Scramble and confusion in lifeboats aboard Vestris disaster
New York reports detail chaotic attempts to launch lifeboats and evacuate passengers as the British steamer Vestris sinks near the U S coast. Investigations by United States Attorney Charles A Tuttle and federal officials probe seaworthiness life boats davits and the handling of the S O S call amid reports of water entering ports and possible crew prioritization of self safety over passengers.
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New York
United State
Vestay
Newt
Ss. O. S
United States
Charles A. Tuttle
United Press
Anton
Vestris
Maren
William J. Car
Lamport and
Holt Line
Steamboat Tespection Service
British Board of Trade
London
Wye
England
Leo. J. Minter
Fice
Rovernment
Tuttle
America
Mintzer
Janes O'Neill
Westris
South America
Myvium
Wyoming
Hampton Roads
Washington
Coast Guard
Virginia
Navy Department
Christmas Lights to Be Turned On December 4 in Elyria
Elyria merchants schedule official Christmas season opening for Tuesday evening December 4 as lights in business streets will illuminate storefronts. Public invited to stroll windows under thousands of colored lamps. Stores to open at night later in December with limited exceptions and weekend hours.
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Elyria
Merchants’ Division
Board of Trade
Opening Day Of READY TO HOP INTO ANTARCTICA Hunting Season Takernee M211
ASHLAND KY November 15 Gus Rath of Summer Kentucky was killed today when his shotgun caught on a door and discharged Rath was preparing to go hunting. MANCHESTER November 15 Traymond Roush was shot and seriously wounded while hunting near here when another gun discharged buckshot struck Roush in the side.
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Antarctica
Takernee
Ashland
Gus Rath
Summer
Rathliff
Manchester
Traymond Roush
John Marts
Ilaris
Roush
Elyala Girl Struck By Car In Cleveland
Miss Josephine Markling 15 training at Charity Hospital suffers fractured skull broken collar bone and severe bruises after being struck by a car at Carnegie avenue and East Twenty Second Street. She is reported as recovering and considered as well as can be expected.
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Josephine Markling Oegan
Furnace Street
Charity Hospital
Cleveland
Carnegie Avenue
East Twenty Second Street
Miss Markling
Bodies of Lifeboat Crew Found Near Rye
Ten bodies of the Rye lifeboat crew were found ashore at Jury's Gap after the lifeboat struck the Camber sands while returning from the wreck of the steamer Alice of Riga. The fate of six others remains unknown as a seventy mile gale raged along the coast. Lifesaving teams scoured the shore from Dungeness to Smyrna and Smyrna reported coordination with the derelict Alice. Shipping across the coast battled the heavy gale as England faced a sweeping windstorm through the night.
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Folkestone
England
Rye
Gap
Alice
Riga
Jury's Gap
Denge Marsh
Galloway
Dungeness
Smyrna
Hamburg
Seaboard
Anna R. Neidritter Located By Coast Guard
The schooner Anna R. Neidritter, reported in distress Tuesday night, was located by the coast guard cutter Yamacraw. Rear Admiral Frank H. Clark announced that destroyers Williamson and off headed from Charleston to search, and by 1:40 am today the schooner was found and is being cared for by the Yamacraw.
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Washington
Anna R. Neidritter
Coast Guard
Yamacraw
Frank H. Clark
Navy
Clark
Williamson
Charleston
Quarrel Over Salary Ends in Shocking Farm Killing
Luther Shumaker 50s an occasional laborer was shot and stabbed to death on a Camphbekstoun area farm in Preble county. Frank McMahon a local farmer who employed Shumaker faced arrest on a potential charge of homicide claiming self defense after a quarrel over wages turned deadly. Shumaker’s body was found on the McMahon farm porch. McMahon allegedly attempted suicide following the incident.
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Shumaker
McMahon Farm
McMahon
Chest Dave To Be Launched This Evening
Elyria Community Chest drive starts tonight with teams gathering at First Methodist church for instructions. Charles W Seiberling delivers opening address and the Community Chest orchestra will perform.
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Dave
Elyria
First Methodist Church
Charles W. Seiberling
Community Chest Orchestra
Probing Texas Election Conduct by House Committee
The House Campaign and Investigating committee will travel to Texas next week to examine the conduct of the presidential election. Chairman Lehrbach announced that the inquiry will focus on Southern Texas, especially Hidalgo County in the 15th Congressional district represented by Rep. Garner. The trip departs Saturday, Nov. 24.
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Washington
House Campaign
Tearas
Lehrbach
New York
Texas
15Th
Hidalgo County
Garner
Wem
Youth Victim of Fatal Hunting Accident Near Pine Lake
In Youngstown, Ohio, Edgar A. Sprinkle, 16, was shot and killed by his father, Womer Sprinkle, during a farm rabbit hunt. The shotgun discharged when the father failed to engage the safety, striking Edgar within ten feet. The father collapsed from nervous shock after summoning neighbors.
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Youngstown
Edgar A. Sprinkle
Iwomer Sprinkle
Pine Lake
Edgar
Voters in Lorin County Near Forty Thousand Cast Ballots
About 40,000 Lorin County residents went to the polls on November 6. County election officials reported RM557 as the exact vote total, more than ten thousand higher than any prior Lorin County election.
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Lorin County
County Board of Elections
Toran
Predictions of record holiday business in U S history
Col Leonard Ayres of the Cleveland Trust forecasts the largest holiday business ever in the United States, citing near all time peaks in stock markets, auto production, steel earnings near 125 million dollars, and higher government business influence after Hoover's inauguration. He notes record auto output and more passenger cars produced in ten months than any prior year.
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Cleveland
Col. Leonard VP. Ayres
Cleveland Trust Company
Oliday
Col Astes
Col
Ayres Beleves
Stock Exchange
Herbert Hoover
Ayres
SIVSTAX BURDEN MAY BE CNM TOO GREAT TO BEAR
Alan Rogers of the New York Central railroad addressed the Elyria Kiwanis on The Finest Motive Powers in the World. He warned that the nation may not endure if tax costs rise beyond what people can bear, noting per capita government costs exceed food costs in US cities over 10,000 population.
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Alan Rogers
New York Central Railroad
Elyria Kiwanis Club
Rogers
DeWitt Clinton
Alebany
Schenectady
da Lune
Publisher at Zanesville Is Critically Ill
Joseph R. Downs publisher and managing editor of the Zanesville Signal was critically ill in the hospital after months of illness. He had been confined to the hospital for four weeks and physicians had given up hope of recovery. Downs, known widely in the newspaper field, had been unconscious since yesterday.
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Zanesville
Ganesville
Joseph RK. Downs
Anesville
Downs
Jim
Paulding County to have two probate judges
Columbus November 15. Paulding County today had two probate judges and 19 allowed only one by law. Governor Donahey appointed Mrs Iona Secrist as probate judge and Attorney General B C held the other post. The 1924 election had combined probate and common pleas courts, later voters split them again. The governor argues the 1924 appointee holds until 1929 and the position is now actual.
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Columbus
Paulding County
Vic Donahey
Iona Seerlet
B.C
TL. V. Shirley
Vetera
Common Pleas
Shirley
Invernor
Secrist
Antwerp
Ydge
Alcohol Fatal To Three Negroes At Columbus Party
Three Columbus Athletic club workers died after drinking denatured alcohol at a party. A fourth man, Alonzo Harvey, survived after taking a single drink. Victims were Fred Dempsey Henry Brown and Solomon Harvey. the fourth, Alonzo Harvey, is Solomon’s brother. Police said they believed the men expected to drink pure liquor.
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Columbus
Tim
Columbus Athletic Club
Fred Dempsey
Henry Brown
Solomon Harvey
Willive
Alonzo Harvey
Solomon
Jhe
Alonzo I Harvey
Oklahoma Oil Boom Reaches Maud as 92 Wells Begin
In Maud Oklahoma a historic oil rush unfolds with 92 new wells starting after lifting production limits. Gypsy Oil Company leads with 31 wells as crews spud in, aiming to unlock the Mission area of the Greater Seminole oil pool estimated at vast output.
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Maud
Okla
Oklahoma
Mission- Maud
Greater
Seminole
Mission Area
Gypsy Oil Company
Head of Atheism Society Sentenced in Arkansas
Charles Smith, president of the American Association for the Advancement of Atheism, was sentenced in Little Rock Arkansas to 90 days in jail and a $100 fine plus costs on blasphemy charges. Judge Harper L. Ward granted an appeal to the Pulaski county circuit court. appeal bond set at $1,000. Attorney Walter M. Purvis said the appeal would be filed at once.
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Little Rock
Ark
Norv
Charles Smith
New York
American Association For the Advancement of
Wellington Men Robbed by Impersonators Near Lorain
Four men posed as deputy sheriffs and halted Frank Coates and Carl Olsen on Middle Ridge Road west of Penfield Junction near Lorain. They robbed the pair of Coates car and $24, beat Coates, and left him near Whiskeyville. Olsen walked to Whiskeyville, then Oberlin, and notified police. Deputies Gray Miller Cowie and Maiden pursue the clue FT551 the stolen car.
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Frank Coates
Carl Olsen
Wellington
Middle Ridge Road
Penfield Junction
Lorain
Olsen
Coates
Ford
Ato
Whiskeyville
Elyria
New York Central
Olson
Oberlin
Sheriff's Office
Ae Sheriff's
Vincent Gray
Wesley Miller
Stephen Cowie
Joe Maiden
Cooper to Give Place to Silver in Columbus
Governor elect Myers Y. Cooper confirmed a United Press report that Harry D. Silver would join his cabinet likely as state finance director and favored Charles A. Jones as his chief contact man. He planned a quiet inauguration and Dec 1 headquarters, with three days weekly in Columbus.
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Columbus
Myers Y. Cooper
United Press
Harry D. Silver
Cooper
Charles A. Jones
Frank G. Willis
Cameliers
Applicants for Citizenship Examined Monday
Eighteen foreign born students from four nationalities Russian Greek and Persian enroll in Elyria Americanization Association classes will be examined starting 9 30 A M Monday at the court house by a federal examiner on citizenship applications Those approved will face a second hearing December 4 for citizenship papers Witnesses will also be examined Monday The classes meet three times weekly and teach US history and government under Miss Doris Todd who says most students know more about the history and government of their adopted nation than many native Americans
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Elvitans
Common Pleas Court
Elyria Americanization Association
Fourten
United States
Tham
Doris Todd
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North Pole
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U. S
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Marysville
William F. Broderick
Quinsy
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