Fall of Peking Expected as Chinese Advance Presses South
Japanese officials report a steady nationalist push toward Peking and Tiensin with capture of Peking anticipated momentarily. General Chang Tso Lin is expected to retire to Manchuria as Chinese forces retreat from their defenses. Relations between Japan and China remain quiet and a peace deal is reported from Tsinan.
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Tokio
Peking
Tiensin
Chang Tso Lin
Manchuria
Chang
Tsinan
Foreigners in Tiensin Peking deemed safe amid rapid China war shifts
Washington reports that swift changes in the Chinese military situation raise confidence that Americans and other foreigners in Tiensin and Peking will not face disorders like Nanking or Tsiwan. Officials credit suppression of unruly nationalist elements and praise Feng Yu Hsiang and Yen Hsi-Shan for taking charge of the drive on Peking to protect foreigners.
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Washington
U.R
Peking
Tiensin
Tsinwan
United Press
Tsiwan
Feng Yu Hsiang
Yen Hsi-Shan
Tvsup
Water Shut Off Planned on North Lancaster District
Water will be shut off at 6 30 AM tomorrow from Lancaster street Fremont to State, Fremont and Mound streets, and Carpenter street from Congress to Lancaster while a hydrant is moved and new service lines are installed. Service Director G M Romine notes the outage will end after at least 11 AM.
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Lancaster Street
G. M. Romine
Fremont
State Streets
Mound
Carpenter Street
Congress
Lancaster Streets
Bremen Crew Honored In St Louis Parade
St Louis paid tribute to the Bremen crew with a civic parade reception by Mayor Victor J. Miller a ground breaking for a German house luncheon with August A Busch and a Chamber of Commerce dinner. Von Huenefeld Fitzmaurice and Koel arrived after a 350 mile flight with ceremony at Lincoln tomb Springfield Illinois.
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ST. Louis
Bremen
Victor J. Miller
August A. Busch
Chamber of Commerce
Baron Guenther von Huenefeld
James Fitzmaurice
Hermann Koel
Milwaukee
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Ill
No Signs of Life as College Student Remains Unconscious
Helen Buschmann a 19 year old Lake Erie college sophomore enters her fifth month of unconsciousness four months after being struck by a bus. Physicians at Lake Memorial hospital report no signs of life aside from slight eyelid flutter and continue liquid feeding.
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Painesville
Helen Buschmann
Lake Erie College
Lake Memorial Hospital
Pennsylvania Delegation Supports Hoover for Republican Nomination
Washington May 15 U R Strong Pennsylvania Republican delegates will back Herbert Hoover for the GOP nomination barring unforeseen events before June 12. Secretary Mellon’s Philadelphia remarks hint at Hoover’s viability while keeping a drafting loophole for Coolidge. Mellon believes Hoover would win if nominated and serve well as president.
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Washington
U.R
Pennsylvania
Herbert Hoover
Mellon
Pennsylvania State Republican Committee
Coolidge
Hero of World War Will Be Pardoned
A pardon for Edgar M. Halyburton, serving a Canton workhouse term for prohibition violations, was being prepared in Governor Donahey's office. The action follows a recommendation by State Prohibition Director B. F. McDonald and Canton Prosecuting Attorney Henry Harter, who cited Halyburton's exceptional World War II record.
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Columbus
U.P
Vic Donahey
Edgar M. Halyburton
Canton
B. F. McDonald
Henry Harter
Halyburton
Flood control bill signed by President gives $10 million immediate funds
President Coolidge today signed the $325 million Jones Reid Mississippi flood control bill to curb the river's floods. Immediate $10 million is released for the new flood board and Mississippi River Commission to begin plans on the large project, with further funds to follow over ten years.
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Washington
U.S
Coolidge
Jones-Reid
Special Flood Board
Mississippi River Commission
Panama Canal
Army
Cape Girardeau
Rock Island
Athens Grange program announced for Thursday
Athens Grange No 1689 meets at the Jacksonville schoolhouse at 7 30 p m Thursday. The program includes Scripture 23rd Psalm the Lord s Prayer in unison musical pieces Wilma Welsh violin Lois McHarg piano recitations Mothers Greeting Mothers Job Mother We Can Have Only One Mother One Sweetly Solemn Thought Memorial address Amos Driggs Abide With Me and a roll call of deceased members with altar decoration.
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Athens Grange No. 1689
Jacksonville
Wilma Welsh
Lois McHarg
Eileen Jacoby
Anna Jacoby
Dorothy Barker
Harriet Jacoby
Alice Russ
Vern Shaw
Anna Mae Russ
Alice Briley
Amos Driggs
Crazy Man Strikes Pilot With Hammer In Air Crash
Pilot Harry Anderson recounted a 2000 foot flight during which a deranged passenger, Clarence Frechette, attacked him with a hammer, causing a crash on the grounds of a state insane asylum in Pontiac Michigan. Anderson survived. Frechette also survived and was kept under police watch.
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Pontiac
Mich
U.P
Harry Anderson
Anderson
Clarence. Frechette
State Insane Asylum
Detroit
Insane Asylum
Frechette
Grace Fryer Describes Radium Poisoning Symptoms
Grace Fryer, one of five New Jersey workers suing United States Radium for $1.25 million, outlines radium poisoning symptoms while awaiting court action. Doctors say no cure exists as she endures operations, bone decay, and jaw trouble from radium exposure at a Watch factory between 1917 and 1920.
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Orange
N. J
O.R
Grace Fryer
New Jersey
United Press Today
United States Radium Corporation
World of
Science
Miss Fryer
Coal Investigation Ends This Week Without Governor Fisher
The Senate interstate commerce committee will conclude its coal investigation this week without examining Governor Fisher of Pennsylvania. Chairman Watson said it would be improper to subpoena the governor of a sovereign state. Some members favored questioning Fisher about state efforts to end the Pennsylvania coal strike.
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Washington
U.2
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Governor Fisher
Pennsylvania
Watson
Fisher
Senate probes private reports on Hoover Smith lieutenants
Senate campaign investigators opened hearings to verify private reports about lieutenants in the camps of Hoover and Smith. Witnesses included George Lockwood, Rush Holland, and Harry Price as the committee pursued questions about alleged expenditures and funding of the Hoover campaign.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
al Smith
Steiner
Smith
George BR. Lockwood
Republican National Committee
Rush Holland
H. M. Daugherty
Holland
Harry Price
Call 64
United Press
One Killed and Three Injured at Rail Crossing
At Norval park crossing of the Zanesville and Western line a car crashed into a locomotive. Gertrude Gibson, 19, was killed when thrown beneath the engine. Driver Clyde Diller and Mrs. Lola Pennel were slightly injured. Mrs. Diller is in Bethesda hospital in serious condition. The group was en route to work at Standard Title company.
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Zanesville
U.P
Norval Park
Zanesville and Western Railroad
Gertrude Gibson
Clyde Diller
Lola Pennel
Bethesda Hospital
Standard Title Company
Wittenberg Co ed Killed as Dorm Fire Burns Late Night
Springfield May 15 fire at Woodward hall, Wittenberg college dormitory, killed Hilda Sipes 20 of Shelby and injured four others. Firefighters fought flames for over an hour. several girls escaped through windows or by improvised rope. The dormitory furnishings were destroyed and residents were sheltered at other dorms.
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Springfield
Woodhawr Hall
Wittenberg College
Hilda Sipes
Shelby
Edward Garrity
Detroit
Mich
Melen ' Clain
Troy
Marie Schneider
Dianapolis
Mary Evnem
A. Mies Sipes
Miss Horn
Head of Politics Asked To Favor Secretary Hoover
W R Price editor of Politica testified before the senate campaign investigating committee that two of Secretary Hoover’s aides were said to have arranged an understanding with Hale to not oppose Hoover. Hale claimed he was approached at the Willard hotel and said the country would be too hot for him if Hoover were elected. Senators asked which men spoke to Hale, with Ritchie and Akerson named as Hoover secretaries Lawrence Ritchie and George Akerson.
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Washington
W.R. Harry Price
Politica
Besore
Senate Campaign Investigating Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Frank J. Halé
Willard Hotel
Mueeter
Price
Hale
Mr. Hoover
Mr. Hale
Senator Bratton
New Mexico
Mr. Ritchie
Akerson
Lawrence Ritchie
George Akerson
Moover
Judgment Granted Against Engineers
Alan B. Bowen of New York City won a judgment of 233 580 dollars against the Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The note for 200 000 dollars expired last Friday and remained unpaid, Bowen claimed in court.
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Cleveland
U.R
Alan B. Bowen
New York City
Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Common Pleas
A. J. Pearson
Bowen
Brotherhood
Cline for Customs Court Approved by Senate Panel Opposition voiced
Miss Genevieve Cline of Cleveland was proposed as associate justice of the United States customs court. A Senate judiciary sub-committee hearing heard opposition from a delegation representing the Customs Bar Association.
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Washington
Genevieve Cline
Cleveland
United States Customs Court
Senate
Customs Bar Association
Engagement announced at Greenwich Village studio dinner
A Greenwich Village studio dinner hosted by Niel Dann for a struggling young artist announced his engagement to Virginia Brewster, a wealthy New York society girl. Virginia was summoned by phone and told her father had died suddenly of heart disease, a wrong number then became known.
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Greenwich Village
Niel Dann
Virginia Brewster
New York
Virginia
Tragic Truck Crash Near Kirkersville Kills Woman
Maudine Van Metre sixty nine 39 of Little Hocking is killed and John Graham 82 of the same town is hospitalized in Columbus after a truck overturn on the Kirkersville line of the national highway. The couple was en route to Detroit when the accident occurred. Van Metre died from a fractured skull while en route to a hospital. The couple leaves behind four children.
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Marietta
Mra Maudine van Metre
Little Hocking
John Graham
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Kirketeville
Hocking
Detroit
Cambridge
Kirkersville
van Metre
Booklet on Diet Offered by Local Service Department
The Athens Messenger describes a booklet titled Ogee Frepegtions the Diet prepared by the Nutrition Service Department of agriculture. It explains diet thoroughly and lists the kinds of foods required and a sample meal plan for daily meals.
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Athens
Eelation Service Department
Tcult
Dariealsore
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Paul R. Mallon
Wittenberg
William Casley
William A. Casley
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Chiri Mond
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Jate
Frederick Dean
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