Farm Prices Low Despite Strike Standoff Across Iowa
Farm prices stayed below strikers demands as pickets blocked highways to Council Bluffs Omaha and Des Moines. Large dairies refused talks on milk prices until pickets withdraw. Grand jury to review violence claims with witnesses Cruise and Warner among those struck.
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Council Bluffs
Omaha
Des Moines
Pottawatomie County
M. H. Cruise
William Warner
Tabor
Cruise
Subscriptions Opened for Home Loan Banks in U S Cities
Ashington August 29 The U P scription books will be opened as the first step toward launch the 15 million Home Loan Bank Cincinnati and 11 similar banks in other cities. Chairman Fort of the Federal Home Loan announced today Designation of Cincinnati as the center for the bank in the Ohio Kentucky Tennessee district settled the competition between Cincinnati and Columbus interests The home loan system relieves pressure on small mortgage owners and stops foreclosures Banks act as rediscounting agents for mortgages on homes valued at 20000 or less No decision on the directorate or location of the bank in Cincinnati appeared likely for another week All banks will be in operation by October 15 Fort said
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Ashington
U.P
Cincinnati
Fort
Federal Home Loan
Ohio-Kenucky-Tennessee
Cinnati
Columbus
Mders
Fort Said
700 Plants in England Strike
MANCHESTER Eng Aug 29 Thousands of cotton workers in Lancashire strike, seen as possibly the largest industrial disruption since World War. Union pickets at mills. over 700 plants reported by mid morning. Most strikers are weavers, while about 000 spinners ready to join. Many mills idle for lack of workers.
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Manchester
Eng
Lancashire
New Quotation Board Updates Leading Stock Quotes
Knapp and Company on East Washington Street launched a larger board listing over 100 leading stocks and bonds. C E Fisher, manager of the Ath-S office, said principal issues will be checked every half hour to keep the 41 quotations in line with market action.
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Knapp Andmpany
Washington Street
C. E. Fisher
Ath- S
Illinois Strikers Mark Time As Leaders Study Second March
Illinois coal miners on strike since wage cuts to five dollars held picket lines around pits while awaiting a policy committee decision. The committee met but deferred action until Thursday and plans to vote on organizing a second march into Franklin County. Picketing continued at Taylorville and other sites with no violence reported. Delegations from Kentucky, Indiana and Alabama may join if a new march is launched.
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Gillespie
Lil
U.P
Franklin County
Muddy River Bridge
Taylorville
Kentucky
Indiana
Alabama
Dry Raids in Perry Succeed
NEW LEXINGTON Ohio August 29 Returning to Perry after a two day crusade against illicit liquor manufacturers three federal dry agents and H F Teal report a major haul in Perry County The raids near New Straits ville recovered about 3000 dollars in liquor and gear Ten plants were found nine in abandoned mines and one in the open Nine stills from 100 to 200 gallons were destroyed Mash totaling 187 barrels and 100 gallons of whisky were dumped Owners and operators fled before the raid and no arrests were made
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New Lexington
H. F. Teal
Perry County
New Straitsville
Airmen Speed Across States in Bendix Trophy Race
At United Airport in Los Angeles four leading pilots sped toward Cleveland in the Bendix trophy race. Wedell-Williams Monoplanes carried Jimmy Wedell Patterson Jimmy Haizlip and Col Roscoe Turner while Lee Gehlbach piloted a Gee Bee Special. Claire Vance later returned drenched with gasoline from a broken line.
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Los Angeles
U.R
Cleveland
Jimmy Wedell
Patterson
Jimmy Haizlip
St. Louis
Col
Roscoe Turner
Lee Gehlbach
Springfield
Mass
Claire Vance
Great Falls
Mont
Hoover Busy Again After Quiet Weekend At Camp
Washington reports President Hoover, returning from Rapidan Camp, will continue study of plans for the six point economic drive. He discussed the program with Henry W. Robinson, a Los Angeles banker and close ally, and Paul Shoup, president of the Southern Pacific Railroad, who chair the central committee directing the campaign.
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Rafter
Rapidan
Hoover
Conference of
Business and Industrial Readers
Virginia Camp
Henry W. Robinson
Los Angeles
Paul Shoup
Southern Pacific Railroad
Robinson
Central Committee
Caught at Crossing Injures Local Pastor Bright
Rev. P. A. Bright, 62, pastor of the Junction City M. E. church, lay critically injured at Bethesda hospital after a Sunday night collision at a New York Central crossing near the Moxahata church. His car was wrecked and he sustained head injuries and shock. The congregation waited for him, then found him beside the tracks.
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Zanesville
Junction City
M. E. Arch
Bethesda Hospital
New York Central Railway
Moxahata
Garri son of Clermont inmate commits suicide in jail
Orley Garri son, 50, awaiting trial for forgery in Clermont County Jail, hanged himself from the bars of his cell Sunday night in Batavia.
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Batavia
Orley Garrison
Clermont County
Gallia Parents Claim Right to Three Year Old
Gallia, Aug 20. Mr and Mrs Sylvester Hocter of Addison claimed parentage of Loren Hocter three found locked in a dark upstairs room last Thursday. They waived examination on a charge of failure to provide proper home care and were bound over to the September Gallia County Grand Jury, released on their own recognizance. County nurse Mrs Ethel Wallace filed the charge. Blazer the county home superintendent refused to release the boy, saying he remains for proper treatment. Blazer reports the child is in serious condition from starvation but expected to recover. The blue eyed blond boy has learned to speak a few words since removal. authorities say he was mute when taken. The Hoctors previously lost a child to pneumonia. Public sentiment in the county runs strong, with one man urging the whipping post for such a crime.
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Gallipolis
Sylvester Hocter
Addison
Loren Hocter
Fred Milliser
Ethel Wallace
Gallia County
Hecter
Wilson Blazer
County Home
Blazer
Hector
Hoctors
Traffic Toll in State Claims Several Lives
A United Press survey showed at least six people killed in Ohio over the weekend in assorted accidents. Michael Rotunda, 50, of Hudson, died in Cleveland when struck by mortar gun debris from fireworks. Two Cincinnati deaths followed traffic crashes. Albert Milligan, 59, died from wounds in Tabasco after a fray with a plate. Dr. Frederick S. Suantee, 60, of St. Louis, died after an earlier auto crash. The list also includes Henry Peck, 20, of Kalamazoo, injuries from a motorcycle collision, and F. A. Hollas, 66, publisher of the Alliance Review, who skidded off a road near Akron.
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U.P
Ohio
United Press
Michael Rotunda
Hudson
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Paul Robinson
Theodore Ostreicher
Albert Milligan
Tabasco
Springfield
Fredericks
Suantee
St. Louis
Henry Peck
Kalamazoo
Mich
Warren
Germany Seething Over Papen Plan For Recovery
Berlin aug 20 the republic of Germany stews amid political strife as Franz von Papen urges a one year plan for economic recovery to steady rule against opposition. The chancellor launched a sharp attack on Adolf Hitler and the fascist party calling the mustached leader ill fitted for state leadership.
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Berlin
U.P
Republic of Germany
Franz von Papen
Germany
Adolph Hitler
Four wounded in Cleveland shooting spree
Cleveland on August 2 reports three men and one woman recovering from shotgun wounds inflicted by a Black assailant who fired on a group. Police have not captured the shooter.
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Cleveland
Democratic Mosquito Rally in New Jersey Sparks Silliness
A fragmented column mocks a New Jersey Democratic rally with cartoonish lines about mosquitos and insects. It references Roosevelt, Chaplin, and a senatorial caricature, poking fun at politicians and actors alike while noting comic chaos at the event.
Columbus Fair Opens With Parade and Pageant
The 2nd Ohio State Fair opened in Columbus amid parade pageantry and a city crowd. Thousands of farmers and townspeople from across Ohio will view agricultural exhibits as the fair offers diversion and farm lore during a year marked by economic strain. Tonight a pageant Wash ington will feature Miss Ann Madison Washington as Martha Washington.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Atreeta
Washi
Ann Madison Washington
Martha Washington
Pilots’ Strike Rumor Scoffed
Cleveland Aug 20 U P De claring no pilots strike exists Air Race programs must go on as scheduled despite today’s rain Famous Bendix trophy flyers head toward Cleveland airport after noon Chicago pilot Ben Howard who won the 685 cubic centimeter free-for-all closed course race says a strike exists Howard warned that officials must double prize money and waive entry fees or 60 pilots who signed petitions will withdraw A delegation led by Howard planned to meet officials Cleveland said no petition had been seen or known to exist
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U.P
BE. W
Pop
National Air Races
Los Angeles
Ben Howard
Chicago Mail
Wll
Howard
Train Strikes Auto Wreck Near Glouster Injures None
Miss Elshure Steele of Logan West Virginia and Miss Mildred Howard of Glouster escaped injury when a small coupe was hit by a northbound New York Central train at the Athens Lumber Co crossing. The car stalled on the crossing and the engine could not stop, dragging the wrecked vehicle several hundred feet before stopping.
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Glouster
Elshure Steele
Logan
W. Va
Missa Mildred Howard
Athens Lumber Co
Athens
Howard
Roosevelt Favors Repeal Charge Sparks GOP Attack
Washington extends Republican charges that Franklin D. Roosevelt backed a retirement on prohibition to gain votes. Critics accuse him of concealing a change from the original Chicago convention plank and claim the nomination came through a palpable bargain.
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Washington
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Seagirt
N. J
Chicago
William F. Hull
Hitneis
New York
Bensator
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Ohio to Send Delegate to 16-State Farm Conference
Columbus reports Governor White will not attend the September 9 conference in Sioux City Iowa on restarting farm product prices. Karl Hanafeld Ottawa director of Agriculture likely to be delegated to represent Ohio after Green of South Dakota invited Ohio's cooperation. The event involves 16 states and was arranged by Governor Warren Green.
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Columbus
Karl Hanafeld
Ottawa
Farmers' Holiday Movement Seen To Focus Plight Of Ruralists
Des Moines Iowa August 28 Farmers strike endures with little material gain yet draws attention to the farmer crisis. Pickets continue in Polk County while Milk price talks stall for the second time. Observers call the action a trial balloon toward broader, eventual farmer unity across states with possible far reaching significance. Henry A Wallace compares it to the Boston Tea Party in its symbolic impact.
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United Press
Des Moines
Iowa
U.P
Middle West
Polk County
Henry A. Wallace
Wallaces’ Farmer
Athens Water Clerk George W Mason Dies at Home
George W. Mason, clerk of the Athens City Water Department, died at 115 Lancaster Street Sunday night after suffering a stroke at work August 17. He had served nine years as water works clerk, previously worked for the New Pittsburgh Coal Company and the Manhattan Stores Company, and resided in Athens after early life in Buchtel and Mason City. He was active in Masonic and other fraternal orders and churches. survived by his wife Florence, a sister in Columbus, and three brothers.
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Athens City
Buchtel
Athens
Mason City
W. Va
Mason
Ohio
Masonic Fraternity
Knights of Pythias
Copeland
Copeland Chorus
West Virginia
Florence A. Mason
William Corbet
Columbus
Doa
Buch
High School Instructor Confesses in Wife Slaying
MARSHALL Aug 20. Hubert Moor 90 confessed to shooting his wife Marjorie on Aug 14 after months of jealousy and fear she was a better teacher and housekeeper. Moor taught agriculture and chemistry at Robinson High School and had claimed robbers killed his wife during the car ride home from Indianapolis. He said his aim was to Justice via life imprisonment and to repay society by teaching inmates.
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Hubert
Moor
Beecause
Robinson High School
Marjorie
Victor Miller
Miller
Indianapolia
Paria
Lil
Moore
Gate receipts of county fair reach 3.3 million dollars
The county fair reported total gate receipts of 3,300,956 with 10,676 tickets sold on the grounds over four days. Attendance peaked Thursday with 6,039 paid admissions. Friday’s turnout fell to 5,147 due to rain. Premiums to winners in all classes will be determined after records are checked, likely in two weeks.
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R. P. Imes
Eugene Woodworth
Bea
Irving Trust Sues Kreuger Firm Directors for 35 Million
The Irving Trust Company as trustee for Ivar Kreuger’s International Match Company filed a suit today seeking 35 million dollars from eight directors of the match company. The action names the eight individuals and targets governance breaches tied to corporate affairs.
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New York
Irving Trust Company
Ivar Kreuger
Internation Match Corporation
wasi@iyth 4
Moge Pha
Match Company
Local Obituary Notes From Oakhill and Annesville
Curtis tel of Oakhill West Virginia and Lewis of Annesville will have funeral services from the Meson home Tuesday at 2 30 p m Burial will be in the cemetery mausoleum Friends may call at any time
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Oakhill
W. Va
Lewis
Annesville
Meson
Musoleum
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