Labor Federation Plans Tax on Members for Auto Industry Actions
The American Federation of Labor adopts a plan to empower its executive council to levy assessments on its 3,000,000 members, signaling a potential expansion of labor activity into the automotive field led by General Motors. GM employs about 150,000, with union dues totaling 1,750,000 yearly from employees, 45 cents per week each.
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Union
Detroit
American Federation of Labor In Convention
Executive Council
General Motors
John P. Frey
General Electric
Steel
Federation of Labor
William Green
Los Angeles
Stubborn "Peaches" Eyed Return From New York
Edward W. Browning waited in New York today for the return of his prize animal nicknamed Peaches after a delay reported on October 15.
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New York
U.R
Edward W. Browning
What Are Your Children Reading
Parents face the task of selecting suitable children books. The Bureau recommends works by child-loving authors that meet standards of good literature and art. A booklet titled One Thousand Useful Books lists top titles for different age groups and can be requested with four cents for postage.
Delegates Attend Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs Conference
Eighty delegates from seventy-five Southeastern Ohio clubs meet for the tenth annual conference at Nelsonville Presbyterian Church. Leaders including Mrs. J. H. Morrow preside, with Mayor L. J. Eberle delivering the welcome as delegates from Athens to Vinton counties participate.
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L. J. Eberle
Nelsonville
Southeastern Ohio
Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs
Presbyterian Church
Athens
Fairfield
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
Lawrence
Meigs
Perry
Pickaway
Pike
Ross
Scioto
Vinton
J. H. Morrow
Orville D. Dailey
Albany
American Citizen
American Home
Fine Arts
Josephine Peirce
Lima
Prentice Read
Toledo
W. H. Schwartz
Portsmouth
Depew Head
Naval Dirigible Los Angeles Reaches Detroit in Night Display
The giant dirigible Los Angeles completed its 16 hour flight from Lakehurst New Jersey to Detroit arriving at 8 30 am and docking beside Ford’s Dearborn air mast. Henry and Edsel Ford joined 3 500 onlookers as 1 000 searchlights lit the ship against northern lights. The mast was built a year ago for the Shenandoah sister ship.
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Detroit
U.P
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
N. J
Dearborn
Ohio
Henry
Edsel Ford
Ford Airport
Bishop Hartley to Confirm 70 at St Pauls Sunday
The Right Rev. Bishop J J Hartley will confer the Sacrament of Confirmation at St Pauls Catholic church at 2 o clock Sunday afternoon. Sixty children and ten adults will be confirmed by Bishop Hartley.
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J. J. Hartley
D. D
Columbus
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Hartley
Woman Turned to Bootlegging to Support Family
Mrs. Nora Glaze told officers her home raid uncovered a bootlegging operation to fund care for her blind husband and 14 year old daughter. She said she observed many families doing the same and blamed a prominent Columbus bootlegger active for four years without molestation.
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Columbus
U.P
Nora Glaze
Unusual Weather Foreseen Amid Aurora and Sunspots
In New York on October 15, magnetic phenomena were observed across the North Atlantic to the Midwest as the Aurora Borealis lit the sky and earth currents disrupted telegraph service. Scientists note large sunspots and warn of potential unusual weather conditions based on sunspot activity.
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New York
North Atlantic
Middle West
Indianapolis Prosecutor Leads Grand Jury Probe of Stephenson Regime
William H. Remy of Indianapolis heads a grand jury investigating political corruption tied to D. C. Stephenson, former Klan grand dragon. Remy pushed for Stephenson to be brought from prison to testify.
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William H. Remy
Indianapolis
D. C. Stephenson
Indiana
Remy
Stephenson
Stenographer Key to Stephenson Case Remains Missing
A young stenographer, Mildred Meade, who vanished a week ago may hold the missing letters and checks tied to D. C. Stephenson, former Indiana Klan leader. Prosecutor Remy seeks the papers as Marion County grand jury probes Stephenson's alleged corrupt rule. Thomas Adams pushes Senator Reed’s committee to reopen hearings on Indiana scandal amid broader campaign finance scrutiny.
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Indianapolis
D. C. Stephenson
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
William H. Remy
Marion County Grand Jury
Stephenson
Mildred Meade
Madge Oberholtzer
Thomas Adams
Vincennes
James A. Reed
Missouri
Adams
Chicago
Illinois
Reed
Soldier with blanked memory seeks recognition at Legion meet
At the American Legion convention in Philadelphia the memory impaired soldier known as Jerry Talbot pleaded for discovery. Benjamin J. Sprang of Philadelphia identified him as a Marine comrade from Belleau Wood, reviving Talbot’s hope that his mother may still be alive and looking for him.
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Philadelphia
U.P
America
Jerry Talbot
Benjamin J. Sprang
Belleau Woods
Jerry Talbott
Police hunt two Hickman brothers in Chillicothe murder
Dan Garrett, 64, Chillicothe police, was fatally shot while questioning three men about robberies. John Hickman, 30, and Monroe Hickman, 21, both sought. Ernest Koy, 23, arrested in Wilmington after fleeing by train. Garrett died from gunshot wounds to brain and heart. Fifty Ohio National Guard members aided in the manhunt.
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Deanville
Dan Garrett
Chillicothe
P. H. McKinley
John Hickman
Doanville
Floodwood
Monroe Hickman
Columbus
Ernest Koy
Wilmington
Garrett
Herlihy
Chillico
John H. Herlihy
John
Montroe Hickman
McKinley
Howard Gilson
Charles Maple
Moundsville
W. Va
Franklin County
Citizens’ Trust and Savings Company
Ohio National Guard
Scarface Al Capone Defies Bloodshed Claims in Hawthorne Hotel
In Chicago and Cicero, Scarface Al Capone denies involvement in local violence. The 27 year old immigrant banker and gambler says he has stayed inside the Hawthorne Hotel for 14 months, guarded and unable to leave. A recent round-table gang summit in Chicago sought quieter bootlegging methods but failed to reach an agreement.
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Scarface al
Capone
Hawthorne
Cicero
Chicago
America
Sam Hill to Host Queen Marie of Romania in Northwest Visit
Samuel Hill the noted road builder and world traveler will host Queen Marie of Romania during a Northwest visit after arriving in New York. Hill, nicknamed Globetrotter and Apostle of Good Roads, has befriended royalty and earned honors from France Belgium Romania and Japan. He spoke of royalty cautiously and praised the queen as talented with lovely children.
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Paul W. White
United Press
New York
Samuel Hill
Twin Cities
North Carolina
Monday Opera Club
Sam Hill
Maryhill
Wash
Marie
Romania
Belgium
Marshal Joffre
United States
James J. Hill
Royarty
Hill
William Street
Queen Marie
America
Europe
British Miners Plan Action To Win Their Cause
The 800000 idle British miners outline a multi step plan to tighten the strike. They seek to enforce pre stoppage wage and hour terms, persuade safety unionists to withdraw, press for an embargo on foreign coal, levy wages for support, urge districts to stay loyal, and deploy parliamentarian miners on speaking tours.
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London
General Council of
The
Trades Union Congress
Miners’ Federation
Knicker Case Brought to Court Near Jeffersonville
A mandate suit filed in Clarke county court seeks to compel Port Fulton school authorities to admit 9 year old Virginia Allen to classes. The case follows a dispute over a girl wearing knickers and claims the school barred her attendance.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Port Fulton
Virginia Allen
Clarke County
Fahy' Ma Allen
Blinded by Sun Kills 12 Year Old Near Home
Levohn Hootman, 12, was killed when an automobile driven by a neighbor, blinded by the sun, struck her near her New Philadelphia home. Police and deputies hunted suspects in Ross County as officers backed by fifty deputies searched the area.
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New
Philadelphia
U.P
Levohn Hootman
Hootman
No Regular Gas Supply for Sunday in Athens
The Athens city gas supply will be off from 8 AM to 4 PM Sunday to repair a large main near Chauncey. Fisher field gas will be routed into Athens mains, but officials fear insufficient cooking gas if demand is heavy or the day is cold. Consumers are urged to use natural gas sparingly for heating.
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Athens City
Chauncey
Logan Gas Company
Fisher Field
Athens
Prison Chaplain Loses Assistant at Ohio Penitentiary
Chaplain T. O. Reed at the Ohio penitentiary will need a new assistant after Cornelius W. Piece alias C. C. Carter a colored preacher from Lucas County serving a sentence for unlawfully disposing of securities was turned over today to Michigan State Reformatory authorities.
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Columbus
U.P
T. O. Reed
Ohio Penitentiary
Cornelius W. Piece
C. C. Carter
Lucas County
Michigan State Reformatory
Chiro Ruling Upheld by Ohio Court of Appeals
The Ohio court of appeals upheld the 1923 decision of the state medical board denying Frederick A. Kriedeman and John R. Schelosky licensure to practice chiropractics. The board found they did not practice chiropractic full time for five years before October 1, 1915. Schelosky worked part time in a factory and Kriedeman drove street cars.
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Columbus
Ohio State Medical Board
Frederick A. Kriedeman
John R. Schelosky
Cleveland
Court of Appeals
Medical Board
Schelosky
Kriedeman
Edison shifts stance on immortality of the soul
Thomas A. Edison says evidence supports life after death in an interview for the November Forum. The inventor admits prior skepticism but now urges religious teachers to study the issue and seek convincing proof to withstand skeptical laughter.
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New York
U.P
Thomas A. Edison
Mazer Sues Canton Daily News for Libel Damages
Louis Mazer filed a libel suit in Canton accusing the Canton Daily News of damaging his character with News articles. He seeks 50000 dollars in damages for alleged defamation connected to the murder indictment of Don R. Mellett.
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Canton
U.P
Louis Mazer
Don R. Mellett
Canton Daily News Today
Mazer
News
Oldest Union County resident Daniel Freeman dies at 102
Daniel Freeman aged 102, once a horse shedder for Grover Cleveland, died today at his home in Marysville. He contributed much work for Cleveland and other duties for his community. He was the county's oldest citizen and died at his brother Nathaniel Freeman's home.
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Marysville
U.P
Daniel Freeman
Union County
Nathaniel Freeman
Freeman
Grover Cleveland
Irene Morrison Struck by Gar Near Her Home Dies
A 14 year old girl Irene Morrison died instantly after running in front of a moving car driven by James Earich Ath ens near Redtown while on her way home from Greens Run school. Inquest by Coroner L W Sanders at the Palmer restaurant. Funeral set for Redtown church at 2 pm Sunday.
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Charles Wahl
Redtown
Irene Morrison
Ben Morrison
James Earich
Athens
Trimble High School
Charles Palmer
Buck Skinner
Greens Run
Skinner
Kerich
Morrison
Taylor Ridge
Hester Koogler
Greens Iun
Jacksonville Corporation
Board of Education
Apathy of Voters Arouses State Party Leaders
Columbus reports state leaders of major political parties confess concern over voter apathy in the campaign. Field reports indicate little enthusiasm is shown for candidates in many areas as parties struggle to mobilize supporters.
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Columbus
Polar Plane Jo sephine Ford Leaves Columbus for Cincinnati
The Josephine Ford plane carrying Lieut. Commander Richard E. Byrd’s polar expedition departs Columbus today for Cincinnati. Floyd Bennett, who accompanied Byrd on the polar flight, commands the aircraft.
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Columbus
Josephine Ford
Richard E. Byrd
North Pole
Cincinnati
Floyd Bennett
Byrd
Myers Cooper to Speak in Pomeroy
Myers Cooper the Republican candidate for Ohio governor will speak at the Pomeroy courthouse steps between 12 and 12 30 on October 23. He will address the crowd for about twenty five minutes after speaking earlier at Coolville and Chester and before heading to Middleport and Portsmouth.
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Pomeroy
Myers Cooper
Ohio
Weather Update Signals Sunny Autumn Days Ahead
Atmospheric pressure shows a rising trend after weeks of little change. Temperatures in two hour intervals indicate mild autumn weather with daytime highs around 70 to 72 and cooler nights.
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Oeenere
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