Fruit in Athens County Not Damaged by Freeze Sunday Night
The Ohio fruit crop largely escaped damage from a Sunday night frost in Athens County and surrounding districts. Temperatures dipped to 30 to 34 degrees, with little orchard damage reported. frost warnings continued for Southeastern Ohio and colder weather expected tonight.
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Athens County
E. V. Wolfe
The
Plains
Columbus
Ohio
Coolville
Samuel Pailet
Troy High School
M. Keirns
Amesville
Wolfe
U.P
Weather Bureau
Ugh
Dayton
Mansfield
Daylight Saving and Cosmic Questions in 1930s Talk
Daylight saving returns to communities. Sir James Jeans comments on the 200-inch Pasadena telescope and sun interior heat. A note on the King of Siam visiting New York and requesting plain escorts, with a lead to continued coverage.
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James Jeans
Wilson Observatory
Pasadena
Opper
Jeans
Siam
New York
Buddha
Oriental Missionary in Doubtful Identity at City Hospital
Rev Ralph Thurber, hospitalized with distomiasis, is reported to be a Keorean missionary but his identity is uncertain as the Christian Missionary and Alliance Church denies knowledge of him. Hospital officials describe extensive but unreturned inquiries from across the country into his family and status.
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Cleveland
U.P
City Hospital
Ralph Thurber
Thurber
Christian Missionary and Alliance Church
Philadelphia
Rts
Packer J. McMillin
Harber
Favor Hoover To Run Again
Delegates and alternates to the 1928 Republican National Convention overwhelmingly favor President Hoover for renomination according to a Washington Post poll. Curtis is favored for vice president. Hoover led with 492 of 521 votes, Curtis named by 247 as VP candidate.
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Washington
U.p
Hoover
Washington Post
Curtis
Morrow
Coolidge
Lowden
Dawes
Borah
Watson
Theodore Roosevelt
War Hurley
Tilson
Connecticut
Robinson sentenced in Athens County Court for shooting father-in-law
Frank Robinson of Stewart received a sentence of not less than one year at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus after being found guilty of shooting his father-in-law Fred Laughlin with intent to kill. Judge O F Rowland overruled a motion for a new trial and rejected juror petition to suspend sentence. Lyda Davis of Scatter Ridge was fined 100 dollars and costs for possession of intoxicating liquor after a guilty verdict last week.
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Frank Robinson
Stewart
Ohio
Columbus
O. F. Rowland
Athens
Lyda Davis
Scatter Ridge
Rowland
Church Favors Birth Control Report From Presbyterian Commission
A report by a special commission of the Presbyterian Church of the USA endorses birth control as part of its inquiry into marriage divorce and remarriage. Rev Ralph Marshall Davis of Erie Pennsylvania chairs the panel and Mrs Charles F Roys of Wells College Aurora New York is a leading woman member. The findings go to the general assembly in Pittsburgh May 28.
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Ralph Marshall Davis
Erie
Chas
FR. Rmoys
Wells College
Aurora
N. Y
General Assembly of the Church
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
Wickersham Commission Calls for Unified Crime Data System
The Wickersham Commission reports lack of satisfactory crime data hampers understanding of crime in the United States. It urges centralizing federal justice stats, Census Bureau data collection, continued stats development, a uniform state statistics law, and improved data gathering practices until a new system is in place.
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Federal Administration of Justice
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Census Bureau
Justice and Labor Departments
Death Is Vindication In Far Organized Card Fraud Case
Mrs Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge, former Chicago internal revenue collector linked to the Springfield faro game scandal, says she is vindicated after identifying George Perry as the man who lured her into the card game that caused her resignation. She viewed Perry's body in an Indianapolis undertaker's parlor after traveling from her influenza confinement.
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South Bend
Ind
U.P
Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge
Chicago
Edward R. Litsinger
See Sound of Voice Visualized by New Instrument
Delaware April 27 report: Professor Leon B Slater of Ohio Wesleyan University and Kenneth Baker of Cleveland have built a phono projector scope instrument that records light rays from sounds. The device uses an interrupter to capture sound, projects it through a tube, and employs a tuning fork to generate pure tones for visualization.
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Delaware
Leon B. Slater
Ohio Wesleyan University
Kenneth Baker
Cleveland
Weather report summaries of temp and frost in 36 hours
Yesterday’s highs reached 84 in Phoenix and Charleston and 8 in Jacksonville. Todays lows include 14 in Qu Appelle 20 in Min nedosa and 20 in Port Arthur. Weather will stay fair and cold with heavy frost in exposed places tonight fading to Tuesday with rising temperatures.
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Phoenix
Charleston
Jacksonville
Qu’Appelle
Minnedosa
Port Arthur
Presbyterians Urged to Endorse Birth Control
A Presbyterian General Assembly commission recommends immediate church endorsement of birth control within a Christian home framework. The report urges health certificates for marriage, education for ministers, and expanded sex and marriage instruction, while reaffirming opposition to nonmarital sex and widespread divorce.
Will Learns a Lot From Brisbane And Reveals Some
New York diary notes a visit to Arthur Brisbane at his Lakewood New Jersey estate. Will Learns a Lot discusses prospects for 1937, Hoover's potential win, labor ideas, and political predictions heard on a horseback ride through Brisbane’s forests.
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Will
Brisbane
New York
Lakewood
N. J
Arthur Brisbane
Bill Donovan
Episcopalians Seek To Rule Out Divorces
A Protestant Episcopal Church commission proposes abolishing divorce grounds while creating nine annulment grounds and an ecclesiastical marital court in each diocese. The plan would end Canon 43, require pre marriage instruction, and allow divorced persons access to sacraments, baptism, and confirmation. Bishop Herman Page leads the six year study.
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New York
Protestant Episcopal Church
General Convention
Denver
Herman Page
Michigan
Milligan Dies in Athens State Hospital at 61
William Milligan 61 died at 4 this morning at Athens State Hospital after a stroke last Thursday. A former baker there, he lived in Columbus for 15 years and Athens previously. Funeral at Walburn's Tuesday at 8. Burial Hebbardaville Cemetery. Survived by widow Maude Cochran and three sons Harry Robert Earl. three daughters Goldie Bettac Wanda Gerry Alice Strawser, all of Columbus, and brother Branch Milligan of Orient.
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Athens State Hospital
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Walburn
Hebbardaville
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Athens
Maude Cochran
Jackson County
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Robert
Earl Milligan
Kansas
Goldie Bettac
Wanda Gerry
Alice Strawser
Branch Milligan
Orient
Hoovers Drenched in Storm on Potomac Return
President Hoover and Mrs. Hoover endured a wild return voyage to Washington in a Commerce Department boat battling wind rain and lightning on the Potomac. After a Cape Henry visit, the couple faced a thunderstorm during the ceremony as Bishop Thomson prayed and the couple sought shelter before rejoining the Sequoia.
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Hoover
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Commerce Department
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White House
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Episcopal Church
College Barons Face Court Challenge Over Expulsion
Miss Jean West, a Miami University Teachers College student from Portsmouth, seeks an injunction to stop officials from expelling her for scholastic failure. Her attorneys decry alleged arbitrary university rules and urge that public funds not be used to bar students. The case was argued last week with a decision pending after briefs were filed.
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Jean West
Portamouth
Common Pleas Court
Miss West
Teachers College
Miami University
William West
Portsmouth City Plumbing
Ie College
McLaughlin
Staker
Portsmouth
Miami Ia
Tragic Hamden Slaying of Emily Kirk Under Boulder
In Hamden Connecticut Emily Kirk age 21 daughter of Charles Kirk was attacked with a ginger ale bottle beaten, shot four times, and crushed by a six pound boulder. Coroner James J Corrigan announced the death as police and authorities search the area amid rain that hindered clues.
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Hamden
Conn
U.P
Emily Kirk
Charles Kirk
James J. Corrigan
Authorities Seek Cause of Westerville Fire Damage
Fire destroyed two Calvert Art & Flame Co. buildings in Westerville near Columbus with damage pegged at 100000 dollars. The blaze began in a frame storage house storing inflammable materials as Westerville Columbus and Sharon Township fire units battled the blaze.
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Westerville
Columbus
U.R
Calvert Art & Flame Company
Here
Wren
Plan New Air Line Cincinnati May 1
Embry Riddle Company announces a new Cincinnati to Atlanta airline starting May 1. The venture is a subsidiary of American Airways with John Paul Riddle as general manager.
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Plan New Air Line
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Embry-Riddle Company
American Airways
John Paul Riddle
Couzens Challenges Big Business To Take Stand On Wage Policy
Washington April 27 Senator Couzens a Republican of Michigan has pressed big business to state its position on wage reductions. In an open letter he urged the United States Chamber of Commerce at Atlantic City to go on record, arguing wage cuts harm economic balance and productivity. He cited figures on employed workers and daily wages and questioned whether the chamber supports wage cuts or maintaining existing scales. The issue echoes AF L president William Green who favored cautious measures to ease credit.
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U.P
Wickersham Commission
Hoover
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Atlantic City
U. P
Michigan
United States Chamber of Commerce
Juliaa
The
Ber
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Advertise Your Hearth Goods to 12,000 Families
Baby high chair demand stays strong as first rate used items sell quickly. Place a notice in The Messengers and reach 12,000 families. Efficient ad taker will craft your sale ad. Dial Athens 024% Nelsonville 412 W. of Logan 272.
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Athens
Nelsonville
Logan
Social Leaders Are Victims in Ocean Tragedy
Rescue parties searched San Francisco Bay for five members of a young social set missing since a small boat capsized early Sunday. The lost are Gilbert Loken Jr., his wife Mary, Carl Jefferson, Lydia Jefferson, and A Sheridan Hubbard. The boat Chickie was found overturned off Yeom Buena Island. Harbor officials suspect a ferry wake or wave swamping contributed.
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San Francisco Bay
Gilbert Loken Jr
Piedmont
Mary
Carl J. Jefferson
Oakland
Lydia Jefferson
A. Sheridan Hubbard
Oakland Building and Loan Association
John A. Johnson
Crowley Tub No
Jefferson
Chickie
Ye¢Tha Buena Island
Vanparaiso man to face second murder trial
Virgil Kirkland, already sentenced to life for the murder of his high school sweetheart Arlene Cravens, will be tried Wednesday in Gary on new charges of murder by attack and murder by attempt to attack. A death sentence is mandatory if convicted. the previous murder by a blow charge will be dropped in the new case.
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Vanparaiso
Ind
U.P
Virgil Kirkland
Arlene Cravens
Gary
Indiana
Snowden Reallocates UK Budget to Land Tax Challenge
In London on April 27 Chancellor Philip Snowden presented a 4.5 billion budget and pledged no tax on the poor to cover a 112 million deficit. He proposed a bold one penny in the pound tax on land value to raise revenue, defying landed interests and hinting Lords' resistance.
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London
U.B
Philip Snowden
House of Commons
Great Britain
House of Lords
Lords
Convict Nannery Captured After Bold Escape
Dover New Jersey April 27 James Nannery once escaped Sing Sing boasted he would not be taken alive and is held under heavy guard in the county jail. He is wanted in New York in a policeman’s slaying. With him is Patricia Pearl Smith alias Helen Lorraine arrested near Morristown after fleeing in Nannerys car following his capture.
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Dover
N. J
U.R
James Nannery
Sing Sing Con
New York
Patricia Pearl Smith
Helen Lorraine
Morristown
Nannery
White Signs Six Measure White Signs Six Measure
Columbus April 27 Gov Gore White signed six bills before leaving Washington for a grid banquet. The Dunipace Webr bill rewrites probate law. The Gault bill authorizes welfare director to abrogate a contract with Marysville. The Zoal bill unites city and general health districts and allows small communities to contract for health services. The Nelson bill permits branches of county offices. The Schumaker bills tackle coin box stubs and vending machines and let Ohio insurers write out of state workers comp. The governor to resume bill reviews when he returns Wednesday.
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Columbus
Gore White
Washington
Marysville
Nelson
Schumaker
Ohio
Trial Postponed For Paul F. Kassey In Akron Case
The trial of Paul F. Kassey, charged under Ohio Criminal Syndicalism Laws with plotting to wreck a navy ship, is postponed until Monday before Judge Walter Wanamaker. The judge said he had not time to study briefs. Today also marks Kassey’s 12th wedding anniversary.
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Akron
U.P
Paul F. Kassey
Ohio
Semioneel Ae
Walter Wanamaker
Pudge
Kassey
Snow blankets Geauga County with ice in April
Snow measured two inches fell in Geauga County over the weekend with a one inch ice coating. Many peach trees were in bloom and thought damaged. cherry and apple trees blossomed and appeared undamaged across the region.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Mercury
Geauga County
Porch
Puddies
Central
Akron
Cincinnati
Eggs Priced Broadly Across Athena Stores
Eggs sell for 12 to 18 cents a dozen in Athena grocers report. Consumers pay about 15 cents a dozen at FarmeFu outlets. Cold storage release is cited as a factor in recent price swings from winter 1929 to 1980, with prices reaching 70 cents a dozen at times.
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FarmeFu
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