Floods Sweep Lowlands as Hocking River Rises Across Ohio
Heavy rains Saturday sent the Hocking River in Athens County to flood stage and inundated farms, roads, and basements across Meigs and surrounding districts. Meigs County reports rising streams, with State Route 66 and local highways underwater near Margarets Creek. Officials warn of continued high water as rainfall totals for March and early April set records, renewing springs and swelling streams across the region.
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Meigs County
State
Hocking River
Athens County
Athens
G MN Frazee
Hast Bridge
Chauncey
Glouster
Athens Glouster
Reatown
Trimble
Margarets Creek
Cansonville
Richland Avenue
Hocking
Athens State Hospital
Ohio
Wolfe
Wear Kerrs Run
Ohio River
Big Leading Creek
Shade River
Atere
Wilmington
Clinton County
Jackson
Circleville High Cays
Fortsmouth
Wertherman Welfe
Porter Cleared In Liquor Case In Athens County Court
Fred Porter of Sugar Creek was found not guilty on a liquor possession charge by Judge O F Rowland in Athens County Common Pleas Court. The case was dismissed. Porter was arrested March 2 by State Prohibition Inspectors Matt Wilson and Tom Bush. Rosa B Porter filed suit for divorce, seeking custody and support, alleging cruelty and infidelity.
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Fred Porter
Sugar Creek
O F Rowland
Athens County Common ‘Pleas
Matt Wilson
Tom Bush
Rosa B Porter
Chorce
Oscar Porter
Porter
Life Sentence for Man Who Killed Sweetheart Father
Cincinnati April 4 Steve Bowling 32 was sentenced to life in Ohio State Penitentiary by Judge Alfred Mack for the murder of Vernon Hensley. The slaying occurred last December during a quarrel over Elton, 17, the daughter of Hensley’s sweetheart. The court contained armed partisans. guards searched all present and no weapons were found.
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Sweetheart
Cincinnati
Steve Bowling
Ohie Penitenwry
Alfred Mack
Vernon Hensley Bowling
Hensley
Plain Rein
Elton
Bowling
Mack
Red Cross Drought Aid in County Ends April 15
The Athens County Chapter of the Red Cross announces termination of drought relief on April 15 from National Red Cross orders. The aid has supported more than 300 Athens County families for the past three months.
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Red Cross
Athens County
The
National Red Cross Society
United States
Pearl Wrench
Miss French
Easter Tensions Overshadow Jerusalem Observances
Amid Easter celebrations in Jerusalem tensions rise as armored patrols line streets and mobs of Christians Jews and Muslims gather for religious rites. Coping with drought the Athens County Red Cross distributes food milk and clothing to 1600 local residents while planning continued relief and job placement efforts as funds endure for school children and veterans.
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Jerusalem
Moses
Mohamned
Athena County
Aso
Miss French
O C Bird
Ohio
Associaton Officiil
Parent-Teacher Association
Mra Bird
Red Cross
Eludes Cops as Car Stops Suspect in Detroit
Detroit April 4 UP. Sidney Wathansen 36 fled a hotel through a second floor window after police fired bursts. He leapt onto an automobile, was knocked down by traffic, and was captured by officers. Authorities say he is wanted in Chicago on four counts of election law violations and contempt. Detected by state detectives in a downtown hotel lobby, he sought to return to Chicago and bid farewell to his wife Velma before his capture.
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Detroit
Sidney Wathansen
Chicago
Illinois
Co. B. Wheaton
Secretary of States
Nathansen
Velma
Sway
Cleaerland
Wasaond
Williami Bk
Potter
Polka
Martin
Harry Colins
Murtin
Das
Cornelia Wo Cody
Potters Veith
Mondas
Prosentor
Ray T Miller
Clevelami Miller
South Bend
Knutn Rockne
Mactin Wily
Rob Carpenter Store Robbers Loot Merchandise Worth $100
Robbers busted a rear window at the Day Morrison filling station and store, stealing merchandise valued at about $100. They used a car to haul away loot including potatoes coffee beans sugar canned fruits and inner tubes for tires in Saturday’s break in.
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Morrison Filling Station
Election laws push more men to Congress yearly
Beverly Hills discusses a new law forcing each state to add representatives as its population grows. California, now swollen with new population, must fund additional congressmen. The split between northern and southern California over which districts supply the new seats fuels taxpayer anger.
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Congress
Beverly Hills
Calif
Slong
California
Carol to Wed Again King Linked With Bourbon Princess
Berlin reports from Bucharest say King Carol may announce engagement to a Bourbon princess not identified. Since his divorce from Princess Helen after his return from France, rumors of remarriage circulated without confirmation. He attempted reconciliation, then removed Crown Prince Michael to a military school amid protests.
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Berlin
Bucharest
Carolf
Helen
Carol
Sere
France
Magde Lupescu
Michael
Evidence implicates two in murder at horseStable
Massachusetts authorities reportedly unearthed evidence linking two persons to accessories after the fact in the murder of Vernan Russell and nurse Eliott Hathaway. The suspect, son of a state representative, is detained in Cranston at Providence County Jail awaiting first degree murder charges.
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Fall River
Mase
Massachusetts
Vernan Russell
Eliott R “Pinky
Conlin Orchestra Leader Shoots Self in Martinsville Home
Wilmington report says Robert Conlin Jr, head of the Bob Conlin Orchestra, fatally shot himself at his father’s Martinsville area residence after appearances with his musicians for radio audiences through Cincinnati and Dayton stations.
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Wilmington
Robert Conlin Jr
Bob Conlins
Martinsville
Cincinnag
Daytom
Upholds Auto Accident Law by Judge Leach Jr decision
In Columbus, April 4, Judge Leach Jr upheld a state auto accident law claim requiring motorists to stop after a crash. Raymond Moore faced charges of failing to stop. a demurrer argued the law forces self incrimination, but the judge ruled the requirement is not testimony. The case revolves around Moore's alleged hit and run and a friend’s confession.
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Columbus
Towart
Jade Charles Leach
Bs Cumnset
Rasmond Moore
Aoman
Yian
Moore
Leach Jr
Favors Nuisance Tax Hingham Wanita Small Wage Farner Unsensed
Washington April 4 In creased taxation for the small wage earner and the rethal of nuisance taxes found the first pehlicr acd vocile fadio in Senor Titrat Hing ham Republican Connecticut pow erful member of the Senate Finince Committee A federal tax on automites for repay mnt of federal aid In hirway appropriations and amaient a timy tax on all bank checks were lhe chief missanceotrved urged by ti Progressives have infered that no tat intreana will be necessary but that It should be confined to Incomes in the higher brackets or imposed on states President Hoover has aaid that no increase will be necessary and that the deficit will be met by Atul o of short term treasury notes.
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Hingham Wanita
Washington
Hingham
Connecticut
Senate
Hoover
Atul O
Treasury
Red Cross reports drought relief spending and aims
Chairman John Barton Payne announced the Red Cross has spent about 16 million dollars on drought relief to date and said no deaths from starvation have occurred. He stressed policy limiting activities to drought relief and not addressing broader unemployed distress in West Virginia mine fields.
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Red Cross
Ald West
Irsinia
Washington
John Barton Payne
The
Paynes
Red Crows
West Virginia
Payne
James L Felser
Weather Outlook Temperatures Warm Up Across Regions
The National Weather Bureau forecasts mostly fair conditions for April 6 through 12 in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee area. Expect near normal temperatures early, a warmer middle of the week, then potential cooling at week’s end with periods of rain around Thursday.
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National Bureau
Washington
US Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Finger Print Expert Slain. Wife Held In Denver Shooting
Denver police hold Mrs Harold W Axtell on charges of shooting her husband, a nationally known fingerprint expert and president of the International Association of Identification Authorities. She reportedly confessed after a quarrel. this follows a prior suicide by his first wife in 1922.
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Denver
Colo
UPI
Harold W Axtell
International Asociation of Identification
Mra Axtell
Quarre
Hia
Second Killer Hunt in Potter Murder Trial
Cleveland April 4 detectives press for a second gunman in the Potter murder case as Hymie Martin’s conviction prompts a nationwide hunt. Authorities disclose a possible accomplice Harry Collins and prepare for further arrests while jurors await motions for a new trial amid heavy local press scrutiny.
Federal agents plan raid network of moonshiners in Mississippi area
Federal Prohibition Director Woodcock announced a plan to cooperate with Tennessee and Arkansas agents to fight large scale moonshine operations on islands along the southern Mississippi River. He returned from an inspection trip through Kentucky Tennessee Arkansas Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri citing unsatisfactory enforcement due to agent shortages and poor equipment in St Louis Missouri.
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Mississippi
Washington
Tennessee
Arkansas
Mississippi River
Prohibition
Woodcock
Kentucky
Tennegaee
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
St Louis
Remus Sues Schmidt for Damages Over Street Fight
Baltimore attorney George Remus filed suit seeking damages against race horse owner William B. Schmidt for assault and battery after a street fight sparked at Bowie race track. Mrs Schmidt said her husband punched Remus and warned he would strike again. Remus, once acquitted in his wife’s slaying, claims the incident occurred following a confrontation at the track.
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Baltimore
George Remus
Cincinnati Atttorney
William B. Schmidt
Rainy Easter in Paris Sets Tone for Spring Fashion
Crowds in Paris hope for sun on Easter as forecasts tease a rainy stretch. Citizens debate raincoats and pastel outfits while flowers and markets prepare for spring displays. Rain threatens vineyard work and telecommunications across southern France, delaying plans for a brighter holiday mood.
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Vera
France
Plente Benneta
Paris
Meduaine
Chicago mayoral race tightens as Cermak and Thompson claim momentum
In Chicago, Antonio Cermak of Bohemia born Democratic candidate for county board and immigrant roots asserts confidence of an overwhelming victory. Incumbent Mayor William Hale Thompson, Republican with terms starting 1915, 1919, and 1927, predicts being chosen by the entire electorate in a landslide.
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Chicago
UPR
Chicagar
Turadiy
Cowl
Searn Aga
Lie
Cass County Board of Commissioners
Antonio Cermak
Bohemia
William Hale Thompson
Assembly Faces Week of Rebellion in Columbus
April 4 report from Columbus notes the General Assembly ready to reconvene Monday night to handle one pending bill before adjournment on April 10. The revolt is led by minority Democrats and insurgent Republicans, threatening to force concessions by House leaders to clear the slate.
Weather prospects for Easter across the Northeast and Midwest
A cold rainy Easter Sunday appeared likely for much of the nation as the United States Weather Bureau warned of unsettled conditions. Only Western New York Western Pennsylvania Ohio Delaware Tennessee and Kentucky were shown any chance of fair weather, while other regions could expect clouds rain and lowering temperatures, with a possible snow flurry in eastern Maine.
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Telb
Hanry Paster
Brat
Maine
Old Revenue Officers Still A Problem in Prohibition
Federal Prohibition Director Amoy Wootcock reported from the moonshine belt that the old problem of revenue officers persists for his successor. Woodock’s travels across Kentucky Tennessee Kansas Missouri Arkansas and Oklahoma exposed a conflict of authority between federal agencies in Tennessee and Arkansas over river cases, leading to little enforcement in either state.
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Sime Trooblen
Washington
Irderal Prohibition
Amoy
Yaqui Rite Fires Judas Effigy in Phoenix
A Phoenix report describes a Yaqui ceremony showing punishment of a trait by burning a Judas Iscariot effigy as part of a broader Aboriginal dance demonstration. The scene includes fire and smoke rising as part of the ritual expression of satisfaction and vengeance.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Judas Iscariot
Jesus
Business Experts See End of Decline Pointing to Revival
Washington reports from April 4 state that business and employment are gaining, with signs of a bottoming trend and a tentative recovery. The Federal survey notes uneven but improving factory activity, with construction dampened and wages declining less, while auto and rail industries face slower demand. A Columbus report echoes gradual improvement and suggests employers boost part time work to widen employment. A San Francisco will reveals widow's provision of 250 dollars monthly following the officer's death.
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Washington
Adda
Denea
Aurea
Biualieaa
Federation Survey
Ian
O2lg Industries
Columbus
Olio
White
Thomias A Etmondson
Repeal Bill Declared Constitutional by Attorney General
Springfield April 4. The O Grady McDermott bill to repeal nearly all prohibition laws was declared constitutional today by Attorney General Oscar Be. Carlstrom in an advisory opinion requested by Governor L. L. Emmerson. The bill passed recently and awaits the governor's action, who has until April 14 to sign or veto.
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Springfield
U.R
O Grady-McDermott
Oscar BE. Carlstrom
L. L. Emmerson
Public regret over motion of Judge Crowin County
A terse note on public regret is recorded regarding a motion involving Judge Crowin County. The item references proceedings and objections, with scattered mentions of county streams, fairgrounds, and local services. The fragmentary text notes burial honors for Knute and a war veteran Marian, plus scout activity and wartime context.
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Crowin
Ctatda
Neleon
Hocking
Het Leo V
Brothers
Glen ‘H Sayy
Alfred Tribune Teporter
Knute Hoe
England
Saga Marian
Tfirst
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Fred Porter Freed
Arthur Brisbane
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Italy
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Klmvants
National Red Cross
Teedross
Cares
Mina
Rob Carpenter
Scicide
Nieurtguin
Lieut Horne
United States Warlie Corps
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Corinto
Ureat Palmer
Olno
Potter Murder
Himie
Cleveland
Poliffeians
Apman
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Mary Qutland
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Willem Minsis
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McMahon
Minshall
Fred Laub
Martins
Otter Threate
Betty Gray
Stite Wittes
Jeorge Remus
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Gandiduten
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