Traffic Experts Meet to Solve Nation’s Worst Tangle
A thousand traffic authorities from all states gathered as Secretary Hoover urged unified traffic laws and coordinated action. He said urban transportation requires broader planning beyond accident prevention, including pedestrians, railways, buses, and private cars, with strict enforcement and interstate cooperation.
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Washington
America
National Conference On
Secretary of
Commerce Hoover
Hoover
Mass Fire Destroys Heart of Town Business Section
Logan area reports a major blaze sweeping the heart of a Meigs County city wiping out the business district. A separate western Hocking County raid Saturday night netted five arrests for liquor offenses as part of a weeklong crackdown by Traffic Officer Farbearn and Constable Jake Karshner.
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Hocking County
Logan
Farbearn
Jake Karshner
Ross County
Pike Run
Eustace Pritchard
Roy Johnson
Rancy Nunkiester
Forrest Black
Charles Swalbaugh
Pritchard
Johnson
Hayes Pritch
Milt Rathburn
Frank McNaughton
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Department
Telephone and Electric Light Company
Scctions
Japanese Cigarettes Do Not Taste Like Tobacco
Tokyo report states the Imperial monopoly bureau acknowledges Japanese cigarettes contain only 20 percent tobacco. The disclosure explains the altered flavor smokers have noted.
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Tokio
Imperial Monopoly Bureau
Zanesville School Head Quits Over Chicago Trip Opposition
Zanesville state champion basketball team sails to Chicago for nationals despite strong opposition. Superintendent Fred Kirkendall resigned after the board approved the trip, with public opinion favoring the journey and more than $700 raised for expenses. Rumors spread that he will reconsider and withdraw his resignation.
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Zanesville
Chicago
Fred (. Kirkendall
Board of Education
Kirkendall
U S Attends Arms Conference Despite Doubt on Results
Washington officials say the United States will join the disarmament conference in Geneva though many doubt any lasting benefit. France seeks a yardstick based on potential war strength, not existing arms, complicating agreement. American officials note such a standard would reflect population, wealth, resources, and industry.
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Washington
League of Nations
Geneva
League
Senate
Senattle
Coolidge
France
Dual Organization Ineffective Says Ohio Miners Head
Conrad Wein of the United Mine Workers reports a Pittsburgh district dual organization increases production costs due to guards and labor turnover. Lee Hall urges miners to return to UMW and back District No. 5, eliminating two groups in the district. Berlin reports Reichstag to back Geneva policy by a wide margin.
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Ohio Miners
Nelsonville
Conrad Wein
United Mine Workers of
Hocking Field
Lee Hall
Pittsburgh
Hall
Jackson- Ville
United Mine Workers
Berlin
Reichstag
Geneva
Prohibition Vote Ends With Clear Majority Support
Cleveland March 23 nearly a million and a half votes were cast in a NEA Service national poll on prohibition. Final totals show 1 747 630 votes with 330 779 for retention, 517 866 for repeal, and 858 985 for modification to allow wine and beer sales. The result marks strong movement toward modification but no repeal of the eighteenth amendment. Thirteen states can block repeal.
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Cleveland
NEA Service
Literary Digest
Mystery contest prompts English word puzzle for Messenger
The Messenger promotes a contest to craft an English title from jumbled letters TNE HEMLOEW with E used up to three times. Audrey Morton and Harry Morton are central, with Nona and others in a forthcoming serial. Prizes total $10 led by best title and reasoning, entries due by March 26 1926.
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the Messenger
Audrey Morton
Harry Morton
Nona
Messenger
The
Webster's
Nesbitt Confesses to Murder in Rearranged Tub Scene
Troy March 23 Jacob Nesbitt testified to police and reenacted the February murder of Frances Drake Nesbitt in their home. He described a heated quarrel, then beating her with a stick and fleeing as smoke filled the house. Prosecutor Harvey said Nesbitt cleared up key points and no other man was involved. grand jury convenes in May.
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Jacob Nesbitt
Troy
Frances Drake Nesbitt
Harvey
Nesbitt
Miami County
Spillman
Wilcox
Frances
Jake
Rances
Dayton
Maye
Waters Rise as Drizzle Winds Down Flood Strife
In OW CITY on March 23 citizens feared fire as floodwaters surged but relief arrived when Sciegas crews opened a new channel under the ice dam. Leaders hailed the breakthrough in the battle against rising waters and the threat to the Repo bridge.
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Sciegas
Tes
Agate
Repo
Oil City Flood Fears Rise as Ice Gorge Threatens Town
Ice gorge six miles long on the Allegheny River between Oil City and Franklin holds fast as flood losses near a million dollars. Thermite and dynamite blasts attempt to break the ice while fire crews guard a broken oil line and prevent oil ignitions amid rising waters. Maj. J. W. Faber and Dr. H. T. Barnes oversee the efforts from Washington and Montreal respectively.
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Oil City
Here
Franklin
J. W. Faber
Wie
Wington
H. T. Barnes
Montreal
Dalby
Brok
Weather Bureau
Byrd Plans North Pole Flight With Josephine Ford Plane
The three motor giant plane of Admiral Richard Byrd is named Josephine Ford after Edsel Ford's 2 year old daughter. Byrd announced plans to depart April 3 for the North Pole expedition following strong test flights and backing from Edsel Ford.
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Washington
Licut
Com
R. E. Byrd
North Pole
Josephine Ford
Edsel Ford
Byrd
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Will
U. S
NEA
Tomorrow's Messenger
Burns
Martha Foule
Rutland
Rathburn Bank
J. N. Rathburn
Elza Barton
Barton
Joe Grueser
E. J. Snowden
Charles McMillan
Pearl Camp
George Carter
George Pratt
Henry Strailey
Rathburn's
Rathburn
Gallipolis
Grueser
RE. J. Snowden General Store
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