Nelsonville hearing seeks state aid for unemployed miners families
Governor Davis toured Nelsonville and met with trustees relief officials and miners delegates to assess destitution in Athens Perry and Hocking counties. A tri county organization was formed to map economic status and determine exact relief needs as communities described hunger and undernourished children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TRI Qounty
Davis
Athens
Perry
Hocking
Hill and Dale
Elk’s Lodge
Nelsonville
Tri-County relief effort formed amid mining distress
Governor Davis visited Athens Perry and Hocking counties to assess dire conditions in mining towns. Officials report widespread job loss and hunger as mines close and relief funds run short, prompting creation of a tri county emergency committee to survey families needing immediate aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Percy Tetlow
W. J. Biebesheimer
Division of Labor Statistics
Dew
Elks’ Lodge
York
Dover
Trimble
Athens
Canaan
Waterloo
Athens County
Coal
Saltrick
Pleasant
Perry County
Ward
Hocking County
Red Cross
James Ginnan
Ile
Tri-County
James _ Ginnan
E. 8. McCune
Nelsonville
Porter Sweazy
Buchtel
BE. O. Pettit
Mary K. Davy
Margaret Lutz
Logan
Edgar Hammond
Ruth Core
New Lexington
Thomas Taylor
Corning
Athens County organizes tri county Red Cross relief plan
Governor Davis urged a unified relief system for the Hocking Valley now under development in Athens County. Nelsonville and Athens Red Cross chapters sponsor the effort with a three-man county committee and township subcommittees to survey urgent needs and coordinate state aid through Governor Davis and Percy Tetlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley
Athens County
Red Cross
E.&. McCune
Porter Swea
Sweazy
Trimble Township
Buchtel
Glouster
Trimble
Jacksonville
McCune
York
Waterloo
Deanville
Mineral
New Marshfield
Carbondale
James Ginnan
Athens
Canaan
Dover
Plains
Athens City
Chauncey
Governor Davis Assures Help for Shoeless Children
At a Nelsonville meeting Governor Davis heard from Miss Anne Munn about three county children unable to attend school due to no shoes. He pledged aid and, before leaving, gave nurse Miss Munn fifty dollars in cash for the shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Valley
Davis
Anne Munn
Nelsonville
Railroad Men Hear Plan of Miners in Chicago
Railroad union officials met with John L. Lewis in Chicago to hear his defensive alliance proposal uniting railroad and miners to fend off wage cuts. While many back the idea in principle they oppose a sympathetic strike on April 1 and want to choose their own strike timing if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Kilgallen
Chicago
Big Four
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis Urges Joint Talks to Avert Miner Strike
John L. Lewis announces a defensive alliance plan as he meets rail road leaders to prevent a nationwide coal miners strike. He calls operators in West Pennsylvania Illinois Ohio and Indiana to a March 2 conference at the Hollenden Hotel Cleveland to seek an agreement protecting workers operators and the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Illnois
Ohio
Indiana
Hollenden Hotel
Cleveland
Lewis
New Angle in Genoa Affair Reported
Washington dispatches reveal France and Great Britain favor a League of Nations sponsored conference. Officials in the Harding administration view the ideas as tentative hints and say the United States will not participate if allies proceed without direct U.S. involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Rogers
Washington
United States
Genoa
League
Harding
Air disaster claims Roma crew in Hampton Roads fall
The giant Italian dirigible Roma caught fire above Hampton Roads Virginia at 2 19 this afternoon and plunged about 1000 feet. A Navy report says thirty five people perished in the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
Hampton Roads
Army Air Service
Navy Department
Naval Air Station
Harding Aims to Prevent Nationwide Wine Strike
The administration pledges everything in its power to avert a possible nationwide mine strike on April 1 or later. The White House said steps are being considered, with the Justice and Labor Departments monitoring the mine fields and hopeful officials to avert the tie-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington
Whte House
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Raid at Stag Social Club in Newport Arrests Thirteen Men and One Woman
In Newport Kentucky a Stag Social Club raid led to the arrest of thirteen men and one woman early today. A club owner leaped from a second story window to escape and remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Stag
Newport
Unusual stabbing case shocks Ironton
Joe Dillon lies in a hospital after being stabbed and shot by his father-in-law Andy Johnson of Marion Ridge. The assault followed Dillon's demand that his sister-in-law Lulu Johnson, 17, return to his home after fleeing to her father's house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton, O
Joe Dillon
Andy Johnson
Marion Ridge
Dillon
Lulu Johnson
Senate panel backs condition on four power Pacific pact
Washington February 21 Congress would require consent before any future agreement under the four power Pacific treaty becomes binding. The condition was tentatively agreed to today by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as a reservation to the pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
K 99 Ranch Hot Dog Shack Thrives in D C
In Washington D C a tiny Fourteenth Street shop labeled The K 99 Ranch Hot Dog thrives as vendors sell the old reliable hot dog sandwich from a decrepit signboard shack in the northwest. The piece notes the charm and brisk trade of small, humble eateries in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
Washington, D. C
National Capital
Fourteenth St
Princess Mary’s wedding gown described in detail
Official description outlines Princess Mary's silver gown crafted from cloth of silver, marquisette, and duchesse satin brocade. It features seed and baroque pearls, silver diamonds, and imperial symbols such as rose shamrock and maple leaf. The design includes a straight ankle length robe, a cobwebby overdress with diamond roses, and three quarter length sleeves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fibenia Mary
British Empire
Basketful of Rubles Shows Tiny Food Value in Russia
The American Relief Administration notes that 8500000 rubles, about the pre 1914 half dollar, would buy only $10 worth of food in Russia. Relief runs a food remittance system enabling Americans to send aid to relatives in need amid currency turmoil and empty shelves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billa
Hazel
Corwin
Foreign Exchange Department
Cleveland, O
Russia
Peter the Great
Empress Catherine
American Relief Administration
America
Italian airship aims to revolutionize war and transport
In a London dispatch dated February 21, Signor Vaugean reveals an Italian built airship using a multi hull design to create a controlled vacuum. The ship will use four 300 horsepower heavy oil engines that also drive vacuum pumps, enabling ascent or descent without hydrogen and reducing external pressure to under five pounds per square inch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eng
Italy
Signor Vaugean
Garuffia
British Deportees From England Criticize Government
ENGLISH HEART NEW YORK reports George Belmont Wilson and Clarence Southland, former British servicemen, arrived in New York deported for failure to register under the alien act. They lack money and clothes and claim their families in England are left destitute. Wilson says gratitude is absent as he was jailed briefly in Brixton before deportation. Southland was arrested on arrival from Palestine where he was discharged in 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
England
George Belmont Wilson
Clarence Southland
Wilson
Brixton
Southland
Palestine
Fez
Theresa Katona
Green Street
Greenpoint
Brooklyn
Anna
Katona
John
Julia
Michael
Dore
Mary
Harding to address Congress on merchant marine re vival
Washington February 21. President Harding is expected to tell a joint session of Congress within a few days about his remuneration plan to rehabilitate the merchant marine unless something intervenes. The statement came officially from the White House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
International News Service
Harding
Congress
White House
Stated Conclave to Consider New Commandery at Logan
Athens Commandery No. 15 holds an important meeting on Tuesday February 22 at 7 PM to decide granting permission for a new commandery at Logan. Members urged to attend. C Millikan commander James A Palmer recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Commandery No
Logan
C. €. Millikan
James A. Palmer
Typographical error in Beasley Milling ad misquotes price
An old notice notes a typo in the F. J. Beasley Milling Company advertisement yesterday quoting torn wheat price. The paper corrects the figure to reflect $1.80 rather than the $1.40 shown in the ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Beasley Milling Company
Athens Adds Three Patrolmen Expands Police Force
The Athens police department grew by three patrolmen approved February 6. John Price, six feet six inches, becomes the tallest officer aiding Police Chief Roush on day shift. Harry Cunningham and Charles Maple join the night force with Lieut. Cady returning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
John Price
Roush
Harry Cunningham
Ca&naanville
Charles Maple
Cady
Milk as Modern Health Insurance Promoted in Bulletin
A health bulletin argues milk covers dietary mineral and vitamin gaps, warns against poor milk handling, and promotes obtaining the Milk Booklet by mail from Dr. Milton Rosenau and the Washington Information Bureau. Readers send two cents for postage and provide name and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Rosenau
Hai University
Hygiene Laboratory
Re Ee
Washington Information Bureau
Nerewith
Iin
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Nate
Harry l. Davis
Hocking Counties
Elton R. Darling
Elton R. Neo
Milliken University
Decatur
O. F. Agh‘worth
Add Hooper
Charles Moore
the Plains
William Channel James Hardy
T. W. Gold
Michael Allan
M. D. Hughes
J. H. Grosvenor
Wm. Graham
Charles Robinson
William Heir
Ralph Wilson
C. A. Daugherty
D. M. Sawyer
F. W. White
Chauncey and Bailey
Clarence McCafferty
Leona Swartz
Millfield
Mra
Charles Robinette
A. W. Russell
Hamsey Run
John van Meter
Charles Glass
Sugar Creek
John Clark
Fred Porter
G. H. Harper
Charles Eddy
C. L. Koon
Hugh Gormley
Jelen Crawford
Joseph Richards
A. Johnson
Lawrence Persinger
William Shuss
A. R. Wooderd
Vern Mills
Owen Cronin
Mabel Rife
H. F. King
Hugh Andrews
York Township
Oral Daugherty
Charles Levening
Ed. Faires
Trustees
Ellis’ Committee
J. A. Isselstein
Waterloo Township
Caster Bobo
Seth Hunter
Miles E. Hewitt
Trust Pos
Joe Allgood
Elmus Wilson
William Mace
Pegi Eee
Baas Fey
Roma
Princess Mary
Misa Hazel S. Corwin
Hho
Alon
Sulenge
Joan Price
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