Taft tax bill in Ohio faced referendum push and new support
After a Cincinnati conference in Mayor Carrel's office plans formed to back Taft's tax bill if voters go to the polls. Saul Zielonka and Senator Taft will seek legal routes to challenge a Realtors petition seeking a referendum. Cincinnati business leaders endorse the measure as Zielonka and Taft prepare to file actions in Columbus and possibly the Ohio Supreme Court to block the referendum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George P. Carrel
Ohio
Saul Zielonka
Robert A. Taft
Columbus
Carrel. Taft
Cincinnati
Zielonka
Taft
Secretary of State
Thad Brown
Crabbe
Brown
Supreme Court of Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Henry Bentley
Cincinnati Association
Klan Loses Point In First Skirmish In New York Court
In Albany on July 28 the Ku Klux Klan Inc and Kamelia Inc faced a court skirmish as Deputy AG Edward G. Griffin gained admission that incorporation papers were altered after Buffalo Supreme Court approval. Justice Staley set August 13 for a hearing on why they should not be restrained from exercising powers under their certificates. A temporary injunction remains in force awaiting a permanent ruling under a new state law requiring secret groups to file member and officer lists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Ku Klux Klan, Inc
Kamelia, Inc
Edward G. Griffin
Klan
Supreme Court
Pierce
Buffalo
Hamilton
Ed Smith
Binghamton
Secretary of State
Barrage of Pies and Pickles Impresses Shopkeeper Hero
Gaspero Lucchesi, a small grocery store operator in Washington, faced a holdup with a pistol at the cash register. He refused the demand to surrender and retaliated with a pickle aimed at the robber, then launched a volley of pies and ripe fruit, leaving the assailant overpowered and defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gaspero Lucchesi
Race Betting Amid Klan Ties Grips Columbus Grand Circuit
In Columbus on July 28 betting at the Grand Circuit races was halted by a court order served on David A. Edgar who officials say acted for the Ku Klux Klan. Edgar refused to deny ties to the Klan. Three men were arrested for doping favorites and illegal possession of narcotics. hearings set for next Wednesday. The two week fall meet remains scheduled for September 17 to 28.
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Columbus
David A. Edgar
Ku Klux Klan
Edgar
Driving Park
Driving Park Association
Horace Kerr
Kuhn and
Felder
Marion Township
Haines and
Vane
M. W. Price
Richmond
Steve Butash
Barberton
Ernest Mayer
Cleveland
Ohio
President Harding cancels Yosemite trip for rest
On board the Presidential train President Harding's Yosemite visit was canceled to avoid heat and allow rest after ptomaine illness. Brigadier General Sawyer said the President's condition is improved and will recover fully. Secretary Work explained the indisp0sition was temporary and not serious.
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Harding
Yosemite National Park
San Francisco
Christian
Yosemite Valley
San Joaquin Valley
Sawyer
Yosemite
Rosenburg
Grant’s Pass
Dr. Sawyer
Oregon
McNary
Stanfield
Eugene
Senate Agricultural Appropriations Committee
Congress
Hoover
Hoover, Wallace
Work
Vegetables Said to Contain Potential Diabetes Cure
New York report says lettuce bean leaves and onions hold glucokinin a substance similar to insulin that may cure diabetes. Professors Willaman and Collip report successful tests on animals and anticipate human use though no trials yet. Glucokinin could be cheaper to extract than insulin.
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New York
J. J. Willaman
University of Minnesota
J. B. Collip
University of Alberta
Collip
Willaman
Steamer Rainier Damaged in Pacific Collision
In heavy fog four miles west of Port Angeles the Japanese steamer Mandasan Maru collided with the Rainier. The Rainier is water logged and adrift. crew except the Captain and three men were taken to the Mandasan Maru and are bound for Alaska. No lives were lost.
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San Francisco
Portland
Port Angeles
Strait of
Juan de Fuca
Seattle
Los Angeles
Port Harbor
Rainier
Alaska
Used Car Bargains in The Commercial Tribune
Bill Smith learns he can own an automobile without a huge loan after seeing the extensive used car offers in The Commercial Tribune. The advertisement highlights affordable options for Cincinnati readers to join friends in car ownership.
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Bill Smith
The
Commercial Tribune
Bill Smiths
Cincinnati
Trade Pact Grants Most Favored Nation Status At Straits
Lausanne July 28 American and Turkish experts reach agreement giving the United States most favored nation treatment for freedom of the straits allowing merchantmen and warships with three ships of up to 10 000 tons each or an equivalent by other Black Sea border powers. Tax provisions bar refunds for back taxes paid and future collection is limited until further advice from Angora and Washington on Christian protection and damages claims.
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Associated Press
Lausanne
United States
Black Sea
Russia
Turkey
Ismet Pasha
Joseph C. Grew
Angora
Washington
Italians Die in Battle With Cyrenaican Natives
London July 28 Italian troops in Cyrenaica report eight killed and fourteen wounded in the engagement with Cyrenaican natives who suffered about 100 killed. The dispatch from Rome cites these figures.
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Cyrenaica
London
Rome
Between Jobs Haven Planned by Hoboes at Meeting
Migratory workers from across the country begin a conference at the Hobo College in Philadelphia. Dominick Roach says the group plans educational and mutual aid aims including providing meals and lodging for workers while they seek jobs. Attendees include women delegates from canning factories and figures such as J Eads Howe, Nicholas Klein, Elizabeth Freeman, Inez Newton, Ito, William Bonner, and Clarke Fisher.
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Philadelphia
Hobo College
Roach
J. Eads Howe
St. Louis
Hobo
Nicholas Klein
Cincinnati
Elizabeth Freeman
New York
Washington
William Bonner
Baltimore
Clarke F. Fisher
Detroit
Ludington Officials Split on Enforcing Blue Laws
Ludington Michigan on July 28 with Prosecutor Virgil Fitch saying he will take a wait and see approach to blue law enforcement. Sheriff Andrew Anderson plans an auto trip with family out of town. Chief Timothy Barber says police will not file complaints for nonobservance, while Roscoe Fitch urges action despite local sentiment.
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Ludington
Associated Press
Ludington, Mich
Virgil A. Fitch
Andrew Anderson
Timothy J. Barber
Roscoe Conkling Fitch
Woman's Literary Club
Brookhart Urges Fight Against Standpatters At Iowa Picnic
Senator Brookhart of Iowa addressed more than 5,000 Farmers' Union members at the Fair Grounds, vowing to fight standpatters in Congress. He cited Russia as a future agricultural competitor and criticized Federal Reserve policies, urging a government marketing agency and cooperative farming to aid farmers.
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Associated Press
Eldon
Tra
Congress
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
Farmers’ Union
Brookhart
Federal Reserve Bank
Russia
Europe
Armour & Co
Federal Reserve Board
Steel Trust
Berlin Urges National Unity Amid Uprisings and Food Shortage
A dramatic sequence in Xenia, Ohio ends with Newport, Kentucky man Frank Stunick captured after kidnapping Michael E. Graham, chief of police, and fleeing toward Miamisburg. Stunick, under arrest for threatening his wife, was wounded in a chase and later jailed. authorities note his impending murder trial in Newport.
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Berlin
Newport
Xenia
Miamisburg
The
Commercial Tribune
Michael E. Graham
Frank Stunick
Stunick
Graham
James Kindenzine
Harry Clark
Anderson
George Spencer
Spencer
Main Street
Bellbrook Pike
Ars
Bear Creek Bec
Stanick
Earl Schrans
Schrans
Ham
Hamilton
Lebanon
Cincinnati
Morris Sharp
Green County
Thousands of Cotton Labor Shortage Strains Southern Harvest
The article reports massive cotton labor shortages in the South, with 400,000 Black workers moving North to factories and mills. Wages rise as shortages bite, risking 250,000 to 500,000 bales unharvested and potentially boosting cotton prices.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Texas
South
Middle Atlantic States
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Department
Possibility of War To Involve U S Exists
Secretary of War Weeks writes to the American Peace Award Committee that a war involving the United States is possible given unsettled world conditions. He hopes for a plan to promote world peace while the War Department urges readiness. Franklin D Roosevelt warns cooperation begins with eliminating causes of conflict.
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U. S
Weeks
Bok
New York
United States
American Peace Award Committee
Edward Bok
War Department
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Carrel
Gharge Klan
Arctic Explorer
Hartford
Conn
Donald J. MacMillan
Labrador
Arctic
President Harding
American Radio Relay League
Bowdoin
Atlantic
Pacific
Wash
the Commercial Tribune
America
Hoboes
Klein
Oficer
Neg Stunick
West 11Th Street
Campbell County
William Ewing
Hth
Brighton Streets
Ewing
Ebert
Ruhr
Ebert-Cuno
Rhineland
France
Germany
Thyssen
Fritz Thyssen
Allanson B. Houghton
Stettin
Baltic Sea
Greater
Holland
Denmark
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