Ohio Supreme Court Upholds 55 Cent Columbus Gas Rate
The Ohio Supreme Court upheld a 55 cent gas rate for Columbus, reversing a prior ruling that 48 cents was adequate. The decision cites an ordinance from 1929 and notes the five year average was effectively 50 to 55 cents, with two dissenters. The case has been lengthy, involving the Utilities Commission and multiple courts.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Nntities Commission
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
W. P. Stephenson
Hoy Williams
Utilities Commission
U. S. Supreme Court
Lewis Leads In Open Revolt Against AFL Council
Washington July 22 1200900 workers led by John L Lewis issued an open revolt against the American Federation of Labor executive council declaring there can be no surrender. Lewis and 11 allied union leaders refused to stand trial and threatened to carry the fight to the AFL convention. The council warned of possible expulsion actions. Lewis vowed to continue organizing workers in key industries into one big union while contesting the council's authority.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor Executive Council
Associated Committee of Industrial Organization
Council
A. F. of L
Lewis
Ouncil
A | Associates
Willian Green
A. FL of L
Federation
CI. O
American Federation of Labor
Executive
Weather Outlook for Lake Erin Area
Fair and slightly warm with possible light showers near Lake Erin tonight. Thursday mostly cloudy with showers in the north and showers Thursday afternoon or night in the south. Slightly warmer in the south portion on Thursday.
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Lake Erin
Addy
South
Franco Proclaims Military Dictatorship in Spain Crisis
Gen Francisco Franco commander in chief of the Spanish relief force proclaims a military dictatorship across Spain and orders dissolution of workers organizations. The broadcast from Seville confirms the revolt evolving toward civil war as rebels clash with loyal troops and police.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Francisco Granco
Franco
Seville
Quelpo de Llano
Spain
Loyalists Hold Firm Amid Heavy Losses at Frontiers
Loyalists held firm along the France Spain frontier after a savage night of fighting with rebels led by Gen Emilio Molas northern army. Rebels advanced from San Sebastian to 10 miles from the frontier as Loyalists posted 50 barricades and faced the invaders. Casualties were not disclosed and refugees reached Bayonne by boat amid frontier closures and railway paralysis.
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United Press
Hendaye
Iran
San Sebastian
Emilio Molia
Advarater
Wera
Molla
Eibar
Hnard
Claude G. Bowers
Spain
France
Bayonne
Sebastian Son
Barcelona
U S Ship Sent To Aid Americans Caught In Revolt
The U S battleship Oklahoma refueled near Cherbourg before sailing for the Spanish waters to aid Americans caught in the revolt. Midshipmen from the Naval Academy were recalled to the ship along with the crew, many in Paris, as the vessel prepared to reach the west coast of Spain and await Navy instructions.
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U.S
Cherbourg
France
Oklahoma
English Channel
Bay of Biscay
Naval Academy
Paris
Spain
Navy Department
Expect Fiesinger To Be Named Candidate
SANDUSKY, July 22. Congressmen William L. Fiesinger was expected to be named the Democratic candidate for Congress in Ohio 18th district to succeed Mayor Henry Hart who died a week ago. County chairmen and secretaries from Huron Sandusky Seneca and Wood counties planned to meet in Tiffin to select a nominee. A majority indicated support for Fiesinger.
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Sandusky
William L. Fiesinger
Congress
Ohio
Henry Hart
Democratic Central Committee
Hkrie
Huron
Seneca
Wood Counties
Tiffin
Move Against Rebels North of Madrid
Government forces push north of Madrid in a strong offensive against rebel positions. Loyal troops stormed toward Toledo and Guadalajara Province as air power and naval bombardment supported operations. Rebels under Gen Emilio Mola face encirclement while army recon units monitor roads for any larger northward invasion.
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United Press
Madrid
Atpi
Toledo
Guadalajara
Emilio Mola
Military Academy
Historlcamar
Segovia
Corina
Cordoba
Ninent
Seville
British Warships Speed To Barcelona
Two British cruisers and four destroyers were sent to Barcelona to reinforce the fleet in Spanish waters. Tevonshire and Tondon are due today. Douglas, Garland, Gipsy and Gallant arrive tomorrow. Destroyers Keith and Boadicea and Basilisk reached Valencia Alicante and Almeria, with Clyde heading from Malta to Spanish waters.
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Lonton
Barcelona
Key City
Spain
Spanish
Admiralty
Tevonshire
Tondon
Douglas
Garland
Gipsy
Gallant
Malta
Keith
Valencia
Boadicea
Alicante
Basilisk
Almeria
Clyde
Boy And Grandmother Killed In Crash
In Ashtabula Ohio last night a car crash killed a boy and his grandmother. Edward Jordan 10 and Janet Parfet 69, both of Rankin Pennsylvania, died. Four others injured include Mrs Michael Jordan 34, his mother, Robert 14, Olive Farrar 19, and Joseph Gustin 18, all of Rankin. The group was en route to Geneva on the Lake for a vacation.
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Ashtabula
Edward Jordan
Janet Parfet
Rankin
Michael Jordan
Robert
Olive Farrar
Joseph Gustin
Geneva-on-the-Lake
Here
Ohio Bell Co. Ordered To Make Refund
The Ohio Supreme Court ordered Ohio Bell Telephone Co. to refund 11 832 964 to customers, upholding the Public Utilities Commission on key points. Forty Ohio cities affected. Cincinnati exempt. The court denied a 838 00 refund to Cleveland and ordered 645 132 in the exchange area. The total refund excludes interest, with further action possible.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Thomas A. Jones
Cleveland
Cleveland’ Telephone Exchange
Telephone Company
Public Utilities Commission
Cincinna
Utilities Commission
United States Supreme Court
Ohio Bell’ Telephone Co
Bellevue Man Confesses To Slaying Wife
Bellevue real estate dealer Joseph W. Perryman, 42, confessed to killing his wife Margaret, 34, claiming he wanted to be free to roam. The couple had been missing since July 14. Margaret’s body was found in woods southeast of Bellevue with a .22 calibre bullet wound. Perryman implicated himself after hours of questioning and faced a worthless check charge in Tiffin.
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Bellevue
Joseph W. Perryman
Margaret Perryman
Perrymans
Tiftin
Woods
Townsend To Be Questioned On August Seventeenth
Judge Samuel E. Kramer, presiding in Ohio, indicated Dr Francis Townsend would face examination for receivership of his organization on August 17. Townsend, pursued after leaving a hotel deposition, was captured in a taxicab chase in East Cleveland and later agreed to testify before the court.
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Cleveland
Samuel E. Kramer
Francis FE. Townsend
Ohio
Bell
House of Representatives
Ile
Common Pleas
Erie
Townsend
Tr. Townsend
Sheridan Downing
Sacharow
Dr. Townsend
Urbana youth rides bike to Elyria in four days
An 18 year old Urbana resident named O'Donnell traveled about 600 miles from Urbana to Elyria over four days visiting relatives. He has previously completed similar trips totaling around 1 600 miles and made stops in Chicago Traverse City Mich and Toledo. He rode to Elyria twice and used amateur radio stations during the journey staying with his grandfather at 414 Sixth Street. He plans to visit the Great Lakes Exposition in Cleveland.
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Odonnell
Urbana
Cho
Young O'Donnell
Dave
Young O'Donnel
Chicago
City
Mich
Toledo
Elyria
WM. Miller
Sixth Street
Cleveland
Lindberghs Leave for Berlin Flight from Penshurst
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh depart secretly for Berlin by air at 8:15 a m from Penshurst airdrome near their Seven Oaks home. In Germany he will tour the air ministry and aviation facilities and may meet Adolf Hitler at Berchtesgaden in the shadow of World War II era diplomacy.
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Col
Mra
Charles A. Lindbergh
Berlin
Penshurst
Seven Oaks
Germany
Lindbergh
Air Ministry
Fuehrer
Adolf Titler
Berchtesgaden
London
Five Black Legion Members Stand Mute In Court
In Detroit on July 22 five Black Legion members faced Recorder’s Judge Edward J. Jeffries. They stood mute and were assigned pleas of not guilty on warrants accusing them of kidnapping and the murder of an unoffending Black war veteran.
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Black Legion
Detroit
Mich
Edward J. Jeffries
Robbery Trial: Teller Identifies Wellington Bandits
Miss Gertrude Dibble, pay teller at Wellington Bank, identified defendants Edward Gromand and Anthony Papes as the robbers who struck at about 1 15 am on May 14 and escaped with cash. She described Gromand’s distinctive “slinking” eye and testified under vigorous cross examination by defense counsel Charles Adams.
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Wellington Bank
Edward Gromand
Anthony Papes
Wellington
Gertrue Dibble
Miss Dibble
Charles Adams
Howard R. Butler
Gromand
Hopeful Of Finding Girl Slayer In Hotel Mystery
Asheville July 22 Authorities pursue a crucial lead in the Helen Clevenger murder at Battery Park Hotel. Watchman Daniel Gaddy’s clock irregularities and a pass key point to an inside job. Detective Jones cites eight witnesses and Wallner as prime suspicion, while alibis surface.
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Asheville
N. C
Helen Clevenger
New York University
Clevenger
Battery Park
Daniel Gaddy
Brown
Gaddy
Theone
Mark Woliner
Fred Jones
Wollner
Jones
Wallner
Spread Drive To Organize The Steel Industry
Washington July 22 insurgent John L. Lewis faction of the Federation of Labor expands its drive for industrial organization of the steel industry. The group aims to embrace 450,000 additional workers in steel processing and fabricating plants as a probable direct break with the parent organization looms.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Federation of Labor
Five Leap From Plane In Parachutes
DAYTON O July 22 Five members of the U S Army Air Corps leaped safely in parachutes from a flaming A transport plane over Dunklud today The two pilots stayed with the ship extinguished the fire and brought the plane safely into Wright Field with only one motor functioning The plane was a two motor Douglas transport Captains F G Irvin and J F Griffe read
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Dayton
U. S Army Air Corps
Wright Field
F. G. Irvin
J.F. Griffie Read
Search Tropical Seas For 22 Bodies
Coast guard vessels and amphibian aircraft hunted tropical seas for wreckage and bodies from the British Motorship Nutoca. A charred oil drum was found near Key West, supporting beliefs of an explosion in the Gulf Stream. Eleven drums and fuel containers were sighted near Tortugas as crews pursued evidence of disaster. United States and British citizens were among those aboard.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
Coast Guard
Nutoca
Gulf Stream
Georgetown
Gran Cayman
Tamna
Fla
Key West
Kirkconnels
Moses I. Kirkconnell
H. Wheeler
Moorshin Angrer
Wry Tortugas
America
Devil's Island
Florida
Searmen
Vigilant
Texas
U. S
Texas Company
United States
Award Contract For Dog Pound Yard Kennel Project
The board of county commissioners awarded the cement block kennel contract to William G. Smith Elyria councilman at 1572 dollars on a low bid with brick trimming. Alternate brick and concrete bids were considered from six submissions. A fencing and sheet metal contract went to A F P Adfall Lorain at 815 dollars. The project total is 2387 dollars replacing the old pound on Ford Road.
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Board of County Commissioners
Qherlin Road
William G. Smith
Elyria
A. FP. Adfall of
Lorai
Ford Road
Landon to Accept Republican Nomination in Kansas Speech
Governor Alf M. Landon will tell a large Kansas crowd he accepts the Republican nomination for president. He outlines a campaign of “The American Way” focusing on states’ rights and economy, with a 3,500 word speech and a ceremonial acceptance by Rep. Bertrand Shell.
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Topeka
Kans
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
United States
Copeka
Prairie
Missouri
Mississippi
M. Landon
Cormmand
White House
Kansas Coolidge
Bertrand H. Shell
New York
John D. Hamilto
Republican National Committee
Landon
Alt M. Landon
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Ohio Bell Co
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Roosevelt
Hamilton
Snell
Mainilion
Atlantic
Lawson
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