Miners Push Plan for Nationalization of Coal Mines
United Mine Workers of America with 400000 members prepare to push a nationalization program giving workers a voice in operation and equal benefits with the public. John L. Lewis drafts a report for the Indianapolis convention September 20 outlining a nationwide scheme. A possible coal strike next year raises pressure for wage and hour changes.
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Washington
United Mine Workers of America
Indianapolis
John L. Lewis
Lewis
American Aid for Starving Children in Petrograd and Moscow
Riga August 15 report says the United States aims to feed starving children in Petrograd and Moscow next week. Brown heads a new relief commission as talks with the Soviet delegation proceed, focusing on relief staff size and composition. Litvinoff accepts bearing transport costs within Russia and limiting aid to children, with free border entry and exit seen as a key concession.
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Riga
Petrograd
Moscow
Brown
Nee, Lye ‘Commission
Russia
M. Litvinoff
Missing Canadian millionaire Ambrose Small may be alive in Des Moines
Detectives hold a legless man believed to be Ambrose Small, missing since December 2, 1919, with a $50,000 reward noted. The wrecked figure is being rushed to Toronto for identification as the Small case, reopened, unfolds with detectives Frank Harty and John Brophy claiming discovery of the man last September and guarding him jealously to secure the reward.
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Des Moines
Ambrose Small
Small
Toronto
Frank Harty
John Brophy
Mysterious Slaying of Cline Ice Cream Traveler
Word reached Athens on Sunday that W. A. Bender, 25, a traveling salesman for the Cline Ice Cream Company, was murdered Saturday night in East Charleston. He was last seen in his car on an errand and was shot as he left the vehicle. Police are investigating with no new details. Bender had prior business visits and was known in Athens.
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W. A. Bender
Cline Ice Cream Company
Charleston
Athens
Bender
East Charleston
Theng
Harding to establish listening post in the Philippines
President Harding plans a listening post in the Philippines at the door of the Orient to monitor Far East conditions during the Washington disarmament conference. General Leonard Wood is slated to be governor general, with formal announcement expected after the Wood- Forbes commission report arrives from Manila.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Harding
Phillipines
Orient
Far East
Leonard Wood
Islands
Wood‘orbes Commission
Manila
Wood
Phillipine Commission
Island
Ocean color traced to salt content rather than sky
A survey notes the sea’s blue tint originates from seawater salinity rather than sky reflection. It highlights how salt-related light absorption shapes hue more than atmospheric factors.
Troopers Outposted Along Detroit River to Curb Rum Smugglers
State troopers may be drawn from across Michigan to guard the Detroit riverfront and stop rum smugglers after a Canadian court ruled liquor exports to the United States legal. Despite a pending plan to deploy 75 constables in plain clothes, runners kept operating through Saturday night and Sunday without taking a break.
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Detroit
Mich
Michigan
United States
Station to Exhibit at Ohio State Fair
The Ohio Experiment Station will display crop test results, fertility work, horticultural experiments, and forestry studies at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus from August 29 to September 3. Exhibits will use material from Wooster station farms and 400 acres of county experiment lands. bulletins and circulars detailing the station’s work will be distributed at the event.
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Columbus
Ohio Experiment Station
Wooster
Stage production of Ben Hur draws vast audience
During its twenty one year run the stage adaptation of Ben Hur attracted an estimated thousands of spectators, with reports suggesting a total viewership around reaching a large audience across its lengthy engagement.
Police hunt for priest’s slayer in San Francisco area
San Francisco police search for Rev. Patrick E. Heslin Catholic priest from Colma California who disappeared on August 2 after answering a call of mercy and whose body was found in a shallow grave near Salada Beach about twenty miles from the city. A man driving an automobile lured the priest from the parochial residence under pretense of delivering last rites to a dying relative.
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San Francisco
Patrick E. Heslin
Colma
Cal
Salada Beach
Father Hessin
A's
E Exangee
S. A. Landini
Father Patrick Heslin
Holy Angels Church
Britain presses Sinn Fein on Ireland dominion status
In London on August 15 United Press reports the British demand that Sinn Fein Ireland accept membership in the British Empire as a dominion. The fate of Ireland rests with Sinn Fein parliament, which convenes tomorrow, while in England the peace terms are widely viewed as generous and fair.
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United Press
London
Ireland
British Empire
Sinn Fe
England
de Valera
Sinn Fein
Irish Times Seeks Peace as Smuts Urges Dominion Acceptance
The Irish Times reports General Smuts urging Ireland to accept the British offer of full dominion status to win world sympathy. The Dail Eireann faces a pivotal chance to heal wounds and chart a glorious future for Ireland.
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Dublin
Smut
Irish Times
Dail Eirann
Ireland
Beef Stolen for Starving Families in Santoy District
In Aug. 15 dispatch from North Bloomingville to a local paper, John Impson finds a steer’s hide on his barnyard gate marked Our families are starving and we have taken your beef. Signed miners of the Santoy district amid distress from exhausted mines in the past year.
Burglary suspect John Hillyer captured in Athens County
John Hillyer, once of Chauncey, wanted in Edwardsville Illinois on burglary charges, was seized Saturday evening by Constable Mariner in Athens County. He allegedly helped rob Kay Brothers store in Edwardsville. Hillyer's past includes riding freight trains and a prison term. his wife had filed non support, later withdrawn. An Edwardsville officer is expected to depart with him for trial.
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Athes County
John Hillyer
Chauncey
Edwardsville
Ill
Mariner
Edwardesville
Hillyer
Kay Brothers
South
Athens
Jacksonville
Illinois
Great Farmer Picnic at the County Home
The Athens county Farm Bureau hosted its first annual all day picnic on the Children's Home lawn drawing about a thousand farmers. Professor H C Ramsower spoke on community work and divisions in farm, home and community activities. Afternoon games included two ball matches and a greasy pig chase won by Clarence Carsey of Athens.
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Athens County Farm Bureau
Athens
Athens County
Farm Bureau
H. C. Ramsower
Agricultural Extension Service
Ohio State University
Ramsower
Farm Bureau Agency
Garden
Canonville
Amesville
Guysville
Clarence Carsey
Six Die as Auto Hit by Train at Grade Crossing
Six persons were killed instantly when a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train, reported at fifty miles an hour, struck an auto at a grade crossing two miles north of Weston Ohio on Sunday evening. The party was returning from a camp meeting and the crossing was not obstructed.
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Weston
Here
Rat Killing Contest Begins in Athens With Prizes
This morning marks the start of a rat killing contest in Athens with a $25 prize from the local Elks lodge for the most rat tails. Boys may sign up with captains Charles DeMolet or Alex M Moore at DeMolet’s N Court street or Moore’s 7 West State street, with tails and bodies disposed by signups.
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Athens
Charles de- Molet
Alex M. Moore
Ex-Husband to Lead Defense in Fair Madalynne Murder Case
Ralph Obenchain will direct the defense of his wife Madalynne in the murder charge linked to the death of John Belton Kennedy. He stepped aside when he learned Madalynne’s heart remained with Kennedy, and friends say the case could renew the couple’s troubled romance amid the tragic circumstances in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
United Press
Ralph Obenchain
Madalynne
John Belton Kennedy
Kennedy
Heydler Overrules Pittsburg Protest on Giants Victory
Today John Heydler overruled Pittsburg's protest of the Pirates Giants game played July 27, a decision that upheld the Giants' win. The ruling confirms the sequence and result of the contested game.
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New York
John Heydler
Pittsburg
Giants
Moonshine Raid Bares Booze Maker in Athens County
A Sunday dawn raid by Athens city and county officials stunned moonshine operators. David Christian was found finishing a run with two distilling units disconnected and about a half gallon of white mule seized. He remained jailed pending arraignment on manufacturing and possession charges.
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Athens
McKinley
Cady
Johnson
Mariner
Justice Helwig
Hocking
David Christian
Christian
Dave
Justice of the Peace
Ohio University students spend over a million here yearly
The Athens community hosts a large student economy based on Ohio University spending. Estimated yearly totals exceed one million dollars driven by lodging board books clothing and incidentals plus college salaries and maintenance costs. In 1920 over four thousand students registered fueling the circulation.
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Athens
Ohio University
Ohio
Uni
Wayne County Founded by Gov St Clair in 1795 Ohio
Yesterday's in Ohio notes Wayne County was created by proclamation of Gov. St Clair and named for Gen. Anthony Wayne in 1795. It records the birth of Hezekiah S Bundy in Marietta and his death in Wellston in 1895. Also mentions a 1870 National Labor Congress in Cincinnati and a 1894 Populista and Labor Party coalition in Ohio.
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Wayne County
St. Clair
Anthony Wayne
Hezekiah
Bundy
Congress
Marietta
Wellston
National Labor Congress
Cincinnati
Populista and Labor Party
Ohio
Law Eaves 10 Hold Teachers
State lawmakers pass a provision effective August 5 barring resignations by teachers who quit against board objections to take higher paying jobs. Those resigning face suspension of certificates for the rest of the school year. State officials note the rule does not apply to resignations for marriage, but brides should give boards notice.
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General Assembly
State Department of Education
Out of Luck in New York Garment Theft
Sidney Reynolds, described as an ace in securing garments, was working when the heat prevented progress and a thief swiped the items. The incident highlights theft during a hot period and Reynolds’ attempts to salvage the situation.
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New York
Sidney ‘Reynolds
Lost Share Through Orders of Court
Cleveland august 15 according to a decision by probate judge hadd en alice rudd rockefellow of willoughby is not entitled to a share of the 50000 estate left by her uncle halsey h rudd although she was adopted by him miss rockefellow was adopted by rudd in 1898 in 1901 probate court vacated the adoption she contended that the court had no right to vacate and that she was still an heir
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Cleveland
Hadden
Alice Rudd Rockefellow
Willoughby
Halsey H. Rudd
Altho
Miss Rockefellow
Rudd
Battle over nine ships chartered to US Mail line
Bitter charges and counter charges framed the legal dispute over possession of nine ships chartered to the United States Mail Steamship Company. The case resumed before Judge Martin in the federal district court in New York on August 15.
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New York
Shipping Board
United States Mail Steamship Company
Martin
Federal District Court
Murderer Sought After Slaying in Chicago's Nineteenth Ward
Police hunted a killer after Joseph Sinacola was shot dead in front of his home in the Nineteenth Ward. The victim's 13 year old daughter witnessed the shooting as authorities continued the search for the attacker.
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Chicago
Joseph Sinacola
Sinacola
Fire prevention manual offered to school children
A national fire prevention campaign notes 1500 fires daily in the U S and urges care to reduce losses. The American Fire Underwriters published a 94 page booklet with 60 marginal illustrations and Red Cross first aid tips. The Washington Information Bureau will send a free copy of Safeguarding the Home Against Fire upon request with two cents postage.
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North Carolina
Maine
Louisiana
National Board of Fire Underwriters
America
American Red Cross
Washington Information Bureau
Ohio Assembly Produces Eight New Laws Effective Today
A wave of eight new Ohio laws takes effect this week with the Pence anti glare rule on car lights delayed enforcement by 30 days. Other measures cover a state reforestation program, youth tobacco display bans, voter age registration changes, wartime highway loss reimbursements, dental hygienist rights, increased workers compensation, and more.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Ohio
Atwood
Supreme Court
Hayes
State Health Department
Oil Tank Explodes. Six Die in Philadelphia Fire
A blaze at the Atlantic Company plant in Philadelphia ignited anew Sunday after an earlier oil tank exploded. Six people died and losses exceed one million dollars. Authorities investigated the cause and will review safety measures.
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Philadelphia
Alantic Company
Clean up yields six convictions in Port Clinton
In Port Clinton on August 16 state prohibition officers convicted six men of violating prohibition law. Fines totaling 2400 dollars were imposed.
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Port Clinton, CO
Rum Runners Run Down in Detroit Smuggling Sweep
Four alleged smugglers were arrested in Ecorse after landing a load of Canadian liquor from a speedboat as officials wage a broad crackdown. The Windsor court had ruled exportation of liquor to the U S legal, prompting smugglers to flood Detroit area suburbs along the river.
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Detroit
Mich
Windsor
Detroit River
Higley Bible Class Held at First Christian Church
Prof. Frederick Truedley taught the Higley Bible class at the First Christian church Sunday with 53 men present and a collection of 14 dollars. Next Sunday an out of town man will likely teach the class.
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Treadley
Frederick Truedley
Higley
Mantz Buys Into Local Book and News Firm
Mantz becomes a partner in the Athens Book & News Company joining Oscar Fulton at the helm. He has lived in Athens five years after leading the Stedman Company nation department and a 25 year career in stationery and nation business with George R. Fox in Zanesville.
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Oscar 0. Mantz
Athens Book & News Company
Cline
Oscar Fulton
Mantz
Athens
Nations
Stedman Company
Zanesville
George R. Fox
Nation
Greeks Drive On Athens As Forces Advance
Aug. 15 report from Angora states Greek armies renewed the offensive toward Athens, gaining 20 miles in a single day after a brief artillery barrage.
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Athens
Angora
Week end sports reports four stabbings in fights
Cleveland reports four weekend clashes where knives were used resulting in four men being stabbed. One victim died today from a deep abdominal stab wound. The incidents occurred across multiple locations during weekend events.
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Cleveland
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