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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1926
Page
1
President Coolidge announced a 390 million dollar treasury surplus for the current fiscal year and forecast a 135 million dollar surplus next year, while delaying any tax cuts pending a test of economy. He urged gradual personnel cuts and warned against premature optimism.
After a wild chase through hilltops in a stolen auto the four youths abandon the vehicle near Last End and plunge into the Ohio River to escape a pursuing police officer. The stormy weather and river currents hindered rescue efforts as authorities investigated the incident.
A Chicago party aboard a yacht, rigging stripped, is adrift midlake after a gale Sunday. A steamship rescued the vessel off Milwaukee and towed it briefly before letting go. Four crew were aboard. At Mackinaw City the submarine chaser SCN-432 ran onto rocks, with SCN-42 and Truant nearby to rescue the crew of about forty if necessary.
Four youths, aged 16 to 18, in a stolen sedan fled a speed officer at about fifty mph after dawn rainstorm. They shed nearly all clothing, jumped into the Ohio River, swam toward the Kentucky shore, and escaped. the sedan was reported stolen from 108 East Auburn Avenue.
Washington June 21 Chief Justice Taft remains ill and confined to bed. He will not leave for his planned summer home in Canada as previously announced.
Police identify a man as a longtime swindler known as English Bob and as Robert McCormick after a New York woman is robbed of 500. The man posed as Col George Harvey former Ambassador to Great Britain to gain access to funds and an automobile. He has a 36 year criminal record with sixteen arrests dating back to 1893.
Coroner Volker ruled death by suicide for Mrs. Kate Jordan Vermilyea known author and playwright whose body was found in Mountain Lakes New Jersey. She had been missing since yesterday from the home of Capt. George A. Reeder, her son in law, where she came to recuperate from insomnia and nervous disorders.
Ernest Burkhart, who pleaded guilty to murder in the death of W. E. Smith, a Fairfax rancher, was sentenced in Pawhuska Oklahoma to life imprisonment.
New York June 21 Miss Jean Bodine 23 was discharged after Magistrate Smith ruled her offer to don flesh-colored tights in court was unnecessary. Detectives testified she wore no tights while other witnesses said she did.
Deputies George Harper and Edward Rindfleisch fought with Dr. Allen J. Fox at his Silverton home as they attempted to arrest him on a lunacy warrant. Fox tore clothing, struck Rindfleisch, and was later subdued with handcuffs after Mrs. Fox allegedly produced a stiletto. Fox was sent to a sanitarium in Price Hill for evaluation before a formal hearing.
Edward E. Beidleman, defeated for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, testifies before the Senate Campaign Funds Committee alleging he did not receive all votes cast for him in Pennsylvania. He questions the committee’s reach into governor race matters and cites petitions seeking official return sheets in Allegheny County.
Half a million Catholics attended an open air Mass as 60 000 sang in what authorities called the finest spectacle in U S history. The event took place as a wind and rainstorm swept the city ending the longest day of the year with widespread damage and power outages.
A bill passed by the House provides for a permanent biennial inspection of the Philippine Islands by a committee of two Senators and three Representatives to obtain first hand information. The measure, supported by Secretary of War Davis, aims to give Congress direct sources of condition reports rather than relying on Governor General communications through the War Department.
Father Duffy argues in a World News Service essay that Catholicism prioritizes children in the holy family, with the mother next and the father last. He discusses Christmas culture, parish schools, and the church’s patient, multi-generational plan for moral training.
The House defeated a June 30 adjournment plan by a 191 to 133 vote led by Rep. Tilson. Madden and Western Republicans plus Southern Democrats pushed to delay action until Senate consideration of rivers and harbors and farm bills.
In Geneva on June 21, a French staffer and an Italian clashed on the convention floor after the Frenchman called the Fascist Signor Rossoni macaron i. The director ordered their discharge, but dueling is forbidden by Swiss law, so no further action will be taken.
Springfield Ohio June 21. Business sessions of the United Spanish War Veterans and the Women's Auxiliary opened at state encampments today. G D Wagoner of Columbus was elected Grand Gu Grandicissimo of the Military Order of the Serpents with Edward R Gille Springfield as Grand Datto and J G Fleming Columbus as Grand Thrice Infamous Inferior Guru. Other officers include William Stickney Columbus Grand Lord High Keeper Henry Sitzensock Akron Henry Vliet Cincinnati and William H Eldridge Columbus as SHck and Slim Keepers of the Ophidian.
In Maxwell Street Chicago a lost engraved dime sparks a ten-man clash. Four beaten men are taken to the county hospital, four others jailed, and the fate of the dime remains unknown as police restore order.
Chicago crowds near 500000 descend on Grant Park for the Eucharistic Congress Children’s Day. Governor Smith watches with his son as 60,000 parochial students in white and yellow form siege lines while outside masses surge beyond Soldiers’ Field.
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