Better Grade Cattle and Wool Center Discussed in Athens Meeting
Athens county officials and local groups formed committees to push an agricultural program featuring better grade cattle, a wool sheep center, and a fruit marketing plan. The administrative livestock and fruit committees include J. H. McClure, T. H. Johnson, A. E. Whaley, and others under E. R. Wallace. The discussion highlighted feeder cattle, sheep potential, fence needs, and dog-law enforcement to revive a profitable farm economy.
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Athens
Athens County
Helen Berry
State Arm Bureau
Farm Bureau
The
Grange
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
Extension Department
Department of Agriculture of
Ohio University
E.R. Wallace
J. H. McClure
F. D. Forsyth
W. FF. Kampf
Floyd DeLashmutt
T. H. Johnson
N. E. Mills
Harry Henry
A. FE. Potter
AH. Brooks
G. O. Shanks
A. BE. Whaley
W. Kampf
Walpee
Battle Lines Tighten As Primary Nears In Ohio
In Columbus on April 18 Hoover and Anti-Hoover camps fortified for the final push before next Tuesday’s primary. Dawes drew praise at a district meeting, while Col. Ralph D. Cole urged delegates to carry on Senator Willis’s cause and challenged Burton to justify his past loyalties. Cole accused Hoover of disloyalty to Republican ideals and defended Willis’s influence with Senator Fess leading the draft Coolidge effort.
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Columbus
O.R
Herbert Hoover
Secretary of Commerce
Charles G. Dawes
Frank PB. Willis
Dawes
Ralph D. Cole
Willis
Ing
Burton
Thad Brown
Cole
Hoover
League of Nations
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Fess
Senate
Buchtel Mine Set to Reopen on 1927 Scale
Nelsonville report says Manhattan Coal No. 36 at Buchtel began cleanup work after a union committee secured a resumption contract on the 1927 scale. Mine No. 36 once employed 175 to 200 men with about 1000 tons daily. two nearby Buchtel mines were permanently abandoned with equipment dismantled and tipples destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Manhattan Coal Company
Buchtel
Coonville
Stain removal booklet offered by Frederic Information
A 30 page illustrated booklet details remedies for food, ink medicine and scorch stains on clothing and linens. The Bureau offers the pamphlet for four cents postage. send name and address with payment to Frederic Information Washington Director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Turner urges hard boiled governor ideal in Akron speech
Attorney General Edward C. Turner told Akron listeners that Ohio’s next governor must be self reliant and headstrong. He urged rejecting campaign expense payments and refused to have expenses paid, warning against accepting money from backers and paid lobbyists.
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Akron
U.R
Ohio
Edward C. Turner
Turner
Weather Report Indicates Warmup For Athens
A sharp rise in temperature from 37 degrees at 2 AM to 62 degrees by noon today suggests warmer weather for Athens. The last twenty four hours show morning lows near 37 and afternoon highs around 52 to 62 with sun rising at 5 14 AM and setting at 6 45 PM.
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Athens
Bader Cleared in Manslaughter Charge
A Cincinnati court exonerated William Bader 23 son of Ford Bader Jr former Hamilton county sheriff in the April 7 auto collision on the Cincinnati Louisville pike near Fiddler's Green that killed William Finneran 20. The verdict was delivered by Green township justice Gus C Frondorf.
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Cincinnati
William Bader
Ford Bader, Jr
Hamilton County
William Finneran
Dayton
Cincinnati- Louisville
Fiddler's Green
Gus C. Frondorf
Green Township
Proposed Consolidation for Amesville Ames and Bern High Districts
Athens county board of education discusses forming a single district with Ames, Amesville, and Bern townships and Amesville village to build a new high school. The plan envisions a $65,000 building as present facilities are insufficient for modern schooling.
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Amesville Ames
Bern
Amesville
Ames
Athens County Board of Education
Ames and
Bern Townships
Amesville Village
County
Amesville High School
H. R. McVay
County Board of Education
Ring Lardner and Rogers in New York Tonight
Ring Lardner and Will Rogers appear in New York tonight with Lardner promising to share cheer. Lardner jokes about writing for newspapers, Georgie Cohan producing a baseball play of his, and a song sung by a Scotchman titled I Would Give Four Thousand Dollars To Be a Millionaire.
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New York
Lardner
Mr. Lardner
Georgie Cohan
Will Rogers
Scotchman
Hoover rally in Athens champions Hooverism and Republican unity
Representative Franklin W. Fort urged support for Herbert Hoover at a county courthouse rally before 160 citizens. Fort stressed Hoover’s long Republican affiliation, cabinet service under two presidents, and stance against the McNary Haugen farm relief bill, framing him as a capable and principled candidate.
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Hoover
Athens
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Congress
Franklin W. Fort
New Jersey
Athens County
Representative Fort
Secretary of Commerce
Fort
Grange
German Fliers At Greenly Island Tethered By Unclear Plans
German airmen who crossed the North Atlantic in the Bremen linger at Greenly Island undecided on how to depart. They may sail on the Montcalm with the Bremen, awaiting an air convoy to New York en route to Mitchel Field. Pilot Schiller offered to evacuate them, but the crew prefers remaining with their plane amid icebound waters and storm clouds.
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Bremen
Greenly Island
Quebec
Belle Isle Straits
Montcalm
Atres
Aiso
ST. Johns
North Atlantic
New York
Schiller
Woman from Middleport Named Leader at Ohio Club Convention
Mrs. William N. Harder of Marion was elected president of the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs at its 32nd annual convention in Lima. New officers include Vice-president H. H. Schwartz of Portsmouth and recording secretary Edith M. Patterson of Dayton, with district presidents named for Columbus, New Philadelphia, Troy, Youngstown, Lima, and Middleport.
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Lima
U.P
William N. Harder
Marion
Ohio Federation of Women’s Clubs
H. H. Schwartz
Portsmouth
Carl Sawyer
Edith M. Patterson
Dayton
Ross Brown
Cleveland
Ingel A. Morris
Columbus
H. V. Ream
New Philadelphia
E. M. B. Padgett
Gallion
B. W. Jones
Troy
KE. Ll. McKelvy
Youngstown
Beecher Moke
D. B. Hartinger
Middleport
Father Kills Wife and Daughters Then Ends His Own Life
In Newport Tennessee on April 18, UR-D. H. Hawk, a 55 year old farmer, murdered his wife Louise Hawk 60 and daughters Mandella Hawk 27 and Lucille Hawk 23 with an axe at his home before shooting himself. Mandella is dead and Lucille and Mrs. Hawk were fatally injured in hospital.
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Newport
Tenn
D. H. Hawk
Mandella Hawk
Louise Hawk
Lucille Hawk
Bishop James Dickey Dies After Appendicitis Operation
Louisville man Bishop James Edward Dickey aged 63 of the Methodist Episcopal Church South died after an appendicitis operation performed April 10. He passed away last night in Louisville.
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Louisville
James Edward Dickey
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Birger Faces Gallows After Final Bid for Stay
Charley Birger, Southern Illinois gang leader, was defeated in every legal move to delay his execution and faces the gallows tomorrow in Benton Illinois. Authorities prepared the death rail as the final dawn approached.
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Birger
Benton
Charley Birger
Gas Explosion Kills Two In Canton Basements
A Canton gas explosion in the basement of two homes fatally burned Mrs. Marietta 61 and Thomas Heacock Jr. 3 while attempting to repair a gas water heater.
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Canton
Marietta
Thomas Heacock, Jr
Four Die in Fire in Sistersville West Virginia
Four children were burned to death and two others were badly burned when a fire destroyed their home near Sistersville West Virginia on April 8 according to reports from United Press.
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Sistersville
W. Va
U.P
Courageous Bremen Flyers Defy Exposure Icebound Westward Flight
Three fliers Major James Fitzmaurice Captain Herman Koeh and Baron Gunther Von Huenefeld endured fog sleet wind and fuel loss as they steered the Junkers Bremen toward North America after 36 hours at sea. Nurse Greta Ferris and United Press correspondents pieced together the tale of survival and indomitable courage amid a perilous landing on Labrador ice.
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United Press
Junkers
Bremen
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Little Greenly
Labrador
Iveenty Island
James Fitzmaurice
Herman Koeh
Baron Gunther von Huenefeld
Greta Ferris
Blanc ‘Sablon
Grenfell Mission
St. Johns
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Farm Bureaus
University
Frederic Information Ashington
Boards of Education of
Both
Rogers
Boards
Wilson
Senator Willis
Senator Fess
Coolidge
Lowden and
Boards of Education of County
Frank E. Wilson
Board of Aniination
Mr. Wilson
J. Clyde Edmundson
Mr. Edmundson
Boards of Education
Auditor Speaks
W. R. Heaston
State Department of Education
State Aid Funda
State Department
North
United Ss Association
Felix McHugh
ST. John's
N. F
North America
Mitchel Field
S. I
Dublin
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Nature
North American
North Pole
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