Bloodless War Looms As Coal Strike Spurs Shutdown
The looming coal strike threatens a bloodless conflict with 158000 hard coal miners quitting and about 60000 anthracite workers already suspended. John L. Lewis vows no arbitration while operators demand wage readjustment to keep coal competitive. Philadelphia anchors strike headquarters as merchants feel the impact.
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Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workes Union
Anthracita
Potts Ville
Scranton
Hazelton
Shamokin
Killing Ends an Old Feud in Youngstown Shooting
In Youngstown on August 29 John Dado was killed by four shots fired as he stood at his doorway. Anthony Kuzmar, 28, confessed to the shooting citing a long standing feud. A daughter stood with her baby sister beside her father as the attack occurred.
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Youngstown
John Dado
Anthony Kuzmar
Dado
Steck Still Leads Washington U S Senate Race
The ongoing Washington senate recount shows Democrat F. Steck ahead of Republican Smith W. Prichard by about 2 004 votes. Steck holds 310 917 to Prichard 303 192 with the vacancy count noted.
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Washington
F. Steck
Smith W. Priehart
Quuto
Steck
Brownhart
Children Used By Shoplifters
A band of Italian shoplifters including three women three men and five children were arrested leaving Toledo in a sedan filled with loot worth 1500 dollars. The group refused to name themselves while the youngest child aged six months was alleged to have been used to conceal items under a mother's clothing.
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Toledo
New York
Alcohol Denatured But Not Dimming Prohibition Case
Thomas F. Stone announced a state chemist report on alcohol seized in a federal raid at Superior Industrial Alcohol Co. stating the denatured liquor did not weaken the case. He said denatured alcohol was hoaxed and much was redistilled into bootleg channels. BE. L. Porterfield will take over as administrator of the Ohio Michigan district amid high activity in the prohibition effort.
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Cleveland
Thomas F. Stone
Superior Industrial Alcohol Co
Stone
BE. L. Porterfield
Wdelaware Co
Lincoln C. Andrews
Ohio-Michigan
Prohibition Administration
Minister Wins Back His Child In Habeas Corpus Case
Rev. T. A. Evans a Marion Indiana Methodist pastor and his eight year old daughter Marie won custody in Wheeling West Virginia court. Judge John S. Ritz granted the writ of habeas corpus and returned the girl to the father after two years with neighbors Mr and Mrs Luther Moses who refused to relinquish her.
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Wheeling
W. Va
T. A. Evans
Marion
Ind
Marie
John S. Ritz
Two youths held for forging pension check distribution
In Cleveland on August 29 two boys, James Brancato aged 14 and Manuel Brancato aged 17, were held on $2000 bonds for forging and cashing a $20 government pension check from June 12. They allegedly cashed the check and spent the proceeds on clothing, with a preliminary hearing set for September 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
James
Manuel Brancato
Gas Explosion Wrecks House in Columbus
John Roberts returned home to find gas from an open pipe filling the dwelling. He lit a match and a flash hurled him into the street. The blast wrecked the house, started a fire that spread to two neighboring buildings, forcing several families to flee. Loss estimated at $10 000.
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Columbus
John Roberts
Roberts
May Inspect Tax Returns in Columbus District
Income tax returns will be opened for public inspection under regulations at 8 a.m. on Tuesday September 1 in the Columbus district. Over 80 000 returns are on file with names listed by tax return numbers as filed.
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Columbus
Internal Revenue Collector
Al Smith Aims for Presidency Amid Hylan Primary
Gov. Al Smith buoyed supporters by calling the 1924 Democratic loss a wreck and ruin for the party. He warned of Republican ascendancy in the East as he campaigned in New York City against Mayor Hylan in the primary, framing his bid as a bridge to 1928.
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Robert T. Smale
Canton Daily News
New York
Coolidge
New Smith
Hylan
New York City
Laundry hides big opium den in Cleveland suburb
Cleveland investigators tracing a liquor cache at Yee Pon’s laundry in Garfield Heights uncovered what they declare the largest opium den in the metropolitan district. Yee Pon was arrested.
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Cleveland
Garfield Heights
Yee Pon
Yee
Arrest Ends Purcell Dual Roles as Husband and Lover
Joseph Purcell a 27 year old Cleveland man and father of three is jailed on a charge of embezzling 9000 dollars from Kelley Peanut Co where he worked as a bookkeeper. Ruth Lawrence a 19 year old operator had reported to police that his engagement was false and he was married. The company audit followed the arrest.
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Cleveland
Joseph Purcell
Purcell
Kelley Peanut Co
Ruth Lawrence
Kelley Company
Jay Walker To Face Two Charges In Court
Cleveland reports William Kingwell clashed with a patrolman over a jaywalking stop. He will face two charges tomorrow assault and battery and jaywalking, becoming the first to be charged with jaywalking under the new traffic rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Walker
Cleveland
Willliam Kingwell
Cash register theft arrest in downtown pool hall
John Grant, 19, was arrested on a charge of stealing a cash register containing several hundred dollars from a downtown pool room during rush hours. The complainant says Grant grabbed the register and ran from the hall before he could be stopped.
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Huntington
W. Va
John Grant
Grant
Methodist colleges in West Virginia consider merger plan
A proposal to merge Morris Harvey College of the Southern Methodist Church with Wesleyan College of the Northern Methodist Church of West Virginia was advanced at the annual Southern branch conference. A committee will meet with counterpart from the other church to discuss the proposal.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Morris Harvey College
Southern Methodist Church
Wesleyan College
Nothern Methodist Church of West Virginia
Southern Branch
Two Die When Train Strikes An Automobile
Multiple crash reports from August 29 describe deaths and injuries as trains collide with vehicles. In Pittsburgh a St Louis to Pittsburgh express struck a car killing Stanley Ruthowsky and his daughter Stella at McDonald Station. A Big Four freight collision near Savannah left five of six occupants seriously injured. In Mansfield a boy named George Hahn, three, was instantly killed when he ran into traffic. police cleared the driver of fault.
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Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Stanley Ruthowsky
Stella
McDonald Station
Ruthowsky
Ohio
Greenville
Arkansas
Michigan
Savona
Here
Lester Baumgardner
Dorothy
Hot Springs
J. M. Hawse
C. F E. Wright
Donaldson
Ark
Mansfield, CO
George Hahn
Col. Rupper
Ruth
Yanks
New York
Mark Ruth
Browns
Huggins
Benny Paschall
Meusel
St. Petersburg
Fla
Asheville
N. C
Pennsylvania Terminal
Hilfe
Guard at bungalow of Ku Klux Klan leader amid threats
At Buckeye Lake Ohio a special guard surrounds Clyde W Osborne occupying a Klan bungalow after a dynamite threat. The Klansmen gathered on a 700 acre leased tract for the annual meeting drawing 26000 cars amid heat that hospitalizes attendees. A KKK wedding with regalia is planned for tomorrow.
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Buckeye Lake
Grand Dragon
Clyde W. Osborne
State
Ku Klux Klan
Osborne Cottage
Sodom and Gomorrah
Plans Plane Trip To Frozen North
OSSO August 29 A new Antarctic expedition by aeroplane is being considered by Captain Wilkins the English explorer. He is in Oslo to negotiate with Captain Amundsen for the loan of one of the planes used in his Pole expedition. The aircraft would survey the Antarctic between Whale Bay and Graham Land.
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OSSO
Wilkins
Oslo
Amundsen
Pole
Anarctic
Whale Bay
Grahame Land
Germany urged to join League of Nations by Stresemann
Foreign Minister Stresemann publicly called for Germany to enter the League of Nations during a speech to the Association of Former German Residents Abroad. He said Germany's entry is essential to safeguard German minorities and guarantee international agreements.
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Berlin
Germany
League of Nations
Stresemann
Streserann
Walter Gibbs Dies From Fall At Martins Ferry Plant
Walter Gibbs aged 45 of Tiltonville died from injuries suffered yesterday while working at the new municipal electric light plant in Martins Ferry Ohio. The accident occurred during construction and Gibbs died today from his injuries.
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Martins Ferry
Walter Gibbs
Tiltonville
Municipal Electric
Husband 52 Marries 16 Year Old Ward at Plainfield Home
August Laggren a 62 year old manufacturer and his 16 year old bride Alice Viccaro returned home after a three week honeymoon at Saratoga and Lake George. Laggren had adopted Alice at nine, then after his wife’s death last Christmas he relinquished guardianship to his sister and brother in law before remarrying. He warned reporters he might attack if they interviewed his bride.
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Plainfield
N. J
Laggren
Alice Amelia Viccaro
Saratoga
Lake George
N. Y
Alice
Herbert Banta
Linden
Millionaire to be sentenced for tax listing failure
Charles J. Castle, 62, a Cleveland millionaire and oil promoter, pleaded guilty to failing to list $300,000 of income and will learn his sentence next week. Witnesses from California New York and Florida testified during the trial.
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Cleveland
Charles J. Castle
California
New York
Florida
Deadlock broken in Zionist Congress over vote of confidence
In Vienna on Aug 29 the deadlock ended as the Socialist group defeated a resolution stating that abstention in an executive session did not mean censure of Dr. Weizmann's administration.
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Vienna
Zionist Congress
Socialist Group
Dr. Weizmann
Mystery hangs over accident to ex athlete
Muriel Vanderbilt Church stays at the bedside of Frederic Cameron Church Jr. after a mysterious accident that left the Harvard athlete unconscious in Governor Square. He later regained consciousness and reported being hit by an automobile or something. Police records indicate a later hospital admission for a lacerated ear and multiple contusions. The ex football player had dined at the Hotel Somerset with an international party hours before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Muriel Vanderbilt Church
Frederic Cameron Church, Jr
Harvard Athletica
Harvard
Governor Square
James V. Crowley
C. Church
Mccident Church
Somerset
BIND YOUNG BOY TO GRAND JURY
In Fayetteville West Virginia James Pittman age fourteen was held over to the grand jury after arraignment on a charge of slaying his boy enemy Alton Brougham with a stick of wood. Brougham died protecting his uncle bakery wagon from a raid by former playmates. Pittman shares a jail cell with Tracey Westmoreland another fourteen year old held for murder.
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Fayetteville
W. Va
James Pittman
Grand Jury
Alton Brougham
Young Brougham
Pittman
Fayette Co
Tracey Westmoreland
Glen Jean
Rabbi Levy Killed by Auto in Cincinnati
Rabbi Abraham Levy, 70, longtime head of Beth Tityle, was struck by a car and died tonight. He died after two hours of efforts by surgeons and firemen at the Jewish Hospital. Witnesses said he walked in front of a car driven by H F Behle who was arrested for failing to report the accident.
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Cincinnati
Abraham Levy
Beth Tityle
Jewish Hospital
Rabbi Levy
H. F. Behle
Behle
Bootleggers Held to Blame for Berlin Center Fire
Rum runners believed responsible for a blaze that destroyed Constable Frank Rise’s country home at Berlin Center about 17 miles from Youngstown. Rise and family were away. Riss has long pursued rum shipments from Pittsburgh to Cleveland and other Ohio cities.
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Youngstown
Aus
Berlin Center
Frank Rise
Riss
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Ohio
Royal Academy Show Sees Low Sales Across Paintings
In London on August 29 the Royal Academy reported weak sales with only 99 of 631 oil paintings sold. Additionally 55 water colors and 42 etchings were purchased, indicating limited buyer activity during the exhibition.
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London
Royal Academy
Guinness profits show England far from prohibition era
A London report notes Guinness Company, a leading English brewer, posted a record profit of 15,193,475 dollars last year, indicating England remains far from Prohibition.
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London
England
Guinness Company
Babe Ruth Suspended Indefinitely by Yankee Manager
George Herman Ruth known as The Babe faced indefinite suspension and a 5000 dollar fine for general misconduct as Yankee manager Miller Huggins cited ongoing wandering from the straight path. Ruth’s illness and hospital confinement earlier in the season are noted as factors in a season of waning slugging.
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T. Louis
George Herman
Babe” Ruth
Tate
Miller Huggins
Yankee
Babe
Huggins
Huegins
Ruth
Tlnessea
Huggeina
Jacob Rupper
New York Yanks
Edward Barrow
American Girl Weds Austrian Prince in Watch Hill Union Chapel
Miss Anita Lihme 21 daughter of Mr and Mrs C Bal Lihme of New York Chicago and Watch Hill married Prince Edward Joseph Lobkowiczc son of the late Prince August Lobkowicz and former Countess Palmery of Bohemia. The ceremony at Watch Hill Union Chapel was conducted by Rev John F. Vincent with Prince Ferdinand Lobkowicz as best man.
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Watch Hill
R. I
Anita Lihme
C. Bal Lihme
New York
Chicago
Prince Edward Joseph Lobkowiccz
Prince August Lobkowcsz
Franz Josef
Austria
Countess Palmery
Bohemia
Watch Hill Union Chapel
John F. Vincent
Immaculate Conception
Westerly
Ferdinand Lobkowicsz
Batchelor Named Vice President of American Insurance Union
Columbus Aug 29 announcement that James A Batchelor is appointed vice president of the American Insurance Union a fraternal organization succeeding Rev P K Zartman of Dayton who died recently He will supervise the work of the A S on the Pacific coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
James A. Batchelor
American Insurance Union
Dry Raiders Accused of Theft in Cleveland
Frank Novachy a section hand charged that four dry agents raided his home during his absence and stole $150. He said they smashed furniture and threw his clothes about. The raiders were said to be from the court of Mayor George Linn of Linndale near Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Frank Novachy
George Linn
Linndale
Here
Probable murder by poison pact linked to Toledo case
Coroner Henseler weighed a verdict of murder death by own action after examining stomach fluids from Melitta Otalini 22 and Henry Miller 35. He believed both died from mineral poisoning after Miller allegedly dosed their drinks. Both denied any pact before dying. Authorities analyze 600 gallons of whiskey found at Miller’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Henseler
Melitta Otalini
Henry Miller
Miller
Convict Chauffeur In Trouble Again
W C Brown and I J Lambert of Akron were brought to Cleveland for preliminary hearings before U S Commissioner Monahan. They face charges of stealing tires and rims from box cars near Akron. Lambert, previously jailed for burglary, was briefly Gov Donahey’s chauffeur and was recently paroled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
W. C. Brown
I. J. Lambert
Akron
United States
Monahan
Lambert
Ohio
Tense Situation in Damascus as French Clash with Druse
London dispatches report heavy French troops patrolling Damascus streets. Buildings guarded with barbed wire and machine guns while authorities arrest leading Syrians. Druse leader issues manifestos urging Syrians to unite against French rule.
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London
France
Damascus
Jerusalem
Prince of Wales No New York Visit Denied
London reports that the Prince of Wales will not visit New York on return routes from England via the West Indies. Officials at St James Palace issued the denial stating no such plan exists.
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Prince
New York
London
Prince of Wales
England
West Indies
St. James Palace
Child Tries to End Own Life in Despair
Washington August 29 A twelve year old girl Josephine Lagana is recovering after attempting suicide by drinking a bottle of poison. Relatives report severe headaches drove the act and medical authorities say she is out of danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Josephine Lagana
Councilman Hurt by Flying Steel in Eye
Councilman Earl Hater of the fifth ward sustained a right eye injury after a piece of steel lodged in his eye Saturday. Dr. B M Felman removed the object and stated no serious damage would result.
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Earl Hater
Bryan Aven
B. M. Felman
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