Ethiopian War Talks Split Britain France on Peace Terms
Addis Ababa held firm against any settlement that would concede aggression. Britain and France urged a league approach as foes of Italy pressed for a decisive plan. Eritrea and Somale lands remained central to negotiation amid shifting diplomatic moves.
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Alion
France
Addis Abababeie
Paris
Italy
Paseists
Deates
Nnt
Ethiopia
Eritrea
The Fate of a Hewn Stone in Oho
Local column notes a fateful event tied to the town of Oho with references to a stone and a delayed outcome. Authorities and residents monitor developments as details remain sketchy.
Santa Belief Brings Joy in Logan Scene
A four year old boy and his mother stroll Logan when C. H. Reichley of South Bloomingville, with a gray beard and long white hair, smiles as the child shouts Santa. The light moment captures seasonal cheer.
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Logan
C. H. Reichley
South Bloomingville
Reichley
Santa
Legion Seeks Dissolution of $20,000 War Chest Fund
At a Logan Post special meeting the American Legion adopted a resolution urging the court to dissolve the Hocking County War Chest Fund and pro rate $20,000 among Murray City Lawremvilie and Logan posts after a prior court ruling. The fund collected in World War I sat invested in government bonds with no interest earned since bonds were called. Three trustees Forest EF Weinrich and Barton A Holt were authorized to advocate for the post in any related action.
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Logan
Logan Post
American Legion
Hocking
Hocking County
Legion Post
Forest EF
Weinrich
Barton A. Holt
Post
Lose Fight To Share Estate
In Columbus the Supreme Court refused to review an appeal by thirteen of twenty five employees of the late Harry County, Lake County millionaire, seeking a share of his estate. The will left sums matching the salary paid to household staff and others, totaling over 20 000 dollars yearly, to specified recipients while excluding the 13 farm workers. The lower courts had upheld the executors’ position that non specified workers were not entitled to a share.
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Columbus
Harry County
Lake County
Supreme Court
Counby
Ned Watts
Perry County
William J. Davis
Watts
Davis
Juvenile Is Found in West to Be Returned
Logan report states Helen Vanfossen daughter of Emmett Vanfossen Ward Township Hocking County was taken into custody in Muskogee Oklahoma Monday by Sheriff Tom M Jordan. She was with a girl named Anna Craig from Buchtel Athens County. Officials plan to bring them back Thursday to answer charges in juvenile court.
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Logan
Helen Vanfossen
Emmett Vanfossen
Ward Township
Hocking County
Muskogee
Okla
Tom M. Jordan
Alfred B. Campbell
Anna Craig
Buchtel
Athens County
Campbell
Newton Spencer
Vanfossen
Ohio Revenue Levies Adequate Despite Uncertain Relief Needs
State Treasurer Harry S. Day said Ohio’s finances look brighter with present revenue measures if retained, adequate to meet 1995 obligations unless demand for aid is unusually high. He noted relief needs for 1996 remain a cloud over the outlook.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harry S. Day
Day
Major Berry Faces Delegates Over Failed Washington Parley
The scene centers on Major G. L. Berry arguing with a delegate as he battles to salvage a Washington talks effort after manufacturers walked out, jeopardizing his 13 point program.
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G. L. Berry
Washington
Athens County Pension Office Speeds Work
Athens County's old age pension office with five workers reported progress on backlogged applications. Miss Rowena Sprout, in charge, said 2% reapplications were completed and approved for submission to state headquarters. A total of 280 January reapplications remain to be filed, with staff assignments noted across Nelsonville Mineral New Marshfield Stewart Frost Guysville and the main office.
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Athens County
Rowena Sprout
Miss Sprout
Fannie Matteson
Nelsonville
Vicinity
Marold Guthrie
Mineral and New Marshfield
Emma Scheibel
Stewart, Frost, and
Guysville
Dorothy Parmiter
Goats Bring Southard To Jacksonville Workhouse
John L. Southard, jailed for 60 days in Jacksonville workhouse after defying a village order to keep goats outside limits. Police found a set of knucks and a long knife during search by Marshal Francia Barrett. Mayor H. R. Phillips imposed the sentence following April charges by county board of health inspector R. L. Marlow.
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Jacksonville
John L. Southard
Columbus
Southard
R. L. Marlow
County Board of Health
Francia Barrett
Warmer Weather Expected Thursday in Athens District
A forecast calls for warmer weather Thursday after a cold spell. Wednesday night will be fair and colder with a rise in temperature on Thursday possibly bringing snow or rain. At noon Wednesday the temperature was 32 degrees. Tuesday night’s low was 28 degrees.
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Athens
Co. Wn, Brance
Bricker Speaker at Ohio Grange Meeting
Lima, Ohio Bricker Attorney General John W Bricker Republican gubernatorial candidate addressed the Ohio State Grange as sessions resumed. He urged unity of agriculture and other forces to secure U S leadership for world peace. Bricker described his talk as non political after Governor Davey spoke on relief and milk control.
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Lima
Ohio State Grange
John W. Bricker
United States
Bricker
Davey
Grange
New 1500-Ton Destroyer Theus and Cummings Launched
New York reports the Theus and Cummings destroyer of the 1500 ton class was launched Wednesday from the Dry Docks Inc shipyard in Staten Island, marking a milestone for the Navy program.
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New York
Theus & Cummings
Ways of
Oe Dry Docks, Inc
Staten
Debt Of War Remission Nears Cobb Declares
Culver City California reports the semi annual war debt reminder due next Sunday totalling about one billion dollars. Finland will pay while others ignore the obligation sparking calls to drop the matter as Jesse James history is invoked.
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Cobb
Culver City
Calif
Finland
Jesse James
Irvin
Wallace Seeks Income Redistribution for Economic Balance
Secretary Wallace in his annual report pushes redistributing wealth as essential to full employment and growth. He favors raising the share of national income going to the poor, arguing it will boost consumption and expand production by factories and farms. He contrasts expansion with AAA crop-cut measures, cites tariffs as cause, and calls for comprehensive coordination of industry and agriculture to achieve higher living standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace
AAA
Seven Held Up By Happy Pair In Crime Spree
In Columbus two young men patrolled six filling stations Tuesday night in a borrowed car, kidnapping seven attendants and stealing 208 dollars. An eighth attendant escaped after a robber pressed a shotgun against him, while victims were pelted with cigarets. The motive given: to avoid killing the old man.
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Columbus
Herman Jones
Divorce Suit Taken Under Advisement in Athens County
Edith Dona Hue Donahue sues Edward J Donahue for divorce in Athens County Common Pleas Court alleging failure to provide a proper home and a tendency to move from place to place. Judge O F Rowland heard the case and took it under advisement Tuesday.
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Edith Donahue
Edward J. Donahue
O. F. Rowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Unemployment Insurance Pushed by Ohio Leaders
Governor Davey calls special session to pass unemployment insurance legislation aligning with federal Social Security. Ohio employers face a 1 percent tax on total wages in 1936, rising to 2 percent in 1937 and 3 percent in 1938, with four installments due by January 1, 1937.
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Columbeus
Ohio
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Arch D. Schultz
Chamber
Schultz
Columbus
Davey
James Wittenbrook
Ohio State Employment Service
Wittenbrook
Murray City Mine Reopens After 21 Months Idle Hopes Rise
Murray City No. 5 Mine of the Sunday Creek Coal Company resumes work in Murray City after a 21 month layoff. About 135 men report to duty as cleaning up operations continue to ready the property for coal dumping. Local residents express optimism for better times with the mine's reopening.
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Nelsonville
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Murray City
Oral Daugherty
Robbers Steal Kaw City Fire Truck
Kaw City residents told to take fire precautions after thieves stole the city fire department's truck on Tuesday night. Mayor J P Whlis said the department is temporarily nonfunctional pending replacement.
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Kaw City
Okla
J. P. Whlis
Cleveland hunter killed as shotgun trigger snagged
Michael Ruben, 47, of Cleveland, was accidentally shot and killed near Strongsville when his shotgun trigger snagged on a fence. The incident is reported as an accidental firearm discharge during a hunting trip. Authorities are investigating the exact sequence of events and location details.
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Cleveland
Michael Ruben
Strongsville
Minneapolis editor Liggett allegedly slain in political feud
Walter W. Liggett and his wife witnessed the attack as police identify Isadore Blumenfeld, once linked to a kidnapping and foe of Liggett, as the alleged killer. The incident unfolds with Liggett’s eight year old daughter and wife present.
Reed Collapses During High Court Cotton Act Argument
Solicitor General Stanley Reed collapsed while arguing for the Bankhead Cotton Act before the Supreme Court. Reed, part of the New Deal defense, had pressed for compulsory cotton control amid tense debate over AAA policies and farm adjustment taxes and payments.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Stanley Reed
New Deal Legal Defense
High Bench
Reed
Earler
George Wharton Pepper
Hoosac Mills
Massachusetts
AAA
New Deal
Pepper
America
Nelsonville Couple Seek First December Marriage License
John Freer age 32 a carpenter and Edna Gibson age 28 both of Nelsonville applied today for the first marriage license to be issued in December at the Athens County Probate Court.
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John Freer
Nelsonville
Carpenter
Edna Gibson
Athens County
Legion Plans High School Boys Camp To Teach Government
The Ohio American Legion to run a ten day model state camp at the State Fairgrounds for 5000 to 10000 high school boys. Boys elect officers and learn constructive government with guidance from city county and state officials. Camp slated after school ends in June with attendance possibly up to 10000, at least 5000 expected. William Ronald of Warren leads preliminary plans and Legion posts with local clubs will fund travel and camp costs.
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American Legion
Legion
Milton D. Campbell
Ohio Legion
William
Ronald
Warren
State Region Committee
Legion Posts
Kiwanis
Rotary
Lions Clubs
Ohio
Editor's Wife Identifies Suspect in Slaying Case
Minneapolis police report Mrs Walter Liggett identified Isadore Blumenfeld known as Kid Cann as the shooter who killed her husband publisher Liggett Monday night Blumenfeld denied involvement claiming he was in a downtown barbershop at the time A show up in the city jail led to the identification by Mrs Liggett and her 11 year old daughter who were witnesses to the crime
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Minneapolis
John Hilborn
Walter Liggett
Isadore
Kid Cann
al Marxen
Townsend Leaders Take Pre Session Poll On Pension Plan
Washington report says Townsend leaders begin a pre-session survey of House sentiment on a proposal to pay all adults a $200 monthly pension. The poll aims to gauge support and potential hurdles for the plan before formal action.
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Townsend
Washington
Townsend Plan
House of Representatives
Athenian Named Ohio Sales Tax Examiner
Clifford Moriarty of Athens is appointed senior examiner in the State Sales Tax Division in Columbus. The appointment carries a salary of 2400 dollars a year and follows eighty eight prior appointments in the division, most of whom served provisionally.
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Clifford Moriarty
Athens
Columbus
Britain Declines War Debt Installment Payment
London disclosed a note from its Washington embassy to the U S State Department stating that Great Britain will not pay the semi-annual installment on its war debt to the United States. The note emphasizes Britain’s position and signals potential consequences in financial relations.
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Britain
London
Washington
State Department
Great Britain
United States
Court Grants Carter Coal Company Permanent Injunction
The District of Columbia Supreme Court awarded Carter Coal Company of Maryland West Virginia a permanent injunction relieving it from paying the accrued penalty tax under the Guffey Act.
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Washington
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Carter Coal Company of
Maryland-West Virginia
Air Ministry probes Belgian airliner crash in Tatsfield
Officials opened an investigation into a Belgian airliner crash near Tatsfield Kent that killed 11 people. Police and rescue teams battled flames as the wreckage burned. The tragedy raised questions over air safety and flight paths in the region.
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Tatsfield
Kent
Eng
Air Ministry
Military honors planned for Ger Mantown Civil War veteran
Francis Pauley Emiey, 92, a resident of German town and the last Civil War veteran in the area, was slated to receive military honors for his service in the 63rd O. V. I. The community prepared to mark his passing with recognition of his long military legacy.
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Germantown
Francis Pauley Emiey
Emiey
Ohio Legislature Deliberates Sales Tax Food Exemption
In Columbus the House Taxation Committee rewrote the sales tax bill to reenact the tax on food through January 1, 1937, while Senate leaders plan a separate bill. The Senate approved restoring funds to the biennial budget and debated new tax measures as lawmakers push to finish before Christmas.
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Columbus
House Taxation Committee
Senate
Davey
House
General
General Fund
Co. C. Gibson
Salem
Columbiana
Knoa
Fairfield
Licking
Pickaway
Delaware
Union
Richland
Lake
Ohio
Barthleme
Stark
Keith Lawrence
Cuyahoga
House Highways Committee
Sydney Hesse
Potato Allotment Set for 1936 by AAA
Washington announces a 2,777,090 bushel import quota for the 1936 potato allotment year starting December 1. The Potato Control Law requires quotas and imposes a 45 cent per bushel tax on imports beyond the quota, in addition to a 75 cent tariff.
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AAA
Washington
Pleads Not Guilty to Reckless Driving Charge
Mrs. S and M Clifton of Lawrence Building was arrested on State Route 31 west of Athens by State Patrolman J L Richardson on reckless operation of a motor vehicle. She appeared before Magistrate T Bennett, pleaded not guilty, and was held to a $100 bond.
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S& M. Clifton
Lawrence Building
Athens
J. L. Richardson
T. Bennett
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