Mussolini Portrayed As Sinister Leader In Lecture
Australian poet Tom Skeyhill captivated an Ohio university audience with a dramatic portrayal of Mussolini. He argued the Italian leader channels badness to fascinate youth, dramatizing a sinister rise from bricklayer to dictator and portraying the fascisti marching to Rome.
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Tom Skeyhill
M. E. Church
Ohio University
Bie
Italy
Skeyhill
Europe
Rome
Chamber of Deputies
The Yellow Stub Ends Friday and New Serial Begins
Jimmy Rand solves the mystery of The Yellow Stub uncovering who killed Henry Rand and why, leading to a new happiness and future. The Messenger teases a next serial starting soon with reader guesses on its title and a Sunday winner announcement.
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Jimmy Rand
Henry Rand
the Messenger
NEA
Olga Maynard
Audrey Morton
Messenger
Murder mystery in Meigs County over missing man James McCumber
Meigs County officers question suspects in the brutal murder of James McCumber. Coroner Ewing reports four distinct blows to the head with a broad weapon and a sharp instrument. The body was found in an old well five miles from the Nuby home after McCumber disappeared March 15 following a party at Shorty Bryant’s.
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Meigs
James McCumber
McCumhber
K Ewing
Ewing
Jerry Nuby
Willis Hill
John Radcliffe
John Arnold
Nuby
McCumber
Condor Street
Bryant
Bryant and Nuby
Rock Springs Fair Grounds
Val E. Brown
Nuby Home
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Entry to World Court Far Dist ant Says Coolidge
Washington dispatch reports President Coolidge sees no reason to send a special envoy to interpret Senate reservations on World Court entry. Kellogg seeks acceptances from eight nations as the League of Nations shows possible formal contact, while the veto from irreconcilables delays U S entry. The issue hinges on reservations and potential official interpre tation by an American envoy.
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White House
Coolidge
United States Senate
Gue of Nations
World Court
United States
League of Nations
League
Geneva
Senate
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America tops world with one car per six people
Washington March 25 government figures show there is one automobile for every 6.8 persons in the United States. Over 20 million cars were in use last year, with New York and California leading registrations. total state and local highway revenue reached about 260.6 million dollars.
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United States
Bureau of Public Roads
Department of Agriculture
New York
California
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Ohio investigators deny political motives in probe
State officials Tracy and Crabbe respond to Governor Donahey after Toledo address. Tracy says investigations into state departments will proceed only with reliable information and will be fair to public servants. He hints at examining 1000 peach trees bought for Akron hatchery and probes of Donahey appointees.
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Columbus
Crabbe
Tracy
Donahey
Toledo
State Agricultural Department
Highway Department
Akron State
Harry N. Davis
Son charged with murder after cutting mother's leg off
Detroit police said George Markwardt 35 confessed to hacking off his mother's leg with a hacksaw and jackknife to end her pain. The 79 year old had begged for relief. Coroner reports the leg was severed above the knee and the body lay on a bed nearby. Sanity examination planned.
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Detroit
Mich
George Markwardt
George
Treasury Orders Probe Into Whisky Theft Claim
Secretary Mellon ordered an investigation of Representative La Guardia's charges that thousands of gallons of whisky were stolen from federal agents in Indianapolis. The move responds to a New York congressman's allegations and aims to determine the scope of the alleged loss.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Representative la Guardia
New York
Indianapolis
Predicts a long life for League of Nations
Sir Austen Chamberlain, honored with Freedom of the City of London for Locarno efforts, said the League of Nations is not a super state and will survive despite Geneva conference failure. He defended the Locarno treaties and stressed the League’s resilience.
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London
League of Nations
Austen Chamberlain
Locarno
Austen
League
Candy Kid Faces Murder Charges In New York Gang
Richard Reese Whittemore known as the Candy Kid stands accused of six murders as police promise further disclosures. The Whittemore gang, nine in custody, is alleged to have stolen over 1.9 million dollars in New York area holdups. Margaret Whittemore dubbed The Tiger Girl remains reticent.
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New York
Richard Reese Whittemore
Candy Kid
Whittemore
Gerald Chapman
Margaret Whittemore
Tiger Girl
Gangland Avenges Arrest Of Leaders In Huge Robbery
Chicago report says John Lafferty was killed in his sleep by two men posing as police, hours after Willam White and lieutenant Thomas Shupe were arrested for robberies nearly 200000 dollars. Father Valice Laferty confirmed details. Lafferty was shot as he slept, after gangland vengeance for squealing.
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Chicago
John Lafferty
Willam White
International Harvester Company
Lafferty
White
Thomas Shupe
Valice
Robert Lafferty
John
Flapper Preacher Says For Cat's Sake Among Girls
A remark attributed to a flapper preacher in the Midwest prompts a lighthearted note on social behavior. The joke highlights gendered performance and public scrutiny in 1920s American culture.
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Oklahoma
Iowa
Akron
Beacon-Journal
Annual Feast Honors Answered Prayer by Los Angeles Woman
Mrs. Joseph Martin, guided by gratitude for a 1912 miracle that saved her husband, presides yearly over a large village feast feeding the poor. From 218 West Spruce Street she coordinates volunteers, supplies, and a generous menu to serve all who come.
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Los Angeles
Qur_ Lady
Queen of the Angels
Joseph Martin
West Spruce Street
Logan Gas rate increase hearing resumes before utilities board
The Ohio utilities commission resumed its hearing on Logan Gas companys request to raise rates in Columbus. Six witnesses from Wooster Buffalo Pittsburgh and New York testified on the companys inventory and valuations noting Ohio gas fields are largely drained for over fifteen years.
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Utilities Board
Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Fenwick Ewing
H. M. Pope
Wooster
Ohio Public Service Corporation
Leigh Brown
Buffalo
Iroquois Gas Company
French Robinson
Pittsburgh
Iormer
Pennsylvania
H. EK. Eckes
New York
A. J. Newman
Ohio
America would conquer world with ideas, says Australian orator
Noted Australian Tom Skeyhill argues in a morning interview that America seeks world domination through ideas not military force. He cites democracy push, missionary funding, and educational influence as key tools and urges America to test its ideals before claiming global leadership.
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America
Tom Skeyhill
Egypt
Babylonia
Persia
Carthage
Greece
Rome
Britain
Germany
Mr. Skeyhill
Skeyhill
English Debt Talk Frames Britain US As Gold Bloated
March 25 report situates renewed British debt dispute with the United States after Winston Churchill's Commons speech on interallied debts. Churchill warned of a gold bloated America pressing Europe for reparations, predicting Britain will pay the U S half a million dollars daily for generations.
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London
United States
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
America
Europe
Germany
Britain
Science Triumph Over Mammoth Ice in Oil City
In Oil City and Franklin Pa the Allegheny River ice jams cleared as melting and a chemical explosive by Dr H T Barnes aided dislodgment. The Brandon gorge moved out last night and flood fears subsided as the river ran clear.
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Oil City
Science Today
Allegheny River
Franklin
Here
Brandon
H. T. Barnes
Montreal
Girls Walking a Trestle Killed in Cincinnati Tragedy
March 25 tragedy on the Big Four railroad trestle over Mill Creek and the Miami and Erie canal. Malisse Dillingham 13 and Louise 11, colored sisters, were struck by a passenger train and killed instantly as the Detroit Flyer rounded a curve. A freight train on the other track blocked their escape.
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Cincinnati
Mill Creek
Miami and Erie Canal
Malisse Dillingham
Louise
State to Take Over Indemnity Co in Mansfield
Franklin County Court of Appeals ordered State Insurance Commissioner Harry Conn to take control of the Great American Indemnity Co of Mansfield pending an adjustment. The action followed filings alleging insolvency and irregular financial statements to the state department of insurance.
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Columbus
Franklin County Court of Appeals
Harry Conn
Mansfield
State Department of Insurance
Hold George as Owner of Booze
Washington March 25 Prohibition agents early today arrested George I Cassiday 33 on bootlegging charges. Cassiday famed for dropping a suitcase of whisky in the House office building Saturday as guards challenged him. He is said to have a distinguished clientele among social leaders and officials.
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Washington
Prohibition
George 1
Cassiday
Steck Named to Seat Over Brookhart in Senate Panel
March 25 report by the Senate elections committee recommends seating Daniel F. Steck Democrat in place of Iowa Senator Smith W Brookhart. The Caraway report adopts the recommendation ahead of full Senate action.
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Brookhart Washington
Senate Elections Committee
Caraway
Daniel F. Steck
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Modern girls called dolls and mothers asked in jest
A reader from Zanesville Ohio wonders why contemporary girls are called dolls and recalls a motherly callout about saying ma ma when squeezed, reflecting slang and social attitudes in the era.
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Zanesville, O
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