Love for girl led to murder of school boy
New York dec 2 17 year old Violet Smith helped Gordon Pirie 19 lure George Nye Jr to Pirie’s Riverside Drive apartment where Nye was killed with an axe Pirie confessed after violet induced him to speak his mind and police prepared to question a larger group of high school peers in a case seen as exposing a local “bunch” and a chivalry code.
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George Nye
Pirie
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Disset
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Violet
Riverside Drive
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Waits In Vain For Mother DICKIE Miller’s Sister Solace
Four year old Dickie Miller asks when his mother will return after she left to care for a newborn sister. Mrs. Constance L. Miller, 29, remains hospitalized at Aultman as nurses and doctors report a strong will to live. Services were held at home and the Reformed church in Shanesyville.
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Dickie Miller
Pickle
Constance LI. Miller
Ast
Dieckie
Gradualy Dickie
News Briefs of Dec 2 Include Fatalities and Oddities
New York reports Herman Mathias dies after fumigating gas fumes aboard the Mor n liner Momus. five people, four women, killed by inhaling illuminating gas in 24 hours. A taxi driver kills and a hospital worker dies in separate incidents in New York. peddlers left in rain face punishment for unblanketed horses. Dry agents seize two thousand boxes of candy filled with sugar, arresting five girls. Howard Tall McAllister, son of Ward McAllister, dies in France at 65. Mellie Dunham, Maine’s famed fiddler, travels to Illinois to play for Henry.
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Momus
Willam Levine
Gasparo Pules
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France
White House Police Officer Drugged and Mutilated
White House policeman Paul A. McDuffie, 82, was drugged and attacked by three men claiming to be ex service members. He was hospitalized in serious condition after being taken from his home to a South Capitol street house, where he was injured and robbed. His wife and children are away in North Carolina.
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Washington
Paul A. McDuffie
White House
Providence Hospital
South Capitol St
McDuffie
North Carolina
Penn Solons May Take Up Coal Strike
Harrisburg Pa December 2 The refusal of anthracite operators to accept Gov Gifford Pinchots peace plan in the wage dispute virtually assures an extra session of the Pennsylvania legislature The governor says operators turned down industrial peace and declared war and a legislative remedy to resume negotiations may be sought as coal supplies deplete A possible repeal of the anthracite coal tax could reduce price by 50 cents to $1 per ton and finance implications without hurting department revenues
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Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Blast furnace cave-in endangers sixty workers in Cleveland
A Central Furnace Co blast furnace collapse in Cleveland released 500 tons of molten iron into flammable gases. A crater 85 feet deep formed and flames shot 800 feet. Reported that no injuries occurred, though sixty workers were endangered by the incident.
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Cleveland
Central Furnace Co
Counsel Flays Colored Bride in Rhinelander Case
White Plains N Y Dec 2 A lashing attack on Alice Jones Rhinelander wife of Leonard Kip Rhinelander by former Judge Isaac N Mills aged counsel for Rhinelander opened the final scene in the marriage annulment trial Mills told the jury this is a matter of fear and death You might bury him six feet under the ground if you keep him chained to this woman
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Alice Jones Rhinelander
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
Isaac N. Mills
Rhinelander
Mills
Mille
Counsel Rebuked In Court Martial Proceedings
In Washington a sharp rebuke was issued to both sides counsel to stop bickering and personal remarks in Col William Mitchell court martial. Maj Gen Robert L Howze president of the court warned after Rep Frank K Reid protested Graves remarks and Reid failed to remove Graves from the panel.
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Washington
William Mitchell
Robert L. Howze
Howze
Frank K. Reid
TiMnota
Mitchell
Willian S. Graves
Reid
Graves
Drifted steamship West Crown adrift far off coast
A wireless message reports the steamship West Crown running helplessly 1,924 miles off the Columbia river. The steamship Dewey sails to aid but is delayed by an engine failure.
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San Francisco
West Crown
Columbia River
Probe on Fairmount Home Delays Action After Hearing
State audit examiner to review charges against Fairmount Children's Home trustees and former superintendent E. E. Webb. Prosecutor McClintock to investigate alleged improper advances by former employee Samuel McCune. Architect J E Lewis confirms state approved hospital plans stamped Sept 4 1925 by the Department of Industrial Relations.
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St&k
Columbiana Cos
Children’s Home Welfare Association
C B. McClintock
Samuel McCune
Milton Campbell
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State Department of Factory and Building
J. Lewis
J. E. Lewis
Canton
Fairmount Children's Home
Mt. Union
C. A. Benedict
Department of Industrial Relations
H. R. Witter
Ohio Dental Society to Select Callahan Award Committee
In Columbus today during the 60th annual convention at the Neil House the Ohio Dental Society will name the two members of the Callahan award committee. The committee awards the medal to the principal contributor to dental surgery.
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Ohio Dental Society
Nei
Callahan
Druse insurgents operate near Damascus in four bands
Three bands of Druse insurgents are now operating around Damascus, occupying villages near the city, according to reports received today from nearby villages and observers.
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Beirut
Damascus
New Martinsville Hosts Gloria Swanson Film Setting
A summer event in New Martinsville on the Ohio River drew public interest when a motion picture director used the river boat Water Queen to film with Gloria Swanson. The Water Queen now bears a Gloria Swanson Boat sign as the town returns to ordinary life while the film appears at the Valentine Theater. Free ticket details appear in Canton listings.
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New Martinsville
Gloria Swanson
Water Queen
Valentine Theater
Canton
Marvel Man on Canton Street Faces Threats
The Marvel Man was seen on Canton streets after hours of theater surveillance. At 4 45 p m at Cleveland and 4th NW two men talked hostilely about a perceived wrong and threats of violence, with one indicating intent to use a knife if provoked. The incident reflects ongoing warnings about public talk.
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Daily News
Cleveland
4Th NW
Paul
Coolidge Receives President Ordered Aircraft Report
Washington December 2 The Morrow report detailing the president's personal inquiry into the aircraft controversy was presented to President Coolidge at the White House. It rejects many allegations by Coluin Mitchell and outlines numerous recommendations for the movement of aircraft within the military.
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Morrow
Coolidge
White House
Coluin Mitchell
Itm
Burned child as punishment leads to fine and bond
Luke Cross of Red Hill was fined five dollars and costs and posted 1900 bond before Justice Tane McGlothin after conviction for inflicting burns on his child as punishment. He was charged with holding the child over.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Luke Cross
Red Hill
Tane McGlothin
Reg
Doctors Again Meet Hospital Committee Over Aultman Row
Canton hospital dispute keeps physicians and executive committee deadlocked over removal of Dr. J R Belter and Miss Ruth Woodring. A second conference planned with former staff members as ministers urge quick settlement for the community.
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Aultman Hospital
J. R. Beller
Miss Ruth Woodring
Belter
Miss Woodring
R. V. Mitchell
Dr. Better
Mise Woodring
A. EL
Churches of
Former Kaiser Near Bankruptcy Reported in Prussia
REPRLIN Dec 2. The former Kaiser and other Hohenzolerns face money shortages. Reported today explains his acceptance of a smaller reimbursement for personal property in Prussia.
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Kaiser
Prussia
Auditors Meet Closes Today In Ohio Session
The 88th annual meeting of the country auditors association of Ohio closes in Columbus with an executive session. Officers elected and committee reports submitted as delegates from most Ohio counties attend. Taxation questions and licensing plate sales are discussed.
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Columbus
Country Auditory Association of Ohin
Ohio
Leaps Before Train Tragedy Near Cleveland
Steven Toth, 44, leaped beneath a train in Cleveland today as two friends watched. He was reportedly distraught over domestic troubles and had attempted to find help before the fatal act.
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Cleveland, Dee
Steven Toth
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