Taggart the Hoosier Democratic Hero Dies at 73
Thomas Taggart, famed Indiana Democratic leader and long time political power in Indianapolis, dies at 73 after a four month illness. Born in Ireland in 1856, he rose from Xenia lunch counter worker to mayor of Indianapolis and national party figure, with a career spanning depot lunch rooms, Grand Hotel, and leadership roles from precinct to national chairmanship.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Taggart
Indiana
Taggart
Alfred E. Smith
Democratic Party
County Monaghan
Ireland
Xenia
Ohio
Middle West
Xenia Depot
John B. Stoll
Seventh District
French Lick Springs
Targrart
St. Louis
Denver
Tazsgart
Tom Taggart
Baltimore
William F. McComb
Woodrow Wilson
Seven Habeas Corpus Hearings In Court Today
Seven liquor law violators jailed in Lorain city jail seek freedom via habeas corpus petitions filed in common pleas court yesterday and today. Hearings were set for this afternoon with more to follow tomorrow as City Solicitor Wesley Grills prepared to resist the petitions.
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Lorain City
Common Pleas Court
Foy Lorain
Wesley Grills
Lorain Grand Jury Quiet As It Wraps Latest Session
Lorain County grand jury meets this week with no outstanding public cases. The court house buzzed with attention yesterday and today but the session remained unusually quiet. Prosecutor Don W. Myers said the panel will likely report before day’s end.
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Lorain County
Grand Jury
Court House
Betty Helywood
Lorain Ciry
Lorain
Amherst Savings and Banking Company
Don W. Myers
Ohio House approves auto speed bill to abolish city limits
The Ohio House backed Rep Elmer Boden's measure to remove urban speed limits outside cities and set a general standard that speed must be reasonable and safe with ability to stop within visibility. The vote was 99 to 11. The bill also raises city limits from 15 to 20 mph in congested areas and from 25 to 35 mph outside, while removing prima facie proof of recklessness.
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Columbus
House of Representatives
Elmer &. Boden
Akron
State Senate
House
Cty
Rep
Boden
B. Bd
Creesy
Ashtabula
George M. Forney
Hancock County
Dallas Sullivan
Union County
Senate
E. G. Scheusisler
Cincinnati
Cooper
L. J. Abele
Cleveland
Donaher
Wise
Ohio Supreme Court
Joseph Ackterman
Senate Fr
Dry leaders concede to Hoover plan transfer of enforcement
Washington March 6 Dry leaders led by F Scott McBride superintendent of the Anti Saloon League announced they would not oppose President Hoover s plan to move enforcement from the treasury to the justice department. They noted the entire machinery would need changing if the transfer occurs and said the thirty one national prohibition groups would leave enforcement entirely in Hoover s hands.
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Washington
Hoover
F. Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
Mr. Hoover
Treasury
Justice Department
McBride
Prohibition and
Pittsburgher 15 Recommended for Federal Post
Washington March 6 Senator Reed and Rep Keating Pa. recommended Pittsburgh lawyer John G Buchanan for solicitor general to replace William D Mitchell elevated to attorney general by President Hoover. Senator Sackett urged federal Judge Charles I Dawson of Kentucky for the post. Dawson was Kentucky GOP candidate for governor in 1924.
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Washington
John G. Buchanan
Pittsburgh
U. S
Hoover
Reed
Buchanan
Wm. D. Mitchell
Sackett
Kentucky
Charles I. Dawson
Dawson
Builders' supply dealer named in $19000 injury suit
Anton Minnich and others face a common pleas court claim for injuries to a minor, arising from an accident in November 1926. A bar was riding a hicreje along an alley between property and the IT O railroad, striking a head on a plank extended from a railroad car to a brick pile, alleged to have caused severe injuries.
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Anton Minnich
Common Pleas Court
William Topoli
Stephen Topoli
Bowling Green Man Arrested on Burglary Charge
William Smith, a former Bowling Green resident, was arrested last night at a relative's home on Abbey Road after a telegram from Wood County Sheriff. He will be taken to Bowling Green to face burglary charges.
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Bowling Green
Bowling Green, C
William Smith
Abbey Road
Wood County
Smith
Goolidge Happy Among Old Fiend Goolidge Happy Among Old Fiend
Calvin Coolidge, freed from presidential duties, returns to Northampton Massachusetts and settles into a law office at Coolidge and Hemenway. He plans limited speeches and writing, will not resume private law practice, and contemplates remaining in Northampton in a duplex on Massacott Street, with sentimental ties to the home.
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Northampton
Mass
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge and Hemenway
White House
Washington
Coolidge Smileg
Severe storm disrupts Southern Ohio traffic and lines
A severe rain sleet and snow storm slowed traffic and disrupted communications across southern Ohio northern Kentucky and southern West Virginia. The affected 159 mile region stretches from Portsmouth Ohio to Wheeling West Virginia with an effort ongoing to restore service by nightfall. Line crews reported restoration possible by tonight as the storm centered on Portsmouth Ironton Marietta Gallipolis Ashland Wheeling and Huntington.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Portsmouth
Wheeling
W. Va
Ironton
Marietta
Gallipolis
Ashland
Huntington
State plans purchase of Neil House hotel in Columbus
March 6 report from Columbus Ohio states a proposal to buy the Neil House hotel for a new state office building gains form. Rep Gilbert Morten Cleveland author of a bid in the General Assembly wrote to Claude Meeker receiver asking if the court authorizes a sale. Two other sites have been offered and action is urged as the building commission from 1925 remains in existence to act.
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Columbus. O
Neil House
Gilbert Morten
Cleveland
General Assembly
Claude Meeker
Neil House Company
Aiso
Building Commission
Federal troops mass for Monterrey drive in Mexico
In Vera Cruz rebel troops mutinied against General Agurre occupying half the city. Federal forces mass from all directions in a double drive on Monterrey, capital of Nuevo Leon, with General Almazan returning to head the effort and General Ortiz directing Tamaulipas loyalists.istant, Manzo advancing from Navojoa. Carrillo leads loyalist troops in Sonora.
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Waslington
Vera Cruz
Agurre
Consultyors
State Department
Third Batallion
Gurre
Mexico City
Monterrey
Neuvo Leon
Juan Alamazan
Almazan
Tamaulipas
Eulogio Ortiz
San Juan River
Sonora
Francesco Manzo
Navojoa
Jaime Carrillo
Excelsior
Tampico
Tamulipas
Hoover May Be Called Upon to Defend Mellon
President Hoover faces Senate scrutiny over Secretary Mellon as McKellar seeks an inquiry into Mellon's reappointment and stock holdings in liquor concerns. The action underscores Hoover’s pro prohibition stance and comes amid Mexican revolution coverage and a White House meeting plan. A busy day of greetings marks the new administration as attention centers on policy shifts and potential extra sessions.
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Washington
Hoover
McKellar
Dem
Tenn
Senate Judiciary Committee
Mellon
Senate
Treasury Department
Secretary of Treasury
Treasury
Justice Department
Melion
Tilson
House
Congress
White House
Mitchell
Anti-Sa!oon League
Mexico may require US arms to quell rebellion
Washington reports the American embassy in Mexico City said President Portes Gil may need to import arms from the United States to combat the current uprising. There was no license request yet, but the state department noted the White House arms embargo interpretation could expedite any Mexican request.
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Washington
Mexico City
Portes Gil
United States
United Press
State Department
White House
Mexico
Hoover To Call Extra Session Of Congress
President Hoover plans an extra session between April 10 and 15 to address farm relief and tariff revision. Republican floor leader Tilson confirmed the timing and said Hoover agreed to the schedule after their conference.
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Hoover
Congress
Bulletin
Washington
Tilson
House
Cleveland firm seeks Robert Leatch in Elyria hotel
A Cleveland car rental firm asked Elyria police today to locate a man named Robert Leatch who was believed to be staying at an Elyria hotel. Leatch could not be found in Elyria.
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Cleveland
Elyria
Robert Leatch
Leatch
Caraveo Joins Mexican Revolution in Chihuahua
Juarez March 6 General Marcelo Caraveo governor of Chihuahua has joined the revolution. The governor's announcement confirms rumors that the northern strongman has thrown his weight to the insurrection. His action isolates Mexico City from northern ports and marks a severe blow to the central government.
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Juarez
Mexico
Marcelo Caraveo
Chihuahua
United Press Today
Caraveo
Mexico City
Elyria Beard of Trade drive reports total progress
Second day reports show $5 321 in today’s Elyria Beard of Trade reorganization and expansion campaign. Two day total reaches $13 081 with sales army leading at noon, sustaining fund next. Final day set for Thursday with breakfast at Newell Hotel. Team 33 led by Walter Kohn tops today with $326, Karl Plocher’s division three highest today with $1 391 and $2 356 overall.
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Elyria Beard of Trade Reorganization and Expansion Campaign
Newell
Walter Kohn
Walter Schultz
Kohn
Karl Plocher
A. C. Hudnutt
Sales Army
W. C. Schultz
Chas. Persons
H. K. King
Ed Knauer
W. H. Patton
Don Sotherden
W. O. Zaiser
Roy Miller
A. R. Agate
Worth Fauver
George Gould
G. D. Nicholas
Charles Persons
Harlan Brown
Robert Vestal
J. W. Warden
Paul D. Wells
Canton Miss Held After She Tries To Sell Auto
A seventeen year old Canton girl is detained by county juvenile officers after attempting to sell a stolen 1928 Buick in Elyria. She claims innocence, saying she was recruited by a Chicago youth to drive her home and denies criminal intent. Her parents plan to visit Elyria as investigators pursue the case.
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Canton
Elyria
Chicago
Garace
Clarence E Adams
Oberlin
Adam
County Jai
Franston
Evanston Hospital
Cook County Hospital
Wooster
Elsrna
Maine
Two Cleveland Officers Slain in East Side Gunfight
Patrolman Carl A. Sherman was killed and Sergeant M. E. Hoffman wounded when gunmen opened fire on their police flivver near an East Cleveland corner after a report of gangsters. The suspects fled in a green Cadillac with plate 638 705, later tied to a robbery at an Auto Service Garage.
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Cleveland
Grant
Cleveland, O
Carl A. Sherman
M. E. Hoffman
East Cleveland
East Side
Hoffman
Sgt
Sherman
Theodore Willis
Auto Service
Charles Milbourne
Longtime Sunday School Attendee Tales Highlight Lorain Report
The Chronicle Telegram notes a local scholar with fourteen years of uninterrupted Sunday School attendance at Trinity Baptist Church Lorain led by Rev J A Wansaman and Frank Greenwood. Other records include Leonard Clyde Hill with fifteen years at Gospel Mission and Geraldine Wilson with thirteen and Viola Wilson with ten years at nearby Gospel Mission along with three years at Summer Bible School.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Trinity Baptist Church
Lorain
Karvin
J. A. Wansaman
Frank Greenwood
Pearl Ford
Leonard Clyde Hill
Ace
Columbus Street
The
Gospel Mission
East Bridge
Geraldine Wilson
Viola Wilson
East Bridges Street
Prowler Frightened Away at Fortnight Street Home
A prowler was frightened away at 119 Cheatant Street after 11 p m last night. The residents heard an intruder trying to gain entry and rang police. The prowler fled before officers arrived, and investigators found a screen removed from a side fire door.
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Cheatant Street
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