Women Oppose Repeal in Prohibition Hearing
About two dozen women readers representing 127,090,000 women urged Congress to enforce Prohibition. Led by Mrs. Henry W. Peabody they argued that prohibition improved conditions and that drinkers and sellers share responsibility for enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Womanhood of America
Henry W. Peabody
Beverly
Mass
Woman’s National Committee For Law Enforcement
House Judiciary Committee
Clarence True Wilson
Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Methodist Episcopal Church
Deets Pickett
Wilsom
Peabody
Woman's National Committee For Law Enforcement
Net
John F. Sippel
Baltimore
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
United States
Clarence Fraim
General Federation
F. I. Johnson
New York
Federation of Women’s Boards of Foreign Missions of North America
Orrin Ik
Payless Phone Users Arrested in Cincinnati Case
Two men, John Farrell and Joseph Gnau, both 42 and 36 respectively, living at 801 West Ninth Street Covington, were arrested for ringing pay phones without inserting coins at the Dixie Terminal. Detectives observed the act from an adjacent booth as the men attempted the so called payless call to Boston Ohio. The Bell Telephone Company declines to discuss how widespread the scheme is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Bell Telephone Company
John Farrell
West Ninth. Street
Covington
Joseph Gnau
Dixie Terminal
Five Die in Brooklyn Pistol Affrays Triggered by Quarrel
Five people were killed and another wounded in three shootings in Brooklyn's Italian district. Arthur Lofredo allegedly killed his wife Mrs. Anna Lofredo and her mother and brother amid a family quarrel, while Vincenzo Tradici and an unidentified man were found dead nearby. A sixth person Natali Cardiello was shot in the back by two bandits. Police linked the events to a dispute over smuggling proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Italan
Brooklyn
Anna Lofredo
Marie de Crescenzo
Salvatore
Arthur Lofredo
Natali Cardiello
Carmine de Crescenzo
Lofredo
Shell Group Merger Approved for Kentucky Independent Oil
Stockholders of the Kentucky Independent Oil Company voted to merge with Shell Petroleum Company of St. Louis. The cash deal valued real estate and assets above 1 million dollars with 7,000 shares of 100 each. No personnel changes expected. expansion plans unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky Independent Oil Company
Covington
Shell Petroleum Company of
St. Louis
Dutch Shell Oil Companes Group
Kentucky Company
Kenton
Campbell Counties
Hamilton
Butler
Shell Company
B. H. Bramlage
Strike Delays Paris Liner at Havre Port
The liner Paris was held up by a seamen strike in Havre France causing a 10pm departure delay. The company sent for extra sailors to reach legal crew levels and hoped to sail in the morning if talks with strikers progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre
France
Paris
Cherbourg
Ford's Hatred of Liquor Ignored in His City
Ford executives describe a bitter fight with Dearborn liquor rings reaching the factory gates in Dearborn and Detroit. They claim New York money finances racketeers and that liquor is sold across hundreds of homes and businesses despite efforts by Ford, government bodies, and local authorities. The campaign highlights ongoing law violations on all sides as Ford seeks to curb the traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Dearborn
Henry Ford
Ford
New York World News Service Today
United States
Michiccan
New York
A. Brooks
Chie
Indicts Hanover and Donald in Horst disappearance case
The Warne County Grand Jury indicted Charles Hannah and Earl Donald jointly for child stealing and separately for first degree murder in the disappearance of four year old Melvin Horst of Orrville on December 27 1928. Both men have been jailed since February while investigators sought the body and a murder theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah
Marion Graven
Walter Mougey
Grand Jury
City OKs Reds signs on streets. amends gas tax funds
City Council approved erecting Cincinnati Baseball Company signs at key intersections on game days. The measure also amends the 1930 gas and motor tax fund use to cover highway construction and maintenance per state law. Charles Rose opposed, citing concerns over city authority and street use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Sherrill
Cincinnati Baseball Company
Sherrill
Coun
Sixth
Walnut Streets
Charles O. Rose
Charterite
Rose
Bethlehem Steel to acquire Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube directors approve a plan to form a $1 billion concern. Bethlehem will exchange 1.33 shares per Youngstown share. plan needs two-thirds stockholder approval by April 8. Minority groups plan a proxy fight to oppose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Youngstown
Bethlehem
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Cleveland
Otis
Company-Eaton
Taft Will Leaves Estate To Widow And Yale Gift
The will of former President William Howard Taft leaves virtually his entire estate to his wife Helen Taft and names Yale University as the recipient of a $10,000 gift to the alumni fund. Taft School in Watertown, and several individuals receive smaller bequests. The executrix may avoid a full inventory, delaying disclosure of the estate’s size.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Yale
Washington
William Howard Taft
Arlington Cemetery
Yale University
Heie
Alumni University Fund
Robert A
Charles P. Taft
Helen Taft Manning
I’s Unitarian Church
Taft School
Watertown
Cond
Horace D. Taft
Wendell W. Mischler
Argaret McNamara
Annie McNamara
Thomas Halpin
Xecutrix
Debt row in Lords over US war debt by Southern states
In London on March 12 Lord Ponsonby told the House of Lords that it is futile to press Britain to intervene in the £78,000,000 owed by eight Southern states to British bondholders. Lord Redesdale questioned UK action, while Lord Banbury noted US demands for payback from Britain but not when it owes others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
House of Lords
Lord Ponsonby
Lord Redesdale
Russia
Lord Banbury
Great Britain
Charles L Slattery Episcopal Bishop Dies in Boston
Bishop Charles Lewis Slattery of Massachusetts dies at 62 after four days of illness. Appointed Bishop Coadjutor in 1922 to aid Bishop William Lawrence, he succeeded Lawrence in 1927. Survived by widow Sarah Lawrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Charles Lewis Slattery
Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts
Slattery
William Lawrence
Sarah Lawrence
Prince of Wales Laughs at Joke on Alert Cop
In Kampala on March 12 the Prince of Wales touring Entebbe met a policeman who did not recognize him. Traffic stopped for the royal convoy, a constable stopped the car, and the prince joked with the officer as the scene unfolded. The incident amused the prince and staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince OF Wales
Kampala
Uganda
Entebbe
Wales
Postlewxe
Mystery Watch Tells Of Hirmer Death In Newport
In Newport at 135 West Sixth Street John Hirmer 63 died after firing a revolver to his temple. Police rushed him to Speers Hospital in Dayton but he expired around 5 55 pm as church bells tolled and a stopped watch remained ticking. His son James later claimed belongings and witnessed the eerie timing of the watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
John Hirmer
West Sixth Street
Speers Hospital
Dayton
Hirmer
James Hirmer
John Mohn
Labour government faces censure vote amid naval conference hopes
London report notes Prime Minister MacDonald maintains leadership as he seeks support to push the disarmament talks. Conservatives and Liberals pledged not to topple the government, while coal bill troubles and unemployment pressure continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
MacDonald
Hig
House of Commons
Indiana farmhand arrested for Lang and Shaw slayings
James Anderson, 25, of Indiana, was captured by Perry County Kentucky deputies after a two month search. He allegedly killed Sheriff Herman Lang and Benjamin Shaw. Anderson admitted shooting Lang in self defense but denied killing Shaw. His brother Walter remains in custody as a witness with regional detectives credited for the arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Anderson
Indiana
Herman Lang
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Benjamin Shaw
Connersville
Perry County
Anderson
Hazard
Alfred Amis
Sam Begley
A. M.g Gross
Greensburg
Mayme Lang
Gross
Lang
Shaw
Sheriff Lang
Harrison
Bethesda Hospital
Walter Anderson
Ora Slater
Cal Crim Detective Bureau
Cincinnati
Dearborn County
Weygand Defends France By Inundation Plan
Paris reports France will use wholesale flooding on its northern frontier as a defensive measure in future wars. Gen. Weygand, new chief of staff, outlines a Holland style water barrier to repel invaders, citing canal and river networks and a seven foot water level as impassable. The plan echoes Belgian and Dutch defense history and ties to Turenne era studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Paris
France
Menin Canal
Yser
Flanders
Gen. Weygand
Holland
Kaiser
Kaiser Wilhelm
Wilhelmina of
Weygand
Marshal Foch
Turenne
Former Anti-Saloon League lawyer sentenced in narcotics case
Herbert Kreitzer of Dayton Ohio received eighteen months in the Federal Penitentiary at Atlanta Ga after pleading guilty to purchasing narcotics Judge Benson Hough presided. Kreitzer 54 said he had been a lawyer and later suffered breakdown leading to narcotic use and attempted cures in Seattle and Cincinnati. He described periods in Dayton hospital and jail before sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Herbert Kreitzer
Dayton
Benson -Hough
United States
Kreitzer
Anti-Saloon League
Kreutzer
Seattle
Wash
Longview Hospital
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
George Remus
Hough
France Britain at impasse over tonnage figures in naval talks
London dispatch reports French and British nav al chiefs deadlocked on tonnage numbers amid stalled Japanese American talks. Briand extends conference by two weeks while Stimson cites failed efforts to secure Italian figures. Briand questions US Kellogg pact stance as Britain warns of submarine and cruiser expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
London
Dwight W. Morrow
United States
State Stimson
Reijiro Wakatsuki
Aristide Briand
Briand
Andre Tardieu
Systatesman
Stimson
France
Italy
Great Britain
Geneva
Weather Forecast Chart With Temperatures Across States
Ohio to Kentucky Tennessee West Virginia Indiana and other states show cloudy skies light rain or snow flurries varying by region. Highs range from the upper 30s to mid 60s with colder conditions expected Friday. Louisiana to New York and beyond record temperatures and precipitation in a long table comparing six regions and two years of data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
West Virginia
Indiana
Louville
Beast
Boston
Nashville
Albaeny
Cleveland
New York
Atlantic C
Ee E
Ea'es
St. Louis
Orleans
Ansas City
Arenes Omaha
Itteburgh
A. Aevedthy
S.W
Ion & As
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cech. B. Dickson
Associated Press
Tradici
Shell Group
St. Louis Company
Kenneth Campbell
Donold
Horst
Graven
Council
Madison Road
Whetsel Avenue
Reading
Rockdale
Gilbert Avenue
Ian Street
Vine
Fourth Streets
Bethlehem Steel
Youngstown Sheet and
TOBE
Gulf States Steel Company
Republic Steel Corp
Exchange
United States Steel
Republic Steel Corporation
Eugene G. Grace
James A. Campbell
Beth
Lehem
Youngs- Be
Ponsonby
Commonwealth
Episcopal
Occult Hoodoos Police
Cen
Frank H. King
Maxime Weygand
Tardieu
Britain
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!