British Labor Urges Britain to Press Peace With Reds
The British labor movement asks the government to push for peace between Russia and Poland. A joint message to Lloyd George, Arthur Balfour and Leo Kemeneff urges publishing full terms and applying pressure for Polish acceptance. Reports note Bolshevik losses and scattered fighting from Grodno to near Lemberg, with operations near Warsaw diminishing.
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Webb Miller
United Press
Cerenonaest
London
Russia
Poland
Great Britain
Lloyd George
Arthur Balfour
Leo Kemen
Executive ‘Council
Redge
Haler
Grodno
Lemberg
Warsaw
Travelers Accept New Rail Fare Increases Quietly
In Zanesville travelers left on Thursday paying higher railroad fares after a 20 percent rise took effect. Agents reported no complaints as passengers boarded for journeys, with rail workers expecting minimal trouble from the tariff change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanesville
Ohio State Line
Michigan
Ohio
Public Utilities Commissions
Illinois
Indiana
West Virginia
Police Probing Murder of Mrs Schultz in Jersey Palisades
New York August 27 Police question friends and acquaintances of Mrs Blanch Schultz found murdered yesterday on the Jersey Palisades to gain a clue to her husband Freon Schultz who fled the scene and is being interrogated for hours. Detectives believe the victim was lured to a woods location near an amusement park where she was beaten and killed.
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New York
May
Blanch Schultz
Jersey
Freon
Schultz
Ulal
Heve
Harding to Reply Briefly on Cox Campaign Slush Fund Claims
Marion Aug 27 1947 Senator Harding declined to comment extensively on charges connected to Republican campaign contributions saying it would be unbecoming for national leaders to discuss the matter before a fuller briefing. He planned to read Governor Cox Pittsburg speech then confer with his fusion committee before a possible formal reply. He will also attend meetings with Erie railroad workers and seek counsel from banker Heary P Davison on international finance ahead of a League of Nations speech. Local women plan to visit Harding to urge ratification of the suffrage amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Hays
Harding
Raymond Clapper Marion
Cox
Pittsburg
Agm
Galion
Erie Radlroad
P. Davison
Morgan Banking House
League of Nations
Davison
United States
Herbert W. Walker
New York
New Haven
Pittabureh
Aed
Ren Fund
Senater
Cox Wrec Oey
Hepeblicana
George Kite
Moreine
Mings Roe
Nate Herreast
Conala
Upham Denies GOP Campaign Fund Size Claim
Fred W. Upham treasurer of the Republican National Committee rebutted Governor Coxs charge that the party is raising a $15 million campaign fund. Upham said the fund amount would be only $3 million and arrived from the East to reiterate the claim in Chicago.
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Chicago
Cox
Republican Party
Fred W. Upham
Republican National Committee
Upham
Four Die In Wreck Near Elkins Kentucky
Four men died in a double train wreck near Elkins Kentucky when a Paris freight train struck a crowd on a bridge and derailed. The engineer Claude Crowe age 25 of Paris and fireman Robert Reynolds age 23 of Jackson County were killed instantly. Flagman Bennett Mulling of Livingston was injured.
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Paris
Elkins
Claude A. Crowe
Robert Reynolds
Jackson County
Bennett Mulling
Livingston
Utilities board saves Ohio coal consumers millions
Columbus, August 27. The Ohio Public Utilities Commission refused to permit railroads to use higher coal rates for routes between Ohio and West Virginia. This decision cuts the upcoming transport rate to Ohio points to 2.10 per unit, avoiding a 2.26 rate and saving Ohio consumers about 5,060,000 annually. W D McKinney of the Southern Ohio Coal Exchange notes annual Ohio coal consumption at roughly 15,000,000 tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Ohio
West Virginia
W. D. McKinney
Utilities Commission
McKinney
Chin
Washington Navy recruiting surges to midsummer peak
August 27 report says Marine Corps recruiting is rapidly increasing and expected to reach the highest peace-time level for midsummer. Prewar standard of 500 men per month appears to be surpassed as August figures are seen to double that number.
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Washington
Marin Corps
Harness races thrill crowd at Athens County Fair showdown
Prince R. owned by James Smith of Athens won the county race driven by Sheriff Parker as five heats determined the faster time. Grand Pointer led the 2:17 pace event, winning after a tight late effort while other heats featured Ormonde Coxwell Blue Bell and Lord Busby among entrants in purses honoring 400 dollars.
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Athens
Prince R
James Smith
Sheriff Parker
Buchtel Boy
Nellie J
Blue Bell
Grand Pointer
Ormonde
Coxwell
Vera Gray
T. M
Stafford
Batey
Chief Ormonde
Baroness Davison
Birdie McGuire
Francis Strong
Rowlee
Lord Busby
Bushby
Hal V
Clark
Tommy Tight
Rogers
Auto party skids into ditch injuring six near Toledo
Six members of a Cleveland to Detroit auto party were injured when their car skidded into a ditch near Toledo today. All were taken to a Toledo hospital for treatment.
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Toledo
Cleveland
Detroit
Chicago Grand Jury Probes Department Store Profiteering
United States Attorney Charles F. Clyne said stores in Chicago inflated costs and marked up prices. He has asked owners to bring books to the grand jury and warned subpoenas will issue if they refuse. Mandel Brothers faced a clubpoena after balking. books were eventually produced. Marshall Field and Company agreed to produce records.
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Chicago
United States
Charles F. Clyne
Clyne
Federal
Grand Jury
Mandel Brothers
Four Face the Court Thursday Drunk Docket Evidence
Four men appeared before Mayor Roush on Thursday as police docketed drunkenness cases at the fair grounds. One arrestee cited illness, later pleading guilty with fines of five dollars plus seven dollars and thirty cents costs. Harley Reynolds and W H Cooksey, Sugar Creek, faced drunkenness and intoxicated driving charges, respectively, pleading guilty with fines and costs.
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Roush Ona
Fair Grounds
Graham
Harley Reynolds
W. H. Cooksey
Sugar Creek
Cady
Carpenter Street
Cooksey
Reynolds
Roush
Wilson Aide Tumulty Goes to New York for Cox Speech
Joseph P. Tumulty secretary to President Wilson traveled to New York to hear Governor Cox speak there Saturday night as the Democratic presidential nomination race moves toward the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph P. Tumulty
Wilson
New York
Cox
Starving Reds Flee into East Prussia Amid Chaos
Panic spreads as Bolshevik troops cross into East Prussia with families in tow. German soup kitchens aid emaciated Russians while frontier guards face stampedes for rations. Rumors of revolution swirl as authorities plan possible relocation to Paslau and Swinemunde amid limited guard forces.
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East Prussia
Rateek
Russia
Smouth
Moscow
Lenine
Trotsky
Paslau
Swinemunde
Reichwehr
Prussia
Rumor Returns Over Mayor Meg Reappointment
The report revisits Meg Swiney's possible reappointment as mayor amid illness rumors. The newspaper notes talk of tuberculosis or another ailment used to justify withholding his release and questions the mayor's recovery prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iteda
Bas ‘Tata
Meg
Swiney
Mayer
Germans Renew Science Relations With World
Berlin announces plans to renew scientific ties with the world this fall. Germany will send delegates to the World Congress on Foland diseases in Buenos Aires, believing it can contribute valuable information while ensuring a delegation attends and participates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Buenos Airez
Germany
Brees
District School Superintendents to Meet on Progra m for Coming Year
Athens county district school superintendents meet with County Superintendent Root to plan the next school year. Lists of district superintendents for 1920-1921 appear, noting no final selections yet for some districts. The state forbids temporary certificates until regular teachers are placed, with a teachers examination set for August 27 and a follow up on September 4 at Ohio University Ewing Hall.
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Athens
County
Root
Esk
Igor Autiet Bay
Canane
Alexander Town
Toolville
Winey Pearey Askell
Trimble Town
Chip
Albany
M. Glouser
Shirley
Saas
Bern
Townshend
Ewing Hall
Ohio University
Sympathy Strike For Irish Leader
In New York twelve hundred White Star longshoremen walked off the job late Friday in protest of Terrence MacSwiney's imprisonment in England and Archbishop Mannix's Ireland visit ban. Eight hundred Cunard workers joined, delaying the Olympic and Aquitania departures.
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New York
White Star Line
Terrence MarSwiney
Mannix
Ireland
Cunard Line
Olympic
Expect a drop in coal price very shortly
Washington August 27 A slump in bituminous coal prices is expected as production rises. Vice President Morrow of the National Coal Association and Director Cushing of the American Wholesale Coal Association say a surplus exceeding 40,000,000 tons could exist by December 1 if current rates persist. Production now runs above 11,700,000 tons weekly per the United States Geological Survey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph H. Couch
United Press
Washington
Morrow
National Coal Association
Cushing
American Wholesale Coal Association
United States Geological Survey
Cox's figures included the whole works
Governor Cox and allies push back against Republican campaign fund figures cited at Pittsburgh. They promise to reveal major contributors and challenge alleged sums, listing per city quotas from New York to Birmingham as part of a broader battle over party funding disclosures.
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H.hays
Republican National Committee
Senate
Cox
Sisister
Republican Party
Hay
Democratic National Committee
New York City
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Boston
Cincinnati
Louis
Buffalo
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Indianapolis
Toledo
Columbus
Minneapolis
Seatttle
St. Paul
Providence
Newark
Youngstown
Akron
Oakland
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Rochester
Kansas City
Denver
New Haven
Omaha
Scranton
Spokane
Syracuse
Bridgeport
Washington
Des Moines
Louisville
Schenectady
Portland
Birmingham
Canton
Worcester
Lyon
Albany
Atlanta
Memphis
Duluth
Jersey City
Lowell
No Races Today At County Fair
Rain halted afternoon racing at the county fair as the track remained heavy and unsafe for competition. Officials expect a reopening this evening now that conditions have cleared. the fair will continue with displays and activities.
Eberts House in Need of Repairs
Berlin reports that funds were found to remodel the foreign office but not enough to repair President Ebert’s residence. The palace roofs leak, shingles need replacement, exterior areas crumble, and interiors could use embellishing.
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Ebert
Berlin
Foreign Office
Chicago case seeks writ of replevin over infant son
In Chicago on August 2 authorities notified a man that he cannot secure custody or possession of his six week old son. The plan involved legal actions to reclaim the child from his wife.
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Chicago
Joseph Chaper Tocsy
Gbenen
Governor Cox and Harding criticized in campaign speech
New Haven reports Cox denounces Harding and Cox read bulletins praising the financial group. He pledges to present documents on campaign funds as his attack continues. The governor plans to travel to New Connecticut and emphasize his aims at influencing the presidential race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haven
Gove
Pittsburgh
New Conn
New England
Cox
Chicago
Senator Harding
Harding
Cooidge
Crowd Demands Cork Lord Mayor Release Tense London Riot
August 27 London. Cordons ringed Brixton prison after protesters demanding the release of Cork Lord Mayor MacSuriney were found armed with roughers and bombs. Troops and police dispersed groups and made several arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Brixton Prison
MacSuriney
Cork
Athens County Fair Sets One Day Attendance Record
A county fair in Athens established a new day record with 12 038 paid admissions during the day and evening. A large crowd attended the Arena and related exhibitions as political figures promoted candidates Cox Wak e Over Senigs and others amid the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Athens
Spylause
Cox
Vito
Marines Lead American Rifle Team in National Matches
Private Anderson joined the Marines in Akron Ohio on March 3 1920 and now serves at Parris Island as part of the American Olympic Rifle Team with the team coach and four shots from the Marines.
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Carfries
Anderson
Marines
Akron
Ohio
Parris Island
8. C
Heirs Set To Seek Control Of Vast Coats Estate
In Marion Indiana August 27 report says 126 residents of Grant county claim heirship to a $200 million Coats estate in Pennsylvania. The estate spans West Chester and Philadelphia counties and the city of Philadelphia with a 99 year land lease from 1816. About 250 heirs reside in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Marion
Ind
Coats O
Pennsylvania
Grant County
West Chester
Philadelphia
Marmaduke Coats
Ohio
Japs and Yank Lawmaker Collide in Seoul Incident
In Seoul on August 27 Consulman Hereman from California resisted Korean police attempting to remove him from a building where he spoke to a Korean gathering. Horsman demanded the release of prominent Koreans arrested for attending the meeting while Consular Agent Miler intervened to end interference. A compact lever tire pump with folding handle was noted as carried in an automobile tool kit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Con Sman Hereman
California
Horsman
Miler
Overland Dealers End Conference With Banquet
Southeastern Ohio and West Virginia Overland dealers concluded their conference with a banquet at the Masonic Temple. Dr. M Heeth of Continental Guarantee Corp New York City spoke on The Possibilities in the Auto Industry. Local speakers included Fred W Bush W N Ab derman W B Golden and Fred Aiermae.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Masonic Temple
M. Heeth
Continental Guarantee Corporation of
New York City
Fred W. Bush
Athens Ench
W. N. Abderman
W. B. Golden
Bank of Athens
Worstel
Fred Aiermae
Es Minn
Theaday Lindon
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