Bomb Wrecks U S Consulate in Mexico City
A bomb partly wrecked the U S Consulate in Mexico City at 2 15 AM injuring no one. Officials suspect an individual fanatical act. no organized plot seen. Mexican employee Pueblo Gomez held. streetcar man Nonato Resenutia described a gray suited suspect. Also notes tax book preparation by Lews J Zeigler and assistant in county records office.
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International News Service
Mexico City
U. S
John Barton Payne
Charles Beecher Warren
Warren
Pueblo Gomez
Lews J. Zeigler
Mayor's Wife Seeks Role in City Government
In Richwood West Virginia on May 18, Robbins family notes the mayor, I H Robbins, runs the town while his wife seeks a council seat. She campaigns on the Democratic ticket for the June 5 election to influence city administration.
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Richwood
W. Va
Dad
I. H. Robbins
Robbins
Wagon Accident Leaves Man Fatally Injured Near Beard’s Church
Joseph Troutman about 45, tenant on John L. Herbst’s farm near Beard’s Church, was severely injured when a wagon with a gasoline engine rolled downhill after a backing strap broke. Herbst and L. Paulsgrove escaped injury by jumping. Troutman suffered a fractured skull and remained in hospital after an operation.
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Joseph Troutman
John L. Herbst
Beard’s Church
Mr. Herbst
L. Paulsgrove
Pondsville
Troutman
Herbst
Paulsgrove
Soviets Hold Swiss Accountable For Envoy’s Death
In Moscow on May 18, George Tchicherin, Soviet foreign minister, sent a note to Switzerland holding the Berne government responsible for the assassination of Vasayla Voroyaky, Russian envoy to Italy and observer at Lausanne Near East peace talks. He demanded dismissal of negligent officials and punishment of those responsible.
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International News Service
Moscow
George Tchicherin
People’s Commissar
Switzerland
Berne
Vasayla Voroyaky
Italy
Lausanne
Curse Of King Tut Blamed For Death Of Geo Gould
Paris May 18 George J Gould Sr American financier and railway magnate died after a lengthy illness at his villa on the French Riviera may have fallen to a Tutankhamen curse a Mentone dispatch reports Gould and his nephew Frank J Gould contracted heavy colds after visiting the tomb of Tutankhamen in the Valley of the Kings Lord Carnarvon opened the tomb but Gould did not take the legend seriously He died of pneumonia at the Riviera villa despite extensive care by specialists.
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International News Service
Paris
George J. Gould, Sr
Mentone
Gould
Egypt
Lord Carnarvon
Tutankhamen
Lord Car Narvon
Qoull
French Riveria
Tould Milliona
Bostowal
Bodalde
Gould Sant J
Soviet Paper Warns Attack Believed Near Moscow
May 18. Dzvestia reports a possible military offensive against Russia as provinces pledge support to Moscow. Turkestan government vows to use oil to burn imperialist war, while British pressure and Turkish tensions frame the dangerous backdrop.
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International News Service
Moscow
Dzvestia
Russia
Turkestan
Mis
Turkey
Great Britain
Waasdearla
Britain Plans Airliner Carriers to Match France Threat
Washington reports Britain seeks to sidestep the Washington 5 5 3 naval pact by turning giant commercial airplane liners into war craft overnight. London says England will spend 109 million dollars to match France’s air power, arguing carriers beyond the 135 000 ton limit are needed.
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Cur
Washington
Great Britain
France
British Admiralty
Navy Department
Eustace D'Eyncourt
Britain
London
England
Naval
Americans Held by Chinese Bandits In Old Temple
American and other foreign captives are detained in an old temple atop Paotzuku Mountain by Chinese bandits. Negotiations are deadlocked and officials are seen as stalling. Troops remain around the fortress as an express service delivers daily rations to prisoners.
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Edna Lee Booker
Star
International News Service
Shanghai
Paotzuku Mountain
Lloyd Lehrbas
Paotzuku
Carl Crow
American Chamber of Commerce of
Lehr
Child Killed and Seven Hurt in Auto Mishap
Louise Wagner aged 2 daughter of Mr and Mrs William Wagner of Bartholows Frederick county was killed and seven others four of them adults were injured when the machine in which they were returning to their home from Baltimore yesterday overturned on the state road near Catonsville The parents and a sister of the dead child were among the injured.
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Louise Wagner
William Wagner
Bartholows
Frederick County
Baltimore
Catonsville
Mayor bans tent carnivals in Cumberland next week
Cumberland authorities, led by Mayor Thomas W. Koon, ordered police to close West Shows planned for Cumberland, blocking tentative carnival under a tent as a condition of the crackdown.
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Cumberland
Thomas W. Koon
Laundry Truck Hit By Engine At Crossing
Victor Lindor drove a laundry truck at 69 East Washington Street when a Western Maryland Railroad engine struck the vehicle at a grade crossing in Security. Lindor was cut by broken glass but escaped serious injury as the slow engine pushed the truck from the tracks.
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Troy Laundry Company
East
Washington Street
Victor Linder
Western Maryland Railroad
Security
Linders
Lindor
Deputy Assassinated in Visenya Amid Turmoil
May 18 report from Biachid states Deputy Regeneral and former Visenyian governor shot dead. The killing is attributed to trade unions over alleged permeantloce by official laws, raising political tensions. Thomas Vorder, a noted British ear and atomesh specialist, departs for Paris to cover the event.
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Biachid
Visenya
Wan Ahot
Ankt
Freshmen Ordered to Pay for Damages After Hey Day Frolic
Six University of Pennsylvania freshmen were ordered by Magistrate Dugan to pay all damages from last night’s hey-day celebration. The noisy parade blocked traffic, pulled fire alarms, and halted trolleys. police quelled the demonstration.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Dugan
Maryland GOP split over governorship signals bitter fight
In Maryland the GOP shows two power camps in Washington and Baltimore a bid to topple the Broening-Lowndes-Jackson group. Weller and Tait back Alexander Armstrong of Hagerstown for governor while Lowndes backs the nomination for governor. The latest move says Weller and Tait control Baltimore City Committee.
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Republican Party
Maryland
Washington
Baltimore
Weller
Galen L. Tait
State Central Committee
Broening-Lowndes-Jackson
Lowndes
Weller-Tait
Alexander Armstrong
Hagerstown
Tait
Baltimore City Committee
Get Still At Pondsville
Prohibition Agents and local officers seized a thirty gallon still and several gallons of corn whiskey and mash at the home of E Vano in Pondsville this morning. Vano was arrested and held for hearing before United States Commissioner Hagner. The operation was conducted by Vano and the still is described as one of the best found, capable of distilling eight gallons of whiskey. Reports of moonshining in Pondsville and nearby areas have been frequent.
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E. Vano
Pondsville
Prohibition
Vano
United States
Hagner
Adt
Vane
Pondaville
Tragedy Follows Cleveland Schoolhouse Fire Graduation
In Camden on May 18 a Cleveland schoolhouse fire during commencement killed 76 people, mostly children, with many others injured. Officials order all victims buried at 6 pm as ministers from Camden and nearby towns assist in services across churches. Grave diggers move to prepare plots in a secluded rural area.
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International News Service
Camden
U S. C
Cleveland
Noor
Cuilullaula
Red Cross Mobilizes Aid After Camden Disaster
Washington dispatch reports the American Red Cross acted quickly after word reached national headquarters of heavy casualties near Camden South Carolina. Immediate relief steps were telegraphed to Atlantic headquarters to mobilize assistance for the stricken community.
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Red Cross
International News Service
Washington
American Red Cross
Camden
S. C
The
Atlantic
Adultery Charge Over Carlisle Living Arrangement
Richard Delance a Baltimore born salesman held in Carlisle Jail on a 2500 dollar bond for adultery after living with a Shippensburg girl in Carlisle for a week. Detectives say the pair had been cohabiting and the woman has returned to her parents in Shippensburg.
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Shippensburg
Carlisle
Carnivals May Force Closing Of Theatres
Theaters in Grafton West Virginia may shut if traveling carnivals extend their stay, as two local theater owners warn audiences stay away during carnival weeks. In Rome on May 18 Mrs Corbett Ashby of England was elected President of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance with Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt of New York declining the post.
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Grafton
W. Va
International News Service
Rome
Corbett Ashby
England
International Woman Suffrage Alliance
Carrie Chapman Catt
New York
Krupp Directors' Appeal Rejected. Prison Likely
German Krupp officials including Herr Krupp ve Bohlen und Halbach had their appeals rejected by a French military tribunal. Seven directors face long terms of imprisonment after being found guilty of conspiracy at Werden. Only Herr Mueller’s appeal, reduced to six months, was allowed. Authorities allege the defendants incited disorders as French troops fired on German workers.
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Dusseldorf
Herr Krupp Ve Bohlen Und Halbach
Krupp Works
Werden
Herr Mueller
Krupp Warl Mens’ Connell
Krupp
Mireh
Giadivjodt
Boller
Farmer Slashes Self Ends Life at Home in Frederick County
Grafton Clay a 79 year old retired farmer of New Market Frederick county died yesterday from a throat wound at his home after a period of ill health and melancholy. The notice notes recent health decline and worries over his condition amid a broader canal project repair in Williamsport area drawing nearby workers.
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Grafton Clay
New Market
Frederick County
Clay
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