Courts Hear Suit Against Audits and Loan Firms
In Common Pleas Court four Pennsylvania Railroad employees and four related loan firms face injunctive actions alleging usurious rates up to 260 percent and wage assignments to force renewals. The Audit and Supervision Company and affiliates, with offices in Cincinnati and Covington, allegedly operated under various names to conceal control. Cases name Pierce D. Leveridge, Alice L. Brown, R. A. Beard and five subsidiary agencies, with borrowers including George Ostertag and John J. Mullen among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Sharks
Cincinnati
Common Pleas Court
Albert D. Castellini
Kenneth P. Mooter
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pierce D. Leveridge
Alice L. Brown
R. A. Beard
Audit and Supervision Company
Provident Bank
Ohio Purchasing Company
East Fourth Street
Queen City
Vine Street
National Purchasing Company
Wiggins Block
Federal Purchasing Company
United Purchasing Company
Lyric Theater
Personal Loan Company
Covington
Castillini and
Mooter
George Ostertag
John J. Mullen
Emerson Berger
Joseph T. Grady
Moving Day Ad for Furniture Through Classifieds
A reader suggests using the Commercial Tribune classifieds to sell furniture on moving day. Betty Bell can help craft an ad that appeals to thousands of readers beyond bulky or dated items, aligning with home arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Betty Bell
THE
Coal industry plan sparks democracy debate at chamber forum
Harry L. Gandy of the National Coal Association warned that nationalization and a dictatorial control over coal echo Bolshevism and fascism, urging democracy through stronger economic freedom. He cited U S coal reserves exceeding 3.5 trillion tons and noted Cincinnati handles rising coal traffic with 14,000 cars weekly from 211 railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Harry L. Gandy
National Coal Association
Washington, D. C
Chamber of Commerce
Gandy
Earth
Mars
United States Geological Survey
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Coal Exchange
Cincinnati Club
Ohio High Courts Deal Blow to Prohibition Enforcement
The Ohio Supreme Court and the Fifth District Appeals Court issued decisions weakening enforcement of prohibition. The Supreme Court upheld releasing a debtor-prisoner despite a $500 fine after sixty days in jail, while the Mt Vernon Court of Appeals ruled unconstitutional village and justice fees tied to prosecutions, extending a federal ruling to Justices of the Peace and village Mayors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
United States Supreme Court
Ohio Supreme Court
Fifth District Appeals Court
State Supreme Court
Cuyahoga County
Court of Appeals
Mt. Vernon
Louis B. Hauck
Justices of the Peace
Blow
Squires
Hauck
Check Forgery Ring Busted In New York Case
Robert Bennett, 26, a former convict, is held without bail with two men and two women on forgery charges in a plot to cash 2.5 million dollars in canceled express travelers checks. About 18,000 dollars in checks have already been cashed. Suspects include Nora Sutherland Hoover, James Henry, Elsie Henry, and Thomas Saio. a former Sing Sing cellmate is sought with over 2 million dollars in checks still missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Bennett
Norris
Bennett
Nora Sutherland Hoover
James Henry
Elsie
Thomas Saio
Sing Sing
Italian laborer killed after alleged double murder in Chicago
In Chicago on March 29 Joseph Plemente an Italian laborer was shot and killed by a police squad after authorities say he killed two construction foremen who had recently discharged him. The events followed his approach to the foremen at their homes and their deaths occurred within minutes of each other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joseph Plemente
Elmer Lotshaw
Ferdinand Avenue
United States Mail
Ernest Oldfield
Addyston
Madison Avenue
Lotshaw
General Hospital
George Rice
Livingston Street
Liberty
Baymiller Streets
Viola Owens
Roscoe Owens
West Court Street
Ninth
Elm Streets
Daniel McCarthy
Eastern Avenue
Thomas Shean
Meade Avenue
Eastern
Tennessee
Chefoo
Shantung
Tsingtao
Nanking
Changsha
Siang-Hiang
Hunan
Woodcock
Wheeler “Own Gungh to Body” Charged in Propaganda Scheme
Washington dispatch reports G C Hinckley national secretary of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment accused Wayne B Wheeler general counsel of the Anti-Saloon League of paying expenses for the House Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic to produce league propaganda. He claimed Hudson chairman of the committee controlled funds and leveraged government resources for partisan literature and overseas propaganda missions. Hinckley said the league has not accounted for a large slush fund while the association supports congressional investigation and public disclosure of contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wayne B. Wheeler
House
Anti-Saloon League
G. C. Hinckley
Representative Hudson
Rep
Mich
Hudson
Alcoholic Liquor Traffic Committee
Wheeler
Hinkley
Committee of Congress
League
Mr. Hinkley
Congress
Europe
Hinckley
Association Against the Prohibition
Auto accidents claim lives of two victims
Hamilton County suffers two more automobile fatalities as a 3 year old girl, Catherine Sears, dies after being struck at Freeman avenue and Hopkins street, and 75 year old Jennie Schnicke dies from injuries from a crash at Twelfth and Vine streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton County
Catherine Sears
Lonnie Sears
Freeman Avenue
Hopkins Street
A. B. Cartwright
Wade Street
Boenke
Jennie Schnicke
Thirteenth
Race Streets
General Hospital
William Stockton
Rockdale Avenue
Twelfth
Vine Streets
Stockton
Libel Trial Reveals Sapiro Income Dispute in Ford Case
In Detroit on March 29 Aaron Sapiro testified in a Federal Court about alleged libels by Henry Ford and The Dearborn Independent. Ford’s side contests using Sapiro’s income as damage evidence, while Sapiro says adversity reduced his ability to aid farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Aaron Sapiro
Henry Ford
The
Dearborn Independent
Independent
Sapiro
Supreme Court of the United States
High Courts
Dearborn
Ford
Fred M. Raymond
William Henry Gallagher
Flood collapses Arkansas levee near Laconia
Flood waters from the Laconia Circle Levee breach in Desha County Arkansas inundated more than 14 000 acres of delta land as Mississippi River reached a fifty one foot flood stage. Government engineers and 200 workers fought to shore up revetments while residents were warned to move stock to higher ground. The Missouri Pacific Railroad rushed sacks to reinforce the weakened levee amid warnings the breach could flood thousands of acres. Meanwhile reports from China describe anti foreign unrest in Shanghai Hankow and Nanking with Japanese consulate looting and refugee evacuations as Maj. Gen. Duncan and Maj. Gen. John Duncan coordinate defenses in international zones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Laconia Circle
Desha County
Ark
United States
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Mississippi
White Rivers
Maj. Connolly
Nanking
Central China
Hankow
Shanghai
John Duncan
Uyematsu
Kip Rhinelander Abandons Annulment Fight in Court ruling
Leonard Kip Rhinelander, heir to a New York family, ends his bid for an annulment of his marriage to Alice Jones Rhinelander after the Court of Appeals denies review. The legal defeat marks his third loss in the case started October 14, 1924. His wife may pursue separation on cruelty and abandonment with continued alimony of 300 dollars per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Leonard Kip Rhinelander
New York
Alice Jones Rhinelander
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Marschauser
Isaac N. Mills
Rhinelander
Knickerbocker
New Rochelle
Phillip Rhinelander
Alice Beatrice Jones
Outbreak at Wuhu Sparks Hourly Exits Ahead of Storm
Severe weather alert as Wuhu reports an outbreak prompting foreigners to flee. Officials warn residents to secure shelters while conditions worsen hourly with the approaching storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wuhu
Drive Toward Peking Begun by Cantonese Forces
Reports from Nanking and Peking describe anti foreign riots and a campaign extending toward Shantung and Nanking. Two attempted assaults on American women occurred during the unrest while 1,500 more marines move toward China. Consul Swaney and MacMurray urge Americans to withdraw from Nationalist areas as danger expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department
John K. Davis
Nanking
China
Atlantic Seaboard
Henderson
Pacific
Shanghai
White House
Coolidge
State Department
Wuhu
MacMurray
Canton
Henan Province
Yellow River
Shantung Province
A. G. Swaney
Tsinanfu
Shantung
Peking
Consul Swaney
Anwhel
Swaney
Village liquor court defies ruling with $500 fine
Belmont County's Law Enforcement League reactivates to prosecute liquor law violators despite a Supreme Court ban. President John D. Hays announced six warrants issued, with Nick Massa of Bellaire fined $500 and costs as the first example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick Massa
Bellaire
League
Bomb damages Calumet Index building in Chicago suburb
A black powder bomb damaged the rear of the Calumet Index office in a Chicago suburb. Publisher Carl Morgan said he has received threats amid his anti-vice crusade. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Calumet Index
Carl Morgan
Morgan
Ford Double Causes Court Scene in Detroit
In Detroit March 29 Henry Ford caused a stir when a lookalike visit disrupted court. Deputy Beamer seated James E. Goodrich mistaken for Ford behind Senator Reed’s chair, delaying proceedings fifteen minutes as the hoax was revealed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Henry Ford
George H. Beamer
United States Marshal
Beamer
Ford
Senator Reed
Investigation delays air mail contract award for New York Chicago route
Postmaster General orders an inquiry into all bids for private operation of the Eastern transcontinental air mail service from New York to Chicago. Protests allege pilots and officials planned to back North American Airways with stock. Lowest valid bid priced at 35 cents per pound. North American Airways bid $1.23, National Air Transport $1.24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Chicago
Postmaster General New
Carl F. Egge
Government Air Mail
Shirley J. Short
Air Mail Service
North American Airway
Paul Henderson
National Air Transport, Inc
North American Airways
National Air Transport
Air Columbus Lands in New Orleans on Flight from Havana
Italian aviator Francesco de Pinedo and crew landed in New Orleans after a six hour and fifteen minute flight from Havana. The Santa Maria crew spoke of favorable tail winds and planned rest before continuing the four continent tour. De Pinedo noted shaving before landing and the phonograph as a tour mascot. Bachelor tax policy was briefly questioned after arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Columbus
New Orleans
Francesco de Pinedo
Havana
Santa Maria
Columbus
de Pinedo
Carlo del Prete
Vitale Zacchetti
Gulf
Mississippi
Coast Line
Four Cincinnatians Among Missionaries Fleeing to Shanghai
A New York dispatch reports forty Episcopal missionaries from Wuchang Changsha Ichang Hankow and Shasi are en route to Shanghai aboard the British steamer Loongwo, convoyed by a naval vessel on the Yangtse River. The group includes Sisters Constance Anna Ruth and Helen of Glendale Ohio, with Miss Irene A Gehrling of Cincinnati not listed in the cable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
New York
China
Logan H. Roots
Hankow
Wuchang
Changsha
Ichang
Shasi
Yangtse River
Missionary School Graduates Named in Glendale Note
Sisters Constance Anna Ruth and Helen graduate from the Missionary Training School of the Episcopal Church at Glendale. Miss Irene L Gehrling, a missionary nurse, is listed with home at 211 Chelsea Place in the Community of the Transfiguration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Anna
Ruth
Helen
Missionary Training School of
The
Episcopalian Church
Glendale
Woman Librarian Links Bolshevism to China’s Troubles
Miss Mary Milisabeth argues Bolshevism fuels China’s current woes while noting China’s long library history and the potential of public libraries to stabilize the nation as public institutions expand and citizen access grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Mary Milisabeth
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Coal Association
Movement For Nationalization of
House Committee
APIRO
Amer
Destroyer
Anhwei
Henan
Arkansas
Duncan
Kamao Araki
Araki
Tone
Suiwo
Rear Admiral
Hough
AIP
Village Liquor Court
James E. Goodrich
Leehmoo
AIR Mail
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