Dedication of Masonic Temple Honors Tafts in Spectacle
The new Masonic Temple opened with crowds that swelled to over 100000 visitors as Taft Auditorium was dedicated in honor of Mr and Mrs Charles P Taft. Taft appeared visibly moved as speakers praised his leadership while the project nears debt freedom and plans for Fifth Street widening to harmonize surrounding architecture proceed.
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Flatt
Taft
Taft Auditorium
Charles P. Taft
The
Temple Company
Mr. Taft
Temple Campaign Fund
Charles W. Dupuis
Broadway
van Range Company
Masonic Temple
Fifth Street
Hanselmann Commandery Band
Charles F. Hake, Jr
Frank H. Nelson
C. Lee Downey
Nelson
the Temple
Laft
Temple Campaign Committee
Temple Committee
United States
Brother Taft
van Range
Harry Hake
Hake
City Leaders Honor Hicks On Eve Of Retirement
Plainly at ease at a Lin ton banquet, Dr. Frederick C. Hicks, retiring University of Cincinnati president, received praise from alumni, faculty and students. A $500 gold purse and a crafted watch were given, with a portrait to follow, as formal resolutions lauded his leadership.
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City
Hicks
Linton
Frederick C. Hicks
University of Cincinnati
Dr. Hicks
Dixie Selden
Frank W. Chandler
College of Liberal Arts
Frank H. Nelson
Taylor W. Anstead
John W. Humphries
Arthur R. Morgan
Murray Seasongood
Dean Chandler
Emerson
Leading Spanish Actress Maria Guerrero de Mendoza Dies
In Madrid on January 23 Senora Maria Guerrero de Diaz de Mendoza a renowned actress died. Her body lies in state at the Princess theater and will be buried in Almudena cemetery in a common grave per her request. Her husband Fernando Diaz de Mendoza was overcome by the loss.
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Madrid
Senora Maria Guerrero de Diaz de Mendoza
Sarah Bernhardt
Princess Theater
Almudena
Senor
Fernando Diaz de Mendoza
Spain
Latin America
Argentina
Chile
Peru
Cuba
Mexico
New York
Manhattan Opera House
Europe
Cleaners Group Plo tted Failure In Legal Action
In Cincinnati a federal suit seeks 50000 dollars damages against five dry cleaning companies and seven individuals alleging a conspiracy to fix prices and drive rivals out of business. Plaintiff Esther White of Newport claims her Hamilton County enterprise suffered losses and may close.
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Cincinnati
Esther White
White Dry Cleaning Company
Washington Avenue
Newport
William Hummel
Providence Street
E. K. Wuerdeman
Reading Road
Arthur Cohen
Mitchell Avenue
Fred Hadin
Fred Waterman
A. Liebman
Dana Avenue
Hoover Names Aids to Marshal New York G O P Delegates
Hoover moves to win the Republican nomination by naming three aides to run New York preconvention efforts. William H Hill will marshal upstate delegates while Richard Lawrence handles the Bronx and Manhattan and Meier Steinbrink directs Brooklyn. The plan aims to direct sentiment without opposing the regular organization.
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Hoover
New York
G.O.P
New York World News Service
Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover
William H. Hill
Birmingham
Richard W. Lawrence
Bronx
Meier Steinbrink
Brooklyn
Washington
Hill
John D. Clarke
Lawrence
Manhattan
Steinbrink
George K. Morris
Morris
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Plot Owners Seek Census List
White Plains January 23. Sleepy Hollow residents asked Supreme Court Justice Tompkins for a writ to compel the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Corporation to supply the names and addresses of about 3,500 plot holders. They aim to organize opposition to current management at the February 6 election. directors accuse them of injecting politics and the judge reserved decision.
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White Plains
N. Y
Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
Supreme Court
Tompkins
Seven Die When Car Plunges Into River at Preston Bridge
In Norwich Connecticut a car carrying Mr and Mrs Herbert F Whitaker and their five children aged ten years to six months plunged through a railing at Preston Bridge into the Shetucket River. Herbert Whitaker was driving and collided with Harrison Preston 19. The car fell thirty feet into the water.
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Norwich
Conn
Preston Bridge
Shetucket
Herbert F. Whitaker
Whitaker
Harrison Preston
Cincinnati to consider updated plan for interceptor sewers
A Cincinnati City Council meeting will hear Stanley Matthews propose a resolution to update H S Morse’s 1913 survey for an interceptor sewer system and disposal plants. Col Waite, former city engineer, now heads railroad terminals as plans for riverfront trunk sewers and plants unfold.
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Millcreek
Walter Sullivan
Sewers Committee
Harrison Avenue
Sullivan
Ohio River
Delta Avenue
Fernbank
Heflin Defiant in Senate Victory Speech on Negro Rights Row
In Washington on January 23 the Senate heard Heflin defend his stance on race and religion riling critics. He attacked Catholic influence and claimed victory over Robinson while the chamber reacted with silence and amusement. Bruce of Maryland challenged his Catholic charges amid heated, partisan exchanges.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Senate
Dixie
Heflin
Senator Robinson
Alabama
Robinson
Firme
Gov. Smith
New York
Mexico
Bruce
Maryland
Plumbers Accused of Selfish Gain in Doud Dismissal
Col Sherrill rebutted a Cincinnati Master Plumbers statement linking Building Commissioner Stegner to the dismissal of Chief Inspector Jere F. Doud. Sherrill said the plumbing division served plumbers and material men, not the public, and that Doud’s dismissal followed evidence of inefficiency and misconduct. Doud testified inspectors did six to ten inspections daily, with backlog from staffing shortages.
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Col. Sherrill
J. M. McCarthy
Cincinnati Master Plumbers’ Association
C. M. Stegner
Jere F. Doud
Col
Sherrill
Plumbers’ Association
Plumbers
Stegner
Doud
Chamberlin Flies Tiny Sperry Plane Through Busy Street
Clarence D. Chamberlin landed at Allentown after a 5 PM flight in a small Sperry Messenger. He performed stunts before landing at the municipal field and spoke at the Chamber of Commerce banquet. He then began a 30,000 mile lecture tour from Curtiss Field New York after reconditioning an eight year old plane.
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Allentown
Clarence D. Chamberlin
Sperry
Chamberlin
Municipal Field
Chamber of Commerce
Curtiss Field
N. Y
Clarence Chamberlin
Sperry Messenger
Army
Sperry Company
Armyes
Fairchild
Garden City
Giannini Offers $1.5 Million to University for Agriculture
A. P. Giannini, head of Bancitaly Corp and founder of Bank of Italy, offers to gift $1.5 million to the University of California for agricultural economics research. One million funds the Giannini foundation, $500,000 funds a Berkeley campus building.
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San Francisco
A. P. Giannini
Bancitary Corporation
Bank of Italy
America
University of California
Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economic
Berkeley
Giannini
Interurban Freight Center Links Cincinnati to Southern Railways
Cincinnati gains gateway status as agreements with fifty eight Midwestern electric railways boost through freight interchange to Indiana Ohio Michigan and Western Pennsylvania via the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton line. The move follows rehabilitation efforts and a growing cooperative policy among electric carriers and steam lines. More than 300 officials will attend the Central Electric Convention in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Middle West
Cincinnati,Hamilton & Dayton Railway Company
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Dayton
Cleveland
Toledo
Indianapolis
Gary
Louisville
Mmever
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Central Electric Traffic Association
Central Electric Accountants’ Asso
Senators Expect Revelations In Naval Oil Inquiry Testimony
Washington January 23 Senators anticipate sensational disclosures as M T Everhart son in law of Albert Fall testifies on the Liberty bonds profits tied to Continental Trading Company Ltd and used to offset political deficits. Other witnesses include Harry F Sinclair and William Burns with Court actions affecting attendance.
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Fall
Naval Oil
Washington
Senate Naval Oil
M. T. Everhart
Albert B. Fall
Continental Trading Company, Ltd
Harry F. Sinclair
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
H. M. Blackmer
Midwest Refining Company
James E. O'Neil
Prairie Oil and Gas Company
Senator Walsh
Montana
Everhart
Pueblo
Col
Congress
Sinclair
Wyoming Naval Oil Reserve
Justice Siddons
District of Columbia Supreme Court
William J Burns
Edward J. Kid
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Mrs. C. P. Taft
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W. B. Poynter
Anna Linton Taft
Bachrach
Mason
Senora Maria Guerrero
Combine
Cemetery Body
Hef
California
Hughes
Pan-American Union
Associated Press
Underwood
Charles Hughes
Interurdang
Ginginnati Freight Center
Queen City
South
Presi
U. S
Havana
Honorio Pueyrredon
Charles Evans Hughes
Senor Pueyrredon
Pan-American Congress
Pueyrredon
Mr. Hughes
Goverenr
Gustavo Guerrero
Tor General
Senor Prueyrredon
Senorredon
Pancan Congresses
Coolidge
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