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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1925
Page
4
President Coolidge will be sworn in next Wednesday with frugal ceremony. Taft to administer oath at noon and the event to be broadcast by radio, with a four hour schedule and minimal parade elements to avoid excess public expense.
General Charles G. Dawes sails to take the oath as Vice President amid family and aides. He resigns from Central Trust Company of Illinois and plans a Washington hotel home, with Mrs Dawes and two adopted children accompanying him. The piece notes history of vice presidents, including successors and those who died in office.
Washington report details the likely cabinet lineup under President Coolidge starting next Wednesday. It lists Secretaries Kellogg Mellon Weeks Weeks Weeks, Warren, New, Wilbur, Work, Jardine, Hoover, Davis and others with ages, origins, and prior positions.
Washington February 28 Secretary Weeks testified before the House Aircraft Committee denying muzzling charges against Brigadier General Mitchell. Weeks said he asked for publication approvals to curb Navy protests, not to silence truth. He urged greater air service funding and noted aircraft numbers and staffing were insufficient. He suggested recalling General Patrick for detailed data and opposed a unified air service while supporting coastal defense transfer to the Army. The panel resumes Monday with Rear Admiral Fiske testifying.
Miss Janet Behrens testified in New York Supreme Court that she contemplated killing J. Baron, the lawyer she sued for breach of promise, after Baron courted her for five years. She said Justice Levy advised against any desperate act and noted Baron's former partner Levy advised restraint.
Taft holds a unique place in history as the only person to have taken the presidential oath and later administer it to a successor. In 1909 he became president, and on a Wednesday as Chief Justice he will administer the oath to Calvin Coolidge.
Washington reports that the inauguration will reach untold millions via radio as the nation listens from sea to sea. Since Harding, radio has linked vast audiences to great events, turning broadcasting into a rule and bringing distant houses into instant contact with the oath and duties of the presidency.
Albert Siebler of Kemper Lane was fined 125 dollars and costs and given a three month driving ban for speeding 52 mph in a safety zone on Gilbert Avenue. Arthur Hauenstein and Ernest Bohne were each fined 13 dollars and costs for speeding with 2 dollar license tag costs. Alexander and Brown received suspensions for reckless driving with 50 dollar and up to three months penalties. Other speeders listed include Carmello and Jacobs with varying fines and costs.
The Cuvier Press Club campaigns close next Wednesday night with three Enquirer staffers Wiley McDowell and Steinborn set to join the club board of trustees without opposition. Eight other candidates remain in the race along with independent “Four Horsemen” contenders. A Ladies Day event is planned, with women guests admitted to the clubhouse for music and entertainment.
An overheated stove ignited a blaze at Kreeman Furniture Company 314 318 West Fifth Street early yesterday. The fire damaged flooring and spread to the first floor with estimated losses around 5000 dollars. Guests at the Gibson overheard a blaze caused by an overturned pan of grease.
Judge William G. Powell of the Municipal Court attended the Shrine celebration in Cincinnati yesterday afternoon, along with 18 visitors. The event included a Yéatman in yesterday morning.
NEW YORK February 28 Preparedness is essential to a peace program with wartime industrial defense plans seen as the strongest path to rapid mobilization Guy E Tripp chairman of Westinghouse told a National Republican Club luncheon Speakers included A A Fries Major General Patrick Admiral Plunkett and Captain G W Steele Jr Discussed chemical warfare air studies and aerial navigation Fries urged sustainment of chemical industry as vital to national food steel and electrical needs and noted political honesty rising in the era
Paris reports a new higher tax on liquor with a 300 francs per 100 kilograms levy on aged sugar used in aperitif production. Opponents warn of harm to French alcohol industry and public health while a deputy invokes America as a cautionary example of liquor suppression.
Washington February 28 Congress nears adjournment with major appropriations in dispute. The Senate passed the final deficiency bill and eyed rivers and harbors and Interior Department bills amid filibuster threats. House actions included helium conservation and Reed Johnson Veterans Bureau amendments as Senate stalled on pay raises for Congress.
In Mexico Missouri on February 28 Mark Twain stories and reminiscences surfaced via Harry Turner a veteran newspaperman. Turner recounts Twains farewell to Hannibal and his humorist anecdotes about melon fantasies and a rest stop in Columbia. The visit included honors from the University of Missouri and a stop in Florida before a Columbia rest with E W Stephens and a churchgoing breakfast.
The fifth annual sales congress of the Cincinnati Underwriters Association will convene at the Business Men's Club on March 6. Opening at 9 36 a m, Harvey L Shepard president will call the meeting to order. Speakers include J William Cleag of Philadelphia National Association of Life Underwriters and Oliver Thurman of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company.
Walter Felheim a woolen merchant aged 67 Pickering Building changed his plea from not guilty to guilty after arresting officers testimony in Municipal Court. He was fined $200 and costs the minimum on the charge of possessing racehorse slips. The judge took no action on alleged false testimony due to Felheim’s disability and family duties. Flying squad testified he had been taking bets for more than two weeks with slips seized during a raid. Spectators included church leaders Rev John Herget and Rev William Anthony.
Fragmentary text shows a speaker claiming no progress toward global brotherhood, alongside General Patrick presenting a scene related to ongoing postwar discussions. The readable phrases hint at wartime reconciliation themes without clear events or dates.
Cincinnati welcomes about 3600 delegates for three conventions of the Ohio Valley Retail Shoe Dealers Ohio State Laundry Owners and Ohio Valley Retail Furniture Dealers. Furniture dealers from four states gather at Gibson Hotel with exhibits and talks by A H Frank Glover Davis and others. The shoe dealers meet at Linton with 800 expected and a footwear display while the laundry owners convene at Linton Thursday through Saturday with about 600 delegates.
Ohio Governor Donahey backs developing the Orient feeble minded institution to capacity while considering the Longview Hospital proposal in Cincinnati. He wants both plans pursued if funds allow, and endorsed Taft’s plan to expand Longview with new farm buildings and cottages.
Paris reports a tentative commercial accord between France and Germany after letters from Minister Raynaldy and Dr Trendelenburg. Negotiations will resume March 16 in Berlin to pursue a temporary pact until a final treaty. The plan provides an interim most favored nation clause and staged tariff reductions.
A Houston report states four children of Merl Carson perished when their home near Pearland burned after a fire swept through the house. Authorities say two other children escaped, with the fire investigators tracing the blaze to its origin and noting the cause remains under study.
Charles S. Deneen was sworn in today as senator from Illinois, succeeding the late Medille Ormick. The ceremony occurred in Washington on February 28.
A conference in the office of George Hauser Building Commissioner will examine the zoning ordinance wording as a protest about a fertilizer shed proposed by Losantville Country Club on Lawn Farm road. Alfred Bettman attorney for Weghöff challenges the shed as potentially offensive to neighbors arguing over its status as a necessary adjunct to the golf recreation area.
Dr John M Cooney dean of journalism at the University of Notre Dame will speak at the St Patrick s Day banquet of the Combined Hamilton County Councils of the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic on March 17 at the Elks Temple M O Burns of Hamilton Ohio will be toastmaster The committee includes Michael F Calvin John Bland Dr Thomas J Connolly Thomas Fay James Finn Michael J Grady John J McCabe Miss Mary Callahan and J J Castellini They expect a direct representative of Ireland to address the banquet despite Irish Republican leaders being recalled for elections
The Chamber of Commerce telegraphed Congressman Longworth of Cincinnati warm congratulations on his election as Speaker of the House. Acting President J. M. Hutton praised his long years of service and Cincinnati’s pride in this recognition.
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