War Secretary Weeks to Testify in Air Service Hearing
Angry chiefs press for action as Brigadier General Mitchell defies resignation and vows to fight for an adequate air force. Weeks cannot testify next week while the War Department cites only a fraction of planes fit for battle and disputes swirl over demotion and naval air service flaws.
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William Mitchell
Army Air Service
War Department
Mitchell
Weeks
Army General Staff
House Aircraft Committee
America
Coolidge
Department
Army
White House
Michel
Wilbur
Naval Air Service
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Navy
Two Ohioans Hit With Bribery Convictions in Atlanta
Albert Sartain former ward en at United States penitentiary and Lawrence Richl of Columbus Ohio were found guilty by a U S district court jury of conspiring to solicit and take bribes from prisoners for easier assignments. Deputy warden L J Fletcher was also found guilty. Judge Edwin said sentence would follow. maximum penalty two years imprisonment and a ten thousand dollar fine.
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Atlanta
Albert I. Sartain
United States Penitentary
Lawrence Richl
Columbus
Ohio
United States District Court
L. J. Fletcher
Edwin
Art treasures of West are stolen in nationwide hunt
Nationwide search launched for art treasures valued over 400000 dollars stolen from Martin Weinschenk’s Los Angeles residence. Among missing works are Murillo’s Boy Blowing Bubbles and Metsu’s Vocal Lessons, highly valued at about 175000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Martin Weinschenk
Murillo
Metsu
Weinschenk
Mrs Budlong to End Exile from Husband’s Apartment Today
Mrs Jessie Margaret Budlong wife of Milton J Budlong vice president of North Central Texas Oil will end her seven day voluntary imprisonment this afternoon at 3 o clock in her estranged husband’s apartment and plans to board a train to Newport Rhode Island where Budlong has moved.
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New York
Jessie Margaret Budlong
Milton J. Budlong
North Central Texas Oil Company
Budlong
Frank Karcher
Newport
R. I
Fire Rips Beallsville Center. $25,000 Loss
A morning blaze in Beallsville, Woodsfield area, caused about $25,000 in damage. The fire destroyed the post office hall confectionery and a residence. Origin remains undetermined.
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Woodsfield
Beallsville
Battery E of Athens Praised After Federal Inspection
Captain C W Cureton and Major R L Erwin praised Battery E 134th Field Artillery as the best national guard outfit seen, rating it very satisfactory in all aspects. The Ohio university student battery passed drills, gun crews, horse handling, range finders, and signaling tests with high marks. Company L in Athens to be inspected next.
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Fifth Corps
C. W. Cureton
Field Artillery
134Th Field Artillery
Ll. Erwin
United States
Ohio University
Fair Grounds
Company L
Athens
Measure Aims to Create Rural Police Outside Cities
Columbus Ohio February 20 The A P reports a second bill to set up a rural police force outside cities. Senator Wise Stark County offers a plan granting county commissioners power to form a county police board including prosecutors sheriffs and auditors. The board can establish a rural police body with arrest powers salary rules and qualifications, funded by a 0.2 mill levy.
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Columbus
A. P
Wise
Stark County
Board of Police Commissioners
Corning Girl Found Dead in Room in Columbus
Miss Lavina Hillyer a 19 year old resident of Corning was discovered dead in her Columbus rooming house on Thursday. Coroner J A Murphy and Dr Simms will determine the cause which may be acute dilation of the heart or gas stove fumes.
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Columbus, O
Lavina Hillyer
Corning
J. A. Murphy
Simms
Dr C C Morrison Secured to Speak at Ohio University
Dr. C C Morrison editor of the Christian Century and former Oberlin philosophy professor will deliver three lectures on applying Christian principles to peace and world friendship at Ohio University beginning February 25. He will speak at the regular convocation hour on Wednesday Thursday and Friday and give several forum talks in the afternoons.
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C. C. Morrison
The
Oberlin College
Ohio University
Morrison
Illicit Love Affair Ended By Poison Rum in Lancaster
An autopsy was ordered to determine if poison liquor caused the deaths of Ralph M. Sauders of Philadelphia and Lydia Van Dyke of Lancaster. The pair were found dead in an apartment with two gin bottles nearby as investigations proceed. Sauders, a railroad man, had been visiting Lancaster to pursue the affair, police say.
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Lancaster
Ralph M. Sauders
Lydia van Dyke
John Stauffer
van Dyke
Franklin and Marshall College
Sauders
Philadelphia
Shortage in beef cattle looms for American households
A Texas Kansas Missouri and Illinois delegation told Wall Street financiers that by next September the American family faces scarce and expensive beef. They warned meat shortages could push up prices as herds were dispersed, threatening U S positions in world meat markets.
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New York
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Illinois
Wall Street
Bankers’ Club
North America
Japanese Takata Firm Faces Severe Financial Crisis
Tokio February 20. Financial circles report Takata, a major Japanese importer, in deep trouble after banks demand payment of fifty million yen, which the firm cannot meet. The distress signals a serious financial squeeze for one of Japan’s largest companies.
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Tokio
Takata Company
Japan
Takata
Trams Fatal Crash Kills Three Officers on Corregidor
In Manila on February 20 a crowded tram derailed on Corregidor after brakes failed, killing three American army officers Lieutenant Colonel R. E. Herring Major John A. Hunter and C. A. Carter and Sergeant J. T. Davison, and wounding fourteen others among the passengers.
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Manila
Corregidor
R. E. Herring
John A. Hunter
C. A. Carter
J. T. Davison
Flood of Bills Expected as Legislature Closes Input
In Columbus on February 20 the Ohio General Assembly stirs to a flood of measures as the bill introduction period ends Monday night. More than fifty bills are set for second reading in the House and over twenty in the Senate, with unanimous consent or a three-fifths vote required for later introductions.
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Columbus
Legislative Reference Department
Senate
House
Finance Committees
Senate likely approves two cent gas tax bill
Columbus Feb 20 Representative John T. Brown Champaign predicted the two cent gasoline tax already adopted by the Honege will pass the Senate in its present form. Brown refused to discuss rumors of a tentative auto tag fee reduction but leaders indicate a possible 50 percent cut to take effect January 1 1927.
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Columbus
Senate
John T. Brown
Champaign
Brown
Governor Term Four Years Sought for 1927
Representative Rohe sponsors a house joint resolution for a four year term for governor beginning in 1927. The measure advances to second reading and reference in the House.
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Rohe
Summit
House
Governor orders full probe into OSU poisonings
Columbus Feb 20 Governor Donahey directs the Ohio Board of Pharmacy to conduct a thorough investigation into recent strychnine poisonings among Ohio State University students. He calls for prosecuting those responsible for lax dispensing on the university campus and to fix distribution if confirmed.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Donahey Théday
Ohio Board of Pharmacy
Federal Reserve Official to Address Ohio University Club
George DeCamp director of the Pittsburgh branch of the Federal Reserve will speak to the Ohio University Commerce club at 7 PM Tuesday February 24. He will outline the benefits of the Federal Reserve system.
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George DeCamp
Pittsburgh
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
Ohio University Commerce Club
DeCamp
Federal Reserve System
Mansfield Home Under State Scrutiny Inquiry Ordered
Governor Donahey will ask Miss Bell Greve of the Division of Charities to Mansfield to probe conditions at the Mansfield Children's home. Investigators focus on Arthur Hughes, son of the superintendent, who along with his wife works at the home, after the department suspended the home's certificate of approval. H. H. Shirer will join the inspection team.
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Columbus
Donahey
Miss Bell Greve
Division of Charities
State Welfare Department
Mansfield
Miss Greve
Arthur Hughes
Emma Hughes
Hughes
Misa Greve
Governor's Office
H. H. Shirer
Charities Division
U S consul demands release of American sailors in China
The United States consul demanded the immediate release of Captain Hawley and other American sailors aboard the river steamer Chui Chuen who were detained by Kwei chow militarists in Kouei chow China on February 20.
Government bill seals helium export ban and seize power
Washington report notes that a Senate bill prohibiting helium exports and authorizing Interior seizure of all helium lands was approved last night. The measure establishes a government monopoly over helium gas used in dirigible airships.
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Washington
Senate
Secretary of the Interior
United States
Good news for big incomes faces tax cuts
Arthur Brisbane notes 1925 tax policy shifts under President Coolidge and Secretary Mellon. He says government income will exceed outgo, allowing surtax reductions from 40 percent to perhaps 20 percent. Such cuts could enable top earners to withdraw real money from corporations rather than reinvesting for tax free dividends.
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Coolidge
Mellon
French franc steadies as two day gains resist panic
The French currency rose again yesterday in a back to back gain showing resilience and logical behavior. Analysts warn against selling francs short as French authorities avoid inflation traps and avoid panic.
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France
Ocean of space and peril around the Earth
The piece notes the planet sits between vast oceans of space with extreme cold and a thin atmosphere, while orbiting the sun at about 1 500 000 miles per day. It urges gratitude for safety and downplays weather as minor.
Mother's Pride as Phil Thorpe Regains World via Radio
WALI River MA Feb 20 Phil Thorpe, jailed for life for taxi driver slaying in 1916, plays violin on WEEI from Charleston state prison. His mother, Mrs John V Thorpe, listens proudly, recalling his early musical talent and leadership of the Charlestown orchestra. Her son earns renewed recognition as listeners deem his artistry sincere and heartfelt.
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Phil
Wali
River
Mass
Phil” 'Thorpe
John V. Thorpe
Middlewest
WEEI
Charleston
Thorpe
Charlestown
Phillip Thorpe
Chicago Prelate Mundelein’s Rome visit discussed
Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago held a lengthy conference with Cardinal Gasparri on the progress of Catholicism in the United States. A follow up with Private Chamberlain Monsignor Caccia arranged Mundelein’s audience with the Pope.
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Rome
George Cardinal Mundelein
Chicago
Cardinal Gasparri
United States
Monsignor Caccia
Mundelein
Life Problems Course Considered for Ohio Seniors
Ohio University seniors show interest in a new Life Problems course. The proposed senior only program would feature lectures by famous men as a counterpart to College Problems for freshmen.
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Ohio University
Star reporter well rewarded for cave rescue work
William Burke Milles, a star correspondent for the Louisville Courier Journal at Cave City, received a $1,900 bonus for appreciation of service during the Floyd Collins Sand Cave rescue. Skeets led several rescue parties and handled news development for the Courier Journal.
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Louisville
William Burke Milles
Etar
Louisville Courier Journal
Cave City
Floyd Collins
Today
Sand Cave
Skeets
Collins
Courier-Journal
University of Michigan President Marion Burton Honored in Death
An enormous crowd of students filed by the bier of Marion Leroy Burton, late president of the University of Michigan, as his body lay in state at Alumni Memorial hall in Ann Harbor Michigan on February 20.
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Marion Leroy Burton
University of Michigan
Alumni Memorial Hall
Thirty-Two Graduate From Ohio University Mid-Year
Thirty-two men and women completed studies at Ohio University at mid year. Twenty-four were education majors and eight were liberal arts students according to the registrar’s latest report.
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Ohio University
College of Education
College of Liberal Arts
Fraternities Set Initiation Weeks After March 15
Ohio University fraternities and sororities designate the two weeks after March 15 as initiation weeks and continue the rule banning outside initiations.
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Ohio University
Further Scandal To Be Aired In Divorce Case
Ward P. Peck, counsel for Mrs Edna James Scott, heads to Washington to secure affidavits to press against Congressman Frank D Scott as his adjourned Alpena Michigan divorce case resumes March 10. Mrs Scott’s counter charges of alleged liquor orgies gambling parties and whiskey smuggling by her husband and others have drawn national attention.
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Detroit
Ward P. Peck
Edna James Scott
Washington
Frank D. Scott
Alpena
Mich
Take Yankee Boat Seized by Chinese Authorities
A Yankee upper Yangtze steamer has been seized by Chinese military authorities in Kweichow province, according to a message from Ichang in the Upper Yangtze region dated February 20.
Flow of whisky probe widens in Northern Ohio
Federal agents press a renewed probe into Hayner Distillery whiskey flowing to bootleggers in Northern Ohio. With one Cleveland man arrested and warrants out for two others near Columbus, secrecy surrounds talks led by District Attorney A E Bernsteen and Justice Department officials.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Secret Service
Columbus
Hayner
Troy
A. E. Bernsteen
Mabel Walker
Willie Brandt
Armand Drug and Candy Company
Willebrandt
Department of Justice
Bernsteen
Fate of Shoals bill rests on Norris action
In Washington the fate of the Underwood bill disposing of the Muscle Shoals project hinges on a Senate point of order raised by Senator Norris. President pro tem Cummins could overrule or sustain, risking a conference and possible killing of Muscle Shoals legislation this session.
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Washington
Senate
Norris
Republican
Nebraska
Béhi~ator Cummins
Iowa
House
P Coolidge
Muscle Shoals
Netisis
Underwood
Alabama
Derwood
Sue
Officer Slayer Goes To Death In Columbus
Henry Brown 64 of Cincinnati died in the electric chair at the penitentiary after two applications of the chair. He was convicted of murdering Patrolman Anthony Tekutve during a resisting arrest in June. Brown left children. Arrangements for burial not completed. Elien R. Bennett a Cincinnati jury member telegraphed Governor Donahey asking for commutation but the request was refused.
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Columbus
Jesus
Henry Brown
Concepts
Cincinnati
Penitentiary
Brown
Anthony Tekutve
Nall
Elien R. Bennett
Ernor Donahey
T Brown
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