Picket lines turn violent as farmer strike erupts in Iowa
In Cherokee fifteen men on a highway picket were wounded by shotgun fire from a passing car. In Omaha Nebraska highways into the city were blocked by pickets aiming to halt milk and farm produce deliveries. Leaders within the Farmers Holiday Marketing Association clashed as Clinton Lavery resigned and G F Bloss balked at a livestock movement agreement.
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Iowa
U.P
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Neb
Des Moines
Nebraska
Clinton Lavery
Logan
Farmers’ Holiday Marketing Association
G. F. Bloss
Ottumwa
Milo Reno
Bloss
Pottawatomie
Harrison
Fumes Cause Death of Man in Suburban Home
Ralph H. Hammond a 35 year old statistician was killed by ammonia fumes when a basement refrigerating plant exploded in his Shaker Heights home. Fire began in a cellar rubbish heap and spread to ammonia tanks. Hammond lived alone as his wife and three children vacationed in Europe. His pajama clad body was found in the hall.
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U.R
Ralph H. Hammond
Shaker Heights
Merle Hand
Hammond
Europe
Railroads Prepare 20 Percent Wage Cut Plan
New York Aug 31 Representatives of all railway systems will meet in Chicago next week to press a 20 percent wage reduction for about 1 million workers next year. They aim to use the railway labor act to push through the cut after a February voluntary reduction. The act requires 80 days notice, then joint talks or a mediation board, and a later arbitration board at any side’s request.
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New York
U.P
Chicago
Col Elmer Peel nets 798 pound world tuna record
Scarborough England August 31 Colonel E T Peel caught a 798 pound tuna to establish a new world fishing record surpassing the 758 pound tuna caught by Zane Gray in 1924 off Nova Scotia.
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England
Col. E. T. Peel
Zane Gray
Nova Scotia
Ambulance airplane to fly Mrs Wall for arthritis treatment
Gallipolis will use an ambulance airplane today to transport Mrs P T Wall to Winston Salem N C for arthritis treatment. Mrs Wall formerly resided in Winston Salem.
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Gallipolis
P. T. Wall
Winston-Salem N. C
Will Now Aspires To Herd Worms To Please the President
A humorous letter from Bishop California, dated August 30, describes Californians calling any large property a worm ranch and a resident’s plan to create a worm ranch business to cater to the president. The writer imagines selling worms as a grand enterprise and even as “purveyors to his excellency the president.”
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Bishop
Calif
England
Rogers Worm Ranch
Fortune Teller Dies After Holdup In Cleveland
Mrs. Carrie Siess a 63 year old fortune teller and astrologer died from heart failure after robbers tied her and her companion in the basement. Four men stopped by asked for a reading and then kidnapped the two women prompting a police hunt as the occult minded crowd speculates on the eclipse.
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U.R
Carrie Siess
Third Precinct
Siess
Mrs. Siess
Mrs. Carey
Rudy Vallee Reaches 50 000 Dollar Separation Deal
New York reports Rudy Vallee agrees to pay Fay Webb 50 000 dollars plus 1 000 dollars monthly alimony. The couple, married 13 months, plan separation with Fay returning to Santa Monica. The settlement reportedly includes a half interest in the Beverly Hills Vailee estate.
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New York
U.P
Rudy Vallee
Fay Webb
Daily News
New England
Hyman Bushel
Santa Monica
Calif
Beverly Hills
Farmer Fatally Shot in Grain Dispute Near Reesville
Roy Polk a 25 year old farmer from near Reesville died from bullet wounds after a quarrel over grain with tenant Robert Kelley 40 who surrendered to Sheriff Gus Miller in Wilmington Ohio Kelley said Polk threatened him and he fired three times from a pistol Kelley remained jailed awaiting charges Mrs Kelly was the sole witness to the shooting
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U.P
Roy Polk
Reesville
Robert Kelley
Polk
Kelly
Gus Miller
Weather report notes partly cloudy New England skies
The United States Weather Bureau reports conditions over most of New England including the eclipse belt as partly cloudy. The update emphasizes generally unsettled skies with limited sunshine across the region.
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Boston
United States Weather Bureau Today
New England
Heat Waves Hit Athens as Temperatures Near 100
Athens broke a summer record with 99 degrees as a heat wave continued. A sleepless night followed with a low of 69 and little breeze, while Toledo reached 95 and Columbus 93. Forecasters warned scattered thundershowers and possible relief tonight.
W C T U Attacks Roosevelt Over Liquor Reform Stand
The W C T U issued a 700 word statement denouncing Governor Franklin D Roosevelt for proposing to restore liquor to a respectable place in business. It says the aim is to oppose repeal not support any candidate, and claims corrupt government seeks state control of liquor and politics. Roosevelt is called a smaller Roosevelt and accused of offering to restore the liquor trade if opponents will back him.
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Washington
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
White House
Bar Ministers From Outside CINCINNATI
The Ohio Methodist Conference closed its doors to ministers from other conferences seeking transfer citing lack of pulpits. Transfers from Ohio District to others will remain allowed. Nearly 1000 ministers and laymen registered as the conference opened at the Masonic Temple. The Wesley Foundation pledged to continue student aid via connected churches.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Ohio Methodist Conference
Ohio
Masonic Temple
Counterfeiters Sought as Federal Agents In Town
Federal agents arrived in Youngstown to pursue a counterfeit operation under investigation for months. A former resident, now running a Pennsylvania plant, allegedly distributes graphical copies of $5 bills locally.
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Youngstown
Pennsylvania
Nations Must Fight Unemployment, Says Churches
The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America on Labor Day urged nations not to be civilized while tolerating unemployment. It warned of harmed homes and morale as jobs disappear and called for intelligent planning, higher wages beyond the minimum, collective bargaining, cooperative ownership, and social insurance against accidents sickness old age and unemployment.
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New York
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Reduced Coal Rate Granted for Ohio Districts
A new reduced coal rate from the Number Eight and Middle Coshocton Districts to Northern Ohio, set to be filed today and effective Thursday, cuts 25 cents per ton to Cleveland. The rate involves the Baltimore and Ohio, New York Central, Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh and West Virginia rail lines, with Wheeling and Lake Erie allowed a joint reduction to New York Central points.
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Middle Coshocton
New York
Short Circuit Fatality Claims Life of 18YearOld Ivan Coates
In Dayton Colorado on August 31 Ivan Henry Coates aged 18 died when a bare footed boy touched a pond with an extension cord in hand. Coroner Maurice Cooper attributed the death to a short circuit as the wire contacted water. His 16yearold brother Rusell was shocked while assisting their father with pond cleaning.
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U.P
Ivan Henry Coates
Maurice Cooper
Coates
Rusell
Brookfield Man Faces Death Penalty for Murders of Marshal
A Trumbull County jury of five women and seven men rejected Ralph Atterholt's plea for mercy. The 27-year-old Brookfield man was sentenced to death by the electric chair for the murder of Marshal Scott Wasbinder of Newton Falls.
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Trumbull
Ralph Atterholt
Brookfield
Marshal Scott Wasbinder
Newton
Murder charge filed against Edward Warner in ambush killing
Lancaster August 31 A first degree murder charge was filed today against Edward Warner accused of shooting Earl Basing a farmer near Basil Ohio as he rode a horse on his farm.
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Edward Warner
Earl Basing
Basil, O
Basing
Price War Enlivens Bomb Outrage at Dry Cleaner Plant
In Cleveland Heights a bombing at Everite Dry Cleaning Company sparked two blasts under the plant. Police attributed the attack to a price war among cleaners. Owner James Levin said he had been threatened last week and warned to raise prices. Damaged machines valued at about $12,000.
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U.P
Everite Dry Cleaning Company
Cleveland Heights
James Levin
Levin
Beaumont Man Fined for Hunting Squirrels Out of Season
J. C. Adkinson of Beaumont was fined 25 dollars and costs by Magistrate C. H. Porter for hunting squirrels out of season after Deputy Game Warden B. F. Schwartz arrested him in Beaumont. Harry F. Minney of Elliottsville pleaded not guilty to stealing seven chickens from Charles Burleigh and was bound over to Athena County Common Pleas Court under a 100 dollar bond.
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Beaumont
C. H. Porter
Adkinson
B. F. Schwartz
Harry F. Minney
Elliottsville
Athena County Common Pleas Court
Charles Burleigh
Powder explosion hits storage shack near Kang's Mills
Twelve carloads of gunpowder at the King Powder Co storage shack near Lebanon in Kang's Mills burned today. The wet powder prevented an explosion but the blaze caused several thousand dollars in losses. Origin of the fire was not learned.
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Lebanon, CO
King Powder Co
Kang’s Mills
Prohibition Tour Fails to Find Reform Drunkards
New York dispatch reports a Prohibition era tour seeking reforming drinkers found none truly reformed by law. Directors Morrin and Wet organizations say no verified cases. Salvation Army and Prohibition officials dodge, noting resistance in the South where the move remains wet.
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Paul Morrin
Voyagers
Washington, D. C
Andrew Volatead
Mra
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Woodcock
Jane Addams
Salvation Army
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Boston
Weeedecock
Washington
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Morria Eaid
Cleveland Stares Down Loss If Air Races Return
Cleveland officials warn they will not sponsor next year’s National Air Races if this year’s meet incurs a loss. The event may shrink from ten to four days and long cross country derbies could be dropped. Pilots may form an independent association, possibly linked to the Air Line Pilots. Sanction costs and potential independence from the National Aeronautical Association loom. A prior loss of over $100,000 in 1931 is noted.
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Air Line Pilot's Association
National Aeronautical Association
Clifford W. Henderson
Cameras Aimed at Sun in New England Eclipse Viewing
In Conway New Hampshire scientists and observers lined up with telescope arrays and cameras to capture the total solar eclipse set for 3 29 p m EST The event expected to last 102 seconds drew hundreds of observers and efforts across the region with bets on clear skies despite August heat and lingering morning fog.
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Conway
N. H
Astronomical Science
Attery
New England
Leave Driver Naked Bandits Take Money Clothes
Two armed robbers stopped J. A. Smith of Charleston West Virginia as he changed a tire 25 miles north of Marietta. They robbed him of six dollars and stripped him of his clothing and car, leaving him naked by the road before farmers nearby supplied him with clothes.
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Marietta
J. A. Smith
Charleston
W. Va
Here
Smith
Millions See Total Eclipse Across North America
Millions watched a total solar eclipse moving across Hudson Bay to the Atlantic as a 100 mile shadow crossed the Arctic and White Mountains. The event, the only total eclipse in the U S until 1968, drew crowds on mountains, ships, and cities despite clouds.
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Mother Nature
Arctic
Hudson Bay
White Mountains
Cape Cod
Atlantic
Roosevelt Jr cancels trip to support Hoover campaign
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Jr. will stay in Manila and not return to the United States to assist in the Hoover campaign. Secretary Hurley cabled Governor General Roosevelt advising him to remain at his post after the president concluded he should not leave duties for campaign duties.
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P. 1
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
America
Hoover
Roosevelt
Piano
Patrick J. Hurley
United States
Assault charge filed against Clifford Lines in Nelsonville
Nelsonville August 31 National Guard officers say Clifford Lines East Clayton will face an assault charge after his arrest at home. Lines was handed to Sheriff Wayne Wigett and moved to Athens for arraignment. The accusation says he threw a missile at Harve Sullivan a Lick Run miner striking him in the back of the head near Lines' spring when Sullivan and his son stopped for water.
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Clifford (Sipey
East Clayton
National Guard
Sines
Wayne Wingett
Athens
Harve Sullivan
Lick Run
Sullivan
Lines’ Home
Drowned Youth in Muskingum River Incident
August 31 report from Zanesville that 16 year old John Schriver of Gaysport drowned while bathing in the Muskingum River.
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Zanesville
John Schriver
Gaysport
Muskingum River
Hoover seeks big East push for New York Roomewell aid
The Hoover campaign plans a major push in the industrial belt with a New York City appeal to rally support and carry New York State. A secret White House conference discussed soft pedal financing while aiming to energize Maine and Ohio speakers as the Democratic challenge grows nationwide.
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Aug
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Atrategiata
Hoover
White House
Hoover Ia
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New York Party
Franklin D. Roomewell
William Mill
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New York
Roosevelt
Nancea
Jaman R. Nutt
National Committee
Bank Closing Fraud Hinted In Woodsfield Trial
In Woodsfield four Monroe Bank officers J D Mooney HM Mooney F W Douglass and EB Richner face a nonjury trial over alleged post insolvent deposits. Evidence aims to show relatives withdrew funds before the bank suspended Oct 3 1981 as the defense waives a jury. The proceeding before Judge D H Thomas enters its second week with state testimony ongoing.
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Monroe Bank of
J. D. Mooney
HM. R. Mooney
F. W. Douglass
EB. B. Richner
D. H. Thomas
W. D. Richner
Fair Crowds Could Break Ohio State Fair Attendance Record
The 82nd Ohio State Fair in Columbus enters its third day with manager Charles M. Beer predicting record turnout. Opening day attendance was 49 129 and Tuesday drew about 60 000 as favorable weather continues. Today is county commissioners day with many county officials attending alongside Governor George White Highway Director W Merrell and Director of Agriculture Earl Hanefeld.
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Charles M. Beer
Ohio
George White
W. Merrell
Earl Hanefeld
Eva Coleman Abandons Channel Swim Near France
Eva Coleman a 20 year old swimmer halted her English Channel crossing effort ten miles from the French coast off Cape Gris Nez after abandoning the attempt in rough conditions.
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France
Eva Coleman
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