Attack on Valuation Of Logan Gas Company Is Made by 33 Cities
Thirty three cities filed a reply brief with the utilities commission challenging Logan Gas Company’s $50 million valuation. Protesters say engineer E G Hill overstated the property value and note a monthly service charge of five cents for up to 500 cubic feet, regardless of usage. They expect to resume the case April 3 with engineer H R Allinsworth on the stand to reveal his valuation findings.
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Logan Gas Company
Columbus
U.R
Logan Gas Colny
The
Utilities Commission
E. G. Hill
Hill
Marion
Bucyus
Athens
Ashland
Lorain
Crestline
H. R. Allinsworth
Girl Is Missing From Hamley Run District
Athens police search for 14 year old Katie Davis of New Marshfield who has not attended school since February 27 and may have planned to live with relatives in Lancaster but was not there. Her father Abbot Davis notes her roving disposition and a false Athens rumor was checked by Chief Herb Parker.
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Athens
Katie Davis
New Marshfield
Abbot Davis
Hamley Run
Davis
New York State
Carl Porter
Will Merritt
Lancaster
Herb Parker
Spring Heralds Arrive as Birds and Pipers Return
Spring comes to Athens with peepers and bird songs filling creeks and ponds. Fishermen sighted around Herrold's mill dam and river spots as warm days arrive. County Clerk T L Morgan reports twelve fishing licenses and seventy hunting licenses issued since January.
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Hylas
Athens
Herrold’s Mill
T. L. Morgan
Plan of Motor Club Approved At McArthur
Enthusiasm for the Southeast Ohio Motor club education drive was voiced by McArthur Rotary members. Secretary H N Burgett outlined the school safety program, while officials discussed closer citizen merchant ties and a future demonstration. Burgett and Prosecution Attorney W J Jones visited Hamden to confer with Supt A G Albin. The plan now covers 289 schools with 20 255 pupils under the club. Route 143 resurfacing to connect with federal Route 50 west of Albany was announced with Pomeroy and Middleport officials. A new Ohio River bridge at Pomeroy is due August 1, enabling a direct Columbus to Charleston route of 168 miles.
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McArthur Rotary Organization
H. N. Burgett
Southeast Motor Club
Rotarians
McArthur
Athens
Nnew
Burgett
W. J. Jones
Hamden
A. G. Albin
Meigs County
Albany
Carpenter
Pomeroy
Middleport
Ohio River
Columbus
Charleston
Peppers Faces Execution After Supreme Court Refusal
Eddie Peppers a 21 year old Gallipolis man faces electrocution for the murder of Florence Buck at a Gallipolis hotel last August 15 after the Ohio State Supreme Court refused to review his appeal The convicted man said the confession was signed in jail and that he was intoxicated when it was written The governor was not expected to intervene The same day the court approved annexation of part of Brooklyn Heights village by Cleveland
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Columbus
U.2
Eddie Peppers
Gallipolis
Buck
Peppers
U.P
Brooklyn Heights Village
City of
Cleveland
State Supreme Court
Flight Is Mystery Heading From Ireland Officials Say
St John Newfoundland March 14 Captain Walter Hinchliffe and his presumed companion Miss Elsie Makay were hours overdue here. No word from ships at sea or land sightings have been reported by officials.
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ST. John &, Newfoundland
Walter Hinchliffe
Elsie Makay
Hinchliffe
North Atlantic
Newfoundland
United States
New York
Mizzenhead
Ireland
Cranwell
American maiden flight attempt crosses Atlantic from Cranwell
A gilded winged American made monoplane with two passengers, possibly Elsie Mackay, launched from Cranwell on a first cross Atlantic attempt. Captain Walter Hinchliffe led the flight toward New York with uncertain co pilots as searchers trace the missing Gordon Sinclair.
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London
North Atlantic
Elsie Mackay
New York
Walter Hinchliffe
Cranwell
Lord Inchcape
Daily Mail
Miss Mackay
Gordon Sinclair
Supreme Court Sustains Challenge to Popovich Acquittal
In Columbus on March 14 the Supreme Court upheld the prosecutor's exceptions to the Tuscarawas County common pleas court's directed acquittal of Mike Popovich on a third liquor violation charge.
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Columbus
U.P
Supreme Court
Tuscarawas County
Common Pleas Court
Mike Popovich
Bellaire Kiwanis Oppose Relief for Idle Miners
The Bellaire Kiwanis club resolutions urge U S Senators Fess Willis and all Ohio congressmen to oppose any congressional appropriation for relief of idle coal miners. Bellaire lies in eastern Ohio bituminous coal country.
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Bellaire
Bellaire Kiwanis Club
Fess
Willis
Ohio
Congress
Fate of Man Said to Be Bomber Nears Verdict
In Youngstown Ohio a jury prepared to decide Sam Guardala’s guilt or innocence in a bombing case tied to Campbell mayoral politics. Mayor T Roy Gordon testified Guardala warned him to quit the race and Guardala admitted a prior Army discipline. The Gordon home was bombed in December with no injuries.
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U.P
Sam Guardala
T. Roy Gordon
Campbell
Here
Gordon
Guardala
Officer Must Pay $1,000 in Case Decree
The Supreme court dismissed Greenlee 8 Hann’s appeal, upholding a $1,000 judgment against him for molesting Mrs. Harry Smith during a 1924 raid on the Dent home. The court refused to admit the plea that Hamilton county bars fair jury trials in liquor cases.
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U.R
Supreme Court
Greenlee
Hann
North College Hill
Hamilton County
Harry Smith
Dent
Smith
Coolidge Ready to Aid Sufferers in California Canyon
Senator Shortridge says President Coolidge will offer federal relief to the San Francisquito canyon district after a White House conference. Aid will depend on the urgency of need and official word from the devastated area.
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Washington
U.R
Coolidge
San Francisquito Canyon
Shortridge
California
Radio Commission to Continue Under Hoover Pending Congress Action
Secretary of Commerce Hoover announced after a conference with President Coolidge that the federal radio commission would function under his direction for another year while Congress considers extending the commission’s life.
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Radio Commission
Washington
U.R
Commerce Hoover
Coolidge
Federal Radio Commission
Congress
Santa Clara Valley Disaster Toll and Dam Collapse
Dawn revealed hundreds dead and thousands searching ruins after the St Francis Dam failure sent fifty million tons of water sweeping Santa Clara Valley toward the Pacific. Estimates list 277 confirmed dead, about 300 feared dead and over 700 missing, with property damage pegged at 12 to 15 million dollars. Recovery and relief efforts spread across Santa Paula Fillmore Piru and Castaic as authorities investigate cause and guard order.
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U.R
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St. Francis Dam
Pacific Ocean
Newhall
Santa Paula
Fillimore
Piru
Castaic
American Red Cross
American Legion
Volunteers of America
Salvation Army
National Guard
The
Messenger
California
Night Watchman Hangs to Telephone in Flood Rescue
Los Angeles reports describe night watchman Locke at a switching station eight miles from Saugus dying after valiantly signaling danger. K. K. Eaton, a rancher, helped rescue workers and saved others as the St Francis dam flood devastates the Santa Clara valley.
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Locke
Southern California Edison Company
Saugus
Houwra
K. K. Eaton
el Rio
Eaton
Destruction Vivid In Break of St Francis Dam
George H. Beale reports from the Santa Clara valley after the St Francis Dam breach. He describes wrecked towns orchards destroyed flooding to Santa Paula and Saugus scenes of death and debris with the damaged dam remaining as a grim memorial.
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George N. Beale
Los Angeles United Press Staff
Santa Clara Valley
George H. Beale
United Press
Los Angeles
Francis Dam
Santa Clara Basin
U S Plans to Supervise Nicaragua Election Unaltered
Washington reports the United States will proceed with its plan to supervise the Nicaraguan presidential election next October under the Stimson agreement. The move comes despite the Nicaraguan legislature's refusal to authorize such action and after a compromise election bill was rejected.
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Washington
United States
Stimson
Girl Alone by Anne Austin to Start Tomorrow in Messenger
The Messenger announces Anne Austin new serial Girl Alone begins Thursday on a full page as a liberal installment. The orphan girl’s journey into life unfolds amid love romance and street carnival life, following her earlier works The Penny Princess and Daughters of Midas.
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Anne Austin
Midas
Messenger
Decline of Hocking Valley Coal Contracts Hit Rail Fuel Supply
Nelsonville March 1 Staff Special The withdrawal of railroad coal contracts from mines in the Hocking district worsens the district’s fuel scarcity. Operators warn renewal before April 1 is vital for next year’s operations as major lines reduced shipments and only the Toledo Edison line remains, with other contracts failing to move.
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Hocking
Ing
Hocking Valley
Ann Arbor
Ohio
Erie
Hocking Trunk
Lake Erie
Westhank Plate
Pennsylvania Lifes
Marquette
Toledo
Tt Western
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Big Four
Gan Central
Lake Shore & Gan
Southern
Toledo &-.Tral
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Indiana
Michigan
Zanesville & Westone
Shore & Minow
York Central Aye
Hocking Val
Hocking Vail Land
New York Central
Becn
United Railways
Solvay P Company
Detroit
Edison Company
Athens Messenger Publishes Auto Economy Booklet
The Athens Messenger releases a booklet on auto economy promising longer life, better safety, and greater comfort. Preface notes by Frederic J. Director of Information in Washington.
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