Feud Sparks Fatal Shooting in Boone County
Walton and surrounding areas recall a long running Norman Adkins feud as Frank Norman, 53, lies critically wounded with three bullets after Memorial Day shooting. Sheriff B B Hume reports J T Adkins in custody for murder while Norman remains silent about his wounds.
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Covington
Norman-Adkin
Boone County
Walton
Frank Norman
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
B. B. Hume
J. T. Adkins
Burlington
Norman
W. H. Norman
Strike clouds gather as rail wage cuts loom
Chicago May 31 strike clouds build on railway horizon as the rail labor board orders a 13.2 percent wage cut for maintenance of way workers effective July 1. Unions plan strike votes and leaders announce ballots if shopcraft wage cuts proceed. The dispute also centers on the contract system and overtime pay with threatened immediate ballots if no board action.
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Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
Detroit
FE. F. Grable
Brotherhood of Maintenance, of Way
B M. Jewell
American Federation of Labor
Labor Board
Jewell
England Threatens to Take Over Ireland Control
Britain may deem the Anglo Irish peace treaty broken and resume old authority in Ireland if Dublin does not accept the De Valera Collins agreement. Winston Churchill informed the House of Commons that Britain will not deviate from the treaty and will withhold assent to any Irish constitution until terms are met.
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England
Ireland
London
Great Britain
House of Commons
Beamonn de Valera
Britain
Winston Churchill
Commons
Arthur Griffith
Dail
Hireann
Michael Collins
Irish Provisional Government
Dublin
Tf de Valera
Finsterwald Seeks Athens County Prosecution Post
Russel W. Finsterwald, Athens County candidate for prosecuting attorney, is a local product born in Canaan township in August 1896. He attended Athens public schools, Athens High, Ohio University and Syracuse University, earning the A S and LL B degrees, serving in WWI, and practicing law with Foster & Wells before being named city solicitor in 1921. The notice urges Republican voters to consider his character and determination for the upcoming primary.
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Russel W. Finsterwald
Athens County
Canaan Township
Athens
Ohio University
Syracuse (New York) University
Syracuse University
Ohio
Syracuse
Fort Ben Harrison
Central Officers Training School
Camp Gordon
Georgia
Foster & Wells
Major Johnson
Bandits in Limousine Hold Up Silk Dealer Cashier
Seven bandits in a limousine robbed the cashier of H R Mallinson and company silk dealers in Long Island City. They escaped with the payroll money totaling fifteen thousand dollars.
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New York
H.R. Mallinson and Company
Long Island City
Mills to close Thursday afternoons through summer
The following mills will be closed every Thursday afternoon through the remainder of the summer vacation until Sept. 15. F. J. Beasley Milling Co. Wolfe Bros. Junod Milling Co. White's Mills.
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F. J. Beasley Milling Co
Wolfe Bros. Junod Milling Co
White’s Mills
Tragic 5-Year-Old Killed By Father's Truck
Isabel May Hughes, five, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hughes, was fatally crushed when she stumbled and fell under her father's moving truck in Newark Ohio. The accident occurred as the father left home and he learned of it only after reaching the city.
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Newark
Ohio
Isabel May Hughes
James Hughes
Minnesota Legislature Hope For Mrs Paige Candidacy
Mrs Mabeth Hurd Paige director of the Fifth region of the National League of Women Voters announces a campaign for the Minnesota state legislature. Native of Massachusetts she studied in St Paul and has long been active in suffrage and philanthropy and was admitted to the bar in 190.
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Mabeth Hurd Paige
National League of Women Voters
Minnesota
Paige
Massachusetts
St. Paul
Memorial Day Observance In Athens Without Band Or Legion
In Athens on Memorial Day 26 Civil War veterans led a march to West State and West Union street cemeteries to decorate graves. The American Legion band did not appear and the Legion did not attend, while Rev. Daniel McGurk gave a forceful address on the meaning of the day and national unity. The ceremony remembered both Civil War and World War dead and urged enduring tribute to veterans of later wars.
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Athens
God's
Grand Army of Republic
West State
West Union Street
National Guard
West State Street
McGurk
Daniel McGurk
Dr. McGurk
Rev. McGurk
Men In Blue
Grand Army of the Republic
Allies Accept The German Promises In Indemnity Case
Paris May 31 The inter allied reparations commission has pronounced Germanys indemnity note satisfactory and will proceed to implement the demands Germany accepted The Echo De Paris states acceptance by Germany averts France extending military occupation Germany is expected to enact the promises into organic law before the end of next week
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Paris
Inter-Allied Reparations Commission
Germany
Echo de Paris
France
Ulster Cabinet Seeks English Aid Amid Tyrone Border Turmoil
The Ulster cabinet appealed to England for help as fighting between Republicans and the Ulster constabulary grew on the Tyrone Fermanagh border. A reign of terror grips the district with Orange residents fleeing. Republicans move south of the Ulster line, centering on Clady Belleck and Strabane.
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Belfast
Ulster Cabinet
England
Republican
Ulster Constabulary
Tyrone-Fermanagh
Ulster Line
Clady Belleck
Strabane
Union of China Hoped For As A Result Of The War
Peking May 31. President Hsu Shih Chane stated he will not resign and will defend order as China remains divided between rival camps. He warned national unity is essential and that ongoing internal strife risks chaos and harm to foreign life and property.
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Union OF China
Edna Lee Booker
I. N
Peking
China
Hsu Shih Chane
International
Republic
Senate May Be Kept At Work Hole Season
Washington May 31 Senate leaders wrestle with a tangle that could keep the chamber in session all summer The issue of cloture or restricted debate on revenue and appropriation bills is seen as a dead issue in the Republican ranks though it may be revisited at the next GOP caucus The McCumber tariff bill could pass in July if conference stalemate ends but leaders insist on American valuations over foreign valuations shaping the process
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J. Bart Campbell
Washington
Senate
Veterans honored on Memorial Day with cemetery tributes
Civil War veterans visited the Athens state hospital cemetery where graves of former soldiers were decorated. Flowers were donated and the G A R appreciated the tribute. Kiwanis club hosted a Memorial Day dinner, described by Captain J B Allen as the first civic group to entertain veterans in the town. Average age of remaining G A R members was over 77 years.
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Athens State Hospital
Kiwanis Club
J. B. Allen
G. A. R. Post
Court ruling grants Huntington banker share of estate
State supreme court of appeals dissolves the will of Dr. Lewis Prichard of Charleston. Fred C. Prichard, a Huntington banker and capitalist, will receive one third of an estate valued at more than three million dollars.
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Huntington
W. Va
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Lewis Prichard
Charleston
Fred C. Prichard
Murder charge grips Youngstown as Sisson is arrested
Arthur Sisson, 22, an automobile mechanic, was arrested in Youngstown on murder charges connected to the slaying of Chas. Reece of Marietta and a $1,000 robbery on January 1, 1921. Sheriff Roberts of Washington County led the arrest, Sisson denies the accusation and is held for the Marietta grand jury.
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Youngstown
Arthur Sisson
Roberts
Washington County
Sisson
Waylard
Chas. Reece
Marietta
Mahoning Avenue
Finney Misses Hearing in Drunkenness Case
Walter Finney, jailed after a Sunday train incident, could not face Mayor Roush for a drunkenness hearing Monday due to injuries. Ed "Skid" Carsey pleaded guilty and paid a $5 fine plus costs. William Masterton and Buck Hayes deny charges and await trial Wednesday. Edith Rockefeller McCormick says she will oppose her daughter Mathilde’s marriage to Max Oser in probate court.
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Walter Finney
Roush
Ed “Skid” Carsey
William Masterton
Buck' Hayes
Finney
Carsey
Chicago
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Mathilde
Max Oser
Charles 8. Cutting
McCormick
Ohio University holds senior class day in sunny procession
Perfect weather featured the traditional senior class day at Ohio University. Dr. Elmer B. Bryan and Fred H. Johnson led 152 seniors in cap and gown as they marched to Ewing Hall where speeches praised the class’s fitness for future work. Class historian Paul Belcher noted the stormy but record-sized 1922 cohort and its role in the university’s progress.
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Ohio University
University
Elmer B. Bryan
Fred H. Johnson
Ewing Hall
Bryan
Paul Belcher
Maude Skidmore
Frances Hatch
Mary Johnson
Fred Johnson
Canton Kidnapping Suspect Kapler Dies After Shootout
May 31 Canton Ohio Dutch Kapler last of four ban dits killed by a posse after kidnaping Motorcycle Officer John Ise. Ise died from wounds in Stark county work house. Others in gang died earlier or confessed to robbing Crafton Bank and Lima State Bank.
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Canton
Kapler
John “Ise
Stark County
Tommy Saxton
Saxton
Crafton, Pa
Lima State Bank
Lima
Ohio
Faery Section Meeting Held in Washington by Hoover
Secretary Hoover hosts a Faery Section gathering in Washington to discuss plans and activities. Participating figures include prominent local researchers and government officials. The meeting aims to coordinate cultural outreach and public programs.
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Washington
Sec. Hoover
Price Fixing Charged as Hoover Meets Coal Operators
Washington May 31 Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover hosted several hundred bituminous coal producers to seek a uniform price at the mines to spare gouging as coal reserves dwindle. Retailers objected to a $3 a ton minimum, citing existing contracts and public demand for lower prices amid freight-rate reductions. No strike end was proposed while no shortage existed.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
L. W. Ferguson
Chicago
Ferguson
Interstate Commerce Commission
Britain Opens Talks on Mutual War Debt Cancellation
In London on May 31 Premier Lloyd George told the House of Commons Britain is prepared to begin negotiations immediately to cancel war debts, provided other powers consent to cancel debts owed to them.
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London
Great Britain
Lloyd George
House of Commons
Georgia Senator Charges Hoover With Misuse of Relief Funds
Senator Watson of Georgia accused Secretary of Commerce Hoover of taking $10,000 a month from relief funds for personal use, creating a sensation in the Senate on May 31.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Watson
Georgia
Senate
Local Legion Urged to Attend Special Banquet
K. T. Crossen Post members invited to an American Legion banquet by Nelsonville Chamber of Commerce at Christian Church Auditorium Nelsonville on Thursday evening June 1 at 6 15 in honor of Attorney Gilbert Bettman Vice Mayor of Cincinnati and Hon J P Wood of Athens. Phone Francis Lavelle post commander at 9164 if you can attend.
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K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
Nelsonville
Free Orange and Lemon Recipe Booklet Offered
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau offers a free booklet with directions for orange and lemon desserts and 200 other dishes. Recipes tested by domestic science experts are simple and practical. Send two cents for return postage with name and address to Frederic J. Haskin in Washington, D. C.
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