Tornado Death Toll and Damage Across Indiana Illinois
Eyewitness accounts describe widespread destruction in Griffin Indiana Princeton Owensville and Elizabeth with 41 Griffin deaths and 500 plus injuries. The storm damaged hundreds of homes and devastated towns costing millions while aid societies seek orphaned children and final rites progress in Kentucky Missouri and Illinois.
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Griffin
Ind
Princeton
Owensville
Elizabeth
Navy records sought in Teapot dome lease case in Cheyenne
Rear Admiral Julian L Latimer delivers a Navy response to a subpoena in the Teapot dome lease annulment trial. Defense counsel seeks documents on 1921 national defense secrets to connect to the lease of Teapot home to Harry F Sinclair.
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Cheyenne
Julian L. Latimer
Judge Advocate General of the Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Wilbur
Navy Office
National Defense Station
Martin W. Littleton
Defense Counsel
Harry F. Sinclair
Latimer
Los
Elk Hills
Nareeo Ienes L. Deke
Navy Engineering
Levin
Ants Gas DISTRICT dianapolis Anti tanus serum
Anti tetanus serum stock in the district reads 750 tubes with supplies noted in city dispatches. The item appears among continued reports on public health measures and district medical stocks.
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Ants
Dianapolis
Mar
Woman Says Branding Was Cause Of Domestic Dispute
Mrs Dolores Winfree, a recent bride, told police that she asked her husband to brand her back with a curling iron. She claimed the act was consensual and said the idea was hers. The court was not pursued.
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San Francisco
Dolores Winfree
Jarho
Ce Ju
Brandig
Emma
Trapper Kills Dogs Then Ends Own Life Near Port Moller
In January Gust Peterson of Seward killed his five sled dogs and shot himself dead in his cabin near Port Moller on the Alaska peninsula. A diary says he broke his leg and could not cope for the winter. George N. Bertoux, fur buyer, brought the news to town.
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Seward
Alaska
Gust Peterson
Port Moller
Bering Sea
Alaska Peninsula
George N. Bertoux
Three Bodies Retrieved From Barrackville Mine Disaster
Fairmont West Virginia March 20 three more bodies were recovered from Mine No 41 of the Bethlehem coal company at Barrackville where 34 men were entombed after a Tuesday night explosion. The three recovered this morning were burned in the ensuing fire. Two other bodies had been moved out last night.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Bethlshem Mine Corporation
Barrackville
Schaefer to Meet Horemans in Exhibition Match
Jake Schaefer of San Francisco will defend his 18.2 balk line bid against Edouardo Horemans of Brussels in Detroit. The 1500 point exhibition echoes their December Chicago championship run with Horemans confirming the pair will clash for the prize.
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Detroit
Jake Schaefer
San Francisco
Dennistoun Case Moves Toward Verdict in Paris Dress Bill Saga
London reports the defense in the Dennistoun case rests as Mrs Mia Murie Dennistoun testifies about dresses bought in Paris. Norman Birkett argues the suit is blackmail by a weak vacillating husband, former Lt Col Ian Onslow Dennistoun, tied to a 1921 divorce and later marriage to the Earl of Carnarvon’s widow.
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London
Dennistoun
Mia
Dorothy Murie
Paris
Ian Onslow Dennistoun
Earl of Carnarvon
Norman Birkett
Coursel
Great plane carrier takes to the water
A new fleet aircraft carrier Saratoga will launch at Camden New Jersey on April 7 marking a milestone in American naval construction. When commissioned late in 1926 she will displace about 85 000 tons carry 72 aircraft and reach speeds between 33 and 84 knots powered by steam turbines. She carries eight 8 inch guns and represents a major advance over any current carrier.
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Washington
Mar
Camden
N. J
Saratoga
Newark Ski Building Corporation
Japan
Experts Fight Loss From Rust
Philadelphia March 20 The American Society of Testing Materials announced a method to combat corrosion of iron steel amid losses of millions. Eleven committees reported plans for outdoor exposure tests at five stations nationwide and an extensive laboratory program to study rust control.
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Philadelphia
American Society of Teating Materials
Slayer Not Charged In Four-Child Hatchet Slaying
Liberty Missouri report says M Linn Gibson will not face charges due to insanity after killing his four children at Prathers Hill. Gibson, hospitalized in Kansas City, is deemed insane by Clay County prosecutor Raymond W Cummins. In Beatrice Nebraska Frank Perry charged with theft of six dollars begins a 60 day work gang sentence with a chance to leave town or return home.
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Liberty
M. Linn Gibson
Prathers Hill
Raymond W. Cummins
Clay County
Cummins
Gibson
Kansas City
Beatrice
Neb
Mar
Frank Perry
Charlotte
N. C
Perry
Messmore
Southern Illinois Damaged as Great Tornado Misses Five States
Revised casualty lists show 800 to 900 dead and about 3,000 injured as a major twister plowed through five Midwestern states. Entire towns were demolished leaving thousands homeless while Red Cross officials estimated property losses in the millions. The storm traced from lower California origin to a northeast path, with relief efforts underway and scattered reports of damage across Missouri Indiana and New York regions.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Desoto
Ill
Jens Pankey
Harco
St. Louis
Pankey
Ilinois Central
Red Cross
Wington
California
H J. Cox
Chicago
Iceland
Cox
Missouri
Frost Lakes
Buffalo
St. Lawrence Valley
Atlantic
Casualty List Shows 815 Dead by Noon in Tornado Fallout
Nationwide disaster reports detail 815 dead by noon and about 3,000 injured from the storm across Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois and neighboring areas. Deaths rise in Murphysboro and West Frankfort while towns mobilize for burials, relief supplies flow in, and planes deliver anti-toxin as aid efforts expand nationwide.
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Associated Press
Kentucky
Tennessee
Missouri
Ead
Murphysboro
Ill
West Frankfort
Illinois
Princeton
Ind
Owensville
Indiana
Herrin
Williamson County
Wpria‘ing
Storm’s savage sweep leaves wreckage and fear
In a vivid account from Mrs. Judith Cox a restaurant roof collapses during a violent storm. She recalls wind ripping through debris, fire flashing from a stove, and being buried under timbers while a cow was hurled into the eatery. She manages to reach the school and finds her children injured but alive as neighbors search in a silent, grieving crowd.
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Judith Cox
Missouri Pacific
Mary Clark
Lawry Mosehen
Troya
Joe Moschenrose
Lulu
Road Dispute Over Land Grants Involving Northern Pacific
In Washington on March 20 AP James B Kerr special attorney for the Northern Pacific railway continued presenting the case to a congressional commission over about 38 000 000 acres of land claimed under 1864 and 1870 grants Kerr argued against Agriculture Department charges that the railroad misclassified mineral lands and returned vast areas of poor land in exchange for mineral indemnity rights claimed against the more valuable parcels.
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Wwgton
Northern Pacific Railway
James B. Kerr
Portland
Ore
Congressional Commission
Kerr
Chas. Domnelly
Department of Agriculture
Former Empress Marie Charlotte Gravely Ill in Brussels
Former Empress Marie Charlotte widow of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico is seriously ill with grippe at age 85 near Brussels. She has long resided in a chateau and was visited by her nephew King Albert amid hopes for her recovery.
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Brussels
Marie Charlotte
Maximilian of
Mexico
Little Ape
Albert
Eliot Birthday Observed Quietly by Harvard Leader
Dr. Chan Eliot president emeritus of Harvard University celebrated his birthday today at his Cambridge home. Hundreds of telegrams poured in from across the country and around the world with greetings.
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Eliot
Cambridge
Mass
Chan, Fliot
Harvard University
Curious Incidents Wrought by Storm
West Frankfort Illinois on March reports describe wind freaks across southern Illinois. Murphysboro tax receipts dated Wednesday were found 50 miles northeast at Fairfield. A barber chair lay in a field though no barber shop existed in West Frankfort. A water plant frame survived while trees were uprooted around town. Cars lost tops and overturned as debris scattered along the West Frankfort Benton highway. A grove showed laundry lines resembling a family wash day.
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West Frankfort
Ill
Mar
Illinois
Murphysboro
Fairfield
Westfort-Benton
French Chamber Session Ends In Fist Fight Over Clergy Comment
The French chamber erupted during Premier Herriot’s remark on Christianity and bankers. Deputies clashed, desks slammed, and sergeants-at-arms cleared the chamber as Ferranaye, censured over a remark, refused to quit before the session was suspended and a guard corps escorted him out with marching troops.
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Herriot
Ligerent
Paul ’Painleve
Marquis de la Fee
Charaet
Erriot
Ferrana
Canente
Frans
Ros‘trum
Desery Yoornabaeny Andinnegaray
Ferronaye
Republican Guards
Chaplin's Mother Seeks Stay in United States
Secretary Davis heard Hannah Chaplin the mother of Charles Chaplin apply for permission to remain in the United States until March 26 1926. The case was taken under advisement in Washington today.
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Washington
Mar
Davis
Hannah Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
Robbers in Steeleville Bank Job Fought by Citizens
In Steeleville on March 20 a bank robbery ended in a gun battle with a citizen posse. Two robbers were killed, two wounded and captured, a fifth escaped. One civilian was wounded.
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Steeleville
Mg. Mar. 20
Farmers Bank
Near-Beer Incident Ends in Tragic Convulsions
In Los Angeles a man died after drinking a near beer that contained fusel oil, causing convulsions. The plaintiff seeks $26,000 in damages from the brewers alleging the beverage was non intoxicating.
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Los Angeles
Carl Fler
Hollywood
Surerior Court Brewi
Tornado Toll Mounts Across Five States
The death toll from a five state tornado outbreak rose as rescue teams pressed through devastated towns. Sightings by motorists and railroad workers described the terrifying funnel and surrounding destruction as efforts to reach hidden casualties continued. Citizens faced homelessness and continued searches for bodies amid ongoing weather warnings and relief work.
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