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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1920
Page
2
The conference of governors from multiple states will gather in Harrisburg on December 1 for a three day session. The report covers political shifts, labor unrest, demographics and international notes including the Wilson administration and postwar issues.
A sweeping Ohio-era summary reports Springfield may run streetcars while workers strike for higher wages. Unionists in coal and plain sectors strike across Harrison Jefferson and Belmont counties. disasters include fatal shootings in Canton and fires in Cleveland and Wooster. Ohio State University near 4000 enrollment. Oberlin College at 1101. notable deaths include William Flinn and others.
The Knights of Columbus propose a 5 million gift to the American Legion to erect a memorial in Washington for World War dead. The building would seat 20 000, be owned by the Legion, and governed by a director board with 1 million endowment for upkeep. If the Legion dissolves, title would revert to the nation per Senate direction. A conference with Col Fred W Galbraith Jr is planned in New York.
Philadelphia detectives raided a Passyunk Avenue gambling resort near Christian Street finding ten masked bandits. Detective Joseph McGinn was fatally shot after firing at a bandit. Five district officers pursued fugitives. four men arrested. Bandits escaped with about $10,000. Christopher Murane, 22, of New York, hospitalized.
Lieutenant Colonel Coombs testified at the hearing of six Americans charged with defrauding the Near East Relief. He said expensive dinners were funded by Near East Relief funds and arranged by defendant Mr. Davis. The July bill reached $250 and featured Russian singers and Turkish dancers.
Ten thousand workers at the Pennsylvania Hillside Coal and Iron Company plants in Lucerne and Lackawanna voted to strike. Grievance Committee issued the general order after alleged talks with mine officials were reportedly ignored, with company officials accused of partiality and discrimination.
More than fifty one and two room schools in Southern Ohio districts face closure as Vernon M. Reigel, State Superintendent, plans to enforce the minimum compensation law for the first time, affecting districts in the region.
Hartford report says Lieutenant Arthur Co. Wagner of Wayburn Sask was killed and Lieutenant Commander William Merrill Corry, commanding officer of the aviation section, Atlantic fleet, was seriously injured when their aircraft crashed to the ground.
Teheran reports Persian Cossacks have captured the town of Recht and advanced to Morbad and Enzell along the southern coast of the Orsplan Sea, signaling a widening coastal operation.
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