Mt Vernon Class of 1921 Largest with 103 diplomas
Commencement at Mt Vernon High School marked the Class of 1921 as the largest graduating class with 103 diplomas. Superintendent A W Elliott delivered the address as the audience, including Mrs Simmonds the oldest living graduate, listened to the class song and remarks on American education progress.
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Mt. Vernon
Balsey
Hergh School
Lincoln
Arthur D. Mink
Gay Street
M. H
Koch
W. B. Simmonds
Columbus
Mt.Vernon
Wile Cotton
Emmrett Cotton
A. W. Elliott
America
Ohio
Mt Vernon Debates On A New Public School Plan
The Mt Vernon address urges a modern Junior and Seplor High School with connected auditorium and gym to serve boys and girls, promoting better facilities, lighting, and architecture. It cites costs, past shacks, community pride, and different city systems, preferring a tailored local plan. The 1921 class diplomas were presented by H N Mendenhall. program included Marche Militaire and benediction.
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America
Germany
Volkachule
Ford
Amea
Mt. Vernon
Main Street
Batavia
Pueblo
Manhattan
Baltmore
Garry
Man shoots six, escapes from Frankfort grocer
Frankfort grocer John Pallis shot six people during an arrest struggle in a combined store and dwelling. He escaped during the night, believed to have barricaded himself, and deputies fired into the building causing a blaze that gutted the structure. Three officers were among the wounded. Pallis's son was shot in the leg and captured.
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Frankfort
John Pallis
Pallis
Fallis
Moore
Wainscott
Newman
Georgia Shriner Elected Imperial Potentate at Conclave
In Des Moines June 16 the imperial council favored laws to curb improper shrine emblem wear and sent a committee to push enactment nationwide. Ernest A. Cutts of Savannah was elected imperial potentate, succeeding Ellis J. Garretson. Tom Houston of Chicago won imperial outer guard on the second ballot. San Francisco chosen for the next imperial conclave.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Imperial Council
Ernest A. Cutts
Savannah
Ichief Rabbin
The
Shriners’ Organsation
Imperial
Ellis J. Garreteon
Tacoma
Wash
Tom Houston
Chicago
Imperial Outer Guard
San Francisco
Minister Acquitted in West Virginia Murder Trial
A jury in Point Pleasant West Virginia acquitted Rev Goden Callic of murder in the shooting death of Cayton Krepps and wounding of Elwood Black after Callic found the youths in his onion patch. The case drew regional attention and capped a dramatic courtroom battle.
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Associated Press
Banvers Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Goden Callic
Cayton Krepps
Elwood Black
New York Federal Reserve Cuts Rediscount Rate on Commercial Paper
The New York Federal Reserve Bank reduced rediscount rates on commercial paper from 6% to 6 percent, and all bank rates are now on a 6 percent basis.
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New York
New York Federal Regerve Bank
Stoughten Presumed New Federal Prohibition Director
The federal prohibition director for Ohio to succeed James A. Shearer will likely be George Stoughten of Westerville. The decision involves ties to Attorney General Daugherty and his former law partner who campaigned for him. If appointed, Hillsboro and Westerville profiles shape Ohio enforcement history.
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Associated Pros
Columbus
Ohio
James A. Shearer
George Stoughten
Westerville
Daugherty
Stoughten
Hillsboro
Priest Relates Robbery Allegations From Court
Rev Anthony Gorek of New Chicago Indiana described in U S district court how he was drawn into a conspiracy over a February 17 theft at the Toledo central post office. He said he moved money to aid starving parishioners and buried bonds while distributing funds to a few parishioners and family members.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Anthony Gorek
New Chicago
Ind
Germany
Central Post Office
U. S. Distrite
Wanda Urbaytis
Gorek
Wanda
John Polek
Miners Ordered Home After Kanawa Field Mobilization
Miners gathering in the Kanawa coal area to march to Mingo County have been sent back to their homes by United Mine Workers officials led by Charles F. Keeney of District 17. Keeney denied reports that seven UMW officers were killed in the Mingo strike district and warned against hasty action.
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Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Kanawa
Mingo County
United Mine Workers of America
Charles F. Keeney
Oil prices fall again as crude cuts posted
The Associated Press reports another 25 cent barrel reduction across all grades in Pittsburgh on June 16. Prices drop to Pennsylvania Crude 2.50, Carning 1.40, Cabell 1.81, Somerset 11.0, Somerset Light 1.30, Ragland 0.75 as stocks rise.
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Associated Prees
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Carning
Cabell
Somerset
Somerset Light
Ragland
Four Die as Bridge Fails on Chicago Northwestern Train
Four persons were killed and 34 injured when Chicago and Northwestern train No. 606 from Lander Wyoming to Omaha Nebraska wrecked after a bridge over Big Cottonwood Creek near Whitney Nebraska collapsed. The bridge sagged as the engine left it after a cloudburst weakened structure. The engine ran 600 feet after detaching from the tender, and the mail baggage and smoker cars piled up on the creek bank. All dead and seriously injured were from Nebraska or Missouri.
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Omaha
Neb
Chicago& Northwestern
Lancder
Wyo
Big Cottonwood Creek
Whitney
Missouri
Firemen Die As Truck Crashes Into Train at Crossing
Six volunteer firemen of the Eagle Hose and Chemical Company were killed and ten injured when a firetruck collided with a Barnegat express at a Central Railroad of New Jersey crossing in Perth Amboy New Jersey. Officials said safety gates were not down as the 40 mph train struck the truck en route to a warehouse fire. Firemen were hurled onto the tracks and some crushed beneath the wheels. The injured were taken to Perth Amboy Hospital.
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Associated Preea
Perth Amboy
N. J
Barnegat
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Eagle Hose and Chemical Company
Jersey City
Perth Ambay Hospital
Wires Cut Across Coal Region in West Virginia
Telegraph and telephone lines through Boomer and Mt. Carmel in Fayette County were cut yesterday. The Kanawha river U.S. Army engineer, reporting to Governor Morgan, said government wires were severed in the Cabin Creek coal country.
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Charleston
W. Va
Boomer
Mt. Car Hon
Fayette County
Cabin Creek
B. F. Morgan
U. S. Army
Kanawha
Generator Explosion Kills Two Aboard American Steamer State
June 16 report shows John T. Bite, 40, of New York chief engineer, and John Green, 25, of unknown residence, died when a vessel generator exploded Sunday. The incident was disclosed in a report to the U S sponsorship authority.
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John T. Bite Fo
New York
State
John Green
Jupior Oe Sinner
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