Norwood Mayor Faces Removal Over Tear Bomb Incident
Governor Donahey asks Norwood Mayor Louis Nolte to explain why charges against Police Chief Hart and Sergeant Piepmeyer were not acted on. A 2000-signature petition accused officials of malfeasance after tear bomb dispersal at Odd Fellows Hall, with removal under Section 4268 possible pending a hearing.
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Nolte
Norwood
Joseph B. Kelley
W.C. Myers
Donahey
Civil Service Commission
Hart
Piepmeyer
Odd Bellows Hall
Piepmyer
City Civil Service Commission
Army Navy defects seen in Oahu battle report
Honolulu May 6 The battle of Oahu and the joint army and navy maneuvers disclosed defects in island defenses and the fleet. The chief umpires issued a special report and recommendations to the Secretaries of War and Navy. The communique ended the third grand joint maneuvers April 15 to 27.
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Honolulu
Oahu
United States
Four Civilians to Help Establish City Traffic Bureau
Cincinnati plans a civilian Traffic Commission of four representatives to advise on traffic problems. A central Traffic Bureau at City Hall will handle registration for those cited, with a Traffic Superintendent from the police, and council approval needed for broader changes. The move aims to ease police workload and coordinate enforcement across districts.
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Cincinnati
Charles E. Tudor
Carrel
Traffic Commission
Cincinnati Automobile Club
Chamber of Commerce
Tudor
The
Commercial Tribune
Plan Sound
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Louisville
Weather Orchestral Star Dazzles May Festival Audience
A new weather shaped star captivated the foyer gossip at the May Festival second concert. Dan Beddoe, renowned Cincinnati Conservatory soprano, and tenor Robert Maitland drew praise for Bach roles. Two new choral units joined the performance alongside the regular chorus, with Catholic school children and Schola Cantorum contributing, marking a lively program.
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Beddoe
Mme. Louise Homer
Margaret Matzenauer
Ethyl Haydn
Robert Maitland
George Meader
Fred Patton
Cincinnati
Robert Thuman
George Kelley
Elizabeth Durland Langhorst
Else Denton
Speal
Schola Cantorum
St. Mary’s
St. Gregory's
Mme. Homer
Miss Haydn
Meader
Patton
Maitland
Mayor Nolte Silent on Donahey Letter Demanding Action
Mayor Nolte refused to comment on Governor Donahey’s demand for immediate action in the police matter. He said he would act after damage suits against Chief Hart and Sergeant Piepmeyer are resolved. The Norwood Civil Service Commission notes Hart and Piepmeyer report to different officials, with avenues of appeal to the Civil Service Commission.
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Nolte
Donahey
Common Pleas Court
Hart
Piepmeyer
Norwood Civil Service Commission
Jesse A. Cutter
Harry E. Barnes
Civil Service Commission
H. B. Myers
Norwood Citizens’ League
Columbus
Inmate of Poorhouse Bans Auto Sale at Admission
Columbus authorities rule Franklin County Poorhouse inmates may not own autos. W F Crawford, 69, was ordered admitted after arriving in his car. Superintendent Babbitt demanded sale of the vehicle to fund board and lodging. Crawford appealed to the Board of County Commissioners, who upheld the ruling and he withdrew his patronage.
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Columbus
May
Franklin County Poorhouse
Babbitt
Crawford
Board of County Commissioners
Investigation Ordered Into Talking Coolidge Film Used In Stock Sales
Justice Department to probe use of a talking motion picture of President Coolidge in a New York stock selling campaign. The film reportedly shows his address with sound, tied to De Forest Phonofilm sales efforts, with alleged sales of $145,000 by 300 salesmen led by James W. Elliott.
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Washington
Coolidge
New York
Department of Justice
White House
New York Herald- Tribune
de Forest Phonofilm Corporation
James W. Elliott
Lee DeForest
Republican National Committee
DeForest
William Randolph Hearst
Herald- Tribune
Let Animals Fight as Nature Intended Says Governor Blaine
Madison Wis May 6 Governor Blaine vetoed a bill aiming to penalize owning or allowing animals to fight The governor defended barnyard owners saying the measure would outlaw roosters and rodeos and would jail or fine farmers for permitting animal combat and cats and dogs fighting.
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Blaine
Madison
Wis
Rioting Drives Negroes From Oil Field Camp Near Eldorado
A mob of 200 oil workers attacked a camp housing 88 Negro laborers for a Standard Oil pipeline project eight miles north of Eldorado Arkansas. Shots fired, several wounded or killed reported, county officers clash with rioters, and by late evening order was restored with only occasional sniping and no confirmed hospital casualties.
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Associated Press
Eldorado
Ark
Standard Oil Company
Mississippi River
Smackover
Body found in Dayton Creek under rail bridge
An unidentified man was found dead in Wolf Creek beneath a Pennsylvania Railroad bridge in Dayton Ohio. Officials suggest strangulation and disposal from a Pullman car, with attempts under way to identify him as Robert Mitchell of Centerville, Pa.
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Associated Press
Dayton, O
Webster
Torrence
Wolf Creek
Pennsylvania Railroad
Robert Mitchell
Centerville
Dayton
Lord Leverhulme Dies After Storied Industrial Career
Viscount William Leverhulme died at 4 30 am in London of pneumonia aged 74. Rail to riches from soap cutting to global empire, he built Port Sunlight and expanded factories from England to the Congo China South Africa Australia the United States and Switzerland. He pioneered co part nership and profit sharing and urged six hours work days while logging sixteen hours himself.
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William Hasketh Lever
England
Lord Leverhulme
Port Sunlight
Congo
China
South Africa
Australia
United States
Switzerland
William Lever
Elizabeth Hulme
W. H. Lever
Return of German Monarchy Moves Slow Under Veiled Dictatorship
In Berlin on May 5 Field Marshal von Hindenburg is President of the Republic while Chancellor Luther and Foreign Minister Stresemann lean monarchist. The monarchist movement dominates the government but a large, still-growing Republican presence challenges it. Transition toward monarchy is projected as gradual, not abrupt. The piece notes economic gains for reactionaries and cautions against overreach.
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Hindenburg
Berlin
von Hindenburg
German Republic
Luther
Stresemann
Germany
People’s Party
Paris
Reich
Russia
Italy
Body of boy found on Ohio River shore near Marietta
The body of a 14 or 15 year old boy, wearing only a red bathing suit, was found on the West Virginia side of the Ohio River two miles north of Marietta at noon. Officials believe the corpse washed ashore days ago when dam wickets were lowered. no marks were observed.
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Marietta
West Virginia
Ohio River
Army flyer injured leaping from plane near Akron
Major Henry Taylor a Columbus stationed army flyer was severely hurt when his control stick broke at 1 500 feet above Bottum Ohio. He and J F Alexander used parachutes to jump from the disabled ship. Alexander landed safely while Taylor was caught in a tree. The aircraft crashed after the escape.
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Cleveland
Henry Taylor
Columbus
Bottum
Akron
Taylor
J. F. Alexander
Mansfield
Alexander
Scopes Arrest One Test Of Tennessee Evolution Law
Dayton Tenn May 6 A Tennessee law banning teaching evolution leads to the arrest of J T Scopes a Rhea High School teacher business man George W Rappleyea filed the complaint The case aims to test the law possibly reaching the US Supreme Court The American Civil Liberties Union plans to carry the case if conviction occurs New York May 6 ACLU says it will pursue the appeal in Scopes case and coordinates with Scopes and his lawyer
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Tennessee
Associated Press
Nashville
Tenn
Dayton, Tenn
J. T. Scopes
Rhea High School
George W. Rappleyea
Dayton
United States Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union of
New York
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Neurologist Backs Prohibition of Tetra Ethyl Gasoline
Dr. Charles L. Dana, a New York neurologist, urged banning commercial manufacture and sale of tetra ethyl gasoline as highly dangerous. He cited five fatally poisoned workers at a Standard Oil Bayway plant and called for federal control beyond the pure food and drug act.
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New York World News Service
Washington
Charles L. Dana
New York
American Neurological Association
Dana
Ethyl Gasoline Corporation
Dr. Dana
Standard Oil
Bayway
N. J
New Jersey
Shipstead
Minnesota
Senate
Congress
Yandell Henderson
Yale
Bureau of Mines
Anne
Florida Bill Bars Teaching Evolution in State Schools
A House bill introduced in Tallahassee would outlaw teaching evolution in all universities normal schools and public schools partially state funded. Teachers found guilty would be disqualified from teaching in Florida schools.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Preparedness Acts Sparking Court Martial Claims by Fiske
New York May 6 Admiral Bradley A Fiske alleged that lack of proper clothing and shelter caused thousands of deaths in 1917 18 camps and that only his forced resignation saved the United States from defeat. He criticized Josephus Daniels and Wilson officials for mismanaging Navy preparedness and said his actions helped mobilize forces to France in time.
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New York World News Service
New York
Bradley A. Fiske
New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce
Newark
Fiske
United States
Germany
Lloyd George
Hindenburg
Wilson
Army
Navy
Josephus Daniels
Daniele
Navy Department
Mr. Daniels
Hobson
Naval Operations
Congress
Daniels
France
Plane carrying General Patrick reported missing near Johnsonville
A special dispatch from Memphis says an Army Air Service plane with Major General Mason M. Patrick and Captain St Clair Street left Memphis at 5 pm en route to Nashville. It was seen near Johnsonville two miles east of town about 6 pm and appeared to be in trouble, with alarms and aid calls sent as officers failed to reach their destination.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mason M. Patrick
Army Air Service
St. Clair Street
Johnsonville
Nashville, Chattahooga & St. Louis Railroad
Missing Army Air Service Chief Missed Nashville Arrival
Major General Mason M Patrick, chief of the Army Air Service, had not arrived in Nashville by 11 oclock. Lieutenant Vincent J Meloy of the 105th Aero Squadron said officials in Washington were wired and a search would begin at daybreak if he was not found. Meloy planned to survey Denver Tennessee and be joined by three planes to extend the search.
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Nashville
Tenn
Mason M.patrick
Army Air Service
Vincent J. Meloy
105Th
Meloy
Washington, D. C
Army
Blackwood Field
Pattick
Patrick
105Th Aero Squadron
Tennessee National Guard
Denver
Johnsonville
Search Intensifies For Missing Major General Patrick
Washington dispatch reports the War Department mobilized all communications to locate Major General Patrick after his plane vanished. Officers believe the aircraft may have landed in a remote area between Memphis and Nashville and sought AP assistance as late hour information remained unavailable.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Department
Patrick
Memphis
Nashville
Dynamite Blast Damages Highland Mine Transformers
A late night dynamite blast destroyed transformers at the Highland mine site near Shineston, Fairmont. Police suspect an attempt to wreck the Victor and Francis mines along the Killarm branch, with bloodhounds deployed and a broad search underway.
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Associated Press
Fairmont
W. Vai
Consolidated Coal Company
Highland
Francis
Montfair Gas Coal Company
Victor
Monongahela Fuel Company
Killarm
Baltimore & Ohio
Shineston
Monongahela-West Pennsylvania
Eight Indicted in Counterfeiting Ring Ties
A Federal Grand Jury indicted eight men for possessing passing and delivering counterfeit government obligations. Named defendants are Fortunato Calabro of Pittsburgh John Torquato Albert Torquato of Windsor Angelo Inalli of Windsor Phillip Marguerit Percy V Joseph and Russell C Lichtenfelds of Pitcairn. Investigations trace a scheme between Pittsburgh Cleveland and Chicago producing about forty thousand dollars in bogus War Savings Stamps shipped for distribution.
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la Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Fortunato Calabro
John and Albert Torquato
Windsor
Angelo Inalli
Phillip Marguerit
Percy V. Joseph
Russel C. Lichtenfelds
Pitcairn
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