General Strike in Britain Intensifies Demand for Mediation
London reports show labor refusing Baldwin's peace talks offer unless the strike ends unconditionally. Taxi drivers join the walkout while Bishop of Oxford urges negotiations. King George urged to act as mediator as troops and police prepare to back government authority amid rising violence.
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King “George
Clifford L
London
Labor Today
Baldwin
Trades Union Council
Subway
Oxford
Winchester
George
Britain
Feeding of British population dominates general strike era
London May 6 United press report shows both government and labor leaders focusing on feeding 47 million for 3rd day of general strike. Food depots Hyde Park trucks, seven labor committees, and strike bureaus form to aid women and children while industry suffers fuel shortages and disrupted transport.
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Minnott Saunders
London
U.R
Great Central
Hyde Park
Trades Union Council
Council
Labor Headquar
Seven Joliet Convicts Captured After Priceless Manhunt
A gun battle across Northern Illinois ends with seven captured fugitives after they murdered Deputy Warden Peter M. Kisin, kidnapped jailer J. W. Keely, and escaped in his car. Two officers and several suspects are wounded as posse and vigilantes pursue across villages from Leonore to Marseilles.
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Max Buckingham
Joliet
Villeys
Illinois
State Penitentiary
Leasenore
Peter M. Kisin
J. W. Keely
Tain
Theonvicts
Keely
Klein
John Cassidy
Cassidy
Margeilles
Rands
Sandy Ford Valley
Leonore
Streator
Strikes Fail to Halt Buses in Stoke-on-Trent
Seven thousand workers staged a May Day strike in Stoke-on-Trent aimed at halting bus services. Police guarded routes as buses continued to operate amid the disruption.
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Stoke-On-Trent
England
Building Dreams: Free Plans Aid Home Builders
Our Washington Bureau offers a booklet with exterior views and floor plans of 60 brick homes adaptable nationwide. Send two cents for return stage and include your name and address to receive this free distribution aid.
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Washington
Tragedy in Bellaire as man kills two women and himself
Edward Davis, 55, a farmer, shot and killed his estranged wife and her sister Mise Florence Bennett in Bellaire before killing himself. The incident followed months of separation and recent real estate dealings. Mrs. Davis survived for about 30 minutes.
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Bellaire
U.pr
Edward Davis
Mise Florence Bennett
Davis
Miss Bennett
Miss Bennet
Mother's Day program to feature H W Kuntz and O J Howearth
Nelsonville May 6 Fraternal Order of Eagles will host a memorial and Mother s Day program at the Christian church Sunday at 2 pm. H W Kuntz of Zanesville and Rev O J Howearth of Nelsonville will speak with special music promised. The event recalls the Eagles role in promoting Mother's Day per War Mothers.
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Nelsonville
H. W. Kuntz
Zanesville
O. J. Howearth
Club House of
Kansas City Aerue No. 47
Order of Eagles
Cleveland
Nelsonville Eagles
Christian Church
Morocco War Restart After Peace Talks Collapse
Amid collapsed talks between Riffian leaders and Franco Spanish allied negotiators, combat to resume in Oudijida Morocco tomorrow morning after a breakdown in ceasefire negotiations.
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Oudijida
Morocco
Ohio Congressmen Slow to Embrace Farm Relief Bills
In Washington amid House debate over Tincher and Haugen farm relief bills, Ohio representatives show little interest. Subsidy figures cited range from 100 million to 385 million dollars. Begg of Sandusky questions bipartisan support and says Ohio Farm Bureau backing may sway votes. Both parties hold weekly luncheons without full focus on the bills.
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Washington
U.P
House of Representatives
Ohio
Representative Begg
Sandusky
Charles Truax
Haugen
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Begg
Nation rests on religion says Coolidge in White House talk
President Coolidge told the Methodist Episcopal bishops during their quadrennial White House visit that the nation endures only through the eternal verities of religion and that government rests on basic truths of religious thought to preserve the republic.
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Washington
U.R
Coolidge
Board For Bishops
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
White House
Women Voters Convene in Toledo for Ohio League Meeting
The seventh annual convention of the Ohio League of Women Voters opened in Toledo with prominent speakers on the program.
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Toledo
Ohio League of Women Voters
State Will Keep Hands Off Case
The Ohio Department of Education will not intervene in the case of George W. Christman Hocking county superintendent of schools charged with using influence to deny state aid to Marion Falls and Washington rural districts and hindering education. Director Vernon M. Riegel announced a hands off policy saying charges involving state aid are groundless and must be decided by the courts.
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Columbus
May
U.P
State Department of Education
George W. Christman
Hocking County
Vernon M. Riegel
Christman
Marion Falls
Washington
Riegel
Assistant county school heads reappointed by board
The county board of education announced reappointment of all assistant superintendents for the coming year at a meeting in the county offices. Named for continuance are D. O. Chappel L. F. Miller Edith M. Peyton Mabel G. Ballentine and Carl Porter with no salary change.
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County Board of Education
H. R. McVay
D. O. Chappel
L. F. Miller
Edith M. Peyton
Mabel G. Ballentine
Carl Porter
County Board
Medicine company cheated farmers by fraud claim
In Cleveland on May 6, government testimony convinced a federal judge that Bowmann Remedy company of Minnesota sold a bran and brown sugar based cattle medicine as a false remedy. The trial closed when the firm failed to produce witnesses. The ruling bars the product from the mails and paves the way for possible criminal charges.
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Cleveland
U.P
Bowman Remedy Company
Minnesota
Paul Jones
Break Off Peace Talks in Africa
In Oudida Morocco on May 6 representatives of the Rif and the Franco Spanish allies broke off peace negotiations. The Rifins refused to release French and Spanish prisoners until Rifian prisoners were released by the allies.
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Africa
Oudida
Morocco
U.P
NSW Coal Mine Engineers Vote to Strike Saturday
Sydney authorities reported that following English miners, coal mine engineers in New South Wales announced plans to go on strike on Saturday, signaling potential disruption to mining operations and supply chains.
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Sydney
Australia
New South Wales
Grand Jury Indicts Fifteen in May Term Athens County
The Athens county Common Pleas May term grand jury returned fifteen indictments from thirty eight investigated cases after three days of sitting. Charges include arson attempts against Bert M Thompson and Herbert Dillinger and arson by Arthur Frash and Loberta Frash. Others accuse James Gabriel Cecil Smith and Floyd Butcher of various offenses including theft and liquor possession. Some defendants did not receive true bills. The panel examined over 140 witnesses across 38 cases with A Dalton foreman and Judge Worstell setting next session for May 12.
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Grand
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Bert M. Thompson
Herbert Dillinger
Athens
Congress Street
Ohio University
A. R. Elsen
Columbus
G. O. Linscott
Howard Jennings
James Gabriel
the Plains
Clarence Lafollette
Cecil Smith
Redtown
Modoc
George Lindi
John Lindi
Pearl W. Helwig
Floyd Butcher
Ray Shafer
Edward Collins
Martha Cavell
Glouster
George Clark
Chauncey
Clarence Badwell
Nelsonville
Norris Goodman
Roy Bricker
Barbara Lindi
Alex Ondo
Marc«garet
Ondo
Louis F. Windle
Glen Ebon
Jerry Grim
Clff Augustine
Sugar Creek
Tom McCutcheon
W. D. Fleming
E. J. Backett
Stewart
Margie Powell
Love Loudermilk
Buchtel
Henry Saylor
Albany
Ambrose Perry
Fred Anderson
A. Dalton
C. D. Henry
Jacob N. Gainer
L. B. Glazier
A. F. Clark
F. H. Laughlin
E. A. Dutton
J. R. Wade
James M. Elliott
C. C.kerr
Harvey Householder
Pearl Miller
M. P. Totman
A. S. Bethel
A. O. Sloane
G. A. Meighen
L. G. Worstell
Miners to Seek Injunction Over Wage Scales
Union miners in Morgantown West Virginia will seek a court injunction to stop Cleveland Morgantown Coal and Connellsville By-Products from operating mines on wage scales lower than the union agreement. The move follows abandonment of the Jacksonville wage scale. The filing is planned for tomorrow.
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Morgantown
W. Va
U.P
Jacksonville
Cleveland Morgantown Coal Company
Connellsville By-Products Company
Fire damages Appalachian Hardwood Lumber Company in Cleveland
One man was burned perhaps fatally and about 100000 dollars in damage resulted when a blaze swept the Appalachian Hardwood Lumber Company buildings in Cleveland on May 6. The fire caused extensive damage to the plant and its facilities.
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Cleveland
Nurses of County Busy in April Home Visits
Public health nurses of Ath ens county made 1049 home visits in April per Miss Alice Haviland supervising nurse. They visited 83 schools and inspected 524 pupils. The monthly report lists cases including parental maternity infant welfare pre school school nursing tuberculosis contacts and other services.
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Athens County
Health Department
Alice Haviland
Radio Features in Air Tonight Selection Highlights
The United Press radio editor lists top tonight programs across major stations. WJZ New York 454 and WGY Schenectady 380 feature Nor man Van Ehrenfels Dutch tenor. WCAE Pittsburgh 461 Mozart choir. WFFA Dallas 476 8 30 P m M Central Standard Schubert Choral club. WHO Des Moines 7 36 P M Central Standard Music Week. WEAF New York 498 Jones and Hare.
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United Press
WJZ
New York
WGY
Schenectady
Norman van Ehrenfels
WCAE
Pittsburgh
Mozart Choir
WFFA
Dallas
Central Standard
Schubert Choral Club
WHO
Des Moines
WEAF
Jones and Hare
Woman Falls Into Abandoned Well Near Marion
Ray King, 32, fell into a water filled abandoned well here yesterday and was pulled out with help from rescuers. Mrs. King stood over the pit when the incident occurred and both were reported recovering from injuries.
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Marion
Ray King
Boa
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