Deadlock Over To Out Yet Unbroken ER
Columbus May 28 House members reconvened to break the adjournment deadlock. The lower house considered a Senate resolution for a recess to January 9, which the Senate approved after failed amendments. Governor Davis sought support for final adjournment by offering a special tax session. The House remains opposed to recess and may urge dissolution for a special session. A Senate committee was named to probe Ohio penitentiary conditions with Culbert, Norwood, and Reynolds as members.
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Columbus
House
General Assembly
Senate
Davis
Ohio
Culbert
Fremont
Norwood
Canton
Reynolds
Cleveland
Magistrate Fines Restaurant Owner One Dollar Per Roach
A New York magistrate fined a restaurant proprietor one dollar for each roach found in his kitchen. An inspector testified about a family of ten roaches encountered during a walk, and the judge declared ten dollars in total.
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New York
O'Neill
How They Did It Wichita Vaccination Escape
Thirty people escaped vaccination in Wichita Kansas as others say feminine nurses were told they were vaccinated on the leg to avoid scrutiny.
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Wichita
Kan
Mooney Retrial Bid Denied by Judge Louderback
SAN FRANCISCO May 28 Judge Louderback refused Byron C Parker's writ seeking a new trial for Thomas Mooney. He said no legal path remained to grant a re hearing and offered no alternative remedy.
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San Francisco
Louderback
Byron C. Parker
Thomas
Reds attempt to slay ruler at Sofia church event
Two men died and ten were injured when a bomb was thrown during a Metropolitan church ceremony honoring Saints Cyrilus and Methodius in Sofia. King Boris escaped injury as government and church officials witnessed the attack. amid unrest, a communist club was set on fire and police struggled to restore order.
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Sofia
Boris
Cyrilus and Methodius
Out of Work Man Leaps to Death in Youngstown
John Sarka aged 60, recently unemployed for weeks and despondent, jumped to his death from the fourth floor of the Home Savings and Loan Company building in Youngstown Ohio on May 28.
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Youngstown
John Sarka
Home Savings and Loan Company
Pastry Sale Promised by Sunnyside PTA at Athens Electric
Sunnyside Parent-Teacher Association hosts a pastry sale this Saturday afternoon at the Athens Electric building. Proceeds support PTA programs and student activities.
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Athens Electric ‘Company
Sunnyside
Parent-Teacher Association
Pistol Battle In Newport Leaves Officer Wounded
Police hunted Newport and nearby towns after a night pistol duel at Sixth and Patterson streets. Two bands, each armed, fired about 100 shots, terrorizing residents as Patrolman Simmons, who captured one assailant, was beaten and left in critical condition at Speers Hospital.
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Newport
Sixth
Patterson
Patrelan Simmons
Speers Hospital
Two Strangers Rob Jitney Driver for Whiskey
In Youngstown Ohio on May 28 two unknown men hired jitney driver Irwin Kibbler to take them to a country road. At a lonely spot they attacked him with a gun and bound him to a bill board before fleeing.
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Youngstown
Irwin Kibbler
Kibbler
NO PAPER MONDAY HOLIDAY CLOSING
The Messenger office and shop will be closed all day Monday May 30 in observance of the national holiday honoring soldiers living and dead of all American wars. Industry and commerce pause to honor those who offered their all for a free government.
Norwalk Man Dies in Electric Chair for Dr Benson Murder
Charles Rehfeld was executed by electric chair at the state penitentiary in Columbus for the murder of Dr. Horace Benson of Norwalk. He offered no prayer and asserted his innocence as he died at 1 07 A M after refusing chaplaincy and dignitaries. The woman linked to the case reportedly died recently in Norwalk.
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Columbus
Charles Rehfeld
State Penitentiary
Horace Benson
Norwalk
Reed
Rehfeld
Benson
Harding Signs First Budget Bill for Federal Efficiency
Washington May 28 The federal government moves to a business like budget system under President Harding with a director of budget and an auditing framework. The measure requires departments to submit coordinated requests to form a balanced budget and governs next fiscal year starting July 1.
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Raymond Clapper
Washington
Harding
United States
Congress
Treasury Department
Buick Price Cut Planned For June First
Buick Motor Car Company announces a sharp price reduction effective June 1 1922 ranging from 300 dollars on open cars to about 600 dollars on closed models The announcement says current models will stay in production through 1922 The item also includes an odd closing line about Earth’s population and a town’s people being bully but provides no further context
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Flint
Mich
Buick Motor Car Company
Pavilion Dance Shows Weekly Dances at Carpenter's Pavilion
Thursday and Saturday evenings at 7 30 P M feature dances at Carpenter's Pavilion with Decoration Day noted for the 30th. Event listing specifies weekly social gatherings starting at 7 30 P M at the pavilion.
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Carpenter's Pavilion
Postmasters Close Two Day Ohio Convention in Athens
Ohio postmasters wrap up their two day convention in Athens at the Cline Building with an elaborate banquet at the Pw postmasters through Columbus report.
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Columbus
Ohio
American soldiers buried in Europe to be honored Monday
By Webb Miller Paris May 28 American soldiers dead across Europe will be honored Monday by patriots and citizens of the countries where their bodies lie. A wreath will be placed by American Legion representatives on more than 55 000 graves in France Great Britain Italy and Belgium. Special services will be held in the large cemeteries at Surenes Romagne Belleau and Bony.
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Paris
Europe
American Legion
France
Great Britain
Italy
Belgium
Surenes
Romagne
Belleau
Bony
Weekly Weather Forecast for Ohio Valley and Tennessee
May 28 report ahead for the week May 30 to June 4 notes below normal temperatures and occasional local showers in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee region.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Prohibition Enforcement to Move Under Justice Department
Washington reports that prohibition enforcement will be placed under the department of justice soon. The agreement was announced today by David Blair, the newly appointed commissioner.
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Washington
Department of Justice
David Blair
Patrolman 19 Crash Victim in Cincinnati
Albert Schmitt a 30 year old motorcycle patrolman died at General Hospital after his cycle collided with another motorcyclist while in pursuit of a speeding rider. His bike struck a third machine sending him against a tree. A 15 year old girl at the scene said she was riding with the struck driver who fled with the pursuer after abandoning her.
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Cincinnati
Albert Schmitt
General Hospital
Schmitt
Zion City tabernacle destroyed by gale near lake
May 28 in Zion City Mt the ecclesiastical tent used by Rev. Thomas Nelson in opposition to Wilbur Glenn Voliva was torn from its stakes and swept into the lake by a strong wind. Overseer Voliva called Rev Wilson's tabernacle a goat house.
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Zion City
Zion
Thomas Nelson
Wilbur Glenn Voliva
Voliva
Wilson
Tabernacle
Anglo American Working Entente Seen For World Peace
Republican members of the state foreign relations committee foresee an Anglo American working entente as the basis for international arrangements to preserve peace. They argue disarmament is a prerequisite and expect Borah's plan to be accepted as a rider to the navy bill. Lloyd George favors close U S relations and would join a three power disarmament conference with U S and Japan if invited.
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United Press
Washington
State Foreign Relations Committee
House
Court adjourned as man claims smallpox in Cambridge trial
In Cambridge Ohio on May 28 a trial halted when William Miller declared I have smallpox and want to see the health commissioner. The court adjourned at once and Miller was sent home under quarantine.
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Cambridge
William Miller
Miller
Harding Faces Decision on Grain Exchange and Pack Control Bills
President Harding must choose between Old Guard legislative theories and the new farmer group in Congress as he weighs two key food policy bills. The grain exchange regulation bill passed by the House and the packet control bill under consideration would grant broad powers to the Agriculture Department to regulate grain trading and packer activity, challenging his "less government in business" stance.
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Herbert W. Walker
Washington
Harding
Old Guard
Congress
House
Department of Agriculture
Contempt, juror tampering eyed in McInerny McGannon trials
County Prosecutor Stanton and Special Prosecutor David discuss possible contempt charges against Mrs. Delia McInerny for jury tampering and actions on juror selection in the McGannon case. McInerny spent a night in the county jail after admitting talking to jurors. Judge Baer ordered her arrest as jurors testified she sought contact.
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Cleveland
Stanton
David
Delia McInery
William H. McGannon
Rail wage cut to be announced by U S railroad board
Chicago may 28 the United States railroad labor board completed work on a plan slicing wages by 400 million dollars and will publish the decision next Wednesday at 9 30 am. The cut varies by class of labor with reductions up to about 20 percent and others around 12 percent. The order will apply to all classes of railroad workers and to roads designated by the board.
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Chicago
United States Railroad Labor Board
Haig-4
First Arrest on the Slacker List
Columbus Ohio May 28 Frank Edward Baton a 26 year old clerk in a railroad office was the first alleged slacker arrested here following the war department lists Baton says he was detained in the city workhouse during the draft period and believed he was exempted.
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Columbus
Frank Edward Baton
War Department
Baton
Memorial Day Closures Across Athens Stores
All Athens merchants will close Monday for Memorial Day exercises. Nearly all business establishments in the city will also shut for the day.
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Athens Retail Merchants Association
Adamless Eden to Open as Small Park for Women
London on May 28 describes an area dubbed an Adamless Eden to be opened as a small park where women workers may rest and meditate undisturbed by men. The language reflects concern for propriety and gendered public space in the era.
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London
Man Freed In Whiskey Charge For Wedding Use
Alfred Beyer was dismissed on a charge of possessing whiskey after testifying he carried whiskey on his truck for his wedding. His fiancée Miss Irma Menchen testified in his behalf as police had confiscated the whiskey in Cincinnati Ohio on May 28 before Judge W Meredith Yeatman in municipal court.
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Cincinnati
W. Meredith Yeatman
Alfred Beyer
Beyer
Irma Menchen
Germany completes first war reparations payment
Berlin May 28 Germany finished its first payment of war reparations sending twenty treasury bonds of ten million dollars each to Paris in total 60 million gold marks marking completion of the initial one billion mark payment. The cabinet shifts to enforcing the peace treaty disarmament provisions and discusses demobilizing the Bavarian civic guard.
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Berlin
Germany
Paris
Treasury
Treudley HS Resigns After Long Ohio Univ Career
Dr. Frederick Treudley will retire from Ohio University after nineteen years as professor of educational methods philosophy and sociology. His departure shocks students who remember his warm genial temperament and memory for names. He will travel in England and Scotland and leave a generous library for students to enjoy.
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Frederick Treudley
Ohio University
Treadley
England
Scotland
New Brighton
Hiram
Indiana University
Mary Helen Moss
Union City
Ind
Adelia Davis
Davis
Youngstown
Ohio
Prof
Ohio appoints Rose Morairty to state industrial commission
Columbus May 28 Women voters celebrate Gov. Davis recognizing suffrage work by appointing Rose Morairty of Cleveland as a member of the state industrial commission. Morairty has long been active in the suffrage movement.
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Columbus
Women Voters of
Ohio
Davis
Rose Morairty
Cleveland
State Industrial Commission
British Troops to Reinforce Ireland with Martial Law
London May 28 British forces will be reinforced in Ireland by several thousands. The Daily Sketch reports plans to extend martial law and create a system of houses akin to those built by Lord Kitchener in South Africa. Broad operations will include roundups and seizures of artists and suspects.
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London
Ireland
The
Daily Sketch
Lord Kitchener
South Africa
Artis
Uniform road signs planned to aid travelers statewide
County official R Baker announced state highway office will implement a single road marking method. Tourists have faced inconsistent signs across communities causing confusion. New standardized signs aim to let travelers move with freedom as the uniform system is adopted nationwide.
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Eee R. Baker
Hi Way
Ohio
Baker
Rickenbacker Starts Transcontinental Air Flight
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker began a cross country flight from Dayton to Washington leaving Checker Char Field at 7 AM with Lieut H J Woodbridge aboard. The trip, ordered by General John Mitchell, aims to reach Washington later today amid cloudy skies and northwest winds.
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Dayton
Eddie Rickenbacker
Washington
Chicago
J. H. Woodsbrige
Checkerh
Devon
Ohio
Rickenbacker
H. J. Woodbridge
John Mitchell
Air Service
Washin
Walington
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