Graphic tale of Miss Miami air disaster survivor
Submarine chaser 154 rescued pilot Robert Moore from the wreck of the Miss Miami after 48 hours at sea. Nine boats passed. two women died in Moore’s arms. August Bulte gave his last funds to Moore before perishing. Captain Smith said Moore’s sighting was providential as the craft sank in the Gulf Stream.
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Miami
Fla
Mar
International News Service
Atlantic
William Greene
Robert Moore
Miss Miami
Moore
August Bulte
Lawrence E. Smith
Kansas City
J. S. Dicksom
Memphis
Thers
Gulf Stream
August Butte
Larabie Flour Mills Corporation
Bule
Bulte
William Smith
Ina
Ohio wet-dry issue muted in campaign talk
Col. Carmi Thompson of Cleveland said the wet-dry question was decided by the people and will not become a campaign issue, except through law enforcement. His remarks came after news that C. Hemer Durand of Coshocton may seek the Republican nomination on a platform to modify the Volstead Act to permit beer and light wines. Thompson spoke amid GOP support and was en route to Wilmington for a non political address.
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C. H. Haddox
International News Service
Ohio
C. Hemer Durand
Coshocton
Wilmington
Thompson
Gang of Motor Thieves Faces a Chicago Court
Twelve members of a Chicago automobile theft gang are to be arraigned in police court. Police say the ring stole more than 1000 machines in recent months and operated a regular clearing house to market them. Included in custody is mounted policeman James Forbes and Lawrence Mangago, head of an auto accessory store. Mrs May Woods, formerly a stenographer for a local auto firm, also is among those held.
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International News Service
Chicago
May Woods
James Forbes
Lawrence Mangago
Isolation not practical says Pall Mall Gazette
London reports the Pall Mall Gazette, a Lloyd George supporter, states that isolation is impracticable as the US Senate ratifies the four power pact. It argues that leaving allies to labor and then demanding a share of proceeds is inequitable for any self respecting nation to accept.
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London
Mar
International News Service
Pall Mall Gazette
Lloyd George
United States Senate
One Woman Killed in Clifton Street Car Crash
In Cincinnati on March 24 a Clifton to Ludlow street car plunged down Clifton Avenue, collapsing into a Vine to Burnet car. One woman, 73 year old Mrs Barbara Franke, died after jumping moments before impact. Eight women and one man were injured. defective brakes are blamed.
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Cincinnati
Mar
Clifton-Ludlow
Clifton Avenue
Barbara Franke
United Mine Workers Leader Blames Operators for Coal Strike
John L. Lewis says two Pittsburgh and Ohio operator groups aim to break the union and raise coal prices by withholding work. He cites low 1921 days of work, average earnings of 700 dollars, and a planned April 1 mass walkout by 600000 miners seeking living wages.
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International News Service
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
United Mine Workers of America
I. N
Cleveland
Mar
Pittsburg
Ohio
National bank resources in the United States total 19.42 billion
The report shows resources of the national banks excluding rediscounts amount to 19 420 000 000 dollars. It lists total assets held by the system, reflecting broad financial capacity and liquidity across member banks.
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United States
Rickey Abode to Be Razed for New Athens Structure
The Rickey property on West Union Street, long deemed eyesore at the city entrance, will be razed for a brick business and residential building after the death of Mary Jane Rickey. Joseph D. Martin of the Athens Lumber Company announced the plan following earlier improvement of a nearby property.
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Athens
Mary Jane Rickey
West Union Street
Joseph D. Martin
Athens Lumber Company
Martin
Rickey
Union Depot
Jury Disagrees for a Third Time in Trial
In Cincinnati on March 26 the jury in the manslaughter trial of John D. Allen of Hamilton failed to reach a verdict for the third time. The panel stood six for conviction and six for acquittal over the death of former Congressman Stanley Bowdle after he stepped from a street car into an automobile driven by Allen.
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Cincinnati
Mar
John D. Allen
Hamilton
Stanley Bowdle
Bowdle
Allen
Three Columbus Bandits Sentenced to 95 Years
Chas Provence Walter Van Dyke and George Richmond were given prison terms totaling 95 years. Provence drew 25 years for the Hill Top Citizens Trust robbery plus 15 more for robbing Foster Brunner. Van Dyke received 20 for the December South Columbus holdup and 15 more for aiding Provence. Richmond got 20 for the Hill Top bank robbery.
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Columbus
Mar
Chas
Provence
Walter van Dyke
George Richmond
Hill Top
Citizens Trust and Savings, Bank
Foster A. Brunner
Kroger
van Dyke
South Columbus
Citizens Trust and Savings Bank
Brunner
Richmond
And of Iris by David M Church
Official notice from London that Lloyd George will return to 10 Downing Street to handle the Irish situation. The king shows grave anxiety over recent Ireland events. The government doubts Sir James Craig can maintain impartial order between Catholics and Protestants as fourteen battalions guard Ulster. Aims to end the raging North Ireland conflict amid fears of biased troop use.
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David M. Church
London
Lloyd George
Downing Street
Ireland
James Craig
Ulster
North Ireland
Ireland Costs England Enormous Sum Yearly
Civil service estimates published today show proposed payments to Ireland next year totaling two million pounds for criminal injuries 750000 for damages to North Ireland and a one million pound grant for general aid of North Ireland.
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Ireland
England
London
International News Service
Civil Service
North Ireland
Miners Set April Strike Across Union Fields
Illinois and national miners push toward a general coal strike starting April 1. Union leaders predict 800000 workers could join, with Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, and Western Pennsylvania fronts ready to walk out. Officials warn the stoppage may fail and disrupt the union.
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William J. Huske
N. S. Statf
Cleveland
United States
Canada
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
United Mine Workers
Drug Peddler Caught by Police in Dayton
Dayton police seized narcotics worth at least 3600 dollars after Eddie Bolin alias Edwin Shevlin confessed to selling dope. He paid a 200 dollar fine, was arrested last night, and is held for federal authorities. He admitted buying morphine cocaine and opium from a Windsor Canada source and smuggling to Detroit then Dayton.
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Dayton
Eddie Bolin
Edwin Shevlin
Windsor
Canada
Detroit
Mine disaster and school accident reported in two cities
In Trinidad Colorado a Sopris coal mine explosion trapped nine workers and killed nine others. rescue crews search for bodies while company officials declare no live rescues. In Uniontown Pennsylvania seven year old Charley Martin survives after a dynamite cap incident injuring him and several classmates.
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International News Service
Trinidad
Colo
Sopris
Colorado Fuel & Iron Co
Labor Solidarity Backing United Mine Workers
Samuel Gompers pledges complete AFL support for the United Mine Workers in the upcoming miners struggle, declaring organized labor stands solid as the rock of Gibraltar behind the miners.
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Washington
Mar
Rock of Gibraltar
United Mine Workers
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Crazed man tried to wipe out whole family
Cleveland dispatch reports Frank Srus 21 attempted to kill his wife two sons and two daughters then slashed his throat dying instantly A son Frank 11 is believed dying others expected to recover Police say unemployment and worry drove the act in a tragic family incident
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Cleveland
Mar
Frank Srus
Frank 11
Srus
Germany rejects sixty billion tax plan in Reichstag address
Chancellor Wirth will tell the Reichstag that the reparations mission’s sixty billion mark tax proposal is rejected. He protests interference with German financial sovereignty, pledges to meet cash and goods payments, and outlines strict budget cuts and revenue efforts in mail and telegraph services.
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D. Weyer
German Republic
Joffre to Visit Pacific Coast on Silver State
General Joffre will arrive in Victoria B C aboard the steamer Silver State from Shanghai early Monday and will tour the Pacific coast. The Shipping Board was advised of the plan today.
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Washington
Shipping Board
General Joffre
Victoria
B. C
Silver State
Shanghai
Pacific Coast
No strike benefits from United Mine Workers in Charleston
District 17 officers report from International Headquarters that no strike benefits will be paid. Funds will go to relief work and general strike costs. Rail unions are expected to offer only moral support. No rail strike or refusal to haul non union coal is seen as likely in southern West Virginia.
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John L. Lewis
Warren 8. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Railway Labor Board
Norfolk and Western Railroad
West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers of America
District 17
International Headquarters
In Junction Filed to Block One Hour Time Change
Newark Ohio March 26 A writ of injunction was filed by Wat Seward via his attorney to stop the county commissioners from turning clocks ahead one hour at midnight under an ordinance adopted by the city council.
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Newark
Wat Seward
Weather Outlook Predicts Rain Then Cooling and Warmer Returns
The weather bureau today issued a forecast for next week with showers and moderate temperatures in Ohio early, followed by fair and cooler conditions through Thursday or Friday. Warmer, unsettled weather with probable showers is expected to return later in the week.
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Washington
Weather Bureau Today
Ohio
Mrs W Charles Cornell Dies After Illness
Mrs Charles Cornell died Saturday at 14 Maple Street after a two week illness that began with influenza and developed double pneumonia. Funeral services are at the late residence with time undisclosed, burial in West Union Street Cemetery. She was 45 years old and survived by her husband and children Clifford, Elmor, and Mary Cornell.
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W. Charles Cornell
Maple Street
Gona Clifford C. Cornell
Athens
Elmor
Cornell
Akron
Mary
Cunard liner Italia aground off Buzzard’s Bay
The Cunard liner Italia, with several hundred aboard, left New Bedford and ran aground near Buzzard’s Bay. Early reports say the ship is not in immediate danger and is likely to float at the next high tide.
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New Bedford
Mass
Cunard Tiner
Buzzard's Bay
Coal strike antics and White mule booze reported in Cleveland
In Cleveland three thousand five hundred gallons of intoxicants seized by dry officials were destroyed as Howard Young pleaded guilty and paid a $2000 fine. President Harding adopts a watchful waiting approach with no injunctions or public appeals as the coal strike looms and officials debate its likely duration.
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Cleveland
Mar
International News Service
Howard Young
Cuyahoga County
Young
Goliath
Wine scheme to pay Rhine occupation costs proposed
Paris reports French grape growers urge using champagne and premier wines sold for medicinal purposes to fund the Allied war effort. Revenues would pass from the United States to France then to Germany to cover American troop costs, avoiding use of indemnity funds.
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Paris
Mar
America
Rhine
France
Germany
Ford Motorship Adopts Five Day Week For 50000 Workers
Detroit March 25. President Edsel Ford announced a five day work week for Ford Motor company employees. The plan affects all plants and keeps daily wages at six dollars, creating 3000 new jobs by reducing weekly hours while preserving earnings.
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Detroit
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Edsel Ford
Ford
Carpentier Open to Dempsey Fight Anywhere
Georges Carpentier the light heavyweight champion says he is willing to meet Jack Dempsey for the heavyweight title anywhere and anytime if the public wants such a fight Francois Descamps, manager of Carpentier, stated in Paris.
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Paris
Georges Carpentier
Jack Dempsey
Francois Descamps
Brown Files for Republican Nomination for Secretary of State
Columbus March 25 Governor Clarence J Brown of Blanchester filed with the Secretary of State his declaration as a candidate for the Republican nomination for secretary of state. His second term as lieutenant governor expires next January.
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Brown
Columbus
Whieut
Clarence J. Brown
Blanchester
Secretary of State
Outrages Hit Belfast With Shootings and Street Turmoil
March 25 report from Belfast notes a man a girl and a baby shot in one house last night. Several other killings and numerous murder attempts are recorded amid intense street firing. Main streets are in shambles, signaling a worsening violent weekend.
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International News Service
Belfast
Navy to create permanent naval reserve force
Secretary of the Navy Denby recommended to Congress today the creation of a permanent naval reserve force. The proposal seeks to formalize reserve manpower and integrate it into national defense plans. The statement came from Washington and emphasizes long term readiness.
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Washington
Naval
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Denby
Western Maryland Shop Men Strike Over Contract Wages
In Baltimore 2000 Western Maryland railroad shop workers walked off the job shortly before noon to protest the contract system and wage cuts. Expected to spread to shop workers at other road points, the outburst drew good attendance in the city.
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Baltimore
Western Maryland Railroad
Canned Goods Boost Housekeeping and Saving Time
The Athens Messenger promotes canned foods as a big aid to living with numerous recipes and minimal labor. Readers can request the booklet Recipes for Canned Goods by sending two cents for postage and their name and address to Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington Information Bureau, Athens, D. C.
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Washington Information Bureau
Saat
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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