Zeller Rites Set for Nelsonville Insurance Man
John B. Zeller, 56, longtime Nelsonville insurance man and real estate dealer, died Sunday at his East Franklin Street home after a long illness. Funeral services for the Krіeg Lumber veteran and founder of Zeller Insurance Agency will be held 2 30 p m Wednesday at his residence, with Philadorian Lodge No 157 F and A M in charge. The Rev Ed L Morrell and Rev C W Hoff man will lead. He leaves a widow two children two grandchildren and a sister in Enterprise.
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John Bk. Zeller
East Franklin Street
Nelsonville
Enterprise
Hocking County
Krieg Lumber Company
Zeller
Zeller Insurance Agency
Ohio
John FE. Zeller, Jr
Fred Johnson
Zanesville
Henry Kinghiser
Philadorian Lodge
No. 157
A. M
Ed L. Morrell
Columbus
M. E. Church
Nelsonville Man Henry Verity Dies At 73 In City
Henry Verity 73 a Nelsonville resident and longtime grocer meat market owner died Sunday morning at his home 431 Madison Street after months of ill health He leaves eight daughters two sons and extended family Funeral services set for 2 pm Tuesday at the Christian Church conducted by Rev K H McCorkle with burial at Greenlawn Friends may call at his residence before the funeral
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Nelsonville
Henry Verity
Madison Street
Verity
West Washington Street
The
Christian Church
Berean Bible Class
William Verity
Athens
N. J. Collins
New Marshfield
A. Courtney
Blanche Verity
the Plains
Benson Verity
Chauncey
Alva Verity
Fisher Station
K. H. McCorkle
Greenlawn
Willard Dempsey Howard Claims World Navyweight Title
Huntington West Virginia April 15 news reports baby Willard Dempsey Howard weighing 22 pounds at three days old as a claim to the world navyweight baby championship. He is the sixteenth child born to a 38 year old mother who telephoned the papers with the birth details.
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Huntington
W. Va
Willard Dempsey Howard
Willard Dempsey
Plane crash at The Plains injures two men
Laurie a former National Air Transport pilot and Orlo Ator of Logan were injured when their older Curtiss two seater crashed during a forced landing near the Hocking Railroad Station. Laurie broke his nose and Ator suffered a severe nose laceration.
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the Plains
Hocking
Laurie
National Air Transport
Orlo Ator
Logan
Ator
Vaccination debate and world news into one page
Articles discuss smallpox on board the Tuscania arriving in Liverpool with a sick sailor and unvaccinated passengers, urging vaccination as lifesaving. A China note cites harsh executions in Canton requiring machine guns. A survey finds many Protestant clergy doubt hell while few divinity students deny evolution. science vs theology favors science. Continued on Page Four.
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Tuscania
Liverpool
Bombay
Bender Announces Plan for Equal City Voice in Ohio Legislature
Senator George H. Bender urged Akron listeners to back a constitutional amendment to reapportion state representatives, arguing Ohio’s Legislature is dominated by rural interests and unequal city representation. He spoke at the Ohio Typographical Conference closing session. A Gum Tree School spelling and pie social will be held in Vinton County next Saturday.
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Akron
George H. Bender
Cleveland
Bender
Ohio
Union
Vinton
Maude Freeman
Whisky found in Glouster home during raid on Saturday
Gerald Dunlevy of Glouster faces two charges selling and possessing intoxicating liquor after a gallon jug was found in a home window during a raid. He pleaded not guilty at arraignment and is held on $700 bonds for Wednesday trial. 16 pints found at A H Brooks's Glouster soft drink shop, charged with possession in a third offense. Officers included E C McGaw W B Kesterson and others.
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Gerald Dunlevy
Glouster
Dunlevy
E. C. McGaw
Court of Justice of the Peace Co
H. Porter
Athens County
Democratic Executive Committee
Prohibition
W. B. Kesterson
Harry Dalton
Wilson Ator
Joe Jonas
A. H. Brooks
Brooks
Porter
Flight to England Planned After Rescue
Sydney April 15 Capt Charles E Kingsford Smith intends a new start on his flight to England after rescue from Northwest Australian mud flats. He and three companions were forced down Easter Sunday in the Southern Cross and endured ten days of near starvation. He remains cheerful and plans to return to Sydney then Wyndham before resuming to England.
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Sydney
Charles E. Kingsford-Smith
England
California
Australia
Wyndham
Local Farmer Tries Barber Chair For First Time
J R Sisson 70 a farmer of Columbia Township near Dyersville and Carpenter visited Pomeroy with eighth graders on a trip. He and his companions talked of past deeds and he admitted only one prior shave in his 70 years. He tried a barber shave for the experience while visiting a brother in Albany.
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J. R. Sisson
Pomeroy
Columbia Township
Dyesville
Carpenter
Albany
Athens Couple Escape Train Crash at Trimble Crossing
Mr and Mrs Elmer G Biddison of Athens narrowly escaped serious injury when their small coupe collided with a northbound train at the Skeee crossing in Trimble. The driver said he did not hear the train until it was near. The car suffered little damage and was left at a Trimble garage. the couple continued home in another car.
Neighbor Saves Man Overcome In Fired Home
Ephriam Heightland, 55, was rescued from a burning two story house on Luhing Road after attempting to save belongings. He was unconscious from smoke and dragged outside by a neighbor whose name was not learned. Heightland, in poor health from a prior mining accident, lived alone and the loss was about 3000 dollars with partial insurance.
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Ephriam Heightland
Luhing Road
Heightland
Luhrig
Tragic Weekend Toll In Ohio From Various Accidents
In Columbus on April 15 a report tallies more than ten deaths across Ohio from accidents involving automobiles trains street cars and other causes over the weekend.
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Columbus
Ohio
Poison Taken by O Neil Girl Causes Death
Albany April 15 Miss Hazel O Neil twenty died shortly before 3 o clock after taking two grains of poison in a despondent love affair Her parents were away and neighbors were in the home when she swallowed the capsules Doctors attended but could not save her Funeral services set for 10 am Wednesday with Rev J W Barnes In Albany she had grown up and worked in a family store Also survived by a brother Orland and two sisters Lucille and Mrs A H Dowler The family had moved from Ames Township five years ago
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Spe
Hazel O'Neil
Co. V. O'Neil
J. W. Barnes
Albany Methodist Episcopal Church
Miss O'Neil
Columbus
Mountain State Business College
Parkersburg
Orland
Hebbardsville
A. H. Dowler
Lucille O'Neil
O'Neil
Ames Township
United Press launches high speed printer circuit
A new high speed automatic printer telegraph circuit serving newspapers in Ohio and West Virginia was inaugurated by United Press. Members include the Athena Messenger Canton Daily News Cambridge Jeffersonian New Philadelphia Times Bellaire Daily Leader and Charleston Daily Mail. More papers expected to join soon.
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Messenger
United Press
Ohio
Columbus
U.R
West Virginia
United Press Today
Tri-State
United States
New Circuit
The
Athena Messenger
Canton Daily News
Cambridge Jeffersonian
New Philadelphia Times
Bellaire
Daily Leader
Charleston
W. Va
Daily Mail
Wire
Chillicothe Probes Electric Switch for B and O Trains
Engineers at Chillicothe study an electrically controlled central switch to manage Baltimore and Ohio trains from Loveland to Parkersburg. Officials expect a favorable report and potential cost over a million dollars. Double-tracking eastward is also under review by B&O engineers.
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Chillicothe
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Loveland
Parkersburg
Baltimore & Ohio
Brothers Deny Bandit Charge In Nelsonville Robbery Case
Otis Triplett and his brother HarleyTriplett, both Nelsonville residents, faced charges after a hold up at the East End restaurant owned by Jake Landis. Otis pleaded guilty to possessing liquor and was bound over on the highway robbery charge, while Harley pleaded not guilty to highway robbery. Both men remained jailed after failing to post bond as detectives recovered some stolen cigarettes in Otiss home.
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Otis ‘Triplett
Nelsonville
Triplett
Harley
Wayne Wingett
Harry Dalton
Peter Barrows
O. F. Sachs
Court of Justice of the Peace
Carl H. Porter
Athens County
Harley ‘Triplett
Jake Landis
East End
Landis
Otis Triplett
Mine Exams Set for Corning Friday Morning
Examinations for first and second class mine foremen and fire bosses will be held in Corning at 9 o clock Friday morning April 26 in the office of the Sunday Creek Coal Company. E W Smith head of the Div of Mines states applicants must bring their own pen and ink. Andrew Ginnan of Jacksonville deputy mine inspector will assist.
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Corning
Sunday Creek Coal Company
E. W. Smith
Division of Mines
State Department of Industrial Relations
Andrew Ginnan
Jacksonville
Eight Mines Near Chauncey Schedule Work
Chauncey April 15 Eight mines in this vicinity were marked up for work today according to reports They include Manhattan Mine No 25 Chauncey Poston No 6 Millfield Nos 9 10 69 86 87 and 255 The only mine operating Saturday was No 86 Jewett s mine on Bailey Run
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Chauncey
Manhattan
Poston
Millfield
Jewett’s
Bailey Run
Tribune Closes Moscow News Bureau In Protest
Chicago April 15 The Chicago Tribune says it has closed its Moscow news bureau because American correspondents would need to send large amounts of Soviet propaganda to the paper and be cautious with other sources. The move reflects a stance against government privileges and propaganda.
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Chicago
U.R
The
Chicago Tribune
Soviet Russia
Simplicity at Herrick Rites in Cleveland
Funeral services for Myron T. Herrick former ambassador to France held at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Cleveland with thousands attending. Notables including Col. Charles A. Lindbergh were present as Herrick lay in a bronze casket draped with the flag he served.
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Cleveland
U.R
Myron T. Herrick
France
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
Filer
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Herrick
Bourget Field
Lindy
Ocean
Dynamite Found in Empty Rail Car Near Glouster Ballpark
Eighteen sticks of dynamite wrapped in a flour sack were found Sunday morning in an empty coal car at the New York Central Railroad Yards near the Glouster ballpark by local boys. The explosives were removed and destroyed. no caps or fuse or suspects were identified.
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New York Central Railroad
Glouster
Airplane Wrecked During Takeoff Near Manchester
A plane piloted by Hawks and carrying Russell Carringan of Manchester was wrecked on a attempted take-off Sunday. Neither man was injured.
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Manchester
Hawks
Russell Carringan
Plantsville Church to Hold Services at Bethel Church
Through cooperation of the Chesterhill Methodist pastor Rev Mr Dean and church members, Plantsville Methodist Church plans to organize Sunday School and church services at Bethel church half a mile south of Plantsville on Sunday April 21.
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Plantsville
Chesterhill
Dean
Plantsville Methodist Church
Bethel Church
Balloon Forced Down at Amherst Flight Ends Safely
A balloon carrying its pilot and five passengers from Detroit to Cleveland was forced to land at Amherst on Sunday. No injuries or balloon damage were reported. The craft is identified as the T-3il.
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Amherst
Detroit
Cleveland
Farm Bill Clash Signals congressional gridlock
Congress opened its first session under President Hoover with expectations and doubt. Republicans and Democrats clash over the farm relief bill as the House and Senate appear already at grips on the measure.
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House
Senate
Paul F. Malton
United Press
Washington
Congress
Hoover
Congress Today Swears In Four Senators Sets Up New Session
The House convenes at noon for organization and to swear in four senators and elects Nicholas Longworth as speaker. Chairman Haugen outlines farm relief bill while committees prepare measures and notify President Hoover. The chamber adjourns until tomorrow to receive the President's message.
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Agriculture Committee
Will
Tyler Page
Nicholas Longworth
Ohio
Haugen
Hoover
Congress
Hoover Eyes Farm Relief and Tariff Revisions
The text notes Mr. Hoover pushing business aided farm relief and tariff changes with strong-arm methods described as ineffective. Congress may act in summer on issues including prohibition and street speculation. A farm bill with a $600 million revolving fund for cooperative lending to stabilize markets is in the House Agriculture Committee, while the Senate contemplates the debenture plan and a revolving fund of about $1,000,000,000.
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Hoover
Congress
Senate
Agriculture Committee
New House Sees 60 Fresh Faces and Notable Firsts
The House of Representatives inaugurates with 60 new members joining holdovers for a 267 Republican to 163 Democratic lean and vacancies. Five women and one Black man are among the new lawmakers. among the new men are Ruth Hanna McIver, Mrs. Bryan Owen, and Mrs. Ruth of New York. Oscar Illinois is noted for prompting regional reaction over his race and representation at the Capitol.
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Ruth Hanna
Iiness
Mack Hanna
Bryan Owen
Jennings Bryan
Mra
Eth
New York
Oscar Illinois
Cepuyy
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