Ormiston Linked to McPherson Disappearance Case
District Attorney Asa Keyes promises new evidence linking radio operator Kenneth G. Ormiston to the disappearance of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. Keyes plans to present testimony during the second week of the obstructing justice hearing.
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Los Angeles
Cal
Kenneth G. Ormiston
Aimee Semple McPherson
Asa Keyes
Ormiston
Clark Hotel
Mrs. McPherson
Ocean Park
October Grand Jury Convenes for October Term
The October term of court opens today as the grand jury convenes. Members include Elzza Barrows of Troy Andrew J Brown of Ames Moses J Gardner of Dover and John P Cooley of Alexander among others.
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Elzza Barrows
Troy
Thomas Spencer
York
C. L. Koons
Trimble
W. E. Bringman
George W. Snider
A. Basom
Martin L. Howard
Andrew J. Brown
Ames
Moses J. Gardner
Dover
George E. Johnson
John P. Cooley
Alexander
John Barnhill
Carthage
Olin
Baker
Athens
Benjamin Ball
G. W. Armstrong
Kern
Temperance Union Adopts Platform on Prohibition Issue
In Los Angeles on October 4, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union for the first time in 52 years adopts a formal platform. The platform frames national prohibition as central to the country’s prosperity and presents the union as a political element.
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Los Angeles
C. P
Women's Christi Temperance Union
Weather shifts to summer heat amid fall days
Today's forecast notes a rapid rise in temperature reaching 90 degrees at noon with a two hour jump of ten degrees. Rain measured at one and five hundredths of an neh occurred between Friday night and Sunday evening. The barometer remained steady with unclear skies ahead and temperatures tracked in two hour intervals across Sunday and Monday.
Floods Leave Kansas Oklahoma Towns Damaged But No Lives Lost
Floods across Southern Kansas and Northwestern Oklahoma cause large property loss and crop damage. Caney Verdigris rivers overflow. Bartlesville and Enid report homelessness and two deaths. Rescue by American Legion patrols and martial-law-like control amid widespread evacuations and communication outages.
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Oklahoma
Bortlesville
Arkansas City
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Kansas Cities
Man Threatens Train Crew in Athens Area Arrest Report
Spar West of Hocking arrested after allegedly chasing L. H. Bingman along B and O railroad tracks and threatening to fight a train crew. At arraignment he pleaded guilty, fined fifty dollars and costs, with jail in default. Witnesses place him at Graham restaurant and near McBee Binder building before authorities pursued him to Athens Ice company plant. Local officers and a police captain responded.
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Spar West
Hocking
Pearl W. Helwig
West
Graham
Bingman
Grosvenor
McBee Binder Company
Harry Dalton
Charles Maple
Athens Ice Company
Donahey Rejects Cooper Offer in Columbus Debate
Governor Vic Donahey declines invitation from Republican campaign manager Charles R. Frederickson to debate Myers Y. Cooper before the Toledo Chamber of Commerce. Official says the Governor will not debate with Cooper or anyone else in Toledo or elsewhere.
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Vic Donahey
Charles R. Frederickson
Myers Y. Cooper
Toledo Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Cooper
Toledo
J. A. Meckstroth
Earthquake Recorded in Faenza by Italian Seismologist
An earthquake lasting four hours was recorded today on the seismograph of Daniel Benandi Italy's foremost seismologist in Faenza.
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Faenza
Italy
Daniel Benandi
Eforemost
Farm Gift Brings Otterbein College Historic Endowment
Mr and Mrs Charles Persinger longtime Washington D C residents donated a Fayette county Ohio stock farm to Otterbein College in Westerville marking its largest individual gift. The couple say Otterbein students are genuine folk not flappers and sheiks. The farm is praised as a premier stock raising property.
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U.P
Charles Vpersinger
Washington D. H
Otterbein College
Otterbein
Fayette County
Ohio
Plea to Rest on Trespass Charge in Farm Killing
Merritt Green 27 faces murder charges in Findlay Ohio after allegedly shooting Winifred Williams 21 at a farm. Defense plans to base the case on a trespassing defense argued before Judge William F. Duncan in common pleas court.
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U.P
Merritt Green
Winifred Williams
William F. Duncan
Common Pleas
Green
Williams
Homer Green
Supreme Court opens 1926 term with Doheny Elk Hills case
The Supreme Court met at noon to start its 1926 term and notified President Coolidge. About 200 summer filings await, including three death sentences and the Elk Hills oil lease dispute. Doheny Pan American Petroleum appeal from California Federal court decisions will be argued, likely Tuesday.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Coolidge
Elk Hill
E. L. Doheny
Pan American Petroleum Companies
California
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
Senate
Gas explosion injures worker in Wheeling plant
Clarence Hammond a 40 year old moulder at Wheeling Mould and Foundry was seriously hurt when a gas explosion wrecked the second story of his eye. John Houtz is held responsible for the blast.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Clarence Hammond
Wheeling Mould and Foundry Company
John Houtz
Trotsky Attacks Regime Sparks Call for Punishment
Moscow reports Trotsky, a former foreign minister, urged more party democracy while criticizing central Communist line after a lengthy silence. Zinovieff attacked policy, calling for more money from rich peasants to fund industrial reconstruction. The rival speeches signaled rising opposition and possible crisis.
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U.R
Leon Trotsky
Russia
Trotsky
Georges Techitcherin
Communist Central Committee
Gregory Zinovieff
Zinovieff
Change of Venue Sought in Stark County Murder Case
Canton Oct 4 hearing on motions for a change of venue in the murder case of Louis Mazer and Ben Rudner was deferred to Wednesday. Attorney E L Mills asked for more time to prepare as defendants seek trial in another county claiming Stark County cannot guarantee a fair trial.
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Ohio
Louis Mazer
Ben Rudner
Don R. Mellett
E. L. Mills
Mazer
Rudner
Starks County
Rivers forecast flood damage across Missouri and Mississippi valleys
Rivers of the Mississippi and Missouri valleys are expected to cause hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage during the coming week. Streams including the Mississippi between Louisiana Missouri and Alton Illinois will reach flood stage. There is little danger to life except on low islands in Mississippi and Missouri, according to Montrose Hayes chief government weather forecaster.
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U.P
Mississippi
Missouri
Montrose Hayes
Louisiana
Alton
Ill
Hayes
Three Athens Men Charged With Intoxication
Dave Wade Charles Stokoe and Glen Haning all of Athens were arrested by local officers. Wade was arraigned before Magistrate Pearl W. Helwig, fined $25 and costs, and jailed for inability to pay. Haning pleaded guilty and paid $25, and Stokoe pleaded not guilty and awaits trial on October 4.
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Dave Wade
Charles Stokoe
Glen Haning
Athens
Wade
P. H. McKinley
Pearl W. Helwig
Haning
Stokoe
Harry Dalton
Helwig
St Louis Welcomes Cardinals With Noise Parade
St Louis plans a celebratory homecoming for the Cardials after a 6 2 win in New York. Hornsby and teammates will ride in a parade through downtown with dignitaries including Mayor Miller Branch Rickey and Judge Landis.
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Rogers Hornsby
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Yankees
Hornsby
East St. Louis
Mississippi River
Missouri
Miller
Cardinal
Branch Rickey
Cardinals
Judge K. M. Landis
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Ban B. Johnson
Record crowd tops 63 thousand in historic Series
A stadium crowd of 63,600 paid admissions set a new baseball Series attendance record, yielding receipts of $201,828 and pushing total Series receipts to $400,804. The 1923 Giants-Yankees game held the prior attendance mark of 62,816 at Yankee Stadium. Player shares reached $204,410.04 while club and commission shares totaled $34,068.34 and $60,120.60 respectively.
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Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Outline Means of Speeding Justice
Washington leaders of the federal judiciary urged appointing twelve more federal judges and exercising vigilance in dismissing cases not prosecutable. They cautioned against prosecuting insignificant violations and noted a 42 percent drop in federal criminal prosecutions pending over the last three years per a report to the conference by Attorney General Sargent.
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Sargent
Two Killed at Train Crossing in Cincinnati
At a railroad crossing near Columbia Power company in Cincinnati two men died after being struck by a Baltimore and Ohio passenger train. Arthur Mulinex, 32, superintendent of maintenance, and Walter Moore, 36, superintendent of the pulverizing house, suffered fatal injuries.
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Columbia Park
Walter Moore
Baltimore and Ohio
It’s All Over Now as Tom Fears Frocks Ends
The Messenger ends Tom Sims serial Nonsense They Never Knew. The fake bridal tale of Jimp and Parl reveals no real persons. On Wednesday Campus Rebels begins, a real life story by a young woman about college days and youth.
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Tom Sims
the Messenger
Sims
Ohio
Jimp
Parl
Pearl
C H Harris Chosen Foreman Of Grand Jury
The October term grand jury for County Court of Common Pleas convened with C H Harris named foreman. Regular venire members listed include Thomas Spencer and Andrew J Brown among others. several drawn for special venue. Several excused from the regular venire were Ezra Barrows George W Snider and others. Harris chosen as foreman of the jury.
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County Court of Common Pleas
Thomas Spencer
C. L. Koons
W. E. Bingman
Andrew J. Brown
Moses J. Gardner
John P. Cooley
John Barnhill
Olin O. Baker
Benjamin Ball
W. B. Pruden
James Johnson
Levi Sprague
C. H. Harris
Warren Rosa
Griff H. Evans
Ezra Barrows
George W
Snider
S. A. Basom
Martin L. Howard
George E. Johnson
G. W. Armstrong
Mind to Build sermon urges people to act for society
Rev. C. M. Coulter preached that society grows by the people’s own effort citing Nehemiah. He contrasted modern planners with builders and urged action driven by God given will to create, recalling that humanity’s great works arise from active labor.
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C. M. Coulter
Methodist Church
Mr. Coulter
Aged Couple Marry in Columbus Probate Office
Oct 4 Columbus registration lists Jesse L. Doze aged 80 of Fostoria and Electa King 64 of Columbus marrying in Probate Judge Homer Batley Rey’s office. Dozer is a retired manufacturer. They plan to reside in Fostoria.
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Columbus
U.P
Jesse L. Doze
Fostoria
Electa King
Homer Ba*tley Rey
A. H. Knipping Dozer
Fosaa
Labor leaders push five day week amid production drive
At Detroit the American Federation of Labor opens its 46th convention with 400 delegates. President Green says a five day week is a logical step in modern industry as production speeds up. The executive council vows no contact with Soviet Russia or sympathizers and considers a Russia study commission. Ford’s five day week cited as proof of the times. A protest against foreign contracts by the battles monument commission is also filed.
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Detroit
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Executive Council
Green
Russia
Atlantic City
Ford Motor Company
America
Asker
U.P
American Battles Monument Commission
Samuel Squibb
Quincy, Mall
International Granite Cutters of America
Committee On Resoluctions
Who's Who in the Movies booklet touts industry scope
The Washington Information Bureau releases a new booklet titled Who's Who in the Movies. It covers movie history and the making process, industry data, and a directory of movie stars. It aims to inform and entertain readers and is offered for a small cost with a coupon.
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Washington Information Bureau
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