Ohio coal operators threaten wage ultimatum to miners
Ohio coal operators after a Columbus meeting announced an ultimatum demanding a $5 per day wage by July 15 or lose union support. The plan sets 58 cents per net ton for loading and 11 to 5 cents for various cutting methods with an eight hour day cap. Units will seek union sanction. if not granted, operators vow to disregard the United Mine Workers in future dealings.
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J. H. McAnally
United Press
Columbus
Ohio
United Mine Workers
S. H. Robbins
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
Robbins
W. H. Haskins
A. A. Augustus
R. L. Withermuth
W. F. Kurtz
George K. Smith
William Collins
T. R. Biddle
P. C. Morris
H. L. Bray
W. E. Titus
Sunday Creek Coal Company
John L. Lewis
Willi
Lee Hall
Ohio Mine Workers
Cambridge Collieries Coal Company
Cleveland
Hall
Athens
Lick Run
George M. Jones
Jacksonville
Jones
Augustus
Wife Unworried About Maitland Flight
In Washington on June 29 Lieutenant Lester J. Maitland's wife says she is philosophically cheerful about his Hawaii flight from San Francisco. She has been an aviator's wife five years and believes worrying would strain him. She did not tell their young daughter Pat details, only that he was flying somewhere.
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Lester J. Maitland
Hawaii
San Francisco
Pat
Ban on Fireworks Within City Limits for Independence Day
City officials announce a strict ban on all fireworks within the city during the Independence Day season. Police will arrest and fine anyone selling or using fireworks inside the city. dealers are also subject to penalties. The prohibition does not ban sales outside the city.
William E. Tytus Heads Sunday Creek Coal Concern
Columbus June 29 William E. Tytus former general manager of the Sunday Creek Coal company was elected president yesterday George K Smith was elected chairman of the board succeeding the late John S S Jones Smith also is secretary Other officers are C C Cook vice president and treasurer O B Newton vice president and general manager E W Drake general sales agent and S G Hughes auditor and assistant secretary
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Columbus
William E. Tytus
Sunday Creek Coal Company
George K. Smith
John S&s. Jones
Smith
C. C. Cook
O. 8. Newton
E. W. Drake
S. G. Hughes
Five Bandits Rob Galion Bank For $65000
Still at large in Ohio the bandits who robbed the Commercial Savings Bank at Galion yesterday escaped with 65000. Cleveland police guard highway approaches while Ora Slater, noted sleuth, is summoned to assist Galion authorities. Police chase extends to a dozen counties.
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Cleveland
O.R
Galion
Ohio
Ora Slater
Pardon Plea Delayed for Woman Known as the “Ponzi”
Mrs. Susan Kraus of Pomeroy serving a Marysville reformatory sentence will not receive action on her pardon plea until next month. The clemency board indicated this after a hearing on her application. She was labeled “the woman Ponzi” when convicted of obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Columbus
Susan Kraus
Pomeroy
Marysville Reformatory
Board of Clemency
Kraus
Injunction hearing in Lick Run case enters second day
In Common Pleas court the second day of the general permanent injunction hearing drew a crowded audience. Testimony began slowly before noon as Mrs. Iva North testified of threats and inflammatory remarks at the May 6 mass meeting near the Lick Run mine road.
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Lick Run Coal and Clay Company
Common Pleas Court
L. G. Worstell
Lick Run Mine Road
Iva North
Lick Run
Eagles Club Raid In Sandusky Leads to Liquor Charges
Two men, identifying as William Grathwel and Jake Huffman, were held on liquor charges after a raid on the Eagles' club in Sandusky last night. It marks a second raid on a local club within a week.
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Sandusky
William Grathwel
Jake Huffman
Eagles
Byrd Plans Return From Europe After Trans Atlantic Flight
Commander Richard Byrd and three crewmen of the America left Roosevelt Field to attempt a New York to Paris crossing in the passenger type plane. The voyage aims to chart a commercial air route and assess the feasibility of trans Atlantic passenger service.
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Flight OF America
Ocean
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Richard E. Byrd
Paris
America
Byrd
Europe
George O. Neville
Bert Acosta
Bert Balchen
Bedford
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Navy Department
The
Shipping Board
Charles Lindbergh
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Earth
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
New York
Long Island
Atlantic
Fokker
Hoboken
N. J
U.R
Richard Byrd
Harold Kinkade
President Roosevelt
U. S
Sidewalks to Make Parking Room in Pomeroy
A Pomeroy resident suggests cutting sidewalks to widen the streets and create space for another line of cars. He argues pedestrians are few and that many workers drive short distances, leaving streets crowded as river highway traffic grows.
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Pomeroy
Tailor Isadore Block Held Without Bond For Murder
In Cincinnati on June 29 Isadore Block a 35 year old tailor was charged with murder in municipal court and held without bond. He allegedly confessed and claimed self defense in the shooting of James Johnson a 29 year old auto mechanic from Parkersburg West Virginia over Miss Hazel Mayer 29 a material witness also being held.
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Cincinnati
U.R
Isadore Block
Block
James Johnson
Parkersburg
jYa
Hazel Mayer
New 6-5-4 Ratio Would Make Great Britain Superior
Geneva June 29 A 6-5-4 ratio for cruisers destroyers and submarines would place Great Britain above the United States in naval strength. The proposal circulated unofficially among conference circles and was viewed as a hopeful, not likely, outcome. The U S would likely demand parity with Britain even if Japan’s auxiliary strength were raised to four-fifths of America's for battleships.
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Geneva
U.R
Great Britain
United States
Japan
America
Change Meeting of Athens Kiwanis Club
The Athens Kiwanis club will meet at noon on Monday after next week at Hotel Berry. A 5 30 p m meeting is set for Tuesday evening next week due to Independence Day. No program was held yesterday as members discussed a proposed change. An authority on retailing from Chicago is slated to speak next Tuesday.
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Athens Kiwanis Club
Hotel Berry
Chicago
Giant Tri-Motored Monoplane Lands At Dawn
The giant tri-motored Fokker "Bird of Paradise" completed a 25 hour and 46 minute trans Pacific flight from California to Hawaii. Pilots Maitland and Hegenberger received honors as the craft landed at 6 31 a m Hawaii time. The crowd cheered as the plane taxied in with Lt. Maitland at the controls.
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Albert — Hegenberger
Trans-Pacific
Hawaii
King Field
Land
Calif
Fokker
Lieutenant Land
Possible Hawaii round trip for Maitland and Berger
Reported consideration may see Lieutenants Maitland and Berger attempt a round trip from Washington to Hawaii. No decision reached on a return flight to San Francisco. the venture remains under advisement.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Maitland
Berger
San F
Pilot Grace to attempt Hawaii flight from Lihue today
Richard Grace, in Kauai, planned to take off at 7 a.m. for a voyage to Hawaii, after earlier arrival from Pearl Harbor. Captain Ernie Smith’s Travel Air monoplane, backed by J. Moffett and Charles H. Carter, was set for a second attempt within two days from San Francisco, with Smith ready to go.
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Lihue
Kauai
Richard Grace
Grace
Pearl Harbor
Bb Sands
San Francisco
U.P
Ernie Smith
Travelair
Army
Paradise
Hawaii
Mund
J. Moffett
Ernie
United Press
Charles H. Carter
Recipes for New Summer Drinks in The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger presents drink ideas for summer including cocktails and punch options. A note from Frederic J. Baskin asks readers to mail in for more details, indicating a promotional or instructional aim from a city publication.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Stout Pleads Guilty to Embezzling at Local Bank
Charles Stout pleaded guilty in Hamilton court to embezzling $5 from Davis & Sons while serving as cashier for College Corner Banking Company. The incident occurred while he held the cashier position at the bank.
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Stout
Hamilton
Charles Stout
Pommong Leas
Davis & Sons
College Corner Banking Company
Alt
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Ohio Miners Union
George Jones
Washington
Sunday Creek Coal Concern
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Jay Buckwalter
Ernest Frederick
Walter Holsomb
Frederick
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