Canton Police Chief Cleared In Mellett Murder Case
Former Canton police chief Saranus A. Lengel was freed when Judge W F Lones directed a verdict of acquittal. The case arose from the 1926 murder of Don R. Mellett and stemmed from Floyd Streitenberger’s refusal to testify in a second trial. Lengel had been convicted before and later granted a new trial.
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Streitenberger
Lisbon
U.2
Saranus A. Lengel
Canton
Don R. Mellett
Canton Daily News
W. F. Lones
Lengel
Mellett
Floyd Streitenberger
State Supreme Court
Lones
Canton Police Force
Reed opens southwest campaign in Dallas address
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri opened his Democratic presidential campaign in Dallas urging the party to remove graft and lobbyists from government and return control to the American people. He warned Democrats against division and called for driving the Republicans from power.
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Dallas
Tex
U.S
James A. Reed
Missouri
Reed
Texas
Southwest
Fire and Explosion Wreck Toledo Home
A fire and explosion early in Toledo wrecked the home of Lee Merry president of the Toledo Amateur. The blast, likely gas caused, shattered part of the rear wall and sent neighbors running.
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Toledo
U.R
Lee Merry
Two Miners Die in Pennsylvania Mine Blast
Explosion at Kimloch No. 1 mine in Parnassus, Valley Camp Coal company, kills two and traps several others as gas and smoke spread to nearby mines. Rescue efforts hampered by dense fumes. initial estimates put 16 to 20 men unaccounted. Coal production at the open shop mine runs about 4,000 tons daily.
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Pittsburgh
Parnassus
Valley Camp Coal Company, No. 1
Cleveland
Ohio
Kimloch
Arnold
Ohio Republican rift widens as Maschke switches sides
Maurice Maschke, national committeeman from Cleveland, bolts from the Ohio camp backing Senator Frank B. Willis. He brings at least six delegates into the Hoover camp as the G. O. P. battle lines form with reinforced national support.
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Hoover
Ohio
Maurice Maschke
Cleveland
Frank B. Willis
Convict Burned In Cell Fire at Ohio State Penitentiary
Robert Hunt 30, serving life for murder of a Cleveland policeman, died from burns after bed clothing in his cell caught fire. Coroner reported Hunt resisted rescue. guard belief points to possible cigarette start. The Bird Cage cell block housed Company K, including other rioters from 1926.
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Columbus
Robert Hunt
Cleveland
Famots K. Company
Hunt
Ohio State Penitentiary
O.R
Murphy
P. E. Thomas
First
Company K
Green named claims judge by Coolidge
Washington February twenty first. Representative Green of Iowa longtime Ways and Means chair will leave Congress to join the Court of Claims after Senate confirmation of his appointment by President Coolidge. Hawley of Oregon will succeed him as seniority dictates. Green, in the House 17 years, resisted tariff revision this session despite farm bloc opposition.
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Washington
U.R
Congress
Green
Iowa
Ways and Means Committee
Court of Claims
Coolidge
Rep
Hawley
Oregon
House
Senate
Farm Bloc
Crossing Watchman Ordered For Dunkirk Main Street
Columbus report says the Public Utilities Commission ordered the Pennsylvania Railroad to provide 24 hour crossing watchman service at the Main street crossing in Dunkirk Ohio. The order is effective immediately.
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Columbus
U.R
Public Utilities Commission
Main Street
Dunkirk
Pennsylvania Railroad
Floods Claim Fourteen Lives in Melbourne Disaster
Melbourne reports fourteen dead and many missing as floods described as Australia's worst in history batter the area. Rescue teams search for survivors and assess widespread damage across cities and towns.
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Melbourne
Australia
Donahey Affirms Miners' Rights to Work Amid Strike
Ohio Governor Donahey declares miners in Crabapple mine near St Clairsville will be protected in their right to work. He says peace officers will aid non union workers despite federal injunction and ongoing arrests for violence. A copy of the letter was sent to Federal Judge Hough.
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Columbus
Ohio
Donahey
Crabapple
Clairsville
Doniahey
U. S
Benson W. Hough
Belmont County
Performers Cancel Majestic Show In Favor Of Presbyterian Event
Mrs Louise Malone Braxton and the Kentucky Harmony Singers were to appear on the American Legion program at the Majestic theater but the Moulin Rouge appearance will be after 10 oclock. The Presbyterian church program remains as planned.
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Louise Malone Braxton
Kentucky Harmony Singers
American Legion
Majestic Theater
Presbyterian Church
The
Majestic
Elock
Welfare Committee Aims to Place Children in Homes
National conference in New York debates reducing orphan care in state institutions. Irene Loeb notes private foster care costs far lower than institutional upkeep, urging financial support to families. Dr. R B Reeder from Marsh Foundation discusses evolution of orphan asylums since 1695.
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New York
U.R
Welfare Committee of America
Phy
Irene Loeb
Pg Wr
R. B. Reeder
Marsh Foundation School
van Wert
Siage
August Hermann Francke
Heavy death toll and flood damage in Australia
A severe flu and flood disaster in Australia has left at least twelve dead with extensive property loss. In Queensland four drowned and eight died in Lithgow as rivers rose, forcing evacuations in Grafton. The Macleay River overflow flooded Kempsey, damaging eighteen miles of rail lines.
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Melbourne
Australia
U.P
Queensland
Lithgow
Grafton
Macleay
Kempsey
Supreme Court Decides On Telephone Eavesdropping Case
Washington February 21 The Supreme Court today reviewed whether telephone eavesdropping by prohibition agents on suspected bootleggers counts as illegal search and seizure of the home under the fourth and fifth amendments.
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Washington
U.R— the
U. S. Supreme Court
Prohibition
Senate to hear Washington farewell address
The Senate will convene tomorrow to read George Washington's farewell address and then adjourn in respect to his memory until Thursday noon. The decision followed a unanimous agreement at Senator Curtis's request.
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Washington
Senate
George Washington
Curtis
Weather snapshot for two days with scattered 24 hour temps
The report lists temperatures in three hour blocks for Monday and Tuesday. Readings show highs near the upper 30s and lows in the teens, with multiple hours in the 20s. Data appears fragmented but indicates a cold spell with diurnal swings.
Shows Effect Children In Hocking Valley District Said To Be Better
U B School teachers in the Hocking Valley district report to the adjutant general that state feeding relief has improved children. Letters note weight gain and rosy cheeks since January 26, with Newtown Hocking county reporting 2 to 18 pound gains.
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Hocking Valley
Columbus
U.B
Adjutant General's Office
Newtown
Hocking County
Remus Liberty Hopes Rise as Habeas Proceedings Resume
In Lima on February 21, habeas corpus hearings for George Remus the former Cincinnati bootlegger moved forward at the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Franklin L Dodge former federal official implicated in Remus trial arrived presumably to testify for the state. Dodge said he came to clear his name while State's attorney denied plans to block Remus liberty.
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Lima
George Remus
Cincinnati
State Hospital
Franklin L. Dodge
Remus
Dodge
Ae Nien
Federal
Mpt
Walter K. Sibald
U. S. Policy Cleared As Pan American Conference Ends
Havana report says the Sixth Pan American conference closed with a strengthened U S intervention policy under scrutiny from Latin American republics. Delegates left with a summary of wide topics and resolutions. Mothers to receive 40 days of maternity leave and plans for an arbitration conference in Washington within a year were approved.
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Havana
United States
Washington
Bombers in Chicago Blow Up Residence
Chicago bombers shift focus from intimidation of officials to dynamite attack at the home of Lawrence Cuneo, brother-in-law of State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe. The blast marks the fourth bombing in the current series directed at political figures.
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Chicago
Robert E. Crowe
Lawrence Cuneo
Coastline Schooner Is Afire in Harbor
In Provincetown Massachusetts the four masted schooner Sentinel bound from Boston to Newport News caught fire in the harbor. Tugs from nearby salvage operations and naval tugs rushed to assist as crews worked to confine the flames below deck and save the vessel.
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Provincetown
Mass
Sentinel
Boston
Newport News
Provincetown Harbor
Tuga
Dog's Warning Bark Saves Lives of Five
Persistent barking by a 2-year-old Boston bull named Buster alerted a Cleveland family to fire smoke. The dog forced a bed room door, waking Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Campbell who carried their 6-year-old son Raymond Jr. to safety, then helped neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Myers upstairs.
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Cleveland
U.R
Buster
Boston
Raymond Campbell
Raymond, Jr
Merger Plans Formulated To Unig All Mines In Non-Union Fields
Senators grilled two government commissions during a fast moving inquiry. Federal Trade Commissioner Abram P. Myers faced cross examination over discrepancies in the Bread Trust dismissal from 1925 while Interstate Commerce Commission acting chairman John J. Esch defended his vote shift on the lake cargo rate case.
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Jt Boi Wephir
Washington
U.R
Senate
Judiciary
Federal Trade Commier
Bread Trust
John J. Esch
Interstate Commerce Commission
Esch
Myers
Neely
W. Va
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Borah
Idaho
Walsh
Engenek Samesitien
Truax Defends McNary Haugen Bill Before Ohio Farmers
Ohio Agriculture Director Charles V. Truax told the Farmers Grain Dealers association that 95 percent opposing the McNary Haugen bill misunderstand it. He urged support, noting the bill would provide farm parity and a fair exchange, while calling opposing propaganda deceptive. He urged immediate relief as crop values dip statewide.
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Toledo
U.P
McNary-Haugen
Charles V. Truax
Ohio’ Farmers’ Grain Dealers’ Association
Truax
Committee to Report on Miller Bar Exam Graft Charge
A special committee appointed by the Supreme Court to investigate charges that Ralph W. Miller of Columbus solicited funds in return for promising successful passage of the state bar examination will report to the court in open session later today according to Chief Justice C. T. Marshall.
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Columbus
U.P
T ‘Supreme Court
Ralph W. Miller
Supreme Court
C. T. Marshall
Muscle Shoals Question Again Before Senate
Norris seeks government operation of the 160 million dollar Army Tennessee River plant at Muscle Shoals Alabama. He claims enough Senate votes to pass despite past House doubts. Opposition from power companies faded with American Cyanamid as the sole bidder remaining in the field. The project would continue construction and test nitrogen extraction from air while selling generated power to private utilities in the south.
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Paul m Mallon
United Press
Weller
Washington
Fell
Norris
Senate
Tennessee Tver
Alabama
Norris Beieves
Congress
House
Compromise Flood Relief Bill Planned
Secretary of War Davis and Major General Edgar Jadwin say a compromise flood relief bill is being drafted and will be sent to Congress within a day or two. The plan aims to replace the Reid flood bill as impracticable and too pure.
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Washington
U.2r
Davis
Edgar Jadwin
Army Engineers
Congress
Jadwin
Woman Dies After Being Found Blazing in Oil Soaked Clothes
MORRISTOWN New Jersey February 4 A woman found on the Bernardsville Morristown road with kerosene soaked clothes died in a hospital without solving the mystery of her death Police consider the case may be murder or another suicide by fire In her possession were costly items including a sealskin coat labeled Louise Buffalo and a Paris hat Her watch was green and gold with melted portions The victim was about 40 years old five feet tall weighing around 120 pounds with carefully arranged hair and a red and green beaded necklace
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Morristown
N. J
New York
Bernardsville
Bernard Campbell
Campbell
Louise
Buffalo
Paris
One Company Merger Plan Reported As New York Seek Cooperation
A merger plan valued at 160 million dollars is reported as moving forward in New York with cooperation from key entities. The effort aims to secure a broader market presence and reduce competition through strategic collaboration.
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New York
Ier Petgar
Wnterail
Murder Mystery Unfolds in Bronx New York
Police pursue leads after a Bronx murder seen as linked to criminal networks. Gerald Chapman era associates and fortified headquarters are mentioned amid banditry, smuggling, safe cracking and related exploits in the city.
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New York
Gerald Chapman
Willis Figures In Outline Of Political Maneuvering
Ambiguous text from Youngstown outlines steps and nominations involving Coe attorney ag and land interests of James A Grawe. Mentions Senator Frank B favorite and a Republican reception as political maneuvering surfaces ahead of a public address by a future senator.
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Youngstown
Coe
James A.” Grawe
Nate
Tod Porters
Frank B
Senate
Stuater
Wilts
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New Kensington
Kimlock and Boyd
Valley Camp Coal Company
Franklin Dodge
Interstate. Commerce Group
Theodorus Pangalos
Greece
Athens
Pangalos
Kondylis
Bronx
Mysteri
Willis
Xee
Mom
Ogee
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