Japanese troop surge to defend Manchuria amid Chinese drive
Tokyo declares Manchuria a buffer as Japan orders an infantry regiment artillery battalion and air squadron to tense fighting near Tientsin. Vice Minister of War vows not to tolerate war in Manchuria while Chiang Kai Shek and Feng Yu Hsiang push north.
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Tokio
U.S
Tientsin
Mukden
Manchurian
Chang Tso Lin
Peking
Manchuria
Mongolia
Chiang Kai Shek
Feng Yu Hsiang
Meigs County Society Banquet Slated At Chittenden
Columbus May 17 P W Spence 33 E Gate st will be toastmaster for a Meigs County group banquet at the Chittenden May 24 with about 250 expected. Reservations can be made with Mrs Spence 33 East Gates st Mrs Edgar Ervin 95 Fourteenth Ave or Mrs Melvin Moor 2283 Tremont Rd.
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Columbus
P. W. Spence
E. Gate Street
Meigs County Society
Chittenden
Spence
East Gates Street
Edgar Ervin
Fourteenth Avenue
Melvin Moor
Tremont Road
Harry F Sinclair repays Mam moth losses with stock and cash
New York May 17. At a Sinclair Consolidated Oil directors meeting Harry F Sinclair repaid losses from investments in Mam moth Oil after Teapot Dome lease issues. He turned over 250000 Sinclair shares and 460000 in cash, totaling about 7575000 at current stock value.
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New York
U.P
Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation
Mammoth Oil Company
Teapot Dome
Harry F. Sinclair
Sinclair Company
Sinclair
Sinclair Stock
Dynamite fishing along Shade river draws complaints
May 17. Many fishing parties along Shade river report dynamited fish. Water is dotted with dead fish at several points over the past week. The fish and game warden is on the trail of the offenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Shade River
Fish and Game Warden
Sunday Creek mine activity and looming mine closings
A small force works to shape Sunday Creek Mine No. 10 at Derthick for operation while two workers refuse to report for duty. Mine No. 8 at Corning to be abandoned. Mine No. 9 near Rendville and Mine No. 255 at Drydock remain active as march plans form with locals from Buchtel and Murray City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Sunday Creek
Derthick
Mid-Hocking
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Rendville
Corning
Jacksonville
Buchtel
Murray City
Foreigners sheltered in Peking legation quarter
Arrangements were completed to shelter all foreigners inside the legation quarter of Peking if Nationalist troops enter the city. The Japanese asked nationalists to keep troops 20 miles from Peking to avoid looting, according to a Daily Telegraph correspondent.
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London
U.S
Legation
Peking
Daily Telegraph
Whereabouts of Ten-Year-Old Girl Remains Shrouded
Youngstown May 17 police continued questioning three suspects as Bea trice Rosenbaum remains missing. The case centers on a ten year old girl with authorities seeking answers about her disappearance and potential links to the suspects.
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Youngstown
Beatrice Rosenbaum
Weld
Rosenbaum
Beatrice
Mill Creek Park
Open Mines Near Caldwell Attract Labor Returns
In Cambridge May 17 forecasts show four companies cleaning up mines near Caldwell and Belle Valley ready to operate. A local mine union reportedly voted to return to work at Forsythe mine at $5 a day, amid broader industry reopening hopes.
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Cambridge
Guernsey County
Caldwell
Noble County
Akron Coal Company
Cambridge Collieries Company
Forsythe Coal Company
Norris Coal Company
Forsythe
Belle Valley
Druggists warned over medicinal liquor sales in Washington
Prohibition agents across sections warned druggists they may lose medicinal liquor privileges if they sell mixtures used to prepare alcoholic beverages. Prohibition Commissioner Doran said oil of juniper or other non intoxitating substances are not banned, but agents cautioned against wholesale transactions of these preparations.
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Washington
U.R. Prohibition
Prohibition
Doran
Palmer Leaves U.S. For Nicaragua Today
Lieutenant H B Palmer commands the 1.8 marine transport monoplane that left Miami to attempt a 14 hour hop to Nicaragua. The aircraft arrived from Washington Tuesday as Palmer aimed to reach the Central American country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
U.P
Marine Transport
Nicaragua
H. B. Palmer
Washington
Merger Denied for SeaboardAir Line and South Georgia Railways
Washington May 17 The Interstate Commerce Commission denied Seaboard Air Line railway's application to acquire control of the South Georgia railway on grounds of competitive concerns.
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Washington
U.P
Seaboard Air Line Railway
South Georgia Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tinner Is Found Shot Probably Fatally
Cincinnati report says Herman Ruelman a 50 year old tinner was found shot at his home and likely fatally wounded. Miss May Fortman 27 and Red Ten hunfelt 18 were detained for questioning after the discovery. Ruelman reportedly accused Fortman saying she will bury me before she gets out of here.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Herman Ruelman
May Fortman
Red Tenhunfelt
Ruelman
Miss Fortman
Movement Aims Hoover Nomination at Kansas City Convention
A Pacific coast effort to back Secretary of Commerce Hoover at the Kansas City convention was reported. Senator David A. Reed of Pennsylvania and Mellon Weutenant would place Hoover's name in nomination, Rep. Johnson said after returning from a western trip.
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Washington
U.P
Pacific Coast
Pennsylvania
Commerce Hoover
Kansas City
David A. Reed
Mellon
McLarnin Mandell Bout Postponed By Cold Weather
Due to cold weather and rain threats the Jimmy McLarnin Sam Mandell light weight title fight planned for tonight at the Polo Grounds is postponed until Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Jimmy McLarnin
Sammy Mandell
Polo Grounds
Bremen fliers land at Detroit Ford airport after Indianapolis layover
Three Bremen trans Atlantic fliers reached Ford airport Detroit after a swift flight from Indianapolis where bad weather forced an overnight stop.
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Detroit
Ford Airport
Indianapolis
Davis Urges Higher Wage for Coal Miners
Secretary of Labor James J. Davis urged a higher wage scale for coal miners in Cleveland addressing the Ladies auxiliary of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen during their convention. He also called for a wage that lets all workers afford a comfortable home and proper education for their children.
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Cleveland
James J. Davis
Ladies’ Auxiliary
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Brotherhood
Ford Leaves Key Quote in Philadelphia Speech
Henry Ford visited Philadelphia to receive the Elliott Gresson medal from the Franklin Institute and urged audiences to "work and be content" and stay interested and happy in work to stay youthful. The remark was presented as his key to happiness and wealth.
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Philadelphia
Henry Ford
Ford
Elliott Gresson
Franklin Institute
Disordered Mine Disputes Grow in Belmont County
Oral Daugherty, former Hocking Valley miners president, will attend an Eastern Ohio meeting if invited by the United Mine Workers. Belmont County mines report ongoing disorders with threats and vandalism including trolley wire sabotage at Flushing Rose Mary mine and an attack on Superintendent Hathaway at the Florence mine. A Lansing local charter was revoked amid women rioters at Mutton Hollow and a historic Save the Union march at the Belmont county jail. Seventeen ousted locals plan a mass meeting in Bellaire on May 22.
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ST. Clairsville
Oral Daugherty
Hocking Valley Miners
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America
Daugherty
Belmont County
Rosemary
Flushing
Hathaway
Florence
Virginia Mill
Lafferty
Lansing
Mutton Hollow
Save the Union
Bellaire
Columbus Widow Dies in California
Mrs. Helen Scott Burns 81 widow of Rev. George W. Burns died Wednesday in Santa Barbara California at her daughter Frances Linn’s home. She lived in Columbus 16 years after moving from Bremen and leaves two other daughters Katherine and Esther Helen Burns and two sisters Minnie Scott and Mrs William Faze.
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Columbus
Helen Scott Burns
George W. Burns
Frances B. Linn
Santa Barbara
Cal
Burns
Thirteenth Avenue
California
Bremen
Katherine S
Esther Helen Burns
Minnie Scott
Columbus Grove
William Faze
Lima
Ohio university oratorical preliminaries set for May 18 and 19
Phi Delta Gamma sponsors the Brown oratorical contest at Ohio University with 17 entrants after three withdrawals. Preliminary rounds run Friday 7 9 pm and Saturday 10 am 12 pm in Music Hall auditorium, selecting six finalists for the May 31 final. Judges include Prof. C N Mackinnon Dr A Y Wilcox and Harold Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Ohio University
Phi Delta Gamma
Music Hall
Harold Evans
Evans
C. N. Mackinnon
A. Y. Wilcox
Alabama Republicans Endorse Hoover as Best Map to Succeed Coolidge
Alabama party officials adopted a resolution praising the Coolidge administration and endorsing Herbert Hoover for the presidency. The measure called Hoover the best path to follow Coolidge and expressed regret Coolidge will not seek another term.
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Alabama
Hoover
Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Republicary Copyentio
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
Coolidge
Centenarians Share Rules For Living To 100 In Boston
A Boston dispatch reports 10 New England centenarians offer life rules gathered from their experiences born during Adams administration. They urge happiness, hard work, calm nerves, home cooking, simple tastes, exercise, clear conscience, life interest, moderation, and sleep, noting these may lead to a longer, happier life though not guaranteeing a century.
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Boston
U.P
New England
Property Damage In Texas Is Heavy
Severe weather in Western Oklahoma caused heavy property damage and disrupted rail lines. The area around Manguin, Brinkman, and Dodsonville was hit hardest, with a deluge washing out railroad tracks at Clarendon and Leila Lake, according to Fort Worth and Denver railroad officials.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Oklahoma
Manguin
Brinkman
Dodsonville
Clarendon
Leila Lake
Fort Worth
Denver
Jones Shipping and Farm Aid Bills Up in Washington
The MacNary-Haugen farm relief bill and the Jones shipping bill, opposed as subsidy measures, were laid before President Coolidge. Senate Republicans delayed action on Jones until the McNary-Haugen report was adopted, then both measures passed, aiming to sway Coolidge toward farm relief. Critics predict the farm bill will be vetoed due to the equalization fee provision.
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Washington
U.P
Coolidge
Senate
Congress
Utilities probe flags texts in Carolina schools
The FTC survey by Samuel E. Boney cites utilities seeking to censor civics and economics books in North and South Carolina. Boney notes many texts are antiquated and prejudicial and says the bureau aims to persuade, not force, removal through diplomatic efforts.
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Washington
U.R
North
South Carolina
Federal Trade Commission Utilities
Samuel E. Boney
Utilities Information Bureau
Boney
Cleveland U S Attorney charges theft ring leaders in auto theft case
War rants charging receipt and sales of stolen property were issued today by Anold C. Van Buren assistant U S Attorney in connection with the arrest of heads of an alleged auto theft ring in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Anold C. van Buren
U. S
Ohio professor confined by pneumonia at home
Thor Olson, professor of physical education at Ohio University, is confined to his home at 26 Woodard Avenue with pneumonia. His condition today, though not improved, continues unchanged.
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Thor Olson
Ohio University
Woodard Avenue
Arrests Near As Hunt Closes For Abductors
In Shawner Oklahoma authorities close to arrests in the Betty Jean Ford case after her baby is found dead in the North Canadian river. Mrs. Lorene Ford identifies Douglas Ford as one of four abductors, who seized mother and child in their yard and dumped the child into the river after assault. Autopsy cites a fatal head blow.
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Shawner
Okla
U.R
Betty Jean Ford
North Canadian
Douglas’ Ford
Lorene Ford
Trade Commission Plans Financial Probe into Utilities
The Federal Trade Commission said it will begin the financial phase of its utilities investigation. It will send out comprehensive questionnaires seeking political contributions, financial structures, securities issuance, holding company control, and intercompany relationships.
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Washington
U.R
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Political meetings to be broadcast by radio nationwide
M H Aylesworth announced that National Broadcasting Company will cover the Republican and Democratic conventions in Kansas City and Houston next month. Delegation chairmen will announce nominees as crowds cheer with speeches and music heard around the world via radio.
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New York
Raiis
M. H. Aylesworth
National Broadcasting Company
Kansas City
Houston
Colombian Aviator Plans New York to Bogota Flight
Lieut. Camilo Daza, known Colombian aviator, arrives aboard Sixaola and schedules a late May departure from New York to Bogota. The war ministry sponsors the trip with a route via Mexico, Central America and Colombia, stopping at St. Louis Mexico City Managua Colon Barranquilla before Bogota.
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New York
Camilo Daza
Bogota
United Fruit
Sixaola
Mexico
Central America
St. Louis
Mexico City
Managua
Colon
Barranquilla
Confesses Killing Wife in Memphis Four Years Later
Sylvesta Banks, also known as William Banks, 39, confessed to police in Canton that he murdered his wife in Memphis, Tennessee, four years ago.
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Canton
Sylvesta Banks
William Banks
Memphis
Tenn
Association Disappointed By Union Officers Hope
Members of the Athens Hocking and counties Civic association announce investigations into the mining dispute. They say the United Mine Workers policy risks eliminating the district from coal production and that operators cannot pay the Jacksonville scale or sustain the area. Oral Daugherty is cited as confident in the miners and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens, Hocking, and Counties
International Organization
District Act
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Jacksonville
Oral Daugherty
Miners Back Leader After Truth Telling
The letter confirms investigations and states the national organization removed him from office for truth telling. It pledges support for those who seek honest deals to secure work and the highest wages for miners. It notes May 9 Athens meeting with State President Lee Hall and discusses Washington probes into railroad fuel price pressures and district impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Lee Hall
Washington
Senate
Hall
Wanless Freshman Suffering Pneumonia
Emlin Wanless a University of ONO freshman and Mia Wanless’s son was taken by Jagers Ambulance to University Hospital for pneumonia treatment after a week of influenza illness. He resides at 94 West State Street.
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Emlin Wanless
Ono
University
Mia
Ida Wanless
West State Street
University Hospital
Jagers
Transfer at Columbus Named in Trans-Continental Rail Plan
Columbus is designated as a transfer junction in a proposed trans continental rail system from New York to California. The plan envisions a route via Columbus within the next few months, signaling a major railroad expansion for the city.
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Columbus
Lumbus
New York & California
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