Forbes Denies Crooked Work While On Job
Col James Forbes, former director of the United States Veterans Bureau, testifies before a senatorial inquiry committee in Washington denying graft and wrongdoing in administering aid to disabled veterans. He accuses opponents of conspiracy, defends his integrity, and criticizes Brigadier General Charles E. Sawyer for alleged interference.
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Hames
Forbes
United States Veterans
Brig.on
Charles E. Sawyer
White House
Bureau
Sawyer
Harding
Perryville
Vorbes
Explosion injuries in Bowdil gas blast wreck home
A family of five including Ira Horst and his wife were injured when an acetylene lighting plant in the cellar exploded near Bowdil. Mrs Horst is at death's door and the Horst children and the father are injured. The blast occurred late last night about a mile and a half west of Bowdil.
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Bowdil
Ira Horst
Here
Hich
Klan Editor Held Mentally Unsound in Coburn Slaying
Atlanta physicians for the defense attorneys say Phillip E. Fox Klan editor is "reasonably sure" insane after mental tests. Tests incomplete and the exact form of insanity not yet determined in the November 5 slaying of Attorney W. S. Coburn.
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Atlanta
Phillip E. Fox
W. S. Coburn
Dutch Worry 10 Keep the Kaiser in Holland
Foreign office officials said the allies would hold Holland to strict accountability to prevent the former Kaiser from leaving the country. By early afternoon there was no official confirmation of a Brussels report that Berlin had granted passports to Wilhelm and his entourage to return to Germany.
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London
Foreign Office
Holland
Germany
Brussels
Berlin
Wilhelm
Princess Leina Becomes Bride at Guards Chapel
Princess Leie, niece of King George, and Carnegie were married today at the Guards Chapel Wellington Barracks, sealing a royal civil ceremony witnessed by military personnel.
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Dndon
Princess ‘le
King George
Carnegie
Guards
Wellington Barracks
Mellon pushes tax cuts feared to curb cost of living
Secretary Mellon argues lowering surtaxes on big incomes will pull wealth from tax free securities and boost business. He contends a tax reduction is incompatible with paying the soldiers bonus, while Congress faces split loyalties between tax relief and the bonus.
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I. N.S
Washington
Congress
Mellon
House
Senate
Pulpit Uses Early Copy Cartoonist Sermons
Canton Ohio November 15 1920 E J Pace former Chicago newspaper cartoonist blends art and faith at the First United Brotherhood church He films animated sermons using early copy cartoons to illustrate Biblical lessons Pace says a picture machine aids modern worship and helps convey the Good Book to congregants
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Canton
Chicago
E. J. Pace
First United Brothern Church
Pace
Parliament Opens Brief Session Before Election
London reports a short parliamentary session likely to last two or three days. Premier Baldwin faces strong Labor opposition over unemployment and protection policies as the campaign begins and the Liberals may join in, promising a lively debate.
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London
Baldwin
Laborites
County athletic tournament yields boys winner and girls victor
Eighteen teams competed at South Amherst for the county athletic tournament with the boys division won by a team from Amherst and the girls title captured by Golden High School.
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South Amherst
Golden High School
Prices for produce and grain in Pomeroy on November 6 1895
Twenty eight years ago in Pomeroy apples sold for 29 cents per bushel potatoes 40 cents a bushel wheat 65 cents a bushel and corn 30 cents per bushel on November 6 1895.
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Pomeroy
Convict Book Makers Under the Bender Act
Logan Ohio November 13. The state of Ohio charged John Cable with illegal liquor manufacturing under the Bender law. In the common pleas court a jury of eleven men and one woman found him guilty after entrapment testimony. Cable to serve one to five years in the penitentiary. His sons Charles and Pearl Cable also pleaded guilty and received one to five year sentences suspended for good behavior. Charles Blosser to be tried Tuesday. The jury list included Ed Tom Ira Angle Silas Duffy Otis Pence Russell Berlin Cliff Walker Sam McLain Charles Nunemaker Jesse James Walter Carnes Claude Carroll and Mrs Nain Rose.
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State of
Ohio
John Cable
Common Pleas
Cable
Stoughton
Eugene Wright
Tom Rainer
Rockbridge
Pettit
Charles
Pearl Cable
Charles Blosser
Ed Tom
Ira Angle
Silas Duffy
Otis Pence
Russell Berlin
Cliff Walker
Sam McLain
Charles Nunemaker
Jesse James
Walter Carnes
Claude Carroll
Nain Rose
Sun Yat Sen Declares Wai Chow Captured In South China
Sun Yat Sen announces the capture of Wai Chow, a key city in southern China, as Chen-Hui-Mong’s renewed right wing drive seals the victory. Martial law in Canton is repealed in the wake of the success.
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Shanghai
Sun Yat Sen
Wai Chow
Sun
Chen-Hui- Mong
China
Canton
Supreme Court Rules Bequests To Executors Not Taxable
The Supreme Court held that bequests to executors and trustees are not compensation for services and are not taxable under the income tax act. The decision narrows the scope of taxable income by excluding such bequests from income.
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Washington
The
Supreme Court of the United States Today
Approved tax cuts move endorsed by Mellon plan
Washington Nov 12 Administration leaders in congress approved in substance Mellons recommendation for a sharp tax reduction. The plan outlined in a letter to Representative Green Iowa Republican and likely next Ways and Means chairman would save taxpayers about 3256 million annually with the largest cut on income surtaxes rising to 25 percent of 105000, a revenue loss of about 2006 million.
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Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Representative Green
Apublican
Iowa
House
Ways and Means Committee
Gas leak on Fifth street prompts street digging
In Elyria Ohio boys discovered a gas main leak on Fifth street by lighting the seepage. The gas company was forced to dig up the street to locate and repair the trouble.
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Elyria, CO
Fifth Street
James Cecil earns Carnegie medal for heroism at river
James Cecil of Martins Ferry earned a Carnegie medal and a $100 award for saving a man from the Ohio River. He modestly recalls diving in after cries for help near the old box factory, swimming to shore with the other man while his wife Mrs. Cecil praises his bravery and notes he was bedridden for three weeks after the incident.
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James Cecil
Big Ohio highway project announced from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh
Pomeroy Ohio reports a state plan to fund 102000 dollars for the Chester to Athens county line segment on a 60 40 basis. Engineer Wright McCrory cites Division Engineer Karr of the state highway department as the source. The plan aims to extend next year along the entire line from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh with Meigs County likely to cooperate.
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Pomeroy, O
Athens
Wright McCroria
Karr
State Highway Department
Chester
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Meigs
Belmont County Court Trial of Dom Nick Macri Stalls
In Belmont County Common Pleas Court Dom Nick Macri of Lafferty faced trial on illegal distillation charges with a $1500 bond. After noon lunch intermission he failed to reappear, prompting a walkout as the trial began.
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ST. Clairsville
Domnick Macri
Lafferty
Belmont Count Common Pleas Court
Macri
Lake disaster saves fishermen from starvation near Port Clinton
The wooden steamer Wesee burned off Middle Sister Island trapping two Port Clinton fishermen Martin Blossom and Harley Bass for 104 hours. The Conneaut rescued them and landed them in Sandwich Ontario after their power boat failed in rough seas. They had run low on food, finding only onions and carrots washed ashore.
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Port Clinton
Wesee
Middle Sister Island
Martin Blossom
Harley Bass
Iisland
Conneaut
Sandwich
Ont
Blossom
Bass
Detroit
Farmers to Meet in Meigs County Towns This Month
Two Meigs county farmers institutes are planned this month. At Chesley church in Ches is set for Monday and Tuesday November 19 and 20 with speakers Mr. Strong from Connelsville and Mrs. Durbin from Frederickstown. The second institute at Long Bottom church runs Friday and Saturday November 23 and 24 with speakers Mr. Welday from Smithfield and Dr. Anderson from Peninsula.
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Smithfield
Dr. Anderson
Peninsula
Surrender claim by General Dendorff in Bavarian case
General Dendorff, held after involvement in the Hitlerite revolt, reportedly placed himself under Bavarian authorities on grounds of restricted movement. He alleged his villa’s telephone line was cut and he was barred from attending a servant’s funeral who had saved his life.
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Mich
Dendorff
Ohio Rep Fights Mellon Tax Plan Over Bonus
Washington D C November 13 Representative Israel M Foster of Athens Ohio criticizes Secretary Mellon s tax cut proposal as a move to drop the soldier bonus. He argues taxes should be lowered but the bonus must be kept. Ohio peers share hesitation as Longworth predicts a bonus could pass without tax raises.
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Washington, D. C
Israel M. Foster
Athens
Ohio
Mellon
Foster
Balk
Longworth
Cincinnati
Harding
Ohio man dies at relatives home during visit
Crawford Ault aged 60 a retired railroad worker from Marion Ohio collapsed at his nephew J C Deafenbaugh home in Washington D C. The coroner ruled the death due to heart disease aggravated by asthma as he rose from the dinner table.
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Bridgeport
Doctor Is Killed In Auto Crash Near Huntington
Dr. J. D. Turner aged 49 of Chapmanville West Virginia died when his car overturned on Big Creek 5 while he was returning home from a visit. The accident occurred early this morning on the road near Huntington.
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Huntington
W. Va
J. D. Turner
Chapmannville
Big Creek
Liberal party reunites after factional splits
London, Nov. 13. After years of dissension the British Liberal party agreed on a reunion. One faction led by former Premier David Lloyd George and the other by former Premier H. H. Asquith joined after a conference with Sir Alfred Mond and Sir John Simon. The Liberals plan to oppose the Tory party in the coming election with a united front.
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London
Liberal Party
David Lloyd George
H. H. Asquith
Lloyd George
Asquith
Alfred Mond
John Simon
Ohio River Level Forecast From Knawha to Kentucky
The Ohio river from the Knawha mouth to the Kentucky mouth will fall tonight and Wednesday except in pools.
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Cincinnati
Ohio River
Kentucky
Building permits rise in Elyria with new dwellings
Elyria Ohio reports a jump in building permits on October 27 totaling 49 .98 including seven new dwellings and a 50 000 addition to the American Lace Company building.
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Elyria
American Lace Company
Bosche daughter killed. wife held for trial at Meridian
Phillip Bosche learns his daughter, Mrs. J. H. Kellersberger, was killed by his estranged wife. Mrs. Phillip Bosche remains held at Meridian on a murder charge as the African missionary husband awaits news, with a three month wait projected.
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Phillip Bosche
J. H. Kellersberger
Meridian
Wit
Tragic River Death Of 12 Year Old In Athens
Harry Six, 12, drowned in the Hocking River near South Bridge in Athens Monday afternoon after swinging on a wire into deep water. Bystanders, including Pearl Carr and Ohio University students D L Davies and Thor Olson, attempted resuscitation for six to ten minutes. after two hours no life could be restored. The boy’s family had recently moved from Luhrig to Hudson Addition.
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Harry Six
Hocking
Athens
Freddie
Littie
Athena
Luhrig
William Six
Hudson Addition
Pearl Carr
Ohio University
D. L. Davies
Grand Jury Probe Ordered by Ohio Attorney General
Governor Donahey directed Attorney General Crabbe to convene a special grand jury to investigate the Steubenville city enforcement officer murder the shooting of another officer the dynamiting of a third officer’s home in Smithfield Jefferson county alleged August primary election irregularities and general laxity of Steubenville law enforcement.
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Columbus
Donahey
Crabbe
Steubenville
Smithfield
Jefferson County
Demand a Vote Upon Banishment of King
Gen Pangalas, former Greek army commander, said the military Republican group demands an immediate plebiscite to decide whether King George should be banished and the throne abolished, per a Athens dispatch.
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London
Pangalas
George
Athens
Fine man who drove wildly in Middleport
Sam Radcliffe faced Justice Barnes in Middleport on liquor possession after a chase by Marshal Lloyd Hysell. He returned to surrender, pleaded guilty, and was fined 160 dollars plus 154.90 costs. Frank Miller, the elderly street pedestrian hit while crutching, was taken to the county infirmary but not seriously hurt.
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Middleport
Sam Radcliffe
Justice Barnes
Lloyd Hysell
Hysell
Radcliffe
Frank Miller
Oil firm cuts crude oil price per barrel
Pittsburgh reports Joseph Seep Tovere brokers for Standard Oil Co announce a reduction of a cents per barrel in crude oil. The move follows market shifts and affects pricing at the supplier level.
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Pittsburgh
Joseph Seep Tovere
Standard
Ol! Co
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