Anti Bonus League Aims Million Able Bodied Members
New York November 29 The Ex-Service Men's Anti-Bonus league launches a nationwide campaign to recruit at least a million able bodied veterans. It seeks to use state election machinery for a December 16 national referendum on the bonus question and plans a state presence before Congress convenes.
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New York
Headquarat
West Forty-fourth Street
Edward I. Alion
League
Congress
American Legion
Secretary of the Treasury
Columbus Considers Time Zone Change This March
Columbus plans to switch from Central to Eastern time on March 380 if the Interstate Commerce Commission places Columbus in the eastern time zone before that date per a councilmanic ordinance.
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Columbus
Interstate Commerce Commission
Johnson Opens With a Blast in Chicago Address
Senator Johnson kicks off his presidential bid with a scathing critique of current foreign policy and reparations plans in his first public speech since announcing his run. He spoke at the Cook County Real Estate Board banquet as guest of honor, with 99 attendees and a Midwest radio broadcast.
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Chicago
Liram Johnson
Secretary Hughes
Johnson
Cook County Real Estate Board
Senator Johnson
Mid-West
Bydio
Newark Youth Killed in Auto Crash Trial Began
Desso Nichols stood trial in common pleas court for manslaughter over a May traffic crash that killed seven year old David Griffith. Proceedings focused on whether Nichols acted with negligence or malice as the auto struck the child in Newark, Ohio.
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Newark
Desso Nichols
Common Pleas Court
David Griffith
Logan McArthur road to be improved via Jesboro Mt Pleasant
Logan Ohio November 28 The state subway department approves upgrading the Logan McArthur road along an old route through Jesboro and Mt Pleasant A survey will finish ten miles from Milesboro to the Vinton County line A two mile unimproved segment in Vinton County will be surveyed and improved soon Completion will connect to Hocking County creating an unbroken red road from the river to the Great Lakes
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Logan, O
State Subway Department
Logan-McArthur
Jesboro
Mt. Pleasant
Aks Hall
Tomilesboro
Vinton ‘Ounty
Vinton
Ounty
Hocking
Great Lakes
Open warfare among Democrats and progressives in Congress continues
In Washington on November 28 the split within the Republican and progressive camps widens. Senate progressives oppose keeping Cummins as Senate president and Interstate Commerce chair, while Wisconsin Republican John M. Nelson leads House progressives demanding major rule changes to force votes on progressive bills.
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Washington
Capitol
Senate
Cummins
Iowa
Interstate Commerce Committee
House
John M. Nelson
Wisconsin
Nease District Reports Big Gasser Well in Berea Sand
Pomeroy Ohio November 28 A new gas well in the Nease settlement struck in the Berea sand on the Stella Holter farm. It yields about 1 150 000 cubic feet of gas per day and will be piped to the main line recently laid there.
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Pomeroy
Berea
Nease
Stella Holter
Air Message From England Reported By Home Radio
Fred P. Herke Jr of Cleveland says he received a 4 000 mile radio message last night a Birmingham England station 51T sent it through the ether the message arrived at 10 20 pm locally reported from Cleveland Ohio.
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Cleveland, O
America
Fred P. Herke, Jr
Birmingham
England
Generous Nathan Straus sails to Palestine on Duilio
A new photo shows Nathan Straus, famed philanthropist, aboard the Italian line Duilio before sailing from New York. He travels to Palestine where his generosity feeds more than 1700 persons daily.
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Nathan Straus
New York
Palestine
Prohibition Conference Called by Governor Donahey
A call for a December 7 conference of federal state county and municipal law enforcement officials to tighten prohibition enforcement was mailed by Governor Donahey. Ohio prosecutors mayors sheriffs judges and solicitors were invited to attend in Columbus at 10 a.m. Addresses will be delivered by Governor Donahey Federal Prohibition Director Russell State Prohibition Commissioner McDonald and Attorney General Crabbe.
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Columbus
Donahey
Ohio
Russell
McDonald
C. C. Crabbe
W. FF. Cunningham
Girard
C. A. Maxwell
Muskingum County
Wayne L. Elkins
Lawrence County
H. Webster
Dayton
Randolph
Newark
Robert FE. Hutchinson
Mansfield
J. L. Hefferman
Youngstown
Ruhr violence erupts in Essen and Oberhausen
Violent red disorders swept the Ruhr with many wounded as clashes broke out between Communists and police in Essen and Oberhausen.
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Berlin
Ruhr
Essen
Oberhausen
Corn Prices Seen Rising After Lunsford Ruling
Robert Lunsford of Glouster and Harvey North were convicted of manufacturing intoxicating liquor in a mine shop near Paros. Lunsford received two to five years in the Ohio penitentiary and a $500 fine, to begin on Thanksgiving Day. North awaits sentencing as does Harry Bobo for abandoning a legitimate child. both to appear before Judge Worstell Friday morning.
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Robert Lunsford
Glouster
Worstell
Athens County
McKinley
North
Harry Bobo
Ohio State Football Honors Varsity and Yearling Squads
In Columbus the varsity O and varsity OAA were awarded to 24 players, while 10 received the same honors. Freshmen sweaters and numerals were awarded to one members of the yearling squad.
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Columbus
Ohio State
Union Service at First Methodist Church
The union Thanksgiving service will be held in the First Methodist church Thursday evening at 7 00. Dr Wilcox pastor of the Presbyterian church will deliver the sermon with other pastors participating. The community is invited to attend.
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Union
First Methodist Church
Wilcox
Presbyterian Church
Athens county bonds sold to Athens National Bank
The 53,000 worth of Athens county bonds for Carthage Gap road improvement were sold to Athens National Bank of Athens after five bidders, with the bank placing the successful bid of 53,000 plus accrued interest 100 premium and printing costs. The sale occurred at the county commissioners office Tuesday after four prior offerings failed due to faulty transcripts.
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Athens County
Carthage
Guysville
Coolville
Athens National Bank
Athens
Athens County Commissioners
Headlights blamed for crash that killed girl in Dayton
In Dayton on November 28 a seven year old girl, Eleanora Seamon, was hit by a car after a bright headlight blinded the other driver. Her mother and sister were with her as they headed to a Thanksgiving party. The striking motorist fled the scene.
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Dayton
Ohio
Eleanora
Mattie Seamon
Leslie C. Marshall
Escape claim ties to Pennsylvania prison break
In Honolulu on Nov 28 Louis Edwards alias Edgar Stewart said he would kill every guard to escape again. He was held under special guard at the request of Warden Holmes of the Eastern Pennsylvania penitentiary. Edwards was arrested as one of six escapees from the Pennsylvania institution last August amid reports of a $30,000 corruption fund among prison guards and politicians.
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Honolulu
Pennsylvania
Louis Edwards
Edgar Stewart
Holmes
Eastern Pennsylvania
Edwards
United States
Divorced Woman Weds Spectator Minutes After Decree
Hazel M. Wildes, 21, from Viannesville, obtained a divorce from Fr. Rh. Wildes in common pleas court and minutes later married Mardis Mah auna, 28, of Cambridge, who had been among the spectators in the courtroom when the decree was issued.
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ST. Clairesville
Hazel M. Wildes
Viannesville
Rh. Wildes
Common Pleas Court
Mardis Mahauna
Cambridgee
No Athens Messenger Thanksgiving Edition
The Athens Messenger will not publish on Thursday November 29 1923 as staff take a holiday.
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Athens Messenger
Messenger
Ohio to flood old canal bed for city skating rink
The department of public works of Ohio says the city may use the bed of the old Miami and Erie canal between Fourth and Fifth streets to flood and create a municipal skating rink. Local authorities plan to grant the authority.
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Pefinace, O
Miami and
Srie Canal
Fourth
Fifth
Department of Public Works of
Ohio
Man Fatally Injured In Accidental Knife Incident
In Zanesville Ohio Toy J. Murphy 32 was found outside Elliott school after an accident. Coroner Grimes and Sheriff Bradford said Murphy fatally cut himself when a hunting knife slipped through a box he was opening at the schoolhouse supper. His wife was inside the building when notified.
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Zanesville
Toy J. Murphy
Elliott School
L. E. Grimes
Bradford
Murphy
Mary Holden Dies at 101 in Columbus After Brief Illness
Mary Holden aged 101 died in Columbus after a two day illness. She remained lucid and asked about President Coolidge and discussed national politics shortly before her death.
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Columbus
Mary Holden
Husband hostage in Meigs prison case
Mabel and Edward Frazee of Middleport were arrested after they spent a night with Jo White in Syracuse and an ensuing $10.50 vanished. They pled guilty before Justice Barnes, each fined $1 and costs totaling $21.55. They promised to repay, with the woman released to raise $22.05 while the husband remained jailed until payment.
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Pomeroy
Mabel
Edward Frazee
Middleport
Jo White
Syracuse
Justice Barnes
White
Berlin Riots Undercut New German Cabinet Prospects
Riots in Berlin wounded four policemen and a civilian as German communists demonstrated. Moscow allegedly ordered the protest, with seventy ringleaders arrested. Berlin remains cabinetless while President Ebert seeks a deal with Albert Stegerwald, amid rising Soviet influence and Russian agents active in the Ruhr.
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N.S
Berlin
Moscow
Russia
Germany
Aabinet
Ebert
Albert Stegerwald
Ilerr Stegerwald
German Peoples’ Party
Ilugo Stinnes
Ruhr
Red Flag in East Ansin g
Governor Santos reports Moros hoist red flags across Mindanao signaling holy war. Four Moro fanatics fight a constabulary detachment before being exterminated. Mindanao and Sulu chambers urge separation from the Philippine government into an American territorial area under the U S flag.
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Manila
Santos
Mindanao
Sulu
Zamboanga
Coolidge
Hoover
Palawan
Fire destroys garage and twenty cars in Lisbon
A morning blaze at the Fife & Crabaugh Automobile company garage in Lisbon, Ohio caused about $20,000 in damage. The fire swept through a one story structure destroying 20 automobiles, most of them used cars, with origin not yet determined.
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Lisbon
Fife & Crabaugh Automobile Company
Auto bandits strike in Shanghai robbery
In Shanghai today three armed men jumped from a car and robbed a railway collector of 23000 dollars in the heart of the city. The Shanghai Nanking railway was the target in this historic first for China.
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China
Shanghai
Shanghai-Nanking
Young offender sent to Cedar Rapids reform school
Frieda Denton aged 13 is ordered to serve 15 years in the Woman's Reformatory at Cedar Rapids Iowa after conviction for a string of forgeries. The judge ruled no leniency allowed due to the offense, despite her youth.
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Frieda Denton
Woman's Reformatory
Cedar Rapids
Dollings Stockholders Form Permanent Protective Group
In Columbus on November 28 stockholders of the R L Dollings Protective association of Ohio voted to hire counsel and seek hearings in the Dollings case across state courts. The temporary group with Judge Br. Bistline of Bowling Green as chairman became permanent.
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Columbus
R. L. Dollings Stockholders’ Protective Association of Ohio
Dollings
BR. ©. Bistline
Bowling Green
German industrialists agree to raise Ruhr output
Six German Ruhr industrialists including Mannesmann Thyssen and Hartner groups signed accords with the Franco Belgian occupation forces to boost production. The foreign office announced the move as part of wartime cooperation efforts.
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Paris
Ruhr
Foreign Office
Mannesmann, Thyssen and
Hartner
Ohio court narrows grounds for divorce suits under new law
In Cincinnati on November 27 the court of appeals held that girl wives may sue for divorce if their cases were filed before Ohio's new law took effect, a ruling on file today. The decision highlights how timing affects eligibility under the amended statute.
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Cincinnate
Ohio
Court of Appeals
Thanksgiving Exodus Marks Athens Student Holiday
Wednesday noon marked the annual departure of Athens students as classes closed from noon to Monday for Thanksgiving. Many headed home for turkey dinners while trains filled with travelers, including Hocking Valley No. 33 at 10 45 carrying extra coaches for the throng.
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Athens
Hocking Valley
Diamonds Brothers Confess to Brooklyn Bank Messengers Homicide
New York investigators report that Morris and Joseph Diamond, brothers, confessed to homicide and robbery in the $43,900 holdup and murder of two bank messengers in Brooklyn on November 14. The pair also implicated others in the crime.
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New York
Morris
Joseph Diamond
Brooklyn
Indictment Won Against Driver in Fatal Gar Case
Harry Huffman was indicted for manslaughter by a special grand jury in Logan Ohio. The panel heard testimony on the killing of James Kelley the prior Wednesday evening. Edward N. Beck was named foreman with eleven witnesses called.
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Mary Gooding
Frank Harden
Joe Collings
Henry Lambert
Edward Waller
Arrest Made in Bank Messengers Robbery Murder Case
New York police arrested Anthony J. Piatona of Brooklyn as the tip of the spear in the robbery and murder of bank messengers William Barlow and William McLaughlin. Emma Morris and Joseph Diamond, brothers, are in custody. Diamonds and Piatona linked to the crime with $25,000 recovered of the $43,000 taken. A portion of the loot was found in a Cleveland safety deposit box where Morris Diamond was detained.
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New York
Anthony J. Piatona
Brooklyn
William Barlow
Wiliam L. McLaughlin
Emma Morris
Joseph Diamond
Diamond Brothers
Platona
Bolles
Barlow
McLaughlin
Cleveland
Morris Diamond
Widow of Caruso Remarries in London Oratory
Mrs. Enrico Caruso widow of the famed Italian tenor wed Captain F. A. Ingram at Hrompton Oratory. Rev Mather John Corbett officiated with assistance from Rev Mather Brown. Senor Preziosi attended the bride. Commander De Crespigny served as best man.
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London
Enrico Caruso
Hrompton Oratory
F. A. Ingram
Mather John Corbett
Re. Mather Brown
Speedily Settle Fate of a Cleveland Murderer
Robert Johnson, 24, convicted of second degree murder by a jury, will be taken to the Ohio penitentiary to serve a life term for the murder of his partner in a restaurant holdup. The trial began Monday.
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Cleveland
Robert Johnson
Ohio Penitentiary
Fireman Injured in Detroit Riverfront Fire
In Detroit a river front blaze between Woodward Avenue and Bates Street injures one fireman possibly fatally another gassed severely a watchman burned and one person was carried to safety early today.
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Detroit
Mich
Woodward Avenue
Bates Street
Germany's Hitler? No Kaiser era aide in Washington
Dr Heinrich F Albert, described as Kaiser's fiscal agent in Washington, is noted as Germany's new chancellor preparing to form a cabinet before the United States enters the war.
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Kaiser Wilhelm
Washington
United States
Heinrich F. Albert
Germany
Wolf girl surrenders in Lehman murder case
Mrs. Jerine Malm, sought as accomplice in the Edward Lehman killing, turns herself in at Hudson Avenue station after a plea from a desperate mother. She says she acted to see her two year old daughter and recounts paying a sister to help obtain baby items as police closed in.
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Chicago
Jerine Malm
Edward Lehman
Murde
Aig
Hudson Avenue
Baby
Office
Lehman
Indianapolis
Katy Williams
Jimmy Connelly
Connelly
Japanese Navy Plans Return to Prequake Strength Says Admiral
Admiral Takeshi Takaarabe told Interregional News Service that despite government cuts and the September earthquake damage Tokyo aims to restore the navy to its prequake level. He noted work on auxiliary ships will pause and submarines and aircraft construction will close due to post quake economy.
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Tokio
Japa
Takeshi Takarabe
Yokossuka
Japan
FOR LADIES ONLY Sewing booklet promises self reliance
A brief advertorial for a sewing booklet aimed at women. It claims the guide is simple to read, with illustrations showing hand and machine work to make dresses rompers and kids wear. Readers are urged to send two cents for postage and receive the booklet by return mail.
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