Radium Poisoning Victims Sue Over Fatal Poisoning
Five New Jersey women join a $20,000 lawsuit against United States Radium Corporation of Orange alleging fatal radium poisoning from workplace exposure. Katherine Schaub, 26, Newark, and Katherine Schinub of Orange are among the afflicted. stories reveal wartime factory work painting dials for soldiers and instruments, with years of suffering and longing for home faith and family.
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Newark
N. J
New Jersey
eThey
United States Radium Corporation of
Orange
Katherina Scinub
Grice Fryer
Katherine Schaub
Katherine
France
Grace Fryer
Mail Aviator Dies In Crash On Air Mail Route
James R. Reid, a reserve pilot on the New York Atlanta air mail route, was killed when his plane carrying mail from Richmond Va wrecked in a field near the Rappahannock road north of Richmond. The aircraft rolled over a 10 foot embankment during a forced landing, Pitcairn Aviation Inc. reported.
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Philadelphia
James R. Reid
New York-Atlanta
Richmond
Rappanhannock Road
Pitcairn Aviation, Inc
Chicago to Pray Again for Civic Reform
The Chicago Church Federation designated Sunday May 27 as a day of prayer for the awakening of civic spirit following the April primaries and for continued devotion to government ideals. The federation condemned selecting judges by party bosses as undermining justice in courts.
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Chicago
Chicago Church Federation
Federation
Kefauver Arraigned In Assault Case In Williamsport
Ralph A. Kefauver local accountant admitted guilty to the second count of a May Grand Jury indictment after shooting his wife on East Washington street and fleeing to hospital then captured. Also noted are larceny and liquor charges, a stet docket on three year timeline, and verdicts in two other cases with attorneys Oswald and Oswald appearing for Hartley.
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Ralph A. Kefauver
Kefauver
Augustus A. Malotte
Williamsport
Columbus Toms
John Exlife
Arnold Hartley
Oswald
Hartley
Johnson asks for vote on dam measure
Washington May 26 Senator Johnson Republican California demanded that the Senate stay in session until votes were taken on his Boulder Canyon Dam bill and other important legislation. Coolidge signed a road bill carrying 75 million dollars for federal aid to states for road construction.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Johnson
California
Boulder Canyon Dam
Coolidge
Miner Rescued After Six Days Trapped in Mine
John Wade, 38, a coal loader, was found alive after more than six days in the Mather mine near Mather, Pennsylvania. He survived by gathering food from buckets and following air currents, as rescuers tally 174 known deaths and press on to probe all mine sections for survivors or remains.
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Mather
Mather Mine
John Wade
Wade
Frank Kubiska
Wife Murders Rich Husband in Memphis Bedroom
Joseph G. Stewart, 43, former president of Dixie Margarine Company, was shot to death in bed early today. Deputy sheriffs said his wife Ruby, 41, confessed to shooting him after he threatened divorce, claiming he nagged all night and threatened her life. She said she preferred death to giving him up. A .45 caliber bullet struck Stewart in the heart, killing him almost instantly.
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Memphis
Joseph G. Stewart
Dixie Margarine Company
Ruby
Stewart
Deficiency Bill Passed in Congress to White House
The $146 million second deficiency appropriations bill won Senate approval and moves to the White House. It ends annual supply legislation and funds many projects this session including $14 million for Mississippi River flood control work. With this cleared, Congress nears adjournment as Senator Curtis urges early action on that plan.
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Washington
Senate
House
White House
Congress
Curtis
Kansas
Lion's jealousy costs trainer life in circus cage
Syracuse New York May 26 Jealousy of seven veteran lions of Sparks Circus nearly costs trainer John Guilfoyle his life as he tried to rescue a new lion. He is hospitalized in serious condition but expected to recover barring infection or lockjaw. Harriet Guilfoyle, leopard trainer, helped in the cage as panic rose with over 1000 spectators standing.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Sparks Circus
John Guilfoyle
Guilfoyle
Philadelphia
Harriet Guilgoyle
Emerick Heirs File Suit Over Astor Estate In New York
About 900 claimants from across the United States sue in New York City seeking trillions from John Jacob Astor heirs. They allege Emerick, a bachelor merchant who mentored Astor, left a trust for Emerick heirs and that Astor held vast funds in trust and must distribute them to Emerick’s kin.
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Washington County
John Jacob ‘Astor
New York City
Emerick
United States
John Nicholas Emerick
Astor
New York
Milous
St. Louis
John Jacob Astor
Hagers town High to start athletic field work this week
The contract for grading the new athletic grounds at Hagerstown High School near Potomac Hills will be let next week and work will begin immediately. Football and soccer fields will be laid out for fall games, with stands delayed until funds, already subscribed, are paid. W Diamond King, Beansboro farmer, reports a nine acre barley field may yield 40 bushels per acre and is likely the county’s finest.
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Hagerstown High School
Potomac Hills
Ste
W. Diamond King
Beansboro
Japs Back Kellogg War Prohibition Plan
Washington May 26 Japan approves the Kellogg proposal to renounce war as national policy and has notified the United States it will cooperate cordially toward achieving the goal.
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Washington
Japan
Kellogg
Heavy rainfall causes garden and field damage in Gapland area
Unusually heavy rain last night, lasting about half an hour, reportedly damaged gardens and fields in Gapland and nearby areas. Showers extended to other sections late last night, with police reporting a brief prevalence of rain.
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Gapland
Weekly Weather Forecast for Atlantic States
The forecast covers the North and Middle Atlantic States for the week starting Monday. Expect mainly fair conditions early in the week with showers around Thursday or Friday, temperatures near normal at the start rising slowly through the week and cooling toward the end.
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North
Middle Atlantic
Slavers Sought After Kansas Bank Robbery Slayings
Posse from four states scours countryside north of Dighton Kansas after four desperadoes killed two officials at Latour Colorado and abducted the First National Bank of Samar cashier with about 20 000 in cash and Liberty Bonds. Dr W W Wineinger found murdered near Oakley prompting intensified search aided by airplanes and a passenger ship carrying 16 machine guns from Denver.
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Dighton
Kas
Latour
Colo
W. W. Wineinger
Oakley
Kansas
E. A. Ixessinger
First National Bank of Samar
Denver
Thief Strikes Two Homes Stealing Chickens and Wine
A thief stole two chickens from A. S. Wolf on Armstrong Avenue, then broke into Ernest Downs cellar across the street and consumed homemade wine and peaches. The heads of the chickens were found near the Wall place, jars were opened, and a man’s belt was recovered on the Downs back porch.
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A. S. Wolf
Armstrong Avenue
May Uniform Day Agents Considered for Clarity
Washington May 26 officials here are weighing issuing uniforms for prohibition agents to prevent mistaken identity by motorists and others. The plan targets border patrols blamed for several shootings as agents are mistaken for holdup men in the field.
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Washington
Prohibition
Loot Recovered From Evergreen Park Train Robbery
Chicago May 26 More of the $133000 loot from the Evergreen Park Grand Trunk mail train robbery was found today at the home of a young woman identified as the sweetheart of robber Lawrence O'Brien. Her name was not released.
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Chicago
Evergreen Park
Grand Trunk
Lawrence O'Brien
Robbed Recluse Thomas Barnett Hid Savings Near Cabin
Thomas Barnett a 78 year old recluse of Woodburn Washington DC withdrew his 328000 saved money buried near his cabin. Thieves scouting during his absence seized 17000 in large denomination notes but missed the cache. Barnett holds a jar with 2000 in gold and a can with 5000 in bills hoping to last.
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Thomas” Barnett
Woodburn
D. C
Barnett
Two Captured in Baltimore and Ohio Freight Car Looting
Police and railroad detectives nabbed Jack Monday and Anthony Gallo at the Gas House siding behind South Potomac Street while looting a Baltimore and Ohio freight car. The pair, both known offenders, are jailed for investigation as other gang members are sought. The recovered car held general merchandise amid ongoing reports of organized car robberies and a suspected fence tied to the loot.
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Baltimore and Ohio
South Potomac Street
Jack
Anthony
Tony) Gallo
Brennen
Clark
Hasty
Whittington
E. J. Chapman
Maryland
Mongan
Gallo
Fewer Failures Reported Across United States
R G Dun and Company reports 426 commercial failures in the United States for the last week, 16 fewer than the prior week and 23 less than the same week last year.
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New York
R. G Dun and Company
United States
Italia Airship Italia Missing Over Arctic Wreck Fear Rising
Kings Bay Spitzbergen May 26 radio operators aboard Citta di Milano hold vigil as Italia fails to respond after reaching the North Pole and beginning a difficult return. Authorities fear collision with a mountain in fog with 16 aboard including General Nobile. fuel and survival gear aboard for days.
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Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Italia
North Pole
Geral Umberto Nobile
Citta di Milano
Rodina
Arctic
Citta di Milado
General Nobile
Withtata
Moffen Island
Bpitzbergen
Gale Holds Up Relief Effort at Berlin Harbor
May 26 dispatch from Kings Bay reports the Italia base ship Citta Di Milano has steam up while a northwesterly gale sends ice fires from the Arctic into the bay. The dangerous conditions hinder the vessel’s planned exit to search for the Italia.
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Berlin
Kings Bay
Italia
Citta’ di Milano
Arctic Ocean
Amundsen Might Lead Italia Relief Expedition
Oslo reports Roald Amundsen, famed Norwegian explorer, called into talks with government officials about mounting a relief expedition to search for and aid the missing Italia. He reportedly expressed willingness to participate, with Norway replying it would act promptly and consult experts on the proper course of action.
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Amundsen
Oslo
Norway
Roald Amundsen
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