Seven Drown in Fog as Mississippi Boats Collide
In Norco Louisiana seven people drown when the steamer City of Pittsburgh towing ten barges hits a ferry during dense fog on the Mississippi River. Names include Walter Stde 13 Walter Bergeron 12 Anatol Nicholas 45 Irvin Landeche 21 Ed Johnson 38 Tim Tomba 18. Only two ferry passengers escape. Captain L Brazier of the City of Pittsburgh is jailed on manslaughter charges.
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New Orleans
Norco
Mississippi River
Pittsburgh
Stde
Walter
Bergeron
Nicholas
Anatol
Farmer
Taft
Nicholas, Murphy
Anatol Nicholas
Landeche
Irvin
Emile Landeche
Johnson
Negro
Hanville
Tomba
Tim
Clifford Boudreau
Albert Stde
Arthur Stde
Leon C. Vial
St. Charles Parish
L. Brazier
City of
Auto Industry May Build Up General Boom
New York motor show stimulates advertising and stock market signals hinting at a turning point. Editor argues persistent price rises reflect an impending end to the era of continuous growth.
Market outlook hints at easing boom and cautious banking
The article notes rising bank debt from margin loans and urges caution as the stock market shows two sided behavior. It cites Mitchell of National City Bank and Wiggin of Chase as recommending removing bank shares from speculation. It mentions Ford auto orders questioned, rising unfilled orders for United States Steel, and mixed signals in construction, textiles, and cotton markets, with a large corn crop forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce and Finance
New York
England
Lewis Carroll
Mitchell
National City Bank of New York
Wiggin
Chase W National Bank
New York Stock Exchanger
Financial Institute
United States
Ford
United States Steel Corporation
Pearsiding
Fr. W. Dodge Company
Treets
Association of Cottontile Merchants of
Oil Giants Wage Bitter Global Battle for Market Control
The New York World News Service reports an open conflict between Standard Oil and Royal Dutch Shell led by Sir Henri Deterding. The cross‑border clash pits U S and British producers against Shell interests with vast assets and hundreds of subsidiaries. The dispute escalates as publicity campaigns surface in newspapers worldwide.
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Standard of
New York
Royal Dutch Shell
India
New York World News Service
Standard Oil Company of
Henri W. A. Deterding
Royal Dutch Shell Company
Royal Dutch
Shell
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Standard Oil of
Detercing
Multiple auto accidents leave several injured in city
A man 34 died at General Hospital after falling from a roadster on Fifth Street. Several others were injured when cars collided or struck pedestrians near Vine and Thill streets and Second Street at Race. In Columbus, one person died and three were injured in an auto crash near the city.
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William Thiel
Reading Road
General Hospital
Fifth Street
Eggleston Avenue
Thiel
Anna Thiel
Hamilton County
Robert Nicholas
Flint Street
Race
John Ashroy
Cutter Street
William Turner
West Eighth Street
Henry Bynum
West Seventh Street
Carrie. L. Edwards
Vine Street
Frank P. Eppens
West Corry Street
Vine and
Thill Streets
Eppens
Ammon Kibler
Thirtieth Street
Clarence Gfroerer
Valencia Street
Matilda Geisler
Woodburn Avenue
Norwood
Ora Connelly
Woodburn and
Fairfax Avenues
Bethesda Hospital
Columbus
Here
Margaret R. Keller
Joseph Myers
Myers
Dwight Hilty
Metta Bauermeister
Opening of Cincinnati Auto Show Delights a Packed Hall
Promptly at noon yesterday the greater Music Hall hosted Cincinnati's auto show as crowds surged through three expansive halls. Exhibitors reported more sales prospects than last year, despite dusty floors and constant movement, while decorators showcased rare model variety and premium lighting. The enthusiastic public praised the displays though dust settled on many cars.
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Cincinnati
Packard
Judge Taft Urges Judge Control of Jury Trial in Boston Speech
Cincinnati prosecutor Charles P Taft II told a Boston audience that justice requires a judge to control the jury trial and advise on the facts. He argued juries should not rule before judges and cited the Remus case in urging reform of criminal procedure.
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Boston
the Commercial Tribune
Charles P. Taft II
Cincinnati
Ford Hall Forum
Taft
Remus
Ohio
Two Girls Drown as Car Drops Through Ice
A sedan carrying Clyde Belcher, his two nieces Mabel Kelly and another child, and friends Mabel and Elaine Rosen drove onto Cheshire reservoir ice for a Sunday drive. The ice broke near the east end, sending the car into the water and drowning Mabel Kelly and Gabrielle Rosen. Elaine Rosen survived, and Margaret Kelly escaped with minor injuries.
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New York World News Service
Clyde Belcher
Mabel Kelly
Gabrielle Rosen
Belcher
Margaret
Henry Kelly
Cheshire
Elaine Rosen
Kelly Girls
Cubans Welcome Coolidge on Havana Landing to Open Pan American Congress
Clergy and officials celebrate a grand reception for President Coolidge in Havana as Pan American Congress opens. Elsewhere in Westerville Ohio debates mark eight years of prohibition. Dr. Cherrington presses education to sustain the Volstead Act and anti alcohol movements.
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Coolidge
Havana
Westerville
United States
Ernest H. Cherrington
World League Against Alcoholism
Howard Hyde Russel
Antisaloon League
Cherrington
Offgrave
Drunken Woman's Arrival Ends in Tragedy at Covington Flat
Robert McClure 40, a laborer and neighbor to the woman, was shot to death by John Bunch 48 during an argument after allowing the intoxicated woman known as Ellanore McCullough to stay at his Covington flat with his 12 year old son. Police report Bunch held without bond on murder charge after ensuring the women and man were questioned.
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Bunch
Ellanore McCullough
Taylor
Cincinnati
Covington
McClure
Jack Coach
Ironton
O. McClure
McCullough
Webb Parker
Any One With $9 Can Start Up
James S. Collins reports from New York on bootleggers exploiting Prohibition eight years in. A bartender boasts that any man with nine dollars and sixty cents worth of juniper essence can set up a bar, while officials lament lax enforcement and rising competition.
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Blind Tiger
New York
Marjorie Rambeau
Andrew J. Volstead
Gene Tunney
James E. Pepper
red-Msea
Gus
Alderman
Tom
Harry
Medill High Senior Prom Raided by Prohibition Agents
In Chicago on January 15 a raid by prohibition agents shut the Bagdad Café on Cottage Grove avenue after a mother requested action. About 500 people were inside as thirty liquor bottles were seized and fifty of the 100 couples were found intoxicated. No arrests were reported. The confiscated liquor will be used in injunction proceedings to close the venue.
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New York World News Service
Chicago
Bagdad
Cottage Grove Avenue
Sixty-fourth Street
Medill High School
Coolidge in Havana in grand Pan American welcome
President Coolidge arrives in Havana aboard the Texas amid a massive Cuban welcome led by President Gerardo Machado. Warships, cannons, and planes salute as Coolidge reviews crowds and travels to the Presidential Palace with top Cuban officials. The scene recalls Wilson's Paris entry in 1919.
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Havana
Texas
Coolidge
National Palace
Wilson
Paris
Woodrow Wilson
Uncle Sam
Memphis
Havana Harbor
Morro Castle
Morro Point
Ft. Cabanas
Machado
Cuba
President Coolidge
Port
de la Rosa
Noble B. Judah
Judah
Washington
Col
Orestas Ferrara
Ferrara
Senor Vazquez
Senate
Senora Vazquez
Cabinet
Supreme Court
United State Embassy
Judah and
Julio Morales Coello
Basco
Coello
Rasco
Kellogg
Wilbur
Judah and Ferrera
Cecilo
Rascomb
Rubens to Wed Gladys Wheaton in Broadway Circle
Miss Gladys Wheaton of Cincinnati a lead in Artists and Models plans to marry Maurice Rubens the songwriter famed for musical shows on Broadway. Wheaton studied with Madame Louise Dotti and met Rubens during rehearsals after moving to New York six months ago. Rubens wrote music for A Night in Paris A Night in Spain and Gay Paree among others.
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Gladys Wheaton
Cincinnati
Maurice Rubens
Broadway
Miss Wheaton
Madame Louise Dotti
The
College of Music
New York
Rubens
Mr. Rubens
Paris
Spain
Three Boy Scouts Drown After Ice Breaks
The bodies of John Copeland Weisner and Ross Kaufman three 12 year old Boy Scouts were recovered from Wigwam Pond in Long Island. They had been missing since Saturday and were from Queens Village.
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New York
Wigwam Pond
Long Island
John Copeland
Edward Weisner
Ross Kaufman
Queens Village
Drunk Interrupts Farewell Sermon at Newport Church
A drunk deflected Rev. W. B. Harvey’s farewell sermon at First Baptist Newport. The minister departs February 1 to lead Bersford WV. Congregation subdued the interruption as police arrived and escorted the inebriated parishioner outside.
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Mr. Harvey
W. B. Harvey
First Baptist Church
Newport
Bersford
W. Va
Harvey
Shay
Burkey and Schelle
Dinner in Honor of George D Crabbs Invites Women
The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce invites all women to attend a testimonial dinner for George D. Crabbs on Wednesday January 18. The executive committee apologizes for no individual invitations and asks interested women to call Main 6300 to reserve seats.
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George D. Crabbs
Cincinnati
The
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Crabbs
Chamber of Commerce
Main
W. C. Culkins
Dry groups' birthday appeal likened to flags on sinking ship
The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment urged that observances for the eighth anniversary of prohibition are a bad tactic. It argued the move recalls the costly failures of dry laws and could keep flags flying as the ship sinks.
Middle West to Escape Approaching Cold Wave
The Middle West will escape the cold wave sweeping from the northwest. The Federal Weather Bureau forecasts a minimum around 25 degrees tonight instead of about 10 above zero, with only near upper Lake Michigan seeing extreme cold. Temperatures will moderate after leaving the North Plains States.
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Chicago
Middle West
Federal Weather Bureau
Upper Lake Michigan
North Plains
Can of Home-Brew and Liberty Dollar Prove Downfall
Charles Sargent 40 of 2932 Gilbert avenue and Louis Norton 24 of 922 Chapel street were arrested by Detectives Gernhardt Werner Hill Bartley after a robbery at the Refiners Oil Co Station. Norton allegedly traded a Liberty dollar for meat. the dollar was reported stolen. Sargent admitted drinking. Norton charged with selling and possessing intoxicating liquor.
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Charles Sargent
Gilbert Avenue
Gernhardt and Werner
Louis Norton
Chapel Street
Hill and Bartley
Norton
Sargent
Oil Company
Ashland Avenue
Clyde E. Blair
Laos
J. T. Bennington’s Sister Dies in Norwood
Elizabeth Bennington, 50, sister of John T. Bennington head of Slimmer Commission Co, livestock dealers, died at her home 3904 Spencer Ave Norwood after a year of ill health. Survived by brother and sister Martha. She belonged to Norwood Federated Women’s Clubs and other groups. funeral set for 10:30 a.m. at the chapel, burial in Ripley, Ohio.
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Elizabeth Bennington
John T. Bennington
Slimmer Commission Company
Livingston and
John Streets
Spencer Avenue
Norwood
Martha Bennington
Norwood Federated Women's Clubs
Norwood Garden Circle
Norwood Needle Work Guild
Norwood Educational Club
Cne
Be In
Ripley, O
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N. Y. Motor Show
Theodore H. Price
U. S
Thousan
George Remus
Crusader
Platus
James S. Collins
Red-Nosed
Maine
Association Against
Walnut Hills
J. T. Bennington
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