Man in Fight 140 Cents Turns Gun on Self
Aug 16 report from Hart County details a fatal self-inflicted gunshot by John Gilliland after confronting colleague Midkiff over a civil debt. Gilliland died at Holzer Hospital. Midkiff survived. Witnesses described a quick, fatal exchange at a theater building. Gilliland, 40, left behind four children and a grieving widow.
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Little West
W. B. Midyfeless
John Gilliland
Midkiff
Gilliland
Project HIO Ready to Reduce River Danger by Six Feet
Eastern Ohio Rep presented to the NRA board the Muskingum Valley Conservancy District cost of 52.44 million. Plan aims to lower the Ohio River by six and four feet to aid water purification and prevent flooding, routing through Massillon Zanesville Mansfield and along the watershed.
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Ohio
NRA
Muskingum Val Conservancy
Ohio River
Record in Tri Pp Aug. 16 Practice Tidbon Musso
Faint readable lines mention a record at a tri meet on August 16 and a practice session. Names Musso and Tidbon appear among unclear fragments. No coherent event details or outcomes are discernible.
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Musso
Akron Attorney Poisoned Family To Hush Secrets Revealed
Akron attorney Mark H. Shank admitted poisoning Alvin Colley and his family on a Arkansas highway after Colley’s suspected burglary links. Four members died—Colley and wife with two sons. a fourth child survived. Shank claimed Colley knew too much and that motive was to steal papers from a prosecutor’s office. Police tracked him by bloodhounds. Shank carried a bottle of strychnine.
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Hot Springs
Ark
U.P
Mark H. Shank
Little Rock
Malvern
Shank
Alvin Colley
Akron
Clement
Clyde
Millar Halbert
Colley
Akron Prosecuting
Halbert
U.R
St. Louis
A. G. Roberts
Wayne County
Robert Critchfield
Wooster
Critchfield
Ohio Northern University
Ada
Attica
Seneca County
Tiffin
Kenmore
Pardoned Fugitive Becomes Advertising Manager
In Columbus Governor George White pardons Paul Maxim from Mansfield Ohio, previously a fugitive who, after escaping a reform camp, used the name J Paul Faraday and rose to advertising manager for a Chicago paint firm. He had hidden in Youngstown for six years before the pardon.
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Columbus
J. Paul Faraday
Chicago
Paul Maxim
Mansfield, O
George White
Maxim
Faraday
Youngstown
Ohio
Mansfield
McGowan to Aid NRA in Wage Code Violations Probe
Mrs Josephine McGowan of Canton, administrator of the States minimum wage law, will assist National Recovery Administration officials in investigating violations of NRA codes.
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Columbus
Josephine McGowan
Canton
National Recovery Administration
Government to Buy Up Stocks of U. S. Banks
Washington August 16 The administration's bank rehabilitation policy could lead to government ownership of a major share of the banking system The government may own 25 to 30 percent of bank stock now estimated at 3 billion dollars Jesse H Jones head of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation says the RFC can buy up to 1 billion dollars of preferred stock to aid bank reorganizations and capital expansion
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
No Beer Sale At Ohio State Fair
Columbus August 16. There will be no beer sold on the fair grounds during the state fair this month. Fair manager Charles Beer announced after a conference with Earl Hanefield state agricultural director and beer commission members. He cited objections from concessionaires as the basis for the decision and said it had no relation to protests filed by the W. U. authorities.
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Columbus
U.P
Charles Beer
Earl Hanefield
Beer Commission
Grain Prices Drop as Bars Are Removed in Chicago
Grain prices fell at the Chicago Board of Trade as minimum price restrictions were lifted. Wheat slid five cents, corn four cents, oats three cents, and rye and barley five cents each, in the first session without price floor limits.
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Chicago
U.P
Chicago Board of Trade
Board of Trade
Brother of Athens Attorney Succumbs
Caldwell Aug 16 James Reed Keenan publisher of the Caldwell Press Noble County's only Democratic newspaper died here Tuesday evening after a long illness. Keenan was an attorney before becoming publisher and was a brother of Emmett Keenan an Athens attorney.
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Caldwell
James Reed Keenan
Caldwell Press
Noble County
Keenan
The
Press
Emmett Keenan
Athens
Frost and Howell Family Details
Lester Bennett, 37, and Grace Howell, 27, both of Frost, are identified as daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond Howell.
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Lester Bennett
Frost
Grace Howell
Mrs
Raymond Howell
Will Plans Journey To See Polo Match
Beverly Hills reader Will describes a fast one day trip to Chicago to see a polo game, flying via passenger airline with a dawn rush over Boulder Dam and breakfast in Omaha, lunch in Chicago, and back by Wednesday night. He notes airplanes ease travel even for former presidents and muses on the NRA boosting patriotism without war.
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Will
Chicago
Boulder Dam
Salt Lake
Cheyenne
Omaha
Mrs Costello Sells Life Story After Not Guilty Verdict
In Salem Mass on August 16 Jessie Costello agreed to publish her life story after rejecting three vaudeville offers. Her attorney William G Clark said she is hard up as money flowed to cover basics. The Essex County jury had found her not guilty of cyanide murder in her husband William J Costello.
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Salem
Mass
U.P
Jessie Costello
William G. Clark
Essex County
William J. Costello
Ayres Says NRA With Winning Side On Recoveries
Cleveland dispatch reports Col. Leonard P. Ayres economist says recovery measures ride the economic tide. He notes rising employment production prices and timely new codes while warning a slower industrial push may impede durable gains. He contrasts consumption and durable goods noting durable goods lag.
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Cleveland
U.P
Leonard P. Ayres
Business Bulletin
Ayres
Columbus Firm Gets Road Surface Jobs
State Highway Director O W Merrell announced awards for furnishing and applying materials for surface treating state highways in Ohio. Total announced value 436 934.56 across counties including Hocking and Meigs Athens and Columbus with T D Van Camp receiving 12275 and 5545 respectively.
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Columbus
Ohio
O W. Merrell
Hocking
T. D. van Camp
Meigs
Athens
T. D. van
Strong Leadership Urged for NRA Here
DeLoss Walker, NRA crusade speaker, urged Athens to establish unprecedented leadership with strong public backing during a Chamber of Commerce luncheon attended by 75 prominent locals. A full report of his address will appear in The Messenger tomorrow.
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DeLoss Walker
NRA Crusade
Athens
Chamber of Commerce
the Messenger
Assembly Promises Speed On Ohio Tax Legislation
Ohio lawmakers opened a special session amid expectations of swift action to raise nine million dollars for state relief in 1933. A 10 member joint committee was named to hear Governor White's five tax plans, with Earl R. Lewis hoping relief taxes pass by week’s end.
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Assembly
Ohio
Lewis
White
Solons
Columbus
U.P
House
Senate
General Assembly
Earl R. Lewis
St Clairsville
Kidnapers Fail Carefully Laid Chicago Trap
Federal agents and Chicago police launch a second major raid on the Touhy gang after the escape of two suspects. More than 300 officers use machine guns and planes, pursuing a claimed ransom package from John Factor as the gang evades capture.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Roger Touhy
John
Jake the Barber
Rabies case in Portsmouth promptsPasteur treatment
Doctors fought to save Richard Turner, 26, who has rabies in Portsmouth. Two others who had contact with Turner received Pasteur treatment as a precaution against the disease.
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Portsmouth
Richard Turner
Turner
Cuba Finances To Be Revised By New Ruler
Havana August 16. A Cuban government commission of American financial experts may be asked to study Cuba’s $160 million foreign debts and taxation as the new regime considers a complete financial reconstruction. President Carlos Manuel de Cespedes urges focus on a better Cuba, while a civil suit charges former President Machado and aides with embezzlement, fraud, murder, and related crimes.
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Cuba
Havana
United States
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
Acta
Machado
Seek Conrad Father Sought in Death of Lorn Conrad
An appeal from Chauncey seeks help locating William Conrad who left two weeks ago for West Virginia and has not been informed that his son Lorn Conrad 23 died after an appendicitis operation in a Cleveland hospital. Lorn’s body will be brought home for funeral plans, with a sister Mrs. C. L. Wyckoff Akron and relatives Carl Conrad Mrs. Ben Fielder and Mrs. Mabel Johnson named.
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Chauncey
William Conrad
Lorn
West Virginia
Lorn Conrad
Cleveland
Mr. Conrad
C. L. Wyckoff
Akron
Ben Fielder
Mabel Johnson
Carl Conrad
County Grange Calls for Farm Real Estate Tax Cut
Athens County Pomona Grange at a special meeting adopted a resolution urging a reduction in farm real estate value. The measure asks the Athens County auditor to make a reasonable adjustment of land and building values to ease farmer costs amid difficult times.
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County Grange
Athens County
Pomona Grange
J. Clyde Edmundson
Ohio
A. E. Potter
H. G. Henry
Murder victim identified as Louise Bostelle Palmer
The body found dismembered near Cook's Hill Road Monday is identified as Louise Bostelle Palmer, a 50 year old Exeter divorcee, in Hampton Falls New Hampshire. The case remains under investigation with authorities releasing the identification.
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Hampton Falls
N. H
Cook’s Hill Road
Louise Bostelle Palmer
Exeter
Mother Has Seven Children at Once in Colombia
Louis and Carola Perez of San Pedro in Bolivar Department announced via telegram read in the Senate the birth of seven children. All were reported doing well. The telegram was offered to argue for government grants to large families and was referred to the committee on public works.
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Bogota
Colombia
U.P
Louis and
Carola Perez
San Pedro
Bolivar Department
Senate
Committee On Public Works
Conference on coal and steel codes amid union tension
Recovery Administrator Hugh S Johnson convened leaders of coal and steel to push for an agreement on code pensions and unionization under the NRA. Steel executives walked out of a session with AFL President William Green, prompting a rebuke from the NRA labor advisory board. Johnson planned further talks on the oil code and hearings on the automobile code amid Ford’s continued absence.
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Johnson
United Press
Hugh 8. Johnson
Washington
Coal and Steel
Steel Company
William Green
American Federation of Labor
U.P
Henry Ford
Ford
NRA
Steel
Bethlehem
Green
Perkins
Mies Perkins
Labor Federation
NRA Labor Advisory Board
Mins Perkins
Logan Woman Named By Legion Auxiliary
At the Ohio American Legion and auxiliary convention in Lima on Tuesday the officers for the department were elected. Thomas W. McCaw of Dennison was chosen department commander, succeeding Joseph Patterson of Findlay. The auxiliary named Mrs. Lester M. Merritt of Columbus as president, Blanche Thomas of Logan as vice president, and Dorothy Marsh of Columbus as treasurer.
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Lima
U.P
Ohio American Legion
Women's Auxiliary
Thomas W. McCaw
Dennison
Joseph ¥. Patterson
Findlay
Lester M. Merritt
Columbus
Blanche Thomas
Logan
Dorothy Marsh
Gandhi begins noon fast to death in protest from jail
In Poona August 16 Mahatma Gandhi starts a fast to the death from his Herayda Jail quarters. He protests the British government’s refusal to permit him to campaign for the untouchables.
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Poona
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Herayda
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Paint Concern
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Lucas County
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Cincinnati
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Roosevelt
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