Ohio Mines May Close After Hocking Valley Strike
In Athens and Columbus on March 25 ins coal miners and operators faced a tense stalemate as Sunday Creek Coal Co decided to abandon five Hocking Valley mines. About 1000 workers would be affected and 5000 miners could lose work if others follow suit. The move risks turning once bustling mining towns into deserted villages as 65 000 miners lose jobs in the region.
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Athens
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Columbus
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Sunday Creek Company
Sunday Creek
Hocking
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Millfield
Chauncey
Cloud Willits Family Heads to Davenport on Business
Mr and Mrs Cloud Willits Frank Will Bill Putman and Howard Anderson prepare a business trip to Davenport tonight as listed in the society notes.
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Cloud Willits
Frank Will
Bill Putman
Howard Anderson
Davenport
Jackson House Damaged by Fire in Washington Residence
A fire at 1105 North Iowa Avenue in Washington heavily damaged the T. B. Jackson home and contents. Discovered by neighbor Mrs. McCarty while the family was away, the blaze started in the basement most likely from the furnace and spread through much of the house before firefighters contained it. The insured dwelling suffered smoke and water damage as the family, moving to East Washington Street, had only begun to remove goods.
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Washington
T. KB. Jackson
North
Iowa Avenue
McCarty
Jackson
East Washington Street
Peace talks in Shanghai continue with slow progress
In Shanghai, March 25, Sino Japanese peace talks report progress in armistice talks and withdrawal certification. Delegations say discussions are slower than expected and fault the other side for lack of compromise. Plain clothes gunmen and sniper incidents are cited as blocking issues.
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Shanghai
INS
Auto Makers Plan Thriving Sales Push Starting Next Month
Detroit March 25 United in a common cause auto makers plan the greatest sales push in history. Competition remains fierce as they align to start April 2 with unified drives across divisions and promotions for higher priced and economical models.
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Detroit
INS
General Motors
Ford
Walter P
Shultz Takes Team to Meet in Iowa City
Coach Jim Shultz will lead twenty high school boys to Iowa City for the Little Six indoor track meet at the University of Iowa field house. Teams from Fairfield Burlington Muscatine Ottumwa and Washington will compete. Mt Pleasant does not. Washington shows promising candidates but indoor conditioning has been limited. Fairfield seeks repeat after last year’s strong indoor showing.
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Washington
Iowa City
Jim Shultz
Little Six
University of Iowa
Fairfield
Burlington
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Mt. Pleasant
Small Boy Clarence Putman Dies of Whooping Cough
The Ottumwa family of Mr and Mrs Jake Putman report the death of six-year-old Clarence Putman formerly of Washington. Burial will be at Pleasant Hill cemetery near Washington with time not announced. Death caused by whooping cough and pneumonia.
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Clarence Putman
Jake Putman
Ottumwa
Washington
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Grinnell Wins School Debate In Close Contest
Grinnell high school defeated Washington high school in a tightly contested debate at Grinnell. Earl Kalp of Newton judged and called the match very close throughout. Grinnell speakers Catherine Hamilton and Richard Pooly led the win with Washington’s Helen Sartor and Eugene Thomastr. Catherine Hamilton also recently competed in the Iowa Nine declamatory finals.
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Washington
Grinnell High School
Earl Kalp
Newton
Helen Sartor
Eugene Thomas
Grinnell
Catherine Hamilton
Richard Pooly
Iowa
J. A. Taylor
Ruth Sartor
Donald Welch
Iowa City
Miss Nita Corbin Visits From Drake University
Miss Nita Corbin of Drake University Des Moines returned home for spring vacation. She was accompanied by Mr and Mrs George Rudiger who were in Des Moines yesterday.
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Nita Corbin
Drake University
Des Moines
George Rudiger
Not enough context for a headline
Fragment lists three other children named Jacob, Frances and Violet with no additional facts or events to describe.
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Jacob
Frances
Violet
Lindbergh Baby Kidnap Suspect Identified On Cabin Cruiser
A photograph identifies Harry Fleischer of Detroit's purple gang as one of three men seen aboard a cabin cruiser with a crying baby the day after the Lindbergh abduction. The cruiser drifted off Scotland Light near Sandy Hook while a rum runner offered help. Norfolk officials report three men—an admiral, a minister, and a business leader—reaching out to the Lindberghs, amid ongoing searches along the Chesapeake Bay area for the missing 21 month old son.
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International News Service
New York
INS
Harry Fleischer
Purple
Detroit
Lindbergh
Scotland Light
Sandy Hook
Norfolk
Tidewater
Virginia
Charles A. Lindbergh
Chesapeakesbury
Lindberghs
Sourland Mountain
Hopewell
N. J
Memphis
America
Atlantic Ocean
New Jersey
Trenton
Norfolk, Va
Lindberg
Chesapeake Bay
Interclass girls basketball finals tonight at 6 30
The junior and senior high school girls vie for the interclass championship after a two week round robin. Last night the juniors beat the seniors 49 to 38 while the sophomores won twice and freshmen lost all six.
Centennial School Operetta Cast Announced for Spring Glow
The Centennial School operetta Spring Glow will be staged Tuesday evening at the high school auditorium. The cast includes Betty Payne, Henry Miller, Margaret Jane Carris, Helen Gardner, Mary Hesseltine, Ethel Turner, Viva Yeoman, and many others from the school.
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Betty Payne
Jack Frost
Henry Miller
Blue Bird
Margaret Jane Car
Alberta Godfrey
Ruth Sorrell
Catherine Benson
Mae Miller
Doris Pritchard
Donald Morrison
Harold Yeoman
Paul Freisen
George White
Charles Lemley
Mrs. Struble of Iowa City Ends Life at Home
Iowa City March 25 Mrs M E Struble aged 50 hanged herself in the basement of her home. She left a note requesting notify relatives in Washington Iowa and Detroit. She had been recently ill.
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Iowa City
M. E. Struble
Washington
Iowa
Detroit
Beardmore Appointed Judge in 12th Judicial District
Des Moines, March 25. T. A. Beardmore, a Charles City attorney, is appointed judge in Iowa's 12th district by Gov. Turner. He fills the vacancy caused by the death of Judge C. H. Kelley, one of the state's oldest district judges, who died last Saturday. Miss Priscilla Morrison and Dunham Morrison return home from the University of Iowa for Easter vacation.
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Des Moines
INS
T. A. Beardmore
Charles City
Dan W. Turner
Beardmore
C. H. Kelley
Iowa
Priscilla Morrison
Dunham Morrison
University of Iowa
Blaustein Faces Prison Over Fraternity Burglary
Ignace Blaustein faced four to fifteen years in a Colorado state prison for burglary of fraternity houses. Authorities asked waivers from Wyoming and Colorado after he confessed to similar charges. Newark officers found he pawned robbery loot in Salt Lake City while his Lindbergh kidnapping claims were discredited.
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Pocatello
Idaho
INS
Ignace Blaustein
Wyoming
Colo
Blaustein
Newark
N. J
Louisville Man Sentenced to Two Life Terms in Murders
Louisville Kentucky Tom Keyes a 50 year old Negro pleaded guilty to two murder charges and received life on each count authorities report. The sentences total two consecutive life terms for the double homicide.
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Louisville
Tom Keyes
Wile Rogers Comments on Inheritance Tax
Beverly Hills a radio riff mocks Congress for a 72 percent income tax and a new inheritance tax aimed at the rich. He jokes the law makes patriots by forcing people to die for their country or be taxed.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
Congress
Munro Road Case Set for Trial in Washington County
The Munro land dispute over highway widening will go to trial in Washington County District Court next Wednesday morning. D R Munro seeks 3300 for 71 109 acres and damages claiming interference with stock loading and watering facilities. Attorneys include Ralph Munro and Livingston Elrieber for Munro, with Max O Brien and Baldrige for the highway commission.
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D. R. Munro
State Highway Commission
Washington County District Court
West Chester
Wellman
Ralph Munro
Fairfield
Livingston & Elrieber
Washington
Munro
Max O'Brien
State Attorney General
Baldrige and Batley
Highway Commission
Richard Lee Crawford
J. S. Crawford
Beer Tax Fails In House Vote 216 to 132
The House rejected Rep. Cullen New York amendment to legalize beer at 2.75 percent by weight, predicting $250 million yearly in tax revenue. Wet bloc argued to solve tax problems while dry members called it unconstitutional. The vote broke party lines briefly, amid Volstead era tensions.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Cullen
Rep
New York
House
House Ways and Means Proposes New Excise Taxes to Balance Budget
The Ways and Means Committee proposed hundreds of millions in new excises after defeating the manufacturers tax. A subcommittee will frame the program by Monday, aiming to balance the federal budget for 1924. The plan may seek 600 to 700 million dollars in new taxes, with reductions to certain levies like a four cent a gallon oil tax. The move follows a 223 to 153 defeat of the sales tax, with Hoover and Speaker Gainer reacting to the evolving tax strategy.
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Congress
Representative la Guardia
New York
Charles R. Crisp
Georgia
Ways and Means
Crisp
Washington
House
Ragan
Arkansas
Vinson
Kentucky
Canfield
Indiana
Hawley
Oregon
Treadway
Massachusetts
Rep
Doughton
North Carolina
Ways and Means Committee
Hoover
Garner
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Alfred B. Reeves
National Automobile Chamber of Commerce
Shultz
A. D. Holt
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Raymond Miller
Raymond Morriarty
Howard White
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William Perdock
Junior Goodwin
Nan Hoover
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Ira Morrison
Gene Davis
Richard Grecian
Kenneth Scott
Mabel Hayes
Grace Fretveh
Betty Patterson
Betty Staford
Jean Marie Schenck
K Evelyn Meek
Wanda Custer
Helen Lee
Margaret Schaffer
Helen Hayes
Carol Brewer
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Lucy
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Jerald Chance
Marcella Schaffer
Etta Mae Johnston
Ralph Schilling
Benny McChurch
Francis Schaffer
Henry Bruty
Dorothy Pratt
Sunshine Fairies
Maxine Cummings
Sara Jane Lemley
Esther Goodwin
Caroleen Sartor
Jeanette Krabill
Betty Seaton
Alta Stafford
Mrs. Struble
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Evening Journal
Journal
Wile Rogers
Wase
McNaught Syndicate
Munro Road
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