Six Killed as Plane Crashes Near Cincinnati
A Ford tri motor on a flight to Atlanta crashed by the Little Miami River near Lunken Airport in Cincinnati killing six aboard. The right engine propeller hub failed, causing loss of control and a fatal plunge. pilots attempted an emergency landing but perished. Victims include Miss Wrenna, Bryan Hughes, William E. Keith, W. H. Brimberry, W. O. Baum, M. T. Odell, and co pilot William J. DeWald. Inspectors recovered the hub and parts for investigation.
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Cincinnati
Atlanta
Miami River
Luken
Embry-Riddle Division
American Airways
Miss Wrenna
Bryan Hughes
Fort Thomas Avenue
Fort Thomas
William E. Keith
Rumson Road
Atlanta, Ga
W. H. Brimberry
Peachtree Street
W. O. Baum
Foster Avenue
Memphis
Tenn
M. T. Odell
Hyde Park Manor
Madison Road
Cincinati
William J. DeWald
Sargent Street
Little
Iesses
Odell
Lunken
Earby
Engers
United States
Cincinnati-Fort Worth
Texas
United States Department of Ferce
J. A. Reed
Deent of Aeronautical Inspection
Freeman Alberry
Columi
Washon
Transatlantic Flyers Return After Istanbul Flight
Russell Boardman and John Owens arrived in Marseille after a flight from Istanbul in their monoplane Code. They crossed 1200 miles over Greece and Italy at about 100 miles per hour before starting homeward journey.
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Marseilles
France
Russell Boardman
John O
Istanbul
Turkey
Greece
Italy
Weather report notes heat in Oklahoma and Oregon regions
Weather data shows Oklahoma City and Abilene hit 98 while Portland reached 94. Six day low temps include Battleford 38 and Yellowstone 40. Expect clearing cooler conditions tonight with fair weather through Tuesday as pressure systems move across the area.
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Oklahoma City Abilene
Portland
Ore
Battleford
Yelstone
Sheridan
Hoover Signals Reuse Of Last Year’s Method On Idle
President Hoover warns winter relief will rely on the same method used last year though plans may be broader. A destitute widow, with a dying infant and another paralyzed child, faces eviction as savings and credit vanish and no new method yet devised.
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Hoover
Idle
West Point training urged for better government profits
The article notes a major mail order house posting 1931 sales of over thirteen million in the first 28 weeks, with profits about 391 thousand higher than the prior year. It credits strong management and highlights the head of the firm as a West Point graduate who previously served in the Panama Canal region. It argues public officials could benefit from similar training.
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West Point
Panama Canal
Play and dolls shape childhood instincts, says historian
In Camden New Jersey girls fleeing a fire at Sheltering Arms Home rushed to save their dolls illustrating the value of playthings for children. The essay cites Charles Fourier who argued that doll play fosters a mothering instinct in girls and that sword toys cultivate a boy’s bravery and leadership instincts.
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Camden
N. J
Charles Fourier
Henry L. Doherty Menaces Kansas City Fight
Mr Henry L Doherty is named in a report about a fight with a Kansas City party. Details continue on page four with actions or outcomes not shown in this fragment.
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Henry L. Doherty
Kansas City
Children’s Music Club Concert At Edith Leyda Home
The Stewart group hosted by Mrs Grace L Goldsberry met at Edith Leydas home last Thursday afternoon. Ruth Cain Edith Leyda Ruth Biddison and Richardson Hartt performed piano solos. A music contest followed with refreshments served.
More of Our Girls Should Get Married And Retire
A letter from Santa Monica praises Helen Wills Moody for reclaiming a tennis championship and mocks Japanese fortifications. The writer accuses Hoover of sending pilots overseas to study the enemy while neglecting domestic concerns.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Helen Wills Moody
Hoover
Japan
Will
Lindberghs Pause Vacation Flight at Point Barrow
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh rest at the northern tip of America awaiting clearer weather to press toward the Orient on a 7000 mile trip. They attend church and tour the settlement as the Northland coast guard cutter misses fuel deliveries for the leg to Nome.
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Point Barrows
Alaska
U.R
Charles A. Lindbergh
America
Orient
Lindberghs
U. S. Coast Guard
Northland
Lindbergh
Nome
Trans-American pilot feared lost en route to northern Europe
Cleveland authorities say Parker D. Cramer is missing after his projected trans Atlantic flight. Officials fear he went down between the Shetland Islands and Bergen or Stavanger in Norway, with weather forcing a route to Stavanger toward Copenhagen. His wind driven radio would be inoperative if he ditched.
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Cleveland
Trans-American Airways
Parker D. Cramer
Shetland Islands
Bergen
Stavanger
Norway
Europe
United Press
Cramer
Copenhagen
Conference Planned Arrangements For Southeast Ohio Superintendents
Officials finalize details for the August 15 dinner conference of the 22 county superintendents at Hotel Berry Ath ens County Schools in Athens. The meeting aims to discuss common school interests and problems.
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Ohio County
Berry
Alex Root
Athens County
Snook Murder Case Mentioned in Wicker Report
In the Wicker report on lawlessness in law enforcement, allegations of third degree methods surround Snook, an Ohio State University professor. The prosecution notes a 24 hour examination, jaw strikes by the county prosecutor, and a confession after the brutal inquiry.
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Washington
U.P
Snook
Columbus
Wickersham
Ohio State University
Election Returns To Be Reported
Special election services will be provided by The Messenger Tuesday night. Returns will be available at The Messenger as fast as reported to the Athens County Board of Elections from precincts in Athens Nelsonville and Glouster. First returns likely by 8 o clock. Dial The Messenger news rooms 0244 0245 0246 for results.
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The
Messenger
Athens County Board of Elections
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Election Board
Messenger News
Eleven Mines Active in Chauncey District
Chauncey reports eleven mines in operation today the highest in weeks. Chauncey Mine No. 25 of the Manhattan Company leads, with Luhrig No. 9 and several others including Nos 255 10 69 24 28 119 L. D. Poston and Black Diamond also active. The past month averaged four to six mines working daily.
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Chauncey
Manhattan Company
Luhrig
L. D. Poston
Black Diamond
Vagabonds Without Shelter Found In Public Square
Police searched Public Square benches and found sixty vagrants pockets filled with cash and some items showing bank deposits. One man owned property valued at twenty five thousand dollars.
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Cleveland
U.P
Racketeer To Get Sentence In Bootlegging Case
New York reports Jack Legs Diamond faces up to four years and an $11 000 fine after conviction for conspiracy to violate prohibition laws and operating a still. Paul Quattrucci, his aide, could get two years and a $10 000 fine. Johnny Scaccio awaits 15 years after state court convictions for kidnapping and torturing Grover Parks during cider delivery.
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New York
U.P
Jack
Legs) Diamond
Greene County
John J. Bennett
Atlanta
Richard J. Hopkins
Kansas
Paul Quattrocch
Catskill
Diamond
Johnny Scaccio
Grover Parks
New York Travel Conditions Reported
Tourist travel in New York State is not restricted despite reports of infantile paralysis. H N Burgett secretary of the South East Ohio Motor Club was notified by the New York State Automobile Association. Japanese beetle quarantine blocks transport of potted plants and shrubs out of state without a special permit.
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New York State
H. N. Burgett
South East Ohio Motor Club
New York State Automobile Association
Fortune Leaves Widow in Tragedy After Lost Fortune
In San Francisco on August 10, Mrs Earle Williams, widow of a stage and screen star, killed her two children Joan 7 and Billy 4 and her 80 year old mother, Mrs Clarissa Walz, with chloroform before dying six hours later. Police found three empty bottles and letters to friends and relatives hinting at a motive tied to a vanished $250,000 fortune and mental anguish.
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San Fancisco
Earle Williams
Williams
Clarissa Walz
Joan
Billy
Trabucco
Harry McKenzie
Miners Return to Work at Sunday Creek Mine No. 5
Murray City reports workers at Sunday Creek Mine No. 5 resume duties after a six day strike triggered by three discharge actions. Three men were re employed, mine officials said. About 250 workers are employed at the mine.
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Sunday Creek
Murray City
Murray City High School
H. D. Householder
Methodist Episcopal Church
David Watkins
United Mine Workers of America
Masa
Percy Tetlow
John Saxton
United Mine Workers
59 Candidates In County In Vote Race
Voters in Athens Nelsonville and Glouster go to the polls tomorrow with 59 county candidates to choose from. Polls run 6:30 a m to 6:30 p m as officials report absentee totals and precinct results to the county board meeting at the Courthouse.
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Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Polla
County Board
David Johnson
County Election Board
Glounter
Athena
Christian Church
McFarland
Central Avenue M. E. Church
Alonzo Pickering
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Alderman
Burglary Charge Filed Against 19 Year Old Ditty
Sylvester Ditty, 19, expected to be arraigned in Juvenile Court before Judge 8 M Johnson on a burglary charge he reportedly confessed to. Sheriff Wayne Wingett said Ditty admitted breaking into Herman Fierbaugh’s Millfield home last week and stealing 190 dollars in cash, clothing, and a diamond ring after entry through a cut window. He allegedly bought a car later under the alias Jack Devore and used a bill of sale to obtain it. Police recovered the hidden clothing and ring after Ditty led officers to them.
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Sylvester Ditty
8. M. Johnson
Wayne Wingett
Ditty
George Rasp
Greens Run
Athens County
Wingett
Herman Fierbaugh
Millfield
Flerbaugh
Athens
Jack Devore
Rescuer John Kline Saves Family from Drowning
In Quincy Michigan on August 10 a 23 year old, John Kline from Dayton, saved his mother and grandmother from drowning after dislodging them from the water. He entered the lake to rescue them and was himself pulled to safety.
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Quincy
Mich
John Kline
Dayton
Jake Quincy
Wanted saleslady in local ready to wear shop
Classified ad notes a position for a saleslady at a local ready to wear shop. Also mentions a Ford 1929 sport roadster for sale at 225 dollars and a buyer seeks eggs for hatching.
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By the Messenger
Six Hurt In East State Street Crash Here
Six persons suffered slight injuries and three automobiles were damaged in a crash on East State Street between Elmwood Place and Sunnyside Drive near an earth pile from water main work. Cars involved included Frank Batta, EB R Glasier, Floyd White, and a Wolfe vehicle. Betts and Glasier were among the injured.
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East State Street
Elmwood Place
Sunnyside Drive
New City
Frank Batta
Morrin Avenue
EB. R. Glasier
Floyd White
Athens
Mra
Betts
Glazier
Wolfe Machine
Betts Auto
Wolfe
Ohio
Penny Savings Fund Takes Family on Trip
Lumbeck a small town grocer saves every cent from the cash register. Over two years the family built a giant tin can fund, totaling $700, to finance a vacation across four states and cover meals and fuel along the way.
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Oquawka
N. Lumbeck
Lumbeck
Stop Blackmailers In Toledo Gang Busted By Blaze
Four Toledoans linked to blackmail schemes faced arrests after a blaze of publicity. Fred Beiderman was fined 500 dollars for liquor possession tied to the raid. Jack Strain faced charges as he met Bowling Green authorities to settle debts. The gang reportedly extorted about 310,000 across Sandusky, Wood, and Hancock Counties in the past year and a half, with their wives implicated in the badger game.
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Strain
Fremont
Sandusky
Wood
Hancock
Lawlessness in Law Enforcement Report Details Brutality
The Wickersham Commission reports widespread use of the third degree by police in 10 cities including New York Buffalo Chicago Cleveland Denver Los Angeles San Francisco Newark and Detroit. It cites brutal methods and unfair prosecutions urging immediate criminal procedure reform and state action.
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Washington
Wickersham
Hoover
New York
Buffalo
Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Beatle
Newark
Tretroit
Congress
Uleven
Sugit Hoover
Mary
Ecutora
Police
Sion
Appellate Courtetie
Eight Present Claims For County Red Cross
Eight ex service men appeared to present claims for help via the County Red Cross Monday following a published statement. Miss Pearl French secretary notes a former service man to apply for compensation. The Messenger published the statement Sunday. Two claims filed include a Spanish American War veteran pension two death claims one trial claim three for disability compensation and one for dependents compensation.
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Red Cross
Miss Pearl French
the Messenger
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Akron
Herbert Hoover
Arthur Brisbane
Lindys
Wickersham Body
Underworld
McKenzie
Walz
H. Harasge
New Orleans
Blanche Weill
Brooklyn
Madge Fish
Constance
Constance Talmadge
Toledo ‘Badger
Metropolitan Police
Paul R. Mallon
Walker
New York City
Boston
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