Delegates Return As London Pact Ends Naval Craft Rivalry
Secretary Stimson and the American Naval Conference group return home aboard the Leviathan to announce a new treaty. The accord ends competition on all types of crafts among the United States Great Britain and Japan, with major reductions and scrapping programs. Senator Robinson says the president decides ratification timing and notes key limits on battleships cruisers submarines and destroyers. The reception in New York includes a patriotic welcome and public praise.
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New York
Stimson
American Naval Conference
Washington
London
Metropolis
United States
City
Hall
Great Britain
Japan
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Athens Messenger Publishes Two Booklets on Dry Cellars
Real estate dealers say a dry, well lighted cellar adds 500 to 1000 dollars to a home's value. Moisture and darkness foster mildew and corrosion, so a dry cellar supports health, safety, and the long term usefulness of basements for storage and laundry.
Darrow Declines to Join Defense in Indian Women's Murder Case
Clarence Darrow toward not taking on the defense of Lila Jimerson and Nancy Bowen in the murder of Mrs. Clothilde Marchand. After a breakfast conference in Buffalo he said he probably would not join the defense staff but reserved the right to reconsider.
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Buffalo
N. Y
U.P
Clarence Darrow
Lila Jimerson
Nancy Bowen
Clothilde Marchand
Darrow
Senator Wheeler on Roosevelt win and power issue
Senator Wheeler of Montana says Roosevelt could be elected president on the power issue. He argues Canadians could obtain Niagara power at half the price US citizens pay. Canada has government ownership of power while the US has private ownership and rising costs.
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Wheeler
Montana
Roosevelt
New York
Canadians
Niagara
United States
Falls
Canada
Another Roosevelt would make for an unlikely political run
The piece suggests a Roosevelt from the opposite party could win and hint at alternating Roosevelts through history. It notes prosperity as the key factor, comparing the pocketbook to McKinley’s era and Hoover’s current moment.
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Roosevelt
Hoover
McKinley
Figure Promising Prosperity in Hard Times
In a 1932 context a political figure argues that he can revive prosperity, appealing to voters unsettled by economic hardship and shrinking paychecks. The text frames an election as a path to restoration of better days through confidence and promises.
Two Hour Parking Allowed On Court and West Union
Athens motorists may park for two hours on Court and West Union Streets starting today at noon. Mayor Robert S. Wood announced the change after arresting lengthy parking by locals. council will discuss amending the ordinance. The one hour rule remains 6 to 9 on Saturday nights and a special officer will patrol Court Street.
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Court
West Union
Athens
Robert S. Wood
Wood
Court Street
Interior seeks funding for Boulder Dam project
Secretary of Interior Wilbur plans to ask Congress for an appropriation to begin work on the Boulder Dam hydro electric project. Signed contracts from California municipalities stipulate 64 percent of power for them and were received yesterday. Funding likely in the Second Deficiency Bill to be considered in May.
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Washington
U.P
Wilbur
Boulder Dam
Congress
California
Royal Arch Masons Confer Degrees at Special Meeting
Royal Arch Masons conferred the Royal Arch Degree on three candidates during a special meeting at the Masonic Temple. Rollin Bright, district inspector, presided over the ceremony.
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Royal Arch Masons
Masonic Temple
Rollin Bright
Business Baiting Warned By Chamber Chief
Washington speech by William Butterworth of the U S Chamber of Commerce forecasts a new cooperative economic age guided by comprehensive research. He warns lawmakers and government against business baiting while stressing facts mobilization and fair profit sharing as essential to a free, well ordered future.
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Washington
William C. Butterworth
United States Chamber of Commerce
David and Goliath
Hoover
Butterworth
Howard Bennet bears tale ends in hospital wound
In Albany New York Howard Bennet tells his fish story of a heroic bear encounter to his son James who is convalescing. Bennett says he fired from close range and the bear collapsed at his feet as James asks to take the rifle but shoots by accident wounding Bennett. Bennett is expected to recover.
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Howard
Albany Hospital
Albany
N. Y
Howard Bennet
James
Bennett
Fear as motive in Tolliver murder trial at White Ash Mine
Prolonged cross examination aimed to prove Bailey Run mine foreman Melvin Tolliver killed Floyd Katzenbach from fear of attack by workers rather than malice. John Katzenbach joined as joint plaintiff with the state, testifying as only witness. Sheriff Williams testified arrest details and the revolver and shells were verified. Coronor Murphy described the fatal chest wound and resulting hemorrhage.
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Melvin Tolliver
Bailey Run
Floyd Katzenbach
Common Pleas Court
Tolliver
Katzenbach
White Ash
John Katzenbach
Joseph A. Murphy
Franklin County
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Murphy
William Williams
Athens County
Williams
John Kasler
Bailey
Kasler
J. Imboden
Imboden
Jacob Katzenbach
Ex-Reporter Tulsa Mayor George L. Watkins elected in record vote
The former Tulsa reporter who became water commissioner four years ago was chosen mayor by the largest majority in Tulsa's history. The article also covers a court case with testimonies about a mine shooting involving Tolliver Katzenbach and witness Kasler, detailing discharge of workers and gunfire near the mine wash house.
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George L. Watkins
Tulsa, Okla
Tulsa
Dan Carr Fined for Intoxication in Athens
Dana Carr of Athens was fined five dollars and costs Monday by Mayor Robert S. Wood after a guilty verdict on a charge of intoxication.
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Dan Carr
Dana Carr
Athens
Robert S. Wood
Curran predicts repeal of Prohibition in five years
Henry H. Curran of New York, president of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment, testified before a Senate lobby committee in Washington. He said three quarters of Americans are in active revolt against dry laws and forecast the Eighteenth Amendment would be repealed within five years.
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Henry H. Curran
New York
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Senate
Washington
Maxon Held Without Bail in Homicide Case in New York
James M. Maxon Jr son of a Tennessee bishop coadjutor faced a grand jury on a homicide charge after witnesses testified at a formal hearing that he acted violently the night David Paynter 73 was beaten to death with a chair in New York.
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New York
U.R
James M. Maxon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Diocese of
Tennessee
Maxon
David Paynter
Gypsy fortune teller flees with $1000 bill and ring
In Cleveland on April 29, Mrs. Eva Thomas sought a fortune reading from a Gypsy woman. She followed the instructions to carry $1000 and a $200 ring, but during the trance the swindler vanished with both the money and the ring, leaving Mrs. Thomas in distress.
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Cleveland
U.P
Eva Thomas
Harold Penseyres
Mrs. Thomas
Guards Fire on Prisoners as Ohio Penitentiary Prisons Riot Surges
National Guard units mobilized to the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus after a prison riot. Twenty convicts were reinjured as guards fired through a partition during clashes in the White City cell-block. Martial law was in effect and troops moved in with machine guns and reserves to restore control.
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166Th Infantry
Athens National Guard
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
T. KR. Shafer
National Guard
Athens
U.P
White City
State Penitentiary
Nue Enc
Osus
Penitentiary Firefight Prompts National Guard Reinforcement
Columbus April 29 Gov. Myers Y Cooper ordered restored order inside the State Penitentiary after a deadly fire and prison outbreak. Civil authority reinforced by National Guard as Adjutant General Reybold directs three infantry companies and a howitzer platoon to the scene.
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Columbus
State Penitentiary
Myers Y. Cooper
National Guard
Robert Haubrich
Harry Reybolds
Marietta
Marion
Athens
Ironton
Prison crowding Riots Prompt Administration Action
The administration seeks measures to address overcrowding and prison riots seen as a desperate condition, with federal and state facilities affected and policy responses under consideration.
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U.R
D A R Eases Stand Over Hoover Peace Policies
Mrs M B Rosenberry wife of a Wisconsin Supreme Court chief justice resigns from the Daughters of the American Revolution after the D A R disputes President Hoover's World Court stance and pacifist declarations.
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Hoover
M. B. Rosenberry
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Daughters of the American Revolution
D. A. Fh
World Court
Fort Hayes Prison Mutiny Ends as Guards Seize Control
At Fort Hayes the uprising by inmates ended after National Guardsmen and Naval Reserves surrounded the penitentiary. Warden Haubrich assumed command, martial law was prepared, and soldiers replaced guards to lead prisoners to the mess hall. Two Toledo inmates were wounded in the clash, with guards saying force may be used to disarm mutineers.
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Anarrangle
P. EB. Thoman
George Tonoff
Toledo
Jewell Joffa
Haubrich
Jefferson
Col
Hmaubrigh
National
Ce Son
Wife of mine foreman observed at trial over fatal shooting
Mrs. Melvin Tolliver wife of the Batley Run mine foreman sat as a spectator during the trial in Common Pleas Court for first degree murder in the Floyd Katzenbach case. She left her front row seat during Tuesday testimony and spoke briefly with her husband during a court recess with her two young daughters present.
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Melvin Tolliver
Batley Run
Common Pleas
Floyd Katzenbach
May call legislature if prison emergency requires
Columbus April 29 Gov Myers Y Cooper stated that a special legislative session will be convened at once if the current prison emergency necessitates it. He issued the official statement today.
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Columbus
O.R
Myers Y. Cooper
U S Plans Large Funds to Aid Jobless Recovery
Washington reports the federal government has more than 100 million dollars available to be spent on employment programs nationwide. The total could reach 125 million if pending plans proceed, with a focus on public roads buildings and public works as a constructive response to the current downturn.
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Washington
Rioting prisoners freed amid chaos in Athens May Day turmoil
In Athens on May 3 chaos erupted as seven prisoners awaiting execution were liberated amid rioting. Names and exact charges remain unclear as authorities investigate the incident and seek those responsible for the disturbance.
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James
Athens
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