Proposed canals not feasible Huntington report says
Colonel C W Katz in charge of the Ohio division of United States engineers finds three proposed canals connecting the Ohio River and Lake Erie economically inadvisable. He cites high fixed costs exceeding prospective benefits and notes potential railroad rate adjustments could further erode gains. Estimated build cost set at 475 million dollars. Pittsburg steel and iron interests aim to overturn the recommendation.
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W. Va
Olonel C. W. Kutz
Goa
Huntington E
Ohio River
Lake Erie
Katz
Ohio Division of
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Board of Engineers
Congress
Great Lakes
Pittsburg
Wheeling
Ohio
Miami River
Scio
Portsmouth
Allegheny River
Sandusky
Cincinnati
Toledo
Feaver
Ashtabula
Mittsburg Steel and Iron Interests
Kutz
Ohio Senate Approves Move to Eastern Time for State
Columbus March 26 Eastern time for all Ohio has been approved by the general assembly and a bill ready for Governor Donahey would standardize the state to Eastern Time. The change would affect elections and official timing though rail operations remain under interstate commission time.
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Columbus
Mar
Ohio
General Assembly
Donahey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Nurmi Outruns Ritola but Fails to Break Record
In Buffalo on March 26 Paavo Nurmi defeated Willie Ritola in a 6000 metre match race at the 106th Field Artillery Armory but fell 14.5 seconds short of Ritola’s crate record. Alan Helffrich of Penn State won the special half mile in 1:56.5, ahead of Ray Dodge of the Illinois Athletic Club. Cranville of Canada beat Ugo Prigerio in the 1000 metre champion walk with a 26:34, a new distance record.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Paavo Nurmi
Willie Ritola
106Th Field Artillery Armory
Darby Ritola
Nurmi
Alan Helffrich
Penn State
Ray Dodge
Illinois Athletic Club
Vbillo Granville
Canada
Ugo Fprigerio
Italy
Cranville
National football rules committee to not assemble this year
The national football rules committee will not assemble again this year. Chairman E. K. Hall of Montclair New Jersey announced the decision in Wheeling West Virginia. Earlier the committee adjourned in New York after the death of Walter Camp. Sterling Illinois Three year old Gerald Naxt er fatally shot himself in the eye with his brother s toy pistol.
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Wheeling
W. Va
National Football Rules Committee
New York
Walter Camp
E. K. Hall
Montclair
N. J
Sterling
Gerald Naxter
Administration expects trouble from 69th Congress
President Coolidge faces a obstructive 69th Congress with insurgent Republicans and Democratic opposition. The Warren confirmation defeat signals continued gridlock as moderate and liberal Republicans align with insurgents, while Democrats back anti administration moves. The loss fuels commentary on party discipline and leadership.
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Washington
Mar
Coolidge
Senate
Charles B. Warren
House
Lafolletts, Brookhart, Frazier
Warren
Borah, Couzens
Johnson
McMaster
Norbeck
Norris
Work to Recover Floyd Collins Body Starts April in Cave City
Cave City Kentucky March 26 Work on the recovery of Floyd Collins body in Sand Cave will begin about April 1. W H Hunt a mining engineer of Central City said he accepted the contract to recover the body for Homer Collins Floyds brother and will visit Sand Cave to decide the recovery plan and has received an initial payment on the contract from Homer Collins.
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Cave City
Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
W. H. Hunt
Central City
Homer Collins
Floyd
Hunt
Maid S4 Years. Longserving London Domestic Clerk
London report notes Miss Jane Pearce has served the same family as a maid for eighty four years. She began work earning fifty cents a week and remained with the household throughout.
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London
Jane Pearce
Ellingson Murder Trial Jury Yet to Be Complete
In San Francisco on March 26 the murder trial of sixteen year old Dorothy Ellingson began with an incomplete venire. Jurors were exhausted with eleven seated and one personal alternate to be chosen tomorrow. Walter J. Conner asked to be excused claiming preconceived opinions about the case.
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San Francisco
Mar
Dorothy Ellingson
Sess
Lounderback
Walter J. Conner
Hastings on lips of every radio fan
The article notes radio broadcasting as a new medium with uncertain wartime impact. It mentions a potential League of Nations station on Mt Saleve near Geneva and recalls Mexico using radio during its revolution to broadcast front bulletins.
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Hastings
Germany
League of Nations
Mt. Saleve
Geneva
Mexico
Mexico City
Britain's secret over Monarch sinking sparks parliamentary talk
A Weymouth report says Britain keeps close secret on how the dreadnought Monarch was sunk by the Atlantic fleet. The secrecy could trigger a parliamentary debate akin to U.S. probes into using aircraft to sink battleships.
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Weymouth
Eng
England
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