County Budget Commission set to fix Hamilton taxes
Hamilton County faces a 1927 tax duplicate estimated at 1,270,000,000 an increase of 10,000,000 from last year. School duplicate rises to 1,071,000,000 with tax rate likely above 123 per 1,000 though current levy stands at 21.16. Officials Taft Hess and Ferdader lead budget talks as forms are issued and city and county budgets align under new state law.
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Hamilton County
County Budget Commission
Frank Marchant
Marchant
Charles P. Taft II
Budget Commission
Taft
William F. Hess
Ferdader
Al‘Deckebach
Edward F. Alexander
Fess Predicts Stronger Navy
Keystone South Dakota Aug 10. Senator Fess of Ohio declares Congress will demand a navy as strong as Britain unless a new armament conference yields limits. He notes President Coolidge intends not to run in 1928 but may accept if nominated. He embodies administration stalwart views while riding with reporters near Rushmere Memorial Exercises.
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Congress
Great Britain
Fess
Ohio
Rushmere Memorial
White House
Coolidge
Detroit police back alibi for suspect James Brown
Detective Chief Kirgan stated that James Brown, a 34 year old Detroit resident, had a credible alibi for the Byrnes burglary and assault on Flora Byrnes. Investigators seek a new suspect described as light skinned and seen with money after the attack.
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Detroit
Kirgan
James Brown
Cummins Street
John A. Byrnes
Glenwood Avenue
Flora Byrnes
Cincinnati
Brown
Julius Joseph
Michigan Avenue
Bell and Lowenstein
Byrnes
Harry Menzel
Baltimore Avenue
Diers and Schwabh
Aren O
Mt. Clemons
Mich
Poolroom cited as breeding crime by judge Yeatman
Municipal Judge W Meredith Yeatman denounced poolrooms and soft drink parlors in the black belt as the worst breeding ground for crime. He linked loitering and unemployment to criminal schemes, urged public sentiment for crime-control measures, and noted his mayoral council ambitions. The piece cites his views on housing and transient populations.
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W. Meredith Yeatman
The
Commercial Tribune
Black Belt
Judge Yeaman
Judge Yeatman
Boen
Yeatman
Ohio
New York State
Slain Pastor and Town Newspaper: Hatfield Shot During Robbery Probe
In Southwest City Missouri on August 10, Reverend W. H. Hatfield a Methodist pastor and night patrolman was killed by a shotgun blast after being knocked unconscious. Authorities seek four men suspected of a bank robbery attempt thwarted by Hatfield. His revolver lay near the body as investigators rule out an underworld plot. Hatfield about 55 years old had served thirty years in ministry.
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Southwest City
W. H. Hatfield
Hatfield
Rockefeller Returns to Finger Lakes Boyhood Haunts
John D. Rockefeller visits Auburn area memories of his youth around the Finger Lakes. He tours former homes in Owego Richford Moravia and sees a site on Owasco Lake where his mother lived. Rockefeller dined on lake trout at Cascade and plans annual returns while able.
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N. Y
Finger Lakes
Oil King
Cascade
Owasco Lake
Rockefeller
Owego
Old Michigan Hill
Richford
Moravia
Pocono Hills
North Tarrytown
Roscoe
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Memorial begun on Mount Rushmore sculpture project
President Coolidge attended the dedication of Mount Rushmore as Gutzon Borglum began carving the Washington profile high on the rock face. Secret Service supervised a road rebuild to allow the presidential auto journey and staff climbed or rode toward the carving site under the Black Hills sun.
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Mt. Rushmore Monument
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Roosevelt
Gutzon Borglum
William J. Crawford
New York World News Service
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S. C
Mt. Rushmore
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Coast
South Dakota
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Borglum
Stone Mountain
Georgia
George Washington
White House
Black Hills
State Game Lodge
Secret Service
Richard Jervis
Rushmore
Ill Hilo wife slain after divorce suit filed
Enraged by a divorce suit filed by Mrs Ola Rennecker 25 the 80 year old railroad fireman William Rennecker shot her at her Ludlow Kentucky home three times later taking her to St Elizabeths Hospital Covington where she died He was arrested by Chief Callahan and held in Covington Jail under drink influence The couple had been in Kenton Circuit Court since June 10 seeking custody alimony and a restraining order against him
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William Rennecker
Church Street
Ludlow
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Covington
Rennecker
Callahan
Southern Railroad
Kenton
City Manager Suggests Selling General Hospital for Downtown Unit
Col. Sherrill proposed disposing of the General Hospital buildings on Burnet avenue and building a single downtown unit. He noted the current hospital is a costly operation and a downtown facility could cost far less to run. Councilmen planned a site visit before any bond or funding decisions.
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Col. Sherrill
Burnet Avenue
West End
City Hospital
Apital
Old City Hospital
Twelfth Street
Centraline
Mr. Rose
Julius Luchsinger
Col
Sherrill
Cincinnati
Wife's Cries Trigger Deaths in Findlay Farmhouse Incident
Perry C. Thomas, 74, a farmer, was pronounced dead after a prolonged illness. His wife, 67, by the bedside screamed at the doctor's pronouncement, triggering Thomas to stir and she collapse and die from shock. Three hours later he died.
Plane Crash Kills Navy Lieutenants In San Diego
In fog at Point Loma the Junker monoplane struck a bluff at 7 13 am and exploded. Lieuts George D Covell and Richard S Waggener died instantly en route to San Francisco for the Hawaiian Air Derby. Covell left a wife and two children. Waggener, engaged to Miss Donna Powell, was unmarried.
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New York World News Service
San Diego
Cal
George D. Covell
Richard S. Waggener
United States Navy
San Francisco
Point Loma
Covell
Waggener
Waggoner
Leo Pawlikowski
Donna Virginia Powell
Cowell
Honest waiter returns diamond pin in Cincinnati hotel incident
William Clem a 22 year old waiter from Covington spotted a diamond cluster pin worth about 5000 in a chair at the Cincinnati Club dining room. He turned it in to the manager and Mrs George McDonald later claimed the pin. Clem’s honesty was noted though his future wages remain undisclosed.
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Cincinnati
Bank
Diogenes
Cincinnati Club
William Clem
Garrards Street
Covington
Clem
George McDonald
McDonald Printing Company
Opera Place
Chicago
Daily grind of Lindbergh's tour shows strain
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, after twenty four hours in Indianapolis, says public idol duties are exhausting and may force him to cut his nationwide tour. He notes fatigue, nervous strain, and a desire for simpler programs as he continues the routine at each stop.
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Col. Lindbergh
New York World News Service
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles A. Lindbergh
Detroit
Lindbergh
Mbs
Lindy
No Tobacco League Seeks Word From Lindbergh
Indianapolis dispatch reports Charles M. Fillmore, general secretary of the No Tobacco League of America, telegraphed Col. Lindbergh asking if he smoked at a Cincinnati dinner and if he said he would not be played for a tin saint. Fillmore also plans to notify Lindbergh’s mother. Lindbergh denied habitual tobacco use.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Charles M. Fillmore
No- Tobacco League of America
Charles A. Lindbergh
Cincinnati
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