Chauncey High School Row Sparks State Action
Chauncey village and Dover union boards clash over dissolution of the Chauncey-Dover union high school and appointment of Bert M. Thompson as executive head. State Education Department recalls $4,290 in state aid while Contempt and violation charges are filed in Athens Common Pleas.
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Chauncey, O
Board of Education
Athens County
State Department of Education
Common Pleas Court
H. R. McVay
T. J. Blackford
Chauncey Village Board
Bert M. Thompson
Chauncey Board
Blackford
Chauncey- Dover Union High School
Boards of Education
Chaunceye
He Chauncey-Dover Union
Chauncey Village
Thompson
Leona Swart
John Palmer
Garfield Grimes
W. R. Heistand
Chauncey-Dover Township
Chauncey
Director of Education
Athens
Herbert R. X . County
L. G. Worstell
Chauncey-Dover
Mpson
Bridgewater State Normal School Fire Destroys Six Buildings
A blaze at Bridgewater State Normal School in Bridgewater Massachusetts destroyed six of nine buildings causing an estimated damage of $1 million. More than 700 students fled in night clothes as firefighters struggled with an inadequate water supply and assistance from nearby towns including West Bridgewater Middleboro Whitman and Brockton.
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Bridgewater
Mass
Bridgewater State Normal School
West Bridgewater
Middleboro
Whitman
Brockton
Ohio high court lets Kuszik electrocution proceed
The Ohio Supreme court refused to interfere with the death decree for Alexander Kuszik. The 21 year old of Akron is to be electrocuted at 1 a m Friday at the state penitentiary for the murder of his thirteen year old cousin Elizabeth Nagy.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Alexander Kuszik
Akron
Elizabeth Nagy
Senators Fight Over Muscle Shoals Lease In Underwood Bill
Insurgents and a few Democrats led a move to strike the lease provision in the Underwood bill allowing the War Secretary to lease Muscle Shoals to private interests. Senator Smith of South Carolina favors a ten year government operation test. Senator Howell of Nebraska would accept the bill without the lease clause or with government operation. The debate focused on whether to lease or operate Muscle Shoals and if a vote could be reached.
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Kenneth Clark
Washington
Senate Progressives
Smith
South Carolina
Underwood
Norris
Howell
Nebraska
Congress
Muscle Shoals
Alabama
Coolidge
War Department
Senate
Community Drama League Stars In Debut Program
The Community Drama League of Athens opened its first program at Ohio University in Ewing Hall with three one act plays. Walter Ludwig Miss Mary Ness and Clinton Mackinnon led the main roles, supported by a strong cast including Helen Hedden and several others. The show featured Lady Gregory, George M. B. Baird and George Bernard Shaw pieces, with capable direction by Lasher Voigt and Cooper.
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Community Drama League of Athens
Ewing Hall
Ohio University
Athens
Walter W. Ludwig
Mary Ness
Clinton N. Mackinnon
Helen Hedden
Cornelius W. Fink
Harold J. Paul
Constance McCleod
Joy Cutler
Sam C. Warren
Regymond M Slutz
George M. B. Baird
Victor Whitehouse
Rev
Brinley Abbott
George Starr Lasher
Miss Irma FE. Voigt
William H. Cooper
Elks Minstrel Talent Promises Best Charity Frolic
Charles L. Adams of New York returns to Athens to helm the Elks Charity Frolic with a strong local cast including Jonesey Sams E O Huggins Jack Sweeney Spotsy Burke Tiny Conkle James Laverty Dink Nelson and Charles Lindy end men. Robert Woods reprises as interlocutor as R D Williams returns in a leading comic role in The Battle of Bull Durham. Reserved seats go on sale December 15 at Cline's drug store.
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Charles L. Adams
New York
Athens
Elks
Jonesey” Sams
E. O. Huggins
Jack Sweeney
Jack Sweeney, ‘“Spotsy” Burke, “Tiny” Conkle, James Laverty, “Dink
Nelson
Charles Lindy
Robert Wood
R. D. Williams
Jonesey
Sams
Bull Durham
Cline
Ohio's Tax Demand Grows Steadily
Columbus Ohio December 10 Total taxes collected on the grand duplicate of the state for the year beginning October 1 1923 amounted to 228 529 899 87 State Auditor J T Tracy announced today Of every dollar paid for taxes during the last year one and one half cents went for World War bonds twenty one half cents for county purposes six cents for township purposes forty five cents for school purposes and twenty seven cents for municipal purposes Eleven cents of the municipal share went for interest and four and four fifths cents of the school share went for interest while three cents of the county share went for interest The World War bond levy funds redemption of the 25 000 000 bond issue for adjusted compensation to Ohio World War veterans.
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Columbus
J. T. Tracy
Tracy
Ohio
London Court Hears Drunk Prisoner Sentenced Ten Minutes
A prisoner charged with intoxication received a ten minute jail sentence in a London police court. The brief punishment followed the charge and was delivered by the presiding magistrate.
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London
Air rules threaten penalties for littering aircraft
MUSTN'T London reports new British air rules committee regulations. Pilots or anyone throwing bottles or refuse from an airplane will face six months in prison, a $1000 fine, or both.
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London
British Air Rules Committee
Rioters in Warren Freed on Bond After Klan Riot Probe
Twelve residents of Niles and Girard were released on $1,000 bond each after arrest on warrants for rioting during a Ku Klux Klan demonstration in Warren on November 1. A total of 104 indictments were returned. Notables like James Jennings and his brother Joseph, plus Patrick Patsy Flanagan, were among those named. A Warren judge set bond as the case moves to the January term. A mass meeting group headed to Columbus to urge Gov Donahey to keep Mayor Harvey C Kistler in office amid the grand jury’s recommendations.
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Niles, O
Niles and
Girard
John E. Thomas
James Jennings
Joseph
Patrick
Patsy
C. M. Wilkins
Warren
Methodist Episcopal Church
Columbus
Donahey
Harvey C. Kistler
Three Year Old Abandoned by Stepmother in Memphis
In Memphis three year old Jimmie Millner was abandoned by his stepmother after his father Walker Millner chose between them. The child was found in a box car at the railroad yards and placed in General Hospital awaiting adoption. The father is jailed on abandonment charges. the mother was released due to statute limits. The orphanage recalls the boy known for having one eye.
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Memphis
Tenn
Jimmie Millner
Walker Millner
Colliersville
Jimmie
Millner
General Hospital
British Protest Debts Attitude Reported
Washington notes that Britain rejects the U S claim to collect war damages from Germany under the Dawes plan. The State Department confirmed receipt and said it would answer the note but would not discuss or publish it.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Germany
State Department
Youth Held in Death of Betsy Ross in Camden
Stanley Mathias, 16, is jailed in Camden in connection with the death of Betsy Ross, 16, at Mrs. Margaret Bell’s home in Gloucester. He says Ross picked up his revolver and accidentally fired while playing with it.
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Camden
N. J
Stanley Mathias
Betsy Ross
Margaret Bell
Gloucester
Mathias
Westcott
Miss Ross
Donahey's Son Quits State Job
Robert V. Donahey, son of Governor A. V. Donahey, announced today he will retire from his state executive office desk effective December 15 and move to Cleveland to become secretary of an insurance and surety bond company.
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Columbus
A. V. Donahey
Robert V. Donahey
Young Donahey
Cleveland
Woman seeks divorce citing drunkenness cruelty and threats
Mrs Maude Wyckoff petitions for divorce from Roy Wyckoff alleging habitual intoxication and cruelty including threats to kill and attempted theft of 700. They live in Athens where they were married in 1902 and have a son aged 17 and a daughter 21. She accuses adultery and seeks injunction to restrain sale of their assets including 2100 in cash and securities and real estate.
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Columbus
Athens
Trimble
Maude Wyckoff
Roy Wyckoff
Wyckoff
Chase's Collegians to Broadcast on WEAO Radio
The Ohio university student orchestra Chase's Collegians will air a program from WEAO in Columbus at 9 30 this Wednesday evening. Readings list members Dana Chase Charles Goodard James Goddard Paul Fridley George Cavanaugh Vernon Erwin Walter Denning and Neville Smith across trombone saxophone clarinet trumpet piano drums sousaphone bass banjo and guitar.
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Chase
Collegians
Ohio University
WEAO
Columbus
Dana Chase
Charles Goodard
James Goddard
Paul Fridley
George Cavanaugh
Vernon Erwin
Walter Denning
Neville Smith
Los Angeles Emerges From Window View
Arthur Brisbane describes Los Angeles from the Ambassador hotel showing a growing city with a 1200 thousand population per the school census and notes it as a major seaport next to New York. The piece signals continued coverage on page four.
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Los Angeles
Ambassador Hotel
Alladin
United States
New York
Haarmann trial details grisly meat business in Hanover
In Hanover Germany during December 10 court proceedings the butcher Fritz Haarmann is linked to a murder shop scene. Frau Engel a landlady testified she supplied meat from Haarmann including thirty five pounds weekly and saw meat cubes and sausages prepared in the kitchen. Neighbors and a crying mother testified to disturbing sounds and a body found on Haarmanns bed.
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Hanover
Germany
Fritz Haarmann
Haarmann
Frau Engel
Engel
al J
Cincinnatian Eyes Inside Track for Senate Pro Tem
Republican members of Ohio's Eighty third General Assembly met in Columbus in caucus as officials expect Joseph R. Gardner of Cincinnati to win the race for president pro tem. The caucus begins at 1 30 p m with Harry M Carpenter of Jefferson County, W R Price of Summit County, and Frank C Wise of Stark County vying for finance chair. Joseph E Cross of Columbus is favored as clerk, with T E Bateman of Piketon likely to be reappointed as assistant. Dr M W Biand of Columbus leads the sergeant at arms campaign.
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Columbus
Senate
Eighty-third General Assembly
Joseph R. Gardner
Cincinnati
Finance Committee
Harry M. Carpenter
Jefferson County
W. R. Price
Summit County
Frank C. Wise
Stark County
Jefferson Countian
Joseph E. Cross
T. E. Bateman
Piketon
Cross
M. W. Biand
Soviet War Chief Trotzky Seriously Ill in Moscow
Dec 10 report says Leon Trotzky, Soviet war chief and commissioner, is seriously ill in Moscow. Trotzky recently faced multiple attacks aimed at ousting him from the Politburo, the authoritative body of the Soviet government. He has not replied to his critics.
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Moscow
Leon Trotzky
Trotzky
Red
Butler sues chauffeur for breach of promise
Miss Martha Butler of Sydney N S. files a $5,000 breach of promise suit against Charles Warren a chauffeur earning twenty dollars weekly pleading he failed to wed as agreed.
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Sydney
Martha Butler
Charles Warren
Examination notices a misprint in question nine
In a Cincinnati engineering class an examiner debates a faulty item with candidate Hen driks who argues that data is insufficient to determine the distance between two points. The student points out the question says from one mile at one toe the next but omits the gap.
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Cincinnati
Hendriks
Opening of Beasley garage in Athens draws large crowd
More than two thousand attended the opening of the new Beasley garage on East Carpenter Street to mark extensive alterations. The event featured a Christmas themed interior, showcases, tours, a Beasley showroom, and entertainment by the Hotel Berry orchestra with modern and old fashioned dancing.
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F. 1H
Beasley
East Carpenter Street
Athens
Vicinity
Hotel Berry
Bea
Christmas Seal Drive Claim Tragic Toll in Canton
Esther Leonard, 12, died after being struck by an auto while collecting Christmas Seals for tuberculosis relief in Canton. She died at Massillon City Hospital shortly after the accident occurred near 8 o'clock last night.
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Canton
Esther Leonard
Massilion City Hospital
England challenges Logan county mine guard injunction
Attorney General England defended a Kanawha court injunction barring deputy sheriffs from acting as mine guards in Logan county. He called the Logan county affair a state shame as he urged permanent restraint while about fifty coal firms were restrained from funding the sheriff or deputies.
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Charleston
W. Va
England
Supreme Court
Logan County
Don Cafin
Robert Bland
John Charin
Kanawha Circuit Court
Booze Gang IO in the East
In New Jersey a liquor smuggling ring facing a $50 million inquiry remains active as a whiskey cargo lands near North Bergen. Prosecutor John Milton’s probe edges toward higher figures. two policemen threaten to reveal names, while New York City figures are cited as home to a national bootlegging operation. Federal officials plan further indictments within forty hours as church groups survey pre prohibition saloons for the Anti-Saloon League.
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Jersey City
N. J
New Jersey
New York
North Bergen
John Milton
Hudson County
New York City
National
Weehawken
Philad
San Francisco
New City
James Minturn
Thomas Arrowsmith
News
Washington
William Donovan
Deepartment of Justice
Hi Jersey
Samuel Wilson
Agster
Anti-Saloon League of
George T. Vickers
German Notable Bernastorff Sought by Police
Public prosecutor issues warrant for Guenther Bernastorff son of former U S ambassador. Count Bernatorff charged with usury tied to a postwar bank he organized. Warrant issued, whereabouts unknown.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Guenther Bernastorff
United States
Count Bernatorff
Gas Explosion Injures Two In Fisher Township Meter House
A gas explosion in the Townsend Gas and Oil Co. field wrecked the Logan Gas Co. meter house in Fisher, Ohio, injuring A. Watkins and O. G. Tinker who suffered facial and hand burns. Damage totaled under $1,000.
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Community Drama League
Ewing
Niles
Missouri
Mrs. Guthrie
Mr. Guthrie
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Hillcrest
Sexton
Nellie Guthrie
M. I. Guthrie
Radio Tonight
Pacific Coast
Desert
Hearst
Country
Arthur Brisbane
W. D. Weyer
U. N. S. Stag
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Beasley Opening
Booze Gang
David Sentner
Sewin Boorlet
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