Ohio Governor OKs Reform Law Linking Dance Halls
Governor Donahey signs the Hadden reform bill regulating suburban and rural dance halls, roller skating rinks, and similar venues. The act links venues to county probate courts, bars underage attendance, sets fines up to 100 dollars and up to 60 days imprisonment, and takes effect after 90 days on file with the Secretary of State.
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Columbus
Hadden
Donahey
State Highways Department
Locust Grove
Adams County
Serpent Mound Park
van Wye - Loughead
Cincinnati Public Library
Radcliffe Bails Out After Assault Charge
L. D. Radcliffe posted a $1,000 bond to appear before the grand jury after being arraigned on a charge of assault with intent to kill. The accusation was filed by Howard Morgan.
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Radcliffe
L. D. Radcliffe
Howard Morgan
England Turns To Florida for Oranges and Grapefruit
England widens fruit imports sourcing oranges and grapefruit from Florida after previous shipments from Spain and Italy. The shift highlights changing supply chains and regional trade ties.
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England
Florida
Spain
Italy
Arch Criminal Kapman Convicted of Murder
Arthur Brisbane notes that Kapman once hailed as the arch criminal and master mind has been convicted of murder in the first degree. He warns that capital punishment awaits, asserting crime does not pay on a large scale.
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Kapman
Master Mind
Firm justice in shoes on trial courts
An editorial laments high finance crime and bribery that steal public property and sends the wrongdoers to prison. A court incident shows a man accused of theft wearing the shoes he allegedly stole, prompting a judge to order him to remove them as he walked away in stockings.
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Rison
Orld
Three Legal Wives Two Too Many Says Petition
Ruth Long of Athens files for divorce from William A. Long alleging illness, refusal to call a physician, and unjustified medical expenses. She claims Long had a legal wife in Detroit and another marriage in San Francisco still in effect. She asks Judge L. G. Worstell to end the union and drop William’s surname.
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Ruth Long
William A. Long
Athenstown
Detroit
San Francisco
L. G. Worstell
William
Willis to push for early Senate action on World Court
Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio said the United States could join the World Court only if peace groups drop efforts to pull the nation into the League of Nations or the Geneva Security Protocol. He called for early Senate action next fall but only with the court stripped of advisory opinions and without international propaganda.
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Washington
United States
League of Nations
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Willis
Senate
World Court
Permanent Court
Chinese Minister Sze Ordered to Leave Washington
Peking says Alfred Sze the Chinese minister to the United States must depart Washington on May 9 and return to China per the Foreign Office directive reported by Chen Pao.
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Peking
Alfred Sze
United States
Peking Foreign Office
Washington
China
Chen Pao
Bandits Loot Seven Columbus Stations
Bandits and burglars looted seven local filling stations in Columbus, with attendants held up at two sites. Three locations yielded $150 in cash. cash taken from the remaining five stations not yet tallied. No arrests were reported.
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Columbus
Raid findings spark liquor bust at Athens home
Constables Mariner and Davies raided the Athens residence of L. E. Mc Daniels and seized a full bottling outfit and gallons of corn whiskey. McDaniels pled guilty to possessing liquor, fined 300 dollars plus costs, and jailed at sixty cents daily until the debt is paid.
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Athens
L. E. McDaniels
Mariner and Davies
McDaniels
P. W. Helwig
Athens County
Appeal Filed Over Naval Oil Reserve Indictments
An appeal from Justice McCoy’s ruling in District Supreme Court quashing criminal indictments against four principals in the naval oil reserve scandal was filed in Washington this afternoon.
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Washington
Justice McCoy
District Supreme Court
Naval Oil Reserve
English farmer to hang for sweetheart murder collapses in court
Norman Thorne a young farmer of Crowborough was sentenced to death for the murder of his pregnant sweetheart Elsie Cameron a London stenographer. His appeal was dismissed and he collapsed sobbing as the death sentence was upheld. He will be executed at Wandsworth within two weeks. Thorne admitted dismembering the body and burying the parts on his farm after claiming fear drove him to hide the crime.
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London
Norman Thorne
Crowborough
Elsie Cameron
Thorne
Wandsworth
U S Sanctions Major Child Health Campaign Launch May Day
President Coolidge sanctions a national May Day health demonstration for 34 million American children. Hoover outlines aims to ensure proper birth conditions, hygiene, nutrition, medical care, and health instruction. The Child Health association cites high deficiency rates and gaps in hospital care, vaccination, prenatal clinics, and school health education.
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U. S
Robert S. Thornburgh
Washington
Coolidge
Secretary of
Commerce Hoover
United States
Hoover
American Child Health Association
America
Child Health Association
Coolville Village School May Join Troy District Plan
Coolville may be dissolved and folded into Troy township to enable a bond issue of about 90000 for a new school building. County and assistant superintendents met with Coolville and Troy boards, both favorable, with a May 4 meeting set to decide on pursuing county action.
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Coolville
Troy Township
Troy
H. R. McVay
K. R. Vermillion
Athens
McVay
Coolville Village
County Board For Education
Marietta Man Gets Life Term for Sheriff Moore Murder
George Siebenschuh, convicted of the Noble County sheriff murder in Caldwell, was sentenced to life in the penitentiary after overruled motion for a new trial. His fellow gunman Elmer Farra received a similar sentence over a year ago. Both claimed the other fired the fatal shot during the arrest attempt in November 1923.
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Marietta
George Siebenschuh
Byenville
Charles Moore
Noble County
Thomas Today
Siebenschuh
Elmer Farra
Caldwell
Moore
RAF Bomber Crashes Into English Channel Off Margate
A Royal Air Force bombing plane with four occupants fell into the English Channel off Margate due to heavy fog. Two occupants were rescued, two remain missing. The incident occurred today and the wreckage was complete.
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London
Royal Air Force
English Channel
Margate
Evening Pick: Classic Music Broadcast Across Stations
Classic music fills the night on multiple stations including WGY WRC KYW KDKA and WBZ with Brahms selections at 8:30 and varied programs from Faust and other works. Additional lists show WEAF WEAF WEAR WOC WCCO and WSAI broadcasting from 6 to 11 and 8:30 to 1 E T with 455 to 492 meter frequencies.
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Stawaz
E. T
Brunswick
Alee
WGY
WRC
KYW
KDKA
WBZ
WOAL
C. T
Brahms
WEAF
Faust
WEE
WGR
WEI
WEAR
Wwd
WAR
WOC
WCCO
WSAI
Realtor Robbery Shocks Los Angeles Couple and Friends
In Los Angeles on April 1 two masked bandits robbed automobile dealer Rene Marx his wife and two friends as they left a theatre. They escaped with 15000 dollars in jewelry and 5000 dollars in cash, police report states.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Rene Marx
Indicted Ohio officials held in Cleveland on liquor case
Joshua Russell former prohibition director of Ohio Merle E Copeland of Athens and Warren E Barnett attorney for Columbus and Washington were arraigned in Federal court by Judge Paul Jones on conspiracy to violate the prohibitions linked to the Hayner Distillery. They pleaded not guilty and were held on $5 000 bonds while trial date was not set.
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Cleveland
Joshua Russell
Prohibition
Ohio
Merle E. Copeland
Athens
Warren E. Barnett
Columbus
Washington
Paul Jones
Barnett
B. A. Waltermire
Copeland and
Russell
Charles 8. Druggan
Jones
Air Race to Pole Planned by Amundsen and Algersson
London April 7 The air race to the North Pole pits Captain Roald Amundsen against Grettier Algersson. Algersson sails from Liverpool May 1 aboard the Iceland to reach polar ice within two weeks, inflate an airship, and descend to the Pole by rope ladders before flying to Nome Alaska. Amundsen aims to launch two airplanes before May end from Spitsbergen.
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London
North Pole
Rhnold Amundsen
Grettier Algersson
Algerston
Liverpool
Iceland
Pole
Nome
Alaska
4Man
Spitsen
Algersson
Amundsen
Blackie the White House cat injured in battle with a squirrel
April 7 report from Waosmit NuTON describes Blackie the White House cat chasing squirrels on the grounds. After a clash with Charlie president of the White House Squirrels Union Blackie was defeated and rushed to Walter Reed Hospital for bandaging and recovery.
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Waosmit Nuton
White House
Blackie
Walter Reed Hospital
Trict
Columbia
Charlie
Debt Collection Nears as Treasury Plans Action
Washington on April 6 reports that the government moves to collect part of the seven trillion foreign debt. Under Secretary Winston, head of the debt funding commission, will sail Friday for London to coordinate steps.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Winston
Commission
London
Affinity's Mate Confesses Killing Husband for Love
Joseph Frila, 31, of Pittston Pennsylvania, confessed to killing James Lemardy in Lemardy's bed as he slept after long interrogation. Margaret Lemardy had earlier claimed Frila threatened her husband and that she knew of his plan to elope with her. Frila reportedly fired five shots through a window opening into Lemardy’s bed.
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Rochester
N. Y
Joseph Frila
Pittson
James Lemardy
Lemardy
Margaret
Friia
Frila
Hollister Street
Klan Named in Marion Dyniting Case Indictments
A special grand jury in Marion returns nearly 100 indictments over the Fowler grocery store bombing in Herrin March 9 that injured two. Three Marion youths Esco Phelps Val Phelps and Paul Riddle are charged with firing the dynamite and a confessed arrestee implicates Klansmen.
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KLAN
Marion
Ill
Fowler
Herrin
Esco Phelps
Val Phelps
Paul Riddle
Ku Klux Klan
Completes Air Cruise Over London by Dirigible B-28
The dirigible B-28 returned to its Pulsam mooring mast at noon after a fifteen hour cruise over the metropolis. London witnessed the airship wheeling above the city bringing a notable aerial display.
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London
Pulsam
State Defends Jall Baby at Lunacy Hearing
In San Francisco, the State closes its defense of Dorothy Ellingson a 17 year old matricide. The prosecution portrays her as sane and tender hearted, contrasting the defense image of an emotionally dead girl. Police Woman Kathryn Sullivan testified as key witness. Dorothy sat at the defense table, showing signs of resolve amid the trial.
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Ancisco
Calif
Dorothy Ellingson
Sane
Kathryn Sullivan
Dorothy
Mrs. Sullivan
Weeks Improvement After Stroke At War Department
Washington April 7 Secretary of War Weeks is reported to be showing continued improvement after suffering a slight stroke. Physicians announced today that his condition is stabilizing and he is responsive to treatment.
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Washington
Weeks
Dense English Channel Fog Delays British Trains
A dense fog hung over the English Channel today delaying shipping and rolling inland delaying British trains across England as visibility worsened.
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England
London
English Channel
Athens Adds Strong New Well To Oil Project
The Slaughter Oil and Gas company drilled a first well on the Ray Slaughter farm near Athens. Pay sand was struck at 1206 feet with light green oil, indicating about 25 barrels a day if sustained. The well stood for 36 hours to assess flow and potential.
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Athens
Ing
Ternoon
Slaughter Oil
Gas Company
Ray Slaughter
Townsend
Fisher
France's Finance Minister unveils 10 percent capital levy plan
Paris reports the Herriot government rushing a 10 per cent capital levy through the Chamber as a national referendum on the country’s attitude. Anatole De Monzie intends to present the measure amid cabinet finishing touches, promising liberty with minimal constraint while taxing those refusing to subscribe at one tenth of their fortune.
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Paris
Herriot
Chamber
Senate
Elyseen Palace
Doumergue
Jward
Anatole de Monate
de Monste
Premir Herriot
de Mosasier
Boy ‘el Miller
France
Jackie Wins Six Cents in Picture Rights Suit
New York April oe Coogan awarded 6 cents in a suit against the Handkerchief Manetact and the Charles KLay Co. for use of Jackie’s picture without consent. The decision by a Supreme Court Justice sets a small damages precedent in rights cases.
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New York
Oe Coogan
Supreme Court
Manetact Eee Inc
Charles Klay Co
Jackie
Aged Couple Dead After Train Crash Near Mount Gilead
Andrew Campbell 90 and his wife 89 died at their home near Mount Gilead after a Big Four train struck them at a crossing yesterday. Campbell’s wife lived about a half hour. The accident occurred within a short distance of their home.
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Mount Gilead
Andrew Campbell
J Son
Free Guide Reading Promotion Note
A garbled notice promotes a reading guide and an education message from the Athens Information Bureau in Washington DC. It mentions filling in a name and enclosing a return, with unclear references to free material and a promotional scheme.
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Imana
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