Missing White Man Vanishes in Bend Negro District Mystery
James McCumber, 65, white, disappeared from the home of his black friends on Willys Hill after leaving his family on Condor street. Local, state officers and Val Brown searched abandoned mines near the Nuby home for his body but found no trace, with foul play suspected and further digging planned until the case is solved.
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Pomeroy
James McCumber
Jerry Nuby
Willys Hill
McCumber
Condor Street
McCumbers
Val Brown
Charter Oak
Ohio coal operators seek wage relief and talks with UMWA
In Nelsonville Ohio on March 18 leading operators from Hocking Sunday Creek and other Ohio coal fields met and voted to send a committee to Indianapolis to meet with John L Lewis and request modification or suspension of the Jacksonville wage contract. They blame the contract for high costs and market losses and urge remedial measures to restore Ohio coal competitiveness. The meeting highlighted miner hardship and the desire to avoid chaos prior to a union backed restructuring.
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Nelsonville
Hocking
Ohio
Sunday Creek
Indianapolis
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Jacksonville
West Virginia
Kentucky
International Union Organization
Union
Liquor raid nets 50 gallon still and moonshine
A Pike Run liquor raid yields a 50 gallon still and moonshine with a prisoner captured. In Troy, March 18, County Prosecutor L E Harvey vows further light on the Frances Drake Nesbitt murder as grand jury prep begins May 3.
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Pike Run
Troy
Frances Drake Nesbitt
L. E. Harvey
Jacob Nesbitt
President Coolidge Heads to Father's Bedside as Health Fails
President Coolidge plans to travel to Vermont this afternoon after learning his father John C. Coolidge suffered a severe sinking spell. At Plymouth the elder Coolidge worsened with heart failure. doctors describe his condition as serious with slight rallies. Quarters are arranged for the president and a small security detail. snow threatens the routes from White River Junction.
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Washington
Coolidge
Vermont
White House
John C. Coolidge
Plymouth
Cram
White’ House
Secret Service
Selectman
Johnson
Wives Cost More in Soviet Village Sale Records
In Koslovo, Odessa March 18 a village registry records wives costing more than husbands. Nash Okopna sold her husband to Mary Petrova for a bottle of vodka while Serge Seperenko sold his wife Donna for two bottles of vodka. Both transactions were registered with village authorities.
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Odessa
Koslovo
Nash Okopna
Mary Petrova
Serge Seperenko
Donna
Hoover Reveals Americas Invisible Exports To Europe
Secretary Hoover amazed foreign trade experts by detailing Americas invisible exports to Europe totaling nearly a billion dollars annually. The money flows as tourist expenditures, remittances by emigrants, and international money orders, far exceeding official debt receipts. He noted Europe continues to borrow and that US collections on private loans surpass government debts, with interest and repayments around six hundred million yearly.
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Hoover
America
Europe
Robert T. Small
United States
Ifrom
Finley Dies After Brief Pneumonia Illness
Chicago reports that exposure at a friend's funeral in Wheaton contributed to the death of William H. Finley, former president of the Chicago Northwestern Railroad. He died at his Wheaton home after a brief pneumonia illness.
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Chicago
William H. Finley
Chicago-Northwestern Railroad
Finley
Wheaton
Bids Due April 5 for Muscle Shoals Project
Washington reports bids for the governments 150 million Muscle Shoals project must be forwarded to the congressional Muscle Shoals committee by April 5 for consideration. Senator Duncan of Illinois, chairman, announced today.
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Washington
Congressional Muscle Shoals Committee
Dencen
Illinois
Girl Missing in Columbus Hart Case
Police assist the Hart family in searching for their 16 year old daughter Helen Hart a North High School senior who was last seen entering a car in front of the family home last Friday night two men were seen in the vehicle with her in the Columbus area.
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Columbus
Rev
J. M. Hart
Helen
North High School
Hart
Mercerized Cotton Named After John Mercer
Mercerized cotton gains its name from John Mercer who discovered a process to strengthen and gloss cotton fibers. This method enhances luster and durability, influencing textile manufacturing and fabric quality standards.
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John Mercer
Brookhart Contested Seat Faces Senate Unseating
The Republican party weighs unseating Senator Brookhart of Iowa after Daniel Steck's contest. A subcommittee voted to unseat him and the full committee is expected to follow. A Brookhart defeat could pit him against Senator Cummins in primaries, amid industry and farmer discontent shaping Iowa politics.
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Brookhart
Iaw
Daniel Steck
Senate
Cummins
Towa
Mr. Brookhart
Senator Cummins
Iowa
Coolidge
J. Brookhart
Prohibition Referendum Compared With Digest Poll
NEA Service from Cleveland reports a 1922 Literary Digest comparison shows 900k votes on prohibition questions. Digest results: Prohibition 356,193. Repeal 189,856. Modification 376,334. total 922,383. Current NEA poll totals 1,389,409 with Prohibition 257,973. Repeal 447,322. Modification 684,114.
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Cleveland
NIA
Literary Digest
NEA
Taxable Ohio real estate and personal property rise
The State Tax Commission announced that Ohio real estate and personal property listed for taxation last year totaled 12.679 billion dollars, up 429.887 million from the previous year.
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Columbus
State Tax Commission
Ohio
Spain Pleased Over Geneva Conference Adjournment
Madrid reports the Spanish government expressing satisfaction at the adjournment of the League of Nations conference in Geneva in an official communique issued today.
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Spain
Madrid
Geneva
U S Population Reaches 117 Million Mark
The census bureau reports the United States will reach about 117,135,817 people on July 1, with an increase of 1,759,923 since July 1, 1925 and 11,425,197 since 1920. Immigration and smuggling account for roughly 310,000 of the rise and births minus deaths exceed 1,447,900. Officials expect the 300 million threshold around 2030.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of the Census
America
Transplanted French Stomach Drives Soldier to Light Wines
Victor Murdock, a former U S soldier, says a wartime operation swapped his stomach with a Frenchman’s, creating an insatiable thirst for light wines. Doctors consider hospital observation as legal and medical officials weigh treatment.
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U. S
Los Angeles
Calif
Victor Murdock
Murdock
Peared
Foul Play Suspected In Snow Raid On Liquor Still
Sheriff Shaw and deputies raided a Pike Run site during a heavy snowstorm and seized a still with one prisoner in custody. Hayes Prichard, 17, confessed involvement in a liquor operation as bullets drove away two other participants. raid hindered by blizzard conditions.
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Farbearn
Hayes Prichard
Larkin Prichard
Ohio Penitentiary
Prichard
Logan
Filicit
A. M. Ellinger
Monkey gland expert eyes historic Grim aldi castle site
Dr Voronoff, famed for monkey gland research, is reportedly negotiating to acquire the ancient Grim aldi castle in Genoa to establish a new clinic. The move signals a high profile medical venture tied to the historic property.
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Genoa
Voronoff
Grimaldi Castle
Legion's Drive To Increase Pushed
The K. T. Crossen post of the American Legion will extend its membership campaign to May 5. Initiation fees drop to 3.50 during the drive, including a year's dues. A meeting at the Legion home on April 7 will discuss Renewal of Government Insurance with Dan Davis, Athens State Highway engineer, giving a short talk.
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K. T. Crossen
American Legion
Legion
Dan Davis
Athens
Reindeer King Arrives to Promote Meat Week
Carl J. Lomen of Nome Alaska known as the Reindeer King has reached New York to direct a campaign making reindeer meat a household staple. He will work with a national committee pushing a national reindeer week from April 5 to 10.
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New York
Carl J. Lomen
Nome
Alaska
Quake Recorded Near Fordham University Seismograph
A quake was recorded today at 6:59 a m by Fordham University seismograph. The event occurred about 2 200 miles south of New York, indicating a distant earthquake.
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New York
iFordham University
League Study of U S Application to World Court
Geneva March 18 The League of Nations council reviewed the American bid to join the World Court. British foreign minister Sir Austen Chamberlain told the council it would gauge whether the U S reservations are acceptable before acting on the application.
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Geneva
World Court
Council of the
League of Nati
Austen Chamberlain
Bri
Eq Cil
U States
Job is Complete finds body in Woodhaven Queens
An unidentified man was found dead in Woodhaven Queens early today with hands and feet tied and a rope wound around his neck. The discovery was reported from New York City on March 18. No further details were provided about the cause or suspect information.
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New York
Woodhaven Queens
Free Apple Recipe Booklet Offers 160 Uses
A 34 page booklet titled 160 recipes for apples is offered free by cen nan pee gens Urea. The notice explains readers can secure a copy by sending two postage stamps and enclosing a self addressed return envelope to the market below.
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