Supreme Court refuses review of miners union injunctions
The U S Supreme Court declines to review twelve West Virginia cases barring United Mine Workers from activities among non union miners. The injunctions, upheld by lower courts, prohibit threats of violence and interference with interstate coal shipments. Union officials say they will continue organizing while owners argue the measures target only organizers, not non union workers.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
West Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
Federal District Court For
Red Jacket
Consolidated
Borderland
United Mine Workers
Mexican Revolutionary Leader Believed Rescued at Sea
General Arnulfo Gomez, targeted by three federal columns for nine days, may be aboard a coastal tanker escaping toward the West Indies or United States. Alvarez suggested the rescued figure could have reached safety near Vera Cruz after fleeing toward the Huastusco district in the Vera Cruz mountains.
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Mexico City
Ruth Elder
Arnulfo Gomez
Alvarez
Calles
Gomez
West Indies
United States
Huastusco
Vera Cruz Mountains
Vera Cruz
Traffic Fatality Rises in Cleveland as Alban Rutledge Killed
In Cleveland traffic deaths climbed to 158 for the year after Alban Rutledge was struck and killed by a car.
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Cleveland
Alban Rutledge
Perfect Attendance Mark For Athens County Schools
Carl H. Porter announced two schools in Bern township Plantsville and Westland achieved perfect attendance for the first month of school. He noted these schools are on the worst roads and among the most inaccessible in Athens county.
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Athens County
Carl H. Porter
Plantsville
Westland
Bern Township
Porter
Grayson Delays Trans Atlantic Try After Weather Check
Mrs Frances W Grayson delays a planned take off from Old Orchard Maine in a Sikorsky amphibian named Dawn for a final test flight pending weather. Pilot Wilmer Stutz says the plane is in perfect condition after balancing 858 gallons of gasoline and yesterday’s setback in altitude performance.
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D D. C
U.P
U.S. Weather Bureau
Old Orchard
Frances Grayson
Copenhagen
Frances W. Grayson
Denmark
United Press
Grayson
Wilmer Stutz
Heinkel Trans Atlantic Seaplane Arrives in Lisbon
The Heinkel C-1220 seaplane landed in Lisbon at 9 a m after a calm coast flight from Vigo Spain. Chief Pilot Horst Merz said the craft would head to the Azores once overhaul is complete and weather allows.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Vigo
Spain
Horst Merz
United Press
Azores
Low bids on state road contracts exceed eighteen hundred thousand
Columbus Oct 18 Highway Director Schlesinger announced low bid totals for state road contracts amounting to 1 880 000. Awards include Meigs county Ebersbach Constructing company Pomeroy and Shelby county F E Milligan Sidney with notable bids such as 12 435.80 for Shelby county work.
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Columbus
Schlesinger
Meigs County
Ebersbach Constructing Company
Pomeroy
Shelby County
F. E. Milligan
Sidney
Economic Outlook Promising As Cabinet Reports Improvement
Washington reports the nation in fairly good economic condition with reasonable prospects that no weak spots will develop. President Coolidge was informed by cabinet members in touch with industry that business conditions are improving and the future outlook is encouraging.
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Coolidge
Washington
U.P
White House
Sells and daughter released after failed gas attempt
David C. Sells 38 and his daughter Alberta 14 of 278 Souder avenue were detained for investigation after attempting to end their lives by gas at home. They were released with no charges and were not seriously harmed.
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Sells
Columbus
David C. Sells
Souder Avenue
Alberta
Ruth Elder Doffs Paris Dress For Flying Uniform
Ruth Elder leaves Horta Azores aboard the Lima bound for Paris after a near fatal trans Atlantic flight with co pilot George Haldeman. She expects to fly Lisbon to Paris and stay in the French capital two weeks while keeping to Lindbergh precedent.
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Azores Islands
Paris
Ruth Elder
Lima
Miss Elder
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Haldeman
Lisbon
France
England
Funchal
Madeira
Harry Hawker
Hawker
Mackenzie Grieve
Lindbergh
Chamberlin
Byrd
Brock
Schlee
Europe
American
Injunctions Sought as Coal Firms Fight Union Work Stoppage
In Columbus on October 18 the U S Marshall said about 25 extra deputies would be added to the Columbus office if Judge Benson W Hough grants injunctions to five Cleveland coal firms and Toledo Cambria for non union operation under government protection bringing total to 50. Hough said he would rule tomorrow after hearing petitions from Central Ohio Mining Youghingheny and Ohio Coal Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal United States Coal and Cambria Collieries. The court had earlier granted injunctions to four other coal companies to keep miners from interfering. The petitioners argued safety required protection of an injunction to reopen mines.
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Central Ohio Mining Company
Youghingheny and Ohio Coal Company
Wheeling and Lake Erie Coal Company
United States Coal Company
Cleveland
Cambria Colleries Company
Toledo
First Snowfall of the Year Reported in Cleveland
Cleveland residents saw the season's first snowfall early today as flakes fell but melted quickly on impact. Weather observers noted Jack Frost arrival as temperatures hovered near freezing.
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Cleveland
Jack Frost
Average U S Man Found Living in Iowa Community
New York report cites Fort Madison Iowa as the average city and Roy L Gray of Fort Madison as the nationwide average man from 118 million people The selection by William B Dutton used population averages across states cities and towns to name a man with average age education home and interests He is head of a four person family runs a one man clothing store and says his home and roads matter most with average tastes in reading radio and film
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New York
United Press
Roy L. Gray
Fort Madison
Iowa
Gray
United States
William 8. Dutton
American
Dutton
Towa
Loreal
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce
the Elks, Odd Fellows
Rotary Club
Threat of violence haunts Colorado strike in Walsenburg
In Walsenburg Colorado 3000 coal miners face a scheduled walkout with about half refusals. IWW meetings in multiple towns were guarded by peace officers after threats by citizens. IWW papers were seized and burned from local headquarters amid rumors of National Guard involvement.
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Walsenburg
Justice of Peace Fee Bill Would Aid Enforcement
In Columbus on October 18, state prohibition commissioner B F McDonald said the Marshall bill would aid law enforcement. He cited Judge Taft's Tumey decisions and noted bootleggers had grown bolder toward the law, with defiance continuing if the bill fails.
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Columbus
B. F. McDonald
Taft
Tumey
Prohibition
McDonald
Cleveland Robbed by First Girl Gangster Robbers
Four stylishly dressed female bandits assaulted Miss Bernice Alexsinski, 19, as she walked home from a dance in Cleveland. They fled with a purse containing a small amount of money, marking the city’s first recorded robbery by girl gangsters.
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Cleveland
Bernice Alexsinski
Chamber of Commerce to hear 1928 policy plans
West Baden Ind Oct 18 Reported policy outlines for 1928 were to be submitted at the convention of executive councillors and directors of the National Chamber of Commerce.
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West Baden
Ind
National Chamber of Commerce
Widow of Thomas J. Emery Dedicates Vast Estate to Humanity
The late Thomas J. Emery left an estate estimated at 100 million dollars. His widow filed a probate will naming a memorial fund of about 90 million dollars to be used for humanity. Bequests of small amounts to relatives and friends are specified, with remaining funds devoted to the Thomas J. Emery Memorial.
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Middletown
R. 1
Thomas J. Emery
America
Ministers Oppose Piqua Wet-Dry Referendum Stance
In Piqua Ohio the ministerial association met to discuss the Marshall bill with Charles M Earhart and State Senator Paul M Herbert. They likely will take action against the bill saying it is not a wet and dry issue and will not endorse it. No winner was disclosed.
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PIQUA
U.P
Piqua Ministerial Association
Charles M. Earhart
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Paul M. Herbert
Columbus
Navy Reports No New Leads on Missing Aviators
The Navy Department said no further reports had been received from Nicaragua about Lieutenant Earl A. Thomas and Sergeant Frank Dowdell, missing American aviators whose burned plane was found near Quilali in Nicaragua.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Nicaragua
Earl A. Thomas
Frank Dowdell
Quilali
La Guardia Flies From Maywood To Cleveland After Duluth Dinner
U P reports Rep La Guardia of New York flew from Maywood air field to Cleveland after a dinner engagement in Duluth Minnesota last week. The flight began at the Maywood air mail field a Chicago suburb.
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Chicago
U.P
Rep. la Guardia
New York
Duluth
Minn
Maywood
Cleveland
Divorce Sought by Pearl Reed in Athens County Court
Pearl Reed petitions for divorce from Effie Reed on grounds of willful absence in Athens County Common Pleas court yesterday. The couple married April 12, 1912 and have one child.
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Pearl Reed
Effie Reed
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Mine destroyed by blast near Bradley today
Steubenville October 18. A United States coal company mine near Bradley south of Steubenville was wrecked by a dynamite blast early today. Windows and telegraph lines were damaged, seven dynamite stubs found. Sheriff said threats hinted miners would march on Winston Dear mine nearby. Police guarded the district amid renewed terror.
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Steubenville
U.P
United States Coal Company
Bradley
Allison
Winston-Dear
Smithfield
Pittsburgh
Chance for Discovery Declared As Great As Ever in All Sciences
Dr. Charles V. Chapin told the American Public Health Association in Cincinnati that opportunities for discovery are as vast now as in historic times. He urged continued field and bedside observations to test laboratory findings and emphasized the mosquito yellow fever link and the need for ongoing scientific investigation to combat disease.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Harvey
Panteur
Lister
Charles V. Chapin
American Public Health Association
Chapin
Association
Army
Dr. Chapin
French aviators prep for Brazilian funeral after fatal welcome
Deudonne Costes and Joseph le Brix prepare to attend the military funeral for three Brazilian fliers killed yesterday during their welcome in Rio de Janeiro. The French air heroes, who flew 6,000 miles from Paris in under a week, plan to take off Wednesday morning for the final leg to Buenos Aires Argentina.
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Rio de Janeiro
U.P
Deudonne Costes
Joseph le Brix
L’aris
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Kentucky Prohibition Official Charged in Conspiracy Case
George S. Griffin confidential assistant to the prohibition administrator of Kentucky and Tennessee was indicted for conspiring to obstruct justice in the Wiedemann company case. Griffin and four others allegedly planned to bar witnesses, conceal evidence, and sought twenty thousand dollars from Wiedemann.
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George S. Griffin
W. O. Mays
Prohibition
Kentucky
Tennessee
George Wiedemann Company
Newport
Griffin
Claude
Richard N. Mullins
Albert F. Sinclair
Mt. Vernon
Wiedemann Company
Symposium to Examine Feelings and Emotions of Humans
Springfield hosts a four day symposium by world renowned psychologists who will lay human feelings on the table for study. The event aims to explain why youths misbehave and why some boast and imagine power as Dr M L Reymert argues emotions drive actions. Researchers will explore phonophotography as a tool for studying emotions and overcoming inferiority complexes.
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Springfield
U.P
M. L.reymert
Psychological Lab
Oratory
Wittenberg College
Dr. Reymert
C. E. Seashore
University of Iowa
Dr. Seashore
Seek Murderers at Lonardo Funerals in Cleveland
Detectives mingled with mourners at the funerals of bootleg sugar barons Joe and John Lonardo in Cleveland. Police scanned attendees for suspects from the home of the late Lonardo to St Anthony's church and Calvary cemetery. Two women are among those sought.
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Cleveland
UPR
Alfred Jones
Joe
John Lonardo
St. Anthony’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
Prisoners Escape From Belmont County Jail
Ten prisoners fled Belmont county jail in St Clairsville at about 2 a m after sawing bars on a second floor window and lowering to the ground with bed clothing. Sheriff Hardesty discovered the escape at morning feeding time. eighteen inmates remained in custody.
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ST. Clairsville
Belmont County
Hardesty
Catholics Condemn Legislative Tinkering on Sterilization
Detroit observers report the National Council of Catholic Men condemned proposed legislative tinkering on sterilization of the unfit at a meeting held October 18. The discussion centered on safeguards and ethical questions surrounding such measures.
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Detroit
National Council of Catholic Men
Athens clears six cent booklet on Mexico history and facts
A concise fact booklet on Mexico provides plain data on history, area, population, states, foods, government, resources, and current events. It notes no propaganda, lets readers form opinions, and is sold for six cents with a coupon.
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Mexico
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