City Manager Sherrill to lead as three-in-one city official
Colonel Sherrill outlines new city manager powers including contracts oversight and safety duties. He plans mass talks with Police and Fire Departments to boost morale and stresses civilian courtesy while enforcing law. He aims closer police judge cooperation and to review legal aspects of signal tower and bond matters.
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Board of Control
Ellis
Sherrill
Police
Fire Departments
City Hall
Cincinnati
Colonel Sherrill
Alfred Deckebach
Gilbert Avenue
Eden Park
Crane to Join City Civil Service Commission
Richard T. Crane, Fenwick Club president and longtime Cincinnati civic worker, will accept Colonel Sherrill’s invitation to join the Civil Service Commission, succeeding Andrew H. Foppe whose term expired January 1. Crane, a longtime business solicitor with R. G. Dun & Company, has been active in Catholic and social services and is a Knights of Columbus member. The appointment will be certified to the City Council, with existing members John J. Weitzel, Dr. E. S. Keefer, and Secretary John A. Lentz remaining in place.
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Richard T. Crane
Fenwick Club
Commercial Square
Cincinnati
Colonel Sherrill
Civil Service Commission
Crane
Andrew H. Foppe
Order of St. Gregory
Pius XI
Moeller
Community Chest
St. Vincent de Paul Society
R. G. Dun & Company
Mercantile Agency
Knights of Columbus
Pleasant View Avenue
Evanston
Foppe
Frederick Spiegel
John J. Weitzel
E. S. Keefer
John A. Lentz
Phenol Being Eliminated From River Says Dr Monger
Dr John E Monger Ohio Health Director says phenol is rapidly removed from state water supplies and problems arise when tiny amounts contact chlorine used for disinfection The coke oven by product industry and state health department invest heavily to curb stream pollution and Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia health departments work toward eliminating the nuisance in the Ohio River watershed under a regional understanding
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Monger
Associated Press
Columbus
John E. Monger
State Department of Health
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio River
Thugs Blind Victim With Lime Then Rob Payroll
A group seized Paul Dominico in New York and blinded him with wet quicklime and mortar stuffed in his mouth. They bound his arms, seized a $4,500 payroll satchel, and fled leaving him in a closet. Dr. Casey removed the mortar and treated eye burns.
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New York World News Service
New York
Paul Dominico
Dr. Casey
Dominico
Lava Flows Continue From Mount Vesuvius
Mt Vesuvius remained active with smoke and rumbling as lava kept flowing today. Volcanologists offered cautious statements while residents of Torre Annunziata and Rosina watched the smoking cone. Normal daily life has been disrupted near the crater.
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Associated Press
Naples
Italy
Mt. Vesuvius
Torre Annunziata
Rosina
Would You Sell Your Business If You Got Your Price
Classified readers are urged to present business propositions to Betty Bell through The Commercial Tribune. Readers with purchase capital and interest can contact her to craft an attractive business opportunity ad. Call now.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Betty Bell
Cyclone Ravages Tahiti Island In Early January
A report from Papeete Tahiti dated January 3 describes a cyclone striking the island of Tahiti in the Society Islands. Many people were killed or injured and substantial material damage occurred across the French possession.
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Island
Tahiti
Paris
Papette
Pacific Islands
Society Islands
Son of Gen Lew Wallace Dies in New York Visit
Henry Lane Wallace aged 73, son of General Lew Wallace, died suddenly during a New York trip to attend the first presentation of the Ben Hur film. He reportedly received a million for movie rights to the novel. survived by son Lewis, widow had died last year, and another son Lieutenant William Wallace was killed in World War I.
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Associated Press
Crawfordsville
Ind
Henry Lane Wallace
Lew Wallace
New York
Wallace
Wabash College
Thomas R. Marshall
Lewis
William Wallace
Prohibition Officials Seek Rock Crusher for Liquor Destruction
New York January 9. The Prohibition Department was asked to obtain a rock crusher to destroy large volumes of seized liquor. Captain Frederick E. Kirby said at the third army base in Brooklyn last year he oversaw destruction of 158,086 cases and 180,594 loose bottles. A federal judge signed an order for 968,000 bottles now in Kirby’s custody.
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New York
Prohibition Department
Frederick E. Kirby
Customs Service
Third Army
Brooklyn
Death by electrocution in Ohio for 37 year old murderer
James Henry, a 37 year old Black man who killed Edna Boswell aged 14, was executed at the Ohio Penitentiary at 7 36 PM under a state law changing the ritual to a window before sunrise. He faced death calmly after a steak dinner and Bible reading, telling the chaplain he was ready to die.
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Columbus
James Henry
Edna Boswell
Ohio
Henry
Thomas
Reed
Henry Sentenced to Death in Hamilton County Murder Trial
Henry was sentenced to death on September 30 1925 by Judges F L Hoffman and R A LeBlond after a speediest murder trial on record. The defendant admitted guilt and received the ultimate penalty for the murder of a fourteen year old girl found near Addyston after a robbery and assault.
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I Henry
Henry
F. L. Hoffman
R. A. LeBlond
Common Pleas Court
Hamilton County
Debo Boswell
Addyston
Frank R. Gusweller
Joseph Derbes
Satan
Hold Net Under Wrong Window
Frank Baker a Hollywood actor dived through a smoke filled window during filming in Berkeley California. A life net was misplaced and he fell three stories suffering serious injuries. Fellow stuntman Ray Steele also fell from a building edge and struck the net breaking bones. Both actors were injured and hospitalized
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Associated Press
Berkeley
Cal
Frank Baker
Hollywood
Ray Steele
Ben Wilson
U S Protest Over Mexican Oil and Land Acts Raises Tense Ties
Ambassador Sheffield filed a formal protest with Mexico over retroactive provisions in the petroleum and anti alien land acts. Officials warn of possible risks to up to 500 million dollars in American investments as Mexican authorities temper enforcement while seeking compatibility with constitutional limits and pledges from 1923.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Mexico
Sheffield
Foreign Office
State Department
Publc
Calles
Mexican Congress
Kellogg
Mexican Supreme Court
Manuel C. Teéllez
Saenz
Jackson Would Duel Wheeler If They Met Today Says Edwards
Atlantic City January 9 United States Senator Edwards declared at the Jackson Day dinner that if Andrew Jackson were alive he would challenge Wayne Wheeler to a duel and defeat him on a field of honor He condemned tyranny bigotry and the current push for liberal policies. The remarks followed by a separate Philadelphia report that Rev Dr George W Sandt president of the Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania urged modification of the prohibition law calling the Eighteenth Amendment a cause of criminal bootleggers and demanding tougher enforcement changes.
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Jackson
Wayne Wheeler
Edwards
Associated Press
Atlantic City
N. J
Andrew Jackson
Wayne B. Wheeler
United States
New Jersey
Atlantic County
Democratic Executive Committee
Philadelphia
George W. Sandt
Lutheran Ministerium
Pennsylvania
Sandt
Lutheran
National Lutheran Church
Congress
2.75 Beer Bill Heads To Senate Hearing
Senator Edge predicts a committee hearing on 2.75 beer with Wayne B Wheeler of the Anti Saloon League given a chance to explain to a Senate Judiciary sub committee many extraordinary and startling situations. Senator Edge has a beer bill pending. Mrs Florence P Kahn of California introduces a bill to permit manufacture and sale of 2.75 per cent alcohol beverages.
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Senate
Associated Press
Washington
Edge
Rep
N. J
Wayne B. Wheeler
Anti-Saloon League
Senate Judiciary
Florence P. Kahn
California
Navy finds City of Rome rammed S-51 sinking off Block Island
The naval court of inquiry found the submarine S-51 was rammed and sunk by the steamer City of Rome near Block Island on September 25 with the loss of 33 officers and men. The report, given to the Department of Justice, cites failure to maintain lookout and delays in signaling after the collision. Captain Diehl and Third Officer Dreyer face possible criminal or civil action. engineer Lucree testifies the ship backed engines only after the crash.
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Washington
Naval Court of Inquiry
Block Island
City of Rome
Savannah
Department of Justice
Wiinur
Navy Department
Ocean Steamship Company
City of
Rome
John H. Diehl
Timothy L. Dreyer
Boston
Federal
Navy
Carroll Hanson
Dreyer
Diehl
Hanson
William Adamson
Adamson
Associated Press
F. L. Lucree
Board of
Timothy Dreyer
Boiler Blast Kills Two In Hurricane West Virginia
Two men died and a third was fatally injured with two more hurt when the boiler of a Chesapeake & Ohio freight engine exploded in Hurricane near Huntington. The engine and tender were demolished and nearby storefronts were wrecked as the blast shook the town. An investigation will follow. cause not yet determined.
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Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake & Ohio
Here
Deader
J. D. Rose
E. P. Henry
Russell
Kentucky
D. Chattin
H. B. Taylor
E. I. Ford
Berlin and Ellin Mackay Sail for Europe Amid Press Barrage
Irving Berlin and his bride Ellin Mackay, barricaded in a luxury suite on the steamship Leviathan, faced a swarm of photographers and reporters before their departure for a honeymoon abroad. Berlin refused to see anyone or accept messages until the ship sailed.
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New York
Jan
Leviathan
Irving Berlin
Ellin Mackay
Berlin
Reclamation Section Passes House With Amendments Rejected
The Interior Department appropriation bill section for reclamation received House approval today totaling about 7 million dollars for the next fiscal year. Western lawmakers proposed changes, most of which were rejected, and the section remains subject to a subsequent House vote.
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Washington
Interior Department
House
Woman and Child Among Sea Disaster Victims
A maritime disaster report describes a woman and child among those swept to sea after ships dashed on rocks and shoals. Motorists are blinded by blizzards and cars crash into obstructions.
Northeastern storm leaves fourteen dead across four states
The January storm plowed from Florida to New England, killing fourteen people in New York six in New Jersey five in Massachusetts and three in Pennsylvania and injuring at least five more. Snow totals ranged two to ten inches as high winds drove four barges ashore and caused multiple fatalities including a Sandy Hook scow incident a Staten Island car crash and a roof fall in Manhattan.
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New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Florida
New England
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Virginia
New York City
Atlantic
Sandy Hook
Coast Guard
Staten Island
Chicopee
Canisius College
Buffalo
North Chili
Rochester
Nick Russo
Hart's Island
East River
William Connors
South Street
Manhattan
Five Die When Barge Is Driven on Rocks
A barge driven onto rocks in a winter storm near Highland Beach and Spermacetti Cove results in five fatalities. Evelyn B Cahill is identified among the dead. two bodies remain unrecovered. The barge broke the tow of the tug Goliath and its crew could not aid due to high seas. The vessel belonged to the Eastern Transportation Company of Wilmington Delaware.
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Associated Press
Seabright
N. J
J. Hopper
Highland Beach
Spermacetti Cove
Butler
Evelyn B. Cahill
Goliath
Eastern Transportation Company
Wilmington
Del
New England Snowstorm Brings Severe Depths and Tragedy
A New England snowstorm drops up to 19 inches in Whitefield New Hampshire with five inches in Boston. Three deaths result in Massachusetts from vehicle and rail accidents. A Boston elevated trackman dies after being struck by a train. Drifts strand twelve autos near Woodstock and flooding and disruption spread to nearby cities including Portland Maine and Lewiston.
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New England
Associated Press
Boston
Whitefield
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Chicopee
Charleston
Woodsville
Portland
Lewiston
Residents Use Boats To Reach Churches In Flooded Thames Valley
Flooded areas in Berkshire England prompt use of punts to transport worshipers to services as the Thames valley suffers rising waters. Vicar coordinates flock as fishers hunt streets and rabbits from boats while seagulls swim over golf links and swans drift through village streets.
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Associated Press
Wargrave
Berkshir
England
Thames Valley
Chertzy
Fangbourne
Toll of Mexican Flood Reaches Hundreds Dead
Rains ceased and flood waters subsided in Nayarit Mexico with loss of life projected around 300 people and property damage estimated from 3 to 5 million pesos. Seven villages along the Santiago River were wiped out and thousands of acres flooded. Radio links between Nogales and San Blas reported no heavy damage or deaths.
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Associated Press
Nogales
Ariz
Nayarit
Mexico
Santilago River
Here
San Blas
Flood Floods Cause Large Damage Across Northwestern Europe
Floods across Northwestern Europe cause damage totaling about 1.2 billion francs with estimates from Brussels dated January 9. The report notes major losses in Belgium and neighboring regions as waters recede and assessors tally property and crop impacts.
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Anoe
Brussels
Europe
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Mount Vesuvius
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