Commission signals no reversal on lake cargo rate cuts
The Interstate Commerce Commission hinted it will not revise the reduced lake cargo coal rates for Pittsburgh and Ohio districts, and suggested applying similar cuts to all Ohio and Pennsylvania fields. It named Fairmount and Connellsville as possible targets, while Kentucky and West Virginia fields were not mentioned. Lawyers say the letter implies southern fields should not expect a change in policy.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio
Pittsburgh
H. A. Cochran
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Pennsylvania
Fairmount
W. Va
Connellsville
Cochran
Connelsville
Hocking
Southern Fields
Commission
Southern
Water supply tight as Ohio River runs low in Gallipolis
Gallipolis faces a dwindling water supply due to an exceedingly low river stage on the Ohio River, prompting concern over local availability and municipal use.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Ohio Briefs: Fatal Tank Explosion and Train Collision
TOLEDO. Mrs. Anna Biddle aged 47 of Route 1 Genoa died at St. Vincent's hospital from burns after an oxygen tank exploded in the gas station she operated. LIMA. Mrs. Nellie Maloney aged 70 died at City hospital from injuries after being struck by a Pennsylvania freight train at a crossing yesterday.
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Toledo
Anna Biddle
Route 1
Genoa
St. Vincent's Hospital
Lima
Nellie Maloney
Pennsylvania
Woman Auditor Names Deputy for Meigs County Office
A Meigs County woman auditor selected a female deputy to assist in running the office. The appointment targets continuity and gender representation in local administration, with the deputy described as experienced in county governance and public finance.
Deputy appointment named for county auditor in Ohio
Pomeroy July 12 Miss Freda Radford county auditor elect announced selection of Miss Helene Radford daughter of Charles Radford of Flatwoods to be her deputy when she assumes office in September Beginning Monday Miss Helene will serve as deputy in the county clerk s office to gain experience Miss Henrietta Ahlburn of Gallia county who has been taking a course of instruction under Clerk Benge to fit her for a similar position in Gallia county under Mrs Armstrong county clerk elect will take a vacation until her new duties call Ahlburn proved a capable deputy and made many friends while in Pomeroy
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Pomeroy
Freda Radford
Helene Radford
Charles Radford
Flatwoods
Helene
Henrietta Ahiburn
Gallia County
Benge
Armstrong
Ahlburn
Lose Direction in Cloud Causes Plane Crash in Manitoba
A surveying party of three died when their plane lost direction in a cloud over Lake Manitoba. Pilot Flight Officer W. C. Weaver and companions A. T. Harley and F. H. Wrong reportedly were thrown from the aircraft at 1,000 feet. The plane crashed after continuing several hundred yards. two bodies were recovered.
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Winnipeg
Man
Lake Manitoba
W. C. Weaver
A. T. Harley
F. H. Wrong
Topographical Association
Tragedy Strikes Family at Salt Lick Creek
Three people drowned near Portsmouth when Mrs. Albert Estep age 43 and her daughters Trolley 13 and Paulina 8 were lost at Salt Lick Creek late yesterday. No witnesses were seen.
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Portsmouth
Albert Estep
Trolley
Paulina
Salt Lick Creek
Hollywood director Percival Lynwood found dead
Percival L. Lynwood former motion picture director and publicity man was found dead in his stylish Hollywood apartment with a deep gash on the head. His wife, present during police entry, was dazed and incoherent as detectives described a chaotic scene with overturned furniture and scattered bottles and glasses.
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Hollywood
Cal
U.P
Percival L. Lynwood
Ford Stolen From Court and President Streets
A blue Ford touring car belonging to Edwin Rinehart an Ohio university student was reported stolen from Court and President streets. The car recently repainted and carried Ohio license A38911. Aluminum ware valued at 75 to 100 dollars was inside. The theft is believed to have occurred between 10 15 and 16 30 hours.
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Edwin Rinehart
Ohio University
Court
President Streets
Ohio
Corn Crop Short Forecast By Agriculture Department
Washington July 12 The shortest corn crop in 26 years is forecast by the Department of Agriculture in its July crop report. Production is set at 2,274,424,000 bushels, about 500,000,000 below the five year average. The crop reporting board says prospects are far from promising.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Crop Reporting Board
Slide at Pomeroy Bend Will Block Road for Months
Engineers say a new passageway agreement has been reached to ease the obstruction at Pomeroy Bend. The slide will block the road for months while construction proceeds and traffic is rerouted.
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Pomeroy Bend
New Passage Way
Slippage Continues as Blockade Persists Near Hocking Yard
Engineers from the highway department and Hocking Valley railway work with Meigs county to manage a continuing land and rock slide in downtown Pomeroy. No removal of debris yet, focus on maintaining utility service and temporary routing through freight yards. The slide may last months with the retaining wall moving toward the river as early mining in the area is blamed.
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Pomeroy
Highway Department
Hocking
Round House
Hocking Valley
Owners Assailed Over Misleading Wage Proposal
In Columbus on July 12, miners’ officers Lee Hall and G W Savage denounced operator wages as ruinous to families. They condemned a proposed rate as brutal and said even five dollars a day would not support a miner or his dependents.
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Columbus
U.P
Lee Hall
G. W. Savage
Ohio Miners
Miners Hold Mass Meetings Across Athens County
Three miners mass meetings are planned this week in Athens county to discuss vital issues. District and sub district officers will attend. The Chauncey baseball park hosts the first meeting Thursday at 1 30 p m. Nelsonville playground hosts the second Friday at 1 30 p m. Lamborn grove in Glouster hosts the third Saturday at 1 30 p m.
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Glouster
Athens County
Baseball Park
Chauncey
Nelsonville
Lamborn Grove
Miners Criticize Operator Wage Proposal as Misleading
The miners' president and secretary condemn the operators for misleading the public about wages. They dispute claims of 5 per day and say many workers would earn as low as 2.75 per day, with some only three days a week, calling the proposal inadequate for a family.
Miner Killed in Mine at Hemlock in Ohio
Charles Way, 52, superintendent of Mine No. 90 for Sunday Creek Coal at Hemlock, was instantly killed when he touched a high tension wire during an inspection. His body was found by J. E. Powell, another Sunday Creek Mines official, on a tour of the Hemlock mine.
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New Lexington
Charles Way
Shawnee
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Hemlock
J. E. Powell
Sunday Creek
Nelsonville
Coolidge Could Start A Cowboy Outfitting Emporium With Gifts
President Coolidge receives a flood of gifts during his West vacation with items from beads for Mrs Coolidge to a baby kangaroo and three horses loaned for his stay. Everett Sanders spends hours writing thank you notes as locals organized a Wyoming invitation via a pony express.
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Coolidge
Cowboy Outfitting Emporium
Rapid City
U.R
West
White House
Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Everett Sanders
Pony Express
Cheyenne
Frank Emerson
Wyoming
Mr. Coolidge
Emerson
Beveridge Named State Prohibition Inspector for Butler County
Reports heard here today indicate H R Beveridge will be named a state prohibition inspector with Butler county as his territory. Beveridge previously led liquor raids under Monroe Ohio mayoral appointment until village courts were ruled illegal.
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Beveridge
Hamilton
H.R. Beveridge
Butler County
Monroe, O
Forest fires threaten towns along Gander bay coast
Forest fires raged along Gander bay 145 miles north of St Johns. Several towns and villages were menaced with Nogging Cove reporting twenty dwellings destroyed. About 150 residents evacuated onto Ashing schooners as fires swept shore areas.
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ST. Johns
New Foundland
U.P
Gander Bay
Here
Nogging Cove
Miners of Chauncey Local Meet Over Ore Prices
A July gathering in Chauncey mine No. 25 after the New York Coal company sent General Superintendent P C Morris from Nelsonville to discuss the mining situation. About fifty members attended as Morris answered questions on operator ultimatums and regional price differences among Ohio West Virginia and Kentucky. The meeting adjourned with miners generally opposing the operators proposition. C C Frye chaired the session and Morris returned to Nelsonville afterward.
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P. C. Morris
Chauncey
New York Coal Company
Nelsonville
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Morris
C. C. Frye
Contractor Barthlow to Begin Street Work in Glouster
Barthlow of Logan will move equipment to Glouster this week to start street improvement work awarded by the council. Local labor will be used, and officials expect more applications than jobs as idle men seek work.
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Glouster
Barthlow
Logan
Suspect in Murders Refuses To Break Under Questioning
New York July 12. Ludwig Lee a Norwegian janitor after more than twenty four hours of questioning still refused to confess to killing and dismembering two women Miss Sarah Elizabeth Brownell and Mrs Alfred Bennett Lee maintained his story denying any connection with the crimes while investigators pressed on for further body parts and evidence including feet and part of a leg.
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New York
U.R
Ludwig Lee
Lee
Sarah Elizabeth Brownell
Bennett
Miss Brownell
Logan to Organize Aero Club Aiming for Transport Plane
Preliminary steps buy signatures from fifteen men to form an aero club in Logan. Goal is thirty members with a $100 membership fee to create a self-sustaining group. Plan includes purchasing a transport plane for training and joint use by members. several local aviators and ground instructors support the effort.
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Aero Club
Logan
Clinton Webb
Fred Juergensmeier
W. W. Martin
Forest Weinrich
Coal tonnage offered freely at Lake port amid shifting cargoes
Cleveland reports a softer coal movement with regular traders lacking cargoes as vessels shift. rail cars at the lake front totaled 13,334 with 4,493 in transit and docks unloading 6,068 cars by week end. July 1 shipments reach 13,983,892 tons for the season, compared with prior years.
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Cleveland
Lake Front
Nominations and Elections at Chautauqua Junior Town Meeting
Webster Dalton Tom Biddle and Jimmy Overmyer were nominated for mayor at the morning meeting. Eileen Laird and Jimmy Overmyer were elected service commissioners while Alice Robinson and Thora Olson won health commissioner posts.
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Webster Dalton
Tom Biddle
Jimmy Overmyer
Chautauqua
Eileen Laird
Alice Robinson
Thora Olson
Mountaineers Sought in Slaying of Prohibition Agent
Three posses hunted Lee and Wylie Sidemore in the mountains for the slaying of Gus J. Simmons a state prohibition officer. Mullins is already jailed in Wyoming county on related shooting charges. Simmons and two agents found a still Saturday. shots Monday fatally wounded Simmons while Toler and Lester escaped down opposite sides.
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Sidemore Brothers
Mullins
Simmons
Toler
Meadwell
Lester
Wyoming County
Rural Electricity Keynote at Ohio Light Association Meet
The third annual East Central Division convention of the National Electric Light Association opened with rural electrification as the keynote. Dr L Gaskill of Greenville presented the financial report and described divisional work, calling rural electrification "the one big proposition." J B Johnson of Elyria noted progress in central states but said the surface has only been scraped.
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Cedar Point
East Central
National Electric Light Association
L. Gaskill
Greenville
J. B. Johnson
Elyria
Central States
Man Charged For Hunting Ground Hog Without License
Logan July 12 Herman Powell of Union Furnace was arrested for hunting ground hogs without a license. Deputy C. Higgins brought him before Magistrate J. P. Miller. Powell pleaded guilty and paid a $25 fine plus costs, then released.
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Logan
Herman Powell
Union Furnace
C. C. Higgins
J. P. Miller
Powell
Cleveland Robber Hidden In Secret Underworld Recess
Cleveland police pursue Joseph famous as "smoked glass" robber said to have buried within secret underground recesses of the city underworld. authorities seek clues to locate the elusive figure believed active in July.
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Cleveland
Joseph
Smoked Glass
Lewis Rejects reopening talks with coal operators
Ohio miners union leaders report no meeting with mine owners on six points. A letter from John L. Lewis states operators must run mines profitably under their own jurisdiction. Three mines plan shop operation by week’s end as tensions rise in Hocking and Crooksville fields.
Athens Me Offers To An Art
A fragmented notice from New York expresses a plan to introduce younger readers to art concepts. It mentions a booklet about art that is illustrated and new, available for four cents plus postage and handling, aimed at grown-ups and beginners.
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Athens
New York
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Homer Thompson
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
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Welch W. Va
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Lewis
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Ohio Coal Operitate
Ual
Ohio Coal
Iisoa
John L. Lewis
Interminers
Batt
Miami
Crooksville
McCluney
Corning
San Toy
Emmett Sorrels
Hockingley
Oral Daugherty
Neville
Prederic J. Haskin
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