Republicans Seek Unified Prohibition Plan in Next Congress
Rep Snell, newly chosen House speaker nominee, says Republicans will tackle prohibition and draft a single plan to settle the issue. He stresses the need to act without delay and to unite behind a concrete program, while noting uncertainty over Democratic plans and possible wet or dry outcomes.
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Washington
Congress
Representative Snell
New York
Snell
House
Hoover
United
Awards Granted to 4 H Club Members at Exposition
One hundred boys and girls from 38 states receive 500 scholarships for excellence in brain feeding livestock and farm home reports. Winners were chosen from over 100000 4-H Club members in the National Harvest Company contest, part of Cyrus McCormick centennial celebrations. Arthur Hyde heads the judging panel with Alexander Age of the company presenting awards at a luncheon in Chicago.
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Chicago
International Harvest Company
Naonal
Cyrus Hall McCorick
Arthur M. Hyde
Secreof Agriculture
Alexander Age
National Congress
Ohio sheriffs discuss state radio system for all crimes
Columbus reports that sheriffs of Ohio may adopt a statewide radio and telegraph network for county offices. A comprehensive study on the proposed system will be presented at the first annual meeting scheduled in Columbus as part of the statewide communication plan.
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Ohio
Columbus
U.P
Buckeye State Sheriffs Plan District Radio Exhibit
The Buckeye State Sheriffs Association meets today with 70 counties represented. John A Bricker of the Public Utilities Commission and Edward C Turner ex attorney general of Ohio will speak at the annual dinner. Local sheriffs Gail Lesler and Morton H Ansley serve on the arrangements committee with C H Swanson on the reception committee.
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John A. Bricker
Public Utilities Commission
Edward C. Turner
Ohio
Gail Lesler
Fairfield County
Morton EH. Ansley
Hadin County
C. H. Swanson
Gallia County
McAdoo Heads East as Roosevelt Leads California Straw Vote
William Gibbs McAdoo travels east from Los Angeles amid strong Roosevelt support in California straw polls. Alfred E. Smith runs second in regional early sentiment, while local politicians note heightened political interest ahead of the national election.
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Los Angeles
Cal
William Gibbs McAdoo
California
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Money as a World Force and Trade Boon
The piece notes Britain abandons gold amid India’s silver economy, pound decline yet prosperity rises, and mills restart. It cites Gandhi’s boycott in Lancashire and China and Japan trade tensions. It argues the dollar is costly, limiting Asian purchases from the United States.
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India
Lancashire
Gandhi
China
Japan
Britain
Asia
Gandhi warns of renewed terror in India’s struggle
The text shows Gandhi predicting hellish consequences as India fights for independence. He argues a fresh period of terror could unfold, echoing centuries of past suffering before British rule. The fragment ends with a note about continued coverage on Page 4.
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Gandhi
India
Britain
Regional dairy prize winners and alternates announced
Forty winners hailed from the central states while fifteen came from the western section, thirty five from the south and ten from the east. Ohio winners include Donald Rahl of Zanesville dairy and Earl W. McCann of Love City Guernsey County dairy with alternates Edgar McCracken Manilla Iowa and Raymond Reed Delaware Ohio.
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Central States
Ohio
Donald Rahl
Zanesville
Dairy
Earl W. McCann
Love City
Guernsey County
Edgar McCracken
Manilla
Iowa
Raymond Reed
Delaware
Tragic Miami River search for missing hunter
Deputy sheriffs dragged the cold Miami River at Alexandersville for Robert Woodley 45 believed drowned after his overturned canoe was found. Mrs Woodley urged the search when her husband failed to return from a hunting trip and his dogs came back home.
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Dayton
U.P
Miami River
Alexandersville
Here
Robert Woodley
Mrs. Clara Rawlings Dies After Brain Tumor
Mrs. Clara Rawlings, 56, wife of Bart H. Rawlings and Rutland resident, died in Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore from a brain tumor. She leaves no children. one son was killed in a Rutland factory boiler explosion and another son died of diphtheria. Funeral arrangements await return of the body to Rutland.
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Middleport
Clara Rawlings
Bart H. Rawlings
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Rawlings
Rutland
Red Cross Drive Launches in Athens City Schools
The Junior Red Cross in Athens City Schools opens with a Central School teachers meeting led by Miss Pearl French and Mrs. Eugene Shafer. Tomorrow, East and West Side Schools join to plan the year’s program and projects including a Christmas card drive for sick children.
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Irene Estabrook
Athens
Talk by Miles W. Vaughn to cost 100 a minute
United Press official says Miles W. Vaughn Eastern manager will air from Tokyo via Japan Broadcasting Co. Friday at 6 p m Eastern. The program will cost 100 a minute for 15 minutes and cover the Japanese Chinese situation in Manchuria and the hardships faced by United Press staff with the armies.
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New York
Miles W. Vaughn
United Press Associations
Tokio
National Broadcasting Company
Vaughn
Japanese Broadcasting Company
Manchuria
United Press
Nurse’s pistol accident ends life near Hamilton
Miss Blanche Dorsey, 23, a nurse, kept a pistol under her pillow after a burglar scare. While making a bed late Tuesday at her rural home near Hamilton, the gun dropped to the floor and discharged, the bullet entering her brain, causing her death.
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Hamilton
Blanche Dorsey
Republicans Wish Talk With Esquimaux Aboard Empress of Russia
A fragmented 1905 letter style note mentions Republicans wanting to speak with Esquimaux, aboard the S S Empress of Russia, with wandering jokes and World War I era politics mixed with travel humor and references to Madison Square Garden debut, Charley Dawes, and a kimono shopping tour.
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S. S
Madison Square Garden
Tom
New York
Zack Mulhall
Charley Dawes
Japan
China
Will
Dry Laws Debated by National Prohibition Reform Group
The Women’s organization for national prohibition reform aims to push a resolution to Congress by 1934. Chairwoman Mrs. Charles H. Sabin denounces experiments in dry law amendments and calls for returning police lawmaking to states. She cites wasteful enforcement costs and bootlegger profits, while crime writer Charles Francis Coe links prohibition to gang activity. the group notes 411,410 members and a 1932 convention planned in Washington.
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Detroit
U.R
Women's Organization For National Prohibition Reform
Congress
Charles H. Sabin
New York
Charlea Francis Coe
Crime Story
Prohibition
Chicago
Coe
Cleveland
Washington
Seven County Coop Opens Winter Relief Study
In Marietta on December 2 a seven county cooperative effort to address winter relief problems was launched by local authorities and organization representatives from Belmont Monroe Guernsey Noble Morgan Athens and Washington. State relief secretary R O Braught assisted the group.
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Marietta
Belmont
Monroe
Guernsey
Noble
Morgan, Athens
Washington
R. O. Braught
State Relief Committee
Amesville Girl Wins National Honor In Dress Contest
An Amesville Junior High student earned national recognition in a home made dress competition. Delegates in Washington for the President's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership discuss aiding wage earners earning about 1200 dollars yearly to own homes. The conference involves 3000 delegates from civic business and governmental sectors. Studies by 31 committees project 2 to 3 million dwellings in five years amid debate over federal involvement.
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Conference On
Washington
U.P
Hoover
Refuses To Testify In Cleveland Arson Case
Max Felsman assistant secretary of Beth Realty Co was brought before a grand jury and refused to testify. He was jailed for contempt as investigators probe a four story building arson plot where 800 gallons of gasoline and ignitable excelsior were found in the basement. The blaze was quickly extinguished with no major damage reported.
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Cleveland
Qec
U.R
Max Felsman
Beth Realty Company
Must Remit Liability In State Liquidation
Dalton readers learn that about 750 stockholders of the defunct Union Trust Company must remit by December 31 the full liability under state liquidation. The notices say 60,000 shares at twenty five dollars par value total one million five hundred thousand dollars. Cc. W. Miller deputy issued the notices for superintendent L J. Fulton.
Retired Financier's Steer Wins Grand Championship
Oakleigh Thorne of New York state wins the grand championship at the International Livestock Exposition stock show in Chicago with Briarcliff Thickest an Aberdeen Angus steer weighing 1140 pounds. Eddie Lux of Shelbyville Indiana retains the corn king title, keeping it in the Lux family for the fourth time in 12 years. Gertrude Heikes of Dakota County Nebraska is named the healthiest girl and William Saunders of Johnson County Indiana the healthiest boy.
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North America
Indiana
Chicago
U.P
Oakleigh Thorne
New York State
Midwest
Eddie Lux
Shelbyville
Ind
Peter Lux
Eddie
United States
William Saunders
Johnson County
Thorne
Wall Street
Pine Plains
N. Y
Thieves Steal Automobile of Trimble Mayor
Thieves took Mayor Andrew Plant’s car during a Trimble council meeting night. The vehicle was driven toward Jacksonville then returned to Trimble with two men who were halted by Marshall George Grandy. They admitted returning to pick up a third party at the railroad station. Suspects Walter Weston 21 Albert Schmidt 17 Arthur Levi 16 gave Chicago and New York connections. Weston faced arraignment. Schmidt and Levi to appear in juvenile court.
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Trimble
Andrew Plant
Jacksonville
Marshall George Grandy
Athens County
George Rasp
Walter Weston
Albert Schmidt
Arthur Levi
Levi
Schmidt
Chicago
Weston
New York
C. H. Porter
8. M. Johnson
Athens
Barrows
Mooney Pardon Decision Goes to Governor Rolph
In San Francisco Governor James Rolph Jr faces the fate of labor agitator Thomas J. Mooney after a dramatic hearing led by New York Mayor James J. Walker and Mooney’s counsel. Rolph promised a ruling within 30 days or more.
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
California
James Rolph, Jr
James J. Walker
New York City
Mooney
Tariff Reports Approved by President Hoover
The U S Tariff Commission announced that President Hoover has approved reports on 17 investigations recently completed. Increases were set on McKay sewed shoes and fresh green peas while decreases were announced for window glass, turned shoes, crude feldspar, green peppers and eggplant.
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Washington
United States Tariff Commission
Hoover
Tariff Commission
McKay
Hicoughs 12 Days Endanger Patient in Mt Vernon
Dr Julius Shamansky treating Carl Horlacher 39 who has suffered hiccoughs for 12 days. Doctors consider possible transfer to a Columbus hospital for specialized treatment. Dr Shamansky and his family have roots in Nelsonville Ohio.
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Hiccoughs
MT. Vernon
Julius Shamansky
Carl Horlacher
Columbus
Nelsonville
Amesville Girl Wins National 4-H Dress Contest
Helen Thomas of Amesville Junior High School won national honors in the 4-H Club Girls Style Dress Revue in Chicago. Her crepe street dress, chosen as one of three best in the wool division, earned her a possible three week tour to shrines of American history in July 1932 and a chance at a gold medal.
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Helen
Athens
Helen Thomas
Amesville
Chicago
Atate
Thomas
Cea Aily Crepe Street Dreas
Annette Yankelowitz
Honpestown
Ill
Mary Marley
Ashland
Mass
Ohio
Mise Thomas
Gasoline Tax Revenue Seen Rising in Ohio This Year
Ohio may collect nearly a million dollars more in gasoline tax revenue in 1931 than 1930. About 960 million gallons taxed at 4 cents per gallon are expected to be used, with July and August showing a 6 million gallon increase. Revenue is shared by the state highway department and local governments under a new apportionment law.
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Columbus
Dec
Ohio
State Highway Department
General Assembly
Ironton Bank Deposits to Be Reimbursed
Carmi A. Thompson of the Iron City Bank announced through Judge E E Corn that he would reimburse political subdivisions for deposits after the bank closed. Ironton city held 13.68 dollars, the county 35271.05, and the city school board 2160 dollars. funds will be paid within the next week.
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Ironton
U.P
Carmi A. Thompson
Cleveland
Iron City Bank
E. E. Corn
City School Board
Thompson
Miners Reemployed at Crabapple Mine After Layoffs
Officials of Pursgrove Coal Co announce the reemployment of 250 miners at Crabapple Mine in Belmont County after two months idle. Wages were cut with inside workers earning 3.20 dollars a day, outside workers 2.80 and loaders 0.35 a ton.
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Clairsville
U.R
Pursgrove Coal Company
Crabapple
Belmont County
Fordham Player Cornelius Murphy Dies After Bucknell Game
New York December 2 Cornelius Murphy a Fordham University football player who was injured in the November 21 game against Bucknell died today The death brings tragic closure to a onetime promising college football career at Fordham College.
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New York
Cornelius Murphy
Fordham
Bucknell
Akron Man Fatally Wounds Self After Party Rebuff
George H. Crawford aged 36 fatally wounded himself late Tuesday night after his wife left the house during a card party. Police reported the incident occurred in Akron as Crawford allegedly vented anger over the marital separation.
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Akron
U.R
George H. Crawford
Perry County Man Wounded In Hunting Accident
Theodore Bennett a 24 year old from New Straiteville lies in serious condition at Cherrington Hospital after a hunting accident. His gun slipped from his hands and discharged striking his left side under the heart. An operation removed two shattered ribs and pellets remain in his lung.
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Logan
Theodore Bennett
New Straiteville
Cherrington
Bennett
County Auditor Speaks To Athens High School Club
County Auditor Clyde Edmundson addressed the Athens High School Social Science Club on the Local Tax Situation. Beatrice Perkins presided and Edward Dowell introduced him as charts illustrated budget details. He explained budget makeup, city and county allocations, delinquent taxes, and a new experimental tax law.
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Athens High School
Clyde Edmundson
Beatrice Perkins
Edward 8. Dowell
Edmundson
Son
Mr. Edmundson
Bilesser Poling Marriage License Granted in Nelsonville
Virgil A. Bilesser aged 21 and Pearl Eva Poling aged 21 of Nelsonville obtain a marriage license with a waiver granted to Pearl Eva Poling, daughter of Henry Poling.
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Virgil A. Bilesser
Pearl Eva Poling
Nelsonville
Henry Polting
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Arthur Brisbane
McAdoo
King Features, Inc
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Berlin
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Red Cross
Esquimaux
Organization For National Prohibition Reform
Southeast Ohio
Derstood
Dayton Bank
Gertrude Heikes
Dakota County
Neb
Tom Mooney
Walker
Thomas H. Johnson
C. ©. Lang
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