Bank Swindle Ring Led by Charles W. French Exposed
Federal agents linked a Chicago Cleveland gang to near 20 million in spurious stock deals and bank wreckings. They traced operations through banks railroads and manufacturers across Ohio Indiana and Illinois with plans to seize Milwaukee banks and issue large certificates of deposit.
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Chicago
United Press
Big Business
Chas. W. French
J. H. Leet
Cleveland
French
Leet
Charles W. French
John V. Clinnin
United States
Milwaukee
Washington, D. C
Washington
A. E. Sterzlin
Southwest
Pacific Trust Company
Independence Co
Guarantee Securities Company
Kansas City
Swindle Trust
Evans Motor Car Company
Pple Financing Company
Daton
Harshman
Clinnin
James Horace Leet
Charles Denicke
la Salle Hotel
Waller
Weirton Steel Plant to Resume Operations Monday
Steubenville works of the Weirton Steel Company employing 1200 men will resume operations next Monday. The plant has been shut down eight months, announced vice president John Williams today.
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Steubenville
Believe Well Is a Good Producer Band Seeks Women Players
An oil well drilled on the Sid Riley farm at Hebbardsville was struck yesterday and, according to Frank Gross, is likely to be a good producer. The sand was reached at over 1200 feet and after baling the well, prospects suggest about ten barrels a day. Four women playing cornet or bass drum are invited to meet the band Tuesday August 29 at 6 30 P M at the K of P hall.
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K. of P. Hall
Sid Riley
Hebbardsville
Frank Gross
Gross
Beebe Farmer Is Making Recovery from Bad Injury
Perl Jewell a well known farmer near Beebe is slowly improving after being thrown from his horse while bringing in from the pasture early Tuesday morning August 16. Initial fears of peritonitis have subsided thanks to medical care and nursing and he remains confined to bed but is out of danger and improving.
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Beebe
Perl Jewell
Near Here
Great Dirgible Wrecked During Trial Flight Over England
Washington Aug 24 Congress rushes final drive with recess planned tonight. McNary bill and war finance expansion to aid farmers dominate debate as beer bill loses momentum. Harding and Republicans push for quick passage amid talks on disarmament funds shipping board and other measures.
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Herbert W. Walker
Washington
Congress
McNary
War Finance Corporation
Harding
House
Shipping Board
Graham
United States
Senate
Hause
Hindu Mob Fomes Holy War Terror in Malabar District
In Bombay Aub 24 natives driven by religious zeal terrorize Malabar with armed mobs burning dwellings looting post offices and destroying property. White residents issue urgent pleas as military reinforcements arrive and clash with mobs. rail lines cut and several casualties reported.
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Bombay
Aub
Malabar
Rum runners on Chesapeake Bay face capture fight or surrender
Baltimore August 24. A five-ship Nassau rum running fleet must decide to fight or surrender within hours as government vessels including coast guard cutters and submarine chasers close in on Chesapeake Bay. Government boats with trained crews pursue the bootleggers in two divisions, tightening the drag in the suspected waters.
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Baltimore
Nassau
Chesapeake Bay
Coast Guard
Rum running flotilla bottled in Chesapeake Bay
Federal prohibition agents set a boat cordon across the Chesapeake Bay mouth and expected to capture five auxiliary schooners with a $250,000 cargo of liquor and fifty crewmen within hours.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Massing of armed miners near Marmet raises alarm
In Marmet near Charleston West Virginia authorities estimate about 3,000 miners camped in a hollow with roughly 2,000 armed. Sheriff H A Walker says about 1,500 arrived last night by box cars or on foot. He expects the gathering to disperse without demonstrations in Charleston or Mingo county as planned.
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Charleston
W. VA
Marmet
Here
H. A. Walker
Walker
Mingo County
Athens county fair to host large fireworks display this evening
The Athens county fair opens with a large fireworks show planned in the center ring. About 500 paid admissions and over 300 membership tickets sold on opening day. The grounds feature numerous concessions and expanded livestock exhibits ahead of racing on Thursday and Friday. Weather could boost what organizers hope will be the largest crowd yet.
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Athens
Athens County
Expect a Debs Case Decision Soon From President
Washington Aug 24. A definite policy statement by President Harding on Eugene V Debs and other war era violators of the Espionage Act was believed near. Friends of Debs expected Harding to take decided action after the peace treaty signing which now appears imminent.
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Washington
Harding
Eugene V. Debs
Friends of
Debs
Eight Missing After Fire Destroys Brown House Hatel
Search for the dead resumed at dawn in the ruins of the Brown House in Macon Georgia. Four are confirmed dead and eight people are missing after the blaze that destroyed the building early yesterday.
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Macon
Dance at Lamborns Pavilion with Howard's Snappy Six
Dance event at Lamborns Pavilion Grous ter C Thursday August 25 featuring Howard's Snappy Six from Columbus. Band listed as main attraction with no additional acts. August 24, 1942 entry date.
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Lamborns
Grouster, C
Howard
Columbus
Athens merchants to close for county fair days
Athens stores will close Thursday and Friday afternoon as recommended by Judge Sam M. Johnson of the Retail Merchants Association. The half day off aligns with a resolution adopted earlier to allow merchants to attend the Athens County Fair’s big days.
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Athens
Sam M. Johnson
Retail Merchants Association
Wreck on Denver and Rio Grande Westbound Train
Engineer Douglas Armstrong of Grand Junction was killed and 25 passengers injured when Denver and Rio Grande Western Train No. 1 plunged through a bridge ten miles east of Grand Junction after a cloudburst weakened the supports. A hospital train left for the wreck scene. The engine and four cars were reported in the creek.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Douglas Armstrong
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Here
Open After Long Shutdown at Loughlin Tinplate Plant
Martins Ferry Ohio August 24 Twelve hot mills of the Loughlin plant of the American Tinplate Company have resumed operations after a three months shutdown. The restart provides employment to 800 men and signals a return to normal production at the facility.
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Martins Ferry, CO
Loughlin
American ‘Tinplate Company
Close for Fair
Athens Foundry and Machine Co will close all day Thursday in observance of the fair. Banks will also be open or closed as per local notices with location details unclear.
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Athens Foundry and Machine Co
Banks of Athens Observe Half Holiday for County Fair
Bank of Athens N A Athens National Bank and Security Savings Bank close at noon on Thursday and Friday August 25 and 26 for county fair observance. Notices list local banks in Athens.
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Athens
Bank of Athens N. A
Athens Natio. Bank
Security Savings Bank
Dimensions of the ZR2 and its performance figures
The ZR2 measures 695 feet in length with a diameter of 8 feet 5 inches. It has a capacity of 2,700,000 cubic feet and a lifting power of 83 tons, powered by six 350 horsepower engines. Cruising speed is 60 mph and range 6,000 miles.
ZR-2 Dirigible Wrecked Near Hull Amid Losses
The American dirigible ZR-2 exploded over Hull during a test flight and plunged into the Humber. Fifty or more feared dead, with only two survivors parachuting clear. Built for the United States, the largest airship, it aimed for a trans Atlantic run from Putnam to Lakehurst.
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London
Hull
America
Humber
Max Field
United States Navy
Air Service
United States
Wann
Lieuts, Little
Easterby
Hoyt
Bieg
Coil
Lakehurst
N. J
Col. Campbell
Putnam
Sinn Fein Aims For Open Door In Peace Talks
Sinn Fein leadership to submit its reply to Dail Eireann for approval as Britain’s peace proposals leave a door for further negotiations. De Valera and allies debated war or peace in a secret session, with no final decision made public.
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C. Beals
United Press
Dublin
Dail Eireann
Sinn Fein
Dail
de Valera
Mansion House
Lloyd George
Collins
McNeil
Kidnapping Quietly Ends Socialist Speaker's Iowa Address
Ida Crouch Hazlett, New York socialist campaigner, was dragged from a Mason City park platform and dumped on a country road after speaking to about two thousand people. Two men who tried to help were injured as the crowd pelted her with eggs. Hazlett said she was kidnapped by the American Legion, with kidnappers claiming to be the Ku Klux Klan. Rumors of a Iowa Ku Klux Klan chapter have circulated this summer.
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Mason City
Ida Crouch Hazlett
New York
American Legion
Ku Klux Klan
Iowa
Southern Organization
Salvage Officers Report Large Junk Sale Revenue
The quartermaster corps salvage officers nationwide report nearly 5 million dollars realized in the past fiscal year from the sale of waste and junk deemed unserviceable.
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Washington
Quartermaster Corps
United States
Dance at Red Men Hall Nelsonville Labor Day
A notice of a Labor Day dance at Red Men Hall Nelsonville with afternoon and evening sessions and good music. Refreshments will be served in the hall. Admission shown as $243.
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Red Mens Hall
Nelsonville
Labor Day
Wife Pleads Innocence Before Execution in Trenton
Mrs. Jeanette Brandon persisted in appealing to save her husband, who was executed in Trenton for the Edith Janney Arthur L. Kupfer murder. He proclaimed innocence in a final speech as the electric chair was carried out.
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Trenton
N. J
Jeanette Brandon
Edith Janney
Arthur L. Kupfer
Brandon
Edwards
Burial set for Corporal Everett McClain in Athens
Mr and Mrs John C McCla Bates district near Pl announce the body of Corporal Everett McClain will arrive Hoboken New Jersey August 26 and be sent to Ohio for burial. McClain 22 killed in the Argonne Meuse fighting September 28 1918 was the first member of old Company L Athens to die in action and had studied at Ohio University He served with the 147th Infantry after Camp Sheridan and never taught school The American Legion will oversee and Athens men who served will attend the funeral in Athena
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John C. McCla
Bates
Everet McClain
Hoboken
France
Ohio
McClain
Argonne-Meuse
Athens
Camp Sheridan
147Th Infantry
Ohio University
Athena
American Legion
San Francisco Women Golf Enthusiasts Carry Babies in Bags
In San Francisco a group of women golfers played rounds while carrying infants in baby bags strapped to their backs. The sight drew attention from locals as they balanced clubs and care.
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San Francisco
Milk Prevents Pellegra Says U S Health Service
The United States Public Health Service urges milk as vital to nutrition. Milk balances the diet, builds strength, and can prevent pellegra. A free Milk Booklet is available via The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington for two cents postage.
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United States Public Health Service
Milton J. Rosenau
Harvard University
Hygienic Laboratory
Washington Information Bureau
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