Drys Favor Re Submission of Prohibition Vote
Urgent shift in stance surfaces across Hoover administration and Missouri politics. Key figures including Charles M Hay and Anti Saloon League leaders push for resubmission while senators and congressmen increasingly back a new vote on the 18th Amendment.
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Hoover
United Press
Missouri
St. Louis
Charles M. Hay
Anti-Saloon League
Harding
Coolidge
Hay
Bey
Mie
F. Scott McBride
James Cannon
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Edwin Markham Celebrates Eightieth Birthday in The Examiner
The San Francisco Examiner marks Edwin Markham’s eightieth birthday and recalls his poem The Man With the Hoe first published in the paper. A Carnegie Hall gathering in New York celebrated the milestone, and Markham reflects on influences from California childhood and works by Jesus gospels Hugo and Fourier.
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San Francisco Examiner
Edwin Markham
Examiner
New York
Carnegie Hall
Mr. Markham
California
Miller
Arthur Brisbane
Victor Hugo
Lindy Rejects Capone Offer As Worthless
Hopewell New Jersey April 26 authorities dismissed rumors that Al Capone and associates could aid in the Lindbergh kidnapping case Capone's offer of a deal was viewed as worthless Capone's funds are low and his influence has waned since imprisonment Col Lindbergh and his wife remain unpartnered with Capone and show no interest in any such liaison
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Hopewell
N. J
A.R
al Capone
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
United Press Today
Capone
New Jersey
Chicago
Col. Lindbergh
Sach
Weather hints of April withdrawal over gray skies
With four days left in March, April seems to plan its withdrawal amid gray skies and cold rains. Forecasters expect continued cloudiness Wednesday then a return to fair weather by week’s end. Temperatures rose to 71 degrees yesterday and stayed above 46 overnight. Thermometers read in the high fifties this morning with 0.02 inches of rainfall. The Hocking River level rose only 0.05 feet from its stage at 3.75 yesterday.
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Hocking
Ohio
Ohio State Med School Denies Finger From Cadaver Used in Extortion Note
Authorities of the Ohio State University College of Medicine protest reports that a Western Reserve University professor said a human finger in an extortion note to John B. Wilberding of Cleveland Heights came from a cadaver at OSU.
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Columbus
U.pr
School of Medicine
Ohio State University
Western Reserve University
John B. Wilberding
Cleveland Heights
Campaigns of Party Leaders Getting Warm in Primaries
The April 26 primaries in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania will choose 112 Democratic delegates as Alfred E. Smith and Franklin D. Roosevelt vie for the nomination. Massachusetts favors Smith with forecasts of a clear delegate majority. Pennsylvania supporters expect Roosevelt to win 60 to 70 of 76 delegates.
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Washington
Alfred F. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Roosevelt
Smith
Boston
Mass
Alfred EF. Smith
Harrisburg
U.P
New York
15Th Congressional District
Louis T. McFadden
Cornelia Brice Pinchot
Hoover
Rev Ahlbrand To Await Trial In County Court
V Ahlbrand Chauncey charged with obtaining money under false pretenses pled not guilty before Magistrate C H Porter. Bound over to Athens County Common Pleas Court under 300 dollar bond after arrest by Constable Leslie Bradfield on an affidavit by Arthur Thompson who said he paid 57 dollars for alleged Fyr Fyt er Company representation. Austin Stillwell Luhrig pleaded guilty to driving with improper plates and was fined 25 dollars plus costs. Denver Young of Athens and Grace? Young faced failure to provide for a minor child. both bound over to Common Pleas Court under 400 and 300 dollar bonds respectively. Ruth Dickens of Glouster filed a statutory complaint against Granville Pitts of South Webster. Pitts also bound over to court under 300 dollars.
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Rev. V. Ahlbrand
Chauncey
C. H. Porter
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Ahlbrand
Leslie Bradfield
Arthur Thompson
Thompson
Fyr-Fyter Company
Dayton
Austin Stillwell
Luhrig
Frank White
Porter
Denver Young
Athens
Maggie Young
Common Pleas Court
Bradfield
Granville Pitts
South Webster
Ruth Dickens
Glouster
Constable White
Marcella Horn Plans Recital At Ohio University
The senior organ recital by Miss Marcella Horn daughter of Mrs C H Horn will be in Alumni Memorial Auditorium Wednesday night April 27. She studies with Prof A R Kresge at Ohio University School of Music and performs Bach S Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Couperin Soeur Monique Jenkins Night Thiele Chromatic Fantasie Weaver The Squirrel Mulet Noel Bonnet Variations de Concert. She graduates in June and belongs to Women’s Glee Club Sigma Alpha Iota Cresset Y W C A Cabinet Alpha Gamma Delta.
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Marcella Horn
C. H. Horn
Sunnyside Drive
Athens
At & O
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Miss Horn
Bach
Couperin
Jenkins
Thiele
Weaver
Noel
Mulet
Bonnet
Women's Glee Club
Sigma Alpha Iota
Cresset
Y. W. C. A. Cabinet
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Tornado Strikes Shelby County Areas Killing Four
A tornado swept ten communities near Memphis causing four deaths and 33 hospitalizations. Rural settlements including Kerrville Rosemark Parkfield Locke Lucy Bolton College Atoka Brunswick Millington Woodstock were damaged with some missing. The storm reportedly crossed the Mississippi River after hitting Osceola Arkansas causing $50,000 damage and injuries.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.P
Here
Kerrville
Rosemark
Parkfield
Locke
Lucy
Bolton College
Atoka
Brunswick
Millington
Woodstock
Shelby County
Mississippi River
Osceola
Ark
Train wreck probe focuses on rail switch bolts removal
Portsmouth officials, along with representatives from the Norfolk and Western Railroad the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Ohio Public Utilities Commission, investigated last week’s passenger train wreck that killed two. A wrench was found nearby and preliminary findings indicated bolts had been removed from a rail switch.
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Portsmouth
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Oxford Township high pupils hurt in bus crash
All 30 students from Oxford Township High School were injured when a bus overturned after colliding with a car near St Clairsville on Friday. Betty Arnold, 17, suffered a fractured spine and will miss at least this week while others recover in hospital.
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Fairview
U.P
Oxford Township High School
Pittsburgh
St. Clairsville
Betty Arnold
County Officials To Take 10 Percent Pay Cut
Williams County deputies and clerks will receive a 10 percent pay reduction starting May 1, after endorsement by county commissioners. Bryan's school board is reviewing possible teacher pay cuts for next year to save money.
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Bryan
U.P
Williams County
Ohio Northern University lowers summer tuition
Slash Tuition Ada Ohio reports a near 50 percent cut with summer term full tuition set at 35 dollars and half year at 10 dollars. Over 400 students were expected to enroll as the session opens June 1.
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ADA. O
Ohio Northern University
Kaiser Would Fight War Again Says Not Likely
Hollywood April 25 Will Thinks Kaiser says he would do the same thing again. The note implies few would agree. A California lawyer named Gray is pursuing the man who escaped blame in a murder case. The writer signs off as Will.
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Will
Kaiser
Hollywood
Calif
Gray
Senate
Darrow Poised For Last Plea In Honor Case
Clarence Darrow prepared to deliver a four hour closing plea for four defendants charged with slaying Joe Kahahawai. The 75 year old lawyer requested a physician as he nears the end of a dramatic trial in Honolulu. Prosecutor John Kelley will rest the case after two prosecutors present their arguments.
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Honolulu
T. H
U.P
Clarence Darrow
Thomas H. Massie
Granville Fortescue
A. O. Jones
E. J. Lord
Joe Kahahawat
Darrow
John C. Kelley
Americana
Stony Oahu
Lieut
Massie
Kahahawai
Thalia Fortescue Massie
Lindy Conducts Experiments for Rockefeller Institute
New York April 26. Col Charles A Lindbergh has been aiding Dr Alexis Carrel in experimental surgery at the Rockefeller Institute. A Science weekly paper credits him with developing a conical chamber and tubes to centrifuge blood corpuscles and with testing a pump for driving fluids through removed organs. His work was interrupted by the kidnapping of his son.
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New York
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Science
C. A. Lindbergh
Division of Experimental Surgery
Rockefeller Institute
Alexis Carrel
Lindbergh
Carre
City cuts phones after unpaid bill in Campbell Ohio
Ohio Bell Telephone Co. stripped five phones from Campbell village offices today after the municipality failed to pay a 3500 telephone bill.
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Campbell
Becaus
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Rotary Head Elected Governor of District 22
Cincinnati April 26 special to The Messenger Fred H Johnson president of the Zaner ville Rotary Club was elected governor of the Rotary 22nd District at the club convention in session here The 22nd district covers the greater portion of Southern Ohio Johnson a former Nelsonville resident attended Ohio University at Athens in his youth He will take office July
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Cincinnati
Messenger
Fred H Johnson
Zanerville
Rotary Club
Rotary
Ohio
Johnson
Nelsonville
Ohio University At
Athens
Plans to Reopen Mines Spark Ohio Strike Tension
Coal mine operators from Harrison Belmont and Jefferson counties met in Columbus with Adjutant General Frank D. Henderson to discuss reopening mines in the Eastern Ohio strike area next Monday. A Bellaire meeting by United Mine Workers leader John Cinque will be open to all district miners.
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Cadiz
Harrison
Belmont
Jefferson Counties
Columbus
Frank D. Henderson
Ohio
Bellaire
John Cinque
United Mine Workers
Hanna Coal Company
Lorian Coal & Dock Company
Lorain
Byron Unkelsbay
Jewett
Fred Wagner
Jewell
Unkelabay
Harmon Creek
Maurice Wooster
Forerunners of Recovery in Two Weeks Ahead
Columbus report notes a 3.1 percent wholesale price drop since January with a 14 percent rally in the last week. Wheat corn flour and petroleum show gains while cotton demand abroad improves despite Shanghai hostilities. The National Coffee Council wastes 4,200,000 bags of low grade coffee to lift prices. Houston Land Bank cites 77 percent of 1931 land sales to towns and cities and signals a back to the farm movement amid rising land values.
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Columbus
ANS
H. EB. Curry
Ohio Farm Bureau Research Department
Alost
Petroleum Group
Rio de Janeiro
National Coffee Council
Houston Federal Land Bank
Dweiera
Lima Water Department Could Receive 20000 Gift Proposal
Lima Ohio and its 20,000 patrons face a possible $20,000 gift from the city to the water department. The city commission met today to discuss a proposed reduction of 30 cents per 1000 gallons for water charges.
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Lima
Lima Waterepartment
Éetty
Ingalls Addresses Ohio Tour in Hocking Valley
Assistant Secretary of the Navy David S Ingalls campaigned as a Republican governor candidate addressing a City Hall crowd in Athens after arriving by plane. He planned stops in Logan New Lexington Nelsonville Glouster Corning New Straitsville and other towns while urging state institutions to use Ohio coal and noting a possible 0 000 more miners if the state bought coal. He cited Ohio's debt near 1 000 000 and said it relates to a Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan aimed at lifting the nation from a low mood.
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Logan
New Lexington
Nelsonville
Glouster
Corning
New Straitaville
Hocking Valley
City Hall
Ingalls
Kiwanis
Chile
Ohio
Ingalla
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
United States
Pomeroy Bend Men Victims Of Dirt Slide
Alfred Roneh eighteen of Mason City and Harry Coleman forty two of Reedaville die in Marmet West Virginia dam site cave in as a night crew works with hundred tons of mud. Lawrence Roush survives after air and head breathing to stay alive until rescuers arrive. Funeral services set for Alfred Roush at Mason City Methodist Church with burial in Broad Run Cemetery. Coleman funeral held at Reedville Christian Church.
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Pomeroy
Alfred Roneh
Mason City
Harry Coleman
Reedaville
Marmet
W. Va
Alfred Roush
Lawrence
Mason City Methodist Church
Gearhart
Broad Run
Abraham Roush
Reedsville
Japan to Quit League Report Says Osaka Paper
Mainichi of Osaka reports Japan will reject the League of Nations formula for China Shanghai dispute and that quitting the League becomes a formality. Soviet agents in Manchuria blamed for damage to the Chinese Eastern Railway and a troop train wreck near Harbin, per Japanese sources.
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TOKIO
U.P
Japan
League of Nations
China
Shanghai
Mainichi
Osaka
Keneva
Manchuria
Mukden
Nippon Dempo
Harbin
Chase Infant Walter Frazier Dies at Nine Months
Walter Frazier nine months old, son of Mr and Mrs Victor Frazier, died this morning at 9 in their home near the Chase post office. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 2 PM at Burlingham, with burial at Purting.
Bribery Trial in Columbus Involves Clothing Purchases
In Columbus on April 26, evidence admitted in the Mate Roberts bribery trial shows eighty nine vouchers for clothing purchases from a local Columbus company. Roberts, former deputy clerk of the probate court, allegedly solicited and took bribes for distributing indigent insane patients’ clothing orders to the firm. The prosecution contends Roberts steered about 30 percent of orders to the company despite instructions to distribute business.
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Columbus
UPS
Columbus Clothing
Mate Roberts
Homer
Boatwick
Roberta
Columbus State Hospital
Boat Explodes Killing Coast Guard Crew Near Death
NEW LONDON Conn April 26 Patrol Boat 200 a coast guard rum chaser shattered hull and crew burned and battered as a board of inquiry opened to determine the explosion. Chief Boatswain's mate Alexander C Cornell commanded the 290 when its machine guns killed three ram runners aboard Black Duck in 1929. Five crew members and an employee of a Marine gasoline station were hospitalized two near death. Officials said the blast was likely an accident perhaps from the high test gasoline engines.
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New London
Conn
Coast Guard
Coast Guard Board of Inquiry
Alexander C. Cornell
Marine
Lawrence and Memorial Associated Hospital
Coast
Caast Guard
Renew Senate Market Probe
Washington April 26 The Senate investigation of the stock market resumes with a surprise witness the topic of interest Rep Fiorello LaGuardia New York City Republican questions turn on methods used by New York stock promoters to lure customers.
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Washington
U.r.senate
Fiorello LaGuardia
New York City
LaGuardia
Norbeck
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
New York
Lima Schools Close Early For Funding Shortfall
Lima Ohio will shut public schools two weeks before the scheduled end of the term due to a lack of funds to pay teachers, cutting the academic year short.
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Lima
Dodge-Hussey Wins Nelsonville Haydenville Road Contract
State Route 3 paving from Nelsonville to Haydenville awarded to Dodge-Hussey Inc of Columbus for 149159.75 with 60 percent of labor to be hired through Athens and Hocking County Unemployment Relief Committees at a 35 cent hourly minimum. Brick purchase 947987.08 awarded to Nethervilla Frick Company for 1 817 000 bricks delivery by Aug 15.
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Nelsonville
Haydenville
Dodge-Hussey, Inc
Columbus
W. ©. Merrell
State Highway Department
Athens
Hocking County
Dodge-Massey
Dorr Thun
Seven Mile Creek
Athens County
Dore Run
Wolfen Basin
Trimele
Glouster
Glouster-Trimble
Trimble
Unemployment Relief Committee
Suspend Arms Parley At Geneva After Indefinite Adjournment
The general commission of the world disarmament conference voted to suspend its work and adjourn indefinitely. Sittings are paused until technical bodies classify land sea and air weapons as defensive or offensive. Technicians' reports are awaited and political problems delaying progress remain unsolved. The steering committee called for a two week break after French elections May 1 and May 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
General Commission of the World Dise Armament Conference
Sion
Senate Democrats Set Meeting on Billion Dollar Revenue Bill
United Press reports Senate Democrats scheduled a 4 p m caucus in Washington to frame party policy on the revenue bill focusing on income and inheritance tax rates. The session aims to outline positions before formal debate.
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Washington
Dec
Senate
United Press
Man Hangs Self in Lima Jail Leaves Note
Lima police investigated a note found after Joe Negy hanged himself in the city jail. The letter read in part “Sold me for one dollar. That is why I self,” and Negy said he came from Canton Ohio.
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Lima
U.R
Joe Neg5
Negy
Canton
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