Death Words of Katzenbach Are Recorded
Statements by Floyd Katzenbach before his death are admitted as dying declarations in the Melvin Tolliver trial. Witnesses including his wife, father, and Granville Green testified that the miner spoke of babies and taking care of his child. The defense argues these statements are not valid dying declarations and the case continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Katzenbach
Bailey Run
Columbus
Melvin Tolliver
L. G. Worstell
John Katzenbach
Granville Green
Nelsonville
Homer Davis
White Ash Mine No. 68
Katzenbach
Secretary Lamont Talks With Thorn ton on Canadian Rail Trip
Secretary of Commerce Mr Lamont spoke by telephone with Sir Henry Thorn ton while Lamont sat in Washington. Thorn ton was traveling at high speed through Canada on the Canadian National Railway System.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Lamont
Sir Henry Thornton
Washington
Sir Henry
Canada
Canadian National Railway
Sir Henry Networks With Hoover Amid Rail Profit Question
Sir Henry sent regards to President Hoover and the American cabinet. Seventy one telephone calls were made from a Canadian train on Sunday. Sir Henry runs a government owned railroad that lost money under private management. That must surprise our government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Henry
Hoover
Best Minds Read Bolshevism Through Rail Growth
The biggest financiers dislike Bolshevism yet admire business skill. Russia yesterday opened a 1,700 mile railway through Turkestan costing 100 million dollars, signaling substantial growth in infrastructure and economic ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street
Russia
Turkestan
Russian railway links Central Asia with Trans Siberian
The new all Russian railway connects the Central Asia Railway with the Trans Siberian line. The note suggests Russians pursue business and industry regardless of social theories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralsia
Archaeologists Claim Discovery Of Ancient Sodom and Gomorrah
Archaeologists reported by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency say the remains of Sodom and Gomorrah have been found buried in ashes from a fire that punished wickedness with brimstone. Father Mellon is cited as the discoverer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Sodom
Gomorrah
Father Mellon
Skeletons Found in Ashes From Bronze Age City
The surviving remains reveal 26 centuries before Christ era destruction, with implements indicating a Bronze Age culture unacquainted with iron or steel. The report notes fire and brimstone as the cause and directs continuation on Page 4.
Tolliver Shooting Described by Witnesses at Mine Supply House
Witnesses recount Tolliver's confrontation at the Bailey Run supply house where Tolliver fired, wounding Jacob Katzenbach as Floyd Katzenbach fell. Smathers notes Tolliver boasted he would "give 'em plenty" if trouble followed. Davis left the house as Tolliver rushed in. Ray McKee witnessed the shooting and Floyd Katzenbach's fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katzenbach
G. Imboden
Tolliver
Jacob Katz
Floyd
Oliver Stalling
Bailey Run
Floyd Katzenbach
Imboden
Stalling
Virgil Freeman
Buchtel
White Ash
Edward Smathers
Smathers
Harry Davis
Davis
Ray McKee
Happy Hollow
Falen
Jacob Katzenbach
Roach Rites Held for Athens Realtor Harry M Roach
Funeral services for Harry M Roach 69 Athens realtor who died at home 22 North College Street will be held Thursday at 3 pm at the residence with Dr A Y Wilcox pastor of the Athens Presbyterian Church officiating Burial in Union Street Cemetery will be private The long illness preceded his death
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H. M. Roach
Harry M. Roach
Athens Realtor
North College Street
A. Y. Wilcox
Athens Presbyterian Church
Union Street
Goodyear payroll car robbed in Gadsden
Four bandits raided the Goodyear Tire and Rubber payroll car in Gadsden Alabama and escaped with twenty thousand dollars in imbitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gadsden
Ala
U.P
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Agent Given New Job in Borden Company
Marietta April 30. John D. Hervey longtime Washington County agricultural extension agent for 11 years retires and accepts a post with Borden Company subsidiaries. He will head the bureau of milk production for the Ohio and Indiana division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
John D. Hervey
Washington County
Borden Company
United States
Borden
Ohio and
Indiana
Big Montgomery County Liquor Raid Nets 19 Arrested
In a major operation led by Sheriff Robert M Blank and joined by 30 federal agents deputies and officers, 19 men were arrested in a house near the Soldiers Military Home in Montgomery County. Two killed in unrelated refinery explosion in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
U.P
Montgomery County
Robert M. Blank
Chicago
W.P
Cabrol Oil Products Corporation
Itinerant Ranch Worker Kills Three in Modesto Area
An unidentified itinerant ranch worker killed three men with no motive and fled into dense brush along the San Joaquin River seventeen miles southwest of Modesto as deputies and volunteers hunted for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Modesto
Calif
San Joaquin River
Here
Wilmington Trucking Contractor Faces 37 Indictments
Lewis L. Frazier of Wilmington a trucking contractor was indicted on 37 counts charging forgery and presenting false bills linked to irregularities in Clinton County Highway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Lewis L. Frazier
Clinton County
Two alleged organizers held in Zemak bombing case
In Cleveland on April 30 police detained two alleged organizers for the National Garment Workers Protective Association in connection with the bombing of James Zemak's home, Zemak being a non union worker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
National Garment Workers Protective Association
James Zemak
Washington County Cabbage Crop Ruined by Freeze
About one third of Washington County cabbage crop was ruined by last week's freeze. Lloyd Stacy of Adams Township, a truck gardening representative on the Chamber of Commerce directory, made the estimate.
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Marietta
Washington County
Lloyd Stacy
Adams Township
the Chamber of Commerce
Rev Father Robben seeks passports for Europe tour
Rev Father William Robben pastor of St Bernard’s Church Corning has applied to Clerk of Courts A D Fowler for passports to Italy Spain Germany and France for a pleasure tour.
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New Lexington
William Robben
St. Bernard's Church At
Corning
Clerk of Courts
A. D. Fowler
Italy
Spain
Germany
France
Printed in Europe Pomeroy case of Mrs Kraus parole release
Mrs Susan Kraus once dubbed Ponzi of Meigs County has been freed on parole after serving years at Mansfield Reformatory and now lives with son M A Kraus in Toledo. Once tied to a county wide fraud, she forged her son Michael’s name on a 2000 note and faced claims totaling hundreds of thousands, with many widows and orphans affected.
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Pomeroy
Susan Kraus
Meigs County
Mansfield Reformatory
M. A. Kraus
Toledo
Kraus
Europe
Steering Broken Bus Over Embankment In Millfield
Chauncey high students narrowly escape death when the school bus driven by fellow student Gordon Stephenson loses steering and tips over an embankment into Sunday Creek. The accident occurred Tuesday evening at 5 o clock in East Millfield.
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Millfield
Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover High School
Gordon Stephenson
East Millfield
Sunday Creek
Stephenson
Poison Swallowed by Four Year Old Boy Recovers
Chauncey Tipple four year old son of Mr and Mrs John Tipple drank a strong disinfectant from a glass in a recently vacated home on May Avenue. His throat and mouth were seriously burned but he received medical care and by this morning his condition was much improved.
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Chauncey
Forrest Tipple
John Tipple
May Avenue
Tippie
Bus Plunge Near Bridge Leaves Youths Shaken but Safe
A school bus lost control near a bridge as steering failed. The bus toppled and sank, top torn away, evacuating passengers who escaped by crawling from wreckage. The driver was treated for head and face injuries and taken home. Books and lunches were lost. all students were wetted and shocked but uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Creek
Wallace Jackson Dies After Short Illness
Wallace Jackson of Broadwell died Tuesday morning at his home after a brief pneumonia illness. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 PM at the home with burial in West Union Street Cemetery Athens. He is survived by his widow and son Frank. His other son Harry and brother John Jackson also survive. Jackson was a lifelong farmer in Rome Township.
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Broadwell
Wallace Jackson
West Union Street
Athens
Mr. Jackson
Frank
Harry
John Jackson
Rome Township
Penitentiary Repair Funds Approved by Board
Columbus April 30. State Penitentiary to undergo repairs with a $100000 appropriation by the State Board of Control. In addition, $35000 is allocated to cover salaries of National Guardsmen on duty at the prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.ri
State Board of Control
Oil Scandal Figure Surrenders in Los Angeles Indictment
California commissioner of corporations linked to Julian Petroleum stock over issuance faces bribery charges after surrendering in Los Angeles on indictment in a new probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack M. Friedander
California
Julian Petroleum Corporation
Los Angeles
Mrs Kraus Convicted of Forgery and Sentenced in 1922
Mrs. Kraus and her husband were jailed after a return from Columbus in October 1922 amid multiple indictments. She was convicted of forgery. other charges were dismissed. George Kraus and son Michael A. Kraus were later sent to the penitentiary, while another son served as a witness. The family faced bankruptcy with creditors totaling 178 500 dollars and only a home on Butternut Avenue uncovered for payment.
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Kraus
Butternut Avenue
Seven Cars Derail in Akron Freight Train Wreck
A 63 car A. C. & Y. freight train split a switch last midnight causing seven cars to derail and roll down a 160 foot embankment into the Cuyahoga Valley. Damage is estimated at $16,000. The cars were loaded with Goodyear tires bound for Delphos for track switching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
U.P
Cuyahoga Valley
Goodyear
Delphos
Laundry wagon driver joins penitentiary riot firefight
John Baughman World War veteran drove a laundry wagon at the Ohio Penitentiary and was armed with a revolver during a riot. He fired at windows and sheltered as militiamen took control, planning to return as a guard after authorities withdraw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CA. A. Hartley
Middleport
John Baughman
Ohio Penitentiary
Thomas
Baughman
Oklahoma boys accused in fatal gasoline attack
In WeWoka Oklahoma two boys aged 8 and 10 are jailed on charges tied to the death of 3 year old Kenneth Yadon after dousing his clothes with gasoline and setting him afire. Prosecutors say the act, described by the boys as play, was heinous and may trigger serious charges given their ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wewoka
Okla
O. H. Preston
Paul
F. Creer
Kenneth Yadon
Kenneth
Treadwell
John Allen Dies in Union County Farm Family
John Allen 65 a Union County farmer and former Connett District resident died yesterday at his West Mansfield home after a stroke. Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Friday at the home with cousins Mr and Mrs Ralph Williams attending. He was born near Connett Church and is survived by several brothers and sisters including Mrs Dick Wolfe Jesse Edna Allen Mrs Azel Skidmore and Mrs Leona Allen Watkins.
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Carbondale
John Allen
Union County
Connett District
West Mansfield
Ralph Williams
Allen
Connett Church
Ellen Williams
Dick Wolfe
Nelsonville
Jesse
Edna Allen
Azel Skidmore
Peoria
Leona Allen Watkins
North Lewisburg
Booklet Helps Make Cellars Dry New Athens Guide
The Athens Messenger offers readers a booklet on cellar dryness. Prepared by George M. Warren of the U S Department of Agriculture, the illustrated guide covers cellar location, construction, and rehabilitation. Send four cents with the coupon to The Athens Messenger Washington Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger
George M. Warren
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
June Naps as Dad Is Tried For Murder
Four year old June Tolliver, daughter of Melvin Tolliver, shows little interest during his murder trial in Common Pleas Court for the fatal shooting of Floyd Katzenbach. She naps on the courtroom floor with sister Laura and mother present as proceedings continue.
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Tolliver
Melvin Tolliver
Common Pleas Court
Floyd Katzenbach
June
Laura
Gabriel Aboard plane as Army pilot takes over cockpit
In Cleveland April 30 the wartime student and Federal Court Clerk Henry L. Gabriel flew with an Army pilot at Cleveland Airport. When the plane banked suddenly he suspected the regular pilot. After landing the pilot admitted he had to take control just before touchdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Henry L. Gabriel
Okeh
Prison Guard Walkout Sparks Brief Ohio Penitentiary Clash
Rioting inmates at the Ohio Penitentiary faced a brief flareup as guards, banished hours earlier, attempted to march the prisoners to breakfast. Officers reported one man injured as the disturbance unfolded under heightened security and resumed quiet after the guards’ withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
Passive Resistance Ends for Darb at Ceiling Caves
Nelsonville reports that Darb Baker’s three day protest ended after a ceiling plaster collapse in the corridor. He cleaned up the fall and said he was ready for outside duty as authorities noted intoxication charges and arrest records linked to his protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Darb” Baker
Tares
Qn Hia Jestap
Prison riot chaos as National Guards converge in White City Cell
National Guardsmen restored order at the prison after a deadly Easter fire left over 300 convicts dead. Guards occupy the site under Col. Robert Haubrich. prisoners refuse work and demand Warden Thomas’s resignation. One inmate, Jimmy Gordon, was beaten and hospitalized. seven death-row inmates were removed to safety.
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National Guard
Citon
Robert Haubrich
Thomas
J. C. Woodward
Jimmy Gordon
Wood County
Goredon
Penitentia Hospital
Charlies Hannovich
Cleveland
George Williams
Edd
Wil
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