Wets to Start New Battle on Volstead Law
Congress prepares a drive to liberalize the Volstead act with a three percent intoxicating liquor definition. Senators Edge and Bedee push senate actions while Rep Hill leads the house effort amid expected Republican and Democratic opposition. City leaders vow to resist any changes and Texas senators pledge support for the dry stance.
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Congress
Edge
Newsey
Senate
House
John Phillip Hill
Maryland
Willis
Texas
Mayfield
Sheppard
Flood warnings issued along Hocking Muskingum and Scioto rivers
Columbus Ohio January 11 flood warnings warned Athens Coshocton and other points along the Hocking Muskingum and Scioto rivers. Weatherman Alexander said there is nothing to alarm but residents should move property out of lowlands.
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U.S
Alexander
Athens
Coshocton
Hocking
Muskingum
Scioto
Gas explosions in laboratory drive many to streets
A six story Federal Laboratory Co building in downtown Pittsburgh suffered a series of blasts that released suffocating gas, possibly tear gas. One man was fatally burned, another injured, and over 290 people fled into streets as smoke and fumes spread, hindering firefighters from aiding victims.
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Pittsburgh
Federal Laboratory Co
Coolidge Campaign Arranges Indiana 33 Delegates Push
Washington Jan 11 President Coolidge's campaign managers completed plans this afternoon for an energetic drive to secure Indiana's 33 delegates to the Cleveland convention.
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Indiana
Washington
Coolidge
Mystery Man Killed on Nelsonville Pike Identified
The Unknown man killed on the Nelsonville pike was identified as Tom McNellis after Loftus of Greens Run viewed the body and found his name in a diary. Relatives in Wellston and Glouster have been notified and will arrive in Logan Friday. his mother is said to live in Wellston.
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Logan
Sonville Pike
Loftus
Greens Run
Tom McNellis
Aliens Forge The Order Guard Patrols Increase
Smugglers remain active on coast lines as immigration quotas near exhaustion prompt calls for more customs and patrol funding. Officials report 59 to 156 aliens cross daily, with border coyotes guiding entrants over the Mexican border.
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Washington
Congress
Eldest Son Weds 18 Year Old Emily Hoyt in Elopement
Cedar Rapids report says James T. Sims aged 61 eloped with Emily Hoyt 18 after months of attentive suitors. Sims plans to settle in Des Moines while Hoyt had planned to attend a Virginia girls school. Family sensed no romance and the couple wed in autumn.
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Cedar Rapids
James T. Sims
Emily Hoyt
Sum mitt county GOP backs Coolidge and Knight for at large
Sum mit county Republican executive committee unanimously endorses President Coolidge and former Congressman Charles L. Knight as one of the big seven at large delegates to the Cleveland convention. Mrs W E Pardee wife of a judge is endorsed as the 140th district delegate, likely the only woman candidate in Ohio for the convention. The district delegate comes from Lorain county with alternates assigned to Portage and Medina counties.
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Akron
Summitt County
Republican Executive Committee
Coolidge
Charles L. Knight
Cleveland
W. E. Pardee
Court of Appeals
Pardee
Ohio
Lorain County
Portage
Medina
Pittsburg Again Faces Flood Threat
Rivers rose quickly after heavy overnight rains along the watershed. The gauge stood at 10.7 feet at 9 am and the Weather Bureau predicted the river would reach 22 feet, flood stage, by tomorrow afternoon.
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Pittsburgh
Weather Bureau
Loss of L-24 Submarine After Collision Near Portland
Advices say the British submarine L-24 was rammed by the battleship Resolution off Portland during maneuvers and torn in two. Salvage vessels report locating the wreck in 30 fathoms ten miles off Portland, but rough seas hinder divers. Minesweepers and salvagers search the English Channel as a formal inquiry examines the tragedy aboard the dreadnought Resolution.
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Admiralty
Resolution
Portland
English Channel
Dorset
Portsmouth
Busting Butler Breaks Up Philadelphia Political Machine
Jan 11 Philadelphia reports General Smedley D. Butler as director of public safety firing Lt Duffy and Lt Mullen who ran the Vareland district and Hall’s political circle. Butler demoted both to patrolmen within five days, prompting reactions from Duffy Mullen and Mayor Kendrick as Vare’s influence loomed.
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Philly
Philadelphia
Duffy
Mullen
Hall
Vare
W. Freeland Kendrick
Bill” Ware
Washington
Kendrick
Pal of Red McCann Arrested in Canton Bank Robbery Case
William Baron 32 of Cleveland, described as a bank robber and associate of Red McCann, was arrested at the Canton post office while mailing clothes to his newborn. He is tied to the Elm Street Dollar Savings & Loan heists in Youngstown on November 14 and December 9, netting 1400 and 857 dollars.
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William Baron
Cleveland
Red” McCann
Marietta
Fred J. Graub
Fraub
Youngstown
Canton
Baron
McGann
Elm Street
Dollar Savings & Loan Co
Moscow Communists Face Party Rifts Amid Conference
Leo Kamenev, vice president of the council of people's commissaries, told a Moscow conference today that the party shows a serious division of opinions within its ranks.
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Moscow
Leo Kamleniey
Council of Peoples’ Commissaries
Fox Hunt Planned Across Five Miles Near Mansfield
Hunters from Shelby Willand Greenwich Delphi Shiloh and Adario plan a fox hunt covering five miles Saturday. Many foxes have been seen in the vicinity.
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Shelby
Willand
Greenwich
Delphi
Shiloh
Adario
Griffith Held on High Bond in 19YearOld Ruth Hunter Death
Canton Ohio January 11 Louis E Griffith held on first degree murder charge after 72 hours in custody in connection with the death of 19 year old Ruth Hunter. Bond of 25000 was requested with prosecuting attorney McClintock urging that Griffith be allowed to furnish bond.
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Canton
Louis E. Griffith
Ruth Hunter
C. B. McClintock
Griffith
Unknown assailants kill lottery winner in Lerida
In Lerida Spain unknown assailants assassinated Jose Queral at his home. He was one of twenty winners of the second prize in the Christmas lottery. The lottery check was stolen during the incident.
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Lerida
Spain
Jose Quer‘alt
Change of Hirohito Marriage Date Sets New January 26
Tokyo reports a sudden shift of the marriage date for Prince Regent Hirohito from January 27 to January 26. Court and imperial officials approved the change to avoid the same day as the attempted assassination and to preserve a festive, favorable anniversary for the future emperor.
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Tokio
Hirohito
Detroit Bandits Rampage Leaves Man Dead
Detroit Bandits killed Albert A. Aegerter in a morning spree in Detroit Michigan. They tied and gagged two women and held up a dozen others in stores and near beer saloons. Aegerter died as his son Russell, a saloon owner, and four others stood by unable to intervene.
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Detroit
Mich
Albert A. Aegerter
Byesville
Ohio
Aegerter
Russell
Ohio Woman Leaps to Death from Buffalo Apartment
Jessica Thayer 35 from Newton Falls Ohio leaped from a fifth floor window in a Main Street Buffalo apartment area. A Hyde Park broker, 37 year old Jesse Shippe of Boston Massachusetts, held as disorderly conduct suspect, is said to live with her as common law husband in the same residence.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Jessica Thayer
Newton Falls
Ohio
Jesse Shippe
Mass
Thayer
Marietta men indicted in Fay post office robbery case
Federal grand jury in Columbus charges Clifford Poole Lloyd Covely Jake Martin and William Isnogie all from Marietta with conspiring to rob the Fay post office about a month ago in a theft tied to a southern Ohio crime wave.
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Columbus
Clifford Poole
Lloyd B. Covely
Jake Martin
William Isnogie
Marietta
Fay
Excavation Delay For Tutankhamun Sarcophagus Opening
In Luxor Egypt on January 11 explorers delay the opening of the sarcophagus said to hold Tutankhamun’s mummy as they cannot raise the lid of the second shrine. The setback comes as teams work to prepare the Valley of the Kings exhibit.
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Luxor
Egypt
Tut-Ankh- Amen
Rebels Seize Pachuca Silver Mining Camp
Federal troops ordered to recapture Pachuca after rebels seized the largest silver mining camp in the world. Serrano to supervise troop movements toward Vera Cruz. rebels reportedly fall back in the Vera Cruz district while not yet engaging federal forces. President Obregon praised the army and promised success as reviews and speeches energize troops.
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Arthur Constantine
Mexico City
Pachuca
Serrano
Cavazos
Vera Cruz
War Department
Eugenio Martines
Bonus Advocates Beatens Tax Measure Put Ahead
Washington reports tax reduction plans to move tax legislation before the House by February 11. Mellon rate hearings begin next week with support from automobile jewelry and amusement industries. Bonus advocates promise to push their bill once rules are revised, potentially forcing committee discharge if held too long.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
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Mellon
Board of Tax Appeals
Secretary of the Treasury
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Congress
Melion
House Rules Committee
Hoase
Bankers Take Up Aid for Farmers at Joint Session
A January 16 meeting in Columbus will discuss agriculture’s future and how bankers can aid the program. The event, the first of its kind in the state, is hosted by the Ohio Bankers Association with the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation the Grange and Ohio State University among the presenters.
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Columbus
Ohio Bankers’ Association
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
the Grange
Ohio State University
BESSIE CARNEY Indicted For Post Office Letter Detention
Columbus report Jan 11 says Beasie Carney former Neffs Ohio postmistress faces federal indictment for detaining a government inspector letter and opening a candy box addressed to another person.
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Columbus
Beasie Carney
Neffs, O
Neffs
Cabinet Still in the Making in Greece
Athens report says Greece remains without a cabinet as M Roussos fails to form a government due to extremist opposition. General Danglis is tasked with forming a cabinet but faces GOP Liberal resistance. Former Premier Venizelos returns and is said to threaten leaving Greece amid factional fighting.
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Athens
Greece
M. Roussos
Danglis
Eleutherios Venizelos
Paris
Bartender Learns Chemistry In Liquor Case
Cincinnati police arrest Frank Lanzeri, 23, in a cafe liquor possession case. Detectives say Lanzeri poured liquor and oil into a sink hoping to destroy evidence, but officers separated the liquids and found the evidence intact, confirming his wrongdoing.
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Cincinnati, CO
Frank Lanzeri
Sanzeri
Lanteri
Drunken man charged after fatal shooting in Youngstown
In Youngstown Ohio, Steve Bichino, 39, was jailed on suspicion of murder after a drinking party ended with the shooting of Frank Frankonero and death of his unborn child. Mrs Frankonero had a cesarean, in serious condition. the man’s injuries were not fatal.
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Youngstown
Steve Bichino
Merchant
Frank Frankonero
Frankonero
Leband
Crabbe Attacks Welfare Politics Over Dismissals
Columbus Jan 11 Welfare Director Harper rebuts Attorney General Crabbe alleging politicking in welfare. Harper says only past administrations used politics, dismissals during his regime were for necessity and civil service backed. He denies politics influenced state welfare institutions.
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Columbus, CO
Harper
Crabbe
Repairs Bring Hardy Alaskan to North New Bedford
Captain George Cleveland aka Cap returns from the Far North after eleven years for dental repairs and new glasses. He stopped in North New Bedford on his way home to Martha's Vineyard after visiting his store in the area.
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North New Bedford
Masc
George Cleveland
Far North
Cap’ Cleveland
Martha's Vineyard
Schick test shows most Mansfield children unimmune to diphtheria
In Mansfield Ohio 1539 children were tested with Schick. 977 were positive or not immune, while 462 were negative. Physicians say the negatives may avoid diphtheria unless exposed and require monitoring.
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Mansfield
Schick
City Manager Advocates Subway Push at Busy Intersections
Cleveland official Ntopkins urges rapid subway construction at key crossroads to ease deadly traffic congestion and improve urban mobility.
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Cleveland
Ntopkins
Ostrander Fire Dept quarters funding questioned
The state examining board found village clerk H. W. Robinson spent 23 on rent for two storage spaces for the chemical engine, 1 per month, illegal under state law. The charge was the sole finding against Ostrander, delaying where fire apparatus will be kept pending an agreement.
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Ostrander
Delaware County
H. W. Robinson
Robinson
Medina county farm bureau re-elects officers
Medina Ohio officers of the county farm bureau were re elected at the elections held here. President Hubert F Lance of York and Vice President Sidney Uhinek of Granger were retained as were Charles Cady of Hinckley as secretary and Clyde T Copley of Sharon as treasurer.
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Medina, O
Medina
Sheriff Galligan to Lead Marion Clean-Up Effort
On January 11 with no militia removal in sight, Sheriff Galligan takes responsibility for clearing saloons and bootleggers in Williamson county. Federal agents suspend activities pending results of the sheriff’s liquor raids. New warrants are issued for 8 Glenn Young, a special officer linked to raids that prompted troop call, with a January 24 bond appearance.
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Marion, I
Marion
Williamson County
Galligan
W. W. Anderson
Chicago
Glenn Young
Ben
Young
Forer Warants
Body of American Flyer Located in English Channel
A decomposed body, believed to be aviator Lawrence Sperry, was found in the English Channel off Bye England. The trousers matched Sperry's attire from the time of his disappearance five weeks earlier.
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Bye
Eng
Lawrence Sperry
English Channel
Sperry
Cleveland War on Gambling Reaches Downtown Joints
Police in Cleveland patrols guard every known gambling hub as the city tackles a ring drawing about 2 million dollars yearly from bets on horse speed. Casinos and blackjack rooms close, steel machines removed from shops, and Nathan Weissenberger of Progresaive Bags faces court. Police arrest loafers, seal race-returns, and warn telegraph firms against aiding gambling operations.
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Cleveland
Nathan Weissenberger
Forgetful Nina drives apart Madison couple in New England
Ellsworth Bassett, once close to Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson, plans reconciliation with his wife after rumors about the author and Bassett circulated. The pair remain in separate homes in Madison, with Bassett avoiding media and seeking work nearby as reporters crowd the post office area.
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Madison, Conn
Ellsworth Bassett
Nina Wilcox Putnam Sanderson
Bassett
Tolice
Mia
Bassett Bassett
Lima Sees Record Building Boom in 1923
Lima reports the largest construction surge in its history with permits totaling $2,970,885 issued in 1923, up from $1,725,213 in 1922 and $742,241 the year prior, per city manager records.
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Lima
Build a Home of Your Own with Free Brick House Plans
A Washington Information Bureau offer urges readers to plan for a home by estimating future costs and investing rent money into ownership. A free booklet shows exterior views and floor plans for 60 brick houses, with two cents postage for return mail.
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Washington
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