British cabinet weighs speeding up empire defense plan
Informing sources in the British cabinet emphasize accelerating reinforcement of strategic points across empire lines of communication. Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald and Foreign Secretary discuss strengthening defenses near the Suez Canal and adjacent territories as cabinet debates the broad policy.
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Utes
Ing Street
Ramsay Mac
United States
Suez Canal
Sanca
Heads Recalled in Meigs County Running Without Printors
A garbled OCR fragment mentions Meigs County and a recalling event. It references Bertodin and an expected choice or announcement, with unclear timing on Saturday or today. The readable text signals a local political or community note without full details.
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Workers To WPA Job Offers In Milton County Dispute
Milto n County executives announce WPA job offers as unions and non union skilled trades workers debate voting option. Council members plan to address unemployment and employment terms for those employed in public works projects amid tension between union and non union labor groups.
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Milton
Milton County
Unemy
Neutrality debate in Senate with Bone and Vandenberg
Senate discussions focus on neutrality laws to keep the United States out of war. Senators Homer T. Bone and Gerald Nye are highlighted as champions of the issue, with Arthur Vandenberg also noted as a participant in the debate.
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United States
Homer T. Bone
Geraldburg
Senate
They Nye
Arthur Vanden
Air and Water Celebrities Gather for Gallipolis Show
Gallipolis Ohio hosts a large dual air water race featuring 50 planes and 70 boats with 24 events and a 900 dollar purse. Notables include Jimmie Doolittle and Clem Sohn. A 1910 Lincoln Beachy pusher plane reenactment and a mass parachute jump by Babe Smith are planned.
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Gallipolis
Army
Navy
Jimmie Doolittle
Beachy
Clem Sohn
Walden Nominated for Coolville Postmaster Seat
Harry M. Walden won Senate Bulkiey recommendation for Coolville postmaster. The appointment follows Ralph Wolfe’s term expiration February 13. McBride and Lawrence Walden also ranked top in civil service testing. Walden previously served eight years as postmaster under Woodrow Wilson.
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Harry M. Walden
Robert J. Bulkiey
Coolville
D. A. Bardin
Athens County
Ralph Wolfe
M. McBride
Walden
McBride
Lawrence Walden
Harry Walden
Woodrow Wilson
Daughter Born to Em of Clara Lu Em Radio Trio
Mr and Mrs John M Mitchell announce the birth of a daughter at Evanston Hospital. Mrs Mitchell is the Em of the radio trio Clara Lu Em, a Chicago area program.
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Radio Team
Chicago
John M Mitchell
Evanston Hospital
Athens County Fair Promises Huge Weekend Crowd
After four straight days of perfect weather the eighty fourth Athens County Fair is set for a big turnout. About 500 autos were parked at noon and officials hoped a crowd equal to Thursday’s seven thousand would fill the grounds by night. The day included a stock parade and racing with a fireworks show at nine. Judges announced premium winners with a partial list on Page 5.
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Athens County
Messenger
Pilot Visits Athens With New Four-Place Plane
Captain Clarence Barnhill of the Aircraft Service Cleveland toured Athens briefly with his Beechcraft four passenger aircraft. He visited family including Mia Oden Johnson Freda Barnhill and Carl Barnhill and landed at Athens Airport en route to Cleveland after transporting passengers to Boston and White Sulphur Springs.
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Aircraft Service
Cleveland
Athens
Mia
Oden Johnson
Freda Barnhill
Carl Barnhill
J. W. Barnhill
Dutch Ridge
Athens County
Barnhill
Boston
White Sulphur Springs
Black man fatally hurt by train near Gallipolis
An unidentified Black man was fatally harmed by a train at Kanauga near Gallipolis today. Authorities believe the man attempted to board the 9 30 New York Central freight.
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Gallipolis
Kanauga
Here
New York Central
Nation Honors Will Rogers As Last Curtain Falls
Will Rogers is laid to rest in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Los Angeles after a public viewing and private ceremonies. About 50 000 filed past his casket with many more unable to enter. Performers and officials from government military business and film attended in tribute alongside a public service at the Hollywood Bowl. Wiley Post also honored in Oklahoma City with services at the First Baptist Church.
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Will Rogers
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
James Melton
Joe Morrison
Nino Martini
Agnus Dei
United States
Army
Navy
Hollywood Bowl
Rogers
Rupert Hughes
Wiley Post
Oklahoma City
First Baptist Church
Post
Oklahoma Capitol
More Murders Are Confessed By Prospector
Auburn Calif skeptical officers rushed to verify the tale of an admitted killer who says two graves lie in the hills near town. Earl Bud Kimball alias Cramer claimed he killed James G. Kennett Sr a retired Chicago contractor and a 17 year old youth identified as T Mangan a Colfax CCC worker. He told reporters of two more victims J J Radium Johnson and Realing or Girling missing for years but would name only Johnson and Realing or Girling until their bodies are found. The motive was robbery and Kennett’s body was recovered from a drained water filled mine shaft while the youth’s body surfaced in another shaft. Additional victims are unnamed.
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James G. Kennett, Sr
Chicago
T. Mangan
Colfax
Calif
CCC
Kimball
Fred Realing
Girlin
J. J
Radium) Johnson
Realing
Girling
Johnson
Kennett
State Officer To Be Speaker At Warner Water Meeting
David Warner executive secretary of the State Water Conservation Board will speak at a Warner Water Conservation Association district meeting in Corning at 8 o'clock Tuesday night. A prior Young Men's Division talk will be given by Warner. The Corning gathering is seen as one of the largest yet as valley residents back the water conservation project. Warner will stay for a Nelsonville meeting Wednesday night to outline the group’s goals for mutual valley benefit.
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Vid Warner
Columbus
State Water Conservation Board
Warner Water
Warner
Corning
Nelsonville
Wednendsy Mht
Mrs. Mary A Ayres Beverage Dies at 73 in Athens
Mrs. Mary A Ayres Beverage, 73, died today at the family home 1 Van Vorhes Street after a year and a half illness. A Greenbriar Virginia native, she lived most of her life in Athens. Survived by husband, son Charles Athens, daughter Mrs W W Lee Athens, sister Miss Agnes Ayres Columbus, brothers Ed Ayres and John Ayres Athens, and three grandchildren Mary Helen Lee, Mrs Pawl Silvus, Jack Beverage Athens. Funeral Sunday 4 p.m. at home with burial West Union Street Cemetery.
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Fred Beverage
van Vorhes Street
Greenbriar
Virginia
Athens
Charles
W. W. Lee
Agnes Ayres
Columbus
Ed Ayres
John Ayres
Mary Helen Lee
Marines Open Camp Perry Rifle Qualifying Practice
The United States Marine Corps rifle team began practice at Camp Perry as they prepare for the National Rifle Matches qualifying rounds.
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Camp Perry
United States Marine Corps
Deaths linked to kerosene in Marion County
In Marion County a second infant death followed exposure to kerosene poisoning. Mary Nancy Weist aged 17 months died a day after Donald Ray Bayles aged about one year, highlighting a hazardous household incident under investigation.
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Marion
Marion County
Mary Nancy Weist
Donald Ray Bayles
Lote
Moral: Don’t nap with shoes on in Nelsonville
Mr. Wendell Duffy, in Nelsonville, dozed outdoors and woke to empty shoes and socks. A thief took his footwear while he slept, leaving him footwearless and bemused in the night.
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Nelsonville
Wendell Duffy
Duffy
Morpheus
Athens Child Fatally Struck by Freight Train Near Shafer Street Station
Earl Mehl age 3 was killed at 5 am when a Baltimore and Ohio freight train struck him as he sat on tracks near Shafer Street station. Coroner L F Jones said the boy suffered fatal head injury and broken shoulder and leg. He formerly lived in Sugar Creek and had been staying at 46 Smith Street. funeral at Sugar Creek Church.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Shafer Street
L. F. Jones
Mehl
Sugar Creek
Athens County
Jones
Mehr
St. Augustine
Mehi
Wesley Mel
Guy Gilkey
Athens
Indiana
Smith Street
Athens Junk Company
Accident Victim Sued by Man Who Aided Him in Collision
Damages of 225 000 sought after a man aiding an automobile accident victim faced liability. The injured party Gilbert Balle is co defendant with Southern Ohio Power Co Mrs Fannie Kauffman of Columbus alleges her husband Abraham was electrocuted when a high tension wire struck him as he went to Salle s aid.
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Tronton
Gilbert Balle
Southern Ohio Power Co
Fannie Kauffman
Columbus
Abraham
Salle
Road Work Contract Set for Award by October
GLOUSTER The Route 13 improvement from the new Corning road south one mile will be awarded by October 1. The contract covers straightening the Corning intersection and paving the existing road south for one mile with brick.
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Glouster
Corning
Farmer Fatally Hurt In Fall From Mowing Machine
Logan Ohio report says A F Skinner Falls Township farmer injured Thursday in a fall from a mowing machine. He suffered six fractured vertebrae and a severed spinal cord, with condition described as possibly fatal. The injury was confirmed by Columbus hospital at noon.
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Logan
A. F Skinner
Falls Township
Columbus
Adjournment By Saturday Is Expected
Washington leaders expect Congress to adjourn by Saturday night after reaching a House compromise on the abolition clause and advancing a modified neutrality bill. Senator Byrnes pushes immediate action on a cotton loan plan while the AAA proposes 9 cents per pound with 12 cents via grants. The House also passes a pension tax bill for railroad workers with a 3 percent levy on incomes and payrolls.
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Washington
AAA
Congress
House
Utility Holding Company
Senator Byrnes
8. C
Tta
Senate
Roosevelt
Securities Commission
Mother and child die on Cleveland trestle tragedy
Mrs Margaret Traxler age 37 and her daughter June 12 were killed when a Baltimore and Ohio freight train trapped them on a railroad trestle over Big Creek. Son Charles 14 escaped with injuries while siblings Eugene 10 and Robert 9 and Louise Battier 16 survived by lying on the ties.
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Cleveland
Margaret Traxler
June
Baltimore & Ohio
Big Creek
Charles Traxler
Eugene Muller
Robert
Louise Battier
Funeral for Mrs. Lander Curtis Held in Hockingport
Funeral services were held Tuesday in Hockingport for Mrs. Lander Curtis 99 who died Saturday at the home of her son in law and daughter the Rev and Mrs Frank Baxter Glenville West Virginia. A member of the Pennybaker family she lived in the old home now occupied by Mrs. McClaren a descendant. Mrs Curtis spent her early life in Hockingport before moving to West Virginia.
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Hockingport
Lander Curtis
Frank Baxter
Glenville
W. Va
Curtis
Nudists Seek Warrant Over Neighbor Peeping Incident
The North Jersey Health Institute a nudist community asks a court for a warrant against neighbor Will Searles accusing him of peeking during an incident while Searles claimed he was gathering blackberries and saw nothing improper. Seames compared it to a prior month’s similar event when his dog treed a nude resident. Gus Brower corroborated ad-libbed remarks describing the scene and Will’s reaction.
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Long Valley
N. J
The
North Jersey Health Institute
Will Searles
Searles
Seames
Gus Brower
Will
Reenactment of Sales Tax Urged by Southeastern Ohio Board
The Southeastern Ohio County Government Board executive committee adopted resolutions urging re enactment of the Ohio sales tax with fewer exemptions and opposing parts of the Lawrence Armbruster Bill. County officials from over two counties attended the Athens County session at the courthouse. They argued the bill diverts ten percent of motor vehicle license receipts to general road bond retirement causing revenue loss to most southeastern counties and benefiting only six counties in the state. The resolutions will go to the September state legislative special session.
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Southeastern Ohio County Government Board
Athens County
Ohio
S& Counties
Ohio General Assembly
U S Freighter Detained by Japanese Authorities in Tokuyama Port
Japanese gendarmes detained an American freighter at Port Tokuyama in Yamaguchi Prefecture after a naval air search. The ship, described as a mysterious foreign vessel, was reportedly sought on suspicion of photographing the inland sea fortifications.
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Tokyo
Port Tokuyama
Yamaguchi Prefecture
Renge
Anti-Saloon League Leader Urges Liquor Reform
Columbus field secretary Rev H B Pilchard criticized drinking among women and ra id repeal as a bad venture. He urged legislation to limit alcohol sales and shorten business hours of drinking places in Toledo during the Evangelical Church conference.
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Toledo
H. B Pilchard
Columbus
Anti-Saloon League
One Conference
Evangelical Church
Neighbor's Children Named Beneficiaries
Milton C. Myers Bloomville former school teacher and house painter left an $8,000 estate to his neighbors children Nea Stiles and Donald Stiles as beneficiaries probate records show Myers died of heart disease on August 1 He had become acquainted with the Stiles children while painting the Stiles parents home and named Donald age 12 and Nea age 14 as heirs
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Tiffin
Milton C. Myers
Bloomville
Nea
Stiles
Donald
Myers
Donald E. Stiles
Sherrill Survey Urges Ohio School Frill Removal
The Sherrill Government Survey Committee led by Col. C. O. Sherrill calls for drastic reforms in Ohio education. It recommends state wide control, elimination of perceived political influences, and replacing fuzzy theories with stern realities. The report criticizes home rule with state aid, cites lack of compulsory powers, calls for reducing entertainment and high cost imports, and notes 11 000 unpaid teachers.
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Col
C. O. Sherrill
Mrity
Commission to Be Created by New Measure
Senate action on the Guffey coal bill approved by the House would create a national coal commission to set wage hour fair practice and price standards. It would tax coal at 15 percent with a 90 percent rebate for compliant operators, and ends anti trust suspension for those under the code. A coal strike threat hangs over negotiations as the wage scale nears expiration.
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Washington
House
Senate
National Coal Commission
Borah
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
Congress
Banking Bill Becomes Law at Noon Today
The act transfers credit control to a seven member reconstituted Federal Reserve Board plus five regional bank representatives. The committee may buy or sell government securities in the open market to stabilize credit and may loan on collateral previously ineligible. Direct Treasury purchases are banned.
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Washington
Reorganized
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Banks
Treasury
German Air Cruiser Reported in Crash
Vienna reports a new giant German air cruiser crashed during Baltic maneuvers on August 4 killing an undetermined number. The Dornier seaplane carried four 7.7 cm cannons 24 heavy machine guns bombs and 41 crew.
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Vienna
Heriin
Baltic
Ohio Governor to convene revenue meeting with chiefs
Governor Davey told Ohio Fire Chiefs Association delegates he would call a meeting soon with political subdivision representatives to map out a revenue raising program to avert a crisis.
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Columbus
Davey
Ohio Fire Chiefs’ Association
Somerset Press co-publisher dies after stroke
Charen Lester Mortal age 46, co-publisher and associate editor of The Somerset Press, died Thursday after suffering a stroke of paralysis.
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Somerset
Charen Lester
Somerset Press
Ernst Thaelmann to stand trial in October
Berlin reports that Ernst Thaelmann, longtime Communist leader, will face trial in October after nearly two and a half years in jail. The case underlines ongoing political tensions in the region.
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Berlin
Ernst Thaelmann
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