Former union leader pressed for lower wage scale in Ohio coal region
A Greens Run meeting of Ohio Collieries union No. 618 discussed demining and potential wage reductions to preserve the union. Daugherty urged readiness for change if national officers reject wage increases, and a state convention was planned. In Nelsonville, about 49 men marched on Chauncey Coal property but failed to sway workers. National Guard observed.
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Elson Wisile
Focal Union
Ohio Collieries Comypenyies
Greens Thun
Lesan
Alee
Robert
Burns
Dartils
Sid Bistrict
Daugherty
Formier
Pallies
Jacksonville
Te Valley
Ohio
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
Nelsonville
Chauncey Coal Company
Bailey Tun
National Guard
Fair Weather Forecast for Week Ahead
Weather report from Washington notes mostly fair conditions in the valley with off and on showers midweek. Temperatures start near normal, rise for two to three days, then cool again by Friday.
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Washington
U.R
Hie Valley
High Cost Coal Mines to Close. Thousands of Miners Lose Jobs
Consolidation Coal Company plans closing four mines in Somervale and six in West Virginia due to overproduction and price pressures. John D Rockefeller Jr. holds the largest stake. closures target least efficient operations. Thousands face unemployment as only economically viable mines continue.
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New York
Consolidation Coal
Hias
Imi
John J. Rockefeller, Jr
Tie Pnnes
Somer Voal Fir Sania
Feld
West Virginia
Robert Hil
Alairman
Lieboard
Artion
President's veto of farm bill sparks party fight in Kansas City
Midwestern farmers react to President Coolidge's veto of the McNary Haugen farm relief bill. Delegates at the convention in Kansas City split along party lines over farm policy, with Republicans and Democrats pressing for their planks. Protests and planned actions spread to Illinois as farmers mobilize.
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Kansas City
Coolidge
Springfield
Plank
Pwitichi
Hesablicans
Payinh
Indiana
Tha Soult
Par. Hy. Brevet
Commerce
Editor seeks damages for stay in county jail
William J. Lewis editor of the Lancaster Gazette sues Edward W. Boerstler Lancaster justice of the peace alleging unlawful imprisonment on a pretended contempt charge. He was jailed two hours after arrest on a warrant tied to an editorial criticizing a magistrate and released by habeas corpus from Common Pleas Court Judge Brooks Shell.
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Common ‘Pleas
Wiliam JT
Lewis
Lancaster iGazette
Edward W. Borerailer
Lancaster
Speace
Borrsiler
iVairtiel
Aatke Brooks E. Shell
Boerstler
Justice of the Peace
W. Boerstler
Lancuster
W. T. Lewis
Lancaster Gazette
Common Pleas Eourt
Habeas Corps
Columbus
Justice Boerstler
New Morality Question Before New York Court
In the New York Supreme Court Mrs Blanche Huber 22-year-old artist model defends divorce suit against a steel broker claiming she visited other men and stayed out late. She argues a new morality should be recognized by courts as modern girls now accept and even joke about such behavior.
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New York
Uri
New York Supreme Court
Brandict
Blanche Huber
Nas
Negro Rescued After 147 Hours in Mine Shaft
Jonn Wade, a negro worker, was rescued from a gas filled shaft at Mather mine after 117 hours. Found two and a half miles underground, he was incoherent and unable to talk clearly. Rescue teams continued digging for other victims as workers still remained missing.
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Mather
Jonn Wade
Wiane
Iing
Hou
Senate Delays Motion on Adjournment Amid Turmoil
Washington May 6 U P Republican senators blocked quick action on a House resolution for adjournment next Thursday. Lafollette objected, delaying the vote for a day amid protests over the Boulder Dam bill Navy cruiser construction and Mississippi barging measures. Johnson Oddie Shivstrad Yarmee Sorgis and others led the opposition as Dawes announced the delay. Also London May 26 United States Ambassador Abinson Broughton sailed to New York aboard the SS Berengania.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
House
Congress
Navy
Mississippi
Laffolette
Curtis
Dawes
Lafollette
Hiram Johnson
Oddie
Republican
Neve
Shivstrad
Yarmee Laborite
Minn
Sorjris
Neb
London
United States
Abinson
Vilna Proclamation Thrown as Lithuania Capitals Change
A presidential decree proclaims Vilnius as capital of Lithuania under Polish control and proposes constitutional changes that would abolish parliamentary government. The Vilna proclamation heightens tensions as Polish Lithuanian negotiations continue, stirring regional bitterness.
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Kovno
Lithuania
U.P
Vilnia
Poland
Vilna
Still Going Shade Turtle Found in Lao Williams Field
A land turtle with the initials of the late Wilbur Williams was found by Fred Smith while working on the Williams farm. The small turtle shows no signs of age and has appeared in the same field multiple times in recent years.
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Shade
Lao Williams
Fred Smith
Wilbur Williams
Young Pair Weds At Gretna Green
In Cincinnati on May 26 a marriage linked Maria Holfelner, 17, daughter of Edwin Holfelner of Online Bishop Law Co Columbus, to Charles Pegler, 20, son of Arthur Pegler of Columbus. Police report indicate the union had already been authorized by Covington Kentucky county clerk, despite efforts to block it.
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Tinnati
Edwin Holfelner
Onlin Bishop Law Company
Columbus
Maria
Charles Pegler
Arthur Pegler
Auinnatl
Potter
Jim
Covington
Two Bank Officials Killed In $44,000 Lamar Holdup
Bandits shot dead two bank officials during a Lamar Colorado bank robbery that yielded $44 000. A. N. Parrish president of the National Bank of Lamar and his son John Parrish cashier were killed. A Dr W W Vineinger of Dighton Kan and cashier B A Kessigner were also believed slain as the robbers fled. Pursuits spread across Oklahoma Colorado Nebraska and New Mexico with hundreds of volunteers and motorized men in airplanes assisting in the hunt near Ohley Kansas.
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Lamar
Cols
Ohley
Kay
Prague
Oklahoma
Colorado
Nebraska
New Mexico
A. N. J Parrish
Thea Tlonal Bank of
John
W. W. Wincinger
Dighton
Kan
Oakley
B. A. Kessigner
Dr. Vineinger
Clakley
Scott Guy
Chang Tse Lin declares threat to Peking ended
Chang Tse Lin announced that the Watlens in a threat against Peking had ended after the Southern army was decisively defeated by Northern troops below Panting-lu. He claimed sweeping victories on the Panting-lu sector and said the Nationalist advance had been checked.
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Puking
China
Chang Tse Lin
Watlens
Peking
Panting-lu
Chang
Ree Tremling Tong
Nankouw
Jin
Wis Chang
Mystery of Five Missing Men Near Point Barrow
A relief plane searching for five men missing since May 13 nears Point Barrow Alaska with pilot Matt Nieminen at the controls. Nieminen, a former Texas flier, left Kotzebue and plans a rest stop at Wainwright 109 miles away to refuel and press on.
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Fairbankees
Alaska
Northland
Point Barrow
Matt Nieminen
Texas
Kotzchue
Wainwing
Unable To Solve Cause of Death
Columbus May 2 report on John A Weldon former Lafayette College star halfback found dead near here on Thursday. Initial belief suggests suicide due to unemployment but police doubt the theory as pockets were empty and no clear motive or evidence found.
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Columbus
Ur—Potoday
John A. Weldon
Lafayette
Highway Chief To Quit Job in June
COLTARUS May 26 Harry J. Kirk chief engineer of the state highway department was advanced today as the successor to State Highway Director George Sehlesinger who has resigned effective June 15. Sehlesinger has accepted a post with the National Paving Brick association. It was said I will succeed to the job if Governor Vic Donahey follows his policy of promoting department executives when vacancies occur. Sehlesinger denied rumors of a misunderstanding with the governor.
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Coltarus
Harry J. Kirk
State Highway Department
George Sehlesinger
Dunce
Sehlesinger
National Paying Brick Association
Vic Donahey
Schlesinger
Memorial Day Closures Announced for Towns and Services
In observance of Memorial Day all stores and freight offices including New York Central Baltimore and Ohio lines will close. Athens Messenger reports no editions. Parade and services are planned for morning with Cape taler J B Allen overseeing arrangements.
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Memorial Tay
New York Central
Baltimore and Whie
Mocking Valley
Athens Messenger
Capetaler
J. B. Allen
Italia Plans Rescue Flight For Lost Dirigible Crew
Report from Copenhagen and Oslo say Italy requested a rescue expedition for the polar dirigible Italia. Telegrams list officers aboard including General Umberto Nobile, Captain Adalberto Mariano, Captain Angelo Rampini, Lieutenant Alfredo Viglieri, and chief engineer Natale Cecioni as the crew at Kings Bay Spitzbergen awaiting confirmation of contact with the Daxe ship Citta Di Milano.
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Vandsor
Norway
U.R
Kings Bay
Adalberto Mariano
Royal Italian Navy
Ips
Arp
Afredo Viglieri
Natale Cecioni
Afflicted Boy May Live for a Time
Writ of habeas corpus halts Giovanni deportation as judge weighs next Tuesday hearing. Italian boy, eyes only able to see at night, faces stay of removal despite earlier deportation order.
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New York
Giovanni
New World
John C. Knox
Italia Dirigible Italia Returns From Pole After Blizzard
News reaches Oslo on May 24 that the Italian airship Italia, stalled over the Arctic, blew back toward the north as storms battered it. Rescue efforts move forward from Spitzbergen with Citta Di Milano and Norwegian ships en route while sealing crews search icy islands for signs of the craft and its crew.
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United Press
Oslo
Norway
North Pols
Torilfe
Osteo
Troald Amundsen
Aca
Pele
Italla
North Pole
Citta di Milano
Ttalla
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Snitzbergen
Civilization
Moffen Islands
Tralla
Coolidge Set To Sign Big Tax Reduction Bill
Washington reports the $225 495 000 tax reduction bill sent to President Coolidge, with expected signature. Provisions include a flat 1 percent corporate tax, a reenactment of the 3 percent automobile tax, higher admissions exemptions, club dues tax exemption to 25 dollars, earned income increase to 30 800 with 25 percent credit, repeal of cereal beverage tax, wine tax cut, repeal of foreign built yacht tax, and narcotics tax reduction from six to five.
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Washington
Coolidge Todar
Coolidge
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