New Tax Plan Promises Tax Relief for Homeowners
Ohio House tax officials say the new Classification Tax Bill will cut taxes for real estate owners in 1932, exempt household goods from personal property taxes, and reduce appraised values. Taft cites relief for corporations and intangibles while attackers of evasion face higher rates. committee will hold in-session hearings after recess with no public hearings planned until final draft.
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Columbus
U.P
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Police seize major gambling trove in Cincinnati club raid
Police seized two truckloads of gambling paraphernalia valued at $10,000 destined for the Cincinnati Club. No arrests were made. The haul included a $5,000 roulette wheel, slot machines, a chuck luck outfit, and hazard equipment. A prior seizure of seven half-barrels of beer followed alleged delivery into the club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
Brown Seen as Notre Dame Athletic Director
In South Bend reports say Warren Brown, Chicago sports writer, is a strong candidate to replace the late Knute Rockne as athletic director at Notre Dame University. Brown met with university officials yesterday and has long been close to the school and to Rockne.
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Suth Bend
Wart. Brown
Chicago
Knute Rockne
Notre Dame University
Brown
Rockne
King Shows Amused Interest in Chicago Election Returns
Windsor dispatch reports King George reading morning papers at breakfast and reacting with amusement to the defeat of the anti British Thompson forces in Chicago.
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Thompson
Chicago
Windsor
England
U.P
George
Burned Miner Fred May Seeks Care After Kimberley Mine Blast
Fred May of near Albany is treated at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a powder explosion at the Kimberly Mine Wesday night. He sustained severe facial neck and hand burns with possible sight impairment. slight improvement noted today as he recovers from injuries.
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Fred May
Albany
Kimberly
Sheltering Arms Hospital
May
Death of Flying Hendersons member in Wheeling
Jack R. Henderson aged 24 of the Flying Hendersons circus aerialists died in Wheeling West Virginia from pneumonia on April 8 according to wires. The accident adds heartbreak to the troupe’s tour as investigators parse the illness.
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Wheeling
W. Va
U.P
Jack R. Henderson
Flying
Salesgirl Tackles Bandit Fleeing Marshall Field Store
Chicago April 8 UPi a 32 year old salesgirl Mrs Sarah Heatherly tackled a bandit in Marshall Field Department Store as he fled after killing one and wounding four. He stole 1067 dollars and fatally wounded Casimir Krazinski while injuring Paul Townsend and James Dewey. manager John Gallaga and cashier Dorothy Woodburn were alse victims waiting nearby. The robber was captured by other employees and customers.
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Chicago
Upi
Marshall Field
Sarah Heatherly
Fred Smith
Smith
Casimir Krazinski
Paul Townsend
James Dewey
John Gallaga
Dorothy Woodburn
Ohio forecasts bumper fruit and vegetable crop this year
Ohio officials predict a bumper year for apples cherries peaches pears and small fruits due to rains and cool weather. The outlook also points to large potato plantings and rising demand for vegetable seeds, while farmers may expand tomato and cabbage acreages despite cannery concerns. Prices are expected to be very low if planting continues.
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J. A. Fleming
Virgin Islands Remember Alaska Soldiers Rise
Arthur Brisbane outlines themes of national memory and public property in a reflective column. He contrasts military service with ceremonial duties and questions how public values intersect with sovereignty.
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Virgin Islands
Alaska
Heavenly Public Property
Hoover laments Virgin Islands value and calls them a poorhouse
President Hoover expressed low spirits about the Virgin Islands purchased from Denmark. He argued their decline stemmed from prohibition destroying the islands' sugar cane rum industry, calling the territory a poorhouse while noting potential strategic use for the Panama Canal. He compared to Seward’s Alaska purchase and criticized surface judgments of land value.
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Hoover
Virgin Islands
Denmark
Panama Canal
Detroit
Alaska purchase payoff tallied in Seattle figures
C E Garfield of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce reports that since 1867 the United States has extracted metals fish products and fur from Alaska totaling about 1.63 billion dollars on an 8 million dollar land purchase. The assessment suggests vast remaining wealth. continued on page 4.
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C. E. Garfield
Seattle
Mine Dynamited at Archbald Slope North of Scranton
The Archbald Mine slope of Glen Alden Coal Company near Scranton was blown up today wrecking the entrance. A timbered shelter housed the charge and discharged. About six tons of earth rock and coal fell. No injuries. Police probe possible strike sympathizer role.
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Wilkesbarre
Glen Alden Coal Company
Scranton
Whit ing to be rearrested for 1928 Junction City arson
Elmer Whiting of Washington County who is to be released from Ohio Penitentiary on Thursday will be rearrested on arson charges connected to the 1928 Junction City brick plant fire. He and co defendant James Webster of Cuyahoga County will be taken to New Lexington for trial.
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Columbus
Elmer Whiting
Washington County
Ohio Penitentiary
Junction City
Whiting
James Webster
Cuyahoga County
New Lexington
Weather Summary for Northern Regions and Southwest
Yesterday highs reached 92 in Phoenix 86 in El Paso and 54 in Sioux City. Overnight lows dipped to 28 at Parry Sound and Yellowstone Park and Eastport Maine. Conditions favor continued falter weather tonight with a warming trend, followed by increasing clouds and moderate temperatures Thursday.
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Phoenix
el Paso
Sioux City
Parry Sound
Yellowstone Park
Eastport
Coals Blamed In Fire Deaths At Swan Creek Cabin
Gallia County coroner T S Shane credits overheated coal from a fireplace for the fatal blaze that killed James White and seven of his eight children at Swan Creek along the Ohio River. Surviving son George 16 said his father tried to rescue twins Nora and Dora 3 before collapsing. George in serious condition, doctors fear pneumonia. Officials had advised placing the children in the county home. White reportedly preferred their deaths to the home.
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Gallipolis
U.P
T. S. Shane
Gallia County
James White
Swan Creek
Ohio River
Shane
George
Nora
Dora
White
Akron Navy dirigible Akron gets new commander
Lieut. Commander Charles E Rosendahl was named commander of the new Navy dirigible Akron now nearing completion at the Goodyear Zeppelin works in Akron Ohio. He will go to Lakehurst New Jersey to assemble a crew for trial flights scheduled for the latter part of July.
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Washington
U.R
Charles E. Rosendahl
Navy
Akron
Goodyear Zeppelin Works
Lakehurst
N. J
Naval Air Station
Farmers Seek Relief High In Remote Mountains
A dispatch from Brownsville Texas describes a three motor plane flight from Los Angeles to San Salvador, with American pilots delivering news to readers. The writer notes farmers pushing far into mountain areas seeking relief as the trip passes Guatemala City and coffee plantations.
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Brownsville
Tex
Brisbane
Mexico
Guatemala City
Old City
New York
San Salvador
Los Angeles
Chicago
Will
Women’s Clubs Urged To Support Laws And Prohibition
Resolutions presented at the State Convention of Federated Women’s Clubs urge members to uphold all laws and support the Eighteenth Amendment. They call for enforcement of prohibition, home and community projects, county home demonstration agents, and the establishment of home economics in high schools with college credit.
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Youngstown
U.p(u.p
Federated Women’s Clubs
Elizabeth Haymaker
Ravenna
Akron Mary Held After Potter Murder Connection
Akron Mary Outland, linked as a comely paramour of Pittsburgh killer Hymie Martin, was arrested at the Cuyahoga County jail as she tried to visit her inmate sweetheart on the sixth floor. Det. Bernard Wolf carried out orders from Det. Insp. Cornelius Cody after Cody ordered her custody upon her Cleveland return.
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Cleveland
U.P
Akron
Mary
Outland
Pittsburgh
Martin
William II. Potter
Bernard Wolf
Cornelius W. Cody Wolf
Potter
Cody
Amelia Earhart Seeks New High In Autogiro Flight
Amelia Earhart lifts off from Pitcairn Field Wilson Grove in search of a new women’s altitude record in a heavier than air autogiro. She aims to surpass Ruth Nichols’ 80 000 foot airplane mark reached March 6.
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Earhart
Philadelphia
Amelia Earhart
Pitcairn Field
Wilson Grove
Miss Earhart
Ruth Nicholas
Ohio House Member Vows to End Unanimous Consent Delays
Representative George H. Tverts of Youngstown declares he will oppose unanimous consent to record late votes. He states no more late votes will be recorded and plans to block the practice by challenging when the privies are asked, aiming to curb derelict members from stalling legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
House of Representatives
George H. [Tverts
Youngstown
Ministers Oppose Dancing and Card Playing at School Events
The Athens County Ministerial Association passed a motion 14 to 4 urging abolition of dancing and card playing at high school gatherings. Supt. W. W. Ankenbrand urged comprehensive vocational guidance in schools, stressing teachers help children discover their abilities and future paths. The next officer slate and the April 16 Council on Religious Education meeting were announced.
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Athens County
A. Y. Wilcox
Charles K. Grammer
Athens
Ministerial Association
Supt
W. W. Ankenbrand
Ankenbrand
Mr. Ankenbrand
C. Shearer
Andrew M. Taylor
C. M. Coulter
B. Haines
Council For Religiousducation
Political Riot Takes 14 Lives in Guaca Colombia
In Guaca, Colombia, fighting between Liberal and Conservative factions escalated from a cockfight clash to a riot that left 14 dead. Troops and police arrived from neighboring towns to restore order as leaders on both sides were killed and followers clashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Columbia
U.P
Guaca
Cayetana Monsalve
Florentino Rincon
White Signs Bill Amends Workmen Compensation Laws
Governor White signed the Gillen Roberts Bill Tuesday evening. It adds occupational diseases to the compensable list, increases allowances for injuries, raises funeral expenses, and liberalizes provisions, with agreement from organized labor employers and the Industrial Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Gillen-Roberts
White
Organized Labor
Employers
The
Industrial Commission
Cermak Wins Chicago Victory as Thompson Loses Rule
Chicago voters oust Big Bill Thompson securing a 192000 plurality for Henry Horner ally Franklin D. Roosevelt. Longworth fights pneumonia in Aiken as nurses and physicians monitor his condition with no immediate danger asserted.
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Bill Thompson
Chicago
Cermak
Aiken
Nicholas Longworth
House of Representatives
Longworth
Athen
Junk Dealer Executed in Ohio Electrocution
Arthur Hamilton, 41, Bellefontaine junk dealer, was executed in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair for the murder of 86 year old Catherine Bell. He walked to the chair calmly, nodding to a deputy as the straps were tightened. Bell was killed last November while visiting Bellefontaine. Hamilton reportedly attacked her, drove her body to a roadside near Prospect, and left it there. An insanity defense failed. no appeals were filed on execution day after a Holy Week stay.
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Columbus
Arthur Hamilton
Bellefontaine
Ohio Penitentiary
Catherine Bell
Shelby County
Hamilton
Logan County
White
Gunmen Arrested After Taxi Robbery Spree Ends
Three gunmen were arrested by detectives in Cleveland as they completed the third taxi cab robbery. Louis Erben, 47, an attendant at a Pennzoil gasoline station, was wounded when he fled after refusing to surrender money. The bandits were captured as they alighted from a taxi near a speakeasy.
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Cleveland
U.P
Louis Erben
Pennzoil
Erben
Yale Student Held After Inquest Into Automobile Death
Yale student Roger W. Clark of Cincinnati was held criminally responsible in a coroner's finding following an inquest into the March 25 automobile collision near Woodbridge that killed Mrs. Augusta Greywacz of Seymour and injured her two daughters. John Hardcastle of Cincinnati rode in the other car.
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New Haven
Conn
U.P
Roger W. Clark
Cincinnati
Yale
James J. Corriwan
Augusta Greywacz
Seymour
Woodbridge
Greywacz
Clark
John Hardcastle
Maryland Senator Joins 1982 Republican Presidential Field
Baltimore April 8 1980s report announces Dr. Joseph S. France former Maryland senator as the first formal candidate for the 1982 Republican nomination opposing President Hoover. France plans to file papers in Annapolis with the Secretary of State as he seeks to be taken seriously.
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Baltimore
Joseph S. France
Maryland
Hoover
France
Senate
Ready for Golf Tees Are Cheap This Week
Classified ads show golf tees offered at five cents per dozen under Classification 4. Frost proof cabbage plants priced at thirty cents per hundred under Classification 633. Window and door screens available under Classification 33. Spray materials and spray pumps listed under Classification 6.
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Sie Messenger
Gale
Low Bids for Highway Work Are Given Out
Ohio bids for highway projects in Athens Vinton Jackson and Washington counties were opened by State Highway Director O W Merrell. Contracts estimated at 4 000 000 would be awarded within a week. Bids include Athens McArthur Road brick paving 8278 544 concrete 268 515 Furnish brick 95 004 75. Jackson Piketon Road brick paving 127 551 94 concrete 122 881 87. Department of Public Welfare Columbus bid 42 453 52 for brick. Washington Marietta Athens Road 1198 miles concrete paving 44 762 26.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio
O. W. Merrell
Merrell
Athens
Vinton
Athena-McArthur
F. Hi. Beckler
Jackson- Jackson-Piketon
Brewer and Brewer Sons
Chillicothe
Department of Public Welfare
Washington-Marietta-Athens
A. K
County Funds at Risk After Bank Closings
Athens County faces possible losses along with other depositors as Glouster and Coolville banks close. State Attorney General Gilbert Bettman ruled county funds are general deposits with no depositor priority. County records show $3,589.46 in Coolville and $2,753.98 in Glouster. officials vow protections via surety bonds.
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Athens County
Glouster
Cool- Ville
Gilbert Bettman
Bettman
General Code of
Ohio
W. E. Moler
Coolville
Mystery Deepens in Cleveland Toledo Baby Case
Cleveland police hold Virginia Jackson a 43 year old maid in connection with the so called baby mystery. She says the third infant is her grandson child but Toledos Women and Children Hospital attaches note the girl has light hair blue eyes and fair skin. Authorities doubt she is a blood relative.
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Cleveland
U.R
Toledo
Virginia Jackson
Roaid
Women's and Children’s Hospital
Hawkins Fined for Liquor Possession in Athens Court
Wesley Hawkins of Athens was fined 150 dollars and costs by Mayor Robert Wood in Athens City Court after pleading guilty to a charge of possession of intoxicating liquor. He was arrested Monday night by Chief Edwin Finsterwald, reportedly with 11 pints of whisky in his possession.
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Wesley Hawkins
Athens
Robert 8. Wood
Edwin Finsterwald
Hawkins
Cermak Wins Chicago Mayoral Race Ending Thompson Era
Chicago voters oust three term mayor William Hale Thompson in a landslide vote allocating 666,439 to Anton J. Cermak against 474,808 for Thompson from 2,087 precincts. Cermak vows to root out crime and corruption and form a progressive cabinet while Thompson plans a Mississippi River cruise to promote waterways.
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Chicago
A.R Wiliam Hale Thompson
Anton J. Cermak
Linhoi
Cermak
Thompson
Cook County
James Hamilton Lewis
Tite
Mississippi River
Quakers Permit Festive Dress Under Revised Discipline
New York April 7 report says the Religious Society of Friends adopts a 38 year old book of discipline modification allowing furbelows and gay colors. The changes ease the strict plain dress code and replace plainness with spiritual simplicity, omitting strict garb requirements from days and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Religious Society of Friends
Reverend Watson Seeks 29 Percent Salary Reduction
Zanesville Ohio April 8 Rev A Stokes Watson pastor of theavedl Street Baptist Church asks for a 29 percent cut in his salary to meet the church budget for the year. His salary is 4200 dollars.
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Zanesville
A Stokes Watson
Uavedl
Bolin Moves Office From Private Space to Courthouse
Athens County prosecuting attorney John Bolin relocates his office from the Cline Building to the courthouse. The county provides a new office for his staff as moving day proceeds.
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John Bolin
Athens County
Cline
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