Raids Find Bootleg Liquor in Athens County
In a county wide liquor raid, an inspector testified bootleg whiskey sold at 50 cents a pint and $8 a gallon. Five arrested in Athens near Route 31 and Pratt Street face charges. two pleaded guilty and were fined, others held on bonds. Additional arrests in Vernon and surrounding towns followed, with accusations of selling liquor and possession.
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Booth
Athens
Garnet Athens
Harry A. Holsington
Fred
Nelsonville
Heiskel
Federal action curtails cattle disease plan in Ohio
Federal and state agencies outline restricted eradication funding for Ohio cattle. Dr. De Fosset states a half million in appropriation, with total potential near seven hundred thousand as Pasteurization facilities move to areas. funeral services for Charles Burnette are scheduled.
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Bang
Ohio
de Fosset
Bureau Industry
Depart Agriculture
York
Will Rogers claims Congress in the pink and ready for Roosevelt
Beverly Hills trainer Will Rogers says doctors report President Roosevelt in great physical shape and ready to face Congress on January third. He contrasts Congress, praising their physical condition but claiming mental befuddlement, noting many members fear the pink status.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Roosevelt
Congress
Will Rogers
Armory Fire Loss Put At Half Million In Toledo
A spectacular blaze at the armory housing headquarters of the One Hundred and Forty-Eighth Infantry in Toledo destroyed military equipment worth about 500000. The loss included 1300 rifles 1000 plates three field pieces 1500 uniforms and large stocks of small arms ammo some of which exploded. Fire officials suspect the fire began from a discarded cigarette near the roof during a wrestling show. Naval and Marine reserves units were also housed there. only a small portion of equipment was saved.
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Toledo
One Hundred and Forty-Eighth Infantry
William H
Naval
Marine Corps
School Staffs Get 11926 From State Liquid Fuel Tax
Athens County school teachers receive 11926.21 as the county share of state liquid fuel tax distribution. Funds allocated to 18 districts include Albany 819.82 Ames Bern 1148.59 Athens Township 910.02 and Trimble Township 1538.07 among others to be paid with salaries due for the term.
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Athens County
Albany
Ames-Bern
Athens Township
Buchtel
Canaan
Carbondale
Carthage
Happy Hollow
Jacksonville
Luhrig
the Plains
Rome
Shade Consolidated
Trimble Township
Trimble Village
Youths sue judge over chained punishment in Ky. case
Three youths named James Price Oscar Blackie Pe phrey and William Dills filed $75,000 damages suits against Police Judge R A Patrick and other officials in Paintsville Kentucky. The youths were chained to posts with 25 pound iron balls on December 5 for refusing to work out fines for drunkenness. The judge said he is not afraid of the outcome.
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Paintsville
R. A. Patrick
James Price
Oscar Blackie Pephrey
William Dills
Section 7A Will Be Dropped in War Time
Washington December 21 The Senate Munitions Committee told today that the War Department mobilization plan in a new conflict contemplates abrogation of Section 7A of the National Recovery Act which guarantees labor the right of collective bargaining.
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Washington
Senate Munitions Committee
War Department
Meigs County Raisers Favor Tobacco Act
In Meigs County, 11 of 13 voting farmers supported the Kerr Smith Tobacco Act while none opposed it, with 24 farmers contacted and 13 not returning ballots. First reports from 19 Ohio counties showed an overwhelmingly favorable outcome for the act.
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Columbus
Ohio
Meigs County
Meigs
Vessel Severance Survives Bitter Gale Off Long Island
A collier Severance, crew of 41, fought a severe gale off the Long Island coast south of Fire Island Light. After hull damage slowed progress, a broken rudder hampered towing by Coast Guard Champlain. Repairs enabled the Severance to power toward Boston with the Champlain in support as trans Atlantic ships arrived late amid continuing storms.
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Usworth
Orford
Gard
Severance
Boston
Long Island
Fire Island Light
Coast Guard
Champlain
Share a Christmas Joy prompts final toy and food drives
Communities rally to distribute 200 dolls for girls and 80 food baskets for 100 families. Toys Shop in Athens sells dolls 19 to 28 cents while Salvation Army kettles collect funds tonight and tomorrow to fund Christmas dinners across The Messenger area.
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Eagles
Salvation Army
Eugene Shafer
Athens Atores
Adjt
W. W. Hinshaw
East Side
Messenger Area
Hold Boy as Aide In Kentucky Shooting
A fourteen year old boy was jailed in Greenup Kentucky on charges related to the fatal shooting of Oscar Jones age 45 on a Crane Creek mountain trail. The warrant sworn by William Jones accuses Donald Miller with conspiring with Albert Crum age 22 in the shooting. Crum is already in custody on a murder charge.
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Hold Boy
Kentucky
Greenup
Oscar Jones
Crane Creek
William Jones
Donald Miller
Albert Crum
Crum
Jap Papers Charge American Obstinacy
Japanese newspapers blamed American obstinacy for the breakdown of tri power naval talks as Emperor Hirohito signed documents abrogating the Washington Treaty. The action marks Japan’s irreversible move from the naval stability framework of the Washington and London Treaties.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Japan
Washington
London
Malaria Epidemic Claims Over Two Thousand Lives
Colombo reports an unofficial death toll exceeding 2000 from the current malaria epidemic. Quinine prices have surged about 250 percent and authorities request additional drug supplies from India, Java and other sources to meet demand.
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Colombo
Ceylon
India
Java
Flying Hotel crash kills seven in Iraqi desert
The American built airliner Univer pride of KLM and nicknamed The Flying Hotel crashed ten miles south of Rutba Wells, Iraq, during a desert thunderstorm. Seven occupants were killed. RAF planes found the charred wreckage after a search begun yesterday. The liner was en route from Amsterdam to Batavia when disaster struck.
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Bagdad
Iraq
Royal Dutch Air Lines
Rutba Wells
Royal Air Force
England
Melbourne
Amsterdam
Batavia
Java
Flying Hotel
Palestine
Arms Inquiry Board Studies Bids on Ships
Senate munitions investigators ordered a sweeping inquiry into rising costs of warships to see if bidding collusion occurred. They cited evidence that private shipbuilders doubled destroyer costs between 1933 and 1934 while Pierre Du Pont urged exhaustive study to eliminate excess wartime profits without harming industry efficiency.
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Washington
Nye
Senate
Pierre du Pont
Delaware
du Pont Company
Associated Press
Will Ask U.S. To Build Pacific Fortifications
Washington December 21. Congressional movement to increase Pacific fortifications was disclosed as Emperor Hirohito signed documents abrogating the Washington Naval Treaty. Anthony J. Dimond of Alaska said he would press for an inland Alaska air base and expected strong support.
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Washington
America
Pacific
Hirohito
Tokyo
Anthony J. Dimond
Congress
Alaska
Henry Ford of France Seeks Receivership for Citroen
In Paris on December 21 the Citroen Automobile Company was placed into receivership by the Tribunal of Commerce. Three receivers were appointed to run the firm as it faces severe financial trouble. Andre Citroen, dubbed The Henry Ford of France, filed the petition. Creditors’ bankruptcy bid was rejected.
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Paris
Citroen Automobile Company
Tribunal of Commerce
France
Andre Citroen
Henry Ford
Sheriff Stays On Duty Amid Tennessee Mob Threats
Shelbyville reports sheriff T F E Gant keeps to his routine under guard of 3 Tennessee militiamen after Wednesday rioting left four dead. Deputy John F E Gant assists, amid a deadly courthouse clash that burned the $150,000 courthouse. two other victims identified as Gilford Freeman and Raleigh Edwardes. A fourth body’s identity remained unresolved as it vanished from Bedford County Hospital.
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Shelbyville
Tenn
Bedford County
Tennessee
T. FE. Gant
John FE. Gant
Gant
F. K. Harria
Nashville
Harria
Gilford
Raleigh Edwardes
Old Relief Bills Are Liquidated Across Ohio Counties
Columbus reports federal cash grants totaling 43159 to six counties to liquidate past relief bills. State Relief Commission head Frank D. Henderson also released figures showing over 1.5 million dollars in food bedding shoes and fuel sent to Ohioans in November. Lawrence County received 6338 Stark 87252 Columbiana 3282 for various November and August relief bills.
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Columbus
Frank D. Henderson
State Relief Commission
Columbiana
Henderson
Light Year Old Girl Killed by Automobile
Margaret Rourke, a 4 year old daughter of Walter Rourke a Federal engineer assigned to NA work in Hamilton was killed today by a car driven by 16 year old James Simpson a Hamilton high school student. The girl ran across a street to join playmates and suffered a skull fracture.
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Hamilton
Margaret Rourke
Walter Rourke
James Simpson
Hamilton High School
Christmas charity drives spread aid across Athens County
Local groups including East Carpenter and Court Streets and the Salvation Army seek toys money and clothing for Christmas baskets. Mrs Eugene Shafer Virgil Davis Adjt and Mrs W W Hinshaw and Mrs Ruth Carsner coordinate collections. Red Cross clearing house asks donors contact Mrs Dwight Rutherford to avoid duplications.
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Eagles
Carpenter and
Court Streets
Eugene Shafer
Virgil Davis
Salvation Army
West Union Street
Adjt
W. W. Hinshaw
Murray City
Ladies’ Auxiliary No
Ruth Carsner
Churches of Christ
Chauncey
Trimble
Greens Run
Taylor Ridge Clearing House
Red Cross
Security Bank
Athens County
Dwight Rutherford
Rescue at sea as New York crew saves 16 from Sisto
Captain Fritz Kruze aboard the S. S. New York leads a lifeboat team that rescues 16 sailors from the eroding Norwegian freighter Sisto, 300 miles off Ireland. The scene shows thousands aboard the U S New York, Europa, and Aurania watching, while the Mobiloil tanker oils the sea to calm waves.
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Fritz Kruze
S. S. New York
Sisto
Ireland
U. S. New York
Europa
Aurania
Mobiloil
Group Stores For Sales Tax In Ohio
In Columbus on December 21 Ohio merchants study a sales tax start slated for January 15. Retail licenses must be secured by December 31 and vendors must complete a questionnaire. Classified groups include food apparel general merchandise automotive furniture and fixture lumber building contractors chain stores and miscellaneous. Licenses revokeable by the commission.
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Columbus
Ohio
Final Nights To Enter Christmas Home Lighting Contests
Athens and Nelsonville residents have two nights left to join the Christmas Home Lighting Contests sponsored by local American Legion Posts. Prizes are awarded by judges for winners during December 23 to January 1, with decorations lit nightly from 6 to 8. Athens winners’ prizes are displayed at 25 North Court Street. entrants receive a free standard red light bulb.
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Athens
Nelsonville
American Legion
Prines
North Court Street
State Ready To Open Bids On Route 31 Job
Columbus dispatch reports the state highway department will open bids tomorrow for seven county projects with an estimated total cost of 700000 dollars. Fairfield County plans include 0.058 mile brick on Route 31 and Hocking County adds 0.564 mile brick and 0.95 mile concrete beam bridge work valued around 134453 dollars.
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Fairfield and
Hocking Counties
Fairfield County
Hocking County
Highway bids to be opened in four counties Saturday
Bids on road projects in Greene Highland Logan Lorain and Washington counties will be opened by the State Highway Department Saturday. Delmer Coleman of Plantaville in Bern Township is ill with scarlet fever, according to the Athens County Health Office today.
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Columbus
Greene
Highland Logan
Lorain
Washington Counties
State Highway Department
Delmer Coleman
Plantaville
Bern Township
Athens County
Christmas brightens White Mouse with four lit trees
Washington on December 21 reports the White House bedecked for Christmas. Four Christmas trees gleam on the wide front portico, covered in electric lights to burn at night, creating a festive public display.
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Washington
Railroads To Ask For Even Break With Waterways
Indianapolis December 21 The reckless kidnapping of a four day old baby boy as part of a plan to regain a husband's affections through assumed motherhood led Dorothy Marsh to City Prison on kidnapping charges. She posted bonds and confessed to detectives. The baby was recovered four hours later by police from a two room south side home where the mother told residents she had become the infant's mother. Porter Marsh, husband, is described as a Plymouth, Indiana resident hospitalized after an auto accident.
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Indianapolis
Dorothy Marsh
City
South Side
Joseph Robbins
Porter Marsh
New Year’s Eve Liquor Hours Up to Local Authorities
In Columbus on December 21 the Department of Liquor Centrel voted to suspend closing hour regulations for New Year's Eve, citing the time-honored custom of celebrations. Chairman Ellington T. Leonard noted past evasion during Prohibition and said permittees and celebrants may usher in the new year without evading the law.
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Columbus
Department of Liquor Centrel
Ellington T. Leonard
State Road Patrol Arrests Two Drivers
Two drivers arrested on Route 31 Thursday by Patrolman Thomas B Sprague of the State Highway Patrol were fined Friday when arraigned before Magistrate H Porter. D R Riley of Nelsonville was fined 25 dollars and costs for driving a truck with plates issued for another truck. Carl Gabriel was fined 10 dollars and costs for reckless driving with half the fine suspended. Edward R Maxwell of Athens, arrested by Deputy Sheriff Karl Gardner on an affidavit from his wife, was found guilty and must post a 300 dollar bond to keep the peace for one year. Harve Brammer pleaded guilty to assault and battery charged by his wife. a 5 dollar fine and costs was suspended. He was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Roy Goldsberry.
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Thomas B Sprague
State Highway Patrol
H Porter
D. R. Riley
Nelsonville
Carl Gabriel
Costa
Edward R. Maxwell Athens
Karl Gardner
Porter
Harve Brammer
Roy Goldsberry
Prominent Stock Man Lew Lewin Dies After Surgery
GALLIPOLIS Dec 21 Pred Lew founder of Poplar Grove Stock Farm Gallipolis Ferry W Va died at 7 a m in Holzer Hospital after a surgical operation Manchester Dec 21 Injuries from a car strike three months ago proved fatal to John Ellie 75 a longtime merchant of the city Sebring Dec 21 Frank A Sebring 5 president of Salem China Co and Sebring family member dies in Sebring Ohio following a heart attack
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Gallipolis
Manchester
John Ellie
Sebring
Dee
Frank A Sebring
Salem China Co
Sebring, O
Fila
Wesley Jackson Arrested for Turkey Theft and Parole Violation
Gallipolis dispatch reports Wesley Jackson, son of Oney Jackson, colored, was arrested this morning in Gallipolis on charges of stealing turkeys from Fd Retz in Harrisburg two weeks earlier and for a parole violation.
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Gallipolis
Wesley Jackson
Oney Jackson
Fd Retz
Harrisburg
Railroads Seek Equal Regulation Of Waterway Competition
New York reports outline a push by railroads for fair regulation of waterway competition ahead of the Seventy-Fourth Congress. The American Association of Railroads led by J. J. Pelley plans a line for coordinated rail water regulation and rates, citing wage and labor condition contrasts with other transport sectors and linking unemployment to unfair competition.
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New York
United States Army Engineers
Congress
American Association of Railroads
J. J. Pelley
New York, New Haven
Hartford
Halving power rates eyed in Roosevelt program
Washington dispatch reports Frank McNinch chairman of the Federal Power Commission says a roughly 50 percent cut in U S electricity bills is the ultimate goal of the Roosevelt power program though not expected for several years. He notes rates are high in most large cities as Ickes discusses municipal projects and La Guardia negotiates a city grant for a new metropolitan power plant.
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Washington
Roosevelt Power
Frank Ro MeNinch
Federal Power Commission
Ickes
New York
McNinch
Fiorello la Guardia
Partisan Lincoln reference erased from Columbus plaque
A Lincoln plaque at the statehouse steps was restored without any mention of the Young Republican Club of Columbus after the State Department of Public Works, led by Democrat director T Brindle, objected to partisan wording on memorials. In Alliance, Ohio, the City Savings Bank & Trust Company announced a $250,000 release of restricted accounts as a Christmas gift to depositors.
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Columbus
Abraham Lincoln
Statehouse
Young Republican Club of Columbus
State Department of Public Works
T & Brindle
City Savings Bank & Trust Company
Pension bill higher than budget allows
Columbus report says 5975 new pensions were certified in November, a 50 percent rise from October. M. La Brown, head of the Division of Aid for the Aged, warned that a $700,000 emergency appropriation may be insufficient to finance pensions. Six million dollars from sales tax proceeds is allocated for the first half of the year, but may not be available before February.
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Columbus
M. la Brown
Division of Aid For
Department of Welfare
Brown
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