Congress Slashes Interior Budget In Mailbag Deal
United Press reports Congress cuts millions from federal spending before finishing a general economy program. Interior Department allocations fall to 45.398 million, down 23.945 million from prior, with Hoover seeking 56.705 million for next year. Senate and House trims include a 1.12 million cut in the prohibition fund. Secretary Mills proposes a tax plan. House and Senate debate payroll reductions and payless vacations versus direct cuts.
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Hoover
Interior Department
House
Senate
Appropriations
Treasury Mills
Harrison
Mississippi
Treasury
House Economy Committee
School Frolic Tickets Placed On Sale
Tickets for the Annual Spring Frolic at Ath ens High School on April 28 and 29 went on sale today. Two ticket types exist, double night passes and single performance passes. Faculty members Fiale Pickett and William Porter oversee the sale. Proceeds fund magazines, extra supplies, dishes, debates, and other school activities per Mr. Wood.
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Athens High School
Fiale Pickett
William Porter
Wood
Lindbergh denies contact with kidnapers
Col Charles A Lindbergh flatly denies any reestablishment of contact with the kidnappers of his son and says reports of new ransom demands are untrue. He asks the press to stop trailing his private negotiators and cites the reporters’ persistence as hindering efforts to recover his son.
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Hopewell
N. J
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Jassie
John F. Condon
Eaton votes undo bond plan for municipal light plant
Seaton April 19. Hopes for a municipal light plant faded after the village council repealed ordinances for the project. Negotiations with Eaton Light Company an Insull subsidiary were to renew the franchise expired Jan 1. The move followed failure to find a buyer for 233000 dollars in bonds and the refusal to extend a 50 day option held by the Dayton firm.
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Dayton
Farm Board Foresees Ten Cent Wheat Rise On Surplus Decline
The Agriculture Department and Farm Board project a 150 million bushel cut in U S wheat surplus. They expect a 10 cent rise in the price per bushel and note April 1 projections of a 458 million bushel winter wheat crop with spring wheat likely below average.
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Farm Board
Department of Agriculture
Washington
U.P
United States
New Zealand Locking In Wheat Prices Hopes On
Arthur Brisbane discusses Wheat prices and Farm Board actions. Mellon weighs public or private action while Stone of the Farm Board stays optimistic about price trends. World demand for U S wheat is seen rising and storage fears are dismissed.
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New Zealand
Mr. Mellon
Rioting in Auckland as rioters loot shops
Unrest in Auckland's business district sees 10 000 unemployed described as taking part in looting. Marines and naval personnel fire on rioters while police struggle to control crowds on Queen Street, smashing windows and forcing shop break-ins.
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Los Angeles
Calif
New Zealand
Auckland
Queen Street
New Zealand Socialistic Policy Sparks Debate in Congress
The piece contrasts New Zealand’s socialistic governance with U.S. views on taxing the rich. It argues that in New Zealand no rich class exists to sock, and those who push a socking program target small storekeepers. It warns that mere socking fails as a solution.
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New Zealand
Mellon envoy sho w. capacity to meet world conditions
Andrew W. Mellon, ambassador to London, tells the Pilgrims' Society that he does not doubt our capacity to deal with world conditions. The remarks are noted as continued on page 4.
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Andrew W. Mellon
London
Pilgrims’ Society
Presbyterian Officers Elected at Athens Church Meeting
Athens Presbyterian Church elected officers for the coming year during its annual meeting after a pot luck supper. Finance reports and local and national work summaries were presented. Elected as officers were F D Forsyth treasurer re elected George McLaughlin financial secretary re elected A O Sloane trustee re elected and Dr E A Hansen Dr J T Merwin Prof L J Addicott and Prof A A Atkinson named trustees.
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Athens Presbyterian Church
F. D. Forsyth
George McLaughlin
A. O. Sloane
E. A. Hansen
J. T. Merwin
L. J. Addicott
A. A. Atkinson
Goat in Toledo Office Eats Paper and Escapes
A goat wandered into the Medbury & Ward Printing office in Toledo and began to eat waste basket paper. Police corps secured the animal and guided it downstairs before returning it to the water works where it is kept as a pet. The goat escaped by chewing through its tying rope.
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Toledo
U.R
Medbury & Ward Printing Company
Navy Appropriation Bill Proposed For Next Year
The House was presented with an appropriation bill totaling 326 million 340 thousand 466 dollars for the Navy next year, about 31.9 million dollars below current levels. The committee noted Admiral Pratt’s warning that further reductions could jeopardize national security.
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Washington
U.P
Navy
House
Appropriations Committee
William V. Pratt
Naval Operations
Amesville Robber Held in Chicago Murder Indictment
George Copley, arrested in Newark after a $400 Zanesville holdup, faces indictment by the Cook County Grand Jury in Chicago for murder of a detective. Ohio officers note ties to several bank robberies and Amesville crimes, with Gary Indiana and Oak Park suspects linked and one escape after Kelley was killed by prisoners.
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Columbus
George Copley
Newark
Zanesville
Ohio
Amesville
Cook County Grand Jury
Chicago
Gary
Indiana
Copley
James L. Kelley
Oak Park, Ill
Kelley
Absent Voters Mail Ballots to Two Households
Absent voters sent ballots Monday to Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Mc Cune of Cleveland and Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Dailey of Los Angeles. T. J. Barlow cast an absentee ballot yesterday.
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E. A. McCune
Cleveland
E. F. Dailey
Los Angeles
Calif
T. J. Barlow
Radium Found In Body Of Pittsburgh Millionaire
Eben M. Byers Pittsburgh sportsman died March 31 in New York with a record radium level in bones brain lungs liver and kidneys chief medical examiner Dr Charles Norris says the find follows a toxologist report. The death raised concern over radium solution waters linked to at least one death and danger to over a hundred people.
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New York
U.P
Eben M. Byers
Pittsburgh
Charles Norris
Byers
Bettman Urges Deflation Over Salary Cuts
In Galion on April 19, Attorney General Bettman urged that salary reductions will not provide tax relief. He argued for deflation of government and told Kiwanis Club members that people should curb expectations for government services as expenses rose with earlier tax revenues. He is a Republican candidate for U V U and Senator.
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Galion
U.P
Bettman
Kiwanis Club
Epworth League Debates Date Expense Policy
In Cuyahoga Falls on April 19 the Epworth League debated whether a girl should pay half the expenses on any date. The negative side won the discussion.
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Cuyahoga Falls
Epworth League
Reserve Bank Pressures Deflation With Heavy Bond Purchases
Federal Reserve Banks have bought $300 million in government securities over the past eight weeks to ease credit, boost bank loans, and lift commodity prices. Holdings rise to $985 million while discount rates fall to 3 percent in New York and 3 1/2 percent elsewhere. Open market purchases aim to steady bond prices and encourage banks to resume normal lending to support business.
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Reserve
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Banks
New York
Federal Reserve
Finance Corporation
Begin Attack On Bonus Bill
Rep LaGuardia leads opposition to the 2 billion Soldier Bonus Bill before the Ways and Means Committee saying the measure is novel and noting Congress has long funded veteran care. He cites 313700 veterans benefiting from disability legislation since 1919 as part of the claim.
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Washington
U.P
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep. LaGuardia
New York
New Yorker
Patman
Texas
Congress
LaGuardia
Marines May Lose Colorful Uniforms
The House appropriations committee recommended cutting $101,328 for blue and red dress uniforms for the Marines. They urged that Marines switch to olive drab service apparel like the Army, arguing economy and sufficiency for future needs.
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
United States Marine
Army
Governor White to be Honored by Marietta Allied Service Clubs
Governor George White will be guest of honor at a Marietta homecoming hosted by Allied Service Clubs. The noon program will be broadcast from WLW radio in Cincinnati.
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Marietta
George White
Allied Service Clubs of
WLW
Cincinnati
Woman County Treasurer Indicted for Embezzlement Shortage
Blanche M. Howell Steele former treasurer of Vinton County indicted on embezzlement charges. State examiners fix shortage at 2952.76 dollars. Trial before Judge J. W. Darby likely set for early May.
Equal Taxing Load On What We Buy Urged by Will
Beverly Hills letter writer argues that new taxes fall on buyers while manufacturers avoid payment. The author says every purchase should bear equal tax except cheap food and clothes and predicts the Congress tax bill may become hollow without broader consumer burden.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Washington
Congress
Senate
Willa
County road projects begin on Sand Rock Broadwell and New England Mush Run
Two road projects start in Ath ena County marking the first 1982 construction on unimproved segments from Amesville to Stewart. Sand Rock Broadwell Road adds 1.25 miles and New England Mush Run adds 1.5 miles, both using local limestone. About 175 workers are employed in early April, with over 1,000 seeking county road jobs as efforts to reduce layoffs continue.
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Bern
Rome
Amesville
Stewart
J. W. Wilson
Canaan
Broadwell
Wilson
Record-Lawrence's The Red Boy Withdrawn At Auction
In Dunham England on April 19 the sale of Lawrence's The Red Boy was withdrawn to keep the telpiece in England. A bid of 95000 pounds equaled 458700 dollars at par and marked the highest price offered in England for a work of art but fell short of the owner's valuation by the Earl of Durham.
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Dunham
England
Lawrence
Red Boy
Earl of Durham
Orbiston Citizens Meet to Discuss Local Mines
A citizens mass meeting is planned at the Orbiston baseball park at 2 p m Wednesday to discuss the mining situation in the district and plan how to start mines. Acceptance of terms offered by mine operators will be considered.
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Orbiston
Citizens
Massa
Gangsters Rioting Over Prohibition War Hits Chicago Speakeasies
Chicago reports tell of Al Capone era gangsters facing sour mood as Prohibition raids by Malachi Harney shrink beer sales. Over 300 speakeasies raided in days, prices drop from 35 to 15 cents, operators struggle, Capone awaits Leavenworth while syndicate funds dwindle. The crackdown targets the Capone syndicate amid a broader fight on illegal liquor.
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Chicago
al Capone
Malachi L
Harney
United States
George EB
QQ. Johnson
Capone Syndicate
Hoodhome
Capone
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Grum
Nome
Redlon and Others Cut Gas Prices in Mahoning Area
The Standard of and other companies in Youngstown cut gasoline prices by one cent in Mahoning and Trumbull Counties.
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Youngstown
Mahoning
Trumbull
Desperate Jail Break Plot Uncovered in Los Angeles
A plan to free two gangsters and a convicted bank robber from a Los Angeles jail was discovered today. Police said the defendants include three men with alleged gang ties and bank robbery history. Authorities investigated a scheme involving accomplices and planned escape steps.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Prison plant closure draws Ohio prison unrest critique
War den Freston E. Thomas of Ohio Penitentiary told the Springfield Rotary Club that closing the prison brick plant worsens idleness among inmates and raises unrest and evil acts according to his account.
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Springfield
Freston E. Thomas
Ohio Penitentiary
Body of John M. Leech found in wreck near New Philadelphia
The body of 58 year old John M. Leech of Wooster was recovered Monday from his automobile that had plunged into Cotton Creek near New Philadelphia. He had been missing since Thursday of the previous week.
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New Philadelphia
John M. Leech
Wooster
Cotton Creek
Here
Mystery Raiders Target Knoxville Relief Office
In Knoxville Tennessee unidentified raiders struck the temporary headquarters of a relief agency for striking Kentucky coal miners. They stripped furnishings and left a note signed The Silent Hand warning the Communist Party in Knoxville.
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M. Roy Hubby
Knoxville
Tenn
Landiard
Kentucky
Communist Party
Athens Extends Clean Up Campaign by Ten Days
Athens plans a second Clean Up effort next Thursday and Friday under Mayor Robert Wood. Clean up zones divide the town by State Street with focus on vacant lots and city equipment offered to residents. The Better Homes and Grounds Committee will remind property owners and affidavits may be sworn if needed.
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Athens
Robert 53. Wood
State Street
Wood
Better Homes and Grounds Committee
Stimson Talks at Geneva Conference on Armament Goal
Secretary of State Stimson appeared at the World Disarmament Conference in Geneva marking the first day after the general commission endorsed the American position that general armament reduction to the lowest possible level should be the conference’s initial objective.
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Geneva
Stimson
General Commission
Mrs Rowland Held on Charge of Husband’s Killing
Mrs John Rowland was jailed in Youngstown after police say she shot her husband three times when he struck her after she pleaded for him to come home from a lunch room. The case centers on a fatal domestic incident dated April 19.
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Youngstown
John Rowland
Fatal crash follows crossing to reach dying mother
In Covington Kentucky on April 19 Arthur Wilshire aged 45 crossed a highway to reach his mother who lay dead at a house. He was struck by a motor car and fatally injured the same day. The mother Mrs Laura Wilshire died Saturday.
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Covington
Arthur Wilshire
Laura Wilshire
Actress Helen Twelvetrees Expected to Become Mother
Hollywood reports Helen Twelvetrees, the motion picture actress, anticipates motherhood next October, according to an announcement made today.
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Hollywood
Helen Twelvetrees
Last Civil War Veteran Wilson Fitzwater Dies at 88
In Miamiville Ohio on April 19, Wilson Fitzwater aged 88, the town's last Civil War veteran, died after 61 days of fasting and two months of illness that left him mentally unable to eat.
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Miamiville
Wilson Fitzwater
Fitzwater
Dr Philip Chancellor denies engagement to Pola Negri
Santa Barbara April 19 Dr Philip Chancellor denied that his son Philip Jr is engaged to marry film star Pola Negri as rumors in Chicago suggested.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Philip Chancellor
Philip Jr
Pola Negri
Chicago
Senate panel votes 7 to 4 against 4 percent beer bill
Washington April 12 The Senate Manufactures Committee voted 7 to 4 to report unfavorably to the Senate the Bingham Bill legalizing manufacture and sale of 4 percent beer Senator Bingham Republican Connecticut said if all committee members had been present his bill would have lost by only one vote 7 to 6
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Washington
Senate Manufactures Committee
Senate
Bingham
Connecticut
Mystery Ship Sighting Near Somers Mine Sparks Guard Action
In Cadiz Ohio on April 19 a report said a plane streaked across the dawn sky and a fire streamer fell near the Somers Mine amid strike disorders. Colon el William Marlin said guards checked if the craft was National Guard, finds all patrol planes grounded while troops mass on Harrison County hills amid fears of a bomb.
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Cadiz
U.P
Somers
William Marlin
Ths
National Guard
Six more mine shafts to reopen amid poststrike tensions
Six additional shafts planned to resume operations after yesterday's clashes as three pickets were wounded by militia fire. Mines near Byesville Guernsey County and Dillonvale Jefferson County to restart. Guernsey mines have little protection with National Guardsmen in Harrison County. Tasa and Harmon Creek mines plan reopen today or tomorrow. Doak dismissed meeting invitation as operators rejected talks with unions. operators refusing 0 percent of regional production. Unionists had accepted.
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Byesville
Guetndsey
Dillonvale
Jetterason
Guernsey County
Harrigon County
Tasa
Haremon Creek
Caly Marlin
Doak
Washeington
Coal Firms Refused Meeting Amid Striker Intell Planes
The intelligence department received reports of striker activity aided by two observation planes. Planes circled dawn over hills to verify reports of a mass armed invasion by a list of coal firms and districts including Y. and O. Hanna Came ria United States Werner Ohio's Pennsylvania Ble Five Lorain Vale ley Camp Clarkson C. R. Nicholson Bainbridge Santers Western Doty Carbondale Salem Hollow Black Diamond Coonville New York Sunday Creek L. D. Pose ton Ohio Coal Cambridge Black Pot National Akron.
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Hanna
Cameria
United States
Werner
Goodyear Plant Plans to Increase Production Amid Strike Turmoil
Goodyear Tire Rubber Company Somersing prepared to boost output as mining districts see continued clashes between pro and anti strike factions. Union officials warn wage cuts were planned while leaders accuse radicals of inciting violence. A request for relief was made to General Henderson for soup kitchens and aid for hungry children in Belmont County. Three eastern mines, Summers Adena and others, were reported to be resuming or considering resumption of operations amid persistent rumors.
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Goodyear Tire @ Rubber Company
Somersing
Yessterday
Tion
Adit
Frank D.derson
Belmont County
Henderson
Adena
Government Telegram Seeks Peace Arbitration Move
In Columbus on April 19 Governor George White received a telegram signed by Marin County Commissioners urging his help to bring about peaceful conditions. Officials indicated arbitration might have been underway.
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Columbus
George White
Marin County
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