City council approves Lancaster Street repaving and boulevard lighting
Athens council authorized repaving of Lancaster Street north from Carpenter Street to the Catholic Cemetery and a joint boulevard electric lighting system. City pays 60 percent of costs with 40 percent by property owners, bids for concrete brick or asphalt base, and stands to be installed later.
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Lancaster Street
Carpenter Street
Athens
Carpenter
East State Street
State Street
Court
Union Streets
Boulevard
West Union
West State
Lancaster
Catholic Cemetery
West Union Street
Union
Dirigible Italia Poised for Polar Flight From Copenhagen
In Copenhagen on May 22 U P reports the dirigible Italia is ready for a polar flight. General Umberto Nobile awaits favorable weather. If winds fail he may head for Greenland. Nobile plans to land meteorologist Malmgren and engineer Trojans at the pole in a rubber boat.
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Copenhagen
U.P
North Polar
Umberto Nobile
King’s Bay
Greenland
Pole
Nobile
Malmgren
Trojans
Aerial yachtsman suspends Capetown flight due to flood
May 22. A flooded landing field at Malakal in the Sudan forces Van Lear Black, aerial yachtsman of Baltimore, to suspend his airplane flight to Capetown.
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Amsterdam
U.P
Malakal
Sudan
van Lear Black
Baltimore
Capetown
Pigs Sold Fast via Gard en Ad Offer
Hubert Buck of The Garden advertised forty head of hogs for sale and sold them all the first day the ad appeared. You may be interested in selling items you no longer need by calling and asking for an ad-taker.
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Hubert Buck
Garden
Oo. I. C
Rome
Threat of Greater Disaster Checked by Nature Today
In Hamburg on May 22 a phosgene gas leak near Vedder district prompted fear of mass harm. A morning wind and prolonged rain dispersed the deadly cloud, shielding about 30,000 residents. Eight killed and about 150 hospitalized amid widespread poisoning fears.
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Hamburg
Germany
Vedder
Senate Revenue Bill Passes If House Accepts
Federal taxpayers would save about 203 million dollars annually if the House approves the revenue bill sent by the Senate today. The measure forecasts large annual savings contingent on House action and faces swift consideration in the lower chamber.
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Senate
House
Washington
Sen
Prohibition Debate Spurs Yorks City Officials
Cleveland Police Chief Jacob Graul, once a dry advocate, declares Prohibition a failure and urges a modern saloon model with private ownership and limited numbers. He argues whisky use and saloons could reduce crime, while defining a new, civilization aligned saloon. The story also notes tax measure progress on a Senate bill cutting rates and broadening exemptions, with conference negotiations ahead.
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Cleveland
Jacob Graul
Graul
Third Victim Killed as Slayers Leave Calmly
New York dispatch reports four gunmen killed Louis Fabrizio known as Louie the Wop on Second Street and Avenue B. He moved with friends of Leg Diamond and Little Augie. The killers paid the driver and fled in a taxi, signaling another to follow. Leo Boyle had been the feud’s first victim.
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New York
Louis Fabrizio
Louie
Underworld
Leg” Diamond
Little Augie
Augie
Diamond
Louie the Wop
Second Street
Avenue B
George Schwarz
Schwarz
Leo Boyle
Man Forged Doctor's Name to Fraudulent Check Case
A man posing as C B Taylor forged Dr H T Phillips's name on a $170 check and obtained cash at Bank of Athens. The check drew on Farmers National Bank of Greenfield as if from Gordon Taylor. Captain Charlie Maple leads the investigation.
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H. T. Phillips
C. B. Taylor
Bank of Athens
Farmer's National Bank of
Greenfield
Gordon Taylor
Charlies Maple
Senate Amends Tax Plan Then Reverses Vote on Amendment
While in the committee, Senator Simmons proposed a graduated tax of 56 to 9 percent on corporation incomes under 15000 but the body reversed the action before final passage. The 33 83 vote split along party lines except Senator McMaster who sided with Democrats. Vice President Dawes cast the deciding vote against the amendment. Adoption would have cut taxes by 24 million dollars.
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Senate
Simmons
North Carolina
Three Other Radium Poisoning Victims Reported
Three fellow workers of the five women suing United States Radium Corp show symptoms of radium poisoning with rheumatic joint pains. In all, twenty two contracted the illness from painting luminous watch dials. fourteen have died and five are critically ill. Raymond H. Berry seeks three trial dates in Newark to allow the corporation’s counsel to present its defense.
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Orange
N. J
U.P
United States Radium Corporation
Baffies
Raymond H. Berry
John H. Backes
Newark
Radium Corporation
Memorial Day Services Planned at Mt. Zion Cemetery
Memorial day services will be held in Mt. Zion cemetery Sunday afternoon June 3 at 2 o'clock. The speakers' names will be announced later.
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Mt. Zion
Boy Kills Baby Sister With Turpentine During Doctor Game
In Cincinnati on May 21 Franklin Bates, nearly 3, killed his 19 month old sister Eleanor by forcing her to drink turpentine he mistook for medicine. He had previously received medicine from a doctor and took the bottle from the dresser top while their mother hung out the wash.
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Cincinnati
Franklin Bates
Eleanor
Franklin
Evacuation Plans for Americans in North China
The U S government authorized evacuation of all Americans from North China in extreme emergencies. Civilians and American armed forces would withdraw to Tientsin after moving the legation. The Asiatic fleet would assist if needed while avoiding interference with Chinese military movements. Officials fear fall of Peking may lead to wholesale slaughter.
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Washington
North China
U. S
Tientsin
Chefoo
United States
Chang Tso-Lin
Peking
Northern and Southern Civil Strife in China Near Resolution
Unconfirmed reports from Tokyo suggest the civil conflict between northern and southern Chinese forces could avert further fighting if General Chang Tso Lin withdraws his army to Manchuria. Chang has resisted southern advances while urging nationalists to desist due to perceived Japanese intervention.
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Tokio
Peking
Chang Tso-Lin
Manchuria
Chang
Booklet of Baseball Rules Offered by Athens Messenger
The Washington Information Bureau prints official baseball rules in a compact 24 page booklet. It explains field layout and the scoring process for the current season. Readers can obtain a copy for six cents with the enclosed coupon and six cent postage.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Washington Information Bureau
Operators Plan To Load Coal In Cambridge Field at Once
Cambridge May 22 Hoisting and loading of coal in the Cambridge field resumes this week at Caldwell mine of Cambridge Collieries Co and Belle Valley mine of Forsythe Coal Co the first since April 1 1927. Open shop operation plans and 75 men at each mine signal near capacity production with more workers to be added as repairs and readiness finish.
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Cambridge Field
Cambridge
Jacksonville
Caldwell
Cambridge Collieries Co
Belle Valley
Forsythe Coal Co
Cambridge Collieries
Forsythe Coal Companies
Noble County
Guernsey County
Ohio miners gather in Bellaire by the hundreds
Hundreds of Ohio miners assembled in Bellaire for a meeting called by insurgent leaders of the United Mine Workers of America. Expelled locals allied with Save the Union faced possible ouster while leaders weighed demanding a state or district convention and possibly forming a new organization amid tense preparations by authorities.
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Bellaire
U.P
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America
Save the Union
National Miners Body
Ohio Republican primary cost tied to Hoover battle
The Senate campaign investigating committee reported Ohio's Republican primary cost about 111000 dollars. Willis anti Hoover expenses were 56159 dollars and Hoover campaign costs 55259 dollars. Total committee expenditures show 355171 by Republicans and 140668 by Democrats with Hoover and Smith forces accounting for major shares.
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Washington
U.P
Ohio
Senate
Willis
Hoover
Carmi Thompson
Smith
Protest Reaches Ohio Senators Over Lead Line Bill
Members of the Great Lakes Sand and Gravel Producers association warn that if Senator King of Utah's lead line bill passes, boats now pumping gravel and sand from Great Lakes beds must be scrapped. They urge Ohio senators Fess and Locher to oppose. The bill would raise the load line above the seaworthy standard set by the steamboat inspection service. With Senator Wesley Jones ill, commerce committee action this session seems unlikely.
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Washington
Great Lakes Sand and Gravel Producers Association
King
Utah
Great Lakes
Fess
Locher
Ohio
Steamboat Inspection Service
Wesley Jones
Commerce Committee
Congress
Miners in Eastern Ohio Field Drop by Forty Percent
Marshal Stanley Borthwick reports the Eastern Ohio coal field has shed about 40 percent of its miners since the Ohio coal strike began last March. Estimated to be 19,000 miners in March, current figures show roughly 10,000 remain as workers move to cities to take laborer and trainman jobs.
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Columbus
Eastern
Ohio
Marshal Stanley Borthwick
Marshal Borthwick
Coal Mines Run In Belmont County On Competitive Wages
In Belmont Harrison and Jefferson counties the Pittsburgh No. 8 seam sees about 5000 workers on competitive or cooperative pay. Daily output runs around 16000 tons with wide fluctuations. Officials estimate over twenty mines are open though exact headcount and tonnage vary. Open shop pay in Eastern Ohio ranges from 6.50 to over 6 dollars daily, with leaders earning above six dollars per day.
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Bellaire
Pittsburgh No. 8
Belmont
Harrison
Jefferson Counties
Marshal Stanley’ Borthwick
Adolph Pacifico
Ohio
Beatrice Rosenbaum Missing in Youngstown Near Delapidated Ford
Beatrice Rosenbaum, 10, has been missing eight days in Youngstown with police still without leads. Neighbors last saw her entering a dented Ford driven by a middle aged man. Five hundred high school students aided the search before returning to classes as investigators probe a report of three men burying something near the Y and tracks.
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Youngstown
U.P
Beatrice Rosenbaum
Wallace Metcalfe
South Side
Rosenbaum
Governor Donahey appoints Samuel N Summer to Ohio State trustees
Columbus May 22 Governor Vic Donahey announces the appointment of Samuel N Summer of Huntington West Virginia to a trustee seat at Ohio State University.
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Columbus
U.P
Vic Donahey
Samuel N. Summer
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio
Tstate Univer
Tremendous Emotion as Mather Mine Disaster Death Toll Rises
In Mather Pennsylvania on May 22 rescuers pressed the mine disaster salvage. Twenty bodies were recovered during the day bringing the known death toll to eighty one with the last nine victims brought out at 12:30 p m.
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Mather
Wille
Des Bris
Five Dead and One Rescued From Mather Coal Mine Incident
Life was found today among the men trapped in the underground workings of the Mather coal mine. Five bodies were recovered by 8 8 o'clock this morning. Fran k Bucsha, one of the 210 miners entombed when an express wrecked the working Saturday, was rescued after 63 hours. News of Bucsha's rescue spread through the village, renewing hope that others may be found alive.
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Mather
Vrank Bucsha
Hucela
Rutland Man Dies in Mine Disaster at Mather
Rutland, May 22. John Saxton 26 of Rutland died in the Mather Pa mine explosion Saturday. He was the son of Mrs Laura Saxton, a widow. The widow’s body was taken to Portsmouth for burial, authorities reported.
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Rutland
Mather
John Saxton
Laura Saxton
Saxton
Portsmouth
Miner Bucsha Rescued Amidst Deadly Mine Blast Toll
The death toll stood at 72 with 13 survivors when Bucsha was rescued by Bruce Veal one and a half miles from the shaft, 800 feet underground in Butt 22. He survived by remaining in a small hole as gas filled the mine while a companion reportedly stayed behind before succumbing. Rescuers, seeking 100 men feared lost, called for more doctors as hopes faded and towns awaited news from the entombed group.
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Bucsha
Bruce Veal
Veal
Mttte
Puesha
Butt 22
Waynesburg
Take It Higher Columbus Case Appealed to Supreme Court
John Nuhn and ae Penson appealed to the supreme court from a Erie County Court of Appeal ruling that favored the Bank of Vermillion County in a note dispute. The May 32 A 2- H docket notes alleged errors in the lower court's judgment.
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Columbus
Nuhn
John Nuhn
Ae Penson
Preme Court
Erie County Court of Apperlg
Bank of Vermillion County
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Hold Hope
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Stanley Pyrek
Official Survey
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