Mystery Letter Sparks Ohio State Communist Inquiry
Ohio State University faces a campus led probe into alleged Communist beliefs among faculty. A surprise letter from Acting President Rightmire to Governor Donahey informs trustees views while secrecy and a mysterious messenger heighten tension. Students pledge aid to ensure simple justice as Boost Ohio denounces publicity. Senator Hopley signals no new inquiry.
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Donahey
Dabney Horton
Rightmire
J. A. Meekstroth
Meckstroth
Boost Ohio
James R. Hopley
Bucyrus
Hopley
Anti detection liquor ring ends in 3 arrests
Three men alleged to have run a national mail order rum ring while free on bail faced new conspiracy charges to violate the prohibition law. A circular letter detailing a system designed to dodge government detection led to the arrests of Charles P. Sakin Louis P. Shayne and Albert H. Shayne.
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New York, Jan
Charles P. Sakin
Louis P. Shayne
Albert H. Shayne
Lost and Found notices in Commercial Tribune Classifieds
Readers are directed to today’s Lost and Found column for items including a silver wrist watch monogrammed M. 5 , a fraternity pin for Don Morris, a black and white PUP-Letter, a KEY on a ring, a gold pocketbook with glasses, an AVELING BAG, and a brown dog license No 2 097. Betty Bell offers help writing ads.
Man's shopping sprees lead to divorce in Camden
A New Jersey divorce was granted to Mrs. Frank T. Mullings after she testified her husband squandered his weekly seven dollars on five and ten cent store binges. He would not leave a store until his money ran out, citing his spending habit as sufficient grounds for dissolution.
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Camden
N. J
Frank T. Mullings
City appoints Higgins as new City Treasurer
Colonel Sherrill announced the appointment of William J. Higgins an undertaker of Price Hill to be City Treasurer starting January 15. Higgins succeeds Alexander Patterson a Republican captain who served eight years. Patterson will stay to advise during a one week transition before Higgins takes the helm.
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Sherrill
William J. Higgins
Winfield Avenue
Price Hill
Higgins
Internal Revenue Department
United States
Alexander Patterson
Patterson
Galvin
Carrel
Jacob Klein
Christian Vosler
Frank Spelman
Simon Steinberg
Harry Friason
Fred Hartman
Emmet Leonard
Klein
Vosler
Five to Be Called in Senate Inquiry
Senate Judiciary Committee decides to summon Attor ney General Sargent and Assistant Donovan along with Vernon W. Van Freet and Otis B. Johnson and Millard F. Hudson of the FTC. The investigation probes failure to pursue contempt against Aluminum Company of America and FTC testimony withheld from files.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Aluminum Company of America
Senate Judiciary Committee
Walsh
Penn
Mont
Mellon
Cumming
Sargent
William J. Donovan
Vernon W. van Freet
Otis B. Johnson
Millard F. Hudson
The
Trade Commission
Justice Department
Department
Aluminum
Harlan F. Stone
Stone
Fundamentalists organize to ban Darwin teachings in schools
Jackson Mississippi and Lexington Kentucky report presents a split in public schools debate. In Mississippi lawmakers discuss a Robinson bill to bar teaching evolution in public institutions while Fundamentalists form a national association near Asbury College to oppose Darwinism. Officers include J H C Morrison president and T L Moore treasurer.
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Kentucky
Mississippi Assembly
New York World News Service
Jackson
Miss
Thomas L. Bailey
Mississippi
Robinson
House Committee On Education
Department of Education
New York World News
Lexington
Wilmore
Asbury College
Fundamentalists’ Association
Middle West
South
J. H. C. Morrison
Andrew Johnson
O. P. Seevers
L. L. Pickett
E. P. Carns
W. EK. Harrison
T. L. Moore
Mr. Pickett
American Party
Cave With Pottery 4000 Years Old Uncovered in Greece
American Cincinnati backed expedition at Nemea uncovers a 4000 year old Neolithic cave and a large altar before the temple of Zeus. Also found are the stadium course and votive offerings as the team continues work in Greece with ongoing digs at Corinth and Athens.
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Cincinnati
Greece
Washington
Jan
Nemea
Peloponnesus
B.C
American School of Classical Studies
Athens
Arcadia
Zeus
Olympia
Edward Capps
Princeton
Corinth
Willam T. Semple
City
Charles P. Taft
University of Cincinnati
William Cooper Procter
Mary Emery
Herbert G. French
L. A. Ault
George H. Warrington
E. W. Edwards
George W. Armstrong, Jr
Arthur Morgan
Evelyn Bennett Reweds Former Husband in Tennessee
Evelyn Farriss Bennett, former Folies star, remarried Raymond O. Bennett Jr. in Chattanooga at her sister-in-law’s home after a Tampa divorce. The ceremony by Squire Camp drew Bennett’s praise for her husband, who she says has been unfairly treated but remains loyal to him.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Evelyn Farriss Bennett
Follies
J. L. Billingsley
Raymond O. Bennett, Jr
Tampa
Fla
Squire Camp
Bennett
Ex Kaiser Attacks Jehovah Belief in New Book
Wilhelm, former Kaiser, writes in The Opposition of the Germanic Movement to Judaism and Christianity that Germans should break from Jehovah the Jewish God. He claims Christ originated in Persia and that Zarathustra monotheism predates Judaism. He calls for moving away from Judaism with its Jehovah.
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Ex-Kaiser
NEW Book
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Berlin
Kaiser
Wilhelm
Isaiah
Persia
African Giants Challenge Olympic Records in Central Africa
London Jan. 71 A report by William J. Room F R G 8 says a tribe of gigantic Africans ruled by a seven foot king in Central Africa may threaten American Olympic marks. He shows a Ruanda champion clearing six feet six inches, while Harold M. Osborne holds the world record at six feet eight and five six teenths inches.
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John I
Balderston
New York World News Service
London
Africa
William J. W. Room
Room
Harold M. Osborne
Illinoig
Tenant killed by gas fatality prompts agent held
A coroner's jury returned a finding that Mrs. Josephine Johnson died from defective gas appliances at an apartment house. They blamed improper supervision by the rental agent Ernest Braswell and referred the matter for action by the land jury in Washington.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Ernest Braswell
Josephine Johnson
Dramatists Form Protective Body Against Film Rights
More than 100 New York playwrights formed the Dramatists Shop to compel movie producers to deal directly for stage rights and to reserve all but legitimate stage rights. George Middleton chairs the contract committee with Eugene O’Neill Rachel Crothers George Kaufman and other noted writers. The group known as the Association of Dramatists seeks safeguards for managers while opposing efforts by William Fox to corner the play market.
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New York
George Middleton
Eugene O’neill
Rachel Crothers
George Kaufman
Dramatists’ Guild of the Authors’ Association of America, Inc
The
Association of Dramatists
William Fox
Edgar Selwyn Marries Ruth Wilcox Actress in New York
Theatrical producer and playwright Edgar Selwyn wed Ruth V. Wilcox, former George White's Scandals Company member, at New York Municipal Building. Witnesses included Jesse L. Lasky, Mrs. Lasky, and Robert Loraine. Pansy Wilcox attended. Both spouses have previous marriages. Selwyn is 49, Wilcox 24.
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Associated Press
New York
Edgar Selwyn
Ruth V. Wilcox
George White
Scandals Company
Cruise
Jesse L. Lasky
Bouquet Reminds Dawes of His Wife's Birthday
Vice President Dawes spoke at a Hamline Methodist church dedicatory banquet in Washington. After his remarks, he received a bouquet for Mrs. Dawes. He smiled and said she will appreciate the flowers as today is her birthday and he had forgotten it.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dawes
Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church
Plan to unite theaters under Publix Pictures firms
New York World news service reports a proposed consolidation of U.S. theaters into a single 1,000,000,000 holding. Publix Theaters would own and run 700 first run houses, with stock sold to the public. Bankers fear FTC action and potential price fixing amid the move.
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New York World News Service
New York
Aleph Zukor
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Publix Theaters Corporation
Zukor
Samuel Katz
Balaban & Katz
Middle West
Katz
Publix Theaters Company
United States
Publix Pictures Corporation
Federal Trade Commission
Famous Players-Lasky
First National Pictures
Loew-Metro-Goldwyn
Abandons Dual Title Becomes U S Citizen
Alfred de Niezychowski, once Count Alfred Niezychowski, renounces dual German Polish allegiance in the District of Columbia Supreme Court and is granted final U S citizenship papers becoming plain American. He arrived in 1915 aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm, was interned at Fort McPherson, released 1919, and continues in the shipping business in Washington.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Alfredge Niezychowski
Germany
Poland
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Alfred de Niezychowski
Fort McPherson
Diamonds Worth 35000 Taken in Two New York Holdups
Gunmen robbed two jewelers in New York in two separate hold ups. John Cohen and his salesman were abducted in the Bronx as would be robbers seized 715,000 in unset diamonds. In Manhattan Abraham Bellman was robbed of 20000 in uncut diamonds after a masked pair drugged him. The robbers fled, their car was later found abandoned.
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Associated Press
New York
John Cohen
Bronx
Cohen
Manhattan
Abraham Bellman
Canal Street
Béllman
Tampa in Smallpox Grip
Tampa, Fla. January 7. City Health Officer Dr. E C Levy said the smallpox situation bordered on an epidemic. He planned to use printed circulars distributed to schoolchildren to bolster publicity and curb spread, calling publicity his greatest weapon.
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Tampa
Fla
E. Cc. Levy
Consuelo Vanderbilt Marries Earl E. Smith in Luxe Fifth Avenue Ceremony
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt wed Earl E. Smith at her mother's Fifth Avenue home in medieval pageantry. About 200 finance and society figures attended as diplomats and social leaders watched from the street. The ceremony was conducted by Rev. Thomas Murphy with Paulist choristers, and a reception followed in the drawing room.
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Consuelo Vanderbilt
The
Associated Press
New York
Earl E. T. Smith
Fifth Avenue
Sydney J. Smith
C. Whitney Carpenter
Vanderbilt
Cowen
William K. Vanderbilt II
Frederick Church, Jr
Muriel Vanderbilt
Sydney A. Smith
Thomas. Murphy
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
William, Iranfter
Ellin Mackay
Irving Berlin
Berlins
Atlantic City
Mrs. Berlin
Miss Vanderbilt
Clarence H. Mackay
W. K. Vanderbilt II
Berlin
Mr. Mackay
Railroads and Unions Reach Accord on Labor Dispute Plan
Washington dispatch reports a negotiated plan to replace the Railroad Labor Board with new dispute mechanisms. The agreement aims to require parties to seek conferences, establish adjustment and mediation boards, and authorize arbitration and Presidential boards to avert interstate commerce disruption.
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Coolidge
Board of Mediation
Senate
Boards of Arbitration
Board of Meditation
Aged brothers tortured by bandits at Scandia farm
In Belleville Kansas two wealthy aged bachelors near Scandia were tortured in their farm house by masked robbers. One brother Oscar Lundquist fled to a neighbor with a broken collar bone and burns, while Edward lay unconscious. The brothers said the bandits heated tongs and pressed them to their feet to obtain hidden money. No suspects or amount taken yet.
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Belleville
Kan
Scandia
Oscar Lundquist
Edward
Earthquake Shocks Felt on Calabran Peninsula
Earthquake shocks were felt this morning in the Calabran Peninsula. Seismologists link the tremors to Mt Vesusvius activity. In Naples the eruptive cone’s rumbling diminished. a lava stream about ten feet wide continued. Tourist parties were allowed excursions again.
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Associated Press
Reggio
Calabria
Italy
Calabran Peninsula
Naples
Mt. Vesusvius
Five Injured as Shell Explodes Aboard Oklahoma
Five sailors hurt when a defective three inch anti aircraft shell exploded during practice off Catalina Island aboard the battleship Oklahoma. Frank P. Rhan of Chicago suffered a deep facial wound and possible loss of sight in his left eye. he was flown to Naval Hospital San Diego. Others injured include Howard R. Flinker of Brooklyn with a cut foot and burns, Robert Reiss of Milwaukee with a cut hand and burns, Charles C. Wooton of Texas with a leg cut, and Raymond E. Oglesbee of Oregon with a minor foot cut and burns.
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San Pedro
Cal
Oklahoma
Catalina Island
Frank P. Rhan
Champlain Avenue
Chicago
Naval Hospital
San Diego
Howard R. Flinker
de Kalb Avenue
Brooklyn
N. Y
Robert Reiss
Thirty-sixth Street
Milwaukee
Wis
Charles C. Wooton
Lawrence
Tex
Raymond E. Oglesbee
Suver
Ore
Hydro plane tragedy linked to Atlantic City search
The hydro plane picked up off Atlantic City and taken to Brooklyn by the Lloyd Brazilian steamer Algarete is believed by the U S Coast Guard at Atlantic City to be the craft sought since Sunday after an anonymous tip. Coast guards also believe two airmen died when the hydroplane crashed. The damaged plane was found thirty miles south of Barnegat Light by the Alegrete crew.
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New York World News Service
New York
Atlantic City
Brooklyn
United States Coast Guard
Barnegat
Alcohol Death Toll Rising in New York State
Albany reports show deaths from alcoholism and heart disease climbed in November 1925 according to a health department statement by Dr. Matthias Nicholl Jr. The bulletin uses statewide reports to note the rising trend across New York.
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New York State
New York World News Service
Albany
N. Y
Matthias Nicholl, Jr
State Department of Health
Honor for Erickson Recognition by Congress
A memorial from the Scandinavian Fraternity of America at Detroit requests congressional recognition of Leif Erickson as the discoverer of America in the year 1000 A.D. The memorial was presented to the Senate today by Senator Wadsworth of New York.
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Erickson
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
A. D
Leif Erickson
Personal Detective Inquires At Hospital
Chicago January 7 A private detective visited Evelyn Nesbit at the hospital after she swallowed poison. Her ex husband Charles Wharton who once served in Congress and is now an attorney said he had a message from Harry K Thaw to be in Chicago next week. The inquiry drew speculation as detective W C Dannenberg reported to obtain a report on her condition. Nesbit rallied today and is improving.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Charles
Wharton
Harry’ K. Thaw
Evelyn Nesbit
W. C. Dannenberg
Thaw
Miss Nesbit
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw Improves After Poison Episode
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw recovered further after a Tuesday poisoning attempt and could be moved to another hospital for convalescence. Reports said her ex husband Harry K. Thaw might arrive in Chicago next week for business talks amid reconciliation rumors. doctors expect her to be well within a week.
Thaw’s Former Wife and Son Featured With Latest Photographs
The notice indicates that updated photographs of Thaw, his former wife, and her son are available on Page 2 of the newspaper. It highlights a visual feature accompanying ongoing coverage of the case.
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Thaw
Judge Silbert blasts illegal raids amid liquor letter threat
Cleveland on January 7 reports Common Pleas Judge Samuel H. Silbert denouncing anonymous raid tips as unconstitutional. The warning connects to threats targeting his home and similar letters sent to Judge Westenhaver and State Senator Bender. Dry agents investigated the Sanctioned letters and identified the Silbert residence as a raid target.
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Cleveland
Common Pleas
Samuel H. Silbert
Silbert
Westenhaver
Bender
Justice of Peace Vocke
Brooklyn Heights
United States
Bernsteen
Siegfried
Silvert
Wilcox
Justice Vocke
Three Affidavits File to Block Judge Anderson Confirmation
Three affidavits allege issues related to prohibition enforcement to oppose the confirmation of Harry B. Anderson as Federal Judge for Western Tennessee. One cites a Memphis bootlegger saying the appointment cost him 10 000, another accuses leniency, and a third claims the judge had a drink since his elevation by President Coolidge last summer.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Harry B. Anderson
Tennessee
R. B. Thompson
Memphis
Nelo Grandi
Anderson
Grandi
Western
Tennessee District Court
E. J. Heidel
M. C. Grantham
President Coolidge
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Columbus, O
Ohio State University
Don Morris
Commercial Tribune
Betty Bell
Price Hill Undertaker
Federal Trade Body
Evelyn Farriss
Bouquet
HLM
Balaban and
Combine
U. S
Evelyn
Railroad Labor Board
James E. Watson
Rep
Ind
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
W.W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania System
Mr. Coolidge
Donald R. Richberg
W. D. Doak
Brotherhood of Railroad Firemen
D. B. Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Bert M. Jewell
Alfred P. Thom
Association of Railroad Executives
Richberg
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry K. Thaw
Tennessee U. S
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