Coolidge plans party planks outlined for 1924 platform
President Coolidge aims for a concise platform with strong foreign policy points including the Dawes plan and arms control, plus domestic tax cuts, farm cooperative marketing aid, and a pledge of clean government. The platform will focus on economy, continued tariff support, and firm action on Prohibition and crime.
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Cleveland
Coolidge
William M. Butler
Massachusetts
Coolridge
tarding-Hughes
Pacific
Harding-Coolidge
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Harding
Prestle Coolidge
Platform Committee
Albanian Rebels Continue Success
Reports from Belgrade say nationalist evolutionists control northern Albania after capturing Alessia and several smaller towns. Valona sees street fighting while Scutari officials flee toward Jugoslavia. Tirana’s fate uncertain as government scrambles forces amid desertions and looming battle on the Alessio Tirana line.
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London
Albania
Belgrade
Alessia
Valona
Scutari
Jugo-Slavia
Tirana
Alessio-Tirana
Flyers Reach Shanghai After 500 Mile China Sea Flight
Two U S army around the world fliers arrived at Shanghai from Kagoshima Japan after a 500 mile over water leg. Pilot Smith stayed behind for engine work and planned to join the flight next morning.
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Shanghat
United States Army
Round
Kagoshima
Japan
Vright
Smith
Shanghai
China
Bucyrus Candidate Entered For Meanest Man Contest
Bucyrus discovers a new entry in the meanest man contest after the Kings Daughters Home for Orphans reports their lawnmower was stolen. The incident occurred as residents await action and possible clues.
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Bucyrus
Kings’ Daughters Home
Shenandoah Lands Late in Heavy Mist
The navy airship Shenandoah, after a 1110 mile flight over New York state into Canada and back, returned to its Lakehurst landing field in heavy fog. It landed after several failed attempts and a delay caused by thick mist and fuel consumption.
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Lakehurst
N. J
Shenandoah
New York State
Canada
Jersey
Graduating Exercises Mark Athens High Class of 1924
Graduates of Athens high school will hold events from Sunday June 8 through Thursday June 12. Baccalaureate services at the Christian church feature Rev H Schuyler Foster. declamation contest June 9 with J D Brown prizes. senior class day June 14. commencement June 12 at First Methodist with Dr T Dana Burns delivering "The Laws of Life."
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Athens High School
The
Christian Church
Trev. M. FE. Chatley
Daniel McGurk
A. Y. Wilcox
Brown
T. Dana Burns
Baldwin-Wallace College
Berea
O. Pr. Burns
McAdoo Leads Florida Democratic Primary by 2 to 1
William Gibbs McAdoo was leading his only opponent Senator Oscar W. Underwood by a two to one margin in the Florida presidential primary. Incomplete returns were reported from twenty of the largest counties.
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Jacksonville
Fla
William Gibbs McAdoo
Oscar W. Underwood
Florida
Mother Rescues Nine From Burning Philadelphia Home
Nine children were rescued from a blaze in Philadelphia early today by their mother Mrs Joseph Mende shall and her 17 year old daughter Ida who carried the children down a ladder from the second floor.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Mendeshall
Ida
Man Foolish Yet Able Leads Voyage From Paris Toward Japan
The essay notes Captain Daisy a bold French flyer who reaches Peking after an accident and borrowing a new plane. It contrasts human folly with capability and mocks war and imperial bravado while touching on whiskey shipments and British price talk.
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Daisy
Paris
Japan
Peking
Rome
Witnesses in Murder Case Examined in Leopold Loeb Hearings
Chicago June 4. Grand jury continues building evidence for murder and kidnapping indictments against Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb. Witnesses include the slain boy’s father, Leopold’s chauffeur, the Leopold maid, the Auto Mobile Rent Co. manager, a watchman, and others. Leopold and Loeb await grand jury action in jail as guards monitor them day and night. Wax Easter lilies were sent with a note signed Jane and held for safety.
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Larry Smith
Tr. N
Chicago
Nathan E. Leopold, Jr
Richard A. Loeb
Robert Franks
Scartet
Jong
Leopold
Automobile Rent Co
Robert Wranks
Teopliod
Loeb
Thomas Doherty
Edward Donker
Jackson Park
Hoffman
Jane
Athens Boy Scouts to Enlarge Troop to 40 Members
Scoutmaster Roy T Dup ler received permission from Scout Executive Rob Cole to add another patrol to the Athens Troop Two, bringing total to 40 members. Three boys are needed to fill the new patrol. vacancies will be filled at the next regular meeting on Monday, June 2. The troop held an overnight camp at Health Haven camp on Harmony road with tests in camping, pioneering, cooking, firebuilding and woodcraft plus recreation. A Tuesday evening meeting at the First M. F. church, attended by Scout Executive Cole, outlined the district program for the coming year, and seven new members were admitted.
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Roy T Dupler
Rob Cole
Marietta
Athens
Athens Roy Scouts
Health Haven Camp
Harmony Road
M. F
Cole
Judge Heads New Ticket for American Party
Columbus June 4 Judge Gibert Nattone Washington DC heads the American party ticket with Charles TH Sandall of Los Angeles as vice president. Governor Gifford Pinchot of Tennessee was not head of a third party after announcing he would not lead a ticket. The platform calls for strict enforcement of the eighteenth amendment tougher anti polygamy and white slavery laws election fraud controls immigration limits and a fitness test for applicants. A national executive committee of 15 members with at least five women will be named. the national central committee will include two delegates from each state.
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Columbus
Judge Gibert
Nattone
Washington, D. C
Charles TH. Sandall
Los Angeles
Gifford Pinchot
Tennsylvania
Wee
Lie
Prosecuting Attorney Faces Trial Over Tenant Conspiracy
Julius Logan of Putnam county prosecutes two tenants James Porterfield and Lloyd Ordway for alleged liquor manufacture on Logan’s property. Logan says he was unaware of the operations until federal agents O. St. Starkoff and Jr. Tremblay arrested the pair in Toledo.
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Ottawa
Julius Logan
Putnam County
James Porterfield
Lloyd Ordway
Oran
O. St. Starkoff
Jr. Tremblay
Federal Prohibition
Toledo
Bournemouth shop girls dress to appeal to buyers
In Bournemouth a report notes shop leaders provide uniforms for clerks behind the counter. The clerks’ frilled dresses are described as influencing buyers, with managers careful about presentation and style.
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Bournemouth
S‘oyers
Ashland Man Kicked by Horse Sustains Severe Injuries
Williams of New West Salon collapsed unconscious after a horse kick. He suffered facial fractures and multiple dental injuries requiring hospital care.
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Ashland
Williams More
New West Salon
Host
Peggy Soho Now Real Countess Peggy So Now Real Countess
Peggy Hopking Jove a famed socialite and ex wife of titans has wed Swedish Count J Morner in Atlantic City and plans an abroad trip. The 28 year old widow with four previous marriages met Morner a 24 year old heiress and count amidst luxury at her New York apartment.
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Hopking Jove
Tillionaires
Koeun Fe
New York
Gusta Morner
Hsband
Per
Atlantic City
Peggy
Morner
Speed
Perry
Everitt Archer
Denver
Colorado
Sherburne Hopkins
Washington
J. Stanley Joyce
Chicarco Lumberman
Millonaires
Counts Folka
Stockholm
Bass Soloist Major Tittmann Broadcast Tonight
Bass soloist Major Tittmann, heard in recital here, will broadcast tonight from station Ww. CG. A. P. Washington D C between 9 and 16 o clock.
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Major Tittmann
Ww. CG. A. P
Washington, D. C
Educator C F Tappa Dies in Cincinnati Restaurant
C F Tappa aged 75, a retired educator with wide ties to Ohio teachers, died in a Cincinnati restaurant today. He was well known in state education circles.
Daugherty Defies Brookhart Graft Probe Committee
June 4 hearing before the House Judiciary committee discussed Volstead Act modifications. Advocates of the liberalized law argued defeat was likely this session but pressed to keep the issue alive for the next campaign.
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Daugherty
Brookhart
Washington
Teer
House Judiciary Committee
Girl Disappears From Athens Home
Grave fears are being entertained for the safety of Georgia Coss an 18 year old adopted daughter of Mr and Mrs Jones Coss of Athens who vanished from her home Sunday evening and has not been heard from since. She left to go downtown with her adoptive fathers supper basket in hand after delivering the meal but was not seen again. A rumor says she was seen talking with a transient street messenger after 8 o'clock Monday evening. She wore a gray coat with fur collar stood five feet three and weighed about 125 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. Athens officers are asked to be communicated with if information is known.
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Georgia Coss
Jiewts Coase
Misa Coss
Coss
Miss
Snowledge
Athens
Seniors Present Play at Hancock High Wednesday
Nine members of the John Hancock high school graduating class perform a one act play Slurry Hurry Hurry in Ning Hall auditorium Wednesday at 8 pm. The cast includes Harold Brasle Homer Groves Charles Kimmey Glenn Vore David Mingterwald Juanita Teffi Leann Gift Blanche Allen and Roo Collind.
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John Hancock Hich School
Harold Bras le Homer Groves
Charles Kimmey
Gienn Vore
David Mingterwald
Juanita Tefli
Levnn Gift
Blanche Ailen
Roo Collind
Miss Connett
Hancock High
West Union Street
Ewing Hall Auditorium
Joan McCracken
Ohio University
Somers
John Hancock High School
Athens High
District Attorney Bernsteen Considering Resignation
A F E Bernsteen United States District Attorney for the northern district of Ohio said he was tired of serving the public and receiving no credit and contemplated resigning within a short time. He declined to elaborate.
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Cleveland
A. F E. Bernsteen
United States
Northern District of
Ohio
International News Service Today
Bernsteen
Ohio Governor Reinstates Mayor After Watkins Dismissal
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld Governor Donahey's a year ago removal of Police Chief James Watkins of Youngstown. The governor’s action followed a hearing on charges against Mayor William G. Reese and Watkins. Reese was reinstated while Watkins remains out of office.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Donahey
James Watkins
Youngstown
William G. Reese
Watkins
Electrician killed by high tension wire at Elyria plant
Clarence Ivcher an electrician foreman of Elyria was instantly killed when his hand touched a high tension wire at the Neatweaal Tube Company plant.
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Lorain
Clarence Ivcher
Elyria
Neatweaal Tube Co
Daugherty Defies Senate Inquiry Over DOJ Handling
Former attorney general Gene ral Daugherty refuses to testify before Wheeler Brookhart senate committees. He disputes their authority citing court rulings and vows to appeal Judge Cochran’s view while planning to withdraw counsel and await higher court action. The case centers on investigations into his DOJ administration and possible legal actions if he persists.
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I. N
Karry M. Daugherty
Wheeler-Brookhart
Senate
Department of Justice
Daugherty
Brookhart
Mal Daugherty
Washington Court House
Cincimnnati
Cite Cineiati
Cochran
Howland
JF. Chamberlain
Genered
Predill Hart
Abolition of Candy Excise Tax Soon Likely
Washington June 4 report says the candy excise tax in the revenue bill will probably be repealed by midnight July 2. The Bureau of Internal Revenue announced the ruling will be issued in a few days. It notes that flour sugar starch or grain dusts can cause greater havoc than dynamite.
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Washington
Bureau of Internal
Annual flowering booklet issued by Franklin Haskin
Washington information Bureau under Frederic J. Haskin distributes an Athens Messenger booklet. The pamphlet covers annual flowering trends and includes notes from the Director.
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Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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