Miners Return to Work in Gallia County Murders
Gallia County sees a fatal shooting and a severe assault Saturday night. Jed Brumfield 34 dies from a brain wound near Crown City after an exchange over debts with Walter Boyd 42 who fled. Earl Gillespie 55 is badly injured after a vehicle assault and robbery.
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Gallipolis
Secral
Gallia County
Jed Brumfield
Crown City
Walter Boyd
Farmer
Hannon Trace
Sportsmen petition governor over river pollution
A delegation of sportsmen traveled to Columbus to petition Governor White at 2:30 p.m. with petitions bearing 1 500 signatures to stop pollution of streams led by the Hocking River. The party included Merr Sheriff Wayne Wingett Dan Ardin Clyde Mansfield S K Mardis Dr J M Higgins and C V Strawn. They cited hundreds of fish killed by refuse and sulfuric acid from a mine north of Athens dumped into the river.
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Columbus
Hock River
Hey
M. Merr
Wayne Wingett
Dan Ardin
Clyde Mansfield
S. K. Mardis
J. M. Higgins
Two-Fisted Fighting Man Bosses New Goal of Vets
Eddie McCloskey the Johnstown mayor and veteran champion leads the bonus army’s base in the city. He invites B E L leaders to retreat while troops prepare headquarters for another Washington march and set up in city parks and surrounding hills. He runs a pants pressing business across from City Hall and asks merchants for food and clothing.
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Mussolini
Gillis
Muew Long
Bonus Army
Johnstown
Eddie McCloskey
Washington
Eddie
Murder Points To Intentions Of Blackmail
In New York a blackmail plot appears tied to two United States Senators. Police found counterfeiting gear and counterfeit bills in a dingy room with a platinum blonde woman and her male companion. The record book listing prominent names vanished during the probe. Robert L. Conroy, a Toledo murder suspect, is identified as the blond man’s companion.
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New York
T.p
United States
Robert L. Conroy
Toledo
Fire at Ritz Tower Hotel in New York Kills Two Firefighters
A blaze at the Ritz Tower Apartment Hotel on Park Avenue killed at least two firefighters and injured many others. Reports said several men were trapped in the sub-basement where the fire started as rescue teams with gas masks fought through smoke to reach them.
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New York
U.P
Ritz Tower
Park Avenue
Consolidated Gas Company
Auto dealer sacrifices life to save daughter at Buckeye Lake
Walter B. Zimmerman, 43, of Columbus died after saving his six year old daughter Betty Lou from drowning when their rowboat capsized two feet from shore in Buckeye Lake. He stood in seven feet of water with her head above water until rescuers pulled her free, then vanished beneath the surface.
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Columbus
U.P
Walter B. Zimmerman
Buckeye Lake
Zimmerman
Betty Lou
White Shrine Meeting Set for Tuesday Evening
White Shrine plans a 7:30 PM gathering Tuesday night in the K of P Hall. Citizens are invited to attend and learn about upcoming charity and community service activities.
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White Shrine
K. of P. Hall
Weather contrasts as Athens records cooler afternoon
Athens saw a modest cool down with 82 degrees at noon comparing to 86 Sunday, while temperatures dropped to 56 at night. River stage eased from three feet Sunday to 2.85 feet today as conditions shifted from hot to milder.
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Athens
C. N. France
Marchers in Indiana head home from Washington evacuation
About 100 weary bonus marchers moved through Indiana after crossing Ohio in state trucks from the Washington evacuation. Additional groups traveled by their own vehicles while others rode freight trains or hitchhiked. The nine-truck fleet met up with the marchers at Zanesville Saturday night and set up an overnight camp.
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Columbus
Indiana
Ohio
Washington
Zanesville
Business Looks Up in Fourth District Says July Review
The July monthly business review from the Fourth Federal Reserve District reports a quickening industrial pulse. Many companies expanded or resumed operations after shutdowns or planned to do so soon, with small manufacturers noted as especially affected.
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Cleveland
Fourth
Federal Reserve District
Monthly
the Reserve Bank
Youths Die in Accidental Shooting in Delaware County
In Delaware County on August 1 Emory Hessler, 16, was accidentally shot dead by Leonard Harter, 15, after Hessler placed a can on his head and asked Harter to shoot it off. The bullet struck Hessler in the chest.
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Delaware, CO
Emory Hessler
Leonard Harter
Hessler
Harter
Hessier
10 000 Meter Prayer Ends Opening Day Trials
Beverly Hills Calif opening day of Olympic program featured weight lifting with both light and heavy events won by Frenchmen. Canada led, Italy second, Argentina third as 105000 spectators sought the controversial berets and boudoir caps. The only endurance test was the 10 000 meter prayer and a short prayer could gain life bookings at these national events.
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Beverly Hilia
Calif
Canada
Italy
Mother Found Dead in Ruins Of Farmhouse Tragedy Near Marion
Near Marion Ohio a 70 year old woman Mrs Mary N Hinkle was found dead in the charred ruins of a farmhouse after a fire that destroyed two barns and a granary. Her 50 year old son Jacob was later found shot dead in a neighboring cornfield. Deputies said the pair quarreled over an 18 year old girl who had lived with Mrs Hinkle for a decade and whom Hinkle was accused of fathering a child with.
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Marion
Here
Mary N. Hinkle
Jacob
Hinkle
Roosevelt Plans Nationwide Campaign Tour in September
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt announced a nation wide political drive starting in September. He will tour coast to coast to counter Hoover era labeling as radical and attack the farm board’s grain futures role. Three speeches are set for Columbus Ohio Sea Isle City New Jersey and Bridgeport Connecticut.
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Albany
N. Y
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pacific Coast
Roosevelt
Hoover
Farm Board
Congress
Columbus
Ohio
Sea Girl
N. J
Bridgeport
Conn
Passes Athens Bonus Army men move in two directions
Contingents of veterans and new recruits traveled through Athens today and tomorrow. Cars trailed banners as three loaded groups passed toward Washington and others toward the west. A camp formed at the Fairgrounds last night before continuing on.
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Athens
City
Washington
Nations
Fairgrounds
Hoover
Mining district sees hiring surge as strike lingers
In Nelsonville Aug . The seven month strike in the Hocking district boosts payrolls with 41 to 50 new workers at Millfield No 6 bringing total to about 240. Manhattan No 26 gains 4 workers to 77 while Lick Run adds 3 to 11 and Black Diamond remains 91. Chauncey gunfire reported with about 100 shots fired at Mine No 26 area. guards dispatched, no injuries.
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Sunday Creek
Manhattan
Lick Run
Chauncey Area
Nelsonville
Aug
Hocking
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Millfield Mine No. 6
Manhattan Coal Company
Chauncey
Black Diamond
Lathrop
Chatncry
National Guard
Chauncey Alatriet
Bonus City To Replace Dense Wooded Tract
An advance guard of World War veterans camps in woods near Waterbury Maryland to begin hewing virgin forest for a new bonus city to replace camps burned in Washington. Commander Walter Waters pursues a semi permanent self supporting colony of several thousand veterans and families with initial land from Maud Edgell near Washington. Major L J H Herwig offers a 400 acre farm near Upperville Virginia and four other sites from Virginia to New York state are offered as potential colonies.
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Waterbury
U.P
Washington
Walter Waters
Bonus
Maud Edgell
Waters
Johnnytown
L. J. H. Herwig
Upperville
B. FE. Fpf
Virginia
New York State
Rotarians Plan Scout Camp Night At Rowland Farm
Athena Rotary Club members will visit the Boy Scout Camp at Rowland Farm on Tuesday evening. A program of contests and entertainment is set to begin at 6 o'clock with a camp meal followed by a camp fire. The club has supplied a tent and eight cots for the scouts.
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Athena Rotary Club
Rowland Farm
Club
Scouta
Ohio Checker Association Tourney Opens At Cedar Point
Cedar Point hosts the Ohio Checker Association annual tournament with formal opening tonight following Sunday preliminaries in which Ohio players defeated Michigan opponents in match play.
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Cedar Point
Ohio Checker Association
Ohio
Michigan
Union iPickets Converge At Indiana Mine
Hundreds of union pickets surrounded the Dixie Bee Coal Mine in Terre Haute after 100 non union miners entered the shaft. Sheriff Dreher asked for state aid to preserve order and keep highways open, noting he could not maintain peace with available forces. A federal injunction shields the mine from further picketing as activity resumes at the only deep mine still operating in the state.
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Terre Haute
Ind
U.P
Dixie Bee
Joe Dreher
Harry G. Leslie
Bernstein Centes Charged in Embezzlement Case
Alex Bernstein, former chief deputy treasurer of Cuyahoga County, pleaded not guilty today to two indictments accusing embezzlement of 177 dollars from the county treasury.
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Bernstein
German Communist Leader Shot and Stabbed in Bed
In Koenigsberg a Communist leader was shot and stabbed to death in his home, a Socialist leader wounded, with attackers blamed on Nazis. Bomb attempts targeted two left wing newspapers. Berlin reports 27 million voters boosted Hitler’s Nazis but no clear majority, shifting balance to Catholic Party and Papen’s cabinet amid moves toward dictatorial powers.
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Catholic Party
Koenigsberg
U.P
Sauff
Zirpins
Berlin
Germany
Reichstag
Adolf Hitler
American Congress
Maor
Bruening
Obers
Fo Dietag
Frans von Papen
Pers
von Hitler
Hitler
16 Die in Ohio: Crash Kills 2: 3 Are Drowned
Columbus reports 16 deaths in the state over the week from crashes drownings and accidents. An airplane crash near Dave fon kills two, a Delaware shooting claims one, a Cincinnati officer dies by suicide. Three drowning victims are Walter Zimmerman 44 of Columbus auto dealer. John Higal 65 near Ripley Brown County. Mrs Oren Wolf 3 of Dayton. Robert Newman killed at Portmouth hit by car. Samuel Wilt 25 of Washington Court House dies after losing control.
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Columbus
Oho
Dave Fon
Hey
Delaware
Cincinnati
Walter A. Zimmerman
Buckeye Lake
John Higal
Ripley
Brown County
Mayaville
Chesapeake and Ohio
Oren FE. Wolf
Dayton
Robert Newman
Portamouth
Samuel Wilt
Washington Court House
Bettman Rules Judges on Sentencing Orderings
Ohio judges may direct one sentence to begin after another ends in multi felon cases, per Attorney General Bettman who issued the opinion in Columbus. The ruling clarifies how concurrent or consecutive terms may be scheduled across multiple convictions.
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Bettman
Columbus
Ohio
Fire destroys Kenton grand opera house and four businesses
Fire swept the Kenton area destroying the historic grand opera house and three adjacent structures while burning the contents of four business establishments. Kenton and four nearby towns aided firefighters to bring the blaze under control.
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Kenton
Ingalls Suffered Broken Collar Bone After Polo Fall
Republican gubernatorial nominee David B. Ingalls sustained a broken collar bone when his horse fell during a polo game in Cleveland. He attended a baseball game Sunday with his arm in a sling.
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Cleveland
David
Ingalls
Farmhouse Fire Kills One Man Injures Two Near Champion Center
A fire at Joseph Smith’s farm home one mile north of Champion Center killed Joe Sporik, 24, who had just arrived from Cleveland to work as a farm hand. Two others were injured in the blaze.
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Warren
Joseph Smith
Champion Center
Joe Sporik
Cleveland
Smith
Funeral services for Mrs. R. C. Danes Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. R. C. Danes who died Saturday night at her son L. N. Danes home at 101 East State Street will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the Hocking Street Church. Burial will be in the West Vac States Cemetery.
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R. C. Danes
L. N. Danes
East State Street
Hocking Street
West Vaca
Gunfire Wrecks Wellston Cottage in Miner Raid
In Wellston a mob attacked the home of Mrs Edna Fair injuring no one as gunfire shattered windows and wires. The assault followed a meeting of striking coal miners who demanded Bart Walton leave with them toward Jackson. Walton fired back and the rioters dispersed.
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Wellston
U.P
Edna Fair
Wellaton
Carinada
Bart Walton
Walton
Butler to Speak at Bonus Army Retreat in Johnstown
Major General Hutter, retired Marine leader, will visit the Bonus Expeditionary Force encampment in Johnstown Pennsylvania to urge the men to return home. He says the group has become disorganized and cannot aid its cause or its members remaining in Johnstown. He offers aid to veterans and notes the need for a plan for those without homes.
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Newtown Square
Medley
Hutter
Johnstown
Soladiera
Butler
Fiddie McCloskey
Eddie
Two Fliers Die In Dayton Plane Crash
In Dayton area on August 1 a small plane fell from under 100 feet killing pilot Charles P. Harding 19 of Miamisburg instantly and passenger Reuben Fink 20 of Franklin died five hours later. Harding was taking off when the aircraft sideslipped striking telephone wires. Coroner Maurice Cooper investigated reports that the motor was missing at takeoff.
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Dayton
Charles P. Harding
Miamisburg
Reuben Fink
Franklin
Harding
Maurice Cooper
Ohio firm challenges Ps rate hike before utilities panel
The Farrells Cheek Steel Foundry Company of Sandusky filed a formal complaint with the Public Utilities Commission in Columbus charging the Ohio Public Service Company of Cleveland with unjust and unreasonable electric power rates.
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Columbus
Ohio Public Service Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
Farrells Cheek Steel Foundry Company
Sandusky
Sister Saves Brother In Bull Attack Near Pickering
In Columbus on August 1 William Mc4 ran 21 was treated after a farm bull attack. His 15 year old sister struck the animal on the head with an ax saving him from serious injury or death.
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Columbus
William Mc4ran
Pickering O
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