Cincinnati Officials Press City On Anti Screen Law Enforcement
City officials met with Mayor George P. Carrel after Governor Donahey urged enforcing the anti screen law on saloons and soft drink parlors. Tudor and Copelan said police have been active, arresting and warning proprietors as needed. W C T U President Berta McKinney said the group appealed to the Governor before meetings with city leaders.
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George P. Carrel
A. V. Donahey
Charles E. Tudor
Charles F. Hornberger
William Copelaw
Ed McGuire
Tudor
Copelan
Carrel
Vic. Donahey
Ohio
Columbus
City Hall
Vic Donahey
State of
Sam
Cincinnati
Pittner
Ninth and Vine
iMayor
Jacob Pittner
iCipal
Samuel Bell
Bell
Copelaw
Berta McKinney
Cincinnati Central Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Plan to Move Industries to Cincinnati Under Progress Drive
The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce launches the Program of Progress to lure industries to the city. W C Culkins cites surveys by the University of Cincinnati, urging support for a new spirit and greater team effort. Local leaders including Rev Frank Nelson and J Stacy Hill stress morale and civic vigor, outlining the campaign structure with division and team captains.
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Cincinnati
W. C. Culkins
Chamber of Commerce
Culkins
University of Cincinnati
Program of Progress
Frank H. Nelson
Nelson
J. Stacy Hill
Charles J. Livingood
Mary Emery
Mariemont
Monte J. Goble
Warner Sayers
C. W. Loughead
Lawrence J. Bradford
Frederick L. Hoffman
Thomas J. Kiphart
A. Clifford Shinkle
A. M. Hopkins
C. C. Rothier
P. Lincoln Mitchell
J. A. Wiederstein
William L. Smith
George M. Kearny
W. D. Haines
Sidney J. Rauh
Samuel D. Heed
Joseph D. Engelbert
Ray J. Redmond
E. L. Douglass
David G. DeVore
Harry D. Rei
Edward J. Hoff
Samuel Mayer
Ed. H. L. Haefner
John Scherz
Frank J. Santry
Gus Funck
Guy Lewis
A. Robert Groenke
Edmund R. Leis
William O. Mashburn
Harry Kelly
Thomas Quinlan
Charles G. Brooks
J. J. Conway
Milton A. Mailender
On Cellarus
S Glenn Young and Wife Shot in Illinois Ambush
S Glenn Young an East St. Louis Klan dry raider and his wife were wounded when four gunmen in a sedan fired about twenty rounds on the Atlantic Pacific Highway near Okaw River bottoms as they returned to St Louis from Harrisburg. Mrs Young is seriously injured. Young sustained a shattered bone in his right leg.
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Associated Press
Orawville
S. Glenn Young
East St. Louis
Klu-Klux Klan
St. Louis
Okaw River
Here
Young
Mrs. Young
Illinois
Harrisburg
Ill
Okanville
George B. Lincox
United States
Belleville
Patokin
Marion
Marion County
Herrin
John Layman
Caesar Cagle
Senate Fast Passes Agricultural Appropriation Bill
The Senate, in 15 minutes, approved the annual agricultural appropriation bill totaling 60 million dollars. House cuts were restored, with increases for cattle and sheep quarantine 25000, meat inspections 25000, tree disease investigation 12000, and the forest service 65000. Provisions allocate 2125000 for crop pests and 892000 for biological surveys.
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Senate
Associated Press
Washington
House
Forest Service
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Fall Regains Health and Attends Ranch Interests
Former Secretary of the Interior A. B. Fall is recovering his health and was able to attend to his ranch interests in Alamogordo New Mexico where officials said his condition has improved.
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Associated Press
Alamogordo, N. M
Secretary of the Interior
A. B. Fall
Price of gasoline cut to 19 cents in Chicago
Gasoline in Chicago dropped to nineteen cents a gallon as Standard Oil of Indiana and Shell brands cut prices. Sinclair stayed at twenty cents but was expected to follow, with oil men cautioning the reduced rate may be temporary and city-wide.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Texas and Dutch Shell
Sinclair Company
Central Post Office
Missing Maine Teacher Found Shot in Pasture Grave
Amherst Maine May 23 posses search woods for slayer of Miss Louise Gerrish 19 village school teacher whose body with seven buckshot wounds was found in a shallow grave. Her watch and ring missing.
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Associated Press
Amherst
Posses
Louise Gerrish
Bangor
Klan Picnic Planned Despite City Decree
One hundred thousand Ku Klux Klan members and allies from central and southern Illinois planned an all day picnic and barbecue in Belleville on Memorial Day despite a Belleville City Council decree to prevent and suppress the Ku Klux parade and picnic. The Klan official C D McGeehie telegraphed the St Louis Dispatch from Bridgeport Illinois reporting the event and the council action.
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KLAN
Associated Press
ST. Louis
Illinois
Belleville
C. D. McGéehie
St. Louis Dispatch
Bridgeport
Ill
Anton
Congress Would Override Tax Veto Says Lawrence
In a Washington dispatch, David Lawrence argues Congress aims to adjourn by June 7 to end business uncertainty. The tax bill, veto risk, and McNary-Haugen and railroad bills loom, with administration and Senate leaders eager to move toward a campaign on prosperity.
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Congress
Lawrence
David Lawrence
The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
America
Mellon
Coolidge
Treasury Department
Senate
Howell-Barkley
Railroad Labor Board
Transportation Ct
Smoot
Congress backs tax bill as final action nears
Washington on May 23 reports Congress showing firm support for the pending tax measure ahead of final action. The Senate plans to adopt the conference report tomorrow with House action expected Monday and leaders predict presidential signature. President Coolidge weighs revenue, administration efficiency, and net good points versus undesirable features in deciding.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Coolidge
Smoot
Senate Finance Committee
Mellon
Treasury
Collector of Internal Revenue
Charles de B. Claiborne
American Bankers’ League
Grand Rapids
Mich
United States of America
International Court of Justice
Fosdick
Alliance of Reformed Churches
Cardiff
Wales
Clarence A. MacArtney
William Jennings Bryan
Chicago
Arthur J. Brown
New York
John N. McCormick
Western Michigan
Biscopal Church
H. C. Swearingen
St. Paul
McCormick
Methodist Church
South
Walsh Seeks Cash Bonus Change To Per Diem Payments
Senator Walsh proposes cash payments instead of insurance on the existing per diem bonus basis. He claims the change could save about 1 billion dollars for the government. The amendment was previously defeated and Democratic leaders gave no clear plan to bring it to a vote.
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Washington
Walsh
Dem
Mass
Senate Democrats
More Cotton Undies for Women Seen as Boon to Business
Atlantic City May 23 Stuart Cramer former president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association told the Associated Knit Underwear Manufacturers of America banquet that cotton consumption would rise dramatically if American women wore more clothing. He criticized the trend toward silk and near silk undergarments.
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Associated Press
Atlantic City
America
Stuart Cramer
Cramerton
N. C
American Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
Associated Knit Underwear Manufacturers of America
Coolidge to act on immigration bill. Japan exclusion eyed
President Coolidge plans action within days on the immigration bill now under State Department review. He weighs good points against the exclusion of Japanese on July 1, seeking a conscienceable approval. The Federal Council of Churches urges modification to avoid an affront to Japan.
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Associated Press
Washington
Coolidge
White House
State Department
Japan
Hughes
Commission On International Justice and Good Will
Federal Council of Churches
Selective Immigration Essential, Davis Asserts
James J. Davis, Secretary of Labor, urged a selective immigration policy in Minneapolis praising strong wages at home. He said the United States must prioritize those already established here to preserve national safety and economic stability, noting reduced labor friction under current conditions.
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Davis
Minneapolis
Minn
United States
James J. Davis
Federal Department of Labor
America
Injunction Halts Managers and Actors Guilds in Trade War
A temporary injunction restrains the Managers' Protective Association and the Actors' Equity Association from contracting together. Justice Ford granted the order on affidavits by Sam H. Harris Augustine Thomas and David Belasco. Lee Shubert William A Brady Selwin Co and others are named in the action. The case is set for return in the Supreme Court next Monday.
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Associated Press
New York
Managers’ Protective Association
Actors’ Equity Association
Equity
Justice Ford
Sam H. Harris
Augustus Thomas
David Belasco
Lee Shubert
William A. Brady
Selwin & Co
Producers and Actors’ Association
Supreme Court
Samuel R. Golding
Producing Managers’ Association
Rockefeller Speed Case Ordered Investigated
New York Mayor Hylan ordered Commissioner Hirshfield to probe Abby Rockefeller daughter of John D. Rockefeller Jr. over a suspended sentence for driving 24 mph on the auto road nine days earlier amid protests that enforcement was lax for the millionaire's daughter.
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New York
Hylan
Hirshfield
Abby Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Senate approves 7500 dollar bounty to Greene expenses
Senate today passed a bill authorizing an appropriation of 7500 dollars to defray expenses incident to the injury of Senator Greene a Vermont Republican who was shot in an exchange between bootleggers and revenue officers several months ago.
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Greene
Washington
Senate Today
Rep
Authorities baffled by slaying of Chicago millionaire's son
Chicago authorities probe the murder of Robert Franks thirteen son of Jacob Franks a wealthy watch maker The case compares a ransom letter to a magazine detective story noting similarities in wording and money demands The coroner's inquest indicates poisoning as the likely cause of death while the magazine tale features a kidnapping with drugs.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Robert Franks
Jacob Franks
Franks
Magazine
Oscar Wolff
Methodists Elect Brow Fifth Bishop After Five Days Ballot
The Methodist Episcopal Church completes a five day balloting to elect five bishops. Wallace E. Brow of Syracuse is chosen on the fourteenth ballot with 561 votes to 261 for Ralph E. Ward. Proposals for a world peace campaign are advanced as new church actions.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Mass
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wallace E. Brow
Syracuse
Ralph E. Ward
Foochow
China
Brown
Ward
Dr. Brown
Board of Bishops
George A. Miller
Panama City
Titus Lowe
Board of Foreign Missions
New York City
George R. Grose
Depauw University
Indiana
Brenton T. Badley
India
International Church
Conference On
Coolidge
Conference of Nations
America
Committee On the State of the Church
Congress
Howell Sentenced to 15 Years for Roadhouse Slaying
George Howell was sentenced to fifteen years in the Ohio Penitentiary for manslaughter in the Grandview Inn road house killing of Van Powers on September 1, 1923. The defense claimed doubt on guilt while prosecutors said the defendant fired the fatal shot. Powers, a gravel merchant from Muncie, was killed during a dispute over whisky.
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Howell
George Howell
Milton Street
Fred L. Hoffman
van Powers
Gravel Merchant
Muncie
Ind
Grandview Inn
Mt. Healthy Roadhouse
William Thorndyke
Hoffman
Thorndyke
Ohio
Powers
Cyril Mullarkey
John Mullarkey
Chubby Gahan
Mark Beall
Munele
Charles S. Bell
Clyde Kirkpatrick
Kirkpatrick
Mullarkey
Beall
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Swers Donahey
W. C. T. U. Head
Maine
Goolidge
Protective Association
Rockefeller
Methodists
Committee On War
World Church Conference
Calvert
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