Street Car Reorganization Tied to 25 Year Franchise
Samuel Assur, vice president of the Cincinnati Street Railway Co., told a public hearing that a new 25 year ordinance would authorize reorganizing the company, issuing bonds, and launching rapid transit plans including bus feeders and a loop to Oakley. He argued the plan would fund improvements and maintain a 74 cent fare, while critics warned of overcapitalization and higher costs for riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Samuel Assur
Assur
Oakley
Cumminsville
College Hill
Winton
Place
St. Bernard
Imwood
Bond Mill
Carthage
Hartwell
Lockland
Wyoming
Reading
Glendale
Norwood
Pleasant Tudge
Kennedy Heights
Silverton
Froome Morris
Citizens’ Traction Committee
A. E. Anderson
Citizens’ Committee
Anderson
Gilbert Bettman
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Bettman
Hamilton
Middletown
Dayton
Springfield
Columbus
Robert Taft
Two Witnesses in Jail Three Months for Gotten Case Nolled
In Steubenville Ohio two Black men William Stewart age 30 and Richard Murray age 32 spent eight months in Jefferson County Jail as witnesses in a murder case. They were released after discovery of their plight by Roy Merryman then County Prosecutor. The murder case never went to trial. The alleged slayer was bailed while the witnesses were forgotten and later released. They had been paid 200 dollars in witness fees plus 4 dollars per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Jefferson County
William Stewart
Richard Murray
Roy Merryman
Street Railway Board Re-Elected by Cincinnati Company
Stockholders at the Cincinnati Street Railway annual meeting yesterday re-elected the board of directors: Charles P. Taft Bayard J. Kilgour Alfred J. Becht George W. Lewis Charles W. Dupuis Robert A. Taft Charles F. Windisch Charles B. Jones Samuel Assur and Christopher H. Reinbold. Directors meet tomorrow to organize and elect officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Street Railway Company
Cincinnati Street Railway
Charles P. Taft
Bayard J. Kilgour
Alfred J. Becht
George W. Lewis
Charles W. Dupuis
Robert A. Taft
Charles F. Windisch
Charles B. Jones
Samuel Assur
Christopher H. Reinbold
Leon Meece Held in Hamilton Jail
Leon Meece an 18 year old tied to a Berea College incident faces habeas corpus action in Common Pleas Court. If released he could be rearrested for Mannheim white slave law charges in Cincinnati while Richmond Indiana authorities seek a theft auto claim.
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The
Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Leon Meece
Berea College
Berea
Metamora
Ind
Common Pleas
Cincinnati
Half Nation Attends Movies Weekly Says Joy
Colonel Jason Joy, secretary to Will Hays, told a Cincinnati luncheon that half the U S population attends movies each week and this continues year round. He urged better pictures and constructive criticism from local councils and advocated more children's matinees and adult oriented films.
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Jason Joy
Will Hays
Motion Picture’ Producers and Distributors of America
Cincinnati Better Motion Pictures Council
Business Men's Club
Colonel Joy
United States
Investigators Cite Tear Gas Use in Norwood Meeting
A board report on a Norwood disruption critiques police tactics and legal grounds for downtown meeting breakup. It notes Mayor Nolte acted under protest and cites Archbishop Moeller’s death and Catholic voters as context while promising a fuller probe.
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Nolte
Board of Investigators
Donahey
Trial Reveals Free Speech Debate in Norwood Case
In Norwood Ohio the Helen Jackson trial drew a packed Norwood City Hall crowd as opinions on free speech religion and police power collided. Testimony showed police used tear gas at a January Odd Fellows Hall meeting and officers argued over whether Jackson disturbed the peace while she prayed and shouted in the street.
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Germany
Fite
Irma Armstrong
Norwood Avenue
Norwood
Christian B.kock
J. A. Meyers
A. C. Clemens
Feldman Avenue
Albert E. Ellis
Ash Avenue
Lillian Ayler
Warren Avenue
Price Hill
A. G. Duer
Toledo
Dieckman
Dwyer
Duer
Jackson
Louis H. Nolte
Helen Jackson
Nolte
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Norwood City Hall
Andrew Hart
Thomas Brothers
Campbell Kite
Yale Professors Use Crossword Plan for Midyear Exam
Yale professors introduced a crossword style midyear biology exam. Students received blank charts with statements to fill in with true or false words. Professor Lorande Lowstoff called the test harder yet popular with undergraduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
New Haven
Courtroom Dismisses Rumors of Husband Defense
The court hears accusations that a woman is a counterfeit mercenary and charlatan. Judge Dixon demands the husband step forward to defend his wife amid charges. He questions why the husband does not appear and denies rumors of religious organization employment.
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Dixon
Westminster Gazette Attacks Norman Visit Secrecy
The Westminster Gazette criticizes secrecy over Governor Montague Norman's U S visit and its link to the gold standard. It argues uncertainty harms business, cites reduced Lancashire cotton spinning hours, and warns banks may curb lending to slow trade and depress prices and wages.
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London
Westminster Gazette
United States
Montague Norman
Bank of England
England
the Gazette
Lancashire Mills
N. Y
Children to Present Play in German at Emery Auditorium
The Virgin Marys Last Day will be staged Friday evening at Emery Auditorium under Rev Sigismund Pirron of St Joseph of Nazareth Church directing. Parish children will perform with music by the church orchestra.
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Emery Auditorium
Sigismund Pirron
St. Joseph of Nazareth Church
Church
Bridge Tender Robbed by Trio at Ohio Bridge Site
William H. Best of Latonia Kentucky, the Cincinnati end collector at the C and O Bridge, was robbed by three unmasked white men at 8 o'clock last night. They forced him to the floor while they searched the office but found only a small amount of change as daily receipts had been collected earlier. The trio drove away in a small sedan toward Covington after one covered Best with a revolver and another rifled the cash drawer. Each robber was about 30 years old.
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Meece
Peck Avenue
Cincinnati
Richmond
Ind
John McRoberts
Metamora
McRoberts
Evelyn Harris
Pauline Clark
Berea
Rushville
William H. Best
Glenn Avenue
Latonia
Best
Covington
Vitagraph Withdraws From Hays Led Trade Group
Vitagraph, Inc. announced on its twenty eighth anniversary that it will withdraw from the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, led by Will H. Hays. Albert F. Smith said the defection is the first from the Hays organization and notices will explain the reasons in trade magazines. The company cites a belief that justice for distributors the public and independent producers cannot be obtained through the D A of America.
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New York
Vitagraph, Inc
Albert F. Smith
H. Hays
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, Inc
Vitagraph
Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of
America
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Joop
Savings and Loan
More Homes Campaign
W. Meredith Yeatman
the Capitol
Thief In Paradise
Ronald Colman
Aileen Pringle
Doris Kenyon
Gidding & Co., Inc
Vine Street
Associated Press
Federal Action
Dyer
Nation
Joy
Sition
Weiss
Elmwood Place
Elmwood
Herman Buse
Police Department
Moeller
Ohio
YALE
Norman
U. S
John K&k. Balderston
W. H. Best
Smalls
Hays
Kreisler
Stradivarius
Wurlitzer
J. R. Carlisle
W. E. Hill & Sons
East Fourth Street
Walrut
Main
Richman
Richman Bros. Co
5Th St
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