Former Athens Mayor Alex Moore Pleads Not Guilty on Embezzlement Charges
Former Athens Mayor Alex Moore appeared at a late night Common Pleas Court hearing and entered a not guilty plea to ten counts of embezzlement and larceny. Bond set at 1000 dollars on the first count and 200 dollars on each of the others. seven sureties posted 2800 dollars.
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Wmer
Alex M. Moore
Athens
L. G. Werstell
Common Pleas
Grand
Pearsolts
Joe D. Martin
Hart Lowe
H. G Jefferson
J. G. Connett
Thomas H. Moore
Moore
New Concord
Harry Pfaff
Jd. H. Jackman
Marietta
C. H. Harris
the Messenger
Niagara Falls
Canada
Sam
Machine Gun Ambush Claims Murphy at Hamilton Hotel
In Hamilton at May 21 a night clerk named Murphy was slain by gunfire from a machine gun hidden behind a fence. Police believe gangsters staged the attack in retaliation for liquor hijacking, with six bullets lodging in a garage wall.
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Murphy
St. Louis
Hoover Probe Commission to Probe Prohibition Enforcement
A Hoover appointed ten men and one woman will lead a federal and state inquiry into enforcement under the Volstead Act and Jones Law. The panel's aim is to decide whether prohibition should continue as is or be tempered by modified enforcement strategies. Dry advocates back the commission and the Volstead approach, while modification supporters call it a capable body with cautious optimism.
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Hoover
Desserts Highlights From Famous Women Booklet
A 12 page booklet titled Desserts by Famous Women features over 140 dessert recipes from American women including Washington hostesses and presidents' wives. It offers pie cake and pudding ideas and dessert novelties with rules for making them. Sent to readers for six cents by the Washington Information Bureau.
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Washington
Washington Information Bureau
Arthur Brisbane column recap ends with copyright note
Column by Arthur Brisbane, syndicated under King Features, carries the closing copyright line. Original publication context and date not available in the fragment.
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Arthur Brisbane
King Features Incorporated
GM enters aviation with Fokker interests and aviation aims
The article notes General Motors under Alfred P. Sloan Jr. has entered aviation, with control of the Fokker Company and its landing fields and plant. It asserts GM will seek leadership in the new transportation field, contrasting airships with durable aircraft capable of withstanding storms.
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Alfred B. Sloan, Jr
General Motors
Great
Automobile Company
Fokker
Ford Mitchell Sloan Drive Big Air Trade Rivalry
Henry Ford, Charles K. Mitchell of National City Bank, and General Motors chief Sloan lead a trio as major forces in aviation, with smaller firms entering earlier. The field is set for fierce competition among these power players with vast engineering and financial resources.
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Henry Ford
Charles KE. Mitchell
National City Bank
America
Mr. Sloan
General Motors
Air Trinity
The Little Man Has a Chance for Aviation’s Big Leap
A motivational note urges the so called little man not to despair, insisting one new idea could outweigh factory sums and billions for aviation’s future. It emphasizes optimism and opportunity ahead for small innovators.
Two Bus Crashes Injure Twelve Persons in Midwest
In Toledo a Greyhound bus traveling from Indianapolis to Detroit left the road near South Lawrenceville after an alleged brake failure. Six aboard were injured but none seriously. In Cincinnati a Baltimore & Ohio locomotive backing into a streetcar crew bus ripped a side door open and jolted passengers, injuring six.
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Toledo
U.2
Greyhound
Indianapolis
Detroit
South Lawrenceville
Kk. H. Matteson
Cincinnati
U.P
Baltimore & Ohio
Sanity Hearing Set for Woman Who Killed Priest
Canton May 21. A sanity hearing for Mrs. Maeme Guerreri 27 to determine mental state in the March 16 slaying of Rev. Fr. Joseph Riccardi was scheduled for Thursday before Probate Judge J. L. Deal.
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Canton
U.R
Maeme Guerreri
Joseph Riccardi
J. L. Deal
Cooper Waiting For A Plan To Stop Gambling
Gov. Myers Y. Cooper sought legal advice from Atty. Gen. Gilbert Bettman on methods to halt gambling tied to dog races in West Jefferson Madison County. The request followed advisers’ inability to find a statute allowing action against county officials.
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Columbatus
Myers Y. Cooper
Gilbert Bettman
West Jefferson
Madison County
Levee at Mounds Landing Crumbling Threatens Flood
Memphis reports that 1 000 feet of levee at Mounds Landing Mississippi is crumbling. If aid is not rushed the Mississippi River may break over and flood a large area.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mounds Landing
Mississippi
Bachelor King May Marry Princess in Europe Rumor
Official spokesmen denied reports but Sofia sees Europe’s bachelor king Boris of Bulgaria set to wed Princess Giovanna of Italy. The pair were rumored seen together in Geneva amid mounting speculation in several capitals.
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Sofia
Europe
Boris of Bulgeria
Giovanna
Italy
European
Pincess
Geneva
House Senate Split Over Bounty Debenture Plan
Washington May 27 conferees on the farm relief bill failed to resolve the disputed expert debenture plan. The group adjourned after a brief session with no decision on the debenture or future conference procedure. House conferees refused to return the debenture for a test vote.
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Washington
House
Senate
Judge to rule on Athens gas station zoning case
Judge Roncoe J. Mauek of Gallipolia will decide if Franz J. Woodworth safety director may block a gas station on Mrs Jennie Srigley's East State Street lot. Srigley contends no zoning ordinance exists and cites a nearby permit for a similar station. Court action set for Thursday morning in Athens court with one judge summoned.
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Court of Appeals
Roncoe J. Mauek
Gallipolia
Franz J. Woodworth
Athena
State Street
Jennie Srigley
Jimdge Manek
Athens Court
Mra. Srigley
Mra
Srigley
Woodworth
Fast State Street
East State Street
Morris Avenue
Kas State Street
Athens
Ohio
Fliers Near Endurance Record in Fort Worth Flight
Reg Robbins and Jim Kelly push toward a 48 hour endurance refueling record in the mono plane Fort Worth. The craft, rebuilt by the pair, began at 11 43 a m Sunday and had logged about 5 009 miles before takeoff as it seeks to surpass the Army Ques tion Mark update.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Reg Robbins
Jim Kelly
Ohio Wesleyan and Columbus Gallery to inherit Eva I estate
An Ohio report states that Ohio Wesleyan University and the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts will each receive 29,900 dollars from the estate of the late Mrs Eva I. The bequest appears part of a larger distribution from her estate.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Wesleyan University
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts
Mra
Eva I
French and American aviators plan Atlantic hops on rough day
On May 21 at Old Orchard Maine and Roosevelt Field New York three Frenchmen Rene LeFevre Jean Assolant and Armeno Lotti Jr and two Americans Roger Q Williams and Lewis M Yancey prepared to pilot long distance flights to Rome and Paris amid unsettled Atlantic weather. Williams and Yancey arrived from Teterboro New Jersey in a Bellanca Green Flash ready to depart once favorable reports arrive. The French crew tested a Bernard monoplane and awaited better conditions to challenge Lindberghs New York Paris record of 322 hours 30 minutes.
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Lindbergh
Paria
Roger Q. Will James
Lewis M. Yancey
Old Orchard
Atlantic
Rome
Atlantic Ocean
Roger Q. Williams
Bellanca
Weather Bureau
Williams
Yancey
Teterboro
New Jersey
Roosevelt Field
L. I
Charles I. Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Rene LeFever
Jean Assolant
Armeno Lotti Jr
Dry Agent Refuses to Quit Amid Decoy Controversy
John Cole state prohibition agent involved in girl decoy cases declares he will not resign until removed. He stated he has not resigned during visits to Elyria while investigations proceed on padlocking sites in Lorain. Officials say Cole is no longer connected with the department despite his denial.
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Elyria
U.P
John ©. Cole
Clarence
Lorain County
Cole
George Baynham
Rupert Beetham
Edward Little
Baynham
Columbus
State Prohibition Department
John Cole
Lancaster
Hoover Names Members for Commission on Crime
President Hoover outlined a national commission to study criminal law enforcement measures. He intends careful selection to ensure high-minded, impartial experts in law and the judiciary, naming initial members including George W. Wickersham Newton D. Baker Melville Melvin Melton Pound and William J. Grubb.
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Hoover
Commission ON Crime
Washington
New York
Newton D. Baker Cleveland
President Wilson
National Crime Commission
Monte Lemann Named Louisiana Bar Association President
Monte M. Lemann of New Orleans is named president of the Louisiana Bar Association and serves on the Council of the American Law Institute.
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William J. Grubb
United States
Northern District of
Alabama
Council of the American Law Institute
Monte M. Lemann
New Rleotia
Louisiana Bar Association
Council of the
American Law Institute
Prominent U S Judicial Figures Appointed by Harding Era
The article lists William and Kenyon, former U S senator and assistant attorney general, named to the U S Circuit Court of Appeals by President Harding. Also noted are Kenneth Mackintosh of Seattle, Paul J. MetCormick of Los Angeles, and Henry W. Anderson of Pickman Virginia, detailing their prior roles in state and federal courts and government service.
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Athens
Parkershoro
Woodworth
Joseph Tracy
George BB. Rector
Reetor
Moore
Keenan
R. W. Finsterwald
William & Kenyon, Oftows
United States
United States Circuit
Court of Appeals
Harding
Enneth . Mackintosh
Seattle
Hoover
Stanford
Supreme Court of
Washington State
Paul J. MetCormick
Los Angeles
Southern District of California
Asenedante
California Court of Appeals
Henry W. Anderson
Pickman
Mexican Claims Compiisaion
Ada L Comstock Head of Radcliffe College Leads Sociology
Ada L Comstock serves as president of Radcliffe College and stands as a leading figure in sociology and social organization in the United States.
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Ada L. Comstock
Radcliffe College
United States
Ohio to name candidates for Edison scholarship
The State Department of Education will announce Ohio's candidate for the Thomas A. Edison scholarship. A list from Ohio schools shows 28 finalists submitted by local authorities. Final elimination will occur in Columbus with details to be announced soon.
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Columbus
State Department of Education
Ohio
Thomas A. Edison
Flood menace in Mississippi valley grows
Residents of the Mississippi valley fight to hold back flood waters from a dozen streams. The Missouri, Mississippi, St. Francis and other rivers flood thousands of acres, as levees are strengthened after breaks near the delta. Nearly a acres of cotton and farm land were inundated.
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ST. Louis
Mississippi Valley
Missouri
Mississippi
St. Francis
Missouri- Mississippi Valley
Meuat Itley
Delta
St. Francis River
Local Man Fatally Shoots Self at Home
Wilson Gilkey, 35, a river man, placed a double barreled shotgun to his chest and died instantly in his 611 Downing Farm home near Middleport on a Monday night. Cecil Thaxon found the body. coroner H. Hiwing ruled death self inflicted. Gilkey, one of ten brothers, had recently worked on nearby farms and towboats on the Kanawha River. This marked the third suicide by shooting in Meigs County in a few weeks, following Emmett Smith and P. B. Thompson.
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Downing Farm
Gilkey
Cecil Thaxon
Downing Homestead
Meigs County
H. Hiwing
Burton
Downing
Wilson Gilkey
Hle
Kanawha
David Plusset
Melgin County
Emmett Smith
Minereville
PB. N. Thompson
Middleport
Tunney Sued in Breach of Promise Case
Stamford Connecticut May 11 Deputy Sheriff and attorney filed notice of attachment of Gene Tunney's colonial North Stamford home in a $500 908 breach of promise suit by Mrs Katherine King Fogarty of New York and Fort Worth Texas Connected with Col Lewis J Field attorney for Fogarty the filing aimed at Bridgeport county seat for action.
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Stamford
Conn
Gene Tunney
Katherine King Fosarty
New York
Fort Worth
Texas
John J. Matey
New Haven
John B. Thim
Lewis J. Field
Fogarty
Matey
Thim
Dridgeport
Decomposition of X-ray Film Blamed for Hospital Disaster
A report faults X-ray film decomposition for the Cleveland Clinic Hospital blast. Heating elements allegedly decomposed 6000 to 8999 pounds of film, releasing gas that spread through a four foot pipe tunnel around the building and into a basement area.
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Columbua
U.R
Cleveland Clinic Hospital
T. C. Devine
State Workshops and Factories
H. G. Ehret
Will T. Blake
Former state dry agent found guilty of taking bribe
Louis Wilcox, ex state dry agent, was found guilty by a federal jury in Cleveland of accepting a bribe to protect a bootlegger. He faces sentencing Saturday before Federal Judge Samuel H. West, with possible penalties of up to three years in jail and a $1,000 fine.
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Cleveland
Louis Wilcox
Wilcox
Samuel H. West
Senators Hear Division Over Prohibition Commission
Senator Borah of Idaho lauds the President's Prohibition Commission as a capable move and pledges to supply key research. Senator Walsh of Massachusetts calls the commission personnel excellent, while Senator Jones trusts the President's judgment. The commission will assemble in ten days in Washington to receive its charge and begin inquiry planning.
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Witliana Kk. Borah
Idaho
Senate
Henry H. Curran
Association Against the
David I. Walsh
Massachusetts
Jones
Washington
Presiden Hoover
Morrow Girl Targeted by Blackmail Threats
The Boston Post reports Constance Morrow, 15, daughter of Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow and sister of Col. Lindbergh's fiancée, faced blackmail demanding 56 900 dollars with threats of death by torture. The case sparked Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York last Saturday.
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Hoston
Hoston Post
Conestance Morrow
Dwight W. Morrow
Charles EE. Lindbergh
Constance
Milton Academy
Boston
Lindbergh
New York
Morrow Silent on Threatening Letter Incident
United States Ambassador Dwight Morrow declined to comment on parts of a threatening letter received by his wife Constance at a school in the United States. The note's content and implications remained unaddressed as officials offered no remark.
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Mexico City
Upha
United States
Dwight Morrow
Constance
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