Large Mine to Resume Work Near Glouster
Ohio Collieries Company Mine No. 255 at Drydock will reopen on Monday August 25 with 450 to 500 workers. Applications poured in at the company offices as preparations proceed, and the mine will start accepting coal for shipment the first day. The resumption aims to relieve the Sunday Creek Valley employment strain with modern equipment and a steel tipple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Collieries
Glouster
Ohio Collieries Company
Sunday Creek
Drought relief moves reach 600 counties for freight aid
Secretary Hyde ordered county agents to prevent profiteering as emergency 40 per cent freight rate relief expands to about 600 drought counties. Agents certify shipments, withdraw reduced-rate certificates for excess pricing, and oversee cattle and feed movements to ease shortages amid continuing rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde
Legwe
Warn Board
Certey Montana
Athens Key City Hosts District Motor Club Meeting
Leaders from Ohio motor clubs gather in Athens September 4 through 6, with district delegates from Columbus Chillicothe Portsmouth and other towns. The September 6 session will host the State Membership and Club Betterment Committee to study district recommendations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Automobile Club
Athens
H. N. Burgett
South East Ohio Motor Club
Ohio
Ohio River
Columbus
Chillicothe
Portsmouth
Dayton
Findlay
Canton
Burgett
Man Held to Grand Jury in Assault and Rape Charge
Howard Beverage of near Carbondale pleaded not guilty and was held to the grand jury. He posted a $1,009 bond in Magistrate C H Porter's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Beverage
Carbondale
C. H. Porter
Athens Messenger Booklet Promotes School Child Health
The Athens Messenger features a free booklet titled The School Childs Health, prepared by the American School Hygiene Association with aid from the American Red Cross. The guide offers essential health guidance for parents to ready children for the upcoming school year and includes a coupon to obtain a copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Athens Messenger
Athens Messen
American School Hygiene Association
American Red Cross
Monkeys and the Masses and Jewels
A terse ARTHUR BRISBANE column hints at social themes and a vast jewel cache. the piece lists topics like Mr. Ryan and copper men alongside legal notes and public scrutiny. The tone is concise and opinionated with references to mass society and wealth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monkeys
The
Masses
Mr. Ryan
All Copper Men
Hark
Lawyers
R-100 Returns to England Amid Limited Welcome
The airship R-100 touched down in England to a modest reception of about 50 relatives and friends of those aboard, with only a few onlookers. The crowd's focus had shifted to a cricket test match as the craft completed its ocean voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Arrival Misread by Masses in Monkey House
In the Monkey house, peanuts blot the floor yet the arrival goes unseen by the animals and even Darwin. The gap between the masses and the monkeys is smaller than imagined by many among the crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin
Copper price dip spurs new sheet metal offers
Last week copper fell to its lowest price in 20 years. The notice proposes copper in thin sheets of varying thicknesses for flashing, building and repairing uses. It urges copper producers, farmers and households to buy at the lowest profitable price and reduce surplus.
Copper Sheet Sale Proposed by Advertisers
A column urges local merchants to stock copper sheeting at 15 cents a pound and explains why copper outperforms tin or galvanized iron. It proposes a united advertising push using country weeklies to move a few thousand pounds, with profits from the sale.
Meigs Woman Elected to State Office in Tenth District
W Gomer Jones of Gallia County won the State Central Committeeman post for the Tenth District with 8451 votes. Rerunning race totals show Edwin Davis 6788 and George B Davis 5894. Mrs M E Rathburn of Meigs County was re elected State Central Committeewoman with 12993 votes, defeating Minnie L Mauck 8383. Democratic nominees Thom as Kyer Ves ta V Sisler had no opposition. The six counties in the district are Athens Jackson Meigs Gallia Lawrence and Vinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Gomer Jones
Gallia
Jones
Edwin Davis
Lawrence County
Georgeb. Davis
Jackson County
M. E. Rathburn
Meigs County
Minnie L. Mauck
Thomas Kyer
Vesta V. Sisler
Athens
Jackson
Meigs
Lawrence
Vinton
Couple’s Two Week Vacation Ends In Misery
Mr and Mrs Steve Brooks return to Hammond Indiana after a two week trip to find their home ransacked and damaged A fur coat seven dresses missing Radio stolen Lights left on causing a tripled bill Golf balls damaged garage windows and a fire the cause remains under investigation
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Hammond
Ind
U.P
Steve Brooks
Brooks
Station job cleared up by youths story
The Springfield area case ties William H. Snyder to a spate of Central and Western Ohio station robberies. Snyder, 22, was arrested during Alfred W. Newman’s funeral and implicated Arnett Loy and John Duffy, with Loy seriously injured earlier in the same crash that killed Newman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
U.R
Ohio
Urbana
William H. Snyder
Snyder
Alfred W. Newman
Kenton
Arnett Loy
John Duffy
Loy
McKitrick Hospital
Newman
Arnot Moy
Young Loy
London
Washington D. H
Lou
Madison County
Gorman Clark
Neumann
Custody Awarded to Albany Aunt for Franklin Martin
Juvenile Judge entrusts four year old Franklin Martin to Lillie Bolen of Albany after he lived with her and consented to the arrangement. A writ of habeas corpus granted the mother Emma Martin rights to visit on the first Sunday each month. Father John Martin to contribute to maintenance of all children from a prior marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Martin
M. Johnson
Lillie Bolen
Albany
Emma Martin
John Martin
Sarah Martin
Hooper Street
Mechanicsburg
Martin
Franklin
Durant Reassumes Head Role at Durant Motor Company
William C. Durant returns as active head of the Durant Motor Company after resigning 18 months ago. He signs contracts to manufacture the Mathis car a French compact at the Lansing plant to compete with the American Austin. The Durant line will continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lansing
Mich
William C. Durant
Durant Motor Company
Durant
Mathis
Austin
United States
Hangar Fire at Bucyrus Airport Destroys Planes
County officials probe cause of a blaze at Bucyrus Airport that destroyed two planes valued at 10 000 dollars. The fire, two miles from the city, caused total damage of 35 000 dollars as remote location delayed Fire Department arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucyrus
U.2
Sheriff Williams Aims to Return Suspected Auto Thief
Sheriff William Williams, who left Athens to bring back E. T. Sterling from Knoxville, Tenn., was expected today. Sterling is believed to be the man who recently took a car from a local automobile agency after leaving a reportedly stolen auto at the garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Willliams
Athens
E. T. Sterling
Knoxville
Tenn
Sterling
Publisher to Fight Charges in Florida Governor Plot
Fred O. Eberhardt publisher of The Florida State News in Tallahassee faced charges of complicity in a alleged conspiracy to assassinate Gov. Doyle E. Carlton of Florida. Eberhardt, 47, denied the accusation calling it a political frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
U.P
Fred O. Eberhardt
Florida State News
Tallahassee
Doyle E. Carlton
Florida
Eberhardt
Carlton
Guernsey Breeders Hold Annual Field Day In Ohio
Fifty members of the Southeast ern Ohio Guernsey Breeders Association gathered at Cecil Robinsons farm on R D No 5 for the annual picnic and field day. Six counties were represented Floyd Barlow Wooster field secretary spoke in the afternoon. Horseshoe pitching contests and cattle judging competitions were held in morning and afternoon. Officers are Harold Carnahan Racine president Cecil Robinson vice president and Earl Carmichael Bidwell secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeastern Ohio Guernsey Breeders Association
Cecil Robinson
Floyd Barlow
Wooster
Harold Carnahan
Racine
Earl Carmichael
Bidwell
Greyhound seeks to abandon Cincinnati to Pittsburgh line
The Greyhound Lines Inc. petitions the Public Utilities Commission for permission to abandon the Cincinnati to Pittsburgh route and extend the same certificate to cover Columbus to Cleveland Mt. Vernon Wooster and Akron routing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Greyhound Lines Inc
Public Utilities Commission Today
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Mt. Vernon
Wooster
Akron
Old Cannon Returns For Holmes County Village Birthday
Winesburg, Aug. 19 Preparations for the village's 103rd anniversary are underway. A restored old cannon, first used in a Fourth of July celebration in 1837, will reappear after being lost for 66 years. Road graders found it under a hedge fence last year. The same flaw seen on display in 1887 will be unfurled again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winesburg
Holmes County
Ohio Legion Convention Closes With New Officers Elected
At Cincinnati on August 19 the American Legion of Ohio wrapped up its annual convention. Dudley A. White reported 5 000 hospital beds added for veterans and over 1 000 065 in initial payments from the federal government. Ohio posts gained 3 600 members, and John Thomas Taylor noted 41 laws affecting veterans. He warned that near 14 million more is needed for disabled veterans and cited a rising rate of veteran insanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
USA
American Legion
Ohio
St. Peter's Cathedral
Joseph Alber
Cleveland
Dudley A. White
Norwalk
John Thomas Taylor
Legion
National Legislation Committee
Federal group named to aid in farm plans
Hoover appoints a federal committee to cooperate with state drought relief efforts. Secretary Hyde chairs, with Legge of the Federal Farm Board, Paul Bestor of the Farm Loan Bureau, Roy Young of the Federal Reserve Board, John Barton Payne of the Red Cross, K R H Aishton of the Railway Association, Undersecretary Ogden Mills, and Henry M. Robinson of Los Angeles as members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Hoover
Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde
Federal
Chairman Legge
Federal Farm Board
Paul Bestor
Federal Farm Loan Bureau
Roy A. Young
Federal Reserve Board
John Barton Payne
American Red Cross
KR. H. Aishton
American Railway Association
Treasury
Ogden Mills
Henry M. Robinson
Los Angeles
Ken Murray Seeks Cook Anxious For Illiterate Preference
Hollywood gossip notes that comedian Ken Murray wants a cook who cannot read, after his previous cook Frank Conat proved literate and helped autograph photos and forged checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Hollywood
U.R
Ken Murray
Murray
Frank Conat
Toledo Girls Climb Trees Sparks Incident
In Toledo on August 19 a 14 year old Mary Luthbro descended from a tree after boys on the ground taunted her mother. She had been recording 626 hours aloft as a tree sitter before coming down to confront them. Dorothy Pink 11 remained in the branches and Helen Hireshaw 14 plans to stay five more weeks aloft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
U.P
Mary Luthbro
Dorothy Pink
Helen Hireshaw
Four Drown In Auto In Ferry Disaster At Westmoreland
Four persons in a closed car drowned when a hand propelled ferry capsized on the Connecticut River between Westmoreland and Putney. Divers recovered Kay Austin 30 of Putnam Vermont Mildred 26 and their infant Marion Ruth and William Clark 66 the farm hand. Ferry owner Allison Cushing 76 said the bow overturned as the car moved forward.
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Westmoreland
N. H
U.P
Erick
Cushing
Perce
Connecticut River
Kay Austin
Putnam
Mildred
Marion Ruth
William Clark
Austin
Allison Cushing
Putney
Harry A. Pierce
Keene
Pierce
Chester Fred
Radio Chain Planned to Counter Catholic Doctrines
The Defenders of Truth disclosed a plan for a national radio chain to combat Catholic Church practices. Franklin Ford, its president, said WOAX in Trenton already linked to WHAPFP in New York City, with five weekly programs. WLWL officials noted their station avoids controversy and aims at Catholics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.R
United Presa
Defenders of Truth
Franklin Ford
Society
WOAX
Trenton
N. J
Whapfp
New York City
Ford
WLWEL
Paulist League
WLWL
Primary expense filings show judge and sheriff candidates
Several expense accounts for the August Primary were filed with David Johnson, clerk of the Board of Elections. Judge L G Worstell reports 290.91 in expenses for Republican renomination. Oliver F Rowland lists 144.4 in expenses. Charles B Wood spends 79.66 and Peter Barrows 67.75. Certificates of election and nomination are being prepared and will be mailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Johnson
Board of Elections
L. G. Worstell
Oliver F. Rowland
Johnson
Dismissal of Milton Sanda Suit Against Oral Daugherty
Common Pleas Court Judge L. G. Worstell ordered the dismissal of Milton Sanda of Glouster’s suit seeking 20376 damages from Oral Daugherty of Nelsonville after Sands failed to answer a demurrer. Sands alleged a street assault on April 18, 1928, causing injuries and prolonged hospital care and crutches. Daugherty’s attorneys argued lack of jurisdiction, failure to state facts, and untimeliness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Sanda
Glouster
Oral Daugherty
Nelsonville
Miners’ Union
Common Pleas Court
L. G. Worstell
Sands
Daugherty
Arrucd Sands
Glbuster
St. Francia Hospital
Columbus
Retrial Held for Billings Pries Off Lid
In San Francisco a proposed retrial of Warren K. Billings, convicted in the Preparedness Day Bombing, may broaden to include 1913 labor controversies. Chief Justice Waste noted Hurley and Wilson might testify to claims they employed Billings to move dynamite from San Francisco to Sacramento.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
California Supreme Court
Warren K. Billings
Billings
William H. Waste
Edgar S. Hurley
John 8. Wilson
Hurley
Wilson
Sacramento
Labor Leader Boosts Cooper for Governor
The Ohio State Federation of Labor convened in Columbus and heard from Robert J. Bulkley and others as it debated political issues including unemployment. Harry Mc Laughlin urged re election of Governor Myers Y. Cooper, praising him as sympathetic to labor and the best since Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Robert J. Bulkley
Cleveland
United States
Myers Y. Cooper
Harry McLaughlin
Federation
McLaughlin
Labor
Man Survives Four Hour Standoff With Swordfish
Fred Phipps a 28 year old fishing guide wore down a 760 pound swordfish attached to a life raft for four hours. He volunteered after John Wanamaker Jr left for New York City. A second fishing boat aided in landing the giant fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montauk Beach
N. Y
U.P
Montauk Point
Fred Phipps
John Wanamaker
Wanamaker
New York City
Phipps
Temple Leader Aimee Semple McPherson Critically Ill
Aug 19 reports say Aimee Semple McPherson evangelist and head of Angelus Temple in Los Angeles is critically ill at a friend’s home after suffering a nervous breakdown two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Aimee Semple McPherson
Angelus Temple
Deny of mistreatment claim in Sykes case
Columbiana County authorities denied mistreatment of Fred Sykes who was sent to the Ohio Penitentiary and who attempted suicide by eating ground glass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Columbiana County
Fred Sykes
Ohio Penitentiary
Ananda delegates discuss averages at convention
Mrs McGravran of Kansas City reports the average American woman weighs about 115 pounds and uses 347.6 pounds of cosmetics over her lifetime. The remarks relate to delegates at the annual convention in Chicago.
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Chicago
McGravran
Kansas City
Ananda
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Gates
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American Bar Association
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Hotel Berry
Lynn B. Timmerman
Charles C. Jones
State Association
Co. M. Jenkins
Canada
Mexico
Frank Holder
A. R. McConnell
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Lima
Frank Switalski
Herman Ackerman
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Fostoria
W. 8. Barrett
Edsel C. Lutz
Bowling Green
A. W. Raymond
George W. Hu
Frederic J. Haskin
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Washington, D. C
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