Prosecutor faces new death threat during Bimba trial
A second death threat letter was received by assistant prosecutor Joseph Veracka as the Anthony Bimba trial resumed in Brockton Massachusetts. The note warned if Bimba is acquitted Veracka would be shot. The letter, read aloud in court, called for punishment and implied violence.
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Brockton
Mase
Joseph Veracka
Anthony Bimba
Veracka
Bimba
Jane
Boris
Suspect Held in Holdups: Norman J L Robertson Questioned
Baltimore February 25 A man named Norman JL Robertson also known as Lavelle N Robertson from Norfolk Va was held by police in connection with yesterday daylight bank cash heist in which two men were shot including a policeman. About $16 000 was stolen. Witnesses partially identified him.
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Baltimore
Norman JL. Robertson
Robertson
Lavelle N. Robertson
Norfolk
Measles Epidemic Claims 200 Lives in Hebron Palestine
News from Jerusalem reports an epidemic of measles in Hebron, one of Palestine's largest cities, with about 200 deaths. Physicians' efforts to halt the spread failed as residents fled the city in large numbers.
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Hebron
Palestine
Jerusalem
Mrs Chandler Bail Fixed At 500 In Liquor Case
Monroe Michigan February 25 Judge Jesse Root set Mrs Margaret Chandler bail at 500 for transporting liquor and ordered her to report at the April term to testify. She claimed the marijuana found in the car belonged to Earle Locke of Cleveland. A warrant is out for Locke. Cleveland officers have not yet acted. Attorney A Stephens of Lakewood arranged bail.
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Monroe
Mich
Jesse HW. Root
Margaret Chandler
Lakewood
City Treasurer Enters Suits for Delinquent Water Bills
Wheeling West Virginia February 24. City Treasurer W T Robertson has filed 1 200 suits in justice courts to collect delinquent water bills with one bill returned delinquent for five years.
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Wheeling
W. Va
W. TD. Robertson
Panic Averted as Actor Breaks in Broadway Theatre
Fire officials arrived as Miss Sarah Hantken, an actor, calmed a Broadway theatre during a performance causing a brief scare. The audience filed out under guidance while crews checked for danger and resumed the show after clearance.
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Theatre
New York
Sarah Hantken
Flying Colonel Mitchell Arrives in Cleveland
The Flying Colonel William Mitchell arrives from Chicago to deliver a fighting speech at Public Hall tonight. Mitchell predicts a bright aviation future for Cleveland and says the city is ideally located on the transcontinental air route.
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Cleveland
Willam Mitchell
Chicago
At &Eelock
Mitchell
Measles Epidemic Claims Five Lives in Indiana
In Bloomington Indiana a new kind of measles has already caused five deaths and about 1590 cases nationwide with no sign of abating. The latest victim is Ruby Ayers a 15 month old girl child of Samuel Ayers.
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Bloomington
Ind
Ruby
Samuel Ayers
Troy Ohio Bath Tub Murder Shocks City
Troy Ohio February 25 plan to raise a reward and hire national detectives to solve the murder of Mrs Nesbitt stalled as officials seek new evidence. Prosecutor Harvey and Dayton detective Joe Wilcox revisit the Nesbitt home while searching for a motive and the killer. Mrs Nesbitt a former tennis champion and OSU graduate was found in a partially clothed tub with head injuries.
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Troy, O
Troy
Citizens Committee
Harvey
Joe Wilcox
Dayton
Nesbitt
Police arrest man after city chase and arraignment
Jos Bodner was arrested after a pursuit through city streets and arraigned in police court on tampering with an automobile. He is held on a $100 bond and to be tried tomorrow morning. The incident began when Bodner allegedly entered a vehicle owned by Mr. Oakley to start it.
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Jos Bodner
Bodner
Oakley
George Betthy
Jal
Jessia Franklin
Ahe
Steve Nagy
Albert Fortin
L. R. Barton
Expect Third Reprieve for Chapman in Connecticut
Hartford report states Gerald Chapman the arch bandit may receive a third reprieve this afternoon. State's Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn will request the reprieve and meets Governor John H. Trumbull at four o'clock to urge staying the hanging sentence.
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Hartford
Conn
Gerald Chapman
Hugh M. Alcorn
John H. Trumbull
Alcorn
Farmer Found Guilty in Murder Trial and Flooding Report
Michael Enright, 64, a farmer, found guilty of manslaughter first degree in the death of farmhand Timothy Shay after an ax attack. Judge Edatin S. Brown set the sentence for next Tuesday as Enright is jailed. In Toledo, heavy rains flood lowlands of the Maumee River forcing Hamilton School closure.
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Bath, N
Michael Enright
Timothy Shay
Enright
Richard E. Enright
New York City
Edatin S. Brown
Shay
Toledo
Maumee River
Waterville
Perrysburg
Hamilton
Mexico Drives Foreign Clergy From The Country
The Mexican government states its action targets all denominations not just Catholics. It cites past laws confiscating church property and notes convents and monasteries were closed then reopened. The dispute centers on foreign clergy and the church’s autonomy under the constitution with Mexican control intensified.
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Mexico City
Meyv
Mmexico
Jarez
Carranza
Obregon
Moray del Mio
Catholic Church
Committee Reviews City Real Estate Valuations
The valuations committee fixes tentative property values for taxation. They meet nearly every evening in the council chamber and adjust prices on Broad street, Cheapside, Second Street, and Cedar to the bridge. The peak city value occurs on Broad street near the Dachtler store, at 1200 per front foot, with a final meeting with property owners and the auditor planned.
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Council Chamber
Broad Street
West Avenue
Chestnut Street
Third Street
Second Street
Court
East Second Street
Middle Avenue
Chapel Street
Sharp Block
Chanel Street
Hast Avenue
Dachtler
Washington Avenue
J Owners of Property Along White Way to Meet Mondal
Property owners in the White Way district plan a meeting at 6 pm Monday March 1 at the Methodist church basement. H M Andress chairs the committee representing residents before the city council. Attendees expect a large turnout.
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White Way
Mondal
Methodist Church
H. M. Andress
Fools Bandit But Loses a Purse in Cincinnati
Clem ent Allison, owner of a rooming house, was held up by a robber in a vacant room. He tossed his billfold into the street. a passerby picked up the purse and walked away while the bandit fled. Allison lost $25 but kept his money via the other man.
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Cincinnati
Clement Allison
Allison
Cost of Living Up in New York City
New York City faces higher living costs as coal prices push expenses beyond any U S city according to Merchants Association figures. Heating and general living costs rose with a 6.3 percent uptick in the New York area.
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New York City
New York
Merchants Association
Route proposed for new Elyria-Cleveland highway discussed
Four city representatives met at Dover Center to map a routing for the Elyria Cleveland super highway. James A Hewitt said ninety percent of the right of way from Wooster road to Dover Center has been signed. County engineers study a random line with 200 feet leeway to find the best path between Center Ridge road area and the four towns involved.
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Rocky River
Dover Center
Cuyahoga County
Elyria - Cleveland
James A. Hewitt
Elyria
Wooster Road
Center Ridge Road
Rocky Inser
Goldwood
Hewitt
Guyahoga County
Two Killed and Six Hundred Homes Destroyed in Dodecanese Quake
An earthquake in the Dodecanese Islands today killed two people and left six hundred houses destroyed with many injured. The archipelago in the Aegean Sea, governed by Italy at the time, is largely inhabited by Greeks.
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London
Dodecanese Islands
Athens
Dedecanese Islands
Agean Sea
Haly
Motorist Strikes Woman on Chestnut Street
D. W. Richardson formerly of Boston City Michigan now living at 158 Lake Avenue reports hitting Mrs. Thomas Engleton of Lodi Street while she walked on Chestnut Street. He did not see her until right up to her. She was taken to a nearby house and a doctor summoned. the injury was not serious.
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D. W. Richardson
Boston City
Mich
Lake Avenue
Chestnut Street
Thomas Engleton
Lodi Street
New White Way Proposal 3 Discussed by City Council
The Lighting Committee and Property Owners Committee discussed a new White Way proposal. The plan sets 65 percent of costs to property owners, 26 percent to the city, and 9 percent to the county. George Stevens Jr announced the arrangement as acceptable and friendly between committees. The 1925 council had approved 20 percent city share and 70 percent to property owners.
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City Council
White Way
George Stevens
Stevens
Republican State Central Committee Drops Pre Primary Convention
Columbus February 25 The Republican State Central Committee voted not to hold a pre primary state convention this year. Seventeen members attended a late Wednesday session and the group plans to aid the old G O P campaign committee in efforts to wipe out debt from the last state campaign.
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Columbus
Republican State Central Committee
Floods Swell Rivers Flood City Basements Flooded
Rain after midnight raised rivers several inches and flooded basements in Bath Sherman Middle Avenue and Oxford streets. Black River and tributaries rose above banks as melt from winter snow and ice entered street drainage. City hall report confirms widespread flooding across town.
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Callara
Black
City Hall
Bath
Sherman
Middle Avenue
Oxford Streets
Boston Shop Girls Strike Expands to 4000 Workers
A general strike began in about 200 shops in Boston involving 4000 operatives in the dress and cloak trades. Workers demand enforcement of a two year old agreement calling for a 42 hour five day week in dresses and a 44 hour five and a half day week in cloaks plus elimination of alleged unsanitary conditions.
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Boston
Zanesville Hit by Gale and Heavy Rain
A severe gale and heavy rainfall swept Zanesville Ohio from midnight to morning, causing widespread rain and wind damage. Streetcar service was disrupted as trolley wires were broken across the city.
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Zanesville
GALE
Widespread Ohio Weather Wrecks Wires and
High winds and a deep low pressure system moved eastward through Ohio lower Michigan and western Pennsylvania. In Ohio damage centered on crippled wires between Dayton and Columbia and a building collapse in Cincinnati fatally injuring a young woman. Meteorologist B H Emery warned winds would continue tonight and tomorrow.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lower
Michigan
Pennsylvania
B. H. Emery
Milwaukee
Dayton
Collumbia
Cincinnati
Emery
Negro Editor to Speak at Open Forum Sunday
WWW. E. B. Du Bois editor of The Crisis. renowned leader of the colored race. will speak at The Open Forum in the Methodist Church on The Future of the Dark Races. He drew a crowd at last year’s Forum and in 1923 served as American Envoy to the Inauguration ceremonies of the President of Tiberia.
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E. B. du Bois
du Bois
du Boils
Tiberia
Revenue Bill Awaiting Signatures From President Coolidge
The $2,260,000 revenue bill with tax reductions over $387 million awaits President Coolidge’s signature, expected in formal approval. New exemptions rise to $1660 for singles and $3500 for married couples, cutting about $2.55 million from the tax rolls and saving roughly $52.2 million for incomes under $10,000. Revenue from income taxes would total about $1.72 billion, a $160 million cut, with estates and capital stock reductions also prominent.
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Washington
Coolidge
Treasury Department
Woman alleges brutal assault and branding in park encounter
New Orleans police report a 23 year old woman, Edith Bauer, said she was attacked on a dark road in St Bernard Park by a group of men. She claimed they stripped her, threatened her, and branded her with a heated iron before leaving her in the city streets.
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New Orleans
St. Bernard Park
Edith Bauer
Countess of Cathcart Likely to Return to Ellis Island
The Countess of Cathcart, after ten days grace, will probably be sent back to Ellis Island next Wednesday pending her immigration case. Attorney Arthur Hays outlined plans to extend habeas proceedings to March 5 while a possible court stay could alter deportation.
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Countess OF Cathcart
Ellis Island
New York
United States
Arthur Garfield Hays
Department of Labor
Gaving
Tiays
United States District Attorney
Buckner
Elia Island
Brighton Oil Station caretaker confesses to fake holdup
Howard Lewis 32, caretaker at the Brighton Oil Station, confessed to faking a holdup that police said never occurred. Detectives revealed a forged $15 check dated June, with the suspect claiming the missing money was hidden in a lumber pile near the station.
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Cincinnati
Howard Lewis
Brighton
Nlice
Lewis
Winter's Grip Is Broken
The article notes a stressed winter period with frequent ice and snow and few subzero spells. A warm front rose temperatures by nearly twenty degrees in four hours, causing rain and clearing icy sidewalks, with several accidents reported during the icy stretch.
Attack on Damascus Kills Six Hundred Mohammedans
Damascus suffered an Armenian mercenary attack that left about six hundred Mohammedan residents dead. Syrian representatives reported to league managers and commissions, citing Cairo wires. The assault also burned 150 houses and shops in the city.
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London
Damascus
League Mana Dais Commission
Rome
Cairo
Nasallanta
Man Fined 200 For Liquor Possession
Walter Trak of near stop 47 Lorain pleaded guilty in Justice J. George court to possessing intoxicating liquors. He was fined 200, unable to pay, and jailed. Deputy sheriffs Ives Rundle and Walkden conducted the raid. Storm warnings were issued along the coast from Cape Hatteras to Eastport and small craft warnings from Hatteras to Jacksonville as severe storms move toward the Atlantic.
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Walter Trak
Stop
Lorain
J. George
Ives
Rundle
Walkden
Washington
Weather Bureau
Cape Hatters
Eastport
Maine
Hattern
Jacksonville
Weat
Atlantic
Two youths killed by freight train near Moundsville West Virginia
Neil Heas age 19 of Morgantown and Karl Tramp age 3 of Moundsville were struck and killed while walking on a freight railroad right of way near Moundsville West Virginia on February 25.
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Mill
Moundsville
W. Va
Pet
Neil Heas
Morgan Town
Karl Tramp
Maundeville
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