Bender Launches Campaign for State Representation Reform
Cleveland State Senator George H. Bender announces a 1931 drive to amend Ohio’s constitution to reapportion General Assembly representation. Campaign offices open with petitions ready Thursday for circulation. plan fixes Senate at 30 and House at 120 members, replacing current 31 and 133.
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Cleveland
WUP
George H. Bender
General Assembly
Bender
Campaign Committee
Ohio
Pet
Sures
Cuyhoga County
Woot
Senate
House
Bomb Designer Is Trade of This Man
Police disclosed the existence of a bomb trust that manufactured and planted explosives used in beer war racketeering. Joseph Cero confessed to participating in seven bombings since last August and said he served as the trust’s official bomb designer while also operating an independent bombing business charging 25 to 150 dollars per job.
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Chicago
U.P
Joseph Cero
Cero
Nebraska farmers learn divorce prerequisite tale
In Neb Neb on April 9 neighbors reported strange goings on leading to police action. Otto Slade 31 and Horace Tried 29 admitted they had traded wives by mutual consent ten days earlier, the district authorities said.
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Neb
U.rennet, Neb
Otto Slade
Horace
Night Watchman and His Six Aides On Duty
In Pomeroy on April 9, a staff special reports Night Watchman John Philips is nightly guarded by half a dozen dogs on his beat. The dogs stay with him all night and watchers until the first eastbound car returns him home. Some dogs allegedly wear no license tags but evade enforcement.
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Pomeroy
John Phillips
Aple
Fice
Phil‘iPs
Henry Scidenable
Night of Whoopee on Broadway Lands Heflin in Jail
New York April 9 Thomas Heflin Jr son of Alabama Senator faced a police station night after a Broadway tasting of alcohol and politics. He condemned prohibition yet admitted a wet state stance linking to Al Smith charms and prompting Sen Connally to intervene.
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Young Heflin
New York
U.P
Thomas Heflin, Jr
Broadway
Alabama
West Thirtieth Street
Panama
Heflin
Washington
Dad
al Smith
Biltmore
Tom Connally
Texas
Prosperity and People in a Growing Nation
Arthur Ghisiane discusses U S prosperity population growth and race dynamics with a religious and patriotic tone. He notes 1.4 million births yearly and New York City metro reaching 30 million by 1950 while emphasizing gratitude and defense of gains.
Millionaire Sinclair Sentenced to Jail Over Teapot Dome Case
Washington April 9 A multimillionaire worth over 100 million dollars will begin a summer stay in the District jail next month after the Supreme Court upheld the Senate contempt conviction of Harry Ford Sinclair The mandate will arrive by May 3 he must surrender to serve three months and pay a 500 dollar fine imposed by District Supreme Court Justice William Hitz The ruling reinforces Congress authority in investigations linked to Teapot Dome and Mal Daugherty decisions by expanding legislative power.
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Washington
District Supreme Court
William Hitz
Teapot Dome
Senate
Mal Daugherty
Honduran Village Las Limas Bombed in Rebel Fight
American army planes bombed the Honduran village of Las Limas in fighting with Nicaraguan rebels. Fires broke out and extensive property damage was reported yesterday.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Las Limas
Cavalry Squadron Moves From Fort Bliss to Fort Hachita
A U S Cavalry squadron from Fort Bliss moved to Fort Hachita in New Mexico on General Lassiter’s order as part of eighth corps area operations.
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San Antonio, Tex
WUP
United States Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Fort Hachita
N. M
William Lassiter
Eighth Corps
Fre mont Men Searched In San dusky Bay Loss
Searchers began a renewed hunt for three Fremont men who disappeared when their small motor boat was lost in a storm on Sandusky Bay.
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Sandusky
Sandusky Bay
Textile strike spreads across the Carolinas in 7,000 walkouts
The textile strike widens in North and South Carolina with about 7,000 workers leaving. In South Carolina 6,000 joined, and Fred Erwin Beal predicted 10 to 15 more mines in North Carolina may join by week end. Conferences persisted in Greenville, Spartanburg and Union.
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Charlotte
N. C
U.P
North
South Carolina
Department of Labor
Fred Erwin Beal
Gastonia
North Carolina
Greenville
Spartanburg
Union
Pyles bunion derby entrants start for Uniontown Pa
In Cumberland Maryland on April 9 the bunion derby entrants faced cooler weather as they left Cumberland for Uniontown Pennsylvania, their next control point on the trek toward the Pacific Coast.
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Cumberland
U.P
C. C. Pyle
Uniontown
Pacific Coast
Monument Planned for Buffington Island Battlefield
Ohio lawmaker from Meigs County won approval for a 3500 dollar monument at Buffington Island Battlefield to honor the July 1863 Civil War clash where McCook was wounded and later died. The measure aims for a summer dedication as veterans and residents mark the site annually.
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Meigs County
John Mene
Mason-Dixon Line
Gettysburg
McCook
Everett Wells
Chester
Oxbow
Shade River
Justifiable homicide found in dry raid near Dover
A coroner's jury in Lexington, Missouri ruled the death of Fred Hearrington, 40, justifiable after Deputy Constable Eugene Seitz shot him during a dry raid at the Hearrington home. Witnesses said Hearrington resisted, attacked raiders and fired on officers, who had seized a pint of liquor. Hearrington lived with an invalid wife.
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Lexington
U.P
Fred Hearrington
Eugene Seitz
Hearrington
Dover
Jack Potts
Seitz
Potts
Jack
Missing Airplane Found Fliers Safe
Sydney dispatch reports the monoplane Southern Cross, missing since March 31 near Drysdale, has been located. Captain Charles Kingsford Smith and Charles T. P. Ulm, among the crew who flew from San Francisco to Australia, are reported safe. details of the crash site were not provided.
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Sydney
Drysdale
Charles Kingsfordsmith
Charles T. P. Ulm
San Francisco
Australia
Hoover Decides on Ambassador to St James Court
President Hoover will announce his choice for the Ambassador to the Court of St James this week. Former Vice President Charles G. Dawes leads the field in Washington speculation but doubts persist about Dawes being named to the London post. Dawes is currently on a three month mission to Santo Domingo.
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Washington
Hoover
Court of St. James
White House
Charles G. Dawes
Chicago
London
Hell'n
Maria” Dawes
Dawes
Santo Domingo
Robbery at Chicago Synagogue Nets $75 000 in Jewels
Five masked gunmen attacked a First Roumanian Synagogue meeting in Chicago, robbing 80 worshippers including Victor Phillips and the Romanian consul of $75,000 in cash and jewels. Women lost rings. men lost wallets and tie pins as victims were searched and forced to the wall.
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Chicago
U.P
Victor Phillips
Bucharest
Marie of
Rabbi Brownstein
Phillips
Marie
Pinchot Wife Joins Husband on 15000 Mile Caribbean Cruise
Mrs Gifford Pinchot wife of the former Pennsylvania governor was en route to join her husband on a 15000 mile scientific cruise of the Caribbean and South Seas. She had swallowed hair tonic by mistake on a train and sought the tonic maker in Savannah for poison verification. they replied the tonic contained poison but not enough to harm.
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Key West
Fla
U.P
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Caribbean
South Seas
Savannah
Pinchot
Lindbergh Plans To Meet Herrick Ship
In Mexico City on April 9 Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh ordered his plane prepared and aimed to reach New York before the ship carrying the body of the late ambassador to France Myron T. Herrick arrives. He planned to fly via Brownsville and attend Herrick’s body reception ceremonies.
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Mexico City
U.S
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
France
Myron T. Herrick
Lindbergh
Brownsville
Tex
Herrick
America
Winners Shine Quietly in State Algebra Contest
Thomas Reading, 13, earned first place in the state class A algebra division with a 44 of 50, saying he studied after supper and largely covered the book. Fellow winner Robert Wagner, 15, placed second in American Literature, noting he finished his exam in half an hour after studying the entire book. Reading is a freshman at Athens High School, son of O E Reading on Jerseyville Road. Wagner is son of Prof A E and Mrs A E Wagner in Athens.
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Thomas Reading
Thomas
Jerseyville Road
O. E. Reading
Athens High School
Robert Wagner
Rovert
A. E. Wagner
Athens
Athens to Collect Debris Citywide Starting Wednesday
The Athens Service Department plans a citywide debris collection with one pass per street. Residents must place trash at the curb in front of homes to ensure thorough coverage. Mayor Woodworth urges cooperation, while Mrs. John Finsterwald praises the city department’s role and citizen support.
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Athens
G. W. Romine
Romine
E. C. Woodworth
Mia
John Finsterwald
Athens Federation of Womens Clubs
Belmont County grand jury to probe night rider gang
In St Clairsville Ohio the Belmont County grand jury convened to investigate a gang of masked night riders accused of attacking undesirables and sometimes tar and feathering victims. The inquiry follows an April assault on painter L H Van Horn who was beaten unconscious with clubs at an abandoned schoolhouse.
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ST. Clairsville
U.P
Belmont County Grand Jury
L. H. van Horn
van Horn
George C. McKelvey
Cavalry Ordered to New Mexico Border
A squadron of cavalry is assigned from Fort Bliss Texas to Hachita New Mexico to safeguard American interests. Major General William Lassiter informed the War Department that First Cavalry Brigade troops at Fort Clark Texas are already on patrol near the Pecos and Devils Rivers west of Del Rio Texas.
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Washington
U.R
Fort Bliss
Tex
Hachita
Mexico
William Lassiter
War Department
Fist
Fort Clark
Texas
Pecos and
Devils Rivers
del Rio
Extra Bond Approved for Logan Gas Company
The Public Utilities Commission approved a supplementary bond of 1 260 000 for Logan Gas Company with Ohio Fuel Gas as surety. The bond covers collections of increased rates allowed by the commission and follows a note from Cooper to De Roscoe McCulloch urging action. The case highlights weak bonding by Logan and other utilities and is tied to a repealed Pence law.
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Columbus
Logan Gas Company
Uimides
Ohig Fuel Gas
Cooper
de Roscoe C. McCulloch
Logan Company
Logan Pang
Utilities Commission
Supreme
Columbus Highway Director Orders Bellevue Crossing Elimination
Highway Director Robert Waid orders removal of the Bellevue crossing after 19 bus passengers died months ago. The project spans over a mile and will remove two crossings at an estimated cost of 75000 dollars with cost sharing by Salt Lake Shore Electric Wheeling Erie and New York Central railroads and state and Huron County.
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Columbus
Robert Waid
Bellevue
Wald
Huron County
Salt Lake Shore Electric
Wheeling Erie
New York Central
Waid
State
Hi County
Rebels Prepare Third Assault on Naco Stronghold
Reports say a third rebel offensive against Naco Sonora is planned by General J. G. revolutionaries. General Escolop is said to lead a 15 car troop train from Juarez to reinforce General Fausto Topete after two failed Saturday attacks. Observers fear renewed efforts to seize Naco.
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Naco
Aris
Sonora
J. G. Revolutionary Co
Escolpq
Juarez
Fausto Topete
Beach City Arrests After Home Radio Burglary
Two Stark County agents working with Sheriff Ed Gibson were arrested in Beach City after being found loitering near the Home Radio Company store. The store had reported an $800 burglary on Thursday night.
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Beach City
Stark 1
Ed Gibson
Homé ‘Radio Company
Chrysanthemums Outdoors Vary by Culture in Washington DC
A fragment notes chrysanthemums suitable for outdoor culture with a reference to Washington DC. The text is incomplete and provides limited context on varieties or conditions.
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Plan
Gotham
J. L. Thornton
Thornton
McAlpin
Ella A. Boole
Women's Christian Temperance Union
A. KR
Arthur Ghishane
King Features Incorporated
Mr. Hill
American Tobacco Company
Sam
New York City
Croesus
Federal Reserve Board
Sinclair
Carolinas
NEA
Main Street
Leona Newell
Manhattan
William R. Harrison
Canton
Harrison
Stark County
Leona
Hick Town
Portland
Tom Jones
Buffington Island
Saint James
Bob Richards Messenger
New Mexico
LOGAN
Public Utilities Commission of State
Athens Messe Garden
Washinton, D.C
Sity
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