Fliers Continue Search for Missing Nelson Near Cleveland
Thomas P. Nelson and his wrecked mail plane were found near Chagrin Falls after a hunter spotted the body. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh arrived at Cleveland Airport to join the search, braving a snowstorm and cold as he hunted Nelson along a 60 mile search zone.
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Cleveland
A. Ree
Thomas P. Nelson
Chagrin Falls
Here
U.R
Charles A. Lindberg
Thomas P. Nelgoh
New York
Curtiss Field
Metropolis
Lone Eagle
Col. Lindbergh
New York-Cleveland
Floyd Bennett
Canada
Province Flooded By Continued Rain
Lisbon dispatch reports forty eight hours of continuous rain in Minho provokes floods after recent storms. The Lima and Leca rivers overflowed damaging pastures, washing away bridges and cottages downstream. Two peasants were warned and cattle herds were swept away.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Minho
Lima
Leca
China vows defensive stance in Manchurian dispute with Russia
Chinese minister says Beijing has taken only defensive measures in the Manchurian conflict with Russia and will honor the Kellogg pact. China is prepared to negotiate with Russia at any time within reasonable limits in response to the Sunmi communication in which Britain joined.
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London
Dec
U.R
China
Russia
Great 3In
Chine
Grandsons Arrested In Buck Run Farm Theft Case
Benjamin Carmicheal, a solitary aged farmer in Good Hope Township, reported $3000 missing from his Buck Run home. Deputy L. F. Hammond and Prosecutor Phil A. Henderson say Lloyd and Roy Pittman, Carmicheal's grandsons, were arrested and held for investigation. Both men deny involvement.
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Buck Run
Lloyd
Roy Pittman
Carmicheal
Letart Township Gas Tax Spending Charge Heard
In Pomeroy on December 5 a summons was issued by Justice F W Gilmore citing A W Smith a Letart Township leader to appear and prove charges of illegal gas tax fund spending by township trustees Gideon Roush George Heiney and John Hayman and county surveyor J E Hartinger. Smith alleges misappropriation and seeks court action to stop further spending and recover funds. A petition signatures follow.
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Letart Township
Pomeroy
Court of Justice
F. W. Gilmore
D. H. Peoples
A. W. Smith
J. E. D. Hartinger
Smith
Gideon Roush
George Heiney
John Hayman
Peoples
Henry Ford raises wages by 20 million annually
Edsel Ford announces a wage increase totaling 20 million dollars per year. Basic daily pay rises to seven dollars, and more than 24,000 workers gain one dollar per day.
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Henry Ford
Edsel Ford
That is the way to build prosperity in the nation
Opinion line asserts high wages fuel prosperity and nourish the national economy, likening wages to nourishment for the country’s wealth. The piece frames wage growth as essential for a thriving economy and golden eggs metaphor.
County saves jury trial costs in 1829 records
Meigs County officials report three prisoners will be moved to Mansfield Reformatory from Meigs County on Friday after pleading guilty to felonies this year. The county notes a record number of felonies with none going to trial and expects at least two more to be imprisoned before year’s end.
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Pomeroy
Dec
Meigs County
Mansfield Reformatory
President’s message on peace and self reliance
The president states that the nation is at peace with the world and can stay so by attending to its own affairs while allowing others to do the same. He emphasizes noninterference and focus on internal matters.
Americans Split Over Joining World Court Opinion
Many Americans disagree with the President on joining the World Court. The United States has long relied on the Supreme Court for decisions, rather than an international court, in shaping its legal path.
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World Court
United States
Supreme Court
European Nations Attack Our Court System
A critical tirade argues Europe harbors hostility toward America and questions why the country would yield to judges appointed by European powers. The speaker claims Europe outnumbers any possible American representation in that court and condemns the idea of submission to foreign judges.
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Europe
Publisher Fined for Selling Obscene Book in Boston
Donald B. Friede, New York publisher, fined 309 dollars after selling Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy in Boston to test the obscenity law. Judge George W. Hays stayed execution to allow Friede to appeal to the Massachusetts Supreme Court. Friede was arrested April 18 following a prearranged test by police and the Watch and Ward Society.
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Boston
Donald
Friede
New York
Theodore Dreiser
George W. Hays
Superior Criminal Court
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Watch and Ward Society
Public letter alleges negligence by prosecutor in ongoing affair
The letter named Grover Harris T E Wolfe E M Hall A W Smith Philip McCoy and C F E Foreman. It states Mr Smith accuses Prosecutor Peoples of neglecting duties in this matter. Sheriff J A Willock was instructed to serve the summons on Mr Smith at once so he can reveal under oath what he knows.
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Grover Harris
T. E. Wolfe
E. M. Hall
A. W. Smith
Philip McCoy
C. F E. Foreman
Mr. Smith
Peoples
J. A. Willock
Stimson Says He Knew No Manchuria Talks
Secretary Stimson reports he had no knowledge of any ongoing Manchuria negotiations when he urged world opinion to deter war. The Kellogg Pact nations, including Great Britain France Italy Cuba Mexico and Panama, agreed to protest to China and Soviet Russia, while Japan, Germany and the Netherlands made varying moves.
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Manchuria
Stimeon
Maxim Litvinoff
Soviet Russia
Moscow
China
Litvinoff
United States
Orient
Great Britain
France
Italy
Cuba
Mexico
Panama
Russia
Japan
Germany
Netherlands
Hague
Ice on River Forms First Floes at Pomeroy
The Ohio River at Pomeroy shows its first real ice with floes reaching shore to shore. The ice is about half an inch thick and nearly blocks navigation, though milder weather may prevent a quick closing of the river for several days.
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Pomeroy
Ohio River
Urges a Probe of Railway Purchases
The Interstate Commerce Commission urges Congress to investigate recent railway purchases by non-carrier holding companies. It cites gaps in current law and warns ongoing actions could undermine the goal of railway consolidation.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
Lucky Strike beef hits record auction price at expo
At the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago on December 5, Lucky Strike the grand champion steer sold for 8.25 dollars a pound, a new all time high. J. C. Penney bought the steer for slaughter, and the animal weighing 940 pounds yielded 7795 dollars to Eliott Brown of Rose Hill Iowa who raised the champion.
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Chicago
U.R
Lucky Strike
J. C. Penney
Eliott Brown
Rose Hill
Iowa
Tax Reduction Is Considered Today
The House takes up the administration’s 160 million tax cut resolution with leaders predicting passage by today or tomorrow. Rep Ramseyer of Iowa, the sole objector so far, withdraws his point of order against the measure’s privileged status.
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Washington
U.P
House
Ramseyer
Iowa
Every County Represented At State Conference In Columbus
Governor Myers Y. Cooper told a conference of county commissioners and engineers in Columbus that the state must provide full strength for a stabilization program to prevent unemployment from economic disturbances. He urged complete cooperation with the State Highway Department to unify county and state highway construction plans, with all 88 counties represented.
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Columbus
U.P
Myers Y. Cooper
State Highway Department
Cooper
Munhall Postoffice Destroyed by Gas Blast
A gas blast in Munhall destroyed the post office near noon injuring many and burying four people under debris in a two story frame building. Nearby structures within a half mile suffered heavy damage and the four trapped are believed dead.
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Pittsburgh
U.R
Munhall
Gas Fatality in Coshocton Woman Found Dead in Home
Mrs Harry Worthington age 25 died of asphyxiation in Coshocton after retiring with two gas jets burning. Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death.
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Coshocton
U.P
Harry Worthington
Storm Dashes Ship on Irish Coast Foundering Frances Duncan
A violent storm today over the British Isles drove the 8S. S. Frances Duncan on the rocks off Waterford, Ireland, where the vessel foundered.
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London
British Isles
Frances Duncan
Waterford
Congress Women Keep Skirts Lengths in Vogue
In Washington the opening of Congress shows seven attending House members, with only Kentucky’s Mrs. Katherine Langley changing her skirt length. The rest, including Mrs Ruth Fratt New York, Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen Florida, Mrs Edith Nourse Rogers Massachusetts, Mrs Mary Norton New Jersey, and Mrs Teart Oldfield Arkansas, wear modestly short dresses continuing the Paris decree.
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Washington
Dec. B
Congress
Katherine Langley
Kentucky
Ruth Fratt
New York
Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
Edith No
Census supervisor named for Tenth Ohio district
L W Roberts of Athens named supervisor of census for 1980 in the Tenth Ohio District covering six counties. The appointment by William Stewart in Washington sets March 10, 1939 as the start of field work with about 200 enumerators. Roberts plans to HQ at the Athens Federal Building and to issue test blanks to potential census takers.
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L. W. Roberts
Athens
Athens Lumber Company
Ohio
William Stewart
Washington, D. C
Meigs
Gallia
Lawrence
Jackson
Vinton
Roberts
T. A. Jenking
Gomer Jones
Gallia County
Federal Census Bureau
Washington
Miracle cures fade when work time returns
Dr Charles Mayo of Rochester Minnesota told a Chicago luncheon that miracle cures persist only while they impress the public. He warned that belief in cures tied to superstition remains, citing pilgrims to a Massachusetts grave and people discarding crutches or smoked glasses as emotion drives the illusion. He added heredity as a major health factor and argued diseases parents died from are most dangerous to a man.
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Chicago
Charles Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Massachusetts
Mayo
Ohio men face trial in theft case of four year old
Rest day expected in Orrville case of Elias Arnold 61 and son Arthur 17 charged with stealing Melvin Horst last December. District court in Decatur? no, Orrville. UPI report notes the defendants await jury verdict and authorities pursue motive and evidence surrounding the abduction.
Christmas Shopping Opens Saturday on Court Street
Athens 1929 Christmas shopping season opens Saturday morning with Athens Retail Merchants Association and Benevolent Order of Eliza decorating Court Street as Santa Claus highway. Stores open at o'clock with illuminated trees, sleighs and toys on display as Santa visits multiple shops.
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Court Street
Athens
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Storea
Benevolent Order of Eliza
Santa Claus
Bank Robbed Again as Thieves Strike Rising Sun Savings
Three youths robbed the Rising Sun Savings Bank, taking about 2000 on this second attack after a prior raid two months earlier that yielded 3400. Two bandits entered while a third waited in a blue roadster. assistant cashier Helen Bonawitz was tied as a depositor fled. A $400 loss occurred as they escaped before police arrived.
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Rising Bun
Dee
Rising Sun Savings Bank
Helen Bonawitz
Leaps to Death In Army Plane Crash at Goodwater
Charred wreckage of a twin engine Army trainer lies in a field near Goodwater after Lt. Bensta Schmidt leaped to death and three crewmen escaped. Schmidt, West Point 1927 graduate and star Army football guard, jumped when a motor caught fire and exploded.
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Benest A. Schmidt
Schmidt
Jurop
U. S. Military Academy At
West Point
Kidnapper Fernanda Faces 50 Year Term In Michigan Case
Detroit December 6 James Fernando 3 percent convicted kidnapper of a three year old girl Jackie Thompson faced a prison term of 30 to 60 years in the Michigan branch prison at Marquette A 64 year term was recommended Sentence was passed by Recorder's Judge Charles L Bartlett after a jury of four women and eight men returned a guilty verdict
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Detroit
James Fernando
Jackie Thompson
Michigan
Marquette
Fernando
Recorder's
Charles L. Bartlett
Wife found dead from gas asphyxiation in Coshocton
Mrs. Mar ry Worthington, 25, was found dead in her bed Wednesday in Coshocton. Authorities say two gas jets on a cook stove were burning and Dr. H. W. Lear ruled the death accidental. her husband discovered the body on returning from work.
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Coshocton
Marry Worthington
H. W. Lear
Higgins Warns How to Avoid Rabbit Fever in Ohio
In Athens County health official J M Higgins warns hunters and meat handlers about tularemia or rabbit fever. He notes few cases this year but cites last year’s Ohio toll at twenty deaths and urges not shooting ill rabbits, avoiding nests, wearing gloves, and cooking rabbit meat thoroughly to reduce risk.
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Athens County
J. M. Higgins
Ohio
Hunter
Discovered Meningitis Cure Claim Shocks Wyoming
Dr Edward S Lauzer of Rock Springs claims a simple cure for cerebral spinal meningitis. The Wyoming Medical Association announced the discovery, saying it involves withdrawing spinal fluid to relieve pressure and reinjecting it into muscle with no apparent loss to the patient.
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Rock Springs
Wyo
Wyoming Medical Association
Edward S. Lauzer
Lauzer
Printer killed by police car in Youngstown chase
John P. McLaughlin a 56 year old printer for the Youngstown Vindicator was struck and killed by a police car as he stepped from a trolley during a pursuit of an unlit automobile. The incident occurred in Youngstown early today authorities said.
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Youngstown
John P. McLaughlin
National U S Highway Association Forms At Dinner
A new national body for U S Route 60 Highway is formed after a dinner at Hotel Berry. Articles filed with the Secretary of State outline aims to coordinate federal state and local efforts, preserve history, and promote interstate commerce while remaining nonpolitical and nonsectarian. Founders include Beasley Calerdine Burgett Hannan and Sharp with Hannan elected chair and Burgett secretary. A January 1980 Cincinnati meeting is planned to include representatives from states along the highway and preserve local associations within the national framework.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Thie Gate
Rs Way
I H. Beasley
Athens
Sae
Calerdine
Cincinnati
N. Bursett
Aaronwin
Sps
Arthur
C. BF. Pilcher
Mon James Hannan
Chiliicothe
G. Sharp
McArthur
Robert Heas
James Hannan
Chillicothe
H. N. Burgett
Atens
Ire
Soma
Annapolis
Land
Sacramento
Califa
Caterdine
U. S. 60
Athens Messenger Candy Recipes for Christmas Treats
The Athens Messenger offers readers 144 candy making recipes from the Washington Information Bureau booklet. Home-made candy is praised for quality and variety for gifts, holiday table, or Sunday School events. A six cent postage and handling charge apply with the coupon.
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Washington Information Bureau
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