Gates Flying Circus to Open Athens Exhibition Tour
Gates Flying Circus and Aviation Corporation pilots will bring formation flights and stunts to Athens over three days. The team will test newspaper deliveries by air to four cities, with demonstrations at Rowland field and a noon city formation flight.
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Gates Flying Circus and Aviation Corporation
Athens
Rowland Farm
Parkersburg Road
Hocking River
Rowland Field
Aaron F. Krantz
Wil
Compa
Netsonville
Logan
Pomeroy
Middleport
Glouster
Sandino Said to Have Taken Four Americans
Unconfirmed U R reports from New York claim Nicaraguan rebel chief General Augustino Sandino captured four Americans and a British national at the La Luz mine in Nicaragua. The Americans named include George B. Marshall of York assistant superintendent and L B rry of Woodsville New Hampshire, Roy Burley and P. Peterson with unknown addresses, plus Harry J. Amphlett British superintendent.
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New York
U.R
Augustino Sandino
United States
Baltimore
Nicaragua
Sandino
George B. Marshall
York
Ralph Cole to Broadcast Speech Before Ohio Primary
Ralph Cole, a prominent Ohio political figure, will broadcast a speech tonight over Station WSAI in Cincinnati just before the forthcoming primary election. The announcement comes as campaigns intensify statewide.
Reds Pitcher Signs With Cincinnati After Holdout
Pete Donahue the veteran Reds pitcher signed a contract today with club president C. J. McDiar mid ending his salary dispute. The move confirms Donahue will return to the Reds for the coming season in Cincinnati.
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REDS
Cincinnati
U.P
Pete Donahue
Cincinnati Reds
C. J. McDiarmid
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New Hard Road To Charleston Soon Finished
Pomeroy Ohio April 23 The new hard surface road from Pomeroy to Charleston will be used before July 1 this year says W A Compton president of the Columbus Charleston highway association. The route links with the Midland Trail at Charleston and the Lee Highway at Staunton Virginia creating a Lakes to tidewater connection. Completion of the new bridge date is not set due to high water and rains. A conference on historical data views and maps for the route will be held soon by federal and civic groups.
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Pomeroy
Charleston
Ohio
W. A. Compton
Federal Highway Association
Columbus
Relief plane arrives safely with repairs
Montreal April 23 The relief plane sponsored by the North American Newspaper Alliance and the New York World landed on Greenly Island after a 460 mile flight from Seven Islands Quebec A Canadian Marconi message said the plane landed at 11 40 am The aircraft left Detroit last week carrying supplies and parts for the Bremen stranded on Greenly Island after a Dublin Ireland flight The crew included Captain James Fitzmaurice Bernt Balchen Ernest Koeppen and a sponsor representative
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Montreal
Alliance
New York World
Greenly Island
Seven Islands
Que
Marconi
Detroit
Bremen
Dublin
Ireland
James Fitzmaurice
Bernt Balchen
Ernest Koeppen
Clean-Up Week Underway Across Athens Area
Athens launches a city wide cleanup to clear basements attics houses and yards. Residents should place rubbish for pickup where trucks can see it as workers operate on a flexible schedule. Similar efforts run in Nelsonville Pomeroy and nearby districts.
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Athens
Nelsonville
Pomeroy
Jeliies
Cambridge district coal operators plan open shop at five dollar wage
Mine operators in Ohio's Cambridge district told a Senate committee they will restart on a non union basis with a basic five dollar daily wage. T. H. Bray of the Cambridge Coal Operators Association said losses from the Jacksonville scale forced the move and blamed United Mine Workers for idle mines.
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Washington
Cambridge
Ohio
T. H. Bray
Cleveland
Cambridge Coal Operators’ Association
Senate
Bray
Jacksonville
United Mine Workers
Great Lakes
Treaty With Germany Will Be Signed Soon
Washington April 23 A U P secretary of state Kellogg and German ambassador Von Prittwitz will sign arbitration and conciliation treaties with Germany in a few days. the arbitration pact mirrors those with France and Italy while the conciliation accord follows the Bryan treaties of 1914. Kellogg also announced negotiations for similar treaties with Romania.
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Washington
U.P
Germany
Kellogg
von Prittwitz
France
Taly
Romania
Senate weighs federal coal regulation as strike hearings begin
The Senate inquiry on the coal strike enters its final phase with Ohio operators testifying. After Pennsylvania testimony, the committee will examine legislation to curb industry evils and may back a federal coal commission despite operator objections. They doubt remedial bills pass this session but expect study through summer for a potential December passage.
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Washington
Senate
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Federal Coal Commission
Supreme Court
Congress
Women Strikers Sympathizers Cheer Protest In Jail
In St Clairsville on April 23 fifty one women arrested during a protest of five mine union leaders’ arrests continue to harass jail staff. Sheriff Hardesty debates charges, possibly rioting, as more inmates crowd the jail with many “jailer orphans” needing care.
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ST. Clairsville
Clyde Hardesty
Hardesty
Cella
Canton
Zanesville
Shadyside
Union
Jacksonsville
Forger Workings Hit Athens Merchants In Big Swindle
Police report a citywide check forging scheme over a week. A teenage boy cashes forged checks for small sums, claiming the checks are from an uncle for labor. Merchants note labor not delivered and money recovered only partially. Authorities warn merchants to verify strangers and check wording like for labor on checks.
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Athens Lumber Company
Athens Chick Hatchery
Richland Avenue
J. L. Henry
Ralph M. Morse
Athens National Bank
Parker
Miller About To Start to Prison
Col. Thomas W. Miller, former alien property custodian, surrendered to federal authorities to be taken to the federal penitentiary at Atlanta. He is under eight months for conspiring to deprive the United States of his best counsel and services in the deal by which seven million dollars of American Metal corporation assets seized as alien property were returned to foreign interests.
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New York
U.R
Thomas W. Miller
Atlanta
Miller
United States
American Metal Corporation
Warner Sisters Mark Golden Anniversary At Glenwilde
Three Warner sisters who joined in a triple wedding sixty years ago celebrate their golden anniversary at Glenwilde the ancestral home two miles east of Selma in Clark County.
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Selma
Glenwilde
Warners
Clark County
Warner Sisters
Hearing on Gas Rate Increase Delayed in Columbus
The Columbus hearing on Logan Gas Company's request for higher rates in non-ordinance towns was postponed by the company’s lawyers. Cross-examination of engineer H. R. Allensworth was slated for today, with a possible continuation to tomorrow as commission members and city solicitors weighed starting later this afternoon.
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Columbus
State Utilities Commission
Logan Gas Company
H. R. Allensworth
Allensworth
New York
Rise of River Said To Be Very Slow
A three day rain spell raised the Hock ing river to 13 feet 5 inches at noon today from 5 feet Saturday morning. Mrs C N France in charge of the river gauge noted the rise as slow. Rain began Saturday and ended Monday with 1.54 inches fell by Sunday and total 1.77 inches for the period.
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Hocking
C. N. France
Gaage
Flight Across Top of World Gains Global Acclaim
Captain George H. Wilkins and Carl B. Hielson are lauded for a pole to pole flight from Point Barrow Alaska to Spitsbergen. radios report widespread congratulation as they near Green Harbor awaiting possible further legs toward Paris. landing at Dead Man's Island proved hazardous and they endured five days before reaching civilization.
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George H. Wilkins
Carl B. Eielson
Green Harbor
Ole Calling
United Press
Copenhagen
Carl B. Hielson
Point Barrow
Alaska
Spitsberggen
Oslo
Paris
Northland
Civilization
Dead Man's Island
Kien
Man Arrested After Muddy Pursuit Near Roseville
Rogers, 35, sought in two Ohio robberies last fall and fall 1980. Captured after miles through ankle deep water near Roseville at 1 am. Sheriff Williams Deputy Wingett Traffic Officer Heck and Marshal Spangler led the pursuit. Three accomplices, Hubert Rogers, Robert Sprouse and Merie Bowers, already convicted and serving sentences. Arraignment set for early next week.
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Offindi Ear County
Roseville
William Williams
Wayne Wingett
Fred Heck
Athens County
Marshal Spangler
Rogers
Tow Toe
Canaanville
Stout
Coolville
Ohio State Penitentiary
Hubert Rogers
Robert Sprouse
Merie Bowers
France's Financial Leader Is Winner
Paris April 23 Premier Raymond Poincare praised as Savior of France by early returns from the national election. About 180 deputies elected of 612 to form the next chamber, with remaining seats to be decided next Sunday on a plurality basis. The vote, exceeding 10 million, suggested Poincare could maintain his majority and press financial reconstruction.
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Paris
Raymond Poincare
I Ranc
Chamber of Deputies
Poincare
Dartmouth seeks action over erroneous fight reports
Dartmouth College lawyers weigh action against a man who allegedly sent false reports to newspapers claiming student injuries in a class fight. Joseph Osman Skinner, editor of the Dartmouth Daily News, said a correspondent used a student directory to write about each freshman or sophomore in a city with a daily paper, emphasizing bloodshed in the April 11 incident and naming a student as the hero.
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Hanover
N. H
Dartmouth College Today
Joseph Osman Skinner
Dartmouth Daily News
United Press
Skinner
Polar Fliers See No Signs Of Animal Life
Captain George Hubert Wilkins started from Point Barrow Alaska on April 15 aiming to locate land near Admiral Peary’s sighting. The trip over the top of the world yielded no new land and no animal life on the ice. A landing was made on Dead Man’s Island amid a snowstorm with pilot Eielson guiding the plane to a halt after 30 feet.
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Green Harbor
Svalbard
Spitabergen
United Press
George Hubert Wilkins
Point Barrow
Alaska
Wilkins
Admiral Peary
North Pole
Spitzbergen
Price Karl
Charles
Eielson
Elelson
Deedmansocka Island
Dead Man's Island
Continued coal shipments from Southern Illinois despite lapse
Chicago April 23 union officials announced that new agreements have been reached with Old Ben Coal Corporation, owner of mines in Williamson and Franklin counties. The company operates mines at Christopher West Frankfort Buckner Pershing Rand and Lesser with about 2000 miners employed at Buckner and Pershing properties.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Old Ben Coal Corporation
Old Ben Company
Williamson
Franklin Counties
Christopher
West Frankfort
Buckner
Pershing Rand
Lesser
Pershing
Dawes Silent on Ohio Delegates Backing Him
Vice President Dawes declined comment on Willis delegates in Cincinnati who said they would vote for him for the Republican nomination. He reiterates he is not a candidate and will support former Governor Lowden of Illinois.
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Ohio
Willis
Hoovers
Curtis
Eason
Indiana
Aernor Lowden
Hitters
Charles G. Dawes
Repw
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Washington
U.P
Dawes
Cincinnati
Lowden
Illinois
Ohio Battle Keen Acid Test of Candidacy
In Ohio the forthcoming acid test of Hoover's candidacy will unfold as voters weigh key issues. The state serves as a critical battleground amid national assessments and campaign momentum.
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Ohio
Sloever
Willis
Hoover
Open Lake Fight Heads to Supreme Court Over Water Diversion
Former New York Governor Nathan L. Miller opened before the US Supreme Court a case by Great Lakes states to stop Chicago and Illinois from diverting water from the lakes. The dispute centers on protecting lake levels and water supply against upstream diversions.
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Washington
Nathan L. Miller
New York
Supreme Court
Offering on Diet and Heat Control for All Readers
A vague notice promotes a pamphlet about diet and heat relation, claiming universal appeal. It details the content and lists a six cent price plus postage to obtain a copy by mail.
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Herb Walker
East May Sue
Norman Thomas
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Napolaeelaa
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