Dempsey May Return but Odds Grow Against Comeback
Chicago May 24 The veteran heavyweight Jack Dempsey may return to the ring but experts deem it unlikely and say he is near retirement after losing to Gene Tunney. Promoter Rickard disclaims Third bout talks while Dempsey and Tunney weigh their next moves in California and Cleveland.
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Jack
Henry Ll. Farrell
Chicago
U.R
Ballyhoo
Jack Dempsey Maey
Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Rickard
Tunney
Demp-sey
Turlatens
Flynn
State Boxing Commission
Tiyan
L Agln
Referes Jove Barry
Dempsey Alan
Tempsey
California
Mia Dempsey
Gene
Cleveland
Thompson
Bill Gibson
Presidents of the United States booklet offered by Washington Information Bureau
A handsome booklet titled Presidents of the United States offers official portraits and concise biographical facts for each president. It covers birth, education, marriages, terms, and political context. An attached coupon invites readers to obtain the publication for reference.
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United States
Washington Information Bureau
Last Doughboys to Leave Trenches by Christmas in Europe
Paris dispatch notes the final AEF soldiers to depart before Christmas. About 2,140 soldiers on three ships sail from Calais Cherbourg and Antwerp with 850 more to depart Sunday from Havre. Thousands proceed by train to points across Europe with many reserving seats on passenger planes.
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Ralph Heinzen
United Press Star
Paris
Huasro
Cherbourg
Antwerp
Havre
Europe
Showers Forecast for Washington Valley Early Week
The weekly weather forecast predicts showers on Monday with another shower period after midweek. It also notes a cooler start Monday night and warmer conditions by Wednesday, with temperatures around 77.
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Wastiington
Qghio Valley
Dairymen Form Business Contingent in Athens County
Five Athens county dairymen organize a contesting association to push dairying onto a business footing. The magazine farm page previews a feature on farming in the district with notes on large tomato and cabbage plantings and seed potato production. Also highlights neighbor building and repair items in the neighborhood column.
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Athens County
Trusk
Ohio River
Meigs County
World's Most Talked Of Baby Debuts In Cleveland Home
The unnamed infant of Mrs. Sam Smith enters her second day of life in Cleveland on September 24. Rattles fill the crib as neighborhood mothers remark how closely the baby resembles Mrs. Smith. Georgia has been discussed as a possible name. The child will be baptized in a Greek Orthodox church.
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Mrs. Smith
Cleveland
Angel
Baby Smith
Sam Smith
Georgia
Smith
World Series to be Displayed on City Newspaper Board
The Athens Messenger will depict every World Series play on a large magnetic baseball board. Steel disks represent players while a moving ball follows the action from behind the scene. Spectators can watch from a scaffold on the east side of the Messenger building as each play unfolds in real time.
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Messenger
The
Athens Messenger
Messenger Service
Government probes Fascisti oath menace to citizenship
Secretary of Labor Davis announced an investigation into Fascisti League of North America activities including a blood oath. He will back a Baltimore examiner in denying citizenship to 23 Italians until the oath is reviewed, saying oath swears to follow Mussolini with blood if needed. Hewitt expects death sentence mercy may come, relatives say.
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Washington
U.P
Davis
Fascisti League of North America
J .R. Thomas
Baltimore
Bes
Duce
Mussolini
United States
Ashtabula
Floyd i Hewitt
Brown
Conneaut
Ohio
Miss Hall Aims Atlantic Flight Under New York Paper
Santa Ana California resident Miss Sacha Peggy Hall plans an Atlantic crossing under the aegis of a New York newspaper. She wears the Federation Aéronautique Internationale insignia signaling her status as a licensed pilot.
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Miss Sacha
Peggy” Hall
Santa Ana
Calif
Atlantic Ocean
New York
Miss Hall
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Weather Delays Transcontinental Flights From Curtiss Field
Unfavorable weather at Curtiss Field delays Rene Fonck's plan for a nonstop flight to San Francisco in a Sikorsky bi plane. Miss Ruth Elder did not appear for tests in the American Girl monoplane. Miss France Grayson reports her amphibian plane will not be ready for two weeks.
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Curtiss Field
N. Y
U.P
Rene Fonck
San Francisco
Ruth Elder
Paris
France Grayson
Forest
High School Pupil Shot At Madison High Football Game
In Richmond Kentucky a 14 year old Madison High School pupil, Charles Minter, is in serious condition from an accidental shooting during a Madison High versus Kentucky Wesleyan College game. A revolver fired by former Madison instructor B F Gabby struck Minter in the head and another spectator. Gabby was arrested on assault and battery, later released on $2000 bond. The game was halted.
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Richmond
U.P
Charles Minter
Madison
Kentucky Wesleyan College
B. F. Gabby
Gabby
Madison High School
Paralysis Epidemic Reported Across United States
The Public Health Service warns that infantile paralysis is spreading nationwide with 35 states affected and hundreds of new cases weekly. Ohio Massachusetts New Jersey Illinois and California show severest impact as experts discuss cyclical patterns and non sanitation related spread.
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Washington
United States
Public Health Service
Dr. C. Pierce
Ohio
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Ilinois
California
W. L. Aycock
Harvard Infantila
Teeland
New Zealand
Tropics
Aycock
Stefanson
Greenland
Columbus
Health Department
Home of Union Miner Bombed in Adena
The home of John Sleva a union miner in Adena was bombed today by an explosive blast damaging the house owned by the Pittsburgh Coal Company. No injuries were reported as windows shattered in the neighborhood and nearby workers’ homes were affected.
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Adena
U.R
John Sleva
Union
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Robbeysville
Campaign Against Thin Winter Stockings at Convention
Atlantic City reports that life insurance firms launched a nationwide drive to curb wearing thin stockings and thin soled shoes in winter. George A. Kedrick of New York Life defended the effort, saying most women are not harmed, but warned that exposed legs risk pneumonia and future illness.
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Atlantic City
U.P
New York Life Insurance Company
George A. Kedenck
Tear bombs used to disperse mob of union miners
Centerville, In Sept 24. Deputy sheriffs and police used tear bombs to break up a mob of 260 striking miners plus wives and children at Garfield mine. Sheriff Ganggall said no further trouble and extra guards were sent to keep the area under control as operations resumed on the five dollar per day scale.
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Centerville
U.P
Alpanoose County
Union Ricketers
Gangdall
Garfield
Courage Is Needed In Coal Problem To See It Through
Geoffrey I. Morgan, speaking at the Chamber of Commerce banquet in Hotel Berry, urges Athens to show courage and confidence to weather the coal controversy. He cites past city progress, warns against pessimism, and says a solution will come whether this year or next, stressing unity and perseverance.
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Morgan
Athens
Inish
Garficla Ming
Poe
Geoffrey I. Morgan
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Berry
John Woolley Ane
The
Messenger
University
Atkong
Local Coloring Contest Winners to Be Announced in Athens Messenger
About 260 children entered the Rocking Valley coloring contest with the second card edition to publish colors. Winners will be announced Monday night in the Athens Messenger. Display of submitted colored pictures from Pomeroy Middleport Albany Athens Chauncey Nebenville JacksoniHe Trimble Logan Glenster Corning Hayden vie and other communities will be shown in Cling Drug store window in Athens during the week.
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Rocking Valley
Athens Messenger
Iris
Pomeroy
Middleport
Albany
Athens
Chauncey
Nebenville
JacksoniHe
Trimble
Logan
Glenster
Corning
Haydenvie
Cling
Vatican Protests Use of Chicago Stadium for Dempsey Tunney Fight
Observatore Romano denounces the use of Chicago stadium for the Dempsey Tunney bout. It calls the event an incongruous display of wealth, mocking modern civilization while praising the venue’s Eucharistic remembrance and the stadium’s sacred function.
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Rome
Observatore Romano
Vatican
Chicago
Storm over Navy as Rear Admiral questions overhead costs
Washington observers report Rear Admiral Magruder criticizing Navy inefficiency and overhead while debates rage over regulation and potential court martial. Navy officers defend the service noting staff workload and Navy yards cannot be abolished amid political pressure.
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Herbert Little
Magruder
United Press
Washington
Navy
Navy Regul
Thomas Pickett Magruder
Secretary of the Navy
Une Priday
Wilbur
Saturday Evening Post
Magrider
Congress
Navy Medical School
Navals
Pastor Will Jordan Arrested Over Alleged Marriages
GRAND RATIBAS Mich September WUP Reverend Will Jordan a Columbus Georgia man was held in a detention hospital awaiting Charlotte North Carolina officers on charges of bigamy after a planned marriage to Ella Thomas described as a conscientious church worker. He surfaced at St Marys hospital in fever then fled again claiming amnesia.
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Grand Ratibas
Mich
Will Jordan
Columbus
Charlotte
Jordan
Ella Thomas
Hawitt
Jorden
St Mary's Phospital
A. A Carroll
Thomas
Jordon
Ibina Taslen
Carrall
Cairlotte Authoriies
Grief-Filled Scene At State Police Headquarters
Nine year old Alfred Lilien dahl, son of Dr William Lilien dahl of Ham monton New Jersey, a murder victim, hid his tear stained face behind two neighbors after leaving state police headquarters following questioning. Others aiding investigators included Harry T Lilien dahl, the doctor's brother, and his wife.
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William Liiliendahl
Hammonton
N. J
Harry T. Lilendah
Betdw
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