Six Life Prisoners Kidnap Warden at Leavenworth
Six life prisoners seized Warden Thomas B. White at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary and fled in a car armed with dynamite. Guards fastened gates, pursued with police and military aid as chaos erupted inside the yard and the escape route was blocked. Soldiers and authorities moved to recapture the fugitives and restore order.
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Leavenworth
Kansas
U.P
Thomas B. White
White
Eithr
Ff Woods
Roy Murray
Ffi
Fort Leavenworth
Stuartesman
Lavenworth
Justice Department Deploys Agents to Leavenworth Outbreak
The Justice Department dispatched agents from Kansas City to Leavenworth to assist in quelling a developing outbreak. Local authorities requested federal aid as tensions rose and security measures increased at the prison complex.
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Ishington
U.R
Justice Department
Kansas City
Leavenworth
Auditor Edmundson Seeks State Supreme Review
Athens auditor J Clyde Edmundson petitions the state supreme court for review of a county court mandamus ruling. The case concerns treasury warrants for $1000 to cover premiums issued after a sheriff challenged the earlier order. The lower court had ruled against the auditor.
Land Dealer CLUMBUS Held for Grand Jury
Hold Land Dealer CLUMBUS Dec 11 40 P E H be 41 land dealer of Corpus Tex waived examination in on pleas court here today and held for the grand jury on three yes of executing and delivering hress checks. rice's bond was reduced from to 3000 on plea of his coin that he could make the checks if permitted a bond that would e his freedom possible. e checks involved totaled 2 and were given to a hotel here. e had interested two former high e officials in his Texas land pro-
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Clumbus
E. H. Be
Corpus Ti
Tex
On Pleas
Grand
Rice
Texas
Bank Robbery Suspect Named in Bettsville Heist
Dec. 11. Mrs Habe Bul l leader in a $2,000 robbery at Bettsville State Bank last day, named by a Roch r filling station attendant as participant in the holdup.
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Habe
Bettsville State Bank
Daly
New York Central Dividends Passed After Six Decades
The New York Central Railroad, praised as well managed, passed its dividend for the first time in 60 years. The stock, once trading above 250 in 1929, sold Wednesday for 25 a share. These figures reflect a dramatic shift in market sentiment.
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New York Central Railroad
United States
United States must aid its railroads with knowledgeable managers
The piece argues railroads are essential public arteries and require financial support. It urges that rail systems be directed by railroad professionals, not detached officials, to improve national welfare and industry.
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United States
Tax changes push more people into income tax brackets
The article notes Mellon’s proposals would add 1.7 million income tax payers and raise taxes on those in the low brackets. It argues that everyone who has not paid before should share the burden, reflecting a shift in tax policy. Continued on Page 4.
Maude Lowther Embroidering in Cell While Awaiting Transfer
Mrs Maude Lowther sentenced to life in Marysville Reformator y embroidered American flags in her Wooster cell today while awaiting committment papers for transfer. Sheriff Clark Shearer said the trip to Marysville was expected Monday but papers were not yet received and a deputy would not be available until next week.
All Want Ads for Sunday Messenger Phoned by Saturday
All want ads for The Sunday Messenger must be phoned in before 3 p m Saturday. Ads reach over eleven thousand responsive homes in The Messenger Trade Domain. Dial Athens 0243 Nelsonville 412 W or Logan 272ask for an ad-taker and give details.
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Messenger
Athens
Nelsonville
Logan
U S Watches China Japan Manchuria Pact Follow Through
The United States will monitor how China and Japan implement the League resolution on Manchuria. Secretary Stimson warns commitments under the Kellogg Briand Pact and the Nine Power Treaty must be honored and warns against renewed hostilities. He pledges careful Washington oversight of developments under these obligations.
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Stimson
Washington
U.P
United States
Japan
China
League of Nations
Mellon Impeachment Resolution Set for House Introduction
Representative Patman of Texas said a resolution calling for the impeachment of Secretary of the Treasury Mellon will be introduced in about ten days. He has nearly completed data to back his charges, which center on an old law forbidding the secretary of the treasury to engage in business.
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Washington
U.R
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
House
Patman
Texas
Martha Goodman rites held in Akron for 65 year old
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Goodman 65 wife of Robert Goodman were held Thursday in Akron at the home of her daughter Mrs. John Koeberle burial was in Rose Hill Cemetery. She died Tuesday in Akron at the Koeberle home. Born in Kentucky she lived most of her life in Athens County later moving to The Plains and then Akron five years ago. Survivors include her husband two sons seven daughters a brother and a sister with many relatives in Ohio and Illinois.
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Martha Goodman
Robert Goodman
Akron
John Koeberle
Rose Hill
Koeberie
Goodman
Kentucky
Athens County
Plains
Sugar Creek
Morris Goodman
Washington, D. C
Charles L. Jordan
Athers
Nora Carson
Huntington
W. Va
Samuel Stevenson
Mansfield
John Koeberie
Henry Pardee
William Garbett
Basil Jones
James Thomas
Barberton
Alice Biggins
Chicago
1100 Return to Work at Wheeling Steel Benwood Plant
Wheeling West Virginia officials say 1100 workers at the Benwood plant will return to work Sunday evening as operations resume after a shutdown. The move follows a decision by Wheeling Steel Corporation to restart production.
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Wheeling Steel
Wheeling
W. Va
U.P
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Benwood
Ohio approves six county tax duplicates in re appraisal
The Ohio state tax commission approved real estate duplicates for six counties as part of the 1931 re appraisal. The action was announced from Columbus on December 11.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
State Tax Commission
Will Now Hunting For War Zone in Troublesome East
A letter narrates a restless pursuit of war zones in the East with references to a locomotive theft by DAIREN Gibbons and a flight by Japanese pilots near rice fields. The writer praises Darren as a modern city and port and visits Port Arthur tied to the Russo Japanese conflict, noting the ongoing search for past and present wars.
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Japan
Manchuria
Nanni River
Dairen
Gibbons
Darren
Port Arthur
Russia
Will
Railway Union Wage Cut Decision Seen This Day
Chicago December twelve 1931 railroad union leaders faced a pending informal proposal of a voluntary ten percent wage reduction for about 1 500 000 workers. The plan was to be presented to a 1500 delegate conference amid guarded talks with 84 union reps. Statisticians estimate the cut would trim annual pay by 215 million dollars while stockholders could gain about 70 cents per share as the advisory action awaited a formal offer.
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Chicago
LPR
Industrialists Blamed for Low Mood in U S
Melvin C. Traylor, Chicago banker, told Washington officials that the United States suffered a sagging spirit due to wartime conditions and policies of industry leaders, government, and the Federal Reserve. He cited warning signs as early as 1928 indicating the trend.
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Washington
United States
Melvin C. Traylor
Chicago
Federal Reserve Board
Ohio Industrial Jobs Fall In November Report
Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research shows construction jobs down 17 percent in November, pulling total industrial employment 4 percent lower for the month versus a 3 percent five year average. Manufacturing fell 4 percent. nonmanufacturing unchanged. compared with November 1930 all industries down 14 percent. City declines ranged 1 to 8 percent from Akron to Stark County, with Dayton down 3 percent.
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Columbus
Ohio
Bureau of Business Research
Ohio State University
Akron
Cleveland
Stark County
Dayton
Detroit Boy Gang Slaying Principals Named
Detroit report identifies youths involved in the slaying of a 158 year old youth by rifle as a bully dispute. Anthony Masur 18 admitted the plot Stanley Orlenski 14 described as Floyd Gang leader allegedly pulled the trigger Joe Sawinski 14 testified to the shooting Longin Jandsven ati 11 pictured not a gang member who complained of being bullied.
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Detroit
Longin Jandsvenati
Anthony Masur
Stanley Orlenski
Floyd
Joe Sawinski
Orlenski
Tax Measure Causes Break Among Solons
Washington December liberal Conservative split divides Democrats over tax policy. Debate looms as House and Senate plan a policy committee meeting to shape a substitute for Melton Hoover proposals, with Rainey favoring tax limits on high earners and Robinson resisting taxes on the rich.
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Washington
Dec
U.P
House
Senate
Rainey
Atinson
Keeainey
Hauses
Robinson
Vesper Services At Athens High School For Christmas
Vesper services in observance of the Christmas holidays will be held Sunday at 4 p m in the Athens High School Auditorium. Both junior and senior high students will take part with singing by the Boys' and Girls' Glee Clubs and music from the high school orchestra.
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Athens High School
Tom Mix to Leave Hospital After Emergency Surgery
Cowboy film star Tom Mix may be able to leave the hospital by week’s end after an emergency operation for a ruptured appendix and peritonitis. Doctors had largely given up hope before the procedure improved his condition.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Tom Mix
Mix
Subtraction Problem Becomes Call for Toys in Athens County
An appeal from The Messenger Top Shop urges residents to donate usable toys to help 988 needy children in Athens County. The drive, organized with Ohio Gas Fuel Co headquarters, asks for sleds wagons and tricycles, even if old or broken, to be repaired and reused for Christmas.
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Athens County
Messenger Top Shop
the Gas Co
Ohio Gas Fuel Co
The
Gas Co
Red Cross Swamped With Relief Pleas in Athene County
Red Cross officials and volunteers in Athene County report heavy demand for food clothing and medical aid as residents line up at offices. Pearl French executive secretary outlines plans for extended relief work with committees forming to speed clothing production and case investigations.
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Athene County
Red Cross
Mias Pearl French
W. L. Gard
Break Is Seen In G O P Rank
Horace Mann, once aligned with Hoover during the 1928 campaign, announced an anti Hoover group of regular Republicans forming to back a different candidate in the next Republican convention. He declined to name the likely nominee. Mann, a Tennessee figure, aided the 1928 Hoover effort in the South before parting with Hoover once he became president.
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Washington
A.r.horace Mann
Hoover
Mann
Tennessee
South
Detention Report on Prince Nicholas Denied
In Bucharest on December 11 reports stated King Carol placed Prince Nicholas in detention after his marriage to a commoner and expelled him or ordered him to leave Romania were denied officially. The court decision annulling Nicholas marriage to Mile Lucia Deleti did not strip him of rank titles or privileges.
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Bucharest
U.R
Carol
Nicholas
Romania
Mile
Lucia Deleti
Bodies of Four Found Dead in Cleveland Rooming House
Police found the bodies of a man and a woman in a Cleveland rooming house today, believed to be murder victims. Officials said the two had been dead several days.
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Cleveland
U.R
Vicina
Selling Plans Considered by Coal Operators
Representatives of southeast district coal associations meet in Cincinnati to discuss a regional selling agency proposed by the National Coal Association. The plan aims to stabilize the industry, balance supply and demand, and curb uneconomical competition that has harmed larger operators.
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Cincinnati
National Coal Association
Kentucky
West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Tennessee
Aif
Operatora
E. L. Greever
Tasewell
Divorce Fails To Separate Couple In Cleveland
Mason 26 sought an Indianapolis divorce from Chrysteen 2 to end their marriage but Chrysteen vowed to shadow him. He went to Central Police Headquarters where Chrysteen was charged with orderly conduct, later dismissed. She followed him to the prosecutor's office, declaring she would make his life miserable.
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Cleveland
Mason
Tvorce
Chrysteen
Central Police
Mra
Bradley Hull
Victor Cohen
Kane Defends Self in Virginia Murder Trial
University of Tennessee professor Abe Elisha Kent Kane testified in his own defense at a Hampton court martial style murder trial. Kane followed his father Dr Evans ONeill who testified about the deceased’s heart condition and possible swimming related death on September 11.
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Hampton
U.abe
Mussolini Smiles at Grandi Senate Address in Rome
Foreign Minister Dino Grandi reported on his American visit to the Senate with strong approval from Premier Mussolini. Mussolini, present during the speech, showed enthusiasm and approval, then leaned over to say very good after the address.
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America
Rome
Dino Grandi
Senate
Mussolini
Ris
Weather Summary From Yesterday and Forecast
Yesterday's high readings included Migual 480 and Jacksonville 78 while Santon reported a low of 8 below in Prince Albert. The Pas general weather for the region calls for unsettled skies with possible rain as a low pressure system centers over Wisconsin, bringing colder conditions Saturday afternoon and night.
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Santon
Battleford
Prince Albert
Veconsin
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