Nations resign seats to seek peace in League council
In Geneva on March 16 Sweden and Czecho Slovakia offered to resign their non permanent seats in the League of Nations council to speed a compromise on representation. Brazil insists on a permanent seat. Poland and another country may replace vacated seats as Briand Chamberlain and Stresemann push for a settlement. Brazil faces Latin American pressure to accept a compromise.
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Czecho-Slovakia
Geneva
Brazil
League of Nations Council
League
Mello Franco
Poland
Spain
Roumania
France
Holland
Briand
Austen Chamberlain
Hert Stresemann
Senor Mello Franco
Newport teachers dispute alleged dress order from board
March 16 report from Cincinnati notes controversy in Newport Ky as rumors spread of a board of education directive requiring skirts to be removed. Teachers claim to see or hear of such an order while the board denies any edict was issued.
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Cincinnati
Newport
Board of Education
Harrison to Begin 3 Year Term After Conviction
Dwight L. Harrison, former vice president of the defunct R L Dollings, sentenced to three years in the Ohio penitentiary and fined $5000 for a false financial statement connected with Phoenix Portland Cement. The U S Supreme Court upheld the conviction. Harrison to be imprisoned as soon as court orders arrive. W G Benham, former Dollings president, faces embezzlement trial next term.
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Columbus
Dwight L. Harrison
R.L. Dollings Company
Ohio
U. S. Supreme Court
King
Har
Rison
Harrison
Phoenix Portland Cement Company
Common Pleas
Duncan
W. G. Benham
Dollings Company
Franklin
Federal Penitentiary
Marriage Plot Seen in Poison Pen Letters in Chicago
In Chicago on March 16 an entire neighborhood gathered at the state attorney's office to uncover who sent poison pen letters pressuring Freda Ulm, 19, to wed Sayed Mehrem, 62, an Egyptian. The couple, co workers at a Loop department store, only met after the flood of letters and cards in Italian French and English drew them together.
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Chicago
State’s Attorney's Office
Freda Ulm
Sayed Mehrem
Miss Ulm
Mehre
Loop District
Costa Rica Train Wreck Death Toll Reaches 248
Costa Rica mourns a Sunday rail disaster as funerals proceed and coffins run short. Public organizations launch relief subscriptions for families of the killed and injured while newspapers list 248 deaths.
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Costa Rica
San Jose
Valley Records 30 Days of Snow in Hocking Valley
The valley in the state’s central region reports its 30th day of snow this winter. A light fall measured one eighth of an inch by Mrs. C. N. France. Forecasts promise fair weather with little temperature change tomorrow.
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Hocking Valley
C. N. France
Vocational Talks Are Continued At Antioch College
Professor Stanley B. Mathewson director of personnel work at Antioch college will speak to the business psychology class in Cutler hall at 10 oclock tomorrow morning. Lantern slides will show how work and study combine in Antioch’s program. Miss Edith Campbell director of Cincinnati vocational bureau, who has held conferences here, returned to Cincinnati today after approximately forty students met her over two days.
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Stanley B. Mathewson
Antioch College
Athens
Ohio University
Cutler Hall
Edith Campbell
Vocational Bureau of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Campbell
Guardsmen Seek Funds for History Volume
A committee of the Thirty-seventh Division Association led by Victor Heintz of Cincinnati asked the state emergency board for 10000 to print the first volume of the divisions history. They sought 5000 annually for headquarters expenses and 2100 for unpaid bills. The board took the request under advisement.
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Columbus
Thirty-seventh Division Association
Victor Heintz
Cincinnati
State Emergency Board
Qohio National Guardsmen
Red Internationale targets negro labor in US and SA
The Red Internationale of Professional Unions outlined a plan to unionize black workers in the United States and South Africa. Solomon Lozovsky, general secretary of the Profintern, cites eleven US unions with 436,000 members that bar Negroes and calls for ending prejudice or forming separate black unions.
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Moscow
C. P
Red Internationale of Professional Unions
United States
South Africa
Solomon Lozovsky
Profintern
Soviet Labor Union Organization
Governor Smith Attacks Coolidge on Canal Plan
Governor Al Smith steps up a veiled attack on President Coolidge over the All-American ship canal from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic. Republican leaders in Albany view the move as a bid to secure the 1928 Democratic nomination.
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Albany
N. Y
al Smith
Coolidge
Great Lakes
Atlantic
State Capitol
Commandery inspection at Athens Knights Templar meeting
Annual inspection of Athens Commandery No. 15 Knights Templar will be held at 7 tonight in the Masonic Temple. Eminent Sir Robert W. Taylor of Columbus Grand Captain of the Guard will be the inspecting officer. The Order of the Temple degree will be conferred on one candidate. all members are urged to attend in full uniform.
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Athens
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
Robert W. Taylor
Columbus
Order of the Temple
Prohibition Chief May Resign If Enforcement Fails
Washington report says Andrew Lincoln Andrews of the Treasury department may resign next October if he cannot enforce the Volstead act. The Anti-Saloon league seek clarification from President Coolidge after a White House visit. Critics debate whether Coolidge will back stricter enforcement or modify Prohibition policies.
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the Messenger
Washington
President Coolidge
National Executive Committee
Anti-Saloon League
Coolidge
Congress
White House
Representative Ware
Pennsylvania
Pepper
Andrews
Lincoln Andrews
Treasury Department
Mr. Andrews
Three More Die In Auto Accidents
Three persons were killed in automobile accidents within the last twenty four hours in New York.
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New York
Vernon Found Guilty on Delinquency Charge
The jury found Ray mond Vernon guilty of contributing to the delinquency of a 17 year old girl. The trial before Judge 8 M Johnson in Probate court lasted fifteen minutes. Vernon, a husband and father, faces sentence at a later date.
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Teddy
Philadelphia
Raymond Vernon
8. M. Johnson
Vernon
Hocking Coal Men to Discuss Local Industry Problems
Nelsonville March 16 A meeting of coal operators from the Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys will convene Wednesday at 1 o'clock at the Keystone Coal company offices. Prominent speakers are expected to address matters critical to the district's coal mines, many of which have closed in the past two years, with wide attendance anticipated from other districts.
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Nelsonville
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Keystone Coal Company
Million Vote Dry Referendum Climbs Nationwide
The NEA Service sponsored prohibition referendum passes the million mark with anti prohibition leading. About 30 percent call for outright repeal while modification support far exceeds repeal. Regions vary with local official polls suggesting a reflective trend but no desire to restore unrestricted liquor sales.
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NEA Service
Prohibition Foe Buckner Attacks Ballot Referendum
Asks Dry Vote Emory Buckner, federal district attorney in New York, who leads prohibition enforcement, blasted the prohibition forces for opposing a national referendum on liquor. He asked since when should anyone back a law that might fail at the ballot box.
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Emory Buckner
New York
Brookhart Loses in Vote Recount
Washington reports a Senate election recount favoring Daniel I Steck over Senator Smith W Brookhart of Iowa. The Progressive bloc seeks to unseat Brookhart after a subcommittee seat recommendation. the full committee may approve Steck.
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Washington
Senate
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Brookhart
Daniel I’. Steck
Friends of
Steck
Caraway
Arkansas
Countess Cathcart Debuts in Ashes of Love in Washington
Vera, the sprightly Countess of Cathcart, premiered her play Ashes of Love before a capital audience. The show portrays her life including a failed marriage, elopement to South Africa with Lord Craven, and return to London amid social ostracism, with the audience reacting uneasily to the implied scenes.
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Washington
Vera
Cathcart
South Afrila
Lord Craven
London
Lady Cathcart
Willys Hill District Murder Mystery Unfolds
POMEROY March 16 Sheriff Harry Rice and Deputy Art Tracy hunted last night for John McCumber 55 white believed murdered or harmed on Willys Hill. Rumors circulated of bloodstains missing baby nightgown and body removal. no definitive clues found by dawn and officers kept searching the rugged area.
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Pomeroy
Harry Rice
Art Tracy
Willys Hill
John McCumber
White
McCumber
Jerry Nuby
Iegroes
Nuby
Col John C. Coolidge Improves in Plymouth
Col John C. Coolidge awoke brighter in Plymouth as his nurse Mrs May Johnson gave him a sip of liquid nourishment. He remains weak though improving and Dr Albert M Cram is not expected to visit until noon.
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Plymouth
John C. Coolidge
May Johnson
Albert M. Cram
Typhoid Epidemic Emergency Declared Over at Bethany
Bethany college officials said the typhoid danger has passed after three mild cases appeared in three weeks. An investigation found three ill students drank from an old fraternity house well opened with permission, triggering alarm but now under control.
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Bethany
W. Va
Bethany College
Mussolini to replace mayors with Podestas in Italian towns
Italy moves toward central rule as Mussolini appoints Podestas to govern municipalities. About 7,300 of 8,000 towns will shift from locally elected mayors and councils to centralized administration in a few weeks, with April 21 as a key date.
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Rome
Italy
Two Runaway Girls Apprehended in Cleveland Shoe Charge
Ruth Thornburg aged 16 and Harriet Pad dock aged 17 were in police custody in Cleveland awaiting Brooklyn parents. The girls ran away from a local boarding school to seek excitement and were nabbed after attempting to charge shoes to their parents.
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Cleveland
Ruth ‘Thornburg
Harriet Paddock
Brooklyn
N. Y
Ohio U Wins in Debate with Miami
The Ohio university affirmative team defeated Miami in a debate at Ewing hall last night. Judge Dr. Elmer Griffith of Kalamazoo College coached the Ohio side. Debaters were Tony West Homer Young and Stanley Roush for Ohio and Warren Schmitz Ross Mooney and Walden Heflinger for Miami.
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Ohio University
Miami
Ewing Hall
Elmer Griffith
Kalamazoo College
Michigan
Ohio
Tony West
Homer Young
Stanley Roush
Warren Schmitz
Ross Mooney
Walden Heflinger
Candelilla Wax Source Found in Northern Mexico Weed
A weed common in northern Mexico yields candelilla wax used in candles and polishes. The plant’s abundance supports regional wax production and industrial use.
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Mexico
Prisoner barred from speaking to reporters as trial proceeds
The case of Jacob Nesbitt, accused murderer, drew attention as officials barred him from further interviews. Attorneys cited insanity as the defense, blaming years of nagging by his wife. Prosecutor Harvey said the older jury will not be recalled, with a new panel to convene May 8. Nesbitt and his attorney Shipman agreed to the restriction and to await counsel's guidance.
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Troy
Lunar Commission
Jacob Msbitt
Frances Drake Nesbitt
Shipman
Harvey
Bitt
Nesbitt
US Destroyers Ordered to Proceed to Waters Near China
On route to China an accord announcement was made. Destroyers Cormick Bulmer are en route, while Giz Kasall Parrott and Mac Lal remain under orders to proceed to waters near Manila, Philippines. United States naval forces respond with heightened alert status.
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China
Accord
Cormick
Bulmer
Giz Kasall
Parrott
Mac Lal
Waters
Manila
United States
Treasury Sees Moderate March Revenue Gain
Telegraphic reports from Washington indicate the Treasury’s first read on the 1926 act’s effectiveness shows March collections between 375 million and 428 million dollars. The figures suggest higher exemption and closer scrutiny. tax returns were due by midnight.
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Washington
Treasury
Bird Houses And How To Build Them
Feathered neighbors are helpful and enjoyable, protecting trees and dens from ruin. A booklet from the Bureau offers practical, simple plans for war birds and beautifying surroundings. enclose two cent stamp for free issuance.
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Bureau
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