Athens County faces hunger threat and relief debate
Athens County officials, trustees and leaders discussed relief funds amid hunger fears. A five hour meeting with Major E O Frost and state officials explored county bonds, tax funds and Federal aid to aid families in need. Delegations from Dublin and Waterloo sought timely action as commissioners considered reallocating unspent relief money and potential bond issues while warning that funds are limited and unaffordable without state or federal backing.
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Liam F. Smiley
Athens
Ries
Athens Township
Dover Township
Dover
Unty
Waterloo
Whimsical note from Will on gold rush ends and travels
A letter from Winslow Arizona dated April 21 recounts reading Albuquerque papers about losing gold supplies. The writer recalls traveling over Arizona and New Mexico, carrying English gold pieces, and ending with a 1902 reference to going off the gold. He signs as Will.
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Winslow, Ariz
Albuquerque
N. M
Arizona
New Mexico
Johannesburg
South Africa
Australia
Move To Oust Gillilan, Plantz Will Executor
First step to remove C. E. Gillilan as executor of Wyatt G. Plantz estate was taken in Pomeroy Ohio. Gillilan was ordered to appear in probate court on May 2 to answer charges of neglect of duty and incompetency filed by Grace Episcopal Church Annie R Nottingham and other petitioners who cite unsettled claims and possible litigation between Gillilan and the estate.
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Pomeroy
C. E. Gillilan
Wyatt G. Plantz
Plantz
Gillilan
Grace Episcopal Church of
Ohio
Annie R. Nottingham
Theta Delta Chapter
Beta Theta Pi
Ohio State University
Middleport
Homer P. Peck
Mary Peck Liverance
Meigs County
Conference Adjourns After Wage Study Subcommittee
A miners and operators conference in Columbus adjourned until next Monday after approving a sub-committee to study proposed wage settlements. Miners represented by Herman Theisen Pearl Parker and John Curdie. operators by P C Morris Ora Daugherty and Fred Essex.
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Columbus
U.rafter
White
Herman Theisen
Millfield
Pearl Parker
Pomeroy
John Curdie
Rose Farms
P. C. Morris
Ora Daugherty
Nelsonville
Fred Essex
Ohio beer revenues rise to 750000 after legalization
Ohio's legalization of beer two weeks ago yields an estimated 750000 in revenue, with 4877 permits issued in six cities. Arrests for drunkenness drop from 936 to 767 and 605 automobile accidents occur, while prices range from 10 to 20 cents. Raids target home brew flats and bootlegging saloons. J B Dugan of Lima named chief inspector as state inspectors to be appointed.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
J. B. Dugan
Lima
Lindy Spends Night In Ohio's Capital
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh resume Transcontinental and Western Airlines tour after meeting TWA officials where he serves as adviser. They spent the night in Columbus after arriving from Pittsburgh at 10:20 p m. A gasoline line issue forced a landing but Lindbergh executed a perfect dead stick landing on the far side of the field.
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Columbus
Charles A. Lindbergh
Transcontinental and
Western Airlines
TWA
Lindberghs
Pittsburgh
Lindbergh
Os Ge
Nelsonville Request Sent to Capital for Relief Funds
The Ohio Relief Commission prepared to send to Washington an application for more than 6 million dollars in Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds for use in 28 counties during May and June. Approved local requests include Lima 27341, Springfield 53696, Nelsonville 10600, Marion 13056, Butler County 145914, Fremont 10602, Zanesville 40000.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Relief Commission
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ohio
Lima
Springfield
Nelsonville
Marion
Butler County
Fremont
Zanesville
Warner Sees Great Lake in Gallia County
David Warner of the Ohio Water Conservation Board outlines a vast flood control lake plan spanning Gallia Lawrence and Vinton counties. The project would cover 1100 square miles with 700 miles of shore, backed by three 180 foot dams, generating up to 100 million kilowatt hours, but depopulate marginal lands and submerge part of Rio Grande College campus.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Lawrence
Vinton County
David
Warner
Ohio Water Conservation Board
Ohio
Grace M. EB
Wabash River
Indiana
Vinton
Rio Grande College
Gallia County
Federal Work Plan Covers Hocking Area
An Ohio public works program costing 113 million dollars is set for inclusion in national relief plans. Adjutant General Henderson outlined Ohio relief projects before officials and Senator Bulkley. A rural Hocking County sanitation experiment could expand if successful, with public welfare building added to create skilled employment.
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Washington
Ohio
Frank D. Henderson
Robert J. Bulkley
Federal Health Department
Hocking County
Henderson
Two First Ladies in Air Trip at Night
The First Lady of the Air Amelia Earhart piloted a big transport plane part of the time while escorting Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt on a night flight over Washington and Baltimore. Earhart and her husband George Palmer Putnam traveled from New York, dined at the White House, then flew back.
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Washington
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Baltimore
Amelia Earhart
Miss Earhart
New York
George Palmer Putnam
White House
Ohio State Awards 20 Agricultural Scholarships
Columbus April 21 winners of the 20 agricultural scholarships at Ohio State University were announced today. Clyde Nixon of Malta was named a recipient, among the honorees recognized for excellence in agricultural studies.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Clyde Nixon
Malta
Forest conservation corps arrive at Fort Knox
Fort Knox Kentucky April 21 officers in the Reserve Corps continued to arrive to command companies of forest conservation workers.
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Fort Knox
Reserve Corps
Inflation Fight Shapes World Talks At Roosevelt MacDonald Meet
United Press reports April 21 from Washington that Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald will meet President Roosevelt in one of the war era’s most pivotal talks. Roosevelt’s move away from the gold standard and a bid to empower inflation plans shifts focus to a possible global return to a gold value system amid looming World Economic Conference in London. Herriot of France is due Sunday as nations seek agreement on currency and tariffs ahead of the June talks.
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Washington
Ramsay MacDonald
Roosevelt
New York
Congress
Great Britain
America
London
Athens County Relief Data Delays CCC Quota
Athens County cannot determine its Citizens Conservation Corps quota due to inadequate county relief records. State official Dayton Frost arrived to review files and plans to study records next week. In Perry County, clear facts exist and a quota is set, with selected applicants to undergo medicals and a two week conditioning period at Camp Knox before Labor Department assignment.
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Athens County
Roosevelt
Citizens’ Conservation Corps
Dayton Frost
Frost
State Relief Commission
Commissioners’ Office
Perry County
Camp Knox
Labor Department
Farm Relief in Back Seat Inflation Takes Stage
Washington April 21 The administration farm relief bill neared completion after two weeks of Senate debate but inflation and credit measures dominated attention as late amendments. Senator Glass opposed a provision allowing 2 billion in farm loan bonds to be used as collateral for day loans by Fed member banks, warning it could fuel stock market speculation.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Glass
Democrat
Virginia
Federal Reserve
Snow Fondathens 15 Inches in 1901 Record
The Athens area woke to 15 inches of snow on April 21 1901, a Sunday, marking a historic late spring. Mrs Charlies Creamer of Highland Avenue notes through her records that such snowfall in spring recurs about every 32 years in this locale.
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Athens
Charlies Creamer
Hichland Avenue
Creamer
Vicinity
Havana Students Slain in Revolt after Bomb Attacks
Havana reports four youths found dead with bullet wounds at the morgue marking the latest fatalities in a wave of terrorist violence following Good Friday bomb explosions. Authorities say the bombs were set by government enemies and escalating reprisals have claimed at least 25 youths.
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Havana
U.P
Numerologist predicts world events for 1933 and beyond
Chicago April 21 U P As numerologist Eliean Culkin a leading American mystic reflects on numbers she foresees a dictator like Roosevelt in power two terms a defensive war in the 1930s a 1934 prosperity boom and repeal of prohibition. She cites past hits like Mayor Cermak's death and Edith Rockefeller McCormick's as proof of her gifts.
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Chicago
U.P
Eliean Culkin
America
Edith Rockefeller McCormick
Drake Hotel
Roosevelt
Electricity Is Mind Mover Says Dr Crile
Dr. George W. Crile, director of the Cleveland Clinic, told New York University listeners that thought is produced by electricity and the adrenal gland acts as a power station. He argued that a sound mind in a sound body should be read as sound protoplasm in sound protoplasm, referencing his experiments in creating living organisms.
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New York
George W. Crile
Cleveland Clinic
Young Shirt Workers Protest Wage Strikes in Pa Delegation
A 14 year old named Frank Selithofer carries a banner among a group of about 400 children striking against sweatshop wages in Northampton and Allentown shirt factories. The child says he was paid eight and seven tenths cents per week as a shirt trimmer while voicing their protest to Governor Pinchot at Harrisburg.
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Northampton
Allentown
Frank Selithofer
Pinchot
Harrisburg
Frank
G O P Alleged to Organize Battle Over Inflation Plan
Senate Democrats accuse conservatives of planning a filibuster to block a proposed 6 billion expansion of money and credit. The GOP label the inflation program as dangerous and destructive, delaying its passage.
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Senate
Roosevelt Muscle Shoals project backed by Rules Committee
Washington on April 11 the House Rules Committee reported favorably a special resolution insuring passage of President Roosevelt's Muscle Shoals Tennessee Valley development plan as submitted by the White House.
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Washington
PKA
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee Valley
White House
House Rules Committee
Reed Denies Filibuster As Inflation Fight Draws Fierce Debate
Senator Reed opposes delaying tactics while warning the public may oppose the bill, and Senator Glass privately questions the measure. The administration seeks 83 billion in Treasury bills via Fed purchases, injecting 3 billion in currency into circulation as dollar values shift post gold standard. The Fed reports a weekly gold reserve rise to 3.366 billion, with a 0 percent reserve against currency. If open market actions fail, the President could issue up to 5 billion in United States Notes and devalue gold content by up to 50 percent. Morgenthau announces the grain stabilization program ends July futures sales, marking a long government stock disposition.
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Reed
Glass
Democrat
Virginia
Senate Financial Oracle
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Roosevelt
Two Local Defendants Plead Guilty in Township Cases
Owen Riley of Canaan Township was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to possession of intoxicating liquor before Magistrate C. H. Porter. he arranged payment and was released. Constable Frank White arrested him. J. E. Cunningham of Glouster pleaded guilty to issuing a bad check to the Chapman Brothers Store in Citysville and was released after agreeing to cover the check and pay new costs.
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Owen Riley
Canaan Township
C. H. Porter
Frank White
J. EB. Cunningham, Glouster
Chapman Brothers
Citysville
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