Fatal Blaze at Fifth Avenue Apartments Leaves Dozens Dead
A seven story twin apartment building at 24 Central Park South in New York suffered a disastrous fire. More than a dozen people died instantly and twenty four families escaped narrow death with several residents and firefighters injured. Rescue efforts included ladders from the Plaza Hotel and hospital care for the injured. The loss approached 250000 dollars as the blaze raged and floors collapsed trapping some occupants. Public officials and residents watched as responders battled the flames through the early hours.
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New York
Hotel Plaza
Peafrey Simpson
Marietta College
Onto
Margaret Hillhouse
Burmaine
Fifth Avenue Apartments
Central Park South
Amoke
Mra
Francis Hillhouse
Hertha Hulseweth
Mra. Hillhouse
J. W. Simpson
Minerva
Simpson
Margaret Merrill
Leland Potter
Benjamin Tracey
Howes
Corpice
Wintowa
Dhess
Eixth
Carrieo
Jono Wn. McDa
John
Sharpe Acquitted In Carmack Murder Case
Nashville reports John Sharpe was acquitted of murdering former U S Senator E W Carmack. The Cooper brothers Robin and Colonel Duncan B Cooper remained in trial as jurors could not agree on their verdicts. Court discharged Sharpe. crowd praised, amid renewed tension between factions in Tennessee politics.
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Nashville
John Sharpe
United States
E. W. Carmack
Robin
Luncan B. Cooper
Hart
Sharpe
Vic
Foreman Burke
McCain
Cewt
Jalil
Coopers
Vol. Cooper Sill
Sharpes
John
Nashville, Tenn
Cooper-Sharpe
South
Duncan GB. Cooper
Forrest
Columbia, Tenn
Wiward Ward Carmack
Cooper
Carmack
Taylor
Senate
Malcolm R. Patterson
Kidnapped Boy Not Found After Wide Search
Sharon Pennsylvania reports outline a kidnap plot involving William Whitin a 15 year old boy taken from school and placed in a buggy. Authorities in Pennsylvania Ohio and West Virginia pursue suspects as a ransom of 10000 is demanded with no payment plan yet confirmed. Frank H H Bubs the uncle offers 100000 for recovery while the Whitla family and police continue a nationwide search for the abductors.
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Sharon
William Whitin
Warren
Ohio
Cudahy
Omaha
Frank HH. Bubs
Tron and Steel
William Whitle
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
James P. Whitin
Lily
Whitla
Pennsylvania State Constabulary
Indians Near Warner ranch Threaten Starvation
News from Los Angeles dated March 19 reports Warner ranch area Indians are on the verge of starvation. Hunger has driven some to cattle stealing and over two weeks the sheriff has logged missing cattle. two Indians have been arrested at Julian.
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Tos Angeles
Cal
Warner Ranch
Catte
Jullan
Principal Arrested For Thrashed Girl Incident
In Wilkesbarre on March 19 principal Amy Lon Keollu was arrested following an incident involving a female student. Authorities say the case concerns alleged assault at the school.
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Laceyville
Here
Ruth Russell
Judson Russell
Misa Russell
Prof
Rkrellar
Wilkesbarre
Prof Amylon Keollu
The
Ign
Kidnaping Fear as Family Hires Ransom Plea Surfaces
A mother, grief struck, clings to her daughter Salina after her boy was abducted. A ransom note mentions a $10,000 payment and a man described as short, heavyset with a black mustache, who hired a car in South Sharon to collect the kidnapper payment. The vehicle was later found deserted in Warren, Ohio.
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DWI
Whitls
Salina
Riz
South Sharon
Warren
Ong
Kidnapping Punishable by Life Imprisonment Move
Pittsburgh March 19 preparations under way to have a law passed by the legislature making kidnapping punishable by life imprisonment.
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Pittaburg
Tourists Found Dead Near Great Northern Station
Two British tourists were found in a shack near the Great Northern station Fermile British Columbia. One man was dead about two days and the other, demented, could not explain the events. They had left England in February aboard the Empress of Britain. A bag contained nine sovereigns in gold, two English watches, four ten pound notes, and clothing grips. The dead man’s identity and cause of death are unknown.
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Fermile
B. C
Great Northern
Yatterday
England
Senate debates sweeping changes to tariff bill in March 19 session
Washington's march 19 dispatch reports a wide array of tariff bill positions. Senators Frye Hale Dalley Cummins Aldrich and Cullom push or resist reductions in lumber iron and steel schedules and advocate revisions including inheritance tax free coal and hides and possible income tax. Minnesota North and South Dakota seek lumber access. Canada market entry and wood pulp shift loom as factors.
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Washington
Senate
Frye and Hale
Maine
Pacife
Northwest
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Cummins
Iowa
United States
Canada
Frye
Cullom
Dalley
Bailey
Aldrich
Committee On Finance
Two Water Tanks Burst Wrecking Parkersburg
Two water tanks that supplied Parkersburg West Virginia burst early today causing collapse of homes and major damage. Two people were killed and several others seriously hurt while eighty plus were injured and many houses wrecked, with St Johns Lutheran church destroyed nearly.
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Parkersburg
Parkersbura
W. Va
Walter Wagele
John Maloney
Lege Brokken
Kate Karnees
Clara Jones
Prospect Hill
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Attempt to Rob Bank at Bald Knob Ark Fails
A band of robbers dynamited the Bank of Bald Knob but failed to breach inner vault doors. Gunfire wounded Onseltizen as citizens mobilized from Cold Knob and Augusta, pursuing the attackers after they disabled bank telephones.
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Bald Knob
Ark
Bank of
Cald Knob
Onseltizen
Cold Knob
Augusta
Penny Lunch Inauguration At Ann Street School
Under Civic Association direction the Ann Street school in Los Angeles held its first penny lunch, serving hot soup fresh bone and a variety of fruit to children at noon. The event marks a lunch program to continue daily.
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Amstract School
Los Angeles
Cal
Culpepper Farm Man Arrested After Fatal Ax Attack
Henry C Wheatly of Culpepper County is jailed after allegedly killing his wife with an ax in their home. Neighbors summoned by his son found the stepmother’s body and a note confessing to the murder following a property dispute. Wheatly’s body was recovered from a well but revived by bystanders.
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Culpepper
Big Wife
Henry C. Wheatly
Wheatly
Killwood
World Market Closing Quotation Summary
New York securities opened sluggish in a tight eight point range. Gains in St Paul and Tennessee Copper limited overall strength while Rock Island and American Smelting attracted demand. Reading and Northern Pacific drove partial recoveries but local traction shares faced heavy liquidation. overall tone remained dull by noon.
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New York
St. Paul
Tennessee
Rock Island
Reading
Northern Pacific
Railway and Industrial Stock Quotations
Amalgamated Copper 68 1 5, American Car and Foundry 48 3 8, American Locomotive 50 1 2, American Smelting 81 1 4, American Smelting pfd 103 1 2, American Sugar Refining 130 14, Anaconda Mining 40 7 8, Atchison Railway 103 1 5, Atchison Railway pfd 102 -4, Baltimore and Ohio 107 6 8, Brooklyn Rapid Trangic 71 44, Canadian Pacific 167 1 3, Chesapeake and Ohio 69 3 8, Chicago Northwestern 177 34, Chicago Mil and St Paul 144 18, Colorado Fuel and Iron 32 5 8, Colorado and Southern 63, Delaware and Hudson 178 1 2, Denver and Rio Grande 44 1 8, Denver and Rio Grande pfd 84 id, Erie Railway 23 7 8, Great Northern pfd 140 7 8, Great Northern Ore City 65 3 4, Triuple Central 142, New York Central 124 3 5.
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Amalgamated Copper
American Car and Foundry
American Locomotive
American Smelting
Pfd
American Sugar Refining
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison Railway
Baltimore and Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Trangic
Canadian Pacific
Great Northern Ore City
Triiiple Central
New York Central
Metal Market Prices Reported in New York
New York metal prices show lead quiet at 5.97 to 6.02 per unit, copper steady around 12.1 to 12.4, and silver near 5.0 in early market trading. Market notes indicate subtle shifts and standard quotes across metal categories.
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New York
Firemen Remember Their Benefactress In San Francisco
Firefighters of the burned district honor Linda Hong Hale a factory leader with a grand flower basket in tribute to her aid during the April 1966 blaze. A delegation visited her home and left a clothing and food fund for the families, acknowledging her work with the Red Cross in supporting them.
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San Francisco
Fromen
Linda Hong Hale
Hale
Younger Bet
Hed Cross Society
Court martial to try Captain H A Severt
Manila March 19 A court martial has been appointed to try Captain H A Severt of the Ninth Cavalry for alleged irregularities in billeting counts while post quartermaster at Camp McGrath Colonel Jacob A Avugur will preside. The court has resumed testimony in the related case of Major Charles J Clarke and is expected to conclude soon.
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Manila
H A. Severt
Ninth Cavalry
Cawp McGrath
Jacol A. Avugur
Charles J. Clarke
26Th Infantry
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Reading Tallwnay
Rock Island Co
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Wabash Railway
Western Union
Standard Oil Company
Chicago
Wight
Park
Timothy
Kansas City
Fair Refining
Rio
Santos
St. Louis
Ann Street School
H. A. Scvert
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