Law Abiding Citizens League Formed In Athens County
The Law Abiding Citizens League of Athens county was launched at a mass meeting at the Christian church in Athens. H. T. Phillips heads the group to enforce all Prohibition laws, with Gilbert Courtney as vice president, W. E. Landis secretary, and C. C. Sharpe treasurer. The meeting followed the death of Constable Edgar Mariner and drew about 125 attendees.
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Law Abiding Citizens League of
Athens County
The
Christian
H. T. Phillips
Athens
Gilbert Courtney
Chauncey
W. E. Landis
C. C. Sharpe
Nelsonville
Edgar C. Mariner
Glouster
Trimble
Jacksonville
Coolville
Guysville
Albany
New Marshfield
Phillips
League
Carl Porter
Prohibition
H. A. Bines
Edgar Mariner
Mr. Porter
Nicknacks
Porter
Joe Wood
Sagar Mariner
Drys
HB. A. Lines
Mr. Sines
Sines
Enforcement
W._Helwig
Pensacola Survives Hurricane With No Loss of Life
Pensacola, battered by hurricane and tidal wave, began cleanup and aid to Southern Florida. Water must be boiled, and transport remains limited to sea or air. No deaths reported. city still isolated in places as crews assess damage.
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Pensacola
Fla
Montgomery
Ala
Florida
Edwin Johnson
United States Air Service
United Press
United States Public Health Service
Santa Rosa
Prohibition Enforcement Criticized by County Leader
Dr Daniel McGurk said the lack of new officers hinders arrests on liquor operations. He helped organize a league and urged naming fifty or more prominent county men as associates. He also claimed Athens County officers do not enforce prohibition adequately.
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Daniel McGurk
Edgar Mariner
League
Athens County
Future Fines To Be Much Larger In Liquor Offenses
Magistrate Pearl W. Helwig announced that future fines for liquor offenses will exceed the current minimums. The minimum for possession is $100 plus costs and for intoxication $10 plus costs, with the judge declaring no more $100 and $10 fines. He cited familiar prohibition laws and warned offenders to face stiffer penalties.
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Pearl W. Helwig
Mr. Helwig
Efforts to Disband Grand Army Face Resistance in Des Moines
Delegates pushing to disband the Grand Army of the Republic in 1927 heard a blunt challenge last night from James Tanner, former commander, who said there are eight good years left for the G AR to meet and called the proposal a vain effort.
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Des Moines
James Tanner
Grand Army
Dempsey Tunney Fight Fight Backed by Chicago Club suit
Two hours after courts dismissed two injunctions by the Coliseum club of Chicago to block the Dempsey Tunney fight a new suit was filed by the same plaintiff against the Madison Square Garden corporation of New York for an unspecified damages claim.
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Philadelphia
U.R
Coliseum Club of
Chicago
Madison Square Garden Corporation
New York
Fight party starts early at Dempsey Tunney bout
The Messenger will broadcast lead up to the Dempsey Tunney fight from 7 o'clock with preliminary bulletins read over the wire. A blow-by-blow description will be given as the bout starts around 8 30. If rain interrupts, fans will be served via a messenger plan.
Dempsey Tunney Fight Radio Hook Up Details
Thirty three stations will carry descriptions of the Dempsey Tunney fight tonight in a direct radio hook up from ringside. Announcers Graham McNamee and Major Andrew White will describe the event with a 7 30 p m start and a 9 30 p m championship bout. If postponed stations connect on a later night. The hook up includes WADC Akron KYW Chicago WGN Chicago WSAI Cincinnati WTAM Cleveland WWJ Detroit WHAS Louisville WEAF New York WJZ New York WCAE Pittsburgh KDKA Pittsburgh and WGY Schenectady.
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New York
Graham McNamee
WEAF
Andrew White
WJZ
WADC
Akron
KYW
WGN
Chicago
WSAI
Cincinnati
WTAM
Cleveland
WWJ
Detroit
WHAS
Louisville
WCAE
KDKA
Pittsburgh
WGY
Schenectady
Athens People Safe in Florida Disaster Update
In a letter to Miss Elsie Finsterwald Athens residents confirm the safety of locals in the Florida disaster zone. Named are John Kircher son of Mr and Mrs Charles Kircher Mr and Mrs Fred Moorman formerly of Athena and Mr and Mrs Ralph Davidson who recently returned to Lauderdale from Athens. Beatrice Finsterwald reports she escaped injury and works among the injured as a trained nurse in Pompano Florida.
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Elsie Finsterwald
Athens
Arthur Wolfe
Florida
John Kircher
Charles Kircher
Fred Moorman
Athena
Ralph Davidson
Lauderdale
Miss Finsterwald
Beatrice Finsterwald
Pompano
Funeral services held for aviator Jacob Islamoff
Mohammedan funeral rites were held for Jacob Islamoff an aviation mechanic killed when his Sikorsky sky airplane crashed and burned during a non stop attempt to Paris The casket bore the U S and Imperial Russian flags a gold cross sabre and scabbard and faced east per Muslim custom
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Roosevelt Field
L. I
Mohammedan
Jacob Islamoff
Sikorsky
Paris
United States
Dempsey and Tunney Enter Confident Clash in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on September 23, both boxers spoke of certainty before the bout. Jack Dempsey vowed to attack from the opening punch, while Gene Tunney promised victory aided by his style and form.
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Philadelphia
Jack Dempsey
Tunney
Aftermath of Florida Hurricane Relief Efforts
Officials in South Florida report up to 250 fatalities and about 200 million dollars in property damage. Red Cross will fund administrative work, with relief funds not paying workers. Reinforcement arrives as cleanup begins with doctors, nurses, and volunteers aiding the rescue and recovery.
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Miami
Fla
U.R
Florida
T. B. Collins
Martin
Red Cross
Army plane carries typhoid serum to Florida storm area
An army plane departed Schoenfield Fort Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis at dawn carrying 50 000 units of typhoid serum. It aims to reach Miami in about two hours with stopovers at Nashville Atlanta and Pensacola after an urgent Red Cross war department appeal to William Fortune Indianapolis.
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Washington
Florida
Schoenfield
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Miami
Nashville
Atlanta
Pensacola
Red Cross
War Department
William Fortune
Freak Cloudburst Strikes in Perry
Damage ran to thousands of dollars as a freak cloudburst hit Perry New Lexington on September 23. Roads and crops were flooded and traffic delayed on state highways. A Zanesville and Western passenger train near Rendville was halted by high water and the New York Central freight line was blocked by a washout. Fallen trees blocked rural roads.
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New Lexington
Zanesville and Western Railroad
Rendville
New York Central Railroad
Responsibility May Be Traced by Note
Authorities traced a threatening letter received by G. Silvestri of Youngstown Grocery Co. in the blast that injured twenty and caused over 350000 dollars in damage. The note, found in the store vault and lost in the explosion, warned Silvestri to quit cutting prices or be put out of business.
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Youngstown
G. Silvestri
Youngstown Grocery Company
Silvestri
Abandon Curfew in the Magic City
Glouster reports the curfew is lifted as of Sept. 23 with no more bell warnings or poolroom closing notices. Police caution that youths still face limits after 8 and poolrooms must not stay open past 10 except Saturdays.
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Glouster
Athens County Prohibition Chief Urges Lawful Officers
Ohio prohibition commissioner laments Athens county law violations and praises late officer E C Mariner. He pledges aid to enforcement, urges voters to elect officers who respect the oath of office, notes county’s rough terrain aiding bootleggers, and condemns lax sentiment toward law enforcement.
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Ohio
Ohio University
State Prohibition Department
Athens County
E. C. Mariner
Hula Charleston Named Next Ballroom Craze
The International Jazz congress endorses a simple gesture dance called Hula-Charleston as the winter ballroom fad. Director A. F. Shean explains the move: stand still, kick, sway, and wave arms in rhythm to the music.
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Chicago
A. F. Shean
Crew Offers Blood For Transfusion To Save Life
Raymond Roach of West Columbia, a Hobson shops crew member, was seriously injured when a coal car wheel ran over his leg near the ankle, severing his foot and crushing his hip. Four crew members offered blood for a transfusion as doctors rushed him to Holzer hospital.
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Middleport
Raymond Roach
West Columbia
Hobson Shops
Roach
C. A. Poindexter
Holzer Hospital
Sisters Brides in Double Wedding
Justice BE L Jones officiated a 9 30 pm double marriage in Glouster. Ronald Mathews wed Miss Josephine Richards and Jesse Skinner wed Miss Isabel Richards, sisters and daughters of Mr and Mrs Joseph Richards Jr. Neighbors and friends attended after Justice Jones invited them into his home.
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Mr. Jones
Miami hurricane telegram confirms Logan safety
Logan, September 23, staff special, reports a telegram from Miami saying we are safe. Locke Gage awaits word from his parents Mr and Mrs W L Gage who reside in Miami and had not heard since the hurricane Saturday. No word has reached here about Miss Emma McLain Miss Mary Davey or Carl Jones believed to be in Miami during the storm.
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Logan
Locke Gage
W. L. Gage
Miami
Emma McLain
Mary Davey
Carl Jones
Ohio River and Western seeks to abandon Bellaire to Zanesville line
The Ohio River and Western railway filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission on September 23 seeking authority to abandon its railroad track from Bellaire to Zanesville.
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Washington
The
Ohio River and Western Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bellaire
Zanesville
Robbery in Covington Ends With Ravine Abduction
W C Hattersley 60, vice president of Reliable Safe and Lock in Covington, was held up by three bandits near the factory. At gunpoint they forced him into a closed car, drove to the countryside, robbed him of a $200 payroll, bound him with shoestrings, and left him in a ravine.
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W. C. Hattersley
Reliable Safe and Lock Company
Covington
Tunney Weighs In At 185 Pounds For Dempsey Fight
Gene Tunney weighed in at 185 pounds in the Pennsylvania boxing commission offices ahead of the world heavyweight title bout with Jack Dempsey. The ceremony followed the weigh in as anticipation builds for tonight's match.
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Tunney
Philadelphia
Gene Tunney
Pennsylvania Boxing Commission
Jack Dempsey
Old Sol Smiles On The Big Fight
Philadelphia reporters noted clearing skies and a wan sun as the city prepared for the Dempsey Tunney heavyweight bout tonight. Forecast offered better weather though clouds lingered in the afternoon.
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Sol
Philadelphia
U.P
Proclamation Urges Rapid Aid for Miami After Hurricane
Miami faces massive losses from a hurricane with 100 dead and about 25 000 homeless. The appeal calls for immediate large scale relief to feed the hungry care for the sick and rebuild homes to prevent further deaths from exposure.
Dempsey Tunney Fight Draws Massive Philadelphia Crowd
Roughly 60 000 fight fans filled Philadelphia for the Dempsey Tunney bout involving high rollers and common fans. Scalpers moved fast selling seats at premium prices while organizers reported gates exceeding a million dollars with tax receipts split among state and federal authorities. An injunction from the Coliseum club Chicago sought to halt the event but was denied by Judge Bartlett in common pleas court.
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Philadelphia
Sahara
Exposition Housing Bureau
Rank Cook
Cook
Europe
South Africa
Tiddly-Addley
Rickard
Prohibition
Washington
Bill Stillman
Jack Kearns
Jack
New York
Dempsey
Tunney
Dem
Tex Rickard
Pennsylvania
Demp
Hadgeremys
Coliseum Club
Chicago
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Judge Bartlett
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