Nelsonville Elks Open New Club Rooms With Ceremony
Nelsonville Lodge No 543 Elks to reopen newly furnished Younging and reception rooms Tuesday evening with club rooms opening at 6 30. District Deputy Haslop of Newark to speak at 7 30 after a rabbit dinner at 7 00. A class of candidates to be initiated at 8 with Athens Lodge degree staff. Housewarming and fellowship to close.
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Nelsonville
Haslop
Newark
Ohio
Nelsonville Lodge
B. P. O. Elks
Ohio Coach To Speak At Nelsonville Rotary Banquet
Nelsonville Rotary Club will hear Don C. Peden of Ohio University speak at the Presbyterian Church on Wednesday December 16 at 6 o clock. Nelsonville High School football players from the 1931 season will be guests of the club.
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Peden
Nelsonville
Don C. Peden
Ohio University
Nelsonville Rotary Club
Presbyterian Church
Miss Wallace Wins English Club Book Review Contest
In Nelsonville on December 14 Miss Doris Wallace won a book review contest held at the English Club meeting last week. A discussion of the School Magazine was presented with Miss Mildred Roberts in charge. The first meeting of the year featured a radio rendition of Everyman by the Ohio State Players. Club officers are Mary Lou Hudson president Marjorie Vorhes vice president and Naomi Lehman secretary treasurer.
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Nelsonville
Doris Wallace
Mildred Roberts
Ohio State Players
Mary Lou Hudson
Marjorie Vorhes
Naomi Lehman
Cox Leads Von Elm By Five At Halfway In Open Finals
Wilfred Cox of Brooklyn held a five hole advantage over George Von Elm of Los Angeles at Lake Merced in the National Match Play Open finals after the first 18 holes in heavy rain. Cox shot 74 to Von Elm 80 as the two halved nine holes and Cox led 7 to 1 in holes won.
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Wilfred
Whiffy) Cox
Brooklyn
George von Elm
Los Angeles
Lake Merced
Cox
von Elm
Ronnie Espinosa
San Francisco
Willie Groggin
Sanancisco
Billie Burke
Fred Morrison
Beverly Hills
U,p
Green Bay Wins Third Consecutive Pro Grid Title in 1931
Green Bay clinches the 1931 National Professional Football League championship with 12 wins 0 losses, Portsmouth runner-up, Chicago Bears and Cardinals following. New York Giants finish in standings after 6 6 draw with Chicago. John Blood of the Packers top scorer with 48 points, Red Grange second with 26.
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Chicago
Green Bay
Wis
Portsmouth
New York Giants
Chicago Bears
Chicago Cardinals
Bears
John Blood
Packers
Harold
Red) Grange
Kl TF Pet
New York
Providence
Staten Island
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Local Classified Ads Service Notice
H Bartlett staff correspondent notes telephone line for Your News Your Society and Locals to 412 W. Classified ads and circulation call 412 W for an experienced representative and assistance.
Teachers To Meet Program By Superintendent And Teachers To Be Given
Nelsonville high school teachers meet in the high school library at 3 45 tomorrow. Sept E J Arnold will discuss Evaluating Your Own Teaching Miss Rosemary Acker Let Us Be Definite and United Miss Grace Roberts Mastery Learning Miss Bessie Deer Radio the Home and the School and Kenneth Kinneer Values of Social History for the Teacher
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School
E. J. Arnold
Rosemary Acker
Grace Roberts
Bessie Deer
Kenneth Kinneer
Funeral services for George Parry in Nelsonville
George Parry aged 66 died Friday evening. Funeral services were held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. at his Madison Street residence conducted by Rev. Gilbert Courtney of the Christian Church Chauncey. Burial followed at Greenlawn Cemetery in Nelsonville with many friends and relatives in attendance.
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Greenlawn
Nelsonville
George Parry
Madison Street
Gilbert Courtney
Christian Church
Chauncey
Hagan Child Dies of Scarlet Fever in Haydenville
Nelsonville reports the four year old Gertrude Lucille Hagan daughter of Mr and Mrs Hovie Hagan died Sunday evening at home from scarlet fever. Private burial held at 2 30 this afternoon in New Plymouth. The couple now has one remaining child.
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Nelsonville
Gertrude Lucille Hagan
Hovie Hagan
Haydenville
New Plymouth
Faithful Workers' Class Christmas Meeting Held
The Methodist Sunday School Faithful Workers held a Christmas meeting Friday night at Mrs. Harry Cox's home on West Columbus Street. About 30 members and teacher Mrs. Thomas Spencer gathered for dinner, devotions, readings, and a gift exchange with prizes and presentations.
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Methodist Sunday School
Harry Cox
West Columbus Street
Cr. G. Kreppel
Grace Dugan
Adda Neikirk
Will Burnelle
Thomas Spencer
Kreppel
Josephine Murphy
Willard Bartoe
Cox
J. D. Ledlie
Mary Riggs
John Riley
George Evans
Anna Bartoe
Jerry Bryan
Anna Raine
Murphy
Spartoe
Jesse Bryan
Charles Reynolds
Susanne Arnold Celebrates Twelfth Birthday Party
Susanne Arnold marked her twelfth birthday Saturday December 12 hosting the girls of Room 25 at her home 473 Chestnut Street. The evening featured music games and contests with prizes won by Betty Lou Verity. Mrs E J Arnold served a birthday cake and refreshments as Susanne received many gifts.
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Susanne Arnold
Chestnut Street
Betty Lou Verity
E. J. Arnold
Susanne
United States soft coal production estimated for week
The U S Bureau of Mines estimates total US soft coal output for the week ended December 5 at 7 236 000 tons. For the same week in 1930 production was 9 607 000 tons. The Past Noble Grands of the Rekabah Lodge will meet Wednesday night with Mrs Flossie Crawford on Poplar Street and feature a 5 cent gift exchange.
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Nelsonville
United States
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Rebakah Lodge
Flossie Crawford
Poplar Street
Juniors to Hold Christmas Party at Duskey Home
The W. E. A. Juniors plan their annual Christmas party Monday night December 21 from 6 to 9 at the home of Louise and Alice Duskey on Poplar Street.
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Louise
Alice Duskey
Poplar Street
Parry Family Funeral Attendees From Several Towns
A list of relatives and friends attended the funeral services for Lena Parry in Chauncey and George Parry in Columbus area. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. James Kitchen and Ralph Parry of Athens, the Maffin and Hickman families, and others from Logan Logan and Kirkersville. Medical updates note Mrs. Campbell recovering well after Thursday operation at St Francis Hospital in Columbus.
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George Schwenke
Logan
Jane Parry
Carnes Hickman
Charles Maffin
Jessie Smith
Frances Parry
Freda Smith
Gilbert Smith
Lena Parry
Chauncey
Milton Bayles
James Kitchen
Columbus
John Wilkinson
Ralph Parry
Athens
Russell Wickliff
Kirkersville
George Parry
George Bonner
Beverly Lou
Chillicothe
Earl Baker
Mabel Campbell
Earl Campbell
St. Francis Hospital
Campbell
Glenford Dugan Post to Hold Legion Meeting
The Glenford Dugan Post American Legion schedules a regular meeting at the Legion Home on Tuesday night at 7:30 o clock.
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Glenford Dugan Post
American Legion
Legion Home
Past Councilors Meet in Junior Order Hall for Christmas
The Past Councilors' Association of the Daughters of America will meet Thursday night in the Junior Order Hall. An exchange of Christmas gifts will be a feature of the meeting. Members are asked to bring food for a pot-luck dinner to be served.
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Councilors’ Association of the Daughters of America
Queen Esthers to Meet at 7 30 Tonight
The Queen Esther Society of the M. E. Church will hold a meeting at 7 30 this evening led by Mrs. Garnet Schoonover of Jefferson Street.
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Queen Esther Society
M. E. Church
Garnet Schoonover
Jefferson Street
Wheeling Steel Plant Reopens After Rush Order
Martins Ferry report says three hundred Wheeling Steel workers returned to full time operation today as a rush order ended a temporary shutdown at the plant.
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Martins Ferry
U.P
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Mediterr fanes battered coast as storms claim lives
Paris dispatch reports the worst winter storms in five years sweeping the Mediterranean today. Coastal towns suffer immense damage to infrastructure and shipping with at least 40 people killed.
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Paris
Mediterranean
Beer Or Else Policy Illegal Prosecution Ties to Sherman Act
Federal authorities reveal a prosecution of a beer syndicate for Sherman Anti-Trust Act violations. Investigators are examining a yeast factory near Hammond Indiana said to enable the syndicate to expand its controlled supplies. If salesmen pressure orders or threaten “or else” the gang could face anti-trust action as yeast joins soda water ginger ale pretzels bottles labels and fixtures in their control.
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Chicago
Beer “Syndicate
Hammond
Ind
Tornado Claims Life Across Southwest Arkansas
A tornado tore through four small towns in Southwest Arkansas on December 14 killing five year old Helen Colbert in Camden and badly injuring her sister Louise. The storm damaged Camden’s business district then swept to Waldo, Bluff City and Stephens with farm losses and numerous injuries.
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Helen Colbert
Camden
Louise
Waldo
Bluff City
Stephens
Find Clues in Quarry Deaths
Lima detectives follow new clues in the 196 day old double murder of Thelma Woods and Earl Trucksdale. Authorities weight the victims and sink them in a water filled quarry while questioning many suspects who are released as the motive remains undetermined.
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Lima
U.P
Thelma Woods
Earl Trucksdale
O. J. Roush
Allen County
Roush
Sailors Riot Over Kidnapped Japanese Man in Honolulu
In Honolulu on December 14 riots erupted as American sailors demanded punishment for five men charged with assaulting a naval officer’s wife. A mob kidnapped Horace Ida, a Japanese defendant, and threatened to throw him from the 1000 foot Pali cliff after Ida was beaten and left unconscious.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
U.R
Horace Ida
Pali
Ida
May Never Walk Again After Laughing Incident
James Eddy twenty four, of Cleveland, may never walk again after laughing during a party. He convulsed with laughter, choked, then fell from a second story porch to a hard ground. Doctors said he is likely paralyzed from the back.
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Cleveland
U.P
James Eddy
Eddy
Chicago Favored to Host 1932 Republican National Convention
The GOP signals Chicago as the likely host for the 1932 Republican National Convention, with Cleveland ruled out after failing to meet the $150,000 minimum guarantee. The National Committee plans a formal vote to confirm the choice.
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Windy City
Washington
U.2
Chicago
Cleveland
Republican National Committee
National Committee
Tragedy in Adriatic Sea Drowns 36 Italian Sailors
In Spezia Italy a heavy gale sank the sea tug Teseo killing thirty six sailors including several homebound for Christmas. The 1 500 ton vessel foundered amid the storm with loss feared.
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Spezia
Italy
Pilot Almost Lands in Sea Near Montauk Light
John Wolf an air mail pilot described an unplanned near trans Atlantic flight when fog cut visibility on a Cleveland to Newark route. With low fuel he used instruments and flares to locate Montauk light and landed safely as fire crews guided him with blinking lights.
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Cutchogue
L. I
John Wolf
Air Mail
Wolf
Cleveland
Newark
Ocean
Montauk
Denial of Duke's NY Marriage License Delays Wedding
The Duke of Manchester had his request to marry Kathleen Dawes refused by New York's license bureau. The official cited New York law barring remarriage within three years of a divorce. The duke planned an early Havana ceremony after the denial.
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Lish
Havana
Walker
Michael J. Cruise
New York
Misa Helena Zimmerman
Eugene Zimmerman
Cincinnati
Maude Lowther Leaves for Marysville After Conviction
Maude Lowther, convicted last week of murdering Mrs. Clara Smith, wife of her lover, and sentenced to life in prison, departed at 8:00 a.m. for Marysville, reports say.
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Wooster
U.P
Maude Lowther
Clara Smith
Marysville
Fog and fog related accidents increase in Ohio over weekend
A United Press survey reports seven fatalities from weekend traffic crashes across Ohio. Victims include Misa Tresa Huber 97 and Mrs Lucretia Titton 63 in Hamilton County. Leonardo Zullo 9 and two brothers injured in Cleveland crash. Paul Randell Short 21 of Powell dies after skid. Others killed: William Hesser 24 Marion Levi McFarland 60 Harrietville Joseph Oldooley 26 Toledo.
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Columbus
Ohio
United Preas
Hamilton County
Paul Randell Short
Powell, C
Short
William Hesser
Hneman
Marion
Levi McFraland
Harrietville
Joseph L. Oldooley
Toledo
Thomas
Long sleep illness claims life of eight year old boy
In Memphis on December 14 one of the city’s longest cases of sleeping sickness culminated as eight year old Joe Huggins neared fifty six days in semi conscious state. Doctors reported the boy unable to swallow and fed by tube. The child entered the hospital October 14 as a charity patient and formed ties with other youngsters in the ward. Physicians called the case among the most unusual on record locally.
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Memphis
Tenn
Phoniciana
Joe Huggins
Man Held After Wife Is Shot In Zanesville
In Zanesville Ohio on December 14 Ruth Smythe 30 was shot in the body by her husband Kenneth Smythe 38 a city patrolman’s son in law. He was held on a charge of firing the weapon after she began to leave for her parents home. The woman was not regarded as seriously wounded.
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Zanesville
U.P~ Mra
Ruth Smythe
Kenneth
Smythe
Students Aid in Drive at Athens Senior High School
The Student Council under Principal O L Wood will help the Salvation Army collect Christmas dinners for the needy. Each home room is assigned specific food items to gather for presentation at the Christmas Assembly Friday morning in the high school auditorium.
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Athens Senior High School
Salvation Army
O. L. Wood
Taking Over Manchuria
In Harbin Dec 14 Japanese forces swiftly seize control of Manchuria's political business financial and industrial entities behind military occupation cited as protection for nationals. Control already complete in Fengtien Province and soon in Heilungkiang and Kirin provinces. Military censorship hides these developments as occupied areas are remade into a Japanese-like colony.
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Harbin
Manchuria
U.P
Fengtien
Heilungkiang
Kirin
Tainted Wieners Linked to Illness After Midnight Lunch
Five persons in Toledo were treated at the county hospital after eating tainted wieners at a midnight Sunday lunch. U P report notes the tainted food as the illness source.
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Toledo
U.P
Jane Addams Condition Reported Fair at Johns Hopkins
Baltimore December 14 The condition of Miss Jane Addams Nobel prize winner and patient at Johns Hopkins Hospital was described as fair by her physician Dr Thomas Cullen.
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Baltimore
Jane Addams
Johns Hopskins Hospital
Thomas Cullen
Man jumps to death from high level bridge after taxi ride
Police report a 14 year old UP native who had arrived by taxi told the driver he would meet his date, then leaped 10 feet to his death from a high level bridge.
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High Level
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