Willis Defends Co P Regime At Republican Meet
Senator Frank B Willis opened the Republican pre primary state convention in Columbus urging constitutional methods and court trials, defending Coolidge administration and calling for unity in Ohio Republican ranks to support Coolidge in Cleveland and November. He criticized scandal mongers and urged fair inquiry into public charges.
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Columbus
U.S
Frank B. Willis
Willis
Ohio
Lands Administration
Picton
Harding
Coolidge
Wills
Cleveland
Calvin Coolidge
William G. McAdoo
Doheny
Nation sees sound business base as readjustment continues
A survey of American manufacturers at the national convention reports rising deposits, curtailed overproduction, fewer shutdowns, and improving demand. Executives from Pettibone-Mulliken, Lindemann, Poltzer Cabot Electric, Meese and Gottfried, and others note prosperity, regional variation, and hopeful forecasts for 1930s industry.
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New York
International News Service Today
American Association of Manufacturery
AH. Milliken
Pettibone-Mulliken Co
Chicago
H. M. McCullough
Rossville
Rocky Mountains
Meese
McCullough
Wabash Valley Flyer Wreck Kills Six, Injures Twenty
At Roanoke Indiana last night the Wabash Valley Flyer derailed on the Indiana Service Corporation line. Six people died and twenty were injured in the wreck near Huntington.
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Huntington
Ind
Indiana Service Corporation
Roanoke
Here
Nightingales Broadcast From England Attract Attention
Amateur radio operators in Columbus picked up the Nightingales trills from Surrey England. Miss Beatrice Harrison, a musician, lured the birds to song in a garden at Oxted with a cello microphone setup and the birds’ chirps were transmitted.
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Paris
Columbus
Surrey
England
Beatrice Harrison
Oxted
Eighty New York Firemen Hurt In Two Major Blazes
May 20 New York eighty firemen were injured largely from smoke in two large fires. One fire devastated an old waterfront pier area and another on Broadway damaged a five story loft building with rubber and cotton goods. Firefighters, exhausted by the heat and smoke, aided by a fireboat, set up a temporary hospital near the scene.
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New York
Lake
Iw- Broadway
States Mail
Broadway
Police Seek Link in Broadway Strangle Murders
Police probe connections between Harry Lasser alias Behan and the deaths of Dot King and Louisa Lawson Broadway moths. Mrs Howard Johnson identifies Lasser as the man who drugged gagged and robbed her of jewelry valued at 39000. Mrs Lillian Behan is held as his accomplice amid similar apartment killings.
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Harry Lasser
Harry Behan
Dot” King
Louisa Lawson
New York
Gotham Police
Lasser
Alias Behan
Howard Johnson
Dot
Lillian Behan
Louise Lawson
Taeser
Jackson
Doagled Vets Meet June 2 at Salt Lake
The fourth annual national convention of Disabled American Veterans opens in Salt Lake City June 24 with a business like agenda. Gov. and Mayor welcome speakers including National Commander James A. McFarland and Mme. Schumann-Heink will perform on opening day via radio. Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines expects to meet the delegates during the event.
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Salt Lake City
Detroit
San Francisco
Linneapolis
Atec
Tabernacle
Great Morison Tabernacle
Utah
James A. McFarland
Dalton
Robert 8. Marx
Cincinnati
Camilton Cook
Buffalo
Veterans’ Organizations
Mme. Schumann-Heink
Disabled American Veterans’ Convention
Hera
Frank T. Hines
Veterans’ Bureau
Lorain Couple Weds After Auto Crash Injuries
In Lorain at St Josephs hospital Miss Fayona Nutter aged 19 and Alfen Moody aged 21 married after a motorcycle crash that injured Moody and cut Nutter. Moody sustained serious injuries and a broken leg was suffered by Frank Kaiser as a witness. The bride removed bands from her left hand to wear the ring.
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Lorain
Diay Cupia
Fayona Nutter
Alfen Moody
St. Joseph's Hospital
Moody
Miss Nutter
Frank Kaiser
Missing man feared dead as steamer State of Ohio burns
Cleveland May 20 One man is believed to have perished when the steamer State of Ohio burned to the waterline at the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Co docks. Night watchman John Lee, with over 30 years service, is missing after winds fanned flames. Fire crews fought the blaze but failed to halt the destruction. fear spread to the Seeondbree, the Great Lakes’ largest passenger ship nearby. The State of Ohio, 40 years old, had recently served excursion traffic Cleveland Cedar Point and Toledo. Loss pegged at about 100000.
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Cleveland
State of Ohio
Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Co
John Lee
Great Lakes
Cedar Point
Toledo
Armenians From Turkey Wed In New England
Two Oberlin Armenians Haroutune Khachadourian and Anttin Chakerian married by Rev. Edward Bosworth after a court house license in yesterday’s afternoon. The groom lost his first wife and three children in Turkish massacres while the bride fled Myrna when it was burned. They plan to settle in this country and continue their lives in the new community.
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Court House
Mmyrna
City Council Advances Lodi Street Paving Plan and Bonds
The council moved to repave Lodi Street with brick, widening to forty feet, and approved selling bonds for 19 478 to cover costs. Notices warn residents against new gas water and sewer work to avoid delays, with work expected after six weeks. Clean‑up week costs totaled 866. A proposed traffic ordinance was drafted and referred for review. An electric inspector position was requested to oversee electrical work.
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Lodi Street
Safety Service
James Hewitt
Don Sotherdon
R. A. Wilson
Fairlawn Avenue
Wart
Opposition to Tax Reduction Bill Weakens
Washington May 20. Congress moves to speed final action on a tax reduction bill after the soldiers bonus became law over President Coolidge’s veto. The plan calls for a 25 percent income tax cut this year and broad tax relief for future years, with a conference to reconcile House and Senate versions. Mellon reportedly withdraws veto opposition as administration setbacks lessen.
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Washington
Coolidge
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Treasury
Mellon
America
United States
President Coolidge Sees Tax Increase From Bonus Law
Washington May 20 President Coolidge warned that enactment of the bonus law over his veto would raise government costs through the bonus payments and administration expenses. The White House issued no other statement on the passage of the measure.
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Washington
Coolidge
White House
Arm Paralysis Report On Oberlin Resident
William H. Dewey of 239 Morgan street Oberlin was taken to the hospital last evening by a Yellow taxican driver after losing use of an arm likely due to paralysis. The patient was admitted for treatment. Washington May 20 President Coolidge signed a proclamation increasing the tariff on aromatic code from six departments and pounds.
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William H. Dewey
Morgan Street
Oberlin
Europe owes United States billions as bonus loan weighs
Washington May 20 renewed efforts to recover the 11 billion dollars Europe owes the United States will be pursued after the soldiers bonus legislation. Treasury officials say Europe’s unfunded debt may double in twenty years and reach about 12 billion dollars by 1944 1945, with sizable interest piling up annually. France Italy and Belgium hold the bulk of unfunded debt while Britain funds some payments. Officials hope Dawes plan stability will spur moves to adjust American obligations.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Treasury
U. S
Great Britain
Finland
Britain
France
She Thas
Italy
Belgium
Congress
American Debt Funding Commission
War Department Braces for Adjusted Compensation Claims
Washington May 20 The War Department faces a massive task to process 5 250 000 Adjusted Compensation bonus applications. An extra 7 500 clerks plus 200 regulars begin two months of prep and handling. Filing cases total 7 976 spanning two miles and covering 2 6 acres, weighing 1 680 tons and holding about 107 000 000 documents.
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Washington, D.C
War Department
Pete 8
Davis
Army
France
Aenan
Names in Army Warrant Complications for Adjusted Pay
War Department faces large duplicate-name risk in veteran lists for the Adjusted Compensation Act. Figures show 650 328 men named Smith with 47 952 enlisted and 2 378 officers. 40 101 Johnsons with all but 1 146 officers. 28 902 Browns with 27 743 enlisted and 1 179 officers. 27 938 Williams with 26 873 enlisted and 956 officers.
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Army
Washington
War Department
Smith
Johnson
Brown
Willian
Stocks Tumble on New York Exchange May 23
The New York market saw a sharp downturn as stocks fell to new lows amid a volatile session. Traders cited a broad retreat across sectors and ongoing concerns about economic signals driving risk aversion.
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New York
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