Lewis calls off wage conference amid looming Ohio miners strike
John L. Lewis, international president of the United Mine Workers, canceled the March 2 wage conference in Cleveland after operators refused to participate. Hall warned that unless operators meet to set a new wage scale before April 1 or abandon wage cuts, a universal Ohio mine workers strike is inevitable. W. D. McKinney said individual miner operator talks might avert a stoppage, but Hall dismissed such talks as against union rules.
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Columbus
Ohio
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lee Hall
Ohio Mine Workers
Cleveland
United Mine Workers
Hall
W. D. McKinney
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
All
International Union
Man Arrested 48 Years After Georgia Killing
Tuscaloosa Alabama February 28. George Nichols of Tuscaloosa was arrested yesterday in connection with the killing of Peter Mooney in Rome Georgia forty eight years ago. George W Favors a Birmingham attorney swore out the warrant saying disclosures in divorce proceedings led to the arrest request.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Peter Mooney
Rome
George Nichols
George W. Favors
Birmingham
Nichols
Big Whisky Stock Concentration Under Enforcement Plan
Maryland Pennsylvania and Kentucky hold 95 percent of visible real whisky in the United States, a survey shows. Enforcement officials plan to reduce 300 bonded warehouses to 100 to cut costs and protect dwindling supplies. Kentucky houses about 25 million of 38 million gallons, with Illinois and Ohio far smaller. Commander Haynes says concentration will save $100,000 and cut guard and inspector staff.
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Washington
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
United States
Haynes
Illinois
Ohio
East Tenth Street bank robbed in Indianapolis heist
Four bandits entered the Fletcher Savings and Trust Co branch on East Tenth Street in Indianapolis this morning. They disarmed officers and clerks, looted about thirty thousand dollars from the counters, then fled in a waiting automobile. Police launched a citywide dragnet but had no trace by afternoon.
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Indianapolis
East Tenth Street
Fletcher Savings and Trust Company
Ford Offer Shelved In Muscle Shoals War Project Bid
Washington Feb 28 The Ford bid to buy or lease Muscle Shoals Alabama government war project properties was shelved by the house military committee after nearly three weeks of inquiry clearing the way for Alabama Power to be heard today. Chairman Julius Kahn said hearings on Ford Alabama Power and Frederick Engstrum would wrap up by week’s end and that a committee report opposing or supporting the proposals would follow. Dent and Martin defended Alabama Power’s option for exclusive purchase of the plant tied to wartime nitrate operations.
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Washington
Ford
Muscle Shoals
Ala
House Military Committee
Alabama Power Company
Julius Kahn
House
S. Hubert Dent
Alabama Concern
Thomas W. Martin
Warrior
War Department
Princess Mary Weds Viscount Lascelles in Royal Ceremony
Princess Mary daughter of King George and Queen Mary married Viscount Lascelles in a Westminster Abbey ceremony at 11 30 with royal participation and crowd crowds applauding along the route. Over 2 500 guests attended as guards lined the streets and Buckingham Palace stood in ceremonial splendor.
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London
Mary
George
Queen Mary
Viscount Lascelles
Westminster Abbey
Westminster
Abbey
Buckingham Palace
Weather report for cloudy north snow in south areas
A weather bulletin notes cloudy skies in the northern area with probable snow in the southern portions tonight and Wednesday, accompanied by a drop in temperatures. Forecast highlights a colder period ahead for the region.
Bomb Thrown in Belfast Sparks Heavy Firing
Civilian shooting and a powerful bomb at Vulcan and Seaford streets wounded several people in the Short Strand. Tom Mullan, a 14 year old newsboy, was seriously hurt. A raid on Clonmel barracks yielded rifles and machine guns amid claims of IRA involvement. Dail Eireann convened in Dublin for the first time after ratifying the treaty with Great Britain.
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Belfast
Short Strand
Vulcan and
Seaford Streets
Newtownards Road
Tom Mullan
Queensbridge
Albert Bridge
Lagan
Clonmel
County Tipperary
Central News Association
Irish Republican Army
Republican Army
Dublin
Dail
Hireann
Great Britain
Sinn Fein
Bank of Ireland
Beggar’s Bush Barracks
Worcester Regiment
George II
Bankers to Be Arrested in Corydon National Bank Case
Federal warrants for the arrest of B. S. and G. W. Applegate and W. B. Cook, officials of the Corydon National Bank, closed last week, charge them with violation of no
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Indianapolis
B. S
G. W. Applegate
W. &. Cook
Corydon National Bank
Federal banking laws issued yesterday in New Albany
Federal banking laws were issued yesterday and will be served today in New Albany by United States Marshal Soren.
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New Albany
United States
Soren
Fight on Subsidy Sparks Congress Clash in Washington
President Harding urged a subsidy to American shipping in a joint session plea to end costly government involvement in the shipping industry. The message signals a renewed congressional fight similar to the soldier bonus debate, with inland agricultural bloc members opposing a roughly two million dollar annual subsidy to shipping interests.
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Washington
Harding
Congress
Capitol
Terre Haute Fragments The K K K signs alarm city readiness
Ku Klux Klan symbols appeared on huge signs across Terre Haute after midnight. A northeastern parade of hooded riders sparked fear and rumor about possible actions by the organization. Citizens debated whether patriotic youths or the Klan staged the display, with law enforcement flooded by calls as hours passed.
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Terre Haute
Ku Klux Klan
More Delay Urged on Bonus Measure
Washington reports that House Leader Mondell urged delaying action on the soldier bonus bill to allow clearer information on next year’s savings, foreign debt returns, and potential revenue from improved business conditions. He and Fordney spoke with President Harding at the White House and suggested postponement or further delay pending fiscal details.
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Washington
House
Frank W. Mondell
Wyoming
Joseph W. Fordney
Ways and Means
Harding
Mondell
Fordney
Special House
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati, CO
White House
Longworth
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Stork Delivers Quartet for Poiret Family in Brownsville
Brownsville Kentucky February 28. Mr and Mrs William Poiret celebrate a remarkable run of children eight of whom are healthy and thriving. The couple already had four sets of twins and now welcome a quartet born within five years making twelve children in total. All eight older children are reported to be well.
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Brownsville
William Poiret
Ship builders indicted for conspiracy in wartime contracts
Charles W. Morse of New York, three Morse sons Ervin Benjamin Harry, and eight associates were indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of conspiracy to defraud the United States and the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Arraignment set in District of Columbia. bonds $10,000 each. Morse decried the indictments as unjust, blaming Attorney General Daugherty and shipping board officials.
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Washington
Charles W. Morse
New York
Ervin
Benjamin
Harry Morse
Federal Grand Jury
United States
Emergency Fleet Corporation
United States Emergency Shipping Board
Gordon
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Morse
Daugherty
United States Shipping’ Board
Constitutional suffrage amendment upheld by Supreme Court
Washington Feb 28 The U S Supreme Court in a unanimous decision by Justice Brandeis sustained the constitutionality of the woman suffrage or 19th amendment. The Maryland challenge by Oscar Leeser and others sought to bar women voters in Baltimore claiming the federal amendment lacked state consent and that Maryland did not ratify it. The court rejected the argument that federal electorate amendments require state constitutional consent, citing the long-standing validity of the Fifteenth Amendment and its recognition for decades.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Brandies
Maryland
Oscar Leeser
Baltimore
Leeser
Maryland Supreme Court
Rumored Shortage In Marion County Clerk Office
In Indianapolis on February 28 the state accounts board assigned workers to the Marion county clerk Richard Sipe's office amid reports of a possible shortage. Rumors suggested losses could reach up to one hundred thousand dollars, with experts expected to report findings to taxpayers and residents of Indianapolis and Marion county.
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Indianapolis
Richard Sipe
Marion County
State Accounts Board
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