Ohio Schools Face Shutdown Without Legislative Action
Dr. L. B. Job warned Athens Rotary that Ohio schools may close or teachers go unpaid over two years unless the Legislature acts to repair finances. He outlined tax-limit impacts, district variances, and proposals for a state school equalization fund to stabilize funding and prevent widespread cuts.
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L. B. Job
Athens
Job
Dr. Job
Ohio Tax Committee
Athens County
Joh
Langer
Three Chicago sights unveil science meat and royalty
In Chicago a new planetarium on the lakefront funded by Max Adler showcases space in vivid detail and educates visitors. At the Stock Yards six Swift brothers oversee a yearly meat output of fifty million pounds with cattle and lambs tallied, while a Prince of Wales visit adds a royal note to the scene and a sign invites observers to the killing floor.
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Swift
Chicago
Swift Brothers
Louis
Gus
Edward
Charles
Alden
Harold
Prince of Wales
Louis Swift
Hawks Set World Record Flight From Rome to London
Captain Rank Hawks, American flyer, arrived in Rome after a London flight in five hours and twenty two minutes setting a new record. He began a return trip to London two hours after landing.
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Rome
Rank Hawks
London
Cuba Bill Passed for Total Political Amnesty
ILAVANA Cuba April 22 The House of Representatives today approved a bill granting total political amnesty in Cuba. The measure backs freedom for political prisoners and affirms a move toward broad national reconciliation.
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Ilavana
Cuba
the House of Represcentativ
Ruth Objects Shop Uses His Name In Ads
Babe Ruth protests a Broadway haberdashery store using his name in ads and slogans. He filed suit with the Supreme Court disputing the shop’s “Babe Ruth” branding as vulgar and disreputable after the business went bankrupt and advertised with phrases linking his name to sales and closures.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Bambino
Supreme Doup
Abram Nocks
Babe
F Ruth
Lightning Scorch Mark On Boy At Wisconsin School
A lightning bolt struck a schoolyard near Madison Wisconsin injuring nine year old LeRoy Outhouse and four companions but none were seriously hurt. The boy bore a visible burn mark and the lightning left a signature on his body as the group played in the yard.
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LeRoy
Madison
Wis
Three Acquitted in Buckley Murder Case in Detroit
In Detroit a jury found Ted Pizzino Joe Bonmarito and Angelo Livecchi not guilty of the murder of political commentator Gerald Buckley at the La Salle Hotel lobby on July 22 1930. The trial followed seven months of investigation amid allegations of liquor-ring involvement in Bowles administration.
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Jerry Buckley
Detroit
U.R
Michigan
Ted Pizzino
Joe Bonmarito
Angelo Livecchi
Pizzino
Livecchi
Rochester
Gerald E. Buckley
WMBC
Charles Bowles
Bowles
la Sall
Bommarito
Buckley
Harry S. Toy
Bowkles
Lake development plan moves by Isaak alton League
Thirty five members of the Isaak alton League of Athens voted to buy lots for cottages on a Waterloo Township farm where a lake will be built. A near completion survey will guide lot layouts and building of the lake dam and other improvements will be discussed later.
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Athens
Athens City
Waterloo Township
State Forest
Altonians
Athens Waltonians
Athens County
Hocking
Troops Stand Ready in Northern Honduras Clash
Thousands of government troops concentrate in Cortes region to repulse revolutionary attacks. Government orders full protection for U.S. citizens at La Lima as rebels target San Pedro Sula after three U.S. warships arrive.
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Honduras
U.P
Cortes
United States
la Lima
Cortes Zone
San Pedro Sula
Radio Competition Threatens Newspaper Revenue Says Publisher
Elzey Roberts of the St. Louis Star, as A N P A Radio Committee chair, told the convention that radio has grown from nearly nothing in 1926 to over half of early 1931 newspaper advertising. He warned newspapers must end broadcasting program exploitation and cited regulatory biases allowing radio to run promotions forbidden in print.
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New York
Elzey Roberts
St. Louis Star
Roberts
Association
Truck Driver Rescues Boys From Deep Pool Near Bucyrus
Oliver Powell, 22, a truck driver from Bucyrus, saved three boys who fell into a deep pool near town. Powell reportedly drove away after the rescue without reporting the incident, leaving farmers to recount the event.
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Bucyrus, CO
Oliver Powell
Sailors Wife Murdered Girl In Oak Rope Clue
San Diego detectives link the murder of Louise Teuber to a sailor by a rope knot used on ships and a diary with names of sailors Marines and civilians. Investigators consider jealous wife motives and note scratches likely from a woman's fingernails. Four suspects, including two Marines, are released as inquiries continue.
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Wacoman
Phes
San Diego
Cal
U.p
Louise Teuber
Ed Cooper
Virginia Brooks
John Brooks
Miss Teuber
Woman found guilty in common pleas whisky case
Lyda Davis mother of three was found guilty of possession of intoxicating liquor by Judge O F Rowland in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Sentence suspended pending motion for a new trial. State argued she knew a corn crib on her rented Scatter Ridge property served as a bootlegger supply station. Davis denied knowledge and testified she moved from Chicago last winter to educate her children. Her son Albert, 10, testified for the defense. Five men earlier pleaded guilty to disturbing a religious gathering. four were fined five dollars and costs, McBride five as a high-cost case. Divorce suit by Mable Forbes against Gerald Forbes set for April 24.
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Lyda Davis
O. F. Rowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Rowland
Young
Kenneth McBride
Kenneth Hawk
Henry Parks
Everett Wilson
Ralph Stone
McBride
Mable Forbes
Gerald Forbes
White Confident on Ohio Business Outlook
Gov George White told the Ohio Union Meeting Association banquet that business conditions are improving and the bottom of the low mood has passed. He predicted a bright business future for Ohio and the nation as several hundred delegates attended the event in Columbus.
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Columbus
George White
Ohio Union Meeting Association
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Hocking River Flood Warning From Columbus at Noon
Heavy rains may push Hocking River at Athens to flood stage of 17 feet tonight per a Columbus meteorologist report received by Athens river gauge official Mrs. C N France. Rain across Ohio drenched areas, easing water shortages, with forecasts calling for clearing skies and warmer weather.
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Athens
W. H. Alexander
C. N. France
Ohio
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Convict Hatchet Attack Fatal at Kentucky Penitentiary
William Moneymaker a 67 year old guard at the Kentucky State Penitentiary died after a hatchet blow in the prison yard Nam Long a 31 year old convict assaulted him late yesterday authorities said Moneymaker died from a skull fracture suffered in the attack at Eddyville Kentucky.
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Eddyville
William Moneymaker
Kentucky State Penitentiary
Nam Long
Akron plot case against Kassey goes to trial
The state's case against Paul F. F. Kassey who allegedly plotted to wreck the Navy airship Akron is complete and the trial opens Monday.
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Akron
U.P
Paul FF. Kassey
Worthing Sues Husband for Cruelty in Divorce
Helen Lee Worthing former Follies girl files a divorce suit in Los Angeles alleging cruelty by her husband Eugene Nelson a Black man. The case details the marital breakdown and grounds for the divorce as reported from the city.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Helen Lee Worthing
Follies
Eugene Nelson
Fatal Gunfight Tangles Local Moonlight Gang
In Bowling Green a chase ended when Ruth Saunders and Beutahl Paird attempted escape during a gun battle. Chief Galliher killed Miller, one patrolman was injured, and Paird was seriously wounded. The incident underscores escalating gang violence in the city.
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Ruth Saunders
Bowing Green
Galliher
Beutalh Paird
Kansas City
Dane Unds
Doctor's Wife Awaits Word from Captors
The wife of Dr. Isaac D. Kelley, a kidnapping victim in St Louis, waits near a telephone at her mansion after Kelley drove away in a rain to a supposed emergency. A mysterious call earlier indicated Kelley was in Chicago and safe, but the line failed to trace. Police, noting two or more men, found Kelley's diamond ring under a car seat as they hunted for clues.
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de Luxe
Louis Chianese
Lafayette
Atlantic
New York
ST. Louis
U.B
Isaac D. Kelley
Kelley
John Kaiser
Chicago
Kaiser
France
Ghost Talks Too Much for Youths
Two country youths held in Meigs County jail after a hearing was delayed were frightened into hysterics by tales from older inmates. The men allegedly claimed spirits of five executed prisoners haunt the jail nightly, with eerie lights and groans frightening the boys into panic.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Mysterious Death Of Lucille Drew At Ohio Well Scene
In Bucyrus on April 22 authorities hunted a small red car linked to the disappearance and death of Lucille Drew, a farm girl found at the bottom of a neighbor's well. Sheriff Vollmer questioned Frank Bair, a widower, and discussed whether foul play occurred or if the death was accidental.
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Lucille Drew
Fred Vollmer
Crawford County
Frank Bair
Batr
Ball
Vollmer
Bair
Charles Vollmer
Wranklin Drew
J. Dudley Sears
Ohio State University
Mohican Construction to Blast Rock Ledge North of Logan
Mohican Construction plans heavy blasting on the road improvement project north of Logan. An estimated 6 to 16 tons of dynamite will cut a ledge for the new highway with about 2,000 shots. A blasting expert will supervise and a drilling machine will bore hundreds of holes for the explosives.
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Logan
Mohican Construction Company
Siamese King Expected Aboard Royal Train arrival
King Prajadhipok and Queen Rambai Barni of Siam were due in Scarborough New York shortly after noon completing a journey covering nearly half the globe. The visit follows an operation on the Siamese potentate's left eye conducted during the trip.
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Praejadhipok
Rambai Barni
Siam
Scarborough
N. Y
Cabinet Crisis Shrinks Iceland Government to Two
In Reykjavik on April 22 a cabinet crisis followed student demonstrations for a republic. The reorganization left only Premier and Kristingson, believed to be the smallest cabinet in the world.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Kristingson
Weather summary from yesterdays and upcoming cool spell
A garbled weather note lists cities Phoenic and Mon treal with 94 and 80, then Gui Appie 8 and Medicine Hat 12, and Minnedosa. It warns heavy rains in Ohio overnight causing rapid river rise and lowland flooding in the next day or two. It forecasts rain ending soon with light frost tonight and fair, cool weather on Thursday.
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New Orleans
Medicine Hat
Minnedosa
Ohio
Indica
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