Columbia's Mammoth Power Plant to Be Dedicated in December
The Columbia Power Station near Cincinnati on the Ohio and Big Miami Rivers, a $15,000,000 project, will be dedicated December 10 with 50,000 visitors expected December 10 to 13. The plant, at Columbia Park, will generate about 120,000 horsepower using advanced steam turbines and pulverized coal, serving Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky.
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Columbia
Ohio
Miami
Kentucky
Columbia Gas and Electric Company
Cincinnati
Big Miami
Columbia Park
Two Rivers
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Owen D. Young
General Electric Company
Dawes Reparation Commission
Linton
Philip G. Gossler
W. W. Freeman
Union Gas and Electric Company
Virginia
Junggren
Oscar Junggren
Charles P. Taft
Columbia System
Gossler
Miami Fort
Miami River
Otto Brasch
University of Cincinnati
Ohio Mechanics Institute
Columbia Power Station
United States
Hamilton
Mid- Motown
Dayton
Covington
Newport
Hartwell
Ohio River
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Ft. Miami
Five Lost As U S Ship Sinks British Steamer
The British steamer Ashton sank after colliding with the U S Shipping Board steamer Federal in the Scheldt River. The loss included the Captain, a pilot, and three crewmen. the Federal sustained damage and will return to port for repairs. The Ashton, 990 gross tons, owned by Cadeby Steamship Company, hailed from Grimsby. The Federal had sailed from Mobile on November 3 and reached Hamburg on November 26.
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Ondon
Ashton
United States Shipping Board
Federal
Scheldt
Antwerp
Lloyds
Cadeby Steamship Company, Ltd
Grimsby
Mobile
Hamburg
Italian steamer Campania Beached After Collision Off Point No Point
Information from Norfolk indicates the Italian steamer Campania, after a collision today with the British steamer Mombassa off Point No Point, has been beached by the Coast Guard cutter Apache. The crew is being taken to Norfolk and all are believed safe.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Norfolk
Campania
Point No Point
Mombassa
Coast Guard
New York Bound Freighter Rescues Drifting Barque Crew
The freight er El Almirante, en route from New Orleans to New York, rescued two men from a drifting barge about twenty miles south of the New Jersey coast after receiving a wireless message this afternoon.
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Associated Press
New York
el Almirante
New Orleans
Highlands
New Jersey
Druse Bands Threaten Damascus Halting City Traffic
Dec 5 reports traffic in Damascus halted after six o clock as Druse bands gathered around the city threatening attacks. Troops were posted at vantage points and barricades reinforced. French forces bombarded brigand elements in gardens near the Chagéur quarter of Damascus.
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Associated Press
Damascus
Chagéur
French Launch Large Operation to Free Mt Hermon Region
Paris reports French forces launched a major assault in South Lebanon to clear Druse bands from the Mt Hermon plateau. Two French columns joined after advancing from north and west and encircled Hasbeiya, where Druses hold fortified positions and resist strongly.
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Associated Press
Paris
Beirut
le Temps
Lebanon
Mt. Hermon
Hasbeiya
Destroyers Coghlan and Samson withdrawn from Beirut
The American destroyers Coghlan and Samson will be withdrawn immediately from Beirut Syria by State Department order. A Beirut Consul dispatch says agreement reached and coastal Syria condition makes further ship presence unnecessary for protection of American lives and property.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coghlan
Samson
Beirut
Syria
State Department
Hindenburg Accepts Cabinet Resignation in Berlin
President von Hindenburg accepted the German Cabinet's resignation. He asked Chancellor Luther to stay on, forming a new coalition ministry aligned with Locarno policies ratified in London December 1. The Nationalists quit over security pact objections, leaving duties with remaining ministers.
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Berlin
von Hindenburg
Luther
Locarno
London
Marx-Stresemann
Stresemann
U. of C Wins Approval of Chemists Institute
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers reports the University of Cincinnati earned approval as a satisfactory chemical engineering program. The panel, after nationwide college reviews, listed Armour Tech, Carnegie Tech, Case, Cincinnati, Columbia, Iowa State, MIT, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio State, Brooklyn Poly, Rensselaer, Wisconsin, and Yale as approved. Berlin, New Hampshire will host the next meeting.
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Chemical Factories of
Cincinnati
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Linton
Institute
Armour Institute of Technology
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Case School of Applied, Science
University of Cincinnati
Yule Parties Planned by Associated Charities
Holiday events for children served by Associated Charities include a December 15 Girl Scout Troop of Addyston party and a December 19 Women’s City Club event for Junior Workshop children with dolls from Girl Scouts. Santa visits YWCA December 21, and December 24 features dinners and theater at Keith’s and Nash Co. Christmas parties are anticipated to be announced later.
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Associated Charities
Addyston
Woman’s City Club
Evanston Christian Church
Santa Claus
A. J. Kaiser
Brewster Avenue
Arthur Joseph
Keith’s
Nash Vs Company
Wall collapses at Clifton Springs Distillery killing worker
Two African American workers James Harris aged 38 of 608 West Fourth Street and Oscar Robbins aged 40 of 3721 Spaeth Street were injured when a brick wall at the old Clifton Springs Distillery plant on Ludlow Avenue and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad fell yesterday morning. Harris died at General Hospital from a fractured skull and multiple injuries while Robbins suffered a broken left leg.
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Clifton Springs
Ludlow Avenue
Baltimore & Ohio
James Harris
West Fourth Street
Oscar Robbins
Spaeth Street
Robbins-Sabin Paper Company
Harris
General Hospital
Handley
Robbins
Crabbe vows to curb gambling if elected governor
Ohio Attorney General C C Crabbe says he may run for governor and would curb gambling if elected. He would use armed forces with Adjutant General to seize betting paraphernalia if the Supreme Court rules race-course betting illegal. He blames corruption on officials protecting gambling.
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Columbus
C. C. Crabbe
State Supreme Court
Ince Nia
Negro gunman captured in Philadelphia shooting
A Black man identified as Walter Matthews was captured early today after a night incident in which he shot and seriously wounded two pursuers following an assault on a woman. Authorities say he had nothing to do with other recent attacks on women.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Walter Matthews
Kirby Used Deficits as Surplus in Cleveland Case
In Federal Court, Josias Kirby, president of the Cleveland Discount Company, is accused of altering financial statements with deficits turned to surpluses. Testimony shows $220,000 in personal checks and $64,000 cash balances improperly recorded, with loans and second mortgages added as the trial progresses. Poland, former treasurer, details changes before publication and immediate discounts.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Cleveland Discount Company
Looketter
Josias Kirby
Ray L. Poland
Kirby
Poland
John M. Killits
U S MAKES HUGE LAND PROFIT ON FLORIDA TRACT
The War Department credited with a 3 843 percent profit on 800 acres near Miami. Nathan Friedman of New York bought Chapman Field from the government for 2 800 000 after it had been acquired for 71 000 during the war.
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Washington
Pec
SIA
Florida
War Department
Department
Nathan Friedman
New York
Chapman Field
Miami
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