Public School Mergers Discussed by Cleveland Leader
Dr. R. G. Jones, superintendent of Cleveland schools, told 225 Athens County teachers at Ohio University that public school mergers resemble business consolidations. He said Athens may become a secondary center for mergers, with Columbus Cleveland and Indianapolis as principal hubs, introduced by retiring County Schools Superintendent H. R. McVay.
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R. G. Jones
Cleveland
Ewing Hall
Ohio University
Athens County
Athens
Ohio
Doctor Jones
Columbus
Indianapolis
H. R. McVay
Jones Addresses Athens County Teachers and Graduates
Dr. R. G. Jones, superintendent of Cleveland schools, spoke today in Athens to teachers and eighth grade graduates. He recalled his Albany boyhood and noted his former pupils include Don Peden, later Ohio University athletic coach.
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R. G. Jones
Cleveland
Athens
Athens County
Albany
Downington
New England
Doctor Jones
Bob Jones
Co. L. Jones
Howard Cline
Illinois
Don Peden
Ohio University
Education Mergers Likened to Business Combines by Dr Jones
Dr Jones argues education mergers follow business justifications as scarce capable leaders must head large institutions. He likens schools to orchestras with a leader and trained players and warns the human touch must remain. He calls for better trained teachers, higher pay, more scholarships, and programs to assess children’s abilities before teaching. This afternoon he continues remarks.
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Doctor Jones
Docr Jones
Thorugh
The Athens Messenger Booklet On Meat
The Athens Messenger offers a government backed booklet on meat titled On Meat. It explains how to select meat by age condition and weight, advises buying when markets are calm, and emphasizes asking questions and learning values. The booklet includes recipes and can be ordered with a coupon.
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Athens
Athens Messenger
G O P Rally Heads in Athens Spotlight 400 Attend
In Athens Tuesday night Athens County Republicans hosted a rally with headliners including Congressman Jenkins from the Tenth District Senator LeFever of the 9 14 Ohio District and Glouster as well as U S Senator McCulloch The highlight was Senator McCullochs speech on the new tariff act attended by about 400 people.
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Athens
Mr. Jenkins
Dr. LeFever
Ohio
McCulloch
United States
Medulloch
National Supreme Court
Jenkins
Tenth
Athens County
Sailor Plans South Seas Colony For a New Super-Race
Alain Gerbault, famed for circumnavigating the globe in his 36 foot yacht Firecrest, declares intent to found a tropical utopia in the South Sea. He intends to select native parents to rear a superior race, a bold and controversial project.
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Alain Gerbault
Firecrest
South Sea
Nature's long view on human races and time
The text argues that natural selection has been shaping a diverse human stock for tens of millions of years with slow, limited gains. It contends any future enhancement would require vast times, suggesting even hypothetical leaders would struggle to advance facial angles or foreheads meaningfully within realistic timeframes.
Princess Marie Jose of Italy Pregnant with Heir to Crown
The crown princess expects a baby and discusses the future of the throne. If a boy survives, he could one day be king, while Mussolini and revolution loom as potential pressures. The passage notes that in France and Italy women cannot rule, referencing the Loi Salique. Continued on Page 4.
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Marie Jose
Italy
Mussolini
France
Eighth Grade Graduation Address at Alumni Memorial Hall
The ceremony will address the eighth grade graduates of the county at Alumni Memorial Hall. After the address and diplomas, principals and faculty will host a reception for pupils.
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Alumni Memorial Hall
Athens County Teachers Honor McVay After Seven Years
The Athens County Teachers Institute expresses deep regret at the forced retirement of H R McVay due to ill health after seven years as superintendent. They praise his leadership and call for support for his successor Alex Root, with resolutions to publish in The Athens Daily Messenger and state journals.
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McVay
Alex Root
M M. Bryson
Trimble and
Jackson
Athens County
H. R. McVay
Ohio
Athens County Teachers’ Institute
Athens Daily Messenger
Beal and six others fail to appear for murder sentence
U R Fred Erwin Beal and six co defendants convicted of murdering Gastonia police chief C F Aderholt during a textile strike disturbance last year did not appear to begin sentences ranging from five to thirty years. Judge Walter B Moore ordered bonds forfeited and issued capias writs for arrest and return.
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Charlotte
WN. C
U.R
Fred Erwin Beal
C. F. Aderholt
Gastonia
Walter B. Moore
Defendannts
Young Woman Chooses Death Over Robot Breather
San Francisco experts faced a life and death choice as the city’s artificial lung kept Irving Johnson alive while May McCullough, gravely ill, was granted death by the doctors who believed she could not recover. Johnson’s wife and McCullough’s mother spoke of the outcome.
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San Francisco
U.P
Irving S. Johnson
Johnson
May McCullough
Miss McCullough
Ruth Johnson
John McCullough
Myers Burial in Alexander Township
Elmer Myers aged 24 died of Brights disease Tuesday night at his sister Mrs. Russell Huff home near Toledo. The body will be moved to Athens for burial in Hebbardsville Cemetery, funeral plans not yet completed. He had worked on a Marion dairy farm until July 1 when illness began. his father Amos Myers works on the L. A. Rhossetter farm Albany Road Mire W from Richland Avenue is a half sister.
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Elmer Myers
Bright
Russell Huff
Toledo
Athens
Hebbardsville
Meyers
Marion
Amos Myers
L. A
Albert Naylor
Peter Starcher
Radnor
Delaware
Albert
Frank Baus
Weston
W. Va
Ben
Salvation Army
Richard Benton
Walter Risley
F. J. Beasley Milling Company
J. &. Stanley
Shipping Department
W. C. Foster
Foster
Albany
Court Street
Captain Benton
Emma Posey
Park Hotel
Rolph Leads California Race as Hoover Foe Battles Wet Issue
California returns hint at a tight fight as Mayor James Rolph leads Governor C Young and Baron Fitts in the wet dry contest. Mooney Billings case and anti saloon forces shape the outcome with John Mac Donald's reappearance cited as shifting votes. Borah and Harrison win renomination while Blease faces a runoff. Albert Naylor reunites with his mother after a year separation in Delaware.Basic record notes of two varied items from the same page.
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Senate
Cole E. Blease
South Carolina
Hoover
James F. Byrnes
California
Arly
James
Sunny Jim
Rolph
C. Young
Baron Fitts
Los Angeles
Mooney-Billings
Young
California Anti-Saloon League
Fitts
League
John MacDonald
Borah
Buckley parole request eyed by Senator Fess
Senator Simeon D Fess is seriously considering asking Attorney General Mitchell to act favorably on Bert Buckley parole now serving at Atlanta Penitentiary The move would be personal and not in Fess official capacity reflecting a long acquaintance from Antioch College where Buckley was once a student
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Washington
Simeon D. Fess
Mitchell
Bert Buckley
Ohio
Atlanta
Buckley
Antioch College
Bargains Today In Classifieds On North Lancaster Street
The Messenger advertises rentals of three well furnished rooms for light housekeeping on North Lancaster Street. It notes prices for White Lee horn pallets at $1.25 per head and mentions top prices paid for live poultry. Cucumbers for pickles are offered at a reasonable price.
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the Messenger
Lancaster Street
Lon Chaney Buried With Simple Rites After Death
Hollywood mourns Lon Chaney the Man of a Thousand Faces who died at St. Vincent's Hospital. He will be buried beside his father at Forest Lawn Glendale in modest ceremony reflecting his life of fame and frugal means. Chaney had refused talking pictures until his last film The Unholy Three and planned another talkie Chari Bebi. He died of throat hemorrhage and thousands offered help. Active pallbearers named. many screen stars listed as honorary pallbearers.
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Hollywood
Calif
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Glendale
Chaney
Talking Pictures
St. Vincent's Hospital
Rese
Seamen Swim Eight Hours After Schooner Foundering Off Atlantic City
Three crewmen from the schooner Francis T. told police how they rode out a hurricane off the East Coast for eight hours in a dory after the ship sank near Atlantic City. They reached the beach exhausted as Coast Guard units searched for remaining crewmen.
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N. Jd
Francis T
John Lurre
Clarence Atkinson
Freeman Ronbury
Halifax
Bermuda
Pennsylvania Avenue
Grant Melvin
Larr
Detective Headquarters
Larre
Atkinson
Banbury
Coast Guard
Cutter
lLarre
Dory
Life term sought for farm hand in Betty Ann Foster abduction
Prosecutors in Valparaiso Indiana said they would seek a life imprisonment penalty for Claude Dellinger 27 the farm hand who kidnapped 10 year old Betty Ann Foster after taking her to Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Dellinger sobbed about possible hanging and claimed he loved the girl. Betty Ann recovered from under nourishment after a two day trip in a dilapidated car. Her father Ernest Foster a wealthy farmer signed an affidavit charging Dellinger with abduction. Under Indiana law he must serve life if proven unless insanity is a defense.
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Ind
U.P
Claude Dellinger
Betty Ann Foster
Dellinger
Betty Ann
Lake Geneva
Wis
Ernest Foster
Indiana
Sixteen Women Golfers Vie In Western Tournament
Sixteen women golfers, among the best of feminine links artists this side of the Appalachians, begin second round matches at Hillcrest Country Club as the Western Women's Golf Tournament opens day in Kansas City.
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Kansas City
Hillcrest Country Club
Arrest of Indian Congress Working Committee Leaders
In New Delphi India on August 27 the government arrested the entire Indian Congress Working Committee as it continued to press for Home Rule. The crackdown targets the movement’s leadership amid ongoing protests and demands for self rule.
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New Delphi
India
Indian Congress
Home Rule Adovement
Grand Army of the Republic Holds 64th Annual Parade
Marching in Cincinnati the Grand Army of the Republic conducted its 64th annual parade in tribute to the Civil War. About 1,400 veterans, mostly frail, rode autos as hundreds of thousands historically watched from the Courthouse reviewing stand.
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Cincinnati
Grand Army of the Republic
Washington
Murder Couple Found Slain on Ensenada Beach
Francis Conola a 24 year old Monrovia businessman and Lois Marion Kentle a Los Angeles student were found stabbed to death on a beach near Ensenada Baja California authorities seek motive. Witnesses say a hastily broken camping ground suggested a hurried departure and a book titled The End of the Honeymoon was recovered from Conlon’s pocket.
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Ensenada
Lower California
Mexico
U.R
Francis Conola
Monrovia
Calif
Lois Marion Kentle
Los Angeles
John de Wild
Vista
San Diego
Tia Juana
Conlon
Tariff Debate Highlights 1980 Act in Athens County
Junior Senator Jenkins leads a discussion praising the 1980 Tariff Act as protecting American industry and aiding farmers. Senator McCulloch denounces free trade and urges a flexible tariff with a for a court to settle disputes, while local Republicans and candidates gather at the Athens County banquet at Hotel Berry.
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United States
Roscoe ¢. McCutloch
Athena County
Hotel Berry
McCulloch
Athens County
Republican Central Committee
John J. Woolley
Columbus
Ernst
Cambridge Man Confesses to Double Slaying at Home
Gorman Booze, 40, surrendered in Cambridge, Missouri, admitting he killed his wife Nettie Booze and her friend Leon Wilson with a shotgun while injuring his 15 month old daughter Norma. He had accused his wife of church involvement and shot through a window last night.
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Cambridge
U.P
Gorman Booze
Nettie Booze
Leon Wilson
Mra. Booze
Norma
Booze
Wilson
Oberlander faces possible grand jury on bribery claim
Crawford County sources indicate Henry Oberlander owner of the Highway Hotel may be asked to answer bribery charges linked to bond forfeiture of Wilbur Hand, a Galion bank robber now in the state penitentiary. County Commissioner H J Smith testified Oberlander offered a deal through which he and others would benefit if Hand’s bond dropped from 25000 to 156000.
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Bucyrus
U.R
Crawford County
Henry Oberlander
Highway Hotel
Wilbur “Pretty” Hand
Galion
State Penitentiary
H. J. Smith
Oberlander
J. D. Sears
Hand
Coast Guard Aids Distressed Vessel Off Greenwich
The Coast Guard Cutter Acushnet was dispatched from Boston to assist an unidentified small craft reported in distress off Greenwich Connecticut. The incident occurred on August 27 as authorities responded to a likely maritime emergency near the coast.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Acushnet
Greenwich
Conn
Traction Line Quits Columbus Service Authorized
The Toledo Bowling Green and Southern Traction Company was authorized by the Public Utilities Commission to discontinue operation of its electric interurban lines effective October de.
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Columbus
Toledo, Bowling Green & Southern Traction Company
Public Utilities Commission
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