Army air officers punished for lobbying against air program
Washington reports the War Department disciplined three Army Air Service officers for lobbying legislators against the administration’s air plan. Major H A Dargue and Major H W W Arnold receive reprimands and records black marks. Arnold is to be reassigned. Captain Don Montgomery also faces action for attempting to influence Congress.
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Washington
War Department
Army Air Service
Congress
Regular Army
H. A. Dargue
Air Service War Plans Division
H. W W. Arnold
Information Service
Don Montgomery
Reserve Corps
Dargue
Arnold
Montgomery
nctZorrow Board
Pattick
Fight Over Muscle Shoals Lease Moves to Senate
Washington February 17 A battle over leasing the government water power project at Muscle Shoals to private industry intensifies as Senator Norris Republican Nebraska vows to oppose the lease resolution. He seeks a joint congressional commission to study bids and report back by April 1 with a leasing recommendation.
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Washington
Muscle Shoals
Senate
Norris, R
Nebraska
Congressional Commission
Congress
Stecnzs Committee
Norris
Horse Jumps. Man Shot in Cleveland Street Incident
A bay horse driven by Carl Seabold spooked on Neuter court this morning, causing injuries when the rider fell. The horse was shot by police officer Gibson. In Cleveland, Olive Armstrong, 23, was hospitalized with multiple bullet wounds after a local shooting incident, allegedly involving Mary Jones, 29.
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Neuter Court
Carl Seabold
Gibson
Cleveland
Olive Armatrong
Mary Jones
Mother and six children die in blaze at Central Bridge
Mrs Edmund Teal and six children perished in a two story building fire started by a chimney. Teal and the eldest daughter Catherine escaped but he was badly burned and broke both arms while summoning help. Neighbors say the mother stayed inside and died with her children.
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Central Bridge
Edmund Teal
Catherine
Teal
Lorain Street Railway Suits Over June Collision
Two suits filed in the court of common pleas seek damages from the Lorain Street Railway Company after a June collision on Fulton street. Nick Urban claims a smashed car caused by a speeding street car left him with facial and arm injuries and seeks 210000. Steve Bumback, in the same incident, says a forehead wound left him unable to work and seeks 10000.
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Court of Common Pleas
Lorain Street Railroad Company
Lorain
Nick Urban
Steve Nagy
Fulton Street
Urban
Steve Bumback
Seven Die in Coal Mine Blast Near Central City
Seven men die in the Nelson Creek Coal Company line blast near Central City Kentucky as rescuers are fatally overcome by gas. Three died at once and four others perished while attempting rescue with others remaining afflicted by fumes.
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Central City
Nelson Creek
Here
President Coolidge Suffering From Severe Cold
Washington February 17 President Coolidge is reported with a heavy cold and will cancel all engagements staying in the White House. He was at his desk briefly this morning before retiring. May become Cardinal Bishop Heylen named as probable successor to Cardinal Mer cier in Rome.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Rome
Italy
Heylen
Chicaro
Cardinal Mercier
Uncle Sam Ends Tax Surveillance for Small Incomes
Washington reports new revenue law will exempt incomes under 1500 for singles and 3500 for married couples. Employers will not report salaries below those thresholds, reducing government scrutiny for about 4 million people and trimming work for the Treasury. Continued on page 2.
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Washington
Sam
Little Fellows
Congress
Treasury
International Revenue Bureau
United States
Bandits Using Green Car Sought by Sandusky Police
Elyria police were asked to watch for a four door pea green touring car with wire wheels. Sandusky police say two bandits yesterday robbed a Sandusky grocery store of 35 dollars. One robber was six feet tall about 25. The other stood five seven. Both wore wooly blue overcoats and tight caps.
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Elyria
Sandusky
Boy driver sought in fatal hit and run near Germantown
Police sought a young man and an older man after a speeding car struck Thelma Willis aged 7 on the Middletown Pike three miles south of Germantown. Police said every bone in her body was broken.
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Dayton
Thelma Willis
Middletown
Germantown
Pope opens Lent campaign against immodest dress
From the Vatican the Pope urges sermons during Lent against short skirts and low necklines. The move aims to curb immodest attire worn by women, signaling a strong church stance in Rome.
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Rome
Vatican
Tugboat Crew Rescued After River Collision
The entire crew of Tugboat No. 6 of the New York Marine Company was rescued after the vessel was rammed and sunk in the Lower East River by the passenger steamer New Hampshire. Harbor craft evacuated the crew.
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New York
New York Marine Company
Lower East River
New Hampshire
Elyria Set for Community Day Bargains by Local Merchants
Elyria prepares for a full day of shopping as merchants offer seasonal goods at reduced prices. The event, Elyria Community Day, aims to boost business and includes an essay contest with three cash prizes announced by the Chronicle Telegram. A separate Toledo report notes Cletus Wanner and his mother Laura indicted for second degree murder after prior manslaughter charges.
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Elyria
Mecca
Chronicle- Telegram
Toledo
Cletus
Wanner
Laura Wanner
Boft Dinner Set to Draw Large Elyria Board of Trade Crowd
Dr. Russell B. Bracady of Detroit will arrive Thursday at 4 PM and address the Elyria Board of Trade annual membership dinner at 6 PM in the Congregational church. He is a noted civic speaker and former mayor. The event aims to review past work and discuss vital matters, with expectations of full attendance and elaborate preparations marking a milestone for the board.
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Russell B. Bracady
Detrott
Mich
Elyria Board of Trade
Congregational Church
Bready
Board of Trade
America
Four Square City
Michigan
City Morals Commission
Protest Filed by Lake Shore RR Company in Ohio
Officials of the Lake Shore Electric Railway, operating Cleveland to Toledo via Lorain County, protested the Buckeye Special Transit Company’s request to add equipment before the State Utilities Commission. A Cincinnati and Dayton Traction Company official joined the protest, arguing adequate transportation exists in the affected territory. The Buckeye company had been authorized last November to operate motor busses on irregular routes across Ohio. The Vatican denied Berlin reports that Cardinal Gaspari and Sir Eric Drummond are forming a Catholic bloc in the League of Nations.
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Columbus
Lake Shore
Ohio
Rome
Italy
Vatican Today
Berlin
Cardinal Gasparri
Eric Drumtmond
League of Nations
Senate caucus backs rule to curb investigations in Washington
A Republican Sanatori caucus recommended adopting a new rule to limit Senate inquiries. The rule would require reference to a standing committee for resolutions proposing investigations and empower the committee to adjust scope and impose restrictions.
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Washington
Senate
Missing veteran Hotchkiss still not found after amnesia
Elyria woman Mrs Hotchkiss reports no trace of her husband James Hotchkiss a WWI veteran of the 37th division who wandered off in what doctors call an amnesia attack. She wired relatives in Memphis Tenn and Wheeling W Va asking readers in both cities to watch for him as authorities notify local papers.
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Made Watchkiss
Elyria
Hotchkiss
37Th Division
Argonne
Memphis
Tenn
Chronicle Teteztam Today
Wheeling
W. Va
Ife
Mia
Probe of Rum Ring Expands as Grand Jury Meets
Cleveland Feb 17 The federal grand jury questions railroad officers and employees from the middle west to trace alcohol shipments. Bills of lading showing carload consignments to Cleveland were offered. Elmer L Trey head of the Washington Intelligence Department arrived. Warrants for about 60 persons were held by federal agents.
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Cleveland
Middle West
Federal Grand Jury
Elmer L. Trey
Intelligence Department of Washington
VAD With Broken Neck May Recover
Rody Marshall Jr 16 son of a Pittsburgh lawyer clung to life after a neck fracture from a Narragansett Bay dive. Initial fears of spinal damage eased as days passed and his condition improved, prompting cautious optimism from family and doctors.
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Pittsburgh
Rody Marshall, Jr
Young Marshall
Narragansett
Hs Family
Mystery Fire At Waldo Notes Shocks Wardlen
State fire marshals probe the blaze at Waldo Notes in Wardlen. Michael Cortex, proprietor, and others are under arrest as investigators seek clues about the mystery fire.
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Wardlen, CO
Michael Cortex
Noted speaker to give Washington birthday address
Dr Edward A Steiner of Grinnell College Iowa will give a Washingtons Birthday address at 730 p m Monday February 35 in the First Congregational church under Elyria Rotary Club auspices President A L Werher says the meeting is open to the public with free admission Breiner described as an author and educator of note who graduated from Oberlin College in 1801 and secured citizenship papers at Yorrsin county courthouse
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Edward A. Steiner
Grinnell College
Iowa
Washington
First Congregational Church
Elyria Rotary Club
A. L. Werher
Breiner
Oberiin College
Yorrsin County Court House
Earl of Craven Invitation Canceled in New Bern
The Earl of Craven will not attend the portrait unveiling of an ancestor who was a Lord Proprietor of North Carolina. Colonial Dames of New Bern withdraw Hart invitation amid publicity from his ties to the Countess of Cathcart.
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Newbern
N. C
Earl of Craven
North Carolina
Hart
Countess of Cathcart
Two Men Sentenced to Death for Poker Hall Robbery Slaying
In Lexington on February 17 Roger Brannon of Cincinnati and R. Davin of Rochester were sentenced by Judge R C Brell to be electrocuted on March 26 for killing William Nelson Fant, a society man, during a December 26 poker hall holdup. They were moved to Edgville penitentiary to await execution.
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Lexington
Roger Brannon
Cinocinnati
R. ©. Davin
Rochester
N. Y
William Nelson Fant
R. C. Brell
Edgville Penitentiary
Marine Corps Seeks Officers From ROTC Units
Washington Feb. 17 The Marine Corps today asked the Army to aid in securing 22 second lieutenants. The Marines’ eligible list is exhausted and the Army will seek new officers through college and university ROTC units.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Army
TOMAY'S NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD
Nine year old Dorothy Porter was safely back home after a long hike in Cleveland. Riots in Brumanla Berlin prompt a state of siege and troop deployments in Romania. Chief Kedgwin Powell asks federal help to crack 300 bootleggers in Youngstown. Trooper killed in a Paterson road house fight. A Cleveland woman suffers severe burns from a stove incident.
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Cleveland
Dorothy Porter
Brumanla
Berlin
Germany
Romania
Bucharest
Youngstown
Kedgwin Powell
Governor Donahey opposes gambling at races
Governor Donahey says no action by the state is needed to curb gambling at horse meets. He believes local officers can adequately handle the issue and that current conditions do not require gubernatorial intervention. The stance follows a conference with Attorney General Crabbe who sought cooperation to stop race horse gambling in Ohio.
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Columbus
Donahey
Ohio
Crabbe
Objo
Decision on Countess Delayed in Immigrant Row
Washington February 17 The fate of Vera the Countess of Cathcart remains uncertain as Labor Department officials weigh whether to deport her as an undesirable or admit her to the United States Protests from feminist groups and Algeria threats complicate the decision Secretary of Labor Davis awaits a final ruling with a possible delay until a Cunard liner leaves for England carrying the countess and a potential passenger
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Washington
Vera
Cathcart
Department of Labor
England
United States
Florida
Davis
Cunard
Engl
Miners Ready to Return to Pits After Strike End
Scranton reports peace in the anthracite industry as the strike order lifts at midnight. The Tri-District miners ratified the wage agreement 689 to 2 and will sign the formal contract at 4 pm with Major W. W. Inglis. About 158,000 miners return to work and coal shipments resume to the consuming territory.
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Scranton
Philadelphia
W. W. Inglis
First Coal Car Since Strike Heads to New York
Pittsburgh report notes the first car of anthracite coal timed since the strike left the Harris Creek colliery on the mountain side in Exeter headed for New York via the Lehigh Valley line. The car bore a placard announcing it as the first car of coal from the region shipped in that period.
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Pittsburgh
New York
Herris Deke
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George T. Harding
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Fla
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Remy
Boft
Lake Shore R.R. Company
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Tomay
Paterson
N. J
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Charles Ulrich
Matthew McManus
Samuel Alest
Jess
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