Etna Eruption Wipes Out Towns and Uproots Thousands
Mount Etna lava streams threaten Linguaglossa and Giarre as about 30,000 to 50,000 people are made homeless. Three small towns are wiped out while refugees flood into Catania. Vesuvius remains active but less than Etna. King Victor Emmanuel plans Sicily visit.
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Catania
Italy
Mount
Etna
Java
Giarre
Ponzi
University of Catania
Rome
Mount Etna
Linguaglossa
Castiglione
Gabriele Carnazza
Mount Vesuvius
Vesuvius
Victor Emanuel
Sicily
Population Flee As Etna Erupts Near Cantania
From Cantania on June 19 the AP reports Mount Etna's eruption drives an ongoing exodus. Panic-stricken residents move along crowded roads carrying belongings seeking safety. The Cantania Etna zone is one of the world’s densest, with over 8000 people per square mile.
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Cantania
Catania
Etna
Chicago officer questions Rouw on Mount disappearance
Clifton Arizona AP reports Charles Wharton arrives to question B H Rouw about Northwestern University student Leighton Mount. Initial interview deemed not satisfactory, with a second session planned as Wharton checks notebook discrepancies and seeks corroborating details of a body seen at Evanston pier.
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Clifton
Ariz
Charles 8. Wharton
Chicago
B. H. Rouw
San Francisco
Leighton Mount
Northwestern University
Wharton
Rouw
Evanston
Mount
Harton
Reuw
Mr. Wharton
Six Steel Leaders Indicted by Buffalo Grand Jury
Buffalo June 19 AP six officers and former officers indicted on charges of violating corporation laws by the city grand jury. The indictments name L B Steel as a figure in the case and allege violations within the Steel company. Prosecutors seek accountability for alleged corporate law breaches.
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Buffalo, N. Y
L. B. Steel
Martin's Suit Is Knocked Out In DC Court
The District of Columbia Supreme Court struck from the record James Martin's declaration seeking 51 million dollars in damages against the National Aeronautic Association, the Curtis airplane and Motor Corporation, and others. The court allowed a new declaration to be filed aligned with its ruling.
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Washington
James Martin
National Aeronautic Association
Curtis Airplane and Motor Corporation
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Martin
Heat wave grips broad swath of U S cities
Chicago reports seven indirect heat deaths as a nationwide heat wave pushes record temperatures. The 91 degree peak scorches the South West and east central states while Milwaukee and St Louis report extreme heat and prostrations. Parkersburg Philadelphia Raleigh also reach 90 plus.
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Chicago
East Central
Gulf States
Weather Bureau
United States
Betless horse races planned across California fairs
Betless horse racing for the Western Fairs Association is scheduled for this summer and fall. The season opens in San Jose August 11-18 and visits Stockton, Sacramento, Hanford, Ventura, Riverside, and Pomona, with a new track near Los Angeles to host 100 days of racing after Thanksgiving at Beverly Hills Speedway.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Western Fairs Association
San Jose
Stockton
Sacramento
Hanford
Ventura
Riverside
Pomona
Beverly Hillis Speedway
Bandit Posed As A Woman In Chicago Robbery
Fred G. Thompson identified as the woman disguise culprit in the June 5 holdup that killed Mrs. Tesmer. Mrs. Tesmer described a smiling robber with blue eyes. Police raided a flat finding women’s clothing and a revolver as they link Thompson to multiple disguises.
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Chicago
Fred G. Thompson
Richard €. Tesmer
Tesmer
Harding to embark on long single trip across coast and Alaska
Washington June 19 AP President Harding will begin a sweeping 15,057 mile journey from Washington via train and naval transport to the Pacific coast Alaska San Juan Porto Rico and New York aboard ships Henderson Harrison and American Legion. the trip rivals Taft's 1911 swing around the circle as the longest presidential voyage.
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Washington
Pacific Coast
Alaska
Harding
Naval
Henderson
Shipping Board
President Harrison
San Diego
Cal
Panama Canal
San Juan
Porto Rico
American Legion
New York
Taft
United States
White House
President Harding to visit Idaho Falls for irrigation tour
President Harding will tour the Upper Snake valley irrigation projects on June 28 in Idaho Falls. A 500 member welcome committee will greet him as towns across the valley declare holidays. Idaho products will be presented and a cowboy band will perform in welcome ceremonies.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Harding
Snake River Valley
Railroads anticipate Supreme Court appeal in merger case
Lawyers for railroads in the Southern Pacific merger case say government will appeal to the US Supreme Court, though the circuit court views the move as likely. The decree notes government litigation under the Sherman Act and dissolving Pacific unions, while upholding Southern Pacific control of Central Pacific through lease and stock ownership.
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St. Paul, Minn
Southern Pacific
United States Supreme Court
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
The
Pacific’s Union of
Central Pacific Railway Company
Southern Pacific Company
Commission
Germany files new complaint over French policy in Ruhr
Germany protests to the United States about what it calls a terror driven French policy in the Ruhr valley. In a communication to Secretary Hughes, German Ambassador Otto Wiedefeldt says France bears sole responsibility for consequences and has not replied to German calls for an international commission to investigate sabotage incidents.
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Washington
Ruhr
State Department
Hughes
Otto Wiedefeldt
International Commissiong
French Marshal Petain Hurt In Wreck
Berlin dispatch reports Marshal Petain slightly injured in the Paris Mayence express wreck last Friday. Two officers accompanying him were killed. Petain was en route to Ruhr and Rhineland for an inspection tour and a parade planned for Mayence, which was postponed.
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Berlin
Marshal Petain
Berlinger Tages
Frankfort
Ruhr
Rhineland
Mayence
Nebraska flood waters wash across towns and farms
Omaha reports extensive damage across Beaver Loup Cedar Elkhorn and Platte rivers as floodwaters recede. Lowlands become lakes, livestock losses reported, towns marooned, and rail lines washed out with bridges swept away. No deaths confirmed.
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Omaha
Nebraska
Elkhorn
Platte
Fullerton
B. Burgess
Fomison
M. C
Columbus
Omaha World Herald
Platte River
Schuyler
Monroe
Boyd County
Union Pacific Railroad
Chicago and Northwestern
Ascot Stakes Race Result With Ju nise Triumph
The Ascot Stakes for 2000 pounds sterling was won by Ju nise, owned by W MG Singer. Donna Inez owned by Lady Penrhyn finished second and Mizzen Mast of Lady Nelson placed third. Sixteen horses ran with betting 5 to 1 against Ju nise, 100 to 8 against Donna Inez and 7 to 1 against Mizzen Mast.
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Ascotheath
Ager
W. MG. Singer
Junise
Lady Penrhyn
Donna Inez
Lady Nelson
Mizzen Mast
Mizsén Mast
Son pleads for mother's release in Ogden counterfeiting case
In Ogden Utah June 19 AP Judge Noblett spared 57 year old Harriett Armstrong from prison after her Idaho farmer son Dell Armstrong asked for leniency. The court imposed a 100 dollar fine and urged payment as able. Blacksmith Asher Haake received one year and a day for involvement in coin casting.
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Ogden
Utah
United States District Court
Harriett Armstrong
Nobiett
Dell Armstrong
Idaho
Kate
Asher Haake
Armstrong
Leavenworth
Wisconsin Senate to vote on Severson repeal bill
Madison Wis June 19 AP The Wisconsin senate will dispose of the Tucker bill repealing the Severson prohibition enforcement law tomorrow On request of Senator Severson author of the state liquor law this repeal measure passed by the assembly was set on the mid week calendar Diyas in the upper house expect 19 to 21 of 33 votes against the repeal while anti prohibition forces concede defeat by a decisive majority on the vote.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Senate
Severson
H. J. Severson
Assembly
Senate
Diyas
Youngster Tries to Save Pal in Pond Tragedy
Six year old Earl Kinsley tried to save eight year old Lorin Cransey who fell from a raft into the pond. Lorin died before a passerby could reach her body from six feet of water.
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Orden Wah
Cap
Earl Kinsley
Lorin Cransey
Lorin
Peeserby
Earl
First Tourists Enter Yellowstone Park Early
West Yellowstone Montana June 19 Several hundred travelers from across the country were admitted to Yellowstone National Park at the West Entrance though the park opens officially on June 20. Those admitted this morning received a special inscription noting First in Yellowstone National Park West Yellowstone Entrance June 19 1923. A special train carrying sightseers arrived yesterday afternoon.
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West Yellowstone
Mont
Yellowstone National Park
West Yellowstone Entrance
Park
Missing funds probe at Waynesboro Trust exists
Secretary of Banking Peter G. Cameron reports a $170,000 shortage in the Waynesboro Trust Company funds. He has ordered the arrest of treasurer Charles H. Hoover as the investigation unfolds in Harrisburg.
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Harrisburg
Waynesboro Trust Company
Waynesboro
Peter G. Cameron
Cameron
Endurance Test Set for Four Days at Rockwell Field
At Rockwell Field in San Diego pilots Captain Lowell H. Smith and Lieutenant John B. Rich ter plan a four day endurance flight testing midair refueling and in flight provisioning. Lieutenants J. A. Mar bendy and Wakley Kelly support the mission as food and water will be lowered to the flyers in wire baskets amid fire risk concerns.
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San Diego
Calif
Army
Rockwell Field
J. A. Mar- Bendy
Wakley Kelly
Lowell H
Leviathan Sails on Trial Trip in Southern Waters
The great liner Leviathan departed on its trial trip to southern waters this afternoon. Several hundred Shipping Board staff observers watched from the harbor as officials reported the ship left at the appointed time. Earlier injunctions to block the trip did not materialize despite reports they might be filed.
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Boston
Leviathan
Shipping Board
Renorta
NYU Medical College claims rheumatism cure
New York announces a rheumatism cure from injections of a serum of streptococcus viridans with claimed eighty percent success in 5000 cases. Bellevue lab radiologists reveal a new cancer treatment using 250000 volt X rays. Miss Anna Ellin, first treated, is improving amid other recent disease breakthroughs.
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New York
New York University Medical College
Bellevue Hospital
Anna Ellin
High Voltage X-Ray Used In Cancer Treatment
In Philadelphia on June 19 AP reports cancer patients will be treated under an X ray of 360000 volts the highest voltage used for Roentgen rays. Dr William Weber a Roentgenologist announced the development today.
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Philadelphia
Patial
William Weber
Hughes Endorses Permanent Court of International Justice
Secretary Hughes, at Dartmouth College commencement, praised the permanent court of international justice as a model tribunal. He argued the United States should support the court for treaty-based disputes and the fair administration of international law, warning against resorting to force.
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Hanover
N. H
Permanent Court of International Justice
Hughes
Darmouth College
United States
Armanent Court of International Justice
Court of Justice
Ship's doctor policy shifts liquor rules for foreign ships
Washington reports official circles confirm a treasury move allowing foreign ship doctors to certify liquor as medicinal in American waters. Under the policy a ship's doctor may seal wine rations for crew and declare them medicinal, easing wartime liquor restrictions.
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Washington
Treasury
Majestic Reaches Three Mile Limit On Westward Trip
On the Majestic voyage from New York June 1 the ship complied with British liquor rules, discarding most alcohol and leaving only 36 gallons for medical use and lifeboats. Passenger Avery Hopgood claimed the three mile limit was met as his cabin went dry after starting with 25 quarts of champagne and spirits.
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New York
Majestic
Avery Hopgood
New Belgian Cabinet Formation Under Theunis
Brussels June 19 Premier Theunis whose ministry resigned over language policy plans to present a new cabinet to King Albert on Thursday Theunis will form a reorganized government with no Socialists included and aims to resolve language issues at Ghent University.
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Brussels
Theunis
University of Ghent
Albert
Theunie
Utah Weather: Unsettled Tonight and Wednesday
Unsettled conditions persist tonight and into Wednesday with local showers in the west, while the south remains warmer tonight.
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Utah
West Paten
South Portion
Changes in Reclamation Service Planned to Focus on Organization
Washington June 19 AP Secretary Work outlines July 1 reforms to make the reclamation service run on a business basis. Major shifts affect structure and leadership while transfers are limited. Arthur P Davis retires as head and says he was dismissed. D W Davis, former Idaho governor, will become commissioner over the service.
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Washington
Reclamation Service
Interior Department
Arthur P. Davis
D. W. Davis
Idaho
Coote Suspended After Receiver Appointed for New York Firm
A. W. Coote was suspended from membership after a receiver was appointed for W. Coote Company 2 1881, a New York brokerage firm. The affair involves a Wall Street bucket shop ring and the related failure of E. M. Puller Company with losses estimated at 4 to 5 million dollars.
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New York
E. M. Puller Company
Moore Appointed Broker Amid Bankruptcy Filing
In Los Angeles on June 19 AP reports W P Moore Jr named broker for the firm alongside A W Coote. Creditors yesterday filed a petition seeking voluntary bankruptcy adjudication. Moore will take immediate control of all firm assets. Bond set at 75000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
W. P. Moore, Jr
A. W. Coote
Moore
Fuller and Bucketeers Sentenced in Sing Bing Prison
New York June 19 Ay M Fuller and William F bucketeers were sentenced to one year and three months in Sing Bing prison.
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New York
M. Fuller
William F. Bucketeers
Sing Bing
Shop reunion at Utah capital headline
Salt Lake hosts the largest shop employees reunion in system history. The event runs Sunday and Sunday with participants from various lodges and chapters across Utah.
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Utah Capital
Preus Wins Strong Margin in Minnesota Primary
In St. Paul Minnesota Governor J A O Preus defeats Magnus Johnson by a wide margin in the state wide primary and will face Johnson again in the July 16 final election to choose a successor to the late Knute Nelson. The third candidate is James A Carley Democrat observers expect the contest to hinge on Preus versus Johnson with results confirming the main battle.
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St. Paul
Minn
J. A. 0. Preus
Magnus Johnson
Knute Nelson
Minnesota
United States
James A. Carley
Johnson
Making War on Grasshoppers in Rupert District
Farmers in Rupert have received enough poison to kill one bill of grasshoppers issued since June 4. The local cultural station filled orders for 15 pounds of toxin, expected to cover about 8 060 acres if properly distributed. In outbreak areas the pest menace is annual and numbers per acre vary.
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Rupert
Acre
Southwest of Here Budget Figures Revealed
A fragment notes figures totaling 95000 related to E E B and a southwest location. Details are unclear in the OCR but imply a financial or project datum tied to a regional area. Entities and specifics remain incomplete in the readable text.
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Gait Fontpelford
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