Invasion Of Germany Delayed Pending Supreme Council Decision
Reds scatter posters in Athens county call for May Day revolution. Ohio University professor reads pamphlet praising workers’ uprising and urging overthrow of the United States government. Local authorities prepare to quell possible demonstrations while officials deny expected trouble.
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United States
Communist Party of America
America
Revolutionary Workers of
Italy
Germany
United Communist Party of America
Cherrington
Athens
National Guard
Ll. G
Worstell
Herb Parker
Parker
Ohio Senate Acts On Archer Redistricting And Other Measures
In Columbus on April 29 the Ohio Senate prepared for action on the Archer redistricting report after the House approved it. Senate deliberations also covered a women workers wage bill, prison township road work, and state bridge construction funding. Other items included pay raises for Senate staff, the state building fund expansion, a school riot aid measure, and a drunken disorderly fine bill. A photo features Luther Burbank and wife on his 72nd birthday.
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Columbus
Ohio
Senate
Conference Committee
House
Friends of the
Schrimper
Zoac
Sparks
Dayton
Miller
Muskingum
Norwood Senate
Justices of the Peace
Amendments Shaped for Young Emergency Tariff Bill
Washington April 29 amendments from the Senate finance committee to the Young emergency tariff bill were being drafted to report the measure Monday.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Power to be Off in Athens Overnight
Athens Electric Co warns customers of a power outage from 1:00 to 2:30 a.m. Saturday morning, affecting all lines and services in the area.
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Athens Electric CO
Nantucket Wireless Loses Contact With Stranded Steamer Mormugao
The Nantucket wireless station cannot reach the steamer Mormugao, which had been in constant contact since she struck before daybreak. Naval officials suspect the steamer's power plant is out of order. Ships may be sent to stand by the vessel as heavy wind and fog persist.
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Newport
R. LE
Nantucket
Steamer Mormugao Runs Aground Off Block Island
Four hundred fifty passengers were endangered when the Mormugao bound from the Azores to New Bedford ran ashore at Block Island in heavy seas and fog. Coast guard cutters Acushnet and Androscoggan were sent to assist. the forward hold was reportedly full of water.
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Boston
Mormugao
Azores
New Bedford
Block Island
New England
Coast Guard
Acushnet
Androscoggan
Mormugne
Hamburg
Kommodore
Germany
Lisbon
Attention Women Call to City Federation Meeting
The City Federation invites all women to a May 2 meeting in the Chamber of Commerce rooms at 2 PM to discuss constitutional amendments and new by laws. The note urges civic involvement, unity, and support for the reorganized administration led by President Mrs F W Bush.
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Chamber of Commerce
F. W. Bush
Air treatment is future medicine in the air
Washington reports medical scientists cite flights at high altitude as therapeutic. A 14 000 foot test by H A Renz Jr restored his voice after World War I while Grace Ford of Roanoke, Virginia also regained singing ability during an 1918 Lima Peru flight. Air service notes similar voice cures and envisions aerial sanatoriums and aero therapy as a future field.
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Washington
H. A. Renz, Jr
Charles A. McEnerney
Public Health Service
Renz
Bollingfield
Air Service
Grace Ford
Roanoke
Peru
Leguia
Miss Ford
Royal Air Force England
Women Back Schrimper Bill Support Davis Wage Fight
Women advocates of a minimum wage law defended Governor Davis today in the legislature dispute over the Schrimper bill. Backers said they would carry the fight into the state campaign next year. The plan was to abandon the wage bill fight and defeat the Chatfield substitute.
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Davis
Columbus
Bmnd
Schrimper
Meeting Athens Country Club to Discuss Bonus Bill
A meeting of Athens Country Club subscribers is set for Tuesday at 7 PM in the Chamber of Commerce rooms to adopt a constitution and by laws and elect directors. The note mentions the soldiers' bonus bill's slow passage, funding concerns, and the difficulty of raising $5 billion without increasing taxes.
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Clarence Dubois
United Press
Washington
Congress
Athens Country Club
Chamber of Commerce
House
Senate
Briand Heads to London for Ruhr Advance Plans
Premier Briand sails from Paris to join the London supreme allied council with Marshal Foch, Marshal Weygand, and Gen Berthelot. They seek joint approval for plans to push into Germany, seize the Ruhr coal basin, and possibly advance toward Berlin.
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Webb Miller
United Press
Paris
Briand
France
Supreme Allied Council
London
Briard
The
Republic
Marshal Foch
Marshal Weygand
Gene Berthelot
Germany
Ruhr
Berlin
Elf
Invasion of Ruhr likely delayed to May 15
London reports the Ruhr invasion may be delayed until May 15 despite allied pressure on Germany's reparations. France is prepared to act alone with moral support, while Briand and Lloyd George weigh plans and U S input could shape the final decision at the supreme council.
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ED. L. Keen
London
Germany
Ruhr
France
Supreme Council
Briand
Bamhourg
Marshal Foch
Weigand
Paris
Harding
Great Britain
United States
Berlin
America
Lloyd George
Iowa Hat Contest Draws Rep Good at Capitol
Representative James W. Good of Iowa chairs the House Appropriations Committee as he views a congressional hat contest display at the Capitol. A constituent presents a colorful sombrero recalling the historic beaver top hat once given to Joe Cannon years ago.
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James W. Good
Iowa
de Joe Cannon
Good
House Appropriations Committee
Uncle Joe
South to join banks of GOP policy declaration
Washington April 29 The South will adopt a Republican protective policy and abandon the Democratic party predicted by Representative S. D. Fess Ohio, head of the Republican congressional committee. He said the South will shed minority domination and racial prejudice, reducing sectionalism as voters shake off thralldom. He urged a broad national policy to decentralize power and include Southern interests.
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Washington
Dem
D. Feds
Ohio
Republican Congressional Committee
Fess
Seamen Strike Warns of Immediate Living Cost Rise
P H W Ross of the National Marine League warns in a United Press interview that a looming seamen strike on Monday would raise living costs and paralyze U S commerce. He says terminal congestion would back up land transport and hurt employment across industries. He urges government action to settle differences between sailors and owners.
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Harold D. Jacobs
United Press
New York
P. H. W. Ross
National Marine League
Ross
Seamen
United States Shipping Board
Washington
League
Oldest Oberlin Grad Edmund West Celebrated
Oberlin College marked the ninety eighth birthday of Edmund West, its oldest living alumnus, with an all campus observance attended by the student body.
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Oberlin
Edmund West
Oberlin College
Case Against Two Alleged Traitors Upheld
The Ohio state supreme court upheld the Jackson county court conviction of A. C. Townley and Joseph Gilbert for conspiracy to discourage enlistments during the war. Each was sentenced to 90 days in county jail. Gilbert is already in the state pen and Townley’s case will be appealed.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Jackson County Court
A. C. Townley
Joseph Gilbert
National Non-Partisan League
Gilbert
Townley
Wage reductions urged as 3,000,000 workers face unemployment
Homer Ferguson of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States says wage cuts are needed to clear the economy of depression. He notes living costs fell, workers gain less, and building and railroads show shifts while about three million unemployed stand ready to pressure employers to cut pay.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Homer JL. Ferguson
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Ferguson
Newport News
Left Their Posts Columbus
Eleven members of the staff of the state bureau of juvenile research left their posts when resignations were accepted.
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Columbus
State Bureau of Juvenile Research
Labor Leaders To Launch Open Shop Fight In Cincinnati
Samuel Gompers and ten labor chiefs arrive to kick off a drive against the open shop in Cincinnati, seen as a national stronghold. J H Van Meter of the Chamber of Commerce leads the employers’ campaign with 1900 members backing the cause. AFL secretary Frank Morrison says mass meetings will follow the federation's May 9 executive council start.
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Cincinnati
Samuel Gompers
Queen City
J. H. van Meter
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Morrison
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Ruth Paul Sues In Canton for Alienation of Affections
Ruth Paul files a $35,000 suit in Canton against John and Clara Paul, parents of her late husband Warren, alleging they caused the alienation of his affections.
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Canton
Ruth Paul
John
Clara Paul
Warren
Railroads urged to cut expenses to lower rates
Samuel O Dunn adviser to the Association of Railway Executives says 20 percent reduction in operating expenses, including wages, is needed to put American railroads on their feet and enable substantial rate cuts. He argues wage cuts are unnecessary and labels Lauck’s wage-cut proposals as propaganda.
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Roberts. Thornburg
United Press
Chicago
Samuel O. Dunn
Railway Age
Association of Railway Executives
United Press Today
Dunn
W. Jett Lauck
American Federation of Labor
Ecomist
Lauck
Jimtown Fair of Greene County Ig Thing of Past
In Xenia Ohio on April 29 the Jamestown fair grounds and buildings are set to be razed by the owner. The Jamestown fair traced to 1868 with annual exhibitions, expanded to become a leading midwestern event. After 1883 economic troubles led to sale and closure, revived in 1968 by R G George and W G Galvin, but dissolution followed in 1916 as Galvin shifted to newspaper ventures.
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Jimtown
Greene County
Xenia
Jamestown
Grady
R. G. George
W. G. Galvin
Galvin
Hotel Berry Ends Sunday Evenings Meals Notice
Beginning May 1 and continuing until further notice, no evening meals will be served on Sundays at Hotel Berry owned by E C Berry. This public notice dates from April 28.
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Hotel Berry
E. C. Berry
An Ordinary Hen Eats as Much as a Prize Winner
A promotional notice offers a free 26 page booklet on standard chicken breeds in the United States. The Athens Messenger invites readers to request the guide from the Washington Information Bureau by mail with two cents postage for return postage and stamps.
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United States
United States Department of A
Washington Information Bureau
Cure Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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