New York Governor backs 2.75% beer limit and light wines
Albany March 27 Governor Smith says a majority in New York favors a Volstead amendment allowing light beers and wines with up to 2.75 percent alcohol. He proposes nationwide adoption of 2.75 percent by Congress and state level minimums via referendum, arguing it reflects public will and democratic governance.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Smith
New York State
United States
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Congress
State of
Michigan
California
Legisla
Death of Sarah Bernhardt Shocks World Paris
Messages of condolence from nations pour in for Mme Sarah Bernhardt who died last night. Her body embalmed and placed in a rosewood coffin as Maurice Bernhardt discusses the funeral. International honors expected, interment likely Sunday, with President Millerand and Premier Poincare among the first to extend sympathy. The clergyman says she died peacefully, like falling asleep, and she remained hopeful of future work.
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Frank E. Mason
I. N
Paris
Mar
Mme
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah
Maurice Bernhardt
Mme. Bernhardt
Millerand
Premier Poincare
Abbe Rissler
St. Francois
Bernhardt
United States
Ford Quits Post With Uncle Sam in Ohio
William J. Ford, assistant district attorney for the southern district of Ohio, resigns effective April 1. He will rejoin the law firm of Allard, Jones and Price in Columbus, after being appointed three years ago under former United States Attorney James R. Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
William J. Ford
Southern District of Ohio
Allard, Jones and Price
Ford
United States
James R. Clark
Police Seek Lone Highwayman After Akron Wounding
Akron dispatch reports police hunt a single robber who shot telephone operator Elizabeth Hawn twice in the right hip and escaped before bystanders could capture him. Hawn and sister Lucille were returning from a basketball game when seized from behind. The wounded woman is expected to recover.
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Akron
Mar
Elizabeth Hawn
Miss Hawn
Lucille
Frussell McHarg
Lancaster
Fall in value of Hungarian coin sparks rebel clash
Reports from the frontier say government forces clash with insurgents led by General Kronoy in Hungary as the currency fall and price rises trigger a general strike. Violence escalates with deaths and injuries, and demands grow for the resignation of Count Bethlen's cabinet in Budapest.
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Belgrade
Hungary
Kronoy
Count Bethlen
Budapest
Takes Trouble to the Courts
A suit to oust Mayor M. P. L. Kirchoffer of Massillon from office and reinstate Herbert Vogt as Lee city's chief executive was filed in the state supreme court. Vogt, removed by Governor Donahey for misconduct, has now brought a second action seeking reinstatement, following an earlier mandamus petition. An unrelated note states opening an umbrella indoors or cussing a policeman are signs of bad luck.
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Columbus
Mar
M. PB Ll. Kirchoffer
Massilon
Lee City
State Supreme Court
Herbert If. Vogt
Donahey
Massillon
Vogt
Joseph McGhee
Supreme Court
Mandamus
Brown Aims to Save Gas Tax Bill in Ohio House
Columbus March 27 Representative John T Brown Cham. County will seek to save his gasoline tax bill by offering an amendment to reduce current auto license tax by 50 percent The Brown amendment replaces a prior proposal for a flat 5 yearly fee for pleasure cars The Sullivan MacCreary education bill requiring 100 minutes weekly of PE passed the house and goes to the governor Three other house bills passed now to Governor Donahey including court constable pay car elevated railroad fare and emergency county surveyor repairs.
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Columbus
John T. Brown
Champaign County
Brown
Sullivan-MacCreary
Senate
Sy Davis
Cuyahoga
Lipp
Hamilton
Chadwell, Jefferson
Donahey
Ford Seeks Water Rights for Sandusky River Plant
Negotiations by Henry Ford to acquire water rights in the Sandusky river at Tiffin are under way. The plan is to use river power to operate a plant for making automobile accessories. Principal owner of the rights is Pr. W. Bason, a wealthy miller.
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Tiffon
2Far
Henry Ford
Sandusky
Tiffin
Ford
Pr. W. Bason
Coates to Be Secretary General of Puerto Rico
Secretary of War Wanks announced that Herbert I. Coates of Saranac Lake New York will be the new secretary general of Puerto Rico. The appointment was disclosed today in Washington and marks a key administrative shift for the island territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Herbert I. Coates
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Geneal of
Porto Tiico
Wanks
Execution of Catholic Prelate Harshly Threatens Polish-Russian Split
Warsaw reports Poland will sever ties with Russia if Arch bishop Cieplak is executed by Soviet order. Cieplak, a Polish Roman Catholic leader, was condemned to death in Moscow with execution set for Thursday. Britain Italy and the Vatican protested the sentence seeking relocation or expulsion. Polish prelates, largely native, spur national outcry and a diet resolution calls for international intervention on behalf of churchmen.
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Warsaw
Poland
Russia
Cieplak
Moscow
Great Britain
Italy
Vatican
Trusting officers recover hidden money amid bootleg scheme
Magistrate Helwig entrusted two five dollar bills to Reasy Harvey for a liquor purchase during a bootlegging sting near Mine No. 6. Harvey fled, leaving officers Sheriff McKinley and Deputy Cady in the rain for hours. He later sent a money order for 16 dollars by mail, claiming he would return the funds and blaming lack of official protection while still facing drunkenness charges.
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Helwig
Reasy Harvey
Smiy
Mein
Harvey
Enterprise Mine No. 6
McKinley
Cady
Katy
Ruthenberg Examined Calmly as Cross Questions Fly
In St Joseph Michigan on March 27 C J Ruthenberg co defendant and defense witness again faced cross examination by prosecutors. The Workers Party secretary and a leading radical linked to William Z Foster and the Bridgman raid showed steady Disraeli like aplomb amid abrupt questions about his whereabouts and actions, answering with ambassadorial poise.
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St, Joseph
Mich
C. J. Hruthenberg
Disraeli
William Z Foster
Syndicals
Ruthenberg
Workers’ Party
Hart Denies Paternity Claim in Out-of-Wedlock Son Case
Los Angeles March 27 An attempt to squeeze 40000 out of motion picture star William Hart lies behind charges that he is the father of a son born out of wedlock. His attorney John G Scarborough Sr today denied the charges made by a woman whose name is kept secret.
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Angeles
Cal
Mar
William
Hart
John G. Scarborough Sr
Railroads file to reopen case on mileage book discount
Western, Southwestern, Trans continental and the Baltimore and Ohio railroads asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to reopen the case. They seek to adjust the order requiring issue of interchange able mileage books at a 20 percent discount off ordinary fares.
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Washington, Mar
Interstate Commerce Commission
Western
Southwestern
Trans-Continental
Baltimore and Ohio
Miners Clash Over Agreement at Concordia Colliery
At Oberhausen near Concordia, about 2500 coal workers protested by tearing up a managers agreement with Wrench after the miners’ council had approved it, but the men refused to accept the terms.
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Concordia
Oberhausen
Argent Ik
Student Hurt by Explosion of a Dynamite Cap
Amesville reports Wilbur Henry a 1922 Ohio University student injured when hammering a dynamite cap thinking it a discharged shell. About 25 fragments struck his upper legs. index finger bone fractured. left hand and thumb flesh torn. Henry, son of Mr and Mrs D D Henry, was building a mechanical appliance at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesville
Wilbur Ienry
Ohio University
DD. Henry
Mr. Henry
Ethylene touted as new anaesthetic for obstetrics
Chicago reports ethylene as a newly discovered anaesthetic substitute for nitrous oxide. Dr Jasbella Herb of Rush Medical College endorses the substance found by Dr Arno Luckhardt of the University of Chicago after 16 years research. She tested it and noted rapid sleep and better muscle relaxation, predicting its value in childbirth.
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Chicago
Jasbella
Herb
Rush Medical College
Arno B. Luckhardt
University of Chicago
Luckhardt
Uplifting 18th Century Cures Noted In Ohio Display
Lima Ohio March 27. A 1765 medical treatise by John Wesley cites baldness cures using onion rubs plus honey and weight loss advice advocating a total vegetable diet. It describes an example of lifelong diet with milk and water meals and root vegetables to slim.
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Lima
Ohio
John Wesley
Hardin County
Clara Zetkin Arrested as French Take Leader in Essen
Clara Zetkin seventy, a favored communist candidate for Germany's presidency, was taken from a train by French military authorities. The red wave grows in Essen and Gelsenkirchen as communists organize in the Ruhr. They form storm troops and push for German negotiations with France toward evacuation.
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Essen
Mar
Clara Zetkin
Germany
Gelsenkirche
Ruhr
Important Subjects at Forum Luncheon Athens Chamber of Commerce
Subjects of local interest will be considered at the regular weekly forum luncheon of the Athena Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday noon. A wide range will be covered and is vital to those interested in Athens and Athens county. Full attendance of Chamber members is urged.
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Athena Chamber of
Com‘meres
Athens
Athens County
Chamber of Commerce
Veteran laid to rest beside three ancestors in grave
Robert Carson, a 27 year old World War veteran, died in the town and was buried with three forebears. One ancestor fought in the Revolution, another in the War of 1812, and the third served without bearing arms in the Civil War.
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Nortis Robinson
Mar
Robert Carson
Dormitories Cleaned at Ohio University During Vacation
A student at Ohio University remarked that dormitories endure beyond students as Rosd Hall Howard Hall and Lindley Hall received a full cleaning from basement to attic during the vacation. University men who stayed in town completed most of the work Monday afternoon, wielding carpet beaters near a girls' rooming house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maak
Ohio University
Rosd
Dry Officer Nash arraigned on assault charge
Dry Officer Dana N Nash of Nelsonville was arraigned before Mayor B A Johnson after roughing up Hip Corbin Sunday night at Trimble He pleaded not guilty and was bound over to a grand jury on a 200 bond The affidavit was sworn by Corwin CHICAGO Mar 27 Frank L Taylor former president of the First National Bank of Warren Mass was taken to Boston to stand trial on a federal warrant charging embezzlement
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Glouster
Dana N. Nash
Nelsonville
Corbin
Trimbie
A. Johnson
Trimble
Nash
Young Corwin
Chicago
Frank L.taylor
First National Bank of
Warren, Mass
Boston
Enherrlenent
King Scandal Aboard Daugherty Link To Dorothy King
New York reports dramatic developments in the Dorothy King case as Drayton Daugherty, son of Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty, is named as a friend and possible associate. He says he knew Miss King, denied intimate ties, and warns that blackmailers would meet force. Police say they have leads but lack sufficient evidence.
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New York
Dopothy Kee King
Drayton Daverty
Gene Harry M. Daugherty
John Kears Mitchell
Stotesbury
J. Morgan
Broadway
Drayton Daugherty
Atlantic City
Miss King
Daugherty
Atlantic
Dorothy Ki
West 57Th Street
Mitch
United States
Horothy King
Porot
King
Dorot King
Wife speeding to meet husband aboard Atlantic Coast Line train
A squad of railroad employes kept close secrecy this morning as Mrs. John Kearsley Mitchell the wife of the mysterious Joe Marshall in the Dorothy Ki murder case sped northward aboard the private car Lynnewoo on the Atlantic Coast Line train en route to Adelphia.
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Padelphea
John Kearsley Mitell
Joe Marshall
Dorothy Ki
Northwa
Pigley Wiggly Stock Barred From Illinois Trading
Illinois secretary of state orders the Pigley Wiggly company to cease trading of its stock in the state due to market irregularities. The firm reported stock activity on the Chicago exchange with prices around 56 dollars, while Selkirk notes and other details appear in the chaotic clip. A stray line mentions Sing Sing and a ball team, but the core action is the trading ban and price report.
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