Government moves to seize individual church property in Mexico
The Mexican government plans to take over all clerical property held by individuals and churches, with estimates of total value around 600 million dollars. Graphico cites 100 properties valued at 10.5 million already denounced, as bishops and clergy react amid rising controversy and possible legal actions against Archbishop Mora del Rio.
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Mexico City
Secretary of the Interior
Ortega
Graphico
The
Diaz
Tabasco
Mange
Michoacan
Chiapas
Mora del Rio
Mexico
Alberto Tejeda
New York
Aged Woman Stricken At County Fair
Mrs Sylvia Wells a 77 year old woman suffered a paralysis stroke yesterday at the county fair near the home of her son in law and daughter Sheriff and Mrs P H McKinley. She was found unconscious at 9 o clock and remained so until last night but by today she had regained speech and movement and appeared to be recovering.
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Sylvia Wells
P. H. McKinley
Old Fashioned Girls Being Picked for Wives Declares Church Expert
Washington report quotes Deets Picketts, research secretary of the Methodist board of temperance and public morals, saying flapper era fading as society trends toward cleaner standards. He notes modern girls shed extremes, while men favor traditional wives and Christianity spreads globally.
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Washington
United States
Deets Picketts
Methodist Board of Temperance and Public Morals
The
United Press
Picketts
iHe
Official Ballot Count Still Needed in Close County Races
Unofficial totals show tight contests in two county races led by Cady over Moler and Edmundson over Cornwell. Election clerk David Johnson says the official tabulation will take two days or more, with all votes sealed by clerks and judges behind locked doors.
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Jacob M. Cady
William E. Moser
J. Clyde Edmundson
Fred Cornwell
David Johnson
Moler
Cornwell
Athens
Lot
Lodi
E. Nee
Harvey E. Smith
Bert M. Thompson
LeFever
K. Mardis
George W. Rose
M. P. Totman
Clerk of Common Pleas
J. E. Barker
T. JL. Morgan
John N. Brewer
W. E. Moler
Fred R. Porter
Herb J. Parker
Will N. Fleck
John H. Gillett
J. M. Fagan Beatty
Frank A. Danford
Charles A. Daugherty
Carl W. Hayes
Fred Hawk
Clarence A. Juniper
Andrew Murphy
Bert Russell
Rafael R. Johnson
Ohio Briefs Heat Casualties and Court Dispute
In Cincinnati one man died and another was overcome by heat while working. Also a jury in a gambling case against eleven Coney Island race track officials and workers reached a hung verdict. In Zanesville the DanzwellER Construction Co. won a $200000 YWGA building contract with cornerstone set for September 15.
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Cincinnati
Coney Island
Zanesville
Danzweller Construction Company
Annual Madison County Experiment Farm Meet at London
London hosted the annual Madison County Experiment Farm field meet with talks on soil inspection and an entertainment program. Local officials and participants attended the event to discuss agricultural practices and farm improvements.
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London
Madison County Experiment Farm
Miners Rescued Alive After Week in Mine Shaft
Five men trapped since last Thursday in the American Fluorspar and Zinc mine near Salem Kentucky were saved alive after a week. The rescuers faced pumps clogging with mud and drills breaking as water rushed into the shaft. Names: Roy James Randolph Cobb Harry Watson George Catillo and A B Wilson.
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Salem
American Fluorspar and Zinc Company
Roy James
Randolph Cobb
Harry Watson
George Catillo
A. B. Wilson
Freeman Cobb
Athens sheriff race leads with Jacob M. Cady top nominee vote
Jacob M. Cady of Athens county leads the Republican sheriff nomination race with seventeen votes. He has four years as deputy sheriff and formerly served on the Athens city police force.
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Jacob M. Cady
Athens
Athens County
Mr. Cady
Athens City
Ohio University Commencement Set For Friday Morning
Commencement exercises for 122 graduates will be held at Ohio University Friday morning at 10 o'clock in Ewing auditorium. The event marks the close of the summer session with an academic procession to Ewing hall. Dr KE Bryan will deliver the address and present the diplomas and degrees to graduates in Industrial Education Kindergarten-Primary School Music County Education and related programs.
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Ohio University
Ewing Auditorium
Ewing Hall
Helen Bowles
Fred Lee Tom
KE. B. Bryan
Doctor Bryan
Father Chains Boy to Keep Him Home
Newark story reports Salvatore Rossetti aged about year old chained daily to a bootblack stand in the rear of his home for months. Neighbors notified police. detectives freed him after neighbors described the alleged ungovernable behavior. The father, Luigi Rossetti, would bind the boy each morning and release him at night, a practice the lad escaped when restrained.
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Newark
N. J
Salvatore Rossetti
Luigi Rossetti
Rain Will Not End Heat Across Eastern States
Washington reports showers along the eastern seaboard and into Ohio as predicted by the United States Weather Bureau. The bureau notes these showers will not noticeably cool the sultry temperatures still prevailing across the region.
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Washington
U.P
Seaboard
Ohio
United States Weather Bureau
Cooper and Donahey to Face Each Other in Full Election
Lincoln C. Andrews reports from New York on the war against liquor smuggling. He describes his mission as 125 percent successful and predicts liquor bootlegging will be cut in half through pledged cooperation with Britain and France. He says there will be no staffing changes despite the tighter blockade and denies motives behind adulterant plans.
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Cooper
Donahey
New York
U.P
Lincoln C. Andrews
Andrews
Woman Put Appearance First After Self-Inflicted Wound
In Cincinnati on August 12 Mrs Lula Gersbacher 40 shot herself in the chest but insisted on powdering her face before seeking help. Police report the self inflicted wound and doctors believe she will recover.
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Cincinnati
U.R
Lula Gersbacher
Gerbacher
Dempsey Granted License for September Fight at Yankee Stadium
New York August 12 The state boxing commission approved a bout between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney to be held September 16 at Yankee Stadium The license was granted on a 2 to 1 vote with Muldoon and Brower in favor Farley opposing The license committee had deferred action and will reconvene Monday to clear the final hurdle.
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New York
State Boxing Commission
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Yankee Stadium
William Muldoon
Geo. Brower
James A. Farley
Dempsey
May Bury Flier At Arlington
Dayton reports Lieut. E H Barkesdale killed in an airplane crash and likely buried in Arlington Cemetery Washington D C. Partial funeral plans await word from the pilot's mother at Goshen Springs Mississippi. Barkesdale was acting chief of the flying section at McCook Field.
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Dayton
Lieut
E. H. Barkesdale
Arlington Cemetery
Washington, D. C
Goshen Springs
Miss
Lieut. Barkesdale
McCook Field
Newark Citizens Demand Arbitration Over Street Car Shutdown
A Newark special committee of citizens planned a meeting today with city officials and Southern Ohio Public Service representatives to arbitrate differences that led to the disbandment of street car service in the city.
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Newark
O.R
Southern Ohio Public Service Company
Bride’s Castle in India Proves Just an Old Shack
Betty Kurlow recalls her short stay in Barodi East Bengal as wife of Abani Bose. She endures filth disease and danger, spends three months in the zenana, and battles dengue fever before fleeing to Calcutta. Her account paints a grim picture of feudal rule and perilous life abroad.
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Bride
Castle In
India
Betty Kurlow
Chicago
Miss Kurlow
Abani Kumar Bose
Northwestern University
Barodi
East Bengal
Aristocracy Begins Annual Slaughter of Birds
London reports Britain's aristocracy firing over Scottish grouse moors marking the 104th day of a coal strike. Special trains move hunters northward aided by foreign coal as reformers denounce the rite for wasting land that could host forests like British Columbia or Quebec Highlands.
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London
Scotland
Britain
Manchester Guardian
British Columbia
Quebec
Needle In Throat Case Sparks Federal Suit
Miss Ella May Porter a Meadville Pa school teacher says a surgeon left a needle embedded in her throat during a tonsil operation last April. She filed in federal district court in Cleveland seeking twenty five thousand dollars in damages from Dr. Walter W McKay of Warren Ohio.
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Cleveland
U.R
Ella May Porter
Meadville
Walter W. McKay
Warren
Ohio
Only a Few Precincts Still Uncounted in Election Totals
With vote totals continuing to be compiled, election officials report only a negligible number of precincts remain to be heard from. The tally emphasizes ongoing counts as results edge toward final figures.
Ohio primary yields show Republicans ahead in governor race
Complete unofficial returns place Myers vs Cooper in the Republican governor contest with about a 13 000 edge. Defining Democratic nominee Vic Defi ahey leads Sandles by roughly 140 000 as results from Tuesday’s state primary come in.
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Columbus
United Press
Myers VY. Cooper
Cincinnati
Browm
Vic Défisahey
Sandles
Stephen M. Young
Cleveland
John H. Newman
Young
Guy C. Davis
Findlay
Bert B. Buckley
Dayton
Buckeley
Davis
John W. Pattison
F. W. Durbin
Charles B. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Ohio Primary Comment by Washington Post on Pomerene
The Washington Post editorializes on Ohio primary results saying Democrats will back Pomerene to boost his position before the 1928 Democratic national convention. It argues his election would benefit the party nationwide and lend prestige in the presidential contest.
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Washington, D. C
U.pr
Ohio
Washington Post Today
Pomerene
Senate
Right-sided heart found during appendectomy. man dies
Columbus August 12 Harry Clyde Cramer aged 44 had a heart on the right side found during an appendectomy. He died last night as a result of the operation.
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Columbus
Harry Clyde Cramer
Cramer
Services for Civil War veteran Benjamin Cook Held
Services for Benjamin Cook 94 a Civil War veteran who also served in the Indian campaigns with General Custer were held at his Labion residence. The obituary notes his long military service and local ties.
Government offices close early due to heat wave
Washington August 12 most government departments dismissed their employees at 1 p m as heat made work nearly impossible in granite and concrete buildings. Official thermometers read five degrees at that hour.
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Washington
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