Dempsey Wins Round With New York Athletic Commission
The New York state athletic commission split two to one backing Jack Dempsey to receive a license after agreeing to meet Gene Tunney. Brower urged action by the license committee while Farley sought to deny the license over a rule dispute. Muldoon sided with Brower. a tense hallway near the offices saw Dempsey clash with Paddy Mullins.
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Davis J. Walsh
New York
Jack Dempsey
New York State Athletic Commission
George E. Brower
Gene Tunney
William Muldoon
Brower
James A. Farley
New York City
Dempsey
Commission
Farley
Harry Wills
Muldoon
Paddy Mullins
Dempsey Faces Mullins in Office Altercation
Dempsey and former rival Mullins clashed leaving the offices. Mullins aged about 60 and short refused Dempsey's handshake and challenged a fight, while Tex Rickard Billy Gibson Tunney's manager and others separated them, Mullins picking a confrontation.
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Dempsey
Mullins
Paddy
Tex Rickard
Billy Gibson
Tunney
Roach Returns From Columbus With New Leads
Chicago attorney discusses with convicts and the governor while subpoenas widen a grand jury probe into affidavits attacking Cantonians. James C Daschbach, Walter Chambers, Dan W Gallagher and other paper correspondents are named. hearings begin next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roach
Columbus
C. B. McClintock
James C. Daschbach
Pittsburgh Post
Walter Chambers
Pittsburgh Gazette- Times
Daschbach
Dan W. Gallagher
Cleveland News
McClintock
Bob Larkin
Cleveland Press
Paul Brokaw
International News Service
Clyde Mason
Akron
Andrews Plans Smuggling Drive
Gen. Lincol n C. Andrews chief of federal prohibition enforcement will go to Washington to launch a nationwide drive to curb liquor smuggling. He arrived from Europe aboard the France and reports 900 undercover agents added to the enforcement force awaiting his return.
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New York
Lincoln C. Andrews
Federal
Prohibition Enforcement
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Andrews
Europe
France
Prohibition
England
Life of 101 Year Old Rebecca Jennings Noted
OOSTER August 12 Mrs Rebecca Jennings aged 101 died here today after a long life of hard work and a daily pipe. She was a great great great grandmother born Christmas Day 1824 in Steubenville and related through Polly Burke to actress Billie Burke. Two sons and two daughters survive of eight children. Funeral services are set for tomorrow.
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Ooster
Rebecca Jennings
Jennings
Steubenville
Polly Burke
Billie Burke
Oil Fire Destroys Monarch Mfg Plant in Toledo
A lightning bolt ignited a blaze at the Monarch Mfg Co storage plant in East Toledo. The fire destroyed the facility, sent over 150,000 gallons of oil to flames, and caused an estimated $200,000 in losses with still raging at noon and fears for nearby buildings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Monarch Mfg. Co
Trudy Ederle Arrives in Stuttgart for Grandmother Visit
Gertrude Ederle, famed as the first woman to swim the English Channel, is set to arrive in Stuttgart at 5 PM to visit her grandmother. Municipal authorities, German swimming clubs, and the New York Volkfest Verein will host a public reception as part of a touring party through Germany.
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Stuttgart
Germany
Gertrude Ederle
New York
Volkfest Verein
New Element Illinium Displayed By Berlin Scientist
Berlin notes that Illinium element 61 discovered by Harris Yntema and Hopkins at Illinois can now be seen spectroscopically thanks to Prof. R J Meyer of Berlin. The rare earth is concentrated in a cerium preparation enabling observations.
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Canton Daily News
Berlin
Harris, Yntema
Hopkins
University of Illinois
R. J. Meyer
Meyer
Brown Trims Margin But Cooper Wins Nomination
Columbus August 12 Democratic Secretary of State race narrows as 700 plus precincts report Cooper Cincinnati maintains lead over Thad Brown with 165,343 to 152,997. Other major races include Earl Bloom for lieutenant governor and Edward Turner for attorney general.
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Columbus
A ' Tle
Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
Thad Brown
Cooper
Brown
Youngsloveland
Oams
J. H. Newman
Earl Bloom
Bowling Green
Edward Turner
Charles B. Zimmerman
Springfield
Bert Buckley
Dayton
Guy Davis
Findlay
John Patterson
Clemenceau Letter Threatens French Debt Pact
Washington dispatch notes Clemenceau's open letter to President Coolidge may provoke U S congressional rejection of the French debt settlement. Senate foes led by McKellar accuse Clemenceau of misstatements while urging opposition to ratification citing French and American tax burdens.
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Washington
Georges Clemenceau
France
Coolidge
American Congress
Clemenceau
United States
Germany
Basa Borah
Mistdious
Idaho
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Richard P. Ernst
Kentucky
Kenneth McKellar
Tennessee
McKellar
America
Central Steel stockholders approve merger
E A Langenbach expressed satisfaction after Central Steel Co stockholders approved its merger with United Alloy Steel Corp. The action was taken this week in New York. Langenbach, former United Alloy chair, said his analysis shows the deal benefits both firms and foresees growth in alloy steel led Canton and Massillon. He forwarded his proxy and urged other stockholders to act similarly.
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E. A. Langenbach
Central Steel Co
United Alloy Steel Corporation
Langenbach
United Alley
Tie
Canton
Massillon
New York
Death toll climbs in religious strife across Mexico
Reports from La Guayaba Michoacan and Zaguayo tally 40 dead including priests as Catholics clash with Protestants in Irapuato Guanajuato. Houses burn in Irapuato while 18 Protestant families suffer. Embassies in Mexico City confirm fighting with 18 killed 40 wounded and 400 Catholics taken prisoner in Guadalupe area.
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Irapuato
Mexico City
la Guayaba
Michoacan
Mexico
Zaguayo
Guanajato
el Sol
Puebla
Guadalajar
Nemesio Garcia Naranjo
Nuevo Leon
Episcopate
Pasqual Diaz
Diaz
Republic
Brown Concedes Cooper Victory
In Columbus on August 12 Thad Brown conceded failure to win the Republican gubernatorial nomination and sent a telegram to Myers V. Cooper Cincinnati congratulating him on his victory and wishing success in November.
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Columbus
Thad Brown
Myers V. Cooper
Cincinnati
G.O.P
Leuths Chase Stolen Jewels
Detectives in Newport Rhode Island report partial recovery of jewels from a weekend party at the Breakers, Brig Gen Cornelius Vanderbilt’s summer mansion. Two jewel boxes found hidden on an adjacent estate support a theory of an inside job regarding the theft of three caskets containing about $100000 in gems.
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Newport
R. I
Cornelius Vanderbilt
City Solicitor May Be Obliged To Prosecute Self
ALLIANCE Aug 12 City Solicitor Frank E Hunter faced the necessity of pref or his own affidavit today When he parked his automobile on a downtown street the one hour limit was exceeded and a parking ticket was issued If he pleads not guilty he must prosecute the case against himself and act as his own defense attorney
Drowning near Peasttown Bridge claims two more lives
Middletown Aug 12 George Flack 43 drowned while swimming in the Miami river near Peasttown bridge three miles from here. Robert Pears and H Moore were nearly drowned while trying to help Flack. Pears was unconscious for an hour after Flack’s body was recovered by his brother Frank.
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Middletown
George Flack
Miami River
Peasttown Bridge
Robert ‘Pears
H. ©. Moore
Flack
F Rank
Five Miners Rescued After 153 Hours Buried
In Salem Kentucky five miners trapped 150 feet below the surface for about six days were found alive. One man George Capillo was lightly injured by a rock strike earlier. Rescuers used mud and water filled tunnels to reach them then guided all to the main shaft.
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Salem
Par Company
Here
George Capillo
Rage Bet Trial Jury Disagrees Continues On Court
Cincinnati August 12 jury in the Hamilton county case against 11 Coney Island Jockey club officials and workers for operating pari mutuel betting failed to agree after closing hours. Eight women and four men heard Judge Caldwell charge them to convict only if evidence showed unlawful ticket sales. Three women and one man voted not guilty saying the offense was no worse than raffling automobiles at church affairs. They declined to convict the ticket sellers while holding up the verdict.
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Cincinnati
Coney Island Jockey Club
Hamilton Co
Juy
John Caldwell
Amundsen Writes Book On Polar Flight in Norge
Roald Amundsen at Uranienborg near Oslo is composing a manuscript about his Norge dirigible polar flight. He expects to finish by September 15 and plans to visit the United States to begin a second book detailing his memoirs.
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Canton Daily News
Oslo
Norway
Roald Amundsen
Uranienborg
Ilo
Amundsen
United States
Austrian Honored in Cincinnati for 1925 Stamp Design
William Daczhauer of Austria received the R. K. Thompson memorial medal of the Cincinnati Society of Plain Americanists. He was awarded the prize at the convention last night for designing the best stamp in 1925.
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Cincinnati
William Daczhauer
Austria
R. K. Thompson
Miving
Salem Miners Near Entombment Record
Washington reports five miners rescued from the Zincanda Spar Co mine in Salem Kentucky after 153 hours entombed. Bureau records show 20 men in American mining history have endured longer entombments, with Cherry Mine victims totaling over 290 and one French case lasting 80 days in 1916.
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Washington
Zincanda Spar Co
Salem
Bureau of Mine
Cherry Mine
Courierers
France
Channel Tug King To Immortalize Trudy In Stone
APE GRIS NEZ France Aug 12 Gertrude Edere famed for a record English Channel swim will be memorialized in granite at Cape Gris Nez. Joe Costa the channel tug king opened a subscription for a monument honoring the remarkable swim by the American girl.
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Ape Gris Nez
France
Gertrude Edere
English Channel
Cape Gris Nez
Joe Costa
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Gity
David W. Stewart
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Conqueror
Cincinnatian
Lieber
Day
Smith
Buchanan
Gibson
Snow
Beam
Shanley
Webster
Congress
Paris
Agate
Stark County
Canton Trading Area
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New Brunswick
N. J
Eleanor Mills
A.gward
W. Hail
Central Steel
Ed A. Langenbach
RAGE
Arctic
Norge
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