Galvin Plea for City Relief Amid School Levy Strain
Mayor Galvin of Cincinnati urged emergency relief from the Legislature citing 7.25 mills in school levies under the Smith law as starving the city of needed funds. He warned of financial chaos and warned lawmakers to act before municipal functions fail. The piece also notes Senate actions on appointments and enforcement debates surrounding Prohibition.
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Emmert
Kryder
Henry
Assembly
Galvin
Cincinnati
House Committee On Taxation
Ohio
United States of America
Prohibition Officers Rob Larz Anderson Home
Three men posing as prohibition officers rang the door of 2353 East Hill avenue East Walnut Hills while Mrs. Larz Anderson attended church. They threatened Larz Anderson Jr took twenty quarts whisky and twenty quarts gin from an attic and fled in a mud covered limousine. Police were notified.
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Larz Anderson
Mr. Anderson
Mrs. Anderson
Prohibition
Whisky Seized Hidden in Grapefruit Shipment
Federal agents in Detroit confiscated over 200 cases of whisky concealed in a grapefruit shipment from Miami, after a three day wait for a claimant. Officers say the liquor was smuggled into Miami from Cuba.
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Detroit
Mich
Miami
Fla
Cuba
Conflicting Reports On Mine Camp Shooting In Kentucky
Reports from Williamson indicate shots fired at Burnwell Coal and Coke plant near Sprigg West Virginia. Officials cite unidentified shooters while union leaders claim a man posing as a United States Deputy Marshal led workers into the camp before gunfire erupted. Twenty three Matewan defendants face trial as federal proceedings unfold.
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Williamson
W. ‘Va
Burnwell Coal and Coke Company
Kentucky
Sprigg
W. Va
Mingo
J. S. Henry
Williamson Coal Operators’ Association
J B. Wiggins
J. C. MacVoy
Berkus Hall
United States
McCoy
Bug River
Burnwell
Wiggins
John S. Lewis
United Mine Workers
C. F. Keeney
No. 17
Matewan
R. D. Bailey
Negro admits he murdered Navy nurse at Annapolis
Henry A. Brown a black sailor confessed to killing Harriet Kavanaugh a Naval Academy nurse in a Baltimore sentry guarded case. He said he returned to Annapolis on Friday intending to surrender but chose robbery and struck the nurse with a lead pipe leaving three frontal skull fractures.
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Annapolis
Harriet Kavanaugh
Naval Academy
Bradley and
Hammersla
Baltimore
Henry A. Brown
Cumberland
Brown
Board 10 Hack Non-Partisan Ticket Quits
The Cincinnati Bar Association saw resignations of its recently appointed non partisan judicial ticket committee. Mayor John Galvin Judson Harmon and Murray Seasongood quit by letter amid debate on the committee’s purpose and formation. A new twelve member panel equally split between Republicans and Democrats was formed to review candidate qualifications.
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Cincinnati Bar Association
John Galvin
Judson Harmon
Murray Seasongwood
Association
Seasongood
Harmon
Galvin
Columbus
Whitman Reveals Widespread Police Graft in New York
Former Governor Whitman reports a broad graft system in which citizens and businesses pay for police protection. He announces an indictment of Police Captain Percy Du Bois for taking an illegal fee during a 1919 strike, following another captain's indictment earlier in January.
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New York
Whitman
Percy du Bois
du Bois
Bank Robbery Strikes Citizens State Bank in Houston
Two masked men held up the Citizens' State Bank in Houston Texas this afternoon seizing about $7 000 in currency and 12 500 in Liberty bonds before fleeing the scene.
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Houston, Tex
Citizens’ State Bank
Goodrich Directors Create 10 Million Dollar Reserve
Directors of the B. F. Goodrich Company voted to set aside a 10 million dollar reserve from surplus to cover potential losses on raw material commitments. They deferred a decision on the May dividend for common stock until the annual stockholders meeting next April. Dividends at 7 percent were declared on the preferred stock for April and July.
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New York
B. F. Goodrich Company
Prohibition Regime Costs Windham County to 11000
Hartford Conn Jan 19 Prohibition has turned Windham County into an 11000 yearly liability. Commissioners told the General Assembly that jail inmates were hired out to farmers in prior years. The average jail population last year was fifteen.
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Hartford
Conn
Windham County
General Assembly
Worcester Fire Toll Rises In Townwide Blaze
In Worcester Massachusetts three fires caused extensive damage with losses over 1.5 million dollars and five firefighters injured by collapsing roofs. The R P Robb Power Company foundry on Albany Street was destroyed, a metal plant storehouse burned, and a State Mutual Building fire threatened downtown as cold hampered crews. No fatalities reported.
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Worcester
Mass
R. P. Robb Power Company
Albany Street
Chef Avery
State Mutual
Main Street
Knowles
Main and
Chatham Streets
North Foster Street
North Foster
Union Streets
Boston
Three Shot in Family Quarrel in Breathitt County
In Buckhorn Breathitt County a pistol battle left Edward Tharp 37, Scott Tharp 27, and Hop Davis 60 in serious condition in Lexington hospitals. Davis shot Tharp, then Scott Tharp ran to aid, Edward Tharp wrestled the pistol and shot Davis three times. all three victims not expected to live. Scott Tharp underwent immediate surgery and may recover.
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Lexington
Edward Tharp
Scott Tharp
Hop” Davis
Breathitt County
Buckhorn
Bereathitt County
Davis
Minister Sentenced For Theft Blames Wine And Women
Bryant Allen Norris, a circuit minister who testified to preaching in North Carolina for six years, was sentenced in Richmond to five years for theft of an automobile. He had been extradited from San Francisco on similar charges and told the court his fall from grace was due to wine and women.
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Richmond
Bryant Allen Norris
North Carolina
San Francisco
Six Thousand Found in Attic of Old Charity Patient
An eighty-year-old Newark woman living on charity was refused admission to the City Alms House after officials found she possessed $6,000. The money was in an unopened trunk at her sister’s home, including $1,000 in bills, $2,000 in five-dollar gold pieces, and Civil War era shin plasters.
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Newark
N. J
Wittenburg Woman Reported 120 at Death in Wisconsin
Mrs. Dick Hihocker reportedly aged 120 died in Wittenburg Wisconsin today per her daughter who is 36 years old.
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Wittenburg, Wis
Dick Hihocker
Pushed on Alone Through Blizzard Ends in Tragic Death
Thomas Ward president of Ward Copper Co of New York was found frozen to death near Teller Alaska after leaving a mining camp with Eskimo guides and two dog teams. He went ahead alone in darkness, became lost, and perished in temperatures near twenty degrees below zero. His body was found near Dewey Creek on the Teller side of Grantly Harbor.
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Nome
Alaska
Thomas Ward
Ward Copper Company of
New York
Teller
Ward
Seward Peninsula
Grantly Harbor
Dewey Creek
Beets Sugar Chief Attacks Illegal Tax on Industry
F R Hathaway president of the Michigan Sugar Co Detroit told the House Ways and Means Committee that duplicative auditing by five to seven government branches imposes an illegal tax on business. He urged tariff relief and Cuban import protection to help beet sugar grow.
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Washington
F. R. Hathaway
Michigan Sugar Company
Detroit
House
Ways and Means Committee
Winnes murder trial opens at Harlan today
In Harlan Kentucky preparations were made to summon a special venue for the trial of Dr H C Winnes former State Veterinarian charged with the murder of Miss Lura Parsons Pine Mountain Settlement school teacher. The trial in Circuit Court is set to begin tomorrow and is expected to last a week to ten days with both sides ready. Judge B C Hill said a continuance remains possible depending on undisclosed factors.
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Harlan, Ky
H. C. Winnes
Lura Parsons
Pine Mountain Settlement
B. C. Hill
Law Proposal Aims Eight hour day for Housewife Mobs
Letters from Brooklyn signed by wives and mothers of industrial workers urge Congress to pass a law requiring childless married women under sixty to wash dishes for mothers with children three days a week and to establish an eight hour day for housewives. The letter claims Congress favors labor and seeks relief for overworked housewives.
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Washington
Brooklyn
Congress
Foreign Trade Financing Corp Heads Consider Harding for Presidency
Governor William P. G. Harding of the Federal Reserve Board is urged as president of a new Foreign Trade Financing Corporation formed to finance American foreign trade with a $100,000,000 capital. John McHugh leads the organizing effort and says the bank and business community favor the plan to provide long term credits for exporters and manufacturers without replacing existing banks.
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W. P. G. Harding
New York
William P. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Foreign Trade Financing Corporation
John McHugh
Merchants’ Association
McHugh
Mechanics and Metals National Bank
Jerome Thralls
Discount Corporation of
The
Finance Corporation
Harding
Federal Reserve
Fred I. Kent
Bankers’ Trust Company
McMugh
Committee On
Chicago
McHu
Federal Reserve System
Second Drastic Cut in Expenses Ordered by Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad orders a further 10 percent expense reduction across all departments effective systemwide, on top of a prior 10 percent cut. About 900 jobs to be cut in Roanoke, totaling roughly 3,500 laid off recently as freight traffic declines 20 to 22 percent since autumn. 58,000 idle freight cars exist, and conditions threaten continued slow freight movement before recovery. Washington notes a shipbuilding industry meeting to discuss the industrial situation with AFL leaders and Bethlehem Shipbuilding.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Peice
Acsi
Ann Rake
Samuel Rea
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Railroad
Roanoke
N. D. Maher
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
Atlantic
N & W Railway to Lay Off About 2000 Workers
Roanoke reports that about 2,000 Norfolk and Western Railway Company employees are to be laid off next Saturday, with officials outlining the expected impact and areas affected by the cutbacks.
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Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railway Company
Ohio prison goods see 10 to 30 percent price cuts
Columbus Ohio January 19 reductions of ten to thirty percent in the price of all prison manufactured articles excluding furniture take effect immediately Clothing underwear shoes blankets and other commodities lead the cuts The largest cut is thirty percent Purchasing agents in every county will receive official notices of the change The move saves thousands of dollars annually for the state manufacturing department and similarly benefits political sub divisions that buy prison goods through their orders
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Columbus
American Woolen opens limited women wear sale
The American Woolen Company opened a few lines of women's wear with reductions from 35 to 35 percent from last year. Stock goods and nearby deliveries only were offered. Cotton goods markets held steady with trading less active. Cotton yarns were firmer and business light. Knit goods moved more freely for spring in hosiery and underwear.
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New York
American Woolen Company
Regulation of Coal Industry Deemed Revolutionary by Morrow
J D A Morrow vice president of the National Coal Association branded Calder bill provisions for federal coal regulation as revolutionary in altering relations between government and industry. Huston Thompson of the FTC endorsed the measure, while senators pressed for constitutional limits and production cost disclosure amid ongoing debate before the Senate Manufactures Committee.
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Washington
J. D. A. Morrow
National Coal Association
Senate Manufactures Committee
Huston Thompson
Federal Trade Commission
Morrow
Jones
New Mexico
Walsh
Massachusetts
New England
Great Britain
Senator Reed
Missouri
Coal Association
Reed
United States
Thompson
Businessmen push for advisory economic council for Harding
In 1921 Washington, business leaders urge President elect Harding to form an informal economic council. The panel would include labor and agriculture reps and economists to advise on tariff, legislation, and policy, aiming for unbiased national perspectives beyond Congress and personal advisers.
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Washington
Warren G. Harding
Marion
Iit Eee
Conte
Ak International Exchange
Harding
Finance and Ways and’ Means Committees
Congress
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
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Miller
Cuyahoga
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