Rumors of Giant Steel Mill Spark Pomeroy Bend Boom
In Pomeroy Bend rumors claim a Baltimore and Pittsburgh firm plans a huge steel mill and coal mines across the river. W. W. Mullins, reputed construction head, hints at 400 workers within 30 days and coal leases covering 25 000 acres. Mines expected to reach 900 feet, with $10 500 000 project cost. Groundbreak slated February 1. mill construction to follow.
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Oliver Hartley
Messenger
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Baltimore and
Pittsburg
W. W. Mullins
Consolidated Companies
Mullins
Ssa
Mason and Letart
W. Va
Stake Gang
Genheimer
Ohio River
Mason
Hartford
New Haven
Graham
Letart
Funeral of slain girl to be held in New Marshfield Saturday
Miss Garnet Lavina Six fifteen year old daughter of Charlies F Six was killed in Columbus by Benedict Caloupe a Filipino youth who was jealous. Funeral services will be at the Methodist church at two o clock Saturday afternoon. The body arrived with her father and two brothers Richard and Ralph and was taken to the home of her grandparents Mr and Mrs D H Six. The incident follows the killing and suicide by the suspect after the crime.
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New Marshfield
Miss Garnet
Lavina Six
Charlies F. Six
Columbus
Benedict Caloupe
Richard
Ralph
D. H. Six
Miss Six
Robert Townsend
D. H
Need Federal Aid Urged for Ohio Mine Fire Emergency
Columbus Ohio Jan 9 Herman R Witter urged federal aid to create a state emergency fund to combat mine fires and conserve coal after the Brooks mine near Nelsonville burned for months. Jerome Watson reported the fire spreads toward Haydenville threatening 44 square miles. costs for extinguishing rise, with federal help likely via steam shovels costing about 100000.
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Columbus
Ohio
Herman R. Witter
Jerome Watson
Brooks
Nelsonville
Haydenville
Watson
Witter
United States Bureau of Mines
Atus
United States
Te Brooks
Logan Mine Guard System Abolished by Sheriff Skaggs
Charleston W Va Jan 9 Logan county mine guard system abolished by Emmett Skaggs new Democratic sheriff who took office Jan 1 England says no further action planned Deputy count to seven vs Chafin era over 250 deputies England notes coal companies may appoint private guards for property protection Injunction against the mine guard system earlier obtained in Kanawha county was set aside by the state Supreme Court due to lack of jurisdiction.
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Charleston
W. Va
Logan County
Emmett Skaggs
England
Don Chafin
Skaggs
Chafin
Kanawha
Supreme Court
Kanawha Court
Four men questioned in murder probe of Ruth Kendig
Columbus police continued questioning four men in the investigation of Mrs. Ruth Kendig who was slain last Monday night. No new light was shed on the case as inquiries proceeded.
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Columbus
Ruth Kendig
Kid McCoy sentenced for manslaughter in Mors case
Kia McCoy was sentenced by Judge Charles Craig to one to ten years in San Quentin for manslaughter after a jury conviction for the murder of his sweetheart Mrs. Teresa Mors. A separate line notes live poultry in being shipped from Alberta to the New York market.
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Kid
Los Angeles
Cal
Kia” McCoy
Charles Craig
San Quentin
Teresa Mors
Alberta
New York
Senate fights over Muscle Shoals plans shift to Jones proposal
In Washington on January 9, administration leaders pressed to dispose of Muscle Shoals by tomorrow. The Underwood ownership bill faces two substitutes, the Wadsworth five member commission plan and the Jones three member commission plan. Senators expect passage of the Jones measure with only six votes needed from Underwood opponents. Progressives back Jones after Norris defeat.
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Washington
Senate
Wadsworth
Republican
New York
Agriculture
Jones
War and Agriculture
Muscle Shoals
Administration
Curtis
Kansas
Telegrams and Telephones in Canada and Hollywood Fire
In Ottawa the telephone count rose from 944000 in 1922 to 1009203 in 1923 per the Bureau of Statistics report. In Los Angeles Mrs Harold Lloyd was injured by flying glass as a fire destroyed Hollywood studios and Lloyd sets causing about 40000 dollars in damage.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Lloyd
Los Angeles
Harold Lloyd
Hollywood
Former Officer Escapes Verdict in Suffolk County Case
Boston Jan 9 Suffolk county jury heard charges against former District Attorney William J Corcoran and three others for conspiring to extort 50000 from Victor Albert Searles a retired millionaire. The jury reported a disagreement in the cases of Corcoran and William J Hartnett after forty eight hours of deliberation.
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Boston
Suffolk County Jury
William J. Corcoran
Victor Albert Searles
Corcoran
William J. Hartnett
Raymond
Suffolk County Criminal Court
Chicago law costs for Loeb Leopold defense set at 130000
The Chicago Bar association approved a 130000 defense bill for Richard A. Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. in the Bobby Franks murder case. Darrow was expected to receive up to 100000, with other attorneys to share the remainder after a conference among Darrow, Walther, Bachrach, and bar committee.
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Chicago
Richard A. Loeb
Nathan Leopold, Jr
Chicago Bar Association
Bobby Franks
Clarmce Darrow
Walter
Benjamin Bachrach
Bar Association
Darrow
France Hopes to Settle Debts in Dawes Plan Talks
A conference on war reparations opened with Col James A Logan and Premier Herriot as France plans its program for the session. Illness of economist Seydoux delays progress. Clementel and Churchill delay talks, while Belgium and Italy delegates prepare for further discussions. Clementel says agreement may be reached early next week as the Dawes plan differences remain.
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Frank E. Mason
J. M. G. Stat Corre
America
James A. Logan
Reparations Commission
Herriot
France
Logan
United States
Herrick
Kelloge
Finance
Clementel
Exchelquer
Churchill
England
Theunis
Belgium
Stefani
Clementes
International News Service Today
Brussels
National League to Hold Spring Schedule Meeting in New York
The National League will hold its spring schedule meeting at the Waldorf Astoria on February 2 following a Golden Jubilee banquet at noon in the Grand Central hotel. President John Heydler announced the event. The league was organized fifty years ago.
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New York
National League
Waldorf Astoria
John Heydler
Grand Central Hotel
Farm Group Pushes Gasoline Tax and Budget Reform
Rural Ohio legislators endorse a legislative program to curb reckless spending in school districts and municipalities. They back a two cent per gallon gasoline tax to fund highway upkeep, a state highway council, and a budget law requiring pre-approval of local expenditures. They oppose a Child Labor amendment and seek targeted relief for financially distressed districts.
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Columbus
Cornstalk Club
Mmore
Ohio
Bribed Bolsheviks Loot Monastery Treasures Shocking Heist
Arthur Brisbane notes a Pecherski monastery seizure as the Soviet state confiscates gold worth 406 900 dollars along with 360 diamonds sacred images and silver plate. He cites religious backlash as peasants burn communists while monks face long labor sentences.
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Pecherski Monastery
Death rate among day officers higher than war says Wheeler
Wayne Wheeler, general counsel of the Anti-Saloon League, told Senate committees that prohibition officers face greater risk than World War I troops. He cited higher deaths, low pay of 1680 dollars yearly, and bribe exposure while urging a separate Prohibition Bureau under civil service and safeguards against industrial alcohol diversion to bootleggers.
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Wheeler
Washington
Wayne JB. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Senate Judiciary Committees
Prohibition
Logan Gas faces new appraisal push over service charge
Columbus Ohio January hearing on Logan Gas proposed monthly 75 cent service charge. Andrew Newman testifies the deficit figures reflect profit shortfall not cash loss. Municipal reps seek reappraisal to show charge unnecessary. hearing paused to February 24 for records and NY accountants testimony.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Logan Gas Company
Andrew J. Newman
Newman
Grant BE
Mouser, Jr
Marion
Don W. Myers
Elyria
Clarence VU
Ahi
Bucyrus
Ford, Bacon & Davis Company
New York Public
New York
Rural Legislators Push Constitutional Amendment on School Finance
Rural lawmakers urged creating a state commission to study public schools and guide planning. They want a constitutional amendment incorporating the Griswold Tax limits to ensure long term financing, with clearer benefits for Weak School Districts and ties to tax duplicates and population needs.
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Iion
White Indians Shiver Then Sail Back to Southlands
On the Essequibo, Marguerite and her brother Olo of the San Blas Indians faced their first snow before departing for South America. Explorer R. O. Marsh, with Major Johnson of the Smithsonian, studies their mutation origin as part of a larger San Blas expedition.
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New York
Essequibo
South America
Marguerite
Olo
San Bilas
R. O. Marsh
Marsh
Major Johnson
Smithsonian Institute
San Blas
Counterfeiting Declared a Lost Art in U S
Philadelphia January 9 Captain William H Houghton head of the U S Secret Service says counterfeiting is almost a lost art amid the Christmas rush Only two complaints were made both for small sums He attributed the decline to the scarcity of spurious coin and to money-raisers serving time in Federal penitentiaries
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Philadelphia
William H. Houghton
U. S
Secret Service
Houghton
Secret Service Bureau
Motor ship Deering Lost With Crew Off Mexican Coast
A motor ship Deering and its six crew members, commanded by Captain FE E Bailey, sank in a heavy gale December 27 about fifty miles off Frontera, Mexico. The news came to Houston from Sinclair Oil ship crew members.
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Houston
Tex
Deering
Fe.e F. Bailey
Frontera
Mexico
Sinclair Oil
Governor Donahey Begins Third Year In Office
Ohio Governor Donahey marks the start of his third year in the governor's office as the constitution prescribes a January inauguration. He recalls his first induction on January . The ceremony occurs as aides note the next inauguration is scheduled for Monday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Buckeye
Donahey
Navy spending cut to the bone as Congress backs Coolidge plan
Washington dispatch reports the House naval affairs committee abandons remedial naval legislation for now. President Coolidge argues for drastic economy, delaying bigger navy plans while another arms conference looms. He cites tax cuts and opposition to appearing to rearm, with aircraft in a secondary role and battleships remaining the fleet core.
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Washington
Coolidge
Wilbur
United States Navy
House Naval Affairs Committee
Congress
Coolsdge
Osers
United States
Great Britain
Mughes
Navy General Board
Quick Easy Meals From 200 Tested Recipes
Science experts compiled over 200 recipes for fast appetizing meals. Readers can obtain a book of tested recipes by mailing the coupon with two cents in stamps and providing a name and address to Frederic J. Haskin, Director.
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Old Brooks
West Virginia
Underwood
Kenneth Clark
Arthur Brisbane
Marco
Napoleon
Logan Gas CO
Southlands
Crooks
Clyde B. Altcigon
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Henry C. Hall
Colorado
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House
George R. Holmer
Berlin
Marx
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