Countess Vera Cathcart Wins Habeas Corpus Battle
In New York a federal judge sustained the countess writ of habeas corpus and blocked deportation efforts. The decision questions detention powers of immigration authorities and could loosen moral turpitude grounds for removal. The Labor Department had sought to deport her as undesirable.
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New York
Mar. B
Department of Labor
United States District
Washington
Labor Department
Vera
Cathcart
New York Court
Local Woman Found Dead In Room On Lodi Street
Coroner Myles E. Perry ruled death by apoplexy in the case of Mrs. Man Babcock of 619 Lodi street found in a room with a burning gas stove. Neighbors alerted police after seeing her partially disrobed body. air conditions and barred door noted. husband in Toledo sought. brothers Henry and Wallace Gay in Wellington named.
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Myles E. Perry
Man Babcock
Lodi Street
N. R. Smith
Perry
Peirce
Toledo
Heri
Wallace Gay
Wellington
County Officials Urge Action on East Bridge Street Widening
The county commissioners press the State Highway Commission to widen East Bridge street after the Pauly tragedy. They note plans and specifications should be prepared this year, though no funds are yet appropriated. The county offers to share its portion of the cost as the bridge is part of the state system and delays persist.
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State Highway Commission
East Bridge Street
Alfred Pauly
Pauly
State Highway
Tom Brindle
Ashland
Family Of Five Believed Drowned In Ontario Ice Crossing
Leamington Ontario reports a family of five the Phillips family all believed drowned after their car drove onto ice from Peter Island to the mainland during a blinding snowstorm. Rescue teams in trucks sleds and a driverless sleigh search the open ice area hoping to locate them safe or confirm a tragedy.
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Leamington
Maron
James Phillips
Paul
Max
Elmer
Peter Island
Tris
Phillips
Travincial Pober
Farmnes
Sterehs
Chamber Endorsements Push Aspin for Roar Directory Seat
March 3 endorsement news notes Robert J Aspin president of the Lorain Chamber of Commerce receives backing from eight Ohio Chambers as a candidate for the Roar of Directory of the United States Chamber of Commerce. The recommendation reached Washington today.
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Post Lorain
Robert J Aspin
Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
United States Chamber of Commerce
Waas
Washington
Church Edifice To Be Dedicated On Sunday Morning
The Second Congregational Church plans a March 7 dedication of a new $42,000 edifice two years after its pastor began duties. Rev Charles Wise leads morning services with Rev Edgar Rothrock from Cleveland preaching. The afternoon dedication at 3:00 features Rev George Le Grand Smith of Cleveland as the sermonist with other visiting ministers.
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Second Congregational Church
Hev
Charles I. Wiseman
Trev. Edgar &. Rothrock
Cleveland
George le Grand Smith
Charles Record
Wellington
Belief Czar Nicholas Alive Hidden in Siberian Convent
The Grand Duchess Marie of Russia in Rome believes Czar Nicholas survived and hides in a Siberian convent awaiting a chance to reclaim the throne. Grand Duke Cyril disputes the claim while Tince Feliz Youssoupoff and others back the theory with alleged handwriting and contact details.
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London
Nicholas
Russia
Siberia
Marie
Rome
San Roma
Toda
Tince Feliz Youssoupotf
Rasputin
Czar
Mazen
Cezar
Cyril
Czra
Federal Farm Board Proposed To Stabilize Crop Prices
On March 5 the house agriculture committee heard a plan for a Federal Farm Board with a 250 million dollar fund to withhold surplus crops and stabilize prices. Eleven Middle Western states backed the measure drafted by farmers to prevent surpluses from depressing prices.
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Wasitington
Federal Farm Board
House Agriculture Committee
Cleveland Furniture Plant Destroyed in Fire
A blaze leveled the Cleveland Fibre Furniture Company plant in Cleveland today. Fire crews battled the flames as the structure burned, with losses estimated around four hundred thousand dollars. No injuries reported.
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Cleveland Furniture
Cleveland
Cleveland Fibre Furniture Company
Bandits Rob Hamilton State Bank In St. Louis Raid
Four masked gunmen and a fifth driver robbed Hamilton State Bank in St. Louis taking about $14,000. Revolvers and a sawed off shotgun were used to threaten eight customers and seven employees plus bank president Thomas H. Burke, who ordered to the floor as the cash was taken from two teller cages and the robbers escaped in an automobile.
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Louis
Thomas H. Burke
Hamilton State Bank
Britain counts on Germany to avert league crisis
Britain relies on a reasonable attitude from Germany to prevent a crisis over League expansion. The foreign office says Sir Austen Chamberlain will secure Germany's entrance before council seat negotiations. Britain seeks Spain’s council admission but will not pay for it at this time.
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London
Great Britain
Germany
League
League Council
Foreign Office
Austen Chamberlain
Rounel
Spain
Senate Debates Farm Relief Bill for Cooperatives
The Senate Agriculture Committee began consideration of the Haugen cooperative marketing bill. The House passed measure would provide 225000 dollars to create a cooperative marketing division in the Agriculture Department.
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Washington, Mar. E
Senate Agriculture Committee
House
Agriculture Department
Van Swerings silent on future merger plans
Cleveland March dispatch reports the Van Sweringens refuse to discuss next steps in the Nickel Plate merger. Joseph Berner and Newton Banker are named in the talks, with Aug 26 1988 noted for revamping financing to win Commerce Commission approval as Colston confirms only the Van Sweringens may discuss plans.
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van Sweringens
Cleveland
O. P
van Sweringen
van Swerinzens
William A. Colston
Cone
Nickel Plate
Jo Berner
Road
Newton Banker
Itil
Terestry Commerce Commission
Farm Dwelling Destroyed by Fire
A large dwelling on the old Stocking farm, now Jacob Murbach’s property, burned this morning outside city limits. The Rader family occupied the house. Mrs. Rader said the fire started around the chimney. A portion of belongings was saved, but losses run to several thousand dollars. Murbach was in Florida with no contact established.
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Jacob Murbach
Rader
Murbach
Florida
Italian Debt Settlement Opposed in Senate Battle
Washington march 3 The Italian debt settlement faces strong Democratic resistance in the Senate as administration leaders seek votes to approve the agreement. Key figures Edward Hurley and other conservative Democrats push for pledges while opponents claim 30 or more votes are against the measure ahead of a March 15 start in the ratification fight.
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Washington
Coolidge
Senate
Edward N. Hurley
Shipping Board
Debt Funding Commission
Hurley
Borah
Idaho
Howell
Nebraska
Fire destroys buildings in Cincinnati blaze
A morning fire at the Woman's Exchange on Fourth Street Cincinnati spread to Bachman's china shop and Sam Silverstein's Dress Co. Damage was estimated at 50 000 dollars. Fire Chief William Berker sustained facial injuries from a glass cut during the blaze.
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Cincinnatis
Woman's Exchange
Woret
Fourth Street
Bachman
Sam Silverstein
William Berker
National Army in China Grabs Hundreds of Prisoners
March 6 report states the National Army has taken several hundreds of prisoners, many described as white. Feng Yu-hsuan declares aim to attack Lenpin while defending forces rally. Proclamations praise victories as troops surge toward strategic targets. Local officials report conscription and mobilization responses.
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Natwaal
Sonta
LenPsin
Feng Yu
Enor
Amyre Feng
Bonoeit
Shen
Heavily armed robbery targets Chicago plants and stores
Ten armed men raided the International Harvester office in Chicago taking a payroll of about 80,000 to 90,000 dollars. Officers reported no injuries as employees hid while shots rang out. Separate robberies at an Oriental Rug Store and a wholesale house yielded 15,000 and 25,000 dollars in loot, with one bandit wounded and captured.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
Handle
G. Iskenderian
Howard Avenue
Murder Mystery Moves to Special Investigators
County officials will work with investigators hired by Mr and Mrs Charles Drake to solve the murder of their daughter Frances Drake Nesbitt. Special Prosecutor Alva L B Campbell said he would meet the parents and assess leads, noting suspicions from Cambridge appear unlikely to yield new light.
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Troy O
Charles Drake
Frances Drake Nesbitt
Alva LB. Campbell
Campbell
Cambridge
Armored Poker Game Bandit Robbers Fight in Apartment
New York March 5 a gunman held up a poker game in a woman s apartment wounding Laetlia Lewis 7 and escaping with cash and jewelry. She leaped from a second story window guided by clotheslines and survived with injuries. Detectives charged Josep Mantallera 23 and Peter Ferroness with robbery and assault. In Lorain the National Tube U A announced far west week operation at 41 percent capacity up one from the current week.
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New York
Laetlia Lewis
Pretty
Sha
Increas
Lorain
Far West
Municipal actions move forward against gas company
Solicitors report cities push ahead with appraisal of gas properties and lines while reviewing testimony from Lorain Gas Company. Don W Myers Elyria city solicitor says municipalities were told the company has until March 36 to present its side as hearings continue. The Ohio Utilities Commission will resume March 25 with Lorain Gas completing direct examinations in the rate increase case.
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Pew
Don W. Myers
Elyria
Columbus
Mar
Health Commissioner says no smallpox scare after outbreak
City Health Commissioner Dr. C. E. French stated there is no reason to fear a smallpox epidemic after a single case in the city. He confirmed the illness is smallpox, not chickenpox, and all contacts have been vaccinated to prevent further spread.
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LTH
C. EB. French
French
County Quota Set for Training Camps This Year
Lorain County will send 45 men to Citizens Military Training Camps this year. Quotas are split among Camp Benjamin Harrison, Camp Knox, and Fort Thomas with 1300 at Knox, 1500 at Harrison, and 1200 at Thomas. James A. Hewitt, Lorain County Chairman, notes early signups and that last year applicants were turned away when quotas filled.
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Lorain County
Ciizen
Benjamin Starrigan
Ind
Cavalry
Camp Knox
Engineers and
Signal Corps
Fort Bone
Jamin Harrison
Fort Thomas
Camp Benjamin Harrison
Hewitt
Treasury Official Proposes Split Prohibition Bureaus
L. C. Andrews testified to the House Ways and Means Committee that enforcement could improve if prohibition and customs were separate bureaus under the Treasury. He supported the Green bill to end centralized authority and reduce red tape, projecting annual receipts of about 10 million dollars from violators within six months.
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Washington
L. C. Andrews
Suspect in Ohio double murder identified in steady testimony
In Steubenville Ohio John Cook a black farm hand linked to Robert Herron and his sister Nettie Herron is held in connection with their deaths. Witnesses place him in the area recently and he admits proximity to the house. Bodies found after about 12 hours with the sister hanged and the brother struck by a possible axe. A stained cap matched to the suspect is being tested in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
Cook
Leing
Man Refused Money Strikes Woman at Home
A man demanded money at the home of Mrs. Jake Inatine, pushed open the door, and struck her over the head when she refused. The incident occurred yesterday. the woman’s condition is not serious. Police search for the assailant.
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Jake
Senate to vote Monday on Muscle Shoals lease commission
After a week of debate the senate agreed to vote at 3 50 o clock on Monday on the house resolution creating a congression al commission to negotiate a lease for the 150 000 000 Muscle Shoals project ULVEEN WASHINGTON March 3.
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Ulveen Washington
Senate
House
Congressional Commission
Gambling apparatus to be destroyed by sheriff
Sheriff Underhill ordered by Justice 8 J George to destroy gambling apparatus seized at Avon raid Tuesday afternoon. The items will be broken up or burned. The sheriff has received praise for stopping the Avon operation and a Cleveland judge credits Lorain county officials for action Cleveland and Cuyahoga officials had failed to achieve. He expects destruction soon.
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Sheriff Underhill
J. George
Avon
Alva
Corlett
Cleveland
Lorain County
Cuyahuha
Cor‘lett
Himmelatine
Cuyahoga County
Underhilt
Missing World War veteran Hotchkiss prompts Army clothing clues
Four weeks since Hotchkiss disappeared as Folica searches a depot for gear tied to the case. Clothing including an alaroy overcoat and khaki coveralls sparked a desurgent theory that an army deserter wore civilian clothes. Mrs Hotchkiss disputes this, noting he wore only an army suit. Doctors now link his disappearance to amnesia after gas sickness.
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Folica
Hotchkiss
Alaroy
Argrange
Holtebkiss
Houghton to Confer with Coolidge in Washington
American ambassador Alanson B. Houghton is summoned to Washington for a conference with President Coolidge. He will sail within the week. It is understood the talks concern the status of the league or nation's disarmament conference and American support for it.
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Washington
Alanson B. Houghton
Great Britain
Coolidge
Houghton
League
Five killed in blast in London report
London dispatch reports five people dead and two injured when an ammunition depot exploded in Prague. The Centre News dispatch cites a casualty tally and notes ongoing investigations.
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London
Prages
Centre News Dispatch
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Goolidge
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