Federal Courts Praised in Crime Reports Summary
Wickersham Commission praised the federal courts for handling police court offenses efficiently. Connecticut data show 81 percent of 585 prohibition cases resolved the day filed with few jury trials. Plea bargaining accelerated proceedings with 92 percent of convictions by guilty pleas. The study funds need $25,000 to finish nationwide survey, Rockefeller funds matched by other sources.
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United Press
Washington
Federal District Courts
Wickersham Commission
Hoover
Connecticut
U S
al Capone
Willisone
Chicago
Progres
Commission
Wickersham
American Law Institute
Rockefeller Foundational
Congress
Carl Laughlin Dies in Kentucky Hospital
Carl Laughlin 48 born and raised in Athens County died suddenly Saturday in a Newport Kentucky hospital where he had lived for nine years. Body returned to Athens for funeral services at Clarks Chapel Tuesday at 2 pm. He formerly worked as an engineer at the Athens State Hospital. Survived by three brothers Fred Laughlin Athens Charlie and Clyde Laughlin and two sisters Mrs Frank Houghn Lima and Mrs T J Fields Athens.
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Carl Laughlin
Athens County
Newport
Athens
Dowler
Clarks Chapel
Laughlin
Athens State Hosiital
Ifred Laughlin
Charlies
Clyde Laughlin
Frank Houghn
Lima
T. J. Fields
Tanker J Norman Riley Fire Rages In Arthur Kill
Woodbridge New Jersey August 3 The tanker J Norman Riley carrying about 75000 gallons of gasoline caught fire in Arthur Kill opposite Fort Reading. A fire boat fought the blaze but made little progress as flames roared from every hatch and porthole.
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Woodbridge
N. J
W.P
J. Norman Riley
Arthur Kill
Fort Reading
Selected Plums To Be Ready Soon
Finch plums will be ready to pick August 15 according to a Messenger classified ad. Prices of poultry and eggs are advancing and buyers are encouraged to feed pullets today. A Chauncey resident offers 2 goats for sale or trade. A 15 acre farm with a good house near Jacksonville is offered or will trade. A buyer will pay 5 cents per pound for clean white rags.
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Messenger
Chauncey
Jacksonville
Fall's Portrait Still Hangs in Interior Department
Former Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall remains imprisoned in Santa Fe New Mexico, yet his portrait still hangs in the Interior Department in Washington alongside portraits of other former interior department chiefs.
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Interior
Albert B. Fall
Santa Fe
N. M
Interior Department
Washington
Hoover proposes long term wheat and cotton sales to Germany
President Hoover suggests Germany buy U S wheat and cotton on long term payments. The note notes a large surplus and aims to move millions of bales and hundreds of millions of bushels, with credits extending over an extended period.
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Hoover
Germany
Farmers Ask Cash Now for Wheat and Cotton Held by Farm Board
Farmers urge immediate cash for wheat and cotton held by the farm board or private purchases with German payment later. They argue that selling to the government would help farmers avoid mortgage foreclosures and protect farms operated by insurance companies.
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Farm Board
Germany
Uncle Sam
Blank Insurance Company
U S Options on Trade with Germany and Russia
The speaker discusses low priced exports to Germany, lightly financed long terms, and a generous offer of oil, gasoline, steel, automobiles, sugar and other surplus goods. They note sarcastic remarks from Russia about dumping and remark on Russians’ understanding of American finance.
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Germany
America
War drains nations as debts rise and crises loom
The text argues war harms economies as countries face financial strain. It notes Britain's role in funding allies and borrowing, then warns of an approaching crisis. It claims union government cannot fix finances and emphasizes the shared burden of war costs.
Macdonald arranging $250 million loan
Macdonald is said to have arranged a loan of two hundred fifty million dollars with half from the Bank of France and half from our federal reserve. Details continue on Page 4.
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MacDonald
Bank of France
Federal Reserve
Weather notes show varied temps and fair conditions ahead
Yesterday’s highs reached 192 in Phoenix and 94 in Cincinnati with 34 in Pittsburgh. Today’s lows are 50 at Yellowstone Bat tleford and Tatoosh Isle. Forecast calls for favorable to fair weather and warmer conditions tonight and Tuesday across the area.
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Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Yellowstone
Battleford
Tatoosh Isle
Ohio Week End Casualties From Heat Drownings
Ohioans died during a hot weekend due to drownings, traffic accidents, and prostrations. Notable deaths include Lawrence Stockmaster in Defiance at 22 and Peter Ballou 20 in Columbus, who drowned while trying to save his wife.
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Columbus
United Press
Defiance
Lawrence Stockmaster
Peter Ballou
Scioto
Traffic Accidents Take 858 Ohio Lives
Ohio fatalities from January to May 1931 totaled 858, a slight drop from 1930 but up from 1929. The decline stemmed from fewer railroad and interurban crashes. Rural highways accounted for 39 percent of autos, with 65 percent of victims pedestrians. Twenty-five percent were passengers and ten percent were drivers.
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Columbus
U.P
Division of Vital Statistics
State Department of Health
Multiple Ohio Drowning and Traffic Deaths Reported Across Counties
In Ohio numerous fatalities reported from drownings and auto crashes. Bermillion-Warner Hardin, 19, drowned in Lake Erie while with friends. Ironton-Homer Lelander, 34, killed when his car overturned on a curve. Newark-Robert Billman, 70, stricken by heat at a pool. Millersburg Pattie Lou Robinson, 3, killed in a collision near here. Chillicothe Hazel West, 28, killed in an automobile accident. Toledo five traffic deaths, including Jennie Noel, 24, and Louis Ring, 40. Dayton Clayton Clemson, 138, drowned in a gravel pit pond. Cleveland Lena Simpson, 18, killed when car overturned. Akron William Murphy, 45, fatally injured by being run over. Sandusky Paul Messner, 8, killed when a Lake Shore electric car struck his father's car. Cincinnati Charles Miller, 83, found dead from heat. Clarence Harris, 46, died after collapsing from heat downtown.
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Bermillion
Warner Hardin
Lake Erie
Ironton
Homer Lelander
Newark
Robert Billman
Millersburg
Pattie Lou Robinson
Merle Robinson
Weston
W. Va
Chillicothe
Hazel West
Toledo
Jennie Noel
Fremont
Louis Ring
Hubert M. Woods
Arlea W. McKinley
Dayton
Clayton Clemson
Here
Cleveland
Lena Simpson
Wooster
Akron
William Murphy
Sandusky
Paul Messner
Lake Shore
Cincinnati
Charles Miller
Clarence Harris
Shoots Wife and Self in Columbus Home
Domestic troubles over three years led William Hanson to shoot his wife Beatrice Hanson in Columbus. Hanson, 38, was critically wounded after a head wound and sought help at Mercy Hospital. Beatrice, 27, suffered a bullet wound through the right eye and is expected to recover.
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Columbus
U.R
William Hanson
Mercy Hospital
Beatrice Hanson
Ohio showgirl Kay Carroll dies in Toledo
Kay Carroll 25 a member of Earl Carrolls Vanities for three years died at St. Vincent hospital Toledo from an abdominal disorder. The stage star billed as Ohio's most beautiful showgirl passed away August 3, ending a notable career in burlesque and musical theater.
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Ohio
Toledo
U.P
Kay Carroll
Earl Carroll
Miss Carroll
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Prediction: Hoover Smith Lineup Mirrors 1928 ticket
Shelby Michigan August 3 Doctor F Scott McBride of the Anti Saloon League predicts the 1932 presidential race will mirror 1928 with Herbert Hoover and Alfred E Smith. He says Roosevelt cannot win the Democratic nomination and Smith will be advanced after first ballots fail. He adds Hoover would be renominated unless he refuses to run.
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Anti-Saloon League
Hoover
Smith
Roosevelt
Shelby
Mich
U.P
Herbert Hoover
Alfred B. Smith
F. Scott McBride
Anti- Saloon League
Doctor McBride
McBride
League
London relief after three central banks agree
Wide relief spread in London as the Bank of England the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States and the Bank of France reached a joint agreement.
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London
U.R
Bank of England
Federal Reserve Bank of the United States
Bank of France
Plane crash ends last trip near Ohio mining field
A tire blew on a plane at the Ohio Mining Company field south of Jacksonville yesterday. The aircraft nosed into the ground breaking the propeller and one wing. One pilot and two passengers were aboard as Akron men finished a day of flights to Glouster and back. The plane was to have made its last trip when the accident occurred. The pilot went to Akron for a new propeller.
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Jacksonville
Ohio Mining Company
Here
Avinld Gite
Akron
Glouster
Milliron and Hatfield arraigned on charges with bonds set
Jake Milliron of New Marshfield pleaded not guilty to a failure to provide charge and was released on a $300 bond before Magistrate C H Porter. Bob Hatfield of Hocking pleaded not guilty to an assault charge and was bound over to Athens County Common Pleas Court on a $300 bond.
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Jake Milliron
New Marshfield
C. H. Porter
Bernice Milliron
Bob Hatfield
Hocking
Athens County
Lindberghs Are Feted At Hudson Bay
The Lindberghs rest at Churchill Manitoba as Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr. head toward home to beat the world circling record. Other fliers push onward with nonstop flights and voyages toward Tokyo and Nome as aviation records attract wide interest.
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Hudson Bay
New York
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon Jr
Wiley Peat
Herold Gatty
Mra
Charles A. Lindbergh
Seattle
Tokyo
Chita
Siberia
Nome
Ludbergha
Churchill
Manitoba
Canada
Hudson Bay Shore
Baker Lake
Reginald Robbins
Harold Jones
Mair Banks
Tokio
Istanbul
Turkey
Russell Boardman
John Polande
John Morrison
Karachi
India
London
CC. W. A. Scott
Amy Johnson
China
Hoover and Doak Review Winter Unemployment Plans
President Hoover and Labor Secretary Doak discussed the winter unemployment outlook over the week end at Rapidan Camp with Doak aiming to maximize efficiency of the federal employment bureau system. Doak recently reorganized the bureaus and the talks focused on improving service reach and effectiveness.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
W. N. Doak
Rapidan Camp
Doak
Federal System of Employment Bureaus
College Trustee Dies in Cincinnati at 77
Thomas H. Kelley a longtime Cincinnati attorney age 77 and trustee of Mari ette College Marietta Ohio died Sunday after a career spanning more than five decades.
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Cincinnati
Thomas H. Kelley
Marietta College
Marietta
Headlines 38 Years Ago Dull Thud Hits Wall Street
Washington reports on the 1893 financial crash with figures from gold reserves to bank stoppages. The story recalls newspaper coverage of the era, noting bank cash shortages, a melt of money, and public reactions including capital losses, bread lines, and political moves.
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Wall Street
Car Forces Boy Off Road Injuring Dexter Youth
Ralph Darst aged 2 of Dexter, Meiga County, was seriously injured Sunday afternoon when his touring car was forced off the highway by an approaching vehicle that did not stop. Clarence Poley of Dexter drove him to Sheltering Arma Hospital where doctors said he will become blind in his left eye and he suffered facial and left arm cuts.
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Dexter
Meiga County
Ralph Darst
Darat
Sheltering Arma Hospital
Fmal
Clarence Poley
Union Leaders Address 600 Miners in Ohio Grove Meeting
About six hundred miners from the Hanging and Sunday Creek Valleys plus family members gathered in a Hartley farm grove at Millfield for a three hour union meeting. District No. 6 leaders Lee Hall G W Savage and David Watkins urged support while citing Ohio mining figures from union beginnings and three and a half years of non union operation. Heavy showers did not deter the open air event.
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Hocking
Sunday Creek
Hartley Farm
Millfield
Lee Halil
G. W. Savage
David Watkins
Flying Lindberghs Visit Bay Village Amid Northern Trek
The Hardy Woodsmen hailed Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh during a Bay Village stop on their Hudson Bay flight from Moose Factory to Baker Lake. The couple, piloting a pontoon monoplane, greeted 1200 residents and planned onward to Aklavik as Northland observers warned of Arctic risks and search readiness.
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Orient
Charles A. Lindbergh
Senator
Dwight W. Morrow
Hardy Woodsmen
Bay Village
Churchill
Man
Hudson Bay Shore
Washington
Japan
Great Northern Bay
George Kydd
Lindbergh
Moose Factory
Baker Lake
Akiaville
Oceana
Royal Force
Anne Lindbergh
Aklavik
Western Ching Airways
Lindberghs
Arctic
Northland
Pirote
The
A Bushel of Wheat For a Mug of Beer Is Will's Solution
Santa Monica letter to the editor proposes trading wheat and beer with Germany as a cure for unemployment. It suggests stocking beer, punishing whisky drinkers with ten years in jail, taxing beer to fund unemployment, and trading wheat for a large growler of beer as a policy idea.
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Will’s
Santa Monica
Calif
Germany
Will
State Prohibition Dept dismisses three workers in economy move
Aug. 3 Charléa Sisson investigator for the State Prohibition Department and Barton of Sidney were dismissed today by the prohibition commissioner after about a month on the payroll as an economy measure. Sears had cut 10 other employees earlier. Simeon served under Governor Vic Donkhey.
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Columbus
Charléa
Sisson
State Prohibition Department
Barton
Sidney
Sears
Simeon
Vic Donkhey
Strikes Spread in Cuba Amid Havana Walkouts
A general strike spread in Havana with a sympathy walkout by street car workers idle since Saturday. Scores were arrested during weekend disorders as persistent labor unrest disrupted many areas.
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Havana
Cuba
Red Flag Above All
A report on communist influence on American youth. The Messenger Magazine Page discusses the Fish Committee and Soviet agents aiming to spread communism among children and youths, contrasting their aims with respect for the American flag.
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America
the Messenger Today
Fish Committee
Soviet Russia
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Fall
Arthur Brisbane
Britain
King Features,Inc
Colum
Porter
Pangborn
Herndon
New Mark
By Raymond Clapper
United States
Denver
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Pottsville
New York Sun
Golden
Colo
Boone
Colorado
Council Bluffs
Lave White
East
Iife
Beedless
San Francisco
Puzcard
Bay
Ralph Darest ‘Te
Hall, Savage
Watkins
Hall
William N. Doak
Robert P. Lamont
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Savage
Western China
Lindbergs
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