Ohio State urged to cleanse faculty after raid and party reports
Governor Donahey orders a university housecleaning at Ohio State University after Prohibition agents raid the home of Dabney Horton and arrest him on liquor charges. The order directs dismissal of Horton and investigation of drinking parties at fraternities and dances, with possible Communist ties among faculty cited.
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Prof. Horton
Associated Press
Columbus
Vic Donahey
Board of Trustees
Ohio State University
University
State Prohibition Department
Dabney Horton
Horton
Overnor Donahey
Propst
Board of Directors
Justice of the Peace
Prohibition
Pfropst
Prohibition Department
Crabbe
McDonald
Mr. Horton
America
France
Europe
Man Hangs Self After Checkers Loss to Wife
William Kahler of Homestead took his life after losing repeatedly to his wife in a two hour checkers game. Neighbors found Kahler in the bathroom after he locked the door following his final defeat.
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Pittsburgh
William Kahler
Homestead
Kahler
Berlin soprano Zinaida Jurevskaya ends her life in Andermatt
Berlin soprano Zinaida Jurevskaya disappeared after a staged tragedy claim. Swiss German police confirm suicide by wrist slashing and fall into a mountain torrent near Andermatt. Her husband aided the search. blood traces and a razor were found. death deemed self-inflicted.
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Samuel Spewack
New York World News Service
Berlin
Zinaida Jurevskaya
Mme. Jurevskaya
Andermart
Thas
Esthenia
State Opera
Switzerland
Delia Rhinehart
Andermatt
von Schilling
State Opera Tonight
N.Y
Three B&O workers tied to parcel post theft arrested
One Newark express messenger killed himself after questioning. Two other Newark messengers Charles W Hare and Walter H Druman and James C Stillion, a Newark brakeman, were arrested for theft of parcel post mail. Inspector Birdseye led investigations from Cincinnati with multiple inspectors.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Newark
Cincinnati
George F. H. Birdseye
Charles A. Wintermute
Charles W. Hare
Walter H. Druman
Baltimore & Ohio
Wheeling
Columbus
Sandusky
Chicago
James C. Stillion
Birdseye
J. W. Thompson
David Lyons
Guy E. Newton
Sherman R. Ketchner
Delaware
Lee McCune
Bowling Green
Thompson
McCune
Oscar Bouslin
B. & O. Express Messenger
Bouslin
United Tes
Federal
Atlanta
Plucky Hoffman School pupil suspended for moonshine tale
A 16 year old pupil at Hoffman School was suspended after being found intoxicated in class. The boy, top of his class, obtained moonshine via a florist and a marked bill. Ray Hodges, 24, is charged with supplying the liquor and faces Juvenile Court action.
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D. L. Runyan
Hoffman School
Ray Hodges
Washington Terrace
Eyrich
Hodges
Adolph Mezger
George Lutz
William Webbe
Ashland Avenue
Liability Insurance Cut by Three Percent Nationwide
The National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters said public liability insurance premiums will drop about 3 percent across the United States in 1926. The reduction reflects careful private car ownership and will take effect mid January after review of 1921 to 1924 policy years. The current rates for commercial and public autos remain unchanged.
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Associated Press
New York
United States
National Bureau of Casualty and Surety
Jesse S. Phillips
New York State
Bureau
Committee to Review Langley’s Credentials
The House named a select committee to investigate the credentials of Representative Langley of Kentucky who has been convicted of violating prohibition laws. Langley was reelected this year while the case was pending and an appeal is before the Supreme Court. Representative Burton presented the resolution creating the committee and urged inquiry into election returns and qualifications.
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Washington
House
Langley Ep
Langley
Burton
Rep
Supreme Court
Relighting Old Romance Ends in Poison Plot in Jersey City
In Jersey City, Ernest Herman, 33, a real estate salesman, and Mrs. Jennie Hartmann, 28, were arrested on charges of conspiracy to murder Otto Hartmann after Hartmann fell ill from poisoned chocolate candy mailed anonymously. Investigators tied the wrapper stamp and a matching typewriter to Herman at Abraham & Co.
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New York World News Service
Jersey City
N.J
Germany
Ernest Herman
Abraham & Co
Otto Hartmann
Herman
Jennie Hartmann
Otto
Hartmann
Winfield Avenue
America
Maine fiddler joins Ford at Dearborn for dance revival
Melie Dunham of Norway Maine arrived to perform for Henry Ford in Dearborn Michigan. He is the thirty ninth fiddler brought to the Ford organization in recent months but Ford officials say nothing unusual will happen. They note Ford has long supported the revival of old dances and has hosted fiddlers from various regions since Jep Bisbee first sparked the interest.
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Detroit
Melie Dunham
Norway
Henry Ford
Maine
Dearborn
Ford Organization
Mellie
Ford
Dearborn Country Club
Fiddler
Boston
Portland
Dunhams
Jep Bisbee
Michigan
Theater Owner Warns Patrons On Weak Film
Shenandoah Iowa theater owner C A Latta posted notices and ran newspaper ads warning customers about a moving picture titled Story of the Sea. He said the film was weak with poor storm scenes and did not meet expectations set by a best selling novel and producer reputation. He offered apologies to theatergoers who had already seen it and advised future patrons accordingly.
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Associated Press
Shenandoah
C. A. Latta
National crusade against signing athletes for film roles begins
In Columbus on December 9 a campaign led by R F Woodhull of Dover New Jersey president of the Motion Picture Owners of America prompts Ohio members to adopt a resolution opposing the casting of athletes in dramatic parts.
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Associated Press
Columbus
R. F. Woodhull
Dover
N. J
Motion Picture Owners of America
Ohio
Association
Ulster Approves Irish Boundary Pact in Lecture of Hope
The Ulster Parliament approved the Irish Boundary agreement today. Sir James Craig expressed optimism that a new era had begun for Ulster and the Free State and for Irish affairs worldwide.
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Belfast
Ireland
Ulster Parliament
James Craig
Ulster
Free State
W T Irwin Ies Retired Broker And Clubman Dies
William Taylor Irwin aged 64 a Cincinnati broker and clubman died at his sister Mrs Hobart’s home after a long illness. He retired from Irwin Ballmann Co about five years ago and split time between Cincinnati and the West. Survived by siblings and a daughter. Funeral planned for Friday.
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William Taylor Irwin
Irwin-Ballmann Company
Walnut Street
Lowell
Hobart
Brookne Avenue
Irwin
Queen City Club
Business Men’s Club
Pillars Club
Cincinnati
Ballmann
Francis G. Baldwin
Milford
E. A. Irwin
Walnut Hills
James P. Irwin
The
Philippines
Walter F. Yates
Los Angeles
Cal
Thompson Heads Farm Bureau Victory on Eighth Ballot
On December 9 the American Farm Bureau Federation elected S. H. Thompson of Quincy Illinois President on the eighth ballot. He defeated O E Bradfute of Xenia Ohio and E A O Neal of Montgomery Alabama, in a win for advocates of a federal export corporation.
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Chicago
S. H. Thompson
Quincy
Ill
American Farm Bureau Federation
O. E. Bradfute
Xenia
E. A. O'Neal
Montgomery
Ala
Plane to hunt drifting ship with 17 on board
An air plane piloted by John Green of St. Petersburg will depart early tomorrow to search for the barge Al-tamaha with seventeen or more men aboard. The vessel has drifted aimlessly in the Gulf of Mexico since last Friday night, according to officials.
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Tampa
Fla
John Green
St. Petersburg
Altamaha
Gulf of Mexico
Four Texas convicts escape from prison farm near Houston
Three of four TM convicts escaped from the Blue Ridge State Prison Farm near Houston this afternoon. Bloodhounds were brought in for an all night search after they overpowered a guard and used a pistol and a farm administrator’s car to flee into the woods nearby.
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Texas
Associated Press
Houston
Tex
Blue Ridge State Prison
Rozell
Banker Gets Hard Labor For Embezzlement and Forgery
Beaver Pennsylvania December 9 Alvin C Osborne former Secretary and Vice President of Woodlawn Trust Company pleaded guilty to forty counts including false entry embezzlement forgery and perjury. Judge Frank Reader sentenced him to fifteen to thirty years at hard labor in the Western Penitentiary after State Bank Examiners found a $232000 shortage on his accounts following his arrest November 19.
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Beaver
Alvin C. Osborne
Woodlawn Trust Company
Oday
Frank Reader
Western Penitentiary
Osborn
Red Grange's weary visit ends with Bears loss in Boston
Red Grange arrived in Boston tired and hungry, then played a lackluster game for the Chicago Bears at Braves Field, as Providence Steam Rollers defeated them 9 to 6. He admitted fatigue and a wish to be paid for playing, saying football is not enjoyable enough to play for nothing.
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New York World News
Boston
Red” Grange
Braves Field
Pittsburgh
Grange
Providence Steam Rollers
Chicago Bears
Red
Brunswick
George Owen
Owen
Back Bay
Carrol Swan
Cross Cup Pishon Post
American Legion
Boston Street
Swan
Fuller
Necklace Lost at Vanderbilt Home Worth Ten Thousand
New York police investigate the disappearance of a $10,000 pearl necklace owned by Mrs. Charles William Clark, ex-senator’s ex-wife. The piece, containing seventy five pearls, vanished during a party at Mrs. W K Vanderbilt Jr. home on November 21, with both women declining to comment on the loss.
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New York
Charles William Clark
United States
W. K. Vanderbilt, Jr
Amelia Bingham
Riverside Drive
Gene Lancaster
Miss Bingham
Charles Frohman
England
Switchmen Seek 7 Percent Pay Rise Nationwide
General chairmen of the Switchmen's Union of North America voted to demand a 7 percent wage increase, higher pay for night shifts, and uniform rules to protect seniority. The union represents about 19,000 workers and the total yearly increase would likely exceed $2,000,000.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Ferguson invitation mishap highlights Texas Governor dynamic
An UT Texas cornerstone ceremony drew a special invitation for Governor Ferguson via Jim Ferguson. She did not attend, claiming she was unaware of the event and that Jim never informed her, illustrating the strain of the governor's wife being seen as the real executive.
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New York World News Service
Austin
Tex
Ferguson
Texas
Governor Ferguson
Jim Ferguson
University of Texas
Jim
Theft is Bared Day After Death in Ohio Bank Scandal
In Franklin County Common Pleas Court Westerville Ohio a bank cashier Clifford L Brundage embezzled 31357 over five years disclosure follows his death December 1 and bank officials cover the loss from private funds to keep the First National Bank open. An injunction restrains Brundages widow Gertrude from disposing of property valued above 25000 as directors seek recovery.
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Westerville, O
Franklin County
Scarlett
Gertrude Brundage
Clifford L.brundage
First National Bank
Brundage
National Bank
J. W. Markley
Markley
Westerville
Lodge
Bernstorff’s Grandson Killed in Bavarian Coasting Accident
In Berian on December 9 an eight year old grandson of Count von Bernstorff former U S ambassador was fatally struck by an automobile while coasting downhill in the Bavarian Hands. He was the son of Prince and Princess Loewenstein Rosenberg. The Princess is Count von Bernstorff’s daughter.
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Samuel Spewack
New York World News Service
Berian
von Bernstorff
United States
Prince
Princess _Loewenstein-Rosenberg
Count von Bernstorff
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y
Auto kills two women on Lincoln Highway east of town
Mrs. Margaret Aten, 82, and her daughter Myrtle, 46, were killed when they stepped from their auto into the path of another car four miles east of Upper Sandusky on the Lincoln Highway tonight.
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Associated Press
Upper Sandusky
Margaret Aten
Myrtle
Lincoln Highway
Here
Surplus for 1926 Expected Large and Proposals for Veterans Bureau
The 1926 surplus is projected at 262 million 041 thousand 756 dollars with further increases sought for the Veterans Bureau and the Post Office Department in appropriations before Congress.
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Veterans’ Bureau
Postoffice Department
Congress
Budget outlines 1927 expenditures and tax cut plea
President Coolidge submitted the 1927 budget estimating total government outlays at 3.896 billion with a projected surplus of 330 million. Increases favor the Post Office and Veterans Bureau, while he urged further tax reductions to stimulate business and keep air service industry alive for national emergency needs.
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Washington
Congress
Coolidge
Post Office Department
Veterans’ Bureau
Postal Service
House Ways and Means
House
Senate
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