Senators Debate Plans to Fight Tariff Bill
Opposing Senate factions assemble in Washington to map strategies against the Republican 65 million tariff measure. Democrats weigh recommitment or a minority tariff bill focusing on agricultural rates while another path proposes arguing individual rates. Senator Simmons of North Carolina is due. Republicans ready administrative details for full committee review next week.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Senate
Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate Finance Committee
Senator Simmons
North Carolina
Finance Committee
Terrific storm nears island as anxiety rises
Havana Cuba August 21 A terrific hurricane expected to strike the island nears the city of San Hagio de Cuba the National Observatory reports it cannot yet confirm the storm’s direction increasing alarm after days of heavy rain and record low temperatures.
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Havana
Cuba
U.P
National Observatory
San Hagio de Cuba
One Man Refueling Flight Ends With Crash at Lake
Don Tem Pleman's solo endurance flight ends when his plane crashes into a lake near Mills Field San Francisco just before he could set a new record. The incident occurred late last night following an extended refueling leg in August, according to UP.
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Mills Field
San Francisco
Don Tem- Pleman
Uncle John Seeks Third Wife In Quirky Ad
In New Lexington on August 21 Gloria signs an ad in a local paper seeking a wife for her Uncle John. The notice lists many traits including virtuous honesty economy musical ability with washboard and organ, early rising cooking, housekeeping, meals, and cleanliness. It also requires bravery without courting younger men and fearlessness of pests and toads.
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New Lexington
Gloria
Goston
Lexington
Livin' For Another Day Diet Menu Fragments
Reader receives a weight check prompt and a sample Friday menu. Diet note urges weighing before the 18 day period and promises weight drop if menus followed. Menu items include breakfast with fruit cereal bread and coffee, lunch with clam broth and salad, bran muffins, and buttermilk, dinner of broth codfish onions spinach bread and fruit salad.
Italy refuses concessions on reparations at The Hague
At The Hague on August 21 France Belgium and Japan failed to induce Italy to cut reparations to Britain. Italian delegate Albert Pirelli told British Chancellor Philip Snowden that no Italian concessions were possible and reiterated Italy cannot yield any share of reparations.
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the Hague
U.R
France
Belgium
Japan
Italy
Great Britain
Albert Pirelli
Philip Snowden
Nelsonville Man Dies After Operation
Nelsonville resident Scott Johnson age 77 died Wednesday morning at Mercy Hospital Columbus after an operation. The body was returned to Allen L Bishop’s home on West Franklin Street. He is survived by his daughter Mrs. Bishop son Verne and four sisters Bettie Johnson of Columbus. No funeral arrangements have been made.
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Nelsonville
Scott Johnson
Mercy Hospital
Columbus
Allen L Bishop
Franklin Street
Dan Cupid Tops Marriag e Licenses in Athens County
Information from the Athens County Marriage License Bureau shows Dan Cupid as a busy factor during June July and August with 78 marriages this year. June 88 licenses versus 28 last year July 1929 17 compared with 19 in July last year August 28 so far compared with 24 in 1928.
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Little Dan Cupid
Athens County
Soviet Chinese Border Clashes Reported Along Siberian Front
London reports say Soviet and Chinese forces clashed along the Siberian Manchurian border with tanks seen near Dudaior. Moscow denies major invasion rumors while Mukden cites incursions into Manchuria last week and heavy fighting at dawn with casualties on both sides.
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London
U.P
Moscow
Mukden
Manchuria
Red Army
Dudaior
Taily
Datren
Binecher
Russia
Far East
Novosibirsk
Siberia
Manchuk
Moscow Flight to New York Across Siberia and Alaska
A new Moscow to New York air route via Siberia and Alaska to Seattle will start Friday using a plane like the one that recently crashed in Siberia. The same crew will pilot the ship named Land of the Soviets. Fog near Chita caused the earlier attempt to fail.
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Moscow
U.P
New York
Siberia
Alaska
Seattle
United States
America
Chita
Brother saves boys as 16-year-old drowns at lake
In Akron on August 21 Richard Elliott, 16, Massillon, drowned at Turkeyfoot Lake after his brother William, 22, rescued two small boys and nearly died trying to save Richard.
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Akron
U.P
Richard Elliott
Massillon
Turkeyfoot Lake
William
Richard
Men Buried Alive Found Dead After Sewer Collapse
In Columbus on August 21 two laborers were buried when sewer walls collapsed. Angelo Capoccia aged 21 of Columbus and Charles Carpenter 28 of Detroit died beneath the debris as coworkers dug them out.
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Columbus
Aneglo Capoccia
Charles Carpenter
Detroit
Zeppelin Flight Planned to United States in October
Friedrichshafen dispatch reports another Graf Zeppelin flight to the United States set for October. The giant dirigible currently circles the globe and is expected to return to Friedrichshafen on September 10.
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Berlin
U.pr
United States
Friedrich Shafen
Telegraphen Union
S’riedrichshafen
Athens County Fair Opens As Grange Booths Dazzle
Bright weather brings out children from the Athens County Home and patients from Athens State Hospital to enjoy the fair. Granges across the county showcase booths with elaborate displays of crops, quilts, baked goods, and crafts, while the Albany Rome Troy New Marshfield vocational exhibit also features in the same building.
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Athens County Children’s Home
George Holdren
Athens State Hospital
Athens County
Grange
Summit Grange
New Marshfield
Jacksonville
Albany Grange
Albany
Canaan Grange
York Grange
Pomona
Ceres
Trimble Grange
Rome Grange
Albany- Rome-Troy-New Marshfield
Currens and Carsey Names for Athens Officiant
Maurice Currens 21 and Freda Carsey 19 are named for the ceremony in Athens with Rev. William M. Covert appointed to officiate. Parents Peter and Ella Currens and David and Flossie Carsey are listed as part of the families involved.
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Maurice Currens
Cleveland
Peter and
Ella Currens
Freda Carsey
Athens
David and
Flossie Carsey
William M. Covert
Classified Ads Show Local Needs and Deals
The column highlights a mid dle aged woman for housework, Elberta peaches at 1.75 per bushel delivered, a six room modern house for rent with furnace, and a Maytag washer and Premier sweeper offered for sale as a sacrifice. Classifieds guide readers to opportunities today.
Dry potato outlook as season proves tough for growers
Dry season hurts potato yields. Ray Stariin of Stewart notes his crop yielded about 175 bushels per acre this year after over 200 last year. Exhibitors reported mixed results with several showing more than two bushels per acre amid widespread dryness worries.
Women Fly In Derby Toward Midland For Leg Four
Fourteen women pilots remain in the Cleveland air derby racing toward Midland Texas with stops at El Paso and Pecos. One pilot Mary-Von Mack is not in the contest. Mrs Keith Miller of New Zealand faced a ripped fuselage and fuel shortage before continuing. The group fears sabotage after a fatal crash and injuries to other entrants.
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Douglas
Ariz
Cleveland
Texas
Midland
el Maso
Pecos
Santa Monica
Mary — von Mack
Betroit
Phoenix
Ariasiffi
Cactus
Arizona
Keith Miller
New Zealand
Mise Marvel Crossan
Madeline
Man Vanishes From Row Boat On Akron Lake
Albert Woodward, 82, a mechanic, disappeared from a rowboat during a paddle at an artificial lake in Akron. Mary Enlow, 27, was in the boat screaming as other craft moved away. Police doubt a drowning is certain due to sunken logs and stumps complicating the search.
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Akron
U.P
Albert Woodward
Mary Enlow
Woodward
Miss Eniow
Stores in Athens to Close for County Fair
Athens merchants plan to close Thursday and Friday afternoons so employees may attend the County Fair. The Athens Retail Merchants' Association announced the custom begun several years ago to support fair attendance.
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Athens
Athens Retail Merchants’ Association
Schools Open Labor Day in Athens County
All Athens County schools will open on Labor Day for the upcoming session. The opening day will finalize class organization and general arrangements. The nine month term will run through about May 16.
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Athens County
Swiss aviators vanish on transatlantic flight
Oskar Kaeser and Kurt Luseher, 21 and 22, began from Lisbon in the Young Switzerland heading to New York. After passing the Azores they were 67 hours from Lisbon and airborne for 45 hours without contact. Fuel, about 600 gallons, would not last beyond 40 hours, sparking cautious hopes of a coastward breakthrough.
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Oskar Kaeser
Kurt Luseher
Lisbon
Portugal
Atlantic
New York
Switzerland
Pineal Field
Terclera Island
Azores
Roosevelt Field
Merc
New England
Cape Cod
James Tl. Kimbwit
Government Weather Bureau
Cape Race
Halifax
Kaeser
Luseher
Nova Scotia
St. Johns
Newfoundland
Filling Station Case Proceeds in Athens Court
Lacey Hose sues Mrs Jeanne Singhey and Refiners Ov Company in Athens County Court of Common Pleas over a proposed East State Street filling station. Judge Worster overruled a defendant demurrer and the case was continued to decide if a temporary injunction is warranted. Mrs Singhey previously obtained a mandamus to force a permit after city officials refused approval.
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Athens County Court of Common Pleas
Lacey Hose
Jeanne Singhey
Singhey
Court of Appeals
Athens
Unexplained Fire Kills One in Somerville Farm Home
In Somerville New Jersey on August 21 a fire at the Hoffman brothers Grover and Frank farm home killed one child and injured two others. State police said the cause remained under investigation and the Hoffman brothers were held for questioning.
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Somerville
N. J
Grover
Frank Hoffman
Hoffman Brothers
Earl of Derby Plans U S Track Visit to Scout Racing
The Earl of Derby, renowned for European derbies, will visit the United States soon as a spectator at American tracks. He aims to witness racing and may enter his own string in U S meets next year.
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Earl of Derby
England
United States
Zeppelin Flight Around the World Captivates Minds
The article recalls a near world circumnavigation by air, with stops and an Arctic route, noting 6500 tiles in 102 hours at an average 64 mph. It highlights Doctor Eckener as navigator and mentions a British noblewoman journalist and an American heir among the observers, continuing on page four.
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Richshatfen
Tokio
Arctic
Siberia
Doctor Eckener
Graf Zeppelin Ready to Start Pacific Crossing
Graf Zeppelin commander Hugo Eckerner prepared the airship for a 26 000 mile world voyage, aiming to reach Los Angeles after leaving Tokyo at 4 a m. local time. The craft had already logged 11 050 miles from Lakehurst New Jersey to Tokyo via the Atlantic Europe and Asia in six days 13 hours 15 minutes.
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Tokio
U.P
Globe
Hugo Eckerner
Pacific
Los Angeles
Lakehurst
N. J
Atlantic
Europe
Asia
United States
Clemenceau Is Ordered To Rest After Illness
Georges Clemenceau the aging wartime French premier collapsed at his Les Sables D'Olonne cottage. A Paris doctor arrived and the medical staff said he is over-fatigued and must take a period of complete rest.
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Paris
U.P
Georges Clemenceau
France
Les Sables D'Olonne
Bay of Biscay
Vendee
Clemenceau
Devastating hurricane hits northern Venezuela towns
A hurricane swept northern Venezuela causing extensive damage in forest districts and disrupting trolley service in Macuto Guaira and Maitauetia as reports came in from the region.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Macuto
Guayra
Maitauetia
Sun God lands after record nonstop cross country flight
Spokane celebrates the Sun God run by Lt Nick Mamer and Ad Walker returning from a five day, 7 600 mile flight with eight refuelings. The crew received a hero’s welcome at Felts Field as President Hoover sent congratulations and the pair expressed readiness to keep flying.
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FELTS
Spokane
Wash
U.P
Storma
Sun God
Nick Mam Ler
Ad Walker
Felts Field
Seaboard
National Air Derby Association
Mamer
Walker
Manners
Walkers
Friedrichshafen
Tokio
Dayton Har Association seeks disbarment of attorney Rothenberg
The Dayton Har Association has begun disbarment proceedings against attorney Alfred W. Rothenberg who is accused of conspiring with a county jail prisoner to obtain his release from jail.
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Dayton
Dayton Har Association
Alfred W. Rothenberg
Athens Messenger Promotes Summer Drink Recipes
The Athens Messenger offers a recipe booklet with instructions for ginger cocktails camino fruit punch cardinal punch lemon fizz pineapple juleps and other drinks. Readers are invited to mail in a coupon with four cents for return postage and their name and address.
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