Protests Arise Over Ohio License Tag Fee Plan
At Columbus hearings on a proposed weight based license tax bill automobile clubs and vehicle owners protested the plan as unfair and impracticable. State Motor Vehicles Commissioner R. Wilson said he did not approve the bill and warned it would disrupt current tax collection and cost motorists millions. Fred H. Caley of the Cleveland Auto Club defended Ohio’s existing system as efficient and urged lawmakers not to replace it with costly new machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Senate
Halmers R. Wilson
Fred H. Caley
Cleveland Automobile Club
Ohio
California
Mody of Child Found in Ditch Near Home
San Antonio reports an 11 year old schoolgirl Merie Springer was found dead in a ditch with 22 stab wounds in the breast near Leming Texas. Detectives set a watch around a suspect’s home after bloodhounds traced a cold trail. The girl, last seen after school, waved goodbye to friends before leaving for home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
San Antonio
Tex
U.P
Merie Springer
Elmo Dickey
Leming
Here
Goody
Goodby
Reinstated Minister Avoids Trial After Suspension
The Rev. Trev. R. Fillbrandt, pastor of Evangelical Church in Cincinnati, was reinstated after a 30 day suspension for allegedly hiring thugs to attack a congregant. The Indiana District head said the church may still bring him to trial within two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
Trev
Fillbrandt
Evangelical Church
Conrad Held
Indiana
Evangelical Synod of North America
Washington
Maschke to Retire from Ohio GOP Post
Ohio Republican National Committeeman Michce H. Maschke plans to retire when his current term ends. Reports cite Maschke telling friends he wants to unload political burdens, though no formal announcement has been made and none is expected soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nns
Leveland
Michce H. Maschke
Ohio
Maschke
Nine Prisoners Escape From Smith County Jail
Three federal and six state prisoners escaped from the Smith County Jail in Tyler Texas and were being sought across East Texas. Local authorities launched a manhunt with federal and state marshals involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler
Tex
U.P
Smith County
Eastme
Ohio to require five day advance marriage license filings
Beginning late July Ohio couples must apply for marriage licenses at least five days before their wedding. The Allmend Act, signed by Governor White, becomes law in eight days and allows a five to 30 day window for license issuance. Probate judges may waive the five days in warranted cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
White
Clark Aulmend
Fulton County
Schwab Predicts Ten Years of Prosperity for America
New York April 24 Charles M Schwab chairman of Bethlehem Steel Corporation predicted ten golden years of prosperity at the Bethlehem Steel annual dinner last night in New York.
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Schwab
America
New York
Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
King Features talk on future of American industry and wages
Business leaders from the United States and Canada anticipate housing rehab, electrification, price stabilization and stronger advertising. Schwab defends a large bonus as crucial to prosperity, arguing wage levels and high pay help sustain growth amid economic shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene G. Grace
Schwab
Siam King Prajadhipok Visits America with Queen Rambai Barni
The King Prajadhipok of Siam travels to the United States with his queen Rambai Barni. Official titles reportedly include Supreme Arbiter of the Ebb and Flow of the Tide and Glorious Lady of God. The king has no other wife, and the note mentions his grandfather’s extensive harem history.
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Prajadhipok
Siam
America
Gautama
God
Rambai Barni
Nirvana and Siam National Anthem Tells of Buddha and Prince
The piece notes that more followers seek Nirvana than any religion, explaining Nirvana as the end of consciousness and happiness fromNibutta. It mentions King Prajadhipok seeking Nirvana, consulting American doctors, and a snippet of the Siamese National Anthem sung to My Country, ’Tis of Thee, with learned youth teaching it to the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gautama
Buddha
Nibutta
Guutama
Prajadhipok
Grutaina
Siam
Babe Ruth Still Improving After Injury
Babe Ruth's leg injury from a Yankees Red Sox game shows gradual recovery. Doctors report him "doing nicely" and expect a hospital discharge within days followed by convalescence before a possible return to the Yankees lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U.P
Babe Ruth
Charley Horse
Yani
Babe
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Five youths die as car hits freight train near Antioch
Five young men from Antioch died when their car crashed into a Soo Line freight train. Victims were George H. Paton 24 Hildrick C. Harrington 21 Daniel Wigham 24 Gus Gustafson 22 and Edgar Linbroth 21. The impact sent the car and five freight cars scattering.
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Antioch
U.P
Tomobile
Soo Line
Here
George H. Paton
Hildrick C. Harrington
Daniel Wigham
Gus Gustafson
Edgar Linbroth
Hngton
Bill Will Bring Publishers Back to Function at Banquet
Newspaper publishers from all over attend a convention in New York and this banquet features speakers Mr. Schwab and a Chicago figure. The piece references themes of optimism and practical realities like mortgages, with scattered remarks about royalty and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
NEW Ork
Schwab
Chley
Earth
Spain
England
Siam
Astor
Will
Road Contract Practices Hit State Highway Department
The Senate committee investigating alleged irregularities in the Ohio State Highway Department has started its inquiry but will hold no public hearings until the Legislature adjourns. Chairman Senator David Lerbach says preliminary work indicates past priorities favored contractors over public maintenance cost goals and hints at pressure to block facts on weed-cutting contracts awarded in the last three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Senate
State Highway Department
David Lerbach
Cincinnati
Lerbach
Highway Department
Lorbach
Injured in Accident Near Canal Winchester
A. W. Vaile and wife severely injured Thursday when their riding machine overturned near Canal Winchester while avoiding a wagon. They were taken to their daughter Mrs. Mae Holmes in Columbus for vacation. Mr. Vaile received ten stitches for a scalp wound. Mrs. Vaile suffered flying glass injuries. Mr. Vaile works at the Ohio Epileptic Hospital in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
A. W. Vaile
Meigs County
Wich
Canal Winchester
Two Lexington High Athletes Dead in Route Crash
Mansfield April 24 Two members of the Lexington D high school football team were killed in a traffic crash on the Galton Mansfield Road last night Harold Heiser 17 captain and Carl Voltz 15 died instantly while teammates Herbert Trout 17 and Donald Smith 17 were injured and treated at home The car was ditching after a tire blew out Deputy Sheriff Frank M Robinson said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heiser
Voltzy
Jackson Bank Closes After State Seizure in Jackson
The Citizens Bank of Jackson, 25 years old, was taken over by the State Banking Department at the directors' request. Heavy withdrawals led to the closure. John M. Martin was bank president. The Oak Hill Branch also shut its doors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Jackson
U.P
Citizens Bank of Jackson
State Banking Department
John M. Martin
Oak Hill
Heiress Kills Suitor in Car by Cemetery Edge
Miss Helen Morgan a 27 year old heiress recounts to police how she took her lover Les Casteel for a ride to a gate by Glenwood Cemetery and shot him twice claiming self defense after he threatened her with a gun. Neighbors and investigators provide details of the night and surrounding arson case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint
Mich
U.R
Helen Morgan
Glenwood Cemetery
Les Casteel
Casteel
Miss Morgan
Ray Martin
United Press
Martin
Nelson Roome
Roone
Wealthy Man Donohue Dies By Poison In Personal Crisis
New York April 24 James P Donohue broker husband of Jessie Woolworth heiress died from poison taken during a personal crisis. He ran a brokerage office but largely lived with family in the South or Europe. He married Jessie Woolworth in 1912 and shared in the Woolworth fortune from her father’s five and ten store business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James P. Donohue
F. W. Woolworth
Donohue
South
Europe
Jessie Woolworth
Donahue Puit
Ohio Chamber Opposes Higher Tax on Machinery and Inventories
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce urged against taxing Ohio manufacturers more than rivals, urging assessment at true value rather than book value. Directors opposed centralizing tangible personal property assessments to a state tax commission and rejected plans taxing intangibles that could cause double taxation for holding and subsidiary firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
State Tax Commission
Ohio Reformatory probe to close next week in Mansfield
State Welfare Director John McSweeney announced the Mansfield Ohio Reformatory investigation will end next week. He will return Monday to interview employees before presenting a report to Governor White early next week. The probe followed Senator Joseph Ackerman of Cleveland considering a Senate inquiry into alleged convict labor sales and irregularities.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
State Welfare
John McSweeney
McSweeney
Reformatory
White
Joseph Ackerman
Cleveland
Senate
First River Fatality Of Year Reported In Huntington
Elden Mitchell aged 20 drowned in the Guyan River after falling from a houseboat near his father’s residence in Huntington West Virginia. He is identified as the year’s first river fatality.
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Huntington
W. Va
Elden Mitchell
Guyan River
Publisher Girnau barred from calling Clara Bow in trial
Frederic H. Girnau publisher of The Coast Reporter will not be allowed to name Clara Bow as a defense witness in his trial on charges of mailing obscene material. He printed sensational articles titled The Love Life of Clara Bow and claims the pieces were privileged. U.S. Attorney McNabb notes obscenity laws do not address malice or substantiation. Daisy De Voe, accused of theft, is named as an information source but denies supplying the material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
U.P
Frederic H. Girnsu
Girnau
Clara Bow
Coast Reporter
Misa
U. S
Samuel W. McNabb
McNabb
Daisy de Voe
Miss Ben
Andrew Schrader Dies in Substation Accident
Andrew Schrader, 46, of 16 Maple Street, died at Sheltering Arms Hospital at 4:05 p m Thursday from shock and burns after contacting a high voltage line at Lubrig sub station of Southern Ohio Electric Company on April 16. He leaves Ada his widow, a stepson Allen at home, two brothers and a sister. Funeral at 10 a m Saturday at Central Avenue Methodist Church with burial at Torch.
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Andrew Schrader
Maple Street
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Burns
Lubrig
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Schrader
Ada
Allen
Central Avenue Methodist Church
Torch
Young Ohio lawmaker criticizes assembly in radio speech
Rep. Hugh M. Addison, a young Democrat from Franklin County, charged in a WEAQ radio address that the Ohio General Assembly spent three months debating oranges in a bushel clams thistles and ignored taxes pensions unemployment insurance and other urgent issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sclon
Columbus
U.P
House
Hugh M. Addison
Franklin County
General Assembly
WEAQ
Ohio State University
Addison
Guard Royal Couple Under Tight Boston Guard
Prince Takamatsu of Japan and his bride are under heavy police protection in Boston for a five day stay. Police raised the guard from 20 to 36 patrolmen after a hotel hostess reported hearing two men discussing a possible assassination plot against the prince.
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Boston
U.P
Prince Takamatsu
Japan
Michael H. Crowley
Clara H. Burrill
Copley Plaza Hotel
Blockade Planned to Stop Run-Runers on Lake Erie
Cleveland April 24 Customs officials announce tentative Coast Guard blockade to halt spring run running on Lake Erie. Plan extends to trunk highways paralysing the lake with fast government autos at strategic coastal points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Erie
Cleveland
U.P
Coast Guard
Death by own action verdict in Lucille Drew case
Coroner J. C. Manihardt halted the investigation into Lucille Drew's death after a verdict of death by own action. Drew, 25, was found in a well on a neighbor's farm in Bucyrus. The April 24 report notes the conclusion and closing of the inquiry.
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Bucyrus
U.2
Lucille Drew
J. C. Manihardt
Newspapers Call Radio Publicity A Pure Paid Ad Vehicle
Princeton April 4 Elsey Roberts publisher The St Louis Star spoke at a Princeton University press conference. He warned that radio’s growth threatens newspapers and urged treating radio publicity strictly as paid advertising to protect newspaper power and ad revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
N. J
Elsey Roberts
St. Louis Star
School of Public and International Affairs
Princeton University
Roberts
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Five Brothers Die In Cabin Fire Near Portsmouth
In Duck Run, 14 miles west of Portsmouth, Charles Crabtree aged eight and Harold aged six were burned to death when their cabin caught fire after kerosene was poured on live coals in the kitchen stove. Their parents and infant Homer were burned, possibly fatally, as Mrs. Crabtree and her husband escaped outside with the baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
U.Y
Charles Crabtree
Harold
Homer
Duck Fun
Here
Crabtree
Preston Is Pardoned Man H Recaptured After 13 Years
Frank M. Preston, 30, of St. Louis, recaptured in St. Louis after 13 years since escaping Mansfield Ohio Reformatory, was pardoned by Gov. George White. The governor acted on welfare director William Kennedy recommendations and ordered the pardon at 4 p.m. local time.
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Man H
Columbus
Frank M. Preston
St. Louise
St. Louis
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
George White
William J. Kennedy
Preston
Elinor Smith Falls Short of Altitude Record
Elinor Smith failed to break the women's world altitude record, reaching 24 951 feet on April 9. The prior mark of 28 743 feet was set by Ruth Nichols of Rye New York. Major Luke Christopher of the National Aeronautic Association’s Contest Board said calibration of the barograph car indicated the final altitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Elinor Smith
Luke Christopher
Contest Board
National Aeronautic Association
Smith
Ruth Nichols
Rye
New Locks Planned for Ohio River Near Midland
Construction of a 5 000 000 dollar government lock system to replace Locks 4 5 and 6 will start September 1 after a conference of government representatives and Ohio and Beaver River industrial owners. The locks will be five miles east of Midland Pennsylvania.
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East Liverpool
Midland
Woman Hurt In Accidental Shot In Bellaire
Mrs. John Hans, 40, is recovering after being accidentally shot by her husband in Bellaire. The bullet was removed from her neck at City Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellaire
John Hans
City Hospital
Couple Pleads Guilty to Worthless-Check Scheme
Franklin Pennsylvania report says Howard Kellogg and Agnes Marsh pleaded guilty to passing bad checks for thousands of dollars in Ohio and Pennsylvania. They were jailed awaiting sentencing next week.
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Franklin
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Howard Kellogg
Ashtabula
Agnes Marsh
Pittsburgh
Convict Song Becomes Radio Hit for Michigan Writer
A plaintive melody from a Michigan convict songwriter, sung by Gene and Glenn on WTAM in Cleveland, gained fame and potentially fortune. A New York publishing house sent a telegram approving publication as the song, There Must be a Bright Tomorrow for Each Yesterday of Tears, drew requests.
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Cleveland
Michigan
Gene
Glenn
WTAM
New York
Hoover Firm In Support Of Tariff Laws
Washington April 24 The White House rejects Republican criticism of last year’s tariff law and backs slow rate adjustments through the Tariff Commission. President Hoover plans to keep the general rate structure intact with possible changes by December. Republican leaders defend the law and see the debate influencing the 1932 presidential campaign.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Troover
Tariff Commission
Maintai
Hoover
Dickerson
Iowa
Republican National Committee
Denies Lying Charge In Speech Row Over Magazine Copy
Washington reports Jonet Shouse, executive chairman of the Democratic National Committee, denied a charge by Fess of the Republican National Committee that he claimed Republicans bought 10,000,000 copies of a magazine article attacking John J. Raskob on religious grounds. He repudiated that specific claim while saying Republicans were leveraging Raskob’s religious affiliations for political gain.
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Washington
Jonet. Shouse
Democratic National Committee
Fess
Republican National Committee
San Francisco
John J. Raskob
Ruskob
Lisbon Farm Killing Shocks Community
Investigating authorities question the shooting of Walter Ingledue 28 during a farm brawl seven miles west of Lisbon. Thomas McGarvey surrendered to deputies and handed over the revolver used. he is jailed without charges. The farm is owned by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Cleveland, with McGarvey previously employed as overseer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
U.P
Walter Buck
Ingledue
Thomas McGarvey
William J. Barlow
McGarvey
Ingiedue
The
Sisters of the Good Shepherd of
Cleveland
Barlow
Three Shot in Duel at Canton Home
Police report a gun duel in the dining room of the Dube residence in Canton. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Dube were wounded critically, and Eresenion Musci was shot. The men allegedly quarreled two days earlier. Mrs. Dube intervened and was injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
U.2
Joseph L. Dube
Eresenion Musci
Dube
Musci
Boy Killed When Struck After Leaving Bus
April 24. John Abel Jr. 8 son of a past state president of the Fraternal Order of Eagles was killed by an automobile near here as he stepped from a school bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
John Abel, Jr
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
Sechno
Newspapers Press for Paid Radio Ads and Stricter Rules
The American Newspaper Publishers Association debated radio advertising at its meeting in New York. Resolutions backed treating radio programs as paid newspaper ads, restricting lottery tied ads, forming a regulatory committee, and examining broadcasting under government wavelength protections. Col. Robert R McCormick warned against letting broadcasters collect for ads while print remains free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A.P
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Joseph R. Knowland
Oakland
Calif
Comepanies
J. BR. Barnum
Syracuse
N. Y
Post-Standard
George B. Graff
Williamaport
G. J
Warns of Pacifist Agitation Against Defense Act
Mrs. William Sherman Walker, chair of the National Defense Committee, told the Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution that pacifist agitation seeks to wreck the National Defense Act of 1920 and the London Naval Treaty. She said military training in schools faces concentrated efforts to be eliminated and that the dispute will grow more acute this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
William Sherman Walker
Society
National Defense Committee
Walker
Army
Navy
Air Attacks Next Sweep Planned Across Eastern U S
The War Department announced plans for the largest peace time air maneuvers, with the First Air Division visiting Chicago Dayton New York Boston Philadelphia and Washington and several smaller cities during the last two weeks of May, promising dramatic demonstrations of air power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
War Department
Chicago
Dayton
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Man Wounded in Misidentification Shooting in Steubenville
Rice Lawrence Parsons 33 of Ferry Glen West Virginia lies in critical condition at Ohio Valley Hospital with a bullet wound to the abdomen. His brother Charlie Parsons 28 was detained as a witness while garage owner William Kincaid faces an investigation after firing several rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steubenville
Rice Lawrence Parsons
Ferry Glen
W. Va
Ohio Valley Hospital
William Kincaid
Charlies Parsons
Kincaid
Weather summary for local area with moving southwest disturbance
Disturbance over the Southwest for two days is forecast to move northeastward. Rain is expected in the local vicinity during the beat period with temperatures around 80 in Miami and lower readings elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Phoo Tod Paeshie
Te Ri
Ays Lowite
Cheyenne
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Jeans
Hawks
King Features, Inc
Senator Lorbach
Lexington
Jackson Bank
Flint, Mich
Roome
Carrie P Morgan
Mr. Fish
New York Aquarium
James PF. Donohue
Woolworth
Chamber of Commerce
Screen Star
Youngster Critical
of the Air Idea
Roberta
Karl A. Bickel
United Press Associations
Elinor
Cel
Robert FR. McCormick
Chicago Tribune
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