Athens designated toll center for Southeastern Ohio
The Athens Home Telephone Company and Ohio Bell announce Athens as the regional toll center for long distance calls in Southeastern Ohio. Chief operators attend a conference in Athens to discuss expanding service, with a New York to Columbus cable project planned to reach Athens by year end.
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Athens
Bell Telephone Company
Ohio
C. L. Jones
Athens Home Telephone Company
Jones
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Helen Riley
Zanesville
Home Telephone Company
West Washington Street
Lo Telephone
Columbus
Tele
Dr. Jones
Ohio University
New York
Lancaster
Candy Recipe Booklet Offers 144 Treats for Christmas
Washington Information Bureau distributes a complete candy recipe booklet with 144 recipes including 17 fudge varieties and other lines. The booklet helps both beginners and seasoned candy makers and can be obtained for six cents postage and handling with a coupon.
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Washington Information Bureau
Leona Summers Dies Feared After Car Fire Pinning
Logan, Dec 5. Leona Summers 20 is reported dying at Cherrington Hospital after being pinned under a car and severely burned while returning from a church sociable. Her father Nathan Summers suffered injuries and helped free her as three sisters assisted others in pulling her from beneath the vehicle before immersion in the river to extinguish the flames.
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Curtis Cole
Logan
Edith
Mary
Estelle May
Hocking River
Summers
Fairview Methodist Episcopal Church
Rockbridge
Death of Williamson M. Cray Merchant at 67
William M. Cray 67 a noted merchant and successor to F. M. Hutchinson in the wholesale business died at his home 78 West State Street after a six month illness. Born in Malta he earlier ran a general store in Darwin Meigs County and later operated stores in Harrisonville Wilkesville and Athens. He served as a stock salesman in Athens and Pomeroy and was active in Masonic and Eastern Star lodges. He leaves a widow three sisters and three brothers.
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Williama M. Cray
F. M. Hutchinson
Wahoe
Weat State Street
Mr. Cray
Malta
Darwin
Meigs County
Rose Quinby
Harrisonville
Wilkesville
Athens
Pomeroy
Cray
Masonic Lodge
Eastern Star Lodge
White Shrine
Felix Riley
L. E. Price
Columbus
Uriah Hoisington
Tuckersville
Charles Cray
Minneapolis
Emmett Cray
Middleport
James Cray
Guysville
Union Miners In Discord At Own Workings
In Yorkville Ohio and Pennsylvania Coal Mine a split among strikers leased the mine to operate cooperatively. Deputy sheriffs stood ready as 75 Save-The-Union workers began, 35 walked out over pay. Five returned. more expected as Sheriff Allison pledged protection.
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Yorkville
Ohio and Pennsylvania
Allison
Body of baby found in stored trunk in Columbus
Police investigate parentage after skeleton of six month old is found in a trunk offered for sale at a storage warehouse. Detectives question Mrs. Charles Williams, mother of six, who denies ownership while relatives and Katherine Williams claim the trunk belonged to their aunt Mrs. Ed Hann.
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Columbus
U.R
Charles Williams
Katherine
Convent of the Good Shepherd
Ed Hann
McManus Indicted On Murder Charge
New York police report George McManus known as the honest gambler was indicted for the murder of Arnold Rothstein. He was arraigned and held without bail, remanded to Tombs Prison, and pleaded not guilty in his second arraignment since surrender a week ago.
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New York
George McManus
Arnold Rothstein
Tombs Prison
McManus
Dry Agent Who Shot Girl Now Discharged
Lorain police chief discharged Louis Cicco, a former dry agent who shot Miss Betty Heywood, a British subject, on a local highway. Cicco had been suspended, then reinstated, and fined five dollars plus costs for the shooting. Heywood plans a $50,000 damage suit against Cicco and Lorain officials.
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Lorain
Theodore Walker
Louis Cicco
Betty Heywood
Cicco
Miss Heywood
Ciego
Loraine
Fire at Fairmont Race Track Kills Nineteen Horses
A fire at Fairmont Race Track destroyed 18 barns and burned to death nineteen horses valued at $100,000. The blaze occurred today in Ulster Park. Damages and causes are under investigation by authorities.
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Fairmont
Park
U.P
Fairmont Race Track
Light Bill Unpaid Threatens Canton’s Street Lighting
Canton Ohio faced potential area darkness as the Ohio Power Company moved to collect 150 000 in unpaid light bills. City Council had approved payment but Mayor Curtis vetoed the measure saying the street lighting rate was too high.
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Canton
U.P
Ohio Power Company
C. C. Curtis
Avalanche Buries Station Trapping 80 Passengers With Animals
An avalanche in the Amberg Pass buried the Langen rail station in Innsbruck trapping 80 passengers in a train for 52 hours. Two Barnum Circus vans carrying wild animals were buried with them and rescued along with other survivors.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Amberg Pass
Langen
Three Shot Farm Kin Shooting Rocks Chillicothe Area
James Andrews, 42, a farmer near Hallsville, is jailed after shooting three relatives and firing at a fourth at the John Caffenburger farm on Little Walnut Creek. Mrs. India Caffenburger, Gladys Andrews, and Richard Andrews were wounded. Mrs. Andrews had filed for divorce amid claims of neglect and cruelty.
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Chillicothe
James, Andrews
Hallsville
John Caffenburger
Little Walnut Creek
Andrewa Aner
Authers
India Caffenburger
Andrews
Gladys
Richard Andrews
Caffenburger
Adelphi
King Holds Own Against Illness
London reported that King George passed a fair night and there are reasons to hope the infection's recrudescence is moderating. An 11 a.m. bulletin signed by Lord Dawson of Penn and Sir Stanley Hewett said the king again fought off a reversal during his fifteen days of illness.
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London
U.R
George
Lord Dawson of
Penn
Stanley Hewett
Coolidge Seeks Fiscal Year 1930 Budget Surplus
President Coolidge submitted to Congress the 1930 budget totaling 4.417 billion dollars with a projected June surplus of 56.99 million. He warned there is no near prospect for further tax cuts. The administration notes 1929 receipts of 8.872 billion and 1929 expenditures of 4.795 billion, with a prior year surplus of 898.8 million.
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Coolidge
Cecil Owen
United Press
Washington
Congress
Lord
Ohio University votes to accept campus elections plan
Students at Ohio University approved the new campus elections plan in a mass meeting this morning in Ewing Auditorium after the proposal was submitted weeks earlier.
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Ohio University
Massa
Ewing Auditorium
Cleveland Couple Instructed To Practice Birth Control
Otto Kourim and his wife Helen faced a court injunction with no legal access to birth control methods. Judge Harrison W. Ewing ordered them to live apart and practice birth control for three years, offering a possible divorce on grounds of willful absence if they separate. The couple, married five years with three children, were told to separate while each supported by their earnings.
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Cleveland
Otto Kourim
Helen
Common Pleas
Harrison W. Ewing
Ewing
Kourims
Kourim
King of Jazz Whiteman Dons Fur Coat and Departs
Headache and weariness marked Paul Whiteman’s day as he traveled to Athens Ohio University for a concert. He dodged crowds, rode the streets, and granted a delayed interview after his performance, insisting sleep was his urgent need.
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King of Jazz
Paul Whiteman
Gate of Heaven
Ohio University
Whiteman
Athens
Berry
Waid Named State Highway Director in New Administration
Robert N. Waid of Columbus, 42, was appointed state highway director by Governor-Elect Cooper. Waid has served as chief engineer examiner and held multiple highway roles, including resident engineer, division engineer, and chief engineer of maintenance.
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Columbus
U.R
Robert N. Waid
Cooper
Waid
Auditor of State
Highway Department
Kellogg Pact Sees Senate Panel Review Today
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee begins executive session on the Kellogg Multilateral Treaty with hearings likely or report drafting possible. Chairman Borah signals readiness to start the report, aiming for early action after Coolidge’s message.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Coolidge
Al Weatherby Dead in Seattle Pneumonia Claimed Former Athens County Teacher
Word reached by G. E. Guthrie of the death of Al Weatherby at age 70 in Seattle Washington. A former school teacher from Athens County he died of pneumonia. He was born near The Garden Lodi township and his wife a former resident of Reedsville had predeceased him.
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G. E. Guthrie
al Weatherby
Athens County
Seattle
Wash
Mr. Weatherby
New York
Athens
Garden
Lodi Township
Reedsville
Beetham Considered for State Prohibition Commissioner
Columbus report notes Cadiz banker Ru pert Beetham is among candidates for the state prohibition commissioner post in the incoming administration. He was not a candidate but was Cooper's personal pick as talks with Har ry Silver and Charles Jones continued. The new governor-elect planned to announce more appointments before departing for Cincinnati and New York for the Ohio Society banquet.
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Columbus
Rupert BR. Beetham
Cadiz
Beetham
Ore
Ohio House of Representatives
Cooper
Harry D. Silver
Charles A. Jones
Cincinnati
New York
Ohto Society of
Hoover Lands in Peru on Latin American Tour
In Callao harbor the U S Maryland docked at 7 15 a m as UAE President-Elect Herbert Hoover arrived on a Latin American tour. Foreign Minister Gamio and Ambassador Moore joined Rear Admiral Howe to greet Hoover before he journeyed to Lima for an official welcome by President Leguia.
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Lima
Peru
Uae
Herbert Hoover
U. S
Maryland
Hoover
Callao
Rada Y. Gamio
Alexander F. Moore
A. G. Howe
Carlos Roe
Augusto B. Leguia
Report on Contagious Diseases in Athens County
The Athens County Health Office reports twenty six cases of contagious diseases for November. Pneumonia led with six cases. tuberculosis six with five at the Athens State Hospital. Other cases include ophthalmia two, chickenpox two, typhoid fever two, diphtheria one, scarlet fever one, measles one, whooping cough one, polio myelitis one, and syphilis six.
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Athens County Health Office
Athens State Hospital
New Postoffice Planned for Cleveland at Union Terminal Area
The Postoffice and Treasury Departments announced a new 3,500,000 postoffice for Cleveland. A site is not yet definite but construction is expected near Union Terminal in Cleveland.
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Washington
U.R
Cleveland
Postoffice
Treasury Departments
Treasury
Union
Bipartisan Hope for Intergovernmental Disarmament Talk
Urba Chairman Gritten of the House Naval Committee envisions a conference of American and British legislators on disarmament if major powers do not convene a new arms limit session before August. He backs a 666-2 naval ratio extension and cites plans for a union of lawmakers from the United States Great Britain France Italy and Japan to align with the Washington Arms Conferences.
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Washington
Urba
Gritten
House Naval Committee
Belen
United Press
United States
Great Main
France
Italy
Japan
Mentary Union
Britten
Baldwin
Toms
United Plané
Great Britain
Yiet
Actress Dolores Del Rio Aids Ex Husband In Critical Illness
BERLIN Dec 6 UK Dolores Del Rio, former wife of Jaime Del Rio, cabled to move and earth to save his life. Del Rio, a writer, is ill while traveling. he underwent surgery for septic poisoning and remains in critical condition with the latest reports improving only slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Alto
Jaime del Rio
Dolores del
Cold Weather Forecast For Midwest Tonight
Columbus reports the weather forecast calling for temperatures as low as 15 above. Forecasters expect a sharp cold snap with biting temperatures across the Middle West. Chicago already records an inch of snow that froze into ice overnight.
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Columbus
U.P
Sidea
Middlewest
Chicago
Chillicothe Athens Bus Line Sold to Cooper Company
The Public Utilities Commission ordered the sale of the Chillicothe Athens bus line equipment certificate to Cooper Bus Company. H. W. Collins of Chillicothe transferred control recently to Cooper Bus Company.
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Chillicothe
Athens
Columbus
U.R
H. W. Collins
The
Public Utilities Mission
Cooper Bus Company
Colling Rescently
Fire calls mix with long distance mixups in Athens
The Fire Department received several calls tied to residents dialing 60 for long distance instead of 1, causing misrouted inquiries. Fireman C J Ailstock notes this common mistake and urges proper dialing to reach emergency services.
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Athena
C. J. Ailstock
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