Truck Kills Man After Auto Abduction Attempt
Yan Sought To Companion From is Youth's Story. Dec 19. T. Young, 21, of Reserve University, killed a man when allegedly attempting to kidnap a girl in Pepper Pike. The victim, Carl Met, 25, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head. Ruth, a Flora Stone student, and Young drove to Bellcourt, then fled as a man approached their car. police say Young pulled a pistol and shot Met. Ruth, in hysterics, could not provide full details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ritton T. Young
Reserve University
Youngs
Ruth
Flora Stone
Bellcourt
Wayman Climb
Dimes to Honor Wright Brothers Exhibit Plans Mentioned
Fragments describe a memorial effort to honor Orville and Wilbur Wright with a marble shrine and a display at Smithsonian. The text references a dedication, a window exhibit, and plans to recognize their first sustained flight with a public art installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee
U.P
America
Kensing
Orville Flor
Smithsonian Med
Wright
Broad demand for foreign workers in decree reform
A government decree demands at least 50 percent foreign workers to halt business if not met. The measure faces resistance as authorities seek modifications to the rule and enforcement details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pere
Finay voting residence noted in Athens
In a terse late edition note the Athens polling station and residence of Anne Penge are recorded under local election coverage. The fragment references Decora and Yege, terms tied to the Mercian association and women's voting context.
Banks to be shamed by Redistrib Finance Corp loans
In Beverly Hills Jesse Jones says the Redistrib Finance Corp will make loans to industries to shame banks that count their profits. He claims banks will end up borrowing from Jesse's group to cover their own needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Jesse Jones
Redistribution Finance Corporation
U.S. Plans To Continue Gold Buying Policy
The government fixed the price of newly mined domestic gold at 34.06 dollars, unchanged from the prior day. Acting Secretary Morgenthau praised the impact of gold operations as part of depublishing the dollar toward half its gold value, citing a commodity price index rise from 100 to 105.5 since Oct. 21. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation moved about 35 million dollars in gold abroad and 469,491 ounces of new domestic gold for 15.682 million dollars.
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Washington
U.R
Morgenthau
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
State Opposes Tax Suggestion
State Tax Commissioner Carlton Dargusch rejects New York official Mark Graves proposal that sales gasoline liquor taxes and other excises be collected and disbursed by the national government. He warns the federal plan would erode state sovereignty and doubts Congress would fairly allocate revenues to backward states.
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Columbus
U.R
Carlton 8. Dargusch
Mark Graves
New York Tax Commission
Dargusch
Congress
Speed PWA Projects In Ohio Urges Ickes
Har old L. Ickes PWA administrator urges Ohio to fast track project submissions for approval. He notes funds are rapidly allocated and instructs continuing work without waiting for January 1, stressing to proceed with state projects promptly.
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Speed Pwa
Ohio
Ickes
Columbus
L. A. Boulay
Public Works Administration
Harold L. Ickes
PWA
Washington
Custodian of 33 Years Refuses to Quit in Fremont
Carl E. Miller, longtime courthouse custodian of 33 years in Fremont, refused to resign at the county commission’s request. Miller also serves as Sandusky County Election Board clerk, and an Ohio attorney general ruling held that the two offices cannot legally be held by the same person.
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Fremont
U.P
Carl E. Miller
County Commission
Miller
Sandusky County
Young Man Pleads Not Guilty in Bath Tub Theft Case
In Lima on December 19 Raymond Caskey aged 18 faced charges of stealing a bathtub and sink from an uninhabited house owned by Elmer Woodley. He pleaded not guilty.
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Lima
Raymond Caskey
Elmer Woodley
Driver Jailed As Victim of Accident Dies
Milton Patton of Chauncey faces manslaughter charges after Fred Baumgardner of The Plains died from a fractured skull and head injuries after being struck and dragged about a mile by Patton’s car on The Plains Road. Baumgardner died at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Bond set at 3000 dollars. Patton in Athens County Jail.
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Milton Patton
Chauncey
Fred Baumgardner
The
Plains
Patton
Plains Road
C. H. Porter
John W. Bolin
Athens County
Baumgardner
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Hocking
Bert Adams
the Plains
Bolin
Two New CWA Sewing Projects Open in Ohio Towns
Establishing two additional sewing projects yesterday in Glouster and Jacksonville, Athens County relief places 30 more women at work for a county total of 114. Glouster employs 20 women at the American Legion Hall. Jacksonville uses the Eagles Hall with a 10 woman quota supervised by Mrs Rose Rutherford.
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Glouster
Jacksonville
Misa Helen Murray
Athens County Relief
American Legion Hall
Eagles
Rose Rutherford
Athens
Nelsonville
the Plains
New Marshfield
Taft Warns Against Hasty County Rule Action
Charles P. Taft II, chairman of the Ohio county home rule commission, cautioned Columbus readers against rushing charter plans. He urged waiting through June for core data and proposals to guide county government revisions before ballots in August.
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Columbus
U.P
Charles P. Taft, II
Cincinnati
Commission On
State Commission
Reader Oscar Hundley Dies in Portsmouth
Oscar J. Hundley, 57, grand patriarch of the Grand Encampment of Ohio Odd Fellows, and a Spanish War veteran, died at his Portsmouth home Monday after a long illness.
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Portsmouth
U.P
Oscar J. Hundley
Ohio
Odd Fellows Lodge
Ohio banks approve pre Christmas dividends
Columbus December 19 state banking department approved pre Christmas dividends for twelve Ohio banks ranging from 8 to 25 percent, signaling financial relief for customers and readable tax implications for the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
State Banking Department
Ohio (Bank
Letter From American Book Company Aims to Influence School Elections
Ohio Senate committee probes alleged interference by the American Book Company in Fairfield County school board elections. A December 1 1919 letter from Cincinnati urged an agent to oppose Mec Ginniss and organize boards to defeat him. W T H Howe, company president, is sought as a witness.
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Columbus
U.P
American Book Company
Ohio Senate
Cincinnati
W. T. H. Howe
Senate
C. T. McCoy
Book Company
Howe
McCoy
MecGinniss
Fairfield County
McGinniss
Testimony Reveals Insull Word Was Law in Receivership
Federal Judge Evans heard witnesses showing Samuel Insull still controlled his utilities after receivership. They said he insisted his name appear in the cases and that Insull lawyers drafted bills of complaint and chose counsel for creditors seeking relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.R
Samuel Insull
Evan A. Evans
Greece
Insull
Police May Solve Killing of Politician
Cleveland officials say new information may reveal light on the 1931 murder of former councilman William E. Potter found slain in an apartment suite. Potter, a Republican power, was to face perjury charges linked to a city playground land graft scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
William E. Potter
Potter
Senate May Bow to State Control Bill
Columbus December 19 Opponents of state liquor monopoly prepared to contest the administration bill as the Senate reconvened to press a final fight before Christmas. The House favored state control and a possible substitute allowing druggist sales remains in play. Senator Herner vowed continued opposition to sale by the glass as the chamber weighs the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Senate
House of Representatives
House
William D. Herner
Norwalk
Gallia County to Issue Bonds for Relief and Wages
Gallia County commissioners approved an $11,200 bond issue to fund relief and CWA work using public utility excise tax receipts. Thirty-one bonds due January 11 pay 6 percent interest, maturing annually from 1934 to 1938. William Shafer named county dog warden for 1934 with $1,000 yearly pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ohio Tax Commission
Ius
William Shafer
Guyan Township
Dale Ward
Eno
Elks Plan To Issue Christmas Baskets In Athens
Athens Elks Lodge prepares Christmas baskets with a final recipient check tonight after a meeting for the initiation of two candidates. I W Slaughter chairs the distribution committee and Roy C Shirley exalted ruler says reports are due. Lodge to serve lunch after the initiation.
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Athens
Candidates barred in Mansfield vote delay
Right to take office on January 1 was withheld here today from 39 candidates who failed to file campaign expense accounts.
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Mansfield
Christmas Fla Postmistress Serves Stamp Collectors
Postmistress Juanita Tucker of Christmas Florida handles a flood of mail each holiday season. She uses a cancel that stamps the town name on envelopes and cards, with red ink for festive touch. The village of 28 residents is famed among collectors for its name and its seasonally busy office.
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Juanita
Tucker
Santa Claus
Ohio Coal Mines Win In NRA Code Battle
Ohio coal mines secure a favorable ruling in the NRA code clashes. The report notes a tonnage boom tied to the industry as the federal code fight shapes policy.
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Ohio
Ohio approves relief bonds and CWA projects across counties
The Ohio State Relief Commission authorizes over 400000 for poor relief with several counties allowed to issue bonds to be repaid from the sales tax. Thirty four additional CWA projects gain approval, promising 1387 work days for 2462 unemployed men across Belmont Crawford Gallia Greene Richland Stark and Summit. General Henderson warns workers not to quit jobs to join CWA projects or risk dismissal.
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Morgan
George White
Civil Works Administration
Belmont
Crawford
Gallia
Greene
Richland
Stark
Summit
Henderson
Liquor Tax Bill Near Adoption
Washington December 19 The House Ways and Means Committee moves toward completion by Christmas of the Liquor Tax Bill with a whisky tax around 2 1 2 percent a beer tax of five dollars per barrel and a 26 percent share of federal liquor revenues to states that do not impose gallonage taxes The panel plans further sessions Friday and Saturday to finalize provisions before sending the measure to the full House
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congressional
War Ends as Bolivia and Paraguay Armistice Stands
Montevideo Uruguay December 19 soldiers from Bolivia and Paraguay were to ground arms at midnight in the Gran Chaco after a month by month bitter conflict. A League of Nations commission arranged a temporary armistice to last until December 4 while Pan American conferees seek a permanent peace through arbitration.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
U.P
Bolivia
Paraguay
Gran Chaco
South American
League of Nationa Commission
Commission
State Auditors Begin Periodical Examination in County Offices
The periodical examination of Athens County books started this morning with two inspectors from the state auditor’s office. The county’s books have not been reviewed since October. The examiners began in the treasurer’s office and will survey all county offices.
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Athens County
State Auditor's Office
Athens City Council Votes to Preserve Brick Congress Street
Athens council met Monday night to relay the brick on Congress Street between Union and State Streets and keep the current width. Widening would require heavy retaining walls and would destroy shade trees on the east side. A CWA project began relaying the brick that day. The panel favored parking on one side to ease traffic and suggested central city parking lots. They also limited parking on Carpenter Street between State and Congress Streets to curb congestion on Automobile Row.
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Athens
Congress Street
Union Street
State Street
Carpenter Street
Schools To Get First Liquor Tax Revenue
Ohio schools will receive their first Liquor Tax revenue totaling about 2,006,528 dollars. Checks to rural, village, and city districts statewide were issued, based on average daily attendance, roughly two dollars per pupil. Funds may be used for any school purpose to ease early year financial strain.
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Farm Administration
E. W. Gaumintz
Columbus
Ohio
B. O. Skinner
Joseph W. Fichter
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Washington
Perry
Lindberghs Begin Final Atlantic Flight Leg
Charles A. Lindbergh and his wife departed Charleston at 9 a m Eastern time on the last leg of their 25 000 mile aerial Atlantic survey. They spent the prior night with Admiral James J Raby after a ride from Miami Fla where they first touched American soil on Saturday.
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Charleston
8. C
Mra
Charles A. Lindbergh
James J. Raby
Naval District
Miama
Fla
West Virginia Mine Groups Win Power to Set Prices
Major coal operators vote to vest price fixing in the Coal Code Authority for Division 1 comprising Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia Kentucky Northern Tennessee Virginia and Maryland. The move aims to restore tonnage losses by limiting underselling by Rockefeller led Consolidation Coal and Mellon dominated Koppers Coal and Coke, amid code disputes and calls for stable profits. Local districts fear renewed chaos without price controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Ohio
Coal Code Authority
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Maryland
Mellon
Rockefeller
Wester Pennsylvania
Coal Code Authority For Division No. 1
Kellogg Warns of War and Urges Arbitration
Former Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg told a New York audience marking Alfred Nobel’s 100th birthday that fear of a new world war grows from armament disputes. He urged arbitration conciliation and judicial settlement to resolve conflicts and warned Europe and Asia will not start another war unless they go mad. Kellogg, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1929, urged the U.S. to stay sane and stay out of Entanglements.
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New York
Advocates of
Frank B. Kellogg
Great Britain
Alfred B. Nobel
Europe
Asia
Kellogg
Meigs Man Paroled To Return for Christmas
Ohio Parole Board grants four paroles from London Prison Farm with 58 cases heard 23 continued. Meigs County parolee Herman Chevalier, a manufacturing intoxicating liquor case, set for December 23, 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Parole Board
London
Meigs
Herman Chevalier
Ohio cemetery recovery code set for hearing
A proposed recovery code for the cemetery industry will be drafted at a hearing tomorrow with consumer representation by managers of better business bureaus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Bettef Business Bureaus
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Canton
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Jesse
Will
U.S
Adams
Relief Office
Murray
Santa
Henrietta Pirring
St. Louis
Henriette
Henry Pirring
CaHia
Elks
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Fra
UPR
CWA
Ohio State Relief Commission
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Buckeye
Ellis
Kellogg Scouts
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