City Council discussed relief projects for parks and sewers
At a Monday night session the City Council reviewed proposed relief projects by the Commission. The plans cover three divisions labor recreation and drainage with aims to improve streets alleys and grounds along Peach Ridge and near the Scout lodge. Committees urged planting trees grasses improving grounds and building restrooms and toilet facilities for East Ride Schools and land east of Peach Ridge while noting outside corporate limits areas could be developed under favorable terms.
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Bing
H. R. Megu
T. M. Wolfe
McCune
East Ride
al Recreation
Peach Ridge
Dilley
Court proceedings and public health notes from Sugar Creek
Dale Mor Hill pleaded not guilty and was held on a 200 bond. John Gorbins faces unspecified charges while Esta Hughes reports fear. A hearing is set for morning. Public health offices note reports of contagious disease including typhoid and scarier fever in the West Side area.
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Dale Mor Hill
Sugar Creek
John Gorbins
Alfullty
Dela
West Side
Cme
Armored Truck Holdup Nets Brooklyn Bank Cash
A mob of 10 to 15 armed with machine guns robbed an armored truck in Bath Beach Brooklyn. About $427,000 was taken in under three minutes as the bandits escaped in two cars. a bag with $29,000 was left behind. The truck carried guards Joseph Allen William Lillienthal and driver. The incident drew witnesses from local ice company workers and tennis players.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
United States Trucking Company
Bath Beach
Ice Company
Joseph Allen
John Wilson
William Lillienthal
Lillienthal
Soldiers Bonus Payoff Sought by Ohio Legion Delegates
At Sandusky the 8 000 strong parade preceded a vote by the American Legion Ohio Department delegates on immediate soldiers bonus payment. The body adopted a resolution in favor of prompt payment while naming officers for 1931. Virgil Martin won vice commander, William Ronald became Ohio commander, and the group planned to meet in Dayton next year.
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Sandusky
American Legions Ohip Department
Cedar Point
William
Ronald
Warren
Thomas W. McCaw
Dennison
Ohio
Virgil Martin
Xenia
Matt Masbacher
Galion
W. B. Hyer
Washington D. H
Ralph Clinger
Columbus
David E. Scott
Legion
Dayton
McCaw
Forest Fire Threatens Tiny Avery Idaho Town
In Spokane Washington Aug 21 a forest fire driven by shifting wind neared Tiny Avery Idaho as nearly 500 firefighters battled to hold it to about 2000 acres. Firefighters blocked forward progress with trenches and pumps sprayed water on buildings near the flames amid cautious forecasts of a possible town take. Elsewhere in Idaho Montana Washington and British Columbia reports from fronts show about 10000 firefighters battling fires.
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Spokane
Wash
Avery
Idaho
Forest Service
Montana
Washington
British Columbia
Kidnaping Claim Shocks Ohio Man in Home Return
Albert Walker, missing since August 9, reappeared in Cincinnati on August 21 to tell police he was kidnapped and slugged with a pistol butt, then driven to Bond Hill and hurled from a car into a field near Celina. He was hospitalized in Van Wert as an amnesia patient. Two men allegedly boarded his car at a street intersection and forced him to drive.
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Cincinnati
Albert Walker
4& Field
Celina
van Wert
Bond Hill
Terrific Gale Strikes Liner Cameronia Mid Atlantic
Glasgow reports the liner Cameronia hit by a terrible gale in mid Atlantic. Over 30 passengers injured one seaman washed overboard and drowned as waves up to 60 feet battered the ship. The vessel had sailed from Boston August 12 and New York the day before. a Penn State football team member aboard escaped injury.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Cameronia
mid-Atlantic
Clyde
Boston
New York
Penn State Footballl
Arctic Flier Safe death by own action eyed as rage
ANCHORAGE Alaska Aug 21 The arctic aviator Frank Dorbandt famed for dangerous feats may have acted in rage rather than despair as he lifted a tri motor plane from Anchorage Airport with little gasoline and declared Youll not see me again He had just learned he was grounded by inspectors and faced smuggling charges plus a complaint by a 19 year old Seattle girl Dorbandt landed at Susitna Station Sunday night and took off again Monday according to pilot Murrell Lassen who arrived from Susitna and dismissed fears about the wandering flyer.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Frank Dorbandt
Point Barrow
Seattle
Murrell Lassen
Sousitna
Dorbandt
Susitna
Sassen
Confessed killer to have sanity test
The Lucas County Grand Jury discredited Steve Zientek’s confession to murdering Steve Cyigon and Eddie Baginski but recommended mental testing. Zientek, 18, already serving 10 to 25 years in Mansfield Reformatory, was brought to Toledo to clear his conscience. coroner Kreft found no link to the slayings. Cyigon died in the Auto-Lite riot, Baginski’s body was found in Ten Mile Creek in May 1931.
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Toledo
Lucas County
Steve Zientek
Steve Cygon
Eddie Baginski
Zientek
Mansfield Reformatory
Frank Kreft
Cyigon
Young Baginski
Ten Mile Creek
New Orleans Awaits Long Campaign Expose
New Orleans braces for Huey Long's opening salvo in his campaign against Mayor T Semmes Walmsley. Long vows to expose vice and gambling in the city government as Walmsley allies mobilize against the Long machine with state guardsmen and a police counterforce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Huey Long
T. Semmes Walmsley
Long
Walmsley
Athens Stores Plan Thursday Noon Closure
Athens Retail Merchants Association members will close at noon Thursday so employees may attend the Athens County Fair. The announcement was made by B Miller, president, after a regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Athens County
B Miller
Camp Perry Opens National Small Bore Championship
The first rounds of the Wimbledon match started at Camp Perry as rifles pinged in the national small bore championship on the Camp Perry ranges.
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Camp Perry
Workers and Exhibits Ready For 83rd Fair
Athens Countys eighty third annual Fair opened officially but major events start tomorrow. Temporary manager Frank Biddle leads preparations as secretary manager L W Slaughter remains ill. Judging begins tomorrow with 750 exhibit items awaiting awards. Midway rides shows and fireworks fill the week with a harness race tomorrow and daily programs Thursday and Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Frank Biddle
Fair Board
L. W. Slaughter
Slaughter
Priest Killed in Ames Junior High School Grounds
The Rev William P Drennan about 50 parish priest at Our Lady of Grace Church Chelsea was found dead under a tree on the Ames Junior High School grounds Dedham Mass Police noted a head indentation bruises on the face and an empty pocketbook nearby A lone $1 bill was found and police say heart attacks are possible but foul play cannot be ruled out with the hit and run theory considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Mass
William P. Drennan
Our Lady of Grace Church
Chelsea
Ames Junior High School
Bankers Ready to Aid Industrial and Home Loans Programs
Washington news confirms that the American Bankers Association told President Roosevelt that bankers are prepared to cooperate with two federal loan initiatives. The plans cover industrial loans and loans aimed at home modernization, signaling broad support from the banking sector.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Bankers’ Association
New Ohio Democratic Committee Calls Meeting in Columbus
Columbus audience hears that the newly elected state Democratic Central committee, chaired by Earl Hanefeld the state director of agriculture, will convene in Columbus next Tuesday at 2 p.m.
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Columbus
Democratic Central Committee
Earl Hanefeld
Zippers and Eskimos Save Mattern in Arctic Ordeal
Jimmy Mattern recounted his near fatal Arctic ordeal after a solo round the world flight. Stranded in Siberia with a broken ankle and freezing conditions he survived four days beside his aircraft. Rubber bands and the zippers of his flying suit helped win aid from Eskimos who found him and ferried him to safety.
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Athens
Kiwanis
Chamber of Commerce
Berry Hotel
Arctic
Jimmy Mattern
Atlantic Ocean
Norway
Russia
Nome
Alaska
Siberia
Earth
Retail Council Supports Consumer Sales Tax Idea
George Sheridan of the Ohio Council of Retail Merchants indicated support for a consumer sales tax not framed as a burden on retailers. He and other merchants view a tax paid by shoppers as preferable to a "privilege" tax, with timing tied to the January tax limitation crisis.
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Retail Council
Columbus
George Sheridan
Ohio Council of Retail Merchants
White
Assembly
Uftil
Sheridan
Renewed Nazi Anti Church Drive Looms
Nazi propaganda sparks anti Christian barrage in Berlin causing alarm in Catholic and Protestant circles. Hitler acknowledges positive Christianity while Goebbels warns Catholics and Reichbishop Mueller announces a nationwide church drive from autumn to spring. Communist vigilance rises amid a plebiscite backlash of over four million votes.
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Berlin
Hitler
Hamburg
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Ludwig Mueller
Talker Shows Improvement After 16 Sleepless Days
MT GILEAD Aug 21 Donald Campbell, known as a talking-sickness victim, slept briefly for the first time in 16 days. Family reports definite improvement as he responds to treatment after a period of silence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Gilead
Donald Campbell
Columbus
Campbell
Nightfall at Athens County Fair Opens Countdown to Show
Dust drifts over the Athens County Fairgrounds as stalls areReadied for the event. Trainers inspect horses while a veteran jockey prepares three horses for the upcoming race in Athens. Blacksmith Harry Boyer showcases shoeing’s role in performance as workers finalize concession stands and talk about last week’s takings in Zanesville.
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Athens County Fairgrounds
Harry Boyer
Zanesville
Coshoctop
Coshocton
Eight Mile Swim Saves Ohioan in Lake Erie
H Godfrey Phillipps, 53, Toledo manufacturer, washed overboard Sunday night in rough Lake Erie waters. After five hours adrift he reached shore aided by a fish net and buoy, then rested on a sand bar as physicians treated his leg cramp and exposure.
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Toledo
Lake Erie
H. Godfrey Phillipps
Phillipps
Hollywood Shooting Is Called Death by Own Action
Hollywood police ruled the death of songwriter Jerry Jarnegin as death by own action. Irene Franklin, his wife, suggested he had been depressed over finances and work. The case arose as Lawrence Thomas, former houseboy, faced charges in a related incident involving the actress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Jerry Jarnegin
Irene Franklin
Jerry
Lawrence Thomas
Thomas
Roosevelt To Attend Funeral for Rainey
The body of Henry T. Rainey former Speaker of the House will leave St. Louis for Walnut Hill near Carrollton for funeral services at 4 p.m. Wednesday. President Roosevelt will arrive from Washington shortly after. An Episcopal service will precede burial beside his father in Carrollton Cemetery.
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Henry T. Rainey
National House of Represent
Roosevelt
Speaker Rainey
St. Louis
House of Representatives
Guelph Strike Violence Hurts Two Workers
Two men were seriously injured in a fierce clash on August 21 in Guelph between striking garment workers and staff of the Popular and Superior Cloak companies. The incident marks the first strike violence in the city’s industrial history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guelph, Ont
Hurry Up Kingfish Huey Long Mentioned in Letter
In a Manila era style note from Harbin Manchuria Will Rogers jokes that Huey Long’s Paraguay stance earned him a fort name and suggests a New York island Long and rail lines could be named after him if he intervenes locally. He signs as Will Rogers.
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Harbin
Manchuria
Huey Long
Paraguay
New York
Long
Huey
Will Rogers
Pneumonia Vaccine To Undergo Final Human Tests
In Philadelphia on August 21 Dr John A Kolmer a Temple University professor announced a pneumonia vaccine will undergo its final three month human testing. He also plans further safety demonstrations for the infantile paralysis vaccine before trials begin inoculating a group of 20 children including two of his sons. Afterward he will publish the vaccine formula for use by physicians nationwide.
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Philadelphia
John A. Kolmer
Temple University
Roosevelt Plans Final NRA Rebuilding Steps
President Roosevelt called recovery leaders to finalize plans for reorganizing the National Recovery Administration. Hugh Johnson, Secretary Perkins, and Donald Richberg met at the White House for over an hour, with Perkins and Richberg taking the briefing as Johnson left. Some tension surfaced between Johnson and Richberg, though the White House indicated Johnson remains in charge.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Carrollton
Ill
Henry T. Rainey
Hyde Park
N. Y
White House
National Recovery Administration
Hugh Johnson
Perkins
Donald Richberg
NRA
Johnson
Misa Perkins
Richberg
Miss Perkins
Bones of Man Found Near Canton Suburb
County officials sought the identity of a man whose skeleton was found in a thicket two miles east of Louisville Canton suburb. A meat ticket from a Cleveland restaurant was the only clue, name erased by rain but "Cleveland" legible.
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Canton, CO
Louisville
Canton
Cleveland
Small Gain Made in Grain Prices Today
Grain prices moved upward again today on fresh advances in foreign markets. Overnight gains in wheat and corn appeared at times, but the net change stayed within a narrow range due to cautious buyers.
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Chicago
Hocking Valley Mine Reschedules Thursday Work Day
E. A. Cottingham announced the Hocking Valley Mine at Hocking will operate Thursday this week instead of Wednesday as previously reported.
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E. A. Cottingham
Hocking Valley
Hocking
Tenants Protest Rent Hike at Lake Shore Flats
In Cleveland on August 21 tenants of a lake shore apartment building protested a $5 monthly rent increase. They warned they would move if the higher charge is enforced.
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Cleveland
Lake Shore
Neighboring farmer shoots man in Meigs County quarrel
Herbert Griffin of Calloway Ridge Athens County is hospitalized in Parkersburg W Va in critical condition from shotgun wounds after Quin cy Cole 71 shot him at point blank range from behind a barn on the Griffin farm. The shooting stems from a dispute over Griffin's attention to Cole's younger wife. Cole was captured later on the road to Tup Pers Plains and is jailed in Meigs County awaiting transfer after officers questioned Griffin and his wife.
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Herbert Griffin
Calloway Ridge
Athens County
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
W. Va
Quincy Cole
Griffin
Meigs
Cole
Griffin Cole
Meigs County
A. O. Tracy
Fren LeMaster
Plains
Jacob Elberfeld
Tuppers Plains
Cole Farm
LeMaster
Elberfeld Farm
Tracy
0. F
D. J. Tracy
Charles Stratton
Roy Goldsberry
Ohioan Faces Murder Trial in Shotgun Killing
CHILLICOTHE Aug 21 Charles Butter 50 of Londonderry held in Ross County Jail as authorities prepare murder charges in the shotgun killing of Guy Bayman 34 a Columbus road construction superintendent. Deputy Lowery quoted Butzer saying he shot Bayman after drinking a quart of whiskey to steady his nerve. Prosecutor Reid said written statements from two other company workers confirmed the shooting after Bayman allegedly made advances to Butzer s wife.
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Chillicothe
Mncharles Butter
Londonderry
Ross County
Guy Bayman
Columbus
Don Lowery
Butzer
Bayman
Lester Reid
Small Pox Vaccination Urged Before School Opens
Athens city and county health officials urge parents to vaccinate children with smallpox before the new school year. The county Board of Health stresses vaccination for first time enrollees and asks families to visit their physicians as a precautionary measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens City
County Board of Health
Tang of autumn cools Kansas City as heat eases
A tang of autumn cooled Kansas City and the Midwest with 63 degrees at 3 p.m. Monday, the coolest day here since spring after two months of blistering heat. The change was noted across Kansas City and surrounding regions as the heat record began to ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Midwest
Mercury
Street Worker Seeks Eye Loss Claim in Ohio
Elmer Adkins a former Portsmouth city employee opened a Supreme Court appeal to enforce a claim against the Ohio Industrial Commission for an eye injury he says occurred April 6 1931 while chipping tar from brick with a street gang.
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Columbus
Elmer Adkins
Portsmouth
Supreme Court
Ohio Industrial Commission
Adkins
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