Senate IO Not Decided About Donahey Posts
Senate Rules committee weighs four Donahey nominations to Utilities Tax and Civil Service commissions. Huffman Bloom Hopkins and Archer may be confirmed. other measures include Bu en Bible, two appropriations totaling 375 000, and a plan for a new State Office building costing about 4 million.
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Senate
Donahey
Columbus
Senate Rules Committee
Utilities, Tax and Civil Service Commissions
James W. Huffman
Chandlersville
Earl 14 Bloom
Bowling Green
Utilities Commission
Rules Committee
William A. Hopkins
Cincinnati
State Tax Commission
R. W. Archer
Cleveland
Civil Service Commission
Pacific Ocean Measured Again Sparks Singing School Idea
The note suggests remeasuring the Pacific Ocean and proposes that finding a central point could suit a singing school. The fragment hints at exploratory work and an unusual educational notion tied to a vast ocean.
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Pacific Ocean
England scandal fuels headlines in 1925 story
Arthur Brisbane notes a sensational suit in which a divorced woman admits multiple marriages and her ex husband sues her. The case links to a man who married Carnarvon’s widow whose fortune aided hunting for Tutankhamen’s tomb.
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England
Carnarvon
Carnarvon Widow Acknowledges Large Settlement in Court
In a court session the Carnarvon widow tearfully admits giving her de facto husband half a million dollars to uphold his dignity. The crown may seek to intervene to revoke the divorce, leaving the widow heir to Rothschild wealth to ponder her future.
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Carnarvon
Crown
Rothschilds
Air Joyrider Court Martial for Unauthorized Flight
Private Boyd B. Elifritz of Bolling Field received dishonorable discharge and one year at hard labor after a court martial for borrowing a major's plane without experience and attempting to fly home. The radiator failed to open, the craft overheated, and he returned to the field where personnel pulled him from the wreckage uninjured.
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Washington
Boyd B. Elifritz
Bolling Field
Elifritz
Liska Murder Charge Expected Over Wife's Charred Death
Frank Liska faced possible murder charges after confessing in a written statement that he strangled his wife Catherine during a quarrel at their home. He claimed she urged him to tighten the kimono before he burned the chicken coop and tried to kill herself. Prosecutors questioned the account and sought a fuller statement before filing.
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Cleveland
Frank Liska
Catherine Liska
Liska
Siska
Edward F. Stanton
Lisk
Newport City Hall Destroyed by Fire
Newport Rhode Island March 24 Newport s 300 000 city hall was destroyed by fire John H Malloy a fireman was killed another fireman injured and two missing Malloy a captain plunged fifty feet into the blaze Major Sullivan led firefighters into the building and saved key city records
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Newport
R. I
John H. Malloy
Malloy
City Hall
Sullivan
First Time Parachute Escape From Air Collision Near Kelley Field
Two fast planes collided a mile up near Kelley Field Texas. Lieutenant C D McAllister and Cadet Charles A Lindbergh survived the crash by parachutes. This marked the first recorded instance of such an escape in history.
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Kelley Field
Tex
C. D. McAllister
Charles A. Lindberg
West Virginia mine blast raises fears of renewed mining war
Report from Fairmont, West Virginia describes an explosion at the Barrackville Bethlehem Mines mine near Fairmont that killed no one yet and sparked fears of a new mining war as the United Mine Workers threaten a general strike on April 1. Governor Gore rushed to Fairmont with state troops to safeguard the area amid tense conditions and reports of high powered rifles in possession of ousted miners.
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Bob Doorman
Fairmont
W. Va
West Virginia
Bethlehem Mines Corporation
Barracksville
West
United Mine Workers
Fairmort
Union
Grantstown
New England Fuel Co
Workers of the World
Matteri,s
Menard Gore
Mine Rescue Car to Visit Athens and Glouster Soon
The U.S. Bureau of Mines mine rescue car returns from Kentucky to Ohio to promote safety and first aid. It will tour Southern Ohio with stops at Pomeroy Jackson Wellston Athens Glouster New Lexington San Toy Corning Crooksville and assist state instructors in launching Ohio’s first aid program. The car will reach Zanesville two weeks before the July 18 first aid contest and work with the State Department of Industrial Relations.
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United States Bureau of Mines
Ohio
Columbus
Kentucky
Witter
Pomeroy
Jackson
Wellston
Athens
Glouster
New Lexington
San Toy
Corning
Crooksville
State Department of Industrial Relations
Zanesville
Black Diamond
W. M. Lacy
Mine In
Spector
Val E. Brown
Cincinnati Police Graft Scandal Involves Over One Million
In Cincinnati, officials announce that more than one million dollars in graft is alleged to have been collected by forty eight indicted detectives and policemen, twenty three others to be indicted, and twenty one Hamilton county liquor court agents. Victims include bootleggers and narcotic sellers with payments ranging from 1000 to 100000. One man says he paid over 50000 for protection since 1922.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County Village
Akron to Remove Married Teachers in City Schools
Akron officials move to not rehire about one fifth of married women teachers as terms expire. The board of education adopted the resolution after a meeting, aiming to weed out teachers deemed least efficient among roughly 200 wives teaching in Akron schools.
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Akron, O
Akron
Board of Education
Defense to Open Battle Today Upon Federal Charges
In Cheyenne on March 24 the defense will open its oral salvos in the Equity suit seeking to void the Teapot Dome lease to Mam moth Oil Co. President William Fall and Albert Fall are central to the case as John W. Lacey leads the Sinclair side. The government outlined its position yesterday with Senator Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts presenting. Roberts’ portrayal of the contract’s alleged illegality drew wide notice.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
T. Blake Kennedy
Teapot Dome Naval Petroleum Reserve
Harry F. Sinclair
Mammoth Oil Co
Albert B. Fall
John W. Lacey
Sinclair
Navy
Interior Departments
Pomerene
Owen J. Roberts
Roberts
Cincinnati police indicted in liquor law violation probe
United States Attorney May of Cincinnati conferred with Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt about the indictment by a federal grand jury of Cincinnati policemen for alleged liquor law violations. Willebrandt may assume personal charge of the prosecution if requested. further department of justice action will follow.
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Washington
United States
May
Cincinnati
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Willebrandt
Department of Justice
Ohio Lower House Passes Sterilization Bill
The Ohio House approved the Knapp bill by 104 to 1 to sterilize feeble minded epileptics and criminals, with consent for women. The measure aims to curb hereditary defect by state action, noting 2900 people currently reliant on taxpayers, and expected Senate approval follows. The plan cites medical and eugenic support and cites broader adoption in 23 states.
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Columbus
Knapp
House
Senate
M. Knapp
Medina
Ohio
Trial of famed bandit Hart on murder charge
Hartford March 24 Gerald Chapman America's master bandit goes on trial for his life charged with killing Policeman James Sheiley who blocked the escape of two safebreakers from a New Britain store last October 12. The defense claims juror bias and plans an alibi lineup while police cordon the courthouse.
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Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
America
James Sheiley
New Britain
Chapman
New England
Avon
Walter Shean
Springfield
Mass
Star Witness
Niles Riots Guilty Pleas Move Case Toward Sentencing
Eleven defendants indicted over the Niles riots plead guilty in Warren Ohio as martial law followed the unrest. Four face assault with intent to kill four with shooting with intent to kill or wound and three with concealed weapons. Judge James B Thomas will sentence tomorrow as trials resume.
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Warren
Niles
Land
James 8. Thomas
Portsmouth
Looters Raid Tells Of Liquor Busts On Court Street
A series of booze raids led by Constable Thomas Davies in Glouster ended with arraignments in Magistrate P W Helwig s court. Fines and costs nearing 1600 dollars followed arrests of Delbert Hill and Ed Wilkes for possession and illicit distilling. Hill faced an 800 dollar fine and jail until paid, while Wilkes got 150 dollars plus costs and jail time to coverMash and stills found during the Sunday night operation.
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Qld
Green
Court Street
Oakdale
Nelsonville
Thomas
Hill
Helwig
Athens County
Davies
Marner
Selber
Ed Wilkes
Wilkes
Athens Votes On City Hall Bond Issue In April
Legal notice announces a special election on April 28 in Athens to decide a 165000 bond issue for a new city hall and theater auditorium. Bonds require a two thirds favorable vote, with a simple majority insufficient, to pass.
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Athens
City Hall
Washington Street
Lawrence
Union Savings Bank Buys L. Witt State Bank
Bellaire Ohio March 24 The Union Savings bank today purchased the L Witt State bank and will merge under plans announced by the Union Savings bank the citys newest financial institution.
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Bellaire
Union Savings Bank
L. Witt State Bank
Dr Allen Returns From Chillicothe After Sister's Death
Pr Scott Allen returns from Chillicothe where he was called to the death of his sister Mrs Gertrude Purdun.
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DR. Allen
Scott Allen
Chillicothe
Gertrude Purdun
Osage Deaths Prompt $10,000 Reward by Kenneys
John Kenney and his wife of Oklahoma City have offered a $10,000 reward for the conviction of those responsible for the deaths of 17 Osage Indians who became wealthy from oil finds. They allege an organized gang is killing and intimidating Osage to seize their lands.
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John Kenney
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Kenney
Old Guard in Senate Loses Grip on White House Advisers
President Coolidge faces a volatile Senate as new White House advisers gain power. The Republican old guard loses influence after the Cleveland convention and the feud over Warren’s appointment. New managers Butler Gillett and Goff push policy despite opposition from veterans.
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Senate
White House
Charlies B. Warren
Boral
Couzens
Howell
Johnson
Norbeck
Norrin
Coolidge
New England
Cleveland
Curtis
Cumimins
Watson
Smoot
Butler
Bingham
Gillett
Goff
Famous Woman Buried in Marion O Hides Widow of Wealthy Citizen
Mary Harvey Wilson 80 widow of a noted Marion figure was buried in Marion Ohio on March 24. She was the mother in law of Jane Dizon famous New York writer.
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Marion
Mra Harvey Wilson
Jane Dizon
New York
Sewing Docket Free Manual For Women Who Sew
Free distribution guide offering practical sewing instructions. The manual presents simple projects with clear illustrations, encouraging immediate effort as spring approaches to complete planned garments and sews.
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Washington
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State House
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Howard
Gore
Dan Ahern
Frederic J. Haskin
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