McCormick Calls Against Women Bloc in Congress
Ruth Hanna McCormick, newly elected congresswoman at large from Illinois, says there should be no women bloc in Congress. She tells United Press she favors appointing women to cabinet posts only on merit, not as women, and urges rewarding proven female officials with senior government roles rather than creating a bloc. She stresses she ran on qualifications and education, not gender.
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Washington
U.R
Congress
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illinois
Mark Hanna
Body of Man Taken for a Ride Found in Ditch
The body of an unidentified man, apparently killed and set ablaze after being taken for a ride by Detroit gangsters, was found burning in a roadside ditch on the Eighteen Miles Road near Utica, Macomb County. Deputy sheriffs were alerted by William Lance, who found the grisly scene while delivering produce to Detroit.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Detroit
Eighteen Miles
Utica
Macomb County
William Lance
Warren
Form Largest Dry Goods Co in the World
New York December 11 chain of department stores to form a vast organization valued at over 1 billion dollars. Hahn Department Stores Incorporated led by Lew Hahn announces plans to acquire independent firms including A Polsky Company Akron Morehouse Martins Columbus and Welber Company Columbus forming the world’s largest retail department store chain.
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New York
U.pr
Ahn Department Stores, Incorporated
Lew Hahn
National Retail Drygoods Association
Cpanty Thai
A. Polsky
Akron
Ohio
Morehouse-Martins Company
Cheapest heating methods booklet offered by government
A damaged excerpt promotes a government illustrated booklet on heating for comfort and health. It promises weather tight windows and doors, ventilation and air quality, with a coupon and four cents coin order to cover postage and handling. It urges readers to request details from the Information Bureau.
Couple Die From Gas Fumes In Guysville Home
In Guysville near the Baltimore and Ohio Station a gas stove caused accidental monoxide poisoning. Mr. C. C. Calvert age 88 and Mrs Emma Calvert 77 died after a damper closed and fumes filled the house. Coroner L F Jones reports the couple had health issues. funeral set for Wednesday at the Guysville Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Mrs. Calvert
Guysville
C. C. Calvert
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
L. F. Jones
Athens
Mr. Calvert
Calvert
Emma Merwin
Thomas Merwin
Bert Kiehl
Columbus
J. T. Mermin
C. E. White
Coolville
Homer Ireton
Lancaster
Guysville Methodist Episcopal Church
A. Y. Wilcox
Athens Presbyterian Church
Bolivia Withdraws From Pan American Conciliation Conference
Bolivia notes withdrawal from the Pan American Conciliation Conference after Paraguayan troop actions on a Bolivian fort in El Chaco. The Bolivian legation to Chairman Kellogg cites an inability to discuss peaceful formulas while injury remains and says Bolivia may still join any later accord.
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Washington
U.P
Bolivian Legation
Legation
Kellogg
el Chaco
Bolivia
Paraguay
Postmasters Paid Sums to Keep Posts
Affidavits released by a Senate subcommittee allege that hundreds of postmasters in South Carolina Georgia Tennessee and Mississippi were required to contribute portions of their salaries to politicians in exchange for appointment. Statements claim payments ranging from 50 to 200 were made to Joseph W. Tolbert or his representatives as party campaign funds.
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Washington
U.R
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Senate Postoffice
Postoffice Department
Brookhart
Subcommittee
Joseph W. Tolbert
Republican National
U S Ambassador Fletcher Earns Warm Chilean Welcome
In Santiago Chile on December 11 United States Ambassador Fletcher who once served as minister to Chile is praised in special newspaper pieces and greeted warmly by all sides highlighting his popularity and esteem.
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Santiago
Chile
U.R
United States
Fletcher
Fatal Dayton Car Crash Claims One Life
Herbert Schlosser aged 22 was killed and Myrtle Towle aged 20 was injured when Schlosser's car side swiped another vehicle in Dayton last night. Towle suffered internal injuries and a broken jaw.
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Dayton
U.P
Herbert Schlosser
Myrtle Towle
Schlosser
Car Crash on Glouster Road Injures None Seriously
Two Spears brothers and Phyllis Sayre Athens music teacher escape serious injury when both cars crash on Glouster Road near Rockhold’s filling station at 10 30 Monday night. Cars wrecked. youths jailed then released to work. driver to return for mayor’s court arraignment tonight.
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Rockhold
Glouster
Spears
Phyllis Sayre
Athens
Miss Sayre
Fred Heck
Three Men Freed Under Heavy Bond
Edward Marks and his sons Gilbert and Clarence of Tiffin were released on $10,000 bonds each awaiting federal trial on charges of conspiring to violate liquor laws. The arrests followed a federal probe and the discovery of a large whisky operation on Thomas H Knox’s farm near Fostoria, Ohio.
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Ward Marks
Gilbert
Clarence
Tiffin
Liberty
Ohio
Thomas H .Knox
Fostoria
Prince of Wales near end of Africa to London race
The Prince of Wales nears home after a 7 200 mile journey from Africa to the king’s bedside. His special train crossed France at times faster than a mile a minute, with plans to reach Folkestone and London tonight. The King remains critically ill but holding strength, easing fears of an early death.
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Wales
Africa
France
Final Settlement in Rousey Divorce Case Heard by Judge Worstell
Judge L G Worstelly of Athens County Common Pleas Court records final settlement in the divorce of Katharine Calkins Rousey and Dr Schuyler C Rousey. Custody split favors the husband for three older children, July and August to the mother, and monthly support terms with property and piano allocations and appeals bond set.
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Worstell
Schuyler Rousey
L. G. Worstelly
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Katherine Calkins Rousey
Schuyler C. Rousey
Dr. Rousey
Mr. Rousey
Worthington Avenue
Lockland
Grimes Becomes Lorain Times Herald Publisher
Lorain on December 11 reports E. M. Grimes former Bucyrus Telegraph Forum part owner took publisher status at The Lorain Times Herald by buying part of the stake held by R. C. Holles and M. M. Holles, the former publishers.
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Lorain
U.R
E. M. Grimes
Bucyrus Telegraph Forum
Three youths sentenced to life for murder in Toledo
In Toledo on December 11, three youths, two of them described as Negroes, pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the death of Abraham Singer, a night watchman killed September 4 during an attempted robbery.
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Toledo
Abraham Singer
Cyrus Locher to Retire as Ohio Senator
U S Senator Cyrus B Locher of Ohio will leave Congress tomorrow night to return to Cleveland as a plain citizen. Senator-Elect Theodore E Burton urged ratification of the World War debt funding agreement with Greece in his swan song speech in the House yesterday. Locher was appointed last spring by Gov. Donahey to succeed the late Frank B Willis and says he contemplates no swan song.
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Washington
Cyrus BE. Locher
Ohio
Cleveland
Theodore E. Burton
House of Representatives
Greece
Locher
Vic Donahey
Frank B. Willis
United States Senate
Baby Cured of Eye Trouble Sent Home
Five week old Billy Boyd Burns from Modoc was brought to Sheltering Arms Hospital for ophthalmia treatment. His sight was at risk but is now reported well by Dr. J M Higgins health commissioner. A state nurse was sent from Columbus to assist last week.
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Billy Boyd Burns
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Modoc
J. M. Higgins
Columbus
Mil ler-Taylor Low Bidder for Maumee River Bridge
The Miller Taylor Construction Company of Waterloo Iowa was the low bidder for building a bridge across the Maumee River at Napoleon according to the State Highway Department announcement.
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Columbus
Miller-Taylor Construction Company
Waterloo
Maumee River
Napoleon
State Highway Department
Man Accuses Wife as $20,000 Hidden Then Vanished
Pomeroy report describes Frank G. Gloeckner claiming his wife dug out $7,000 in gold from his yard. He says another $4,560 hidden in two coffee cans disappeared after she left. He uses bloodhounds to search. sheriff joins. He reportedly once carried $20,000 in his pockets and hid other sums around his home.
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Pomeroy
Frank G. Gloeckner
Middleport
Pomeroy Bend
Gloeckner
Ohio University Budgets for 1929 1930 Include Two New Buildings
Ohio University submits a 1929 1930 budget to Governor Donahey requesting 2 224 160 dollars an increase of about 25 percent from the last request. The plan calls for new library biology psychology and other facilities plus equipment heat power and campus improvements to accommodate enrollment growth. The total includes 807 000 for additions and betterments and 1 151 360 for personal service with student fees and supplies contributing portions. Ohio State University filed its parallel two year request at 13 798 308 dollars.
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Ohio University
Vic Donahey
E. B. Bryan
Psychology
General Plant Service
Ohio State University
Columbus
Prince of Wales Hears Hopeful News At Laon Stop
The Prince of Wales, traveling by special train toward his father in Buckingham Palace, smiled on arrival at Laon as a royal telegram hinted the king might rally after a 24 hour setback. He had been gloomily confined to his compartment until the stop and drizzle fell.
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Laon
France
Prince of Wales
Europe
Buckingham Palace
Architects oppose Lake Front Stadium under City Hall plan
The Cleveland chapter of the American Institute of Architects presented a resolution to City Manager William R. Hopkins disapproving the Lake Front Stadium unless its plans conform to the City Hall design.
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Cleveland
Lake Front
City Hall
William R. Hopkins
American Institute of Architects
Massillon Firms Seek Court Block On Incinerator Plan
Three Massillon companies filed a motion with the Ohio Supreme Court to stop the city from proceeding with the proposed construction of an incinerator plant in Massillon.
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Columbus
Massillon
Supreme Court
Donahey appoints Dayton attorney Don R. Thomas as judge
Governor Vic Donahey today appointed Dayton attorney Don R. Thomas to the Dayton Municipal Court succeeding Judge William C. Wiseman. Wiseman resigned to become probate judge.
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Columbus
O.R
Vic Donahey
Don R. Thomas
Dayton
William C. Wiseman
Kiwanis Club at Election in Athens
Officers for the Athens Kiwanis Club for 1929 were elected at the Varsity Inn meeting on Monday night. New president Robert G Hess and vice president B T Grover head a slate with Fred Sands as treasurer. Seven directors were chosen: H G Householder Charles Bethel John Preston George Whipple Harold A Moore Rufus Hopkins and A B D Algeo. Installation is set for January 7 with plans pending. B T Grover spoke on Ohio University basketball prospects.
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Athens Kiwanis Club
Varsity Inn
Robert G Hess
B. T. Grover
Fred Sands
H. G. Householder
Charles Bethel
John Preston
George Whipple
Harold A. Moore
Rufus Hopkins
A. BD. Algeo
Ohio University
Memorial needs more help to complete George Rogers Clark monument
The Federal Memorial Commission in Vincennes Indiana approved three resolutions seeking aid from nearby states and Wisconsin Minnesota Ohio Illinois Michigan Kentucky Virginia and Missouri to build the Clark Memorial fund.
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Washington
UPR
George Rogers Clark Memorial Commission
Indiana
Vincennes
Ind
Fess
Ohio
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Michigan
Kentucky
Virginia
Missouri
Charges in leasing of canal lands sparks Ohio debate
State Senator David DeArmond charged the State Department of Public Works with leasing aban doned Miami and Erie Canal lands in an outrageous fashion during a conference with Miami and Erie Superhighway association representatives and State Highway Director Harry Kirk. Senator-Elect W. W. Farnsworth backed the criticism, alleging some Public Works members favor job protection over state welfare.
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Columbus
U.R
State Department of Public Works
David DeArmond
Hamilton
de Armond
Miami and Erie Superhighway Association
Harry Kirk
W. W. Farnsworth
Waterville
Public Works Department
Mild Midwest flu epidemic hits Akron and Toledo areas
Reports from Washington and Columbus say the U S Public Health Service classifies a spreading influenza epidemic as mild but growing in the Midwest and eastward, with Ohio seeing hundreds of cases in Akron and Toledo. Officials warn of increasing spread and urge public precautions.
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Public Health Service
Midwest
Washington
U.R
U. S Public Health Service
Middlewest
Columbus
Ohio
Akron
Toledo
Missouri
Iowa
Dr. Robbing
Health Department
Robbins
Fight Looms as Republicans Elect Speaker in Ohio House
Columbus reports a partisan clash as the Ohio House caucus convenes to choose a speaker. O C Gray of Cadiz leads in voting strength with Hamilton County support, yet John A Hadden of Cleveland pursues a likely win. Hadden denied withdrawing to run as speaker pro tem.
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Columbus
Dec
Ohio House
O. C. Gray
Cadiz
Gray
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
John A. Hadden
Cleveland
Hadden
Merger Approved for $17 Million Transit Consolidation
The Public Utilities Commission formally approves a $17,000,000 merger of electric railway and motor bus properties. Entities include Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railway, Dayton and Columbus Transportation, Indiana Columbus and Eastern Traction, and Lima Toledo Railway, with Cincinnati head company authorized to acquire Lima Street Railway to operate independently.
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Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway Company
Dayton and Coliix
Indiana, Columbus and Eastern ‘Traction Company
Lima
Toledo Railway Company
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, Railway Company
Lima Street Railway Company
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Hoover
Paul R. Mallon
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J. Haskin
Messenger
Washington, D. C
Pereche
Senate Committee
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Folkestone
Torch
English Channel
Emilio Portes Gil
Mexico
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Theodore Burton
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Dana Roush
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Prince
French City
Kinanis Club
Robert Hess
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