Three Auburn Convicts Die at Sing Sing in Riot Murder
Ossining New York August 29 Three Auburn Prison inmates Jesse Thomas William Force and Claude Udwine were executed by electric chair for the killing of fellow prisoner Henry Sullivan during December riot They waved bravado and offered defiant parting remarks as witnesses watched Thomas proclaimed See you all in Hell Force noted the crowd and went calmly Udwine quipped about an exploration trip as the current ended their appeals failed and death followed.
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Ossining
N. Y
U.P
Auburn
Henry Sullivan
Jesse Thomas
William Force
Claude Udwine
Sing Sing
Thomas
Second Hand Flowers From Aimee McPherson Reported
A nurse at Brentwood Sanitarium found a second card in a basket of flowers sent to Minnie A. Kennedy from Aimee Semple McPherson. The gift, valued at $100, included a card reading From Aimee with Love and a second card To Sister with hopes for a speedy recovery.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Aimee Semple McPherson
Minnie A. Kennedy
Mrs. Kennedy
Brentwood Sanitarium
Mrs. McPherson
Aimee
Two more killed in Cincinnati auto deaths raise 1980 toll
The Hamilton County auto death toll for 1980 surpassed 125 with the deaths of Betty Howard, 19, and Lena Rudolph in Cincinnati. Both incidents added to the year’s fatalities, reported August 29.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Betty Howard
Lena Rudolph
Athens Messenger Offers a Booklet on House Cleaning
The Athens Messenger promotes a booklet on HOUSE CLEANING offered to readers. It emphasizes daily tidy living, distributing heavy cleaning through the week, and everyone in the household helping by keeping possessions in order. Send for a copy today using this coupon.
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Athens Messenger
Daredevil dies as 27th day stunt turns fatal in Atlantic City
Ted Steelman, Baltimore daredevil in the Human Cannonball act on Steel Pier, plunged 2000 feet into the sea when his parachute failed to deploy. He was dying today after the crash, following Harvey Powers who died August 1 in a similar stunt. Powers conducted the act for 27 days before his death.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Ted Steelman
Baltimore
Steelman
Harvey Powers
Steel Pier
Powers
Noble Airmen and Crime and Graft
Arthur Brisbane discusses military pilots nobles, crime networks, Russian gold, and sea swimmers in a feature essay style column. The piece surveys ethics and geopolitics with a broad, opinionated lens reflecting the era's editorial voice.
Oklahoma flyer wins Air Race to Chicago by 13 seconds
Wylie Post of Oklahoma defeated Lee Schoenhair by a slim 13 second margin in the Los Angeles to Chicago air race, a cross country reach that left the field well split mid contest. Phoebe Omlie triumphs in the Dixie Derby at the Chicago air meeting. Captain von Grona u contemplates a Lake Michigan seaplane hop to attend.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
Wylie Post
Oklahoma
Lee Schoenhair
Phoebe Omlie
von Gronau
Lake Michigan
A Fine Young Man Captain Wolfgang von Graffau Sets Transcontinental Flight Aim
Captain Wolfgang von Graffau, a fine young man from Germany via Iceland Greenland and Halifax, covered over 4000 miles in 47 hours of flying with stops for fuel. He aims to repeat the feat in one hop and plan to cross the ocean in 20 hours.
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Wolfgang von Graffau
Germany
Iceland
Greenland
Halifax
Impressive visit of German ace Gronau to American air fans
Animosities fade as fliers from the Army and Navy greet Gronau who once aimed at U S ships. He shares war stories of being shot down, mentions Captain Eddie Rickenbacker as a top American ace, and notes Von Bronau returning to a Prussian farming life before taking to aviation again. Continued on Page 4.
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Gronau
Eddie Rickenbacker
von Bronau
Prussia
Rum Row Divides Coast Guard on Lake Erie
Coast Guard units split their search as reports surfaced of a liquor laden ship near Bar Point Detroit and another off Low Banks near Buffalo. Patrols dispatched from Buffalo toward Detroit covered American waters while another fleet moved toward Dun Kirk to deter possible liquor ashore from the Canadian side.
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Buffalo
N. Y
U.R
Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Detroit
Bar Point
American
Dunkirk
Here
McBee Stars Honor Guests at Athens Conference
All Star salesmen of the Mc Bee Binder Company joined agency managers for a three day convention in Athens. Visitors toured the local plant, attended a sales demonstration, saw a company play, and planned a sports program and newspaper issue with a banquet to close the event at Hotel Berry.
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All Star
McBee Binder Company
Athens Country Club
Hotel Berry
Sterling Pictures Bertillon Find in Auto Theft Case
Bertillon pictures of E T Sterling, held in Athens County Jail on auto stealing charges, were sent today to the Ohio State Bureau of Criminal Identification by Sheriff William Williams. Sterling is alleged to have stolen an automobile from an Athens sales agency.
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Bertillon
E. T. Sterling
Athens County
Ohio State Bureau of Criminal Identification
William Williams
Sterling
Athens
Great leaders are made not born says Dr Ramsower
Ohio State University summer graduates heard Dr H C Ramsower describe leadership as a gradual process. He listed 20 qualities of successful leaders including courage vision planning and integrity and noted these traits were absent in near-failures.
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Columbus
U.P
H. C. Ramsower
Ohio State Univer
Ramsower
Department of Agricultural Extension
Chaney Laid To Rest In Forest Lawn
ARi Lon Chaney rested beside his father in Forest Lawn Cemetery as Hollywood resumed film work after his funeral. In a small chapel two musician friends played his favorite song Laugh Clown Laugh while a handful of friends and relatives attended the services.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Ari—Lon Chaney
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Hollywood
Chaney
Husband Accused of Beating Wife in Nel sonville Divorce Suit
Beatrice Henshaw of Nelsonville filed for divorce in Athens County Common Pleas Court claiming her husband Mervin Henshaw struck her on two occasions. She seeks temporary alimony, custody of their 5 year old Raymond, and child support to be set by the court. She says he hit her in the face and body, pulled her hair, and threw her to the floor, with a prior incident injuring her eye. The couple married on May 2, 192%.
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Mervin Henshaw
Nelsonville
Beatrice
Athens County
Teen Killed In Vehicle Crash. Driver Held Without Bail
Beaver Falls police say Kenneth Waxenfelter, 13, was struck and killed by a car yesterday. Steve Repp, 26, Cleveland, is held without bail on charges of involuntary manslaughter and failure to stop and render aid.
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Beaver Falls
U.P
Steve Repp
Cleveland
Kenneth Waxenfelter
Right Man Guides Couple to Wedding without Minister
Haydenville resident Mear Rizer and Myrtle Nichols of Nelsonville sought a marriage license from Constable Joe Jonas on Court Street. Jonas directed them to Justice of the Peace C. H. Porter who performed the ceremony with attendants accompanying them.
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License Bureau and Justice
Mear Rizer
Haydenville
Myrtle Nichols
Nelsonville
Joe Jonas
Court Street
Jonas
Rizer
Office of Justice of the Peace
C. H. Porter
Justice Porter
Rumors of Magistrate's Death Reopened in Tammany Probe
New York reports say the 1929 death of Magistrate Andrew Macrery is under renewed inquiry by Attorney General Hamilton Ward amid graft probes. Macrery supposedly met a Tammany district leader before dying shortly after a conference, with rumors of a beating over bribe payments totaling 330000, though not confirmed.
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New York
U.R
Tammany Hall
Andrew Macrery
Hamilton Ward
Macrery
Tammany
Fire damages West Union Street building in Athens
Fire destroyed rooms above the Bean Restaurant on West Union Street Athens and damaged the restaurant kitchen. Firemen battled for nearly three hours. Losses totaled about 2 800 dollars for the building 2 000 for the second floor and 8 000 for food stocks and kitchen furniture.
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West Union Street
Athens
Ji F. Jones
Perry Wood
Robert Burns
Union Station
Elmer Jacobs
J. B. Bean
Jones
Wood
Sheriff Credits Horse with Saving Driver at Fair Race
Sheriff William Williams witnessed an Ohio State Fair incident where Ed Sargent was thrown from his sulky. The horse reportedly jumped over him as he lay on the track, and Sargent suffered scalp lacerations and bruises.
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Ed Sargent
William Williams
Sheriff Williams
Sargent
Williams
Tarkington Hospitalized for Possible Eye Operation
Booth Tarkington is at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore with another eye operation possible. It was learned at the hospital today.
Former Mansfield chaplain accuses prison administration of wrongdoing
Rev. L A Sittler, former Mansfield Reformatory chaplain, says Supt. Jenkins sought his resignation after Sittler disclosed rum smuggling plots to Welfare Director Hal Griswold. He urges a sweeping investigation into prison administration and contends others faced demotion or discharge after similar disclosures.
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Columbus
U.R
L.A. S8ittler
Mansfield Reformatory
T. C. Jenkins
Plymouth
Jenkins
Sittler
Hal Griswold
Griswold
Babson predicts improved business as West blooms with fruit
Albany August 29 business statistician Roger W Babson says conditions nationwide will improve in coming months though 1951 outlook is unclear He notes money exists but circulates slowly and cites oil and fruit as modern barometers while drought harms corn and crops in Southern Ohio Indiana Iowa region.
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Albany
N.Y
U.R Roger W. Babson
Hobson
Babson
Ohio
Tilmous
Indiana
Iowa
Ohio River
Gangland Felt Hoover Hand In Racketeering Drive
President Hoover leads a federal push against gangsters with assist from G Aaron Youngquist. The Justice Department coordinates state and local efforts to curb prohibition violations and broader crime as organized racketeering center rum running. Prohibition Director Woodcock plans a nationwide tour to align enforcement.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
G. Aaron Youngquist
Justice Department
Youngquist
Prohibition
Amos W. W. Woodcock
Heat Engulfs England With Toll of Death
London reports 36 heat related deaths in three days as temperatures rise again. The mercury climbs two degrees from yesterday with stock brokers in light attire and workers risking heat. Peterboro Brick Factory halts, farming suspends, and animals suffer as two greyhounds die at White City Track.
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London
U.P
England
Peterboro
White City
Insane Slayer Sought in Encenda Beach Murders Case
A conference of Mexican and American officials opened to intensify the search for a mentally troubled suspect linked to the stabbing deaths of Loin Marlon Kentle and Francia Conlon. Clues tied the killer to Encenda beach and a recent report of a man menacing a mother and daughter near Sepra, with four men detained in Ensenda but little progress disclosed.
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Los Angeles
Loin
Marlon Kentle
Francia Conlon
Monrovia
Calif
Encenda
California
Harry Ainsworth
Dlement
Sepra
Mer
William de Tarr
Tia Juana
Police Chief backs law regulating gun sales
Acting Police Chief George J. Matowitz and the Cleveland Association for Criminal Justice push for a state law making it a felony for dealers to sell firearms to unapproved buyers. The move follows the murder of Frank Alessi, with the revolver traced to Youngstown and 23 other weapons linked to gunmen.
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Cleveland
U.P
George J. Matowitz
Cleveland Association For Criminal Justice
Matowitz
Association
Frank Alessi
Youngstown
Burns Fatal Near Cleveland as Wire Sparks Death
Harold Woods aged 35 died from severe burns after contact with two high tension electric wires near Northfield while walking beside a truck with a boom crane. James Treuer 49 was badly burned but expected to recover. 13 600 volts passed through the ground where they walked. Woods died at the hospital.
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Cleveland
Harold Woods
Northfield
Woods
James Treuer
Trever
Forest Fires Threaten towns across three states and Lake Michigan
Forest fires rage through timberland in three midwest states with families fleeing Upson Michigan Stephe nson and surrounding areas. Firefighters warn only heavy rain and lower winds can curb the blazes as smoke blankets upper Lake Michigan forcing cautious boating.
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Ashland
Wis
U.P
Upson
Step
Ore boat Ferbert reaches Escanaba after grounding
The ore boat Ferbert ran aground due to heavy smoke but pushed free, maneuvered through the channel, and reported arrival at Escanaba Michigan port.
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Ously
Ferbert
Escanaba
Mich
Infant son of Cincinnati couple dies of cholera infantum
In The Plains Aug 29 John Gravis Jr eleven months old died of cholera infantum while visiting maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Mike Lucas in a house formerly occupied by Orlie Porter. The father is away. funeral expected Saturday or Sunday.
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The
Plains
John Gravis, Jr
John Gravis
Cincinnati
Mike Lucas
Orlie Porter
Hoover Campaign Manual Highlights GOP Achievements
The Republican National Committee released an 48 page Hoover Manual detailing administration gains since 1929. It lists economic surpluses, debt reductions, tax cuts, tariff and farm relief, and expanded inland waterways. It frames these as promises kept to bolster Hoover in the upcoming congressional campaign.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
James ‘Ta West
National Committee
N Hoover
Kew
Hoover
London Navalty
Haiti
Naragua
Prohibition Bureau
Just Department
Democratic statement battle over Tariff Commission inquiry
Democrats accuse Republicans of falsehoods as they press Vanderberg's tariff inquiry claim. Jouett Shouse of the Executive Committee denounces the statement about a federal tariff commission act and furniture rate inquiry, while Republicans say testimony already exists and no rate investigation action is pending.
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Republican Bureau
Ater Vanderberg
Mich
Jouett Shouse
Executive Committee
Conradic Vandenberg
Commission
Pony and Pigs Advertised for Sale in Messenger Classifieds
Classified notices show a pony or pigs for sale and a coal range offered new condition for 15 dollars. Pigs seven and eight weeks old are offered at four dollars each. An invalid wheel chair is wanted for purchase.
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