Economic Outlook: U S Trade Edges Toward Slower Growth
Washington May 1 officials of the commerce department report a sturdy but gradual economic recovery with improved production prices and export trade. Textiles, coal and fuels, building materials, and foodstuffs show gains while retail prices ease and wholesale levels stay about 50 percent above pre war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Reynolds
U.S
Washington
Department of Commerce
Europe
United States
Braver
Traction Tie Up Likely as Wage Talks Continue
FAST LIVERPOOL May. A complete tie up of the Steubenville East Liverpool and Beaver Valley traction lines seems likely at midnight unless wage talks between city officials and Amalgamated Association representatives of Division No 52 resolve today. Bus service will be provided here in case of a strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Steubenville, East Livepool and
Beaver Valley Traction Company
Division No. 52
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employes of America
Tracnm Company
Will Dine with Battle Survivors at Columbus
Federal Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, now baseball commissioner, will dine with Civil War veterans in Columbus. The article notes his namesake battle at Kenesaw Mountain, where his father was wounded and a horse killed during the engagement.
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Columbus
Kenesaw Mountain
Ndis
Chicago
Russian Delegation Denies Secret Clauses at Genoa
Genoa May 1 General Teait Cherin commissar for foreign affairs and the Russian delegation at the Genoa economic conference denied any secret political or military clauses in the Russo German treaty conference or in a separate accompanying document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa
Teait ‘Cherin
Banks Half Holiday in Athens Banking Schedule
Banks of Athens to close each Thursday at noon starting May 4 and continuing through September 28. The Athens National Bank and The Bank of Athens announce the half holiday policy. Regular meeting Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. Sapper 6 p.m.
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Banks of
Athens
Athens Nat'l Bank
Sec
Bank of Athens
Sapper
Paper Shortage Forces Pink News Print At The Messenger
Due to a threatened strike from paper workers at the American mill orders have congested and The Messenger is short of white paper. The older order has not arrived and pink paper intended for the sports extra will be used for several days to cover until white stock arrives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Rutland Robbers Attack Mrs Marchington in Home Held Unconscious
In Rutland on May 1 two masked men forced entry to the Marchington home after Mrs. Marchington answered a knock for her husband. They beat her into unconsciousness and looted $15 before fleeing. Her husband found her later and notified authorities. A wide search is under way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland, C
Ed Marchington
Rutland
Tea Pot Dome lease sparks Wyoming oil dispute
Former Governor Brooks of Wyoming charges that the Interior Department handed over the Tea Pot Dome reserve to Mammoth Oil led by Harry F. Sinclair, strengthening Standard Oil’s monopoly in Wyoming. He says the lease reverses fair bidding and invites no outside drainage. Senator Poindexter supports claims of competitive bidding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Bart Campbell Washington
Tea Pot Dome
Wyoming Naval Oil Reserve
Mammoth Oil Company
Harry F. Sinclair
Interior Department
Standard Oil
Brooks
Wyoming
Kendrick
Poindexter
Washington
Strike Halts Work as East Liverpool Carpenters Walk Out
About 200 workers in East Liverpool walk out on May Day after contractors refuse to renew old contracts. Carpenters bricklayers and plasterers fail to report for work as contractors demand a twelve to twelve and a half percent cut.
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Liverpool
Becaue
Geraldine’s “Ex 4 Likes ’Em Flappy” Interview With Lou Tellegen
Lou Tellegen defends youth enthusiasm over morals as he comments on Geraldine Farrar’s era. He praises short dresses and says women should be a ray of sunshine for men, noting childlike laughter as beauty and urging actors to start in small parts. He criticizes U.S. stage schools as ineffective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou Tellegen
Berry Hotel
Geraldine Farrar
Lloyd George Still Confident As Genoa Talks Continue
London May 1 Premier Lloyd George remains hopeful that the Genoa economic conference will deliver decisive progress to revive Europe and ease international tensions. Austen Chamberlain relayed a message from the premier, who expects several more weeks of talks and a possible month before returning to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David M. Church
U.N. 8
London
Lloyd George
Genoa
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
Downing Street
Mr. Lloyd George
Debs Predicts Global Socialist Revolution in May Day Message
Eugene V. Debs of the American Socialist Party, in a May Day message printed by the Daily Herald, predicts an early victory for a more unified, aggressive international socialist movement. He declares capitalism bankrupt and socialism the rising power, with the Daily Herald as the British labor party organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eugene Y. Debs
American Socialist Party
Daily Herald
Labor Party
Revenue Cutter Sent to Rescue Whittier off Point Arena
The Union Line oil tanker Whittier is sinking on rocks off Point Arena about 100 miles north of San Francisco. The U S revenue cutter Shawnee is en route to assist. The Whittier has a crew of 20 men and the wireless operator has been ordered on deck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Union Line
Whittier
Point Arena
Here
United States Revenue Cutter
Shawnee
Uncle Sam Will Take It Himself
The U S supreme court ruled the Red River bed belongs to the federal government. The river marks the boundary between Oklahoma and Texas for over five hundred miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Washington
International News Service
United States Supreme Court Today
Oklahoma
Texas
Red River
England Not Ready to Fight Germany Over Reparations
In the house of commons Austen Chamberlain's government spokesman said Britain is not committed to cooperate with France on all military measures against Germany if it fails to pay reparations, signaling limited readiness to join a wider campaign.
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London
Great Britain
France
Germany
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
Harding approves $600000 levee aid for Mississippi region
President Harding approved an appropriation of 600000 dollars to assist southern states in reinforcing levees along the Mississippi River to prevent breaks and flood damage.
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Washington
Harding
Mississippi River
Notable Ohio Milestones From 1803 to 1909
The record notes Warren County formation in 1803 honoring Gen Joseph Warren. It mentions Gen Rufus Putnam and his 1824 Marietta death. It recalls 1849 Little Miami railroad opening Cincinnati to Springfield, 1850 marriage Ellen Boyle Ewing to William Tecumseh Sherman, and 1909 Rev John P Farrelly consecrated bishop of Cleveland.
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Warren County
Hamilton County
Joseph Warren
Rufus Putnam
Ohio
Marietta
Sutton
Mass
Cincinnati
Springfield
Ellen Boyle Ewing
Thomas Ewing
William Tecumseh Sherman
John P. Farrelly
Cleveland
New Clues Guarded in Girl's Death in Hoopeston
Police guard a fresh clue in the death of Miss Gertrude Hanna 25-year-old teacher found in the Hoopeston United Presbyterian church parsonage basement. Investigators probe preservative use and the hidden death spot while Johnny Wyman, once engaged to the slain woman, is released with an alibi.
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Hoopeston
Til
International News Service
Gertrude Hanna
United Presbyterian Church
Undertaker
Johnny Wyman
Palestine
Wyman
Grace
Bogart
Jos G. Fisher
Four Apartment House Is Begun on South High Street
Excavation started Monday for a new four apartment house at 13 South High Street. Erected by McKay & Mosure Realty Co the building will have two five room flats on each floor with private porches and a four room janitor apartment in the basement. It includes locker rooms and laundry and uses a modern flat water heating system. Designed by Frank McKay this will be the twelfth building by the firm since July and is slated for completion by October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South High Street
McKay & Mosure Realty Co
Frank McKay
McKay Mosure Co
Robbery at Bar Ends Cashier’s $2,000 Payroll Heist
In Toledo on May 1 burial Loup, cashier for the Holland Bread Company, was robbed of a $2,000 payroll by four gunmen who accosted him outside a bar. They forced him into a waiting automobile and escaped two blocks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Burial Loup
Holland Bread Company
Child Dies Under Truck in Akron
Nettis Hosteter of East Liverpool was instantly killed when struck by a provision truck in Akron this afternoon May 1.
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Akron, CO
Nettis Hosteter
East Liverpool
May Day Rallies Highlight Labor Worries on Communism
May Day demonstrations surged nationwide with labor leaders framing the strike as a fight against capitalism and communism. In New York 200000 gathered as Eugene V Debs called labor a struggle between slavery and solidarity while Samuel Gompers warned of bolshevik influence and foreign interference in U S unions. Benjamin Schelsinger resigned as ILWU president amid internal communist agitation.
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New York
Hart Mees
Eugene V. Debs
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Workers of America
Russia
Gompers
United Staes
Gomper
Benjamin Sehleseinger
International Ladies’ Workers Union
No trouble on May Day foreseen by US officials
Washington May Day passes with officials reporting no bomb plots or disorder. Attorney General Daugherty and William J. Burns lead a preliminary survey showing no outbreaks expected. Coal region reports show labor and operators far from agreement yet avoiding provocation. talks hint at possible amicable conferences.
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W. H. Atkins
Washington
United States
New
Daugherty
Department of Justice
William J. Burns
Bureau of Investigation
Abor Olering To Halt Fights
Following a night of sporadic firing in Dublin streets the Irish labor party resumed peace efforts. Advices from Dublin show little chance of early success. The laborites aim to curb military factions and place the free state under civilian authority. A state council to control military matters may be created before the general election to avoid military intimidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Wray
London
Dubliin
Irish Labor Party
Dublin
Ch'uf
Irish Laborites
Free State
Attempts Life of Chinese General Wa Pe Fung Wounded
London May 1 Gen Wa Pe Fung commander of Central China forces contending with Chang Tso Lin for Peking has been slightly wounded by an assassin. The report says the assailant was captured and summarily executed according to a Peking dispatch to the Evening News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Intnational News Service
London
Wa Pe Fung
Central
China
Chang Tso Lin
Peking
Evening News Today
Germany to sign Ukraine treaty similar to Genoa accord
A Genoa dispatch to L Information reports Germany will conclude a treaty with Ukraine resembling the Genoa agreement with Soviet Russia. The dispatch is dated in Paris on May 1.
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Paris
Germany
Ukraine
Russia
Genoa
L'Information
Athens County Lands Largest Share of State Education Funds
Columbus May 1 Payments were made by Joseph TY Tracy auditor of state to school districts across forty counties under the state educational equalization fund. Athens County received 104 591 the largest amount of any county with several townships and villages listed among recipients. The second and third installments are due within sixty days. The total paid thus far is 865 887 66.
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Columbus
Joseph TY. Tracy
State
Vernon M Reigel
Athens County
Gallia County
Locking County
Jackson County
Lawrence County
Meign County
Morgan County
Perry County
Vinton County
Washington County
Bank of Ireland Korich Branch Robbed by Bandits
A group of armed men held up the Korich branch of the Bank of Ireland in Dublin and escaped with unknown loot. No injuries reported. Police search ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Korich
Bank of Ireland
Not All of the Ohio Fruit Killed
Ohio fruit growers expect about half a crop of peaches and cherries and from one half to three fourths of an apple crop due to frost damage. Statistician West cites frost injury affecting 35 to 60 percent of Ohio apples. Also notes First M E Church Sunday school attendance up over last Sunday with 827 present including 253 men and 242 women and total offering $27.75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Weat
M. KE
Mr. Dupler
Father Is Making Record Train Run
In a special train from Mexico City via San Antonio Harry F. Sinclair chairman of Sinclair Consolidated CF Corporation speeds toward his six year old son Harry F. Sinclair Jr. who is seriously ill after an operation for double magtoids. The trip is described as potentially the fastest railroad run of its kind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
International News Service
Mexico City
San Antonio
Tex
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair Consolidated CF Corporation
Harry F. Sinclair, Jr
Secretary State appoints two-year county election board members
Secretary State Smith announced two year appointments to county election boards naming W. A. Carpenter of Athens and Atra Andrews of Giouster among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Smith
W. A. Carpenter
Athens
Atra Andrews
Giouster
Wet Governor Edwards to Seek Senate Seat in New Jersey
Governor Edward I Edwards a Democrat known for a pro liquor platform plans his campaign for the U S Senate seat at the September primaries. Senator Joseph S Frelinghuysen is the Republican front contender as Edwards pushes to liberalize liquor laws to permit manufacture and sale of Fant wines and beers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wet
N. J
Senate
Edward I. Edwards
New Jersey
Atlantic Ocean
U.S
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
Edwards’ssues
Early Produce Prices Mixed in Local Markets
Fresh early vegetables arrive in good quantities at reasonable prices with southward arrivals. Athens markets report late barley and cool weather delaying some produce. Prices show a downward trend for many staples while rice coffee and oranges rise. frost damaged Athens county berry crop per Dan Higgins near White Hall.
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Athens
Bar
Athens County
Dan Higgins
White Hall
Utah Senator Attacks McCumber Tariff as "Chemical Trust"
Senator King of Utah denounces the McCumber tariff as a tool of a "chemical trust" empowered to rob the public through resortorial rates embedded in chemical schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
King
Utah
Chary the “Chemical Trust
Short Time Is Fatal to Cons
In Ossining May 1 two Sing Sing inmates William Bell and Jacob Reesenwasser urged Warden Lawes that daylight saving harms death row inmates. They said the regular time schedule should be kept as they face execution within a week.
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Ossining
Sing Sing
Death House
Lawes
William Bell
Jacob Reesenwasser
Labor Injunction Halts Steamlockout by Local Traction Trust
Judge Carl Smith of Steubenville common pleas court issued a temporary injunction preventing the Steubenville East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction Co from enforcing a lockout at midnight. Local union 285 filed the action alleging contract violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville, O
Carl Smith
Common Pleas Court
Steubenville, East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction Company
Miner army treason trial witness links Blizzard to deadly clash
Jack Brinkman testified in Logan Logan County West Virginia that he was forced to join the miners army march at Blair and fought alongside William Blizzard's group. He said Deputy John Gore was killed when a wrong password blocked passage, and a preacher in the mineral army fired at Gore before fleeing with Gore’s gun and scabbard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlestown
W. VA
Jack Brinkman
Wiliam Blizzard
Danville
Pheputy John Gore
J. N. Wood
Brinkman
Als
Army
Blair
Brinkman Wise
John Gore
Logan
Mineral “Army
Gore
Ohio Auto Funds Divided Among Counties
Distribution of 1,259,107 dollars to Ohio counties for road improvements was announced by the secretary of state. The sum reflects receipts of the previous month from the state automobile department with Athens county receiving 6,975 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columpus
International News Service
Smith
Athens County
Interior to Compile Data on Leasing Naval Oil Reserves
Washington May 1 The interior department was stated to be assembling a mass of data to justify leasing the California and Wyoming naval oil reserves to private interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interior Department
Califoria
Wyoming
Old Army Man Dies Scranton Pa
Major General James McAndrew, former head of the general staff college of the United States army, died in Washington early today. The obituary notes his long service and rank as a senior Army officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
James McAndrew
General Staff College
United States Army
Washington
Nice Sum Given for Relief Work
The City Federation Women’s Relief Organization received 30.25 from Physical Director Thor Olson of Obie University. The proceeds from the men’s annual gymnasium exhibition were a success and will aid Red Cross relief efforts locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thor Olson
Obie University
Olson
Red Cross
Fighting Line Was a Long One
The Logan county forces and armed miners line stretched about 35 miles, drawn on a blueprint for the Blizzard treason trial in Charleston on May 1. M. B. Mallen of Madison testified the battle line measured 35 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Logan County
William Blizzard
M. B. Mallen
Madison
Free Cement Booklets Offer Detailed Construction Guide
Readers are invited to request a free Concrete Booklet from the Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington DC. The pamphlet promises specific instructions for cement construction, sixty three half tone illustrations, and tables on material properties. Return postage requires four cents in stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Adarese Iay
Frederic J. Hackin
Athens Messenger Information Buureau
Washington, DC
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