Lindsey Fights to Burst Out Again in New York
The Lindsey Manning clash over companionate marriage escalates. Lindsey faces disorderly conduct charges in West Side Court after being expelled from St. John the Divine. Bishop Manning is summoned. Rev Eliot White denies the bishop merely requested Lindsey be barred.
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New York
Ben B. Lindsey
William T. Manning
Lindsey
Cathedral of
St. John the Divine
Hbbishop
Heresay
Denver
West Side Court
Manning
Episcopal Diocese of
Bishop Manning
Churchmen’s Association
Eliot White
White
Dartmouth students sign petition on Lindsey ejection
In Hanover nearly 500 Dartmouth College students signed a petition protesting the ejection of former Judge Ben Lindsey from the Cathedral of St John the Divine. The petition followed a speech in defense of Lindsey by J M O Connor of Salem head of the Dartmouth Players at Nuggett Theater.
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Hanover
N. H
U.P
Ben Lindsey
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Dartmouth College
Nuggett Theater
J. M. O’connor
Salem
Mass
Dartmouth Players
Lindsey
She Started a Fire in East Liverpool Home
Ella Bradfield, 55, a widow, was arrested on arson charges in East Liverpool after a Sunday fire damaged her home. Deputy fire marshal Altman said she confessed to pouring gasoline on the floor and furniture and lighting a match. Insurance on the house and contents was $18,800. the property lies about 400 yards from Central Wire Station.
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East Liverpool
Nec
U.P
Ella Bradfield
A. R. Altman
Youngstown
Thomas Bryan
Altman
Athens Pair Fined for Intoxication by Mayor
Gerald Foster and Albert Gray awory of Athens were each fined $10 and costs by Mayor Robert Wood after being found guilty of intoxication. They were arrested Saturday night by Night Officer Mec Grath. The case of Robert Swyers, also of Athens, arrested Sunday for intoxication, was dismissed for insufficient evidence.
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Gerald Foster
Albert Gregawory
Athens
Mary Night
Robert Wood
MecGrath
Robert Swyers
New Booklet Game Laws for 1930 31 Published
The Federal Government and state authorities revise duck hunting rules for the 1930 31 season. Bag limits are reduced and duck blind regulations updated. The booklet covers Canada and Mexico as well and is the official U S government publication. Send four cents to order a copy.
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Canada
Mexico
United States
Athens Mensenser Information Bureau fills state role
Frederic J. Haskin directs the Athens Information Bureau in Washington D C handling state level information services for the public. The agency provides official notices and news summaries for readers and researchers seeking regional data and contacts.
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Athens’ Mensenser Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Best Array of Yuletide Lights Will Win a Prize
Athens residents plan a city wide Christmas home light contest with merchandise prizes over 100 dollars. Homes under 10000 dollars will compete in one class and higher valued homes in another. A model home will be decorated soon and lights will glow from December 22 to January 2.
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Athens
Athens Retail Merchants’ Association
Merchants’ Association
Athens Community Chest Seeks $15,000 Goal
A total of $12,081 in subscriptions for the Athens Community Chest has been turned in to date, with $3,000 still needed to reach the $15,000 goal. Frank Roach, campaign chair, urged solicitors to finish assignments and report subscriptions. A contributors’ meeting will elect seven trustees for the Community Welfare Association to manage and disburse the funds.
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Frank Roach
Athens
Athens Community Chest
Frank §. Roach
Campaign For Funds
Mr. Roach
Community Chest
Chamber of Commerce
Security Savings Bank
Community Welfare Association
Deadly European Fog Kills Many in Belgium Alarm Rises
A mysterious fog in Belgium caused numerous fatalities as people inhaled the deadly gas like sprayed flies. Hundreds rushed to hospitals while authorities search for the fogs source and its lethal power remains unknown.
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Europe
Belgium
Hidden Gas Fog Theory Sparks Controversy
Reports debate a rumored German poison gas stash in Belgium, with others claiming Russia developed dispersal fog to strike capitalist nations. The troubling claim notes that the fog was deadly and dense enough to delay ships and hinder air travel.
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Belgium
Russia
Professor Hal Dane Links New Disease to Black Death
British scientist J B S Hal Dane calls the mysterious illness "something like the black death" in a controversial statement. The remark sparks concern among historians noting the thirteenth century plague context and potential implications for public health discourse.
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Europe
J. B.S. Haldane
Potential New York Plague in Fog From Europe
The text warns that a modern Black Death would kill up to two million in New York within weeks. It argues government needs full data on this new plague and notes fears of widespread panic and social upheaval.
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Europe
New York
Fragmentary Archive Quote Echoes from The Press
A brief OCR fragment cites a famed line about listening to the whispers of fancy, followed by an implied continuation on Page 4. The readable text hints at a historical editorial voice and cross-page continuation without presenting further details.
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Johnson
Ladder Fall Fatal in Portsmouth Official Dies After 20-Foot Plunge
Henry B. Ruel president of the Scioto County Board of Commissioners died at Ravenrock his country home near Portsmouth after falling 20 feet from a ladder Monday. His son Hugh fell from the same ladder earlier with minor injuries. Henry Jr. was killed in a dynamite blast years ago. He is survived by his widow and two children.
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Portsmouth
U.P
Henry B. Ruel
Scioto
Saddest sight of organized grief in high school cheers
A Severy Hills reader laments a cheering section organized to cheer yet unable to shout or perform. The writer, signing as Will, describes the collective disappointment and blind crowd behavior, calling it mere display without support or purpose.
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Severly Hills
Calif
Dec
Individua
Will
Two Cops in A Gun Battle
Chicago officer Joseph Rudnick and Oak Park sergeant Frank Lawrence were wounded in a hallway gun battle as they searched for William Corbett. Both in plain clothes, they mistook each other for the suspect. Corbett, 35, was later arrested by uniformed officers as he hid in the attic.
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Chicago
U.R
Oak Park
Joseph Rudnick
Frank Lawrence
Lawrence Kre
Rudnick
Netther
William Corbett
Denver woman sentenced for first degree murder of stepdaughter
Pearl O Loughlin was found guilty of slaying her 10 year old stepdaughter Leona. The child’s battered body was recovered from Berkeley Park Lake on October 17 after being fed broken glass and struck with a tire iron. O Loughlin faces a life term at Colorado Penitentiary.
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Denver
Colo
U.P
Pearl O'Loughlin
Colorado
Error upsets election tally in St Paris precinct
An error of 100 votes in favor of William G. Pickrel Democrat for lieutenant governor was found in a St. Paris precinct. The county election board will correct the abstract and submit a substitute to state canvassing officials, likely widening Pickrel’s margin from 206 to 26.
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Urbana
U.P
William G. Pickrel
Dayton
John T. Brown
Mechanicsburg
St. Paris
County Election Board
Secretary of State and State
Pickrel
Athens Elks place 300 trees on Court and Union streets
Three hundred Christmas trees are being placed around street light standards on Court and Union Streets in Athens. The project is conducted by the Athens Elks Lodge under Mayor Robert Wood guidance as part of a growing tradition to decorate the principal business streets, complemented by storefront greenery decorating.
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Court
Union
Athens Elks Lodge
Robert&. Wood
Athens
Whisky Heist Burglars Loot Prewar Stock in Cleveland
In Cleveland Ohio thieves broke into the Standard Drug Co warehouse and looted the liquor room before dawn. Police estimate the stolen bonded whisky is worth thousands of dollars and believe a night watchman may have been kidnapped.
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Cleveland, der
U.R
Standard Drug Co
Rich Man Named Primary Suspect In Bowles Murder
Police tie Mrs. Leone Bowles death to her husband Nelson Bowles millionaire son of a wartime ship builder. Fingerprint on the murder knife matches Bowles from the little finger of his right hand creating strong evidence in the case. Bowles, his former stenographer, and Irma Loucks await grand jury action on first degree murder charges after Mrs Bowles died from a star wound.
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Portland
Ore
U.ph
Nelson C. Bowles
Sydney Payne
Mtillion
Police Bureau
Bowles
Harvey A. Thatcher
George Mowry
Leone C. Bowles
Irma Loucks
Miss Loucks
Edison Affirms Prohibition Support Amid Morrow Critique
In West Orange New Jersey on December 9 Thomas A Edison acknowledged Dr James K Shields account that he criticized Senator Dwight W Morrow for backing repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment noting Morrow lacks experience with workers He added that prohibition remains eternally correct and warned of a people’s battle if the amendment fails.
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West Orange
N. J
Uri
Thomas A. Edison
Dwight W. Morrow
Edison
James K. Shields
Anti-Saloon League
New Jersey
Knox Presbyterian Church
Kearney
Shields
Morrow
Dr. Shields
Deaths in Meuse fog remain unexplained in Belgium
Post mortems on Meuse Valley fog victims yield no conclusive cause of death. Belgian Health Ministry cites thick wet fog as factor for those with preexisting lung heart or throat ailments while zinc poisons in the region are suspected as possible contributors.
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Breussels
Belgium
Meuse
Ministry of Health
Rioters Arrested After Cotton-Mill Riots at Danville
Forty-five people were under arrest in Danville Virginia after riots between striking cotton mill workers and strike-breakers. Police used tear gas bombs to break up three gatherings as strikers blocked non union workers from entering the mills and demanded dispersal.
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Danville
U.P
Huntington Chosen for Veterans Hospital Site
The Federal Board of Hospitalization reaffirmed Huntington West Virginia as the site for the new veterans hospital and announced that President Hoover has approved the decision.
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Huntington
Washington
U.P
Federal Board of Hospitalization
W. Va
Veterans’ Hospital
Hoover
U.S. Plans Continued Wheat Purchases and Market Support
U S. government will expand wheat buying to stabilize the Grain Exchange as Congress readies another 186 million dollars for the Federal Farm Board. Chairman Alexander Legge says support will be indefinite, denies a corner but notes possible future holdings placement. He cites conservative USDA feeding estimates and predicts prices may rise if hogs demand remains strong, with export risk limited by a 15 cent ceiling.
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Washington
U.A
Congress
Federal Part Board
Alexander Lege
Legge
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Serge
Agriculture Department
Cana
United States
Navy program under scrutiny by small navy group
The administration's 124.6 million naval building program for this session, submitted by Secretary of Navy Adama, will be carefully scrutinized by the House small navy group. Rep Burton French Idaho Republican and chair of the appropriations sub committee said he will study the program closely and cautioned against rapid buildup to treaty limits.
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Washington
U.P
Adama
Burton French
Idaho
Family quarrel ends in double tragedy near Mechanstown
In Alliance Ohio a 20 year old man, Floyd Townes, killed his wife Mrs. Floyd Townes and then himself after a dispute with her father William T. Thompson. Townes bought a revolver in Carro lton and returned to shoot Mrs Townes in the ankle, then struck her mortally and killed himself in a orchard.
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Alliance, D
U.P
Floyd Townes
Townes
William T. Thompson
Mechanicstown
Thompson
Carrollton
Goodyear Akron to Return to Eight Hour Week
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co in Akron will resume an eight hour five day workweek starting January 6. No new hires, only current employees on the list will receive full-time work. Firestone Tire and Rubber also recalls workers, about 1000, before Christmas from those laid off.
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Akron
U.P
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
P. W. Langphfield
Firestone Tire and Rubber
Falls to death on railroad bridge over Ohio River
Dewey Wilson aged 82 from Tren ton fell to his death while walking with his wife and two friends across a railroad bridge spanning the Ohio River at Sciotoville near Portsmouth.
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Portsmouth
Dewey Wilson
Trenton
Ohio River
Sciotoville
Here
Dry Leaders Join To Fight Any Effort at Referendum
Elizabeth Theilen, 19, helped herself to safety when a crumbling slate bridge gave way over Stillwater Creek. She grabbed a cable and climbed to the bank despite blistered hands. Onlooked, James Chaney, 64, fell into the creek but was uninjured.
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Dennison
U.R
Elizabeth Theilen
Miss Theilen
Stillwater Creek
Hera
James Chaney
Goats Ransom Shows Up in Cleveland Hospital Corridor
A goat named Billy held six nurses at bay in a Fairview Hospital corridor demanding ice cream and a package of cigarets. The nurses escaped as the goat chewed the cigarets and ice cream, then trotted to the Nurses' Home area. Police nabbed Billy for disturbing the peace and detained him at the station pending a claimant.
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Cleveland
Fairview Hospital
Billy
William
Hir
Smiling Joe Filkowski At Large After Crimes
Cleveland dispatch reports fugitive gunman known as Smiling Joe Filkowski remains free as detectives wage an extensive search. Police believe his numerous love affairs may lead to a trap, noting he left Ohio Penitentiary eight months ago and carried stolen cash from robberies.
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Cleveland
Joe
Filkowski
Liberty
Ohio Penitentiary
Five youths face murder charges over Arlene Draves death
Crown Point Indiana December 9 The Lake County prosecutor and a prosecutor-elect call the case against five youths the surest murder case yet after a grand jury heard 19 witnesses about the Nov 30 death of 18 year old Arlene Draves at a Gary drinking party. Prosecutor Starr said murder charges are certain and he hopes to try them before retiring. Attorneys for the youths contend liquor, not the boys, caused the tragedy.
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Crown Point
Ind
Wu.p
Eleet
Lake County
Arlene Draves
Miss Draves
Oliver Starr
John Underwood
Starr Dee
Starr
Gary
Tle
Pitcher Is Guilty John Taylor
Nelsonville former big league pitcher for Chicago was found guilty of a third liquor charge in Ath entea County Common Pleas Court. Judge J. W. Darby presided and Taylor planned an appeal for a new trial. no sentence was pronounced. Virgil Good was denied a new trial after a shooting with intent to wound and kill verdict. Addie Blanche Bobo won a divorce from Joseph Allen Bobo on wilful absence and neglect.
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John Taylor
Nelsonville
Chicago
Athentea County
Ohio State Penitentiary
Addie Blanche Bobo
Joseph Allen Bobo
Five Tariff Commission nominees approved by Finance Committee
The Senate Finance Committee reported favorably on five of six Tariff Commission nominees. Edgar Brossard of Utah was held for further investigation. Confirmed were Henry P. Fletcher of Pennsylvania Thomas W. Page of Virginia John L. Coulter of North Dakota Alfred P. Dennis of Maryland and Lincoln Dixon of Indiana.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Tariff Commission
Edgar Brossard
Utah
Henry P. Fletcher
Pennsylvania
Thomas W. Page
Virginia
John L. Coulter
North Dakota
Alfred P. Dennis
Maryland
Lincoln Dixon
Indiana
Funeral services for Civil War veteran Capt John P Dena
Funeral services for Capt John P Dena 84 Civil War veteran will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at his University Terrace home with Rev A Y Wilcox officiating. Burial in West Union Street Cemetery with Civil War Veterans in charge. Pallbearers include Athens Elk Lodge and Ohio University Delta Tau Delta. Dena a 1867 Ohio University graduate and oldest living alumnus in Athens. His sister Emma K Dana Los Angeles oldest living woman graduate of Ohio University, 1879.
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John P. Dena
University Terrace
A. Y. Wilcox
Athens Presbyterian Church
West Union Street
Athens Elk Lodge
Ohio University
Delta Tau Delta
Dana
Athens
Emma K. Dana
Los Angeles
Calif
Bank President Arrested in Newton Falls Embezzlement Case
Reese B. Jones, president of the First State Bank of Newton Falls, was arrested on December 9 charged with embezzling 88000 dollars of bank funds. He said the funds were taken in recent months to cover losses from stock market investments that collapsed during the depression.
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Newton Falls
U.P
Reese B. Jones
First State Bank of
Jones
Stock Exchange
Hi Jackers Report Renewed On Three C's Highway
Knox County sheriff Hoy C. Lynde investigated reports that hi jackers renewed activity on the Three C's Highway between Cleveland and Columbus. An attempted attack near Mt Vernon Monday was frustrated, suggesting a revival of rum runners and hijackers once curtailed last summer.
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MT. Vernon
U.R
Cleveland
Columbus
Hoy C. Lynde
Knox County
Lynde
Here
Unemployment relief bill approved by House committee
The House Appropriations Committee formally approved the unemployment relief bill, with a favorable report ordered when the House met at noon. A single change was made, shifting the funds spending date from July 1 to September 1, 1931.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Three claim victory in Ohio House speaker race
In Columbus on December 9 three candidates for speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives claimed victory as 70 Republican representatives-elect prepared to caucus in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio House of Representatives
Here
Marketing of Grape Concentrate Draws Attention
A new grape concentrate product is gaining notice for its ease of conversion into wine. Industry officials say the blend promises quicker winemaking with consistent flavor profiles, appealing to small producers and hobbyists seeking simplified processing.
Referendum Fight Dominates National Temperance Council Meeting
Washington leaders dismiss the prohibition referendum, focus on grape concentrate controversy via Fruit Industries Inc. A 6000 word treatise by Miss Nera Co. Brown defends Mabel Willebrandt, while calls grow to invite her to speak. The Wickersham Commission resumes prohibition study as the council opposes any referendum.
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Washington
National Temperance Council
Fruit Industries, Inc
Caliifornia
Nera Co. Brown
Bloomington
Flying Squadron Foundation
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Willebbrandt
Drya
Mra
Withe
Tate
Rush L. Holland
Fe Aintant
Neyenerah
Federal Dispensnry Taxduction League
Wickersham Law Enforcasment Commission
National Tensperance Council
Clarence True Wilson
Geaneral
Methodial Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Art Organization
Wilson
Republican caucus opens for Ohio legislature officers
Uncertainty marked the Columbus gathering as 70 Republican state representatives-elect met to elect officers and complete their organization ahead of the upcoming legislative session.
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Columbus
Absent Minded Mystery of Hawk Eyed Professor
An Ohio University professor visited a local photographer with his two children for a sitting. Later another professor with four children arrived for a separate session. A week later the first professor returned, praised the proofs, and asked to take them home for maternal approval. He then learned only two proofs remained.
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Ohio University
Cer
Henee
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