Democrats Oppose Mellon Tax Plan Seek Aid From Insurgents
Washington April 4 The Mellon tax plan dominates Capitol action as President Coolidge drives the fight for a 25 percent maximum surtax rate with Republicans confident of passage. Democrats draft a substitute surtax plan aiming at 40 percent, while courting insurgent votes and awaiting Senator LaFollette and followers after secret committee sessions.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Mellon
Congress
Whitehouse
Secretary of Treasury
Senate Finance Committee
House
Smoot
Utah
Simmons
North Carolina
LaFollette
Republican
Wisconsin
Weeks Turned Over War Records on Aviation Fraud
Secretary of War John W. Weeks provided the Brookhart committee with war department records tied to alleged fraud in the wartime aviation program. He asked the documents be kept confidential and examined secretly due to their importance for prosecuting war fraud cases.
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Washington
John W. Weeks
Brookhart Committee
War Department
America
Weeks
Columbus Man to Manage Arsenal of Buckeye State
Lieut Col Orestus FE Hardway of Columbus has been named superintendent of the state arsenal, replacing Lieut Be lin Jacobs of Bucyrus who faces federal charges for alleged illegal sale of government property. Jacobs was arrested while delivering military goods to a local warehouse.
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Columbus
Orestus FE. Hardway
166Th Infantry
Bank Hold Up Shocks Bellmore as Bandits Flee
Bank of Bellmore is robbed by a pair of bandits who escape in a car as pursuing citizens fire on the vehicle. Police report that one man has been killed in the incident and details remain sketchy.
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Eastern Bank
Bellmore
N. Y
Ohio school men meeting in great numbers this year
The fourth annual Ohio Educational conference opened at Ohio State University with record attendance. Sections on art biology and other subjects will address field specific education issues. An address by the late Dr. T C Mendenhart will be read by General Edward Orton Jr. William McAndrew of Chicago will speak on Forgotten Fundamentals. Registrations exceeded 1600 with total arrivals over 3000.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
The
Educational Association
T. C. Mendenhart
Secnd
Hold Gunman Inman's Death Case In Columbus
Frank Emanuel 18 and John Brothers 20, both of Detroit, are held in Columbus in the Morris Daves murder case. Det Milligan identifies Emanuel with Manuel the Wop, who stayed at a hotel before the crime and left town after. Brothers was arrested with Emanuel. Gus Serio of Columbus, linked to the bootleg ring, bought two revolvers before Daves was shot and has since disappeared.
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Columbus
Frank Emanuel
John Brothers
Detroit
Morris Daves
Milligan
Emanuel
Manuel the Wop
Brothers
Gus Serio
Davis
Serio
Time changes in church services approved by pastors
The Baptist Christian and Methodist churches announce new service times. Christian Endeavor and Epworth League meet at 6 30 p m Evening worship starts at 7 30 p m Sunday Schools for Christian Presbyterian and Methodist churches begin at 9 15 a m Morning worship remains at 10 36 a m Observers are asked to note the changes.
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Baptist, Christian, and
Methodist
Christian Endeavor
Epworth League
Christian, Presbyterian and Methodist
Petrified Wood Found Along Shade Creek Near Jerseyville
Dr S A McCullough informs Marietta College professor that petrified wood deposits exist along Shade creek in Athens county beyond Jerseyville starting at the foot of the first hill and continuing to the next rise. The professor hoped to bring a college class for study and discovery. He notes petrified corn ears and other plant matter found there and attributes it to limestone-rich water in the stream.
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Pomeroy
Marietta College
Athens County
S. A. McCullough
Shade Creek
Jerseyville
Marietta
Falls Under Wheels of Own Train in Yard Death
Columbus April 4. W C Morrow a Newark brakeman on the Pennsylvanian line was crushed to death this morning in the train yards as his train bound for Cincinnati passed. The tragedy occurred while he attempted to alight or adjust in the yard areas. Morrow leaves a widow and two children.
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Columbus
W. C. Morrow
Newark
Pennsylva
Morrow
Cincinnati
Motorist Fined Five Dollars for Parking by Fire Plug
I. C. Robinson was fined five dollars in police court for parking opposite a fire plug. He pleaded guilty and was ordered to appear in court by Captain Maple.
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C. Robinson
Maple
Belmont County surveyor picks up Manchester broadcast
Lawrence Darrah, former Belmont county surveyor from Martins Ferry Ohio, said he captured a Manchester England radio broadcast Sunday at 3 o clock and heard the weather forecast so clearly he called his wife from sleep to confirm he was not hearing things.
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Martins Ferry
Lawrence Darrah
Belmont County
Manchester
England
Planes Ready for First Jump Out of America
Four United States Army round the world fliers prepared to depart Sand Point Aviation Field Seattle on their first jump out of the United States. The huge Douglass planes, converted into sea cruisers, await favorable weather reports for the 650 mile hop to Prince Rupert Canada. Crews rose at 4 AM after an early rest to tune up the aircraft.
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Seattle
Wash
United States
United States Army
Sand Point Aviation Field
Here
Prince Rupert
Canada
England's Hangman John Sillis Retires From Execution Trade
Arthur Brisbane recounts John Sillis England’s hangman who retires without stating a reason after executing Roger Casement and Edith Thompson, the last woman hanged in Britain. Sillis earned 50 shillings per hanging and extra for good conduct, a practice tied to saloon drinking duties at executions.
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John Sillis
England
Roger Casement
Edith Thompson
Great Britain
Ellis
Mine No 10 near Athens Closes Indefinitely
About six to seven hundred miners lose work as Sugar Creek Mine No 10 suspends operations indefinitely. Twenty five horses were removed from the mine during Friday morning shutdown.
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Sugar Creek
Wheeler-Brookhart panel to probe Midland Bank records
The senate investigation of former Attorney General Daugherty advances as the Wheeler-Brookhart committee plans sessions in Washington D. C. and Ohio to review Midland National Bank records after M. S. Daugherty refused to send them to Washington.
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Washington
Senate
Daugherty
Wheeler-Brookhart Committee
Washington D. H
Ohio
Mildand National Bank
M. S. Daugherty
Pioneer Belmont Woman Coal Operator Seeks Divorce
Mrs. Vira G. Pursglove of Belmont County files for divorce from Joseph Pursglove a Cleveland coal magnate. The mother of five alleges harsh treatment and removal from the home. She operates a Bannock mine as Belmont County records reveal.
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ST. Crairsville
Ohio
Vira G. Pursglove
Belmont County
Joseph Pursglove
Cleveland
Dbelmont County
Pursglove
Bannock
Athens to gain all weather roads linking to neighbors
Athens County road program expands with major upgrades on State Highways 16 157 and 158 and 159 opening eastern access toward Parkersburg and Marietta. Plans include brick paving concrete culverts new bridges and revised routings from Coolville Amesville and Burr Oak to New Lexington and Nelsonville with a seven mile push toward completion this summer. County crews continue maintenance on existing macadam highways to keep them in good repair.
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Athens
Athens County
Dan Davis
Ohio State Highway Department
Parkersburg
Marietta
Athens-Marietta
Coolville
Washington County
State Department
Canaanville
Guysville
Amesville
Sugar Creek
Ames Township
Sharpsburg Hill
Sharpsburg
Federal Creek
Athens-Pomeroy Road
Athens-New Lexington
Northern Corporation
Glouster
Burr Oak
Athens-Perry County
Perry County
Corning
New Lexington
Athens-Murray City
Nelsonville
Buchtel
Monday Creek
Athens-Nosonville
Myer's Crossing
Columbus
Athens County Maintenance Force
State Highway Department
B County
Taxing Experts of Ohio to Submit Suggestions
Ohio advisory committee of the Ohio tax association ended its meeting in Columbus and will forward proposed state tax law changes to the next legislative session. Dwyer urged prohibiting bonds for current expenses and budget commissioners for taxing districts. Flack urged uniform real property taxation and intangibles review, Freyberg pushed city relief, committee to reconvene April 22.
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Columbus
The
Ohio Tax Association
C. A. Dywer
Ohio Grange
Dywer
W. Flack
Cleveland
Cleveland Building Owners Association
Julius A. Freyberg
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Vehicle Census Planned Across Ohio This Month
Ohio officials announced a census of all vehicular traffic at 160 points during April 14 to 20. Data will help allocate funds for road building and improvements to county and state highways, with the date kept separate from other data.
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Columbus
Ohio
Boulay
Whiskey and liquor seized at Little Green House event
Andrew Smith, a black butler, testified before the Wheeler investigating committee about twenty cases of whiskey and liquor arriving at the Little Green House on a street occupied by Honard Mannington, ally of former attorney general Daugherty, under a revenue man’s guidance.
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Washington
Little Green House
Honard Mannington
Daugherty
Andrew Smith
Wheeler Investigating Committee
Woman Found Dead in Partial House Incident
Mrs Fauline Losser was found dead in a partially constructed house in Cleveland. County coroner ruled death by her own hand after workmen discovered her body with her head nearly severed.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Fauline Losser
Cuyahoga County
Japanese Steamer Honolulu Maru In Distress
A distress signal was picked up today from the Japanese steamship Honolulu Maru in the South Seas. British cruisers immediately dispatched to assist the disabled vessel to port.
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South Seas
Honolulu Maru
Bank Bandits Loot Englewood Vault For 2500 Cash
Three robbers fired a shot to threaten a Citizens Security Bank employee at Englewood Station and forced seven people to lie on the floor while they looted the vault and teller till, taking 2500 dollars.
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Kansas City
Citizens Security Bank
Englewood Station
Ohio Music Memory Contest Awards Plan For Buttons
The Ohio Federation of Music Clubs proposes a novel fund to buy sterling silver merit buttons for all children scoring a perfect in the state music memory contest held today in Columbus. Each club member is asked to contribute one cent.
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Columbus
Ohio Federation of Music Clubs
Mail Galore In Senate Remarks On Rules Committee
Charles Curtis of Kansas, a United States senator and chair of the rules committee, comments on a day's mail load in the upper house. He notes this is not an unusually heavy batch for him, describing the routine nature of Senate correspondence.
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United States
Charles Curtis
Kansas
Witnesses subpoenaed on oil deals at 1920 Republican convention
Washington April 4 additional witnesses were subpoenaed by Senator Walsh to appear before the Senate Public Lands Committee next week to shed light on alleged oil deals at the 1920 Republican convention.
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Washington
Walsh
Montana
Senate Public Lands Committee
Ohio limestone exhibit to tour teen towns in April
Ohio State University's limestone and soils exhibit car will tour 18 towns from April 7 to 16. The T and O line runs Junction City to Pomeroy while the Z and W line runs Thornville to Sayre with visits planned at Athens, Grouster, New Lexington and Pomeroy among others.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Junction City
Pomeroy
Thornville
Sayre
Athens
Grouster
New
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