Officials We Drink Are Tilted in Dry Debate
In Washington the Senate resumes the prohibition debate with officials drinking liquor and voting for prohibition measures as the dry side dominates the discussion. Senator Borah prepares to answer Senator Reed, the wets’ Cicero, during the high profile session.
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Senate
Congress
William E. Borah
Idaho
Herbert Hoover
James A. Reed
Missouri
Cicero
Congress Today Senate Debates Prohibition Ahead of Vote
Senate debate on the Reed Borah Prohibition Bill continues with a vote expected shortly after 4 p m Jones Prohibition Bill. Judiciary Committee meets on calendar bills and nominations. House Consists consent calendar bills.
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Judiciary Committee
House
Reed assails Congress on prohibition amid Jones Bill clash
Senator Reed delivers a biting speech attacking “hypocrites of Congress” as the Jones Bill for stricter prohibition penalties faces possible passage. He vows to name known wet drinkers, while Senate debates delay amid a jammed schedule and move to send the bill to the House before nightfall.
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Fines on Installment Plan Backed by Crime Commission
New York Feb 18 The National Crime Commission sub committee led by Frank O Lowden calls for stronger state supervision of local jails and permits fines to be paid in installments. It says jailing for inability to pay small fines treats poverty as a crime.
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New York
National Crime Commission
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
Horses Still Sell Despite Cars in Local Classifieds
A Mes senger ad by M. E. B. Cuckler Route No 1 offered a team of horses and a gray mare for sale. Within 24 hours all animals were bought. The note invites others with equines to call 0248 or Nelsonville 412 W to place an ad.
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Prince of Wales
Nelsonville
Chicago Police Still Bewildered In Beer Trade Murders
Chicago police struggle to identify gunmen who killed seven men in a North Side garage last Thursday. Investigators follow dozens of leads amid talk of rival gangs or mob involvement while liquor and gambling houses face unprecedented closures.
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U.P
Wallace Caldwell
Board of Education
Caldwell
Purple
Mosquito Theme Remains Vital Says Arthur Brisbane
Melville Stone, veteran journalist, dies at 80 described as a balanced man and friend. The column urges public focus on mosquitoes as agents of malaria noting the vast unseen threat and imagining planes from Rome due to Pontine marshes. Continued on Page Four.
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Crichton
Melville Stone
Rome
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Mosquit
Aged man arrested for liquor possession in Buchtel
Had Half Pint Possessing about one half pint of liquor, Isaac Hansbury, 76, was arrested in Buchtel Saturday by Harve Lines and St Yates, state prohibition officers. Hansbury pleaded guilty when arraigned before Mayor James Tolliver, of Buchtel, and was fined $100 and costs. Unable to pay the fine and costs, the aged man was brought to the Athens County Jail. An attempt to arrange for the release of Hansbury will be made, county officers said.
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Isaac Hansbury
Buchtel
Harve Lines
St Yates
Hansbury
James Tolliver
Athens
Recital Honors 125th OU Anniversary at Alumni Memorial
Floyd Stanley Crooks Col umbus attorney and Ohio University graduate led a morning recital in Alumni Memorial Auditorium observing OU's 125th founding anniversary. E B Bryan introduced the program with Edwin Stainbrook at piano and Crooks delivering aria like Toreador Song and Bens of Jura. Encore pieces followed including My Rose and Evening My Love and You.
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Meale
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Lindbergh Heads to New York by Air Amid Talks
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is expected to depart Bolling Field for New York this afternoon after a grueling Sapelo Island flight. He plans meetings with Speaker Longworth and others, and will skip Washington's inaugural ceremonies as he eyes a west coast trip for the T. A. T. near March 4. The journey will cover the trans continental route including Columbus.
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House Longworth
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Glover
Lindbergh
Sapelo Island
Columbus
Native of County Dies in Nebraska
Relatives report the death of James Pickering, 80, who died last Thursday at his home in Ulysses Nebraska. He leaves a widow and two sons. He was a native of Athens County and brother to L L Pickering and A L Pickering of Athens. Other siblings include Sam Pickering Lincoln Neb Shell Pickering Arkansas Mrs Emmett Brannon and Miss Lou Pickering Chattanooga Tenn.
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Ulysses
Neb
Pickering
Athens County
L. L. Pickering
A. L. Pickering
Athens
Sam Pickering
Lincoln
Shell Pickering
Arkansas
Emmett Brannon
Lou Pickering
Chattanooga
Tenn
No Word on Green Law Funds for Road Appropriations
Athens County Board of Commissioners reported no definite word on the Green Law Road funds. The commissioners said the state legislature typically considers the appropriations near session end and no action may be taken for several weeks.
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Athens County Board of Commissioners
Freighter Padasay Repairs Reach Azores Route
The freighter Padasay, which sent an SOS after a broken rudder, is now proceeding toward the Azores. A Radio Marine Corporation message last night did not specify how the repair was made.
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Padasay
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Radio Marine Corporation
Coolidge to Focus on Government Writing After Retirement
The New York Times reports President Coolidge will spend time writing on government subjects after leaving office on March 4. He plans to return to Northampton Massachusetts but may keep a Washington home. Offers from newspaper syndicates to prepare articles for a future book were reported, though he fears government ties might misuse his name or prestige.
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Northampton
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Picture Men Feel Blows From Tunney
Gene Tunney, former world heavyweight champion, drew criticism in London circles after he attacked news photographers and reporters at a Cannes hotel event on Saturday He refused to speak to them and reportedly struck several camera operators during the incident in France.
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U,pr
Gene Tunney
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Subcommittee to Streamline German Reparations Report
Paris February 18 two men were appointed by the reparations experts conference to cut through Dr Jhalmar Schacht's long exposition on Germany's economic conditions. The panel will report tomorrow with more detailed plans to reach definite annual payment amounts.
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U.P
Jhalmar Schacht
Germany
Man slain in liquor search near Adelphi
Logan Feb 18. Earl Barron of Lancaster killed during a liquor-hunt party at Pike Run near Adelphi in Hocking County. A volley of 15 to 20 shots struck Barron as the group approached a hilltop cache. the survivors fled. Bloodhounds and authorities searched the brush pile and trail for clues.
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Food by Wednesday Hope For Stranded Silverton Diggers
Silvert on Colorado February 18 United States mail carriers arrived with fresh vegetables and meat for the isolated town. Diggers on the Durango side of a snowslide hope to reach their co workers by midweek as Silverton remains snowbound for two weeks.
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UPR
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Durango
Tears Flow-But It Was Only Gas From a Bomb
A city reporter seeks a news story at the City Building and finds officers crying from tear gas. The mayor alive, the gag prompts a gas test, causing a terrible stench and the reporter to flee, leaving the paper damp with ink and tears.
Franklin Has Fire In Bust Scene District
A blaze swept Franklin in the bust scene district today causing about 10 000 dollars in loss. Firemen battled the flames but damage was extensive across multiple buildings and a few occupants were briefly evacuated.
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Franklin
Hudnut Calls for Christ to Enter Daily Life in Public Sermon
Dr. Hudnut told the Methodist Church audience that God seeks to enter a person’s life when they open the door. He urged rebirth as true faith, criticized reliance on legislation, and said religion should govern all daily acts, not be confined to church.
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Pope to Make First Trip Out of the Vatican
Rome reports the Pope will visit St John Lateran Basilica to celebrate mass after Easter. He would be presented as a visiting sovereign and travel in a royal coach, with the king accompanying him along the route.
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Vatican
St. John Lateran
Brother’s Drowning Death Kept Secret by Fearful Boy
Bocock, 10, drowned in the Scioto River while his 13 year old brother George tried to救 him. The younger boy did not reveal the drowning until today fearing his father would whip him. The incident occurred Sunday in Columbus Ohio.
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Proceeds to Buy Radio Set From Chauncey Show
The first of two fundraising shows will be held Wednesday night in the Thomas Hamilton Theater Chauncey. Proceeds go to Chauncey Dover High School for a radio receiving set. Athens County Board of Education announced the event. Pupils are selling tickets and paying expenses.
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Thomas Hamilton
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Cold Wave Promises Snow Flurries for Ohio Tonight
Columbus reports another cold wave from the U S Weather Bureau will hit Ohio late today or tonight. The change ends springlike weekend warmth with sharp temperature drops across the Great Lakes region and snow flurries expected elsewhere in the state. The mercury began falling this morning signaling the arrival.
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Ohio
United States Weather Bureau
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Supreme Court opens after recess with Sinclair Lake Cargo cases
The Supreme Court resumes after a three week recess at mid term to hear arguments on the Sinclair contempt case and the Lake Cargo coal rate disputes. The Sinclair matter involves a congressional inquiry into a private business and could be decided by late today. Lake Cargo includes four appeals from Interstates and Pitts operators challenging a rate ruling that favored certain Great Lakes coal mines.
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Man to Join Church So Son Will Eat Again
New Hampshire February 13 UPI Fred Conrad vows to dine Friday night if his grocer father George joins the Methodist Church, ending a 36 day fast the son began to punish his father who was said to be possessed by the devil. Rev Ray Dotson, a former Lima newspaper man, led the revival that sparked the protest.
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Fred Conrad
George
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New Hampshire Methodist Church
Ray Dotson
Lima
Jury Cheers As Woman Is Freed In Kentucky Murder Case
In Somerset Kentucky on February 18 a courtroom crowd cheered when Ruth Cross Perkins age 27 was cleared of murder in the death of Pearl Owens of Louisville. Owens was found with Perkins husband Logan Perkins McCreary County Court Clerk on a train near Somerset last August. Perkins sobbed after the verdict and shook hands with jurors. She denied rumors she would reunite with her husband.
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Somerset
Ruth Cross Perkins
Pearl Owens
Louisville
Logan Perkins
McCreary County
Here
Dorr Wins Fourth Prize in Ohio State Corn Show
Fred Dorr of Canaanville won fourth prize in the corn show held at Ohio State University during Farmers Week in early February. Dorr has long been active in corn crops and has earned multiple prizes in the past year. He previously won three first prizes and the grand champion prizes for single ears and ten ears at the Nelsonville Homecoming Week show.
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Ohio State University
Fred Dorr
Canaanville
Columbus
Dorr
Nelsonville
Canaanville Institute
Second Stage Bills May Be Numerous Though Legislature Is
Columbus February 18 1927 ahead of other years the Eighty General Assembly reconvenes to begin the seventh week with a flood of new bills. Under rules three fifths consent needed for new measures after a date. The crop may be as high as 300 bills with 280 already filed this session as lawmakers prepare hearings and floor action on pending measures. Senate committee chairmanships begin with a hearing on the Carpenter Bill to repeal the Pence Utility Rate Law.
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General Assembly
Senate
House
Carpenter
Aged Man David French Dies Near Mineral
Aged Man David French dies at home near Mineral after heart trouble. Funeral at 2 pm Tuesday at Methodist Protestant Church with Rev C W Johnson and Rev J L Cartwright officiating. Burial in Field Cemetery. Survived by widow, four daughters May French Vina Scott Gresheimer and Arthur Antle. a son Carl. ten grandchildren.
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David French
Mineral
Tn Methodist Protestant Church
Fey. C. W. Johnson
Kondale
J. L. Cartwright
French
United Brethren Church
Red Men's Lodge
Athens
May French
Vina Scott
Cothe
G. J. Stout
Albert Gresheimer
Mouth
Arthur Antle
Amesville
Carl
Lima
New Information Fails to Emerge on Baby’s Body Found
Authorities report no new information about the infant girl found along Sugar Creek road. The newborn, born alive, likely died from exposure. Deputy Sheriff Wayne Ett found the body, later turned over to Jager's Undertaking, with burial awaiting permission from the county prosecutor RB Dy Williams. The Athens Messenger notes the February 12 date.
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Beiniz Lin
Jager
Burial County
Dy Williams
Iine
Wayne Ett
Ofice
Athens Messenger
Unrest in Garment District Amid I W U Demonstration
A protest by between five thousand and six thousand I W U members and sympathizers in the garment area led to the arrest of about four hundred to five hundred marchers. Police dispersed the crowd after the demonstration.
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Industrial Workers Union
Scalding accident claims toddler in Tiltonville
A 19 month old named Everett fell into a kettle of boiling water and was scalded to death in Tiltonville. The incident occurred when the child slipped and plunged into the hot liquid, with authorities noting the accident appeared accidental.
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Everett
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