Auto Show Opens With Record Opening Night Crowd in Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Automobile Dealers Association staged a grand opening at Music Hall drawing over 2,000 attendees for the 1926 show. Thirty-one exhibitors display more than 200 cars in a decorated setting with fountains, canopies, and colorful lighting, signaling a strong debut and optimism for the year.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Automobile Dealers’ Association
Music Hall
Jack Tarbill
Queen City
Indian Fighter to Union Fighter Death Tells Heroic Tale
John Poppe 69 retired Detective lieutenant and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient died after injuries from a 16 year old street car wreck he survived while saving passengers. Born in Cincinnati he earned his medals for Indian uprisings while serving with a company trapped by natives.
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John Poppe
Congressional Medal of Honor
Mr. Poppe
Elizabeth Guckenberger
Herman J.guckenberger
Hawke Bros.’ Company
Harrison Avenue
Cincinnati
Hamilton Avenue
Lingo
Poppe
Congress
Ganna Walska sails for Europe amid suit over $700
Mme Ganna Walska sailed from New York aboard the Paris to pursue performances in Paris while her husband Harold F. McCormick stayed behind and reportedly left for Chicago. She faced a $700 salary suit by Dimitry Onofrei for rehearsing Romeo and Juliet.
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Ganna Walska
Europe
New York World News Service
New York
Mme
Harold F. McCormick
Chicago
Paris
Mme. Walska
Dimitry Onofrei
San Carlos Opera Company
Onofrei
Mr. McCormick
Twentieth Century Limited
McCormick
French Line
Make Your Home More Attractive
Thrifty Cin cinnati housewives learn home improvement by reading Commercial Tribune Classified Ads. Today readers find value in pianos player pianos home furnishings and sewing machines. Savings enable further purchases. Read the Classified Ads for profit and convenience.
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Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune
Mussolini Challenges Debate On Matteotti Murder In Italy
Rome January 16 Premier Mussolini urged opponents to debate accusations of his complicity in the Matteotti murder in the chamber tomorrow. The incident followed return of Aventine group members amid a tense session honoring Queen Mother Margherita, as opposition deputies fled amid fascist attacks injuring Luigi Carbonari Umberto Merlin and Paolo Cappa.
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Rome
Mussolini
Matteotti
Chamber of Deputies
Aventine
Margherita
Roberto Farinacci
Fascist Party
Paolo Cappa
Popular Party
Genoa
Luigi Carbonari
Umberto Merlin
Twenty Federal Prisoners Transfer to National Reformatory
Twenty inmates from Leavenworth will ride a special car to Chillicothe Ohio to form the first group at the National Reformatory. The facility will house young first offenders and relieve overcrowded federal penitentiaries. It will exclude older, hardened prisoners and separate first offenders under thirty from others.
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Leavenworth
Kan
United States Penitentiary
Chillicothe
Ohio
National Reformatory
Reformatory
City Officials Spar Over Finance Auditor and Jail Guard Fees
City Council members square off with Alfred Deckebach the City Auditor and Richard Witt the County Sheriff on finances and jail guard charges. They plan to seek legal opinion on Auditor control by the City Manager and order a cost investigation into guarding city prisoners at the County Jail. The panel cites alleged misleading statements and high guard rates amid ongoing charter debate.
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Deckebach
Alfred Deckebach
Richard Witt
Witt
Federal
Grand Jury
Seasongood
Rose
Mr. Rose
Edward T. Dixon
Stanley Matthews
Tyler Field
Charter Committee
Fred Schneller
Martin Daly
Charles Lackmann
Republican Organization
Colonel Sherrill
John D. Ellis
Matthews
Dixon
Sherrill
Russian Crown Jewels Exhibit Draws Soviet Public
Moscow reports show 250 million dollar crown jewels now owned by the state are on display at the Soviet Trade Union House. Admission is 1 ruble general, 25 kopecks for union members. The Imperial Crown of Russia and the Orloff diamond headline a royal treasure tour.
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Moscow
Club of the Nobles
Alexandra
Orloff
Russia
Persia
Nicholas II
Czarina Alexandra
State Motion Picture Monopoly
State Trust
China
Teller Admits Short Theft From Baltimore Bank
Clarence O. Dix a 38 year old teller admitted embezzling 107550 from Robert Garrett and Sons bank and brokerage house in Baltimore. Dix confessed to officials and police claiming stock speculation and horse racing caused the loss. He offered his watch chain and bank books as proof while awaiting sentencing.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Robert Garrett & Sons
Clarence O. Dix
Teller
Dix
Burns
Death by own action shocks Canton children
In Canton Ohio two young children woke to find a man dead from a self inflicted gunshot, discovered in a room they shared. The deceased is identified as Michael Boldizar, a coal miner residing at 1223 Second street northeast.
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Associated Press
Canton
Michael Boldizar
Second Street
Three youths held in Columbus bandit probe
Three young men Ray Harmon 19 Nap Jackson 24 and Ted Russell 20 a Ohio State University student were detained in Columbus on suspicion of robbing three filling stations in the last month. Attendants were abducted and later released some distance from the stations.
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Co. S. U
Associated Press
Columbus
Ray Harmon
Nap Jackson
Ted Russell
Ohio State University
Government tests right to regulate broadcasting waves
Chicago reports Attorney General orders Zenith Radio to prosecute for using 329.5 meter wave beyond its 322.4 meter allocation. Officials say growing stations risks wave length piracy and must be controlled to prevent chaos. KOA Denver holds priority on the same band.
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Chicago
Sargent
Zenith Radio Corporation
WJAZ
Zenith
Washington
Olson
KOA
Denver
Col
Princess Helen Vlora Sails to Paris After Wedding
The former Princess Helen Kelly Vlora, newly married to Oscar M. Burke, departed on the Majestic with Burke at her side. They will spend weeks in Paris before returning to New York to reside. She says she resents giving up the title, joking that every maid’s use of "Princess" costs a dollar.
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New York
Helen Kelly Vlora
Oscar M. Burke
Majestic
Burke
Paris
Senator Norris Attacks Coolidge Over Appointees To Commissions
In Washington on January 16 the Senate debated inaction on the anthracite suspension as Senator Norris and others attacked President Coolidge. A joint resolution by Senator Copeland proposes presidential power to seize mines set mine prices wages and compensate owners. The measure was sent to the Interstate Commerce Committee amid questions on the President’s authority. Od die of the Mining Committee disclosed the panel asked for expert opinion from the Commerce Department on expanding government control for emergencies in both anthracite and soft coal sectors.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Copeland
Dem
N. Y
Interstate Commerce Committee
Oddie
Mining Committee
Commerce Department
Coal Commission
Norris
Rep
Tariff Commission
David J. Lewis
Maryland
Nebraska
Lewis
Williams
Culbertson
Romania
E. P. Costigan
Colorado
Mr. Lewis
Foster
T. Lewis
Tarriff Commission
Quits His Job as Executioner at Sing Sing
John Hulbert resigns as state executioner at Sing Sing leaving seven condemned men and Warden Lewis E. Lawes in a bind. Forty applicants rush to replace him as Hulbert’s $150 a head electrocutions end and the warden seeks an outsider or a prison staff member to take over.
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New York World News Service
Ossining
N. Y
John Hulbert
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing
Lawes
Hulbert
Davis
Corning
Auburn
Albany
Prohibition Debate Marks Sixth Anniversary In Senate
Washington January 16 The six year anniversary of the Eighteenth Amendment sparks a fierce Senate clash as supporters defend the Volstead act and opponents press for stricter enforcement while questions arise about penalties and enforcement.
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Washington
Senate
Jones
Rep
Wash
Sheppard
Dem
Tex
Prohibition
Fess
Edge
N. J
Bruce
Broussard
Ohio
Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Gary
Blease
S. C
Langley Enters Atlanta Prison As Prisoner No 21516
Former Kentucky Congressman John W Langley reports to Atlanta Federal Penitentiary serving a two year term for conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act. He arrived with U S Marshal Roy B Williams and vowed to work to clear his name while his family stays in Pikeville Kentucky.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
John W. Langley
Kentucky
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Roy B. Williams
United States
Langley
Pikeville
Congreessman
Belle of
Jail doors close again on von Brandenburg
New York, Jan. 16. Earl Victor Broughton von Brandenburg, former writer and ex-officer of the Czar, returns to jail after the Court of Appeals upholds his 1920 larceny conviction over a non existent asbestos mine hoax. He faces two and a half years. The mine swindle cost investors hundreds of thousands and he has faced other charges including kidnapping, a fake stock deal, and forgery.
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Associated Press
New York
Earl Victor Broughton von Brandenburg
Czar
Cleveland
Court of Appeals
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
von Brandenburg
James Shepherd Cabanne
St. Louis
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New York City
Parker
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Lenatas
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