Gas from X ray films linked to Cleveland clinic fire death toll
Investigators say burning 75 000 X ray films in the basement produced about 1 000 000 cubic feet of poison gas capable of killing four million people. Cigarette smoking near the storage area and prior warnings about danger were cited in testimony at the coroner and prosecutor’s inquest. Officials noted the film storage and building safety recommendations, including possible sprinklers and ventilation.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Clinic
Harry L. Rockwood
A. H. Regal
Chicago
W. R. Yant
United States Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh
Clevelkind Clinic
Tim
A. J. Pearse
Ray T. Miller
Pawspipermen
Rose Reber
Rink
Ue Steel
Ohio Inspection Bureau
Pearse
Willy Miller
Community Park Work Under Way In Williamsport
Work has begun on a large permanent band stand in Williamsport Community Park under contractor W H Miller. The project aims to expand summer amenities as the Williamsport Community Band plans concerts this season. The Old Home Week celebration runs June 29 to July 6 with park dedication among events. The seven acre park lies on Springfield Farm beside the high school, with improved drainage enhancing the meadow setting.
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Williamsport
W. H. Miller
Wil Hamsport
Springfield Farm
Start Of Clinic Fire Claims 123 Deaths And Explosions
Buffery Boggs, a steamfitter, worked in the basement store room when a fire broke out and caused several explosions. He describes being sent to fix a leaking pipe, the area filling with yellow smoke, and the fire door to the store room with X-ray films and chemicals left open.
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Buffery Boggs
Cleveland Cligis
Boggs
Seven Charged In Open Court With Offenses
Seven prisoners indicted by the May Grand Jury were arraigned before Judge Frank G Wagaman this morning. One pleaded guilty, as Chester Dekmey and Waverly Bennett alias W Go Moon faced larceny charges from break in at Pleasant Valley School. Other defendants include David Hart Edgar Norris Delaney Elwood Thomas James Whitley Dewey Munshower Robert Gordon Albert Blair and Williamsport suspect Albert Blair, with multiple thefts and break ins listed and pleas entered.
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May
Frank G. Wagaman
Guy Kennedy
Chester Dekmey
Waverly Bennett
W. Go Moon
Pleasant Valley
David
Buck) Hart
Edgar
Ren) Norris
Delaney
Bennet
Elwoad Thomas
Alias Thompson
Joseph Troxell
James Whitley
Alexander Hotel
Frank Long
David Bowman
Dewey Munshower
Edger Miller
Robert Gordon
Early frost harms potatoes and beans. will probate in TRoonsboro
Early potatoes suffered the worst damage from yesterday's frost per J. A. Miller with losses concentrated in lower sections. Beans were damaged but mildly. A Weedysville acre potato patch was hit hard. Mrs. Margaret Bikle of Williamsport High School sprained her ankle at the school building. The will of Jacob A. Huizell of TRoonsboro valued at $5000 was probated by the Orphans' Court. his sister Miss Florence receives the estate.
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J. A. Miller
Weedysville
Margaret Bikle
Williamsport High School
Bikle
Miss Lewis
Angerstown
Jacob A. Huizell
Troonsboro
Orphans’ Court
Florence
New Type of Lawbreaker Sought Here in West End
A Kendall boy was struck by a moving machine reportedly loaded after the impact. The driver stopped briefly two blocks away, unloaded the youth on the curb, then left. The boy, badly injured, was treated by a doctor for hours and authorities seek the responsible driver.
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West End
West Side Avenue
Kendall
Mrs Smead Injured In Auto Collision
Mrs. Smead of Oak Hill avenue suffered light injuries from a collision at Prospect avenue and Forrest Drive with D H Dye of Waynesboro. She was cut and bruised by glass. Dye escaped with injuries. Both cars suffered considerable damage.
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Edwin J. Smead
Oak -Hil Avenue
D. H. Dye
Waynesboro
Prospect Avenue
Forrest Drive
Woman to challenge air refueling record at Roosevelt Field
A woman and a male crew plan to surpass the world endurance record of 150 hours 40 minutes set by the Question Mark team. Miss Viola Gentry will fly a monoplane equipped for in-flight refueling to stay aloft long enough to threaten the mark, with Lt. H. B. Clarke leading a second 200 hour attempt. Prohibition agents seize a freight car carrying 60 packing cases of liquor shipped from Detroit in New York.
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Roosevelt Field
N.Y
Viola Gentry
Los Angeles
Twieutenant
TH. B. Clarke
Clarke
New York
Detroit
Westchester
New York Central Railroad
Bus Line Proposal Targets Huntington to Wagerstown Route
East Broad Hop Railroad and Coal Company seeks to run a daily round trip bus and freight service between Huntington Pennsylvania and Wagerstown. A hearing before the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission is scheduled for May 22. The proposed route would depart Huntington and pass through Chambersburg.
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East Broad Hop Railroad and Coal Conmany
Huntington
Wwagerstown
Pennsylvania Public Service Commission
Tuntington
Chambersburg
Wife Seeks Divorce Over Hubby Volstead Crusade
CHICAGO May 18 Charley Zack’s one man crusade against the Volstead Act exhausts Mrs Zack who filed for divorce. She said he was abstemious at marriage in 1920 just before prohibition. Once the law took effect he announced he would drink steadily until abolition. She endured nine years of his battles before concluding the law would stay.
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Chicago
Charley Zack
Zack
Wilkins Voices Preference After Graf Zeppelin Flight
Sir George Hubert Wilkins, famed explorer, said he would rather be on land than fly again after yesterday's Graf Zeppelin voyage. He preferred travel on land and expressed a wish to land rather than continue the airbound adventure.
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Cuers
France
George Hubert Wilkins
Arctic
Antartic
North Pole
U S Plane to Race French Across Ocean
New York May 18 A race to cross the Atlantic this year pits an American crew against a French team. Williams plans to take off Sunday from Teterboro, with the Green Flash monoplane used by Martin Jensen for a solo record. Williams will be joined by Lewis Yaney as they aim to reach Paris in about 50 hours and Rome in 50 hours after departure. The plane carries 500 gallons of gasoline and uses a single motor.
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New York
Q. Willams
Teterboro
Tmagsbrouck Heights
Old Orchard
Maine
Armeno
Lotti, Sr
Paris
Williams
Martin Jensen
Lewis Yaney
Rome
No Verdict By Second Jury In Mana Act Case
Elmer Schetrampf a 28 year old electrician charged with violating the Mana Act was discharged after a second jury failed to reach a verdict. He renewed a $5000 bond and faces alleged kidnapping of 17 year old Alda Musson from Hancock into Pennsylvania overnight. The first jury failed to agree Tuesday night. the second jury deliberated seventeen hours before discharge.
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Elmer Schetrampf
Schetrampf
Alda Musson
Hancock
Pennsylvania
Weekly Weather Forecast for North and Middle Athletic States
Showers likely end Sunday night with clearing Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday turn cooler then warmer midweek with above normal temperatures, followed by cooler conditions toward week’s end. Overall, temperatures trend below normal early in the week and rise midweek before easing again.
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North
Middle Athletic
Fliers Die In Dual Crash Over Columbus City
In Columbus Ohio two Army planes collided over a north side district. Lieut E L Meadows died when his burning aircraft crashed into a backyard. Lieut Fred Saltzer of the 90th Pursuit Squadron parachuted to a ravine and escaped with facial pains. Continued on Page 5.
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Columbus
Ohio
National Army Ai
E. L. Meadows
Army
Fred Saltzer
San Diego
Calif
90Th
Mar
Thoroughbreds Destroyed In Virginia Fire
Ten thoroughbreds and other live stock perished when a large barn three garages and two henneries burned at the Clarke County farm of C. T. Mardesty Jr in Winchester Virginia. Farm produce and equipment were lost as well with total damage about 5000 dollars, partly insured. The cause of the fire was not determined.
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Winchester
C. T. Mardesty, Jr
Clarke County
Local Firm Wins Milford High School Contract
The J. B. Ferguson & Co. of Milford has been awarded a contract to erect a new high school building at Milford Delaware. The brick structure will cost about 140000 dollars and work will begin immediately.
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J. B. Ferguson & Co
Milford
Del
Crestline Avenue to Open This Summer in City Plan
City announces Crestline Avenue will open this summer through an agreement with the Western Maryland Railroad and others. The tunnel under the railroad at Pangborn plant will cost about 28000, funded by the railroad, with most land donated. The new route diverts Smithsburg Pike traffic to northern streets, easing Mulberry street congestion and providing direct access to Pangborn and Security plants.
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Western Maryland Railroad
Crestline Avenue
Smithsburg Pike
Pangbory
View Street
Whic
Mulberry Avenue
Western Maryland Railroad Company
New Street
Jefferson Street
Pangborn
Mulberry Street
Sledge Hammer Breaks Arm at Standard Oil Plant
Frank Diffendatfer, a Standard Oil Plant worker, suffered a compound fracture when a sledgehammer slipped from a fellow worker and struck his arm while he handled a drill. The accident occurred at the plant on Lanvale Street. Mrs Sinclair, wife of Harry F. Sinclair, is described as nervous and hospitalized in Battle Creek.
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Frank Diffendatfer
Joseph D. Baker
Diffendatfer
Standard Oil
Diffendafter
Lanvale Street
Sinclair III
Battle Creek
Midh
Harry F. Sinclair
Washington
City May Lease Site for Municipal Golf Course
The city considers leasing land near the new municipal electric light plant for a nine hole golf course and playgrounds. The Alsatia Club plans the links and would oversee development, with the city to receive an annual $1 lease while the contractor beautifies the area and builds the course. A boulevard extension and a city forest are part of broader plans nearby.
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Alsatia Chih
Raubert Musey
Alsatia Club
Antietam
Lusey
Salesman to face charge in juvenile case
L vA Sanderson traveling salesman located here since last November was arrested by Juvenile Officer Jacob Saylor on warrants charging him with contributing to the delinquency of a girl under sixteen. Found with the girl in a car on Antietam street. Warrant sworn by the girl's father. Hearing set this afternoon before Justice H. E. Snyder in Juvenile Court. Sanderson gave his home as Maine.
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L. Va
Sanderson
Jacob Saylor
Antietam Street
H. E. Snyder
Maine
20000 Trout Stock For County Streams
Twenty thousand brook trout are being sent to this city Monday morning from Lewiston Maryland hatcheries. Frank Bentz of the Tzank Walton League reports the shipment will be distributed in county streams. Persons wishing trout should bring cans to the rear of the Bentz Dunn store Monday morning to receive them.
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Lewistown
Frank Bentz
Tzank Walton League
Bentz & Dunn
Architect and Broker Guilty in Mail Fraud Case
George A Grieble Cleveland architect and William A Busch Eldorado Ark broker were found guilty in federal court on mail fraud charges in the sale of Securities Guaranteed Company of Cleveland bonds. They were convicted on six counts each carrying up to five years imprisonment and a $10,000 fine. They are held without bond pending motion for a new trial.
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ST. Louis
George| A, Grieble
Cleveland
William A. Busch
Eldorado
Ark
Securities Guaranteed Company of
Grieble
Basch
Hoover heads to fishing preserve near Madison Virginia
President Hoover departed the White House just before 10:30 this morning en route to his fishing preserve near Madison Virginia. The trip reflects a planned retreat from the capital as weather permits and follows routine presidential travel patterns for weekend leisure.
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Washington
Mar
Hoover
White House
Madison
Zeppelin crash fear as Graf Zeppelin passengers brace for impact
Cable from Frank Nicholson reports passengers sat with strained faces amid yesterday’s battle with the wing and one man eyed a parachute. In Cuers France French guards watched over the Graf Zeppelin hangar as Eckener’s crew and German pilots received aid from former enemies. Calmness faded as Eckener thanked the French Navy for their help and noted the crew’s reduced health as repairs continued.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Frank Nicholson
Thomas T. Toppping
Cuers
France
Germany
Atlantic
Hugo Eckener
Bentry
Toulon
Eckener
Captain McCleary to Resume Command June 1
Captain Carl McCleary of Company B, First Maryland Regiment, returns to resume local command on June 1 after attending Infantry School at Fort Benning. First Lieutenant Guy G. McKee led the company in his absence. About 64 members will proceed to Camp Ritchie at Cascade on July 6 for a fifteen day training period.
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Carl McCleary
Maryland
McCleary
Fort Benning
Georgia
Guy
McKee
Camp Ritchie
Cascade
Man Relapses After Ice Fall in Keedysville
Vernon Long, a Keedysville merchant who fractured his hip last winter, relapsed yesterday while using crutches and was returned to bed. His condition was reported serious. Divorce suit filed in court today by Lillian M. Stine against Melvin P. Stine. Dwight Davis accepted appointment as governor of the Philippines.
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Vernon Long
Keedysville
Lillian M. Stine
Melvin P. Stine
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W. M
Doylestown
Nick Colello
Concetta Colello
L. A. Sanderson
Hugo Eckner
Capt. McCleary
Infantry
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