Federal troops reinforce border amid possible Naco attack
Washington reports reinforcements from Fort Bliss and Fort D. A. Russell to guard Americans along the border as rebels threaten Naco Sonora. General Lassiter orders the mission while evacuees leave the city amid warnings of a possible gas attack.
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Naco
Washington
U.P
Fort Bliss
Fort
D. A. Russell
Sonora
William Lassiter
Topete
Escobar
Chihuahua
Yous Ayy Waas
Riggs Granted Conditional Freedom For Weekly Support
Lester Riggs of Nelsonville may avoid a $100 fine and 60 day jail term in Athens County Jail if he pays $4 weekly child support. The Probate Court suspended the sentence after he pleaded guilty to non support. He must also cover $7.70 in court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Lester Riggs
Nelsonville
Riggs
Cincinnati Man Granted Stay of Execution
Nodney Ford of Cincinnati, awaiting execution for the murder of Peter Dumele, North College Hill marshal, received a stay from the Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
A.R— Nodney Ford
State Penitentiary
Peter Dumele
North College Hill
Court of Appeals
Tornado Devastates Five Arkansas Counties in April Wreckage
A deadly tornado carved a five mile path through Sneeds Alicia Guion Parkin Swifton and surrounding areas in Northeastern Arkansas. At least 39 are dead with hundreds injured as hospitals and relief agencies mobilize from Newport and Little Rock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sneeds, Guion
Parkin
Swifton
Ozark Foothills
Newport
Ark
U.P
Arkansas
Sneeds
Guion
Ozark Mountains
Moorefield
Diaz
Princedale
Bay Village
Batesville
Alicia
Batesville Hospital
Lorado
Red Cross
Little Rock
Lloyd George promises to employ 600000 in Britain
The article reports Lloyd George pledging to put 600,000 men to work immediately at no cost to taxpayers, claiming prior war financing and production roles. It urges American readers to study his plan and mentions the Women’s Christian Temperance Union seeking 1,000,000 pledged youths aged 14 to 30 to obey the Eighteenth Amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd George
Britain
THE
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Athens City Clean-Up Effort Urges Public Cooperation
City Service Director G M Romine asks Athens residents to place trash in curbside containers to speed a flood cleanup halted by heavy rains. Some collections have already occurred, with plans for a single daily collection per street and an additional truck if needed to finish on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Service Department
Athens
G. M. Romine
Romine
Folklore Club at Ohio University Presents The Mirage
The Folklore Club of Ohio University will stage the one act play The Mirage in the Fine Arts Building next Thursday at 7 p.m. Cast includes Rose Zenn Dorothy Farnell Bernice Prochaska Dorothy Arnold and Opal Lawson. Afterward club members are entertained by Miss Marie Leper at the Coulters home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Folklore Club of
Ohio University
Fine Arts
Rose Zenn
Dorothy Farnell
Bernice Prochaska
Dorothy Arnold
Opal Lawson
Marie Leper
C. M. Coulter
Jury Deliberations Continue In Lovsey Dynamiting Case
In Athens County Common Pleas Court Oscar Lovsey is tried on unlawful use and possession of dynamite for dynamiting Fred Lowry’s garage. Jury split six to six at 5:20 pm and recessed for dinner. no verdict by noon today, with deliberations resuming after a long pause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Lovsey
Chauncey
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Lovsey
Fred Lowry
Deanville
William Williams
George
Robert Thompson
Lowsey
Sunday Creek
Phi Kappa Tau Elects New Officers at Toledo Meeting
Officers for the ensuing year were installed at the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity house at 50 East State Street. President Ervin Theodore Haines of Toledo. vice-president Vincent Jukes of Cleveland. secretary Walter Ardner of Toledo. treasurer George Kirvnak of Cleveland. assistant treasurer A. Dean Peters of Millersport. pledge manager W. L. Thomas of Chesterhill. sergeant at arms George Hastings of Malden, Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phi Kappa Tau
East State Street
Ervin Theodore Haines
Toledo
Vincent Jukes
Cleveland
Walter Ardner
George Kirvnak
A. Dean Peters
Millersport
W. L. Thomas
Chesterhill
George Hastings
Malden
Mass
Doll Found Links to Missing Orrville Boy
Clam diggers in a Tuscarawas river found a large doll in river underbrush and reported it could be Melvin Horst, the year old boy missing since December from Orrville. Officials confirmed the discovery and WC and Wayne County authorities rushed to the scene where coroner Lewis retrieved the doll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Philadelphia
Hutten
Melvin Horst
Orrville
Melvin
Tuscarawas County
Wooster
Clark Shearer
Marion Graven
Roy Horst
Wayne County
Lewis
Candy Racket Case Ends in Federal Court
Six teen former members of the Chicago Association of Candy Jobbers were found guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act in the Chicago candy racket case. Nineteen other defendants were acquitted as government expert Mary G. Connor testified. The guilty defendants face up to one year in prison and fines up to $5,000 for the racket using threats and vandalism to coerce cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
WU P
Chicago Association of Candy Jobbers
Mary G. Connor
New England
Aimee McPherson To Testify In Kidnapping Trial
In Sacramento April 11 the courtroom of Judge Carson L. Hardy hears the revived tale of Aimee Semple McPherson. The evangelist from Angelus Temple was summoned to address the $2,500 love gift given to Judge Hardy as the board of prosecutors calls her the star witness in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
West
Carson
Hardy
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
General Assembly Board of Prosecutors
Huge air review to host 200 planes at Norton Field
More than 200 airplanes will participate in a May 19 review at Norton Field Columbus as a prelude to air corps ground maneuvers west of Columbus May 21 to 25. Major General Dennis Sc Nolan announced the event. The same planes will then demonstrate machine gun firing bombing and air combat at Wright Field near Dayton after maneuvers. Army units from across the country begin arriving May 15 for the maneuvers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Norton Field
Air Corps
Dennis Sc. Nolan
Fifth Corps
Wright Field
Dayton
Three Women Debate Freedom Of Speech In Delaware
In Delaware on April 12 three Worcester College women Miss Margaret Barr Miss Miriam Liebe and Miss Helen Schrantz will argue against freedom of speech. They face opponents Miss Helen Mowry Gary PA Miss Josephine Spencer Baltimore MD and Miss Mary Kilgore Memphis TN from Ohio Wesleyan’s co-ed team.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
U.R
Margaret Barr
Miriam Liebe
Helen Schrantz
Wooster College
Helen Mowry
Gary
Pennsylvania
Josephine Spencer
Baltimore
Maryland
Mary Kilgore
Memphis
Tennessee
Ohio Wesleyan
Trans-continental runners leave Waynesburg for Wheeling
The cross-country derby runners of C. C. Prye departed Waynesburg for Wheeling West Virginia and Ohio after the last Pennsylvania stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waynesburg
U.P
C. C. Prye
Pennsylvania
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio
Joyous Singers Asked to Register Serenading
Ohio University students engage in frequent impromptu serenades as spring nears. The Interfraternity Council asks fraternity presidents to register serenades with the dean of women and warns that townspeople and university officials frown on late morning and early hour performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Inter-fraternity Council
Green and White
Trans Atlantic ships restore liquor sales on Leviathan voyage
Ten U S trans Atlantic passenger ships of United States Line resume liquor sales after dry since 1928 aboard the Leviathan on maiden voyage to Cherbourg and Southampton. Liquor may be sold outside and opened eastbound, westbound aboard up to limit then locked. surplus to be discarded. Jones Act sponsor criticizes move as overreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United States Line
Leviathan
Cherbourg
Southampton
Joseph E. Sheedy
United States Lines, Inc
United Stated Shipping Board
Sheedy
United States
Vertey L. Jones
Washington
Athens Bureau to hear Allgyer at annual meeting
Athens County Bureau plans its annual meeting and banquet on Thursday night April 18 at Hotel Berry with Allgyer J director of organisation for the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation as principal speaker. W F Kampf will report finances A E Potter on legislation N E Mills on service work and T H Johnson on the extension program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. \. Allgyer
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Athens County Bureau
Berry
W. F. Kampf
Wil
A. E. Potter
N. E. Mills
T. H. Johnson
Farm Bureau
Barker
Johnson
Economists say farm relief tariff would hurt farmers
Washington April 11. Economists led by John R. Commons estimate that a proposed farm relief tariff increase would take 28 million dollars net from farmers. The plan would raise sugar costs for U S families by about five dollars yearly, while sugar farmers and processors gain or lose under the shifting protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
John R. Commons
University of Wisconsin
House
Court martial for pair during Armory break in Athens
Everett McCall and Harmon Caheen of Athens face a summary court martial after being arrested Tuesday night for unlawfully entering the Armory. They reportedly pried open a door, entered the shower room, and were trapped when the interior knob vanished. Custodian Elza Graham alerted National Guard officers Capt. Dew and Capt. Shafer, and the pair were jailed. Police grilling found they had been drinking, liquor tied to Perry Wood at the Athens Auto Laundry, who was later fined $300 and costs before Mayor Woodworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett McCall
Harmon Caheen
Athens
National Guard
Elza Graham
F. W. Dew
T. W. Shafer
Perry Wood
Wood
BE. C. Woodworth
Delaware School Board Faces Clerk Shortage in High School Row
The Delaware School Board and the citizen's advisory committee clashed over plans for a new high school to replace the fire damaged building. The committee warned the bond issue would fail if the current board personnel stayed in place, leaving the board without a clerk or secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
U.P
Delaware School Board
Harry Sycks Granted Divorce Here Today
Harry Sycks of near Mansfield was granted a divorce from Minnie Sycks of Columbus in Athens County Common Pleas Court at noon today. The decree cites gross neglect of duty following Minnie Sycks petition filed March 22 1928. There are no children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Sycks
Near
Mansfield
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Sycks
Minnie Sycks
Columbus
Man Killed by Dayton Traction Car Near Here
Walter Carpenter aged 35 was killed by a Dayton and Western traction car when he left his automobile to walk to a farm house to buy hops. The accident occurred last night near Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
U.2
Walter Carpenter
Dayton & Western
Here
Bender Starts Campaign as Cities Clash Over Representation
CLEVELAND April 11 Governor Cooper declines to intervene in the dispute between city and rural counties over legislative representation. Rep Dallas Sullivan vows to win executive support to block rural-dominated reapportionment while Sen George H Cleveland backs petitions to amend to give cities representation proportionate to population. Bender launches statewide effort to repeal statutes granting each county a minimum representative, urging rural counties to unite with other towns to reach the required population threshold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Cooper
Aiden
Dallas Sullivan
Union
Ohio
Sullivan
Bender
Cleveland
Buckley Scandal Lawyer Disbarred in Cincinnati
A A Adolph Gruber was disbarred by three Cincinnati judges for beer protection scandal involvement. The action mirrors disbarment of JJ Schrimper, who received a sentence in Atlanta over the same alleged plot. Westminster meeting notes include jokes and a talk by Addicott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Adolph Gruber
Yne
Thomas Darby
Thomas H. Morrow
Chester R. Shook
Gruber
JJ Schrimper
Cincinnatitorney
Atlanta
Westminster
Pergent
Ello
Pritt
Addicott
Elderly Groom Wins License for Fourth Wedding
Alvine D. Allen, 71, of Youngstown, and his prospective bride Mrs. Jennie E. McGeehan, 68, obtained a marriage license in Youngstown. The Rev. Virgil E. officiated at their ceremony. Allen has been married four times, with previous spouses all deceased, dating back 61 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Alvine D. Allen
Lcense
Jennie E. McGeehan
Virgil E . the Struthers
M. E. Ch Allen
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Mexico
Tarisis
Juan Almazan
Manuel Prieto
Guadalupe
Marcelo Caraveo
Casa Grandes
Department of Agriculture
Fromm
J. Gaskin
Ormation
Miss Guinan
Wall Street
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Incorporated
Folklore Club
Germany
Horst
Aimee
Ile
U. S. Trans-Atlantic
Emma Beal
Charles R. Burris
Herbert Little
United Press
Armory
Assembly
Buckley
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