Business Leaders Seek Secret End to Coal Strike in Philadelphia
A Scranton Wilkesbarre and Hazleton business committee met with miners and operators for several hours in Philadelphia to settle the coal strike. Secrecy prevailed with closed door talks after a Harrisburg parley with Gov. Pinchot. John L Lewis said little as meetings ended with no public statement. District miners leaders are to meet Lewis in Philadelphia tomorrow.
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Philadelphia
Scranton
Wilkesbarre
Hazleton
Pinchot
Gifford Pinchot
Harrisburg
Chamber of Commerce
Firat
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Springfield
W. W. Inglis
Bank Teller Leo Farrell Charged With Large-Amount Embez
Baltimore December 9. Leo Farrell 22 a bank teller at the Mercantile Bank was charged with embezzling more than 50000 dollars driven by an irresistible urge to play the races. Upon arrest and disclosure of the sum depositors stormed the bank but were assured by officials the bank was financially sound and depositors would recover their funds.
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Baltimore
Leo Farrell
Mercantile Bank
Percival Hill Dies Sudden at 70. Tobacco Giant Remembered
Obituary notes Percival Hill head of the American Tobacco Company died suddenly Monday. He embodied modern business energy, guiding a vast workforce and earning respect for his management. The piece also reflects on biblical translation errors and Kepler’s era.
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Percival
Hill
American Tobacco Company
Distinctive Young Pile Driver Rae Eens Football Marvel
A noted rising talent in football emerges as a standout performer hailed for exceptional skill and potential. Rae Eens draws attention for swift, game changing plays and growing confidence on the field.
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Rae Eens
Woman Arrested for Wearing Navy Uniform
Grace Stevens of San Angeles attempted to join her husband, a soldier in the Philippines, by donning his sailor uniform due to lack of funds. She was arrested on charges of illegally wearing a naval uniform.
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Grace Stevens
San Angeles
Philippines
Bandits Rob Prospect Avenue Home In Largo Toledo
Three armed masked men robbed eight guests at a bridge party in Prospect avenue Toledo home of Mr and Mrs E J Sutton. Jewelry valued in the thousands was taken while no money was stolen and a threat was made to kill anyone who alerted police. Victims named include Mr and Mrs A Hoebner Pinney Clark and Sutton.
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Toledo
E. J. Sutton
Prospect Avenue
Sutton
A. Hoebner
J. M. Pinney
A. Clark
League to Question Nations on Arms Materials
Geneva December 9 The League of Nations decided to send questionnaires to all nations including the United States requesting official data on private arms manufacture and a nation’s capacity to produce war material. The information aids the committee drafting a tentative agenda for a disarmament conference.
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Geneva
League of Nations
United States
Belgium motorists carry emergency kits for injured aid
In Belgium nearly all drivers stock emergency kits to assist any injured person they encounter on the road, reflecting a collective safety practice.
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Belgium
Ohio State Professor Arrested in Rum Distilling Probe
Columbus. December 9. Prof Dabney Horton of Ohio State University is charged with illegally making and possessing liquors. He pleaded not guilty, bonded at 1000 dollars, and faces a December 14 hearing. Authorities found a 10 gallon still and liquor in his home and reported molasses mash for rum distillation. The prohibition commissioner labeled him a dangerous “parlor socialist” and urged dismissal.
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Dabney Horton
Columbus
Ohio State University
B. F. McDonald
Horton
Justice of the Peace
J. R. Holcomb
Ohio State Anne
Probst
France
America
McDonald
Probat
Aged Woman Hit by Auto in Marion
Mrs. Benjamin Brewer 72 may die in city hospital from injuries after being struck by an automobile driven by Harry Lewis in Marion. The accident happened during heavy theatre traffic at a street corner in the business district as she walked against traffic signals.
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Marion
Benjamin Brewer
City Hospital
Harry Lewis
Husband Tells of Tea Episode in Strome Murder Trial
Carey Strome testified his wife Mrs Bridie Strome gave ginger tea to Esta Strome before the girl died on October 9. He reported the testimony as part of the murder trial in Springfield.
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Springfield
Bridie Strome
New Carlisle
Carey Strome
Esta Strome
Strome
Grange Faces Fame Fatigue After Football Feats
Harold Red Grange arrives in Boston exhausted from a rapid rise from an iceman to football fame. The star endures relentless public attention, with huge crowds, sleepless nights, and constant surveillance as he handles immense adulation and pressure.
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Ford C. Price
Boston
America
Harold “Red” Grange
Ilinois
Glory To Grange
Red Grange
Athens Joins Protests Against Logan Gas Rate Hike
Athens, Chauncey, and Ashland officials joined a statewide protest against Logan Gas proposing new rates effective December 15 in 72 Ohio municipalities. Protesters call the planned charges unjust and discriminatory, urging the state utilities commission to reject the new rate schedule filed November 14. The commission will begin hearings tomorrow on numerous protests to the Logan Gas rate increase.
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Columbus
Logan Gas Company
Ohio
State Utilities Commission
M. B. Hughes
Athens
Auce
W. ‘Walker
Ac Cey
Athens Aere
Weld
Chillicothe
W. B. Cockrell
Weaterville
Chauncey
Ashland
Huffman
Mosul Dispute Tests League of Nations Unity
The Mosul issue strains the League as Britain and Turkey face a possible war risk. The world court says the council must act unanimously, a likely hurdle. Soviet Russia backs Turkey and pledges moral support if war erupts.
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Geneva
Consolidated Press
Great Britain
Turkey
League of Nations
League Council
Mosul
World Court
Council
Russia
Red Grange Earnings Face Heavy Tax, Treasury Says
The federal government plans to tax a large portion of Red Grange’s earnings from barnstorming and related activities. Treasury experts are monitoring his reported income and expect about 40 percent of what his manager takes to go to taxes.
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Red
Washington
Red” Grange
Treasury
Red Grange’s weary showing thrills crowd at Washington game
The Bears star Red Grange struggled for yards against a reserve Washington squad, showing fatigue rather than his famed speed. Fans stayed to cheer, sensing his strain, while Grange downplays the movie business and insists he will simply be himself in future roles.
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Washington
Grange
Bears
Red
Valentino
Rudy
Charley Chaplin
Douglas Fairbanks
Red Grange
Preacher Albert Gregg Convicted in Mail Obscenity Case
Rev Albert Sidney Gregg superintendent of the American Civic Reform union was convicted in federal court on three counts for sending obscene material through the mails. He faces a sentence tomorrow afternoon with a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a $15000 fine.
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Cleveland
Albert Sidney Gregg
American Civic Reform Union
University graduate defrauds via matrimonial ads
Federal Judge Hough sentenced Anna Grayson, 22, Belmont county, to four months in Miami county jail for using the mails to defraud. She admitted obtaining $250 from Jack Ban in Portland Oregon by claiming she would travel there to marry him and said she used matrimonial ads to correspond with men in various cities and sent photos.
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Columbus
Hough
Anna Grayson
Belmont County
Miami County
Jack Banat
Portland
Ore
Tax Bill On Way and Coal Strike Intervention Approved
President Coolidge’s six month legislative program faces rough passage on aviation and World Court while Congress broadly supports immediate tax relief and authority to intervene in coal strikes. House and Senate move on bills to authorize a unified air service and enhanced aviation aid, echoing Colonel Mitchell’s charges.
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George R. Holmes
Washington
Congress
President Coolidge
Coolidge
Hor
Ian Thetas
White House
Morrow
United States
Mitchell School
Mitchell
House
Senate
Former Porter of House Dies in Columbus
Fred Blankner 89 longtime assistant sergeant at arms of the Ohio house of representatives died at his home in Columbus He was born in Germany brought to Columbus as a child and began his service as a porter in 1866 confirming his long state career and local renown
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Columbus
Fred. Blankner
Ohio House of Representatives
Blankner
Germany
Ohio students press for single tax law amendment campaign
Taxation students in Columbus resolved to push for a single tax law for Ohio. They will raise funds to back a proposed constitutional amendment and continue their campaign.
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Columbus
Ohio
Stormont Elected Mayor in Gallipolis Special Election
Andrew W. Stormont was elected mayor of Gallipolis at a special election held Tuesday.
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Electa
Gallipolis
Andrew W. Stormont
Tueasday
Tales of Heartache Center on Miami Station
Hundreds of mothers with children surge into the Miami station daily to meet absent husbands as the Travelers Aid Society aids families. Miss Helen Sullivan, secretary, works long hours amid crowded rooms and cramped cots. The city funds limited aid while women seek work and leave babies at a day nursery, strained by crowded facilities and illness.
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Allene Sumner
Miami
Fra
Hare
Tom Jones
Tom
Travelers’ Aid Society
Bearden
Helen Sullivan
Lday Nursery
Hilarania
Regulars and minority clash in Congress over obstruction
Column by David Lawrence analyzes the split between regular Republicans and insurgent minorities in the Senate and House. It discusses President Coolidge's stance, minority tactics to block legislation, and the potential impact on agricultural relief and government policy.
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David Lawrence
Washington
Dec
Coolnge
Congress
Hatch
Coolidge
Yuee
la Folletté
Senate
Ming Borah
Johnson
Californ
Norris
Nebraska
Ohio State Frosh Coach Dies In Auto Crash
Walter J. Essman 39 head freshman coach at Ohio State University is dead after a car crash near Columbus. Fred H. Grim 20 of Toledo, also injured, and Ella Merrick escaped unharmed. The crash occurred when Grim swerved to avoid an oncoming car. Essman’s neck was broken. Ohio State-Wesleyan basketball game postponed. tributes paid by Dr. J W Wilce and others.
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Columbus
Walter J. Essman
Ohio State University
Fred H. Grim
Toledo
Sandusky
Leipsic
Ipsic
Grim
Ella ‘Merrick
Four Corners
Essman
W. K. Drake
Marion
J. W. Wilce
Ohio State
State University
Ohio State-Wesleyan
Senate Not Certain of Treatment for Young La Follette
Washington December 9 President Coolidge reportedly favors punishing Senator Bob La Follette and the Senate recessed as Republican leaders seek a compromise on how to treat the insurgent’s son. The House ousted Wisconsin from party assignments reviving the issue amid a Republican committee secret session that nearly sparked a clash.
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Washington
Coolidge
Bob la Follette
Senate
America
House
Wisconsin
la Feilette
Capitol Hill
Republican Committee On Committees
Robbers Loot Kerr and Gilling Store in Four-Door Break-In
In Wooster, burglars forced four doors at Kerr and Gilling jewelry store and fled with loot valued around $10,000. The heist occurred early today through a rear entrance, taking nearly all the corner Christmas stock. The safe remained partially described as it held valuables.
Sheriff 18 Called Cleveland in Local Inquiry Case
Sheriff Kohler was to appear before Judge Alva Corlett in municipal court today as the judge conducted an inquiry into alleged gambling conditions in Cuyahoga County.
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Cleveland
Kohler
Alva Corlett
Munnt
Coutiy
Cuyahoga Co
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