Prohibition Survey to Spend 7 Million for Facts
Edward Kennedy announced a new National Prohibition Survey to study how 32 million Americans feel about prohibition. The $7,000,000 project will be run by a 25 board directors including governors Hardman Bilbo Hammill Sampson Parnell with 97 advisory members and branches in 20 cities. A New York financial house will raise funds on a 4 percent commission, with over $50,000 already underwritten. The effort is neutral non political and aims to guide legislators with educational facts at no cost.
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Atlanta
United States
Edward Kennedy
National Prohibition Survey
Kennedy
Georgia
New York Financial House
Hardman
Bilbo
Mississippi
Hammill
Iowa
Sampson
Kentucky
Parnell
Arkansas
Congress
Anti-Saloon League
American Medical Association
The
American Bar _ Association
National Manufacturers’ Association
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
American Federation of Women's Clubs
Fairfield County seals first post Prohibition liquor stand
Lancaster April 17. Fairfield County reports its first padlock order since prohibition on a soft drink stand run by Harold Rugh who was fined recently on a liquor charge. Judge Brooks Shell ordered the closure.
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Lancaster
Fairfield County
Brooks Shell
Harold Rugh
Athens Messenger promotes concrete booklet for readers
The Athens Messenger offers a Washington Bureau illustrated booklet titled CONCRETE. It warns improper mixtures or methods spoil concrete work and invites readers to order by mailing the coupon to learn from expert guidance before starting any construction.
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The
Athens Messenger
Washington
President appeals on World Court via radio
The president urges national backing for the World Court in a radio address. The remarks respond to Illinois urging Ruth McCormick for Senate by 200000 votes, a campaign that attacked the World Court, while her opponent Deneen supported it.
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World Court
Illinois
Ruth McCormick
Senate
Deneen
Readers urged to write Hoover on World Court stance
The piece notes listeners should express their views to President Hoover in Washington on whether the United States should join the World Court. It emphasizes earnest protest letters from the public as a way to reveal hearing sentiment.
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Hoover
Washington, D. C
United States
Russia Laments Mayakovsky’s Death and a Nobel Sized Brain
Russia mourns Vladimir Mayakovsky, the nation’s acclaimed poet who killed himself. His brain was preserved at the Soviet Institute of Brains and weighed 1,700 grams, heavier than average. It was studied alongside brains of Lenin and others, yet could not spare the poet from his suicide.
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Russia
Vladimir Mayakovsky
Lenin
Poet’s Farewell Letter Reveals Love Triangle and Suicide
The writer’s final letter asks the comrade government to care for his mother and sister Lily Brik and Veronika Polonskaya. He states both women loved him, and he killed himself due to unable to choose between them. The remark ends with a general claim about poets and queerness among Russian poets.
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Lily Brik
Veronika Polonskaya
Japan's Plan for Brazil Colonization Moves Ahead
Hashiro Fukuhara, who organized and manages the project, leads efforts in Japan to expand Brazil colonization with vigorous pace and coordinated activities across the network. The report outlines organizational scope and strategic moves guiding settlers and economic aims.
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Japan
Brazil
Hashiro Fukuhara
Southern Ohio Electric seeks stock issue in Columbus
Application to issue 218 400 dollars in six per cent preferred stock was filed with the Public Utilities Commission today by the Southern Ohio Electric Company of Athens. The stock would be sold at up to 15 dollars per share to reimburse the treasury for uncapitalized expenditures totaling 218 415.57 as of last December 31. The commission will audit the expenditures for verification.
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Columbus
U.R
Public Utilities Commission
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Athens
Treasury
Athens City Clean Up Week crews lag on schedule
Highteen truckloads of rubbish were collected on the first day of Athens Clean Up Week. Mayor Robert S. Wood said the campaign will extend into next week as pickup zones run over the planned days and some streets will finish later than scheduled.
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Athens City
Robert S. Wood
Mill
South Court Streets
Hoover Borah Cotton confer on London naval pact action
President Hoover and Senators Borah and Cotton met at the White House to discuss a preliminary conference on the London naval agreement. Officials stressed no definite program or timetable for Senate ratification could be predicted.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
White House
Hoover
Borah
Idaho
Cotton
Will Open Clinic Public Forum for Treatment Planned
Wichita health officials announce a large public clinic to treat Jamaica ginger paralysis victims known as Jake Foot. The forum will hold about 5 000 cots to segregate Jamaica poisoning cases amid two deaths and widespread illness across ages and social strata.
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Wichita
Kans
U.P
Jake Foot
Jamaica
R. E. Hobbs
Poison outbreak hits county farms and cities
The affliction includes high school students and elderly residents. 200 to 500 cases are reported with over 200 on official lists though many refuse to notify authorities. Farms are temporary hospitals overflowing with patients. Dr Hobbs blames poison alcohol sold by bootleggers and drug stores. Many sufferers cannot work and families face destitution as ginger is misused as medicine.
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Hobbs
Fifty-One Indicted for Jamaica Ginger Beverage Selling
The Federal Grand Jury in Cincinnati indicted 51 individuals and 10 firms, including entities in Boston New York and Brooklyn, on charges of selling Jamaica ginger as a beverage.
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Cincinnati
U.R
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Suitor Sought in Washington Murder Probe
Police pursue unnamed Washington man linked to Miss Mary Bakers death after five day search. Baker, Navy Department clerk, was shot three times and found beside a culvert near Arlington Memorial Cemetery. Her abandoned car was located nearby after a Friday night with a male companion.
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Washington
U.P
Mary Baker
Navy Department
Population shifts in Southeastern Ohio mining district census
Census district 27 including Athens Meigs Vincent Jackson Lawrence and Gallia counties reports population declines in mining areas and small gains in rural zones. Final figures show Syracuse Buchtel Coolville Hamden and Chambersburg with varied changes while long term mining impacts and a gas boom influence trends.
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Ohio
Athens
Meigs
Vinton
Jackson
Lawrence
Gallia
L. W. Roberts
United States
Coolville
Buchtel
Athens County
Syracuse
Meigs County
Hamden
Vinton County
Chambersburg
Gallia County
Roberts
The Husband Hunter at The Athena Messenger
Alan Converse a Wall Street broker and his jealous wife Natalie headline a dramatic love triangle with Phillipa West and Bernadine Lamont as key figures. The plot follows office solace, romance schemes and a stock exchange twist in a tale of jealousy devotion and happiness.
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Alan Converse
Wall Street
Natalie Converse
Phillipa West
Converse
Bernadine Lamont
Broadway
Stock Exchange
Husband Hunter
Typhoid Strikes Ohio Village Two Mothers Die
Brunswick Ohio faces a typhoid outbreak as two young mothers die and about twenty others, including four in serious condition, contract the fever. Dr Albert Wood reports the deaths of Mrs Howard Widdifield and Mrs Conrad Diaber, whose children also fall ill.
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Ohio Village
Brunswick
O.R
Albert Wood
Wood
Howard Widdifield
RCA Merger Investigation Ordered Over Radio Trust
The government moves to probe the RCA merger with GE and Westinghouse radio interests amid charges of a gigantic radio monopoly. Attorney General Mitchell said the Justice Department will thoroughly examine if the deal violates Sherman or Clayton Anti Trust Laws.
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Washington
U.P
Radio World
Radio Corporation of America
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
Mitchell
Justice Department
Ohio State Holiness League Easter singing threatened
Columbus April 16 The Ohio State Holiness League faces threats from hostile campus groups that may force cancellation of an Easter morning singing at fraternity and sorority houses. Samuel J Williams director says irate students bombarded his home and warned via phone and letter of violence. He plans to lead a 4 30 a m performance with trumpet and may seek police protection.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio State University
Ohio State Holiness League
Samuel J. Williams
Williams
Atudenta
Jerusalem
Palestine
Parents sue railroad over Shreve crossing deaths
Four damage suits totaling 130000 were filed in federal court against the Pennsylvania Railroad after the January Shreve crossing accident that killed eight Burbank High School students. Each suit seeks 25000 to 40000 dollars.
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Cleveland
U.P
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shreve
Burbank High School
Robbed of 118 Dollars in Lancaster Artificial Arm Purchase
John Kocher, en route to Columbus to buy an artificial arm, was robbed by two men who offered him a ride. After accepting the ride, one robber took $118 from Kocher and pitched him from the car.
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Lancaster
U.P
John Kocher
Kocher
Columbus
Cooper Governor Nomination Declarations Signed
Governor Myers Y. Cooper declaration of candidacy for Ohio governor is being signed today by Athens County Republicans and sent to E. C. Woodworth. Candidates must collect 1,000 signatures from residents in at least one third of Ohio counties for the August primary. Roscoe McCullough’s petition for U.S. Senate appears mailed and being signed by Athenians.
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Myers Y. Cooper
Ohio
Athens County
E. C. Woodworth
Republican Executive Committee
Board of Elections
Perosns
Cooper
Roscoe McCulloch
United States
Athens Clean-Up Drive Surges Beyond Schedule
Mayor Rob ert S Wood reports citizens joined a city wide clean up with abundant curbside refuse. City Service Department trucks lag behind as crews fill streets, but the mayor vows the job will be completed, with pickups continuing until rounds are finished.
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Robert S. Wood
Athens
City Service Department
Wood
Riots Erupt Outside Karachi Jail After Gandhi Leaders Sentenced
Wild scenes followed the sentencing of six Gandhi independence leaders in Karachi today. They received prison terms from six months to two years for sedition, prompting rioting outside the jail.
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Karachi
India
Escapee Herbert Cox ordered back to Virginia Penitentiary
Governor Cooper signed requisition papers to return Herbert Cox to the Southern prison to complete a five year sentence he evaded by escaping from a road gang near Richmond on May 17, 1917. He is under arrest in Columbus Ohio.
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Columbus
U.R
Herbert Cox
Virginia
Richmond
Cooper
Teacher Held in Elyria Indictment for Assault on Pupil
Mrs Myrtle Bradley a 23 year old New Oberlin school teacher faces an indictment charging assault and battery on pupil Mary Gerhardinger 7. She is slated for arraignment Monday the charge stems from a February 27 whipping after the pupil allegedly exposed her body during a cleanliness test. The teacher says the whipping was justifiable.
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Elyria
U.P
Myrtle Bradley
New Oberlin
Mary Gerhardinger
Bandit Shot During Modern Drug Hold Up in Cleveland
One of two armed robbers attempting to assault the Modern Drug Company in Cleveland was shot in the back as they retreated. The incident occurred today and police continue to investigate.
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Cleveland
U.R
Tripping boy dies in fire at Fairport home
Morris Stewart a nine year old resident of Fairport was fatally burned in a house fire after tripping on a rug while fleeing the flames. Firefighters and local rescuers Marshal Gene Lamous and Joseph Batrick saved him from the blaze but he died at Lake County Memorial Hospital hours later.
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Painesville
O.R
Morris Stewart
Fairport
Gene Lamous
Joseph Batrick
Lake County Memorial Hospital
Alabama Supreme Court Bars Hoover Supporters From Primary
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled that the State Democratic Executive Committee could bar party members who supported Herbert Hoover in the 1928 national election from the party primary. United States Senator J. Thomas Heflin was among those barred.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
State
Democratic Executive Committee
Herbert Hoover
United States
J. Thomas Heflin
Evangelist George R. Aitken to Lead Pilgrim Holiness Revival
The Rev. George R. Aitken of Cleveland is engaged to conduct revival services at the Pilgrim Holiness Church starting Sunday and continuing through May 4, pastor Rev. James A. Fields announced today.
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George R. Aitken
Cleveland
Pilgrim Holiness Church
James A. Fields
Contest at Blossom Festival Honors Ohio Valley Queens
Miss Schinege a senior at Pomeroy High School and Miss Talbott a senior at Middleport High School competed to represent their towns for queen of the Ohio Valley Apple Blossom Festival at Fort Pleasant.
Miner Killed by Coal Fall at Derthick Mine
Glouster April 17. Peter Hinton 42 was fatally crushed beneath a ton of coal at Sunday Creek Mine No. 10 Derthick at 8 30 this morning. He died while being carried from the mine. Fellow miner William Seller escaped injury. Hinton leaves a mother Mrs Mary Hinton and brothers and sisters John, Charles, Mrs William Johnston, Mrs Harry Vaughn Glouster Mrs George Morris Columbus and Andrew Hinton Senecaville. Funeral plans not yet set.
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Glouster
Sunday Creek Minfie
Derthick
Peter Hinton
William Seller
Hinton
Mary Hinton
John Hinton
Charles Hinton
William Johnston
Harry Vaughn
George Morris
Columbus
Andrew Hinton
Senecaville
Pomeroy Girl Performs at D A R Congress in Washington
Amy Lee 17, Pomeroy High School senior, will perform Chopin piano pieces at the D A R Congress in Washington. She studies with Sven Victor Lekberg at Ohio University Athens and recently gave a recital at Music Hall in Athens.
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Pomeroy
Amy Lee
Pomeroy High School
D.A.R
Washington
Chopin
Judgment Reversed in Appeal over Estate Case
The Court of Appeals reversed the Athens County Common Pleas decision in the suit by Mary B. Stout as executor of Albert C. Davis against Hal H. Rowland as administrator of William McKinley Hayes. The appellate opinion found the lower court erred in allowing judgment to the plaintiff and the suit was dismissed. Stout sought deferred payments for property Hayes bought before his death.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
Mary B. Stout
Albert C. Davis
Hal H. Rowland
William McKinley Hayes
Court of Appeals
Clerk of Courts
Hayes
Refugees Describe Fires Across Iloilo Province
Refugees arriving in Iloilo report a village destroyed and 13,000 people left homeless as fires continue to rage across the countryside amid unrest and displacement.
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Iloilo
P. L
U.R
Ohio Valley Apple Blossom Queen Crowned At Pomeroy
Miss Genevieve Carlysle of Pt Pleasant crowned festival queen at the Ohio Valley Apple Blossom Festival in Pomeroy. Ohio University Band won the alver loving cup as a parade of 24 floats and 125 motor cars moved from the Pomeroy Bend Bridge. Several entrants named as maids of honor included Angi Durnberger Ravenswood and Helen Taylor Parkersburg with other finalists from Ravenswood Huntington and Middleport. Lieutenant Governor John Brown crowned the queen after introductions by Marshall College official G W Sharp.
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Pomeroy
Ohio Valley
Genevieve Carlyslé
Pt. Pleasant
Fate Grounds
Pt Pleasant
Ohio University Band
Pomeroy Bend Bridge
Ohio
West Virginia
Pomeroy Bend
Marshall College
Huntington
Wac
Cancer
Ravenawood
Mid@lepe
Ohio Univeral
Nenaadieport
Pres.fessor Muldoon
Carlysse
Angi Durnberger
Ravenswood
Helen
Taylor Parkersburg
Lette Hill
Thelma J&erell
Coredo-Kenove
Mary Jane Botseminger
Rutland
Lucile Roush
Mason City
Bottle
Strike ends at Logan as prisoners begin county farm work
Two Hocking County Jail inmates were sent to the County Farm by Sheriff W R Leigd to work under a new commissioners resolution. The move follows a prisoners strike over working at the farm and includes additional inmates assigned to courthouse cleanup. Most inmates come from Common Pleas and Probate Courts.
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Logan
Hocking County
W. R. Liegd
Common Pleas
Probate
Vaccine Ships to Costa Rica via Pan American Route
U R A consignment of smallpox vaccine rushed by air to Costa Rica arrived in Havana today aboard the Miami Cristobal plane of Pan American Airways. The plane is scheduled to depart Havana at 10 15 p m and reach Costa Rica Saturday morning.
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Miami
Fla
U.R
Costa Rica
Havana
Miami-Cristobal
Pan- American Airways
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