Sudden Drop in Production Exposes Coal Industry Pressures
New York reports about twelve million dollars in anthracite miners' pay amid a shift in production. UK and US coal sectors face subsidy removal, wage downward adjustments, and mine closures as British and American fields brace for reduced demand and rival market pressures.
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British Coal Commission
United States
Altoona
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Northwest
England
Vets Lead By Slight Prohibition Vote On First Day
First day totals from Messenger readers show 593 votes cast on the national prohibition referendum. Prohibition 243, repeal 579, modification 271, with repeal trailing and only 79 favoring repeal. Second day totals at NEA Service show 279 534 votes with wets leading and dry forces mobilizing nationwide.
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NEA Service
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Women Arrested at Passaic Worsted Mill Picket
Loaded revolvers were found on two women pickets arrested today at the Garfield Passaic Worsted mill as police said they tried to jostle workers. The strike, centered in the textile industry, is ongoing in the area.
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N. J
New Jersey
Garfield
Poliga
Repeal Unlikely as Congress Remains Dry in Election Hope
The article argues repeal is unlikely as Congress is broadly dry and voters anticipate a safe majority in upcoming elections. It notes prevailing anti-repeal sentiment and reflects on party dynamics shaping policy prospects.
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Congress
Beers Wet Hope Faces Long Odds in Prohibition Reform
Washington March 12 The question of modifying the Volstead act is deemed unlikely in the near future with repeal viewed as generations away. Wets push for narrow changes within constitutional limits while hoping courts permit higher alcohol content. Canada’s 4.4 beer is seen as a failure and wines remain unlikely to be legalized. U.S. drinkers favor hard liquor since prohibition ended beer sales.
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Robert T. Small
Consolidated Press
Washington
Canada
United States
Europe
Woman Victim of Boston Maniac Stabber
Boston March 12 a woman, Mrs. Frank Smith, was found stabbed to death in her Washington Street home. Police say she is the latest victim in a reign of terror as the maniac has attacked seven other women on the street.
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Washington Street
South End
Missing Pajamas Trigger Suit in Troy Murder Case
Troy Ohio March 12 County Prosecutor L E Harvey summoned Jacob Nesbitt to his office for questioning over pajamas missing from the Nesbitt home amid a murder investigation.
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Pur ple pajamas may hold key in Nesbitt murder case
In Troy on March 12 investigators focus on a suit of purple pajamas with white stripes belonging to Jacob Nesbitt, husband of Frances Drake Nesbitt. The missing garments, found in the Nesbitts home, are linked as a key evidentiary angle. If located, the case could move toward resolution. if not, an arrest looms.
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Jacob Nesbitt
Hance
Wave of deaths by self harm sweeps capital women
A March 12 report from Washington notes a wave of self inflicted deaths in the city. Two 15 year old Eastern high school girls Margaret Carragher and Lillian Miller drank poison at Holy Comforter church and were taken to a hospital. Evelyn McClain a 23 year old artist's model drank veronal and may recover. Susan Bogel 48 killed herself at Freedman's hospital with a poisonous disinfectant.
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Washington
Margaret Carragher
Lillian Miller
Eastern High School
Holy Comforter Church
Evelyn McClain
Eugene Weisz
Susan Bogel
Freedman’s Hospital
Women voters study coal industry issues in Athens
The Athens League of Women Voters met at Mrs. Daniel McGurk’s home to discuss the coal mining industry. Papers by Mrs. J. W. Hudson Miss Jah Poston and Mrs. S. H. Bing covered over expansion irregular employment dangers and unfair freight rates. They urged prohibition enforcement and opposed changing the Volstead Act.
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Daniel McGurk
College Street
J. W. Hudson
Jah Poston
Il. Bing
Hocking Valley
Nelsonville
Athens
Bailey Run Miners Idle Amid Walkout Over Grievance
About 500 miners in the Bailey Run district near Chauncey are idle after a dispute over payroll and work-sharing. North Hill workers were to ballot for transfer to Smart's and Stony Point, but the company allegedly refused to issue checks to North Hill while allowing them to work without checks, triggering the stoppage.
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Charles Bradfield, JR
Chauncey
Bailey Run
Stony Point
Smart's
North Hill
Smart’s
Great Saint and Great Sinner Ally, Says Dr Elizabeth Chesser
In London on March 12 Dr Elizabeth Sloan Chesser, a distinguished physician, commented that the line between holiness and vice is thin and that weak emotional temperaments rarely achieve much.
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London
Elizabeth Sloan Chesser
Prohibition Debate Highlighted by Senator Blease
Senator Cole Blease of South Carolina tells Policemen's association that bootleggers profit under Prohibition. He claims customers flock to Capitol offices and that Prohibition remains a joke as long as those who voted for it drink illegally.
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Washington
Capitol
Cole Blease
South Carolina
Senator Blease
Policemans’ Association
Sister shot after demand for twenty dollars in Hamden
Dick Thomas, drinking, shot his sister Mrs. Cora Dingman at their mother's home in Hamden after she refused to give him $20. Three bullets hit Dingman, one in the breast, one in the arm, one in the abdomen. gravely wounded, she was taken to White Cross hospital in Columbus. Deputy sheriffs pursued Thomas, who was captured two miles south of Hamden on the B and O tracks en route to Wellston.
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Ross Fisher
Jackson County
Ray Cox
Vinton County
Fisher
Thomas
Hamden
Wellston
McArthur
Division of Gasoline Tax Funds For Ohio Counties Set
Ohio officials plan Monday distribution of about 2 million dollars in gasoline tax funds. Each of the eighty eight counties receives 10000 and each municipality gets one dollar per registered motor vehicle. Through February 28 gas tax revenue totalled 9184602.14 since the law took effect April 18. Funds are to repair and maintain streets.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jury verdict Guilty in Willard Jayjohn trial
Cincinnati report states Willard Jayjohn found guilty after trial. The case involves a professor allegedly connected to the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music and a divorce suit brought by Virginia Rowell against Garner Rowell. The jury returns a guilty verdict amid testimony about marital strain and a professor’s alleged interference.
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Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Virginia Rowell
Garner Rowell
Hamilton County
House to Pass Radio Law Soon
Washington March 12 Congress began enacting radio legislation to replace the 1912 rules. The White bill, backed by administration leaders, would place control of the industry under the Commerce Department with new regulations replacing existing ones.
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Washington
Congress
House
Department of Commerce
U S Treasury Officials See 1927 Surplus Despite Fears
Washington reports that Treasury figures for 1927 show a substantial excess of receipts over expenditures, with June 30 surplus over 190 million dollars despite tax cuts. 1926 income and corporate taxes expected slightly above one billion, 1927 projected at 1.05 billion, possible small tax reduction next year.
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Washington
Mellon
Logan Gas Company Rate Increase Request Before State Supreme Court
Columbus March 12 The Ohio State Supreme Court considered Logan Gas Company petition for suspension of a Utilities Commission rejection of proposed rate increases filed last November. Court officials expect a decision by next Tuesday with about seventy four municipalities affected by the case may be involved across Ohio.
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State Supreme Court
Logan Gas Company
State Utilities Commission
Supreme Court
Ohio
Jury convicts Willard Jayjohn of manslaughter in fatal Christmas Eve stabbing
Athens county jury finds Willard Jayjohn of Mineral guilty of manslaughter for fatally stabbing Henry Stephenson during a Christmas Eve fight at Ant Stephenson's parlor. Verdict reduces from second degree murder. sentencing not yetpronounced. defense notes self defense claim.
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Mineral
Henry Stephenson
Athens County
Carlos Dorr
Fred Stevenson
T. V. Poe
J. A. Jacobs
Ray C. Burch
Albert Rink
Henry ¥Insterwald
Jesse Werner
Francis Frebault
Ray G. Kasler
Mason
Ant” Stephenson
Jayjohn
Stephenson
R W. Finsterwald
Athens
Minister Elias Best Burned To Death In Farm Fire
Rev. Elias Best, 80, a retired Lutheran pastor, perished when his Mansfield area farmhouse burned early today seven miles north of the city. The fire destroyed the home during the overnight blaze.
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Burns
Mansfield
Elias Best
Uphold Pate Report Denounced By Miners and Operators
A public denunciation denounces the Pate report urging both miners and operators to make sacrifices or wage another industrial war. The call stresses shared burdens and warns against divisive actions within labor and management.
Britain Coal Commission Report Endorses Private Mine Enterprise
London March 12 The coal commission report concludes that private mine operation should continue and urges government subsidy ending at April end. It calls for national fuel and power planning, consolidation of small mines, profit sharing, and a standard 7 1 2 hour day. Miners faces wage and hour cuts if subsidy ends without new deal.
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Great Britain
Coal Commission
Miners’ Federation
Baldwin
Commission
Discovery of a Full-Operation Whisky Still
Cor ble E. C. Mariner found a gallon still in full operation on Wednesday afternoon near Floodwo Three gallons of whisky were found at the site. He heard men fleeing as he approached and gave chase but could not shake the evidence or capture the culprits. The still was located on property not far from a mine.
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E. C. Mariner
Mariner
Chia
Death of General T. Seymour Sums Up era Figures
The passing of Tus T Seymour a general linked to the 8s and the Daugherty administration is reported amid legal circles noting his long public service and influence in wartime and postwar years.
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T. Seymour
Daugherty
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