Cal' Dead Today: Former President Calvin Coolidge Dies
Former President Calvin Coolidge, the living ex head of state, died at his Massachusetts home at 12 45 PM. He was 60 and had retired from the White House life since 1923. The death followed a sudden illness and was attributed to heart disease after an examination by Edward W. Brown, medical examiner.
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Calvin Coolidge
Five Day 30 Hour Week Must Be Enforced, Senate Is Told
Ohio University President E B Bryan speaking from WEAO in Columbus urged public support for tax funded colleges and universities. He warned higher education remains inaccessible to many and called for expanded provision to serve at least twice as many students as currently enrolled.
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Columbus
E. B. Bryan
Ohio University
Ohio
Bryan
Fragmentary Classified Note on Shoe Sizes and Pricing
A damaged OCR fragment mentions shoe sizes and prices with odd codes like 5.9 and 10st. The readable text lists sizes and terms that appear to be catalog or sale notes, but concrete items, dates, or clear entities are missing.
Self-Styled Husband Of Bebe Held Insane
Albert F. Holland, 35, claimed he was married to screen actress Bebe Daniels in Mexico seven years ago. A jury found him insane after he narrated the tale, and he awaits return to a state hospital for the insane. The alleged marriage followed a childhood romance in a small Texas town.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Albert F. Holland
Bebe Daniels
Holland
Miss Daniels
Mexico
Texas
Beer Commission Members Tentatively Named in Ohio
Governor White completed a tentative list of members for a proposed beer commission. The group will study and recommend a program to handle liquor if prohibition is modified in Ohio.
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Columbus
U.R
Beer Commission
White
Ohio
Troops Deployed to Quell Illinois Mine War
In Taylorville Illinois National Guardsmen were deployed to four Peabody coal mines to quell the Central Illinois mine war. Five companies of militiamen, veteran miners, were posted at danger spots amid tense mining communities. Lieut. Col. R W Davis led the effort with 50 men at each mine and 100 in reserve as two lives were lost and 14 wounded in the past two days.
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Taylorville
Lil
U.P
Christian County
Central Illinois
R. W. Davis
Peabody
Sheriff closes rebel group's union offices in Illinois turmoil
In Taylorville Illinois Sheriff Charles Wieneke closes the Progressive Miners of America headquarters amid strife in coal fields. State troops patrol as seven lives are claimed in clashes with United Mine Workers of America over the miners war. Deputies and guardsmen clear the union hall to restore peace.
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Taylorville
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U.P
Charles Wieneke
Christian County
Progressive Miners of America
Wieneke
United Mine Workers of America
Nick Carter Author Frederick W. Davis Dies at 75
Frederick W. Davis, 75, prolific dime novel writer known for Nick Carter detective stories, died of a heart attack at his New Bedford home. A native of Barnstable, he lived in Chelsea as a youth where he won a schoolboy essay contest, later becoming a professional writer under the pen name Scott Campbell.
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U.P
Frederick W. Davis
Nick Carter
Davis
Barnatabie
Chelsea
Horatio Alger
Chelsea High School
New York
Boston Crockery
Scott Campbell
Chinese protest note over Shanhaikwan occupation
The Chinese National Government Foreign Office delivered a formal note to the Japanese Legation protesting the occupation of Shanhaikwan in Nanking on January 5.
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Nanking
China
Shanhaikwan
Farm Plan To Come to Vote In House Soon
Democratic leaders push the Domestic Allotment Bill to the House floor with a $1 billion annual farm relief aim. The plan ties bounties to reduced wheat cotton tobacco and hog output funded by a tax on processors and overseen by the Agriculture Department. A two year limit and possible presidential veto if the Senate passes the measure are noted. Republican Snell opposes citing complexity and administrative risk, while Roosevelt advisers aided its drafting.
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Senate
Roosevelt
America
Federal Treasury
House
Hoover
Democrats To Kill Hoover's Economy Plan
Senate Appropriations Sub committee called for drastic government economy cuts totaling over 50 million dollars and proposed authority for the President to abolish any executive agency. House Expenditures Committee disapproved Hoover's reorganization plan, aiming to reject it this session. Salary reductions would hit federal workers, war veterans, and military personnel by 10 percent.
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Senate Appropriations
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New York
House Expenditures Committee
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House
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Ohioans Eye Senate Nomination as White Considers Run
Governor George White signals possible 1946 Democratic bid for U S Senate in Ohio. He says he will run if he seeks any office in the next two years, noting many factors before the next primary. Former Governor Vic Donahey is also seen as a likely Democratic candidate. On the Republican side Senator Simeon D. Fess is expected to seek a third term, possibly facing Atty. Gen. Gilbert Bettman and former Governor Myers Y. Cooper in Cincinnati.
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Columbus
U.R
George White
United States
White
Vic Donahey
Simeon D. Fess
Atty
Gilbert Bettman
Cincinnati
Myers Y. Cooper
Ohio electoral votes valued at one cent each
Columbus January 5. Ohio's 26 electoral college votes for president are valued as one cent each for a basis of value. The votes were cast for Franklin D Roosevelt. Dunkie, secretary to Governor White, offered a registered mail value at the post office. Clerks fixed the value at 26 cents after discussion. In past years a messenger carried the document to Washington for canvass.
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Columbus
U.P
Franklin PD. Roosevelt
PF. Dunkir
White
Washington
Classifieds Highlights Offer Quick Buys Today
You may buy a horse suitable for light work and riding at a reasonable price. Someone has completed equipment for small mine priced to sell. You may buy corn shelled or on the cob for 32 cents per bushel delivered on hard road. On Franklin Avenue you may rent a nicely furnished room with furnace heat and all conveniences.
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Iowa Farmers' Crusade Halts Tax Sales Foreclosures
A militant farmers’ crusade in Iowa halted tax sales and mortgage foreclosures across wide areas, with 800 farmers stopping one sale in Le Mars. District Judge Pitts urged a moratorium on foreclosures until relief is found, as farmers pressured insurers and attorneys to suspend actions.
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Des Moines
U.P
Pennsylvania
Co. W. Pitts
le Mars
C. L. Herring
Pitts
R. E. Rippey
Pitte
le Mare
Martin
Insurance Company
Schools Must Be Kept Open
President Hoover warns during the Citizens Conference on the Crisis in Education that the day to day care and instruction of children cannot be delayed and that governments must avoid reducing school opportunities while making economy decisions. He emphasizes no safety for the republic without educated youth and urges local governments to protect schools.
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Washington
America
Mr. Hoover
Milk Probe in Akron Opens Public Hearings in Ohio
The Ohio Milk Investigating Committee, appointed by Governor White, opened hearings in Columbus with witnesses Harold Reiter of Reiter Dairy Akron and T. Bender of the Milk Producers Association of Summit County. They respond to a telegram from independent merchants protesting price cutting allegedly by producers allied with large chain dairies. The panel said it will limit action to state wide issues.
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Columbus
Ohio Milk Investigating Committee
White
Harold Reiter
Reiter
Independent Merchants’ and Business Men’s Association
Independent Dairies
Akron
Red Birds Gain Two Southpaws in Trade
Columbus announces an even exchange with Rochester sending Gordon Hinkie Ed Huesser and Tommy Carey to Rochester in return for Bud Teachout Clarence Heise and Nick Cullop both Teachout and Heise are left handed while Huesser throws right handed Culop returns to Columbus after most of last season with the club.
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Columbus
U.P
Columbus American Association Baseball Club
Gordon Hinkie
Ed Huesser
Tommy Carey
Rochester
Bud Teachout
Clarence Heise
Nick Cullop
Teachout
Heise
Huesser
Cullop
AFL Chief Pushes Five Day Thirty Hour Week
President William Green tells a Senate judiciary sub committee labor will use its economic force if needed to enforce a five day thirty hour week. He notes employers refuse to face facts and supports legislation persuasion or strikes to gain shorter hours. Green warns mechanization demands universal adoption to curb unemployment and create work opportunities.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Senate
Green
Norris
Norrin
Roosevelt seeks swift farm relief and beer bill action
A meeting in New York links President elect Roosevelt and Democratic leaders to plan fast action on farm relief measures and beer legislation. Speaker Garner will become vice president in March as Roosevelt outlines a 60 day legislative program. The aim is to cut federal appropriations across the board.
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New York
U.P
Kied Roosevelt
John N. Garner
Roosevelt
White House
Independence Bill to Be Defeated in Manila Legislature
Manila observers expect the territorial legislature to reject the Philippine Independence measure approved by Congress if it comes up for approval. Manuel Quezon, Senate president and independence bill opponent, is viewed as having won control of the body.
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Manila
Congress
Manuel Quezon
Senente
Two Farmers Die as Train Strikes Truck at Crossing
Shelby report: two farmers were killed when their truck carrying about 30 hogs to Akron was hit by a Baltimore and Ohio railroad train at a grade crossing. The crash occurred today. about twenty hogs died in the incident and the remaining animals were scattered.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Akron
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