Cabinet Officials Clash Over Navy Spending Powers
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of the Navy Denby clashing with Comptroller General McCarl over control of naval expenditures. Denby asserts the navy head's authority limits spending reviews, while McCarl plans to report to President Harding and Congress and may seek court action or arbitration by Attorney General Daugherty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Reynolds
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Denby
Comptroller General of
United States
Comptroller General
Navy Department
J. R. McCarl
Budget Bureau
Harding
Congress
Daugherty
McCarl
McCar
Navy
Sugar Price Probe Moves Fast as U S Officials Target Speculators
The Justice Department orders New York evidence gathering for a federal grand jury in a sweeping sugar probe led by Acting Attorney General Seymour. Investigators focus on alleged conspiracies and connections to Cuban refineries and plantation owners as they seek to expose those driving prices toward 20 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harding
Department of Justice
United States
Hayward
New York
Federal Grand Jury
Seymour
Cuba
Mine Workers Convention Edits Rules and Funds
Logan hosts Mine Workers convention where Marshall presides as amendments and resolutions are debated. Proposals cover penalties for nonpayment, strike benefits, burial funds for old members, and district to state constitution alignment with a vote on coordinating sub district and state funds. Delegates push for a state wide burial fund and fire prevention measures around Shawnee and New Straitsville with state aid requests. Logan is chosen as next meeting site over Glouster Athens and Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James KK. Taylor
IL. A
Richards
Burton
Kyre
Six
Marshall
Southard
Delgate Jones
Hutchins
Thompson
King
Summers
Swyers
Ricketts
Shawnee
New Straitsville
State of Ohio
Logan
Glouster
Athens
Nelsonville
Malian
Chesterton denounces Prohibition as anti Christian
In London Chesterton clashes with American policy saying prohibition harms morality. He cites witnessing heavy drinking in the U.S. and notes secrecy hypocrisy and treason against law. He condemns crowds watching a man burn a black man alive and argues prohibition sacrifices normal people to abnormal ones.
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London
America
G. KX
Chesterton
Two Emergency Surgeries Performed at Shelter ing Arms Hospital
Sunday two operations were carried out at Shelter ing Arms hospital and both patients were reported in fine condition Monday. W C McNutt aged 51 of Glouster had his appendix removed. Walter Lanning aged 9 son of Clyde Lanning of Floodwood underwent empyema treatment with a rib section removed.
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Sheltering Arms Hospital
W. C. McNutt
Glouster
Walter Lanning
Clyde Lanning
Floodwood
Death of Bucyrus High School Class of 1874 Member
Rev Tismilton A. Ott died in Topeka Kansas at 68. He was a member of the Bucyrus high school class of 1874 and is the first of nine classmates to die.
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Bucyrus
Tismilton A. Ott
Topeke
Kan
Bucyruy High School
Realty Leader Dies in Richmond at 46
Bruce Rowe 46 vice president of the National Association of Real Estate Boards died suddenly in Richmond Virginia as he fell ill within two hours his death attributed to acute something not specified in the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Bruce Rowe
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Gun sale leads to fatal shooting in Steubenville
Maurice Conley, a sportsman, shot and killed his companion Criss Walford, 28, in Steubenville after a man offered him a gun for sale. Conley had seen the weapon unloaded earlier. shells were later loaded without his knowledge. The gun discharged at a table, the bullet entering Walford's brain and killing him instantly.
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Steubenville
Maurice Conley
Criss Walford
Conley
Walford
Harding to be final arbiter in naval dispute
Officials confirm President Harding will be the final arbiter in the dispute between Secretary Hughes and Acting Secretary Roosevelt over elevating guns on U S capital ships. The status quo will stand until the president returns from Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
State Department
Harding
Hughes
Roosevelt
Florida
Fire Destroyed Garrett Buchanan Co. Building in Philadelphia
Firemen battled a five story blaze in the heart of Philadelphia business district last night. The Garrett Buchanan Paper Co. building was destroyed with losses estimated at 1,300,000 dollars after hours of high pressure water streams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Garrett Buchanan Paper Company
Cincinnati Heroine Fights Knife Threat to Save Escort
Helen Staffey, 20, shielded her escort Edward Hust, 21, from a knife attack near her home. Staffey was fatally wounded with the blade piercing her chest, Hust was wounded but not seriously. Doctors at General Hospital report Staffey in critical condition as the assailant Roy Walker fled.
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Cincinnati
Mar
Helen Staffey
Miss Staffey
Edward Hust
Roy Walker
Hust
General Hospital
Purse Lost on Pennsylvania Train West of Newark
Mrs. Co. W. H. Byers of Columbus reports her chamois purse containing diamonds worth $3,000 and $92 in cash was dropped from the ladies compartment of Pennsylvania train No. 53 between Newark and Central City. Police searched the five mile ground along the route but did not locate the valuables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
Co. W. H. Byers
Columbus
Central City
Police crackdown in Bucyrus nets several arrests
Bucyrus police end long inactivity with arrests for drunkenness and hootch peddling. John Webber fined 20 dollars plus costs after a car chase and police fired shots during the arrest. Three others fined for liquor possession and operating a sti .
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucyrus
John Webber
All of us wonder where on earth our money £ uch
A fragmentary item questions the whereabouts of money and value. It hints at concern over funds and economic confusion without clear names or events. The piece conveys a worry about financial security and the location of funds in general terms.
U S Accepts Plan to Extend Payment of Army Occupation Bill
The United States accepts the plan to extend over a long period the 256 million dollar bill for maintaining the army of occupation in Germany. Secretary Hughes sent a note to Assistant Treasurer Elliot Wadsworth in Paris to inform the reparations commission of the American acceptance.
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Washington
United States
Germany
State Department
Hughes
Elliot Wadsworth
Paris
Reparations Commission
Wealthy Doctor Seeks Adoption of Blue-Eyed Baby
The Salvation Army ran an advert in London papers seeking to place a blue-eyed infant with a wealthy single woman doctor. Within three hours about fifty blue-eyed babies were offered.
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London
The
Salvation Army
England faces national concern over anti smoking drive
London reports England fears an anti smoking campaign as the Que kett Miscrocopial club bans smoking at its meetings and the issue becomes a matter of public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Quekett Miscrocopial Club
Prohibition Raid Ends With Sauerkraut Scandal
Local report describes prohibition raiders surrounding a minister with a leaking package. Investigation shows the package contained sauerkraut that had been too generously maced.
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Eh Grport, O
Miners Claim Mule Knows When to Stop Work at Webb Mine
Miners at Webb coal mine near Shadyside Ohio claim a mule shows high intelligence by judging quitting time. They say the mule tests trolley wires with a whisker. if power is on a mild shock occurs and it continues hauling coal cars, but if power is off it leaves the mine.
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Shadyside
O. Mar
Webb
Here
Ohio
Webb Mine
Thriving Kentucky town nearly destroyed by morning fire
Ironton Ohio March 26 A large morning fire struck Thriving railroad town near Ironton destroying an entire city block. Stores and businesses including Gordon's Greenburg's Ride Nour's Scherer's Hackworth's Hill's Provins' Dr Potter's and others suffered major losses. Water supply was cut by the railroad to save the town after fire apparatus arrived from Ironton and Ashland.
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Kentucky
Ironton
Russell
Ohio
Gordon's Clothing
Greenburg
Ridenour’s
Scherer’s
Hackworth’s Drug Store
Hill’s
Provins
Dr. Potter's Dental
Ashland
O. Railroad Company
Bernhardt Fights for Life as Illness Worsens
Paris reports veteran actress Sarah Bernhardt, 78, gravely ill from uraemic poisoning with heart weakness. Doctors say there is little hope of recovery despite ongoing treatment and frequent specialist consultations.
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Paris
Sarah Bernhardt
Madame Bernhardt
Labbe
Madame Dernhardt
Prevost
Lenine Threatened with Loss of Soviet Leadership
Moscow dispatch reports hope faded that Nicolai Lenine can regain power. Pol itiken cites plans at the next communist meeting to propose Caplo Camenoff or M Rose feld as Lenine's successor in the soviet government.
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Copenhagen
Nicolai Lenine
Moscow
Politiken
Communist Party
Caplo Camenoff
M. Rosefeld
Lenine
March gales shut down oil field in Uniontown
Uniontown Ohio reports March gales largely halt oil production with twenty derricks in the local field knocked out preventing pumping and triggering disruption in the oil business.
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Uniontown
Harding candidacy greeted with broad support
Political advisers in St Augustine report Attorney General Daugherty received a flood of congratulatory messages after the 1924 Harding announcement in Miami. Prominent party leaders say the country was waiting for it and that the declaration would clarify the political atmosphere.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Harding
Daugherty
Miami
Water urged for health by Rev Edward Berger lecture in Lima
The Rev Edward Berger of San Diego California urged drinking water for health here in Lima on March 26. He warned against excess of any beverage and promoted water or other mild drinks as a safe choice for wellbeing.
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Lima
Edward Berger
San Diego
Cal
Oberlin College Mine Prom Turns Pajama Theme Night
Oberlin Ohio March 26 Mine students held their annual prom with all coeds barred. Juniors and seniors wore pajamas while sophomores dressed in class colors and freshmen in rags. No freshman allowed to wear a gown last week.
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Oberlin, O
Mar
Oberlin College
Kiss divorce petition filed in Lorain court
Verna Kiss of Lorain charges in a divorce filing against Alex Kiss a Lorain barber that she supplied him with food clothing and shelter and that his affection faded soon after the marriage.
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Elyria
Mar
Verna Kiss
Lorain
Alex Kiss
Rail shipments moved nearly 2.9 million autos last year
Officials reported that about 2.9 million automobiles were transported by rail in the past year. The figure reflects a broad pattern of strong automotive traffic and rail utilization across major corridors.
Robbed Akron restaurant owner beaten in cellar crime
Lous Nick a 35 year old restaurant proprietor in Akron was found severely beaten in a cellar at about 5 am. He suffered head and body contusions after an iron bar was used by a robber who stole about 100 dollars in cash and valuables rings. Police suspect Nick interrupted a burglary.
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Akron, CO
Fire deadly blaze on West Fifty-sixth Street apartment house
New York March 6 a fierce fire gutted upper floors of the six story West Fifty-sixth street residence trapping residents. Six dead two dying and six missing as three alarms drew police and fire units. dramatic rescues included a man lowering a improvised rope and a caped woman jumping to a life net.
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New York
Fifty-senth Street
Dora Keenan King
Bessie Innes
Joseph M. Gallahr
Anoth
Margaret Lee
Jamily Lee
M.C. A
Troof
Bessie Callahan
Jam
David Miller
Margaret Slater
Louise K
Miller Brothers
David
Miller
Milton Hughes Feels Improvement After Appendectomy
The condition of Milton Hughes city solicitor of Athen who has been critically ill at Sheltering Arms hospital following an appendectomy was reported as good Monday afternoon. He is resting easily and while not out of danger, his recovery is predicted.
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Milton Hughes
Athen
T Sheltering Arms Hospital
Chancellor Cuno Warned by Severe Cold
Chancellor Wilhelm Cuno, while in Berlin, remains in bed with a severe cold and is unable to act on government affairs today.
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