Hoover endorses state control of liquor under new Prohibition plan
President Hoover urges amending the Eighteenth Amendment to give states control of liquor with federal safeguards for dry states. He says continuation of the saloon system is intolerable and vows action to prevent return of drinking establishments, while tying prohibition to broader reconstruction aims and suffering of the people.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Daniel A. Poling
Allied Forces For Prohibition
E. C. Dinwiddie
Prohibition Board of Strategy
The
Crusaders
Roosevelt
Mr. Hoover
Parole Set for 154 Ohio Reformatory Inmates
Minutes from the Ohio Board of Parole dated Aug 5 and 8 show 154 inmates at the Ohio State Reformatory Mansfield will be released on parole in September and October. Names and crimes include Capser Brown burglary Harold Van Bieber burglary Albert Wiley forgery Leonid Duncan robbery Frank Sterling burglary with release dates in September.
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Columbus
Ohio Board of Parole
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
Capser Brown
Hocking
Harold van Bieber
Albert
Relief Plans for Athens County Districts Debated at Meeting
Preliminary session of the Athens County Relief Advisory Committee organized at the courthouse to aid commissioners in administering funds from emergency bonds. D M Gill elected president and Mrs. O C Bird secretary. members include Ira Whitmore and local officials. Maximum potential relief from bonds estimated at 56 227, with other agency support planned. Emphasis on prioritizing schoolchildren needing shoes and clothing, pro rata fund distribution by township and city, and complete case investigations to target truly needy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Relief Advisory Committee
Athens County
Do. M. Gill
Athens
O. C. Bird
Ira Whitmore
York Township
R. 8. Wood
J. W. Hickman
Nelsonville
L. H. Blackwood
Hickman
Walker Loses Point in Duel With Governor
At the New York Capitol Mayor James J. Walker faced Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt in a heated exchange over Hofstadter Committee testimony. The governor insisted on weighing the evidence. a court order delayed a final decision until August 19 while the trial continued.
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Walker
State Capitol
Albany
N. Y
U.pr
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hofstadter Committee
James J. Walker
John J. Curtin
Hofstadter
John A Hastings
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Harold J. Hinman
Miners to Address Nelsonville Mass Meeting Sunday
Capt. Percy Tetlow Lee Hall David Watkins Nelson Beatty and the Miners Scale Committee will speak at a mass meeting at the Nelsonville city playgrounds on Sunday afternoon August 14 at 3 o'clock as announced by William B. Morris secretary of the committee.
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Nelsonville
Percy Tetlow
Lee Hall
David Watkins
Nelson Beatty
Miners’ Scale Committee
William B. Morris
Will Smiles Over Recent Stock Rise On Farm Equipment
Beverly Hills reports a market booster for farm machinery as a rally proves ill timed. The writer notes farmers facing taxes and groceries with limited credit and scarce supplies, contrasting the stock surge with real economic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Beverly Hills
Calif
United States
Walker
Hawkins Divorce Granted in Athens County Court
Hazel Hawkins wins divorce from G. C. Hawkins by Judge O F Rowland on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Custody of four year old Sally awarded to Harry McKinstry, father of Mrs Hawkins.
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Hazel Hawkins
G. C. Hawkins
O. F. Rowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Sally
Harry McKinstry
Woman lands six foot ten inch sailfish off Key Largo
Mrs Henry J Doherty, wife of the Cities Service head, captured a six foot ten inch sailfish after a thrilling battle in the Gulf Stream off Key Largo Florida. The combatant Angler stands with her catch showing the proud trophy aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Doherty
Gulf Stream
Key Largo
Fla
Cities Service
Noah Beery Faces Debt From Brief Work and Assets
Noah Beery testifies in municipal court that he has no cash or bank accounts and owes 82 dollars on a judgment. He owns Paradise Ranch a fishing club mortgaged for 70000 dollars and says he worked 27 days last year with pay in advance. He also carries about 30000 dollars in small debts.
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Los Angeles
Noah Beery
Beery
Paradise Ranch
Driver fined for DUI in Municipal Court action
Fined $100 and costs by Mayor Elmer Stephenson in Municipal Court for driving while intoxicated. Stephenson’s license was suspended six months. He was arraigned before Mayor Robert Wood, arrested on West Union Street Wednesday night, and must pay monthly installments of $8 starting September 11.
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Elmer Stephenson
New Marshfield Road
Robert 8. Wood
Stephenson
West Union Street
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Robinson in Stewart
Funeral services for Mrs. Ethel Robinson killed by shooting will be held Sunday at 2 PM at the M. E. Church in Stewart. The casket will not be opened at the church. Burial follows at West Union Street Cemetery in Athens. friends may call at her father Fred Laughlin's Stewart home.
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Ethel Robinson
Athens
M. E. Church
Stewart
Fred Laughlin
West Union Street
Athena
John Blake Killed in Night Car Crash Near Albany
John Blake 76 of near Albany died after a car driven by John Parmeter hit a stopped vehicle driven by Delmar Bolin in front of Blake’s home. Bolin faces intoxication charges. Blake’s widow exonerates Parmeter. funeral set for Sunday at the Blake residence.
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John Blake
Albany
John Parmeter
Athens
Delmar Bolin
Blake
L. F. Jones
Bolin
Athens County
Parmeter
Edward Waiburn
Athena
Swedish Premier Quits Amid Corruption Revelations
Swedish Premier Carl Gustaf Ekman resigns after revelations he accepted a 50 000 kroner check from Ivar Krueger shortly before Parliament approved 3 million dollars to aid the Match King. Finance Minister Felix Hamlin succeeds him as premier, keeping his peat duties. Ekman, son of a stonecutter, had led since June 1930.
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Carl Gustav Ekman
Sweden
Ivar Krueger
Ekman
Felix T. Hamlin
Akron boys wagon marathon runs long despite first accident
The first accident at the Akron boy’s wagon marathon occurred last night when a cutter pin wore through. Clyde Frost, 17, lay in the wagon bed for 45 minutes as volunteers repaired the damage. The event reached its second week with 4 000 laps completed and about 45 miles raced. A crowd of 500 watched as the cotter pin was replaced.
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Akron
U.P
Clyde Frost
Cotter
Milk Strike Endangers Sioux City Deliveries
Deputies guard highways into Sioux City Iowa as reports spread that farmers will bar milk deliveries except to hospitals. Milk trucks bound for the city were halted and thousands of gallons dumped near Mobile Iowa as producers strike over low prices from local distributors.
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Sioux City
Psheriff
Mobile
Ministers Poisoning Case Framed Says Lawyer
Grover Watkins, attorney for A. Berrie, a Presbyterian minister charged with poisoning his wife to marry a 19 year old Sunday School teacher, claims Berrie is the victim of a frame up. The defense asserts the wife died by her own actions. Berrie, who married the girl weeks after his wife’s death on March 21, pleaded not guilty at arraignment with the pair present.
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Muskogee
Okla
Grover Watkins
A. Berrie
Oife
Berrie
Watkins
Charity Gilda Gray's Kin Seek County Aid in Suit
Milwaukee August 12. The father Max Michalski and her son Martin Gorecki, child of dancer Gilda Cray, live with her sister Mrs. Josephine Bielicke. A civil suit shows Michalski received county aid while Zaniewski sues over two fur coats given as part payment for house work as he had no money.
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Gilda Cray
Max Michalaki
Martin Gorecki
Josephine Bielicke
Mias Gray
Sielicke
Sophia Zaniewski
Michalski
Carey Reappointed Brooklyn Manager for Another Year
Max Carey was reappointed manager of the Brooklyn National League baseball team for a new one year term after a directors meeting. The terms of the contract were not released. Carey succeeded Wilbert Robinson this season.
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New York
U.P
Max Carey
Brooklyn
National League Baseball Club
Carey
Robina
Wilbert Robinaan
Ohio labor groups push signatures for old age pension bill
Campaign to obtain signatures to initiate an old age pension bill in the next general assembly gained backing from the Ohio State Federation of Labor the Old Age Security League and the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Columbus.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Old Age Security League
Order of Eagles
Artful Dodger Survives Pittsburgh Gang Tyranny
Guy Volpe, sole survivor of an alleged racketeering gang in Pittsburgh, flees a cameraman while returning to police headquarters to claim jewelry found on his brother John Volpe, a liquor baron. Volpe dives behind Ira Harwick as a black box points toward him.
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Guy Volpe
Volpe
Pittsburgh
John
Night Uprisings Hit Chauncey and Nearby Towns With Fire and Explosions
Disorder erupted across Chauncey and nearby areas as bullets dynamite and fire weapons were used during the night. Fire destroyed three homes in Mound Street and a dynamite blast shook the village. Guardsmen fired on attackers near the No. 28 Mine as tanks and tear gas were deployed. arrests followed in Nelsonville and Chauncey.
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Chauncey
Neksonville
Chaundsy
National Guard
Mound Street
Lee Schoonover
Mine No
Hia
Schoonover
Charles van Dyke
Charles Anderson
Van
Andersons
Kidron Auctions Draw Diverse Crowds In Ohio Countryside
In Kidron Ohio crowds from Amish and Yankee settlers to Jews and Mennonites gather monthly for a long running auction. Over seven years totals exceed one million dollars with thousands attending to bid on farm produce cattle horses and household goods amid Old World nostalgia.
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Kidron
Stark
Wayne Counties
Cleveland
Columbus
Akron
America
C. Springer
Illinois miners vow picket over $5 wage scale
Spokesmen for Illinois union coal miners announced today that all mines attempting to reopen tomorrow under the new five dollar basic wage scale will be picketed. The threat carries potential violence and follows a costly clash in Indiana, with National Guardsmen called out there as warning. Reopening preparations span several thousand workers statewide.
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Springfield
Ill
Uinois Union
Morrow
Indiana
U B W V and Auxiliary Plan Picnic Near New Lexington
Members of Athens Camp No. 78 U S W V and their auxiliary will join New Lexington members for a Sunday picnic on August 14 at Belstol three miles west of New Lexington on Route 75.
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Athens Camp
No. 78
New Lexington
Belstol
Four Chauncey Men Arraigned on Assault Charge
Four Chauncey residents Lawrence Lyons Ira Sowers George McDonald and Floyd Hook were arraigned before Magistrate C H Porter on assault and battery charges arising from a Chauncey attack on Emmett Pickett. They pled not guilty and were bound over to Athens County Pleas Court under $300 bond.
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Chauncey
C. H. Porter
Emmett Pickett
Lawrence Lyons
Ira Sowers
George McDonald
Floyd Hook
Athens County
Libby Holman Reynolds Loses Right to Estate Admin
In Winston-Salem North Carolina Mrs Libby Holman Reynolds forfeits all legal rights to be administrator of the estate of her deceased husband Zaachary Smith Reynolds per Forsyth County Court clerk Williams EB Cler.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Libby Holman Reynolds
Zaachary Smith Reynolds
Wiliams EB
Church, Clert
Forsyth County
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George Bayles
John P. Coe
Charles Blake
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Ecuador
Harold Foard
Thomas Walsh
Chicago
Foard
Herbert Hoover
Republican National Committee
Gilda Gray
Milwaukee
Artful Dodger
Eraman
Ira Harwick
Fiery Cross
New York Coal Company
John Walker
Windowa Upataira
Downataira
G. W. Brown
Isaac Wilcon Copany
Brown
Chauncey Mine
Cross
National
County Bridge
Hocking Rilver
Gu Leonard
Fred Kennison
Nelson
Carl Conrad
Ohio
Jerusalem
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