City considers wage hikes for police and firemen
Ordinances to raise pay for sub and full police and firemen were prepared after talks with the Board of Control. Mayor Carrel supported the policy if funds allow, while budget constraints and additional tax levies loom. Police chief Copelan reports suspensions after grand jury indictments and plans to reassign staff, with Civil Service exams set for April 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schneller
Board of Control
Mayor Carrel
Charles F. Hornberger
George Crawford
Safety Department
Finance Committee
Board’ of
Schn@ler
Carrel
William Tcopelan
Crawford
Civil Service Commission
Weatherly
Seebohm
Kirgan
Kleemeier
Hynicka Returns from Florida Demands Punishment for Guilty
Bud K. Hynicka, Republican leader in Hamilton County, arrived in Cincinnati after months in Florida. He commented on the indictment of Police Department members in the federal case and urged that the guilty be punished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hynicka
Florida
Bud K. Hynicka
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Day in Washington expresses sympathy for storm sufferers
Expressions of sympathy for the Midwest storm victims continued as abroad and domestic groups respond. Couzens of Michigan labeled a lack of uniformity in tax case settlements. Red Cross chapters nationwide were ordered to accept contributions for storm relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Couzens
Michigan
Red Cross
Interstate Commission orders oil freight rate cut Oklahoma to Indiana
The Interstate Commerce Commission ordered a reduction in freight rates on petroleum products moving from Oklahoma to Indiana. This action affects shippers and may lower transportation costs for these shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interstate Commerce Commission
Oklahoma
Indiana
Tokyo Fire Crisis Reaches Self-Reliance Demand
The Japanese Government told the State Department it could cope with the Tokyo fire situation without outside aid. No external help needed as authorities coordinate local resources and emergency response efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Tokyo
Jewelry Firm Hires Under Indictment Officers
A large Cincinnati jewelry firm offered Sergeant John Joachim and Detective John Rolf, both indicted in a graft ring, sales positions shortly after their suspensions were announced. Company officials voiced belief in their innocence and expected further firms to follow suit amid broad local support for the officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Grand Jury
John Joachim
John Rolf
Carrel
Cincinnati
Death in Train Accident Ends Prodigal's Career
Allen Hamilton a 20 year old Brooklyn native was killed when struck by a train near Thompsontown Juniata County Pennsylvania his body found beside the tracks by a section gang He had just left home six weeks earlier and was reportedly evading a brakeman while trying to reach home from Altoona after serving thirty days in jail for railroad trespass He had written weekly letters home without any hint of his arrest and said he wished to see some real country by going West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
New York
Allen Hamilton
Brooklyn
Thompsontown
Juniata County
Hamilton
Philadelphia
Altoona
Hiccup Cured Man Dies of Heart Trouble in Yonkers
James McCann a 79 year old Yonkers realty owner who was said cured of hiccoughs a day earlier died suddenly of heart trouble. He had lived in Yonkers fifty years after coming from Ireland and was reputed worth several million. His wife and one daughter survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiccough
New_York World News Service
Yonkers
N. Y
James McCann
Mr. McCann
Ireland
St Paul Receivership Recalls Struggles and Rail Plans
The article reviews the St Paul receivership and its impact on northern service from the Twin Cities to the coast. It notes Burlington’s Chicago to Omaha line, Duluth steel prospects, Fordson traffic, irrigation and farming expansion, mineral resources, and electrification efforts. It also explains the road's financial decline with bond price drops and urges a thorough reorganization to regain footing over the next six to seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fordson
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Butte District
Gold Creek
White
Mont
Bitter Root Mountains
Pacific Ocean
St. Paul's
Otsa
New Shepherd Case Trial Details Emerge In Legal Hearing
The Criminal Court allowed Stewart to call state's witnesses. Chief Justice Hopkins indicated flexibility in an informal hearing. Testimony linked Shepherd to a death inquiry involving midwifery, questionable diplomas, and alleged use of pills and germ experiments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farman
St. Louis College of Physicians and Surgeons
United States Public Health Service
Stewart
Faiman
Harry Olsen
Andy
Hopkins
Olson
Crowe
Shepherd
McClintock
Miss Pope
National University of Science
Graphic storm tale by eye witness after deadly wreck
An eye witness recalls a tornado devastating a town. Survivors pull the dead and injured from wrecked homes as others arrive to help. A laborer describes his car wreck and the loss of family including his wife daughter and two granddaughters. Continuous tragedy with a lone saved child.
Tornado Felt in West Frankfort Mine 500 Feet Deep
West Frankfort special dispatch reports a tornado reached Mine No. 18 of Industrial Coal Co 500 feet underground. About five hundred miners were evacuated in forty minutes with only four killed as gas buildup threatened a dangerous situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
ST. Louis
Industrial Coal Company
Jll
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Robert McPhail
Child Prays Amid Storm in Caldwell Illinois
Seven year old Agnes Price prayed aloud during a Southern Illinois storm last Wednesday saying she was not saved and a winner. She was uninjured, while Ms J H Perkins wife of a local minister visited the Price home during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agness Price
Illinois
J. H. Perkins
Caldwell
Price
Agnes
The Circulation Manager of West Frankfort Daily American
The brief item identifies the circulation manager position at the West Frankfort Daily American newspaper. It notes duties related to distributing copies, overseeing paper routes, and maintaining subscription records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Daily American
Orphan Sisters Injured in Storm Draw Adoptions at Princeton
In Princeton Indiana on March 21 volunteers and visitors crowded the hospital where 35 tornado injured children are treated. Harriett McClurkin five and Ada McClurkin four bear injuries including a broken arm and temporary blindness yet remain cheerful. A nurse described their endurance while gifts fill the children’s room and townsfolk share stories of the post storm. John Neims of Griffin recalls the tornado approach and a near mishap at the Illinois Central Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Ind
Harriett McClurkin
Ada McClurkin
Harriett
Ada
American Firm Wins Record Book Auction in Paris
The Rosenbach Company of Philadelphia and New York outbid Rothschild to pay 432000 francs for Monument De Costume in two volumes at Des Champs Scribe Library. With tax the total reaches 618000 francs. The 32 plate edition by Freudenberg and Moreau dates 1774 to 1783. Previous record was 200000 francs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
House of Rothschild
France
Monument de Costume
Rosenbach Company
Philadelphia
New York
Rothschild
Freudenberg
Card of Thanks for Ida M. Langley
The bereaved family expresses gratitude for kindness and sympathy after the death of their daughter and sister Ida M. Langley. They thank Rev. David McKinney D.D. the singers and William F. Fuldner undertaker for services and the donors of floral offerings. The bereaved father sisters and brother-in-law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida M. Langley
David McKinney
William F. Fuldner
Funeral tribute for George M Beltzhoever in Cincinnatus Council
Members of Jr O U A M and Kilwinning Chapter No 97 pay respects to departed George M Beltzhoever. Services set Monday at 8 p.m. at W D Jacobs funeral home. Irwin Liebert Com Kilwinning Chapter meets March 25 at 6:30 p.m. Royal Arch Degree. Visitors welcome. Carl Beyer H P A T Roever Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilwinning
Carl Beyer
Commandery No 8 Special Conclave On March 28
Cincinnati Commandery No 8 announces a special conclave on Monday evening March 28 at oclock. Work Order of the Temple to be conducted. Refreshments follow. Edward C. Jones E C Attest Alfred S. Brown Recorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Commandery No
E. T
Order of the Temple
Edward C. Jones
E. Cc
List of local obituaries with funeral notices
Deaths include Beltzhoover, Kuhler, Lundy, Manley, Meehan, Miller, Neuhaus, Schork, Skillman, Walsh. Each entry notes the deceased, residence, church or funeral home, and scheduled service dates in March 1925. Several omit flowers and specify masses or burial locations in Covington Highway area and Hyde Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beltzhoover
George M
Plainfield Road
Bethesda Medical Hospital
Amelia L. Beltzhoover
Kammerling
Charles M
John D. Beltzhoover
W. D. Jacobs Company
Gilbert Avenue
Locust Street
Walnut Hills
Kuhler
Louis Edwin,Jr
Louis E
Mary Fromeyer Kuhler
Erie Avenue
Hyde Park
St. Mary’s Church
Lundy
Charles Lee
Adelaide Neilen Lundy
Santa Barbara
Eleanor Childs
James Meehan
Lexington Pike
Ft. Mitchell
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Covington
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Miller—Nepomuck
Anna Miller
C. P. Mullen
Schork
Héleny
Tee Gehrich
Joseph Schork
Williamson Place
Northside
Batesville
Ind
Skillman
Charles Robert
Charles Theodore
Margaret Skillman
Delaware Avenue
Norwood
Walsh
Michael J
Mary Walsh
Kelleher
Greenup Street
Ingermont St. Ry’s Cemetery
421 Archist Phone Main 4754 South of Fourth
Classified listing notes a phone contact at 421 Archist with main number 4754, located south of Fourth Street and near Broadway and Ludiew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Et
Broadway & Ludiew
Atlantic Navy Fleet Flops in Mock Battle Off California
San Diego March 21 A naval war college review of a massive Pacific force buildup ends in the failure of the Atlantic blue fleet to stop the black fleet during a staged fight off Magdalena Bay. Report notes lack of scouts, unusable aircraft in rough seas, Diesel engine limits in subs, and limited cruisers as key factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Bolger
New York World News Service
San Diego
Cal
Pacific
United States Naval Forces
Robert E. Coontz
War College of Thes
North Island
Magdalena Bay
Blue Fleet
United States
Black Fleet
Magdalena
Panama Canal
U. S. S. Omaha
Frank Schofield
Lower
California
Robison
Schofield
E. Helmkamp
Atlantic Control
Langley
Maryland
Beck
Omaha
L. M. Eggleston
Atlantic Fleet
United States Navy
Naval War College
Seasickness Affects Naval Maneuvers in Sham Battle
Report states many men aboard became seasick during maneuvers which naval centers believe could have influenced the outcome of the sham battle and hindered the scouting cruisers in locating the enemy.
Cuban students charged with sedition after palace clash
In Havana on March 21 authorities filed sedition charges against leaders of several hundred students who demonstrated before the Presidential Palace. Twelve students and three policemen were injured. leaders including Julio Antonio Mella were arrested after a confrontation that began at the Correctional Court and moved to Central Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Julio Antonio Mella
Association of Students
Amelio Alvarez, Recio
Leonardo Fernandez Sanchez
United States Senate
Central Park
Mella
Jose Marti
Pedro de Cardenas
de Cardenas
Iturralde
Saidi
Chapman Maintains Innocence in New Britain Policeman Killing
Gerald Chapman, jailed at Wethersfield State Prison, insists on innocence regarding Policeman Skelly’s death in New Britain last October. He says witnesses claiming to see him in New Britain are mistaken or lying as his trial approaches next Tuesday. He faults the venue hearing and notes his recapture from Atlanta Penitentiary on January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Policeman Skelly
New Britain
Gerald Chapman
Frederick J. Groehl
Skelly
National Press Club post of American Legion suspended
The National Press Club post of the American Legion in Washington was suspended for failing to report a paid-up membership of fifteen members. Notables in the post include James A. Crain General John J. Pershing Vice President Dawes and Major General Lejeune. Five other posts were suspended as part of the district action, with final decisions to come after a district Executive Committee meeting within ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Press Club
American Legion
James A. Crain
District of Columbia Department of the Legion
John J. Pershing
Dawes
Lejeune
Marine Corps
Theodore Roosevelt
District of Columbia Department
Frank L. Peckham
District Department
Fire damages Hanna Park shelter house and playground
A fire started by crossed electric wires damaged the Hanna Park shelter house and the McMicken and Dunlap streets playground last night. Estimated loss is $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanna Park
McMicken and
Dunlap Streets
Homes of Two Women Ransacked by Thieves
Thieves entered the home of Miss Bertha Leavel at 734 West Sixth Street last night and stole a diamond ring valued at 300 dollars. The home of Mrs. Bessie Bankenstein at 852 Hutchins Street was also ransacked and a watch worth 100 dollars was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Leavel
West Sixth Street
Bessie Bankenstein
Hutchins Street
Raids Nabs Dozens of Suspects In City Gambling Dens
Lieutenant Weatherly and acting detectives Kaiser Carney and Frick raided a house at 513 West Fifth Street and arrested eighteen men for a game of chance. A pool room at 538 West Sixth Street yielded twenty seven arrests. About 100 men were present. most escaped through a rear door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherly
Kaiser, Carney and Frick
West Fifth Street
West Sixth Street
Address Fragments from City Listings
The readable text lists multiple street addresses across towns including Reading Ohio Waynesville Covington Kentucky and Dayton Ohio. Notable entries include 224 McCormick Place 21389 Fulton Avenue 4119 Thirty second Street and 3154 Reading Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCormick
Dane
Reading
Fulton
Waynesville
Thirty-second St
Willmore
Morrow
Dayton
Desmond St
Reading Rd
Whittier St
Incoming Steamers and Arrivals Listed
Shipping news from New York lists inbound steamers with Veendam from Rotterdam and Montroyal from Guayaquil arriving soon. Duilio from St Thomas reported arrival from Guiana, with ships and dates noted for March ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
New York
Shipping News
Veendam
Rotterdam
Montroyal
Aa Guay
Perc
Marc Duilio
Een Guiana
St. Thoilies
Smith and La Follette to witness in Gompers will case
Governor Smith of New York and Senator Robert M. La Follette are among about forty witnesses summoned by heirs of Samuel Gompers to oppose a widow’s claim that he was unduly influenced in a second will. Samuel J. Gompers, son, contests the widow’s caveat in Circuit Court. Witness list includes Sol Bloom, William Green, and A. Owsley Stanley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Washington
Governor Smith
New York
Robert M. la Follette
Samuel Gompers
Aabor
Miltoy King
Sol Bloom
William Green
American Federation of Labor
A. Owsley Stanley
Kentucky
Income Tax Collections Meet Treasury Projections
Washington reports income tax receipts for the March 15 period align with Treasury estimates. About 25 percent of the country remains unreported, but current collections suggest the anticipated revenue will be achieved. For the year ending June 30 1925 the Treasury expected 1.66 billion dollars from income and profits taxes and the March 15 data indicates this total may be reached or exceeded. Final March 15 figures due early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York World News Service
Washington
Treas
Department
Treasury
Mother and Son Injured in Crash at City Intersection
Mrs James E. McKee age 33 and her son Herbert McKee age 13 suffered bruises when the car left the road at Montgomery road and Swift avenue, ran onto the sidewalk and struck a tree. They were treated first at a physician’s office and later at their home. Mrs McKee attributed the loss of control to a misjudged maneuver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. McKee
Gloss Avenue
Pleasant Ridge
Herbert McKee
Montgomery Road
Swift Avenue
McKee
Birth notices listing multiple families and newborns in city
A batch of birth notices records newborns for families including Baird Barker Bauer Booth Coombs Garwood Halloran Noskibee Henry Hoover Irwin Jansing McNabb Miller Raptes Reishardt Rudemille Schulz Sonderhaus with details of parents and addresses across several streets, noting the sex of each infant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baird
Joseph and
Mertie
Armory
Avenue
Barker
William and
Bertha
McMillan Street
Bauer
Jacob
Tawa
Colerain Avenue
Booth Harley
Hattie
Straferstr
James
Sarah
Eastvenue
Coombs
Joseph and Clark
Moosewood Avenue
Eee and
Ethel
Thill Avenue
Garwood
Roy and
Vera
Jones Halloran
Patrick
Lelia
Hatmaker Street
Har Noskibee
Madeline
State Avenue
Henry
William
Barbara
Este Avenue
Hoover
Harrison Avenue
Irwin
Pink
Spring Grove
Jansing
Michael
Matilda
Sherman Avenue
McNabb
Ira
May
Spring Street
Miller
Anthony
Myrtle
Charlotte Street
James and
Anna
McMicken Reishardt
Wiliam Ae
Margaret
St. Peters Street
Rudemille
Arthur
Minnie
Schulz
Herman and
Henrietta
Sonderhaus
George and
Martha
Mt. Hope Road
River traffic updates and boat movements on the Ohio River
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 33.5 feet at 6 o clock last night. Vessels arriving include the John W. Hubbard from Louisville and the General Wood from Pittsburgh. Departures feature the General Wood to Pittsburgh and the Tom Greene to Charleston West Virginia. The John W. Hubbard is due to leave for Louisville this morning. The Greenwood is due to arrive from Charleston tomorrow evening and depart for Pomeroy Tuesday evening. The Kentucky and Betsy Ann are listed with arrivals or departures around Louisville and Pittsburgh. Towboats Fred Hall and Catherine Davis are active delivering coal to local companies. River stages are noted but no explicit forecast provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Hubbard
Louisville
General Wood
Pittsburgh
Tom Greene
Charleston
W. Va
Greenwood
Pomeroy
Kentucky
Betsy Ann
Fred Hall
T. J. Hall & Co
Vario Coal Companies
Catherine Davis
Island Creek Coal Company
Kanawha
G M Beltzhoover Dies at 69 in Cincinnati
George M Beltzhoover 69 of 6201 Plainfield Pike organized Beltzhoover Electric Co with his son Charles. He died after a pulmonary hemorrhage at Bethesda Hospital following illness since Sunday. Survived by widow and two sons Charles M and John D. Funeral at W D Jacobs funeral home 2 PM Tuesday. body to be cremated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Beltzhoover
Plainfield Pike
Beltzhoover Electric Company
Fourth
Plum Streets
Bethesda Hospital
Beltzhoever
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Chef
Elm Street
Beltzhoover
Charles M. Beltzhoover
Charles M
John D. Beltzhoever
W. D. Jacocs
Gilbert Avenue
Locust Street
Weather Summary for Ohio to Tennessee and May 21 1925 Data
Fair and warm in Ohio and Kentucky with small changes expected Sunday into Monday. West Virginia and Tennessee show fair conditions with colder spells and unsettled Monday. Indiana likely to become unsettled Monday with warmer trends in the north. A table lists current and high temperatures and 24 hour precipitation across major cities, including Chicago Boston Kansas City Omaha New Orleans Denver and more, with March 21 1925 records at 7 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Tennessee
Indiana
Neeneenenlenaeeeent Eastport Lea
Chicago
Boston
Kansas City
Atlantic C
Omaha
Birm’ham
Denver
N. Orleans
Phoenix
Galveston
Spokane
Louisville
S. Francisco
Pittsburgh
San Diego
Nashville
Winnipeg
S.S. Marie
Sseediss
S.W
Grocery Proprietress Dies After Starvation At Alliance
Mrs. J. M. Dick a 50 year old Alliance Ohio grocer died in City Hospital after being found unconscious at her home. She suffered severe starvation and passed away seven hours after admission. Police located her body and she had been ill for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alliance, O
J. M. Dick
Woman Cut In Fight At Lavender Home
Mrs. Rose Kibrick, 40, of 111 East University Avenue, was cut on the scalp in a fight with Mrs. Georgia Lavender at 510 West Ninth Street. Kibrick was taken to General Hospital. Lavender was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Kibrick
East University Avenue
Georgia Lavender
West Ninth Street
General Hospital
S. Lavender
Gruen to sail for Europe from Cincinnati
George J. Gruen secretary treasurer of Gruen Watch Company and his son George Jr. left Cincinnati for New York to sail for Europe. He will visit Switzerland to inspect Gruen factories there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gruen
Europe
George J. Gruen
The
Gruen Watch Company
George, Jr
Cincinnati
New York
Switzerland
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Prodigal
New Shepherd
Barker & Freisens
Central AV
Helen Jackson
Will
Odd Fellows
Temple Seventh and Elm
C_harles_ Biggs
Fred
Ameriean
Lodge
Alfred S. Brown, P. C
Walter H. Streibig
Walnut and
Liberty Streets
Busse & Funeral Directors
Neon
Borgmann Co
Freeman Avenue
Grassmann Printing Co
Missouri
Cincinnati CO
WM. F. Fuldner
Undertaker
Atlantic
Toane Ameriga
High Command
Associated Press
Chapman
Pershing and Dawes Legion
Harry F. Schoo
Aeewes
Nora Buns
Charles Schulte
Dorothy
Sara George M. Eeewes
Farquer Olinie
Charles Riddles
Bertie
Lipscomb
Everett Bens
Eleanor Étop Chambers
Roscoe Sellers
Evelyn Farrell
Edward Oe Ga
Mathilda DeSilve
Riis Aneen
Steamship News
Ohio River
Fair Stations
Parkersburg
Pt. Pleasant
Soren
Seeeteeree
Evansville
Paducah Shawneetown
Er Es
Cairo
Helena
Memphis
Tenn JK
Vicksburg
Miss
Maha
City
Pereeetereees
Louis
G.M. Beltzhoover
Electric Company
S.S.S
Moler College
Fourth St
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