Portsmouth Gas Co faces 30 day report after utility hearing
At an Ohio public utilities hearing in Columbus, Portsmouth Gas Co received 30 days to file a detailed accounting of revenues and expenditures. The dispute centers on a proposed lower city rate and alleged operating losses under current pricing amid competition and fuel costs.
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Lynn A. Wittenburg
Portsmouth Times
Portsmouth
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Columbus
Portsmouth Gas Co
Portsmouth Gas (O
Frank Geiger
Proposel Pew
Caiming
United Fuel Co
W. L. Dickey
Geiger
Leaders named for five Portsmouth parks
The Portsmouth park commission announced five park directors for the city. Gabe Copper will oversee York park. James McConnell will head Mound park. J. B. Gibbs at Savon in the north end. D. E. Lea Princes of Lafayette school will run Seloto playground unit. Sue Evans will be in Tracy park. Directors will be paid 1000 per year, with monthly salaries of 100, to take effect on the fifteenth.
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Portsmouth
Dirk
Hay “Gabe” Copper
York Park
James “Count” McCoonell
Mound Park
J. B. Gibbs
Savon
North End
D. E. Lea
Lafayette
Sectoville
Seloto
Sue Evans
Tracy Park
McConnell Coujr
Lea
Temperature Report From The City At Eleven
Readable data shows a high of 16 degrees and mentions a comparison with the same day last year. The fragment indicates morning conditions around 11 a.m. and references a weather observe.
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Lscreer
Veterans Rally for Bonus Bill After Mass Benefit Fight
Washington scene as veterans raise nearly 3000 for food after a boxing benefit drawing 15000. Waters vows homeward transport only if the bonus bill passes while 6000 veterans camp at Anacostia plan to collect supplies and shelter.
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Washington
Army of Occupation
Glassford
Walter W. Waters
Portland
Ore
District of Columbia
Baltimore
Anacostia
Army
Troops Sent to Kentucky Mines
Kentucky guards move into Christian county after Deputy Sheriff Wallace Myers is fatally shot by snipers at Empire Mine No 6. Twenty guardsmen accompany officers and gunners to the scene as three snipers, named Paul Davis Maxie Long and Goldie Fisk, are jailed. The action follows prior national guard deployments in Harlan and Knox counties.
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Hopkinsville
Kentucky
Mannington
Empire
Christian County
National
Wallace Myers
Myers
Empire Mine No. 6
Paul Davis
Maxie Long
Goldie Fisk
Harlan County
Knox County
Jafsie in Boston on Lindbergh Case Visit
Dr. John F. Condon known as Jafsie visited Boston police with two New Jersey state troopers. He said he came to view the rogues gallery to identify a man named Bergman in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case.
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Associated Press
Boston
John F. Condon
New York
New Boston Bans Fireworks With Emergency Ordinance
New Boston council passes an emergency ordinance prohibiting sale and discharge of fireworks within city limits. Violators face fines up to $50 per offense. The measure bans fireworks ten days before July 4 and aims to yield the quietest Fourth in the city’s history.
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New Boston Council
New Boston
Portsmouth
City of
Formal charges against Mayor Walker in New York
William J. Schieffelin of the New York Committee of One Thousand announced formal charges against Mayor James J. Walker are being prepared and will be sent to Governor Roosevelt. The New York Society for the Prevention of Crime and the Citizens' Union will join, with possible additional support from the city affairs committee.
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One Thousand
Associated Press
New York
William J. Schieffelin
New York Committee of One Thousand
Roosevelt
James J. Walker
Maurice P. Davidson
New York Society For the Prevention of Crime and
The
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City Affairs Committee
Walker
Russell T. Sherwood
Samuel Seabury
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hofstadter Committee
Seabury
Sherwood
Abed
Capitol
Probe continues into Lucasville fire as witnesses recalled
Prosecutor Cameron Meachar and Deputy State Fire Marshal Sanford Linck questioned more than 15 Lucasville residents about a fire that destroyed several buildings. George L. Martin, whose structures burned, appeared with attorney Blair who advised against answering incriminating questions. Linck said the case could go to the grand jury on June 20 if evidence supports an incendiary origin.
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Cameron Meachar
Sanford Linck
Lucasville
George L. Martin
Blair
Martin
Linck
Grand
Libel Verdict On Age Linchpin Of Marriage License
New York June 9 Mitchell L Erlanger 75 has obtained a marriage license to wed Janet Nordenshield 48. The former supreme court justice retired five years ago due to age and critics say the law implying senility at 70 was a libel against him.
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Associated Press
New York
Mitchell L. Erlanger
Janet Nordenshield
Supreme Court
Ite
H Im
Assistant Chief Partlow Hurt In Auto Mishap
Assistant fire chief Charles Partlow of 1821 Center street was seriously injured in an automobile crash near Hamilton. He suffers a paralyzed left side a head injury and blood loss while companions Secretary Howard Kiebler and Fireman Jackson Cropper escaped injury. An ambulance will move Partlow to Schirrman hospital.
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Charles Partlow
Center Street
Hamilton
Partlow
Howard Kiebler
Jackson Cropper
Ohio Fire Chiefs
Berm
Kiebler
Cropper
Robert R. Leedom
Capt
George Smith
Banks Sound Says Governor Banks Sound Says Governor B
Governor George White reported at the Ohio Bankers Association convention that Ohio banks are stable and have weathered the financial storm. He said remedial legislation and a state survey are planned to strengthen banking laws, deposits safeguards, and quicker bank liquidation.
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Associated Press
Akkun
George White
Ohio
Ohio Bankers’ Association
General Assembly
State Bank Department
Sall
Two Bandits Rob John Kenrick for About $9
John E. Kenrick, head of E. J. Kenrick & Co., resisting a clothes search, was robbed at his Ninth street home by two well dressed men with revolvers. They escaped with about $9 after he handed over loose change and cash from a vest pocket. One assailant was smaller, the other larger, and both spoke fluently before fleeing.
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John E. Kenrick
E. J. Kenrick & Co
Market Street
Ninth and
Findlay Streets
Mr. Kenrick
Ball valued at fifteen ninety sparks multiple court actions
A baseball once sold for $1.50 now valued at $15.90 is linked to two criminal cases and one civil suit in municipal court. Charles Howard, 39, manager of a local team, and George Jamison, 38, along with Mrs. William Franke, 3184 Walnut Street, are named after the ball was taken from Mrs. Franke’s yard. Howard spent $2 and costs to file a replevin suit in municipal court to regain possession.
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Charles Howard
Walnut Street
George Jamison
Rhodes Avenue
New Boston
William Franke
Franke
Howard
Brammer Enters Not Guilty Plea in Ohio River deaths
Oscar Brammer, 26, of Peterstown near Chesapeake, pleads not guilty to murder in the disappearance and deaths of Edward Fielder and William Davis. Bodies found in the Ohio River after weeks missing. Brammer arraigned before Magistrate P. A. Burke and held without bond. preliminary hearing set for June 14.
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Times Ironton
Oscar Brammer
Peterstown
Chesapeake
Edward T. Fielder
William Davis
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio River
Ralph Davis
Brammer
Fielder
Davis
P. A. Burke
Complete Convention News Will Appear In The Times
The Times announces extensive Associated Press coverage of the Republican and Democratic national conventions from Chicago. Byron Price will direct a large staff of veteran reporters and telegraphers to provide accurate, full reports and pictures as events unfold nationwide.
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the Times
Associated Press
Chicago
Ohio
United States
Times
Byron Price
Washington
Fire blamed on incendiary origins at Ellington apartments
Cleveland Ohio June 9 Assistant State Fire Marshal Val Hafner declared the Ellington apartments fire incendiary after a 24 hour probe. Eleven people were confirmed dead with at least three more feared buried as investigators work amid debris and a potential grand jury action. The blast followed a gasoline odor noted Monday morning and debris hampered locating the source behind a barber supply shop.
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Cleveland
Ellington Apartments
Val Hafner
Hafner
Grand Jury
Frank Merrick
Cleveland Savings and Loan Co
Eight Persons Bitten by Dog on Sunset Avenue
Eight people including Maurice McCall and family, Marion Norma and Davis McCall, Mary Jane Dodds, Mary Ann Dodds, and Sidney Call were bitten by a rabid dog owned by Jacob Davis. Pasteur treatment began to prevent hydrophobia while county dog warden Firman Gilliland ordered confinement of nearby dogs for 21 days.
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Sunset Avenue
Rosemount Road
Pasteur
Maurice ‘McCall
Marion
Norma
Davis McCall
Mary Jane Dodds
Mary Ann Dodds
Sidney Call
Ta ‘S Nunemaker
McCalls
Dodds
O. R. Micklethwait
Firman B. Gilliland
Gilliland
Bankers Institute convention noted in Beverly Hills
The Times reports in Beverly Hills on June 9 that the Bankers Institute, calling themselves the educational end of banking, held a large convention with members carrying American Express money orders and no checks. The piece contrasts Canada’s bank stability with American lending behavior, noting fear among bankers about renewed loaning after defaults.
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the Times
Beverly Hilla
Calif
Bankers Institute
American Express
Canada
Caly to Condemn Dry Law Says Solon
Cosmopolitan denial cited as Rep Celler claims Calvin Coolidge will condemn prohibition in the July Cosmopolitan. Blanton questions source while peers debate wet and dry shifts as Hoover resubmission rumors persist. McAdoo urges national referendum on repealing the 18th, Rockefeller comments on party platform.
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Hoover
McAdoo
Ruth Bryan
Bulletin
Associated Press
New York
Cosmopolitan Magazine
Representative Celler
Dent Calvin Coolidge
Prohibition
Washington
Calvin Coolidge
House
Celler
Cosmopolitan
Blanton
Florida
Ruth Bryan Owen
North Carolina
Chindbloom
Ilinois
Yates
Illinois
Sahara
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Rockefeller
Chicago
Republican Party
A&p
James R. Garfield
Roosevelt
Democratic Party
William Gibbs McAdoo
Congress
John IT. Rockefeller
Clarne Wilson
Feller
Convention Group at Work in Chicago Ahead of GOP Convention
Republican National Committee members gather at the Congress Hotel to finalize tasks before the convention. Contested delegations from Georgia Louisiana Mississippi South Carolina Virginia and Tennessee push for official recognition and seating disputes. Chairman Fess announces hearings start tomorrow amid vacancies and prep work.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Congress Hotel
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
Tennessee
Fess
Fleisher Surrenders to Police in Lindbergh Kidnap Case
Harry Fleisher, named leader of Detroit's purple gang, surrendered to police with two attorneys after months of pursuit linked to the Lindbergh kidnapping and the Collingwood apartment massacre. He was taken to Prosecutor Harry Toy's office, posed for photographers later, and refused to answer questions. Fleisher's attorney Edward H. Kennedy Jr asserted his innocence in both cases.
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Detroit
Harry Fleisher
Purple Gang
Collingwood
Fleisher
Harry 8. Toy
Edwar H. Kennedy Jr
Collineweld
Hoodlum Slain in Hammonton Jewel Theft Case
Police report the brutal killing of 25 year old gangster Joseph Hillop amid a dispute with suspected jewel thieves. Hillop, linked to a 1927 jewelry-store robbery, was garroted and shot after kidnapping and beating, his body dumped in a ditch as authorities suspect revenge. Fellow robber Frank Bielec was found slain last March.
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Hammonton
N. J
Joseph Hillop
Frank Bielec
Hillop
Ohio Painter Reginald Bell Found Slain in Cleveland Alley
The body of Reginald Bell, 50, a Cleveland painter, was found in an alley early today. Police report death from a heavy blow to the head and offered no theory on the killer.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Reginald Bell
Detective Kills Attacker in Cleveland Shooting
In Cleveland on June 9 Detective George W. Clark fatally shot Charles Wells after Wells stabbed the detective in the leg. Wells, 38, died from the confrontation.
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Cleveland
Charles Wells
George W. Clark
Niles Kidnapper Sentenced to Life in Prison
Anthony Lauri of Youngstown was sentenced to life imprisonment in Warren Ohio after a judge, M. Carter, found him guilty of kidnapping Jamen De Jute Sr. of Niles. The case was handled in Warren with Judge Carter presiding.
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Associated Press
Warren
Anthony Lauri
Youngstown
Romney
Dudes M. Carter
Jamen de Jute Sr
Niles
Carter
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