Engineer blamed for wreck that killed one and hurt many
A collision near Ware involved two New York trains, the Midnight Express and the Eastern Mail, killing the engineer and fireman on the Midnight Express and injuring 34 others. Investigators blamed a red signal and noted the incident as the railroad's worst wreck.
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Ware
New York
Fally
Hayes
Springfield
Bellefontaine
Utilities Commission
F. KE. Springer
Eland
J. J
Cleveland
Midnight Eastern Mail
Buzie
Midnight Express
Eck
Yas
Dela
Relief Leader Held as Embezzler
NT West Virginia December 24. R Brooks former deputy clerk and relief administrator of Marion County was jailed last night by State Police on charges he embezzled 876000 from county funds. His wife accompanied him when they arrived for Christmas with relatives.
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W. Va
R. Brooks
Depclerk
County
Youngstown
Marion Coun
Association to Hold Convention Here This Week
The tion Association will hold its convention here Wednesday and Friday this week.
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Tion Association
Rin Concocting Plots In a Bizarre Classified Ad
A fragmentary notice from a newspaper page shows an odd ad promoting plots with theatrical phrasing. It mentions drama themes and a reference to Lancaster Pinder Diease and places such as Athens and Onie, creating a puzzling, nonstandard classified item.
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Mos
Lancaster Pinder
Athens
Richberg v Johnson Memoir Feud Sparks Public War
Will Rogers voices a satirical take on the Richberg versus Johnson clash over memoirs and truth telling. He compares it to a civil war between Richberg and Hugh Johnson, noting a third party in the dispute and the role of The Saturday Evening Post in publishing.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Russia
Japan
Donald Richberg
Hugh Johnson
Manchuria
Richberg
Johnson
Saturday Evening Post
Will Rogers
Churches Plan Extra Services For Christmas
Athens churches announce Christmas observances with Tonight Midnight Mass at St Pauls 11 50 and Good Shepherd Choral Eucharist at 1130 led by Dr Robinson Christmas morning Presbyterians hold 10 oclock service by Rev Wilcox with theme Mary Shepherds and Wise Men Christian Church presents white gift pageant That Genial Personage Santa Claus and a preceding Saturday children's party
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Athens
St. Paul's Church
Good Shepherd Episcopal Church
Cc. C. Robinson
A. Y. Wilcox
Athens Presbyterian Church
Christian Church
Ohio Farmers Income Gains This Year
Ohio books show 50,000,000 extra in farmers pockets from higher crop values and good markets. A R Tuttle, federal statistician, cites strong crops, corn hog payments, and favorable prices as drivers. Ohio 1934 crop value placed at 158,000,000.
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Columbus
Ohio
A. R. Tuttle
Tuttle
Buckeye
War Vet Leaves Gifts Then Shoots Himself
Ernest Lameyer, a Spanish American War veteran, prepared for death by leaving gifts for his mother and sister and a note wishing them Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. His sister Katherine and their mother Mary Lamayer found him dead in his home upon returning from a Christmas play. he had been jobless for three years.
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Toledo
Ernest Lameyer
Katherine
Mary Lamayer
Dempsey
Kathryn Sehoch
Dunkirk
N. Y
Mia. Behoch
Sister Prad
Christmas Weather In Store for Athens
The Athens district enjoyed a crisp 35 degree noon as a Christmassy mood spreads. A preceding low of 28 was recorded last night by county weather observer Mrs. A S France with yesterday’s high around 55.
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Athens
Santa
Mercury
A S. France
Best Christmas Since 1929 Seen in Athens County
Athens County malls and stores report strong Christmas sales with high cash receipts for two weeks and numerous gifts, food, and toys prepared by Elks, Salvation Army, Eagles Toy Shop, and Red Cross partners. Local camps and institutions plan holiday meals and closures for Christmas Day.
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The
Messenger
Salvation Army
Adjt
W. W. Hinshaw
Eagles
Eagles’ Lodge
Lodge
Eugene Shafer
Standard of
Red Cross
Athens
CCC
Two Escape Injury In Toy Shop Blast
Richard McKinstry and Thomas Rosser narrowly escaped injury at the Eagies Toy Shop basement lodge rooms East Carpenter and Court Streets when a gas leak caused a floor bulge and wall flames. Fire Chief FE R Laughlin responded, the gas was shut off, and officials found a pipe leak under the floor.
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Richard McKinstry
Thomas Rosser
Eagies
Lodge Rooms
East Carpenter and
Court Streets
FE R, Laughlin
Two Small Children Die in Virginia Home
Deaths of two small children killed by a fall in a suburban Virginia home were attributed to an attempt to light their Christmas tree while parents were out. Also reported a hunting accident in Xenia where Otha M. Inlow, 19, died from abdominal wounds suffered during the opening day of hunting season.
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Virginia
Washington
Xenia
Otha M. Inlow
Messenger Christmas Day Holiday Observed
The Messenger will observe Christmas Day on Tuesday and publish no editions. All departments, including business editorial and mechanical, will be closed so staff may share the universal holiday.
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The
Messenger
Christmas Peace Move Ends NRA Officials Feud
Washington December 24 The belligerents General Hugh 8 Johnson and Donald Richberg moved toward a peace move amid Christmas spirit after Richberg warned The Saturday Evening Post he would hold it liable for any libel in Johnson's forthcoming articles. Johnson accused Richberg of press interference. both men exchanged Christmas greetings and Richberg stated he has never sued for libel and does not plan to.
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Stanley FP. Richardson
Washington
Hugh
Johnson
Donald R. Richberg
Richberg
National Emergency Council
Saturday Evening Post
NRA
Okmulgee
Oklo
General Johnson
Brain Tumor Defense For Toy Pistol Bandit
In Ravenna a defendant Harold Vaughn plans a brain tumor related defense to his crime after a hold up ended in a fatal crash that killed Mary Jean Bock, Garrettsville star athlete, when his speeding car struck the vehicle she rode in after taking a pocket book. In New York Herbert Hughes, formerly of Cleveland, died of suffocation while helping firefighters at a seven story loft blaze.
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Ravenna
Harold Vaughn
Mary Jean Bock
Garrettsville
New York
Herbert Hughes
Cleveland
Husband kills Wife's Lover in Dayton Telegram Office
Louie K Parker shot and killed Ches ter Payne, 30, in the Postal Telegraph office during a morning visit from Savannah Georgia. Parker said he followed Payne to Dayton to kill him after Payne ran away with his wife. About 20 witnesses watched as Parker fired four times then surrendered to police.
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Parker
Savannah
Chester Payne
Postal Telegraph Company
E. Yendes
Payne
Dayton
Christmas Mail in Ohio Vast This Year
Ohio post offices bustle with parcel post and greeting cards far exceeding prior years. The surge, described as the largest since the depression began, has thousands of extra workers striving to meet demand and keep deliveries on schedule.
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Ohio
Columbus
Santa Delivers Last Christmas For Doomed Girl
Five year old Donna Mavis Shaw, stricken with a malignant growth, received a final Christmas wish fulfilled by St. Nicholas and Veterans of Foreign Wars. She rode a new toy automobile in her room before passing away, with funeral plans set for Wednesday.
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Donna Mavis Shaw
Donna
Old &R. Nicholas
St. Nicholas
Foreign Ware
J. Warner Shaw
Christmas Day Air and Road Disasters Reach Headlines
A flurry of transport accidents and a family tragedy marked Christmas reports. Plane wrecks in Elko and Mazatlan, a car plunge at Wilmington, a train car collision near Medora, and a bus smash in Pittsburgh are noted alongside a deadly Christmas murder suicide in Pittsburgh.
Tax collections delayed until February in state
Carlton Darguach, vice chairman of the State Tax Commission, says delays in the Treasury Department push back the start of the three-cent retail sales tax. He notes prepaid tax receipts will be distributed to merchants after February 1, without specifying the treasury delay cause.
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Coliumabus
Treasury Department
Carlton
Darguach
State Tax Commission
Darguech
Reserve Board Chief Denies Charge of Usurping Congress
Marriner S. Eccles new chair of the Federal Reserve Board rejects Senator Carter Glasss charge that the board and the FDIC exceeded their powers in a recent interest rate cut. Eccles criticizes New Deal brain trusters calling them sub professors and supremely wise.
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Washington
Der
Carter Ginse
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Marriner &. Feeles
New Dealer
New Deal
Virginia
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Average Meal Costs Two and 2 3 Mills
Ohio housewives urged to contact Clearview High School Lorain County for an FERA project to feed 75 relief children eight weeks at a total cost of 128 dollars. The average meal price is two and two thirds mills per child.
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Columbus
Ohio
Clearview High School
Sheffield Township
Lorain County
FERA
State Relief Commission
Peace Is Plea Of Pope Pius On Christmas
Vatican dispatch reports Pope Pius XXII urged world peace in his Christmas address to the Curia. He warned that the clamor of war spreads and called for prayer and action for peace, noting a homicidal impulse could arise to justify war. He concluded with a repeated emphasis on Peace.
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Pope Pius
Vatican City
Pius
Cardinale
Pearce
Pamphlets in Lindy Trial Upset Attorneys
Federal authorities sought the source of pamphlets titled No. 2310 Criminal File Fix posed, Aviator's Baby Was Never Kidnaped or Murdered, sent to 14 prospective jurors in the Lindbergh case. Prosecution and defense weighed requesting a new jury panel for Hauptmann's trial next week.
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Flemington
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Lindbergh
Auto Thieves Fell To Football Players In Cleveland
Four Rocky River High School football players trapped two auto thieves using a dummy package. The plan built on late season teamwork and the players waited to nab the suspects after Bernard’s car break in Saturday. In Dayton, George W Bish, 63, ex-city commissioner and county auditor, died after a two year illness.
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Cleveland
Rocky River
Bernard
Dayton
George W Blsh
Montgomery County
State Pythian Organization
200 Family Community Is Planned Near Nelsonville
Options on 675 acres along the Hocking River near Nelsonville aim to create a 200 home subsistence community for miners families. The plan, backed by the State Relief Commission, would fund and manage the project with federal aid, provide one acre per family, cooperative dairy and farm operations, design 10–12 home styles, and grant five year ownership after probation.
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Nelsonville
H. M. Spang
Athens County
FERA
State Relief Commission
Washington
Obio
United States
Hocking River
Johnson, Davia, and
Baird Brothers
Hocking
Neleongvn Tea Kimberly
PACH
Porsibie
New County Political Control Setup Seen
Columbus December 24 14 political gossip claims Governor Martin L Davey may extend his new deal for Ohio to reshuffle county political control. Bricker supporters say the investigation threat targets bank liquidations to blunt Republican contender for 1994 governor race.
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Columbus
Fred Maretin L
Davey
Ohio
Attorney General's Department
Friends of Attorney
John Bricker
Republican Party
Bandit Suspect Shot After Chase in Cleveland Streets
A bandit armed with a shot gun was shot and captured by Patchlman Harry Fenwick after a crowded street chase following a $125 holdup in Cleveland. Police reported other robberies and holdups totaling about $2500 earlier today.
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Cleveland
Dee 4
Patchlman
Harry Fenwick
Burglars Fail at State Liquor Store
Burglars raided the state liquor store at 61 Fast Spring Street Columbus using an electric drill to weaken the floor under the cashiers cage. The strong box dropped into the basement but they did not obtain any loot. In St Clairsville a poultry house fire killed about 500 chickens on Paul Cummings farm.
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Columbus
Burgelars
Fast Spring Street
F. H. Taylor
ST. Clairsville
Paul Cummings
St. Clairaville
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