Ohio Coal Operators Seek Mine Proposal Despite Union Stand
Ohio miners face a move by coal operators who ignore union leaders and push a new proposal to workers in Pomeroy Bend. Cleveland interests have inspected Pittsburgh Coal properties as stock moves fuel speculation about consolidation and control of western Pennsylvania coal and rail networks. The Pittsburgh Coal stock rally and rate cuts add tension as local mines keep operating through summer and resist Jacksonville scale.
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Ohio
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Company
Western Pennsylvania
Consolidation Coal Company
van Sweringen Railway Pool
Pittsburgh Coal
West Virginia
Ohio River
Cleveland
Jacksonville
Advisory committee to review Sacco and Vanzetti trial
A three member panel will advise Governor Fuller on whether Sacco and Vanzetti received a fair trial. Harvard President A Lawrence Lowell MIT President Samer Stratton and ex Judge Robert Grant will sit independently, with Fuller making the final determination.
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Boston
U.R
Alvan T. Fuller
Massachusetts
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Samer W. Stratton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Robert Grant
Fuller
Prices Break New York Stock Market Wave
A sharp wholesale selling wave hit the New York stock market just after noon today, sending prices down across major indicators and rattling investors.
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New York
How to Get a Budget booklet from The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger offers a Washington Information Bureau booklet titled How to Get a Budget. It explains budgeting for individuals, families, and businesses with charts and tips, and invites readers to use the coupon to obtain the booklet by sending stamps or coin. Frederic J. Haskin directs the effort from Washington, D. C.
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Athens
United States
Washington Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Formation Bureau
Ashington, D. C
Miners of Sunday Creek Valley To Meet Sunday
A mass meeting of Sunday Creek valley miners is called for Sunday afternoon at 1 o’clock in Glouster to discuss relief. The gathering was announced for Lamborn grove but will move to Lamborn pavilion if rain. Sub-District President Daugherty Tom Morris and Jammer Anderson issued the call and urge all valley miners to attend.
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Glouster
Creek Valley
Lamborn Grove
Lamborn
Daugherty
Tom
Rabbit) Morris
Jammer Anderson
Jacksonville
President Coolidge to retreat to Black Hills for three months
President Coolidge plans a three month vacation in the Black Hills of South Dakota starting in early June. He aims to “drop out of sight” to avoid government officials and the press, with news scarce and only secret service contact. A private telephone line worth about ten thousand dollars will connect the lodge to Rapid City. News conferences will be held bi weekly in a town schoolhouse while he stays at the lodge.
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Coolidge
Black Hills
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
South Dakota
Chicago
Secret Service
White House
Rapid City
Mr. Coolidge
Water usage per person reported to chamber by Pomerene
The chamber of commerce was told that each person uses 108 gallons of water daily as an average. Pomerene provided the figures detailing daily consumption per individual.
Athens Water Use Per Capita At 108 Gallons Daily
G M Romine city service director told the Chamber of Commerce that Athens residents average 108 gallons per person daily. New pumps cut pumping power by about 50 percent. full savings will be measured after installation. Eight months show 181 213 000 gallons pumped, averaging 22 651 000 monthly and 755 000 daily. About 85 percent of users are meter installed, reducing per capita use versus flat-rate towns. A street report and asphalt tests on brick paving for East State Street will be presented at the next city council meeting.
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Athens
G. M. Romine
Chamber of Commerce
Berry
Romine
Fach
Daltonhurst
A. B. Braden
Columbus
Ohio State University
Roinine
East State Street
Braden
American bankers plan new bid to lift France loan embargo
Washington on June 2 reports that American bankers may soon renew efforts to persuade the administration to remove the embargo on private loans to France. The move aims to ease wartime financing tensions and revive private credit channels.
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Washington
France
Weather record and two hour temperature table
Thirty two years ago the date logged a 96 degree high record. The maximum yesterday and today reached 70, while the low record for this date is 41 set in 1894. A two hour table shows Wednesday and Thursday readings from 24 to 70 with varying temperatures.
Man Confesses He Stole Autos In Middleport
Gallipolis reports John Van Pelt 25 of Gallipolis on parole from an Ohio prison confessed to stealing four cars from Huntington Catlettsburg Gallipolis and Middleport last week He said the stolen car he drove struck three Gallipolis women killing one and injuring two and he fired at pursuing officers after the crash
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Gallipolis
United Press
John van Pelt
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio Penitentiary
van Pelt
Catlettsburg
Middleport
Marion couple held in poisoning for insurance gain
A young mother and her husband were jailed in Marion Indiana on charges of planning and carrying out a scheme to poison the girl’s 12 year old cousin to collect insurance money.
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Marion
Ind
Cleveland daredevil plans courthouse wall climb
Henry Roland known as the Human Fly from Cleveland says he will climb the Zanesville courthouse walls and clock face tomorrow night. County commissioners deny the stunt but Roland vows to start and challenge others to follow.
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Zanesville
Henry Roland
Cleveland
Roland
C M T C Candidates Filed From Athens County
Latest candidates to register in the C M T C from Athens county include Leonard Vernon Bennett Edmond Roan Brandeberry Owen Hanley Lemmon Harold Keith Pierce William Otis Rodehaver and John Lorenzo Sanders. The 5800 quota for the four state corps area is nearly filled with about 5300 already received. Applicants for the 80 day government outing are urged to apply soon.
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Columbus
Athens County
Leonard Vernon Bennett
Nelsonville
Edmond Roan Brandeberry
Stewart
Owen Hanley Lemmon
Beebe
Harold Keith Pierce
Guysville
William Otis Rodehaver
John Lorenzo Sanders
Frank Street
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio coal operators appeal directly to idle miners for competitive wage
Ohio coal operators meeting in Cleveland appeal directly to about 150000 idle miners for a competitive wage scale to reopen mines. They seek local secret union votes to authorize leaders to negotiate. Union secretary C W Savage counters by challenging the approach while supporting any end to the 10 week shutdown through union action.
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Ohio
Cleveland
U.R
West Virginia
Kentucky
Savage
C. W. Savage
Ohio Mine Union
Columbus
S. H. Robbins
Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pittsburgh Territory
Ohio District No. 8
Jacksonville
Robbins
Ohio River
Teachers Must Take Examinations for Renewals
Athens county teachers seeking renewal of teaching certificates must take Saturday exams on the first floor of Ellis hall per H. R. McVay. Tests cover arithmetic geography history English and teaching principles. Ohio University year-card holders are exempt but must complete four and a half extra hours next summer to teach again.
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Athens County
Ellis Hall
McVay
Storms Hurt Crops Across Four States
Reports from Kansas City describe hail and winds sweeping the southwest last night causing considerable property damage. Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and Arkansas reported hail storms and crop losses.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Card draw decides salutatorian in Ogden school
Vilate Widdison nineteen and Marian seventeen of Ogden Utah were classmates from kindergarten to high school. Both had thirteen A grades and five B grades. School authorities cut a deck of cards to choose the salutatorian and Marian won.
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Ogden
Utah
Vilate Widdison
Marian
Legion minstrel sales fund city flags receive $128
At the K T Crosby post monthly meeting officials reported $128 from poppy sales to fund flags presented to the city. The minstrel show proceeds await full returns. Commander Harley Moler will attend the American Legion of Ohio convention in Canton on July 25 and 26.
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American Legion
K. T. Crossen
Legion
A. E. McConkey
Harley Moler
Moler
The
American Legion of Ohio
Canton
Six Planes Destroyed by Fire at Havre Airdrome
Six airplanes at the Blevielle airdrome near Havre were destroyed by a fire on June 2. Authorities believe a burglar dropped a match in oil, starting the blaze. The incident damaged multiple aircraft and disrupted air operations.
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Havre
France
Blevielle
Church leaders split on prohibition say it lacks morality
The Rev. Dr. James Empringham says a 12 year old poll of 120 Protestant Episcopal bishops found a majority against prohibition in principle. He notes the church remains dry today because its government is dry. He cites twenty bishops supported prohibition.
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New York
U.P
James Empringham
Church Temperance Society
Protestant Episcopal Church
Negros Steamer Sinks After Typhoon Crack
The interisland steamer Negros cracked like an egg and sank in three minutes after typhoon. First officer and survivors say fifty passengers and twenty crew were saved, while 110 people remain missing. Panic erupted as the ship split and passengers fought for lifeboats.
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Manila
U.P
Negros
Tayabas
Dirt Exaction Progress Report for Memorial Auditorium Construction
Dirt is removed from the excavation for Ohio University Alumni Memorial Auditorium at 250 cubic yards daily by Chappelear Gardner. Dirt is reused around the Rufus Putnam Training School under college direction. A state superintendent will join the crew soon. more trucks will speed hauling. George Gabriel Jr. was injured when a tree trunk shifted on a loading truck but no bones were broken. He rests at home and shows improvement.
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Ohio University Alumni Memorial
Chappelear-Gardner Company
Rufus Putnam Training School
Herbert B. Briggs
George Gabriel Jr
Lower Plains
Gabriel
National Troops Patrol Tampa Streets Today
Eight Florida national guardsmen and 600 special deputies patrolled Tampa to quell a mob seeking to seize slayer B F Levine. From Palmetto Orlando and Bradenton extra militiamen were sent as the Hillsborough grand jury was summoned to handle 50 arrests. Four killed and 30 injured amid clashes with officials since Sunday.
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Tampa
Fila
United Press
Florida National Guardsmen
B F. Levine
Herman Merrell
Palmetto
Orlando
Hillsborough County
Cyclone kills twenty and injures three hundred nine in Gelderland
A cyclone swept Gelderland province causing twenty fatalities and 309 injuries. Traffic and communications were disrupted across the region as relief and rescue efforts began in Amsterdam and surrounding areas.
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Holland Amsterdam
Holland
Gelderland
Baptist finances under review at Chicago convention
June 2 at Chicago the Northern Baptist convention opened with Finance as the main topic. Delegates discussed funding and budgetary options for the denomination amid financial concerns.
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Chicago
Northern Baptist Convention
Two Men Arrested on Minor Child Offenses
Reed Aleshire was arrested on a Probate court warrant for abandoning his four minor children. Frank Mathews faced a Probate court warrant for contributing to the dependency of a girl under 18. Both are held in Athens county jail and to be arraigned before Judge M. Johnson tomorrow.
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William Williams
Reed Aleshire
Frank Mathews
Athens County
M. Johnson
American Tourists In Canada Rush For Real Liquor
Ontario stores open to serve 100 000 American tourists and others seeking liquor. Eighteen shops now operate with more to come. London outlets run at capacity. a special permit bureau handles rush. Permits exhausted within an hour of opening. hotels report tight rooms and higher prices.
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Toronto
Ont
U.P
Ontario
London
Victory for City Bosses Herbert Declares of Veto
In Columbus on June 2 Senator Paul M. Herbert said Governor Donahey’s veto of the Chappelear Herbert elections reform bill is a victory for reactionary politicians and city bosses. He accused the governor of shifting attitude to appease a powerful lobby and noted the bill aimed to correct abuses in election machinery.
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Columbus
U.P
Donahey
Paul M. Herbert
Herbert
Lindbergh Rated 40 Percent In Paris Screen Tests
In Paris on June 2, Charles Lindbergh, the famed airman, was tested for film work and given a 40 percent rating. Producers said his blond looks did not suit ideal screen requirements, making him unsuitable for major parts.
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Paris
Charles Lindbergh
Fastest US war vessel Memphis to reach Washington by June 11
The light cruiser Memphis fastest and most modern American war vessel is ordered to the navy yard by June 11 for President Coolidge’s welcome. A citizen committee plans a large celebration with holiday petitions to officialdom and a grand parade from the navy yard to the White House. Lindbergh and his mother will likely have luncheon with the Coolidges at the temporary White House after medal presentation.
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Washington
Memphis
America
Navy Yard
Charles Lindbergh
Coolidge
Citizens’ Committee
New
Ceoesenny
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Lindbergh
United States
Coolidges
Paris
Woman arraigned on shoplifting charge in chemise
Emily Guilfoyl, 21, a blonde waitress, was arraigned in special sessions after being arrested while wearing only a chemise under her coat. Detectives testified she shoplifted, highlighting how little a woman may wear in streets and stores of New York.
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New York
Emily Guilfoyl
American ships head toward Chefoo to support Marines
Enroute to Chefoo Washington eight American vessels including five destroyers an airplane tender a fun loat yacht and a minesweeper moved toward Chefoo China near Tientsin today to bolster marine concentration at the city.
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Chefoq
Washington, D. C
Chefon China
Tientsin
Oil well back yard breakthrough nets big daily yield
New Lexington June 2 A. J. Burley and wife of Crooksville faced modest hopes as a drilling dispute began in their yard The well was shot producing 100 barrels in 24 hours and averaging about 34 a day with potential earnings approaching 100000 for the venture
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New Lexington
A. J. Burley
Crooksville
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Pomerene
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Memorial Auditorium
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