Two Are Dead In Explo Near Oil Tank Farm Fire
A massive explosion and fire at Union Oil’s tank farm near San Luis Obispo killed two men, . The bereaved Seeber family lived nearby as crews battled the blaze that began from a lightning strike and threatened a 300 acre facility estimated to cost millions in damages.
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Associated Press
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Ka. H. Seeber
William F. Seeber
Union O1) Company
Seeber
Union Company
Doris Seeber
Seevers
Schofield
Avila
Port San Luis
Union
Montebello
Oil Company
California
Union Oil Company
Standard Oil Company
Southern Pacific Railroad
Greco Must Stand Trial for Murder in Wisconsin
James Greco, back in Racine County Jail, faces murder charges and sits near his brother Arthur, who is also jailed for murder. A third brother William Greco, captain of Racine county motorcycle squad, is among the jail staff in a dramatic case linking three Greco brothers.
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Itv
Associated Press
Racine
Wis
James Greco
Arthur
Goard
William Greco
Bell of Burlington files to run for Congress in first district
James M. Bell of Burlington filed to run for congress in the first district. A prominent Democrat also filed for nomination for fwiph A. Thompson of Muscatine in the second district, but Thompson says he will not seek the office. A test case over Judge Letts’s qualifications from the last primary remains pending in the state supreme court.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Secretary of State
James M. Bell
Burlington
Congress
Fwiph A. Thompson
Muscatine
Thompson
Judge Letts
Supreme Court
Fiddling Winners to Be Named After Radio Vote Count
Jefferson City Mo April 8 Winners of the interstate old fiddlers contest will be named from radio station WOS tomorrow night It is estimated that it will take into late Friday to count all the votes and determine each contestant's total.
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Jefferson City
WOS
Waterloo divorce final for W B Caward from Matilda Caward
The Iowa supreme court dismissed an appeal from a Waterloo decision that set aside a divorce degree. W B Caward was finally granted a divorce from Matilda Caward in Waterloo on Tuesday.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Waterloo
W. B. Caward
Matilda Caward
Police court trial urged to enforce prohibition in New York
District Attorney Buckner told the senate liquor committee that enforcement of the prohibition law in New York requires policing petty offenses in police courts without jury trials. He warned abolishing jury rights could be needed to curb bootlegging and cited 60 million gallons diverted annually. Canada bootlegging also drew informal complaints from cabinet officers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Buckner
New York
Senate Liquor Committee
Reed
New York City
George Brennan
Chicago
Canada
Senate
United States
Ex-bank official returns to Iowa to face indictment
Perry Ed Carter, former president of the Peoples Trust and Savings Bank, which closed last fall, announced in California he was voluntarily returning to Iowa to face an indictment returned by a grand jury here over the bank’s management.
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Perry
Ed Carter
The
Peoples Trust and Savings Bank
California
Iowa
Ann
Missing Air Mail Pilot Is Located After 24 Hours
Franklin Rose air mail pilot, missing on his first trip from Elko Nevada to Boise Idaho, was found safe 65 miles south of Jordan Valley Oregon at 8 10 last night. He said a Tue afternoon storm forced him 75 miles off course near Duck Valley and he landed in a Jupiter mountain wheat field with his plane mired in mud.
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Oelwein
Racine
Greco
George Colby
Commercial Club
Racineelto
Arthur
Frank Sierogrinski
Chicago
Boise
Idaho
Franklin Rose
Air Mail
Elko
Nevada
Rose
Jordan Valley
Oregon
Duck Valley
Nevada-Idaho
Jupiter Mountain
Robinson
Crimson Drug Store
Cambridge
New York
Chanse
Boston
Rochester
Harris
Suppression Push Targets April American Mercury Hatrack
Protests from multiple sources prompt actions in Michigan and Missouri to bar the April American Mercury under obscenity laws. Ingham County prosecutor orders suppression. Farmington Chamber petitions the postmaster general to ban the issue citing the Hatrack article as obscene and untrue. The Continent and The Advance merger announced with Nashville take over The Continent's subscriptions after April 22.
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Associated
Washington
Post Office Department
American Mercury
Lansing, Mich
H.L. Mencken
Ingham County
Harry F Hittle
Farmington, Mo
Farmington
Chicago
Continent
Advance
Nashville, Tenn
Nashville
Coolidge Addresses Journalists Across Western Hemisphere
President Coolidge told the First Pan American Congress of Journalists in Washington that frequent meetings will unite Americas. He cited growing news exchange as key to mutual understanding and urged travel and reporting to deepen ties between the United States and Latin American republics. He urged the union strengthen bonds and shared humanity.
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Washington
Coolidge
Pan American Congress of Journalists
Pan American Union
United States
Latin America
Congress
Western Hemisphere
Fourth Day of Debate Over Howa Contest in Senate
The Senate debates the Stock Brookhart contest for fourth day with Senator Bingham arguing Iowa law should govern the decision and Reed challenging the majority report. Disputes center on vote intent versus Iowa law and discrepancies in ballots amid ongoing floor statements by Stephens and Goff.
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Washington
Steck-Brookhart
Senate
Bingham
Elections Committee
Iowa
Brookhart
Republian
Daniel F. Steck
Majority
Mins
Reed
Pennsylvania
la Follette
Iowa Supreme Court
Stock
Faot
Steck
Stephens
Mississippi
Daniel F. Steek
Goff
West Virginia
Woman from Davenport disrupts Ramona marriage hopes
Miss La Clair, a Davenport resident and Mitchell hospital patient, claims a prior marriage to EB Uhlenbrock while with a theatrical company, blocking the marriage to Miss Mildred J. Werner, daughter of Ramona's mayor. County officials refuse a license amid disputed claims and a visit by the couple.
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Associated T’ress
Mitchell
8. D
LaClair
Davenport
Mitchell Hospital
EB. P. Uhlenbrock
Mildred J. Werner
Ramona
S. D
Uhlenbrock
Miss Werner
Russian Catholic Priest Suspected in Family Tragedy in WilkesBarre
Police found the Rev. Dr. Alexander Mikolin 62 his wife and their 14 year old son dead from gunshot wounds at the rectory in WilkesBarre. Officials initially suspected the priest had returned from a sanatorium and killed his wife and son before taking his own life. Firemen initially mistook the scene for three victims overcome by smoke.
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Wilkesbarre
Alexander H. Mikolin
Alexe Ger
Vey
Missing Harvard student found in Rochester under amnesia
D Robinson son of Theodore Douglas Robinson assistant Secretary of the Navy, 21, was found in Rochester after a week missing from Harvard. He had no memory of events and explained little beyond his name, with diary notes mentioning "William Johnson" and "Jane Kelly" as he faced possible automobile strike and family publicity.
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Rochester
N. Y
Poussis Robinson
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Navy
Harvard University
Washington
Boston
Lvme
North Fitzhugh = street
St. Mary's Hospital
Douglas Robinson
Hasomesta Hospital
Wunable
Robinson
Wiliam Johnson
Jane Kelly
Attitude Redefined by President at National Press Building
President Coolidge redefines government stance toward the World Court and League of Nations while laying the National Press Building cornerstone. He praises the press as a pillar of liberty and urges a balanced nationalism with tolerance, international justice, and reduced armaments.
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Associated Proas
Washington
World Court
League of Nations
Coolidge
National Press Building
National Press Club
Explosion at New Orleans dock kills and injuries workers
An explosion at Jahneke dry dock in New Orleans reportedly killed and injured several workmen. Boats and ambulances were dispatched as the tanker at the dock is suspected as the source of the blast.
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New Orleans
Jahneke Drydock
Ferry Fields Joins Cedar Rapids Garage Staff
Ferry Fields traveled to Cedar Rapids last evening to accept a mechanic position at a local garage.
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Ferry Fields
Cedar Rapids
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