Federal Revenue Agents Tie Up Chaplin Fortune in New York
Federal agents attach about 1.5 million dollars in Charles Chaplin’s name in New York banks, after failing to seize the bulk of his fortune in Hollywood and Los Angeles. The Charles Chaplin Film Corporation moved to protect assets, while attorney Nathan Burkan says some funds belong to other corporate members in which Chaplin is a stockholder.
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New York
U.P
Charles Chaplin
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Federal Internal Revenue
Chaplin
Lita Greg Chaplin
Bowery and Hast River
Nathan Burkan
Foreign warcraft from many nations head for China
In New York on January 21 developments show John Van A. MacMurray American minister to Peking canceling a Washington visit and returning to Peking as 12000 Americans flee critical posts. An American destroyer Stewart sails from Manila to Chinwang Tao with infantry ammunition while ships from multiple nations race toward Shanghai. Spain plans a warship after priests attacked in Foo Chow as capitals debate China’s extraterritorial rights.
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New York
John van A. MacMurray
Peking
Washington
China
Foo Chow
Stewart
Manila
Chinwang Tao
Shanghai
Spain
London
Tokio
Midwest Faces New Cold Wave From Canada
Forecasters warn the Midwest will endure another frigid blast within 24 hours with 20 to 40 degrees below zero readings in parts of Canada. Snow is expected to start late today followed by sharply dropping temperatures Saturday. Rural mail delivery disrupted on route No. 9 near Athens and river routes hampered by impassable tracks as Ohio flooding rises. One man dies in flood damages across Central Ohio with high water threatening the Hocking and other rivers from Gallipolis south.
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Chicago
U.P
Middlewest
Canada
Athens
Margaret’s Creek
Hocking Valley
Herrolds Mill
City
East Bridge
Ohio
Hocking
Canaan
Miami
Gallipolis
Stella Avenue
University Athletic Field
Lower Mill Street
Lancaster
Nelsonville
Logan
Plains Road
Automobile Club
Raccoon Creek
Pomeroy Road
Chauncey
West Main Street
Millfield
Rockbridge
Chaplin Alimony Case Tied to Tax Lien Ruling
Treasury official says alimony decree cannot trump the government tax lien in the Charlie Chaplin case. Mrs. Charlie Chaplin will wait for payments through the government bank as the IRS handles the settlement.
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Washington
U.R
Charlie Chaplin
Ainst
Treasury
C. R. Nash
Internat Revenue Bureau
Weather shifts to warmer with temperature rise
After the rain ended this morning temperatures climbed from 42 to 48 by noon. The day’s high so far is 48, with historical extremes of 68 in 1906 and 10 below zero in 1918. Temperatures by two hour intervals show a steady increase through the day.
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Mercury
Vriday A. m
Milton Rathburn dies at 66 in Rutland
Milton K Rathburn 66 lifelong Kirtland resident and former state senator 1910 1914 died at his Rutland home after health decline since 1916. He led J N Rathburn and Son firm with Rathburn bank at Rutland. Funeral Monday at 2 p m with Masonic rites. burial in Rutland.
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Rutland
J. N. Rath Ourn
Milton E. Rathburn
Milton Burn
C. N. Rathburn
Middleport
J. N. Rathburn
Rathburh
Masonic Lodge of
P. Lodge
Cotr Kgrants
Dayton
Buria
Mission Board Cables Americans to Leave Yen Ping
The New York office of the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church reports a cable from Yen Ping stating the American consul advised all Americans to depart. Women and children have started for Manila, while men stay to continue the work.
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New York
Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church Today
Yen Ping
Manila
U S Destroyer Ordered to Sail to China Today
Manila reports one destroyer ready to sail within twenty four hours for Chinwang Tao China. The Stewart departed with 1100 boxes of ammunition for the 15th American infantry. Red Cross prepared barracks to care for 67 Foochow refugees, including 32 women 32 children and 3 men, pending transport to the United States.
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Manila
U.R
Far East
United States
Stewart
Chinwang Tao
China
Red Cross
Foochow
Pills
Change to Eastern Standard Time Ordered by I C
Columbus Ohio January 21 Time in most of Ohio all of West Virginia and eastern Kentucky is shifted from Central to Eastern Standard Time by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The move takes effect April 3 with only a narrow strip west of the Baltimore and Ohio line between Cincinnati and Toledo remaining on Central Standard Time. Railroads affected include the Baltimore and Ohio Pennsylvania and the Big Four which had not been officially notified.
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Columbus
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore & Ohio
Cincinnati
Toledo
Pennsylvania
Big Four
May Seek Hearing Over Illinois Senator Smith Barring
Frank L. Smith faces a Senate action barring him from taking the oath of office as Illinois senator. He may seek a hearing before the privileges and elections committee or return to Illinois to win public support. Friends urge him to appear and present his version of spending 287000 dollars in the recent primary, largely from public utilities operators, while he chaired the utilities commission.
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Washington
Frank L. Smith
Senate
Ilinois
Privileges’ Land Elections’ Committee
Illinois
Smith
Reed
State Public Utilities Commission
Governor Smail Says No Statement On Senate Action
Springfield Il January 21 Governor Len Smail announced he had no statement to make yet regarding yesterday's Senate action refusing to accept Frank L Smith as successor to the late Senator William B McKinley.
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Springfield
Ill
Len Smail
Ilinois
Senate
Frank L. Smith
William B. McKinley
Seven Men to Be Arraigned on Immorality Charges
Seven men aged 19 to 83 will be arraigned before Common Pleas Judge Frederick L. Hay on grave offenses against children. The indictments came from a Lake county grand jury probing immorality charges involving men and schoolgirls. A dozen children will appear before Juvenile Judge Addie Nye Norton. Parents demand severe penalties if convicted. Three more true bills were kept secret. Judge Norton signaled leniency toward the young accused.
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Painesville
U.R
Common Pleas
Frederick L. Hay
Seth Paulin
Lake County
Addie Nye Norton
Norton
Superintendent Brent Arnold Dies in Cincinnati at 81
Colonel Brent Arnold, 81, longtime superintendent of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad for thirty eight years, died at his Cincinnati home.
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Cincinnati
Brent /rnold
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
MICE ON RAMPAGE IN BUENA VISTA LAKE AREA
Mice terrorize the Buena Vista lake region as residents await arrival of E. E. Piper from Washington D C and Norman G Buhn rodent control official. Piper will lead the effort with Buhn assisting to combat the infestation.
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Bakersfield
Cal
U.P
Buena Vista Lake
E. Piper
Norman G. Buhn
Piper
Washington D. C
Bureau of Biological Survey
Buhn
Former Deanville Man Dies in Harrisburg
Nelsonville reports the death of Frank Birtcher 29 a miner from a paralytic stroke in Harrisburg Pennsylvania He leaves a wife and five children and will be buried at Greenlawn cemetery Funeral services are set at the home of his father Robert Birtcher Sr with extended family traveling from Deanville and Columbus.
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Frank Birtcher
Harrisburg
Birtcher
Deanville
Robert Birtcher
Greenlawn Cemetery
Catherine Blackburn
Clara Deweese
Columbus
Prohibition Grapes Spark New Bootlegger Threat
Prohibition authorities report a grape juice bootlegger who buys large quantities of California juice, ages and treats it to resemble wine in casks, then delivers it to customers free of charge. Officials say the operant evades direct sale of intoxicants but faces conspiracy charges under the Volstead act.
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Washington
United Press
Treasury
California
Acquittals in liquor conspiracy trial of Costello ring
Federal jurors acquitted eight men and declared no verdict on six others charged in the Frank Costello ring liquor conspiracy case. The defendants faced indictment last March.
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New York
U.P
Prohibition
A. Bruce Bielaski
Frank Costello Ring
Highways Covered As River Floods Rise Put Athens In Blockade
Flooding shuts roads around Athens Ohio with 18.05 foot river level at East Bridge. Row boats line riverbanks as residents seek access to homes. Chauncey, Chauncey area schools, and mines near Glouster face closures and evacuations.
No Fear in Nelsonville River Still Stable Despite Flooding
Nelsonville observers say the Hocking River needs about eight more feet to become alarming. Low lands are flooded and many cellars are waterlogged from back water. A slight fall was reported, and the river appeared stationary this morning amid dense fog in the city.
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Nelsonville
Hocking
River rises threaten rail line near Pomeroy
The Ohio River level climbed about half a foot per hour at Pomeroy as Dam No 24 Racine warned that if rain ends, roughly fifteen feet more rise could occur. A 49.5 foot stage is needed to put water on the railroad tracks, and a fifteen foot rise would bring the river to 44.4 feet.
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Pomeroy
Ohio
Racine
Exodus Underway As Americans Flee Chinese City
Americans in the city rush to depart amid threats of renewed anti foreign demonstrations and clashes between rival Chinese factions. With the current pace, few Americans will remain by week’s end and none in a fortnight.
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Foo Chow
U.P
Boy adrift on ice in Lake Erie still missing after search
Cleveland dispatch reports a lone boy drifting on an ice floe in Lake Erie since Wednesday. Coast guards, police, tugs, and volunteers scoured the lake by land and water as a winter storm hampered efforts. Aerial search was briefly stopped by bad weather and resumed at dawn with no sign of the youth or the ice craft, leaving hopes fading.
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Cleveland
U.P
Lake Erie
Hardy Coast Guardsmen
Sayres Show Improvement After Illness
Judge E. D. Sayre and Mrs. Sayre are reported considerably improved. Mrs. Sayre has returned from a Cleveland hospital and is able to be up. Judge Sayre rested comfortably last night and appears to be improved.
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E. PD. Sayre
D. Sayre
Sayre
Cleveland
Judge Sayre
Opera on air as 23 radio stars broadcast Faust from Chicago
Chicago Civic Opera presents Faust with 23 radio broadcasting stars to air live to homes nationwide tonight. Stations across major markets including WGN WLIB KYW in Chicago and many others from New York Boston Pittsburgh to Detroit will join the broadcast originating from the Golden Horseshoe venue.
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Max Buckingham
United Press
Chicago
Chicago Civic Opera Company
WGN
WLIB
KYW
WEAR
WJZ
New York
WEEI
Boston
WBZ
Springfield
KDKA
WCAE
Pittsburgh
WCSH
Portland
WGY
Preston Stores Ad Praised in Dry Goods Economist
A Messenger advertisement for Preston Stores before Christmas receives high praise from the Dry Goods Economist. The article commends balanced sections, lightening cuts, and easy readability. It notes concise copy and practical gift suggestions, rating the ad’s space and overall presentation highly.
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Preston
Messenger
May move plant to Ironton McGowan says promises must hold
J Harry McGowan president of the McGowan Pump company says the waterworks machinery maker may relocate its plant to Ironton if the Ironton Chamber of Commerce fulfills its pledges. The possibility hinges on local assurances and cooperative support for relocation.
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Cincinnati
Harry McGowan
McGowan Pump Company
Ironton
Ironton Chamber of Commerce
Flagman Stropes Arrested After Fatal Crossing Crash
James A. Stropes, 60, flagman near Columbus on the National Road, was arrested after a Big Four passenger train struck a Dayton and CemR bus killing two and injuring a third. Police found beer and wine at his home and say he failed to warn the bus.
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Columbus
Dayton
Cemr
J Crossing
Wate
James A. Stropes
Stropes
Hensel
Nore
L. M. Buffington
Cola Veterifierian
Daniel F.stantly
London
Milton
Ang
Davis
W. W. Keefer
Keefer
Mexico sets open market rules after landmark land law
In Mexico City on January thirty one to forty, a new open market land law took effect at midnight Thursday. It affects millions of acres owned by Americans and requires gradual disposition of estates ranging from 1,000 to 2,000,000 acres in the open market.
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Mexico City
United States
Mexico
Amele
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Lita
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J. N. Rathburn and Son
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Friend
Bulletin
Coolville
Strouds Run
Guysville
Coalville
Chester
Glouster
Margaret's Creek
Desert Foo Chow
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