Libel Suit Against Ford Set for March Trial
Aaron Sapiro’s million dollar libel suit against Henry Ford is slated for March 7 in federal district court Detroit. Ford expected to testify. the Chicago Tribune and Dearborn Independent dispute precede court action. Lawyers James A. Reed leads Ford’s defense, with Sapiro’s Chicago attorney Gallagher handling the case.
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Ford
Everett Holmes
United Press
Detroit
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
Chicago Tribune
Sapiro
Chicago
Dearborn Independent
Independent
James A. Reed
Democrat
Missouri
Clifford B. Langley
W. R. Middleton
Ward N. Choate
Stewart Hanley
William Henry Gallagher
Famous Elk Hills Naval Oil Leases Decided
The government case on Elk Hills naval oil leases reaches a verdict in a matter tied to a senatorial oil probe. The decision involves a lease dispute that critics say could affect millions in value.
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Elk Hills
Supreme Court voids Elk Hills leases in Pearl Harbor deal
The Supreme Court upholds a San Francisco appeals ruling voiding E. L. Doheny and associates leases to Elk Hills oil lands, finding fraud and lack of authority in the 1920s Pearl Harbor depot deals with Secretary Fall and Secretary Denby. The government wins about 10 million dollars in value from oil taken.
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Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
E. L. Doheny
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
California
Doheny
Harry Sinclair
Teapot Dome Naval Reserve
Fall
Sinclair
Supreme Court
Navy and
Interior Departments
Hawaii
High Court
Navy
Butler
Harding
Secretary of the Navy
District Court
Denby
KE. L. Doheny
Secretary of the Interior
KE. L. Doheny, Jr
Doeny
Weather record summary for the date
The text notes yesterday low of 25 and a max of 7 with noon reading, cites a 49 year low of 5 below zero for this date in 1900 and a high of 66 in 1917. It presents historical temperature extremes alongside today’s readings.
Cadet Training Camps Open Enrollment Signal
Columbus launches the 1927 enrolment drive for the fifth corps area Civil Military Training Camps. Brigadier General Dwight E. Aultman calls 106,000 cadets across Ohio Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia to summer camps. Fort Thomas Camp Knox Kentucky host 2,400 cadets July 2 31. Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana hosts 1,600 cadets June 19 July 20.
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Columbus
Fifth Corps
Dwight E. Aultman
Ohio
Indina
Kentucky
West Virginia
Fort Thomas
Camp Knox
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
U S Business Speeds Up After Slow Start in 1927
The Federal Reserve Board's business survey shows U S conditions gaining pace after a slow start. Industrial activity rose in late January and February with iron and steel production up, textiles booming, auto production recovering, and stronger contracts for commercial buildings in early 1927.
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Washington
Fed
U.S
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Belmont county to hold Mur dock on hold up charge decision
ST. CLAIRVILLE Feb 28 Belmont county authorities decided today not to release Robert Murdock 30 alleged hold up man to Uhrichsville authorities for prosecution. Murdock is in jail here charged with furnishing laws to Frank Harvie charged with forgery in preparation for a jail delivery.
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ST. Clairville
Belmont County
Robert Murdock
Uhrichsville
Murdock
Frank Harvie
Armies Mobilize Around Sunkiang Near Shanghai Front
Two major forces push toward Sunkiang while Cantonese troops regroup and Chang Chang Chang prepares a large force. Foreign troops guard the settlement as tension rises over Li Pao Hang's river closure and arrests of alleged Cantonese agents. French police aim to curb Li men in the concession amid neutrality concerns.
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Chang
Shanghai
Marshall
Li Pao-Hang
Woosung
Whangpoo River
Shanghai University
Notive
Magantic
Lion Seen On Middleport Streets After Martins Return
Dell Martin of Middleport reports seeing a real lion on Rutland street as he headed home Friday evening. By-standers doubted him though the animal is described as large with a lionlike head and long hair, leaping a wall and vanishing into a hollow under a street light. Local farmers report wild animal sightings and cattle losses suspected to be from a similar creature.
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Lion
Middleport
Martin
Lodge
Dell Martin
Kyger
Chester
Modernism Seen by Rabbi Silver Not Among Youth
Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver argues modernism lies with older men not youth. He says true modern thought comes from a new school of thought rather than new dancing, citing figures like Havelock Ellis as examples of the era's movements in art literature politics and religion.
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Cleveland
U.P
Abba Hillel Silver
Havelock Ellis
Shanghai Defenses Rumor of British Transit and Chinese Command
General Duncan assumed control of British forces in Shanghai after a transport arrival but fell ill with a fever. Chang Chung Chang boasted he could raise a million men to push Cantonese to the sea and claimed Shanghai’s safety. Sun Chun Fang’s command was said to weaken as Chang claimed mastery with Sun and Chang Tso Lin.
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Duncan
Shanghai
Chang Chung Chang
Sunkiang
Chang
Sun Chun Fang
Chang Tso-Lin
Sun
China
Japan
Milk Producers Set Next Thursday Meeting to Finish Constitution
The Athens County Milk Producers association will hold its second meeting at 1:30 PM Thursday to finalize the constitution. County extension agent T. H. Johnson announces. Ivan McKellip of Ohio State University will speak. John Lax, the president, called the gathering as the by laws prepared by a committee are voted on.
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Athens County Milk Producer’s Association
T. H. Johnson
Athens
Athens County
Ivan McKellip
Ohio State University
John Lax
Congress Swamped As It Enters Last Four Days
Congress enters final four days with all pending bills facing a noon March 4 deadline. House and Senate members race to pass measures before the session ends.
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Congress
Congress faces four days to pass key measures before adjournment
Washington February 28. A legislative storm hits Congress as it races toward adjournment with measures on prohibition, emergency army officer retirement, Boulder Dam, Muscle Shoals and other bills in play. Filibusters are organized against major bills and the farm bloc protests Coolidge’s veto of the McNary Haugen bill.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Coolidge
Boulder Dam
Tyson
Notable figures attend funeral of Roi Cooper McGrue
Notables of the stage and screen will attend the funeral in New York this afternoon for Roi Cooper McGrue a 43 year old playwright who died Sunday. McGrue authored It Pays To Advertise Potash and Perlmutter and other successes.
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New York
Roi Cooper McGrue
McGrue
Chase Succeeds Cleveland Bootleggers After Wild Pursuit
Police captured two alleged bootleggers after a high speed chase through residential areas. Eleven cans suspected to contain liquor were confiscated.
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Chase
Cleveland
Italian Aviator Flies Toward Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires
Italian airman Colonel Francesco de Pinedo continued southward from Rio de Janeiro on February 28 en route to Sao Paulo and Buenos Aires.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Francesco de Pinedo
Sao Paulo
Buenos Aires
Quiz Fever and Intellectual Challenge Echoes in Messenger
An American author critiques the test trend while the Messenger offers a daily ten question questionnaire. The feature aims to provoke thought, test general knowledge, and spark lively discussion among families and friends.
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The
Messenger
Colley Held For Grand Jury On Forgery Charge
Colley pleaded guilty before Magistrate Pearl W. Helwig to forging checks totaling 60 dollars drawn on his mother Mrs Osa Swartz of South Lancaster Street Athens He was placed in the county jail for grand jury examination as the magistrate court lacks jurisdiction for preliminary hearings He could not make a thousand dollar bond Sharp and Miller with two others were charged in the corn theft from Cal Coss Mill Street Sharp pleaded guilty to theft with no sentence set Miller pleaded not guilty to theft and guilty to driving without a 1927 license tag He received twenty five dollars fine and costs Miller denied involvement with Sharp and Colley When arrested in Springfield they were brought back for hearing Dalton and Barrows delivered them to local authorities
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Osa Swartz
Lancaster Street
Athens
Hiram Colley
Pearl W. Helwig
Colley
Theodore Sharp
Frank Miller
Cal Coss
Mill Street
Sharp
Helwig
Miller
Springfield
Dalton
Peter Barrows
Short But Sweet Independence Tale of Kasia Mahoney
Kasia Mahoney a 15 year old daughter of a New York Supreme Court justice vanished for five days. Police under Commissioner Mc Laughlin hunted the city then located Kasia in Cohoes where authorities found her. She had left home to prove she could make her own way.
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Kasia Mahoney
Supreme Court of New York
McLaughlin
Cohoes
Kasia
Divine Aid Sought for Agriculture from Dozen Pulpits
In Des Moines Iowa on February 28 sermons at twelve churches urged divine help for farmers. Rev Roy H Brown of Central Presbyterian asked for wisdom to ease farmers burden and find relief. Rev H N Geistwelt of First Baptist urged prayers clear to Wall Street and Washington to support western agriculture.
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Des Moines
Roy H. Brown
Central Presbyterian Church
H. N. Geistwelt
First Baptist Church
Wall Street
Washington
Flapper Propagandists Begin Campaign Against Cantonese Nationalists
Shanghai reports a new propaganda campaign by North China led by women appealing to civilians against Cantonese nationalists. A unit reached Soo Chow near Shanghai, while British troops monitor Shanghai’s outskirts as foreign settlements endure heightened tensions and describe their hatchet shaped layout.
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H. Francis Misselwitz
United Press
Shanghai
China
Soo Chow
North China
Shuan Kang
Guos Kiang
Mine Wage Talks Aim to Avert Walkout Across Four States
Cleveland is to host a mine wage conference with operators and workers from Ohio Illinois Indiana and western Pennsylvania. Delegates worry a walkout by April. The Miami gathering noted daily wage rises from 1.75 to 7.60 dollars and seeks balanced pay with regional output.
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Cleveland
J. L. Good
Jane Coal Bureau
Miami
Fla
Ohio
Clinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Merger Move Aims to Consolidate 24 Coal Mines
Pittsburgh reports a $1.5 million Cosgrove Meshan Coal merger begins with the Bertha Consumers at the Bertha mine in Rachel West Virginia. John H president confirms this first step toward a merger affecting twenty four mines across West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky and controlling marketing in the region.
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Pittsburgh
L Cosgrove-Meshan Coal
Cory
Bertha
Rachel
John
Ginia
Kentucky
Ti Bertha Company
Eines
Night Dog Hunts Alarm Athens City
Police Captain Charlee Maple and Chief of Police led a night hunt after residents planned to tie dogs to let them run free. Parker and Maple reportedly shot several dogs, and Dr J. County and City Health ordered a 60 day dog ban for public health.
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Athens
Charlee Maple
Parker
Maple
Dr. J. County and
City Health
Unclear Text Fragment Prompts Uncertain Local Notice
The readable lines describe a vague garage, a concrete house, and a process for making or copying something. The text is fragmentary with no identifiable event, date, person, or organization to anchor a factual summary.
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Admiralty
Corinto
Nicaragua
Diaz
Sacasa
Central America
U. S
Miles W. Vaughn
Chang Chang-Chang
Sun-Chuan- Fang
Hangchow
Paul R. Mallon
America
Divine Aid
Athens Messen
Eis
Crete
Manoiete
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