Senator McCumber Defends Soldier Bonus Against War Profiteers
In a Washington speech Senator McCumber denounced wartime profiteers and slams stay at home laborers while urging swift passage of the soldier bonus bill. He argues conscription created labor equality and questions the underpayment of soldiers relative to common labor. He cites board wages at 3 dollars per day and carpenters at 10 dollars, insisting the bonus should reflect sacrifices by those who served.
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Frazier Edwards
United Press
Washington
McCumber
North Dakota
Senate
Inspector Jones completes Athens courthouse review after eleven weeks
State Inspector T W Jones of the state auditor's office finished an eleven week audit in Athens examining over nine thousand bills. The report covered county offices with bills returned in the past two and three quarter years and was deemed satisfactory though specific details were not released. Jones will return the report in a few weeks.
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Athens
T. W. Jones
State Auditor’s Office
Columbus
Jones
Ohio Christian Endeavors Convention Votes on Anti Tobacco Campaign
Dayton Ohio June 23. The state convention of Christian Endeavors in session adopts Cover Ohio with Christian Endeavor as its slogan. Tonight Rev George C Southwell Baptist trustee reports routine business and contemplates an anti tobacco campaign while noting no official action. He warns against blue Sunday movements during a citizenship department talk.
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Dayton
Ohio
Christian Endeavor
State Convention of Christian Endeavors
George C. Southwell
State Union
Southwell
Citizenship Department of the Society
Heaviest Storm Devastates Sharpsburg and Nearby Areas
The heaviest storm ever known swept Sharpsburg and surrounding county areas Saturday evening. Fences and bridges washed away, trees uprooted, crops flattened, and homes ruined. Notable losses included the Ogg cottage, Budworth residence, and hotelkeeper Anna Wilson. Communities of Sharpsburg and Lathrop suffered extensive damage while residents aided each other amid mud and loss.
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Sharpsburg
Joyland
Wallace Ogg
Dan Budworth
Anna Wilson
Lathrop
Geo. W. Fawcett
Plantsville
Bartlett
D. W. Mindling
Dunbar
Moody Root
Qualey
Asa Dille
Athens
Myron Kenney
Elisha Kenney
Domestic Troubles in Middletown Man Held on Murder Charge
Harry Lockhart a 44 year old furniture dealer from Middletown Ohio faces a preliminary hearing on a murder charge after stating he found his wife with Henry Agee aged 27. The case hinges on alleged discovery of the two. A bond decision is expected at the hearing.
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Middletown, CO
Harry Lockhart
Henry Agee
Harding seeks broad powers for Mellon on foreign debt
President Harding asked Congress to grant Secretary Mellon authority to refund foreign loans. He transmitted to House and Senate committees a letter from Mellon requesting power to adjust and refund the foreign debt.
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Washington
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Harding
House
Senate
Nerv Worth praised by Xenia fireman for stomach relief
W F Maher of 20 Locust St Xenia Ohio, a former railroad fireman, says Nerv Worth eased his nervous stomach disorder after two bottles. He reports better sleep, no gas or bloating, and urges others with similar issues to try the remedy with a money back guarantee from druggists and McKee Drug Co.
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W. F. Maher
Locust St. Xenia
Ohio
McKee Drug Co
Admissions by Rogers in Toledo post office raid case
George Rogers alias Lewis testified in federal court detailing admissions that pointed to his likely conviction in the $1,000,000 Toledo post office robbery. He said his main aim on the stand was to clear his common law wife Pearl Sommers, also a defendant.
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Toledo
George Rogers
Lewis
Pearl Sommers
Akron Killing injures, wife held in shooting
A 22 year old man Ralph Mc Kenzie was shot and killed in Akron Ohio. Police hold his wife Mrs Mc Kenzie as a suspect while investigators question them. Their 3 year old daughter witnessed the shooting.
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Akron
Ralph McKenzie
McKenzie
Rate Cut By Bank Of England Lowers Discount to Six
London distills the Bank of England announces a reduction in the minimum discount rate from six and a half percent to six percent, affecting lending costs and markets.
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London
Bank of England
Woman in Pink of Condition Despite Stomach Absence
A satastic Paris wonder is described as a woman without a stomach yet in the pink of condition. The medical memoir cites unlikely resilience and continued vitality despite the missing organ.
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Paris Wonder
Akron firm to hire 1500 more workers for surge orders
Good year Tire and Rubber Company announced it will hire 1500 new workers immediately to fulfill large orders. This adds to the 1000 existing employees recalled earlier in the week, all in Akron. Blue eye color has rare association with color blindness, the report notes.
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Akron
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Aviators postpone non-stop Los Angeles to New York hop off
Eric Springer and David R. Davis, aviators planning a non stop flight from Los Angeles to New York, postponed their 6 A M Thursday takeoff due to unfavorable weather conditions.
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Los Angeles
Eric Springer
David R. Davis
New York
Election Board Confirms Nelsonville City Manager Vote
This morning the election board counted ballots at the courthouse and announced the official tally for Nelsonville city manager plan as 353 for and 875 against. The board reviewed all returns, but the result matched the prior official count.
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Board of Elections
Court House
Nelsonville
Harding Moves to Speed Tariff and Revenue Bills
President Harding summoned Fordney of the House Ways and Means Committee to the White House and urged removing delays on tariff and revenue legislation in Congress.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
Fordney
House
Ways and Means Committee
White House
Start of Antitrust Campaign Against Open Price Rings
Washington reports Attorney General Daugherty announced that Tuesday or Wednesday next week will begin the justice department’s campaign under antitrust laws against open price associations restrained by trade.
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Washington
Justice Department
Daugherty
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