Clashes Reported in Yangtze Cities As Japan China Tensions Rise
U S troops fired on coolies boarding a steamer at Chungking wounding three while ten Japanese were missing after a mob attack in Hankow. Cantonese push north toward Peking as Japanese concessions face riots.
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H. Francis Misselwitz
United Press
Shanghai
Yangtze Valley
Chunking
U. S
Hankow
Peking
China
Chungking
Monocacy
Yangtze
Isabell
Chinking
Rabies Fears Rise Over Livestock in County
State veterinarian department warns rabies may spread to livestock after two sheep owned by A P Hixson of Ames township tested positive following a dog rabies outbreak. Officials expect more sheep to develop the disease within ten days to eight months, and link the outbreak to a roaming dog in Athens last month.
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D. C. Snow
Ames Township
State
A. P. Hixson
Athens
Amesville
Mr. Snow de
Eastern Time Shifts Take Hold Across Western Ohio
Eastern standard time is effectively in use in western Ohio though government adoption remains. The ICC moved the western boundary from Hocking valley to the Baltimore and Ohio line, with a June federal ruling pending for the remaining western strip. Local mayors ordered industries to observe the change, affecting two B and O trains and the Portsmouth branch from Hamden to Portsmouth.
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Ohio
Hocking Valley
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Toledo
Cincinnati
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore and Ohio
Portsmouth
Parkersburg
Hamden
Plane crashes into pole injuring air mail pilot
Cleveland report says air mail pilot Steve Kaufmann tried to land after his motor died and struck a telephone pole, wrecking the plane and causing injuries.
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Cleveland
Steve Kaufmann
Boy Killed by Auto in Toledo Accident
Walter Nowak, age five, was struck and killed when an automobile driven by Joseph Josefowicz hit him as the boy began to cross the street in Toledo. Police report the fatal crash occurred on April 4.
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Toledo
Joseph Josefowicz
Walter Nowak
Ways and Means Of Student Health To Be Discussed
In Columbus on April 4 the third annual meeting of the Ohio Students Health association will discuss promoting student health by disease prevention and illness care. Dr Wade McMillan of Miami University is president. The prior meeting urged colleges to bar applicants unfit for work and to dismiss students who become health menaces.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Students’ Health Association
Wade McMillan
Miami University
Carroll to Leave New York for Atlanta Prison
Earl Carroll, chained to another inmate, will depart April 12 for Atlanta to begin a year and a day sentence for perjury. Federal Judge A N Hand refused an extension and ordered surrender on that date. The case stems from Carrolls bath tub party in which show girl Joyce Hawley was alleged to bathe in champagne on his theater stage.
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New York
Earl Carroll
Atlanta
A. N. Hand
Carroll
Joyce Hawley
Cat Rescued After 72 Hours Trapped Beneath Rails
In Lynn Massachusetts a cat named Rusty was dug out after being trapped for 72 hours beneath 140 tons of steel rails. Fire crews and volunteers freed the animal without injuries to the cat or rescuers.
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Lynn
Mass
Auto Exports Rise in February Value
Washington April 4 U P Exports of American automobiles in February valued at 52 265 148 dollars, a 7 2 percent increase from the same period last year, the Commerce department announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Police man faces kidnapping charge over Tennessee baby
Former officer Frank Baskett is charged with kidnapping a 2 year old. Virginia Josephine Frazier of Chattanooga and her parents paid a 3333 dollar ransom and the child was returned. Baskett was moved to Nashville jail amid fears of mob violence.
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Frank Baskett
Virginia Josephine Frazier
Chattanooga
Troops Ordered to Chicago Ahead of Mayoral Vote
Chicago April 4 Troop orders in preparation for tomorrow's mayoralty election are expected to go out today Following a conference between Adjutant General Carlos Black Maj Gen Roy D Keehn and Sheriff Charles Graydon it was announced that proper steps will be taken to meet any emergency A request to keep troops ready was sent to Governor Len Small after backers of William Hale Thompson accused Democrats of trying to stir racial trouble Adjutant General Black was sent from Springfield to assess the situation and advise on peace preservation.
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Chicago
Carlos Black
Thirty Third Division
Charles Graydon
Len Small
William Hale Thompson
Black
Springfield
Gillen school bill would curb local taxing power in Ohio
Columbus April 4 Vernon M Riegel state director of education says the Gillen school bill in the Ohio Senate would remove taxing authority from local boards if enacted.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Senate
Vernon M. Riegel
New Gold Rush In Nevada As Miner Brings Rich Ore
TONOPAH Nev April 4 A fresh gold rush begins toward Belle Helen sixty miles east of town as Gus Peterson rancher and miner arrives with about 500 pounds of jewelry gold rock. One ore sample assayed at 11776 per ton another specimen with free gold throughout valued between 30000 and 50000 per ton.
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Tonopah
Nev
Belle Helen
Here
Gus Peterson
Peterson
Sterilization Debate Framed as Crime Cure in State Bill
Director E J Emerick argues sterilization of mental defectives will curb crime while Bishop Hartley denounces the state bill. The dispute centers on whether compulsory measures should be used to reduce crime rates.
Bishop Attacks Marriage License Bill As Mutilation License
Columbus April 4 Dr E J Emerick director of the State Bureau of juvenile research argues universal sterilization of mentally defective persons would cut crime by 75 percent in America He says the bill requiring health certificates for marriage licenses targets the top roots of the undesirable American family tree Bishop Hartley of the Columbus diocese denounces the measure as a license to mutilate and warns of social evils and unintended consequences.
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Columbus
E. J. Emerick
State Bureau of Juvenile Research
America
Emerick
James J. Hartley
Catholic Church
Ohio Senate
Hartley
Dr. Emerick
Man Escapes, Holds Off Officers With Rifle
Edward C. Castel fled Friday and eluded eleven policemen and two special officers for hours before being cornered on a hilltop and shot in the arm. He is now back at the Weston state insane asylum in Fairmont West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
Edward C. Castel
Weston
Castel
Police arrest two in Sollick murder case near manhunt
Cincinnati police say James Spencer and John Gilday are in custody as they near solving the shooting death of Harry Sollick, the alleged gangster and bootlegger, whose bullet scarred body was dumped from a large automobile last night.
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Cincinnati
James Spencer
John Gilday
Harry Sollick
Middlewest minister decries too many churches, urges cooperation
Rev. W. H. Thompson of the Ohio Council of Churches told the Christian church in Middlewest that towns large and small suffer from church surplus and division. He traced denominational rivalry, praised cross denomination work, and cited the Montana plan that consolidates communities into single, stronger churches. A county conference in Athens followed, led by Thompson and Dr. Charles L. Zorbaugh of Columbus.
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Middlewest
W. H. Thompson
Ohio Council of Churches
Christian Church
Thompson
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Anti-Saloon League
Lord's Day Alliance
Montana
Mr. Thompson
Counnty
Athens
Charles L. Zorbaugh
Columbus
The
Ohio Synod of the Presbyterian Church
Ohio University Lecture Set for April 5 by Prof A B Sias
The second in a weekly series for men students precedes Easter Sunday April 15. Prof A B Sias of the education department will speak to non fraternity men in the Men's Union building Tuesday April 5 at 7 30 p m.
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Ohio University
A .B. Sias
Department of Education
Government files anti trust brief against sixteen oil firms
The government filed with the special master in Chancery at Indianapolis a brief in the anti trust case charging sixteen oil refining companies with attempting to monopolize interstate and foreign trade.
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Washington
Government Today
Special Master In Chancery At
Indianapolis
Mass Worshipper Self-Claims at Dublin Church
Miss Mary Behan aged 20 lighted two candles before the Sacred Heart statue at St Michael's church in Dublin and cut her throat with a razor during Mass as worshippers bowed.
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Kills Self
London
St. Michael's Church
Dublin
Mary Behan
Statute of the Sacred Heart
De Pinedo Takes Off From Medina Lake Airfield
Commander Francesco De Pinedo lifts off from Medina Lake at 8 03 a m on the third leg of his trans American flight in the Hydro monoplane Facistace.
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DE Pinedo
Medina Lake
San Antonio
Texas
Francesco de Pinedo
Facistace
Medina
Millionaire incomes mark shift in American wealth
Washington reports a rise in million dollar incomes in 1925 and 1926 tax returns. The Treasury notes 207 new millionaires in 1925, with several earning over 5 million dollars. Many fortunes remain hidden in tax exempt securities or invested in jewels and art. About 10,000 individuals reported incomes above 100,000, and the average net income was 5359.12 dollars.
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Washington
U.R
America
Treasury
Ryan to Speak on U S Immigration Policy at Ohio University
Oswald Ryan, lecturer, will discuss America's immigration policy at 7 30 tonight in the men's gymnasium as the final number of Ohio University music lecture course. His talk, titled Who Shall Inherit the United States, draws on European conditions and features references to Mussolini, Lloyd George, Ramsey MacDonald, Arthur Henderson, Masaryk, Foch, and Hainisch.
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United States
Ohio University
Oswald Ryan
America
Queston
Ryan
Europe
Tom Skeyhill
Mussolini
Lloyd George
Ramsey MacDonald
Arthur Henderson
Masaryhk
Foch
Hainisch
Tulsa Woman Given One Hour Penitentiary Sentence
Mrs Myrtle Lancaster of Tulsa Oklahoma was sentenced to one hour in the penitentiary for assault with intent to kill. Governor Johnston granted a 10 day stay of execution and has been asked to pardon the mother of five. Civic groups protested arguing the stigma of prison should not fall on a crime warranting only minutes in jail.
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Myrtle Lancaster
Tulsa
Okla
Johnston
Hewitt Trial Opens in Conneaut Murder Case
Lloyd Hewitt, 16, faces a murder trial for the February 15 killings of Mrs. Frederick Brown and her 65 year old son Fred Jr. in Conneaut. A 75 member jury panel was drawn. Prosecutor Charlies B. Cook will seek the death penalty. Hewitt confessed then retracted the statement.
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Jefferson
U.P
Lloyd Hewitt
Frederick Brown
Fred Jr
Conneaut
Charlies B. Cook
Hewitt
Funds Distributed From Automobile Licenses Across County Towns
Money from automobile license receipts in the office of J Clyde Edmundson was allocated to state county and municipalities on Saturday. Athens received 44 autos for 188.25, Albany five for 13.95, Amesville eight for 6, Buchtel three for 9.30, Coolville four for 4, Glouster thirteen for 29, Jacksonville thirty eight for 6, Trimble five for 9.25, Nelsonville twenty eight for 59.95. The county with 121 cars outside cities got 272.60 while the state with 250 total autos registered got 534.30.
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Lcenses
J. Clyde Edmundson
Athens
Albany
Amesville
Buchtel
Coolville
Glouster
Jacksonville
Trimble
Nelsonville
Want a Maid Here’s One Way To Get Her
The Messenger’s help and situations columns draw housewives and workers alike. Margaret Tucker of Athens placed a daily work wanted ad and soon had more openings than she could fill, showing the column’s effectiveness in matching domestic help with household needs.
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The
Messenger
Margaret Tucker
Athens
Chinese seek vengeance on Allied forces at Chungkiang
Admiral C. R. Williams reports to the Navy Department that Chinese are attempting revenge on Americans, British, and Japanese at Chungkiang during the ongoing Asiatic operations.
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Washington
Chungkiang
C. 8 Williams
Asiatic Fleet
Navy Department
Union officials refuse to confer on wage proposal in Columbus
Ohio mine workers reject a joint conference with operators on April 7 saying a wage reduction would be accepted only after negotiations. Hall, president of the United Mine Workers district, notes the stand ends immediate prospects for arbitration. In Indianapolis, wage deadlock persists with limited reopenings and potential continuation of the Jacksonville scale for Indiana strip mines.
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Ohio
Hall
Columbus
URA
Ohio Union
Hl. Robbins
Orig Coal Operators’ Association
Robbins
Colume
Jacksonville
Hall'e
Miami
Indianapolis
Ind
Union
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Inediana
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