Detroit Youths Behind Floyd Club Slaying Case
A Detroit district reports a 15 year old, Joseph Pryzstas, murdered as members of the Floyd Gang, led by 14 year old Stanley Orlewski, claim the act was accidental while acting on bullying. Accomplices include 13 year old Anthony Mazur and 44 year old Joseph Sawiski. evidence describes a basement club, a gun hidden in clothing, and a possible waiver to criminal court.
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Detroit
U.P
Joseph Pryzstas
Pryzstas
Stanley Orlewski
Floyd
Jring
Joseph Sawiski
Anthony Mazur
Longin Jandzyentzi
Joseph
Stanley
Ared
Stan
Harry S. Toy
Santa Fe Chief Train Promises First Class Comfort
Samuel Johnson notes on travel by ship versus train praise the Santa Fe all Pullman Chief. The Dodge City piece extols transcontinental rail travel with a moving picture view from an observation platform. It also recalls Dodge City's cowboy era, now peaceful and commercial with mail guards discussed.
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Dodge City
Kansas
Samuel Johnson
The
Hebrides
Mrs. Thrale
Chicago
Pacific
Atlantic
New York
United States
Old Soldier Everett Wells Dies at 88 Pioneer of Chester Township
Everett R. Wells 88 a Civil War veteran from Chester Township Meigs County died Monday at his Shade River home Ox Bow He served in Company K Seventh Ohio Cavalry rode into battle at Burnt Island as a guide and was among Federal troops pursuing Morgan He is survived by his wife Lulu Wells Funeral is expected Wednesday.
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Well
Chester
Ster
Everett
Meigs County
Ox Bow
Shade River
Wells
Chester Township
Ohio Steers
General Mound
Chester Y
Burm Island
End of the East Railroad Spur Contented West
A brief note describes the east spur of the railroad ending recently and mails carried by pony express while travelers rode a pageé coach. The writer calls the western region a contented part of the country and hints at continued coverage on Page 4.
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Pony Express
Pageé
False Name Unmasked in Trimble Mayor Car Theft
Chicago police identified the arrestees as Edward Eliston of Chicago and two minors, Albert Schmidt and Arthur Levi, who stole Mayor Andrew Plant of Trimble’s car on November 28. Eliston gave the name Walter Weston. Schmidt and Levi will face juvenile court. the three confessed to occupying a burned Nash sedan found near Amesville.
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Wayne Wingett
Chicago
Andrew Plant
Trimble
Walter Weston
New York
Edward Eliston
Eliston
Albert Schmidt
Arthur Levi
George Rasp
Mayor Plant
Schmidt
Levi
Wingett
S. M. Johnson
Athens County
Illinois
Amesville
Ohio Midland Light and Power seeks authority to issue notes
The Scioto Valley Railway and Power Company, reorganized as Ohio Midland Light and Power Company, asks the Public Utilities Commission for authority to issue notes and capital, proposing $500,000 of 6.4 percent gold notes, preferred stock, and common stock in a new capital structure. A hearing is scheduled for December 22.
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Ohio-Midland Company
Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
Scioto Valley Railway and Power Company
Ohio-Midland Light and Power Company
First Indication Low Mood's End Draws Near
A correspondent from Tokyo recalls a rough sea voyage past Yokohama and a blow by a Scotch golfer who struck six balls into the ocean from the deck. He describes a comic collision with a rickshaw after disembarking, ending with a humorous note from WILL.
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Tokyo
Yokohama
Will
Germany Plea on Reparations Presented to Creditor Committee
Germany presented its plea for reduced reparations payments to the advisory committee under the Young Plan in Basle. The meeting aims to gauge Germany’s capacity to continue payments after the Hoover moratorium and to explore scaling down war debts. Alfredo Beneduce of Italy was elected permanent president of the committee.
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Samuel Dashiell
United Press
Basle
U.P
Germany
Young Plan
Alfredo Beneduce
Italy
York
Whoopie Trial Opens with 1100 Witnesses and Massive Evidence
Chicago prepares for the so called whoopie graft trial of nine sanitary district officials amid a $5 million case. A van load of documents and a thousand witnesses arrive as juries and grand juries prepared to review the sprawling affair spanning decades. Lawyers and officials anticipate a two month jury trial under Chief Justice Fisher.
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Chicago
Dec
U.P
Sanitary District
New York
Fisher
Criminal Court
Duchess of Manchester divorce decree made absolute
The divorce decree for the Duchess of Manchester formerly Miss Helena Zimmerman of Cincinnati Ohio was made absolute today. She had received a decree nisi last May on grounds of misconduct.
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London
U.P
Duchess of Manchester
Helena Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Bank Robbery Shocks Strasburg Citizens State Bank
Three bandits robbed the Citizens State Bank in Strasburg Colorado using a sawed off shotgun and a machine gun. They escaped with an undetermined amount of cash. Police queued to the scene. no injuries reported.
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Strasburg, CO
Citizens State Bank
Whole Town Rally Aids Santa Toy Shop Effort
The Athens community mobilizes for a Christmas toy drive for needy children. Schools collect old toys. stores donate bundles. Ohio Fuel and Gas Co and Gas Company assist with storage, distribution, and a donation box. C D Shafer Co launches the effort with a gross of tops to start the Toy Shop.
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Messenger Toy Shop
Athens
W. A. Casley
Ohio Fuel and Gas Co
John
V. Wise
M. Q. Fuller
Ohio Fuel and Gas Company
Salvation Army
C D. Shafer Co
Thousands of Bills Pile Up as Congress Opens
At the 72nd Congress opening, lawmakers bring in about 6000 bills to fix national ills. Prohibition changes dominate the stack, with many proposals to alter banking, farm relief, Interstate Commerce, oil control, roads, tariffs, and shipping. Rep Horr of Washington seeks repeal of the Jones five-and-dime law.
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Washington
U.P
Rep
Horr
Seattle
Jones
Violent Deaths In Ohio Reach Nine Over Weekend
Ohio reports nine violent deaths from Sunday to weekend end including a fire captain burned in a garage blaze Leroy Bartholomew 37. miner Evans Johns 60 killed in Piney Fork mine explosion. and Curtis Lemarr Cade 6 struck by auto in Chillicothe. Others died from electrocution injury or falls amid various accidents.
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Ohio
Columbus
U.P
United Press
Leroy Bartholomew
Warren, O
Samuel Webster
Stratford
Conn
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Joseph Rosta
Clyde Ross
Rhodes Prize finalists from Ohio named
Cleveland junior Robert Allen Clapp of Oberlin College and Frederick A. Ficken of Ohio State University were selected by the state committee to enter final Rhodes Scholarship competition next week. They join 10 others from six states for four awards to Oxford University. Scholarships range from 4000 to 6000 dollars. Both are Phi Beta Kappa and active in academics and sports. Clapp is a Oberlin senior. Ficken, formerly Cincinnati and Toledo, now Albany, N Y, played Oberlin baseball for three years before graduating last June.
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Cleveland
U.P
Robert Allen Clapp
Frederick A. Ficken
Ohio State University
Ohio
Oxford University
England
Clapp
Oberlin College
Ficken
Cincinnati
Toledo
Albany
N. Y
Oberlin
Wife Trader on Stand in Mansfield Murder Trial
Henry Swartz a 34 year old man accused of first degree murder for shooting Paul W. Smith 26 in Mansfield Ohio in a dispute over wives. Swartz says he killed Smith after discovering him at his home following a two week absence from the couple swap. Defense contends Smith reached for a revolver and seeks acquittal rather than a plea to second degree murder.
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Russell McWilliams
Rockford
Joliet State Penitentiary
Illinois
McWilliams
Ralph Fossler
Smith
Swartz
Ten Thousand Dollar Marriage Promise Shocks Parents
Mary Clowes a 60 year old crippled woman in New Lexington Ohio offered to marry the first man who would give her parents $10,000. Her parents praise the gesture saying the family suffered after mining strikes and mine accidents drove away work and prosperity.
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New Lexington
U.pr
Mary Clowes
New Eagle
Misco
Walter Clowes
Carl
Clowes
William Clowes
Mary
Pennsylvania
Dr A Leonard Dies Native of Logan in New Rochelle
News arrives from New Rochelle New York of the death Saturday of Dr Albert Leonard native of Logan and Ohio University alumnus He headed New Rochelle schools for nearly 25 years and had earlier posts as a high school principal Syracuse University faculty and Michigan normal school head He resigned in 2007 and Ohio University later awarded him an honorary doctorate
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Logan
New Rochelle
N. Y
Athens
Albert Leonard
Ohio University
Leonard
Rochelle Park
Dunkirk
Binghamton
WN. Y
Syracuse University
Normal Schools
Michigan
Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Boston
Secretary Smith Injured in Auto Crash Near Columbus
Carl W. Smith secretary to Governor George White was injured in an automobile collision while en route to Columbus from his Ken ton home. He suffered a bruised leg and facial cuts, officials reported.
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Columbus
U.P
Carl W. Smith
George White
Kenton
Smith
More Driesers Needed in U S
In New York Sherwood Anderson, speaking for Theodore Dreiser, urged stronger action against radicalism in the Kentucky coal fields. Anderson noted Dreiser led a committee on coal field crime and faces criminal syndicalism charges.
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New York
Dee
Theodore Dreaser
Sherwood Anderson
Kentucky
Anderson
Dreiser
Hart Charged With Murder By Prosecutor
Morrison Hart 43 of Beebe is charged with first degree murder in Athens County Court. He pleads not guilty and is jailed without bond after the fatal shooting of Harry Crippen 43 also of Beebe. Sheriff Brandeberry and Mrs Hart corroborate a fight earlier that day. Hart claimed Crippen attacked him during a chicken feeding incident.
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Morrison Hart
Beebe
Athens County
John W. Bolin
H. Porter
Hart
Harry Crippen
Wayne Wingett
James E Brandeberry
Crippen
Brandeberry
Mra. Hart
Opening of 72nd Congress Launches What May Be Historic Session
Washington December 7 1932 The 72nd Congress convenes with gavels at noon as 600 hunger marchers press Capitol Hill. House Speaker election signals party control while Senate swears in new and returning members. Analysts warn of tax and economic battles ahead as reforms and rule changes loom.
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Washington
U.P
Congress of the
United States
House
Senate
Capitol Dome
Europe
Congress
Capitol Hill
William Tyler Page
Onder
Curtis
John N. Garner
Texas
Marchers Fail To Enter Capitol in Hunger Marching Efforts
In Washington on December 7, U P committees representing the Hunger Marchers were expelled from the Senate and House chambers as they sought admission to demand a dole and unemployment insurance. Leader Herbert Benjamin led the push in the Senate, while the House wing saw a quieter effort. About 1,800 marchers outside were corralled by police with tear gas and machine guns ready for any outbreak.
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Washington
Senate
Capitol
Herbert Benjamin
House
Benjamin
Salvation Army in Athens Laments Missing Community Chest Check
Adjutant Bernard Stone reports a Community Chest check mailed to the Salvation Army in Athens has not arrived at headquarters. He suspects someone may have received it by mistake and asks for the missing instrument to be traced.
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Bernard Stone
Salvation Army of
Athens
Salvation Army
Stone
Teachers From Rufus Putnam Set For Glendale Conference
A party of Rufus Putnam Training School teachers led by Dr Edith Beecher Dr A B Slam Miss Adelaide Johnson will attend a progressives conference at Glendale near Cincinnati tonight Dr Bruney from Columbia University will join the meeting Tuesday morning the Athens teachers will visit Cincinnati schools A second group will attend the January 15 conference where Dr Collings of the University of Missouri will speak on Progressive Education in the Secondary.
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Edith Beecher
A. B. Slam
Adelaide Johnson
Rufus Putnam
Glendale
Cincinnati
Bruney
Neanenn Allege
Columbia University
Athens
Collings
University of Missouri
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