Ohio Bell valuation cuts eyed as hearings resume
Ohio Bell Telephone Co faces steep reductions in outside plant value as state officials review figures. Attorney General Turner cites H R Allensworth data lowering labor and material costs, prompting possible a $50 million cut in reproduction cost new. Company counsel Burr vows to file numerous exceptions if objections are overruled.
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Columbus
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Public Utilities Commission
Edward C. Turner
H. R. Allensworth
Allensworth
Turner-Allensworth
W. J. Wagenah
Turner
Kart BE. Burr
Twitching neck muscle revived presumed dead woman
A woman about 30 was found unconscious on a New York bound train. A chloroform cloth and poison tablets were near her along with a crushed red rose envelope bearing bury me with this. Doctors declared her dead at Union Station but neck muscle twitched as rescue crews tried to revive her, with hours of effort reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pullman
New York
Union Station
City
Veterinarians Gather for Third Annual Conference in Columbus
Hundreds of veterinarians from seven states convene at Ohio State University in Columbus for the opening of the third annual veterinary conference. The gathering runs through Friday with sessions on latest veterinary practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Ohio State University
Pardon Granted to Ohio Liquor Law Violator Harry Hayes
Governor Donahey granted a pardon today to Harry Hayes of Steubenville, jailed in Stark county workhouse for liquor law violations after defaulting on his fines.
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Columbus
Donahey
Harry Hayes
Steubenville
Stark County
Record in rat hunt beats by Henry Chase in Albany
Albany reporters recount a bizarre contest where Henry Chase claimed victory by turning in three hawks heads four crow heads five rat tails and fifty eight mouse tails after a Saturday hunt. The editorial challenge asks who can surpass that strange tally.
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Albany
Henry Chase
Chase
Will Rogers Praises Lindbergh Wilson Prize Choice
In Thomasville Georgia editor Will Rogers comments March 21 on Colonel Lindbergh receiving the Wilson prize for international peace and goodwill. He jokes about Marines, flying senators and congressmen, and praises Lindbergh's aviation public engagement.
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Messenger
Thomasville
Lindbergh
Smith denies Sinclair donations to 1920 campaign
Governor Alfred E. Smith rejects claims that Harry F. Sinclair contributed to his 1920 campaign fund. In a letter to Senator Nye, Smith says records show Sinclair did not donate and had been appointed to the New York Racing Commission years before any oil scandal.
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Albany
N. Y
U.P
Alfred FE. Smith
Gerald P. Nye
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate
Smith
Sinclair
Racing Commission
New York
Robinson
Indiana
Navy Bill Lays Out Record 369 Million Expenditure
The Navy Department appropriation bill reports the largest naval outlay since 1922, totaling $369,190,259. It funds ongoing ship construction, aviation expansion, dirigible work, submarine salvage vessels, and maintains 318 ships with 8,745 officers and 3,250 enlisted men. Aviation receives $31,315,000, including five-year building plans and two dirigibles.
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Washington
U.P
Naval Establishment
Navy Department
House
Appropriations Committee
Marine Corps
Atlantic
Pacific
Canal Zone
Philippines
Hawaii
Navy
Annapolis
Woman to Get Free Trip for Getting Essays
Mrs. Clarence Roach of 25 Midland avenue tops the southeastern district in the Ohio Federated clubs better home contest and will win a free Washington trip with the winning group. About 1,206 essays were submitted from 141 schools with parochial schools contributing 196. Ironton led school counts with 194 essays.
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Ohio Federated Clubs
Clarence Roach
Midland Avenue
Washington
Ironton
Pomersy
Nelsonville High School
Lawrence
Athens
Meigs
Scioto
Ross
Pike
Jackson
Perry
Fairfield
Gallia
Hocking
Vinton
Pickaway
D. Dailey
Albany
Dorothy Briggs
Portsmouth
Faith Lanman
Ohio State University Home Economics Department
Prince of Wales rides De Comme in point-to-point race
In Niseley England on March 21 the Prince of Wales completed his eighteenth spill during the inter regimental challenge cup event. He was reported uninjured and continued to ride after the incident.
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Niseley
Eng
Prince of Wales
de Comme
Lindbergh Receives Congressional Medal at White House
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Coolidge in a White House ceremony. The honor recognizes his May trans Atlantic flight and was witnessed by cabinet members military officials and Congressmen.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
Coolidge
Lindbergh
Congress
White House
Army
Navy
Marine
Woman Who Perjured Must Serve Term
Mrs. Morris Seidenfeld admitted perjury in efforts to obtain a divorce and must serve one year in the Marysville reformatory. Judge Carl V. Wengandt favored the sentence as a deterrent while other Cleveland Common Pleas judges weigh whether to place her on probation.
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Cleveland
Morris Seidenfeld
Marysville Reformatory
Wulless
Cleveland Common Pleas Court
Carl V. Wengandt
Oil men testify on Teapot Dome leak boast in Chicago
Edward Buckley a former waiter at the Bankers' Club in New York testified in Chicago before the senators investigating the Teapot Dome lease. He said he overheard Harry Sinclair and James O Neil boast that Standard Oil of Indiana would “take care of any trouble arising from the Teapot challenge.”
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Edward Buckley
Bankers’ Club
New York
Chicago
Buckley
Harry Sinclair
James &. O'Neil
Standard Oil
Indiana
Flapper Wife’s Death Sentence Commuted in Canada Murder Case
Doris McDonald, once slated for execution in Quebec for Adelard Bouchard’s murder, had her death sentence commuted to life imprisonment. Her husband George McDonald, a Nova Scotia native, faces the gallows as planned. officials in Valley Field prepare for both outcomes. The affidavit seeking mercy for Doris was presented to Ottawa, while guards and machine gun protection remain in place at Bordeaux penitentiary.
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James R. Kelly
United Press
Montreal
Quc
Doris McDonald
George
Adelard Bouchard
Valley Field
Quebec
McDonald
Bouchard
Denver
Ottawa
Bordeaux
John McDonald
Sydney
N. S&s
Portland
Valleyfield Prison
Rockerfeller and Schwab firms lead wage contract breaking
Van A. Bittner told the Senate coal investigation committee that Bethlehem Mines and Consolidation Coal, both tied to Schwab and Rockefeller interests, abrogated the Baltimore wage pact in 1924 and 1925. He said the move set a precedent for contract breaking in West Virginia. Schwab and Rockefeller were subpoenaed to explain their actions.
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K. G. Crawford
Washington
U.P
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Charles M. Schwab
West Virginia
van A. Bittner
United Mine Workers
Senate Coal Investigating Committee
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Schwab
Consolidation Coal Company
Rockefeller
Baltimore
Bittner
Five Men Sought in Mine Mouth Attack at St Clairsville
Warrants issued for five men who fired at miners at the mouth of the Moonshine mine near Bailey's Mills to block workers. About 75 nonunion demonstrators halted cars while two score union supporters gathered. No injuries reported as Governor Donahey’s observers were requested.
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ST. Clairsville
Lawrence Jeffers
Bailey's Mills
Jeffers
Vic Donahey
Senate group will consider cut in taxes
Washington reports the Senate finance committee will take up the House tax reduction bill on April 3. The panel will decide hearings and hear Treasury officials on revenue from March 15 income tax payments. A Columbus report says a father and his two young daughters were killed when their car was hit by a train near Worthington.
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Senate Group
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Smoot
Senate
Treasury Department
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Congress
Columbus
U.P
Worthington
W. W. Colmery
35 Rebels Trapped Killed in Mexico Ambush
A Guadalajara dispatch says 35 rebels were killed in an ambush by federal troops, including their leader Miguel Gomez Loza. The pursuing force was said to target a priest named Pedrozo, Loza's alleged right hand man.
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Mexico City
U.P
Miguel Gomez Loza
Guadalajara
el Universal
Pedrozo
Loza
Ohio February employment figures show overall rise
Ohio business employment for February edged higher, with industrial employment about one percent below February 1927 and five percent above January 1928. Stark county up 12 percent from January and 4 percent from February 1927. Montgomery up 8 percent from January and 1 percent from February 1927. Harmiston Summit and Lucas counties also higher.
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Ohio
Sry
Ohio State University
Bell
Stark County
Montgomery County
Harmiston
Summit
Lucas Counties
Contempt case of Blackmer upheld by DC court
Justice Siddons rejects motion to dismiss contempt proceedings against Harry M. Blackmer the missing Teapot Dome witness and maintains $100 000 in property seizure pending settlement The ruling upholds the Walsh act allowing courts to subpoena U S citizens living abroad from Washington DC March 21.
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Washington
WUP
Frederick L. Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Harry M. Blackmer
Teapot Dome
Blackmer
Siddons
United States
Hoover Committee Is Selected Here
The Hoover For President campaign committee for Athens County has been named led by Judge J. M. Wood as chairman. Members include Mrs. A. E. Price, Mrs. J. W. Hudson, Mrs. John Finsterwald, Mrs. E. D. Sayre, Mrs. Hal M. Woods, Mrs. Homer C. Clark, Mrs. Frank R. Murphey, Mrs. J. A. Palmer, Mrs. J. S. Basom, Mrs. D. L. Jones, Mrs. A. Q. Sloane, L. W. Roberts, A. B. Wells, Henry Zenner, A. E. Watkins, Harry H. Townsend, L. Hoisington, H. L. Gilson, W. S. Bower, Bert Russell.
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Athens County
J. M. Wood
A. E. Price
J. W. Hudson
John Finsterwald
E. D. Sayre
Hal M. Woods
Homer C. Clark
Frank R. Murphey
J. A. Palmer
Bangor correspondent reports possible bodies found near Patten Maine
Bangor correspondent of the Portland Evening News said two bodies believed to be Captain Walter Hinchliffe and Miss Elsie Mackay were found on White Cap mountain west of Island Falls near Patten Maine. The report was unconfirmed.
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Portland
U.P
Bangor
Portland Evening News Today
Walter Hinchliffe
Elsie Mackay
White Cap Mountain
Island Falls
Patten
Maine
Plane wreckage sighted near White Cap mountain
Kelley of Pleasant River Pulp says Canadian Pacific officials asked for a crew to retrieve two bodies and wreckage spotted on White Cap mountain, 15 miles from Brownville. a party of 10 was to depart at noon, no Brownville sightings confirmed.
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Brownville
P—J. Kelley
Pleasant River Pulp Company
Kerg
Canadian Pacific Railroad
White Cap Mountain
United Press Today
Kelley
Bankers Meet for Rural Agriculture Seminar at OSU
More than 100 bankers from institutions serving rural communities gathered at Ohio State University for the third annual two day school in agriculture. The course, arranged by the Ohio Bankers' Association with the university, aims to outline farmers problems and perspectives for bankers.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio State University
Ohio Bankers’ Association
Oil Bonds Probe Resumes Amid Political Skirmish
The Teapot Dome inquiry resumes as Republicans Independents and Democrats press for information on oil bonds and a Couzens resolution demanding Secretary Mellon's resignation. Witnesses Wilbur McAdoo and Merr Baldwin testify while private investigators probe Will Hays and back accounts tied to oil bond activity.
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Mellon
Washington
Recans
Senate
Couzens
Treasury Mellon
Republica Michigan
United Press
Will Ha
Republi
Liberty Bonds
Harry Sinclair
Wilbur Mar
Democrat National Committee
Merr
Baldwin
Sinclair
Sullivas Inc
Will Hays
Okie
C. E. Schaefner
President Roleing
Partiarly
Harding Paper
Marton
Star
Laundry worker killed in accident at Newcomer 506
At Newcomer 506 in Lima a laundry worker died after tripping and striking his head on a stone. The incident occurred around March 21 according to local reports.
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Fal
Lima
U.R
Newcomer
Laundry
Defiance Driver Sued for 25000 Damages Over Crash
March 21 Defiance court hears claim by James Bayliss against the city of Defiance over a truck crash that caused permanent injuries after hitting a traffic post. The suit seeks twenty five thousand dollars.
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Defiance
James
Bayliss
Portrait of Charles A Lindbergh offered by Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger announces autographed Lindbergh portraits on cameo cards available via the Wayne Information Bureau. The portrait, sized nine inches or framed larger, is sold for a small stamp price and may be ordered with a coupon.
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Athens
Charles A. Lindbergh
Witon Information Bureau
Lindbergh
Nat
Coldbenisbergh
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Richland Avenue
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Ohio State Uni
F. L. Siddons
Hoover Committee
Hinchliffe
Miss Mackay
Couzens Active
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Hays
Harding
Nye
Walsh
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