Miners Hear Union Leaders on Strike and Wages
About 500 miners and citizens at The Plains high school gym listened to Lee Hall Ohio miners union president David Watkins state officers and Tom Tippett outline the strike issue since April 1. They contrasted non union and union field conditions and urged support for the union as the miners best hope.
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Plains High School
Lee Hall
Ohio Miners’ Union
David Watkins
State Organization
Tom Tippett
Ilinois
W. Walter Ludwig
Athens
Ohio University
West Virginia rent rules spark miner-operator dispute
The discussion cites a six year old sign ordering renters to vacate within 24 hours, forbidding visitors without mine superintendent consent, and aluminum pay with 85 cent value. Operators reject wage-cut plans but entertain a two year contract and a joint commission for industry study.
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West Virginia
Hall
Mrs Linscott Dies After Eighteen Months Illness
Mrs Ollie May Linscott 50 wife of Herb Linscott died at 9 o clock last night at the family home in Canaan township after an eighteen month tuberculosis illness. Funeral services set for Friday at 1 39 p m at the Church of God Athens with burial in West Union street cemetery. Survived by husband and six children Irene Porter Caldwell Josephine Wilkes Lillian Smith Athens Hazel Smith Mab el R D 3 Athens and Grace at home.
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Ollie May Linscott
Herb Linscott
Canaan Township
Church of God
Athens
West Union Street
Irene Porter
Caldwell
Josephine Wilkes
Lillian Smith
Hazel Smith
Athens R. D
Mabel
Grace
Ohio Supreme Court Asked to Rule on Justice of the Peace Jurisdiction
The Ohio Supreme Court was urged to decide if justices of the peace have county wide liquor law jurisdiction when defendants do not object to the court’s authority on grounds of personal pecuniary interest. The appeals come from John W. Dugan and Attorney General Edward C. Turner after the fifth district ruled Crabbe act sections giving such jurisdiction and fees in liquor convictions unconstitutional.
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Columbus
U.R— Supreme Court of
Ohio
Justices of the Peace
John W. Dugan
Perry County
Edward CC. Turner
Fifth District Appeals Court
Cleveland bootleg war claims fifth victim with 12 wounds
Sam Nobile, 33, died early today in Cleveland after being shot 12 times. He is the fifth victim in the city’s ongoing bootleg war this year.
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Cleveland
Sam Nobile
Benign Smile Amid Lifelife Struggle Of 18 Year Old
Walter L. Booth, 18, remains with swollen lips and paralyzed arms as friends softly raise and lower his limbs to keep breathing after a spinal injury during an operation. Doctors say recovery hinges on nerve regeneration. family stays at his Roanoke hospital bedside.
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Roanoke
U.P
Walter L. Booth
Booth
Strangle Chinese Captured in Raid On Soviet Embassy
A raid on the Soviet Embassy ends in the capture of a Chinese woman and a prominent leader. The incident leaves several victims including a noted female figure. Local authorities investigate possible motives and international reactions.
Chinese Executions Reported After Soviet Embassy Raid
United Press reports 21 Chinese, including Li Ta-Hoah, were strangled by order of Marshal Chang Tso-Lin after a raid on the Soviet embassy compound in Peking. Executions followed a secret trial. 30 Chinese remained jailed and Russian prisoners were not executed.
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Peking
Chang Tso-Lin
Li Ta-Hoah
Chang
Latest Murder in Film Colony Headed to Grand Jury
Hollywood Calif April 28 UP film colony s latest murder enigma the shooting of Tom Kerrick two gun cowboy of the screen goes before a Grand Jury today Mrs Sarah Kerrick his wife has confessed that she fired the fatal shots during a drinking party at the Kerrick home early yesterday morning she is held in jail without bail and four guests at the party are being held as material witnesses Mrs Kerrick claims the shots were fired accidently but neither she nor the guests could give a clear account of what had happened all admitted they had been drinking heavily and it was not until more than 14 hours after the staying that any were able to make a statement.
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Lee Hall
West Virginia
Kentucky
Mr. Watkins
Hocking Valley
Miami
Hall
Ohio
Oaklo
President Hall
Hollywood
Calif
Colony
Tom Kerrick
Sarah Kerrick
Kerrick
Stolen Masterpieces From Moscow Museum Of Fine Arts
A Rembrandt painting of Christ and a Titian work valued at 350000 dollars were cut from frames and stolen from the Moscow Museum of Fine Arts. Three other pictures by Correggio, Pizzano, and Collodolcci were also taken. The theft occurred the night of April 25.
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Moscow
U.P
Rembrandt
Christ
Titian
Museum of Fine Arts
Louvre
Correggio
Pizzano
Collodolcci
U S Proposals For Nicaraguan Peace Favored
Washington April 23 The State Department said Dr Juan B Sacasa liberal Nicaraguan leader will send representatives to meet Henry J Stimson, Coolidge's envoy. Peace plan calls for disarmament of factions native constabulary with American officers continued U S marine occupation Diaz to stay till 1928 elections rebels to participate in government and U S guarantees for fair 1928 polls.
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Washington
State Department
Juan B. Sacasa
Coolidge
Henry J.stimson
Stimson
Sacasa
Diaz
Nicaragua
Preston
Puerto Cabezas
Corinto
U Marine
United States
Madeiros Could Face Sacco Vanzetti Execution After Reprieve
May save pair Boston April 28 Celestino Madeiros may spare Bartholomeo Vanzetti and Nicola Sacco or die with them in July in the second triple execution this year. Governor Fuller granted a third reprieve while his confession is reviewed as to who was responsible for the murder that led to the death sentence for the two radicals.
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Boston
Celestino Madeiros
Bartholomeo Vanzetti
Nicola Sacco
Fuller
Madeiros
Sacco
Vanzetti
Union Is Ready To Fight To End Lewis Declares
John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, announced in Pittsburgh that the union is prepared to continue its wage dispute campaign. He said spring suspensions are common and after the seasonal decline ends, workers will resume strikes with renewed impact.
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Union
Lewis
Pittsburgh
U.P
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Today
Hunt Started in Conneaut for Cinnamon Bear Escape
April 28 reports a bear hunting prospect as county authorities search for a large cinnamon bear that escaped from its owner Mrs. Gus Pappas a former vaudeville performer in Conneaut.
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Gus Pappas
Bandit Trap Wounds Man At Gas Station
URM M. C. Carter of Wheeling West Virginia was shot in the thigh at a gas station near Norwich on the National Road in Bethesda. He survived after doctors removed a bullet and local police investigated a rifle trigger trap set by owner S. D. Galloway who said the shop had been robbed four times and the gun would fire when the door opened. Carter was the first victim in the trap.
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Zanesville
M. C. Carter
Wheeling
W. Va
Bethesda Hospital
Carter
D. Galloway
Norwich
National Road
Galloway
Two Injured in Athens Street Class Fight Last Night
Two students were seriously hurt in a class fight on Athens streets last night. One suffered a concussion while the other sustained a fractured facial bone.
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Athens
Ohio University fight between sophomores and freshmen in Athens
Violent clashes on Court street near the university library left Donald Powell and Lyle Mowbrey unconscious with head wounds and facial injuries. Clyde Cramer suffered deep gashes as freshmen and sophomores fought after a lake docking incident, with wounds and scattered injuries among many participants. Police did not intervene as crews moved victims to nearby houses for care.
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Ohio University
Athens
Donald Powell
Nelsonville
Lyle Mowbrey
Frankfort
Clyde Cramer
Urichsville
Court Street
University Library
Athens State Hospital
North Hill
James Berry
Columbus
Cramer
Powell
Sigma Pi
Flooded Valley Standstill As Levee Crack Plan Looms
In Louisiana four weeks of tension erupt near New Orleans as armed farmers and trappers mass along the Mississippi levee to resist a governor approved plan to cut the dike. Evacuations begun but resistance persists risking hundreds of millions in flood damage and 300 known dead in the region.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
St. Bernard Parish
Llake
Gulf
National Guard of
H. O. Simpson
Armed Guard
Simpson
Edgar Jadwin
Army Engineers
O. H. Simpson
Mississippi Levee
Poydras
Miners Stand with Union in Ohio Strike Talks
Lee Hall, president of the Ohio miners association, says miners will insist on negotiating with the union as Sunday Creek Coal proposes wage terms. He recalls 1926 attempts to divide workers and warns against individual settlements that undermine collective action. Hall and VP David Watkins spoke in Athens en route from The Plains to Pomeroy for a mass meeting at 1:30 PM.
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Sunday Creek Coal Company
Lee Hall
Ohio Miners’ Organization
Berry
Sunday Creek Company
John Lewis
Hall
Lewis
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Mr. Hall
David Watkins
Athens
Plains
Pomeroy
Investigator Ora Slater to Resume Mellett Murder Probe
Canton reports investigator Ora Slater will return Monday to continue work on the Don R. Mellett murder case. The note confirms the ongoing inquiry and anticipated retrieval of further evidence.
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Canton
Ora Slater
Don R. Mellett
Principles for managing chain stores debated by Kresge rep
H. L. Powell of the S. S. Kresge company spoke at the Commerce club on four success factors for chain stores. Location merchandising pricing employee management and customer courtesy were outlined as key elements.
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S. S. Kresge
H. L. Powell
8S. S. Kresge Company
Commerce Club
Powell
Mothers of Four Nations Featured in Mother's Day Plan
The Messenger Mother's Day feature highlights mothers from England France Germany and Ireland County Clare among participants. This year promises more entrants than last with sixty names received today versus seventy-five last year. May 2 is the final entry date for names and photographs and clear large pictures are urged.
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Messenger
England
France
Old County Clair
Ireland
Jand
Flood Devastation Reaches 200 Million in Damage
Memphis April 28—Secretary Hoover estimated property damage could exceed 200 million as Mississippi flood threats persist toward New Orleans. About 300 deaths counted. 200000 people displaced. Red Cross coordinates relief from Orleans to Harrisonburg while rescue boats flood inundated towns in Louisiana Arkansas and Mississippi.
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Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Mississippi
Louisana
Red Cross
M. Baker
Red Cros Organization
Orer
Louisiana
Baker
Orleans
Harrisonburg
Red River
Arkansas
Coast Guard
Belzoni
Miss
Vicksburg
Athens Man Fined for Reckless Driving
Fred White of Athens was charged with reckless driving and fined $5 after pleading to the accusation. Chief Parker said White, an employee of McCune Overland, was arrested near the Court Mulberry street corner for driving on the wrong side of the street around 7 PM.
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Athens
Fred White
Alex Moore
Polies Parker
White
McCune Overland Company
Parker
Court Mulberry Streets
Bank Shortage Unnerves College Corner Bank
Bank examiners declined to announce a definite shortage at College Corner Bank which faced a potential shortfall estimated around $100,000, after a Tuesday assessment.
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Hamilton
College Corner
Thirteen Injured In Gary Streetcar Collision
Thirteen men were injured today when a Gary street railway car crashed head on in Gary Indiana. The wreck occurred on a main street, causing multiple casualties and prompting emergency responses.
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Gary
Ind
Gary Street
Athens Messenger offers booklet of 144 candy recipes
Washington Bureau reports a new Athens Messenger booklet with 144 home friendly candy recipes. The guide promises easy to make confections including fudges bonbons chocolates and other sweets suitable for home cooks without special equipment. Frederic J. Haskin Information Bureau director endorses the publication.
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Athens
Washington
Aaa
Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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