Promised Son Auto to Plot Death of His Father
Charles Whiting and Harry Gourley confessed to plotting the shooting of George Gourley after Mrs. Carrie Gourley promised $150 and a car. George Gourley, a World War veteran, was wounded near his home and remained in critical condition as investigators said the plans aimed to fake a hunting accident and claim life insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
U.P
Charles Whiting
Harry Gourley
Sheriff Way
George Gourley
Harry
Carrie Gourley
Whiting
Gourley
Curtis Drops Dead While Working On Bridge Crew
Curtis a 59 year old carpenter employed on the Guyan Bridge drought relief crew near Long Bottom collapsed at 9 this morning. He lived with Lewis Young on Mount Olive and was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Chester. His body was moved to his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lady Curtis
Guyan
Long Bottom
Mr. Curtis
Lewis Young
Mount Olive
Masonic Lodge
Chester
County sets goal for Christmas health seal sales
A goal of 1200 dollars for Christmas health seal sales in Athens County was set by county committee workers led by secretary treasurer Mrs. W. L. Gard. Stamps go out Friday and Saturday for Glouster and Nelsonville. December 12 is Health Seal Day in Ohio public schools per J. L. Clifton. Proceeds aid tuberculosis prevention and treatment for patients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
W. L. Gard
Glouster
Nelsonville
Ohio
J.L. Clifton
Ohio Department of Education
Locked in Children Die in East Cleveland Fire
Two small children suffered severe burns after being trapped by flames in a locked suite of an apartment building in East Cleveland. Firefighters arrived at dawn to battle the blaze and rescue victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Athens Messenger Publishes Canned Foods Recipe Booklet
The Athens Messenger offers a recipe booklet with over 200 canned food dishes. It lists menus for soups seafood entrees vegetables salads and more, including Pigs in Blankets with oysters bacon and parsley. Readers are invited to send six cents or stamps with a coupon to obtain the booklet.
Today By Arthur Brisbane Lady Astor's Party
Arthur Brisbane discusses Lady Astor and her circle, touching on modern ideas and wealth, with observations on women gaining influence and changing social norms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Brisbane
Hoover decries capital gains tax in warning to nation
The message argues the capital gains tax harms freedom of purchase and sale, citing stock market moves, tax deductions on losses, and weakened government receipts. It notes Canadian parallels and claims the tax discourages business and promotes fear of profit taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Uncle Sam
Canada
Lady Astor Hosts 36 Women Across Sciences Professions
Lady Astor invites 36 women to a party, calling them the 36 most important in England. The guests include scientists doctors and government workers, none of whom are described as society women by the American reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Astor
England
Printed Pictures Of 86 Women Selected By Lady Astor
The column notes interest in a gallery of 86 women chosen by Lady Astor and hints at continuation on Page 4 for full details and images.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Astor
Rabbit Fever Victim To Be Buried Sunday
Nelson A. Colvin 68 of Sand Rock died Tuesday night after a weeks illness from rabbit fever. Funeral services will be at 1 PM Sunday at the Sand Rock M E Church with burial in the church cemetery. Private services at the home. Mrs Colvin, also ill with the disease, shows slight improvement. The couple contracted the illness preparing a rabbit for a meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesville
Nelson A. Colvin
Sand Rock
Sand Rock M. FE
Prize Steers Fetch Big Bids at Cleveland Livestock Show
Nearly 300 prize steers were sold with vigorous bidding led by Col Earl Martin of Greensburg Indiana as auctioneer. The central states livestock show yielded over 50 thousand dollars in sales with the grand champion entered by Donald Lacey of Trinway Ohio bought by Thomas Thomas operator of meat stores in the Cleveland district for 1 80 a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Earl Martin
Greensburg
Ind
Donald Lacey
Trinway
Thomas Thomas
Large Ohio State class to graduate in December
More than 200 students at Ohio State University will graduate December 19 at the end of the fall quarter. The class size is about twenty percent larger than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio State University
Needle Reappears in Elyria Barber’s Knee
A needle swallowed 39 years ago by William Leedale, a Elyria barber, was surgically removed from his left knee by a physician. The incident recalls a long medical mystery and ends a decades old ailment for the man born in Elyria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
William
Leedale
Will Rogers recounts Reno divorce guarantee and Lipton Cup remarks
The note mentions Reno friends offering a divorce guarantee avoiding return to a spouse regardless of New York actions. It also reports Sir Thomas Lipton receiving a gold cup in New York, claimed to be funded with gold from France, and compliments Knute Rockne as a widely liked winner.
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Hollywood
Calif
Reno
New York
Sir Thomas Lipton
France
Knute Rockne
Sol
Corn Popped by Radio in Practical Science Test
Two General Electric scientists demonstrated practical science feats at a New York luncheon. Unpopped corn in a salt solution conducts between ice jars, causing steam and popping. fluorescent screen material glows when exposed to liquid air in a vacuum bottle, illustrating heat from room temperature and color change.
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New York
Dec
General Electric Co
Merchants’ Association of New York
L. A. Hawkins
E. L., Manning
Hawkins
Manning
Abolishment of Tax Cut Advocated by Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon told Congress that a continued one per cent tax cut on income taxes is unwise given reduced receipts from income taxes and customs in 1830. He warned of a likely $180 million deficit for the 1931 fiscal year and projected a $80.6 million surplus for 1932, noting revenue strains from weaker business and foreign trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellon
Washington
U.P
Treasury
Congress
Melion
Detective hints wife as girl’s killer in Berkeley Lake case
Denver detective Leo O Loughlin testified at the trial of Leona O Loughlin's stepmother Peart O Loughlin accusing his wife of slaying the 10 year old. He described family meals and his ill health the night Leona disappeared and said police were told to search Berkeley Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
U.R
Leona
Berkeley Lake
Leo O'Loughlin
O'Loughlin
Peart O'Loughlin
Douglas Millican
Felow
Bridge repair plan set for South bridge over B and O railroad
Athens County commissioners clerk R P Tompkins announces two week start for repairs on the South bridge over the B and O railroad. The project, costing about 3600, will be paid half by the county and half by the railroad company, after state officials declined involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. & O. Railroad
Athens County Board of Commissioners
B. & O. Railroad Co
Tompkins
Divorces Granted in Athens County Pleas Court
Two divorces were granted in Athens County Common Pleas Court on Wednesday afternoon. Gar net Bretz was awarded a decree from Carl Bretz and Letha Ed wards' petition against Earl Ed wards was granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Montgomery named to Fifth District Appeals Court
Governor Cooper appointed Maj. Charles W. Montgomery of Newark as judge of the Fifth District Appeals Court to succeed the late Judge Louis B. Houck of Mt. Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Columbus
U.R
Cooper
Maj
Charles W. Montgomery
Newark
Fifth District
Louis B. Houck
Mt. Vernon
Has New Idea For Checking Bad Checks Arrest Near Toledo
Harry Von Feldner of Memphis Tenn aged 35 was arrested on a new system to pass bad checks in Ohio and other states. Police say he admitted cashing spurious checks in Cincinnati and along a honeymoon trip from Toledo to Memphis. His wife planned to return to Jackson Tennessee with their three year old daughter as the case drew attention to the romance ending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
U.R
Harry von Feldner
Memphis
Tenn
Ohio
von Feldner
Jackson
Cincinnati
New York
Los Angeles
Kiwanis Club to sell small Christmas trees in Glouster
The Kiwanis Club will bring a batch of small decorative pine trees to Glouster tomorrow for local merchants to buy. Profits from the sale fund a future community Christmas tree display in the city, as the club sponsors the holiday project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Kiwanis Club
Water Crisis Hits Four Ohio Towns
Ohio towns Barnesville Blanchester Caldwell and Greenwich face typhoid risk as Health Department engineers rush to secure water. Caldwell has no water and pumps sewage flow for fires while Barnesville crews build emergency pipelines from old coal mines. Officials fear limited supply may last only to Christmas and barrels may be used to transport water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnesville
Blanchester
Caldwell
Greenwich
State Health Department
Health Department
F. H. Waring
Columbus
Waring
Bay State in Quandary as to Day Status
Boston December 4 The six year old Massachusetts State Prohibition Enforcement Act known as the B Baby Volstead Act died at midnight. Its repeal by 281 048 votes 80 days earlier leaves officials at odds on prohibition enforcement and whether existing laws cover transport and manufacture of liquor. Test cases expected as to the fate of bootlegged liquor in transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
Thirty killed in munitions blast in Minas Gerais
Thirty people were reported killed and many wounded in an explosion of munitions at Poroto Novo Santa Cunha in Minas Gerais. Casualties included rebel troops who took part in the Brazilian Revolution under Commander Americano Freire. The troops were quartered at Poroto Novo after fighting ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Rio DE Janeiro
U.R
Poroto Novotna Cunha
Minas Geraen
Americano Freire
Poroto Novo
Charity Hall Receives Bootlegger Fines Total 1000 Each
In Elyria Ohio county officials including County Prosecutor Don W. Myers received 1000 fines from two bootleggers. The $1000 each was split with half going to the state and the rest to the mothers pension and soldier relief funds, after charges were dropped in exchange for payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria, O
Don W. Myers
Myers
Bootburgers
Young Urges Sympathy in Renovat... (truncated)
Owen D. Young urged America to show sympathy and understanding in the re adjustment of European war debts at a Lotos Club talk in New York. He avoided direct criticism, stressing that debtors may seek readjustment amid depreciated commodity prices and called for prudent leadership from the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
Owen D. Young
Young
Lotos Club
Lnte
John Dpd. Rockefeller, Jr
Europe
Insurrection Seen at Ohio Republican Caucuses
In Columbus on December 4 A Ab ominous shadows of another insurrection hover over the Republican state representatives elect as they prepare for the caucus next Tuesday. Observers note the same forces that controlled the Senate caucus may trigger a bolt in the House. The Senate group refused to back Earl R. Lewis of St. Clairsville for president pro tem, a move that, with Democrats, could give control to the Democrats in the Senate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Republcan
Senate
House
Earl R. Lewis
St. Clairsville
Engineer Wallace Williams Dies In Train Incident
Wallace Williams 5 of Chillicothe, a veteran Baltimore and Ohio engineer, collapsed at the throttle near the Ohio River Bridge Belpre while approaching Parkersburg West Virginia. Fireman Denver Conner steadied the train and brought it to the ward. Williams died in Conner's arms as he tried to hand over control. Williams had long service with B&O.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Ohio River Bridge
Belpre
Wallace Williams
Chillicothe
Baltimore and Ohio
Denver Conner
Parkersburg
W. Va
Williams
Conner
Toys Aid Athens Children This Christmas
The Messenger Toy Shop rallies Athens and Coolville, with Ohio Fuel Gas Co and local groups joining a drive to collect and repair toys for needy children. Volunteers canvass Coolville, repair broken toys, and distribute a fixed stocking of gifts through The Messenger Toy Shop with Red Cross Salvation Army and alumni clubs aiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Messenger Toy Shop
Santa Claus
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
John V. Wise
South Court Street
Messenger
Coolville
Cool
John Finsterwald
Red Cross
Salvation Army
Boy and Girl Scouts
Chi Omega
Pi Beta Phi
Ohio Gas and Fuel Co
Lack of Jobs Becomes Central Issue in Congress
Washington report shows Congress edging toward a partisan drought and unemployment relief fight. William Green of the AFL warns unemployment rose since October and could top 7 million by February if trends persist. Democrats protest Hoover drought relief cuts and oppose reducing the appropriation from 61 million to 25 million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.A
Congress
William Green
American Foderation of Labor
Jobe
Green
Senate
House
Hoover
Doak Not Opposed as Labor Chief Nomination Faces Little Opposition
Washington dispatch reports the American Federation of Labor will not oppose confirming William N. Doak as Secretary of Labor. With Doak cleared other nominees face scrutiny, including tariff and power commissioners, notably Fletcher, Smith, and McNinch, whose records may be examined closely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
American Federation of Labor
William N. Doak
Senate
Hoover
Henry P. Fletcher
Tariff Commission
George Otis Smith
Frank B. McNinch
Power Commission
Poet D Annunzio to Aid De Bosis in Rome
Gabriel D Annunzio Italy s famed poet was to intervene on behalf of Mrs Adolfo De Bosis an American woman held on charges of complicity in a plot against the Fascist government. De Bosis is widow of a noted Italian poet and friend of D Annunzio, with ties to Syracuse and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Gabriel D'Annunzio
Italy
Adolfo de Bosis
Believes Him Alive in Cleveland Search for Griffin Continues
Mrs Dorothy Griffin of Berea still hopes her flyer husband William Griffin is alive nine days after he left Hamilton Ohio carrying a box of candy and bacon. Authorities focus search from Buffalo following reports of a crash near there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Willam F. Griffin
Dorothy Griffin
Berea
Hamilton
Griffin
Buffalo
Tortured Till He Confessed In Murder Trial
Raymond Henry testified he was tortured to confess in the murder case of Garand Bayles, a 3 year old. He described being stripped, assaulted, suspended from rafters, gagged, teeth knocked out, and beaten with paddles by Sheriff L Snyder and others. He said he confessed when torture became intolerable. Arnett allegedly spoke of using the third degree as Henry described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebourne
Wy Va
Dea
Raymond
Pat” Henry
Garand Bayles
Henry
Ita
L. Snyder
Wetsed
John Arnett
New Martinaville
H. B. Matetingly
Lebrich
Arnett
Pennsylvania
Ohio River
Bayles
Four former Pease Township officials jailed in Digwest fraud case
Four former Pease Township officials including a woman were sentenced to long terms in Belmont County Common Pleas Court for involvement in the Digwest fraud. They were convicted of theft totaling between 75 000 and 80 000 over about a dozen years via checks issued to various people and endorsed by trustees and the road superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Clairsville
Pease Township
Digwest
Ohio Township
Belmont County Common Pleas Court
Oklahoma City Battle Over Land Claims Reaches Court
Squatters who posted notices on a land strip in downtown Oklahoma City file claims with Washington as a dispute with the city over ground abandoned by Rock Island Railroad and bought for a park. City sets aside 15000 for the litigation while 70 to 1006 suits are expected in district court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Dee. Dm
Oklahoma
Washington
Rock Island Railroad
Yeasterday
Sam Bartell
British aviatrix and crew rescued after forced landing
Miss Winifred Spooner and Flying Officer E C T Edwards were forced down off the Calabrian coast during a Croydon to Capetown record attempt. Spooner swam ashore and sent rescuers in fishing boats to save Edwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reggio Calabria
Italy
U.P
Winifred Spooner
Croydon
Capetown
E. C. T. Edwards
Costly Beefsteak Heads To Auction In Chicago
The world’s choicest and most expensive beefsteak was set for auction at the Chicago Livestock Exposition. Grand champion steer “Jimmy,” a black Aberdeen Angus yearling, would be sold to the slaughter house. J. C. Peaney, a chain store owner, bought last year’s champion for over eight dollars a pound amid spirited bidding, with Jimmy expected to bring a high price. The current owner is J. F. McKenny of King City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jimmy
J. C. Peaney
J. F. McKenny
King City, Mo
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Curtis
Athens Messenger
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
King Features, Inc
Iad
Will Rogers
County and Railroad Company
Bay State
Lewis
Elmer Dingeldey
John D. Ir
Doak
Federation of Labor Wills
D'Annunzio
Pat’ Henry
West Virginia
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