Bader Jr Keeps Post as Secretary in Hamilton GOP
At a Hamilton County Republican Central Committee meeting Fred Schneller was re elected chairman. The committee adopted a plan creating a 47 member executive panel consisting of ward and township chairmen who may appoint others. New officers Alex Patterson vice chairman Ford Bader Jr secretary and Paul Schirmer treasurer were elected.
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Republican Executive Committee
Hamilton County
Republican Central Committee
Fred Schneller
Mr. Schneller
W. Meredith Yeatman
Central Committee
Carl R.wenzel
Cincinnati
Norwood
St. Bernard
Schneller
Wenzel
R. K. Hynicka
Ward
Hynicka
Alex. Patterson
Ford Bader, Jr
Street Littering Fines Planned by City Officials
City officials plan a tougher littering ordinance to curb stray paper and refuse. Assistant City Manager Carleton Sharpe said the measure would impose heavier penalties, including heavy fines and possible jail sentences for repeats, to reduce street cleaning costs.
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City Hall
Carleton Sharpe
Hanl Aren
Sharpe
Burnet Named Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Washington August 20 David Burnet of Ohio received commission as Commissioner of Internal Revenue from Secretary Mellon at a ceremony attended by bureau chiefs. He succeeds Robert Lucas of Kentucky, who has become executive director of the Republican National Committee.
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Washington
David Burnet
Ohio
Internal Revenue
Mellon
Robert Lucas
Kentucky
Republican National Committee
Pinchot Wins Court Affirmation of Pennsylvania Nomination
Gifford Pinchot secured full title to the Republican nomination for Pennsylvania governor as the state Supreme Court affirmed Luzerne County ballot legality. Brown's appeal to overturn 69,000 Luzerne votes failed, Pinchot carrying the state by about 20,000 and Luzerne by 26,000. The ruling ends months of political turmoil and clears the path for Pinchot to campaign as the Republican nominee.
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Philadelphia
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
State Supreme Court
Common Pleas Court
Luzerne County
Francis Shunk Brown
Brown
Supreme Court
Luzerne
Pinchot
Buzerne
Square Deal
Ptitle
Chinese Reds Loot and Burn Town of 6000 at Hankow
Chinese dispatches report Kiangsi troops crushed Communist forces, killing 4000 Reds and seizing 2000 rifles. Wusueh in Hubei was looted as Reds, fleeing battles, scattered villagers and refugees fled for safety. A Japanese gunboat protected foreigners as Reds attacked smaller towns.
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Hankow
Kiangsi
China
Wusueh
Yangtse
Ukiang
Wuseuh
Changsha
Nanchang
Kinking
Bandits Loot Crescent Springs Home In Sleep
Thieves drugged the Michaels family and looted their Crescent Springs residence in Kenton County Kentucky. They stole clothing, household goods, potatoes, and pay envelopes for Mary and Dorothy Michaels. The theft was discovered after hired workers found the broken rear window and a strong odor permeating the house.
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Edward Michaels
Crescent Springs
Covington
Kenton County
John Rigler
Joseph
Michaels
Mary Michaels
Dorothy Michaels
H. & 8S. Pogue Company
Cincinnati
Garfield kin dies after New England car crash
Mrs Helen Newell Garfield 64 wife of James R Garfield of Mentor Ohio died in Portsmouth Hospital from injuries after an automobile crash Monday in Portsmouth New Hampshire. She leaves four sons John N James A Rudolph and Newell. Funeral in Mentor then Cleveland burial.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Helen Newell Garfield
James R. Garfield
Mentor
President Garfield
Portsmouth Hospital
Garfield
New England
Chicago
John E
Judith Poore Newell
West Newbury
Mass
Middle West
John N
James A
Rudolph
Newell
Cleveland
Five Years Given For Embezzling School Funds
T S Ward Sumter County Treasurer pleaded guilty to embezzling 22000 dollars of school funds in Livingston Alabama and was sentenced to five years in state prison. The case stemmed from a special grand jury probe into racial disorders at Emelle July 4 and included laxity in prohibition law enforcement.
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Livingston
Ala
T. S. Ward
Sumter County
County Board of Revenue
W. T. Scales
Eyes and Ears in Jail Kangaroo Court Tale
Floyd P. Warner, 22, of Glen Hotel Newport Kentucky, flashed swollen green eyes after a self styled Kangaroo Court in Butler County Jail. He claimed winning as inmates held a mock trial while awaiting release on a stolen auto transport charge.
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Samothrace
A. A. Siemon
United States
Floyd P. Warner
Glen Hotel
Newport
Butler County
Warner
Middletown
Two Men Jailed In Auto Theft Ring Inquiry
A large tri state auto theft ring operating in Cincinnati for six months was uncovered by Cincinnati Automobile Club detective William Hochstuhl and city police. Two men were arrested one in Cincinnati and one in Norwood, Griffin aged 23 and Meldahl aged 30, both linked to stolen cars sold in the area and cities. Griffin was caught trying to sell a new coupe to A H MacAtee for 315 dollars at McMillan and Vine.
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Cincinnati
William M Hochstuhl
Cincinnati Automobile Club
Norwood
Jack Griffin
Johnston City
Tenn
Otis Meldahl
Vista Avenue
Griffin
McMillan and Vine Streets
Hochstuhl
Joseph Flower
Lee Kiley
Meidahl
William Sweeney
Charles Dists
Cooperative Auto Sales Company
Gilbert Avenue
A. H. MacAtee
Salem Road
Leroy ‘Place
MacAtee
Labor figure amid city raid linked to gang murder
Chicago police raid the luxury apartment of Joe Alello and his brother Dominick, heads of the Unione Siciliano, seizing records tied to the Zuta Moran gang amid investigation of Alfred J. Lingle’s murder. Investigators seek safe deposit boxes of Jack Zuta and await identification of jewels reported stolen.
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Chicago
Zuta-Moran
Joe Alello
Unione Siciliano
Dominick
Zuta
Moran
Alfred J. Lingle
Tribune
Jack Zuta
John H. Lyle
Aimee Semple McPherson Faces Health and Family Rift
More than 100 Angelus Temple leaders voiced support for evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson while her mother Minnie Kennedy denounced illness rumors as misinformation. Kennedy said McPherson was recovering from a face lifting operation at a Malibu cottage and announced plans to distance from the temple. Sister Mary Sullivan noted prison girls’ support for McPherson amid tensions, with details of the family dispute and alleged fight surfacing.
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Los Angeles
Angelus Temple
Aimee Semple McPherson
Minnie Kennedy
Aimee
Ma Kennedy
Sullivan
McPherson
Sister McPherson
Mrs. McPherson
Mrs. Kennedy
Brentwood Sanitarium
Budapest
Compromise Reaches Over Walter Downs Body Dispute
In Frankfort Kentucky a dispute between Lexington undertakers Kerr Bros and Anglin & Boden over the burial of Fayette County Constable Walter Downs ends in a Franklin Circuit Court compromise. Kerr Bros will receive the body and funeral services at their parlors, Anglin & Boden to be paid 576 dollars, with remaining funds from Downs’s 900 dollar funeral note to Kerr Bros. The agreement follows a probate inquiry into Downs’s will naming Kerr Bros. for the burial and home services by Rev. J W Porter.
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Frankfort
Lexington
Walter Downs
Fayette County
Franklin
Thomas
McGregor
Kerr Bros
Anglin & Boden
Downs
W. F. Wilcoxson
United States Veterans Insurance
W. R. Bradshaw
J. W. Porter
James Stewart
County Police
Graham Kerr
Down
Illinois Democrats Advocate Prohibition Repeal Platform
Illinois Democrats at the Springfield state convention call for repeal of the Volstead act and the Jones five and ten law, legalizing light wines and beer, and oppose Ruth Hanna McCormick's campaign funds. The platform attacks prohibition, tariff policy, and unemployment, praising Senator James Hamilton Lewis and Cook County leaders.
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Springfield
Ill
Cook County
Anton J. Cermak
James Hamilton Lewis
England
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Lewis
Senate
Court of Public Opinion
Shields to Distinguish Dry Sleuths on Patrol
Prohibition officials ordered dry agents on road patrol to display large metal shields, seventeen by twenty inches, over the right front door of their cars. The move aims to prevent motorists from confusing agents with robbers, sparked by a Maryland case where a driver claimed he could not identify the officers.
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Washington
Prohibition
Woodcock
Maryland
Edward G. Duncan
Duncan
Maryland Automobile Association
Association
James M. Doran
Ohio Judge Heads United Spanish War Veterans
Judge Edward S. Matthias of the Ohio Supreme Court was elected National Commander of the United Spanish War Veterans at the twenty seventh annual convention in Philadelphia. He defeated Robert Wankowski of Venice California, for the post. Milwaukee will host the 1932 encampment. Edith H. Biard of Toledo Ohio was elected President of the Auxiliary in a spirited contest.
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Philadelphia
Edward
Matthias
Ohio Supreme Court
United Spanish War Veterans
Robert Wankowski
Venice
Cal
Milwaukee
New Orleans
Edith H. Biard
Toledo
Auxiliary of the
Drought Relief Plan Moves Through Hoover Panel
President Hoover’s National Drought Relief Committee advanced a plan to create state or local credit corporations to arrange loans for drought stricken farmers via intermediate credit banks at a maximum of 6 percent. Seed loans of 8000000 were eyed from a 6 million fund, limited to Virginia Ohio Indiana Missouri and Montana.
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Washington
Hoover
National Drought Relief Committee
White House
Stoney M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Hyde
Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Missouri
Montana
R. H. Aishton
American Railway Association
Western Territory
Carol II May Wed French Princess in Diplomatic Move
Vienna report says King Carol II may abandon efforts to dissolve his divorce from Queen Helen and seek a Bourbon Orleans bride in Paris. Rumors clash with Bucharest denial as Queen Marie travels to Sinaia to urge reconciliation, while Prime Minister Maniu conditions coronation on Helen's crowning. Titulescu might form a coalition if reconciliation fails.
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Vienna
Bucharest
Carol II of
Romania
Helen
France
Paris
Marie
Sinaia
Julio Maniu
Carol
Nicholas Titulescu
Great Britain
Titulescu
Van Lear Black Vanished From Yacht Off New Jersey Coast
A wide search failed to recover Van Lear Black after he went missing from his yacht Sabalo off Scotland Light. Coast Guard boats and planes scoured offshore currents while Paul Patterson directed the sunken effort and Captain Kelley filed an accident report.
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New York
New Jersey
van Lear Black
Baltimore
Coast Guard
Scotland Light
Paul Patterson
Baltimore Sun
Mr. Black
Clarence Chamberlin
Rudolph E. Lent
Jersey City
Chamberlin
Black
Kelley
Sabalo
Steamboat Inspection Service
Bar Association Says We Can’t Make U S Congress Police
A terse bar association statement quotes an official line about the inability to compel federal police to answer to the U S Congress. The remark hints at jurisdictional limits and accountability questions within legislative oversight.
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Congress Police
Lawyers say day vote must go on at ABA meeting
Wickersham defends regulatory laws and attacks Jones and Dyer acts for making felonies of petty violations. He warns federal courts lack police powers and cites confusion between serious crimes and minor breaches as a flaw in federal enforcement. The ABA convention debated prohibition and referendum timing amid broader farm relief discussions.
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Chicago
George W. Wickersham
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
Jones and Dyer
American Bar Association
James F. Airshie
Couer d’Alene
Idaho
Bar Association
A. L. Newlin
Association
Henry Upson Sims
Airshie
Executive Committee
Congress
Mr. Wickersham
Federal Congress
Regional forecast and temperature table midweek
Partly cloudy conditions across Ohio Kentucky Tennessee Indiana and West Virginia with little temperature change expected Thursday and Friday. The data table lists current high and precipitation figures for cities including Boston Louisville Cleveland New York Nashville and more with readings around 64 to 90 degrees and light rain in a few spots.
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Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
Indiana
West Virginia
Louisville
Boston
Nashville
Albany
Cleveland
New York
S. S. Marie
Wash’g’on
Jack’ville
Duluth
Atlanta
St. Louis
N.orleans
Kansas City
Galveston
Omaha
Pittsburgh
Denver
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Paul
Schirmer
Ferd Bader, JR
Carl R. Wenzel
Burnet
Lucas Revenue Post
Supreme Tribunal of Pennsylvania
Wesoming
Cheyenne
Wyo
Robert D. Carey
Hig
Tan
Eavas
Wyoming
U.S
Bers
Gems of Gangster
Jim Colosimo
Evangelist
Solomon
Illinois
Ruth McCormick
United States Senate
Ware
Smith
Newberry
Republican Party
Farmers of America
National Prohibition
Gov. Cooper
D. Harold Oliver
Carol May
van Lear
Law Commission
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