Plans Made to reopen veterans benefits in new Congress
Washington dispatch reports ex service leaders expect moves to reopen and extend government life insurance for veterans and preserve the WWI benefits after December 31. Royal Johnson leads a program to reopen the insurance and extend disability evidence deadlines while pursuing a hospitalization expansion and universal draft concept.
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Washington
Congress
Jacobstein
New York
Royal Johnson
South Dakota
Johnson
House Veterans Committee
Rumor of Impeachment Strategy Circulates in Senate
An unconfirmed report from Oklahoma City claims some senators plan to abandon the impeachment fight against Governor Henry S Johnston by voting on improperly drafted articles and adjourning. The alleged plan arose from a night meeting involving the governor, his advisers, and select senators.
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Oklahoma City
Senate
Henry 8. Johnston
Sewing booklet teaches practical garment making
The Athens Messenger describes an illustrated 32 page Sewing Booklet from the Washington Information Bureau. It covers planning finishing and cutting garments for youth and children with sections on ornaments remaking old items and making boys clothes. Four cents stamps. Frederic J. Baskin Information Bureau director. Street
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Washington Information Bureau
Patterson Elected President of Ohio Teachers Association
John R. Patterson head of Athens city schools was yesterday elected president of the Ohio State Teachers Association at the Columbus meeting of Ohio teachers.
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John R. Patterson
Athens
Ohio State Teachers’ Association
Ohio Teachers
Columbus
Lawyers Fight Time in Matricide Case in Ottawa
Attorneys for Harry Hill 22 charged with matricide seek delays to the jury selection. Illinois law requires trial within four months of arrest, with Hill’s window expiring January 3. Defense argues the venire panel is invalid as 100 jurors were drawn while only 24 are permitted.
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Ottawa
Ill
Dee
Harry Hill
Illinois
Hill
Lst
Veniremen
Lee O'Neil Browne
Defense Counsel
Mellon Approves March Delay on Tax Bill Action
The treasury department approved delaying Senate action on the new tax bill until March 15. Secretary Mellon plans a statement on the tax legislation program, and the postponement would let Congress see session appropriations to gauge possible tax cuts.
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Washington
U.R
Treasury Department
Senate
Mellon
Congress
Ancient records carved in stone reveal early vital statistics
In Cincinnati on December 29 the American Philological Association discussed how ancient peoples kept vital records and preserved them by engraving stone. The philologists argued the focus was on the wording of documents rather than ceremonial aspects.
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Cincinnati
U.R
American Philogical Association
Pleads Guilty Over Truancy Case in Sugar Creek
Fred Oliver of Sugar Creek pleaded guilty to keeping his son out of school. He was fined $5 and costs by Magistrate S. E. Hedges after claiming the child lacked shoes and warm clothes. Truancy Officer Carl Porter apprehended him.
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Fred Oliver
Sugar Creek
S. E. Hedges
Oliver
Carl Porter
Teen dies after smoke through nose dare in Detroit
Detroit authorities report Louise Morton aged 16 choked and died after attempting to blow cigarette smoke through her nose, causing a burst blood vessel during a dare.
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Detroit
Mich
Louise Morton
Dawn missing aircraft search ends with no trace
Boston December 29 U R says no trace of the missing amphibian plane The Dawn has been found in waters within 70 miles of Sable Island after a search by destroyers coast guard vessels The Sturtevant Mahan and coast guard boats will continue sweeping eastward and northward of the island.
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Coast Guard
Sable Island
Sturtevant
Mahan
Guatemala Honors Lindbergh With Banquet At Palace Hotel
President of Guatemala hosted a banquet for Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh at the Palace Hotel in Guatemala City. The aviator praised visiting Latin America and pledged to travel Central American capitals, while noting his Pan American travel schedule.
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Guatemala
Lindbergh
Guatemala City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Republic of Guatemala
Mexico City
United Press
War Department
Palace Hotel
the Republic
Twenty Four Fliers Die In 1927 Air Year
New York December 29. The year’s last days mark 24 aviators lost in trans ocean work since May 5. The missing Dawn with Mrs Frances Wilson Grayson and others raises the death toll to twenty four as 1927 closes.
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New York
U.P
Frances Wilson Grayson
Oskar Omdal
Brice Goldsborough
Fred Koehler
Roosevelt Field
Harbor Grace
Europe
Youth is Dead After 115 Hour Fight for Breath
Milton Rush 16 died in Houston after friends kept him alive 115 hours by artificial respiration following an accidental shooting last Saturday. The wound caused lung paralysis and death occurred early today.
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Houston
Tex
U.P
Milton Rush
Rush
New Corporations Form in Mansfield Area
In Mansfield a new incorporation named Holibauch Wolfe Inc with 5000 dollars is recorded. Directors include Fred R. Holibaugh Fred W. Wolfe and Bryan E. Terman.
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Columbus
U.R
Mansfield, Holibauch-Wolfe, Inc
Fred R. Holibaugh
Fred W. Wolfe
Bryan E. Terman
Stores Close in Athens for New Year Observance
Athens merchants close all day Monday for New Year’s observance though New Year’s Day falls on Sunday. Local retailers in the Athens Retail Merchants Association pause operations to honor the holiday per legal observance.
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Athens
Athens Retail Merchants’ Association
Bridge Work Over District Is Found Necessary
The bottom chords of the covered bridge over the Hocking river at Coolville have rotted from the abutments and the bridge is in a dangerous condition. Maintenance forces from the Columbus highways office are at work on repairs but it will be unsafe for heavy trucks for weeks. A Guysville covered bridge is also in bad condition and is being repaired. Gravel work on the 15 miles between Chesterhill and the concrete road through Sugar Creek on Routes 26 and 77 is finished.
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Hocking River
Coolville
A. R. Cline
Columbus Highways Office
Cline
Guysville
Chesterhill
Sugar Creek
Mr. Cline
Bill Has a New Banking Thrill
Bill notes a sensational banking story from Beverly Hills about Gianini founder of Bank of Italy. The columnist claims he can obtain a loan to test the bank while joking the founder aims to die poor, presenting a tongue in cheek traveler’s tale with Will Rogers as narrator.
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the Messenger
Beverly Hills
Cal
Dev
Bank of Italy
Pipers
Gianini
Will Rogers
Dawn Flight Fliers May Be Abandoned This Evening
In New York on December 29 the sixth day since Mrs Frances Wilson Kayson and three male companions left Roosevelt Field for Newfoundland in the Sikorsky amphibian The Dawn, there has been no word. Navy and coast guard destroyers had searched the waters off Sable Island and planned to halt the chase by nightfall unless directed otherwise.
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New York
U.P
Frances Wilson Kayson
Roosevelt Field
Newfoundland
Navy
Coast Guard
Sable Island
Arizona and Ohio Democrats debate favorite son nomination
In Columbus the Democratic sub committee to recommend a favorite son for the presidential nomination met to discuss delegate selection for the national convention. A January 5 meeting will consider the recommendations, with Atlee Pomerene seen as the likely favorite son endorsement. Republican plans were postponed to the following week.
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Columbus
U.P
Democratic State Central and Executive Committees
U. S.S
Atlee Pomerene
Republican State Central Committee
Psychologists at Columbus Meeting Debunk Child Intelligence Myths
About 300 psychologists at the American Psychological Association convention in Columbus discussed feelings and behavior shaping destinies. They ridiculed urban rural intelligence gaps, noted no mystery behind a ouija board, and cited Iowa tests showing rural students rival city children in learning.
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Columbus
American Psychological Association
Crossroads
Ouija Board
Sarah M. Ritter
Wesleyan College
Macon
Georgia
Eva Fillmore
Iowa
Daugherty to Speak at Mass Meeting Over Strike Plans
In Logan on December 29 a mass meeting outlined a year long co operative plan at Union Furnace brick plant. Employees formed a representative committee Walter McGee W W Hardy and Charles Rose with Glenn Bickle retained as company liaison. Brick production has begun and work will ship soon under a payroll of sixty five men.
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Walter McGee
W. W. Hardy
Charles Rose
Glenn Bickle
Hocking Valley
Ohio
Cincinnati Union Terminal seeks joint station approval
The Cincinnati Union Terminal company asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to construct a new union station in Cincinnati costing 31.5 million dollars. The station would be used jointly by seven railroads.
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Washington
U.P
Cincinnati Union Terminal Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cincinnati
Educational group names Patterson as new president
John R. Patterson, city schools superintendent of the Ohio State Teachers Association, defeats John C. Berg 180 to 140 in Columbus vote to become president. Meek and Whitmer elected to committee posts. six delegates chosen for the National Education Association meeting in Minneapolis.
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Columbus
John R. Patterson
Ohio State Teachers’ Association
John C. Berg
Warren
Patterson
Charles 8. Meek
Toledo
Berg
J. W. Whitmer
National Educational Association
Minneapolis
Helen J. Holliday
Steubenville
R. J. Kiefer
Niles
William A. Evans
Cinjecinnati
C. A. Arganbright
Lima
Charlotte M. Swanton
Springfield
Lucy B. Evans
Athens
I. E. Reynolds
Detroit rum runner Cohen meets U S attorney over bribery charges
Al Cohen also known as Tom Watson described by federal officers as a Detroit liquor runner into northern Ohio. He was summoned by U S District Attorney A E Bernsteen to discuss charges that customs border control members accepted bribes.
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Cleveland
U.R
al Cohen
Tom Watson
Detroit
Ohio
U.S
A. E. Bernsteen
Cohen
Bernsteen
Customs Border Control
Daugherty challenges Ohio coal operators at Glouster meeting
President Oral Daugherty of the Hocking sub-district union told about 100 miners in Glouster Ohio that operators plan to hire strike-breakers after January 1. He warned of a two‑way fight, vowed to lead the miners without pay, urged a new wage contract, and urged backing from business leaders while accusing operators and a strike-breaker syndicate of undermining the union.
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Messenger
Glouster
Ohio
Oral Daugherty
Hocking
Glouster Opera House
Daugherty
Jacksonville
Lee Hall
John L. Lewis
International Executive Board
New York City
Columbus
Lewis
David Watkins
State Organization
Lagrippe
Hall
Watkins
Robert Belly
Watekins
Illinois
Indiana
Secretary orders cleanup of naturalization offices nationwide
Secretary of Labor Davis instructed the immigration service to begin immediately eliminating substandard conditions and inadequate facilities in naturalization offices across the country, citing the need to improve processing environments and public service.
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Washington
Davis
Immigration Service
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Thomas L. Stokes
Frederic J. Baskin
Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Boston
Frances W. Grayson
Sturte
Charlestown Navy Yard
America
Havana
United States
Bill
Atlee
Pomerene
Mama
Papa
Jack Powers
United Press Stare
Hassey Cason
University of Illinois
Clinton Webb Messenger
Fleats Patterson
Ohio State
Worstell
Mhe
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