House Approves 50000 for Geneva Disarmament Talks
In a 359 to 1 vote the House authorized 50 thousand dollars to cover expenses for American delegates to a League of Nations disarmament conference in Geneva. Only Connery of Massachusetts opposed, offering no explanation. Two amendments to outlaw a war of aggression and revise Versailles were rejected on points of order.
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Washington
House Today
League of Nations
Representative Connery
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Connery
Council of the League
Geneva
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Salt on Paris Streets Costs 12000 in Two Days
Paris spent 300000 francs for salt to melt snow on principal streets over two days. Salt melted snow, kept pavements clear and less slippery, with cost prompting discussion of switching to ashes used in the United States and Switzerland.
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Arno Dosch-Fleurot
New York World News Service
Paris
United States
Switzerland
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Monsignor O'Farrell Dies in Norfolk Virginia
The Rt. Rev. Mgr. James T. O'Farrell, vicar general of the Virginia diocese, died late today at a local hospital in Norfolk Virginia.
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O'Farrell
Norfolk, Va
Associated Press
Norfolk
James T. O'Farrell
Virginia
Catholic Church
Classified Ads Promote Property and Cars to Buyers
Getting People Interested In what you have to sell depends on letting them know you have it. Classified Ads are an excellent way of accomplishing that. Just the other day a Classified Ad helped Mr. Milton Brown 3480 Cheviot avenue sell a new modern semi bungalow. Winter or summer you can depend on our Classified Columns to carry your message to worthwhile buyers.
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Milton Brown
Cheviot Avenue
Associated Press
Boston
Char J. McIntyre
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
United States Senate
Senate
Catholic Church
Hopley
Bill
James R. Hopley
Bucyrus
Mr. Bightmire
Mr. Hopley
Maris
United States
Moscow
Columbus
Persian census finds 146 year old woman and 117 year old son
In Mochin, Persia, a 146 year old woman Mina and her 117 year old son are listed in the first Persian census. The report notes harsh poverty, subsisting on bread and milk with meat rare, as Shah ordered the count amid fiscal uncertainty from Arthur Millspaugh.
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Gershon Agronsky
New York World News Service
Jerusalem
Persia
Mochin
Alwand Mountains
Mina
Arthur Millspaugh
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World Press Publishing Company
Cardinal Mercier Weakens Amid Gastric Illness
January 18 report from Asels notes Cardinal Mercier's stomach lesion after December surgery. artificial feeding begun but nourishment not absorbed. He remains strong in spirit though weakened. visitors barred, Masses planned in Belgium. Governor Béco told him the Sacred Heart Basilica crypt would be finished in 1928 and Mercier smiled in response.
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Assels
Cardinal Mercier
Joseph Mercier
Belgium
Beco
Brabant
Cincinnati soil may amplify earthquakes says UC geologist
W A Bucher associate professor of geology at the University of Cincinnati told Cincinnati Electric Club members that downtown Cincinnati sits on alluvial soil like Tokyo. He warned that such soil amplifies quakes and cited the Tokyo disaster of 1923. He contrasted modern steel and reinforced concrete buildings as more resistant and described California experiments toward early warning systems.
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Gibson
W. A. Bucher
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Prof.Bucher
Tokyo
Bucher
Fourth Street
California
AP General Manager Kent Cooper Guests at White House
Kent Cooper, general manager of The Associated Press, was a luncheon guest of President Coolidge at the White House today.
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Coolidge
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Associated Press
Washington
Kent Cooper
White House
Move to liberalize Volstead act gains 56 lawmakers support
Washington January 18 56 House members signed a call urging others to back modification of the Volstead act with hearings to shape proposed changes. The letter cites studies by the Federal Council of Churches and Anti Saloon League noting rising lawlessness and calls for lighter wine and beer or stronger enforcement.
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Washington
House Committee For
Representative Hill
Rep
House
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Federal Council
Anti-Saloon League of Iowa
Dubuque
Clinton
Davenport
Muscatine
Burlington
Iowa
Anti-Saloon League
YWCA Plans Building Twice As Large Shares Site Debate
At the annual meeting in East Eighth Street headquarters, the YWCA revealed plans for a new building twice the size of the present facility with a pool auditorium and basketball gym. The site decision remains undecided though its central lot value may influence selling.
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East Eighth Street
Young Men’s Blaine Club
Helen Peters Wallace
Laura H. Young
Miss Young
Epworth Heights
Harry A. Wilson
Ernestine Pattison
Gladys Kern
Martha Davis
E. J. Wohlgemuth
Brewer Pleads Guilty in Beer Conspiracy Case
Federal court records show Mohawk Brewing Company officials and associates pled guilty or not guilty to conspiracy to manufacture transport and sell beer. Judge Hickenlooper deferred final action pending Sheriff Witt's trial set for January 29, while several co-defendants faced various bond and trial dates.
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Hickenlooper
Mohawk Brewing Company
McMicken Avenue
Stonewall Street
United States Grand Jury
Richard B. Witt
Harry “Butch” Worthman
Gilbert Avenue
George H. Osterfeld
Kendall Avenue
Brewing Company
Joseph Osterfeld
Selim Avenue
Willard Birnbryer
Kenney Avenue
Mt. Healthy
Michael Howard
Victor Street
Witt
Worthman
Paul MacDuff
Clay Street
Phil Harry
Liberty
MacDuff
Clifford Boone
Samuel Zembach
Estes Place
Morris Rotman
David Street
Frank Just
Walnut Hotel
Max Hoffman
Rockdale Avenue
Zeimbroch
Thomas Cambron
West Fifth Street
Harry G. Renner
Market Avenue
Newport
Cincinnati
Renner
Tragic Jazz Waiter Mack Tries to End Life in Cincinnati
Charles E. Yarrington known as Mack, a waiter at the Toad Stool Inn in Cincinnati, Drained by $7 weekly pay and family hardship, attempted suicide with a butcher knife. He left notes blaming poverty, seeking to spare his wife and 16 month old daughter from further hardship.
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Dayton
Cincinnati
Sidney Mund
Reading Road
Mund
General Hospital
Sidney
Mrs. Mund
Sid
Julius
Benjamin Mund
One Dies Fifty Hurt In L Train Crash
A Brooklyn-Manhattan elevated train crashed into a stalled train on Williamsburg Bridge in heavy fog. One five year old girl died from a fractured skull. over fifty injured as passengers fled darkened cars. John Simmer, motor man of the moving train, faces homicide charges and is at Bellevue Hospital.
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New York
East River
Brooklyn-Manhattan
Williamsburg Bridge
Brooklyn
Ruth Seifer
John Simmer
Bellevue Hospital
Youth Robbery Foiled? Payroll Taken by Masked Driver
A young white man in a mask held up Arthur Cohn in his car at Mitchell and Warwick Avenues. He forced the $900 payroll and a $1,800 diamond ring from Cohn, then fled in a dark touring car. Cohn had earlier drawn the payroll from Pearl Market Bank and noted prior robberies on Glenwood Avenue years ago.
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Mitchell and
Warwick Avenues
Arthur Cohn
Burton Avenue
Art French Dry Cleaning Company
Mitchell Avenue
Mr. Cohn
Glenwood Avenue
Cohn
Pearl Market Bank
Reading Road
Clinton Springs Avenue
Burnet Avenue
Warwick Avenue
Baltimore & Ohio to buy control of Cincinnati Indianapolis & Western
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad seeks control of the Cincinnati Indianapolis & Western Railroad subject to ICC approval and holders of 95 percent stock consent. Directors say new capital is needed to improve facilities and operations amid coal market troubles and fierce competition. Directors urge acceptance of the offer by stockholders and voting trust certificate holders.
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New York
Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore & Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Moose Plan Aims to Abolish Poorhouses and Orphanages
Loyal Order of Moose leaders plan a humanitarian drive to keep families together by housing unassisted relatives at community centers or cities, overseen from Moose Heart, Illinois, with James J. Davis supporting the effort. The program targets reform of institutions and would involve caregiving for 1,250 children at Moose Heart.
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America
Order of Moose
Order
Supreme of Icers
Gibson
James J. Davis
The
Moose
Moose Heart, Nl
Four Die as Pittsburgh Street Car Plunges into Ohio River
The death toll from a street car accident in Pittsburgh rose to four after the body of conductor Gilbert J. Schell was recovered near the crash site. Victims include Mrs. Rebecca McKee aged 65 of Wilkinsburg and her granddaughter Marion Signet 7, and Agnes Johnson 2 of Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Gilbert J. Schell
Schell
Rebecca McKee
Wilkinsburg
Stockholders Must Approve C I W Deal by April 30
Indianaplis January 18 The Cincinnati Indianapolis and Western Railway will become Baltimore and Ohio property only after 95 percent of stockholders or a satisfactory percentage approve the transfer Frank J Goebel secretary and assistant counsel says If by February 8 enough stockholders approve the offer the B and O will seek Interstate Commerce Commission sanction for the transfer Authority must be obtained by April 30 Majority stockholders already approved the purchase
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railway
Baltimore & Ohio
Frank J. Goebel
Interstate Commerce Commission
Goebel
Baltimore & Ohio seeks $8.37 million in equipment certificates
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to permit the issue of $8,370,000 in 4 percent equipment trust certificates to finance $11 million in equipment. The railroad plans 5,000 new freight cars and 25 locomotives.
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Associated Press
Washington
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Today
Interstate Commerce Commission
Beazell Leads Penitentiary Revival in Ohio
George Beazell former Cincinnati broker now a prisoner at Ohio State Penitentiary has served as song leader at the penitentiary revival during the past week Chaplain Reed reported Beazell praised the convicts devotion and said the chaplain is doing great work and he will follow instructions readily
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Columbus
George Beazell
Cincinnati
Ohio State Penitentiary
Reed
Beazell
Hutton Elected Head of Chamber
James M. Hutton of the W. E. Hutton Company was elected President of the Chamber of Commerce. He succeeds Philip O. Geier of Cincinnati Milling Machine Company. The board reorganized with Geier as First Vice President, Roscoe B. Crabbs as Second Vice President, Hugh P. Colville as Treasurer, and George M. Kearns as Secretary.
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James M. Hutton
W. E. Hutton Company
Chamber of Commerce
Hutton
Philip O. Geier
Cincinnati Milling Machine Company
Mr. Geier
Roscoe B. Crabbs
Hugh P. Colville
George M. Kearns
Frank J. Zumstein
William C. Culkins
Veteran reader W P Habberton dies at 79 after 49 years of Bible reading
MT CARMEL Ir Jan 18 W P Habberton 79 a Civil War veteran and churchman died today after reading the Bible through once each year for the last forty nine years He had maintained the ritual annually for decades continuing his life of devotion through scripture.
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Associated Press
MT. Carmel
W. P. Habberton
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