Ohio University Commencement Awards 111 Diplomas
Ohio University held commencement at 10 this morning for the largest summer term class. Sixty one bachelor degrees and 111 diplomas were awarded as dignitaries urged independent thinking and expert guidance. Names of graduates include Mary Mildred Auble Spencer Robert L Barton Adelphi Edith Fout Bell Angie Boring and several others.
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Ohio University
J. L. Clifton
Education For
Ohio
Mr. Clifton
Clifton
Mary Mildred Auble
Spencer
Robert L. Barton
Adelphi
Edith R. Fout Bell
Angie Boring
Dorothy L. Jones
Rolland
Jones
Ruby Gladys Mercer
Marion Spencer Parker
Thorwald Olson
David Finsterwald
Ella Rupe Miller
Athens
Hazel Kirk Bell
Henry Franklin Shepherd
Zanesville
Carlos M. Bowman
Chesterhill
Frances Florence Brown
Winchester
Johon A. Brown
Somerset
Kenneth Christy
Guysville
Richard Coleman
Nelsonville
Albert Edward Doran
Geneva
Ruth Elizabeth Drake
Middleport
James Oliver Curwood in Unchanged Condition After Transfusion
In Owosso Michigan on August 12 a physician reported writer James Oliver Curwood in unchanged condition. He had previously received a blood transfusion from his daughter Carlotta Jirus of Detroit, which brought slight improvement. Curwood battles generalized streptococcal infection.
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Owosso
Mich
U.R
James Oliver Curwood
J. J. Haviland
Carlotta Jirus
Detroit
Curwood
City to Open $300,000 Women’s Work House in Warrensville
All for Women Cleveland reports the city will celebrate the formal opening of the new $300,000 women’s work house building at Warrensville on August 24.
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ALL For Women
Cleveland
Warrensville
Eastern Ohio coal firms move to non union mines
Six of the region’s largest coal companies plan to open mines with non union labor in the coming days. They will pay the November 1917 scale of 5 dollars per day, lower than the Jacksonville 7.50 rate, with more mines ready to follow once running. Freight cuts on lake coal spur action, as Ohio operators push ahead.
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Ohio
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
Jacksonville
Hocking Valley
Indianapolis
Johns International
Lee Hall
George W. Savage
Ohio Miners
GM to Split Stock Two for One and Pay Extra Dividend
Traders await a $2.50 per share extra dividend before year end as General Motors' two for one stock split reshapes the capital base. The distribution totals about $783 million, the largest stock dividend, with new shares at $25 par and an expected $5 annual cash dividend on the new stock.
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Elmer C. Walzer
United Press
New York
U.P
General Motors
Wall Street
General Motors Corporation
Stock Exchange
Delay Start on Pacific Flight Until Next Week
Nine trim airplanes planned for a noon take-off on a Dole prize flight to Hawaii postponed the start to next Tuesday. Pilots met a gentlemen's agreement to ensure instruments and planes are ready after a crash killed two pilots. Original fielded 15 planes, but some were withdrawn or unavailable.
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Pacific
John Palmer
United Press
San Francisco
Calif
Hawaiian Islands
Oakland
Honolulu
Goodyear Denies Plan to Arm Mines at Adena
Akron Aug 12 P W Litchfield president of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co denied reports the firm was installing machine guns to prepare coal mines at Adena Jefferson county on a nonunion basis This report he said is entirely untrue He noted loading machines are for transporting coal No decision yet on opening mines though miners have urged action Miners receive free rent and coal during shutdown and Adena is peaceful with no trouble anticipated
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Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Adena
Jefferson County
P. W. Litchfield
Litchfield
Judge resigns over Pike County primary conduct
Pikeville Kentucky Judge J E Childress of the Pike Letcher district resigns in protest, saying he was incensed at how the recent Pike County primary was conducted.
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Pikeville
J. E. Childress
Pike-Letcher
Pike County
Stunt Rider Dies After Parachute Entanglement Near San Diego
Don Honn a 37 year old motorcycle stunt rider from Los Angeles fell to his death when a parachute failed to deploy properly over a 300 foot sea cliff near San Diego. He was attempting a controlled descent to a beach when the canopy became entangled with the motorcycle.
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San Diego
Cal
Don Honn
Los Angeles
Here
Lindbergh Flies From Ford Airport With Mrs Lindbergh
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh departed from Ford airport for Grand Rapids in the Spirit Of St. Louis waving goodbye to Henry Ford. Moments later a second plane carrying his mother, Evangeline L Lindbergh, also took off to accompany him.
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Detroit
Mich
U.R
Charles A. Lindbergh
Ford
Grand Rapids
Henry Ford
Lindbergh
Hunger Strike Continues for Sacco and Mutters There Is No Use
Sacco and Mutters extend their hunger strike into Friday as guards report no sign of progress. Sacco declines solid food and drinks coffee while Mutters opts for liquids as their 27th day in confinement passes.
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Sacco
Defense Counsel Enc Ouraged Prepares for Supreme Hearing
United Press reports defense lawyers, buoyed by recent favorable rulings, prepare for Tuesday’s full bench session of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Sacco and Vanzetti show mixed resolve, with Vanzetti resuming some food but Sacco continuing a 27 day hunger strike as execution on August 23 looms.
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Aus
Supreme Court
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomo Vanzetti
Fuller
George A. Sanderson
Sacco
Vanzetti
Cherry Hill
Murder ends for man in London after pentonville case
John Robinson was hanged at Pentonville prison for the murder of Minnie Bonati whose dismembered body was found in a trunk. The case involved a woman with many suitors and a chain of mean incidents culminating in execution.
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London
Pentonville
John Robinson
Minnie Bonati
Flood of begging letters halted in Lansdale case
The government stopped Benjamin Miller and his family from mailing alleged charitable appeals. Miller, a partially paralyzed ex coal miner, reportedly spent about $200 monthly on stamped envelopes to send out his solicitations from their Oak Park home near Lansdale.
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Benjamin Miller
Miller
Oak Park
Post Office Department
Complex talks swirl over Coolidge renomination run
Eight Republican leaders from across the nation arrive in Rapid City amid signs of a possible draft for President Coolidge despite his stated refusal to run in 1928. Five back a draft, predicting a deadlocked convention and a unanimous compromise candidate.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Rapid City
Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
Fess
Ohio
Hull
Illinois
John 8. Fisher
Pennsylvania
County Officials Mull Deputy Bond Costs for Mines
Athens county commissioners convened to review funding for thirty-two deputies assigned to protect Lick Run and Luhrig mines. The American Guaranty Co. cites $1,600 in total bond premiums, raising financing questions as officials confer with Judge Worstell Sheriff Williams and Auditor Edmundson. James Lewis resigned.
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Athens County
Lick Run
Luhrig
American Guaranty Company
L. G. Worstell
R. D. Williams
William Williams
J.clyde Edmundson
James Lewis
Prohibition reformer backs 2.75 percent beer solution
Col James C Waddell, former federal alcohol supervisor, urges 2.75 per cent beer as the answer to enforcement problems. He says current law is unenforceable, notes Volstead limits fuel bootlegging, and claims non alcoholic malt wort can be turned into beer quickly, increasing government concerns.
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Washington
James C. Waddell
Alcohol and Breweries
United States
Prohibition Bureau
Waddell
Wort
King Ben Purnell Confesses Bigamy At House of David
St Joseph Mich August 12 King Ben Purnell once head of the seven million dollar House of David sect admits to bigamy. The once powerful leader is now described as a weakened invalid and his confession marks a dramatic turn in the colony's history.
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Lowden
Hoover
Mr. Coolidge
ST. Joseph, Mich
Ben” Purnell
House of David
Kidnapping Reported Of American Citizen In Mexico
Kidnapping of American citizen Robert Edward Pirie near Vincente Guerrero was reported to the State Department today by American Consul D. H. Mall of Durango.
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Washington
Robert Edward Pirie
Vincente Guerrero
State Department
D. H. Mall
Durango
Resignation of County Dog Warden After Appointment
Lewis quits his post as county dog warden the day his appointment took effect. He told a Messenger representative the job was not as he expected, and the resignation was presented to the commissioners.
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Oak Street
Lewis
Ohio Briefs: Exposition Export Day and Local Incidents
Reports from Cleveland Cincinnati Urbana Sandusky Medina Zanesville Beach City and Beach City detail Export Day observances, a fatal auto train crash near Milwaukee, a near zero voter turnout in Spring Creek Township, police questioning in a box car death, a siblings fire rescue, a truck collision fatality near Medina, annexation plans boosting city population, thefts and arson clues, and a downtown robbery ring arrest.
Ohio United Effort Stalls Parley on Mining Talks
Ohio Governor Donahey rejects a mine conference proposed by midwestern operators. H Robbins Ohio Coal Operators president says energy policy must be economic and mines should reopen with forceful labor decisions. Revival of disputes over lake freight rates, coal transport, and sharp rate changes looms as courts may decide the fate of regional preferences.
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Donahey
Robbins
State of
Olfe
Ohio
Telinois
Indiana
Westernsylvania
Cleveland
Northern
Commerce Commission
Commission On
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West Virginia
Commission
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Pittsby Territory
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New Hamburg American welcomes first mother aboard
In Igaria on August 12 a Te a ledo woman is noted for becoming the first mother aboard the New Hamburg American liner. Mrs. James J. is mentioned in connection with the honored arrival as part of this local maritime milestone.
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Igaria
New Hamburg American
Lime
New York
James J
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