Indictments Jump in Hocking Valley Coal Unrest Case
Athens county grand jury returned 39 true bills linked to recent disorders in the Hocking coal field amid 52 total indictments after a four day session. Rioting and non union wage issues dominated, with arraignments set for Monday at 9 o clock in Common Pleas court.
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Hocking Valley
Athens County
Hocking
Alma Orr
A. E. Potter
R. D. Williams
Common Pleas Court
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Thunderstorms Promised As Heat Wave Closes In
The region endures a record heat day with 94 degrees in Amesville as observers report. Thunderstorms are forecast for southern Ohio tonight and Saturday in hopes of easing the eastern heat. Charles Stephenson died after heat exhaustion while bicycling from Carbondale to his home near Glouster. he was found and treated but did not survive.
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Ohio
F. W. Gibson
Amesville
Columbus
Charles Stephenson
Glouster
Carbondale
Nelsonville
National Guard
Italian Dirigible Italia crew to return home after Arctic ordeal
Rescued Italia crew members arrive at Kings Bay from the Arctic ice to begin homeward travel aboard Italian ships. General Umberto Nobile is injured and ill, Captain Mariano lost a leg, Ceccioni uses a crutch, while others are also injured from the May 25 crash on the ice island.
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Dirigible Italia
Als Andersen
United Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
U.R
Arctic
Italia
Italy
Krassin
Citta di Milano
Umberto Nobile
Adalberto
Mariano
Filippo
Zappi
Alfredo Igleiri
Felice Troiani
Giuseppe Biagi
Natale Ceccioni
North Pole
Nobile
Ceccioni
Norway
Germany
Riot at Bronx jail sparks official inquiry
In New York officials opened an inquiry into a jail riot at Bronx county jail led by John McCabe. He released prisoners, killed two guards Morris Broderson and Daniel Horgan, and died by suicide as police halted the escape attempt. McCabe carried two revolvers. details of concealment remain unknown.
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New York
U.P
Bronx County
John McCabe
McCabe
McCab
Morris Broderson
Daniel Horgan
Crippled flier aims for sea crossing to Europe in Jenny
Morris R. Dougherty a one arm one dollar and no legs pilot, brings his Jenny airplane to the Atlantic shore from New Martinsville West Virginia, hoping to depart for Europe soon. Backers in New Martinsville supported his 11 day trek to Passaic New Jersey. He was forced down several times en route known as Dinger by friends.
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New York
U.R
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
Morris R. Dougherty
New Martinsville
W. Va
West Virginia
Passaic
N. J
Dinger
Local defendants named in a multi-count indictment
The list names James Lock Ellis Burton Ralph Lattimer William Collins Jr Er nest Allshire Bert North Clarence Mingus Wiley Mingus Charles Strasbaugh John Palmer Charles I Cunningham Charles V Karns Abner Phillips James Sowers Fred Evener William Orr Harve Love Alva Cunningham Alva Orr Henry Miller Steve Toth Henry Kempton Peter Miller Ray McLaughlin Frank Mecum and Ted Searles on two counts each.
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James Lock
Ellis Burton
Ralph Lattimer
William Collins, Jr
Ernest Allshire
Bert North
Clarence Mingus
Wiley Mingus
Charles Strasbaugh
John Palmer
Charles I. Cunningham
Charles V. Karns
Abner Phillips
James Sowers
Fred Evener
William Orr
Harve Love
Alva Cunningham
Alva Orr
Henry Miller
Steve Toth
Henry Kempton
Peter Miller
Ray McLaughlin
Frank Mecum
Ted Searles
Governor Trumbull Escapes Injury In Planes Crash
In Groton Connecticut on July 20 two planes attempting to land at Trumbull field crashed injuring two aviators. Lieutenant Colonel James W. Gillson of Hartford and Private William Sabotka of Torrington were hurt while Governor John H. Trumbull reportedly escaped injury.
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Groton
Conn
U.R
John H. Trumbull
Connecticut
Trumbull Field
James W. Gillson
Hartford
William Sabotka
Torrington
Trumbull
Armadale Man Fined for Intoxication and Jailed
George Roberts of Armadale was arrested Wednesday night by Sheriff William Williams on intoxication charges. He pleaded guilty in Justice of the Peace Carl H. Porter’s court, was fined 30 dollars plus costs, and sent to county jail in default of payment.
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George Roberts
Armadale
William Williams
Court of Justice of the Peace
Carl H. Porter
Roberts
Father Fears for Safety of Youth Merle Rathburn Missing in Columbus
I FE Rathburn of Athens seeks help from Columbus police to locate his 20-year-old son Merle who vanished after writing for money to pay bills and possibly start a new job. The father says Merle, a longtime Athens resident and exemplary son, had no reason to disappear and fears foul play.
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I. FE. Rathburn
Athens
Columbus
Merle
Mr. Rathburn
Additional men reported in coal mines at Nelsonville
About 1140 men are at work in Hocking sub district mines opened recently on an open shop basis. Mine 281 of Ohio Collieries adds nine workers and Mine 10 of Sunday Creek adds four. Goose Run Mine 10x shows an increased workforce. Decreases are not reported. Operators say current plan is satisfactory and workers' interests are safeguarded, a claim observers see as stabilizing.
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Nelsonville
Hocking
Ohio Collieries Company
Sunday Creek Company
Goose Run
Ohio
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
Columbus
Baby Girl Found Dead in Cleveland Home Courtyard
Police report a two hour old infant girl discovered in the rear of a Cleveland residence. Authorities say the newborn was murdered and are investigating the case as a homicide.
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Cleveland
U.P
Funeral train carries body of Mexican flyer across Texas
The funeral train bearing Captain Emilio Carranza who died after a New York to Mexico City flight was en route across Texas today. The Texarkana dispatch notes the body’s journey follows his fatal crash in New Jersey a week ago and describes the somber crossing toward burial.
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Texas
Texarkana
Tex
Emilio Carranza
New Jersey
New York
Mexico City
Murderer may be executed soon in Oort time
Investigation into the Obregon death nears completion as officials close the case. Catholic clergy are blamed by some for the tragedy amid mounting public concern and political commentary.
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Oort
Obregon
Ten Persons Held in Obregon Slaying Case
Ten people, in addition to the confessed slayer, are in custody as the police chief says the investigation of General Alvaro Obregon’s assassination nears completion. Toral appears for a civil trial, with a possible execution to follow, connecting the case to a clergy linked plot and a prior bombing attempt.
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Mexico
Alvaro Obregon
Jose de Leon ‘Toral
Rice Zertuche
Zertuche
Plutarco Calles
Obregon
Toral
General Obregon
David Lawrence Joins Messenger News Staff
David Lawrence, renowned Washington correspondent, will publish daily political dispatches in the Athens Messenger on editorial page four starting Monday July 23. The feature aims to give readers a complete daily word picture of the 1928 election history and national political events.
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Messenger
United States
Daily News
David Lawrence
Washington
The
Saturday Evening Post
Ladies’ Home Journal
Scribner's
Harper's
the Century
United States Daily
Athens Messenger
Holmes Wing Victory in Slater Murder Case
In Edinburgh the Court of Criminal Appeal quashed Oscar Slater's murder conviction after 18 years in prison. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle led the inquiry and a government release followed. Slater, now aged and broken after two decades, may receive compensation around 90 000 to 100 000 pounds.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
U.P
Sherlock Holmes
Police
Court of Criminal Appeal
Oscar Slater
Slater
Arthur Conan Doyle
Union Services To Be Held Sunday Evening
A union service of the First Methodist Christian and Presbyterian churches is scheduled for Sunday evening in the Presbyterian church. Rev C M Coulter of the First M E church will speak on a review of Dr Winfred Ernest Garrison’s Catholicism in the American Mind. Rev M E Chatley of the Christian church will lead the opening, with music by the quartet of the church.
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First Methodist
Presbyterian Church
C. M. Coulter
M. E
Winfred Ernest Garrison
M. E. Chatley
Christian Church
Mercy murder recognized in Paris with bail release
Paris reports Mme. Albert Copitet 56 was freed without bail after police disclosed she shot her sleeping husband to spare him grief after her death from cancer. Physicians label her a homebound cancer sufferer.
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Paris
Mme
Albert Copitet
Mme. Copitet
Ohio miners snub union call for wage talks in Columbus
Ohio soft coal operators rejected United Mine Workers invitation to a Columbus meeting to bargain a new wage scale. UMWA officials insisted on a conference to negotiate a mutually satisfactory scale, but operator leaders said no formal agreements and pressed open shop production.
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Ohio
Lee Hall
Cleveland
U.P
United Mine Workers of America
Columbus
I S. H. Robbins
Ohio Miners
Jacksonville
Robbins
Hig
Envious Stares As Boy Wades Through Athens Heat
A lone boy in blue trunks and a white jersey walks Court Street in Athens amid a heat wave. Pedestrians and store clerks envy the carefree child as he disappears around Court and West Union streets.
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Athens
Court Street
Court
West Union Streets
New Contracts Expected in Southern Illinois J Fields
In St Louis on July 20, new contracts are expected to be signed in southern Illinois J fields before September 1 after the abolition of the J wage scale agreement by the Mine Workers of America.
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ST. Louis
Southern Illinois
J Fields
Ed Mine Workers of America
Quiet Welcome for Hoover by Old Friends in California
Herbert Hoover arrived in Oakland for a homecoming as the Republican presidential nominee. His special train stopped in Oakland and Palo Alto before proceeding to his California home. A funeral in Placerville for Mrs. Hoover's relative Co. D. Henry occurred en route.
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Oakland
Calif
Herbert Hooover
Republicas
Palo Alto
Hoover
D. Henry
California
Placereville
Ition
Body of Belgians financier may be found in English Channel
In Paris on July 20 the U P reports Captain Alfred Loewenstein’s death mystery deepens. A nude body, seemingly that of the missing Belgian financier, was found afloat in the English Channel about ten miles north of Cape Gris-Nez. The find location and uncertain identity leave questions unresolved.
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Paris
U.P
Alfred. Loewenstein
English
Aeig
Calafia
Cape Gris-Nez
Iion
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William Radcliffe
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Mahlon’ Lanning
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Fred Green
Ivor Darnell
Carl Sale
Ernest Ailshire
Roy
Frederic J. Haskin
Bureau
Ashington
Colin
Olty
Baby
Gesford F. Fine
Messenger News
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Roald Amundsen
Udet
Holmes
Man
Ohio Field
Indianapolis
United ‘Mine Workers of America
Hall
George W.age
Ternational Ae
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Deshler-Wallick
Col
Easland
George W. Savage
Robert Bell
Richard Campbell
Pomerey
Thomas J. Midvale
John Jones
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Bellaire
John Walker
Lore City
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