Thirteen Dead In Coalport Mine Blast in Pa
The Coalport No 1 mine disaster killed 13 miners with 137 escaping. Marina Coccia, the sole survivor, recounted the blast and escape as rescue teams worked to determine the cause amid an inspection led by Deputy State Mine Inspector Ira H. Thomas.
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Coalport
Rockford
U. P
Marina Coccia
Irvona Coal and @oke Company
Coccia
W. Mays
Mays
Maya
Ira H. Thomas
Campaign Log Highlights from Governor Smith and Notables
Governor Smith will confer with Senator Walter George of Georgia today and earlier spoke with Josephus Daniels. Herbert Hoover departs Palo Alto to travel east stopping at West Branch for a speech and Cedar Rapids for talks with farm leaders. Twenty five members of the New York Curtis-For-Vice President Club depart for Curtis notification ceremonies in Topeka Kansas.
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Smith
Walter George
Georgia
Josephus Daniels
Herbert Hoover
Palo Alto
Cal
West Branch
Cedar Rapids
New York State
Topeka
Kas
A feller named A Be Martin praised for courage to say no
The voice discusses A Be Martin once praised for bold denials while contrasting Uday who rarely accepts no and risks much, noting the sharp difference in temperament and decision making in exercise or action, ending with a blunt observation of a henpecked husband.
Dollar Day Mystery Shoppers Hit Warren Sales Event
Warren hosts a secretive duo named Mr. and Madame Dollar Day for a two day sales sprint. Shoppers may identify them during shopping hours to earn a twelve dollar fifty cent reward. clues require a Warren newspaper Dollar Day clipping and a proper word to approach them.
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Madame
Warren
Madame Dollar Day
Chamber of Commerce
If Lincoln Warned Of Hostile Air Attacks
A 1923 column argues a single hostile plane could devastate Washington and major cities, comparing to Lincoln’s stance on defense. It recalls a French liner story of rapid mail delivery and imagines foreign fleets launching bombs. The piece concludes noting government inaction and urging action.
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New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Ile de France
Washington, D. C
White House
Capitol
Curtis Saturday Notification in Topeka Kansas
Twenty five thousand visitors are expected in Topeka for Curtis notification day. Senator Charles Curtis will be named Republican vice presidential nominee. A large canopy platform is being built before the state house with bandstands along Kansas Avenue.
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Topeka
Kans
Charles Curtis
Curtis
Republican Party
State House
Republican National Committee
Senator Curtis
Kansas Avenue
Five Injured as Car Crashes on Berlin Road
Five persons were injured when a car driven by Frank W. Fair of Sharpsburg failed to make a curve near Somerset and overturned. Fair, his wife, two young children, and Miss Clara Mary Sick, 19, a niece of Fair, were treated at the Somerset community hospital. The group was en route to the Western Pennsylvania Firemen's Association in Myeradale.
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Somerset
Berlin
Frank W. Fair
Sharpsburg
Fair
Western Pennsylvania Firemen’s Association
Myeradale
Sombernet Community Hospital
Falr
Hla
Clara Mary Sick
Nefce
Wrecked plane in Gulf drowns Atlantic City passenger
Four survivors of the Hava na Key West plane President Machado reached St. Petersburg by coast guard cutter Kimball after a Gulf of Mexico crash west of here. Pilot Robert Fatt and Angel Altonson were unhurt. Luther Ritz and William Mallon survived with injuries. Charles Eggston is believed drowned. Lifeboats searched without success.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Havana-Key West
President Machado
Gulf of Mexico
Here
Coast Guard
Kimball
Luther Ritz
William Mallon
Atlantic City
N. J
Angel Altonson
Robert Fatt
Charles Eggston
Legionnaire
Fatt
Machado
Legionairre
Eggston
Ritz
Mallon
Women Head Major Parties in New York
New York on August 16 sees women leading both major parties as the presidential campaign gains momentum. The Republican chairmanship passes to Sarah Schuyler Butler after the death of George K. Morris, with Caroline O'Day already serving as nominal head for the Democratic state organization.
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New York
New York State
George K. Morris
State Republican Committee
Misa Sarah Schuyler Butler
Nicholas Murray Butler
Republican Organization
Republican Committee
Democratic
Caroline O'Day of Rye
Atnte Party
Trans Atlantic Flyer Del Prete Dies From Crash Injuries
Major Carlos Del Prete Italian airman who flew Rome to Brazil died at 6 AM in Rio de Janeiro from injuries after a Savoia monoplane crash. He died holding Major Arturo Ferrarin's hand after being conscious to the end, with doctors failing to save his life amid amputation debates.
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Rio DE Janeiro
U. P
Carlos del Prete
Rome
Brazil
del Prete
Arturo Ferrarin
Ferrarin
Savoia
Army officer dies when train hits car near Oxford
Major Joseph Ruas was killed and Lieut. Col. Edwin Butcher was injured when their automobile was struck by a Pennsylvania railroad train at Barnsley near Oxford, as they returned from a fishing trip. Both had arrived from Fort Benning to study at the Army War College. Ruas leaves a wife four children and a son. A separate note from Bloomfield tells of firemen rescuing a cat wedged between two buildings.
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Washington
Joseph Ruas
Edwin Butcher
Pennsylvania Railroad
Barnsley
Oxford
War Department
Ross
Butcher
Fort Benning
Army War College
Two Indiana women trek 600 miles to Warren in 34 hours
Misses Aldine Goetchius and Helen Kootch hiked from Valpariso Indiana to Warren in 34 hours. They left Tuesday at 7 am and arrived Wednesday at 5 pm aided by several lifts, including Paul Jahn of Milwaukee who drove to New York. They study radio telegraphy at Dodge Institute and are visiting Warren residents at 117 Cayuga Avenue.
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Valpariso
Indiana
Warren
Aldine Goetchius
Helen Kootch
Harry Keller
Dulcy Goetchive
Gosthius
Cayuga Avenue
the Tribune
Angola
Paul Jahn
Milwaukee
Wiscouaig
Jahn
New York City
Lizzie
Tme
Cayugs Avenue
Gootehiua
Kootoh
Dodge Institute
Flood Waters Drive Mass Evacuations Across Southern States
Thousands flee rising flood waters as dams burst and bridges wash away across the west arm Carolinas and Georgia. Western North Carolina reports record river levels with two dams failed. Quitman Georgia isolated. Brien Dam breach and multiple bridges along with widespread crop and mill damage.
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United Press
Carolinas
Georgia
North Carolina
Clifton
Pacolet
Broad River
Quitman
Brien
Spartansburg
S. C
Fire consumes theatre and threatens hotel at Lake George
A blaze in Lake George New York at one o'clock destroyed a motion picture theatre and spread toward a nearby hotel. Officials appealed for help from Glens Falls Warrensburg Chester town and other nearby villages as police and fire crews, aided by vacationers, battled the flames driven by a light wind.
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Lake George
N. Y
U.P
Glena Falla
Warrensburg
Chestertown
Pennington laughs at reports he will resign
Pittsburgh Aug 16 Prohibition administrator John D. Pennington rejected rumors he will resign be transferred or demoted. The Western District of West Virginia official said the stories circulating were unfounded and dismissed them as absurd.
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Pennington
Pittsburgh
John D. Pennington
Virginia
Runnington
Man tries to force wife to drink poison then self
In New Kensington Pennsylvania on August 16 David Potts age 25 tried to compel his estranged wife on a street corner to drink poison. After the failure he drank some poison himself and was hospitalized along with his wife for acid burns to the face and hands.
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New Kensington
David Potts
Potts
Cooper Wins Out In Ohio Primary
In Columbus on August 16, Myers Cooper a Cincinnati real estate broker won the Republican gubernatorial nomination with a margin over James Begg. L Davay Kent Democrat captured the Democratic nomination with a 26 000 vote lead over Peter Witt. Burton won the Republican short term senate nod over Marshall. Fess ran unopposed for long term. Traux defeated White by about 10 000 for the Democratic short term nomination. Hunt won the Democratic long term nomination by 10 000 over Locher as dry advocates surged.
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Columbus
U.P
Myers
Cooper
Cincinnati
L. Davay
Kent
James T. Begg
Sanctuaky
Davey
Peter Witt
Cleveland
Smith
Graham P. Hunt
U.S
Cyrun Locher
Locher
Senate
Frank B. Willis
Hunt
Boy's death after neck injury shocks Newark crowd
In Newark New Jersey a nine year old boy Theodore Roberta Corwin suffered a broken neck while playing in ais three days earlier and died after seven doctors failed to save him. The incident, reported August 1, shows the child became paralyzed on Sunday and passed away soon after, highlighting a tragic accidental injury.
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Newark
N. J
Theodore Roberta Corwin
Ais
Japan Withdraws Treaty Abrogation Indication to Revise Pact
Tokyo notes China will withdraw abrogation of the commercial treaty and is willing to proceed with revision. Chinese minister signaled the Nationalists’ readiness to adjust terms as talks at the foreign office clarified the situation.
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Tokio
Japan
China
Foreign Office
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Shorty” Cramer
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