League of Nations meets as Geneva Protocol revival pressed
At Geneva the security commission faced a clash as French and Greek delegates pressed to revive the defunct Geneva Protocol for an international police force to wage war on warlike nations. Lord Cushendun moved to crush the revival in his first speech. Russia meanwhile handed a memorandum demanding immediate disarmament, denouncing guilt claims for World War I and warning against treating pacifist rhetoric as truth.
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Geneva
League of Nations Security Commission
Lord Cushendun
League of Nations
Russia
Preparatory Disarmament Commission
Maxim M. Litvinoff
Taclr
Norwich Fire Destroys Four Buildings in Village Blaze
A fire in Norwich Muskingum county last night destroyed four buildings and threatened the village of about 250 residents. Damage was estimated at 30000 dollars as flames started in the Martin J Sheets garage and spread to the Knights of Pythias hall Sheets general store and Sheets residence aided by a bucket brigade and firefighters from New Concord and Cambridge. Norwich lies nine miles east of Zanesville.
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Norwich
Muskingum County
Martin J. Sheets
Knights of Pythias Hall
Sheets General Store
Sheets
New Concord
Cambridge
Zanesville
Dawes Announces He Is Not a Presidential Candidate
Washington Dec. 1 Vice President Charles G Dawes after a White House visit says he is not a candidate for president and fully supports former Governor Lowden of Illinois. He plans to push Senate rule simplification this session and avoids an aggressive fight to prevent any misinterpretation as self interest.
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Washington
Charles G. Dawes
White House
Lowden
Illnois
Dawes
Senate
Mackay Taken To State Prison
George J. J. Mackay, smiling and jovial, left Cleveland today to serve seven years in the state penitentary. He boarded the 8:25 p m train at Union depot, bound for Columbus, after being jailed for swindling a widow out of 3600. An informal farewell reception was held in the county jail bull pen.
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Cleveland
George J. J. Mackay
Mackay
Unlon
Columbus
State Penitentiary
Mackey
Polish dictator hints at mobilizing troops amid crisis
In a Geneva era bulletin from Kovno and Warsaw reports, Marshal Ilsudski, Poland's dictator, says Europe faced a brink of disaster as Lithuania mobilized. He reveals consideration of Poland’s mobilization to deter attack and notes he sought the League of Nations as a remedy.
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Warsaw
Europe
Marshal 'Ilsudski
Poland
Lithuania
League of Nations
Davey Advocates Farm Relief at West Side Meet
Davey argued for farm relief at the West Side Men's club address at Second Congregational church. He said current mood stems from farmers losing buying power and dismissed critics as opposing needed aid. He attacked tariffs and the Esch Cummins railroad bill as class legislation.
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West Side Men’s Club
Second Congregational Church
Davey
Remus Murder Trial Details Implicate Mrs Remus in Plot
Testimony in Cincinnati describes Mrs Imogene Remus as seeking to "get" her husband. Witnesses recount purchases and moves including a Packard roadster given to Franklin Dodge and altered initials on silverware. Remus, in a manic mood, pleads for vengeance as the murder trial proceeds with references to Dodge and an Indianapolis hotel room confrontation.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Imogene Remus
George Remus
Orin M. Webber
Chicago
Paw- Paw
Mitch
Remus
Webber
Franklin L. Dodge, Jr
Department of Justice
Imogene
John T. Rogers
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Rogers
George Con Nors
Indianapolis
John Berger
George
Dodge
Formal inauguration of Elyria Christmas shopping season tonight
Officers of the Elyria Merchants' Bureau announce all arrangements are complete for the formal opening of the 1927 Christmas shopping season. The event features the unveiling of specially trimmed store windows and signals that stores open tomorrow morning. The bureau cites a push for early shopping and notes a campaign by women’s clubs to ease fatigue during the holiday rush.
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Elyria
E. J. Fellow
Merchants’ Bureau
Feerie
Texan Declares Coolidge Not A Candidate
R B Greager Texas committeeman said after a White House talk that the Republican National committee believes President Coolidge does not intend to be a candidate in 1928. He added the committee and country want a clearer expression from Mr Coolidge on his position and that the party’s work would be easier if the president would state whether he will accept renomination.
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Coolidge
Alletin
Washington
Republican National Committee
R. B. Greager
Texas
White House
Creager
Why Elyria-Lorain tax rate rose in 1927 says auditor
County Auditor Monroe H Welty explains rate increases come from five budgeting agencies city county township state and schools The 1928 rate up 149 mills per thousand mainly due to a 190 for a new sewage disposal plant and a 060 state levy The running expenses rate is lower despite the overall hike
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Elyria
Lorain
Monroe H. Welty
Chronicle-Telegram
Welty
Budget Commission
State Tax Commission
Four Die as Erie Freight Hits Weilshire Car
Decatur Ind December 1 Four Weilshire Ohio workers were killed when their car was struck by an Erie railroad freight train. The victims were Alfred Stuttler 36 Hazel Summon 24 Mrs Kenneth Boulet 23 and Hobart Strickler 3 all employed at the General Electric plant in Decatur.
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Decatur
Ind
Weilshire
Erie Railroad
Alfred Stuttler
Hazel Summon
Kenneth Boulet
Hobart Strickler
Realtor Transfers Estate to Two Employees in Retirement
Evanston on December 1, J W Work a wealthy realty dealer announced his retirement and left his entire real estate, loan, renting and insurance business to two long time employees Mr and Mrs Lawrence Hellstrom who have worked for him 16 and 9 years. He also donated his palatial home and furnishings to the couple and will travel to Florida before settling in California.
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Evanston
Lld
J. W. Work
Lawrence
Hellstrom
Work
Wwé
Hellstroms
Florida
California
Baby Born Eleven Minutes After Mother's Death
In Portland on December 1 a Caesarean operation performed 11 minutes after the mother died brought a healthy baby into the world. Dr Leland Belknap operated on Mrs Charles H Schults 19 who died of acute kidney trouble. Surgeons say such a late operation had never before been successful and this may set a new record.
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Portland
Ore
Leland ¥. Belknap
Charles H. Schults
Beath tied to murder case as witness claims confession
Samuel Bark of Baltimore testified in the murder trial of Mrs. Margaret Lilliendahl and Willis Beath, recounting Beach's alleged confession that he shot Dr. William Lilliendahl over money troubles with drugs. Bark described a plan to borrow $600, a getaway need, and a confrontation with the old man.
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May's Landing
N. J
Samuel Bark
Baltimore
Margaret Lilliendahl
Willis Beath
William Lilliendahl
Beach
Bark
Dr. Lilliendahl
Lilliendahl
Thompson
Robert H. McCarter
McGarter
Charles MM. Phillips
Alfred
John F. Levins
Lintendahl
Chamois N. J
Atsion Road
Gilliendanl
Willis J. Bushee Jr
Vineland
Grail to Leave Lorain Amid Rumors of New Post
Lorain rumor today says Mayor William F. Grail a Democrat who has served ten years may resign January 1 to take a national post in Minneapolis or Indianapolis. If he departs Fr. Stan Hen is elected mayor.
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Lorain
William F. Grail
Minneapolis
Minn
InoMianapolis
Ind
Cirall
Eosip
Stan- Hen
Marco Elect
Temperature spread across United States hits 84 degrees
Weather bureau reports show Duluth Minnesota was 10 below zero at 8 am while Miami and Key West opened at 74 degrees. Most cities posted lower temperatures than yesterday with Prince Albert Saskatchewan recording 30 below zero.
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Washington
Dec. J
United States
Weather Bureau
Duluth Minn
Miami
Key ‘West
Fla
Prince Albert
Sask
Auto tags for 22 begin today in area
The 1928 automobile license sale started slowly on opening day. R E H Hakes in charge said new tags are on hand with no extension for 1927 plates. Police and sheriffs will arrest drivers using old plates after midnight December 31. New tags can be used from December 21 to ease rush. Truck licenses require bill of sale and weight slip. trucks must be weighed before licenses are issued.
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R. E H. Hakes
Automobile License Bureau
Court House
Hakes
B. J. Stankard
Theodore Walker
Lorain
E. G. Mathews
Stankard
Elyria
Hales
More Seasonable Weather Here At Last
Elyrians saw wintry mix with rain turning to snow and a chilly ground cover by midnight. Temperatures continue to fall and forecasters predict colder conditions for the next 48 hours. December began with wintry weather and two days remain until Christmas, bringing a sharp cold note to residents.
City Council to Discuss Street Car Franchise
City council will meet with F H Wilson representing the Cleve landa and Southwestern tonight in committee of the whole to review the franchise granted to the transportation company by the city. Wilson, at the November 21 meeting, spoke on objections and urged talks on the matter.
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City Council
F. H. Wilson
Clevelanda
Southwestern
Wilson
Almanac predicts 1928 war in cryptic forecast
London reports Old Moore's Almanac issued today foresees a 1928 war, saying the 1914 1918 conflict was only a dress rehearsal. The almanac forecasts events month by month, a format famed for accurate hits and vague phrasing that can fit multiple outcomes.
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London
Road 18 Flooded Forces Detour in Canton Massillon
Heavy rain saturated the Canton Massillon road flooding a two mile detour as sewers clogged. Two inches of rain in two hours gave way to snow sleet and falling temperatures from 72 to 27 degrees, disrupting traffic on the nation's busiest highway.
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Canton
Massillon
United States
Damaging floods and snows sweep multiple states
The Midwest endured severe cold with subzero temps and strong winds from Alaska and Canada. Indiana faced major floods and telegraph disruption, Brown County saw its worst flood since 1913, and railroad workers faced peril in Colorado blizzard conditions. Snow fell across Nebraska Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Illinois as Nebraska produced the heaviest Missouri snow since 1906. Edmonton hit 26 below, while officials warned relief would be delayed into next week.
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Middlewest
Alaska
Canada
Indiana
Wabash
Brown County
Nebraska
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Illinois
Grand Junction
Colo
Hibbing
Mimn
Carbondale
Centralia
Henry Cox
Chicago
Edmonton
Alberta
Owl SWEPT at GUTTANG BLAST
A cold wave hit Ohio from the prior day as temperatures fell from 5 degrees to 2 below freezing this morning. Winds of 40 mph ripped through Columbus causing window damage and a school roof loss at Columbian Center in Licking County. minor state wide damage and rising streams reported as snow began to fall.
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Columbus
Ohio
Columbian Center
Licking County
Drunken Driver Fined and License Suspended in Lorain
Georges Freis was arrested by Denutr Sheriff Harvey Crehore after causing an accident on her pW Addie Eataty. Freis received a $100 fine and a six month license suspension for driving intoxicated.
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Ratt Freis
Lorain
Tag
Jnatioa & 1
Georges Freis
Denutr
Harvey Crehore
Addie Eataty
Flood threats ease as Ohio towns recover from storm
Freezing temperatures slow the flood threat across northern Ohio after heavy rain and a downpour flooded sewers and cellars. Cleveland streets clear, but rivers remain at flood stage in Gates Mills and parts of the Chagrin and Cuyahoga rivers disrupt traffic between Cleveland and Youngstown.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Gates Mills
Chagrin
Parkman
Aubert Corners
Youngstown
Adam
Adams Bay Co
Chagrin Park
Edward Newman
Page
December Rush Injures Several in Cincinnati
December storms lashed Cincinnati with a two mile per hour gale and plummeting temperatures. Signs broke loose from hangings injuring pedestrians. A 44 year old man Lloyd Benhymer was hurt and 20 year old Viola Beasy was bruised after being pinned under a large sign. Several others suffered injuries as Christmas advertising signs were blown from department store walls. The article notes multiple bystanders and a general scene of damage across the city.
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Cincinnati
Lloyd Benhymer
Viola Beasy
Bru
John Herl
William
Raver
Caries
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Titherto
Valdemaras
Martin L, Davey
Franklin JL. Dodge, Jr
Decator
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Beath
Murdo
Grail
Guttang
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