Peary Grounding Ties Arctic Voyage to Rescue and Silence
The Peary ran aground on an uncharted reef near Hopedale Labrador while northbound, nearly wrecking the ship and delaying the MacMillan Arctic expedition. Commander E F McDonald Jr said he suppressed the disaster details, taking responsibility for withholding the official radio message. The Bowdoin fouled a rope while aiding the Peary, forcing a beaching and over a week of repairs.
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Associated Press
Boston
The
Boston Transcript
Hopedale
Labrador
E. F. McDonald, Jr
Navy Yard
McDonald
Byrd
Navy
Secretary of the Navy
Bowdoin
Donald B. MacMillan
Byrd Comments on McDonald Handling of Peary Accident Report
Lieutenant Byrd says he did not protest when Lieutenant Commander McDonald suppressed a report on the Peary accident for Secretary Wilbur. He notes the Peary was freed from the reef with no serious damage and assumes McDonald avoided unnecessary alarm since results appeared safe.
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Washington
Richard E. Byrd, Jr
Navy
E. P. McDonald
Wilbur
Byrd
McDonald
Marx Replies to Critics of Auto Insurance
Judge Marx of Superior Court in Toledo defended compulsory automobile insurance before the Lucas County Bar Association. He cited rising deaths per population and higher total fatalities since 1915, arguing auto accident compensation is a social necessity and distinguishing it from industrial accident schemes.
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Marx
Superior Court
Lucas County Bar Association
Toledo
Ohio State Bar Association
Ohio Law Reporter
Order Evolution Data Out Of Texas Textbooks
The Texas text book board acted in Austin on October 16 to remove all reference to evolution from biology and other subjects in adopted texts. A resolution, reportedly unanimously adopted, ordered the elimination of three chapters from Biology for Beginners by Truman G. Moon. Governor Miriam A. Ferguson chairs the board.
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New York World News Service
Austin
Tex
State Text Book Board
Truman G. Moon
Miriam A. Ferguson
Turmoil Over Margin Calls and Ledger Scrutiny Unfolds
Telegraphed margin calls from 1923 reveal $432000 in requirements and $292000 equity as brokers press for funds. In a separate court scene, defense and state clash over access to Ernst & Ernst worksheets amid audits showing insolvency of Chan n er & Sawyer, delaying cross examination to Monday.
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Bell
State of
Ohio
Benedict
Joseph Heintzman
Hall
Ernst & Ernst
Channer & Sawyer
Ryan
Darrow To Get 5000 For Defending Negroes In Detroit
Clarence Darrow appeared in the Recorder's Court as chief counsel for Dr. Ossian Sweet and ten others charged with homicide. He requested a continuance to October 30. Darrow said the American Civil Liberties Union would pay $5,000, and that he would return to Chicago that night. He emphasized defending a principle and the plaintiffs as entitled to a fair shake.
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Detroit
Clarence Darrow
Loeb
Leopold
Chicago
Scopes
Dayton
Tenn
Recorder's Court Today
Ossiand H. Sweet
Dr. Sweet
Leon F. Brenner
Miners Union Enjoined Across Kanawha Belt in WV Case
Judge McClintic ordered permanent injunctions against the United Mine Workers of America and its officers in 12 consolidated suits involving 309 plaintiff companies. The ruling finds a conspiracy to monopolize coal labor, restrain interstate trade, and compel non union mines to submit to the UMWA through threats and the check off system. The covered fields include Williamson Tug River Winding Gulf New River Greenbrier and all Kanawha south of the river.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers of America
Kanawha River
McClintic
United States District Court
Williamson Tug River
Winding Gulf
New River
Greenbrier
Kanawha
United Mine Workers
United States
Missing Civil War veteran Timothy Sullivan found in Longview
After a fifteen year search, Timothy Sullivan a 75 year old Civil War veteran was located by his sisters Mi Ella and Miss Kate Sullivan at Longview Hospital where he had been taken on September 21 after police found him wandering near Paterson and Bank streets. He had forgotten his sisters and only repeated the name Timothy Sullivan Portsmouth when questioned last September.
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Timothy Sullivan
Mi Ella
Kate Sullivan
Longview Hospital
Pattersend
Bank Streets
Lawinna Little
Sullivan
Portsmouth
Deaconess Hospital Campaign Passes $378,200 Total
Campaign workers reported $35,278 in new subscriptions for the Deaconess Hospital building fund, bringing the total to $378,200 as the drive nears its end. Memorial gifts included $2,000 from Mrs. Josephine Obermayer Voelker and $1,000 from several donors.
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Deaconess Hospital
Gibson
E. O. Straehley
John and
Regina Straehley
Philip Carey Company
Philip Carey
William G. Rehn
F. C. Adams
Betty Ahlers
Christian Angert
W. H. Armstrong
The
Ault & Wiborg Co
Carl Axtmann
Carrie Bahlmann
Joseph Bell
William G. Benninger
William Berghausen
Eugene Benninghaus Company
E. Z. Bragg
Edward L. Brooks
Leroy Brooks, Jr
Edna M. Burger
C. H. Burmeister
Busse & Borgmann Co
Charles Cappel
Val Duttenhofer, Jr
Edwin W. Enz
the Fair Store Company
Henry Feldman
Fessler Family
Albert Fink
Charles H. Fox
John H. Fricke & Sons
William F. Galle & Co
Garber & Woodward
Nominees Named for Club Directors Election
George J. Gruen announces eight candidates for the Business Men's Club Board. Election set for November 10 at the club on Eighth and Race streets. Candidates include Arthur L. Brown Harry E. Engelhardt Oliver S. Larkley Carlisle Murdock William Reehl Moses Strauss Frank H. Streitmann and W. B. Loughead.
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Business Men's Club
George J. Gruen
Race
Arthur L. Brown
Diem & Wing Paper Company
Harry E. Engelhardt
Oliver S. Larkley
Gidding & Co
Carlisle Murdock
Marsh-Murdock Company
William Reehl
Moses Strauss
Times-Star
Frank H. Streitmann
W. B. Loughead
Charles Eisen
Eugene R. Buss
Sol H. Freiberg
Charles W. Steele
John E. Sullivan
Benjamin P Taylor
Prince of Wales Returns to London amid Royal Cheers
The Prince of Wales arrives home from a South American tour to a two mile line of cheering crowds. He greets the King and Queen, stands with family, and travels to Buckingham Palace before addressing supporters in a rain-soaked balcony appearance. The King praises his son’s service across empire missions, and a New York World editorial calls for more public focus and a fixed cause to curb restless public appearances.
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Buckingham Palace
St. James Palace
London
United States
South America
Union of South Africa
Northern
Rhodesia
Sierra Leone
Gambia
Gold Coast
Nigeria
St. Helena
John L. Balderston
New York World News Service
Prince of Wales
St. Joe Strathem
Weekly
Spectator
St. Martin’s
S. R. L. Sheppard
Royal Church of St. Martin’s-in-the-Field
Strathey
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World) Press Pub. Co
Apparition of Madonna and Child Draws Crowds in Mineola
In Mineola New York crowds flock to St Martha's Church on Federal Avenue Central Park after reports that a three foot high Madonna and Child apparition appears on church walls. Worshipers say a halo over the child and a cross outline can be seen as hundreds visit daily.
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Mineola
N. Y
St. Martha's Roman Catholic Church
Federal Avenue
Central Park
Mickie Walker After Car Crash Near Middletown Ohio
Edward Patrick Walker known as Mickie Walker and his trainer Teddy Hayes were in Cincinnati awaiting repairs after their car crashed into a bridge abutment on the Big Miami River near Middletown, Ohio. They avoided injury and continued toward French Lick Springs, Indiana, en route to Walker’s home in Rumsen New Jersey.
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Edward Patrick Walker
Mickie Walker
Teddy Hayes
Cincinnati
Big Miami River
Middletown
French Lick Springs
Ind
Walker
Rumsen
N. J
Columbus
Real Estate Conclave Seeks Reforms At Ohio Convention
The Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards held its annual convention in Akron with a banquet. Speaker Frank B. Willis addressed home ownership and citizenship. Resolutions endorsed the new real estate license law and taxation debt limit amendments, and urged a uniform mechanics lien law. Other actions condemned rent concessions and padded leases and urged publicity campaigns. Participants included Charles V. Truax and Rep. Robert A. Taft.
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Akron
Ohio Association of Real Estate Boards
Sonmeacore
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Chambers of Commerce
Better Business Commissions
Charles V. Truax
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Scenario path to films spurs De Mille stance on amateurs
Cecil B De Mille said he will no longer accept amateur scenarios and linked the Atlanta judge Sibley ruling that Mrs Mattie T Thompson failed to prove plagiarism in The Ten Commandments St.ated such suits burden producers He urged the Motion Picture Producers Association led by Will Hays to act He warned amateurs write for magazines not for the screen and claimed amateurs have not provided useful ideas in a decade
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New York World News Service
Los Angeles
Cecil B. de Mille
United States
Sibley
Atlanta
Mattie T. Thompson
Motion Picture Producers’ Association
Will Hays
State Prohibition Officers Aid Cincinnati Police in Raids
Two state officers announced cooperation with Cincinnati police to prosecute liquor violations. Multiple arrests followed at addresses on John, Carlisle, West Fourth, West Fifth, Central avenues, and more. Individuals named include John Sarky Jerry Hardis Anderson Thomas Joseph Blackman John Parker William Reed Henry Banks James Summer Ernest Duvall Joseph Kamphan Samuel Blair Irene Allen George Harrison and Scott Dillard.
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T. B. Jarvis
Anti-Saloon League
B. F. McDonald
Prohibition
Cincinnati Police
Cincinnati
Jack Melzer
John B. Coulton
Rudolph Wehking
Gorman
Mezger
Flaugher
John Sarky
Plum Street
Jerry Hardis
John Street
Anderson Thomas
George Street
Joseph Blackman
Carlisle Avenue
John Parker
West Fourth Street
William Reed
Henry Banks
Reed
James Summer
West Fifth Street
Ernest Duvall
Central Avenue
Joseph Kamphan
Beekman Street
Hop- Ple
Beekman Streets
Samuel Blair
Webb Alley
Irene Allen
West Eighth Street
George Harrison
East Front Street
Scott Dillard
Sycamore Street
Harrison
Editor cites location as key to city growth
Paul W. Brown, editor of the Executives' Magazine of St. Louis, told the Old Colony Club that river and lake city dynamics determine growth. He blamed Cincinnati and St Louis for stagnation, noting railroads diverted commerce to lake cities and kept them small compared with Cleveland and Chicago. He praised Cincinnati's progress in culture and education.
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Paul W. Brown
Executives’ Magazine
St. Louis
Old Colony Club
Linton
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Chicago
Mr. Brown
Brown
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
University
Moscow Opera Stars Do Stunts In Show Worthy Of Two A Day
In Berlin the Moscow Musical Studio premier performance showcased acrobatic tricks amid Aristophanes Lysistrata. Nemirovitch Dantschenko argues singers must act and perform daring feats, with the troupe delivering strong voices and engaging drama for war protest themes.
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Moscow Opera
Samuel Spewack
New York World News Service
Berlin
Moscow Musical Studio
Nemirovitch Dantschenko
Aristophanes
Dantchenko
Acropolis
Garner Plans for Big Tax Cuts
Washington Oct 16 Rep Garner of Texas, ranking Democrat on the tax bill draft committee, discussed with Secretary Mellon a plan to relieve 3,000,000 earners from all federal income taxes by raising exemptions to 5000 for married and 3500 for singles. The proposal favors a 25 percent top surtax and repeal of nuisance taxes on sales of autos cameras films and amusements.
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Washington
Mellon
Garner
Texas
House
Treasury
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Mr. Garner
Mrs Strome Charged With Murder In Poison Death
Springfield Colorado October 16 Mrs Birdie Strome 49 of New Carlisle was served with an indictment charging murder by strychnine poisoning of her stepdaughter Esta Strome 14 on October 3 The charge was handed up by the Clark County Grand Jury and served at noon today by Sheriff Lewis while Strome was in the county jail
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Springfield
Clark County
Birdie Strome
New Carlisle
Lewis
Survivors Tell Board How S-51 Sank Off Block Island
Three survivors of the submarine S-51 testified at the Naval Inquiry Board about the sinking near Block Island on September 25 after a collision with the City of Rome. They described lifeboat handling, searches for bodies, and the submarine’s final moments.
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Associated Press
Boston
Naval Inquiry Board
Block Island
City of Rome
Michael Lira
John H. Diehl
Lira
Dewey G. Kile
Kile
Advocate Lockwood
James W. Fraser
Fraser
Last Day Regisration for Voting Opens Across Hours
The notice urges last day registration to be eligible to vote in the November election. Registration sites operate from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and again from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. for eligible residents.
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MacMillan
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Pennsylvania
Charles R. Buck
West Ninth St
New York
Sawyer
Shorts
Clark, Childs & CO
Messrs. Clark, Childs & Co
W. C. Burbank
Ansswer
Grippe
Messrs. Channer & Sawyer
New York Curb Association
Graydon
Mr. Graydon
Darrow
West ‘Virginia
Longview
Wales
N. Y. World
Press Publishing Company
Geir
Southern Ohio Savings Bank and Trust Co
Main St
Vine Street
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