United Utilities Plans Huge Interconnected Ohio System
United Utilities to consolidate Southern Ohio Power, Athens Electric, Hocking Power and Mutual Electric into a holding company uniting with United Light and Power assets. The merger creates a three central station system linking Floodwood and Rail Light plants, expanding to serve Athens Nelsonville Jackson Pomeroy and more with anticipated near one million dollar yearly transmission buildout. B. J. Denman of Davenport named president of United Ohio Utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Athens Electric
Hocking Power
Mutual Electric
Southern Ohio Power Company
United Light and Power Company
Ohio Utilities Company
United Utilities Company
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Athens Electric Company
Athens
Hocking Power Company
Nelsonville
Mutual Eleectric Company
Middleport
Delaware
Chrc Cleville
Floodwood
Rail Light Company
Great Central
Blood Brother
Columbus Railway, Power and Light Company
America
Missouri
Iowa
Nbraska
Kansas
Illinois
Chattanooga
Tenn
la Porte
Ind
United Ohio Utilities Company
B. J. Denman
Davenport
United Light and Railways Company
Jungle Lions Run Wild in Cremona City Streets
Five zoo trained lions escaped a local circus in Cremona Italy during July 1 adventures. One attacked a horse in the main tent, another returned to confinement, a third fought with a horse in the square before a kick halted him, a fourth climbed a construction balcony to sun himself, and the fifth headed to a gas office where it ate a cat then was moved to its cage after entering a convent reception hall.
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Cremona
Italy
U.P
Train strikes power truck at Chauncey crossing
A morning collision at the Main street crossing in Chauncey involved a Hocking Power truck driven by Fred Fiske with Everett Hanning and John Yates. All three occupants escaped injury though the train's front steps and water tank were damaged and a coach window shattered. The wreck led to an hour delay and the routine engine change at Corning.
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Hocking Power Company
Floodwood
Chauncey
Fred Fiske
Nelsonville
Everett Hanning
John Yates
Portsmouth
Aso
Corning
Fields
Carothers
Middleport
Chauncey Yards
Athens
Wiske
Hanning
Yates
James Carr
Belle Stewart
Aimee Semple McPherson Arrives to Seek Desert Shack
Aimee Semple McPherson arrives in Douglas Arizona with her mother to search old Mexico for the desert shack she says held her captive during a kidnapping. The evangelist arrives unheralded to a small press crowd and Reverend J C Hoard meets them at the station.
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Douglas
Ariz
U.P
Aimee Semple McPherson
Old Mexico
Evangelist Wass
Mev. J. CG. Hoard
Thursday Closing General Retailers Plan Summer Siesta
Ath ens Retail Merchants association will close all stores every Thursday afternoon in the summer. S. M. Johnson announced the policy this morning. Dry goods and clothing stores closed this afternoon for the first time.
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Athens Retail Merchants Association
S. M. Johnson
Dry Goods
Cliching
New National Park in Canyon Land Highlighted
A Washington Information Service booklet promotes a newly described National Park in canyon country, noting Western wonders once inaccessible. The pamphlet presents words and pictures and invites readers to use a coupon for access.
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Zion National Park
Great West
Canyon Land
Washington Information Service
Old Ex Slave to See Sister Again
William Kid Panyon a former Harrison coachman who was born into slavery and separated from his sister Margaret sixty one years ago left Cleveland for Union Point Georgia to reunite with her. He later served as White House messenger and again as coachman after Harrison retired.
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Cleveland
U.P
William “Kid” Panyon
Benjamin Harrison
Union Point
Margaret
Panyon
Mississippi
Harrison
White House
Ohio coal men to press plea before ICC on rates
Southeastern Ohio coal operators and miners plan to press their case July 7 before the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington. Representative C Willis Moore of Cambridge says discriminatory freight rates hurt Ohio mines, driving miners from homes and causing wage losses. He cites figures showing large wage losses and several mines facing receivership as proof of rate discrimination.
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Southeastern Ohio
Washington
Ohio
Congress
C Wilis Moore
Cambridge
House of Representatives
Athens
Interstate Commerce Commission
Logan
Chambers of Commerce
Hocking Valley
Moore
Guernsey
Morgan
Muskingum
Noble
Washington Counties
Noble Counties
Cleveland
McRoberts
Post Office Department Reports 11 Million Deficit
The Post Office Department records a large deficit of 11 million dollars driven by higher expenses from wage increases for employees. Officials report the shortfall amid mounting operating costs and staffing growth.
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Post Office Department
Government closes fiscal year with large surplus and tax outlook
Washington July 1. Treasury reports a year end surplus near 390 million dollars applied to public debt bringing it to about 19.685 billion. Officials forecast a present year surplus around 280 million and anticipate further tax cuts amid continued prosperity.
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Joseph S. Wasney
Washington
U.P
Treasury
Cleveland youth seeks stay of execution in murder case
William Clark of Cleveland, condemned to death July 8 for the murder of Ralph Hoffman near Fremont, asks Ohio Supreme Court for a stay arguing insanity. Attorney A. Kreisberg says he will present evidence to show Clark was sane on the crime date. ruling expected early next week.
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Columbus
U.P
A. .Creisberg
William Clark
Cleveland
Ralph Hoffman
Fremont
Supreme Court
Kreisberg
Hoffman
Dorothy
Clark
Jiremont
Nmiercy
Floods Inundate City of Belgrade and Danube Basin
Part of Belgrade was inundated by Danube floodwaters today. The Danube and adjacent rivers Ardar Drina Save and Drave are at flood stage, threatening a wide area. The Simplon express route from Western Europe to the Near East was also inundated.
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Belgrade
U.2
Danube
Ardar
Drina
Save
Drave
Europe
Near East
Double Header Oil Train Wrecks Near Piqua
A Pennsylvania westbound double header oil train derailed one mile west of Piqua Ohio when it ran through a derail. Thirty locomotives turned over and five coal cars derailed. No injuries were reported and traffic was obstructed temporarily.
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Piqua
United Press
Pennsylvania
Here
Irondale Hotel Fire in East Liverpool Destroys Three-Story Frame
A three story frame Irondale hotel owned by William Young in Irondale near East Liverpool was destroyed by fire today. The blaze caused an estimated $8000 loss and threatened the city’s business district before being contained.
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East Liverpool
Irondale
William Young
Wauseon Car Crash Kills Father and Daughter
In a cross road collision near Wauseon two cars crashed during the night killing Frank Gossens 49 and his 11 year old daughter Mary. A. W. Shoemaker 52 was reported near death with James Market and Jacob Swerden injured. Authorities launched an investigation.
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Frank Gossens
Wauseon
Mary
A. W. Shoemaker
James Market
Jacob Swerden
Gossens
Napoleon Road
Market
Collision near Bradford kills two men in Dayton area
A car driven by Howard Oakes of Dayton and a truck driven by Ralph Ivy of Piqua collided a mile south of Bradford. Everett Evans of Tippecanoe City died alongside Oakes. Ivy said Oakes attempted to bear toward the intersection of the Piqua Greenville road.
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Dayton
Bradford
Howard Oakes
Everett Evans
Tippecanoe City
Oakes
Ralph Ivy
Piqua
Piqua-Greenville
Tragedy Strikes Dodson Family Auto Crash Near New Lexington
In New Lexington on July 1 a fatal crash killed Vera Dodson of Zanesville and seriously injured her mother Ida Dodson when their car was sideswiped by another vehicle. Two occupants of the other car, reportedly driven by John Hickman of Conzo, were mildly injured. Miss Dodson formerly lived in Corning.
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New Lexington
U.R
Vera Dodson
Zanesville
Ida Dodson
John Hickman
Conzo
Dodson
Corning
Campaign to Abolish Ohio Direct Primary Begins
A new Ohio movement to repeal the direct primary law was launched in Columbus led by Charles J. Knight. The group seeks 200,000 signatures to place an amendment on the November ballot, replacing direct nominations with legislative or convention options. The committee includes Harry L. Davis, Robert A. Taft, H. H. Timkin, and Louis H. Brush. The amendment would let the legislature decide nomination methods and could restore the convention system.
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Columbus
Suicide of Richland County Clerk Hoyt Jones in car crash
Hoyt Jones 50 Richland county clerk died after swallowing poison following a crash near Mansfield. A note to his mother and sister said he was dying for the betterment of all. Jones was a cripple. Two boys discovered the body in the front seat. Investigation begins to determine motive.
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Mansfield
Hoyt Jones
Richland County
Here
Four men sought after dry agent Aiken’s car burned
Police sought four men who drove a car belonging to Carl Aiken a dry agent from a garage in Tiltonville to a remote road and burned it. The incident occurred near Tiltonville on July 1.
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Tiltonville
Carl Aiken
Woman slashed and shot as husband’s co-tenant detained
In Xenta on July 1 Mrs. Anna Smith, 44, was in critical condition after allegedly being slashed in the throat with a bull knife and shot at by C B Blackmore, 38, co-tenant with her husband. Blackmore was arrested pending the outcome of her condition as Mrs. Smith says she refused his demand for two gold pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Xenta
U.R
Anna Smith
C. B. Blackmore
Man Jumps Overboard Near Cleveland Steamer Goodtime
Coast guards and boat owners hunted for the body of an unidentified man who leaped from the upper deck of the Goodtime, a lake steamer of the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit company, in the Sandusky channel after the jump.
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Cleveland
Coast Guards
Goodtime
Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company
Sandusky Channel
Gibson promotes revised platform in Ohio governor bid
In Columbus on July 1 Harry C. Gibson of Westerville campaigns for the Republican nomination for governor. The former state dry agent, ousted during a prohibition department probe, touts a slogan to abolish hooch and legalize good beer.
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Columbus
Harry C. Gibson
Westerville
Gibson
Prohibition Department
Prohibition enforcement ramped up with $3 million
Washington reports a government push to crack organized rum rings with about 900 new agents and $11 million for Volstead Act enforcement this year. Assistant Secretary Andrews plans anti smuggling talks in Europe and a late summer fall drive against liquor vendors.
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Washington
U.R
Andrews
Europe
Great Britain
Germany
France
Denmark
Netherlands
Spain
Italy
Alaska
Flapper Fanny Sentenced to 18 Months Reformatory
Mrs. Ethel Claggett, 50, of Mt. Vernon was sentenced in Columbus to eighteen months at the Howard Federal Women's Reformatory for forging a $100 money order. The case arose in the wake of a spree that saw bills begin to arrive.
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Reformatory
Columbus
U.R
Ethel Claggett
Mt. Vernon
Federal
Women's Reformatory
Howard, R
Iyve
Six Taxi Corner Bandit Escapes After Chase in Cleveland
Six taxicabs cornered a bandit at high speed but he escaped by jumping a fence. The hold up man pressed a gun on Harry Weiss and took $10.75 before fleeing. Weiss alerted other drivers and police seized the robber’s car.
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Cleveland
Harry Weiss
Weiss
Peace Meeting Promoted by League On Independence Day
The League of Women Voters hosts a 6:30 p.m. Sunday gathering at Ohio University athletic field to discuss world peace. Judge E D Sayre speaks on Prospects for World Peace with Dr Edwin W Chubb as chair. Churches aid event with community singing led by Prof C D Giauque and special music by Mt Zion Baptist choir and singer Fred Lee Tom of Athens.
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League of Women Voters
Ohio University
E. D. Sayre
Edwin W. Chubb
College of Liberal Arts
C. D. Giauque
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Fred Lee Tom
Athens
Christ of Landers
Thursday's Five Best Air Features
United Press reports five top air features across stations in Philadelphia Omaha Los Angeles New York and others. The items include a Sesqui Centennial hour a central standard classical concert a Zoelner quartet a Harvesters home musical and a BDT band concert broadcasts with times and stations noted.
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United Press
WIP
Philadelphia
WOAW
Omaha
KHJ
Los Angeles
Zoelner
Feshimeaux
WNYC
New York
Rug valued at $75,000 stolen from Detroit museum
A rare Persian hunting rug valued at 75000 dollars, given to the Detroit Institute of Arts by Mr and Mrs Edsel Ford, was stolen today by one of four robbers who lowered it to the ground from a third story window.
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Detroit
Mich
U.P
Detroit Institute of Art
Edsel Ford
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George F. Baker
United States
Harvard
Baker
Clinton P. Biddle
Harvard Business School
T. R. Biddle
United Utilities Hana
Charles S. Bradfield JR
Messenger
Aimee
Shack
Frederica J. Flaskin
the Atherds Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Zion National
Sister
Pligt
Howat
C. E. Moore
Hotel Burns
Aiken
Flapper
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