Three Speakers at OU Convocation Commemorate Science Club
At Ohio University in Ewing Hall this morning the science club’s twenty five year milestone was marked with talks by Dr. Garry C. Myers Dr. J. P. Porter and Prof. A A Atkinson. Dr. E B Bryan was unable to attend.
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Atkinson
Garry Myers
Assembly
Ohio University Science Club
Ohio University
Ewing Hall
Garry C. Myers
Cleveland School of Education
J. P. Porter
A. A. Atkinson
E. B. Bryan
Science Club
DR. Myers
Dr. Porter
Epidemic Victims Treated After Honolulu Run
Forty persons suffering from pneumonia from the President Cleveland epidemic were under doctors care in Honolulu. The Laid up liner completed an eight day voyage from Yokohama to Honolulu, a record pace for the distance.
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Honolulu
T. H
Cleveland
Yokohama
Mexicans Propose War Outlaw Plan At Pan American Talks
At the Pan American Conference in Havana the Mexican proposal to outlaw aggressive warfare gains traction with U S endorsement from Charles Evans Hughes. He backs a boundary dispute commission and a three jurists plus one decisive vote panel from outside the hemisphere.
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Harry W. Franz
United Press
Havana
Charles
Evans Hughes
United States
Public International Law Committee
Gonzales Roa
Americas
Hughes
Canada
Western Hemisphere
Snow blamed as buses collide in Athens area traffic incident
A Nelsonville Athens traction bus and a 1 ton Athens Motor Express truck collided at West State and Centres at 9 am. Snow on windshields blamed for the accident. Driver R H Kine of Hebbardsville drove the truck. Baker traction bus carried several passengers with no injuries. Truck damage about 200 dollars. bus damage 100 to 200 dollars.
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Nelsonville-Athens Traction Company
Athens Motor Express
West State
Centres Avenue
R. H. Kine
Hebbardsville
Athens
Gallipolis
Baker Traction Bus
Young
K& B. Young
Reed Blasts Rates Policy As Anticompetitive Conspiracy
Senator Reed charged that the interstate rate decision acts as a criminal conspiracy in restraint of trade. He said the order blocks coal rate cuts from West Virginia Kentucky to the Great Lakes, easing Pennsylvania mines’ competition and burdening the public.
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Washington
U.R
Reed
Senate
United States
West Virginia- Kentucky
Great Lakes
Congress
Lowden Favored in Minnesota Delegates Race
Former Minnesota governor Frank C. Lowden leads the field in the Lowden Hoover contest, with William F. Brooks predicting a majority of state delegates for Lowden. Dawes sentiment is minimal while Coolidge support remains limited and no move to draft the president.
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Washington
U.R
Frank C. Lowden
West Virginia records largest newborn in state history
In Sistersville West Virginia a 16 pound boy was born to Mrs George Kearns today. The birth is considered the largest baby ever born in the state. The father works as a foreman for Hope Construction company.
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Sistersville
W. Va
George Kearns
West Virginia
Hope Construction Company
Wheeler May Lead Coal Strike Inquiry
Senator Wheeler of Montana who led the Justice Department inquiry into Daugherty is expected to be named to the coal strike investigating sub committee. Senator Couzens of Michigan is slated for chairman. The sub committee was appointed by Chairman Watson as the Interstate Commerce Committee. The full committee will meet Monday to begin the investigation. The sub committee will visit coalfields in Pennsylvania and possibly Ohio to assess conditions firsthand.
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Washington
U.P
Wheeler
Montana
Justice Department
Daugherty
Couzens
Republican
Michigan
Watson
Interstate Commerce Committee
Pennsylvania
Ohio
President Coolidge Hosts 2000 Guests at White House Without Mrs
President Coolidge led a 2000 guest reception at the White House with Mrs. Coolidge absent due to illness. He stood in the Blue Room and greeted attendees while plans for waffles and sausage breakfasts for Congress continued. The event closed the winter social season. the breakfasts provide political briefing opportunities.
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Mrs. Coolidge
Washington
U.P
Coolidge
Congress
Mr. Coolidge
Manhunt Over Middlewestern States Begins
Eddie Foy dies after performance in Kansas City. The star, born Edward Fitzgerald, died in a hotel here from heart disease. His body, escorted by widow Marie Coombs, and company, was sent by train toward New Rochelle, New York.
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U.P
Eddie Foy
Broadway
Ding
Voy
Edward Fitzgerald
Orpheum Theater
Marie Coombsey
New Rochelle
N. Y
Foy
Increased Gas Rates Refused By Committee
The Public Utilities Commission denied Logan Gas Company’s request to raise rates affecting about 18 Ohio cities. The ruling followed a Supreme Court decision that a second increase cannot be applied while a first increase is still pending. Logan Gas filed its proposed schedule earlier this afternoon.
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Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
Logan Gas Company
Ohio
Supreme Court
Hill Jury Dismissed in Matr icide Case After 60 Hours
Ottawa jury unable to reach a verdict in the Harry A. Hill matricide case after nearly 60 hours of deliberation. Judge J. A. Davis dismissed the panel.
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Ottawa
Til
U.R
Harry A. Hill
J. A. Davis
Booklet on Well Balanced Diets Offered to Readers
The Athens Messenger promotes a booklet on good diet planning for households. It explains needed foods, proportions, and menus for meals and urges all household managers to obtain a copy by sending four cents for postage to Baskin, Director in Washington.
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Athens Messenger
Murder of two deputies linked to Chicago bandit case
In Indiana and Illinois the search for Marty Durkin, the so called sheik bandit, widens as detectives trace two escaping prisoners from Pendleton. The bodies of deputies Wallace McClure and John Grove were found near Covington with head injuries. the car they used was found in Decatur. Several suspects, held in various cities, remain unidentified as authorities continue the hunt.
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Lafayette
Ind
Marty Durkin
Chicago
State Reformatory
Pendleton
Samuel Baxter
John Burns
Danville
Lil
Decatur
la Fayette
Charles Abdill
Covington
Harry Stewart
Stewart
Aviator Injured as Skiis on Plane Fail in Michigan
Lieutenant Hoyt L. Prindle aged 23 from Santa Maria California crashed during takeoff in an army pursuit plane fitted with skis on a snow covered field near Levering Michigan. He was seriously hurt as the aircraft was wrecked beyond repair during a goodwill tour of Northern Michigan's snow country.
Defense Rests in Sinclair Burns Contempt Case
The defense rested in the Sinclair Burns contempt case with summing up arguments begun. The defense finished testimony without Harry S. Sinclair taking the stand as the contempt citation stemmed from Sinclair hiring Burns detectives to shadow jurors.
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Sinclair-Burns
Washington
U.P
Harry S. Sinclair
Sinclair
Burns
Ohio University Founders Day Program Broadcast
A Founders Day commemorating Ohio University's 124th anniversary will be broadcast from WSAI Saturday night from until o'clock.
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Ohio University
WSAI
Father and We Fail To Grow With Their Fenty Says Doctor Myers
Dr Garry C Myers Cleveland state chairman of the committee on child study groups told Athens Parent-Teacher Association members last night that parents interrupt and nag their children and thereby create fears and inhibit personality development. He urged accepting children’s remarks and warned against harsh punishment while stressing limited corporal discipline for very young children. He argued home environment, not schools, shapes a child’s behavior and urged parents to avoid undermining their offspring’s growth.
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Garry C. Myers
Committee On Child Study Groups
Cleveland
Athens Parent-Teacher Association
Doctor Myers
Dodo Myers
Senate moves to probe ICC coal freight rate fixes
A resolution urging an investigation into coal freight rates set by the Interstate Commerce Commission was introduced in the Senate by Senator Sackett Republican Kentucky. The measure seeks scrutiny of how rates are determined and implemented.
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Washington
U.R
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate
Sackett
Kentucky
State Prosecutors Battle to Save Lengel Murder Trial
In Lisbon Ohio the state presses to admit earlier testimony from Floyd Streitenberger in the Lengel murder case. Prosecutors warn losing the bid would deal a mortal blow to their prosecution of former Canton police chief Saranus A. Lengel as jurors hear last minute legal arguments.
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Lisbon
Saranus A. Lengel
Canton
Lengel
Floyd Streitenberger
Dom R. Mellett
C. B. McClintock
Streitenberger
Florence Travis
Ohio Republicans name delegates and discuss Willis
In Wellston a Republican meeting chose T R Biddle and another delegate for the tenth district and nominated Willis for president. John Woolley and others endorsed Willis, with petitions filed to back Athens county and Simeon D. Fess. Reports suggest a Maschke advantage and Knight activity to influence the pre primary campaign.
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Frank B. Wills
Otte
Land Central
Publican Party
Wellston
Wellaton
Rt. D. Wi
Can
Att
T. R. Biddle
Sherman & Gallipolig
Kansas City
John Woolley
Liams
Fred Bougher
Central
Tate
Ant jJohnson
Jcommittee
County
Willis
Cholr
Charles R. Fishermington
del En
David Johnson
Athens County
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Cleveland to vote for Al at convention
Cleveland's six Democratic national convention votes will go to Governor Al Smith of New York after a Cuyahoga County committee meeting. Newton D. Baker denied seeking the renomination. Delegates and alternates indicated they would back Smith if no Ohioan has a viable path. Bernice Pyke named to the county board of elections.
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Cleveland
U.R
al Smith
New York
Cuyahoga County
Democratic Executive Committee
Newton D. Baker
Smith
Bernice Pyke
County Board of Elections
Baltimore Burns case detective freed from contempt
Charles L. Weitsch, manager at Baltimore Burns detective agency, was freed of contempt of court charges in the Sinclair Burns jury shadowing case. The ruling comes after lengthy proceedings and ongoing investigations into the juror monitoring matter.
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Washington
Charles L. Weitsch
Baltimore Burns
Sinclair-Burns
Tax men elect Columbus president at Ohio Tax meet
Walter F. Kirk of Port Clinton was elected president of the Ohio Tax association at the closing session of the annual conference in Columbus on February 17.
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Columbus
Walter F. Kirk
Port Clinton
Ohio Tax Association
Motors and Pennsylvania Railroad Report Peak 1927 Profits
New York Feb. 17. Industrial wealth in 1927 shows General Motors with a net profit of 235,104,826 on 1,269,519,763 in business and 1,554,577 cars sold. The Pennsylvania Railroad posts a 68,160,294 net income, the greatest in its history, yielding 18.6 percent on capital stock.
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America
General Motors
Pennsylvania Railroad
Motors
United
Henry Ford
Ite
Senate panel weighs national probe into power lobby
Washington sources say an independent Senate group held a conference to push for a national investigation of the power lobby and to assess efforts that may have blocked a Walsh action.
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Washington
Senate
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Williams
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