Coal Market Overloaded By Producers
Cincinnati May 29 Coal operators faced criticism at the American Mining Congress dinner for flooding an already overstocked market. Harry L. Gandy of the National Coal Association said there is excess capacity in bituminous coal and producers sell below cost due to natural abundance and poor foresight. E. W. Parker backed the hard coal claim and J. F. Calbreath urged operators to stop mining and selling at loss.
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Icincinnati
American Mining Congress
Harry L. Gandy
Washington
National Coal Association
E. W. Parker
Philadelphia
Anthracite Bureau of Information
J. F. Calbreath
Gandy
Train Ditching Near Worcester Kills Fireman
The Maine Express from New York to Bar Harbor ditched in Worcester Massachusetts early today. Fireman S A Williams of Hartford Connecticut was killed. Engineer John M Earley, also of Hartford, was injured along with passenger Lewis B Yambino of Lawrence. Scores of travelers were thrown from their berths as the locomotive and two cars overturned.
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Worcester
Mass
New York
Bar Harbor
Maine
S. A. Williams
Hartford
Conn
John Mr. Earley
Lewis B. Yambino
Lawrence
Miss McVay Arrives in Athens and Tours Historic Sites
Postcard from Anna Pearl McVay of New York City to Dr. C W Super reports her arrival in Athens Greece. She landed in April and is quartered in the former palace of Prince George while visiting historic spots.
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Anna Pearl McVay
New York City
C. W. Super
Athens
Greece
Palace
Prince George
Chief on Stand in Chesapeake and Ohio Consolidation Case
O P Sweringen, architect of uniting five railroads into one system, faced intense cross examination before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Henry Anderson, counsel for dissenting minority C and O stockholders, questioned the plan during hearings in Washington.
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Washington
O. P. Sweringen
Interstate Commerce Commission
Henry Anderson
Chesapeake and Ohio
Romanoff Jewelry Mystery Amid Soviet Solvency Debate
A 1925 column discusses the Romanoff jewel collection and Soviet invitations to foreign reps to witness its purported solvency. The piece contrasts czarist extravagance with Russia's fiscal image, noting diamonds, pearls, and a miniature train amid the jewels.
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Mr. Warfield
Weber and Fields
Bolshevism
Peter
Russia
Bird survey station at Ohio University established
A government biological survey sub station is set up at Ohio University under the department of civic biology. Birds captured will be tagged with an aluminum band bearing a sequence number and the inscription Notify biological survey Washington DC. The survey aims to track movements of various bird species nationwide.
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Government Biological Survey
Ohio University
Department of Civic Biology
Biological Survey
Washington
State Atttorney General Rules Roseville Brick Plant Not State Property
Ohio Attorney General Crabbe states Roseville state brick plant was never purchased by the state. A deed of record was not accepted by any state authority, leaving the property as private, despite welfare department involvement and a $35,000 purchase fund blocked by injunction.
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Columbus
Roseville
Muskingum County
Ohio
Crabbe
Tracy
Rotary Manufacturing and
Roseville State Brick Plant
Department of Welfare
Adviser of State
Boy Electrocuted Touching Gas Stove in Bath
Stockton California 12 year old Ralph Smallfield was electrocuted when he touched a gas stove after stepping from a bath. A short circuit in an adjoining light fixture charged the stove with electricity.
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Stockton
Cal
Ralph Smallfield
Wheel Chair Tourist Aims for New York Journey
James Thompson, an invalid for 10 years, propels himself across the country from Clovis New Mexico to New York. In Indianapolis he said he can travel up to 35 miles a day with truck lifts aiding his wheelchair trip.
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Indianapolis
James Thompson
Clovis
N. M
New York
Athens County Honors War Veterans in Memorial Program
Athens will honor veterans who died or served from the Civil War through World War I in a county wide program. The list of those who died or served includes Walter F. Kelly Granville Sharp Marion Gheer Hayt J. Ashton Floyd Bolin and many others across districts in Athens Glouster Nelsonville and surrounding areas.
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Athens
Athens County
K. T. Crossen
The
Americas Legion
Walter F. Kelly
Granville Sharp
Marion Gheer
Hayt J. Ashton
Floyd Bolin
Garrett C. Enlow
Walter Bean
George Sherman
Conrath
Milford Lasure
William Cornell
Murdered Woman Found Bound in Brooklyn Vacant Lot
New York May 29 police report a young woman named Miss Florence Kane 24 of Brooklyn found strangled and bound in a Brooklyn vacant lot. Officials say death occurred several hours earlier with no immediate suspects.
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New York
Florence Kane
Brooklyn
Sophomores Defeat Freshmen In Tug Of War At State Hospital Grounds
Ohio University sophomores won a tug of war against the freshmen yesterday at the state hospital grounds lake. Each side fielded twenty five men with heavy weight. After repeated pulls the freshmen bent the hooks and replacements were needed, but the sophomores pulled decisively on the third heave and dragged the entire freshman line into the water.
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Ohio University
State Hospital
Grounds’ Lake
Shakeup in Washington to reorganize prohibition enforcement
May 29 Roy A. Haynes prohibition commissioner announces a general re organization of dry law enforcement methods to make the government's rum war more effective.
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Washington
Roy A. Haynes
Prohibition
Mingo County Faces New Strife After Grand Jury Indictments
Williamson W Va May 29 In a return of seventeen true bills by the Mingo county grand jury twelve Kermit men are charged with murder and unlawful concealed weapon violations tied to last week’s election shooting in Kermit In the fighting two men were killed Sheriff Parsely 50 prominent Kermit merchant and political leader and J Buck Kirk president of the Kermit school board were among the dead
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Sherman Parsely
Kermit
J. Buck Kirk
Kermit School Board
Scout Court of Honor planned for Nelsonville amid county growth
Walter Muir reports booming Scoutcraft in Athens county as he and Major Robert L. Cole arrange a Scout Court of Honor in Nelsonville. The effort adds new merit badges and aims to register twenty troops before summer at Muskingum camp, with units spreading from Amesville to New Marshfield and Centennel.
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Athens County
Walter Muir
Muir
Robert L. Cole
Marietta
Nelsonville
Athens
C. H. Hudson
Lloyd Evans
Walter Whitlock
Floodwood
Mr. Evans
Ralph Pritts
Chauncey High School
Amesville
Glouster
Trimble
Jacksonville
Coolville
Guysville
Chauncey
Frost
New Marshfield
Centennel
Bryan buys gift for Huffman wedding in Columbus
J W Bryant orders a half set of famous drations as a wedding present for James W Huffman governor Donahey's executive secretary who will wed Margaret Donahey on June 3 in Columbus Ohio.
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J. W. Buys
Columbus
William Jennings Bryan
James W. Huffman
Donahey
Margaret
Paris pair shocks society with modest honeymoon trend
David Merriwether Milton and Abby Rockefeller disappear for a week then relocate to the Hotel Crillon in Paris. The couple plans to live on Milton's income, maintaining a modest lifestyle that astonishes models milliners and washerwomen on the tour.
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Paris
David Merriwether Milton
Abby Rockefeller
David
Abby
Crillon
Brutal Murder of Children Solved in Pittsburgh
Raymond Winters, 30, interurban conductor, was charged with the killings of Helen Sabol eight and Alexander six. Bodies found in a creek near their home. skulls crushed. Winters, after a three hour grilling, confessed to luring the children with candy and ice cream before killing them. He is a World War II veteran who had been gassed several times.
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Pittsburgh
Raymond Winters
Helen Sabol
Alexander
Harry Estep
Winters
Bucyrus Hosts Ohio University Play The Mollusc
The Mollusc by Ohio university public speaking group was performed in Bucyrus last night with the same cast Henry Shepherd Melba Woodworth Frances Zincke and Arthur Cameron. The play having met success in Athens and in response to requests will be repeated as the annual spring play in June. The game cast will appear.
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Ohio University
Bucyrus
Henry Shepherd
Melba Woodworth
Frances Zincke
Arthur Cameron
Athens
Ups and Downs Reflected in Life’s Balance
A concise reflection notes that life’s high moments provide a remedy for its low points. Remembering joys helps overlook hardships and restore perspective.
Ten Year Old Albert Timons Found At Fair Grounds
Albert Timons, a ten year old boy described as dusky, was located by Deputy Jacob Cady at the fair grounds after attempting to run away. Previously he had been returned to his Cincinnati parents by Judge S. M. Johnson. He will be turned over to juvenile court for further handling.
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Athens
Albert Timons
Albert
Cincinnati
Ohio Firemen Indemnity Fund Aims to Shield Cities
Ohio cities must implement the 1921 firemen indemnity law by creating a fire department board of trustees led by the public safety director or fire chief. The fund, financed by taxation, pays two thirds of a firefighter’s wage up to eighteen dollars weekly for total disability, and up to ten dollars weekly for partial disability. Widows receive up to twenty five dollars a month with ten dollars per dependent child.
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Ohio
General Assembly of Ohio
Fire Department
Boards of Trustees
Fire Day Leader for His Activities in Ohio League
Cincinnati May 29 The Ohio Anti Saloon League faction reports Dr Edgar Macdill superintendent of the Cincinnati district will not continue after June 1 He says he left by notice in February while Columbus headquarters say he was fired The dispute centers on administration and Macdill emphasis on law enforcement versus church visits and fund solicitation
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Cincinnati
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Edgar Macdéill
Doctor Macdill
Columbus
League
Husband Sentenced for Wife Murder in Kineman Case
John Heefner of Kineman was convicted of murdering his wife on April 16 and sentenced in Warren to one to twenty years in the Ohio Penitentiary. The court delivered the judgment today, detailing the crime and punishment.
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Warren
John Heefner
Kineman
Ohio
Fatal Hit Runconfronted Couple in Liverpool Street Crossing
Harold Purdy 24 died after a car struck him while crossing a street in front of his home to greet his wife who sat on the porch. The crash occurred May 8 as he crossed near their residence.
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Liverpool
Harold Purdy
Lipp bill Adds 25000 Car Listings in Cuyahoga County
Reports to Secretary of State Brown show the Lipp bill requiring automobile owners to list cars for taxation before licensing has boosted county tax rolls. In Cuyahoga County alone auditors report 25000 additional listings.
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Columbus
Lipp
Brown
Cuyahoga County
Amundsen Delays Search For Fortnight At Pole
Oslo May 29 Fair polar weather eases fears for Roald Amundsen as search plans expand. Spitzbergen dispatches say base party delays rescue for two weeks while Amundsen and companions push toward the pole to conduct extended observations. If unheard after fourteen days, ships will move east and west along the ice barrier.
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Oslo
Rapld Amundsen
Pole
Spitzbergen
Amundsen
Horgan
Hobby
Cape Columba
Greenland
Japan Moves Ships to Safeguard Tsingtao Mills
In Tsingtao China on May 29 Chinese troops attacked several Japanese owned cotton mills occupied by strikers. Two Chinese strikers were killed and ten seriously wounded. Minor casualties reported. No Japanese sailors have landed yet. Two Japanese warships remain in the harbor.
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Tsingtao
China
Memorial Day Closures and Ohio Governor’s Address
Columbus reports state offices closed for Memorial Day. Governor Donahey plans to spend the day in New Philadelphia and deliver an address at the dedication of a public park Saturday afternoon.
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Columbus
Donahey
New Philadelphia
Tiny pygmy mice fit two in a match box
London scientists spotlight tiny inmates at the London Zoo the pygmy mice from Gambia stand among the smallest creatures in captivity. rated at bee size they fit two within a safety match box highlighting remarkable diminutiveness and curiosity about their species.
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London
London Zoo
Gambia
West Africa
Bel gian claims color motion breakthrough with bi chromatic screen
Antwerp reports Belgian inventor Dony touts a bi chromatic movable sense that he says renders colors on screen. The new color system aims to "bring out" hues in motion pictures.
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Antwerp
Belgium
Dony
Budget officials predict June surplus and planned cuts
Officials say the treasury will end the fiscal year with a surplus of over 600 million dollars as drastic cuts are prepared across departments. The Budget Bureau studies potential reductions of about 2 percent this year with further cuts proposed over five years, while avoiding forced large-scale layoffs.
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Washington
Acm
Congress
Bureau of the Budget
Treasury
Coolidge
Ins Ae
Gam
Postegner Department
New
War and Navy Departments
War Department
Budget Bureau
Canadian steamer Pelee brings weekend passengers to port
The Canadian passenger steamer Pelee arrived for a regular weekend trip with many Ohio passengers on board. Local reports note no legalized beer on Pelee Island yet and say several travelers will fish on their voyage as the weather clears.
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Pelee
Iun
Planning a Trip Map for This Season
Fragmented wording describes a map in planning for an upcoming trip this season. It mentions summer timing and busy schedules but lacks clear events, people, or places to specify further details.
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Miss McVay
Romanoff
Ford
Arthur Brisbane
Star Company
Bird Survey
Legal
Stove
Boy
J. Krishnamurti
Jesus Christ
Australia
California
Mingo County
Nelsonville City
SHOCK
Japan
State Office
Walter White
Rhea County
Tennessce
Dayton
Darwin
John T. Scopes
Imton
Frederic J. Meakin
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