Pluton Naval Policy Sparks Rift Over U S Navy Plans
Washington report describes a growing split between President Coolidge and Secretary Wilbur on naval policy. Wilbur warns Japan's rapid shipbuilding and holds that US must raise spending to parity, while Coolidge urges restraint and no arms race. The conflict follows Wilbur's testimony before Congress amid budget cuts and a canceled campaign tour.
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Washington
Coolidge
Navy
Curtis D. Wilbur
General Board
Wilbur
House Naval Affairs Committee
Congress
Committee Behind Closed Doors
Japan
Wilsoon
Congressional Committee
Great Britain
Capan
Actress Seeks Divorce In Philadelphia Case Involving Dempsey
Ida Estelle Taylor Peacock known as Estelle Taylor in films began divorce proceedings from Kenneth Malcolm Peacock on September 29 in Common Pleas court No 5. The suit filed by attorney John J. McDevitt Jr notes speculation that heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey may marry her.
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Philadelphia
Ida Estelle Taylor Peacock
Estelle Taylor
Jack Dempsey
Kenneth Malcolm Peacock
Common Pleas
John J. McDevitt, Jr
Bigamy Charge Tollows Ohio Man From Kentucky
Edward L. Hazlewood of Big Hill Kentucky, age thirty two, is jailed in Newport Kentucky on a bigamy charge. F G Blessing of Dayton Ohio, Hazlewood’s father in law and his fourth wife, claims Hazlewood had three prior marriages and children with wives one two and three. Blessing says Hazlewood fraudulently presented himself as single while still married to wife three.
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Cincinnati
Edward L. Hazlewood
Big Hill
F. G. Blessing
Dayton
Hazlewood
Newport
Blessing
Slave Ad Sparks Family Fortune Dispute in Boston Papers
The advertisement labeled Slave under Situations anted lists Cuvier Grover Flint, 24, white, intelligent male heir of an aristocratic New England family, leased by the year for $1000. Flint notes spending $15,000 last year relying on an aunt in Petersham for fortune, only to learn the aunt’s money willed to a cousin after her death.
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Boston
Cuvier Grover Flint
John Fiske
Flint
Petersham
STERN SENTENCE FOR ATHENS LABORER IN DELINQUENCY CASE
Clyde Bailes an Athens laborer age 28 and married received one year in the Dayton workhouse and a $1000 fine after arraignment on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of an 11 year old girl. Earlier bail he was fined $100 and 30 days in county jail on assault and battery charges filed by his wife. Evidence cited the age gap and the girl’s prior innocence as reasons for the harsher sentence.
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Clyde Bailes
Athens
Dayton
S. M. Johnson
Bailes
Pearl Helwig
Blackford Found Guilty in Court
T. J. Blackford vice-president of the Chauncey village board of education was found guilty of contempt of court in Common Pleas court Monday evening. He was charged after criticising Judge Worstell’s restraining order on Bert Thompson serving as Chauncey-Dover schools superintendent. Sentence not passed.
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T. J. Blackford
Chauncey Village
Want Ad Seeks Man With Lost Pocketbook In Athens
J F ONeil of Coolville misplaced a pocketbook with three ten-dollar bids on June 13 1921 en route to Athens. A man in the Athens waiting room told agent Harry Files he found a purse with three ten-dollar bills and would return it. After years the owner asks The Messenger classifieds to locate the finder and the money.
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J. F. O'Neil
Coolville
Athens
Tom Lavelle
Harry Files
Mr. O'Neil
Messenger Classified Department
Kidnap Case Sought in Oklahoma Hills
Oklahoma authorities search the hills for Belcher Birdcree a 20 year old Indian accused of kidnapping Bertha Musgrove a 16 year old Okemah high school girl.
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Oklahoma Hills
Belcher Birdcree
Bertha Musgrove
Okemah
Qokla
Disabled veterans urged to apply before January first
Ohio American Legion bulletin calls on disabled ex servicemen to file claims under the World War Veterans Act by January 1, 1925 to secure disability relief and access adjusted compensation. Dependents of men who died from listed diseases must also act. guidance offered to reinstate lapsed government insurance and seek help from Adjutant Silvus.
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Ohio
The
American Legion
W. G. Silvas
K. T. Crossen
Legion Bulletin
Legion
Service Department
Ohio American Legion
Columbus
Silvus
Special meeting of Athens County Teachers Association
President Gaskill calls a special meeting for Saturday December 26 at 10 am. Location likely Athens courthouse court or jury room. Topic is to discuss school financial relief legislation coming to the Ohio legislature and to draft a constitution for the association.
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Athens County Teachers’ Association
Gaskill
Athens Court House
Ohio
Six Die In Mysterious New York Tenement Fire
A five story tenement at 13 East Ninety-eighth Street burned early today killing six people including two women and four men. Five others remained missing as Howard Russell, 64, was positively identified among victims. A passerby driving home in a car saw flames in the hallway and raised the alarm.
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New York
East Ninety-eighth Street
Howard Russel
Will Speak Here F Fannon Addresses Athens Chamber Luncheon
Fannon a 18 year director of Sherman Service pro cites engineers will discuss The Sevenf Five Cent Dollar in Industry at Athens Chain of Commerce forum luncheon noon Wednesday. He has studied business and trial conditions, visiting factories nationwide, focusing on human factors in industry and practical applications.
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F. Fannon
Athens
Civil Service Reform Urged in Congress
Washington report details three main legislative aims supported by civil service reform groups. They push merit-based appointments for postmasters, competitive exams for prohibition agents, and consolidation of personnel functions under the Civil Service Commission. State reforms gain momentum in seven states, with others inching toward broader adoption.
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Washington
Civil Service Reform
Congress
Council
The
National Civil Service Reform League
League
Coolidge
Postal Service
Cramton
House
Lehrbach
Personnel Classification Board
Civil Service Commission
Pennsylvania
Texas
Minnesota
Kansas
Vermont
Utah
Michigan
Nebraska
Georgia
Alabama
Kentucky
Virginia
Louisiana Leads Nation in Sugar Cane Production
Louisiana raises more sugar cane than any other state in the United States, toppling rivals in annual output and securing its place as the nation’s leading producer of the crop.
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Louisiana
State
The
Union
Bitter cold sweeps nation from Pacific to Atlantic
The Weather Bureau announced a rare simultaneous cold wave hitting the entire United States. Originating in Alaska, the chill has already reached the Pacific Northwest and will move eastward over the next two days, following a brief warm spell.
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Washington
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Alaska
Pacific Northwest
Shoplifters Plague Athens Stores In Holiday Season
In Athens during the holiday rush shoplifters target department stores. Merchants note repeated schemes, including concealing items and ripping tags, with gloves a favorite plunder. Recovery often relies on the suspect’s husband to secure repayment and deter future theft.
Convict Hiding in Walls of Ohio Prison
Columbus Ohio December 16 the warden ordered guards to search passageways in the stone walls for Peter Forthoffer a Cleveland convict who vanished twenty four hours ago A fellow prisoner Harry Lutz said the escape plan involved Forthoffer but not the other convict Forthoffer may still be near the penitentiary and Lutz remains in solitary confinement.
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Columbus
Thomas
Ohio Penitentiary
Peter Forthoffer
Cleveland
Fortheffer
Harry Lutz
Forthoffer
Lutz
Prohibition Agent Acquitted in Murder Case
Gus J. Simmons, a Federal prohibition agent, was acquitted in Charleston West Virginia federal court of murder charges in the March raid at Hilton. Simmons testified he fired at Guy E. Meadowes’s feet when Meadowes failed to halt, denying intent to kill.
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Charleston
W. Va
Gus J. Simmons
Prohibition
Guy E. Meadowes
Hilton
Simmons
Meadowes
Renowned playwright wed violinist Daisy Kennedy
London reports John Drinkwater the playwright and author of Abraham Lincoln quietly married today at Kensington registry. The bride is Daisy Kennedy a concert violinist.
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London
John Drinkwater
Abraham Lincoln
Kenginton
Daisy Kennedy
Rockefeller Jr Lectures on Religion and Science Clash
John D. Rockefeller Jr. warns Bible class that science has outrun religion and that traditional methods of checking science are no longer reliable. He recalls Galileo as an example of old conflicts between science and religious authority.
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John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Galileo
Policemen to be sentenced in federal prohibition case
Judge Paul Jones in Federal court was to pass sentence today on three Cleveland police officers convicted of violating federal prohibition laws. The defendants are Sergeant Walter Knable and Patrolmen Edward Miller and Charlies Paige.
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Cleveland
Paul Jones
Walter Knable
Edward Miller
Charlies Paige
Ohio Wool Brings Highest Prices in State History
Columbus, O. Dec. 15 Through cooperative marketing associations Ohio wool producers secured several cents a pound more than the national average. J. F. Walker of the Ohio Farm Bureau federation said from 1910 to 1917 Ohio wool averaged 3.8 cents a pound above the U S rate. From 1917 to 1924 Ohio prices stood 7.4 cents higher than the national average.
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Columbus
Ohio
J. F. Walker
Ohio Farm Bureau Federtion
Wife of composer ends life in New York
Dorothy Stotheart, 27, wife of Broadway composer Herbert Stotheart known for Rose Marie, died by poison in their Fifth Walk apartment. Police investigation underway as details of the method and motive remain unclear. Stotheart described his wife as strong willed and jealous, suggesting tensions from his career.
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New York
Dorothy Stotheart
Herbert Stotheart
Pomander Walk Colony
Statheart
Stotheart
Rose Marie
Taxes Delayed One Month in Athens County
County commissioners decided to push the tax due date from December 20 to January 20 to ease residents during the holiday season. The board also approved road projects on the New Marshfield Carbondale route from Grassrun to Carbondale and the Angel ridge approach to the Jerseyville pike, allocating $163,000 with matching state funds for the latter.
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Athens
Santa Claus
Marshfield
Carbondale
Grassrun
Angelridge
Jerseyville Pike
Rebels seize Alcazar and Segeurn garrisons in Spain crisis
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Tangier reports Ndjtera tribesmen rebel against Spanish rule and capture the Alcazar and Segeurn garrisons in a widening Spain upheaval.
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London
Ndjtera
Spain
Tangier
Alcazar
Segeourn
Kidnapping Suspect Stuns Newport Community
Edna Cheeseman, nine, vanished from the Church of Nazarene in Newport Kentucky Sunday night. Her parents, Mr and Mrs James Cheeseman, believe a relative abducted the child.
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Cincinnati
Edna Cheeseman
Newport
Church of Nazarene
James Cheeseman
Extension of the Air Mail Service
Washington plans for extending air mail to Europe and Asia are being drafted by Brigadier General William Mitchell. He says private groups lack cost and safety data, while the government remains the logical beneficiary of sustained daily freight flying. The proposal, once ready, will go to the War Department for approval and then to Congress.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Asia
William Mitchell
Army Air Service
General Mitchell
War Department
Congress
Death of Samuel Gompers Observed in Athens
The body of Samuel Gompers passed through Athens on a B and O special train for the East. The casket lay in state among flowers as Athens residents viewed it during a brief stop. The train carried floral tributes from stops including San Antonio, overfilling the coach with bouquets.
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Samuel Gompers
Labor
Athens
East
America
San Antonio
Athens Council Hears Power Rate Deferred and Opera House Move
At a Monday meeting Athens Council discussed deferring commercial and domestic power rate hikes as the Athens Electric Co seeks longer negotiations. The firm, sourcing from Floodwood, may raise rates only after talks with nearby municipalities and with residents voting on the matter. The city also addresses the Ohio Utilities Commission hearing on a 75 cent service charge and the opera house use by the Salvation Army with building code adjustments to reduce expenses.
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Athens
Athens Electric Cy
Cound
Elese Tric Power Company
Leca Company
Floodwoody
Counct
Athans
John Poston
Poston
Athens City
Athena
Hartford
Mason City
New Haven
Ohio River
Pleasant
Gallipol Ha
Wellston
Hamden
Caelton
Des Mires
Jackson City
Goce Cacapeeid
Logan Gas Co
Ohio Utilities Commission
Athens ci
Service Department
Gies Company
Opera Youse UP Council
Athens Electric Co
Grandview Highland Addition
Athens Opera House
Salvation Army
Cleveland Fights for Home Rule in Bus Regulation
The city of Cleveland carried its fight for home rule in motor bus regulation to the State Supreme Court today. Local officials argue for city authority over buses operating within Cleveland.
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Columbus
Cleveland
State Supreme Court
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