Wreck at Columbus Kills Two on Quick Sabotage Suspect
A Pennsylvania No. 614 passenger train ran through an open switch and rammed empty box cars near Columbus. Engineer H S Beach of Mt Vernon and foreman A B Eckles of Cleveland died. Dozens injured amid reports of deliberate tampering and missing semaphore arm. Police took fingerprints as investigation began.
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Columbus
H. S. Beach
Mt. Vernon
A. B. Eckles
Cleveland
Pennsylvania
John Skolan
F. H. Krick
Fred Kundts
John Skolar
May Fl. Wiant
Anderson Jones
Middletown
Thomas Bayman
Cincinnati
Frank Firedo
Danville
Arthur L. Ayres
W. C
Wreck, Switch Error Ties Detroit Toronto Express to Standing Special
W A Kinsland states E S Lynch, forward brakeman on the London Toronto rail service, threw a switch causing the Detroit Toronto express to crash into a standing special, killing 15. In Marysville bandits robbed the Commercial Bank of $12,000, forcing four employees and three customers to the floor.
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Toronto
W. A. Kinsland
Central Region
Canadian National Railways
E. S. Lynch
Marysville
Museum chiefs quit to form anti Long party
Allan Blackburn executive director of the Museum of Modern Art and Philip Johnson head of the architectural department resign to abandon art for politics. They plan to build a private anti Huey Long political party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Blackburn
Museum of Modern Art
New York City
Philip Johnson
Huey Long
Relief as Cold Wave Abates Across Midwest and Northeast
Moderate temperatures ease the winter siege as casualties rise. Miners killed in West Virginia, a fire claims lives in Boston and Mishawaka, a hotel burns in Ashland, and Valparaiso court house is lost to blaze. Shipping lanes face high seas as storm struggles continue.
Army planes centralized 1000 fighters under new air force
An Army air armada of nearly 1000 aircraft forms a general headquarters air force. Based on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the Southwest, it aims to defend the nation’s skies. Command shifts from Foulois to Lt Col Frank M. Andrews with headquarters at Langley Field Virginia.
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General Headquarters Air Force
Atlantic
Pacific
Southwest
Benjamin D. Foulois
Air Corps
Frank M. Andrews
Langley Field
Five FERA Workers Die in Three Months
Mishaps in FERA undertakings in September October and November cost five workers their lives and left three seriously injured, according to a report filed with Adjutant General Frank D. Henderson, chairman of the State Relief Commission in Columbus.
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Columbus
FERA
Frank D. Henderson
State Relief Commission
College closes while 250 girls seek practical work in fields
Bennington College suspends classes as about 250 female students pursue hands on assignments through late February. Music students will work in New York or Boston, dance and arts students in private studios, and others take roles from portrait commissions to factory or clinic positions at Johns Hopkins, MGH, and other centers.
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Bennington
Bennington College
Bermuda
New York
Boston
Secretary of Labor
Frances
Congress Faces Trio of Hard Problems in Opening Session
Washington dispatch notes Democratic leaders expect three major debates on relief, the NRA, and the cash bonus as Congress convenes. Leaders foresee inflation, unemployment insurance, social security, and possibly the World Court as secondary disputes while Roosevelt works on a message due January 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
World Court
Roosevelt
White House
NRA
Dole
Shank Receives Reprieve From Electric Chair
Akron attorney Mark H. Shank avoided execution at Tucker Prison Farm after a federal judge granted a writ of habeas corpus and a temporary restraining order. He had been convicted in one of four poison slayings and faced the electric chair for a fourth time in a year.
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Little Rock
Ark
Akron
Ohio
Tucker Prison Farm
Mark H. Shank
John E. Martineau
Nashville man appeals to circuit court in kidnapping case
Thomas H. Robinson Sr of Nashville Tenn appeals a lower court order to move him to Louisville for trial in the Berry Stoll kidnapping. He challenges District Judge Harry B. Anderson's ruling denying habeas corpus while permitting appeal.
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Cincinnati
Thomas H. Robinson, Sr
Nashville
Tenn
Berry Stoll
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Louisville
Harry B. Anderson
Cooperatives Upheld In Milk Contract
Ohio Supreme Court affirmed that contracts of milk dealers with cooperative milk associations are binding and not violative of the state anti trust act. The ruling reversed Stark County rulings that the Stark County Milk Producers Association could not be enforced against George Tabeling.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
High
Stark County
George Tabeling
Massillon
Tabeling
Vaccines May End Sleeping Sickness Epidemics
In Pittsburgh on December 27 a promising advance toward vaccines against sleeping sickness was announced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Two vaccines, one from Philadelphia and one from New York, showed rapid immunizing effects within days, suggesting they may curb epidemic outbreaks before they grow serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
American Association For the Advance of Science
Philadelphia
New York
NRA Seeks Price Fixing for Coal Industry
The NRA urged price fixing for bituminous coal until next June amid reports of widespread price cutting. It ordered coal operators to a hearing in Washington on January 4 to consider the proposal.
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Washington
NRA
Recovery Agency
Miner's vivid scenes of Powellton blast disaster
A miner describes the Powellton West Virginia locomotive explosion that killed at least 13 workers of the Elkhorn Piney Coal Company's work train. He recounts the sudden blast, crew panic, his injured buddy George Braggs, and immediate efforts to rescue and hospitalize victims. He notes buses and ambulances arriving as more men were cared for and he returns home unsure of another casualty.
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Elkhorn-Piney Coal Company
Powellton
W. Va
Associated Press
George Braggs
Clarence
Teachers Urge Caution in Ohio Sales Tax Start
Columbus December 27 A warning against hasty start of the state sales tax was issued as January 26 was seen as likely. Officials urged careful rules and proper coupon distribution to avoid revenue loss and evasion loopholes, with potential collection starting January 26 if stamps reach county treasurers by January 16.
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Columbus
Ohio
The
Education Association
Reveane
State Tax Commission
Sheridan
Tax Commission
Ray Martin
Carlton Dargusch
Russians Accused of Rebel Plotting
Moscow reports the Soviet government acted against fourteen young Communists charged with plotting to assassinate Joseph Stalin and other leaders with Leon Trotzky's exiled help. The plan allegedly involved capitalist powers intervention. The plotters, including Leonid Nicolaieff, were sent to a military collegium for trial after the Sergei Kiroff killing.
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Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotzky
Leonid Nicolaieff
Sergei Kiroff
Leningrad
Supreme Court
Fire destroys Squam Lake Hotel and nearby buildings
A fire in Ashland New Hampshire leveled the five room Squam Lake Hotel and an annex housing a drug store, the hotel garage, and two nearby residences in the business district. Damage was placed at about $100 000 by Fire Chief Carl Crowley.
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Boston
Ae Cort
Ra Ba
Harry Hammon
Mishawaka
Ind
Hammon
New Milford
Conn
Elizabeth Height
Mary Nolan
Squam Lake
Ashland
Porter County
Valparaiso
North Atlantic
Quebec City
New York
N. H
Carl Crowley
Alliance Doctor Dies From Car Exhaust During Repairs
Dr. Lee Koehler, 25, a native of Alliance and resident physician at Mattapan Mass tuberculosis sanitarium, died here from fumes while repairing his automobile during a holiday visit with relatives.
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Alliance
Lee Koehler
Mattapan
Mass
Judge rules price fixing illegal under NRA ruling
Federal Judge Merrill E. Otis held price fixing illegal under the NRA, ruling Congress lacks power to fix prices in interstate commerce. The decision denied a temporary injunction against Sutherland Lumber Company of Kansas City and its Oklahoma Iowa Nebraska yards selling cash and carry below code prices. Maurice Milligan, U.S. attorney, filed the petition June 29 seeking to restrain below code prices.
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Kansas City
NRA
Merrill E. Otis
Congress
Otis
Robert Sutherland
Mae G. Sutherland
The
Sutherland Lumber Company
Oklahoma
Iowa
Nebraska
Blue Eagle
Maurice Milligan
United States
Trotzky Safely Hidden in France in Exile
Paris reports French officials say Leon Trotsky is safely hidden in France and will not be surrendered even if extradition is requested. Moscow cites Leonid Nikolayev, a confessed slayer, as implicating Trotsky in a plot to assassinate Soviet leaders.
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Paris
Leon Trotzky
France
Moscow
Leonid Nicolaieff
Sergei Kiroff
Leningrad
Trotzky
Russia
Secret Service
Explosion on mining train kills and injures dozens in Powelton
A locomotive hauling 300 miners to work exploded in Powelton West Virginia. At least 13 were killed and 43 injured as boiler tubes ruptured and debris hurled passengers. The train, bound for Elkhorn Piney Coal, halted after pickup and the blast sent bodies up to 265 feet. Rescue and hospital treatment followed with many feared dead.
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Powelton
W. Va
Elkhorn-Piney Coal Company
Mober
William M. Blankenship
Delmar L. Oxley
Blankenship
Oxley
Jess Personger
William Maynes
Thomas Craft
Sam Runyon
Everett Leach
Steve Kozna
William Turner
Pat Murphy
Rome Walton
C. R. Stahl
The
Coal Company
Montgomery
George M. Fordham
W. B. Parks
Claude Baldwin
Auto Parts Plants in Cleveland Face Busy Holiday Season
Cleveland dispatch reports heightened demand in auto parts and steel mills. The Otis Steel Company kept its semi finishing department running through Christmas Day due to orders, while holiday suspensions in the Cleveland Lorain district were limited to one day.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Auto Parts
Otis Steel Company
Cleveland-Lorain
Markets At A Glance In New York Stocks And Commodities
New York stocks steady as activity expands while bonds show mixed results and secondary markets improve. Curb markets uneven with utilities improving. Foreign exchanges quiet with sterling easy. Chicago wheat soft on Argentine moves. corn lowers with warm temperatures. Cattle steady to 59 higher with top at 10.85. hogs slow steady to 10 lower, top 7.
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Axa
Krick
Erick
A. R. Turner
Senator Long
East
Momory
Cially
Senate
Senate Republicans
Pittman
Representative Burns
Shank
Miner
Clarence Foster Montgomery
Treasury Office
Ohio Education Association
George V. Sheridan
Ohio State Council of Retail Merchants
Stalin
Sterling
Chicago
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