Molly Burnham's Play Moves to Broadway Durbin Picks It
Molly Burnham, a sob sister turned playwright, lands producer George Durbin’s interest for her Florida written work The Death of Delphine Darrows. Durbin foresees fame with press agents and Broadway stunts as Molly plots a New York debut amid dating turmoil with Jack Wells and public adulation.
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Molly Burnham
Boxton
Red Flynn
Florida
Molly
Dopey Dan
Jack Wells
Jack
George Durbin
New York
Mr. Durbin
Agnes
Palm Beach
Bullfinch
Stanford White
Delphine Darrows
Westchester
London
Letter Golf A Noble Effort
Today's letter golf puzzle may be called a noble effort it concerns bogus dukes. Par is six and one solution is on the next page today.
Letter Golf Rules Briefly Explained
The piece explains Letter Golf as changing one word to another in a fixed number of strokes. Each step must be a complete common word, changing only one letter per move. Slang or abbreviations don’t count, and the exact solution is not printed on this page.
Radio Schedule Gusts Across Multiple Networks
A dense listing outlines NBC CBS and local stations with hourly programs from 5:00 p m to 1:00 a m including orchestras, concerts, talk programs, weather and livestock reports, and special features across WEAF WIZ WLW and other outlets. The schedule lists times for music dull entertainment talk and variety acts on Thursday and Friday with late night sign off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WLW
Dad Kershner
YMCA
Gibson Orchestra
m.—National Farm and Homeur
U.S. Navy
Women's Radio Club
Old Friends and Faces
The
Rhyme Reaper
K Central Orchestra
Alvin Roehr
NBC
Orchestra
Hollingsworth Hall
Henry Thies
Chonau Trio
Melville Raw
Los Amigos
Latin America
Hotel Gibson Orchestra
Y.mca
Orpheus Trio
Mansfield
Jack
Gene
Hotel Gibson
National
Pacific Symphony
Women
Smith Ballew
Somers
Triadors
Gillette
Quakers
Tarring of Roads Continues Today in Athens County
Tarring of roads continued in Athens County today under State Highway Department direction. East and south routes received treatment. Linser-Albany Road work started this morning after a Wednesday delay. Athens-Guysville Road work began at the east city line and extended to Strouds Run with a second coat toward Guysville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
State Highway Department
Athens
Linser-Albany
Guysville
Surprise Given For Mrs L Dailey On Birthday
A pleasant surprise was tendered Mrs. Lewis Daisey of Mann Ridge on Tuesday evening for her birthday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Russell Carsey and sons Russell and Jack, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Carsey and children Marie Lenore Melvin, Mr. and Mrs. Doris Bartlett and children Delmer Roberta Charlotte and Bernard, Mr. Earl Dailey Dewey Raymond and Ralph Dailey, Misses Margaret and Kieda and Richard Dailey, and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Dailey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Daisey
Mann Ridge
Russell Carsey
Russell
Jack
Jay Carsey
Marie
Lenore
Melvin
Doris Bartlett
Delmer
Roberta
Charlotte
Bernard
Earl Dailey
Dewey
Raymond
Ralph Dailey
Margaret
Kieda
Richard Dailey
Lewis Dailey
Isaac Taylor Run Down on Chester Road by Coupe
Isaac Taylor was badly cut and bruised after being struck along Chester Road near the Fair grounds. The vehicle, a coupe, was said to be driven by Ethan Nelson. Taylor, who recently moved from Bashan, was taken home by the Finsterwald ambulance with medical attention from Dr. Daniels.
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Pomeroy
Isaac Taylor
Minersville
Chester
Fairgrounds
Ethan Nelson
Daniels
Finsterwald
Taylor
Bashan
Students Depart for College as Class of 1929 Heads Forth
Aug 1 in Middleport two girls Helen Hess and Clara Ueile Bodkins left for Columbus to enter Mills College, first of the 1929 class to depart. Others plan study in fall with Nancy Reed going to Oxford, Mary W. Farmer to Ohio Wesleyan, Lucile Dutton to Ohio University, and Oliver W. Holmes to Ohio State University. Mrs. Louis Sauer and Mrs. Bodkins accompany the Bliss-bound students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Helen Hess
Clara Ueile Bodkins
Columbus
Millas College
Nancy Reed
Oxford
Mary W. Farmer
Ohio Wesleyan
Lucile Dutton
Ohio University
Oliver W. Holmes
Ohio State
Gold Ridge Visitors Share Time With Local Families
Mrs Earl Morris and son and Mrs Nona Morris visited Mrs Bennett Little in Cheshire. Mrs Faye Eynon of Columbus spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Harry Knopp. Pauline returned to Columbus with her. Mr and Mrs Gerald Morris of Rutland and the Morris family plus Melvin Morris spent Sunday with Mrs Nona Morris. Hallie Knopp and children of Harrisonville also visited Sunday.
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Harry Kinopp
Eliza Gold Wallace
Earl Morris
Song
Guy Sargant
Jane Hanning
Herbert Barnhart
Chester
Dale Barnhart
Darwin
Gold Ridge
Nona Morris
Bennett Little
Cheshire
Faye Eynon
Columbus
Harry Knopp
Pauline
Gerald Morris
Rutland
Melvin Morris
Hallie Knopp
Harrisonville
Local News Briefs From Bedford Township Area
Jacob Zeiher returns to work at his shoe store on July 31 after a 13 month layoff and a broken foot from a fall. Ex representative F. Hill of Scipio Township, veteran of the Spanish War, plans to depart soon for a Military Hospital in Dayton for rupture treatment. Judge C EF Peoples reports the death of Eknos T. Cowan in Clay Center Nebraska. Cowan, 75, native of Bedford Township, taught in Meigs County before moving west.
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Jacob Zeiher
F. Hill
Scipio Township
Spain
Dayton
C. EF. Peoples
Eknos T. Cowan
Clay Center
Nebraska
Bedford Township
Meigs County
Mrs Lee Rebounds From Fractured Arm in fall
Mrs. Lee, living with her daughter Mrs. Clyde Helwiz in Good Middleport, is recovering after a fall last Saturday caused a double fracture in her arm.
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Middleport
Lee
Clyde Helwiz
Pomeroy Woman’s Plymoth Rock Pullet Makes News
Miss Louise Stanbery of Sunny Slope Sugar Run Pomeroy owns a Plymouth Rock pullet notable for laying six eggs since hatching April 17. The bird reached 100 days old at the first egg, marking a local poultry curiosity.
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Pomeroy
Louise Stanbery
Sunny Slope
Sugar Run
Revival Services Conducted by Russell Manning in Chauncey
Rev. Russell Manning of Aurora Ind formerly of Chauncey conducts Holiness revival at Russell dance hall north of Chauncey. The 10 night meeting invites the public to attend and be part of the religious revival starting August 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Russell Manning
Aurora
Ind
Russell Dance Hall
Mullins Buys Farm and Goods at Chauncey
Marion Mullins purchases the farm and household goods of Frank McKee near the James Mullins farm above Chauncey and takes possession. The McKee family plans to move to Washington DH.
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Marion Mullins
Frank McKee
Chauncey
Frank McKfee
James Mullins
Mr. McKee
Washington
Chickens Lay Chauncey Pullets At Four Months
Aug 1 report from Chauncey notes Mr and Mrs W E Humphrey near Chauncey rear white Leghorn pullets of English strain laying at four months nine days. They own nearly 200 pullets and host readers at regional picnic. Nearby The Plains residents J Woods and Jessie Nichols with son visited Woods farm for dinner.
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Chauncey
W. E. Humphrey
Humphrey
J. Woods
the Plains
Jessie Nichols
Lincoln, Neb
James Heard
Nelsonville
Woods
The
Plains
Nichols
Venerable Welsh Woman Recalls Her Early Days
Syracuse July 31 Staff Special A colorful life story highlights a sailboat Atlantic crossing from Wales told by Mrs. Mary Thomas Hughes now nearing eighty at her Syracuse home. She recalls emigrating as a child, meeting her husband in Syracuse, and raising eleven children while cherishing family memories and neighbors.
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Syracuse
Atlantic
Wales
Mary Thomas Hughes
Hughes
America
Tingat
Mason City
West Virginia
Pomeroy
S. M. Thomas
Henry Thomas
Margaret Thomas
Mary Thomas
Robert Hughes
Anna Blumenauer
Robert Burnell
Cleveland
J. Ci. Moore
Huntington
T. G. Hood
Racine
Stedman's
Athens
William Hughes
University pupils run weekly city pool frolic for Athens kids
Five University students supervise a Friday afternoon swim program for children from kindergarten through 13 years old at the Athens city pool. Readiness to swim grows with each session as 30 plus youngsters gather in colorful suits, under young mentors, for a joyful hour of water play before summer programs end.
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Athens
Eiven
Marian Ickes
Warren Riddle
Paul Theimer
Helen Shaw
Ethel Williams
William Macklin
Veteran of Civil War Celebrates 86th Birthday
Dr A J Learned Civil War veteran and Millfield resident marked his eighty sixth birthday with a family dinner at home. Attendees included his children grandchildren and many neighbors from Millfield Zanesville Columbus and Athens.
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Chauncey
A. J. Learned
Millfield
Jane Matson
Mabel Shaner
Viola Wade
Edith Border
Learned Matson
Harold Guy Sams
Charles Martin
Zanesville
George Learned
Robert
George Norris
Pauline
Fern
Gladys
Donald Norris
Chester Erwin
Mabel Smith
Columbus
Robert Essman
Russell Learned
Leander Koons
Athens
President Bryan To Speak Friday At Ohio University
Dr. E. B. Bryan, president of Ohio University, will address Alumni Memorial Auditorium at 7 30 Friday evening. The talk is part of a social program for the summer session sponsored by the Committee on Social Activities with Miss Lillian Denner as chairman. The event is designed mainly for students but open to the public.
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E. B. Bryan
Ohio University
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Peace Settlement Seems To Be Near
Peace clouds over Manchuria ease as Chinese and Russian delegates meet on the border and agree to appoint talks to peacefully resolve the Chinchow eastern railway seizure dispute.
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Manchusi
Manchuria
U.P
Chincue Eastern
Dahlia blooms reach 23 inches in Chauncey garden
Mrs Edith Coulson of High Street Chauncey displays a dahlia from the J. H. Jackson varsity with a 23 inch circumference. The orchid colored bloom stands amid a garden featuring Break-O'-Day and Jersey Beauty varieties.
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Edith Coulson
Chauncey
High Street
J. H. Jackson Varsity
Coulson
Illness spread in Chauncey and nearby towns
Mrs. Al McCallan is seriously ill at her Chauncey home. Mr and Mrs Allison McClellan of Akron were summoned by the illness of Mrs McClellan. Morristown reports several children with whooping cough. The two year old son of Mr and Mrs Pearl Lowery is ill. Mr and Mrs Pearl Davis moved into the Robinson property on Converse Street Chauncey.
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al McCallan
Chauncey
Allison McClellan
Akron
McClellan
Morristown
Pearl Lowery
Pearl Davis
Robinson
Converse Street
9 400 000 Net Tons Of Coal Are Mined
Washington August 1 according to the National Coal Association the total bituminous coal mined in the United States for the week ended July 27 was 9 400 000 net tons The U S Bureau of Mines reports 9 432 000 for the week ended July 13 and 9 198 000 for the week ended July 20.
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Washington
National Coal Association
United States
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Talks on England Russia relations broken off in London
Moscow reports preliminary discussions in London aimed at resuming England Russia relations have been broken off by the Soviet government.
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Moscow
U.P
London
England
Russia
Leo Kline, Federal Informer Slain in Car
Leo Kline known in police circles as a federal informer was found shot to death in his automobile early today in Cleveland. The case was investigated as a possible mob or law enforcement related killing with no immediate arrests reported. Detective units and federal agents reviewed the scene and pursued leads.
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Cleveland
U.P
Leo Kline
Jones five and ten penalties under Jones law
Aug 1 reports from federal officials across the country show no instance of the maximum five year prison term and ten thousand dollar fine under the Jones law being imposed. Petty offenders generally receive light sentences while prosecutors acknowledge the law aids enforcement though some favor applying maximum penalties mainly to large scale commercial violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
W. Walker Willebrandt
Harris Released After Agreement on Support
James Harris formerly of Shawnee and Columbus was released from custody after agreeing to pay 10 dollars a month in child support following an indictment by the last grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris
New Lexington
James Harris
Shawnee and
Columbus
June tax collections in Perry County fall short
Perry County June tax collections dropped to 457,700 dollars, down from 479,993 dollars a year earlier, per county treasurer Carl Brown. The shortfall totals 22,202.95 dollars for the period.
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Lexington
Perry County
Carl Brown
How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of Fat
An advertisement claims Kruschen Salts remove fat by restoring mineral balance. It promises rapid fat loss within two weeks, increased energy and clearer skin, and offers a money back guarantee if no health improvements are felt. The hook asks readers to buy an $5 bottle from McKee Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Durbin
Molly
Ann Nichols
McKee Drug Co
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Maine
Idikiets
RADIO
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WEAF
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WJZ
Black and Gold Room
Federation
Halsey Stuart
National Broadcasting and Concert Bureau
Jack Albin
Hotel Bossert
Phil Spitalny
Ben Pollack
Park Central Orchestra
Vincent Lopez
Kylectroners
Mrs. L. Dailey
Chester Road
Struts
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Kathleen Jenkins
Bryan
Harvey Courtney
Beaumont
Red River
Ohio
de Herr Wegener
Germany
Lake Constance
Switzerland
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