Senate public trial widens probe into liquor deals and frauds
The Wheeler-Brookhart committee deepened its inquiry into liquor transactions, lottery swindles, Pana frauds, and the Dempsey Carpentier conspiracy. It tied Attorney General Daugherty to associates while recalling witnesses William A. Orr and Mace Stewart to probe payments and land swindles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hutchinson
Washington
Senate
Harry M. Daugherty
Wheeler-Brookhart
William A. Orr
Whitman
New York
Orr
Howard Mannington
Daugherty
Mannington
Mace Stewart
Galveston
Texas
Stewart
Drowning Probe After Belleville Man Dies in Ohio River
J M Cox of Belleville West Virginia is drowned in the Ohio River near Pomeroy. Officials allege murder after evidence Claims Cox was lifted from mud and cast into the river. Two brothers offer reward for the body while Buck Johnson Rose Louise Rose and Mabel Johnson are jailed in Parkersburg on liquor violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
J. M. Cox
Belleville
W. Va
Meigs County
West Virginia
Buck” Johnson
Rose
Louise Rose
Mabel Johnson
Cox
Parkersburg
Coolidge Leading North Dakota Primary Early Returns
With 243 of 2100 precincts reporting in North Dakota, Coolidge leads in the presidential primary. Johnson and Lafollette follow as results show Coolidge at 14,271 votes, Johnson 6,288, Lafollette 4,276.
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Fargo
N. D
Coolidge
Hiram Johnson
Robert M. Lafollette
North Dakota
Johnson
Lafollette
Clock Alarm Saves Couple in Gas Fumes
Burlin Jacobs, superintendent of the state arsenal in Columbus, and his wife avoided asphyxiation when an alarm clock rang in their gas heated sleeping room in Bucyrus. Mrs Jacobs woke first, aroused her husband, and they shut off the gas and opened windows to escape.
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Bucyrus, C
Burlin Jacobs
State Arsenal
Columbus
Dav id Hover Dies At Shawnee Township Farm
Dav id Hover a Shawnee township farmer who never left his log cabin birth site died after a lingering illness at age 36 years. He remained on the family farm all his life.
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Lima
David Hover
Shawnee Township
U S Army Plans World Flight From Los Angeles
The U S Army begins preparations for a 39 000 mile world flight starting March 17 with four Douglas cruisers and six divisions. Major Frederick L Martin leads the expedition with pilots Smith Nelson Wade and alternates Arnold Schulze. The route spans 22 countries with divisions from Los Angeles to Attu Island to Calcutta, London, and back.
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Los Angeles
Calif
U.S. Army
Liberty Motors
Frederick L. Martin
Lowell H. Smith
Erik H. Nelson
Leigh Wade
Leslie P. Arnold
L. D. Schulze
U. S. Army
Inset
Revolt in Irish Army Arrests Shake Free State
In Dublin March 19 a mutiny plot led to arrests of senior officers including Major General Liam Tobin and Cols Dalbon Dolan Slattery McCrea Griffiths. Violence erupted overnight as loyal and mutineer factions exchanged fire. After talks with President Cosgrave, Minister Joseph McGrath resigned for the second time amid claims of government inefficiency and treaty-related army changes.
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Dublin
Mar
Liam Tobin
Dalton
Dolan
Slattery
McCrea
Griffiths
William T. Cosgrave
Joseph McGrath
Good cooking as art and interior decorating noted
A concise reflection ties culinary skill to aesthetic design, suggesting cooking is an art and parallel to interior decoration in taste and presentation. The remark frames cooking as creative craft blending flavor and style.
Cadillacs driver arrested for missing spare tire
No Spare Logan Ohio March 19 H E Saylor Cadillac bus driver was arrested by Officer Warbeann for not carrying a spare tire. The officer cites utilities commission rulings requiring an extra tire. Saylor to appear before Magistrate Miller to argue the issue.
Widow Doctor Zoe Wilkins Murder Probed in Kansas City
Police probe surrounds the death of Dr. Zoe Wilkins a pretty widow of Thomas Cunningham a late Joplin banker found gassed in her Kansas City home. A rusty pocket knife was found beside the body suggesting a stabbing near the forehead and neck.
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Kansas City
Zoe Wilkins
Thomas Cunningham
Joplin
Three Way Flight and a Brooklyn Bridge Tragedy
Arthur Brisbane comments on a world flight by three soldiers and a separate suicide at the Brooklyn Bridge. He notes St Patrick Day honors and reflects on Garvey and civil rights rhetoric, contrasting courage and achievement. Continued on pace four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star Company
Brooklyn Bridge
New York City
St. Patrick
Death ruled accidental in Mary Malter case near Boydsville
Coroner Hardesty of Belmont County rules Mary Malter death accidental after burns from a gas ignite at an abandoned oil well near a baseball diamond site. The child ran home after flames spread from her clothing and she inhaled smoke and flames.
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Boydsville
C. C
Hardesty
Belmont County
Mary Malte
Marie
Peace Through Preparedness Highlighted At Windsor Kiwanis
Tuesday evening's Windsor Kiwanis meeting featured Major W. M. Mumm of Columbus delivering an illuminating patriotic address on peace through preparedness. The club unanimously urged Congress to provide adequate army and navy funding and planned to forward the resolution immediately.
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Windsor
W. M. Mumm
Columbus
United States
Congress
Army
Navy
Athens Club
Nelsonville Kiwanis Club
Niwanis
Nelsonville
Mumm
Military Intelligence Division
Women's International League For Peace and Freedom
America
Tenine
Trotzsky
Russia
War Department
Had Fine Chance to Test a New Car to Catch Speeding
Logan Ohio March 19 Motor Officer Farbear tested his new Overland on a chase from New Straitsville to Oroville. Fred Tedrow was spotted speeding at Oroville. the pursuit covered nine miles. Tedrow was ordered to report to Magistrate Miller and a speeding charge was filed.
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Logan
Mar
Farbear
New Straitsville
Fred Tedrow
Oroville
Tedrow
Miller
Millicon and Cooper arraigned on intoxication charges
Harry Millicon, arrested at his West Union street home on intoxication charges, pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Magistrate Helwig and was released on $190 bond until trial on March 26. James Cooper, employee of Miltiron restaurant, faced a similar charge, pleaded guilty, paid a $60 fine and costs, and was remanded to the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Millicon
West Union Street
Helwig
James Cooper
Miltiron Restaurant
Boy Kidnapping Attempt Near Bedford Village
In Cleveland on March 19 a boy named James Landfear, 13, son of Lucius J. Landfear, a Bedford Village solicitor, was seized by two men as he left home. They forced him into a car and held him on the floor until one captor lit his pipe, allowing the boy to be freed. Police search for suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
James Landfear
Young Landfear
Lucius J. Landfear
Bedford Village
Route of World Flight First and Subsequent Divisions
A detailed route listing for a world flight tracing a chain of legs across continents and oceans. It covers sequential legs from Los Angeles to Chicagoff, then Shimushu, Yokohama, Shanghai, Bangkok, Calcutta, San Stefano, London, and multiple European, Atlantic, and North American cities with distances for each leg.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Prince Rupert
B. C
Bika
Alaska
Cordova
Seward
Chiknik
Akutan
Kutch Harbor
Nazan
Atka
Chicagoff
Attu
Shi
Shemulpo
Tsingtan
China
Shanghai
Amoy
Hongkong
Haiphong
Indo-China
Tourane
Saigon
Bangkok
Siam
Rangoon
Burma
Akyab
Calcutta
India
Allahabad
Delhi
Multan
Karachi
Chahbar
Persia
Bandar Abbas
Bushire
Bagdad
Mesopotamia
Aleppo
Syria
Konia
Turkey
San Stefano
Burcharest
Romania
Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Vienna
Strassbourg
Paris
London
Brough
Hull
England
Kirwall
Orkney Islands
Thorshavn
Faroe Islands
Homefjord
Iceland
Reykjavik
Angmagwalik
Greenland
Tingtut
Indian Harbor
Labrador
Mingan
Quebec
Montreal
Keyport
N. J
Washington, D. C
Athens County Bankers Hold Meeting Here
B G Huntington of Huntington National Bank addressed Athens County Bankers at the Varsity Inn dinner. W B Golden was named president, Fred Alderman vice president, J S Sherrard secretary, and C G O Bleness treasurer. Thirty bankers from ten member banks attended.
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B. G. Huntington
Huntington National Bank
Columbua
Athens County Bankers’ Association
Varsity Inn
W. B. Golden
Bank of Athens
Fred Alderman
Athens National Bank
Sherrard
C. G. O'Bleness
Security Savings Bank
Athena
Athens County
Citizens’ Central Bank of
Nelsonville
Huntington
Ohio Bankers’ Association
Ohio Organization
Protective Department
Ohio Farm Bureau
State Association
Cedar Point
Ohio Association
County
Man Held After Second Self-Destruct Attempt In Jail
Arie Xanthales, indicted for murder, tried to kill himself in his Bucyrus Ohio jail cell by banging his head on iron rods. He was found semi conscious by deputy sheriff John Cloister with head and face bleeding after a prior suicide attempt the night of the murder.
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Bucyrus, O
Arietolles Xanthales
George Bolinas
John Cloister
Xanthales
Smallpox Reported Sparks Epidemic Fear in Chauncey
Three smallpox cases in Chauncey and nearby areas threaten a county outbreak. The victims are a mother and two children in one family, linked to a recent exposure from a San Toy patient. Health officials urge immediate vaccination and precautionary measures to avert deaths and suffering.
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Chauncey, O
Chauncey
San Toy
Perry County
J. M. Higgins
Athens County
Stroke Fatal for Coolville Man John Johnson
John Johnson of near Coolville died at his home after suffering a stroke while loading a wagon. He was 66, born in Rome township, and spent most of his life as a farmer in the community.
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John Johnson
Coolville
Mr.Johnson
Rome Township
Height of folly cited as pinnacle of living
A pithy sentiment proclaims that folly crowns the peak of a life well lived, suggesting folly as the ultimate measure of living.
City Offers Circus Grounds After Park Trees Planted
In Columbus Q, a wealthy manufacturer proposed 14 acres for a circus exhibit after city officials restricted use of municipal grounds. He said he does not want compensation, recalling he was a boy once and appreciates public spaces for youth.
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Columbus
Building Permits For Air Castles Promised by Planner
A promotional note urges focus on real construction not dreams and promotes a Washin Bureau offering free exterior views and floor plans of 50 adaptable homes. It invites readers to request plans by mailing stamps and returning a coupon with name and address.
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Washin Bureau
Eenta Ean Os A Ne Omes Bockler
Local item lists a person and street address with street name and state code in fragmented OCR format. Details are unclear but indicate a property or notice involving a named individual and a specific street location within a state.
Escape bid fails as trio slips past officers at river crossing
Local authorities tracked the Smith family and three children from Parkersburg after a warrant and follow up by Conatably and Roush. A bridge crossing chase near the Salvation Army HQ ended with the pair slipping away across the river into Ohio.
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Pomeroy
Nibmee
Aturue Smith
Parkersburg
Davis
Paiburg
Andy
Roush
Ohio
Man
Smith
Osceola County oil field sale reported
A local oil company in Osceola County sold its Cotling holdings to a New Kena based firm. The sale involves undeveloped fields and affects regional energy operations.
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Uniontown
Othe
Miner Loses Appeal Over Company House Eviction
A West Virginia court held that a coal miner must leave a company house after quitting the mine, ruling eviction was immediate once he left the job. The decision centers on housing rights tied to employment at the mine in Charleston.
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Charleston
W. Va
Rescue Efforts Underway For Four Seamen Trapped After Submarine Sinks
In Tokyo on March 19 workers pressed to free four sailors imprisoned in a submarine that sank after a collision near a Japanese base. The sinking followed a collision with an unidentified craft and rescuers worked amid flames from an airship disaster, with uncertainty over the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Hasehoi
Sunien
Fire destroys Woodfield business block in early morning blaze
A large section of Woodfield suffered a total loss of over 106000 dollars when a fire swept through a business block early today. Volunteers battled flames as explosions from dynamite and gun shells hindered efforts to save the doomed structures.
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Woodsfield
Ohio reports smallpox rise with 382 cases in March
Columbus records show a jump to 382 smallpox cases this month with data submitted to the state health department between March 1 and March 31. Officials emphasize monitoring and vaccination efforts.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Department
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Carlisle Walsh
Clarence Crumline
Mason M. Patrick
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Meigs
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