Combustion Engineer Hired To Study Ohio Coal Types
The Ohio Coal Investigation Committee appoints H. M. Foust as combustion engineer to evaluate combustion values of different Ohio mined coals. De Foust, formerly with Consolidated Coal Co, will work full time at Ohio State University power plant. Findings will be published as a pamphlet for coal users.
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H. M. Foust
Chicago
Ohio Coal Investigation Committee
Ohio State University
Columbus
U.P
Blake
Foust
Consolidated Coal Company
Ite
F. W. Smith
State Division of Mines
Riots Increase at Penitentiaries Warping Half-Year Outlook
Notes of worsening conditions spark revolts in prisons. Reports indicate more riots in the last six months than previously seen, citing poor food and alleged illness as key catalysts. Authorities promise examinations and reforms.
Mystery in Arkansas Ozarks Connie Franklin murder case unfold
In Mountain View Arkansas the Connie Franklin murder case inflames the town as five men face trial. Sheriff Sam Johnson and defense lawyers offer rival claims about the victim’s identity and alibis. Monday’s court session is guarded by twenty deputies amid street brawls and tense crowds as residents debate who killed Connie Franklin and why.
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Duke Merritt
United Press
Mountain View
Ark
Nell
White River
Blue Mountains
Connie Franklin
Sam Johnson
Tiller Ruminer
Alrady
Mountain
Ife
Isane
Franklin
Ozark
Arkansas Ozarks
Mountain View Court House
Joe White
Lucy Canard
Connie Shanklin
Mrs. White
Wife Stealer Slain In Crowded Street
In Hamilton on December 12 a bullet killed Fred Philpot as a crowd of Christmas shoppers looked on. Albert Bowling, 45, is held by police for the murder. Philpot had induced Bowling’s wife to leave him two and a half years earlier and had not seen Philpot since then.
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Hamilton
Uri
Fred Philpot
Albert Bowling
Philpot
Bowling
State to Spend 3 Million on Public Buildings
Ohio plans a 3 million dollar building program to start by spring. Bids will be sought for projects at Wooster Agriculture Station, Marietta State Park, Gallipolis Epileptics Cottage, Longview Hospital, Hawthorneeden Hospital, and Ohio universities in Bowling Green Athens Miami Columbus.
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Columbus
U.rih
T. Ralph Ridley
Wooster
Putnam House
Marietta State Park
Gallipolis
Longview State Hospital
Cincinnati
Cleveland State Hosiital
Longview
Bowling Green Normal School
Ohio University
Athens
Miami University
School For Blind
Ohio State University
Mail Christmas Cards and Letters to Help Aviation
Instructions urge mailing all items MARLY by air to support the Postoffice under the President. The note promotes sending many cards and packages via air mail to bolster the aviation program and endorse the Postoffice’s air fleet efforts.
Stout Air Services Carry Hundred Thousandth Passenger
The Stout Air Service Line based in Detroit will transport its hundred thousandth passenger today. Governor Green of Michigan is the expected traveler, praised for his and the airline’s service to aviation and the state.
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Stout Air Service
Detroit
Governor Green
Michigan
Stout Air Services
American Aviation
Stout Air Services, Incorporated
Federal Farm Board not feared by private food distributors
Washington officials say private groups delivering food from producers to consumers have nothing to fear from the Federal Farm Board. The board chief notes only work that cooperatives could perform more cheaply faces risk, while current marketing methods are wasteful and may need replacement by a new system. Support flows from millers, packers, and large terminal marketers amid grain commission worries.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Farm Board
Grain Commission
Twenty named to follow Hoover survey results
Washington December 12. An executive committee of 20 representative business men was appointed by Julius H. Barnes chairman of the U S Chamber of Commerce to follow up the results of President Hoover s national business survey conference held here last week.
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Washington
U.R
Julius H. Barnes
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Hoover
Prince Michael Romanoff Visited Cleveland Police Station
Prince Michael Romanoff a self styled member of the Russian nobility and relative of the late czar was a guest at Central Police Station today in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
U.R
Prince Michael Romanoff
Czar
Central Police Station
BuchTEL Miner Held on Statutory Charge
Buchtel miner Frank Lock was arrested Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff Fred Heck and held at Athens County Jail pending arrival of Fairfield County officers who have filed a statutory charge.
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Buchtel
Frank Lock
Fred Heck
Athens County
Fairfield County
Carving Set and Gifts Featured in Shop-o-Scope
The Messenger Shop-o-Scope highlights a bone handle carving set with knife and fork priced at 4.40 dollars. Perfume gifts range from 2 to 14 dollars, and Parker or Shaffer fountain pens and pencils are offered from 1 to 10 dollars.
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Mother
Christmas currency surge drains reserves nationwide
Washington reports that US government and Federal Reserve reserves are tapped by 200 to 250 million dollars this year to fund holiday shopping. Currency in circulation peaks after harvest and before Christmas, with gold coins added as stocking ballast and many notes affected, then falls sharply in January as spending is repaid to banks and vaults.
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Washington
United States Government
Federal Reserve System
Reserve Fund
United States
Rare collection lost in residence blaze
Chardon Ohio residents woke to flames that consumed the 16 room summer home of Mason B McLaughlin three miles west of Chardon early today The property included an invaluable antique and securities collection amassed over 20 years by McLaughlin former vice president of the White Motor Company Cleveland He escaped by crawling through a window as flames roared through the house
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Chardon
U.P
Mason B. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
White Motor Company
Cleveland
Zane Baking Company Files Voluntary Bankruptcy
A voluntary bankruptcy petition was filed in U.S. District Court in Columbus by Ralph B. Cosgrave, president, on behalf of the Zane Baking Company of Zanesville. The action seeks relief under federal bankruptcy law.
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Columbus
URI
Zane Baking Company
Zanesville
U.S. District Court Today
Ralph 8. Cosgrave
New Machines May Put Ohio In Lead in Coal Competition
Joseph R. Grundy named senator from Pennsylvania to succeed William S. Vare is in Washington. A Senate battle looms as the committee investigates and opposes new appointees and Grundy’s remarks signal renewed friction over seating Vare’s successor.
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Ohio
Joseph R. Grundy
Pennsylvania
William &. Vare
Washington
Senate
Mr. Vare
Grundy
Pinchot Vare and Grundy in Race for Post
In Harrisburg, Joseph R. Grundy was appointed to the U. S. Senate seat barred from William S. Vare. Governor Fisher said Grundy would seek the Republican primary in May. The November winner will serve the remaining Ware term to 1923. Ware vows to stay in the race. Former Governor Pinchot may also seek the nomination.
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Harrisburg
U.P
Joseph TR. Grundy
United States Senate
William S. Vare
John S. Wisher
Grundy
Ware
Atlantic City
Fisher
Gifford Pincchot
Nationalists Repel Canton Offensive Amid Rebel Pushes
In Dec 12 dispatch from Shanghait the Chiang Kai-Shek led Nationalist armies countered rebels in four sectors, repulsing invading Kwangsi forces and Chang Ju-Kwei's Trans sides divisions. With Nanking easing, focus shifted to the south where Canton remained the key objective of Revolutionary forces for weeks.
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Shanghat
Gentral
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Canton
Chang Ju-Kwei
Nanking
Eastern Ohio coal mine adopts mechanical cleaning system
At Mina No. 9 in chairpoint near St Clairsville, Wheeling & Lake Erie installs $100,000 in equipment including a large washing plant and duckbill loaders to move coal from face to car. The program aims to reduce costs and boost regional coal production while cutting labor needs. current output depends on volume and machine efficiency.
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ST. Clairsville
Wheeling & Lake Erie Coal Mining Company
Mina
Haastern Ohio
Obto Minear
Ohio
E. Cunigany
Fairpoint
Cole Gets Work Steubenville Courts Hire Ex Agent
John Cole, a former state prohibition agent dismissed for alleged use of girl decoys, is working for justice courts in the Steubenville area. He is filing affidavits and obtaining warrants but not making arrests, attached to Justice of the Peace J Adler’s court.
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Steubenville
John ©. Cole
Ggent
Lancaster
Justice Courts
Cole
Justice of the Peace
J. Adler
Pomeroy Homeless Family Assisted After Rain Journey
In Pomeroy on December 12 a penniless family of six wandered in soaked and hungry. State highway workers brought them to the county jail where Sheriff Willock housed them, fed them, and provided bunks. Don and Lafe McKnight and others funded shoes, overshoes, and a $20 gift to the father Charles Heppney, 43, a miner from Montgomery West Virginia, with wife Lulu and four children Annie 12 Emma 8 Chester 4 Edith 10 months. The family traced their trek from Kentucky to Pennsylvania seeking work. they hope to continue toward miners’ work with help from the jail and local donors.
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Pomeroy
Main Street
J. A. Willock
Santa Claus
Don and
Lafe McKnight
H. D. Goddard Wright
Ua Charles Heppney
Luin
Annie
Emma
Chester
Edith
Heppney
Montgomery
W Va
Lulu
West Virginia
Columbia
Ohio
Kentucky
Garrett
Pennsylvania
Huntington
Mercy in Sentencing for James Litter in Murder Robbery Case
Judge J G Worstell of the Common Pleas Court weighs mercy in sentencing James Litter who confessed to murdering ex-soldier Harry Green during a robbery. The trial concluded Wednesday, with the judge to decide whether to show mercy or impose death in the electric chair or life imprisonment after consideration of a mental assessment.
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James Litter
Harry Green
Kimberly
J. G. Woorstell
Common Pleae Court
Deaath
Worstell
James Porter
Ohio University
Judge Worstedl
Lima State Hospital
Athens Messenger Promotes Etiquette Booklet Modern Manners
The Athens Messenger offers a 32 page booklet titled Modern Manners detailing practical rules of proper conduct. Arranged in chapters it covers etiquette from christenings to funerals and provides guidance for daily situations. Washington Information Bureau supplies readers with the booklet for six cents postage with coupon.
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Washington Information Bureau
Modern Man Ners booklet request from Haskin Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin of the Information Bureau in Washington encloses six cents for a copy of the booklet. Address line shows Name Street City State.
Parole Board Criticized After Auburn Mutiny Kills Nine
Penal experts blame overcrowding poor food idleness unrest from long sentences and fewer paroles for prison disturbances like the Auburn mutiny. William L. Butcher of the State Crime Commission stresses need for classification segregation and vocational training for convicts.
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New York
U.P
Parole Board
Auburn
William L. Butcher
State Crime Commission
Prison riots and escapes dominate 1929 record
The year 1929 saw a surge in violent prison escape attempts across the United States. Riot incidents occurred at Auburn New York Leavenworth Kansas Canon City Colorado and a deadly riot at Auburn ending with multiple deaths including guards convicts and the ringleader.
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New York
U.P
United Tates
Euteceniia
IOWAI
Auburn
N. Y
Leavenworth
Kan
Canon City
Colo
Danny Danteta
Aubeurn
Prison Reforms Debated After Auburn Break
KE J Cass urges intelligent guards and higher pay to curb prison outlays. State Senator Baumes blames overcrowding and guard shortages while Haymes disputes longer sentences as the cause. Warden Lawes warns no duplication of Auburn breaks and notes daily paper access for inmates. Plattsburg warns around Danne mors Prison guards. Auburn count 1528 with space for about 1200. Wardens say 25 to 40 percent can be housed outside cells.
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KE. J. Cass
The
Prison Association of New York
Caleb H. Baumes
State Crime Commission
Baumes
Haymes
Parote Board
Lewis H. Lawes
Sing Slog
Auburn
Lawes
Plattsburg
N.Y
Harry M. Kaiser
Danne«mors Prison
Thief Shot by Marshal in St Paris Case
Urbana dispatch says marshal Sam Richeson of St Paris shot and wounded Frank Stevenson of Salem Township when Stevenson and a companion were found taking auto parts from a garage. The second suspect fled as Richeson fired. Stevenson was transported to Springfield for treatment.
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Urbana
Deg
U.P
Sam Richeson
St. Paris
Frank Stevenson
Salem Township
Paris
Stevenson
Lucheson
Leslie Lyken
Ohio Banker Ralph Harman Dies in Cleveland
Ralph Augustus Harman, 73, banker and railway magnate, died at the home of his daughter Mrs. S Livingston Mather in Cleveland today. He had lived in declining health since his wife Grace died in 1920.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Ralph Augustus Harman
S. Livingston Mather
Grace
Juan
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Uncle Sam
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Pinchot, Vare
Edgar
Jennings
C. A. Hartley Messenger
McCrobbn
W. Metcalf
Mercy Glause
Porter
Steed
Frederic J. Haskin
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