Passaic Textile Strike Sees Calls for Martial Law
In Passaic New Jersey on March 4 striking millworkers from Passaic Clifton and Garfield debated appealing to Governor Moore to proclaim martial law. The six week strike faced police assaults on strikers and news photographers as tear gas fire hoses and clubs were used to disperse crowds.
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Passaic
N. J
Clifton
Garfield
A. Harry Moore
The
Civil Liberties Union
Richard JL. Zober
Public Safety
Abram Ireiskel
New York
Osal Boy Care Cause
Bluecoats
Man Pleads Not Guilty on Two Charges
Logan Lee King pleads not guilty in Common Pleas court to shooting at Chief Herb Parker with attempt to kill and to carrying concealed weapons. Bond set at 250 dollars on each charge. He remains in county infirmary since the incident. Relatives live in Fisher. Trial date not yet set.
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Logan Lee King
Herb Parker
Common Pleas Court
King
Fisher
Countess Cathcart Declines Deportation Return
Vera, Countess of Cathcart, on ten day Ellis Island leave expired last night and she remains free today. Immigration officials await Washington instructions as habeas corpus arguments to prevent deportation proceed in federal court tomorrow.
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New York
Cobb Improves After Eye Operation in Baltimore
Ty Cobb manager of the Tigers is reported progressing nicely at Wilmer Eye hospital after a minor operation on his eyes earlier this week.
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Cobb
Baltimore
Ty Cobb
Tigers
Wilmer Eye Hospital
How to Remove Stains From Clothes and Linens
A 36 page illustrated booklet from the bureau offers remedies for many stains including ink ink bottle splashes on table covers ink on suits paint on gowns and scorch marks on linens. Free distribution via coupon return postage two cents stamps and clear name and address required.
New federal tax law to exempt about 2 350 000 small taxpayers
Washington reports the new law relieves roughly 2 350 000 small taxpayers from tax on income above 10 000 dollars. The feature explains how the law applies to individuals with net income after deductions and the effect on daily purchases such as shoes and clothing.
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George Britt
The
Messenger
NEA Service
George W. Britt
NEA
Washington
Congress
New Tax Law Cuts Small Payments and Increases Exemptions
Read about the new tax law reducing small payments and lowering surtax for many earners. It promises relief to the poor and potential savings below pre war levels. Exemptions are increased after net income, with references to deductions for charitable gifts and losses not insured.
Father Stops Proclaimed Marriage Between Kin in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh on March 4 W D Clark learned his son Herbert Clark, a stage lead in The Patsy at the Booth Theatre, planned to wed Katherine Clark, a New York real estate secretary. He sent warning telegrams and revealed their kinship after private meetings in New York uncovered the half sibling connection.
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Pittsburgh
W. D. Clark
New York
Clark
Herbert Clark
Booth Theater
Katherine Clark
Lebanon
Herbert
Premiere Mussolini Invited to Wear Straw Hat All Summer
On Rome's first spring like day March 4 Mussolini was invited to don a straw hat and keep it through summer. Italian straw hat makers urge the premier to revive straw hat fashion nationwide.
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Rome
Mussolini
Italy
Hearings Open on Logan Gas Rate Increase
State utilities commission began hearings in Columbus regarding protests from Marion Athens Elyria and Bucyrus officials against Logan Gas Companys rate hike approved last year. Two witnesses testified on inventories of the companys properties, George W. Radcliffe from Pittsburgh and James A. Emery from New York City.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Marion
Athens
Elyria
Bucyrus
Logan Gas Company
George W. Radcliffe
Pittsburgh
National Gas Industry
Ohio Fuel Corporation
James A. Emery
New York City
Logan Gas Copany
Ohio University Glee Club Concert Postponed
The Ohio University glee clubs concert in Ewing Hall is postponed due to illness. Wayne Jackson, a member of the glee club varsity quartet and soloist, is ill, and the show will be rescheduled within the next two weeks with tickets honored.
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Ewing Hall
Ohio University
Wayne Jackson
Glee Club
Varsity Quartet
Correction on Liquor Fine Names in Local Court
Constable Ed Mariner reported an error in a liquor case record. The fined individual was William McQuade of Buchtel, not Ed McQuade, due to a mix up of names in the local court.
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Ed Mariner
Ed McQuade
Buchtel
Mariner
William McQuade
Boys Held On Murder Charge Granted Habeas Corpus
Ray Chester Sapp Forrest Sapp Donald Beblin and James Adams freed on writs after habeas corpus challenge to five days in jail without hearing. Judge A P Miller ordered release and possible rearrest on same murder charge in Sam Hill case at Thomas Fork. State to question about thirty residents as investigation continues with limited disclosures.
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Pomeroy
Ray
Chester
Forrest Sapp
Donald Beblin
James Adams
Sam Hill
Thomas Fork
French Prepare to Meet Rif Is In Early Spring
In Tangier on March 4 French authorities guard against Riffian tribes who have joined Abd-el Krim in preparations for a broad spring campaign. Riffians about 65,000 face nearly 250,000 French and Spanish troops with 135,000 French and 90,000 Spanish ready for action on Moroccan soil.
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Tangier
Abd-el-Krim
Bootleggers Find California City Paradise For Plying Trade
San Francisco report details illicit alcohol production in a city incinerator repurposed for bootlegging. The piece notes officials found a still at a decaying municipal plant and cites mayor J Herbert Madden of Sausalito, recently convicted of conspiracy to violate the Volstead Act, with the mayoralty post now vacant as Prohibition agents continually disrupt legal equipment.
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Ben G. Kline
Consolidated Press Association
San Francisco
M. M. O’shaughnessy
J. Herbert Madden
Sausalito
Golden Gate
Young Communist Beaten to Death in Lobania Village
Pyotr Yachvleff, a young communist, is killed by angry peasants in Lobania Pskov district after a lecture advocating rationalism. He urged renouncing church ties and was lynched as villagers seized chairs during the schoolhouse gathering.
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Moscow
Pyotr Yachvleff
Lobania
Pskov
Pyotr
Negro questioned as double murder rattles Steubenville
In Steubenville, John Cook is held for questioning after the bodies of Miss Nettie Herron and her brother Robert were found at the Herron farm six miles west. Authorities suspect ax murder and strangulation with possible robbery motives. A stained cap linked to Cook is being tested for blood.
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Steubenville
Nettie Herron
Robert
John Cook
Herron Home
A. L. Bell
Herron
Cook
Jain
Pittsburgh
Allison
Miss Herron
Legion Plans April Meeting and Dinner
At the K. T. Crossen post American Legion meeting led by commander R. R. Johnson a first Monday in April gathering was proposed to hear war insurance for soldiers. A dinner will be served that night. The membership drive was extended to May first with nonpaying members stricken from the rolls.
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American Legion
R. R. Johnson
K. T. Crossen
Atagoyama Shrine Stairway Towering 90 Feet High
The historic Atagoyama shrine in Japan features a stairway standing about 90 feet tall with a steep 60 degree pitch, attracting visitors and guiding ascent to the sacred site.
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Atagoyama Shrine
Japan
Nurses make 1057 home visits in February in Ath ens county
The Ath ens county public health nurses logged 1057 home visits in February per Alice Haviland supervising nurse. They also visited 101 schools inspecting 2109 pupils with cases including prenatal maternity infant welfare pre school school nursing tuberculosis and other services.
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Athens County
Health Department
Alice Haviland
Willowy Flapper Figures Deemed Tragedy for English Women
Sir Bruce Bruce-Porter, a distinguished English physician, warned in a London speech that slender flapper figures, highly sought by modern women, risk digestive troubles and a greater chance of consumption.
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London
Sir Bruce Bruce-Porter
Reminder of Great War Returns to Athens From Oklahoma Soldier
Mrs. L. A. Koons of 15 South Congress Street received a letter from Pete Salvino of Bryant Oklahoma recounting a Red Cross sock gift in France during World War I. A note bearing her name was found in the sock and kept in his Bible from 1917 to the war’s end. Mrs Koons had done Red Cross work in Ohio Colorado Nevada and New Mexico.
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Athens
Oklahoma
L. A. Koons
South Congress Street
Pete Salvino
Bryant, Oklo
France
Red Cross
Florida land boom warned by Albany reader
An Albany man recounts conditions in Florida real estate, warning that a speculative boom has inflated prices. He cites flooded subdivisions near Kissimmee, mass lot sales for quick profits, and destruction of citrus groves for land speculation. He argues buyers chase profits, not homes, amid rising prices and tax liens.
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Albany
Will Higley
Florida
Lake Worth
Migley
Kissimmee
United States
Sions
City Health Board Weighs Athens Garbage Disposal Plan
Athens city health board discussed garbage disposal options. Professor Thomas Hoover of Ohio University reported on urban disposal systems. City council president E C Woodworth and council members attended to hear Hoover's plan for presentation on March 15. Dr J M Higgins said a definite plan would be shaped at that meeting.
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Athens
City Board of Health
Thomas Hoover
Ohio Univerisity
Hoover
E. C. Woodworth
Mr. Hoover
J. M. Higgins
Question of admitting Germany to League of Nations
Paris report says the Geneva special assembly to admit Germany to the League of Nations has created a grave international crisis. Rivalries and suspicions threaten the Locarno spirit, with statesmen and journalists flocking to Geneva. Germany’s admission is certain but debate over permanent council seats for Poland Spain Brazil China Belgium and a British dominion fuels tensions.
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Germany
League OF Nations
Paris
Special Assembly
Geneva
Locarno
Ruhr
League
League Council
Poland
Spain
Brazil
Frankfurter Zeitung
China
Belgium
French landowners mostly hold under 50 acres
The French agricultural department reports that about 4 million of 5,702,752 landowners possess less than 50 acres each, indicating a highly fragmented rural property pattern.
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France
Inevitable Market Collapse Tied to Rail Merger Rejection
Washington reports a sudden stock market break amid bears returning after a year of bullish activity. Experts say the downturn follows high speculative excess and a Commerce Commission disapproval of the Van Sweringen rail merger, signaling an inevitable correction driven by economic laws and tighter banking signals.
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Washington
New York
State Commerce Commission of
van Sweringen
Spe
Obituary notice for John Worthington burial in Atlanta
The body of John Worthington is to be buried by his daughter and son-in-law Mrs John Rogers in Atlanta Georgia on March 4.
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Atlanta
John Worthingto
Worthingto
John Rogers
Prince of Wales Cuts Smoking With Slim Cigarette
London reports the Prince of Wales adopts a slender cigarette with half the tobacco of a regular cigarette as part of a campaign to curb cigarette use.
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London
Pripgé Fof
Wales
Support Emmeline London March 4 rally
March 4 event supported by Lady Astor and Rhonda aims to elect Emmeline Pankhurst, noted suffragist, to parliament. The rally underscores organized opposition and public mobilization for women's suffrage in the era.
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Emmeline London
Lady Astor
Taedy Rhonda
Emeline Pankhursts
President Coolidge Ends First Year In Own Right
Washington March synopsis notes President Coolidge ended the first year of his presidency in his own right at noon today marking a transition in the administration.
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Washington
Coolidge
Mellon Says NY Market Break Due to Speculation
Secretary Mellon attributed the New York Market decline to speculation, stating the drop was caused by speculative trading and not by underlying economic weakness. The remark was delivered in Washington on March 4.
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Washington
New York
Mellon
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Paul Scott Mowrer
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