Prizes Planned For Athens County Field Meet And Oratorical
The Athens County Athletic and Oratorical Association completes plans for its annual field meet and oratorical contest at Fair Grounds and Ohio University Alumni Memorial Auditorium in Athens on April 26. Events include boys and girls track fields, a physical drill, and multiple oratorical categories with memories required.
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Athens
Athens County Athletic and Oratorical Association
Ohio University Alumni Memorial
H. R. McVay
Fair Grounds
E. Hemperdick
James C. MecCabe
Hopes He Meets His Wife in Hell Dies in Akron
The body of Robert Brooks aged 40 was found beneath the North Hill viaduct. Police are investigating murder theories while two men questioned. A note in Brooks's clothing read Goodbye, it was you who killed me I hope I meet you in hell indicating possible suicide.
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Hell
Akron
Robert Brooks
North Hill
Joner M. B. Crafts
Oafs
Brooks
Oar Man Cleared After Court Session in Portland
In Portland Bottoms a large crowd watched Pat Carder, accused of stealing a skiff, walk free after Justice Webster ruled the oar had drifted below low water on the Ohio side, a point raising questions about jurisdiction between Ohio and Virginia.
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Portland
Portland Bottoms
Pomeroy
Pat Carder
Justice Webster
Ohio
Virginia
Carder
West Virginia
Foaming Beer Mug Heads Wisconsin Repeal Bill Forward
MADISON Wis April 8 The foaming beer mug seems near as a repeal bill to end state prohibition enforcement starts its legislative run The State Senate appears safe for wets with 19 of 33 ready to vote while the House is seen broadly in favor Gov Kohler stance uncertain If enacted Wisconsin would join New York Montana Nevada and Maryland in shifting enforcement to federal authority
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
State Senate
House
Walter J. Kohler
la Follette
New York
Montana
Nevada
Maryland
Income tax on work praised by Hoover and Mellon
Hoover and Mellon favor lower taxes on earned income while taxing unearned wealth. Debt experts consider Germany's reparations with a plan of reduced annual gold payments and extended settlement periods. Southern Pacific reports strong earnings led by Paul Shoup as president, with rising per share value and broad transcontinental traffic.
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Hoover
Germany
Southern Pacific
Paul Shoup
Railroads See Passenger Traffic Drop Across Nation
Motor bus and automobile competition cuts into Southern Pacific passenger traffic by 2 887 000, a decline felt across all railroads as auto transport expands. Continued on page four.
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Southern Pacific
Presbyterians Hold Athens Presbytery Meeting in Gallipolis
More than 150 people from six counties including Athens Meigs Washington Hocking Morgan and Gallia attend the annual Athens Presbytery meeting in Gallipolis. The session opens with a sermon by Rev Dr A C V Skinner and features talks on national and foreign missions by notable pastors and university representatives.
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Athens
The
Presbyterian Church
GalliPolis
Meigs
Washington
Hocking
Morgan
Gallia
A. C. V. Skinner
Middleport
A. ¥. Wilcox
Gamertsfelder
Ohio University
National Presbyterian Board of Education
W. L. Gard
Athens Church
I. BE. Goldsberry
Athens Presbyterial, Women's Missionary Organization
G. N. Luccock
Synod
Committee On National Missions
W. H. Hudnut
Youngstown
Foreign Missions
Ezra L. Walker Celebrates 90th Birthday at Home
A large group of friends gathered Saturday April 6 at 19 South Congress Street to honor Ezra L. Walker on his ninetieth birthday. Attendees offered felicitations, with many sending birthday cards and flowers.
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Ezra L. Walker
South Congress Street
Kidnapping of Labor Leaders Is Protested
In Elizabethton Tennessee on April 8 national and state officials of the AFL pressed for vigorous prosecutions of men charged with complicity in the kidnapping and beating of textile workers during the strike. Sheriff Moreland's deputies arrested W A Tilley bringing the total held to seven, each posting $1,000 bonds awaiting the July term of court.
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Elizabethton
Tenn
UPR
American Federation of Labor
J. M. Moreland
W. A. Tilley
Body of Terre Haute girl found in Busseron Creek
The 10 year old Edith Dierdorff, missing since January 27, was found in Busseron Creek by Nimrod Slaven and family while picking flowers. She had been kidnapped and killed by a blow to the head. feet were bound with wire, though the long immersion blurred many clues.
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Terre Haute
Ind
U.P
Indiana
Edith Dierdorff
Edith Mae
Busseron Creek
Nimrod Slaven
Colored color egg found in Chauncey poultry nest
In Chauncey at Thomas Jones home a white Leghorn laid a colored egg with a picture resembling a woman in a blue pink brown flowing dress. Mr. Jones invites observers to view the egg.
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Chauncey
Thomas Jones
Mr. Jones
Laws Passed by the 88th General Assembly Summary
The 88th General Assembly enacted tax increases and reforms, including raising gasoline tax to four cents and levying a small property tax for a state office building. It approved $116 million for 1929 and 1930 and reduced foreign insurance tax. The body recodified criminal procedure and election laws, restored the state library, created a conservation division and a bureau of aeronautics, and raised penalties for criminals and minors liquor sales. It also repealed the Pence law, adjusted road improvement assessments, and proposed constitutional amendments on property taxation and inheritance tax distribution. Bowling Green and Kent State Normal Schools became state colleges, and many obsolete laws were repealed.
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Public Utilities Commission
State Division of Conservation
Bureau of Aeronautics
Bowling Green
Kent State Normal Schools
Guilty With Quart of Moonshine Fleeth When Cops Come
Nelsonville April 8. Acting Police Chief George Bateman and Deputy Sheriff Joe Farr beam recovered 350 to 406 pounds of stolen copper wire from a mine near Glen Ebon. The wire, in burlap sacks, was identified by the Spencer Hollow Coal Company. Ray Cullison of Glen Ebon was arrested on copper wire theft charges and taken to Logan for arraignment.
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Nelsonville
George Bateman
Joe Farbearn
Hocking County
Glen Ebon
George Teman
Joe Farrbeam
Logan
Spencer Hollow Coal Company
Ray Cullison
Woman Pleads Guilty to Drunken Driving in Nelsonville
Mrs. Goldie Douglas of Morristown pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in Mayor L J Eberle court. She was fined 100 dollars and court costs, driving privileges suspended six months. Her arrest followed a Saturday night collision on Poplar Street with Ray Allen’s car, which sustained about 25 dollars in damage. Allen filed attachment against Douglas for damages. Douglas paid part of the fine and arranged payment of the rest.
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Nelsonville
Goldie Douglas
Morristown
L. J. Eberle
Allen
Squire Donley
Douglas
Moonshine Found In Nearby Field Leads to Guilty Plea
Officers surveyed a disturbance in a field where Clyde Woods of Glen Eben dropped a quart jar of moonshine as he resisted capture. Woods pleaded guilty to possessing intoxicating liquor before Mayor L J Eberle, fined 100 dollars plus costs and committed to Athens County Jail at the park settlement.
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Bateman
Clyde Woods
Glen Eben
L. J. Eberle
Athens
Woods
Sinclair Must Serve Three Months In Jail
Washington April 8 The Supreme Court affirms the DC Supreme Court ruling that Harry F Sinclair must serve the three month jail sentence for contempt of the Senate. He refused to answer questions from the Teapot Dome Committee in 1924 and faces related appeals on jury shading.
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Washington
Harry F. Sinclair
Senate
High Court
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Sinclair
Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Ohio Leaders Proud Of Work By State Legislature
Columbus April 8 The Eighty Eighth General Assembly closed after enacting 223 measures including a one cent increase in gasoline tax approved by Gov Myers Cooper. Leaders praised harmony and efficiency while killing several controversial bills such as the Bible Bill and various taxes and licensing measures.
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Columbus
U.P
Eighty-Eighth General Assembly
Assembly
Myers Y. Cooper
Ku Klux Klan
Dfkers
Runser
Johnson
Rowe
Sims
Rossa
Water Shutdown In East End To Install New Valves
Water will be off in Athens East End from 7 to 11 am Tuesday for the installation of two new main line valves on Mill Street. Affected residents on College Street to East State Street, Church Street, Mill Street, Oak Street, Kurtz Avenue, Palmer Street, and Hocking Street are urged to draw sufficient water beforehand for fire protection upgrades for Ray-Glo Corporation and Athens Flooring Company. City officials say the change is overdue but funded now.
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Athens
College Street
Church Street
East State Street
Mill Street
Court Street
Elliott Street
Oak Street
Kurtz Avenue
Palmer Street
Hocking Street
Ray-Glo Corporation
Blossom Beauty Defies Offending Tree In Syracuse Story
In Syracuse on April 8 a village essay celebrates abundant fruit trees shaping a scenic blossom display. One acanthus tree at the Bridgeman homestead edge has a strong odor yet remains, tied to Civil War memory of Emory and Austin Bridgeman who died in action and on the Sultana.
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A. Hartley
Syracuse
Pomeroy
Quartus Bridgemen
Bridgeman
Bridgemen
Union
Emory
Austin Bridgeman
Fie
Fgee
Hurricane Bridge
W. Va
Jenkins
Austin
Athens County Democrats endorse D. A. Rardin for elections board
At a meeting in Glouster on Saturday night the Athens County Democratic Executive Committee endorsed D. A. Rardin of Athens for a seat on the Athens County Board of Elections. The vote favored Rardin over Nelsonville’s candidate, and Gerald Dunlevy of Glouster was named to fill an unexpired term on the Democratic Executive Committee. The group also voted to donate 50 to the national committee to help cover 1928 campaign deficits.
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Democratic Executive Committee
L. L. Lowman
Coolville
National Committee
Spray foliage of fruit trees now for apple scab control
County extension agent T. H. Johnson urged immediate spraying of fruit tree foliage to combat ready apple scab spores. He noted early blooming varieties first and advised a summer spray using liquid lime-sulphur or dry lime-sulphur with water to cover 60 gallons, ahead of rain.
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T. H. Johnson
Ohio Experiment Station
Wooster
Coolville
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Fifty Thousand Dollars In Liquor Found In Freight Car
Fifty thousand dollars worth of liquor hidden in tomato crates was found in a freight car in Richmond Virginia. The Real Canadian brand liquor, in pint and quart bottles, had been shipped from Hollywood Florida and was consigned to Mal Weinkern of Newark New Jersey. County authorities confiscated the liquor.
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Richmond
Hollywood
Fla
Mal Weinkern
Newark
N. A
Prohibition Debate Rages in Washington Over Eighteenth Amendment
Reports from Washington recount a week of Prohibition headlines including denials of liquor smuggling indictments, letters to the President, and radio speeches. Key figures MICHAELSON TINKHAM Curran Mitchell Capper urge enforcement and law obedience amid constitutional arguments.
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Washington
Nopreseninthys Michaelson
Chicago
Tinkhes
Henry Ys Curran
The
Ton
Lowman
M Wi
Ent
Law Vance
Nese
President's Crime Commission
Tinkham
Can
Massachusetts
Timkham
Mitchell
Capper
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