Smith Denies Drunkenness Rumors in Whispering Campaign
Albany dispatch reports Governor Alfred E. Smith rebutting gossip alleging drunkenness as part of a whispering campaign. The signed statement, "Nailing a Lie in the Whispering Campaign," cites letters and denials from Syracuse leaders and Parkersburg residents, with Smith denying the intoxication charges. Mrs Bauer of Parkersburg and her husband declined to comment.
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Albany
N. Y
U.P
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
H. D. Sanford
Syracuse
William L. Bauer
Parkersburg
W. Va
West Virginia
W. A. Keenan
William H. Kelley
Fearon
U.R
William J. Bauer
Accident victim dies in Columbus
Mrs. Sarah Lewis age 53 of Columbus died from injuries after being struck by an automobile driven by Hilliard Gehres of Circleville on the Scioto Trail three miles south of Columbus. The crash occurred today.
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Columbus
Sarah Lewis
Hilliard Gehres
Circleville
Scioto Trail
First Grid Death Strikes New England Region
Worcester Mass September 13 James H Fenton 21 of Lawrence died at St Vincent Hospital from a fractured spine suffered in Holy Cross football practice on Tuesday while attempting a flying tackle Authorities reported this as the season s first fatality in New England football with the death confirmed yesterday in hospital
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Worcester
Mass
New England
James H. Fenton
Lawrence
Fenton
St. Vincent Hospital
Holy Cross
Ex-Dry Sleuth Pleads Not Guilty in Bribery Case
Louis Wilcox former state dry agent for Lorain Elyria territory is free on bond after pleading not guilty to bribery and impersonating a federal officer He allegedly took 25 from a bootlegger known as Joe claiming he did not know the purpose of the money His son Ralph a Rocky River deputy marshal is free on bond appealing a three year state penitentiary bribery conviction Wilcox left the state dry department on August 21 after four years of service.
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Cleveland, O
U.R
Louis Wilcox
Lorain-Elyria Territory
Liberty
Wilcox
Joe
Federal District
A. E.bernsteen
Ciry
Ralph
Rocky River
State Penitentiary
State Cry Department
Drydoge Mine at Newmark resumes open shop high output
Newmark at Drydoge Mine No. 255 loaded 1101 tons of coal on Wednesday, the peak since resuming open shop work. Additional loaders to be provided next week expected to lift tonnage. Labor train carried 82 Glouster riders, highest since service began. Electric lights adorn Ohio Mine No. 1 in Jacksonville as operations restart. Former Jacksonville workers apply for jobs as crews reform.
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Glouster
Ohio Mine No. 1
Jacksonville
Tipple
Personal Letter From McKinley Shown In Logan
Logan city attendance officer James Rochester displays a 1895 letter from William McKinley, then secretary of the Bushnell Republican Club, thanking Rochester for notifying him of honorary club membership as political activity shapes the fall season.
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Logan
America
James Rochester
William McKinley
Gas pressure dip in Athens caused by main line change
In Athens a temporary low gas pressure yesterday afternoon followed a main line change near Chauncey. W A Casley said the 18 inch line from Glouster was shut off about 1 pm and pressure returned to normal by 2 15 pm after Lash Well and Fisher Field wells supplied gas. Residents and restaurants reported reduced supply during the adjustment.
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Athens
Chauncey
Glouster
Hocking
Fisher Field
Mr. Ley
Casley
Japanese Publisher Honored Guest in New York
Shin goro Takaishi managing director of Osaka Mainichi said Japanese must visit the United States every five or six years to renew contacts. He was guest of honor at a dinner hosted by Karl A. Bickel president of United Press with New York publishers present.
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New York
U.R
Japan
United States
Shingoro Takaishi
Osaka Mainichi
Takaishi
Karl A. Bickel
The
United Press
Five Non-Stoppers Fined by Mayor
Five residents of Athens were fined five dollars each for failing to stop at a stop sign at North Congress and West State Streets. The fines were issued in the court of Mayor Alex M. Moore and reported by Traffic Officer James Lewis. The fined individuals are Fred Landis Sam Coen O B Tubbs James Hardman and James Caldwell.
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North
Congress
West State Streets
Athens
Vicinity
Alex M. Moore
Fred Landis
Sam Coen
O. B. Tubbs
James Hardman
James Caldwell
James Lewis
Heine Packing House Ablaze Near Logan
Fire at the Heine Brothers slaughter house smoke house started at 11 35 this morning causing about 10 000 in damage and destroying over 1000 pounds of meat in one department. Firefighters used a hose from a static water plug but a car ran over the hose delaying water supply. Noah Reid was arrested after a car incident as fire was contained to the sausage making area with brick walls limiting spread.
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Logan
Heine Brothers
South Mulberry Street
Noah Reid
Joe Farbearn
Smoke House
McArthur
Democrats Plan For Real Battle In Athens County
Plans to intensify the Democratic campaign in Athens County were formed at a meeting of the Democratic Central Committee executive board. Subcommittees are drafting details and full reports are due soon with another meeting set for 7 30 p m next Thursday at Bethel's Store headquarters opposite the Athens County Courthouse.
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Athens County
Democratic Central Committee
Athens
Bethel’s
Seven Die in Car Crash Killing Morgel Family near Rice
In Rice Minnesota on September 13 seven members of John Morgel’s family were killed when their car collided at a crossing with a Northern Pacific passenger train. Local authorities investigated the fatal derailment and warned travelers to expect traffic delays.
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Rice, Minn
John Morgel
Here
Crossin
Northern Pacific
Pay-Up Week Planned in Athens Merchants
Athens merchants and the Merchants' Retail Association scheduled Pay-Up Week for October 15 to clear outstanding accounts. They will decorate store windows in Parent-Teacher Association colors blue and gold during the convention. Roy Hawk was elected treasurer, replacing O P Bingman who resigned after moving away.
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Athens
Merchants’ Retail Association
Parent-Teacher Association
Roy Hawk
O. P. Bingman
City
Cooper to Lead Ohio Republicans in Women Campaign Meet
Myers Y. Cooper governorship nominee and other Republican candidates will meet tomorrow in Columbus with women campaign workers, county chairmen, and state central committeewomen, per Mrs. Wilma Sinclair Le Van who leads campaign work among Ohio women.
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Columbus
Myers Y. Cooper
State Central
Wilma Sinclair le van
Ohio
Former Dover Woman Slain in Charleston
Norma Ferguson Stewart 26 born and raised in Chauncey was shot by her ex husband William Stewart in Charleston West Virginia as she left a railroad office. She had divorced six weeks earlier after a two year estrangement. She was a 1922 Chauncey Dover High School graduate and leaves parents sister and relatives. body to be returned to Chauncey for funeral services.
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Chauncey
Norma Ferguson Stewart
William Stewart
Charleston
W. Va
New York ,Central Railroad
Stewart
James L. Ferguson
Ferguson
Chauncey-Dover High School
Kathleen Ferguson
Flora McHarg
Lower Plains
Eastern Part of Country is for Mr. Hoover
Senator George Moses reports New York likely to vote for Hoover and Massachusetts as the main hurdle in the East. Secretary Mellon will campaign actively with radio talks and business meetings, while Democratic organizers intensify canvassing in Massachusetts.
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Washington
U.R
Herbert Hoover
George Moses
New Hampshire
Hoover
New York
Massachusetts
Treasury Mellon
Mellon
Moses
East
Smith's Proposals No Appeal To Labor
David B. Robertson of Cleveland, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Firemen and Enginemen and chair of the Railroad Labor Executives' Association, said Hoover that Governor Alfred E. Smith's prohibition modification proposals do not appeal to working men. He urged dispelling the idea that the Democratic candidate's wet stance attracts laborers.
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Washington
U.R
Alfred E. Smith
David B. Robertson
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railway Firemen
Railroad Labor Executives’ Association
Hoover
Gangsters Raid New York Hospital In Murderous Attempt
In Fordham Hospital two gangsters seeking to free prisoners attacked the prison ward. Patrolman Jeremiah C. Brosnan was killed as interns and nurses repelled the assault. The gunmen fled before police arrival, marking a bold move in the city gang conflict.
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New York Hospital
New York
Jeremiah C. Brosnan
Fordham Hospital
James Ward
Brosnan
Motorist in Hospital After Serious Crash
John Motter of Hanover Pa. sustained bruises and lacerations when his car collided with an unidentified vehicle on Canaanville Road west of Carpenter Farm. Motter’s car, a large Studebaker, rolled three times and landed in a roadside ditch. he is in Sheltering Arms Hospital in serious but improving condition. The other driver, from Canaanville, was taken to Athens for treatment. Sheriff Williams and Traffic Officer Ator investigated.
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Canaanville Road
Carpenter Farm
John Motter
Hanover
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Acciden
Motter
Pike
Studebaker
Athens
Mining Trade Picking Up in This District
In Athens County the mining trade shows signs of recovery say officials. Attorney R D Williams representing Trimble protests New York Central Railroad plans to close Trimble station. M D Hughes, former city solicitor, objects to closing Millfield station, predicting county mining will return to normal in two months and require Millfield agency.
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Columbus
U.R
Athens County
State Utilities Commission
R. D. Williams
Trimble
New York Central Railroad
M. D. Hughes
Athens
New York Central
Millfield
Williams
Hughes
Irish money to have face of U S girl
An American girl is the model for the typical Irish Colleen on the new Irish Free State banknotes. Artist Sir John Lavery chose his wife Hazel Martyn, Chicago native and widow of Edward Trudeau, as the symbolic figure representing Irish girlhood. The press notes Dublin hailed the model as a real Colleen. The Evening News quipped that America now grips another nation's currency.
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London
U.R
Colleen
Lavery
Belfast
The
Evening News
America
Mayor Walker To Campaign in Ohio
Mayor James Walker of New York announces a national campaign swing for Governor Alfred E. Smith. He will speak in Newark on September 20 and later in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Additional addresses are planned in two large Ohio cities Chicago and Springfield Mass. Senator Tydings announced.
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New York
O.R
Herbert Hoover
New Jersey
James Walker
Alfred E. Smith
Newark
Hoover
Walker
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Chicago
Springfield
Mass
Tydings
Rural Carrier Burns in Garage Fire Friday Night
E. E. Wilson, a Salem rural mail carrier, was badly burned when gasoline dripped onto him during repairs under his car. A nearby carbide lamp ignited the fuel causing burns to his right arm shoulder back and left arm. He was treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital then Athens hospital and remained seriously ill but improving.
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E. E. Wilson
Salem
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Athens
Luhrig
United Mine Workers of America
Township Board of Education
DARE HURT AS PLANE GRASHES DURING FLIGHT
In a brutal non stop air race from Roosevelt Field to Los Angeles several planes are missing or forced to land. Nik Namer's Buhl Airsedan led the field but none of the other five entries have reported in by midday. Two crashes occur near Decatur Indiana injuring Colonel Thaw and Morris.
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New York
W.P
Roosevelt Field
L. A
Los Angeles
Nik Namer
Mines Fields
Namér
Sept
Aix
Aera
Snel Ward
L. I
Buhl
Namer
Pield
Bellanca
Emil Gin
O. m. Bellanca
George’ Deman
Jack Iseman
Lockheed-Vega
Art Goebel
T. Morris
Cliff McMillin
Wilkese Barre
North Star
James Stillman
Oliver C. Leboutillier
Randolph Page
Stinson
Allentown
Two Held For Taking Boy One Trip To Dayton
Chicago area report states Jesse Jackson 13 was taken to Dayton by John Bice and Mrs. Bice. They were arraigned in Athens before Justice Carl H Porter. Bond set at 500 each.
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Dayton
Jesse Jackson
Wand Nealerta
John Bice
Harry Dalton
Athens
Carl H
Bice
Aaron Jackyson
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Newmark
Drydoge
McKinley
OAS
W. A. Casley
New York City
Heine Packing House
Logan Business Place
Clinton Webb
DOVER
Norma’ Ferguson Stewart
Charles
Bradfield, Je
Messenger
MR. Hoover
Labor
U.S
Sir John Lavery
Dare Hurt
John Morris
Cole Thaw
Decatur
Ind
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