Baron Beaverbrook Romance Trial Heats Up in New York
Two middle aged women testified about falling for the confident so called Baron Beaverbrook who showered gifts and love then vanished with jewels and money. Mrs Rose Burkin said she gave him jewels worth 90000 dollars after he wooed her with flowers and praise. Mrs Virginia Cameron Martin said the Baron had married her in Washington and scammed 35000 dollars, revealing the alleged double life as prosecutors clash with defense over a prejudicial opening.
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New York
Baron Beaverbrook
Rose Burkin
Nora Bayes
Mrs. Burkin
Virginia Cameron Martin
Unger
Mrs. Martin
Robert Whitman
Covington Gossip Law Fined Man For Slander
Milan Plavic of Dayton Kentucky was fined 25 dollars and costs under Covington’s gossip law for a false and slanderous statement about Mrs. Dollie Klare. The case, the second conviction under the law, was heard by Judge Philipps in chambers with testimony not made public. Plavic plans to appeal to the Kenton Circuit Court.
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Covington
Milan Plavic
Sixth Avenue
McKinney Street
Dayton
Dollie Klare
Russell Street
Plavic
Philipps
Kenton
Romanian Actress Valentina Convici Shot Dead in Budapest
In Budapest on January 25, Valentina Convici, star of the Romanian National Theater in Bucharest, was found shot dead in her dressing room as she prepared to attend a ball. Her husband, a wealthy merchant, was also shot but may recover. the couple had been married eighteen months.
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Budapest
Hungary
Valentina Convici
Bucharest
Mme. Convici
Cynic ordered to desist at Cincinnati University
The retiring president Dr. Frederick C. Hicks ordered The Cynic to cease publication citing lapses in propriety and indecency. The Cynic, a campus humor monthly with 3500 circulation, faced criticism for risqué content and editorials targeting University papers.
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A.c’s
University of Cincinnati
Frederick C. Hicks
Klan to Unmask Members February Second Degree Plan
General unmasking of the Ku Klux Klan is set for February 22 after conferring the Third Degree on all members, ending secrecy in membership. Dr. W A Hotalen, Imperial Lecturer from Birmingham, denied robe and helmet abolition and rejected anti-masking legislation as cause, warning against demonstrations but permitting unmasked marchers on occasion. He dismissed rumors of action against Al Smith supporters and said Heflin is not an official in the Klan.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Ku Klux Klan
Atlanta
W. A. Hotalen
Imperial
Birmingham
Ala
Klan
Alabama
Georgia
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Hotalen
Hiram W. Evans
al Smith
Two Killed and One Hurt When Auto Skids and Falls
Two men died instantly and a 23 year old Milford woman was seriously injured when an automobile driven by Charles Fisher and Leonard Davis skidded on gravel on the Milford Glendale pike just south of the East Miamiville Bridge. The car tore through a fence and plunged down a twelve foot embankment overturning. Fisher and Davis were killed and the woman, Margaret Smith, 23, was thrown clear and treated in Loveland. The scene was discovered by Roscoe Fisher of Miamiville. the wreckage was cleared by F J Wiederhold of Miamiville Garage. Eyewitnesses believed the car was moving fast.
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Milford- Glendale
East Miamiville
Charles Fisher
Milford
Leonard Davis
Pennsylvania Railroad
Fisher
Davis
Margaret Smith
Loveland
Lever
Roscoe Fisher
Miamiville
F. J. Wiederhold
Gas rate cut approved by council to aid small consumers
City Council unanimously passed a gas rate ordinance reducing costs by 750000 dollars annually to benefit smaller users. Union Gas and Electric may file an injunction within thirty days while Cincinnati’s 25 year gas franchise ends December 31, 1930. A sewage disposal survey from 1913 was urged for future plant planning, with Covington Mayor Donnelly observing the session.
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Union Gas and Electric Company
Cin
Cinnati
W. J. Hagenah
Chicago
Stanley Matthews
Sewers Committee
Donnelly
Thomas Donnelly
Covington
Expert View on Library Sites Reveals Competing Cincinnati Choices
William Emerson reports seven possible locations for the new Cincinnati public library. He favors the triangle bounded by Sycamore Court and Central Parkway but notes ambiguity. The board selected a Walnut street site bounded by Walnut Court Bowen alley and the Parkway, with debate over courthouse impact and light.
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William Emerson
Boston
Library Board
Emerson
Sycamore and
Court Streets
Central Parkway
Broadway
Eggleston Avenue
Hunt Street
James A. Green
Sycamore
Court Street
Walnut Street
Walnut
Bowen Alley
President Library Board of Trustees
First National Bank Building
Cincinnati
Green
Public Library of Cincinnati
Justice Orders Support Or Jail For Father In Winter Drought
Benjamin H. Coleman told Municipal Court he could not work due to nails sticking to his tongue in cold weather. His wife Leila testified he drank heavily and sometimes hid their daughter with a razor strop. Judge Tebbs ordered $25 weekly support or jail, and a one month report on sobriety and thrift.
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Benjamin H. Coleman
Race Street
Tebbs
Coleman
Leila Coleman
Lenore Ulric defends Lulu Belle against critics at Grand
Lenore Ulric, star of Lulu Belle, denounces censorship and moralistic critique, arguing America must confront real life and impulses. She says realism on stage exposes truth, contrasts courtesans of history with modern depictions, and condemns self righteous reformers who suppress genuine experience.
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Lenore Ulric Ig
Lulu Belle
the Grand
America
Salome
Magdalen
du Barry
Nell Gywn
Pompadour
Harlem
Cincinnati
Honoring Cosgrave Quietly Halts Capitol Talk
On January 25 at Capitol Hill, William T Cosgrave, head of the Irish Free State Executive Council, visited both the House and Senate. Proceedings paused as leaders greeted him, the House adjourning to consider Judiciary Committee bills while the Senate discussed S-4 disaster, prohibition, and West Coast shipping.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
William T. Cosgrave
Irish Free State Executive Council
House
Senate
Irish Legislative Assembly
Benjamin Franklin
Judiciary Committee
Fox Film Gains Control Of 300 Theaters In West Coast
New York January 25 Fox Film Corporation acquired control of 300 theaters on the Pacific coast and in Wisconsin in a cash deal valued at about 100 million dollars. Harold B Franklin will remain head of Wesco Corporation which includes West Coast Pacific Northwest North American and Gold State Amusement companies and the Saxe Circuit. Fox frames the transaction as a landmark in his 27 year rise from a seventeen dollar weekly job to a top position in the industry.
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New York
Fox Film Corporation Today
Pacific Coast
Wisconsin
William Fox
Wesco Corporation
California
Oregon
Washington
Montana
Nevada
Fox
Harold B. Franklin
Los Angeles
West Coast
Pacific Northwest
North American
Gold State
Saxe Circuit
Edwin Rothchild
Nickelodeon
Brooklyn
Detroit
St. Louis
San Francisco
Florence E S Knapp Resigns as Dean at Syracuse U
Mrs Florence E S Knapp former Secretary of State resigns as dean of the College of Home Economics Syracuse University under accusations of financial irregularities in 1925 state census enumeration. Chancellor Charles W Flint announces the resignation in a telegram to trustees as a grand jury action is recommended.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Florence E. S. Knapp
College of Home Economics
Syracuse University
Charles W. Flint
Knapp
Gov. Smith
Randall J. le Boeuf
Senators Fail to Track Teapot Dome Oil Profits
Washington January 25 Half a dozen witnesses testified before the Senate Lands Committee but failed to reveal the fate of three million dollars in profits made by the Continental Trading Company Ltd of Canada from oil investments in the United States. Of these profits $233,000 traced from Harry F Sinclair to Albert B Fall after the Teapot Dome lease in 1922, yet the committee faces difficulty in locating the remaining funds.
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Washington
Senate Lands Committee
Continental Trading Company, Ltd
Canada
Harry F. Sinclair
Albert B. Fall
Teapot Dome Naval Oil Reserve
Sinclair
M. T. Everhart
Interior
Everhart
Fall
New Mexico
Harriss
Sinclair Liberty
Senator Walsh
Merger Forms Largest Midwest Steel Combine in U. S.
Youngstown Sheet and Tube teams with Inland Steel to form the Youngstown Inland Steel Corporation, totaling about 3.2 million shares with 1,250,000 in declared dividends by YS&T and 6 million by Inland. The merged firm seeks headquarters in Youngstown, aims to expand Chicago district capacity, and places James E. Campbell to head the new company pending stockholder ratification.
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Youngstown, O
New York
Theerger
Trumbull Steel
Republi Iron and Steel
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Inland Steel
Chicago
Republic
Trumbull
Republic Common
Trumbull Common
United States
Inland
Youngstown-Inland Steel Corporation
Youngstown-Inland Combination
Youngstown Company
Youngstown
Ingland
Corporation
L. E
P. D. Black
James E. Campbell
Sheet and Tube
Indiana Harbor
Ind
Inland Company
Milwauke
Wis
Chicago Heights
Cony. Sheet and Tube
United Steel Corporation
Effort to Free Remus Up Today
A habeas corpus writ to secure an early sanity exam for George Remus to gain his freedom from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane in Lima will be filed by Lima attorneys Francis W. Durbin and D. C. Henderson with Cincinnati counsel Charles H. Elston. The hearing is expected tomorrow afternoon before Judge F. C. Becker in Common Pleas Court after discussions with Judge Becker and Prosecuting Attorney Ernest Botkin. Dr. W. H. Vorbau and Botkin will meet to decide on action regarding the writ.
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Lima, O
George Remus
Francis W. Durbin
D. C. Henderson
Lima
Charles H. Elston
Remus
Cincinnati
F. C. Becker
Common Pleas Court
Elston
Becker
Ernest Botkin
W. H. Vorbau
Lima Hospital
Vorbau
Mr. Botkin
Bricker Announces Candidacy for Ohio Attorney General
Columbus attorney John W. Bricker, backed by the Seventh District GOP, formally declares his run for Ohio Attorney General in a letter to Sherman Deaton of Urbana. He is the first to make a formal announcement for the office.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Seventh District
Republican
Springfield
Sherman Deaton
Urbana
Sixty Mile Gales Collapse Path From Quebec to Maryland
A severe coastal storm swept eastern Canada and the U.S. mid-Atlantic region with mile per hour winds and heavy snowfall. reports from Delaware Maryland New Jersey Pennsylvania New England New York Quebec and Nova Scotia describe shattered windows, toppled structures, power outages, and widespread transportation disruption. In New York City a falling iron water tank narrowly missed workers on two floors, injuring three lightly.
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New York
Canada
Delaware
Maryland
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New England
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New York City
Lower West Side
Electric Shock Fatal for Man in Centra lia
Conneaut Ohio report says Lee Woodward 23 a telephone line man died from injuries suffered in Centra lia Illinois a year ago when 2300 volts passed through his body.
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Conneaut, O
Lee Woodward
Centralia
Ill
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