Fire Plot Revealed Behind Ohio Penitentiary Disaster
Franklin County Grand Jury expected to indict two convicts for first degree murder in the 122 deaths at the Ohio Penitentiary fire of April 21. Grate and Gibson confessed, detailing candle and oil fuse methods used to start the blaze in cell blocks G and H during construction.
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Columbus
A.R
Franklin County
Ohio Penitentiary
Clinton
Montgomery County
Idugh Gibson
Gibbons
Jew
Cuyahoga County
Ly Hoskins
Grand Jury
Eapecven
James Maloney
Hoskins
Ilton County
James Raymond
Akron
Grate
Gipson
Eugene Carlin
Clayton Rose
Henry Holden
Vincent Martin
W. G. Shellenbarger
Otto Phillips
Otto Kaffits
Gibson
Raymond
Still Spurns Parole Dare Pill Slayer Homeward
Er mil (Frenchy) Balanescu returned to Cleveland after news of his parole denial for the attempted murder of his sweetheart. He visited his mother in hospital where she attempted suicide, then said he would go back to Mansfield Reformatory once she recovers.
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Dare Pill
Cleveland
Ermil
Frenchy) Balanescu
Mansfield Reformatory
Pill
Mansfield
Death of Knute Rockne Shocks Nation
The football icon Knute Rockne and seven others died in a westbound airplane crash. His willpower and leadership built the Notre Dame team’s famed shock approach, leaving millions grieving and reevaluating a legend. Continued on Page 4
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Knute Rockne
Notre Dame University
Rockne
Pepper to Represent FPC In Senate Ouster Suit
Chairman George Otis Smith disclosed that former Senator George Wharton Pepper of Pennsylvania will serve as counsel for the Federal Power Commission in the Senate suit seeking Smith's removal.
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Washington
U.R
George Otis Smith
Federal Power Commission
George Wharton Pepper
Pennsylvania
Senate
Smith
Three-Minute Men Praise Liberty Bonds
In Beverly Hills California Robert C Gills praises Liberty Bonds as the only sound investment during wartime while lamenting losses from margins on supposedly safe ventures. The letter writer WILL recalls the era of Coolidge era speculation as a cautionary contrast.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
California
Robert C. Gillis
America
Will
Hoover Says Industry Wages Remain High
Washington April 2 Leading American industries retain wage scales to satisfy President Hoover. White House notes refute reports of wage cuts and credit 1929 talks with Henry Ford for preserving purchasing power. No strikes or major wage reductions reported. period of low mood deemed unique.
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Hoover
Washington
White House
Henry Ford
Young Wife Slain in Cleveland Apartment
Detectives follow faint clues in the murder of 22 year old Mrs. Rowe Becker. She was beaten and strangled with a necktie in her second floor Cleveland flat. Finger prints on bloodstained walls and a neighbor description of a short youth in a brown tweed coat guide investigators.
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Cleveland
U.R
Rowe Becker
Charles Love Dies After Prolonged Illness
Charles Love 52 brother of Friend Love of Athens died Wednesday at his Pomeroy Route 10 home after years of illness. Funeral plans unavailable. Survived by a widow two married daughters one in Columbus another in Pomeroy a son in Kentucky and siblings Friend Love Canton Wallace Love Alva Odell Love Glou ster Mrs Edward Lott Chauncey Mrs Zona Sapp Cincinnati Leah Love Cincinnati.
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Charlies Love
Friend Love
Athens
Pomeroy R. F
Columbus
Pomeroy
Kentucky
Fred Love
Canton
Wallace Love
Alva
Ohio
Odell Love
Glouster
Edward Lott
Chauncey
Zona Sapp
Leah Love
Cincinnati
Chain Store Tax Bill Sent to Special Taxation Committee
The Ohio House Committee on Taxation approved Rep. Charles E. Justus chain store bill 14 to 9 and sent it to the special legislative taxation committee. The plan would require chain or group operated stores to pay an annual license tax of 50 to 100 dollars per store amid opposition claiming unconstitutionality.
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Columbus
U.P
House Committee On Taxation
Special Legislative Taxation Committee
Charles E. Justus
Ohio Receives 27 Million for Federal Projects
President Hoover's Emergency Committee on Employment says 27.7 million dollars in federal funds are available for Ohio projects including federal buildings and highways. Funds will finance post office sites in Lima Toledo Hamilton Youngstown Zanesville Canton Springfield Cincinnati Cleveland Findlay Portsmouth and more. The program includes work on Chillicothe's industrial reformatory.
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Washington
U.R
Hoover
Emergency Committee On Employment
Ohio
Lima
Toledo
Hamilton
Youngstown
Zanesville
Canton
Springfield
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Findlay
Portsmouth
Chillicothe
Ackerman Driver License Bill Reported by Senate Panel
The Ackerman Drivers' License Bill, proposing 28 cent fees for licenses to fund safety police, was recommended for passage by the Senate Committee on Highways. Committee members admit they do not fully understand its provisions and reserved the right to vote against it on the floor. The bill, drawn at the Sheriffs' and Police Chiefs' Association request, would allocate ten cents to local license issuers and fifteen cents to the state.
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Columbus
Ackerman
Senate Committee On Highways
Sheriffs’ and Police Chiefs’ Association
Park Bill Passes House Agrees To Use Canal Lands For Parks
In Columbus on April 2 the Ohio House approved a bill by Rep W H Schweikert to acquire part of the abandoned Hocking Canal lands for streets and parks. Other measures approved include a Gallia municipal court bill and a plan allowing Ohio liability insurers to write workers compensation in other states and counties.
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Columbus
U.P
House of Representatives
W. H. Schweikert
Lancastr
Hocking Canal
Harding
Gallia County
Gallipolis
Schmacher
Cuyahoga County
Ohio
Whitney
Delaware
Senate panel reports on Ohio Workmen's Comp practice
The Senate committee investigating the administration of Ohio's Workmens Compensation Law filed its report today. It finds questionable methods used by attorneys corporations and former employees before the Industrial Commission and notes lack of prior regulation of such practice by attorneys agents or corporations.
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Columbus
U.P
Senate
Department of Industrial Relations
Ohio Industrial Commission
Show Down Threatened by Unruly Solons
In Columbus on April 2 the Democratic minority and insurgent Republicans united to threaten a show down unless their demands are met. They accuse leadership of blocking bills and stifling measures in committees, aiming to force calendared consideration. The Dearmond Clark bill reached final passage with the joint conference report, suspending real estate tax penalties if delinquent amounts are paid by Sept 1, 1931. The Ackerman bill creating a state barriers board was approved by the House Health Committee and awaits Governor White's signature after Senate approval.
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Columbus
House
Dearmond- Clark
Senate
White
Ackerman
Health Committee
R. D. Smith
Columbiana County
Death Toll Rises Navy Man Among quake victims
Radio messages from Managua report the death of James I. Dickey a Navy clerk at the National Penitentiary as part of the U S death toll from the earthquake. A Marine radio operator described the shocks that night as severe with his typewriter jumping on the desk.
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U.S. Navy
Balboa
C. Z
U.P
James I. Dickey
National Penitentiary
Managua
United States Navy
Babson to forecast business for third quarter in Messenger
The Messenger previews economist Roger W Babson’s exclusive article The Next Three Months in Business and Finance. He reviews employment, depression turning point, commodity prices, agriculture, money conditions, stock market, labor and sales prospects with reasons for optimism.
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Roger Babson
Famous Statistical
Roger W. Babson
Babson
Bucyrus Wins Second Battle With Railroad
Bucyrus defeats New York Central in Common Pleas Court over moving railroad shops to Cleveland. Judge Clarenge overrules road motion to dissolve injunction. case to proceed with petition for temporary injunction and hearing on merits. The ruling cites 1880 law allowing cities of 3,066 population to contract with railroads.
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Bucyrus
New York Central
Common Pleas
Cleveland
Clarenge
Ahi
Greater Love Hath No Man stage drama at Presbyterian Church
A Holy Week feature presents the play Greater Love Hath No Man by M. Creagh-Henry at the Presbyterian Church tonight. Directed by Iris Young and Mildred Gilmore, with Prof. Harold Evans supervising. Scenery by the university Playshop. scene set in Martha’s home on the day of the Crucifixion with roles for Eleanor Stafford Mary Magdalene Wanda Morton Martha Caroline Hyde David Thea Connett John Robert Laughlin Peter George Steineck Judas Paul Morits.
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Presbyterian Church
M. Creagh-Henry
Iris Young
Mildred Gilmore
Harold Evans
Ohnso University
Martha
Jesus
Mary
Eleanor Stafford
Mary Magdalene
Wanda Morton
Caroline Hyde
David
Thea Connett
John
Robert Laughlin
Peter
George Steineck
Judas
Paul Morits
County Issues Four Thousand Licenses As Auto Tags Go Out
By April 1 Athena County logged 4 088 passenger automobile licenses for the year 234 were issued by the South East Ohio Motor Club. Total license receipts from all types reached 24 380 40 dollars per deputy commissioner David Johnson based in the Courthouse.
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Athena County
David Johnson
South East Ohio Motor Club
Athena
Johnson
Mrs McDonald Dies at Columbus Home
Mrs. Sarah McDonald wife of James McDonald died at 12:40 PM Wednesday at 1650 Mytrie Avenue Columbus. Funeral services set for 1 PM Friday at the residence. Burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Survived by husband, a son William Jane, a daughter Mrs Elva Briggs of Columbus, and Elery Michael of Athens, plus a stepson.
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Sarah McDonald
James McDonald
Mytrie Avenue
Columbus
Greenlawn
William Jane
Elva Briggs
Elery Michael
Athens
Negri Divorced From Prince Mdivani in Paris Tribunal
Paris report states film actress Pola Negri was granted a divorce today in the Seine Tribunal from her second husband Prince Serpe Mdivani.
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Paris
Pola Negri
Seine Tribunal
Serpe Mdivani
Fewer Industrial Fatalities In February 1930s Ohio Data
Columbus reports 5 industrial fatalities in Ohio for February, 35 fewer than January 1931 and two fewer than February last year. Non fatal accidents plunged to 12 239 with 1 676 fewer than January, time loss down 200 508 days signaling safer month. Athens County saw 92 accidents with 2 fatalities and 43 cases lost seven days or more.
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Columbus
Ohio
Athens County
Weather summary from yesterday and coming changes
Yesterday's highs included Phoenix 90 and El Paso 4, San Antonio 52. Today's lows show The Paso 4 below, White River 16 below, Prince Albert 10 below. Pressure rising over Atlantic States Ohio Valley and Northwest. Expect unsettled conditions with rain late tonight or Friday and slowly rising temperatures.
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Phoenix
el Paso
San Antonio
the Paso
White River
Prince Albert
Atlantic States
Ohio Valley
Northwest
Palmer Reports Disaster Scenes From Managua Earthquake
Lieut. Horace Hoke Palmer of Athens reported from Managua after the earthquake and resulting fires in Nicaragua. The Marine Corps aviator flew to Corinto and shared his experiences with press associations, recalling his famed service as a Bathia tle star at Ohio University and his long Marine career.
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Nicaragua
Horace (Hoke) Palmer
James A. Palmer
Athens
Palmer
Managua
Marine Corps
Corinto
Ohto University
Escapes Death In Air Dies in Auto Accident
Cleveland, April 2. Robert P. Hopkins, 24, famed night mail pilot of the Trans-Continental Mail Service, dies from injuries after a car crash into a streetcar subway abutment. He survived three earlier air near misses including a 1929 Park Edge landing and recent fog and blizzard incidents.
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Cleveland
U.R
Robert PP. Hopkins
National Air Transport Mail
Edgewater Park
Strange Case of Lieutenant Commander Winship
Two principals in the case of Emory Winship a wealthy retired naval officer who died by his own hand in San Francisco are shown. Above is Helen Elizabeth Thompson former actress who says she lived with Winship and seeks $200 a month from his estate. Below is Dorothy Blount Winship widow of the deceased who argued with him over a chauffeur shortly before his death.
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Emory Winship
San Francisco
Helen Elizabeth Thompson
Winship
Dorothy Blount Winship
Bie
Managua Destruction Might Move Capital After Quakes
An April 2 dispatch reports Managua ruined after two days of earthquakes. Nicaragua may move the capital to Granada or Leon. Relief under U.S. Marines. Refugees flee by ox cart train and truck as dead and wounded are cared for.
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Leigh Stevenson
United Press
Managua
Nicaragua
Jose Maria Moncada
Granada
Leon
United States Marine Forces
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