Doctor Snook Faces Execution After Guilty Verdict
Dr James Howard Snook former Ohio State University professor was found guilty of murdering Theora Hix a 24 year old medical student. A new trial motion is planned. sentencing deferred pending appeal with 190 days grace before execution.
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Columbus
Appeals Court
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
Snook
O'No State University
United States Supreme Court
FR Oo. Ricketts
United Press
Ricketts
Chester
Melvin T. Hix
Theora
Graf Zeppelin Starts World Flight From Graf Start
Graf Zeppelin leaves its home port at 4 34 a m for Tokyo the second stop on a world circle flight. The airliner carries heavy loads and drops ballast to lift off and rises slowly before heading north toward Berlin amid excitement and cautions about possible emergencies.
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Friedrichshafen
Germany
Graf Zeppelin
Athens
Tokic
Graf
Berlin
Highway Association's Hillsboro meeting praised as most: 1930 plans set
About 90 people attended the U.S. Route No. 50 Highway Association gathering in Hillsboro chaired by H. N. Burgett. Speakers included Co. N. Sams, Thomas A. Jenkins, Paul W. Bell, W. FE. Thomas, T. C. Kelly, and W. E. Peters. A special directors' meeting will form the 1930 program. next regular meeting set for McArthur.
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H. N. Burgett
Hillsboro
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Paul W. Bell
Cincinnati
W. FE. Thomas
Wellston
T. C. Kelly
McArthur
W. E. Peters
Athens
Burgett
Highway Association
I C C Finds No Power To Order NYC Freight Doors
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled it lacks authority under the Interstate Commerce Act to compel carriers in New York City to establish store door receipt and delivery after a probe into freight handling conditions.
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Washington
U.R
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York City
Autumn Returns Dip In Athens As Summer Clothes Reappear
Athens residents braved an unseasonably cool day in summer attire, then traded frills for warmer wear as thermometers hit 63 to 45 degrees note, with drizzle and clouds reducing heat. Forecasters promise a gradual warmup, though exact timing remains uncertain.
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Athens
Palm Beach
Court Street
Rival gangs ignite violence in Steubenville area Ohio
In Steubenville and Dillonvale two incidents tied to bootleg warfare erupted. Emmanuel Garcia, 40, wounded in Piney Fork, is treated at Ohio Valley Hospital with leg injuries. A Dillonvale building once used as a speakeasy lies ruined amid shattered windows from an early bombing. Sheriff Yost links them to liquor warfare but finds no direct link between shooting and bombing.
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Steubenville
U?p
Emmanuel Garcia
Ohio Valley Hospital
Piney Fork
Dillonvale
Yost
Youth Is Taken To Mansfield
Artie Bowen, 20, was sent to the Ohio Reformatory in Mansfield by Sheriff William Williams on an indefinite sentence for burglary after pleading guilty in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Judge L G Worstell imposed the sentence. Prosecutor R D Williams travels to Chillicothe to argue Abraham Booker of Glouster before the Fourth District Court of Appeals on a third offense liquor conviction.
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Artie Bowen
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
William Williams
Bowen
Minister Accused of Posing as Physician in New York
The Rev. Dr. James Empringham, national secretary of the Church Temperance Society and former Anti-Saloon League official, faces health department charges for posing as a licensed physician and conducting examinations of partially clothed girls. Episcopal authorities declined comment, with copies sent to Bishop Manning and state health officials. Empringham's pro prohibition stance and clashes with Bishop Manning are noted in the report.
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New York
James Empringham
The
Church Temperance Society
Anti-Saloon League
Health Department
Episcopal Church
William T. Manning
State Health Department
Empringham
Episcopal
Manning
Prohibition
Marriage license issued to two Ohio residents in New Lexington
New Lexington August 15 a marriage license was issued to William Jewett 21 a rubber worker from Akron and Mary Margar et Sprankle 16 of New Straitsville.
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New Lexington
William Jewett
Akron
Mary Margaret Sprankle
New Straitsville
Voters Cast 451 Ballots in City Primary Count
Athens City records show 451 ballots cast in the August primary with stronger shows in Nelsonville and Glouster. Republican and Democratic ticket tallies listed for mayor, council seats, and city offices across Athens Nelsonville and Glouster with counts for each candidate and ward.
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Nelsonville
J. W. Hickman
Sidney A. Cook
Wil T L. Marker
John B. Williama
Ht Halrd
Ralph Miliott
Pearl Elizabeth Marrows
Harry IL. Galvin
Raymond ©. Cook
Fred Scott
James Porter
A. W
J. Chverle
Harvey HL der
Couneils
Robert Hennefeld
HH. D. Craig
John M. Bennett
Wh.bur Hutchings
C. Sharp
Webb Poston, Jr
James Sharp
A G. Cotton
Scott Bunion
Kontner
Jared Barber
A. G
Wife accuses husband as she dies in road crash
West Chicago scene of killing and suicide as Mrs. Flener is stabbed and slashed while riding in a speeding car. She accuses her husband Clarence Flener before dying near the wrecked vehicle. The husband then wounds himself with the same knife, found dead 200 yards away.
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West Chicago
Clarence Flener
Kiener
Flower
Officials Hopeful Of Meeting On Peace Conference
Mukden Manchuria August 15 UP Chinese Russian talks at Manchuk paused but officials hope after exchanges a formal conference will be arranged to negotiate a peaceful settlement. Yuan Huang head of the Chinese Eastern railway and others seen as responsible may be dismissed with Kao Chi named as successor to Lu.
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Mukden
Manchuria
Manchuk
Yuan- Huang
Chinese Eastern Railway
Kao-Chi
Communications Bureau
Ohio railroads to discuss standardized crossing protection
Columbus August 15 10 P M The Utilities Commission called all railroads operating in Ohio to a conference August 28 to install uniform trade crossing protection. A survey shows 6004 unprotected crossings excluding 1841 private road and farm lane crossings. 1746 crossings are protected. Twenty one railroads ordered to attend.
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Columbus
The
Utilities Commission
Ohio
Youth Is Charged With Robbing Two
Ironton Aug. 15 Aven Blankenship 20 of Chesapeake was arrested today in connection with the alleged attempted robbery of Mrs Louella West and Mrs Floyd Summey He was shot in the leg before capture The women picked up a hitch hiker who matched his description and were menaced with a gun
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Hearts
Real
Snook
Ironton
Aven Blankenship
Chesapeake
Louella West
Floyd Summey Blankenship
Lee
Fletcher May Get Post Offer in Cuba
Washington Aug 15 Henry P Fletcher United States ambassador to Rome who plans to relinquish his post will be Hoover’s weekend guest at the White House summer retreat in the Blue Ridge He may be offered the ambassadorship at Havana after 29 years abroad.
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Washington
A.P
Henry P. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
United States
Rome
President Hoover
White House
Blue Ridge
Fletcher
Havana
Bank resources total 27.44 billion in 7 536 banks
The total resources of 7 536 reporting national banks in the continental United States, Alaska and Hawaii on June 29 amounted to 27,440,228,000, as announced by Comptroller of the Currency J. W. Pole.
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Shington
U.R
United States
Alaska
Hawaii
J. W. Pole
Ohio fair queen chosen from ten semi finalists at Indian Lake
Russell Point residents await the result of a local beauty pageant at Indian Lake tonight where ten semi finalists compete for the title.
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Russell Point
U.P
Ohio
Indian Lake
Republicans Likely to Reject Glass Speculation Tax and Debenture Plan
Senate Finance Committee members signal strong opposition to the Morris farm relief debenture plan and the Glass proposal to tax speculative stock sales as tariff amendments. Norris and Glass intend to push votes on the floor, but committee Republicans show near unanimous rejection and expect these items to be sent to banking and currency or agriculture panels for merits review.
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Washington
U.pb
Wall Street
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Freed Smoot
The
United Press
Banking and
Currency of Agriculture
Norris
Nebraska
Glass
Virginia
House
White House
Floover
Finance Committee
Bil Norris
Treasury
Forest Fires Rage Across Washington and Montana
High winds fanned a string of fires in Washington and Montana, including the Colville Forest near the Canadian border, which had spread for a week and covered about 15 000 acres. In the Spokane Missoula district some 24 major fires burned over 30 000 acres, exhausting local firefighting resources as crews from Portland arrived to assist.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
Montana
Colille Forst
Canadian
Spokane-Missoula
Portland
Houses- Heifers and Good Peaches
Messenger Classified Ads note a seven room house for sale in Albany, peaches at 2 dollars per bushel with delivery, a two year old horned heifer strayed from a farm, and a ten room house for rent near Court Street with reasonable rates.
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Albany
Court Street
Athens
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