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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1931
Page
12
Ohio Farm Bureau notes 1981 yields were high due to ample moisture with wheat averaging 40 bushels per acre. While prices fell, crop storage rose and demand in dairy and meat sectors increased. Cow herds expanded slightly as 6,800 dairymen planned larger herds, and farm mortgage loans stood at low levels.
Robert Nixon an 85 year old Denison University doctor of philosophy and son of an Ohio minister is alleged to have confessed to the hammer killing of his boss Peter Steuben at a Bedford New York farm. Nixon claimed wages and education gaps sparked the crime while his past includes teaching high school in Louisville bank work in Chicago and farm labor. His defense team includes his brother Dr J W Nixon Rochester New York with location and dates scattered through the report.
Two Kansas farmers Paul Scheidt and William Lacy Browning confessed involvement in the plan to abduct Mell Quinlan Donnelly, a leading Kansas City garment maker. The group held Donnelly on a Kansas farm for 36 hours demanding a $75,000 ransom that was never paid. Browning claimed he learned of the plot and planned to use funds to educate his children.
George F. Larson, 2, convicted in Cleveland of a bank robbery, was assigned as a trusty at the State Capitol by penal authorities in Columbus. He walked away today, prompting a search.
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