Northwest snowstorm toll rises with train crash in Minnesota
A Northwest blizzard had killed at least nine and possibly fifteen, with fifty injured as wire service reports rolled in. The Winnipeg Flyer collided head on with a rotary snow plow near Montrose, Minnesota, trapping crews beneath buckled engines and prompting medical earthbound rescues in Minneapolis. Seventy five passengers were aboard the Flyer, many injured, and only one crew member survived.
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International News Service
Great Northern
Winnipeg
Montrose
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Young Players Lead Annual Battle at Chapel Exercise
Students cheer as young players participate in a special chapel exercise highlighting basketball men in the annual event.
Ohio University Basketball Tournament Opens With 22 Teams
The sixth annual event in Athens drew 22 visiting high school teams to Ohio University as President Bryan welcomed students and the hall overflowed. Early games saw Circleville defeat Wheelersburg 18 12 while Nelsonville and Aquinas posted victories. Portsmouth overwhelmed Bremen 42 5 in the afternoon session.
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McKinnon
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Spencer
W. Va
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Cincinnati U
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Stark
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A.m. Nelsonville
Rutland
Aquinas
Portsmouth
Bremen
Hamilton Township
Williamstown
New Boston
Asheville
Malta-McConnell Ville
Somerset
John Hancock
Gallipolis
Lancaster
Glenford
National strike call sent for coal miners vote
United Mine Workers headed by John L. Lewis announces a nationwide referendum on an April 1 strike. Local unions to vote by March 10. Lewis predicts a strike if demands are not met, including a six hour day five day week and current wage scale. The vote bypasses a Cleveland conference on a new wage contract.
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Columbus Man Faces Death Row March First
Walter Wright of East Liverpool has little hope of escaping the electric chair on March 1 after being convicted of murdering Harry D. Cummins, a Steubenville garage man. Wright seeks guidance from the Holy Writ as his execution date nears.
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Tiro
Walter Wright
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Harry D. Cummins
Steubenville
Mayor Oles Says He Will Do His Part in Threats Case
Youngstown Ohio February 24. Mayor Oles declared he is ready to die if needed as his body guard returns to duty after a month of protection following threatening letters. The guard resumed duty on the police force today.
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Youngstown
Oles
Prize for Memorizing Sermon on the Mount Offered at Oberlin
In Oberlin on Feb 24 a private philanthropist offers a $5 prize to every student who memorizes the Sermon on the Mount by March 1. The donor refuses to be named or publicly identified.
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Oberlin
Drug Ring Probe Grows From Desmond Taylor Case
The Hollywood drug ring investigation widens as United States District Attorney Thomas Green reviews data Taylor sought to combat the ring. Harry Fields, under arrest in Detroit, provides a circumstantial account of the slaying. Federal and local officials, plus two state board of pharmacy operatives, join the inquiry as Mabel Normand’s health worsens amid influenza reports.
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International News Service
William Desmond Taylor
Harry N. Fields
Detroit
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State Board of Pharmacy
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Athens Kiwanis to Aid Logan Club Launch
More than 50 Kiwanis members from Athens will travel to Logan by car Friday night to help organize a Kiwanis club there. The Athens band will join, with a 6 PM dinner, and a demonstration planned in Logan. The group also backs summer band concerts on the university campus to aid Athens residents. plans for a building and loan association in Athens proceed with postponement on specifics, while James A Devine of Columbus may address an open meeting soon.
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Ulster Kidnapped Freed After Sinn Fein Raids
All Ulster abductees taken in recent border raids by Sinn Fein have been released, officials announced today in Belfast.
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Y W C A Girls Mothers Club Seeks Wool and Cotton Cloth
All women with woolen and cotton cloth for the Y W C A Girls Mothers Clubs are urged to call Miss Mary Bean at Lindley Hall. She will send after them to ensure blocks are cut before the Saturday afternoon meeting.
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Lindley Hall
Virginia Barnes Goes Free on Mitigated Sentence
Virgina Barnes of Wheeling West Virginia received a mitigated sentence for receiving stolen property after pleading guilty. The court dropped all other charges due to exigencies, imposing a $20 fine and 20 days in jail. Her husband Charles Barnes faced upcoming trial for diamond theft.
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Virginia Barnes
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Charles Barnes
Two ex-service men sought for federal claims aid
The U S Veterans bureau in Cincinnati seeks Joseph W Young of Athens City and Rufus O Connell Glousier R D 5 for federal compensation claims. M D Hughes Athens county Red Cross secretary is assisting and asks anyone with information to contact him immediately.
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U S Urged to Recognize Obregon Government
Representative Connally Democrat Texas urged recognition by the United States of the Obregon government in Mexico during a House session on Thursday. The request signals shifting U S policy toward Mexico amid political turbulence and seeks formal diplomatic acknowledgment.
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Washington
International News Service
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Mexico
House
Representative Connally
Texas
Relief workers urged to begin duties at once
Athens county tri county committee accelerates emergency relief canvass. Mayors McCune and Sweazy and James Ginnan organize districts to tally destitute families in need. Reports, confidential and due early next week, will be sent to Governor Davis for Hocking Valley figures.
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Buchtel
James Ginnan
Athens
Sweazy
Ginnan
Hocking Valley
Early Ohio Leaders and Key 19th Century Dates
Notable events include birth of Wilson Shannon in Belmont County in 1802 and death in Lawrence Kansas in 1877. 1845 Ohio State Bank incorporation act and other banks. 1848 Morrow County formed from four counties. 1875 Prohibition convention in Columbus nominates J Odell for governor.
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Ohio
Belmont County
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Delaware
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Columbus
J. Odell
Cleveland
How To Collect Europe's Debt Through Sightseers
W. H. Lyon, a Harding farm conference delegate from Sioux Falls, proposes using U S government letters of credit sold to Americans abroad. Hotels and merchants would accept them as cash and forward them to European governments, reducing their unpaid U S debts by the credited amounts.
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International News Service
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W. H. Lyon
Sioux Falls
S. D
Harding
Europe
United States
Lyon
Idle Work Gap Hits Defiance City and County
Defiance Ohio sees little public work planned for the coming season because of funding shortages. Through winter about 700 dollars a month paid for public tasks was handled by the Welfare League, with unemployed workers earning certificates of worthiness and paid by the organization after completing tasks under the city service director.
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American envoy says prohibition too abrupt for public taste
George Harvey the American ambassador to England reportedly told Western Morning News that the sudden shutdown of alcohol traffic is too radical for public habit. He favours temperance approach but would not back repeal, predicting time will entrench prohibition as an inviolable American principle.
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George Harvey
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England
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G A R Attention Meeting and Dues Follow Up
Local post advertises a regular G A R meeting and dues payment time on Saturday February 25th at 1 P M. Members are urged to attend and settle any outstanding dues.
Old River Man Edward Mitchell Dies at 93 in Zanesville
Edward S Mitchell, 93, longtime Muskingum river boat builder and Buckeye Lake craftsman, died in Zanesville. He was the city’s oldest resident. A brother died at 96 in 1916 and a sister at 92.
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Edward S Mitchell
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Buckeye Lake
Smuggling Opium Drugs Sparks U S Japan Protest
The United States formally protests to Japan over narcotics smuggling into the United States by Japanese steamships. Tokyo pledges effort to halt illegal traffic and asks shipowners to cooperate. Authorities link Pacific coast drug rings to shipments via Japanese sailors, complicating port surveillance.
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Washington
United States
Tokio Foreign Office
Woman may seek seat in Parliament in husband’s stead
Lady Richard Cooper, wife of a House of Commons member, proposes to run for his seat in Parliament. With her husband busy leading a large chemical firm and eleven years of prior election, she will campaign on his long established platform. She is mother to three grown children.
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Richard Cooper
House of Commons
Eaeny
Philippine Lodge K of P Social Evening Announcement
Members of Philippine Lodge K of P Chauncey and families invited to the hall for a social gathering on Saturday night February 25. Cakes chicken and beef loaf gratefully received by the committee. 2-23-2.
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Evacuation of British Troops From Ireland Suspended Again
Dublin reports no official explanation yet as British troops' evacuation from Ireland is again suspended this afternoon.
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George Washington weds Mary Spearman in Youngstown
In Youngstown on February 23 George Washington married Mary Spearman of 405 St. Louis avenue the ceremony was reported today by local officials.
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George Washington
Mary Spearman
St. Louis Avenue
Wesleyan Tournament Opens With Ohio Teams
Delaware, Feb. 24. Seventy seven northern Ohio high school basketball teams begin play in the Ohio Wesleyan university tournament. The two winners of the elimination matches will play here on March 11 for the state title, joining the two southern Ohio winners from March 4 preliminaries.
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Ohio Wesleyan University
Genoa Economic Conference Opening Delayed
A semi official Rome dispatch reports the Genoa international economic conference opening, scheduled for March 8, has been postponed. The update comes via Reuters from Rome on February 24.
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Navy Yard Cuts Threaten Major Shipyard Closures
Navy officials warn congressional reductions could slash up to 76 percent of personnel at affected yards and halve material funding. If the $400 million navy appropriation is cut in half, only four of nine yards may remain in commission, with others gradually suspended.
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India Reaches Boiling Point Amid Gandhi Controversy
Sir Michael O Dwyer warns British India faces anarchy as he urges immediate arrest of Mohandas Gandhi and his lieutenants. He cites the Amritsar massacre and says Gandhi’s movement appeals to the undecided and emotional masses and calls for action against the non-cooperation leaders.
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International News Service
India
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Punjab
Michael
Manhattan Gandhi
Gandhi
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Karachi
New Car Factory Planned for Youngstown Site
The Glenwood Motor Car company announced a $5,000,000 Delaware corporation purchase to acquire 15 acres in Youngstown, Ohio for a factory site. Construction could begin May 1.
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Youngstown
Glenwood Motor Car Company
What Is a Banana Canoe What Is a Tulip Dessert
A reader asks about two desserts named Banana Canoe and Tulip Dessert made from oranges and other ingredients. The article promotes a free booklet from the Washington Information Bureau detailing about 200 uses of citrus fruits to ensure vitamin intake and invites readers to mail two cents for postage.
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