Great Britain mobilizes for great struggle in industrial ranks
May 1923 court notes Timothy OBrien faces May 24 trial for first degree murder linked to hiring John Hedricks to burn Susan Rhoades home. Dana Smith to testify. Hedricks pled guilty to killing James McCumber. Fifty jurors summoned. Frosty Sapp trial set for May 27 for murder of Sam Hill. Donald Eblin also indicted for Hill killing.
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Mrs. Rhoades
Hedricks
O’brien
Dana Smith
O'Brien
Smith
Forrest “Frosty” Sapp
Sam Hill
Richard Rhodes
Tim O’brien
Sapp
Still Explodes Wounding Couple in Wilkes Barre
A 100 gallon still exploded in the home of Morris Gourstein in Wilkes Barre Pa fatally injuring the man and his wife. Four children were overcome by smoke and fumes. More than fifty gallons of denatured alcohol were found beside the wreck.
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Wilkesbarre
U.P
Morris Gourstein
British Miners Expect International Support Amid Strike Crisis
London May 3 The British mine dispute triggers a national emergency as 4 million workers face a midnight strike. Prime Minister Baldwin’s talks failed and government mobilizes civilians and armed forces to safeguard essential services while miners pledge cross border backing from unions in the United States Canada Germany Belgium France and other nations. Frank Hodges notes miners’ abroad contacts and a Brussels backed resolution committing support to Britain’s miners.
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London
Baldwin
Fas
King George
Frank Hodges
Miners’ Organization
United Press
United States
Canada
Germany
Belgium
France
Brussels
Clifford IL
Inne
Ene Tire Trades Union Organisation
Great Britain
General Council of
Th Trades Union Congress
Stanley Baldwin
Royal Coal Commipe Sion
George
Win
Teers
William Joynson-Hicks
Rment
South Wales
Portsmouth
London Mail Today
Uni
Gigon
Glasgow
Tals
Pist
Gee
Education Board Upholds Military Training Decision
The Cleveland Court of Appeals today upheld the board of education’s right to abolish military training in public schools. The ruling affirms a April 27 common pleas court decree denying an injunction to prevent removing training from local schools.
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Cleveland
U.2
Board of Education
Cuyahoga Court of Appeals
Common Pleas Court
Bryant Trial Opens in Meigs County Court
In Pomeroy on May 8 Jerry Nuby and James Lewis testified for the state in the murder trial of John Shorty Bryant charged with first degree murder in the James McCumber case. The jury was sworn, evidence linked to Nuby’s home and the cistern where McCumber’s body was found, and Bryant’s party night was discussed.
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Pomeroy
Jerry Nuby
James Lewis
Kerri
Bryant
McCumber
Nuby
Lewis
Boy Drowns in Mahoning River At Girard
Steve Nestor, 12, son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Nestor, drowned when lured to the Mahoning River by warm weather. Six companions watched from the bank as rescuers recovered the boy's body.
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Girard
U.P
Steve Nestor
Thomas Nestor
Mahoning River
Nestor
Premier Baldwin Proclaims National Emergency in Commons
In London on May 3 the House of Commons approved King George’s declaration of a national emergency by a 308 to 108 vote. Premier Baldwin read the king's message confirming the emergency and moved the Commons’ reply that the emergency exists, noting the government’s strong majority.
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London
House of Commons
George
Baldwin
Commons
Bonded Debt of 88 Ohio Counties Surges Toward 1 Billion
Ohio counties including cities villages townships and school districts show a marked rise in bonded indebtedness. Over the past five years the funded debt increased by 368 million 877 thousand 258 dollars while 41 counties cut and 47 counties added to their total in the last year. Athens County rose from 1 839 962 in 1920 to 2 394 173 in 1925.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Tracy
Ohio Committee On Public Utility Information
Athens County
Quick Canned Food Recipes Booklet Offered to Readers
Domestic science experts gathered over 200 tested recipes using canned foods from soups to desserts. Readers can obtain the booklet by mailing a coupon with two cents for return postage, including name and address.
Three London Papers Idle as Staffs Strike Over Editorials
Three London newspapers did not publish as staff walked out or were locked out in a labor dispute tied to editorials condemning the miners strike. The Daily Mail was not issued, the Evening News and Evening Standard canceled afternoon editions, and the Evening Star delayed early editions amid strike threats.
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London
U.P
Daily Mail
The
Evening News
Evening Standard
Evening Star
America Accepts Frange Proposal To Fund War Debt
In 1926 the United States agreed to back France’s war debt funding to avert European financial collapse and a potential U.S. economic setback. Secretary Mellon pushed the deal, despite initial opposition from Senator Smoot and Secretary Hoover, as Premier Briand pressed for a decisive settlement.
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America
Frange
David Lawrence
Washington
France
United States
Andrew W. Mellon
the Treasury
Smoot
Utah
Senate
Hoover
Briand
Europe
Fight on measure to help farmers starts in Congress
Washington May 3 Administration leaders and farm bloc chiefs prepared for a fight over farm relief legislation. The Haugen bill faces House debate with a four day limit. Supporters seek Tincher plan with a farm board and 100 million loan fund, approved by Coolidge and Jardine, as a substitute option if Haugen fails.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Coolidge
Haugen
Treasury
Agriculture Jardine
National Farm Board
Haugwen
Ohio Briefs Urge Special Session To Reform Road Tax
A second letter urging a special legislative session to amend road tax laws has been sent to Governor Vic Donahey by Congressman Charles Brand of Urbana.
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Columbus
Vic Donahey
Charles Brand
Urbana
Shanty boat resident charged with murder after Melbourne shooting
Benjamin Tennebeck of Melbourne Kentucky was charged with murder after a camp near Melbourne experienced a fatal shooting of Paul Herzog aged 26 following a quarrel between the two men.
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Cincinnati
Benjamin Tennebeck
Melbourne
Paul Herzog
Nine young ministers graduate from Hamma Divinity School
The Springfield ceremony lists three Ohio men Erwin S Spees of Wapakoneta Herbert T Neve of Springfield and Emery R Johe of Carey among nine graduates from Hamma Divinity School at Wittenberg College.
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Springfield
Erwin,.s. Spees
Wapakoneta
Herbert T. Neve
Emery R. Johe
Carey
Hamma Divinity School
Wittenberg College
Man shoots landlord in quarrel. suspect jailed
Tony Horvith faces first degree murder charges after police say he confessed to killing John Kovacs Jr., 23, his landlord, during a quarrel in Canton.
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Canton
Tony Horvith
John Kovacs, Jr
Cleveland First Swim Victim Of 1926 Is 13 Year Old George Balmer
The first Cleveland swimming fatality of 1926 occurred Sunday when 13 year old George Balmer drowned after cramps near the Edgewater breakwater.
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Cleveland
George Balmer
School Fire Destroys Public Building at Cleves
Authorities investigate cause after a Sunday blaze destroyed the Cleves public school building with an estimated loss of 35000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleves
Inquest Probes Toledo Barn Fire Death
An inquest was held today into the death of Elmer Wheeler, 40, of Toledo, who was burned to death when fire destroyed a barn here. Wheeler's body was identified as his brother’s.
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Toledo
Elmer Wheeler
Wheeler
We Brothers
Hunts for North Pole of the Winds to Warn World
Professor William Herbert Hobbs leads a Greenland expedition to locate the North Pole of the Winds the source of deadly cold storms and hurricanes. Peter Freuchen joins with polar experience to man high ice cap weather stations for 48 hour storm warnings to Europe and the northeast Atlantic.
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Hobbs
Peter Freuchen
Freuchen
Knud Rasmussen
Israel Klein
NEA Service
New York
North Pole
William Herbert Hobbs
University of Michigan
Greenland
Earth
Equator
Professor Hobbs
Ice Cap
Atlantic
Europe
Torch Cuts Steel Deep Undersea Shipwreck
A device using a cutting torch designed to slice through steel at great depths has been devised for operations on a sunken ship. The invention enables steel cutting in submersible conditions, expanding underwater salvage and repair possibilities.
Court charges Nesbitt jury on first degree murder
Troy May 3 The state will seek to indict Jacob Nesbitt for first degree murder of his wife Frances after Judge Walter D Jones charged the county grand jury The judge defined first and second degree murder and manslaughter explaining premeditation and intent in the context of the slaying during a red rage surveillance
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Troy
U.P
Jacob Nesbitt
Frances
Walter D. Jones
Nesbitt
Britain near civil war says Premier Baldwin
London May 3 Premier Baldwin warned that Britain is nearer civil war than in centuries saying democratic freedom is sliding toward tyranny. He blamed past government interventions in the 1919 mining dispute and urged owners and miners to resolve issues without state meddling. He defended the subsidy as worthwhile to secure the Samuel royal coal commission report.
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London
U.P
Great Britain
Baldwin
Samuel
Royal Coal Commission
Herbert Samuel
Field Worker to Speak Here at W C T U Meeting
Miss Roberta D. Carnes field worker of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union will address the local United Methodist church meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m. She also speaks Wednesday to junior and senior high students on laboratory findings and sociological research about alcohol use and industry requirements.
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Roberta D. Carnes
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Miss Carnes
Britain Mobilizes as Virtual Martial Law Looms
London dispatch reports Britain entering a crisis as about 56 million workers face strikes or lockouts across coal, mining, and other trades. Government limits on civil liberty, troop movements, recruiting openings, and widespread press disruption mark a tense response to industrial action and fascist intimidation.
Former diplomat dies in New York at 76
May Strauss, former ambassador to Turkey, died today in New York at his Fifth Avenue home. He was 76 and had retired from public life after months of illness.
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New York
Strauss
Turkey
Village Fire Destroys Business in Georgetown
A large blaze damaged an entire business in Georgetown. Fire officials stated the cause is undetermined and investigations are ongoing as neighbors watched.
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Georgetown
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Hyde Park
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King's Action
Minot Saunders
Frederic J. Haskin
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