheriff Adams
F E Barnes
Middle Avenue
Cleveland Road
Barnes
Adams
Vera Greetham
East Avenue
J. E. Thatcher
Harvard Avenue
Maxine Ryan
Fifth Street
Marian Harmon
West Avenue
Elyria Clinic
Peta Madison
Charles Brown
Elliot
Cleveland Street
Sanders
Fred Ives
Indian Hollow Road
Fracture suffered by Laton worker at Grafton site
Harvey Brough aged 45 of Wellington sustained a fracture to the left leg when he fell from a haltyator while employed by Jones Construction Company at Grafton on Saturday. He was treated at Memorial Hospital for his injuries.
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Grafton
Harvey Brough
Wellington
Yator
Jones Construction Company
Memorial Hospital
Results and discounts in local household sales
Mrs 3 sold an old refrigerator for 16 dollars with 45 cent ad fee. Mrs K sold a kitchen stove for 18 dollars with 68 cent ad cost. Mrs B sold goods worth over 156 dollars for under 300 dollars total. These are examples of results in the advertised deals.
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Arthur Henderson
Ramsay MacDonald
Andrew Melion
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Pino Grand
Ualiin
Syphon Waters
Fire and Police Departments
WEW Church
Chief Biggs
Laporte Bridge
Elyria
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