Miners Form West Virginia Union Aimed at Peaceful Wage Deals
Thom as Cairns, former United Mine Workers official, leads a new Mine Workers association in West Virginia to harmonize the coal industry by negotiating wage agreements with operators. He says the group will operate independently of the UMWA, focus on non union fields, and may expand to other states.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Thomas Cairns
Mine Workers’ Association
International News Service Today
United Mine Workers of America
Cairns
United Mine Workers
International Executive Board
Ward
Debts of War Topic Triggers Resignation Hint
In Paris the Franco American debt debate spurred Premier Herriot to say he would resign if Socialist deputies block his debt speech. A cabinet meet was convened to deter resignation. Opposition leader Raoul Peret later outlined two ideals for settlement respect of contract by France and respect of justice by America.
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LN. S
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Herriot
Raoul Peret
American Club
France
America
Gasoline Tax Measure Debated In Legislature
Federal training of World War veterans winds down as the Veterans Bureau reports about 30 000 veterans to be under instruction by June 30 1926 with total training costs near 591.5 million dollars. About 381 000 veterans are in government and private schools or in industrial and commercial training today.
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Robt. R. Thornburgh
I. N
Washington
United States Veteran's Bureau
Industria
Veterans’ Bureau
Veteran’s Bureau
Army
Frank T. Hines
Adoption Granted to Child by Loving New Mother
A court approves the adoption of Constance Ellen Blair by Mrs. John T. Agar after her father left following the death of her real mother. The judge describes Constance as the most lovable child, finalizing the family change.
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Constance Ellen Blair
John T. Agar
Packer
Constance
Wyckoff to Stand Trial February 9 in Wellston Killing
Roy Wyckoff of Athens faces trial February 9 for the December 16 shooting death of his wife in Wellston. He was indicted after a special session of the county grand jury and had earlier filed for divorce in Athens county Common Pleas Court.
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Jackson
Roy Wyckoff
Athens
Wellston
Wyckoff
Peco County
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Man Kills Self With Dynamite Battery Incident
Bristol Tennessee January 29. Fred Bennett 29 died by suicide and severely injured his wife when he connected a dynamite stick to an electric battery and triggered it. The man had visited his estranged wife.
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Bristol
Tenn
Fred Bennett
Bennett
Fatal shootout in Herrin(NL) over bootleg war in 1925
In Herrin a Holy Ku Klux Klan enforcer Glenn Young and Sheriff Ora Thomas exchanged gunfire in a cigaretore. Both men died along with two others in the store. Young widow defends his actions as playing the game straight in a bitter finish.
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Herrin
Glenn Young
Ora Thomas
Young
Bione
Thomas
Homer Warren
George Forbes
Mushing Dogs Race Against Death Through Arctic Night
In Anchorage on January 29, mushers and their champion dog teams braved temperatures as low as 58 degrees below zero. The perilous journey through the freezing dark aimed to deliver supplies and aid to a threatened town.
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Anchorage
Alaska
England Fears Power of Gold and U S Control
London reports claim the United States controls the world’s gold supply and Britain’s gold standard return could yield American influence. The Referee urges Britain’s obsolete finance is losing an empire as Nome’s diphtheria crisis spurs anti-toxin shipments and Nome crews race toward Alaska.
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David M. Church
London
England
United States
Great Britain
Referee
Bruce
Australia
Britain
Gazette Debate on Unemployment and Dole Tax Reform
The passage discusses unemployment creation and adding to the dole tax in the Gazette context. It argues against gold and calls for returning to a gold standard of value and legal tender fully backed by gold through a reform of the financing system.
France’s Herriot frames security in long debt and Germany speech
Premier Herriot devotes over two hours to France’s foreign policy, warning Britain about Cologne zone evacua tion and detailing France’s stance on inter allied debts. He emphasizes France will not repudiate debts and upholds treaty commitments despite criticism.
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Paris
Premier Herriot
France
Chamber of Deputies
Germany
M. Herriot
Cologne
M. Viviani
M. Poincare
Rate Slash I Again Beaten In Postal Bill Fight
Senate action defeated the George amendment to the Moses postal rate and salary bill by 3 to 48, preserving higher second class rates. The measure would have restored 1920 rates for newspapers and magazines, cutting the Moses proposal by about half. An armistice in the Senate delays the fight over Attorney General Harlan F. Stone's Supreme Court confirmation as the Judiciary Committee prepares final action.
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Washington
Senate
George
Moses
Harlan F. Stone
United States Supreme Court
Stone
Judiciary Committee
Irish political split widens over tax policy and unity
Dublin dispatch reports the National group led by Sean Milroy and Joseph MacGrath opposing the Executive while upholding the Anglo Irish Treaty. They allege old British regime influence, claim government policy is not national enough, and predict weaker support as voters demand tax relief and work.
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Dublin
Free State
Sean Milroy
Joseph MacGrath
Cosgrave
Fear Ice Filled River Claims Man In Rowboat
In Hockingport Ohio on January 29 an unknown man believed named Gray drifted on the ice floes of the Ohio River after his rowboat foundered. Witness Lewis Humphrey heard cries for help but no one could venture out in the darkness to search. By dawn the man was not found and it is presumed he drowned. The town remains shaken and curious about the victim’s identity.
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Hockingport
Gray
Ohio
Lewis Humphrey
Humphrey
Coolville Manager Charged in Embezzlement Case
M H Allen of Coolville pleaded not guilty to embezzling 2583.41 dollars from a poultry produce business where he served as manager for two years. He was bound over to the grand jury under a $5000 bond. originator I C Matlack filed the charge.
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Coolville
M. H. Allen
Pearl Helwig
Allen
I. C. Matlack
Matlack
Donahey Declares No Third Term At Jackson Day
Governor Donahey says he will retire at end of term and Democrats plan to push tariff as a key 1928 campaign issue at the Jackson Day dinner in Columbus. Senator Pat Harrison and Mrs. Caroll Miller assailed the GOP tariff as a cancerous threat to freedom and industry.
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Columbus
Donahey
Ohio
Franklin County
Democratic Club
Hotel Deshler
United States
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Nichols
Batavia
Caroll Miller
Pittsburgh
Brooks Fletcher
Marion
Claude Meeker
Harrison
Miller
Woodrow Wilson
James E. Campbell
Cox
Ohio lawmakers to consider lowering state fees and office plan
Columbus January actions show Senate committees set to vote on a plan to reduce state office and motor vehicle fees while discussing new office buildings on State House grounds. A proposed two cent per gallon motor vehicle tax faces opposition, with auto clubs and the Ohio Automobile Association weighing in.
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Columbus
Senate
Vorgs
State House
Eee. Co
J. Bewood
Columbua
Ohio Automobile Association
Tommy Gibbons Emerges as Ring’s Unbeaten Contender
Tommy Gibbons, a heavyweight title hopeful, remains undefeated in his career since 1913, never having been knocked off his feet in the ring.
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Tommy Gibbons
Coolidge Critiques Mission Workers on Tolerance Policy
President Coolidge told a Foreign Missions convention that not all Christian influence abroad has been good or helpful. He urged liberalism and toleration, stressing that creeds should serve brotherhood and right living in missionary work. He warned civilization risks distortion when confronting unprepared societies.
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Coolidge
Washington
Foreign Missions Convention
United States
Canada
Spi
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