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As printed: 16 OR 17 TRAPPED IN OKLAHOMA COAL MINE
ContextA gas explosion this morning trapped 16 or 17 men in West mine No. 29 of the Superior Smokeless Coal Company at Tahona, in eastern Oklahoma's coal country. The last miner carried out alive, Lee Carter, was himself nearly overcome by fumes and holds out little hope for those still underground.
As printed: World Court Members All Anxious to Satisfy America
ContextThe Senate agreed in January to join the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague, but only with five reservations, and delegates of the thirty-eight member nations are at Geneva deciding whether to accept them. The fifth is the sticking point: no advisory opinion touching American interests could be asked without United States consent, and Belgium's M. Rolin argued today that the court's refusal in the East Carelia case shows the thing can be done.
As printed: SEN. SAMUEL SHORTRIDGE
ContextCalifornia Republicans voted Tuesday in a primary fought largely over the World Court, and the count has run three days. Governor Friend Richardson trails Lieutenant Governor C. C. Young by 12,655 votes, Senator Samuel Shortridge has beaten back the anti-Court challengers, and the Democratic races — watched as a first skirmish between Al Smith and William G. McAdoo for 1928 — are still in doubt.
As printed: VALENTINO NOW ON LAST TRIP TO HOLLYWOOD
ContextRudolph Valentino, the screen's great romantic lead, died in New York on August 23 at 31, and crowds rioted outside the funeral parlor where he lay. A flower-banked special car has now left New York for Hollywood, carrying his brother Alberto, his manager George Ullman, and Pola Negri, who announced her engagement to him before his death.
As printed: DEMPSEY SAVAGE IN HIS WORKOUTS
ContextJack Dempsey, heavyweight champion since 1919, defends his title against Gene Tunney in Philadelphia on September 23 and is training at Atlantic City. He arrived at yesterday's workout to find a dozen show girls in bathing suits dancing on his platform to a jazz band — and took it out on his sparring partners.
Geneva expects to finish its first reading of the American reservations and name a committee, while the funeral train is due in Chicago at four in the afternoon.