Nobel Prize cited for daring truth in novels
Dayton speech by Mrs. Rovert Morris urges optimism in business conditions and calls for eradicating unpleasant truths. Sinclair Lewis noted as winning the Nobel for revealing harsh America. R. P. Sharick promotes hopeful views on industry and cites 1930 bank savings and freight data. Delegates to study education conservation and pending state legislation. Mother's Day focus urged for new mothers and prenatal care. 16,000 maternal deaths yearly avoidable with better care.
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Youngstown
Sinclair Lewis
America
Rovert Morris
Toledo
Fine Arts
Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs
R. P. Sharick
Dayton
Earl B. Padgett
Galton
Institute
Department of American Citizenship
J. W. Morgan
Jackson
Assembly
Hoover Plans Talks on Air
President Hoover and his cabinet will launch a nine speech radio tour starting next week across various parts of the country. On May 2 the cabinet begins weekly half hour talks from Washington to inform the public of department work, broadcast on the Columbia system and The Washington Star forum.
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Washington
Hoover
Columbia
Washington Star
Cermak Becomes Chicago Mayor in Swift Inauguration
Anton J. Cermak assumed office at City Hall amid swift transition after a record election. The immigrant mine worker rose to lead Chicago, with leaders from business, professional, and church communities calling it a historic day for both him and the city.
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Chicago
U.R
Cermak
Debate at Kalamazoo on compulsory unemployment insurance
Debate between Western State Teachers College and Ohio University teams at Fine Arts Hall in Kalamazoo on a bill for compulsory unemployment insurance with employer contributions. Michigan entrants included Josef Weprman Joseph Hooker Edwin Steffen Donald Emblem Frank Danello and George Cochran. No decision reported.
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George Cochran
Priemsburg
W. Va
Ohio Miers
Brick paving planned on Federal Route 50 west of Albany
Athens County business leaders favor brick surface for a 7.643 mile stretch of U S Highway 50 west from Albany to improve employment. Bidder Fred H Beckler offered brick paving at 278 544 dollars while concrete paving would cost 268 515 dollars and brick supplies 95 094 75. Widening and lane plans include 34 feet in Albany and 20 feet elsewhere with a 36 foot total width.
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Albany
Athens County
C. M. Gill
Athens
Commerce
Fred H. Beckler
Ohio Department of Highways
O. W Merrell
Hocking Valley
Gill
East Corporation
King's Illness and Friedsam Death Shocks Nation
England is alarmed by the king's illness diagnosed as bronchitis and historic illness. News of Colonel Michael Friedsam's death shocks merchants nationwide as head of B Altman and Company and a public contributor to modern distribution.
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Col
Michael Friedsam
Michigan
England
B. Altman & Company
New York City
Friedsam
New York
Michigan votes against restoring death penalty in overwhelming majority
Citizens of Michigan refuse to restore the death penalty, abolished eighty four years ago, labeling it an imitation of the murderer’s tactics. The article continues on page 4.
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Michigan
State Starts Probe Into Marysville Inmates
Columbus April 9 The State Welfare Department will launch an investigation into charges of mistreatment at the Marysville Reformatory for Women. State welfare director John L McSweeney announced after a delegation of 15 women pressed Governor White with complaints centered on Katherine Kaber of Cleveland serving a life term for killing her husband. She is ill and needs special treatment.
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Columbus
U.P
Marysville Reformatory
State Welfare Department
John L. McSweeney
State Welfare
White
Katherine Kaber
Cleveland
Guidance leader to speak on Modern Education at meeting
Dr H Eikenberry state director of Guidance will address the counin high school and elementary teachers at 9 o clock Saturday morning in Ewing Hall on Modern Education and a Suggested Program of Guidance For the Elementary and Secondary School.
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H. Eikenberry
Columbus
Counin High School
Ewing Hall
Ohio Education Conference Opens At Ohio State
The eleventh annual Ohio Educational Conference opens at Ohio State University with addresses by Yale President James R. Angell and former War Secretary Newton D. Baker.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
James R. Angell
Yale University
Newton D. Baker
Athens Boy Is High Scorer in State Contest
Ohio education officials announced county winners from the March 21 general scholarship contest. State finalists will advance to May 2 district contests, with the May 16 state meet in Columbus. High scorers may win scholarships at Ohio colleges.
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Athens
Columbus
John L. Clifton
Ohio
Clifton
Herbert J. Hartman
Athens High
Robert Ernest Mahn
New
Steubenville
Leslie Haynes Miller
Ironton
Marery Johnston
Rutland
Meigs County
Sarah Elizabeth Shurman
New Concord
Norwich
Muskingum County
Viola Virginia Startzman
Caldwell
Noble County
George Kenneth Arnold
Somerset
Perry County
Rockne Will Leaves Estate to Widow and Four Children
Knute Rockne left his entire estate to his widow and four children. Mrs Rockne and the American Trust Company were named joint administrators when the will was filed in Probate Court in South Bend. Attorney Vitus I Jones called the estate modest aside from insurance estimated at 100000 to 125000 dollars.
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South Bend
Ind
U.P Knute Rockne
Broadway racketeer questioned in Vivian Gordon killing
New York on April 9 Harry Stein a 32 year old described as a Broadway racketeer dope peddler and petty thief was taken to police headquarters for questioning in connection with the unsolved killing of Vivian Gordon.
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New York
Harry Stein
Polce
Vivian Gordon
Managua Earthquake Relief Appeal Seeks Aid Funds
From Managua Nicaragua a Marine correspondent reports eight days after the quake 100 to 300 bodies still buried under ruins the Red Cross and relief groups feed about eight thousand daily a plea for 250000 dollars to provide food and roofing before the rainy season begins.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Red Cross
Sunday Movie Bill on House Docket Today
Columbus April 9 U R The Eighty Ninth General Assembly moves toward adjournment with a Thursday night session planned and Friday work expected to finish The Marshal Bill to legalize Sunday matinees passed by the Senate along with Creasy redistricting and Johnson credit union bills The Senate approved a Reynolds resolution to study unemployment causes and possible insurance legislation The Yoder Bill giving eminent domain power for highway projects passed 28 to 2 in the House but two measures were defeated including the Yoder auto accident damages restriction 87 to 74 and the Pollock presiding judge requirement 39 to 74
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Columbus
U.R
Eighty-Ninth General Assembly
House
Senate
Norton
Reynolds
Highway Department
W. W. Weir
Trumbull
Common Pleas
Longworth Dies After Short Illness in South Carolina Visit
Nicholas Longworth dies age 76 after two days of pneumonia while visiting friends in South Carolina. Once Speaker of the House and a leading Republican, he rose from Cincinnati precinct worker to a powerful, affable legislator famed for parliamentary mastery and a celebrated White House marriage to Alice Roosevelt.
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South Carolina
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A.R
Cincinnati
House of Representative
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Seventy-Second Congress
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Cincinnati Law School
Feller
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Board of Education
State Senate
House of Representatives
Ohio
White House
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Alice Lee Roosevelt
Alice
Longworth Dies After Pneumonia Strain at Curtis Home
Nicholas Longworth the speaker of the U S House died in Aiken South Carolina after a two day illness of pneumonia. He contracted the illness while a guest at the Curtis home and died surrounded by medical staff and family.
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United Press
Aiken
S. C
Nicholas Longworth
House of Representatives
Longworth
James J. Curtis
Altice Roosevelt
Washington
Robert H. Wilds
Carolina Hills
Statesman
Curtis
W Longworth
South
Metropolitan Opera
Rain Forecast Ends Midwest Heat Wave After Tragic Losses
Chicago reports a sharp cooling shower ending an unseasonable heat wave that brought midweek highs around 80 plus degrees. Six children aged 3 to 13 died in traffic incidents as warm weather drew heavy roadway traffic and premature summer habits.
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U.P
Kansas City
Omaha
Midwest
New York
Rocky Mountain
Denver
Weather summary from yesterday and tonight across multiple cities
Yesterday high reached 88 in Phoenix and Des Moines and 84 in St. Louis. Tonight will be cooler with a low around 20 in Flagstaff and Winnemucca 22 near Geneva. Light showers are possible late tonight with gradual cooling into today and tonight.
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Des Moines
St. Louis
Flagstaff
Fyenne
Winnemucca
Geneva
Memorial library planned for Senator Willis by ONU
Ohio Northern University will build a Memorial library in honor of the late Senator Frank B. Willis. University president Dr. Robert Willams announced the plan at the annual Gundnders Dey banquet Wednesday night in Columbus.
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Columbus
Frank B. Willis
Ohio Northern University
Robert Willams
J’gunders
Measure Aims To Steady Oil
A comprehensive national program for stabilizing the American petroleum industry was presented to the Federal Oil Conservation Board. The Oil States Advisory Committee, representing governors of nine producing states, urged federal approval of coordinated conservation measures and state laws to form an interstate compact.
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Washington
U PD
Federal Oil Conservation Board
Oil States Advisory Committee
Federal Oil Board
Ohio Federation of Music Clubs Convention Concert
Delegates to the Ohio Federation of Music Clubs convene in Cincinnati for a concert in Emery Auditorium tonight. The event is hosted by the Cincinnati Mothers Singers.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Ohio Federation of Music Clubs
Emery Auditorium
Cincinnati Mothers Singers
Governess Faces Tough Talk on Paulina Longworth Death
Cincinnati April 9 The governess Miss Dorothy Waldron faced delivering the news of Nicholas Longworth's death to six year old Paulina Longworth. Unable to hide her grief she delayed the message as Mrs Longworth rushed to her husband. Waldron hopes to explain death gently while stressing life and the belief that the spirit endures despite sorrow.
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Cincinnati
Paulina Longworth
Nicholas Longworth
Dorothy Waldron
Paulina
Miss Waldron
Paintina
Longworth
Mrs. Longworth
Bridge Gives Way In Stewart Road Accident
Louis Meek aged 45 was badly bruised when the wooden approach to the Hocking River bridge in Stewart broke under his hay truck at 7 PM Wednesday. The truck and load fell about 10 feet. The hay tipped from the wagon for Melvin Duffee, Stewart merchant, and Athens County Commissioners moved quickly Thursday to order repairs.
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Stewart
Louis Meek
Hocking River
Meek
Melvin Duffee
Stewart Merchant
Athens County Board of Commissioners
Converted Conan Doyle- But Says It's All a Fake
New York report details Nino Pecoraro confessing to faking mediumship after deceiving Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Pecoraro demonstrated tricks, exposed by magician Joseph Dunninger, and announced plans to quit the ghost business.
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Conan Doyle
New York
U.R
Arthur Conan Doyle
Nino Pecoraro
Paladino
Harry Houdi
Nino
Joseph
Countess De Chambrun Near Death From Bronchitis
In Tunis on April 9, the Countess De Chambrun sister of Longworth faced critical bronchitis after a caterpillar bite on her eye five weeks earlier. She had not learned of her brother's fatal illness. Her son Court Rene De Chambrun traveled by hydroplane to be with her.
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Tunis
Africa
Countess de Chambrun
Longworth
Court Rene de Chambrun
Successor to Longworth Likely in November Election
Columbus April 9 A successor to Congressman Nicholas Longworth who died today in Cincinnati will probably be chosen at a special election in Hamilton County next November. The law lets the governor avoid a separate vote by holding the election with the general November ballot. It is likely that Governor White will call a special election to coincide with the general election.
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O.R
Nicholas Longworth
Cincinnati
Digstrue
Hamilton County
Congress
George White
Prey
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