Law Enforcement urged by Attorney General at Dry Federation meeting
A large Dry Federation audience heard Attorney General Crabbe and Rev. Edwin Kirby urge active law enforcement against liquor offenses. Crabbe warned officials must do their duty or crime will flourish, praised Don. V. Parker’s anti liquor work, and urged citizen support. Kirby summarized the Toronto Non-Alcoholic convention’s aim to end liquor traffic and warned wet forces seek to overturn prohibition domestically and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dry Federation For Law Enforcement
M. E. Church
C. C. Crabbe
Edwin Kirby
Nellie M. Hil
Jones
J. F. Burke
Crabbe
Stephen Young
Vic Donahey
Carmi Thompson
Fessag
Pomerone
Bloom
Chatfield
Prohibition
Massillon
Alliance
Don. V. Parker
Toronto
Brussels
United States
Europe
England
Republican
Democratic
America
Wage dispute in Moriarity race sparks local fight
January tempest centers on wage bill dispute involving H Bender and Moriarity supporters. Local paper notes backers claim misquote while Moriarity camp denies framing the issue.
Fragmentary Local News Briefs From January OCR
A garbled OCR item mentions police pursuing a suspect named Hensley after a liquor seizure in January, plus scattered notes of an earthquake, a police incident in Ireland, and a Bolshevism reference. The text is incomplete and difficult to parse, with broken names, dates, and fragmented lines.
Shipyard Worker Killed in Industrial Accident
Lorain January 27. Norman Whister, 21, a shipyard worker, was crushed after starting work at the American Shipbuilding Co. within 24 hours his death was virtually certain. Coroner M. E. Perry of Elyria ruled accidental death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorain
Norman Whister
American Shipbuilding Co
Im. E. Perry
Elyria
Britain faces no better terms on debt liquidation
Washington confirms the United States Treasury reports the American plan for settling the 5 billion loan over 62 years with 2 percent for the first decade and 3.5 percent thereafter as the minimum terms to be sent to Congress. Britain’s Stanley Baldwin arrives in London stating no further talks will occur and debt cancellation remains unpopular in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Treasury
London
Treasury Department
American Commission
Congress
Treasury
International News Service
Stanley Baldwin
Baldwin
American Debt Commission
Great Britain
United States
America
Southampton
Olympic
England
Alten of Avon Father Sentenced for Contempt in Divorce Case
Joe Mathias Alten of Avon faced Judge W. B. Thompson on contempt of court charges. Eleven children, four testifying, prompted a restraining order and ten days in jail after Alten admitted drinking and driving his children into the street while his wife was hospitalized. He blamed loss of his saloon business after state dry laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Mathias Alten
Avon
W. B. Thompson
Alten
Death of Twin May Cause Sister’s Death in Lima
In Lima Ohio a strange case of sympathy surrounds the deaths of 2 year old Wanda Jane Longfair and the critical condition of her twin sister Janet. Measles killed Wanda and doctors say Janet may not recover as the surviving twin's health declines after Wanda’s death. Janet remains isolated in a separate room while physicians note the twins’ strong linked fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima, O
Wanda Jane
C. J. Longfair
Janet
Wanda
Little Janet
Steal Pastor's Tire Reported at Church
Rev. W. L. Burner told police that a spare tire and rim were stolen from his Ford Sedan while he was at the Church of Christ on Second Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Burner
Church of Christ On
Second Street
Five Die In Auto Tragedy and Blast Kills One
Hagerstown Md Jan 27 three women and two men died when their car plunged into Willi a Creek near Cumberland after 2 am a guard rail was struck and the vehicle fell 35 feet into water John Morrisey of Uniontown Pa found the crushed bodies and a Cumberland investigation began Also a New York blast destroyed a garage injuring one and driving about 125 families to panic as a still exploded wrecking the garage and killing an unidentified man with three other stills found nearby
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huron
Sayles
Joe Gerwell
Hagerstown
Willa Creek
Cumberland
Clara McCullough
Eva Dundee
Louise Dundee
Wiliam J. Parrell
Edward A. Flynn
John Morrisey
Kelley Springfield Tire
Uniontown
Morrisey
Tarn
Paniic
Prohibition
Firemen Respond to Multiple Blazes in City
The Elyria Fire Department rushed to the Elyria Hotel at nine in the morning for a small fire under the grate, with losses under $100. A second call came at 10 15 for the same hotel. At noon a third blaze occurred at the corner of Second Street and Middle Avenue where oil on a taxi motor caught fire, causing no damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Second St
Middle Avenue
Hall Taxi Company
Tank ship toll rises to ten in Tampico tragedy
In Tampico on January 27 the toll from the San Leonardo fire on the Panuco river reached ten. Captain Jose Medina and many crew were ashore when the blaze began Friday morning, hindering an exact missing-crew count as the tanker was destroyed. The fire's origin remains unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampico
Mex
Aguila OH Company
San Leonardo
Panuco
Jose Medina
Lifeless Body of Woman Found in Columbus Home
Police discovered 40 year old Mrs. Clara Murray dead by hanging inside her Columbus residence after neighbors reported her missing since Friday afternoon. A note blamed a man and a woman for her last act while neighbors cited illness preventing her restaurant work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Clara Murray
Liquor Maker in Brownhelm Fined After Bust
Sheriff Underhill received a tip about an illegal still in Brownhelm. Deputies found a forty gallon still, fifty gallons of mash and liquor. Pets Manski pled guilty before Justice George and was fined 290 dollars plus costs, to be paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Underhill
Brownhelm
Bivin
Saulsbury
Adams
Pets Manski
Mangki
J. George
Women Overcome By Gas Fumes In Steubenville
In Steubenville two women Mrs Frank Linton and Luiss Mary Moroe are hospitalized after gas fumes in their home. Mrs Linton is dying and Moroe is in critical condition with possible chemical poisoning. Police investigate as both women were clerks at a local department store. In Washington, a budget financing showdown looms as the army appropriation bill moves through the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Frank Linton
Luiss Mary Moroe
Washington
Senate
Donahey Demands Return of Missing Board Minutes
Governor Donahey today demanded the immediate return of the minutes of the state emergency and control boards plus related contracts and papers allegedly missing from the state finance department files. He warned he may seek court help and a public inquiry if the records are not produced, stressing accountability for state expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Donahey
W. Albert Davis
State Emergency and Control Boards
State Finance Director
Direcor of Finance
W. E. Baker
Emergency Board and Controlling Board
Finance Department
State Finance
Davis
Clevelanders Vote to Aid Rail Strikers in Arkansas
A $10,000 relief fund and a $500 widow and children grant were approved by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. President Robertson said an extensive investigation into Arkansas disorders would be pursued, with cooperation to prosecute all violators of state or federal laws. Disorder followed the mobbing of E. G. Gregor and deportation of strikers by a citizens committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Robertson
Brotherhood
Arkansas
Gregor
Citizens” Committee
Rail labor board orders Grand Trunk election
BULLETINS CHICAGO JAN 27 The United States railway labor board ordered a general election among Grand Trunk Railway shop craft employees to choose whether the shopmen's organization on strike last July or the new union formed by workers who remained should represent the shopcraft group. SHANGHAI JAN 27 Sun Yat Sen warned against sailing to Canton as a telegram urged him not to sail after a key general was assassinated during a war council. MERROUGE LA JAN 27 A move to impeach Judge Fred L Odom and Sheriff Fred L Carpenter followed an open hearing in Bastrop Morehouse Parish. WASHINGTON JAN 27 Positive evidence links Heber Springs AR officials to mob action against union labor during the Harrison Mills event according to AF L president Gompers from report by L W Lowry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
Grand Trunk Railrroad
Ishopmen’s
Sshopcraft
Shanghai
Sun Yat Sen
Canton
Sun
Merrouge
Fred L. Odom
Bastrop
Fred L. Carpenter
Morehouse Parish
Washinton
Heber Springs
Arkansas
Harrison Mets
Samuel Gompersa
American Federation of Labor
L. W. Lowry
Martial law announced in several cities amid riots
Paris reports martial law declared after riots injuring several. German officials deported from Treves as mobs clashed with French colonial troops. State of siege persists in newly occupied zones with tensions across Bavaria and Ruhr. US Senate foreign policy debate unites alarm over Franco German tensions and possible mediation efforts in Ruhr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Kreutznach
Mayence
Petit Parisien
Trevee
Treves
Rubi
Rebel Executions Rise in Ireland Amid Civil Strife
Belfast reports say fifteen regulars at Dundalk face death sentences. In Dublin two republican irregular prisoners, Patrick Gerrity and Joseph Burns, were executed at Maryborough prison by Free State authorities. Fighting continues near Waterville with an ambush attack injuring a Free State soldier and a bombing wounding four soldiers and two women. General MacMahon is named chief of staff and commandant. General Murphy becomes major general and director of military training as the Free State army reorganizes reducing senior officers. Total executions since November reach fifty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Maryborough
Free State
Patrick Gerrity
Joseph Burns
Cahirclveen
Waterville
West Cork
Free State Army
MacMahon
Murphy
Hold Man When Baby's Body Is Found
Bellevue Ohio January 27 Tom Bruno is being held by police after a baby’s body was dug up in his yard. William Grassey, father of Mrs. Bruno, instigated the search which led to the discovery. Grassey says police report the child was born alive and strangled. Prosecution details await prosecutor Allen Agler’s return from Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mantes River
Thrace
Harry Moffett
Lebanon
Ohio
Pat Hne Allen
Cambridge
Mass
Bellevue
Tom Bruno
William Grassey
Bruno
Savings and Loan Go for Elyria and Lorain
In Columbus on January 27 incorporations include Elyria Savings and Loan Co. Elyria 2 million dollars with F C Statter and Anna Legge as officers and Bond Savings and Loan Co. Lorain 2 million dollars with F C Statter and Anna Legge. In Washington on January 27 Joseph W Fordney after 24 years in Congress plans to return to farming March 4. In New York on January 27 bootleg whiskey and champagne valued at 200000 and seven arrests followed by a Staten Island gun battle as thirty shots were fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Elyria Savings and Loan Co
Elyria
F. C. Statter
Anna Legge
Bond Savings and Loan Co
Lorain
Washington
Joseph W. Fordney
Michigan
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
New York
Staten Island
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H. Bender
Indus
Bender
Miss Moriarity
President League
Ters” Kills
Tchman
Wil
Junction
Vinzenio Egeger
Thursa
Jam Hensley
Rthquake
Her
Ize
Ireland
U. S
Alten OF Avon, Given
Blast
Rose
Barker Cromwell
John Howard Cromwell
Jane Mulford
Husbar
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Rockport
Idra
Jime- Mulford
Rowe Baker
Cromweall
C. D. Thompson
Clifford D. Thompson
Bulletins
Owen
Oklahoma
Germany
Lowek
Francé
League of Nations
France
Bavaria
Munich
Rhine
National Convention
Vienna
Jugo Slavia
Roumatism
Ruhr
Prague
Roumatia
Budapest
Roumanie
Aradzathmar
Dusseldorf
Belgium
Germaa
Berlin
MILSH
Belfast
Dundalk
Baby
Grassey
Allen Agler
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