Ohio's 96th General Assembly Sets Opening Day Schedule
In Columbus the 96th General Assembly is expected to begin with routine work and immediate bills. Speaker designate Harry D. Silver plans House introductions while Senate moves to organize under Democrat President pro tem Taft ally. Key issues include child labor ratification, taxation, roads, and automobile laws.
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Harry D. Silver
Preble County
House
Silver
General Assembly
Senate Wll
Thad.d. Brown
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Marshall
Ohio Supreme Court
Senate
Bloom
Charles H. Lewiss
Harpster
Robert H. Day
Supre Court
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Joseph R. Gardner
Wetang
State Building Commission
Assembly
Building Commission
Khown
Cuyahoga Reputy
Cleveland
Dynamite Fails As Fuse Burns Out At Parkersburg Reservoir
Parkersburg West Virginia guards patrolled the City Reservoir after workers found a box with fifty pounds of dynamite and a fuse behind a water works wall. Police say the fuse burned out before detonation, and Superintendent O H Devaughn warned the reservoir wall could have been wrecked and water released into a populated valley. Investigations seek to determine how the explosive arrived at the wall.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Parkersburg City
Water Works
O. HH
Devaughn
Bank Run Halted in Denison as $200000 Is Shown
A depositors run on Crawford State Bank of Denison ended in minutes when officials displayed $200000 in cash from Omaha banks on the counter. Depositors withdrew, then redeposited funds within the next quarter hour. The scare followed the closing of the First National Bank days earlier.
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Commercial Tribune
Denison
Crawford State Bank
Omaha
Crawford Bank
First National Bank
Auto thief pair captured after shotgun confrontation
A Covington man used a double barrel shotgun to stop a car theft. He identified two suspects Walter Kruse and Frank O Connor, who confessed to the thefts and were taken to the Second District station. Police detained them as investigations continued.
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Covington
Garrard Street
Billiter
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Second Street
Broadway
O'Neill
Fricker
Walter Kruse
Oliver
Street
Frank O'Connor
Los Angeles
Cal
Leslie Adams
Jack Walton
Frank Lewis
Frank
Leningrad Flood Inundates Factories Forcing Evacuations
In Leningrad eight feet above normal water flooded the outskirts destroying capacity at large plants including the Putilov Iron Works. Train service ceased as Communists mobilized to meet the emergency and residents fled to high ground seeking refuge.
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Leningrad
Russia
Putilov Iron Works
Governors Split On Child Labor Amendment Ratification
A New York World dispatch reports a nationwide governors survey on the child labor amendment. Twelve governors favor ratification while nine oppose and the rest are doubtful. Several states may send the question to a referendum, with New York and New Jersey expected to follow.
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Congress
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Georgia
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Massachusetts
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Oregon
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Nevada
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Delaware
Florida
Indianna
Texas
Idaho
Vermont
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Maryland
Kentucky
South Carolina
Colorado
Missouri
North Dakota
South Dakota
Tennessee
Pink Kimono and Love Letters Hit Divorce Trial
Fifth day of Congressman's divorce case features a pink kimono hole burned by a cigarette and Mrs. Scott’s love letters. Testimony recounts Wardman Park Hotel late hour meetings and Mr. Scott denying illegal liquor claims tied to Panama trips.
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Commercial Tribune
New York World
Alpena
Mich
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Frank Emerick
Wilbur Sumner
Jazzbo
Wardman Park
Florian Dalaw
New York City
I. S. Canfield
Ireland
Ft. Meyer
Allen Moore
Mary Roberts
Washington
Sumner
Captain Summer
Europe
Harvey Burwell
Major Burwell
Selfridge Field
Mr. Scott
Panama
Cristobel
Congressman Scott
Powder Catapult Chosen for Naval Planes Launch
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett and naval aviation experts praise the powder explosive catapult tested near Bremerton Washington. The device will replace compressed air launches on major ships due to higher speed and simpler operation, firing airplanes at about sixty miles per hour.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
William A. Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
Naval Aviation
Bremerton
Wash
Optimism For 1925 As Economy Seen Bright
Leading bankers and economists survey 1924 results and predict broad business prosperity in 1925. Observers cite conservative Washington administration, higher farm prices, and European stabilization as drivers of growth. Analysts like Bedford Aykes Fisher Kittle Hoover Edgerton foresee higher prices, rising wages, fuller employment, and stronger industrial output, though inflation risk remains.
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New York World
New York
Washington
Europe
A. C. Bedford
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Leonard P. Aykes
Cleveland Trust Company
Irving Fisher
Yale
M. Kittle
Sears- Roebuck & Co
Herbert Hoover
John E. Edgerton
National Association of Manufac
Fire kills one, 14 rescued from Schoenby Hospital blaze
A Boston fire at Schoenby Hospital on Beacon Street killed one woman and left five others severely burned or injured. Fourteen patients and a nurse were led to safety by firefighters from smoke-filled stairs. Authorities suspect a short circuit started the blaze. a grand jury will investigate the incident tomorrow.
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Boston
Schobey Hospital
Beacon Street
Dorothy Gilligan
Mary E. Thayer
Oasis
Suffolk County Grand Jury
Thomas C. O'Brien
Britain’s Debt and Gold Standard Debate Signals Policy Shift
Hirst, former London Economist editor, analyzes Britain's debt funding and the push to restore gold standard. The dispatch outlines Bank of England and Federal Reserve talks, Wall Street anticipation, and London’s views on linking debt settlement with monetary restoration.
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American Federal Reserve Bank
Britain
Wall Street
London
Secret Washington visit fuels debates on Allied debts
The London press notes Montagu Norman and Sir Alan Anderson visiting Washington to discuss Allied debt issues and possible Anglo American gold arrangements. It cites potential benefits of debt settlement, gold remobilization, and risks under a gold standard, with 1923 1984 repayment terms and Bonar Law's reluctant approval.
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Washington
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England
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Bonar Law
Transvaal
Craft on Fire Near Dynamite in East River
Three men were rescued from a burning motor boat in the East River after tying to a dredge that carries blasting explosives. Backfire from a motor sparked the fire. the Calumet coast guard cutter arrived and extinguished the flames. One crewman, Alexander McGregor, suffered minor arm burns.
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East River
New York
Coast Guard
Calumet
Alexander McGregor
Six missing after Pittsburgh area explosion and fire
Six persons are missing after a gas explosion wrecked a two story residence in Wilkinsburg, a Pittsburgh suburb. Neighbors say Frank Dasta a fruit merchant, his wife and four children were in the home and may be buried in debris as fire from the blast spreads to adjacent buildings.
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Wilkinsburg
Frank Dasta
Dasta
Colorado Prison Warden Faces Brutality and Repression Charges
A report by the Osborne committee to Governor Sweet accuses Thomas J. Tynan, warden at Canyon City State Penitentiary, of brutal discipline and favoritism. It details punishments including dark cells, bread and water, ball and chain, flogging, and widespread abuses, arguing he is unfit to supervise 900 prisoners.
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Apon City
Sweet
National Society of Penal Information
Sciety
Colorado
Thomas Mott Osbine
Society
Canyon City
Osborne
Penitentiary
Denver
Col
Tynam
Et 1
Ward Feee
George Buchanan
Civil Service Commission
Tynan
Monarchist rift widens as Cyril seen aiding Bolshevists
General Peter Polovtsoff accuses Grand Duchess Cyril of pursuing personal power at Coburg while bolstering Bolshevik support for her claim to the Russian throne. He contrasts her with Grand Duke Nicholas, praised by monarchists as a unifying, non throne-seeking figure.
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Cyril
Nicholas
Peter Polovtsoff
America
Coburg
Petrograd
Alexander Kerensky
Polovtsoff
Russia
Zita
Austria
Karl
Budapest
Grand Duke
Krigava
Europe
Graim
Moscow
Dinst Nicholae
Coolidge backs purge of federal law enforcement
President Coolidge supports a broad drive to remove United States Attorneys and assistants in states where prohibition laws are not enforced. The move targets massachusetts new jersey california and wisconsin with hearings and sustained charges guiding removals. Prohibition leaders with Anti-Saloon League and allied groups press for stricter enforcement while Attorney General Stone seeks facts over rumors.
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New York World
Washington
Coolidge
United States
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
California
Maryland
Wisconsin
Anti-Saloon League
Board of Temperance
Prohibition and Public Morals
Methodist Church
American Temperance Association
Temperance
Understan
Ralph Q. Harris
Walter D. van Riper
Anti- Saloon League
Arizona
Stone
Department of Justice
Montana
Treasury Department
Wayne B. Wheeler
Drive For
Prohibition
Jini
Congress
Harris
van Riper
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Harry M. Daugherty
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Mark Rale
T. J. Tynan
T. M. Osborne
Bolsheviki
Palovtsoff
Arno Dosch-Fleurot
M. W. Willebrandt
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