Gandhi launches salt protest as British arrest Gandhi followers
In Bombay on April 7 the British arrested 71 Gandhi disciples, including Ram Das Gandhi, during the first day of his civil disobedience campaign sparked by salt production and tax protests. Gandhi remained untouched at Dandi as supporters cheered the salt ceremony.
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Bombay
India
U.R
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma
Ram Das Gandhi
Gandhi
Dandi
Nation to honor noted doctor
Distinguished Americans including President Hoover will honor Dr. William H. Welch of Johns Hopkins University for founding the modern system of pathology in the United States at a Washington meeting celebrating his 80th birthday on April 8. The program will be broadcast nationwide by radio.
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Hoover
William H. Welch
Johns Hopkins University
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission approves C O to acquire Hocking Valley
The Interstate Commerce Commission certified Chesapeake and Ohio Railway to acquire and operate the Hocking Valley Railroad. The 320 mile Ohio line connects with the Toledo area rail network and Pere Marquette. C O general counsel Fitzpatrick asked to withdraw the unification application while signaling possible future proposals among eight eastern railroads.
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Hocking Valley Railroad
Authorization of
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio
Washington
U.R
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Hocking Valley
State of Ohio
Chesapeake and Hocking Valley Railway
Valley Crossing
Columbus
Walbridge
Toledo
Toledo Terminal Railroad
Pere Marquette
Herbert Fitzpatrick
The
C. O
Pere Marquette, C
Erie
Nickel Plate
Pere Marknette, CC
Wheeling
Lake Erie
Chicago
Ilinois
Delaware, Lackawanna
Construction contracts jump in March as jobs tied to spending rise
Assistant Secretary Klein reports March building contracts up 45 percent from February and near March 1929 levels. He says total 1930 construction spending may reach 11 billion dollars, with government and private projects driving job creation across public buildings, post office repairs, Navy yard work, Army housing, flood control, and Mississippi waterways.
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Washington
Hoover
Commerce Klein
Klein
Treasury Department
Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks
Army Housing Program
Gandhi Salt Protests Across India Meet Police crackdown
Across India Gandhi's appeal spurred salt protests as police detained ringleaders citing health measures. Sixty six rebels were arrested around Ahmedabad while the movement reached Bombay with volunteers, including women, boiling salt by the sea amid large crowds and calm police observation.
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India
Gandhi
Ahmedabad
Dandi
Bombay
Dismissal Filed Over Lake Cargo Coal Rates
A motion for dismissal of complaints by Western Pennsylvania and Ohio operators charging unlawful preference is filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission by Chesapeake and Ohio Norfolk and Western Louisville and Nashville and the Virginia railroads. It contends rates cited as unduly preferential are higher than rates in the district from which the lake cargo coal ships.
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Washington
U.P
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio
Norfolk and Western
Louisville and Nashville
Virginia
Lifers Killed in Escape Attempt at Folsom Prison
At Folsom California on April 7 three life-term robbers Harry Stewart 86 Edward Barker 47 and W H Tinklevaugh 338 were killed as guards fired during a multi hundred foot escape bid near seven guard towers. Had they escaped they would have faced a canal current or a machine gun.
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Folsom State Prison
Cal
U.P
Harry Stewart
Edward PD. Barker
W. H.tinkelvaugh
Alabama’s heated Senate fight centers on Thomas Heftti
Mobile reports a volatile political battle in Alabama with Senator Thomas Heftti at the center of a major clash. The atmosphere grows tense as campaigns deploy, seeking support ahead of pivotal votes and public discourse intensifies across the state.
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Mobile
Ala
U.R
Alabama
Thomas Heftti
Inventing multilingual talking pictures for profits
In San Simeon on April 6 a frontier idea is sketched: applying foreign language words to American talking picture films to unlock a multi million dollar annual revenue. The note warns silent pictures are obsolete and the U S holds most foreign market share but faces competition as foreigners demand understandable sound.
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San Simeon
Calif
America
Adolphe Menjou Produces Paris Film in French
Adolphe Menjou, famed as a leading intellect in the moving picture world, has just made a film in Paris spoken in French. Born in this country, he speaks French as well as English, though actors who blend American methods with a foreign tongue are rare.
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Adolphe Menjou
Moving Picture
Paris
What Men Can Imagine They Can Do Chapter Phrase
A brief note from a newspaper column urges readers to replace American talk on movie films with a directive to continue on Page 4. The item implies a cross-page continuation and civic or cultural commentary.
Milliron Sentenced to 18 Months in Ohio Penitentiary
Harry Milliron convicted weeks ago of possession of intoxicating liquor third offense received 18 months in the Ohio State Penitentiary plus a $500 fine and costs from Judge L G Worstell in Athens County Common Pleas Court. He will be taken to the penitentiary Tuesday in the custody of Sheriff William Williams.
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Harry Milliron
Ohio State Penitentiary
L. G. Worstell
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Milliron
William Williams
Two Fined on Charge of Intoxication
William Kyer of Benwood West Virginia and Milo Bean of Athens were fined $10 and costs by Mayor Robert S Wood after being found guilty of intoxication Herbert Kelly of Athens received a $5 fine and costs for the same offense.
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William Kyer
Benwood
W. Va
Milo Bean
Athens
Robert S. Wood
Herbert Kelly
Chevalier Honor Award For San Francisco Couple
Mrs. George Whittell of San Francisco is named Chevalier of the Legion of Honor after a France cablegram from President Doumergue. The award honors her war service and rehabilitation work. her husband is also cited for bravery under fire.
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Legion of Honor
George Whittell
San Francisco
France
Doumergue
Eight Medals Awarded for Heroism at Cleveland Clinic Fire
The Cleveland Clinic disaster prompted eight Theodore N. Vail medals for public service. Seven of the honorees were Ohio Bell Telephone Company employees. Gladys I. Gibson died at her switchboard while warning patients and staff amid the brown gas.
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Cleveland
U.P
Cleveland Clinic
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Theodore N. Vail
Gladys I. Gibson
Three Bank Robbers Stand Trial in Murder Case
An ArkA jury from Kiowa County and Eads residents will hear the case against John Walker Claude Ray and Andrew Halliday for the March 14 Colorado bank escape and the murder of Deputy Sheriff Carl A Hickman who attempted to halt them after a Manter Kansas robbery.
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Eads
Colo
ARKA
Kiowa County
Lamar
Colorado Penitentiary
John Walker
Claude Ray
Andrew Halliday
Carl A. Hickman
Colorado
Manter
Kan
Eaton and Campbell clash in steel merger injunction suit
In Cleveland federal court Cyrus Eaton and James A. Campbell faced off as two stockholder suits seek to block the Youngstown Sheet & Tube Bethlehem Steel merger. The actions aim to halt the amalgamation and stop a stockholder meeting in Youngstown set to ratify Bethlehem's offer.
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Cleveland
UPR
Youngstown Sheet & Tube-Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cyrus
Eaton
James A. Campbell
Sheet & Tube
R. B. Shover
Pittsburgh
International Shares Corporation
Eaton Controlled
Youngstown
Bethlehem
Fox Sells Interest in Film and Theater Enterprises
William Fox has sold his interest in the $16,000,000 Fox Film and Theater Enterprises after a long control battle. Samuel Untermeyer, attorney for Fox, announced the settlement last night.
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FOX
New York
Iox
Samuel Unermyer
William Fox
Medal design honors Lindbergh with lone eagle motif
Congress approved a medal featuring a lone eagle flying through space against sun stars and clouds with a likeness of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. The winning design was created by Mrs. Laura G. Fraser of New York.
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Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Congress
Laura G. Fraser
New York
Attorney General Won’t Endorse Probe Into Prohibition
Washington April 7 Attorney General Mitchell avoided a firm stance on a plan to investigate enforcement of prohibition in an executive session with the Judiciary Committee He said he would not oppose a parliamentary inquiry but doubted much benefit would come from it and offered no definite support or opposition.
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Washington
U.P
Mitchell
Judiciary Committee
Pension of fines for passing school buses not in JP jurisdiction
Attorney General Bettman ruled that suspending fines for drivers who pass school buses is not within the jurisdiction of a justice of the peace. The opinion was issued to Prosecutor Winston W. Hill of Delaware County and dated in Columbus on April 7.
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Columbus
U.P
Justice of the Peace
Bettman
Winston W. Hill
Delaware County
Ohio University Library Plans Ready for Bidding
Plans for Ohio University's new library valued at 350000 dollars are awaiting final inspection in the state architect's office. Specifications must be advertised for 59 days before bids open and the contract is let, said Dr I R Bryan president of the university board.
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Ohio University
1. BR. Bryan
Ohio University Board of Trustees
Moctor Bryan
Hoover Returns to Work After Rapidan Fishing Trip
President Hoover, refreshed by a weekend fishing excursion at Rapidan in Virginia, resumes active duties and grapples with ongoing statecraft concerns and responsibilities.
Stars to Meet New Marshfield Members for Funeral Arrangements
The New Marshfield Chapter of the Order of Eastern Stars will meet Monday at 7 PM to arrange for the Towns and Members funerals. A gathering will reconvene at 1 PM Tuesday at the Chapter room to complete plans.
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New Marshfield
Order of Eastern Stars
Bridgeport Doctor Arrested After West Virginia Air Crash
UD Wilbert Winters, an eight year old parachute jumper from Columbus, was unconscious in a Clarksburg hospital after a crash that demolished an airplane flown by Dr R L Jackson of Bridgeport. Jackson was arrested by state policemen on information from the Department of Commerce that he did not possess a pilot’s license.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Ud—Wilbert Winters
Columbus
R. L. Jackson
Bridgeport
Akron Seeks Widow in Brutal Pittsburgh Murder Case
Pittsburgh detectives pursued Alberta Gregory, missing widow of William Gregory, whose decapitated nude body was found in a barrel. The grim case, linked to Sawyerwood residents, marks one of the city’s most brutal crimes.
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Akron
Pittsburgh
Sawyerwood
Alberta Gregory
William Gregory
Gregory
Gregorys
Boy Hero Jackson Drowns Saving Brother in Salt Creek
Floyd Eugene Rasp 7 died while trying to rescue his younger brother Ray 4 who fell into Salt Creek after the riverbank collapsed. Ray was pulled from the icy water by other rescuers but Floyd did not survive. Townsfolk mourn the tragic incident.
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Jackson
AASP
Floyd Eugene Rasp
Floyd
Ray
Salt Creek
Eckener in Akron Talks Plans for Giant Airships
Dr. Hugo Eckener, adviser to International Zeppelin Transport, meets with Dr. Karl Arnstein of Akron Lighter-Than-Air Mfg Co to discuss big commercial airships. Designs for ships larger than the ZRS series are laid out as expected to operate over Atlantic air routes within three years.
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Akron
U.2
Hugo Eckner
International Zeppelin Transport Corporation
Karl Arnstein
Atlantic
Navy
Fifty Children Escape Pirates Terrorizing Kiangan Province
In Shanghai wired report the band of 500 Chinese pirates kidnapped fifty children who escaped after a reign of terror in Kiangan Province. Authorities disclosed the incident following the breakthrough.
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Shanghai
Kiangan
National rifle marksman trophy won by 166th Infantry unit
Columbus unit Headquarters Company Third Battalion 166th Infantry wins the national trophy for rifle marksman ship awarded annually to a top Ohio National Guard unit. The victory comes as the unit from Columbus earns the coveted honor in the competition conducted nationwide.
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Columbus
Ohio National Guard
166Th Infantry
Ravenna Wins Ohio High School Debate Championship
Ravenna defeated Troy at Ohio State University to claim the Ohio high school debating championship on Saturday in Columbus.
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Columbus
Rravenna
Ohio
Troy
Ohio State University
Williams to testify at naval affairs probe opening
Washington April 7 U P Lieut Alford J Williams noted navy speed pilot will be first witness at the Senate naval affairs committee investigation into his resignation from the navy.
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Washington
U.P
Alford J. Williams
Navy
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
Two men killed in mine powder explosion at King Powder Mills
In Kings Mills eight miles south of Lebanon two men died when 1% tons of mine powder exploded inside the hydraulic press building of the King Powder Company Mills.
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Lebanon
U.P
Kings’ Mills
Here
King Powder Company Mills
Ohio Receives Federal Road Aid Allocation
Washington reports nearly 50 million dollars in supplemental federal highway funds for the coming fiscal year. Secretary Hyde announces the allotments to 48 states and Hawaii, bringing total road aid this year to 125 million with Indiana Kentucky Ohio and West Virginia among recipients.
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Washington
U.R
Hawaii
Hyde
Hoover
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
West Virginia
Weather shifts hint at spring in Athens County
Winter and spring like conditions dominated Athens County today with snow flurries rain and intermittent sun. By noon cold weather intensified and forecasters predicted continued cold conditions tonight with showers and a likely return of spring by Sunday afternoon.
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Athens County
William F. G. Harding Dies at 66 in Boston
William F. G. Harding governor of the Federal Reserve Board died of heart disease at his Algonquin Club home in Boston. He was 66 and had served as Fed chair in earlier years, with a long career in banking and public service.
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WM. Harding
Boston
William F. G. Harding
Federal Reserve Board
Algonquin Club
Mrs Louise Poe Shelton Sues For Divorce From Amarillo Millionaire
Louise Poe Shelton sues her husband John Malcolm Shelton a millionaire rancher and oilman of Amarillo charging cruelty. The couple married in 1928 after a brief courtship, and the divorce action is filed by the wife titled against the rich husband.
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Louise Poe Shelton
John Malcolm Shelton
Amarillo
United States Japan and Britain Ready for Three Power Naval Pact
London dispatch reports Ambassador Gibson states the United States Japan and Great Britain are prepared to convert tentative talks into a three power treaty. France and Italy would be excluded for now with potential future access if disagreements end. The pact would set a naval holiday to 1934 and scrap nine heavy ships, risking loss of Florida Utah and Wyoming from the U S fleet.
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London
United States
Japan
Great
Britain
France
Italy
Hugh
Gibson
England
Geoneva
Great Britain
Amereica
Florida
Utah
Wyoming
America
Britain opens talks on naval limits amid hopes for five power pact
Ambassador Gibson signals progress toward a near agreement to limit warship categories and curb a naval buildup among Britain, Japan and the United States. Briand’s return to London could determine whether a five power accord or a three power arrangement prevails, with optimism of a future broader deal.
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Gibson
Arstide Briand
London
Lock 4S Released on Bond in Local Case
Promising to pay $10 a week, Fred Lock Luhrig was released by Magistrate Cart HM Porter. He appeared before Porter on Saturday night after being arrested at Buchtel by Constable Joe Jonas on an affidavit.
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Fred Lock
Luhrig
Cart
Porter
Lock
Buchtel
Joe Jonas
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