Parkerburg Trial Opens Over 1913 Miners Contempt
Parkersburg West VirginiaJune 1 A jury is slated to hear the contempt of court trial of Raymond Spinosa one of 26 United Mine Workers members from Ohio and Brooke counties. Prosecution says Spinosa helped assault Deputy Sheriff Altman and strike breakers at the Pittsburg and West Virginia Coal Co mine in February 1922. Defense claims union miners were fired upon first and vows to prove Allman fired first wounding Spinosa and others.
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Frederick Wermuth
I. N
Parkersburg
W. Va
Raymond Spinosa
United Mine Workers
Ohio
Brooke Counties
United States District Court
Dayton
Pittsburg and
West Virginia
Spinosa
John A. Howard
Wheeling
Altman
Allman
John J. Cardner
Steubenville
West Virginia Coal Company
Joe Godoy
Aman
Gardner
Bellaire
John Nichols
Akron plants on the uphill grade
In Ohio the revival gains speed with Akron tire plants operating at 80 percent of 1920 output and 27,000 workers producing 80 percent of tire output. Steel mills restart, building booms, and housing projects rise as labor shortages push a 10 percent wage increase at one plant, signaling a cautious rebound despite lingering depression.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Akron
United States
Wage cuts planned for 400000 rail shop workers
Chicago June 1. The U S railway labor board will announce wage cuts for about 400000 shop crafts workers before week end. Cuts five to nine cents per hour will affect blacksmiths machinists boilermakers sheet metal workers car men and helpers, saving railroads about 56000000 annually.
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Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
B. M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Maintenance of Way Brotherhood
Sensational evidence challenges Ward murder claim
New developments in White Plains New York cast doubt on Walter S. Ward the Ward Baking vice president who confessed to killing Clarence Peters a former sailor. Authorities expect fresh information soon.
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White Plains
N. Y
Walter S. Ward
Ward Baking Company
Ani
Clarence Peters
Dozen Balloons Still Up in Milwaukee Elimination
In Milwaukee on June 1 twelve of thirteen balloons remained aloft this morning from the American elimination contest to select three entrants for the international race in Switzerland this summer.
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Milwaukee Wis
Switzerland
Brokers suspended at New York Cotton Exchange
Announcement from the New York cotton exchange states A. H. Lamborn J. Marks and John F. Clark are suspended for six months for conduct detrimental to the best interests of the exchange.
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New York
New York Cotton Exchange Today
A. H. Lamborn
J. Marks
John F. Clark
Harding weighs abolishing Shipping Board if subsidy bill fails
President Harding may abolish the United States Shipping Board if Congress does not pass the ship subsidy bill. An administration spokesman said the president does not see use for the board without merchant marine legislation and notes hundreds of idle ships awaiting operators.
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Webster K. Nolan
Washington
United States Shipping Board
Congress
Harding
Shipping Board
Underwear Industry Faces May Slump, Fed Board Says
The Federal Reserve Board announced a May decline in undergarment production and sales, describing a continuing drop in the underwear industry. The briefing linked the downturn to broader domestic economic softness and consumer demand shifts observed in June.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Ohio State Teachers Association Opens First Convention
A June 1, 1848 note marks the Ohio State Teachers Association opening its first convention in Dayton. Subsequent items report a 1870 Democratic State convention in Columbus nominating William Heisley for secretary of state. the 1891 death of former congressman William Howard in Batavia. and the 1895 end of the Ohio coal fields strike by an operators miners agreement.
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Ohio State Teachers’ Association
Dayton
Columbus
William Heisley
William Howard
Batavia
Virginia
Ohio
Indiana executes man in electric chair in unusual murder case
Manel Donovan, 17, urged execution of her father William E. Donovan for the murder of his wife Laura. Donovan died at 12 minutes after midnight at Indiana state prison after insisting on his innocence and asking forgiveness for his daughter who witnessed the death. The daughter, living in Kentucky, had written Governor McCray requesting justice.
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Michigan City
Ind
Manel Donovan
Indiana State Prison
William E. Donovan
Donovan
Indiana
Laura
Mabel Donovan
Harrodsburg
Warren McCray
Partisan clash over war fraud probe in Washington
In Washington on June 1 the house faced a stormy debate as Democrats accused Republicans of blocking a separate inquiry into war contract frauds to shield prominent GOP members. Republicans countered that Democrats aimed to protect former cabinet officers.
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Washington
Harding
Wilson
House
Congress
Caterers Picked for Athens Country Club Dining
Mr and Mrs George Russell longtime caterers take over the Athens country club house and will serve light lunches and dinners to members once equipment arrives. For now they offer cold lunch and hot coffee on Thursdays and Sundays with ice cream and soft drinks possible later. House Manager Russ is praised for securing capable caterers and members are urged to use the dining room and not picnic on the grounds.
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George Russell
Athens Country Club
Russ
Memorial Services at Bates Church on June 4
Memorial services will be held at Bates Church on Sunday June 4 at 2 p m Reverend B F Timmons will deliver the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bates Church
B. F. Timmons
Doomed sailors amid wrecked Wiltshire on Great Barrier Reef
Ninety seamen trapped aboard the Wiltshire steamship by heavy seas near the Great Barrier Reef faced likely doom as rescue efforts failed. The 12 000 ton ship, hailed from London, was breaking up on the Queensland coast with lifeboats overturned.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Wiltshire
Great Barrier Reef
London
Queensland
Judge Halon Vacates Default Judgment Against Dominion Oil
In New York City on June 1 Judge Co halan of the Supreme Court set aside a default judgment of 3 800 000 against the Dominion Oil company a subsidiary of the Middle States Oil company. The ruling dismisses the previous award in the case.
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New York
Cohalan
Supreme Court of New York Today
Dominion Oil Company
Middle States Oil Company
Special services honor old soldiers at Jerseyville church
Special memorial services will be held at the Jerseyville M. E. church on Sunday June 4 at 10 o'clock. The pastor J F Miller will deliver the address. The G A R requests all Spanish American and World War soldiers to join the service. Friends are invited to bring flowers to decorate soldiers graves.
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Shade
Jerseyville M. E
J. F. Miller
Suicide Route Used By Escapee From Ohio State Hospital
Andy Lee 37 North Lewisburg escaped from the state hospital for the insane at Columbus. After slashing his wife’s throat and wounding himself, he reached his father Felix Lee’s home in Woodstock near Urbana. Seeing officers, he fled around the house and swallowed carbolic acid, dying shortly after.
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Urbana
Andy Lee
North Lewisburg
State Hospital
Columbus
Lee
Columbus Institution
Felix Lee
Woodstock
Here
Akron man arrested in Reese murder and robbery case
Patrick O Hara 49 was arrested in Akron and jailed for transport to Marietta to face charges of murdering Charles Reese the horse man and robbing him of 1000 dollars. Arthur Sisson 22 was arrested on complicity in the murder. Reese was found dead after an automobile ride invitation and a road burial.
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Akron
Ohio
Patrick O’hara
Marietta
Charles Reese
O'Hara
Miller Rubber Company
Robinson
Arthur ©. Sisson
Reese
Summit
Injunction Granted Against United Mine Workers in Coal Case
Temporary injunctions were issued by U.S. District Judge McClintic restraining the United Mine Workers from unionizing activity in a case brought by Long Creek Coal Company and Mordue Colliery Company. The order was issued at Charleston on June 1.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
United States
McClintic
Long Creek Coal Company
Mordue Colliery Co
Fire alarm at Independence Hall after crossed wires
Fire department rushed to Independence Hall around noon after workmen on the historic site accidentally crossed wires triggering an alarm. No fire was reported, and the incident caused a brief scare in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Independence Hall
President Hsu Shih Chang Must Go
Wu Pei Fu, newly proclaimed Chinese dictator, says in Pao Ting Fu that Hsu Shih Chang must depart. He backs the telegraphic summons of 5000 former parliament members to meet in Tianjin for reconvocation in Peking.
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Peking
Hsu Shih Chang
Wu Pei Fu
China
Pao Ting Fu
Tien Tsin
Ulster Pleads for British Troops in Ireland
Ulster leaders in London press for use of British troops in Ireland seeking aid from the parent country to quell unrest. The appeal highlights security fears and steps toward imperial intervention.
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London
Bonus Fight Delays Tariff Talk in Senate
Republican leaders remain split over whether to advance the soldier bonus first or hold it until the tariff is settled. Senator McCumber demands quick passage of the bonus, while Lodge Curtis Watson and others warn that forcing a tariff-bonus clash could trigger a stiff filibuster and jeopardize the tariff bill. Democrats are seen as having nudged Republicans into a tricky position.
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J. Bart Campbell
Washington
Senate
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate Finance Committee
Lodge
Massachusetts
Curtis
Kansas
Watson
Indiana
Four Children Undergo Tonsil and Adenoid Operations
Four children were operated on for removal of tonsils and adenoids at the public health clinic in city hall Thursday morning. Ronald Bailey 10 New Floodwood Hankerson 7 Myrtle Nixon 11 Edna Hall 11 all residents of New Floodwood Morristown and were treated byDr Warren Sprague and Dr Jay Hoodlet Chauncey with supervising nurse Miss Munn and nurses Miss Cavanaugh and Miss Bliss assisting.
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Public Health
City Hall
Ronald Bailey
M. E. Bailey
New Floodwood
Fio Hankerson
George Hankerson
Myrtle Nixon
Harve Nixon
Morristown
Edna Hall
William Hall
Ohio Wheat and Oats Reported Satisfactory by Federal Statistician
In Columbus on June 1 C J West a federal state statistician reported Ohio crops progressing well wheat heading out oats strong despite late start and early potatoes averaging 83 percent in condition statewide
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Columbus
Ohio
C. J. West
British merchants plan retaliation if Fordney tariff passes
The Star reports British businessmen in London are meeting to plan commercial reprisals against the United States should Congress approve the Fordney tariff bill. They claim the act would harm world trade and strike at British interests.
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London
United States
Congress
The
Star
McCumber Bonus Law Details for Veterans
Senate finance committee outlines costs and provisions of the Fordney McCumber bonus bill. It covers cash limits, daily rates for home and foreign service, certificate multipliers, home or farm cash options, vocational training pay, and loan authority to banks and the post office, with timelines through 1926 and beyond.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
McCumber
Secretary of Interior
Post Office Department
Bandits Caught by Posse After Metamora Bank Robbery
LAPEER Mich June 1 Two of three bank robbers who held up Metamora bank fled into a swamp 18 miles from Flint and were captured. Both wounded suspects said residents fired on them as they fled. The third bandit remained at large.
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Lapeer
Mich
Metamora
Flint
Greek Massacre Claims Spark Aegean Protest
Athens reports 168 Greek notables seized and massacred in Asia Minor by Turkish nationalists. Greek foreign minister Baltazas says the massacre prompts the national assembly to protest to the allied powers over the continuing killings of Greek Christians by the Turks.
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Athens
Asia Minor
Baltazas
Greece
Greek National Assembly
Jealous Wife Attacks Husband in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on June 1 Mrs. Ethel Nolan wounded her husband Thomas J. Nolan 24 a hay merchant with scissors while he slept at home. He survived but was mutilated. Mrs. Nolan was taken into custody on a mayhem charge.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Ethel Nolan
Thomas J. Nolan
Threat of British re occupation sparks Irish concern
Dublin reports on June 1 warn that the threat of Britain re occupying Ireland arouses grave comment in Irish newspapers.
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Dublin
Ireland
Eighteen Die in Mine Near Essen Explosion
Eighteen persons are known dead in a coal mine explosion near Essen. Eight miners were buried alive while rescue efforts continued.
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Berlin
Essen
Life Certificate Granted to Prof H F Dillinger
Prof H F Dillinger of York township received a state high school life certificate signed by State Superintendent Vernon M Reigel and the state board of school examiners. He served three years on Athens county examiners and has worked in local grades and high schools since 189 percent. He also served five years as district superintendent of Trimble and York townships.
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H. F. Dillinger
York Township
Vernon M. Reigel
Dillinger
Athens County
Trimble
York Townshire
Ulster premier seeks broad offensive against Irish troops
Sir James Craig arrives in London to press Churchill for a full front assault along the Ulster frontier as Belfast reports fresh guerrilla attacks killing twelve and wounding twenty. Frontier towns in Donegal and Tyrone fortify under heavy English troop, artillery, and air support while Irish and British leaders clash over strategy. Commander Cavan called to London as talks drift on Collins De Valera pact.
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Ulster
James Craig
Collins de Valera
Downing Street
Collins
Cavan
Trish Free State Army
London
Fly Impact on Milk Purity Questioned in Milk Debate
The statement suggests that fly contamination is a major source of impure milk, prompting discussion on hygienic practices and potential remedies to reduce contamination in dairy supply chains.
Real Recipes Offer Free Booklet of Orange and Lemon Dishes
A free information bureau booklet teaches 200 orange and lemon based desserts and drinks including orange shortcake and Turkish delight. Recipes were prepared and tested by domestic science experts and promise simple practical dishes for family demand. Send name address and two cents for return postage.
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Ine Formation Bureau
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State of
William J. Huske
Rail Labor Board
Labor Board
Cincinnati
Free Employment Bureau
Over Cin
Bates
Union Ridge
Peach Ridge
Charles E. Miller
Victor
Shell
Camp Bragg
Fifth Field Artillery
Brage
North Carolina
Belfast
David M. Church
I. N.S
James
W. B. Bartels
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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