Mystery Death of Pastor’s Wife Shrouded in Doubt
In Columbus Ohio on November 19 Rev C V Sheatsley said his wife may have died by her own actions after her charred remains were found in the furnace at their parsonage. He attributed possible derangement to age and cited lack of evidence of foul play. Prosecutor King was to confer with the minister.
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Columbus, CO
King
C. V. Sheatsley
Sheatsley
Prosecutor King
India
Rev. Sheatsley
Enem y alien Schaedel Returns Home Amid Deportation Hopes
John C. Schaedel, labeled an enemy alien, returns to the United States after five years abroad. He previously endured wartime internment and multiple deportations, while his wife supported four children plus a newborn who died soon after birth. Immigration officers plan to deport him again, citing radicalism, though friends deny political motive beyond wage disputes.
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Mexico
Chicago
Schaedels
John
Nelsonville Tax Break Brings Christmas Gift to City
Nelsonville taxpayers will see a lower tax rate in December as one 3-mill school levy is retired and a bond issue is listed inside tax limits. The 1924 rate drops to 2.45 per 1000 with city share about 3.90 after sinking fund deductions, leaving municipal operations under tight funds. Local officials worry over city finances and the burden of running on about four thousand dollars.
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C. H. Bartlett
Nelsonville, CO
Athens County Budget Commission
Nelsonville
Rious
Schafe
Peter
Paul
Senate probe on Internal Revenue Bureau to continue
The Senate investigation into the Bureau of Internal Revenue and Volstead act enforcement will proceed without pause. Chairman Marcus A. Couzens of Michigan announced daily hearings to begin.
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Washington
Senate
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Ohio University To Shorten Classes For Thanksgiving Break
Ohio university professors will shorten all classes by ten minutes on Wednesday November 26 so students may return home for the Thanksgiving vacation. All classes will end by noon that day at the university.
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Ohio University
Univers
Toledo Bootlegger Roundup Expands Under State Lead
State agents led by Deputy Dry Commissioner F S Evans continue Toledo whiskey raids after a night of 33 arrests and plans for 100 more today. Evans says the city has about 3 200 bootleggers with 1 500 on the East Side and vows to arrest them all.
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Toledo
Evans
Miners Fight at Labor Convention Over Union Strike Policy
At the AFL convention in El Paso Texas John L Lewis leads miners to push a resolution condemning Warren S Stone and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers over railway coal properties in West Virginia and Kentucky. The dispute stems from non union practices and lower pay rates risking organizers.
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Tex
American Federation of Labor
United Mine Workers
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Warrens. Stone
Railhmen
West Virginia
Kentucky
Federation
Stone
America
Bert M. Jewell
Lewis
Thomas Ince Dies at Beverly Hills Home
Thomas H. Ince pioneer of motion picture promotion died suddenly at his Beverly Hills estate Dias Dorados in Los Angeles. He was known for shaping early Hollywood production and star system.Immediate cause was not disclosed and funeral plans were not announced.
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Thomas Ince
Los Angeles
Thomas H. Ince
Dias Dorados
Beverly Hills
Finance crisis arrives in Ohio counties and schools
State Auditor Tracy warned that Ohio political subdivisions face rising bonded indebtedness. He noted an $58,330,210 increase, about eight percent, over the past year, blaming 1910 legislation that restricted revenues without curbing local debt powers.
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Columbus
Tracy
Ohio
Fascists being killed in Italy
Anti Fascist demonstrations flare across Italy as Communists blamed for ambushes trapping Black Shirts. In Umbria a Fascist schoolteacher was killed by an unidentified attacker. a Fascist militiaman was stabbed at Forli. in Lombardy the head of local Fascist cohorts was ambushed and shot.
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Rome
Italy
Citta di Castello
Umbria
Iman
Forli
Leco
Lombardy
Death Mystery Deepens In Mrs. Sheatsley Furnace Case
Columbus authorities renewed inquiry into the death of Mrs. Addie Sheatsley 50 wife of a prominent Lutheran minister Her charred body was found in the furnace as the family prepared for her funeral at Christ Lutheran church Coroner Murphy ordered organ and stomach liver tests while the Rev Sheatsley and four children faced further questioning The lack of enemies and the high improbability of self immolation were noted with a carbolic acid bottle missing from a medicine closet raising new questions
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Columbus
Addie Sheatsley
Sheatsley Furnace
Sheatsley
Murphy
Parise
Stark County
Co. V. Sheatsley
Shearsley
Clarence
Shallenberger
Sheatsly
Elizabeth
Alice
Milton
Sketch supports furnace murder scene details
Clarend Sheatsley testified he found a burnt body after reopening a furnace door. He described a diagram showing the corpse positioned with head and limbs in corners far from the door, arguing the woman could not have closed the door herself. He said the body was intact at noon and burned when he reopened the door later, then he notified a neighbor.
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Sheatsiey
Clarend Sheatsley
Sheatsley
Parents Perish to Save Little Ones in Ohio Fire
In Perrysburg near Toledo, Mr. and Mrs. William Donaldson and their year old baby died in a fire that destroyed their home early today. Two other children were saved by neighbors. the cause is undetermined. Mrs. Donaldson’s incinerated body lay over the bed of the little girl. Neighbors warned and aided the family as the fire broke out around o o clock. Kathleen, three, was rescued by William King who also carried another child to safety after being burned.
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Toledo
William Donaldson
Perrysburg
Here
Donaldson's
Kathleen
William King
King
Belmont County murder trial begins for Fred Ward
In St Clairsville Ohio Belmont County Dominion Pleas Court jurors hear evidence in the first degree murder case against Fred Ward 25 of Bellaire accused of stabbing 15 year old Jennie Panella walking from Georgetown School through a railroad tunnel and dragging her body to a run. Ward arrested the same evening in West Virginia. Ward pleads not guilty.
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ST. Clairsville. O
Belmont County
Dominion Pleas Court
Fred Ward
Bellaire
Jennie Panella
Georgetown
H. W. Mitchell
Ward
West Virginia
R. W. Schertzer
Globe Trotter Atlas Globe Co Night Watchman
Paris reports a globe store attic scene where Alien Heigh guards hundreds of globes by walking atop them each night. He claims to have traveled billions of miles jumping continents in a single step, as the world champion globe-trotter.
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Paris
Gas conference seeks safeguards against gas companies
Ohio municipal gas conference opened at City Hall with Mayor Magee presiding. Officials from major Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and Kentucky cities plan to discuss protecting municipalities and potential sweeping investigations of the natural gas industry. One hundred livers yield one gallon of cod liver oil.
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Columbus
W. A. Magee
Pittsburgh
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Churchill's Debt Demand Roils Allies, Presses U.S. Tone
Arthur Brisbane notes Winston Churchill's return to power as Britain demands that allies repay war debts. He argues U.S. taxpayers funded the loans with no repayment intent, and that the move could widen international frictions. The piece hints Churchill's American lineage and Wall Street sympathy for margin calls.
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Winston Churchill
Britain
United States
Higher court upholds lower rulings in three Ohio cases
The Ohio Court of Appeals for its district affirms Judge E. O. Pettit of the Common Pleas in three cases: Starr v State on error with $1,000 fine and vehicle confiscation. Karshner v Karshner on error upholding the judgment. and Geiger et al v Jacobs et al on appeal, dissolving a temporary injunction to move Webb Summit School. The decision notes no broad rule against boards of education but finds no injunction proper here. Removal work continues.
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Starr
Court of Common Pleas
Karahner
Geiger-Jacoby
Webb Summit
Straitaville Pike
Jacoby
Boards of Education
Mine at Bu ht el Opens Wednesday
Bu zhel Ohio November 19 With the reopening of the New York Coal Co s mine No 86 here Wednesday morning 150 men returned to work with the prospect of steady employment This mine had not operated since last January The mine is the chief support of the village and the reopening relieves local unemployment
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Buchtel
Buchtel, O
New York Coal Co
New Bishop to Speak at Athens District Conference
The Marie a District conference opens in First Methodist church with Dr. Harry J. Holcombe as district superintendent. Bishop Theodore S. Henderson, new Cincinnati area bishop, will address the public at 7 30 p m on Evangelism and the City. The official board hosts supper at 5 30. This is Hendersons first visit to the community.
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Marie A
Harry J. Holcombe
First Methodist Church
Theodore
Henderson
Holcombe
Bishop Henderson
Cincinnati
Fatal accident ends hunt near Bellville
Atwood B. Barr aged fifty was found dead in his Mansfield area yard after an accidental discharge while attempting to shoot a rabbit for his sons. Police believe he tripped over a clothes line causing the gun to fire.
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Mansfield, CO
Atwood B. Barr
Bellville
Barr
Improved Gas Well Drilled at Rice Farm in Stewart Field
Stewart Ohio November 19 A gas well on the Rice farm by Rice Oil and Gas Co. No. 6 in its leases is estimated to produce about 1 1/2 million cubic feet. The gasser’s yield is well above the field average, marking a notable development in the local oil and gas activity.
Independent government formed as Wu Pei Fu vows drive on Peking
Wu Pei Fu, former Peking military head, issued a manifesto after the formation of an independent military government announcing an immediate drive on Peking. The notice signals a new phase in the capital's power struggle.
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Hankow
Wu Pei Fu
Peking
Photographer's new method to prove fault in car crashes
Columbus photographer Frank Schneider has devised a way to determine who was at fault in a crash using a photograph. He tested the idea after a collision while rushing to cover an Armistice day parade, claiming the image can clearly show the responsible party when opportunity allows.
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Frank Schneider
Columbus
Schneider
Schacter
China Heads into World Power Fast
Mr Charles A Jones secretary to Senator Willis spoke at the Kiwanis club about China becoming a major world power in commerce and industry. He noted China’s population of 400 million and vast coal and iron resources while detailing labor conditions and China’s rising output. His remarks were well received and followed by a standing vote of appreciation.
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Charles A. Jones
Frank B. Willis
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Yerry
America
China
Jones
Kiwannians
Court denies injunction to save battleship Washington
Washington Nov 19 District of Columbia court of appeals refused a petition seeking an injunction to restrain the Navy department from using the battleship Washington as a target for naval gunners. The ship had been condemned under the Naval Limitation treaty.
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Washington
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Navy Department
Portuguese ace falls into sea near LeBourget
Admiral Sacadura Cabral, the Portuguese airman who began a hydroplane flight from Rotterdam, is feared lost after dropping into the Atlantic while over the English Channel. French planes and hydroplanes search the French coast at Portugal’s request but have found no trace of the airman or his ship. Cabral previously flew from Portugal to South America two years ago.
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France
Sacadura Cabral
Portugese
Rotterdam
Portugal
Atlantic
English Channel
Cabral
South America
Progress on Roads at Buchtel
The Buchtel Murray City road is open again after tar bound macadam work. The Nelsonville Buchtel brick pavement project is progressing well with only a little over a mile remaining to be completed, with plans to fix the gap next summer.
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Buchtel, O
Buchtel- Murray
Nelsonville-Buchtel
Athens County Farmers Institute Planned at Jackville
Prominent speakers from state and local circles will headline the Athens county farmers institute at the Jackville school house Friday and Saturday November 21 and 22. L L Rummell of Columbus editor of the Ohio Farmer and Mrs Walter C Peirce of Miami county will address all five sessions along with exhibits of corn potatoes apples cakes bread posters and other displays.
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Jackville
Farmers’ Institute of
Athens County
L. L. Rummel
Columbus
Ohio Farmer
Walter C. Peirce
Miami County
Railroads Shatter Freight Records Amid Strong Traffic
New York November 19 Freight traffic set seven new records this year as American railroads report no car shortages or congestion. Heaviest commodity loadings and grain receipts topped previous marks with 1,298,345 revenue freight cars in a week. New cars and locomotives added. sign of improved efficiency and shippers groups’ impact.
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New York
Car Service Division
American Railway Association
Lot Freight
Cama
Mrs. Harding’s Condition Unchanged After Restful Night
Marion Ohio report states Mrs. Florence Kling Harding rests comfortably with little nourishment taken. Doctors say her heart action is poor and she remains weak and exhausted after a restful night.
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Marion, O
Florence Kling Harding
Carl W. Sawyer
Cardinal Logue Dies at 84 in Armagh Palace
Cardinal Michael Logue, Catholic primate of all Ireland for nearly thirty years, died today at the Cardinalate Palace in Armagh. Age and feebleness of years were given as the cause. He was 84.
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Cifs
Belfaat
Michael Logue
All Ireland
Armagh
Free Washington booklet offers eight papers with recipes
A Washington Information Bureau booklet promises seven recipes for soups meats sea vegetables desserts and novel azylea with eight paper offers. No charge for recipes only two cents for return postage write today.
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Washington
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