Indictments Sought Today in U.S. Coed Murder Case
Ohio State University research worker Marion Meyers viewed the slain coed Miss Theora Hix in the Columbus jail aftermath. The case centers on Dr. James H. Snook and a washed blue automobile tied to the investigation as detectives seek further bloodstain evidence and indictments.
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Columbus, CO
Marion T. Meyers
Ohio State University
Theora K. Hix
John J. Cnester, Jr
Quinndorgan
Columbus
Meyer
Second Avenue
James H. Snook
Meyers
Miss. Hix
Chester
Dual Speeches on Disarmament Set for Tomorrow Night
London dispatch notes United States Ambassador Charles G. Dawes and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald prepared to deliver dual speeches on disarmament tomorrow night. Dawes to address Pilgrim Society, MacDonald to speak at Lossiemouth, with Britain awaiting fuller details on negotiations and foreign responses.
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Dawes
MacDonald
London
United States
Charles G. Dawes
Ramsay MacDonald
Lossiemouth
Ambassador Dawes
Pilgrim Society
Forres
France
Italy
Evening Standard Today
Standard Takes Control Of 120 Ohio Oil Stands
The Caldwell & Taylor Company merged with Standard Oil in Cleveland to form Caldwell & Taylor Corporation. A. B. Caldwell becomes president. T. J. Taylor retires. The combined network runs about 125 stations in Southern Ohio with assets in Dayton and Columbus. The new firm will secure steady supplies and retain the current organization. W. T. Holliday and Caldwell announced the deal.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Caldwell & Taylor Company
Standard Oil Company
Cleveland
Cities Service Company
Louisiana Oil Refining Company
Standard
Caldwell & Taylor Corporation
Caldwell & Taylor, Inc
A. B. Caldwell
T. J. Taylor
Caldwell Concern
Dayton
Columbus
Caldwell Company
Consolidated Company
W. T. Holliday
The
Caldwell
Lone Mexican War veteran Owen Edgar marks ninety eighth birthday
Washington runs note as Owen Thomas Edgar, born June 17 1861 in Philadelphia, becomes the last survivor of the Mexican War after the death of William Fitzhugh Thornton Buckner in Paris Missouri and the passing of Augustus Markle and Richard D. Howard. Edgar, a Navy veteran, now resides in Washington with his Bible and daily devotions.
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Washington
Owen Thomas Edgar
William Fitzhugh Thornton Buckner
Paris
Augustus Markle
Lodi
Richard D. Howard
Sterling City
Edgar
Philadelphia
Navy
Mexico
United States
Potomac
Four-car concrete garage sought for repair shop or storage
Four-car concrete garage for rent on Vine street suitable for repair shop or storage. Also four-room summer cottage in Loveland Park for sale, Lot 60x100, cottage fully furnished. Restaurant for sale in factory district. Furnished apartment for rent in Clifton Heights with electrical refrigeration.
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Vine Street
Loveland Park
Clifton Heights
Stray Fox Terrier With Green Harness Seeks Its Owner
A black and white fox terrier wearing a green harness has strayed from its master. A reward is offered for the safe return of the dog and identification of its owner.
Want Ads Redirect to Page 11 for Complete Details
The notice directs readers to page 11 for full want ads details. It directs readers to consult the specified page for complete listings and information.
Hoover instructs Dawes on postwar conference with MacDonald
President Hoover ordered Ambassador Dawes to pursue discussions with Prime Minister MacDonald about ongoing conferences in England. Secretary Stimson has been briefed on Dawes’s conversations before his departure. other State Department officials are uncertain of the exact instructions. MacDonald’s remark that plans for a U.S. visit were mainly newspaper talk was noted.
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Hoover
Dawes
Washington
England
MacDonald
Stimson
State Department
Caddy Leaves Links Drowns in Little Miami
Twelve year old Clark Lee Meise of 7901 Woolster Pike outside Mariemont drowned while swimming with friends in the Little Miami River near his home. The body was recovered after about fifteen minutes by Newtown Fire Department grappling hooks. Funeral arrangements will be announced.
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Clark Lee Meise
Richard A. Meise
Wooster Pike
Mariemont
Little Miami
Hamilton County
Newtown (O.) Fire Department
Chris Binder
Siefke Undertaking Establishment
Police foil hold up. one bandit killed in Buffalo
In South Buffalo police interrupted a plot to rob a girl cashier of a department store as she carried about $2,000. A dead bandit, a wounded robber Edward Clark alias Edward Hoffman, and a third man Joseph Bartkolak were taken into custody. two others fled in a waiting car.
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Buffalo
N. Y
South Buffalo
John G. Reville
Seneca Street
Dorothy Harris
Jahraus-Braun
South Side
Liberty Bank
Edward Clark
Edward Hoffman
Auburn Prison
Joseph Bartkolak
Fuel Dealers Agree To Eliminate Smokeless Coal Ads
The Law Committee reached agreement with coal retailers to ban smokeless coal ads and instead use trade names. The projecting signs ordinance was kept under advisement while traffic offense procedures were set for plea by guilty in the Traffic Bureau without court appearance and without escalating fines for repeat offenses.
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Council
D. C. Keller
Daw Drug Company
Nes
Bert Long
Moses Blau
Escaped Prisoner Nabbed After Months at Large
Mahlon Mitchell, who fled London Prison Farm last December, was captured today at a Fayette County farm where he was employed. Mitchell had been sent up from Ross County for liquor manufacturing.
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Washington D. H
Mahlon Mitchell
London
Fayette County
Mitchell
Ross County
Border Patrolmen Ordered To Discard Firearms Amid Accidents
In Washington on June 17 prohibition officers faced scrutiny as shots fired along the Detroit River prompted debate over enforcement. Representative Clancy accused authorities of reckless firing while Assistant Secretary Lowman limited armaments to service pistols. The Gordon incident near Mooers New York was ruled accidental. Prohibition efforts along the Detroit River reported a drop in smuggling activity amid a broader debate on enforcement methods.
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Washington
Prohibition
Clancy
Rep
Mich
House
Detroit
Hudson
Michigan
Lowman
Gordon
Treasury
Arthur Gordon
Mooers
N. Y
Cheatham
F.L. Coveney
Doran
Detroit River
Coast Guard
City of Ottawa Sinks in English Channel Killing Seven
Six victims recovered from the Channel after the Imperial Airways liner City of Ottawa crashed off Dungeness while bound for Paris. One American passenger Homer W. Tatham of Minneapolis treated for an arm injury at a hospital. Pilot R J Brailli remained aboard the salvage trawler Gaby in shock as rescue continued through night.
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Folkestone
England
English Channel
City
Ottawa
Dungeness
Homer W. Tatham
Minneapolis
Minn
Adolph E. Meister
Garfield Manufacturing Company
New Jersey
Imperial Airways
Paris
R. J. Brailli
Gaby
Gordon's Death Poses Questions for New York Officials
Arthur Gordon, 22, of Plattsburgh, was shot while transporting twenty seven cases of beer from Canada in an automobile. County and port officials discussed the case as authorities shaped how to handle the death and related incident.
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Gordon
New York
Plattsburgh
N. Y
Arthur Gordon
Canada
John C. Tulloch
Ogdensburg
Two Personal Crises Reported in Reading
Frank Kirkendall aged 37 died by self inflicted gunshot at his home in Reading. He was to report to work later that day at the Nivison Weiskopf glass works. His widow survives. Separately Irene Denham, 33, died at General Hospital after poison intake. Her roommate said she had been in high spirits before swallowing the poison. Denham was divorced from George Denham and left two children.
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Frank Kirkendall
Main Avenue
Reading
Nivison Weiskopf Glass Works
James Adams
Electric chair awaits boy 19 after murder verdict
Earl Manchester, 19, was convicted of murder in an insurance murder plot against his roommate James Parks in Macon Georgia. The jury gave no recommendation, fixing the death penalty by the electric chair. Judge H A Matthews will sentence Manchester tomorrow morning. The state relied on Manchester's signed confession. Mrs J C Powers, the landlady who allegedly offered him 1000 dollars to kill Parks, faced accessory charges next week. She is 71.
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Macon
Earl Manchester
James Parks
Georgia
H. A. Matthews
Bible Circuit Court
Manchester
J. C. Powers
Parks
Own Dimes and Andrew Smith Faces Counterfeiting Charge
Andrew Smith alias Samuel Lock, 75, of 1287 West Sixth Street, a former nightwatchman, was arrested by Secret Service agent Harry Isack in Cincinnati and arraigned on counterfeiting ten cent coins. Officers found molds and plaster parts. Smith said a friend showed him how to use them. He pleaded not guilty and is held on $2,500 bond with a July 6 hearing.
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Andrew Smith
Samuel Lock
West
Sixth Street
Frederick A. Schmidt Realty Company
Smith
Harry H. Isack
Cincinnati
Buck
Diogenes
Mr. Buck
Elberon
Warsaw
Harry Neal Smith
United States
Condon Honored As Cincinnati Schools Chief Retires
Dr Randall J Condon, retiring superintendent of Cincinnati schools, received a near thousand-strong tribute dinner at the Gibson. The longtime educator spoke of his boyhood in Friendship Maine and his lifelong aim to develop character and citizenship through schooling.
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Randall J. Condon
Cincinnati
Gibson
Dr. Condon
Motor trouble in 16 bunches for busy man
Joseph E. Engelbert of 3556 Wabash avenue, head of a painting firm, faces frequent auto woes. He plans to chair an orphans transport to Coney Island, attend a convention in Cedar Point, and yesterday his fourth car was stolen, with prior vehicles recovered or damaged in incidents across Hamilton, Kenton, and Lexington. He jokes about windshield wipes for his hat amid the chaos.
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Joseph E. Engelbert
Wabash Avenue
Jenkins Street
Hamilton
Kenton
Campbell Counties
Coney Island
Cedar Point
Ohio State Automobile A Association
Orphans’ Committee
Engelbert
Elks’ Temple
Ninth
Main Streets
Lexington
Senate Recess Planned Amid Farm Aid Debate
The Senate voted 57 to 23 to recess from next Wednesday night to August 19, awaiting House approval. A House plan may push for a September or October recess. The House then passed 151 1/2 million dollars for the Federal Farm Board from the 500 million authorized, to be spent after board organization.
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Washington
Senate
Watson
Indiana
House
Longworth
Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Farm Relief Act
Woods
Wood
Congress
Ohio youths held after assault on girls in auto
Washington C H O June 17 Three youths about 21 held in jail after alleged assault on two women from Columbus business college. Miss Ruth Swinehart Little Sandusky and Miss Lucille Garringer were robbed of a ride when Severs Otis Crabtree and Delbert Gault drove off toward a side road and assaulted one woman while the other escaped. County officers began investigation. charges likely against at least two. All three arrested and jailed.
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Washington C. H
Columbus
Ruth Swinehart
Little Sandusky
Lucille Garringer
Washington D. H
George Severs
Otis Crabtree
Delbert Gault
Washington Court House
Severs
Mother and two children slain at River Rouge home
A Detroit River Rouge mother Mrs Anna Chebinski and her two children Apuline 2 and Margaret 5 were found dead with heads crushed by a hammer. A third child Josephine 10 was near death. The hammer lay behind the house and police seek the husband Paul Chebinski who left for Cleveland months ago.
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Detroit
River Rouge
Anna Chebinski
Apuline
Margaret
Josephine
Mike Mazor
Paul Chebinski
Cleveland
Captain Stays Afloat as Laurel Crew Is Rescued
Captain Louis Johnson refuses rescue and remains aboard the wrecked Laurel as Coast Guardsmen remove the last eight crew from the stern half. Twenty four crew were saved earlier. Russel Smith, 19, drowned, and Norman Dabnuus, 29, was critically injured. The 4759 ton lumber freighter grounded on Peacock Spit during a gale while carrying over 7 million feet of lumber from Columbia River ports toward New York and Philadelphia.
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Astoria
Ore
Louis Johnson
Laurel
Columbia River
Coast
Coast Guard
Red Wing
Johnson
Portland
Russel Smith
Worcester
Dlass
Norman Dabvuus
San Pedro
Cal
New York
Philadelphia
Peacock Spit
Muttomah
Coastwise Service
McCormick Steamship Company
San Francisco
Williams Dimond Company
Quaker Line
Wisconsin murder mystery ends as elaborate suicide
In Rhinelander Wisconsin on June 17 the body of 26 year old Benjamin Gisin a Chicago biographer amateur artist and writer was found in a swamp with burns and shotgun wounds. Police concluded the death was self inflicted after establishing the victim’s identity and noting bindings and a self set fire. The case was initially described as a torture murder with a theory linking Gisin to organized crime.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Wisconsin North Woods
Benjamin Gisin
Chicago
Henry Gisin
Mound City
Kan
Gisin
Oneida County
White House Corrects Nomination Spelling Error
The White House found an error in the spelling of Frederic A. Tilton in a nomination for Third Assistant Postmaster General. The misprint created a non existent person, prompting a new properly spelled nomination to be sent to the Senate for confirmation.
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Washington
White House
Frederic A. Tilton
Senate
Post Office Department
Frederick A. Tilton
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Ing
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J. E. Englebert
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