Ohio Governor Attacks Legislature Over Utilities Influence
Ohio Governor Donahey denounces a coalition of business interests and political blocs in the 86th General Assembly he says drove tax increases and utility-friendly bills. He cites appointed officials, lobbying, and a February recess as tools to push measures past vetoes and warns of lasting damage to state government. A separate item notes the postponement of the Porto Rican flight of the US naval dirigible Lee until morning.
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Mbus
Legis
Ohio
Urst
N. J
Wheeling Seeks Rail Schedule Changes and Abandonment
A petition before the Ohio Public Utilities Commission requests changes to passenger train schedules on the Wheeling & Lake Erie lines and the abandonment of several trains serving Canton and Stark County. The railroad cites rising operating losses and higher expenses since 1917, proposing to drop train No 8 between Cleveland and Canton and move train No 32 to depart Cleveland at 8 a.m., arriving earlier at Canton.
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Spahr
Columbus
Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad
Canton
Stark Co
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Bieh
Anniiiant
Cleveland
Meveland
Four Per Cent Beer Planned for Ontario Soon
Ontario expects four percent beer to flow by May 20 or 21 as Premier Ferguson fixes the date. Attorney General Nickle denies rumors of 4.4 per cent beer. Hotels selling the new beer must install tables and chairs and cannot screen their drinking bars.
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Ont
Ontario
Ferguson
Nickle
Ohio Coal Output Falls as Mines Close Across State
Ohio's coal production dropped 26 percent in 1924 with nearly 300 fewer mines in operation. Output fell from 40,904,275 tons in 1923 to 30,077,290 tons in 1924. Belmont Jefferson and Athens counties led with multi million ton figures, while Guernsey and others reported lower totals, amid predictions of further declines in 1925.
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Columbus
Ohio
Otto W. Brach
Herman R. Witter
Jerome Watson
Witter
Belmont
Jefferson
Athens
Tonga
Jefferson Co
Athens Co
Guernsey Co
Line drive kills Philadelphia pitcher Bud Bradley
James Bud Bradley, a Philadelphia amateur pitcher, was struck in the stomach by a line drive off Art Fleck of Li Brothers. He completed the play to first base before collapsing. Bradley had starred for local nines and briefly trialed with Connie Mack’s Athletics.
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James
Bud' Bradley
Art Fleck
Li* Brothers
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Connie Mack
Athletics
Kilbeck Receives Life For Gas Station Murder
Cleveland May 2 A 21 year old Walter Kilbeck described as a sheik was sentenced to life for first degree murder in the February 26 killing of Patrolman Henry Richter during a gasoline station robbery. Kilbeck served as lookout while accomplice Bar Wegner held up the station and a gun duel killed Richter. Wagner also died.
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Walter
Kilbeck
Sheik
Lfe
Henry Richter
Tie
Bar! Wegner
Paulman Richter
Wagner
Richter
Ohio
Darrow Attributes Murder Wave Causes to Public Policy
Chicago May 2 Clarence Darrow cites three prime causes for America's murder wave. He argues the brutal war mindset, sensational press coverage, and flawed public education drive crime and says proper mechanical training over academic focus could curb nine tenths of crime. He criticizes Chamberlin's Leopold Loeb link to escalating youth crime.
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Chicago
Clarence Darrow
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Trope
Leopold-Loeb
Darrow
Colo
Henry B. Chamberlin
Chicago Crime Commission
Leopold Loeb
Prison Bar Within Walls Leads to Engineer Arrest
Warden P. E. Thomas, at the Ohio Penitentiary, arrested prison engineer Edward Fitzgerald in the act of selling moonshine to a life term convict for 1.50. Powers found quart bottles previously but no proof then. Fitzgerald faces arraignment Monday as the warden probes broader liquor traffic inside the prison.
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Thomas
Fitzgerald
National race prompts two balloons still in contention
In Lt Joseph Missouri May Day coverage two army balloons and two others remain in the national elimination contest. Lieut William J Flood's S-14 landed near Batesville Arkansas while Maj Maurice Smith's balloon touched down near Crenshaw Mississippi. Detroit pilot H E Thaden retired after a leaky fabric forced a landing. Two balloons left stand under Captains H F Honeywell and W T VanOrman with net failures cited for one non-starter. Major W C McChord’s plane incident prompted escorts for Gen Mason M Patrick.
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H. E Thaden
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William C. Naylor
Detroit
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H. FE. Honeywell
W T VanOrman
Raymond O'Neil
W C. McChord
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Ill
Rabies Fear Holds Electrician In Labyrinth of Doubt
William Geaswein, 41, of this city, is diagnosed as suffering from rabies by seven local physicians and a specialist. He recalls no dog bite or scratch but says five months ago he found a hungry dog and brought it home to feed it before it disappeared. The case leaves the infection route unproven as doctors weigh the disease against his account.
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E'ndress
William Geaswein
Good Samaritan
Militia Called In To Battle Wisconsin Forest Fires
Governor John J. Blaine learned that forest fires raged in the cut-over timber lands of Marin eco near Wausaukee threatening homes property and livestock. Adjutant General Ralph Immel and Colonel N M Schantz dispatched militia to the scene.
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John J. Blaine
Marineco
Wausaukee
Ralph Imme
N. M. Schants
Hindenburg Aims for Personal Economy Model
Berlin reports President‑elect Hindenburg plans to set a national example by personal economy. Friends say the aged field marshal will live modestly as President Ebert did, mirroring his predecessor’s restraint.
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Ul von Hindenburg
Calvin Coolidge
Ebert
Women Defeat Men in Stokepoges Golf Foursomes
Miss Glenna Collett led a women’s team to victory over a men’s team in the annual foursomes at Stokepoges on May 2. Collett, former American champion, starred for the women.
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London
Glenna Collett
Stokepoges
Boom for Judge Allen in Senate Gains Headway
Ohio friends of Judge Florence Allen of the Ohio supreme court plan to urge her to seek the Democratic nomination for United States senator. They argue her historic trail as the first woman in several Ohio courts and her record in appointive and elective offices would provide strong opposition to Senator Frank Lausche.
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Wright Attacks Langley Claim Over Original Plane
Orville Wright challenges Smithsonian assertion that the Langley aircraft on display is the original. He says the museum model has undergone numerous changes to the rudder wings engine radiator and other parts. Wright asserts proof that the machine in the museum is not the 1903 Langley plane but a rebuilt version with new materials.
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Dayton
J. D. Walcott
Smithsonian Institute
Orville Wright
Wright
Langley
Hammondeport
Depew Discusses The World at Ninety One in Brooklyn
Chauncey M. Depew spoke on The World at Ninety One at a Mon tauk club dinner in Brooklyn. It marked the 34th annual such event honoring the former statesman with about 200 couples attending and a woodland themed circular table display with wax figures of dancing nymphs.
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Chauncey M. Depew
Montauk Club
Dnner
Nner
Pola Negro to Explain Liquor Cache at Port
Pola Negri the film actress will appear before the port collector Monday morning to explain why she had 16 bottles of liquor in her possession upon arriving from Europe this week.
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New York
Bus hits streetcar injuring eleven in Union Hill
Eleven persons were injured tonight when a heavily loaded bus collided with a street car in Union Hill New Jersey. All injured passengers were aboard the bus.
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Union Hill
N. J
Tax reductions planned to aid larger incomes
Washington May 2. The nation’s federal tax bill can be cut about 200 million by Congress. In December another general slash of 12 percent should be possible in 1927. Treasury officials say income tax receipts will exceed the $1.66 billion estimate by about 40 million and total government income will pass 3.601968 billion. if followed, incomes be
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Congress
Treasury
Mellon
Farmer Burkholder Killed When Train Strikes Car
Orrville Ohio May reports Amos Burkholder a farmer on the Orrville Smithville road was killed Saturday at 2 20 pm when his car at a grade crossing was struck by a passenger train. He had stopped for a passing freight then drove into the oncoming train. The body was taken to Orrville and Burkholder left a widow two brothers three sons and a daughter. Funeral plans not completed.
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Amos Burkholder
Orrville-Smithville
S. Krause
Paradise Church
Burkholder
W Burkholder
Letekheim
Seaplane Sets World Record With 28 Hour Flight
Lieutenant Schildhauer and Lieutenant Kyle piloted the navy seaplane PNA over the Delaware River from 10:22 Friday to 2:58 this afternoon, totaling 28 hours 86 minutes, surpassing the prior 14 hour 3 minute record. All 1300 gallons of gasoline were used, and the craft touched water only when fuel ran out.
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CH. Schildhauer
Navy
PNA
Schildhauer
J. R. Kyle
Delaware River
F. W. Reed
J. B. Price
Washington, D. C
Navy Yard
Unidentified Murder Victim Linked to Gary Case Shifts
Gary police doubt victim is Mrs. Joseph Desiderio of Gary as teeth charts do not match. Miss Florence Kish suspects Detroit as a possible location for both Desiderio and husband. A tip suggests the remains may belong to cabaret singer Miss Marion Sommers who vanished near Janeaville Michigan.
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Cheaterton
Joseph Desiderio
Florence Kish
South Bend
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Desiderio
Detroit
Sam Ross
Atti
Ellsworth
Miller
Chicago
Marion Sommers
Janeaville
Mich
Woman slugs robber in courtroom in Miami
Mrs. David Dittler, wife of a filling station operator, identified a man suspected of holding two guns against her ribs and taking her cash. She then struck him in the jaw with a punch that sent him reeling across the courtroom.
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Miami
Fla
David Dittler
New York Bandit Trio Nabbed in Toledo Job
Three New York men, George Mingione and Robert and William Hartley, robbed the Ohio Savings Bank and Trust Co of 14000 in Toledo. They hijacked, bound a driver, used his car, then fled before a traffic officer stopped them. They await arraignment.
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New York
Toledo
Ohio Savines Bank and Trust Co
George Minglon
Robert
William Hartley
Charles Huber
Huber
Bind
Bowling Creek
Mingione
Seven rescued as sand boat sinks on Lake Erie
SEVEN SURVIVORS were rescued after the sand boat Kelly Island capsized and sank 35 miles north of Sandusky. Nine of 146 crew members drowned. bodies remain inside the ship as officials plan recovery efforts.
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Kelly Island
Usted
Lake Erie
Point Pelea
Mfe
Woof Slackford
William Slackford
Olon Kriss
William Meyers
Roland Wills
Alvin Martin
Fred Hwolder
Oak Harbor
Paul Everett
Tom Moran
Kelly Island Lime & Transport Co
Cleveland
Erie
Lorain
Protection
Sandusky Bay
Kidnapping Trial Date Set for May 13 in Vermont Case
In Middlebury Vermont Lucille Chatterton 11 testified on a kidnapping case involving ex convict Warl Woodward facing a 20 year sentence. Woodward pleaded not guilty to the formal charge and remained jailed on a 10000 dollar bond until May 13 as a historic manhunt ended with his capture.
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Middlebury
Lucille Chatterton
Backwood
Warl Woodward
Woodward
Vermont
FIRST AID DRIVE CUTS COSTS IN OHIO CAMPAIGN
Ohio officials led by Herman Witter and Jerome Watson announce economical first aid education. The campaign uses the state rescue car for headquarters with total camp costs under one-fifth of the rescue car maintenance appropriation. Only transportation and meals for instructors are funded.
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Columbus
Herman R. Witter
Ohio
Stares Mines
Hearst Lunches With President Coolidge In White House
Washington May 2 publisher William Randolph Hearst was luncheon guest of President Coolidge at the White House. The meeting focused on national affairs and press cooperation.
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William Randolph Hoagist
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Cornered theater lure offers free tickets to readers
An advertising gimmick from the Broadway stage notes that two Daily News subscribers have had their names inserted for a chance to win free tickets to the picture Cornered. The names rotate daily and readers are urged to check if their name is listed today.
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John Fioche
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