Ohio cities near end of largest gas rate dispute
Twenty Ohio cities reach a tentative agreement with the Logan gas company to settle a long running rate dispute. The plan would cut next year costs by about 150000 and return 300000 to cities through improved service, with a flat rate of 55 cents for gas. Gov Donahey supports extending settlement to nonparticipating communities.
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Ohio
Logan
Public Utilities Commission
Athens
Ashland
Bellevue
Bucyrus
Butler
Cardington
Fremont
Galion
Kingston
Laurelville
Willard
Elvrra
Chillicothe
Chauncey
Newark
Mt. Liberty
Mt. Gilead
Marion
Lorain
Raymond Cross
Supreme Court
Vic Donahey
Turn About County Notified by State Officials to Arrest Truck Drivers
State authorities notified Turn About County officials to seize and arrest truck drivers operating without proper credentials. The alert emphasizes enforcing commercial vehicle rules and roadside inspections across the county.
Dispute Ended In Gas Rate Case And Local Arrests
Athens Ohio reports a gas rate dispute wrap up after state officials ordered arrests of drivers of trucks over seven and a half tons. R Eb Douglas of Athens State Hospital fined for overweight truck. In Colorado a film crew suffered avalanche deaths atop James Peak as a blast triggered snow slide during a stunt.
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Athens State Hospital
J. W. Knox
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Carl. Porter
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Corona
Colo
U.P
James Peak
Rocky Mountains
Denver
Policy Committee Called To Meeting To Map Plans
Government officials were advised that John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, called the miners policy committee to meet in Iols March 28, four days before the expiration of the wage contract in the bituminous fields. The session aims to map the union campaign during a suspension of mining in central competitive Indiana, Ohio, and Western Pennsylvania. Lewis appears to have given up hope for joint wage negotiations with operators.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Miners’ Policy Committee
Iols
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Lewis
Creighton bill passes in house with intoxicated driving penalties
Columbus reports the Creighton bill sets a minimum six month driving ban and a $100 fine or 30 days jail for first DWI offense. Second offenses carry one to five years in prison. violations of court suspensions incur six to twelve months in county jail. The measure moves to the senate amid doubts. The era of tax reform faces scrapping as leaders weigh a half mill direct levy amid opposition.
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Creighton
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General Assembly
Unorganized Rural Areas Face New Gas Charge Rule
The agreement sets a minimum charge of one dollar for 500 cubic feet or less, effective after one year and lasting two years. Cities with separate deals already operate a flat rate of sixty cents per thousand cubic feet of gas consumed.
Meigs County May Face Contempt For Teacher Resolutions
Meigs County six public school teachers who adopted resolutions condemning Probate Judge Cora B. Roberts for fining Mrs. Cleota Frost for whipping a 10 year old pupil may face contempt proceedings. Prosecuting Attorney Dana Peoples announced. Mrs. Frost was found guilty of cruelty to a minor for whipping Ida Mae Snyder at Highland school. Her husband Everett Frost, a Highland teacher, was arrested on similar charges for beating David Hook 12 with a stick. He waived exam and was bound over to the grand jury.
Tong War Flare Wounds Two Chinatown Residents in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh today, two Chinese men were wounded as hostilities erupted between rival Tongs. Police reported the clash broke out this afternoon in the city’s Chinatown area and no further details were released.
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Pittsburgh
Stout murder trial sees rest of case today
In McArthur the state rested its case in the murder trial of Arthur Stout charged with killing his stepmother Sarah Stout last November. Testimony from Arthur Stout Jr alleged Inez Palmer killed Mrs Stout and William Stout, with the boy helping pour kerosene and ignite the body. The defense and prosecution traded questions as the case neared jury deliberations.
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Inez Palmer
Cantonese Attack on Nanking Triggers Foreign Evacuation
US Admiral Williams reports American civilian casualties as Cantonese troops attack Standard Oil hill in Nanking. Gunboats barraged to protect foreigners, consulates sacked, British vice consul wounded, Japanese consul killed. Foreign evacuation ordered by 10 a m with warship escort.
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Nanking
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Asiatic Fleet
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Hankow
Preble
Stewart
Shanghai
United States Naval
Care Refused Leaves Meigs County Children to Home
Judge Cora B. Roberts ordered Albert 12, Shirley 10, Franklin 9, Elsie 7, and Aaron 4 Medley children of Mr. and Mrs. John Medley Middleport to the Meigs County Children's Home after their father stated the mother refused to care for them.
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Albert
Shirley
Franklin
Elsie
Aaron
John Medley
Middleport
Meigs County
Cora B. Roberts
Jersey Borough Bans Knickers for Women on Streets
Collingswood New Jersey council adopts a public order ordinance making it a felony for girls and women to wear knickers on public streets with penalties up to $200 fine or 90 days in jail. Men are also restricted from wearing attire not customary to their sex.
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N. J
Noted Tong split wounds claim loses member Yee Hong
Yee Wing Hong, 26, died at a Pittsburgh hospital after Tong hostilities resumed. Yee Hong Yai remained hospitalized with leg wounds. Both men were On Leong members.
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Pittsburgh
Yee Wing Hong
Yee Hong Yai
Justice Moves Swiftly in Snyder Murder Case
New York March 24 Justice moved swiftly to punish Ruth Snyder and Henry Gray for the murder of Albert Snyder art editor of Motor Boating. Four days after Snyder was found beaten chloroformed and strangled in his Queens village home his wife and her lover were indicted for first degree murder with trial planned within ten days.
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New York
U.P
Ruth Snyder
Henry Gray
Officer must pay repair bills for garments worn on duty
A Columbus decision holds that a police officer who tears his pants or coats while performing his duties must cover the repair costs. Motorcycle Officer Sam Chick was not supplied with a new suit by the city and had sought reimbursement from the city auditor.
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Sam Chick
Destroyers Ordered to Shanghai from Manila
The U S destroyers Pillsbury Ford and Perry were ordered today to proceed immediately to Shanghai with warship movement to reinforce the Far East patrol.
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All at Sea Ends Tomorrow in Surprise Finale
Tomorrow the concluding chapter of All at Sea by Carolyn Wells will close the love and mystery tale. The Messenger readers have followed the serial for weeks awaiting the slayer’s identity and a final twist. A new daily serial Daughters of Midas begins Sunday on Magazine Page 1, detailing a department store owner, three female employees, his son, and others in a human interest saga about wealth, power, and love.
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Flying Elephant Sets Unofficial Speed Mark at Daytona Beach
Major H. D. Seagraves driver of the scarlet Flying Elephant allegedly reaches 166% miles per hour on Daytona Beach sands. The first northbound trial faced unrecorded timing due to police traps on recording wires, surpassing the prior unofficial beach record of 1664-106 set in 1923 by Tommy Milton.
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Declares Dance Halls Replace Palaces of Evil
Miss Evangeline Reams, head of the Friends' Rescue home in Columbus, argues that public dance halls have replaced old vice palaces. She cites a 20 year rescue effort, urges the Hill bill to ban Sunday dancing, saying over 100,000 are missing and the danger grows if the bill fails.
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U.P
Ohio
Evangeline Reams
Friends’ Rescue Home of
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Senate
Miss Reams
Mayor Has Right to Try Liquor Cases in Athens
The Athens mayor, under a 1920 city ordinance, may try liquor offenses including manufacture, sale, or possession. First offenses carry fines of 100 to 300 dollars, second offenses up to 500 dollars, with all fines to be paid into the city treasury.
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Athens
United States Supreme Court
Turney Held as Witness in Cincinnati Bootlegger Murder
March 24 authorities hold Harry Turney Reading in Hamilton County jail as a material witness in the Harold Fitch murder case. Fitch, described as an alleged bootlegger, figure in a development toward solving the crime.
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Harry Turney
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Hamilton County
Harold Fitch
Roy Haynes Named Acting Leader of Prohibition Group
Roy A. Haynes of Ohio was named acting commissioner of prohibition under a centralized enforcement system by Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. He will report to assistant Secretary Lincoln C. Andrews and gains vast control previously held by the internal revenue bureau for enforcement efforts nationwide.
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Roy A. Haynes
Ohio
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Haynes
Drys
Prohibition
Lincoln C. Andrews
John D. Pennington
Hayes
Internal Revenue Commissioner
Estate Condemned By City for Park Held by Sisters
Columbus March 24 U P Property condemned by the city four years ago remains in the hands of the Scott sisters who. despite writs and court orders, resist eviction to clear land for a park. They reject the 40000 awarded by the condemnation jury as court fights continue over rightful ownership.
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U.P
Scott
Miss May Scott
Woman held in shooting of Lee Gar 43 in Cleveland laundry
A white woman, wife of a Hip Sing Tong official, was jailed by Cleveland police in connection with the shooting of Lee Gar 43 at a local laundry today.
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Cleveland
Hip Sing Tong
Lee Gar
Ohio and United Mine Workers face off over wage terms
Ohio weighs suspending coal production as the United Mine Workers clash with non-union operators over wages. Ohio fears losing markets to West Virginia and Kentucky if the long stoppage drags on, while miners push for the existing wage contract renewal amidst political pressure and government intervention in prior disputes.
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