Hoover asks Congress to revise war debt with relief plan
President Hoover urged Congress to revive the World War Foreign Debt Commission and grant temporary relief for war debts totaling about 9 billion dollars. He said a broader relief plan should accompany a one year moratorium and outlined aims on disarmament, the St Lawrence Seaway treaty talks, and Haiti bond interests.
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Washington
Hoover
Congress
United States
House
State Department
League of Nations
Manchuria
Stimson
St. Lawrence Seaway
Lawal
France
Grandi
Italy
Haiti
Senate
Offic
Laval
Germany
Cones Hoover
Europe
Railroad union nears decision on wage cut plan
Chicago December report says union leaders expected to decide today or tomorrow on the railroad’s voluntary ten percent wage cut aimed at trimming a 250 million dollar annual payroll. Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio was present but declined comment on talks. David Robertson of the Railway Labor Executives Association warned the move could worsen unemployment and low pay for many members. He noted no formal demand had yet been made, but it was only a matter of time.
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Chicago
U.R
Daniel Willard
Timore & Ohio Road
David R. Robertson
Railway
Frigid Athens Weather Pushes Into Weekend
Frigid rainy conditions persisted in the Athens district with more moisture forecast. Temperatures have hovered near the upper forties, a 1 degree drop overnight, and rainfall totals reach .51 inches over the past two days as the Hocking River rises to four feet this morning.
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Athens
Columbus
C. N. France
Athens County
Hocking
Columus Judge Upholds Child's Right to Sue Physician
Dec 10 in Columbus Judge John King ruling allows a deformed child's suit against a Columbus physician for 100000 dollars to proceed. The case centers on alleged negligence by the attending physician at birth.
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Columbus
John King
Mysterious sniper kills young bride in New Jersey home
In West Orange New Jersey on December 10 a mystery sniper shot Grace Juliano 22 through a frosted bathroom window as she prepared for a bath, killing her soon after she was transported to Orange Memorial Hospital. Her husband Joseph 35 was downstairs shocked. Police investigated from nearby Doorn home as second shot hit the Juliano bathroom. They suspect mischief or mental illness and seek the sniper.
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West Orange
N. J
U.P
Grace Juliano
Joseph
Orange Memorial Hospital
J. C. Doorn
Juliano
Doorn
Witches' Pot and Red Politics Stir Washington Pot
A humorous political column notes slogans and candidates in 1932 discussions. It mentions Governor Ritchie, Hiram Johnson, Newton D. Baker, and Roosevelt leading in a northwest straw poll with Smith second, plus a call to curb Reds through jobs and relief.
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Washington
Vallombrosa
Hiram Johnson
Hoover
Northwest
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Jane Addams Shares Nobel Peace Prize 1931
New York reports Miss Jane Addams of Hull House Chicago and President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia University split the Nobel Peace Prize for 1931. Addams lay in a Baltimore hospital bed as the award funds about 23000 dollars to the Women International League for Peace of which she has long been president.
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New York
U.P
America
Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicago
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Baltimore
Women's International League For Peace
McIntyre Marriage License Found in Newport Files
Newport Ky December 10 A R O O McIntyre columnist will receive a Christmas card plan deputy clerk John Hurley found McIntyre's marriage license among old files The license dated February 17 1908 lists 24 as his age McIntyre married Maybelle Small of Gallipolis Ohio while a reporter for the Cincinnati Post
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Newport
Canaanville Men Fined For Alcohol Offenses
James Ogle of Canaanville was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to possession of intoxicating liquor. Earl Halbirt of Canaanville received a suspended 50 dollar fine and costs for operating a slot machine.
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James Ogle
Canaanville
C. H. Porter
Earl Halbirt
Porter
Mob Lynches Two Black Men After Slaying In West Virginia
In Lewisburg West Virginia Tom Jackson and George Banks Black men were seized from Greenbrier County Jail by masked mob and hanged from trees near the city limits after Myles and Brown were fatally injured at a dance. State police were summoned and authorities pursued suspects. no arrests reported. Governor Conley condemned the act and called for justice.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
Tom Jackson
George Banks
Joseph Myles
Jack Brown
Greenbrier County
Myles
Brown
Wallace Flint
Jackson
Banks
Flint
J. H. Bowling
W. G.conley
West Virginia
Maude Lowther Sentenced to Life for Ashtabula Slaying
Mrs Maude Lowther convicted of killing Mrs Clara Smith of Ashtabula 19 months ago will be taken to Marysville Reformatory within days to begin a life sentence.
Rescue of Anna Mae Crew From Quicksands at Dawn
Five sailors clung to the masts of the 72 foot trawler Anna Mae off Diamond Shoals as it sank into quicksand. Coast Guard life savers from Cape Hatteras reached them at dawn and landed the crew at Nag's Head, with all five rescued before the vessel disappeared completely.
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Coast Guard
Norfolk, Va
U.P
Anna Mae
Portsmouth
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Phillip H. Scott
Norfolk
The
Nag
Imead
Shoals
Traffic Lights Put Into Place in Athens
Traffic improvements install two new signals in Athens. Southern Ohio Electric workers hang lights at East State and Carpenter Streets and 1100 feet east of East State School. Lights will be synchronized with school signal partial use and janitor switch control. Amber signal omitted. red and green flashes only. Operation expected this Saturday.
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Athens
Southern Ohio Electric
East State
Carpenter Streets
East Side School
East State Street
Franz L. Woodworth
H. C. Bobo
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Exams Set for Athens County Seventh and Eighth Graders
About 1,000 seventh and eighth grade pupils in Athens County schools will take the mid year eighth grade examination on Monday and Tuesday, December 21 and 22. The test covers English mathematics history and geography and is scheduled just before the Christmas recess closing of county schools.
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Athens County
Will Fly East Dr. Dougan Plans Flight to Mor gan County
Dr. Stanley Dougan of San Jose California a 1914 Ohio University graduate and prominent California physician has become an aviation enthusiast. He plans to learn to pilot his own plane and fly home to Morgan County next year with a stop in Athens. Dougan was a varsity pitcher at Ohio University.
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Stanley Dougan
San Jose
Cal
Ohio University
Clark Williams
Dougan
California
Morgan County
Athens
Miner and Union Organizer Convicted of Conspiracy
W B Jones of Evarts Kentucky convicted by Montgomery County Circuit Court jury of conspiracy to murder deputy sheriff Jim Daniels of Harlan County. Guilty verdict carries life imprisonment.
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Mount Sterling
W. B. Jones
Evarts
Jim Daniels
Harlan County
Montgomery County
County Children Bring Joy As Toy Shipments Pour In
Letters to Santa reveal Athens County residents rally to aid 600 needy children. L. F. Jones of Onea Novelty Store donated a large toy bundle for the Messenger Toy Shop. Toys are collected at East Side and West Side Schools, with funds accepted at Ohio Gas Fuel Co for home pickup.
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Messenger Toy Shop
L. F. Jones
Onea Novelty Store
East Side
West Side
Irene Estabrook
Ohio Gas Fuel Co
Santa
the Gas Co
League Peace Formula Adopted In Manchuria Crisis
Paris reports the League of Nations council unanimously adopted a peace plan for Manchuria. China and Japan agree to halt fighting. Japan to withdraw troops from the treaty zone and a neutral five member commission will investigate.
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Council
League of Nations
Manchuria
China
Japan
Paris
U.P
Great Wall
Chang Haeeuh-Liang
Korean Hats In Nagasaki Captivate Will
In a brisk travel note from Asia, Will reports Korean men wearing humorously netscreen derbies likened to cheese covers, praising local headgear as funnier than princess Eugenie style hats. He describes travel from Kobe to Nagasaki and across the Sea of Japan, admiring the scenery and noting cultural contrast.
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Kanjo
Korea
Kobe
Nagasaki
Japan
Asia
Sea of Japan
Princess Eugenie
Claremore
December Tax Date Extended in Athens County
County Auditor J. Clyde Edmundson announced an extension of the December real estate tax due date from December 20. Tax collection will likely begin in late January or February due to delays in preparing the tax duplicate and recent decisions on coal property appraisals under new tax laws.
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J. Clyde Edmundson
Athens County
Edmundson
Bank Accounts Under Scrutiny in Cleveland Police Probe
The Cleveland grand jury probing ties between police and lottery racketeers will scan personal bank accounts of 82 officers. Records shown include Deputy Inspector Martin J. Horrigan with deposits totaling 20000 over three years and a salary of 4800 annually.
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Cleveland
U.P
Grand Jury
Martin J. Horrigan
Emmet J. Potts
John Zeman
Emil Smetana
Eugene Gorman
Horrigan
No Gambling Found At Fairfield Pines Club Raid
Sheriff Gail Lesler and deputies with two Lancaster reporters raided the Pines Club in Fairfield County finding no gambling evidence. The house opened by Cleveland interests on November 2 had been set for gaming but only diners on the first floor and cards on the second were observed.
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Columbus
U.R
Gail Lesler
Dudley Crider
William Bellhorn
Lancaster
Pines Club
Fairfield County
Cleveland
Lesler
Dog licenses delayed in Athens County until after Dec 20
County Auditor J. Clyde Edmundson announced that 1992 dog licenses will not go on sale in Athens County until after December 20. The Messenger previously said sales began this week. Licenses cost $1 for males $3 for females and $10 for kennels.
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Athens County
J. Clyde Edmundson
the Messenger
Bankers Face Senate Probe In Bond Deals
Washington December 10 American bankers who invested billions abroad and sold bonds to cover deals faced the prospect of a Senate investigation. Support grows for the Johnson resolution to uncover international banking facts affecting the Hoover debt moratorium. Subpoenas could reach Thomas W. Lamont Otto Kahn and Chase National Bank officials if adopted.
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Washington
Senate
World Finance
Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co
Otto Kahn
Chase National Bank
Two-Men Feud Courtened Over Fatal Hunting Shoot
Akron police say John Booth 27 shot and killed Harry Hook 34 during a hunting trip in Wayne County. Hook died today after being found wounded in a forest. Booth was arrested at his home and confessed. Mrs Naomi Booth said the men quarreled over her affections. Hook had refused to join a chicken raid.
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Akron
U.P
John Booth
Harry Hook
Barberton
Booth
Hook
Wayne County
Naomi Booth
Cantata The Story of Bethlehem by Westminster choir
The student chorus of Westminster Fellowship of the Presbyterian Church will perform The Story of Bethlehem cantata with the Church Quartet this Sunday from 7 to 8 pm at the church. Directed by Prof. C D Giauque a short Christmas story will be read by Mrs Lerin C Staats.
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Bethlehem
Spence
Westminister Fellowship
The
Presbyterian Church
Church Quartet
C. D. Giauque
Lerin C. Staats
Grange Ends 29th Annual Meeting in Ohio
At Sandusky the twenty ninth annual Ohio State Grange meeting concluded with re election of all officers and committeemen except B E Crouse to another year on the executive committee. The group opposed a proposed constitutional convention as wasteful and urged legislation to protect able state highway and agriculture department workers from dismissal for political reasons.
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Sandusky
U.P
Ohio State Grange
B. E. Crouse
North Lima
Grange
Post Office Held Up at New Middletown
Two men robbed the village post office at New Middletown near Youngstown and escaped with an undetermined amount of money and stamps.
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Youngstown
Rtwo
New Middletown
Majority Plan Of Taxing Now Given Support
Democrats in Congress prepare a tax program aimed at placing the main burden on the rich while easing the average man. The plan, similar to Mellon’s but avoiding small-tax increases, will be issued as a joint Senate-House committee proposal next week as House Democrats seek support from Republicans for tax legislation.
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United Press
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Mellon
Mello
Bank Éhepka
Rainey
Better Prices Paid for Crop
Huntington Warehouse reports a record opening day for tobacco with 86 480 pounds sold. Kentucky farmers secured improved prices around 11 dollars per hundred pounds, with top and bottom sales reaching 30.40 and 1 dollar per hundred respectively. The bulk of barley tobacco came from Southern Ohio, Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia as Gallipolis warehouse opened as a subsidiary.
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Huntington
W. Va
U.P
Kentucky
C. F. Daniel
Ohio
West Virginia
Gallipolis
Early 1952 auto licenses go on sale ahead of schedule
1952 motor vehicle licenses become usable today twenty two days earlier than in prior years. Athens registrar David Johnson says early use should boost sales with about 250 licenses sold so far. Owners are urged to buy now to avoid last minute delays and to support county and local employment as revenue supports maintenance.
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David Johnson
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Athens
Two Die of Typhoid in Ohio Family
Bridgeport Ohio reports two children Mary Freadman aged four and William aged thirteen died within hours of each other from typhoid fever at their home. Two other children in the family are also ill with typhoid fever.
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Bridgeport
Dee
W.R Mary Freadman
William
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King Features, Inc
Ritchie
Maryland
Hiram
Newton D. Baker
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Baker
White
Smith
Army and Navy Club
New York City
Nichols Murray Butler
McIntyre
Luther J. Simitan
Photographic Laboratory
Yale School of Medicine
East State and
Ohio U
Miner
By Jane Warner
Santa Claus
Empress Eugenics
Will
Cleveland Police
Johnson
Dead Man
Thomas Stokes
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