Mather mine disaster toll climbs with 164 bodies recovered
AP reporting from Mather Pennsylvania details the recovery of 164 bodies from the mine explosion with 33 men still missing. rescue work slowed by conditions and a roof fall, funerals held in the region, and exhumation ordered for misidentified remains.
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Mather
Epad
St Grays Landing
Bootz
Amy
Seam
Faui
Setat
Uthoritie
Joe Hall
Waynesburg
Hall Ik
Washington
Apple
United States
Moocomgeah W Va
Dew
Cherry
Scofield
Utah
Twenty Miners Die in Two Gas Explosions
Two coal mine blasts in Harlan Kentucky and Yukon West Virginia kill multiple workers. Seven bodies recovered in Harlan with seven missing. in Yukon McDowell county thirteen dead and four missing as rescue teams battle gas filled passages.
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Bluefield
Wva
Yukon-Pocahormias Coal Company
Yukon McDowell County
Amo
Limi
Depertsoen
Mateaka
Suit Over Unauthorized Gland Removal From Buck Kelly
A $850000 suit filed in San Francisco names six surgeons accused of removing glands from Clarence Buck Kelly without authority. The operation, announced by UC Hospital physicians, involved transplanted glands and prompted legal action by Mrs Catherine Kelly. The case centers on medical ethics and the impact on science.
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San Francisco
Clarence
Buck” Kelly
San Quen
Catherine Kelly
L Staines Np
Netspapers
University of California Hospital
Gianc
Scierce
Buvwnan Tarteniem
Nelly
Kenosha Bomb Blast Targets Prohibition Campaigner
Kenosha police faced their first bomb incident tied to bootleg liquor activity as a dynamite blast damaged the home of Lewis W. Powell district attorney candidate. Powell and his four children were uninjured. Powell was not at home during the explosion.
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Kenosha
Wis
Lewis W. Powell
Sitoney
Powell
Found for Sqeal of Porker By Packers
CHICAGO May 23 IAP The pig squeal inspired a strange incident as three men tried to load a pig onto a car asked for help from officers at 39th and Throop Streets. They were arrested after the tale of a bacon craving and a loud squeal drew police. The trio claimed the girl promised to cook bacon if they brought the pig home.
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Chicago
Porte
Swemoning
Nm Automobile
Jack Crawley
Ser
Michael Conway
Crawley
Joan Fogerty
Michael O'Donnell
Ciris
Parachute Safety Device Tested For Airplanes
San Francisco today reports a test of Charlie Broderick’s parachute system claiming absolute safety for passenger planes. A 72 foot main chute and a small auxiliary chute were deployed on a war era Jennny plane, with pilot McKeon conducting the 4,000 foot drop. Walter Varney said he would fit the device to all his planes once refinements are made, enhancing air mail and passenger safety.
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San Francisco
Tracy
Halle Im Aviation
Charlie Broderick
VcKeon
Ihs
McKeon
Big Cue
Walter Varney
Salt Lake City-Pasco Wash
Air Mail
Brodgerick
Pocatello Man Leads Idaho Royal Arch Masons Group
Homer G Brown of Wallace elected grand high priest at the Idaho Royal Arch Masons convention closing in Pocatello. Officers elected include Alonzo Come Blackfoot as Deputy Grand High Priest Edward R Chrisman of Moscow as Grand King and others. Lewiston will host next Royal Arch gathering May 19 and 20 1929 with numerous regional leaders named.
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Boise
Homer G Brown
Wallace
Grand Chapter of
Idaho
Royal Arch Masons
Knights Templar of
Lewiston
Royal Arch
Alonzo Come Blackfoot
Edward R Chrisman
Moscow
Charles W Cranes
St Maries
Edward Sm
Edward H Way Bose
Henry Lewenberger
George A. Tigert
Grand Chaplin
Lawrence Clos
Marriage License Auctioned in Philadelphia May
A terse notice from Philadelphia dated May 23 reports a marriage license auction involving Hemel and FG G Sweet of Battle Creek. The brief item lists participants and location with minimal details.
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Philadelphia
Hemel
G. Sweet
Battle Creek
Lindbergh to Direct Work of New Line
Charles A. Lindbergh becomes chairman of the technical committee for Transcontinental Air Transport Inc, directing equipment choice, routes and safety as he assumes the post immediately. The line links New York and the Pacific with support from Wright Aeronautical, Curtiss and National Air Transport. Col. Lindbergh will oversee operation as the project moves forward with four aviators assisting.
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Lindbergh
New York
Colone
Charles A. Lindbergh
Transcontinental Air Transport Inc
Pacifc
Pennsylvania Railroad
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Curtiss Airplane and Motor Corporation
National Air Transport. Inc
J Cheever Coweins
Coard
Col Lindbergh
Baseball Scores From Today's American League Games
Box scores recap multiple games with New York Philadelphia Chicago Detroit Brooklyn Cincinnati root results. Notable: New York and Philadelphia split doubleheaders while Chicago and Detroit posted tight wins as St Louis and Pittsburgh also played. Weather and postponements noted with remaining schedules in flux.
McNary-Haugen Farr Bill Held as Menace
In Nicaragua over Lake Manacua a Marine air crew faced danger when an ammunition pan loosened from its wing. Major Ross E. Rowell of Boise directed repairs after the pan slipped, with Sergeant Luther J. Norris assisting, restoring the ammunition and securing the weapon system to keep the craft aloft.
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Washington
Mar
Lake
Manacua
Nicaragua
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Ross E. Rowell
Boise Idaho
Efr
Luther J. Norris
Shreveport
Rowell
Coolidge Vetoes McNary Haugen Farm Relief Bill
President Coolidge vetoed the McNary Haugen farm relief plan and the Senate delayed action until tomorrow at the request of Senator McNary. Supporters argued for an override while others doubted success, noting opposition to the equalization fee and its political implications.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
Oregon
Norbeck
South Dakota
Coolidge
McNary- Haugen
Congress
Howes
Ivor
Lowden
Dawes
Curtis
Kansas
Watson
Indiana
Hoover
Collidge
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Dames
Officer Fails to Break Record for Amy Plane Flight
Galveston Texas May 23 AP records show Lieut William R Sweeney army airman landed at Fort Crockett Galveston after a 10 mile 13 hour 25 minute flight from Buffalo NY He used a Curtiss Falcon A 3 plane and benefited from a tailwind stops for fuel at Loveellene Memphis Tennessee and other cities unsure of exact spelling
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Galveston
Tex
Lear
William R. Sweeney
Army
Fort. Crockett Galvesta
Buffalo
Sweeney
Loveelle
Erene Memphis
Tenn
Texas Goes to Gov as Smith Opposed at Dallas
Texas Democrats at Dallas failed to instruct the state delegation to oppose Governor Alfred E Smith at the national convention. The defeat was 511 to 203 on the anti Smith amendment. The platform favored religious toleration and non discrimination, while Republicans faced criticism over tariffs and urged remedial farm legislation.
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Texas
Gov AS Smith
Beaumont
Tex
Alfred E Smith
New York
Dallas
O. B. Colquitt
Smith
Platform Committee
Nerson
French airman to attempt transatlantic flight from Brest
French commander Louis Jerome Paris, aboard the liner France, will attempt a Brest to New York flight after May 25 assisted by a special mission of seafaring experts. Possible stops include Bermuda, with a route via the Azores.
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New York
France
Louis Jerome Paris
Brest
Bermuda
Paris
Union Pacific Plans to Restore Wyoming Line
Union Pacific seeks ICC approval to reopen an abandoned 45 mile Wyoming line once owned by the Sarafoce and Encampment Valley Railroad. The line runs south from Walcott and was discontinued April 24 by its receiver. Carbon County citizens have tentatively agreed to transfer ownership to Union Pacific if it agrees to operate the line.
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Washington Mey
Wyoming
Sarafoce and Encampment Valley Railroad Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific System
Walcott, Wye
Carbon County
Wye
Union Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific
Nobile Starts Northward On Polar Flight
The Italia dirigible began a 30 to 40 hour northward voyage from Kings Bay toward the Pole with General Nobile and scientists aboard. The cross from Pope Pius was to be planted or dropped at the Pole, weather permitting, as plans included landings and investigations of temperatures winds and magnetic variations. A German flyer crashed at Buenos Aires killing the passenger and injuring the pilot.
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Pope
North Pole
Associated Press
Kings Bay
Spitebergen
Polar
Umbreto Noble
Pole
Pope Pius
Safranochi
Italia
Cremont
Nobile
Polar Region
Kalabut Eee
Lenin Land
General Nobile
Cto
Perer Cranes
Buenos Aires
Army tests huge railway artillery at Fort Story coast defense
May 23 1925 news notes the largest railway artillery firing concentration in history at Fort Story Virginia as part of a simulated coast defense battle near Cape Henry with 12 and 8 inch mortars and four 16 inch guns. The scene represents a theoretical attack on the capital while Washington reports on a House bill expansion for the Inland Waterways Corporation.
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Fort Story
Cape Henry
Chesapeake Bay
Hampton
Batte Posiion
Fort Eustis
Pecnan
Campaign Funds Are Investigation Center
Washington May 23. The campaign funds committee questioned Frank J Haile of New York publisher of Politics opposing Herbert Hoover. Harry Price said Hale held a liem of 500 with each issue. total expenditures listed include votes for Atlee Pomerene and Frank O Lowden, Herbert Hapter and Alfred E Smith among others. Weather note: fair tonight and Thursday, unsettled southeast with temperature changes.
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Washington
Tocay Aled
Frank J Haile
New York
Politics
Herbert Hoover
Herry Price
Hale
Atlee Pomerene
Frank O Lowden
Republcan
Herbert Hapter
Frank B Willits
Alfred E Smith
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