Ohio Gov signs 20 measures and vetoes eight
Columbus Ohio April 25 Col Cooper signed twenty bills and vetoed eight adding two Cincinnati municipal judges and raising judge salaries while vetoing a pension salary bill. Exemption from excise tax for motor bus lines operated by railroads was approved and a conservation division created.
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Columbus
Col. Cooper
Berman
Cincinnati
Dinsmore
Division of Conservation
Fish and Game Department
Scott
Ross County
La Follette Statues Honored in National Statuary Hall
A marble statue of Robert Marion La Follette of Wisconsin was unveiled in Statuary Hall beside twenty prominent figures. Sculptor Jo Davidson captured La Follette’s fighting posture as he rose from a chair. The unveiling drew relatives including his sons Philip F. La Follette and Robert M. La Follette Jr., now in the Senate, with eulogies by lifelong associates.
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Washington
Robert Marion la Follette
Wisconsin
Statuary Hall
Senate
Jo Davidson
Philip F. la Follette
Robert M. la Follette, Jr
Colonel Geary to leave ROTC for Pensacola command
Col John P Geary, ROTC commandant at the University of Cincinnati, will resign at year end to take command of coast defenses at Pensacola Florida His aide Maj Clifford R Jones named successor at U A dinner for Col Geary was held at the Green Lantern Tavern with a saber presented by Miss Gertrude Betz and an initiation of Maj Thomas B Morris into Scabbard and Blade.
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John P. Geary
University of Cincinnati
University
Pensacola
Fla
Geary
Clifford R. Jones
Coast Artillery
Panama Canal
U. A
Carl Geary
Green Lantern Tavern
Calhoun Street
Col. Geary
Gertrude Betz
Thomas B. Morris
Cincinnati Reserves Officers’ Association
Thaw Out Through the Community Chest Appeal
A brief message urges readers to support the Community Chest to warm the community by helping others. The line suggests personal reflection and civic giving as a path to communal warmth.
Successful Men Build Foundations With Home Purchases
The article argues that early financial hardship shapes successful men who invest first savings in a home, establishing independence and community prestige. It urges readers to begin now and browse today’s Real Estate offerings for attractive homes.
Signing Bonds Proves Arduous for Mayor Seasongood
Mayor Seasongood faced a strenuous duty signing 800 bonds for street and sewer improvements. Each bond valued at $1,000, taking one hour and seven minutes to complete. Observers noted the initial drafts were easy but ink slowed after the first hundred.
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Seasongood
Your Community Chest Driven by Generous Neighbors
A brief tribute to community generosity crediting neighbors for the success of the local fund drive. The message underscores collective support and civic spirit fueling the charitable chest's ongoing work.
Temporary insanity defense in murder trial details
Joseph Raso 48 seeks exoneration for the murder of his ex wife Thomasina arguing temporary insanity due to her infidelity and persecution. He testified that his money funded wine and food for his spouse's lover Enrico Rocco. The trial proceeded toward closing arguments as prosecutors pressed for a first degree murder conviction.
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Joseph Raso
Thomasina
Charles S. Bell
Nicholas Klein
Gordon Wilson
Dudley M. Outcast
Simon Leis
Enrico Rocco
Raso
J. Tenner Jr. killed in crash near Hamilton
Joseph Steiner Jr. 21 of 1710 North Bend road College Hill president of Excel Concrete Company Mt Healthy was killed yesterday noon when his car tore through a guard rail and plunged forty feet off the Venice pike two miles south of Hamilton Ohio. Two young women with him escaped with minor injuries. The women said they were friends of Steiner who had driven them to Hamilton to shop. Funeral arrangements not yet made. Steiner death brings Butler County automobile fatalities to fifteen this year.
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Joseph Steiner, Jr
North Bend Road
College Hill
Excel Concrete Company
Mt. Healthy
Venice Pike
Hamilton
O. Steiner
Evelyn Hurley
West Twenty Eighth Street
Covington
Lorraine Sauter
Lindsay Street
Newport
Hazelhurst
Cincinnati
Bell Telephone Company
Edward Cook
Butler County
South Fourth Street
Steiner
Cooke
495 Pound Butcher in Budapest Tries Suicide for Lassie
Mathias Stich a 495 pound Hungarian butcher famed as Europe’s largest man attempted suicide in Budapest for love of a small girl. He weighed 495 pounds and stood 6 feet 7 inches, collapsed after firing a shot and had to be hoisted by a motor truck to a hospital. His weight broke an operating table and no bed large enough could be found.
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Budapest
Hungary
Mathias Stich
Europe
Stich
Letter Writers Want Stickier Postage Stamps
Postmaster General Brown faces a sticky issue as reports pour in that stamps lack sufficient mucilage. Moistened stamps fail to adhere, causing letters to disappear in transit and be returned to senders.
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Washington
Brown
Post Office Department
Two-Pound Carp Swallowed by Twelve and Half Pound Salmon
W A Williams of Burnside Kentucky recounted a strange Cumberland River catch. He hooked a two pound carp on a trout line and tied it to the bank. The next day the carp had been swallowed by a twelve and a half pound white salmon and the salmon was brought into camp.
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New York World News Service
Burnside
W. A. Williams
Williams
Cumberland River
Delegates Hope for Reparations Accord Yet Skeptical
In Paris, delegates discuss reparations with a hopeful tone but a majority fear the task is hopeless for now. The group debates report prep and future negotiations while allied-German tensions persist amid market reactions to Germany’s discount rate rise.
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Paris
George V
Revelstoke
Community Chest Campaign Nearing Goal As Three-Day Push Looms
Workers face a demand of over 700000 in the final stretch as $193714.55 was raised yesterday to bring pledges to 1401576.63 toward a 2057000 goal. Mt Healthy Team 7 leads with 96 percent, Robert E Bentley American Legion Post at 95. Luncheon reservations total 476 as James H. Wilson urges united effort for the drive.
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Community Chest
Gibson
W. H. Albers
Mt. Healthy
Robert E. Bentley American Legion Post
Legion
William S. Keller
Albers
James H. Wilson
Kipling
Secretary of Lodge Fined On Dry Charge In Crestline
Frank Wilkinson secretary of the local Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles was fined 1000 dollars and costs by Mayor L M Walbauer after a raid on the Eagles club by state prohibition agents last Friday in which twenty cases of alleged home brew were seized Wilkinson pleaded guilty to possessing the beer Affidavits against eight other officers and members were withdrawn at the request of State Prohibition Commissioner Rupert R Beetham
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Crestline
Frank Wilkinson
Aerie
Order of Eagles
L. M. Walbauer
Eagles
Wilkinson
Rupert R. Beetham
Parks Board Bans Public Spooning and Seeks More Lighting
The Board of Park Commissioners ruled that promiscuous spooning in public parks must cease. Irwin M. Krohn, president, says parks are for everyone and objections to open affection exist. The board asks Union Gas and Electric for bids on more lighting to deter the behavior.
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Board of Park Commissioners
Irwin M. Krohn
Union Gas and Electric Company
London War Hero Impostor Col Barker Sentenced
Irma Valerie Arkell-Smith known as Col Barker, famed for war hero disguises, is imprisoned nine months after a 1923 marriage exposed her as a woman pretending to be a man. The case centers on false marriage registration and a public scandal with her alleged wife Alfreda Howard.
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London
Irma Valerie Arkell-Smith
Col. Barker
Old Bailey Court
House of God
Alfreda Howard
Barker
Senator Shipstead Improves at Baltimore Hospital
Baltimore April 25 attaches of the Church Home and Infirmary reported United States Senator Henrik Shipstead of Minnesota in good condition. The senator was admitted yesterday as a patient at the facility amid routine medical observation.
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Baltimore
United States
Henrik Shipstead
Minnesota
Church
Senator Shipstead
Kentucky Court Shootout Wounds Three Including Former Governor’s Brother
In Olive Hill Kentucky a gunfight in Police Court left three men wounded including Austin Fields brother of former Governor William J Fields. Deputy Sheriff James Walker was critically hit as Chief of Police H B Carter and Fields exchanged shots during a hearing when a warrant was sought for concealed weapons. Fields faced drunkenness charges as the confrontation erupted.
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Olive Hill
William J. Fields
Austin Fields
H. B. Carter
James Walker
Carter County
Carter
Fields
J. B. Craig
Farm relief bill passes House creating Federal Farm Board
The House approved a Hoover-backed farm relief bill by 367 to 34, creating a Federal Farm Board with a 500 million dollar revolving fund to loan to cooperative associations. The measure sets up a six member board plus the Agriculture Secretary, outlines loans, marketing facilities, and stabilization aims while rejecting the debenture plan and equalization fee.
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HOUSE
Washington
Congress
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Stafford
Wisconsin
Senate
Agriculture Committee
Hoover
Federal
Crisp
Dem
Rabbi Urges Light Wines to Cut Crime Under Prohibition
Rabbi David Philipson of Rockdale Avenue Temple urged modifying the Volstead act to permit light wines and beer. He cited President Hoover on liberty rooted in law and argued crime stems from law evasion and weak enforcement, urging repeal only when law ceases to reflect public opinion.
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David Philipson
Rockdale Avenue Temple
Rabbi Philipson
Hoover
Associated Press
Principal Bans Bare Legs At Portsmouth High School
Portsmouth Ohio April 25. Principal C C Dale of Portsmouth High School bans rolled stockings that reveal bare legs. He encountered several girls with hosiery rolled to their ankles and ordered them to restore proper length in a restroom. All complied and he warned against further showing of bare legs.
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Portsmouth
C. C. Dale
Portsmouth High School
Dale
Prof. Dale
Divine healer linked to stock sales in California mine scheme
New York officials charged Rev Fenwicke Holmes and associates with using divine healing as a cover to sell worthless Fremont Grant mining stock. About 1,000,000 in shares were sold to followers across major cities. A May 2 hearing will decide restraining orders and a receiver for Fremont Grant Inc. names include Holmes, his brother William H Holmes, William C Carr, and Fremont Grant.
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New York World News Service
New York
Fenwicke Holmes
Church of the Healing Christ
Holmes
California
Hamilton Ward
Atlantic City
Boston
Buffalo
Cincinnati
Ward
Supreme Court
Mitchell
Fremont Grant, Inc
May
William H. Holmes
William C. Carr
New York City
Waldorf- Astoria
Milholland
Dwight E. Woodbridge
Fremont-Grant Company
Rebels to pay Baker $2500 for Naco bombing wound
Harry Baker, 22, of Alliance, awaiting a $2500 payment from Mexican rebels for a head wound suffered when Naco Arizona was bombed earlier this month. Baker, a photographer’s helper, was injured while rushing to the scene. rebels promised payment by June 10.
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Alliance
Harry Baker
Naco
Ariz
Baker
New York
Unclear fragment about money and men in historical context
Fragment reflects a debate on wealth and social influence, contrasting aims of using labor for profit versus shaping individuals through financial power. The sentence ends abruptly, offering little specific detail or named entities.
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