Jones Bill Seeks Tight Prohibition Penalties
The Jones Bill proposes heavy penalties for alcohol violations, with potential maximums of five years imprisonment and a ten thousand dollar fine. The measure, drafted by Senator Wesley Jones, moves toward passage in the Senate and could reach the House before adjournment. Republican leaders claim assurances of eventual enactment.
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Paul Re.mellon
United Press
Washington
Jones Bil
Chicago Beer and Alcohol Gang
Senate
House
Congress
Wesley Jones
Prohibition and Legislation Discussed in House Committees
House committees advance talks on Texas pironage and railroad consolidation while considering penalties for bootlegging and alien deportation. A foreign affairs hearing weighs arms embargo and liquor law enforcement. The column highlights Anne Morrow and Lindbergh engagement as a eugenics era curiosity.
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Lenate
Wurzbach
Interstate Committee
Fess
Agriculture Committee
Copeland Land
Shipatead Superior National Borestilk House
Foreign Affairs Committee
Porter
Steamer Rescue Effort Echoes Prohibition Debate
In a rippling sea rescue report from the New York line Padasay a freighter bound for West Africa receives SOS after its rudder is lost amid a storm. The incident intertwines with a congressional probe of bootlegging and enforcement, while officials discuss harsher penalties for habitual offenders as President Harding coordinates response. A separate note from Vernon reports Mayer named district superintendent, and a fatal gunshot in Zanesville ends with Brown arrested.
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Pran FE
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
New York
U—a
Congressional Hall
United States Lines
Harding
Michigan
S& Padasay
Rudder
Capt
George Fried
Florida
Girl ends self harm attempt in Evanston furnace
Miss Helen Friedrichs 22 tried to thrust into a furnace as did Miss Elfrieda Knaak last October but could not endure the pain. She burned herself severely and was taken to Evanston Hospital. Doctors attributed a nervous state from an ear ailment.
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Evanston, ML
U.rl
Helen Friedrichs
Elfrieda Knaak
Lake Liuff
Friedrichs
Miss Knaak
Lake Bluff
G. W. Root
Miss Friedrichs
Death of infant halts trial as miner freed for humanitarian reason
In Belmont County Common Pleas Court Homer Hanzey, a Hocking Valley miner, is released after the prosecution tolls the indictment for burning non union goods following word that his infant child died at home. Judge Cowen rules humanitarian grounds mean no further prosecution on the charges.
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Hocking Valley
Tilee
Common Meal
Cather
Homer Hanzey
Hocking
Belmont County
Stanley
Homer
Barzey
George McKelvey
W. W. Cowen
Han
Hoover backs ground work for Lindbergh stay grounded
President-Elect Hoover urged Glen Curtis that Lindbergh should remain on the ground to advance aviation development from below. He warned that aviation risks could lead to a mishap, suggesting Lindbergh as a potential government aviation aide or Assistant Secretary of Commerce in Charge of Aviation.
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Clewiston
Fria
Hoover
Legion of Persons
Charles A. Lindbergh
Glen H. Curtis
Pan-American Airways
Lindstergh
Curtins
Lindbergh
Av'stion
Local District News and Classifieds Digest
Fragmented district news note reads like a timetable of pages and sections. The text hints at local correspondence, a Tuesday page 13 classifieds area, and Logan news with scattered references to regional topics.
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Glouster-Chauncey News
Yaga
Rial
Logan
Tment
Antra
Disarmament Talks Outlook Favors Early Negotiations
Sir Esme Howard predicts a new push by major powers to limit naval armaments following the Fifteen Cruiser Bill. He expects renewed talks among principal naval powers, with the League of Nations Covenant pressuring further restraint and the United States favoring continued negotiations for a satisfactory early conclusion.
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Washington
U.ra
Jame Howard
Great Britain
Sir Esme
Esame
United States of America
League of Nations
League
United States
Geneva
Governor Cooper Seeks Two Week Peace to Handle Policies
Time Out in Columbus as Governor Myer s Cooper issues an SOS asking fob-hunters to leave him alone for two weeks. He wants uninterrupted time to study legislation and administer affairs after a flood of appointment requests since his inauguration.
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Columbus
Cooper
Weather Outlook Predicts Rain Tied Week Ahead
Federal Weather Bureau forecasts a wet period for Ohio Valley and Tennessee with rain Tuesday or Wednesday and again at week end. Temperatures start moderate then turn cold in the latter part of the week.
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Washington
Federal Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Secretary Whiting Affirms U S Business Strength Amid Market Dip
Washington reports Secretary of Commerce Whiting voiced confidence in the fundamental solidity of the U S business structure despite a stock market drop and higher call money rates. He argued steady and rising production and distribution indicate durable financial health, echoed by the U S Employment Service noting few unemployed in January amid seasonal factors.
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Washington
Commeree
Whiting
America
Fedeval Reserve Board
Commerce Department
U. S. Employment Service
Germany Ends Its Case For Low War Debt
Paris February 16 Germany finished presenting evidence for reducing war reparations and faces allied delegates at the conference of experts. Observers foresee three phases of reparations adjustment with Germany likely to receive a large share of world assets to meet annuities totaling about 625.9 million dollars. American delegates reportedly accept a future annual payment range from 523 to 570 million dollars tied to debt settlement and trade expansion.
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Paris
Germany
Jules Sauerwell
le Matin Today
Europe faces historic cold wave with rising deaths
London reports about 200 fatalities as Europe and the British Isles endure an unprecedented cold spell. A bride froze to death near Petrikov as a couple traveled to wed, while Germans warn the chill will persist.
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London
British Isles
Sandwich
England
Petrikov
Poland
Germany
Greenland
Feeland
Norway
Holston
Chicago booze purge urged after Valentine’s Day killings
Public anger in Chicago surged for a general housecleaning of gangsters after seven murders on St Valentine’s Day. Prohibition officials and police officials criticized each other, with whispers of police gang ties. Police rounded up suspects, searched drinking spots and disorderly houses while investigators pursued possible mob espionage and informant angles.
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Chicago
St. Valentine's Day
Washington
U.2
Yscven
Prohibition Administration
D. Silloway
Prohibition
Ad- Site
John A. Swanson
James M. Poranto
Swanson
Lala
Potice
Detroit
Mira
Michael Doody
Rooming Hogag
Advisory Council backs stricter action on stock market speculation
Washington reports the Federal Advisory Council endorses the Federal Reserve Board warning to curb speculative credit. It urges all district banks to directly contact member banks and cooperate to restrain use of reserve credit for speculation, signaling strong support for tighter policy.
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Washington
U.R
Federal Advisory Council
Federal Reserve Board
Thea Board
Wall Street
Advisory Council
Federal Reserve Bank of
Ain
Reserve Board
Uteir
Reserve System
Federal Reserve Banks
Injury prompts premium from Athens Messenger policy
William Partlow of 40 Moore Avenue received a $20 premium for a $1.50 Athens Messenger subscription policy after a workplace accident at the Athens Volering Company plant. A rip saw kicked back, smashing his small finger and breaking the third finger on his right hand. The policy, handled by Columbus Mutual Life, was arranged about four weeks before the injury.
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Wiliam MW
Patriow
Moore Avenue
Athens Messenger
Athens Vloering Company
Air
Dartlow
Messenger
Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company
Columbus
Hunger strike rages as fat man seeks divine save
New Hampshire reports Fred Conrad a 27 year old former 200 pound clerk now 140 pounds continues a hunger fast to cast out devils from his son and church leader Reverend Ray Dotson. The tale centers on family strife and disputes over church leadership amid revival meetings and police involvement.
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New Hampshire
Fred Conrad
Ray Dotson
Conrad
Dotson
Ainner
Bership
Con Conrad
Russell Point
Fred
Dupola
Dotwon
Ure
Pormer Lima
Dotaon
Jand
Lindbergh Forced Down in Dense North Carolina Fog
Col Charles A Lindbergh was unable to navigate through a heavy fog over Hatteras Inlet NC during a Charleston DC to Washington flight. After eight hours aloft he covered only 325 miles and landed on the beach. The Sir Curtis Falcon plane was undamaged and expect to stay overnight at the coast guard station before continuing to Washington in the morning.
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Hatteras Inlet
WN. C
Charles A. Lindbergh
North Carolina
Charleston
D. C
Washington
Curtis Falcon
Cosat
Silent Prayer on Lips as He Goes to Electric Chair
Everett Keon alias Cecil Dean, 29, is executed in the Ohio Penitentiary for the 1928 murder of Marion County farmer Henry Foos. The condemned man, silent and stoic, spoke only to a police spectator and Chaplain Reed offered solace in his final minutes. Keon had a long criminal record from youth, including a prior murder conviction and parole escapes.
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Columbus
U.P
Everett Keon
Cecil Dean
Ohio Penitentiary
Henry Foos
Marion County
George Bateman
Nelsonville
Keon
George
Lesult
Hoe
Koons
Surs
Appies
Butts
Pritchard
Bisa
Koon
A. Ln Pritchard
Isaiah Hoon
State Penitentiary
Falks
REED
Fiebd
Cooper
Staite
Foos
Marian
Ohio
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