Diversification urged for Athens industries and farming
J W Griest leader of the Athens Retail Merchants Institute urged diversification of Athens economy at the institute lunch. He warned mining will fade within five years and proposed four paths: new factories powered by electricity, expanded farming poultry and dairying, tourism to showcase Southeastern Ohio scenery, and regional publicity to attract investors and visitors.
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Athens
J. W. Griest
Athens Retail Merchants’ Institute
Griest
Ohio
Appalachians
Ozarks
Missouri
Arkansas
War on Quantity Sales of Canned Heat Declared
Ashland prosecutor H E Culbertson declared war on illicit canned heat sales after a death blindness and illness linked to use. He will seek indictments for sellers, arguing such sales to drinkers violate prohibition and could trigger manslaughter charges when death results.
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Ashland
U.R
H. E. Culbertson
Bedouin clashes kill or wound hundreds in Damascus area
London reports dispatches from Damascus say 200 people have been killed or wounded in clashes between two factions of a Bedouin tribe, the Kualla Trica. The violence heightens tension in the Damascus region.
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London
Daily Express
Jerusalem
Damascus
Unshaved Since Lincoln Died Pioneer Keeps Vow At 93
John Q. Trimmer of Mound City Missouri vowed never to shave after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. At age 93 he has maintained that pledge.
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Abraham Lincoln
John Q. Trimmer
Mound City, Mo
Greatest Hero of World War Will Speak in Athens
Sergeant Alvin C. York, acclaimed by Marshal Foch as the greatest hero of the World War, is touring to speak in Athens with the Athens Kiwanis club. He will address the Monday 5:30 p.m. meeting at Hotel Berry and a 7:30 p.m. session at Athens High School auditorium with tickets sold. Proceeds support Jamestown mountain school in Tennessee and local charities.
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Alvin C. York
Athens Kiwanis Club
Berry
Athens High School
York
Jamestown
Tenn
American Legion
Tennessee
Lion's Club
Columbus
Capital City
Athlens
Toupees win freshman class election at Ohio University
The Toupees party swept the freshman class election at Ohio University with Clyde Jones of New Strattsville elected president with 156 votes to 115 for Harold Brush. Ray Hart of Marietta won the vice presidency, Marion McClure of Athens became secretary, and Harold Dan ford of Zanesville was chosen treasurer over rivals William Martineck and Anne Morgan.
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Ohio University
Kenneth Perkins
Bedford
Marion McClure
Athens
Harold Danford
Zanesville
William Martineck
Vermillion
Anne Morgan
Brilliant
IWW Urges Colorado Miners to Picket as Reopening Moves Forward
As Colorado coal mines resume operations, I W W leaders pressed striking miners to renew picketing. After a failed announced plan collapsed yesterday, miners in Aguilar Jinssen and Walsenburg were urged to win the strike by picketing.
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Colorado
Denver
Colo
U.R
Aguilar
Jaidsen
Walsenburg
Escape of Mrs Borodin From Northern China Leads to Moscow Arrival
Mrs. Michael Borodin wife of the Soviet adviser to the Cantonese government reached Moscow safely after a prolonged flight from Peking. Russian friends helped hide transport and evade Chang Tso Lin’s troops as detectives sought her death.
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Randall Gould
Manila
United Press
Peking
Michael Zorodin
Moscow
Gould
San Francisco
Manilla
P. I
W.P
Michael Borodin
Chang-Tso-Lin
Chang
China
Nine Die as Tahiti Rams Ferry in Sydney Harbor
Nine persons are dead and about 40 injured after the steamer Tahiti rammed a crowded ferryboat in Sydney Harbor. The ferry with mostly women and children sank within 30 seconds as panic spread and survivors clung to wreckage in shark-infested waters. The Tahiti, bound from New Zealand to San Francisco, struck the ferry, driving its bow through the small boat.
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Sydney
Australia
Tahiti
United Press
New Zealand
San Francisco
Donahey Opposes Fee Court System but Backs Marshall Bill
Governor Donahey, while opposing the fee court system as he did last May, supports the Marshall bill, calling it an improvement over the system struck down by the U S Supreme Court. The Anti-Saloon League issued the statement after a league representative met with Donahey late yesterday. He had told reporters he had not authorized anyone to express his views on the Marshall bill.
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Columbus
U.S
Donahey
U. S. Supreme Court
Anti-Sa
Loon League
League
Donahey Lato
Consolidation of Railroads Urged For Farm Relief
Senator Brookhart of Iowa argues for a farm relief bill and railroad consolidation by condemnation of stocks and bonds. He proposes public operation in a private-like corporation with earnings fixed by law and potential recapture of stock, aiming to curb discrimination against farmers and reduce railroad valuation.
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Washington
U.P
Bookhart
Iowa
Norris-Borah
Congress
Brookhart
One Man Injured as Main Street Fire Destroys Buildings
Chauncey residents faced a morning blaze that gutted two Main Street buildings, damaged a residence, and destroyed six automobiles and feed stock. Howard Brown was burned while trying to move his new car. the loss is over 25000 dollars with partial insurance.
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Chauncey
Howard Brown
Burk Johnson
Brown
Chauncey Feed Company
G. W. Brown
Burg Johnson
New York Coal Company
Henry Oleck
Leck
Chauncey Fire Department
Ben Fielder
Irregularities In Prohibition Enforcement Probe Promised
County Prosecutor Edward C. Stanton pledged to refer charges by Senator Paul M. Herbert to the Cuyahoga county grand jury if evidence supports irregularities in enforcing state prohibition laws. Allegations include fake search warrants liquor planted on innocents and orders taken from the Anti Saloon League. Senator George H. Bender backed Herbert and a conference was planned.
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Cleveland
U.P
Paul M. Herbert
Columbus
Edward C. Stanton
Stanton
Cuyahoga County Grand Jury
Herbert
Justice of the Peace
Anti-Saloon League
George H. Bender
Bender
Crash Kills One, Injures Another in Cleveland
In a Thursday crash between two speeding autos in Cleveland one man was killed and another injured. Both cars were badly wrecked as police investigated the incident.
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Cleveland
Man Sought After Check Forgery in Athens Case
Police hunt for a man who claimed to be J B Taylor representing White Motor Truck Co Cleveland. He fled Athens Friday after forging a $40 check in Julian Gift’s name and owed taxi driver C A Morris $33 for a ride. Described as small, about 130 pounds with sandy hair and a florid complexion, he was last known to be registered at Hotel Berry.
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J. B. Taylor
White Motor Truck Company
Cleveland
Taylor
Athens
Julian Gift
C. A. Morris
Morris
Berry
Marines, National Guard Killed in Nicaragua Clash
State Department reports from Managua say one American marine was wounded, two national guard members killed, and about 60 Nicaraguan rebels killed or wounded in a Tuesday morning engagement near Jicaro Nicaragua.
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Washington
National
Dealers to Display Ford's New Model Nationwide
Ford dealers nationwide will display the new model within two weeks, said Herman Lasky of Lasky Motor Car after return from Detroit. He noted Ford officials asked visitors not to reveal details and that production had begun at 200 cars daily.
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Ford
Herman Lasky
Lasky Motor Car Company
Detroit
Lasky
Brooklyn
Gas company superintendent dies in Wellston collision
Leo A. Kinstle of Zanesville, superintendent of Atha and Weber Gas, was killed when a truck carrying an oil drill collided with his machine in Wellston. In Columbus, Lions Club members will hear Sgt. Alvin C. York, WWI hero, discuss the school program he established in Tennessee.
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Wellston
Leo A. Kinstle
Zanesville
Atha and Weber Gas Company
Guards Will Not Be Sent to Missouri Strike Scene
Adjutant General A V Adams reports to Governor Sam Baker that National Guard will not be needed at Lexington Lafayette county Missouri after a clash between union and non union miners at Consolidated Coal company property. Adams had been sent to Lexington at the request of Sheriff C F Frick.
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Missouri
Jefferson City
Lexington
National Guard
A. V. Adams
Sam Baker
Adams
C. F. Frick
Lafayette County
Consolidated Coal Company
Fall Sinclair Way Inquiry Reaches Third Day of Juror Testimony
The Fall Sinclair jury tampering investigation enters its third day with 11 jurors testifying before the grand jury. Government lawyers promise more evidence on surveillance of jurors as the trial’s Teapot Dome era echoes loom. The case against Albert Fall and Burns’ detectives faces further scrutiny as juror misconduct allegations surface, including Edward Kidwell’s derided comment about a car for acquittal.
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Washington
Sinclair
Interior
Albert B. Fall
New Mexico
Mark B. Thompson
Thompson
Edward J. Kidwell
City Auditor Confesses Embezzling 5500 from Fund
Springfield city auditor C Forgy Moorehead 30 confessed to converting 5500 from the street improvement fund. He is jailed without bond awaiting arraignment after Examiner William Gallagher detecting discrepancies in city books. Shortage may be higher than reported.
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Springfield
U.P
C. Forgy Moorehead
Moorehead
William Gallagher
Gallagher
Farm leaders warned of deception by farm relief advocates
Charles V. Truax of Ohio agriculture urged Middlewest and South farm leaders to beware of advocates of farm relief described as Greek gifts or wolves in sheep's clothing during remarks last night in St. Louis.
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ST. Louis
Middlewest
South
Charles V. Truax
Ohio
Trials Awaited by Union on Safeguarding Strikers
Ohio coal operators report higher output in four test mines on open shop terms as U P reports foresee 1000 tons daily once trials proceed. Eviction cases loom under federal injunctions while Lorain mines abandon five as wage talks stall amid union resistance to Jacksonville scale. International UMWA plans Pittsburgh talks and barracks for idle families as courts and market pressure unfold.
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Cleveland
U.P
Ohio
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
J. R. Good
Ohio Coal Bureau
Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company
8. H. Robbins
Cambria Collieries Company
George M. Jones
Toledo
Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal Company
M. A. Hanna Company
Clarkson Coal Mining Company
By &T Aul
Benson Hough
U. S Supreme Court
Columbus
Jacksonville
Lorain Coal and Dock Company
West Virginia
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Pittsburgh
Phillip Murray
Thomas Kennedy
John L. Lewis
Trae
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Worksers
Weather Record Low and High Temperatures
The report notes a 24 hour period with a low of 39 degrees at 8 am and a high of 49 degrees at 2 pm. It compares current readings to a 3 week prior mer temperature of 82 degrees recorded at noon.
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Marshal Foch
Europe
Clyde Jones
New Straitsville
By Randall Gould
Marshall Bill
Blaze
Brown Garage
Charles Bradfield
Messenger
Edward R. Frawley
William J. McCord
Pensacola
Fla
New York
Lions Club
America
Fall Sinclair Way
Fall
Herbert Little
Truax
Murray
Union
Lewis
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