Little Hocking Truck Driver Found on Road Near Pomeroy
H B Buzzard 25 a truck driver from Little Hocking was found unconscious with severe injuries on Massar Hill Route 7 near Chester and Tuppers Plains. Police and a coroner investigated while Buzzard was taken to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis with little chance of recovery. He could not recall the incident and authorities suspect a hit and run or accidental strike.
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Pomeroy
H. B. Buzzard
Little Hocking
Massar Hill
Chester
Tuppers Plains
J. Kerr Griffin
Martins Ferry
Griffins
Tracy
Ewing
Hank Young
Coolville
Buzzard
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Eroy
Arletta
Larence Eibersbach
Carl
Wayne Ritchie
Gas Kills Boy At Nelsonville
Bernard Hawk a 19 year old Nelsonville athlete died in Cherrington Hospital after being found unconscious in a garage with the car running likely from carbon monoxide. He was son of Bernice Pyle and stepson of Forney Pyle and previously starred at Nelsonville High School.
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Nelsonville
Ernard Hawk
Cherrington
Ospital Logan
Hawk
John Katzenbach
Happy Hollow
Bernice Pyle
Poplar Street
Jess Hawk
Bernard
Young Hawk
E. L. Katzenbach
Nelsonville High School
Stratton Motor
Forney Pyle
Alburtus Hawk
Milton
Homer Pyle
Betty
Vera Joe
Dietrich may face damage suits over Von Sternberg affair
Mrs. Von Sternberg plans civil actions totaling 600000 dollars in New York courts, claiming Marlene Dietrich, the German film star, alienated the affections of her director husband. She may not appear in court until October, awaiting possible out of court settlement.
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Los Angeles
Marlene Dietrich
von Sternberg
New York
Youths Sentenced in Stewart Wreck Case at Lancaster School
John Darnell 17 of Canaanville was ordered by Judge S M Johnson in Athens County Juvenile Court to the Boys Industrial School at Lancaster until age 21 with parole possibility for good conduct The other youth Everett Wade 17 was held for a mental examination Wade testified he did not touch any train devices Prosecutor Bolin presented seven witnesses including Darnell Others testifying included Raphael Morris Harry Laughlin Claude and Charles Arnold Capt E S Russell Sheriff Wayne Wingett and Lieut Stephen J O Neil of railroad police
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John Darnell
Canaanville
S. M. Johnson
Athens County
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Baltimore & Ohio
Stewart
Darnell
Everett Wade
Canaonville
Johnson
Wade
John Bolin
Raphael Morris
Athens
Harry Laughlin
Claude and
Charles Arnold
Brothers
Denver
Colo
E. S. Russell
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Police
Wayne Wingett
Stephen J. O’neil
Railroad Police
Russell
Airdale News Column by Arthur Brisbane
Arthur Brisbane writes a reflective column on public life and media influence, offering sharp observations on politics, society, and the power of communication in shaping public opinion. The piece emphasizes clarity, independence, and the journalist’s duty to report with candor.
Henry the Eighth and the English Reformation
News from Spain recounts Henry the Eighth’s pursuit of multiple wives and his break with Rome after Rome refused a divorce. He seized church wealth in England and established the new church, the Episcopalian, while aligning with Charles V to protect Luther against the pope.
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Spain
Henry the Highth
England
Rome
Henry
Charles the Fifth
Luther
Spain moves to expel religious orders and seize wealth
Spain's constitutional committee urges Parliament to expel all members of religious orders and seize their wealth, largely tied to real estate holdings. The funds, built through gifts and legacies, could reportedly cover Spain's financial problems, with assets remaining largely within the country.
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Spain
Church Invests in Land Amid Global Tax and Property Shifts
Commentary links recent Mexican and Italian events to a possible shift in church investment away from real estate. It notes taxation freedom and property rights as drivers, and cites Spain’s constitutional committee seeking a definition of the country as a democratic republic, emphasizing the gap between words and practice.
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Mexico
Italy
Church
Spain
Democratic Republic
Energetic Russians Sell Gasoline in South America
Energetic Russian exporters push goods from tractors to candy in South America at eleven cents a gallon for gasoline and twenty dollars per thousand feet of lumber, reflecting a wave of revolutionary enthusiasm driving production.
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South America
Government action urged to curb antediluvian Sherman Act nuisance
The piece questions U S government efforts to promote full competition arguing the Sherman Act nuisance is outdated. It contrasts with Russia having a single supplier for many commodities and portrays the Russian government as the dominant actor in several markets.
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Russia
Decline of Oil Control Sparks Local Debate
Deterding of the Dutch British Shell Company threatens to take the oil business from traditional local interests, highlighting a shift in control and market power. Continued on Page 4.
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Shell
Former Akron Resident Mrs Chauncey Dies at 33
Mrs. R. E. Chauncey 33 formerly of Akron died Monday in an Akron hospital after months of illness. Her body will be transported to Athens for burial at West Union Street Cemetery. The funeral cortege will travel by motor to Athens Wednesday, services at 2 pm in the cemetery chapel. She is survived by her husband and her uncle Jason P. Thompson of 44 Richland Avenue.
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R. E. Chauncey
Akron
Hattie Thompson Henke
Athens
West Union Street
Chauncey
Jason P. Thompson
Richland Avenue
Bride Found Slain Near Cov elderly Hart in Elopement Case
The body of Elizabeth Valeri Hart a 19 year old bride found in woods near Coverdale Pa after police and hundreds searched for hours. A bullet wound through the heart was reported. Joseph Snyder 28 who lured her into the woods died by suicide shortly after.
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Pittsburgh
Elizabeth Valeri Hart
Coverdale
Joseph Snyder
Cramer Missing After Three Day Overdue Transatlantic Flight
Parker D. Cramer and Canadian radio operator Oliver Pacquette were three days overdue on a trans Atlantic flight begun July 27 from Detroit. Storms delayed search efforts under Captain Riiser Larsen as ships and planes scoured the North Atlantic toward Denmark. If alive, Cramer’s seaplane could be adrift near Stavanger or Copenhagen with radio silence possibly from damaged gear.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Parker D. Cramer
Atlantic
Riser-Larsen
Riiser- Larsen
Bergen
Norway
Cramer
Oliver Pacquette
Sydero
Faroe Islands
Detroit
America
Europe
Greenland
Iceland
Skagerak Sea
North Atlantic
Set
Giles Bowen 72 Dies After Heart Attack at Wales Mills
Giles Bowen aged 72 died late Monday afternoon at his home in Wales Mills after a heart attack. He is survived by his widow, one son Clyde, and a daughter Mrs Aud Nixon, all of Wales Mills. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 pm at Vales Mills Church.
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Giles Bowen
Wales Mills
Clyde
Aud Nixon
All of Wales Mills
Vales Mills
Hoover Arrives After The Last Hard Boiled Egg
A caustic Santa Monica letter criticizes President Hoover on his 57th birthday. The writer mocks his arrival amid Prohibition era excess, claims Coo lidge and big business hosted a party, and says normalcy returns for prices while people suffer.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Mr. Coolidge
Wall Street
Big Business
Mr. Hoover
Willl
Dry Question Resurfaces in Prohibition Debate
Washington editorial outlines two reform threads to modify the Volstead Act as economic relief. One seeks to allow grape products and bottling for home use under Fruit Industries, Ltd. guidance led by Mabel Walker Willebrandt. The other pushes for up to 4 percent beer to lift revenues and ease the economic slump.
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Washington
U.R
Congress
Mabel Walker
Willebrandt
Fruit Industries, Ltd
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Nets
Ditty Pleads Guilty In Millfield Burglary
Ditty 19 of Greens Run confessed to burglarizing the Herman Fierbaugh home in Millfield. He pleaded guilty at arraignment before Magistrate C H Porter and was bound over to JAhens County Juvenile Court on an $800 bond after arrest Sunday by Deputy George Rasp. A diamond ring clothing and $100 in cash were taken. cash not recovered. Officers traced Ditty after he bought a car under the alias Jack Devore and sought a bill of sale under that name.
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Sylvester Ditty
Greens Run
Herman Fierbaugh
Millfield
C. H. Porter
Jahens County
Ditty
George Rasp
Wayne Wingett
Fierbaugh
Athens
Jack Devore
Cuban Revolts Intensify Near Havana as Toll Reaches Ten
In Havana area fighting pits rebels against loyal forces with ten dead to date. President Machado suspends constitutional guarantees and enacts a state of siege in Havana and Pinar Del Rio after congress grants extraordinary powers. Rebels and authorities clash at Guanabacoa while secret police pursue gunmen and rumors spread of uprisings in Santa Clara and Oriente.
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Cuba
Gerardo Machado
Pinar del Rio
Guanabacoa
Nationalista
Guanabacon
Department of the Interior
Machado
Congress
Havana University
Martinao
Arroyo
Maria Menocal
Oriente
United Mine Workers push for Federal fuel commission
In Pittsburgh officials announce plans to urge a federal fuel commission to regulate the coal industry. International vice president Philip Murray and District No. 5 president P. T. Fagan outline powers to regulate freight rates curtail production stabilize prices raise wages improve conditions control distribution guarantee operation and protect consumers from gouging amid the present strike.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Philip Murray
International
P. T. Fagan
Murray
Glacier Priest plans return to Aniakchak for further study
Father Bernard Hubbard "Glacier Priest" describes returning to the Alaska peninsula for continued exploration of Aniakchak crater despite fog and storms. He and pilot Harry Blunt survived a near crash during the eruption and later mapped lava flows, gas effects, and new crater lakes.
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Seward
Alaska
Aug
U.P
Bernard FR. Hubbard
Antakehak
Assaling
Alaskan
United Press
Guat
Father Hubbard
Aniakchak
Harry Blunt
Adoea
Last Request Is To Be Granted
The body of Mrs. Earle Williams will be cremated with her wedding ring and her children Joan Constance and Earle Jr will be dressed for cremation in the dress and rompers she designated. Authorities followed her letter requesting these wishes after she killed her mother and two children and herself with chloroform and poison. The ashes will be sent to Brooklyn and Mrs Waltz will be buried there.
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San Francisco
U.P
Earle Williams
Williams
Clarissa Walz
Joan Constance
Earle, Jr
Sonny
Joan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Waltz
Miner Home Bombed Again in Wheeling District
In Wheeling West Virginia a miner’s home in Werwood was wrecked by a bomb the second time in a week extra state troopers were called to the coal strike area to keep order. Charles Hricolak the owner and his sister were injured by flying glass as firemen battled the blaze.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Aug
U.P
Charles Hiicolak
Werwood
Constanza Coal Company
Six Die as Propeller Flies Off Tri-Motor Crash Near Lunken
Cincinnati, Aug 11 Six people were killed when a tri motor plane crashed near Lunken airport shortly after takeoff. Coroner M Scott Kearns attributed the accident to possible faulty material in the propeller and said the crash was due to mechanical defects. The pilot Marvin Odell was among the dead and is shown in a dramatic final scene as he tried to bring the craft down safely.
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Cincinnati
U.P
M. Scott Kearns
Lunken
Kearns
J. G. Colgan
Marvin Odell
Atlanta
Police Wanted Man Murdered by Corrupt Officials
Federal grand jury considers charges that Washington police officials sought to have Patrolman Orville Staplea murdered after a graft letter to Rep Thomas L Blanten was revealed. Frederick A Schenck, a former officer now serving time for robbery, testified in Leavenworth as part of the inquiry. Additional corruption and malfeasance claims are expected.
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Washington
U,rra
Rey
Thomas L. Blanten
Texas
Frederick A. Schencl
Schenck
Leavenworth
Four Found Murdered Near Ypsilanti in Arson Case
In Ypsilanti Michigan Aug 11 police found the bodies of Vivian Gold 15 Anna Harrie 17 Harry Love 18 and Thomas Wheatley 16 in a burned car near the city outskirts. The youths from Cleveland had reportedly been robbed attacked and their car set afire after they left for a movie at 8 30 p m. the slippers of one girl were found nearby and evidence indicated a violent struggle.
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Ypsilanti
Mich
Cleveland
Vivian Gold
Anna Harrie
Harry Love
Thomas Wheatley
Rumors Denied on Mrs Tunney Pregnancy at Damariscotta
Lincoln Memorial Hospital officials refused to confirm rumors that Mrs Gene Tunney was an expectant mother and had been at the hospital the past week. Mrs Tunney and her husband the former world heavyweight champion have been summering at her mother’s summer home on John Island, Greenwich Conn. The ex champion and Mrs Lauder have reportedly visited the hospital several times recently.
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Damariscotta
Lincoln Memorial Hospital
Gene Tunney
Rotary leaders conclave in Newark Ohio conference
Seventy five presidents and secretaries from Southern Ohio Rotary clubs wrap up a two day meeting in Newark. Speakers Sherman Wood Snyder of Dayton Fred Hopkins of Fostoria and Thurstin Miller of Wilmington attend alongside Athens club officers President C L Jones and Secretary C H Harris.
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Newark
U.P
Southern Ohio Rotary Clubs
Sherwood Snyder
Dayton
Fred Hopkins
Fostoria
Thurstin Miller
Wilmington
C. L. Jones
C. H. Harris
Athens Rotary Club
Woman Hurt in Wringer Incident at Home
Mrs. Joseph Rudaboue of Central Avenue suffered torn hand tendons when her right hand was caught in a washing machine wringer Tuesday morning. Attendants at Sheltering Arms Hospital said the injuries were slight and she was hospitalized for treatment.
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Joseph Rudaboue
Central Avenue
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Weather notes show hot records then cool spell ahead
Yesterday saw Boise 100, Phoenix 98, Salt Lake City 4 with today’s readings in White River 30, Min neéedosa 40, Cochrane 42. Expect fair and cool conditions for the next 36 hours in the region.
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Boise
Phoenix
Salt Lake City
White River
Minneéedosa
Cochrane
Lindberghs Plane Lands Near Nome in Fog
Mrs Lindbergh and crew flew from Point Barrow toward Nome aboard a black and yellow monoplane. They faced heavy fog over Kotzebue Sound and a rough inland leg, but expected to land offshore near Nome. Eskimo crowds gathered in Nome awaiting the famed couple’s arrival as fog hindered but did not deter progress.
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NOMH
Alaska
Ing Bea
A.ncan
New York
Point Barrow
Alagit
Tiona
Kotzebue Sound
Sound
Bergh
Nome Road
Nome
Agreement Reached on Hoover Holiday Protocol
London August 11 a formal protocol embodying measures to make the Hoover holiday effective will be signed at once according to a foreign office communique. Experts appointed by Belgium Great Britain Ireland Iceland Germany Italy and others who have been meeting in London held a sitting in the Treasury this morning. It was expected the agreement would be affixed to the focal thin afternoon. A draft of the United States attended the meeting.
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London
Foreign Office
Belgium
Great Britain
Ireland
Iland
Germany
Italy
Treasury
the & Ment
United States
Columbus Paper Head Injured in Accident
Columbus Citizen reports Charles F. Fischer of Columbus was hospitalized in Toledo after an auto crash Tuesday. He suffered fractured ribs and internal injuries.
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Columbus
Toledo, CO
Charles F. Fischer
Thea
Columbus Citizen
Pergys
Fischer
Election results delayed for Nelsonville and Glouster
The Messenger instructs readers to call for winners and notes arrangements to report Athes votes as fast as precincts report to Athens County Board of Hiediihk. Official totals for Nelsonville Glouster will not be available from the board.
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Athes
Athen County
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