Blizzard Death Toll Rises Across Atlantic Coast
A severe blizzard left at least twenty three deaths across Georgia to Maine with ten to twelve in New York City and five near the coast. Eight deaths occurred in New Britain Connecticut from a building collapse and five in New England. Property damage exceeded two million dollars as 25,000 snow shovelers mobilized in New York.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Georgia
Maine
New York City
New York
New Jersey
New Britain
Conn
New England
Entombed Miners in Pennsylvania Mine Dead Confirmed
Horning Pa February reports that conditions prevent removing the remaining miners from Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Co mine No 4. Rescue teams located sixteen or seventeen bodies. air in the chamber remains unsafe, and efforts focus on pumping out gases. Three bodies were recovered soon after the blast.
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Horning
Pittsburgh Terminal Coal Company
Urge Cuts in Britain Three Forages Urge Cuts in Britain
London report says Colwyn Bradbury and Chalmers call for drastic cuts in Britain's fighting forces. They estimate a first reduction of 75 million dollars in the next financial year. Premier Baldwin backed the committee to aid Churchill in cutting public service spending against opposition from the admiralty war department and air ministry.
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London
Britain
Baldwin
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
War Department
Air Ministry
Will Eliminate Bend In River In Lorain
Government engineers began a preliminary survey to remove a bend in the river from south of the Erie avenue bridge to a th treet. The project is authorized by Congress and will cost about 55000.
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Lorain
Erie Avenue
Congress
Episcopal Church Leader Denounces Vo lstead Act Shift Claims
New York February 5 Rev Charles I K Gilbert secretary of the diocesan social service commission repudiates Rev James Empringham on modifying the Volstead Act. He says Empringham has no right to speak for the Episcopal church on any subject.
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New York
James Empringham
Charles IK. Gilbert
Social Service Commission
Diocese of
Empringham
Episcopal Church
Church Temperance Society
S. E. Nicholson
Anti-Saloon League of
Amelia
Orville St. Poland
Anti- Saloon League of
Churchmen's Association
Gilbert
Prohibition
Hi Japkers Hold Up Freight Train and Loot Alcohol
Ten masked hijackers stopped a westbound freight on the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific at Putnam waiting for a passenger train. They stole alcohol valued at 10000, pistol threatened crew and rider J Fitzpatrick, and loaded 240 cars and 50 crates of liquor onto waiting trucks. In Washington, the Senate refused to intervene in the anthracite strike, voting 48 to 28, not delaying a tax cut bill to address Copeland resolution.
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Putnam
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
J. Fitzpatrick
Washington
Sénate
Senate
Coolidge
White House
Public access push in tax records stirs Senate
Senator Couzens charged the Internal Revenue Bureau with collusion and dishonesty and urged an amendment to a 332 million tax reduction bill to open all tax records to public inspection. The move sparked bipartisan action toward full publicity of tax matters.
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Internal Revenue Bureau
Washington
Couzens
Michigan
Senate
Women barred from juries in Illinois case denied rehearing
Springfield law brief reports that the Illinois Supreme Court refused a rehearing in the suit by Mrs. Hannah Fyfe against Cook County jury commissioners. Her name was removed from the jury list and not reinstated. The decision follows a prior term ruling.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
State Supreme Court
Hannah Fyfe
Cook County
Man Dies by Own Action in East Youngstown Home
Jacob Matchich of East Youngstown used a clothesline fastened to a door hinge to end his life. His wife was with an attorney about a divorce at the time. Authorities report the act occurred in February.
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Youngstown
Als Feck
Jacob Matachich
East Youngstown
Woman Injured When Car Skids on Oberlin Road
Mrs. Mahlke of 267 Columbus Street was admitted to Memorial hospital with a fractured left arm cuts and bruises after the car she was driving skidded on ice and overturned near a telephone pole on the Oberlin road. Passenger Mrs. McLaughlin of Longford avenue was unhurt. The car had a broken window and sprung front axle. Mrs. Mahlke left the hospital for home last evening.
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Oberlin Road
Fred Mahike
Columbus Street
Memorial Hospital
Senate set to hear 275 beer bill in late February
Washington reports that the senate judiciary committee will begin public hearings on the 2.75 percent beer bill in the last week of February. About 200 witnesses are expected to testify for and against modification of the Volstead act as the dry and wet factions prepare for a nationwide public airing. Dry leader Senator Willis cautions the approach could fail 6 to 1, urging the effort be dropped if defeated.
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Washington
Congress
Walter B. Edge
New Jersey
Senate Judiciary Committee
Willis
Ohio
America
Senate
Slugger Attacks Leave Three Women Injured in Denver
In Denver on February 5 a burly assailant slugged three women in a 20 minute span within three blocks. Anna McCarty 60 lies unconscious with a fractured skull. Edith Brown 20 struck in the face and carried into a building. Mrs N S Steele knocked to the ground as police seal off the exclusive district.
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Denver
Cole
Anna McCarty
Edith Brown
N.S. Steele
Six Apply for Seale Job as Lorain County Supt
W A Miscox former Lorain County schools superintendent and War Department school head in Cleveland files among six applicants to succeed E F Seale who will leave Lorain County Schools after his term ends August first. The other candidates include F L Powers Amherst Superintendent R P Vaughan Elyria High principal and Crawford County superintendent Frank Close Holmes County supervisor W A Salter Williams County official and Q A Garwood Van Wert Schools head.
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W. A. Miscox
Lorain County
War Department
Cleveland
FE. C. Seale
Lorain
Flor, Powers
Amherst
R. P. Vaughan
Elytia High School
New Refinance Plan for France Warmed by Washington Skepticism
Washington reports an ambitious plan by Montagu Norman to refinance France with American dollars to stabilize its currency and pay war debts to the United States and Britain. The proposal centers on selling German railway bonds under the Dawes plan, paired with eased banking-loan barriers, but faced strong opposition from Treasury officials and administration circles.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Montagu Norman
Bank of England
Treasury
New York
Norman
Gov. Norman
Gov. Novinait
Woman shoots store proprietor in Urbana fruit shop
In Urbana on February 5 a woman named Mrs Emma Goodbar 34 of Lima Ohio shot Lawrence J Overde 28 store proprietor four times in the abdomen at a local fruit store. Police arrested her as ambulance rushed Overde to hospital where his condition was listed as serious.
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Urbana
Lawrence J.overde
Emma Goodbar
Lima
Ohio
Laverde
Abduction Search for Alma Runyon Seizes City
Pennsylvania state constabulary joined the hunt for Alma Runyon a 20 year old woman seized yesterday with two alleged abductors fleeing in an automobile. Her brother Daniel was wounded in the leg while attempting to intervene. Police describe two likely Italian men.
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Warren
Pennsylvania State Constabulary
Alma Runyon
Runyon
Daniel
Pershing Due in Key West on Monday
Gen John J Pershing who has been in Africa for five months handling the Tacna Africa boundary dispute is due in Key West next Monday aboard the U S cruiser Denver according to naval officials. He will go to Washington to submit an official report to President Coolidge and then take a rest ordered by his physician.
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Key West
Fla
John J. Pershing
Africa
Tacna- Africa
United States
Denver
Pershing
Washington
Man Refuses to Tell of Shooting at Oberlin
Howard Smith, 41, of Oberlin road, lies in Allen Memorial Hospital with a bullet wound near his heart and lung. He refuses to identify the shooter offering multiple untrue versions. Cleveland police question him as officers seek to uncover the circumstances of the attack.
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Oberlin
Howard Smith
Oberlin Road
Allen Memorial Hospital
Smith
Tie
Elyria Fac
Cleveland Ile
Unified national defense urged in House hearing
A House military affairs panel heard former air officer William Mitchell urge unified national defense and a formal mission for air forces. He warned current regulations hinder training and called for concentration of air personnel and equipment with a 50 20 20 defense split among air army and navy. He warned that without action this year a bill may pass next year and noted strategic targets in the Chicago Chesapeake Bay and Bangor triangle.
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Washington
William Mitchell
House Military Affairs Committee
America
Mitchell
Congress
Mikechell
Branches of
Defense
Air Service
Defense Epee
Army
Navy
Warmy
Chicago
Chesapeake Bay
Bangor
Maine
Japan
England
Rate Hearing Resumes March On Logan Gas Request
Columbus Ohio February 5 Counsel for protesting municipalities in Ohio clash with Logan Gas Company at hearings before the State Utilities Commission over a proposed rate increase The session recessed until March 3 and 4 allowing the company to finish testimony Protestors plan to seek a three to four month continuance to study the company’s evidence and prepare their protest.
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Columbus
Ohio
Logan Gas Company
State Utilities Commission
Utilities Commission
Sargent GAC Rule Extended to United States Attorneys
The gag rule by Attorney General Sargent, initially applied to department officials, has been extended to include United States attorneys and marshals. It bars public discussion of pending cases by any DOJ employee. Police investigate a dead man found in a Cleveland garage, suspected to be Melvin D Shrewsbury, with unknown cause.
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Wasmingstua
Fac
Sargent
Department of Justice
United States
Washington
Vermont
S Am
Cleveland
Melvin D Shrewsbury
Pinchot Demands Action On Coal Measures
Governor Gifford Pinchot urges the Pennsylvania legislature floor consideration of his coal and anthracite regulation proposals, blaming the Republican organization for blocking bills. He calls the coal crisis an emergency and accuses W Harry Baker of promising full coverage during the special session.
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Pinchot
Harrisburg
Gifford Pinchot
Gov. Pinchot
Republican
S Picked
Committee of Mines
Commonwealth
W. Harry Baker
Republican Organisation
Pennsylvania
State
Fine Man Fined for Driving While Drunk in Wellington
A. W. Arnold, 32, of Wellington, was fined 100 and costs for driving while intoxicated after pleading guilty in police court before Justice 8. J. George. Robert Arnold, 46, brother, received 5 and costs for intoxication. They said they were returning from Loralin with liquor. Police arrested them on Middle Ave near the bus station shortly after four.
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A. W. Arnold
Wellington
J. George
Robert Arnold
Lo+rain
Middle Ave
Railroads to Fight Wage Demands
Western railroad executives meeting in Chicago declare the wage increase demands from the Order of Railway Conductors and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen cannot be met. They warn accepting would restore pay to the 1922 peak with March 2 set as the reply deadline, while noting contracts for trainmen and conductors expired in December.
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Chicago
Western Railroads
Brotherhood of Railway
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