Rain Spoils Big Day Planned by Visitors to Athens Fair
The Athens County Fair in the Hocking Valley suffered rain delays as visitors faced a damp start. Attendance on Wednesday topped 3,500 for the second day, with racing, fireworks, and exhibits drawing crowds. As the 78th annual fair continued, flowers and quilts drew attention while side shows and races kept attendees on the grounds awaiting clear skies for the final day.
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V. Ludel Boden
Hocking Valley
Athens County
Athens State Hospital
Tweedy Brothers
Outbreak of Violence in New Orleans Street Car Strike
A new outbreak of violence hit the New Orleans street car strike last night when a car was dynamited and wrecked while carrying passengers. Ten aboard escaped injury as windows were shattered and tracks torn up for yards. The strike, nearly two months old, has sparked riots shootings and bombings with legal questions arising over free ride buses affecting the Public Service Company.
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New Orleans
Two Men Shot at Ohio River Camp
Two men were shot today at an Ohio River camp on the Kentucky side near Cincinnati. They were dumped from an auto in an alley near a Covington hospital where attendants found them. The dead man was Willie Morgan 47 of Newport Kentucky. The other man nicknamed Freddy was not expected to recover.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky
Covington
Willie Morgan
Newport
Freddy
Dining Diary: Heise Chooses Saturday Menu Elements
The entry lists meals for Saturday including Ireaktausi Baked apple coddied cow and no bran muffins with coffee. A second meal shows Dried beef soup with pineapple salad boiled beef tongue and hearts of lettuce plus graham bread and apple souffle.
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Heise
Women pilots resume cross country air race after delays
The National Air Race for women resumed in El Paso after bad weather halted progress. Participants led by Kauth Nichols lifted off at 6 10 a m with flights to Pecos Midland Abilene and Fort Worth as crews refueled at planned points to make up time from yesterday's sand and rain storms.
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EL Paso
Tex
National Air Taces
Vecas
Midland
Abilene
Fort Worth
Kauth Nichols
New York
Pecos
Santa Monica
Cat
Cleveland
Obie
Judge Griffin backs Mooney pardon push from Los Angeles
Superior Judge Franklin A. Griffin who sentenced Tom Mooney for the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing urges a pardon. In a Los Angeles address he says Mooney was convicted on perjured testimony and a gross miscarriage of justice occurred in his court.
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Franklin A. Griffin
Tom Mooney
San Francisco
Mooney
Los Angeles
Griffin
Pilot Tries for Flight After Narrow Sea Escape
Lieutenant Al Williams, recovering from a near death escape, plans a final bid to fly his 1,100 horsepower Mercury racing seaplane for the Schneider Cup trials in England next month.
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Washington
U.P
al Williams
England
Rewritten House tariff bill nears completion
The rewritten version of the House tariff bill will be completed by Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee today and a date will be set early next week for Democrats to attend a full committee meeting to report the bill to the Senate. The aim is to clear obstacles for a possible September tariff fight. Chairman Smoot set today’s meeting only to adjourn until Monday. Senator Simmons of North Carolina will convene a Friday round table with the minority to distribute schedules for minority amendments.
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Paul BR. Mallon
Laited
Washington
U.pr
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Smoot
Simmons
North Carolina
Finance Committee
Hague meeting cannot fail says official
Washington August 22. U S officials view the Hague reparations conference as foundational to any settlement and consider a collapse unthinkable. An agreement may be postponed to a later Allied Powers meeting, with Germany bound to continue Dawes Plan payments if The Hague fails.
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Washington
the Hague
U. S
Germany
Republicans Plan For Coming Year
Washington August 22. Plans for re organization of the Republican National Committee and for launching the preliminary organization work for next year s congressional and senatorial campaigns have been completed. Republican party managers will set out immediately to put them into operation.
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Washington
U PR
Republican National Committee
Hoover
Earhart Sets Women’s Speed Record for El Paso to Midland Flight
Amelia Earhart flew from El Paso to Midland in two hours 28 minutes, a claimed women's speed record for the 2450 mile distance. The flight shaved time in the on-to-Cleveland derby event, with Earhart finishing in elapsed time.
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Midland
Tex
Amelia Earhart
el Paso
Miss Earhart
Cleveland
Discredit Reports As to Mabels Job
Cincinnati reports from Washington call rumors that Haroth Eo Mau may be considered by President Hoover for assistant attorney general as just another rumor. Mau is on vacation and returns September 19. he previously rejected a similar appointment about a year ago.
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Cincinnati
Washington
Haroth Eo Mau
Hoover
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Convict 55847 Identified After Fire Death
Columbus August 22 Up convict 55847 who was believed dead in the Junction City brick yard fire is alive. James Webster 23 of Cuyahoga County was identified by the State Bureau of Criminal Identification as Bill Williams recently arrested in Louisville Kentucky for violation of the Dyer and Mann Acts. He will be returned to the penitentiary to finish a five to twenty year auto theft sentence.
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Columbus
James Webster
Cuyahoga County
Junction City
State Bureau of Criminal Identification
Bill Williams
Louisville
Dyer
Mann
Forest fire near Belton threatens village in Montana
In Belton Montana Aug 22 UPI reports all available local men rushed to the Western Gateway to Glacier National Park to halt a forest fire moving 200 yards from Belton limits. Residents evacuated by a Great Northern train as winds shifted and fighters worked, placing the blaze under temporary control.
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Kalispel
Mont
UPI
Belton Western Gateway
Glacier National Park
Belton
Great Northern
Planes Touring State Are Forced to Land
A dispatch from Boston reports scientists at the thirteenth International Physiological Congress favor vegetarian diets with varied vegetables for health. Professors Johansson and Silver caution against unsupervised dieting and stress risks of starvation and sleep aids. They also warn against smoking, especially for women, due to potential harm to future generations.
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Buston
Profewer Jfk Johannson
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm
Court DELL building work halted by injunction
Temporary injunction to restrain Mrs Jennie Singhey Refineranl Co from erecting operating and maintaining a filling station on Hast State Street Athens was granted by Judge L G Worstell in Common Pleas Court. Bond of 1000 signed by Mrs Rose and others. Final hearing set for soon.
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Jennie Singhey
Refineranl
Prohibition Agents Accused After Speakeasy Shooting
Two U S prohibition agents Brown and Evans are accused of drunkenly entering a North Clark Street speakeasy and shooting at the bartender and patrons. A witness says one agent passed out while the other called for reinforcements and arrested the bartender, with an investigation ordered by Assistant Administrator George Hurlburt.
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Chicago
Prohibition
George Hurlburt
Washington
Theodore Josef
U. S
Edwin Walker
Clark Street
Charles Brown
Ernest Evans
Josef
Brown
Walker
Evans
Tragedy at Crestline Pool Drowns 10 Year Old Alice Eckert
Crestline reports the drowning of 10 year old Alice Eckert daughter of William Eckert in a local swimming pool. Her body was recovered after the incident as family members were nearby.
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Crestline
U.P
Alice Eckert
Willam Eckert
Atlanta, Ga
Young Candler
Monsamo
Toledo to Host Next Convention Of Obio Council Of Daughters
The thirty seventh annual session of the Obio Council of Daughters an auxiliary of the Ohio unit of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics will be held in Toledo next year Toledo was chosen as the convention center after officers were elected Mrs Myrtle C Wood of Xenia was named Junior Past State Counselor and Mrs Josephine Stockey of Ashland became State Vice Counselor Also elected were Mrs Mary Marchie and Mrs Martha Gerepacher of Cleveland to minor offices.
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Cedar Point
U.P
Obio Council of Daughters,of American
Ohio
Junior Order of United American Mechanics
Toledo
Myrtle C. Wood
Xenia
Josephine Stockey
Ashland
Mary Marchie
Martha Gerepacher
Cleveland
Comedy and tragedy blur on final act in San Francisco stage
In San Francisco the French farce Emasy for Zee Zee ends amid murder mystery as lead Robert Chapman is killed backstage. Police investigate while cast members joke about a curse and continue the show with an understudy taking Chapman's role.
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Ban Francisco
U.P
Emasy
Zee Zee
Robert Chapman
Chapman
Widow of Tex Rickard Lives Cheaply in Flushing Cottage
The New York American cites an interview with Mrs. Rickard saying she has received less than 5,000 in cash from Tex Rickard's estate. She lives in a Flushing cottage likely renting about 50 dollars monthly and not painted since 1914. She notes public memory of Rickard endures but his friends forget.
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New York
New York American Today
Tex
Richard
Turner lands at Roosevelt Field after New York flight
Captain Roscoe Turner and four passengers landed at Roosevelt Field at 12 36 40 a m East. after a flight from Los Angeles concluding a cross country trip for the Lockheed cabin monoplane.
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New York
Roscoe Turner
Roosevelt Field
Los Anee
Dairyman Sawyer Loses Pocketbook at Athens Fair
Sawyer, a noted dairyman near Jacksonville, lost a pocketbook at Athens County Fair. It contained about 175 in currency, checks, and papers. He discovered the loss around 1 PM after carrying it since 10 AM. Sawyer is a former Athens County commissioner and had an exhibit at the fair including a ticket bearing his name.
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Glovster
Sawyer
Ceantiog
Jacksonville
Athens
Athens County
Death of Misa Marvel Crosson Sparks Debate on Women in Society
An obituary notes the death of Misa Marvel Crosson, praised as a courageous young woman, but critics argue women should remain confined to men’s roles. The piece laments her death and contemplates the lost potential for both men and women.
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Pacific Ocean
Cleveland
Misa Marvel Crosson
Woma
Crosson
Wall Street Quiet After Industrial Stocks Rally
Wall Street enjoyed a calm session with strong buying in the high priced industrials as traders pursued gains. The market showed sensitivity to demand, with investors cautiously pursuing shares amid steady trading dynamics.
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Wall Street
Walt
New York Visit Sparks Stock Talk and Rate Hints
Joseph Topit aky of California visited New York to urge friends to buy a stock. The price has risen over two points since, while speculation grows that the federal reserve may act on the call money rate at 160 percent.
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Joseph Topitaky
California
New York
Gold Dust Twins Take Over United Cigar Stores Leader
George K. Morrow head of Gold Dust Corporation has seized United Cigar Stores and gains a major interest in Schulte Cigar Stores. Distribution and organization of large distributing concerns are seen as the day’s problem and will be aided by advancements in production and profit.
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Gold Dust Twins
George K. Morrow
Gold Dust Corporation
United Cigar Stores’ Company
United Cigar Stores
Schulte Cigar Stores
Storms Delay 7 Of 19 Ships East Of Chillicothe
Seven of nineteen planes taking part in the Ohio Chamber of Commerce goodwill tour were forced down east of Chillicothe by torrential rain. Ten landed ten miles east, one a mile east. all survived with no damage. The fleet intended to proceed to Columbus via Chillicothe Lancaster Circleville once weather improved.
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Chillicothe
Chuldtoovile
A. Ab Bieven
State Chamber of Commerce
Here
Portamouth
Norton Field
Columbus
Chiltlcothe
Chilliecothe
Lancaster
Circleville
U. S
Gontinental Ate Tours
Cleveland News
City of Alliance
City of Leveland
Akron
City of Cuyahoga Pally Great Lakes
Alprom Newark
John McVerge
Nautica
Waya
U.P #ix
Ohio Chamber of Comemerce
Portsmouth
Church Delays Probes Await Pastor Return
In Cincinnati on August 22 a committee was named to act as a grand jury probing Trinity Methodist Church finances. Investigations will be delayed until Pastor Dr Russell Illready, currently in Michigan after a reported nervous breakdown, can be present.
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Cincinnati
Trinity Methodist Church
Russell
Bready
Michigan
Aerial Chamber Tour Takes Flight From Here
The planes in the Chamber of Commerce aerial show will depart at 1 40 p m to resume their scheduled flight across the Eastern and Northeastern routes.
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Norton Field
Columbus
Io Chamber of Commerce
Athens Messenger Promotes Pickle Making Booklet
The Athens Messenger advertises a Washington Information Bureau booklet on pickle making. It promises accurate tables and tests for sweet and sour varieties, with recipes and guidance from U S government authorities. Get your copy today.
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Washington Information Bureau
Entitre Service
United States
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