Forest Fires Rage Across Five New England States
Fires and gale driven blazes devastate farms and woodlands from Hopkinton and Charlton Massachusetts to Warren New Hampshire and Tiverton Rhode Island. Dozens of volunteer fighters struggle as thousands of cords of timber burn in Tiverton while Western Massachusetts towns Brinfield Monson and Wales suffer large land losses. Battleboro Vermont and Hinsdale New Hampshire report mountain slopes aflame as crews halt fires threatening a beach colony of 100 bungalows and cottages.
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Boston
New England
Hopkinton
Charlton
Mass
Warren
N. H
Tiverton
Westerly
R. L
Massachusetts
Brinfield
Monson
Wales
Battleboro
Wantastiquet Mountain
Hinsdale
York County
Coal output falls after partial mine suspension
Coal production in the United States for the week ending April 9, the first full week since a partial suspension of union mine operation, reached 8,250,000 tons. This compares with about 12,000,000 tons the week before the suspension, according to figures from the Bureau of Mines and the American Railway Association to Secretary Hoover.
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Washington
United States
Hoover
Bureau of Mines
American Railway Association
Three Bakeries form Cumberland Consolidated Co
A merger of three Cumberland bakeries Smith Street and Wilson with 400000 capital creates Community Baker ies Co. The merger takes effect May 1 with property transfers. In New York April 13 a debate looms as Prof Edwin R A Seligman of Columbia to argue with Representative Hamilton Fish on a big question.
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Cumberland
Big Cumberland, Bakeries
Community Bakeries Co
Smith, Street and Wilson
New York
Edwin R.A. Seligman
Columbia
Debix
Sam
Hamilton Fish
New Light Plant Questioned in Hagerstown Case
In Baltimore on April 12 attorney general Alexander Armstrong urged Circuit Court to nix a 300000 bond for a new municipal light plant in Hagerstown, arguing existing equipment suffices. Potomac Edison and residents seek to overturn the Public Service Commission approval, dispute jurisdiction, and anticipate appeals beyond Judge H Arthur Stump.
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Baltimore
Electric Company
Commission
Hagerstown
Washington County
Court of Appeals
Jndge Stump
Named committee for Carl A Shank named by judge Wagaman
Angie Wollinger and Vernon I Eckord named a committee for Carl A Shank by Judge Frank G Wagaman this morning. Also Ira Hugh Miller filed a divorce suit through attorney J C Gilee this morning seeking a divorce from Frances Grace Miller, seventh suit filed this week.
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Angie Wollinger
Vernon
I. Eckord
Carl A. Shank
Frank G. Wagaman
Ira Hugh Miller
J.C. Gilee
Frances Grace Miller
Democratic Leaders Aim to Soothe Bitter Feelings at Jefferson Day Dinner
The New York World reports the National Democratic Club plans the April Jefferson Day dinner to unify the party after 1924, with Williams McAdoo and Gov Smith attendees. About 1200 reservations show strong turnout, with speakers including James W. Gerard, Senator King, and Mayor Walker as headliners.
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New York
New York World
National Democratic Club
James W. Gerard
Germany
Wil
Willam II
King
Utah
Dear Howard
Nebraska
Walker
Garter Campaign Push for Al Smith Nomination
New York April 12 Abraham April a New York fur dyer plans to roll up votes for Al Smith by distributing 100000 garters stamped with a slogan proclaiming A garter vote for Al for President By their garters ye shall know them He orders 50000 fancy garters for women and 50000 for men to spread the message nationwide.
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New York
Abraham April
al Smith
April
Initial Fire On Mountain Burns Acres Above Smithsburg
The first mountain fire of the year burned about 50 acres of timberland on the west side of the mountain a mile above Smithsburg. It may have been started by an incendiary or careless arbutal hunters. The blaze spread rapidly at first but was controlled by this morning aided by damp leaves and underbrush. Foxville guards reported smaller fires in recent days. Guards stationed at all mountain towers began 24 hour duty as the mountains remain dry.
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Smithsburg
Foxville
Citizenship Restored for Two New York Men
President Coolidge restored citizenship rights to William A. Morgan J. and Rene La Montagne of New York who had been convicted of violating prohibition. The La Montagne brothers received four months in Essex County New Jersey prison and fines of $2,000 each on February 4, 1923. Department of Justice stated citizenship rights can be restored by executive order after conviction.
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Washington
Coolidge
Larrent
Ferry capsizes off Pusan drowning over twenty Japanese
A despatch to the Asahi reports an overloaded ferryboat carrying about 200 passengers capsized near Pusan Korea. More than twenty people drowned and many are still missing.
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Tokyo
Pusan
Korea
Asahi
Mayor to Open Green Bag Friday Night
The mayor will reveal city appointments Friday night alongside bid openings for the new market house. Bids must be in by 4 PM Friday and the mayor and council will open them that evening. Rumors of an official change are denied. current officials are expected to be reappointed Friday night.
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Market House
Bowman
Canton, O Plant Burns In Half Million Fire
April 12 Canton Ohio fire swept part of the Berger Manufacturing Company plant causing about 500000 dollars in loss. Two workers were burned in an explosion blamed on a spark from a machine into a vat of paint. Berger, a division of Central Alloy Steel Corp, makes sheet metal products.
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Canton, O
Berger Manufacturing Company
Berger Company
Central Alloy Steel Corp
Flyers Aim to Break French Air Duration Record
Bert Acosta and Clarence D. Chamberlin leave Roosevelt Field at 927 A to attempt a continuous flight surpassing 45 hours. The current record is 45 hours 11 minutes 59 seconds set by Dorpin and Landry at Ecampeschartes in August 125.
Parts And 4 Children Die When Home Burns
A man named Wenkle his wife and four children aged up to four were burned to death today when their home near Hig Plaza east of Corning was destroyed by fire. Charred bodies were found in the rubble indicating their fate.
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Corning
Wenkle
Hig Plaza
Students Need Red She Says in Westchester
Miss Isabel Darlington, secretary of the trustees at the State Normal School, proposes that parents discipline protesting liberal club students with a spanking. The remark comes amid protests over the removal of two professors.
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Westchester
Isabel Darlington
The
State Normal School
Liberal Club
Cherries Hard Hit by Freeze Claim Growers
Growers report sweet cherries damaged by recent frosts, with about four of seven buds nipped near Smithsburg while peaches in lowland areas escaped. Plums show no freeze impact as honeybees indicate bloom. high land fruit mostly safe. Delaware reports peaches pears and plums killed. apples cherries and berries injured but salvageable, with optimism no further danger.
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Smithsburg
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Mr. Miller
Delaware
Street Board to Open Oil and Patch Bids Tonight
Street Board will open bids at tonight's meeting for oil and street patching. Commissioners expect to use about 100000 gallons of oil this summer along with 60000 pounds of macadam patch and 10000 pounds of cold patch pinch a ear of sand mastic filler.
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Mae
Board of Street Commissioners
Few Typhoid Cases Declared Mild in County
County health officer Dr. H R Kritzer said there has been no excess of typhoid cases in the county despite one winter death in Hagerstown. Five cases are currently at the local hospital, a rate near the seasonal average.
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Dr. Kritzer
Hagerstown
H. R. Kritzer
Herald-Mail Office Closes Three Hours Friday
The Herald-Mail business office will close from noon to 3 p.m on Friday in observance of Good Friday. The practice of halting business during the day on Good Friday has grown yearly, with many large cities suspending activity from 12 to 3 o'clock on this solemn day.
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Herald-Mail
The
Earl Carroll to Surrender for Perjury in Bath Tub Case
The New York theatrical producer Earl Carroll surrendered at the federal building to begin a one year and a day sentence in Atlanta for perjury connected to the Washington’s Birthday bath tub party. Carroll left New York aboard the prison car with 20 other inmates.
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New York
Earl Carroll
Broadway
Atlanta
Joyce Hawley
Washington
United States
William Hecht
Snooks
Carroll
One Dead in Wind Storm at Mustang Oklahoma
An electrical storm climaxed by a tornado near Mustang thirty miles southwest of Oklahoma City last night left one dead and several injured. Over twenty buildings were demolished, the North Canadian river rose over its banks, and high winds unroofed structures in Minco and Union City. A farm house near Minco was reported destroyed with occupants missing. railroad cars were sent with doctors and nurses.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Mustang
Lero
North Canadian
Frank New
Six Miners Trapped After Colliery Roof Collapse
Barnsley England April 12 six men were entombed when the roof of Wharncliffe Colliery near here collapsed this morning. more than thirty others escaped. Rescue operations under way as officials seek to reach the trapped men. Separately Senator Capper predicts a farm relief bill similar to the vetoed Coolidge proposal will be introduced at the next Congress session.
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Barnsley
York
Magland
Wharncliffe
Here
Senator Capper
Republican
Kansas
Coolidge
Congress
County Wheat Crop Will Not Be A Large One
J A Miller of Keedysville reports Washington County wheat shows great progress but harvest likely will be at most 75 percent of normal. He notes the crop remains too thin to predict a larger yield despite a favorable turn in the past two months.
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Washington County
J. A. Miller
Keedysville
Russians Now Chauffeurs After Aristocratic Ball
BERLIN April 12 Nearly six hundred titled Russian chauffeurs attended a ball in Berlin with their ladies. Counts countesses princes and princesses and many barons were present. The chauffeurs wore evening dress while the women wore Paris fashion. Jazz dances followed by the waltz. The next day the women returned to teaching Russian or French and the men resumed chauffeurs’ duties.
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Berlin
Paris
Coast Guards Shoot and Capture Rum Runner on Lake Erie
Coast Guards in Sandusky Ohio clash at dawn near Lake Erie, shooting one man and capturing another. The force seized a rum runner craft and fifty cases of whiskey and beer. In Rome, Zamboni, ex Socialist deputy, admits plotting in 1825 to kill Mussolini.
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Sandusky
Coast Guards
Lake Hrie
Here
Zamboni
Rome
Mussolini
Red meetings attacked as chiefs slain in China turmoil
Fierce clashes widen between Cantonese moderates and radicals in Shanghai Hangchow Nanking and Amoy. Armored raids by Chiang Kai-Shek loyalists killed twelve and arrested six hundred labor supporters including radical leader Chen Tsu Shu. Prohibitions on mass gatherings followed.
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Associated Press
Shanghai
Hangchow
Nanking
Amoy
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nantao
Pootung
Chen Tsu-Shu
Ane
General Labor Union
Huangchow
Pei Tsung-Chi
Big Brewery Must Close in Western New York
Rochester dispatch reports federal agents closed The Standard Brewery after a raid set in motion warrants for manager Thomas J. Bracken the president two directors and three employees. Attorneys said the men would appear before U S Commissioner Phillips that afternoon. Also noted is a cable about Methodist missionaries leaving Peking due to the war and a Tokyo despatch saying Russia has four divisions and China one and a half on the Siberian frontier preparing for possible hostilities.
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Rochester
N. Y
Standard
New York
Thomas J. Bracken
New York City
United States
Phillips
Methodist Board of Foreign Missions
Methodist
Peking
Siberian
Tokyo
London
Refusal to Post Ten Commandments in Brooklyn Schools
New York, April 12. Brooklyn public schools board of superintendents declined a plan to post simplified copies of the Ten Commandments in classrooms and auditoriums. The suggestion, from the Long Island Federation of Women's Clubs, aimed to curb juvenile delinquency and would have been funded by the group.
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New York
Brooklyn
New York Sun
Long Island Federation
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