Coal Miners Strike Halts Britain Across Regions
London reports a nationwide coal miners strike crippling industry with 25 percent train cuts and mass layoffs. National shortages threaten food, transport, and key steel and iron mills while mines flood and a general election looms as government and unions clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Allen
United Press
London
Great Britain
Yorks
Scottish steel +s
Rhemeld
Wales
Triple Alliance
Scotland
Miners’ Federation
Lloyd George
Robert Horne
Thomas
J. H. Thomas
Railway Workers’ Federation
Ohio University Defeats Marshall College In Lopsided Win
Ohio University toppled Marshall College 21 to 4 in Huntington. Star sluggers King Fuller and Morgan led Ohio’s offense. The teams set for a rematch this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Marshall College
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio University
King
Fuller
Morgan
Brunswick Mourns Loss Of Aviator Lieut Coney
Whole town pauses as Brunswick pays tribute to Lieut. Wm. Devoe Coney, native son and aviator fatally injured while attempting a record long flight from Jacksonville to San Diego in a bid to lower his trans continental time. The service and city honors follow news of the crash and funeral plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
United Press
Brunswick Pai
Wm. Devoe Coney
Jacksonville
Fla
San Diego
Calif
Governor Davis to Vetos Norwood Bill and Highway Reimbursement Bills
Columbus April 2 Gov Davis plans first veto using his power to strike the Norwood bill authorizing minimum sentences for convicted criminals. He will also disapprove a group of bills to reimburse highway contractors hit by rising prices, according to reports today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Columbus
Gov. Davis
Nor- Wood
Syracuse University dean shot dead in office murder suicide
In Syracuse New York on April 2 Dean John Herman Wharton head of the college of business administration at Syracuse University was killed in his office by Prof Holmes Beckwith who then killed himself. Beckwith had led the college eligibility committee and had been unpopular with students. Chancellor Day called the double homicide and noted Beckwith likely planned suicide, with Wharton attempting to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
John Herman Wharton
College of Business Administration
Syracuse University
Holmes Beckwith
Wharton
Beckwith
Chancellor Day
Day
District Attorney's Office
Prof. Beckwith
Dean Wharton
Parent-Teacher Reception At White House Planned
Ohio members of the Parent-Teacher association intend to attend the White House reception tied to the annual child welfare conference in Washington on April 25. Mrs Warren G Harding announced the reception will be held the afternoon of April 27 in the White House. It is the first White House reception for the association since President Roosevelt's administration. National officers in Ohio have been informed by Mrs Harding she looks forward to the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Parent-Teacher Association
White House
Washington
Warren G. Harding
Roosevelt
Harding
Time to Change Columbus Sets Daylight Savings Time
At midnight Columbus will switch to daylight saving time setting clocks ahead one hour and aligning with Eastern Time. Railroads and interurban cars will operate on Central Time thereafter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Gambers to surrender today in 1919 baseball scandal case
Chicago April 2 Carl Zork and Benjamin Franklin St Louis gamblers named in indictments by the grand jury investigating the 1919 baseball scandal will surrender to local authorities today and post bail the state’s attorney announced. The remainder of the indicted men will surrender if the others are not apprehended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Apri
Carl Zork
Benjamin Franklin
St. Louis
Worrender
Notable Visitor Joins Acadia Coal Party in Rome Township
James Cumberford of Amherst Nova Scotia, brother in law to Harry Lauder, accompanies a party including J Tones Lowe principal owner of Acadia Coal Company to Rome township Athens County and Decatur Township Washington County for a professional coal property inspection. W F Peters of the Acadia Coal Company joins the group at Beebe for the evaluation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lauder
James Cumberford
Amherst
N. S
Launder
Cumberford
Chille
A. S
J. Tones Lowe
Acadia Coal Company
Rome Township
Athens County
Decatur Township
Washington County
Lowe
Iinhane
W. FE. Peters
Beebe
Christian Citizenship Institute to Discuss Moral Issues
The local ministerial association and the national reform association based in Pittsburg plan a Christian citizenship institute at the Christian church in Athens. The event, next Wednesday and Thursday, will cover Sabbath reforms, Mormonism, divorce, and Christian citizenship. Two national reform speakers will lead sessions open to the public with no enrollment fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Reform Association
Pittsburg
Christian Citizenship Institute
Christian Church of Athens
Union crafts refuse 20 percent cut in Elyria strike
Elyria Ohio union building trade craftsmen strike over a proposed twenty percent wage cut. Canton park commissioners refuse land for a national guard armory site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Canton. CO
Park Commission
National Guard
Osage Indians Receive Oil Royalties in Oklahoma
White Fathers distributed large cash royalties to Osage Nation on Friday in Pawhuska Oklahoma. Each Osage received 1300 dollars with the tribe’s total royalties amounting to 2897700 dollars. The average Osage income is reported at 15000 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pawhuska
Okla
State Prohibition Leaders Urge City Enforcement Upturn
State Prohibition Commissioner Parker reports findings from investigations in nineteen Ohio cities. Violations found in two cities prompted immediate action against officials. several cities show serious conditions or lax enforcement. Local mayors warned. state aides assisted in five cities. governors pledge to remove dishonest officials. Subpoenas issued to speakeasy patrons. perjury penalties to be pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carenor Mavis
Parker
Ohio
Boston workers end strike vote for arbitration
Boston building trades workers voted to return to work at old wages while awaiting arbitration of their demands for increased pay. The four month tie up of construction in Boston ends as the union accepts arbiter resolution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Mass
Millions of Dollars Worth of Road Work Planned
Herbert W. Walker reports that over 309,000 unemployed could gain work on highway projects in the next year if approved plans proceed and Congress adds 100 million dollars in federal highway aid. The total cost of approved projects awaiting completion stands at 622 million, with labor making up about sixty percent of costs and a first class highway mile costing under 30 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert W. Walker
United Press
Washington
Congress
Department of Agriculture
H. D. Fairbank
Pas
Ohio Bell Plans Higher Zanesville Phone Rates
Schedules filed with the public utilities commission show increased residence rates in Zanesville effective May 1. The Ohio Bell Telephone Company raises the single line rate to 3 dollars from 2.75 and the two party line to 2.25 from 2. The action targets Zanesville residents in Columbus Ohio.
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Zanesville
Columbus, CO
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Doctor McGuire Leaves for Florida as Rockefeller Ill
In Richmond Virginia on April 2 Dr. Stuart McGuire the noted physician departed for Ormond Beach Florida after being summoned by telephone to attend John D Rockefeller who is reported seriously ill and facing a dangerous operation. Train reservations were arranged for immediate departure.
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Richmond
Stuart McGuire
Ormond Beach
Fla
John D. Rockefeller
McGuire
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Denies Illness As Oil Official Fells Ill
At Standard Oil in New York a statement denied reports that John D. Rockefeller is ill. It said Starr J. Murphy, an oil official, was ill at Rockefeller’s home and physicians were summoned to treat him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John New York
Standard Oil
John D. Rockefeller
Starr J. Murphy
Rockefeller
Rockefeller Illness Rumor Denied at Winter Home
Ortmond Florida April 2 reports say John D Rockefeller did not fall ill. The financier merely caught a slight cold, dispelling rumors of a serious illness at his winter residence.
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Ormond
Fla
John D. Rockefeller
Sticking by Guns in Walkout by Missouri Tradesmen
Several thousand plumbers metal workers electricians and painters in St Joseph Missouri protest wage cuts choosing to walk out rather than accept lower pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
Fifteen Hundred Idle in Iowa Building Trades Strike
In MOllIES Iowa on April 2 a wage strike leaves about fifteen hundred men in building trades idle as workers press for action and higher pay. The disruption affects construction sites and related labor activities across the area.
Weather forecast for Ohio Valley and Great Lakes region
The weekly forecast calls for a moderately warm start in the Ohio Valley with cooler conditions later in the week. Expect generally fair weather with rain possible Monday or Tuesday. The Great Lakes region should see warmer conditions early, cooling later, with rain on Monday or Tuesday and fair conditions afterward.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Great Lakes
Hidden Ku Klux Klan Trial Ends With Lynching Style Punishment
A Black man named Johnson was tied to a tree, whipped between 26 and 30 lashes, branded with K K K, and forced to swear never to associate with a white woman. The “trial” under a elm used masked white men, reporters abducted to witness, and he was dumped outside a hotel with the order to warn other Black workers. Authorities later learned of the incident after he had been jailed for vagrancy and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acre
Alexander J
Johnson
Whippec
Ohio city banks show deposits rise amid mixed economy
In Ohio eight largest cities including Columbus Toledo and Cincinnati report higher deposits in December February and April with totals rising from 67 030 600 to 123 281 525 in some banks while Akron Dayton Canton and Canton areas also show increases despite a generally weak industrial mood.
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Columbus
Apr
Fco
Toledo
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cilevelar
Akron
Ed Goded
Antees
Dayton
Canton and Co
Scott
Authorities arrest 26 in Clark County race disorder case
Springfield authorities announce the Clark County grand jury has named 26 suspects in connection with a race disturbance. The case follows delays in probing the assault on a white girl that sparked the unrest and prompted police action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Clark County Grand Jury
Nive
Boy Scouts Keep Out of Trouble
Morgantown West Virginia April 2. Paul Maxwell city Boy Scout executive reports after a ten year police records review that while hundreds of Morgantown youths violated state laws not a single Boy Scout or scouting youth was called into police court for law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
W. Va
Paul Maxwell
West Virginia
Brother Heber Votan Named Federal Prisons Superintendent
Rev Heber Votan brother of President Harding and former missionary is appointed superintendent of federal prisons, effective April 6, announced by the United States Department of Justice on April 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Washington
United Press
Heber Votan
Harding
T of Justice Today
Reverend Evans to Preach at Canaanville Church
District Superintendent F. M. Evans of Athens will preach at Canaanville, Ohio, Sunday afternoon at 3 30 o clock. The service marks the quarterly meeting of the church and will draw attendees from the area.
Belmont judge to resign next week in St Clairsville
In St Clairsville on April 2 Belmont county common pleas judge C J Uynch will resign next week. W W Cowell of the same town will be named to succeeds him and preside over the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Clairsville
C. J. Uynch
Belmont County Common Pleas Court
W. W. Cowell
Courtless Jester Status Chan and Sparse Global Mentions
Fragmented notes mention Status Chan and Po Courtless Jester with scattered phrases about Swiss Will Recesiv and an ex ruler. Vague references to bureaus, a free book, and daily problems appear without coherent narrative or clear names, dates, or places.
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Sue
Bat Terres
Karl
Switzerlane
George
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Richmond Landon
His
Miss Alice Lord
Dan Cupid
Antwerp
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Landon
Miss Lord
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Supreme Tribunal
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