Ohio Penitentiary Fire Blame Casts on Legislators
Warden Preston E. Thomas told the Governor's Investigating Committee he blames Ohio's General Assembly for overcrowding and minimum sentence laws enacted in 1921. He expressed sympathy for families of the 320 men who perished when fire and smoke swept the G and H blocks, noting riots and calls for his removal.
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Columbus
Preston E. Thomas
Ohio Penitentiary
Ohio
General Assembly
Thomas
Investigating Committee
Fire destroys Georgetown College Chapel
Georgetown Ky April 26 A fire destroyed the Georgetown College Chapel and caused about 350000 in losses. The two story brick building housed chapel library and departments with 150000 for the building 150000 for the library and 50000 for equipment. The Bible worth 15000 was among items saved. The fire was spotted by children and origin unknown. The school is Baptist.
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Georgetown
Georgetown College
Robert T. Hinton
Series on Firearms Traffic Starts Tomorrow
The Commercial Tribune will launch a Ken neth Campbell series revealing the nation wide traffic in pistols and sub machine guns. It promises inside stories of a Chicago garage massacre on St Valentine’s Day 1929 and the gun linked to Arnold Rothstein, plus the missing ten sub machine guns and the firearms lobby’s undercover actions.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Kenneth Campbell
New York World News Service
Chicago
Arnold Rothstein
Campbell
Mendota Pastor Faces Jury Over Church Sexton Shooting
In Ottawa Illinois April 26 the First Methodist Church of Mendota awaits a verdict in the case of Rev James A Wilson charged with shooting church sexton Amos Elliott and wounding Mrs Elliott. Wilson pistol whipped himself trying to destroy a letter to Emma Wagner. State's Attorney Russell O Hanson likened the act to a Judas kiss Christ while defense attorney Mc Nemar argued the letter was misread.
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Ottawa
Ill
Little First Methodist Church
Mendota
James A. Wilson
Amos Elliott
C. E. McNemar
Group Names Nomination Committee For Hamilton County
A committee of prominent men and women was named by Fred Schneller to select a slate of state and county candidates for the next fall. Robert A. Taft chairs the nominating panel with several other members listed. The group will meet soon, with candidates to be endorsed by the Hamilton County Republican party for the August primary and November election.
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Hamilton
Fred Schneller
Schneller
Central Committee
Robert A. Taft
Bolton S. Armstrong
Joseph H. Assell
Harry W. Brown
Lindbergh Lands in Havana En Route to Panama Canal
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived in Havana from Miami at 6 36 p m to begin a Caribbean airmail run toward Panama. He plans to leave Havana at 6 30 a m and fly to Porto Cabesas Nicaragua for refueling then reach Christobal by 6 p m. Lindbergh carries 41 pounds of Havana mail and 311 pounds to Christobal, with Basil Roe as co pilot and B A Penickey as radio operator.
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Havana
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miami
Fla
Caribbean
Panama
Porto Cabesas
Nicaragua
Christobal
Caribbean Circle
Col. Lindbergh
Basil Roe
B. A. Penickey
Ohio to tax houses over liquor law violations
In Steubenville Ohio on April 26 Prosecutor J K George and State Prohibition Department officials announced steps to collect 100000 in Dow Aiken Taxes from real estate owners where liquor law violation convictions occurred in the last nine years. The state can levy 1200 against property holders for allowing liquor sales. Seventy four property owners will be affected.
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Steubenville
J. K. George
State Prohibition Department
Hollywood restaurant raid tests possession phase of law
New York World News Service reports a probe at the Hollywood restaurant led by New York prohibition administrator Maurice Campbell. Twenty seven patrons and staff were arraigned in federal court and held for May 7, while Police Commissioner Whalen said he would not join in resulting arrests. Campbell states administrators may test possession provisions. Doran in Washington confirms no new policy.
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New York World News Service
New York
Hollywood
Maurice Campbell
Washington
United States
O'Neill
Whalen
Prohibition
Doran
Campbell
Candidate’s wet stance shown by blue flame demonstration
Gary Indiana April 26 a State Senate candidate Anthony Filipiak used a dripping wet platform to attack opponent William F Hodges on prohibition He displayed a flask lit the liquid with a match and drank as the audience cheered showing his pro prohibition stance in a theatrical protest
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Gary
Ind
Anthony Filipiak
Harrison Club
Hoover Targeted As Gridiron Club Satire Debunks Big Issues
At the Gridiron Club spring dinner in Washington marking its 45th year, President Hoover faced sharp mockery of prohibition prosperity tariffs the London naval treaty unemployment and party discord. Skits spoofed Hoover and aides while the House and Senate topics were sung and staged, ending with a mock parade of advisors.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Gridiron Club
Willard Hotel
Organization of Washington
Hoover
Congress
Blue Nose
Herbert Hoover
John J. Experiment
A. Noble
Wickersham
Treasury
Department of Justice
Graham
House Judiciary Committee
Senate
House of Representatives
Never-Never Land
Claudius H. Huston
Republican National Committee
Gandhi vows to take salt depot by crowd defiance in Dharasana plan
Gandhi announces a planned capture of the Dharasana salt depot with volunteers wearing homespun, abstaining from liquor and foreign cloth. He calls for martyrs and says breaking the salt act alone will not yield independence, urging further acts of civil disobedience.
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Bombay
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Dharasana
Shave
Gandhi
Charwada
Bulsar
Mahatma
Ramnik
Peshawar
Oorgaum
Assam Rifles
Chittagong
Hathazari
Mail Pilot Jumps From Derailed Air Mail Plane
Airmail Pilot Henry Brown bailed out with a parachute after his motor failed near Clearfield Pennsylvania. The plane caught fire and was destroyed, but Brown landed safely.
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Cleveland
Clearfield
Henry Brown
Doctor's Research on Jake Poison Shifts Jamaica Ginger Theory
Dr. Frank J. Andress of the University of Cincinnati and Dr. Charles E. Kieley report ruling out arsenic brucine as the Jamaica ginger extract poison. They expect to announce the isolation of the mystery toxin, a breakthrough sought by Treasury prohibition agents investigating the Jake paralysis cases in Cincinnati.
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Jake
Jamaica
Frank J. Andress
United States
Andress
University of Cincinnati
Treasury Department
Cincinnati
Charles E. Kieley
Race Street
Wife Confesses in Shootings Near Cincinnati
The investigation into the likely fatal shootings of Howard Silver and John Preston ended with Mrs. Iona Preston admitting long standing grudge caused the violence. The pair were found wounded in a car at Ninth and Walnut streets and sent to General Hospital where Silver and Preston both faced severe injuries.
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Howard Silver
Eastern Avenue
John Preston
Albert Bocksteiger
Fred Sperber
Iona Preston
Ninth and
Walnut Streets
George Dooley
General Hospital
Silver
Preston
Cincinnati
Peoria
Mack. O
M Mattie Napier
Ellen Street
Mt. Adams
William Napier
Partial Solar Eclipse Darkens Ohio Monday
Ohio residents will witness a partial solar eclipse Monday with darkness spreading across the state at 3 16 PM. The event follows a Sunday sighting of Mercury Venus and Jupiter near sunset, while the total eclipse track covers areas from San Francisco to Idaho's eastern border.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Florida
San Francisco
Idaho
Gridiron Club Reaffirms Anglo U S Bond Under Hoover
Washington April 26. A ceremonial reaffirmation of close Anglo American ties was held with President Hoover presiding. The event recalled blood shed in joint service near Tientsin thirty years ago and emphasized unity amid China policy debates.
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Gridiron Club
Hoover
China
Washington
Tientsin
John Philip Sousa
Royal Welsh Fusileers
Marine Band
Sousa
Herbert Hoover
United States
Montezuma
Commonwealth
Girl found unconscious after eloping from foster home
Maud Nesselrodt, 21, slipped away from her foster family early yesterday in Williamsburg Virginia. She was found hours later lying in a thicket near her home wearing red silk pajamas and a purple robe, eyes closed from cold and mud on her face. She was removed to her home where doctors say her condition remains grave. A search party recovered her as a local nurse and others tended to her.
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Williamsburg
Maud Nesselrodt
Vincent D. McManus
D. J. King
McManus
Exit Laughing Bitterly in Newark Bride’s Love for Brother
Henry Keller an emotional 21 year old clerk in the Pie Bakers of America faced divorce from his wife Florence Wolfert Keller who loved his brother Edward. After learning of the affair Keller chose death by his own hand and wrote that he hated his wife and despised his brother. He and Florence had lived with Keller’s mother and both men had served in the Marine Corps.
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New York World News Service
Newark
N. J
Henry Keller
Florence Wolfert Keller
Edward
Henry
Florence
The
Pie Bakers of America
Italian Fascist oath and naval launches mark fourth levy
Rome April 26 fascist leaders plan a fourth levy as ninety thousand Vanguardists join the Black Shirt Militia and ten thousand Balillas enter next year. royal ladies christen ships at Spezia including Zara and Fiume as naval shows highlight party vigor and youth mobilization.
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Rome
Fascist Party
Black Shirt
Duce
Zara
Princess of
Piedmont
Marie Jose
Belgium
Umberto
Giovanni
Spezia
Trieste
Trento
Augusta
Fiume
d’Costa
Condottieri
Italy
Mediterranean
Monfalcone
Yrigh
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y
Train kills man. children among fatal accidents in city
A 37 year old man, William Jackson, died after being hit by a Big Four train at Fourth and Beech streets. In Hamilton County, five more people died in accidents, including an 8 year old girl and a 3 year old boy. A 65 year old widow and a 14 year old laborer also died in crashes involving moving trailers and autos.
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William Jackson
Beech Street
Elmwood
General Hospital
Fourth
Elmwood Place
Jackson
Hamilton County
City Waste Collection Department
Horner
Jean
Marburg Avenue
Wakeman
Jane
Fair Park Avenue
Carthage
Hellmuth
Oscar
Carthage Pike
Snyder
Anna
East Liberty Street
Ducklo
George
Bank Street
Fred Sebastian
Panama Avenue
Fredel
Madison Road
John Horner
Jane Wakeman
Earl M. Culter
John Morris
Kilgour Street
Anthony Wayne Avenue
Morris
Oscar Hellmuth
Reading Road
Seymour Avenue
Bond Hill
William Granon
Hopkins Street
Lewis Bauer
Hamilton Avenue
Bauer
James Beker
Republic Street
Raymond Roll
Brooks Avenue
Freeman and
Armory Avenues
St. Mary’s Hospital
Baker
Duckle
Partial regional forecast and 24 hour temperatures
The report lists Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Tennessee and Indiana with notes of partly cloudy conditions and warmer Sundays with Monday showers. A 24 hour table shows daytime highs around 57 to 60 degrees and lows near 36 to 47 with clear conditions and light wind across several stations.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
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