Nickel Plate merger plans ride on new financial structure
Despite the Interstate Commerce Commission rejection of the Nickel Plate combination, sponsors urge a revised plan could save between 2 and 3 million in investment. A second financial rearrangement could cost 750000 but might preserve the merger value and enable broader railroad consolidations. Bankers expect a conference with the Van Sweringens to decide next steps.
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New York
van Sweringens
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
L. F. Loree
Delaware & Hudson
Southwestern
Kansas City Southern
St. Louis Southwestern
Frisco
Rock Island
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville & Nashville
Great Eastern
Egal
el. N. Brown
Pete Marquette Railway
Nickel Plate
Pete Marquette
Edward C. Bailly
Hocking Valley Railroad
Asso
Apartment Choice Solved Through Betty Bell
A reader is advised to contact Betty Bell of Commercial Tribune to specify apartment type size and location, and she will locate a suitable unit with price details. The notice emphasizes direct guidance and a personal service approach for finding an apartment.
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Betty Bell
Commercial Tribune
Actor Learns Fiancée Is His Half Sister On Air
Herbert Clark star of The Patsy in New York learned that his intended wife Katherine Clark is his half sister after their Pittsburgh father revealed the first marriage that produced Katherine. Both had written to the father, unaware of their kinship, and she works in a New York real estate office.
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New York
Herbert Clark
Patsy
Katherine Clark
Pittsburgh
Miss Clark
Slain Ohio Couple Found at Jefferson County Farm
Miss Nettie Herron 55 and her brother Robert Herron 65 were found murdered on their Jefferson County farm suspected robbery as motive. A negro suspect, John Cook, was arrested as authorities pursued the case amid bleak, isolated surroundings and uncertain circumstances.
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Steubenville
Nettie Herron
Robert Herron
Jefferson County
John Cook
Herron
Allison
Miss Herron
Herrons
Massacre of Tibetan Supply Party Reported Near Lhasa
The Daily Mail reports a massacre of Tibetan carriers traveling to Lhasa with 300 tons of electrical gear for a new English lighting plant in the Forbidden City. Ringang, a Dalai Lama relative educated in England, led the party and vanished. all goods were destroyed and the expedition to Mount Everest reportedly abandoned.
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The
Daily Mail
Forbidden City
Lhasa
Tibet
Ringang
England
Dalai Lama
Kalimpong
Bengal
Calcutta
Bombay
Mt. Everest
Charles G. Bruce
Goldstein Released After Whisky Case Conviction
Nathan Goldstein is released on official bond from the Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary after a whisky removal case connected to the Jack Daniels Distillery in St. Louis. Among sixteen convicted, only five remain in prison.
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Leavenworth
Kan
Nathan Goldstein
Jack Daniels
St. Louis
Federal Penitentiary
Army air power warning in Colonel Mitchell Cincinnati lecture
Colonel William Mitchell warned 3 000 attendees at Music Hall that Cincinnati could be leveled in minutes by aerial bombs from a fleet of planes. He urged a strong air defense department and warned the U S lagged behind foreign powers as he recounted his World War I service and criticism of the army and navy.
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Union Central
Fountain Square
Gibson Hotel
Federal Building
Traction Building
William Mitchell
Music Hall
Army
Navy
Congress
Mitchell
United States
England
France
United Air Service
Tinkham
Supreme Court
C T
Western
Pennsylvania
Francis O’kane
John E. Zerbey
O’kane
Zerbey
Kellogg argues broad power to bar aliens from U S
Secretary of State Kellogg told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the State Department should have absolute authority to exclude aliens and deny visas. He argued aliens have no legal rights in the United States and refused to discuss specific cases, noting confidential information influenced his position. The hearing adjourned with no action on repeal of wartime powers.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Neee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
United States
Borah
Karolyi
Kellogg
Johnson
Rep
Cal
Department
Swanson
Dem
Wheeler
Mont
Count Szechenyi
Norwood Woman Dead After Horseback Ride
Mrs. Margaret Kothe 38 of 2100 Monroe avenue Norwood died from apoplexy after a saddle mishap on Main avenue. She was an experienced horsewoman and wife of Benjamin B Kothe Jr traffic manager of the Industrial Commission Association. The coroner attributed death to apoplexy.
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Ma Avenue
Norwood
Margaret Kothe
Monroe Avenue
Rothe
Benjamin BR. Kothe
Industrial Commission Association
Pickering
Ruth
Spencer Avenue
William Baldwin
Kothe
Main Avenue
Miss Dure
Baldwin
Clyde Bleakley
Mentor Avenue
William Morgan
Evanston Avenue
Morgan
L. W. Stacey
Stacey
Othe
General
Klan barred from private Birth of a Nation showings
Ohio Attorney General Crabbe ruled that the Ku Klux Klan cannot hold private showings of Birth of a Nation for members and their friends. The film is already officially barred from public exhibition in the state, and such private screenings would circumvent the law.
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Columbus
Ku Klux Klan
Crabbe
Order
Vernon M. Riegel
Ex-Illinois bootlegger aims for state legislature
Richard J. Burrill once operated a breezy in Joliet and served six months in a bribery case. He and partner Lawrence J. Crowley pleaded guilty, were fined $10,000 each, and Burrill now runs a contracting business from a $60,000 Joliet home. Federal agents destroyed $200,000 worth of ice plant machinery.
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Associated Press
Joliet
Ill
Richard J. Burrill
Chicago
Burrill
Lawrence J. Crowley
Elgin Ice and Brewery Company
Crowley
Dog Prince Rescues Boy From Drowning in Reading Mass
Prince the eight month old collie St Bernard mix torn his muzzle to save six year old Earl Henry Van Horn from a pond in Reading Massachusetts. Trevor Selman says the dog was muzzled at home but freed himself to answer the boy's cries and drag him from the water.
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New York World News Service
Reading
Mass
Prince
Selman Trevor
Earl Henry van Horn
Trevor
Statue of Liberty Needs Alarm Clock Opinion
London editorials argue adding a wrist watch to the Statue of Liberty is a step, but the writer suggests an alarm clock is what she truly needs. The piece appears in the Star quoted from the N Y World News Service 1926.
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London
New York World News Service
the Star
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Publishing Company
Hebrew College plans museum for rare Judaica
A collection of 174 Judaica items including manuscripts decrees and two unpublished Wagner letters will form a museum at Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati. Librarian Adolph S. Oko announced the purchase from S Kirschstein and Frau Berger of Dusseldorf. Funds were raised by the Psa Union of American Hebrew Congregations.
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New York
Hebrew Union College
Cincinnati
Adolph S. Oko
S. Kirschstein
Kirschstein
Frauberger
Dusseldorf
Oko
Persia
Queen Esther
Richard Wagner
Myerbeer
Psa Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Dramatic Wall Street Break Drives Bear Attack
New York markets staged a dramatic price collapse with record trading volume as railroad and industrial stocks slid after merger fears and the Nickel Plate setback. Banks reported no panic, call money fell to 4 1/2 percent, while leaders like United States Steel and American Smelting showed firm demand amid the turmoil.
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New Wall Street
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Interstate Commerce Commission
Associated Press
Financial District
Stock Exchange
United States Steel
Common
American Smelting
New York Central
Union Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
van Sweringen
Atlantic Coast Line
Louisville & Nashville
Rock Island
Delaware & Hudson
St. Louis
Countess Cathcart Granted Temporary Liberty in New York
New York officials extended a ten day stay for Countess Cathcart who did not report to Ellis Island. She remained at the Hotel Ambassador citing she would not abandon her acting career. She posted a $500 personal bond and said she would not surrender to authorities. Officials said she would likely return to Ellis Island before liberty expired.
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Associated Press
New York
Countess Cathcart
Ellis Island
Ambassador
Contess
Washington
White
Department
Husband
Mr. Husband
Bible Reading Bill Author Enters Ohio GOP Governor Race
Rep Ross P Buchanan of Carroll County joins the Republican gubernatorial contest in Ohio. The former author of the compulsory Bible reading bill that passed the last Legislature but was vetoed by Gov Donahey now faces the August primary. Support from the Ku Klux Klan for Buchanan remains unclear.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ross P. Buchanan
Carroll County
Buchanan
Donahey
Ku Klux Klan
Student Expelled Over Prohibition Vote at School
Norman Isaac, a junior at Manual Training High School in Indianapolis, was expelled by civics teacher Miss A B Thale after voting against prohibition when asked who supported it. Isaac alone raised his hand as others signaled opposition, leading to his expulsion.
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New York World News Service
Indianapolis
Norman Isaac
Manual Training High School
A. B. Thale
Priests Reach New York After Expulsion From Mexico
Ten priests one nun and four Marist brothers expelled from Mexico arrived in New York aboard the Leon III. They described being seized in homes forced to sail with pigs in steerage and left penniless. They reported ongoing prayers in dark cellars and plans to proceed to Spain or return to Europe.
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New York
Mexico
Leon III
Epideforo Martinez
Merida
Yucatan
Deportation of Four Spanish Priests In Mexico Tightens Priest Rule
Mexico City reports four more Spanish priests have been ordered deported under the constitutional rule allowing only native born ministers to officiate in churches. The action reflects ongoing enforcement of limits on foreign clergy in Mexican churches.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Prohibition Strikes Paris Hit Cafe Closures
In Paris on March 3 cafes and bars closed in protest against parliamentary measures including retroactive taxes. The city felt unusually quiet from 2 to 4 pm as restaurants shut early and extra police guarded streets. Some shops remained open. Americans joked about bootleggers while tobacco counters stayed open behind barricades.
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Associated Press
Paris
Roy
France
Damned Souls Society Formed at University of Rochester
Rochester scholars report the creation of the Damned Souls Society by students at the University of Rochester Baptist institution. Thirteen members aim to prove atheism's necessity and reject God and religion, with plans for professors to address the group and members pledging to oppose clericalism.
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Rochester
The
Rochester Journal and Post Express
University of Rochester
New Society
American Association For the Advancement of Atheism, Inc
New York
Salvatore Russo
Carl
John Ortolani
Joseph Lavine
Damned Souls
Russo
Aries G
College For Men
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