Jury rush urged in Dorothy Ellingson murder trial
In San Francisco on March 26 Judge Harold Louderbach moved to speed jury selection for Dorothy Ellingson accused of murdering her mother. Physicians plan daily examinations as defense seeks a court appointed physician in attendance. Two women remain on the panel as the trial tests the girl's endurance amid prior fainting spells.
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San Francisco
Dorothy Ellingson
Harold Louderbach
Joseph Ellingson
Dorothy
State to Seek Exhumation in McClintock Case
Chicago March 26 The state plans to ask for exhumation of Mrs. William McClintock mother of Billy McClintock and Dr Oscar Olson brother of Judge Harry Olson a leading figure in the death probe to gather more evidence of a 17 year conspiracy alleged to culminate in the typhoid murder of Billy The petition for the order was drawn up and learned by INS today.
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Chicago
William McClintock
Billy
McClintock
Oscar Olson
Harry Olson
Dorothy Ellingson Collapses In Court Corridor
Dorothy Ellingson completely collapsed at the end of the morning session on the third day of her trial in San Francisco falling faint on the marble floor of the corridor outside the courtroom.
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AN Francisco
Cal
Dorothy Ellingson
Los Angeles to Make Second Bermuda Trip in April
The U S Navy dirigible Los Angeles will undertake a second voyage to Bermuda around April 12 or 13, per Navy Department statement issued late yesterday.
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Washington
United States Naval Dirigible
Los Angeles
Nermuda
Navy Department
House backs Singapore naval base amid labor opposition
The House of Commons passed a bill to establish a major naval base at Singapore. Labor opposed the measure, arguing it risks racial conflict and colonial tensions while the base could deter Asiatic threats and protect British workers.
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House of Commons
Singapore
Asia
Guam
Salvation Army
Senate Vote Defeats Inquiry Into Radicalism at State Universities
In Columbus Ohio on March 26 the Senate defeated a proposed probe into radical influence at Ohio State, Ohio and Miami universities. The plan would have funded a 2500 expense inquiry moved by Senator James R Hopley and blocked by a 19 8 vote after Senator George H Bender failed to suspend rules for immediate consideration.
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Columbus
Senate
Ohio State
Ohio
Miami
James R. Hopley
Crawford
Finance Committee
Fountain Heads of Learning
Legislative Labor
George H. Bender
Cuyahoga
Crawford County
Motion Beaten in Columbus on Hopley Resolution Probe
March 26 report states the legislative body defeated a motion to immediately consider the Hopley resolution. The measure would probe the extent of communist, socialist, and atheistic teachings in state-supported universities and colleges.
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Columbus
Hopley
Universi
Decision in Great Oil Case Delayed by Extended Proceedings
In Cheyenne Wyoming March 36 the Teapot Dome equity suit before Federal Judge T Blake Kennedy will continue as Owen Roberts the special government oil counsel delivers about two hours of rebuttal to two and a half days of defense arguments. The government seeks cancellation of the Sinclair lease on the Wyoming naval reserve amid charges of fraud and secrecy, with a decision not expected for two to three months.
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Cheyenne
Wyoming
Teapot Dome
United States
Wyoming Naval Petroleum Reserve
T. Blake Kennedy
Owen Roberts
Sinclair
Kennedy
Perry County has another shooting
Perry County sheriff Harley McNabb and a Santoy posse arrested Calvin Walters 35 of Santoy as he entered a restaurant after an all night search. Walters is charged with lying in wait near Augustus Storey’s Santoy store last night and grabbing Storey’s 16-year old daughter as she left, shooting her father who was fatally wounded. Walters denies the charge. He had a 45 calibre revolver on arrest and was jailed.
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New Lexington
Perry County
Harley McNabb
Santoy
Calvin Walters
Walters
Augustus Storey
Storey
Senate battles over Bible reading and tax bills loom
In Columbus on March 26 the Senate faces multiple fights including the Buchanan bill forcing compulsory Bible reading in public schools, possible rule changes to ensure passage, and opposition from Governor Donahey to the Dempsey corporate tax provisions. Amendments may favor domestic firms. The Tallentire charter city tax cap bill moves to Governor Donahey, and the Edwards-Myers fisheries licensing bill at $1 per year is ready for transmission.
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Columbus
Senate
Donahey
Tallentire
Charter Cities
House
Edwards- Myers
Calling Hundreds in Chapman Case in Connecticut
Hartford Conn March 26 juror selection moves ahead as States and defense seek favorable juror number 12 in the Chapman murder case. Judge Jennings orders a fourth panel of twenty Hartford men after the third panel is exhausted bringing veniremen summoned to 290.
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Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
James Skelly
New Britain
Connecticut
Jennings
Buckeye Bible Reading Bill Tied to Publishing Interests
Evidence suggests the Buchanan Bible bill to require Scripture reading in public schools is driven by religious aims. Critics say publishers are ready to profit from a law, with several books designed to exploit such a statute already circulated to and reviewed by the Ohio Department of Education.
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Senate
Buckeye
Columbus
Buchanan
Ku Klux Klan
National Reform Association
Ohio Council of Churches
State Department of Education
Ohio
Ohio Department of Education
Income tax cut sparks partisan clash over method and effects
Secretary Mellon advocates broader surtax relief while opponents warn benefits favor big taxpayers. Stewart notes Congress will likely push a 25 percent income tax reduction in an upcoming extra session, with lawmakers differing on how to divide relief and whether current spending trends will rise or fall.
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Charles P. Stewart
Messenger
Washington
Congress
Senate
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
William R. Green
House
Ways and Means Committee
Joseph Burns
House Appropriations Committee
General Howze to assume command of Fifth Corps area
Maj or General Robert L Howze current commander of the First Cavalry division at Fort Bliss Texas will take command of the Fifth Corps area at Fort Hayes Columbus Ohio on June 18 the War department announced today
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Washington
Robert L. Howze
First Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Texas
Fifth Corps
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Ohio
War Department
French birth rate declines amid population surplus claim
A brief report asserts the birth rate in France is dropping due to the country having too many people, presenting a contentious view on demographic trends.
House Acts to Speed Legislation Before Friday Recess
Columbus March 26 house leaders moved fast to avoid delaying Friday night recess. Speaker Harry B. Silver urged time be valued with two days remaining as Republican Leader Robert A Taft pushed a five minute debate limit and forbade more than two speeches per bill. Silver warned members to stay in seats and vote on the first roll call.
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Columbus
Harry B. Silver
House
Robert A. Taft
Silver
Deepening probe into Cleveland Discount Company affairs
In Cleveland March 26 state counsel pressed a case against Josiah Kirby and Raymond Poland former officials of the Cleveland Discount company as they sought to prove a false financial statement. William L. David receiver testified Poland controlled all funds and bonds and held the only key to a vault with over a million dollars in assets. The inquiry also drew objections when the tax duplicate for 1921 compiled by Malcolm Love was demanded from company records.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Discount Company
Josiah Kirby Aim
Raymond I. Poland
Bigley
Poland
William L. David
David
Cleveland W Discount
Malcolm Love
Senate Finance committee boosts Ohio appropriations
Columbus March 26 Generous increases in state allocations were approved in the Senate Finance committee revision of the general appropriation bill. Major additions include 2 300 000 for a new main market 6 900 600 for new inter county roads 25000 for a game preserve in Jefferson county 126 000 to purchase a dock at Sandusky 10 000 for a Buckeye Lake Canal fish hatchery 175 000 for psychopathic research bureaus at state hospitals 75 066 for plant and equipment to manufacture road building material by convict labor 38900 for Hawthorne den cottages 50000 for additional land 50000 for a sewage disposal plant.
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Columbus
Senate Finance Committee
Jefferson County
Sandusky
Buckeye Lake
Licking County
Hawthorneden
Fire Bug Causes Property Losses
One fireman was killed and many others overcome by smoke after all night fires in Binghamton New York. Investigators seek a pyromaniac as eight alarms toll in the business district causing about half a million dollars in property loss. Fireman Horace C Brainard drowned when the Coffee Den collapsed into a water filled basement.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Horace C. Brainard
Stagle Men Debate Life Enjoyment Without Marriage
The passage notes that many single men believe current habits bring more pleasure than marrying. It contrasts a life without marriage with expected changes a spouse might bring, reflecting attitudes toward companionship and contentment.
Disease germs blamed on tornado spread by Higgins to Athens Chamber
County Health Officer J. M. Higgins told the Athens Chamber of Commerce that the tornado sweeping Illinois and Indiana carried disease germs into Ohio. He cited reports of lung and throat illnesses after the storm and warned sterilization laws could curb future misery, urging support in the State Senate.
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Illinois
Indiana
J. M. Higgins
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Higgins
Ohio
Ohio House of Representatives
Chamber
LeFever
State Senate
Diate Seeks Sanity Test in Branding Case
In Oroville California March 26 examination of all witnesses to the Mystic Sacramental branding of Herman Schalow Briggs by the Bridley Assembly of God may be ordered. District Attorney Rothe plans to seek a grand jury review and may exhume Schalow's body for autopsy after discovering a $2,000 weekly life policy naming Mrs Annie Rhodes as beneficiary and statements of a nude dance after the branding.
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Oroville
Calif
Hermand Schalow Briggs
California
Assembly of God Church of
Rothe
Gan Ity Commission
Shalon
Mra. Schalow
Mra. Rhodes
Edward Rhodes
Ohio educator Dr Albert Cornell Jones dies in Cincinnati
Dr Albert Cornell Jones aged 68 and a retired Episcopal rector died at his Cincinnati home from uremic poisoning. He served on the faculty of old Ohio Central college at Iberia and presided as a faculty member when Warren G Harding graduated in 1882.
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Ohio
Cincinnati, O
Albert Cornell Jones
Episcopal
Old
Ohio Central College
Iberia
Warren G. Harding
Two Lovers’ Efforts Turned Rivalry Into Enmity
A handling of a romance attempt by two people spirals into a feud that pits a married couple against each other as their families press for alliances and revenge. The dispute centers on pride, loyalty, and social expectations in their community.
Seventeen Snakes Found Near West Athens Site
A west Athens discovery near the Steadman packing plant revealed seventeen garter snakes from one foot to fifteen inches. Bullet Guthrie and a companion uncovered the horde and slaughtered the creatures as partial reprisal for the Fall of Man.
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Garden of Eden
Athens
Steadman
Guthrie
Primary law for Ohio may not be changed this year
In Columbus on March 26 former State Senator J I Burke condemned an effort to abolish the primary system. The Algier resolution faced a tight vote as leaders expected amendments to spare state offices and the US Senate, needing three fifths to pass.
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Ohio
Columbus
J. I. Burke
Elyria
United States
House
Family troubles bring tragedy in Cincinnati
Pearl Smith, 35, a World War veteran, cut the throat of his wife Minnie, 30, during a separation, then slit his own throat and wrists. He is dying. Five notes accuse another man and his wife's relatives of causing the marital difficulties. He asked for a double coffin and to keep the other man from viewing the bodies.
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Cincinnati, CO
Pearl Smith
Minnie
Smith
Fire truck kills man in Cleveland traffic death
The forty second traffic death of 1925 was registered in Cleveland as Henry Bender a machinist was run down by a fire truck The driver was exonerated in the incident.
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Cleveland
Henry Bender
Shepherd Denied Bail Held Until Murder Trial
William D. Shepherd waits in Chicago jail after a court denies bail on murder charges connected to the death of his foster son William Nelson McClintock. Indicted with Dr Charles C Farman, Shepherd faces trial as he endures a tense start to Murderers Row confinement.
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Shepherd
Hai
William Nelson McClintock
Charles C. Farman
Allen
Citizens Request: Chauncey Clerk Ordered to Transfer Records
Athens county board of education met in special session to transfer Chauncey village school district to Dover township district. The measure follows a citizens meeting where Chauncey and Dover were urged to combine for a larger district. Transfer includes turning over funds and property, and reporting indebtedness.
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Chauncey Village
Athens County
Chauncey-Dover Township
Chauncey Citizens Committee
Harry Swart
Lot Border
John Seville
William Collins
Charles Shields
Ulery
Chauncey
Citiizens’ Committee
Athens
Athens County Board of Education
Chaufieley Village Board of Education
Dover Township
Indian intrigue revealed by girl in Bombay trial
Mumtaz Begum testified in Bombay about a ten year affair with the Maharajah of Indore and a son born in England. She described a plan to dispose of the child as part of a murder and conspiracy case involving ten men linked to the lover’s death and the attempted mutilation of her features.
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Bombay
Indore
England
Mumtaz Begum
India
Mumtaz
Words We Misspell and Words Woe You Need This Booklet
The Washington Bureau offers a free booklet for students on correct talk and writing. It covers common misspellings and misused words to boost school work. Send two cents for postage and request a copy.
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Washington Bureau of Paper
Athens Messenger Information Bureau Director in Washington
Frederic J. Haskin serves as director of the Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington D C guiding newsroom contacts and information flow from the capital to readers in Athens.
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Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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