Old Gibson Spurlock feud erupts in Salem violence
In Salem Indiana a long running hill feud spills into the town as Otis Gibson and brothers attack the jail, wounding Sheriff Trinkle and a deputy, killing Otis after a shootout with Town Marshal Gerald. Spurlocks flee to Jeffersonville, Gifford Gibson surrendering at the jail.
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Salem. Ind
U.R
Indiana
Tennessee
Spurlocks
Salem
Gibsons
Milton Trinkle
Otis
Trinkle
Elmer Gerald
Gerald
Borah says third party would be of no practical value
Senator William E Borah of Idaho says a third party movement would be of no practical value at this time. He adds that realignments in legislative matters are taking place on vital issues in the current discussion.
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Washington
U.R
William E. Borah
Idaho
Fisherman and son escape wreck as ice floe traps 100 on Sandusky Bay
On Sandusky Bay a large ice floe split trapping 100 fishermen. Edward Dunkel and his 11 year old son Elmer narrowly escaped when Elmer improvised a rope from his coat to pull his father to safety as the floe broke apart and the pair were separated briefly.
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Sandusky
U.R
Sandusky Bay
Edward C
Dunkel
Elmer
Imer
Times Square Show Robbed During Midnight Picture
A lone bandit robbed the Paramount Motion Picture Theater in Times Square of at least $11,000 during a midnight showing of Tom Sawyer. Police searched the Sky scraper building floors and roofs as audiences were kept inside and guards posted, but the assailant escaped.
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Times Square
Lone Thug
Paramount Motion Picture Theater
Bandit
New York
U.P
Tme
Merger of Sheet & Tube Bethlehem Held Invalid by Court
In Youngstown Ohio the Common Pleas Court ruled the billion dollar merger of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co and Bethlehem Steel invalid. Cyrus S. Eaton led opposition claiming fraud and potential losses of 50 million dollars to stockholders. Eaton alleged secret negotiations by top executives and filed injunctions after shareholders approved the deal 58 thousand to a margin.
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Sheet & Tube
Bethlehem
Youngstown
U.P
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Common Pleas
David G. Jenkins
Cyrus S. Eaton
Cleveland
James M. Campbell
Frank Purnell
Eugene G. Grace
Charles M. Schwabb
Sheet and Tube
Eaton
Hoover Christmas Day message emphasizes work and cheer
President Hoover issued a brief 37 word Christmas Day message. He wished a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, urged no regrets, and promised to do all he can to make the new year real. He stressed hard work ahead and that whining would not help.
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President Hoover
Hoover
Oldest Preserved Trees Found in Northern Alberta
Canadian Government engineers report discovery of the world's oldest preserved trees in Northern Alberta. They describe branches that once waved over creatures and even uncouth half developed men about fifteen million years ago when North America linked with Asia. The trees, though ancient, are presented as younger than the giant redwoods claimed to be 2,600 years old at the time of Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Asia
Christ
Wood Burial Reveals Ancient Japanese Tree Discovery
Dr Bailey of Harvard proves one of the preserved trees is a Japanese variety. The specimens, sealed in bitumen sands with leaves and insects, indicate these trees grew on a vast continent that spanned North America and Japan fifteen million years ago, putting modern troubles in perspective.
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Doctor Bailey
Harvard
North America
Japan
Ford's Brazil Plantations Stir Wildlife Concerns at Night
Report notes Ford agents cultivate six million acres of tropical land in Brazil. Tractors and ploughs operate around the clock under floodlights, risking disruption to wildlife including pythons jaguars and monkeys.
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Henry Ford
Brazil
Ford
Will Rogers Advises Firms to Keep Workers Through New Year
Will Rogers notes party splits in 1930s U.S. politics and reports firms telling workers they would not be fired. He suggests a New Year morale boost by extending job security, claiming workers will respond with improved effort and productivity.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Norris
Will
Hopes Loans Can Be Made
Senator Vandenburg from Michigan announced a shift from cash war veteran payments to a compromise plan. The proposal would let veterans borrow the current value of their insurance certificates from the government, potentially increasing loan value from about 18–22 percent to around 50 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Vandenburg
Mich
White House
Pickrel Leads After Canvass In Ohio Lieutenant Governor Race
The State Canvassing Board planned to announce the outcome of a recheck of abstracts from 67 counties in the Ohio lieutenant governor race. William G. Pickrel of Dayton, a Democrat, held a small plurality over Republican incumbent John T. Brown after final figures. the recheck reportedly increased Pickrel's lead.
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Columbus
William G. Pickrel
Dayton
John T. Brown
Mechanicsburg
Brown
Pickrel
Seven Die In Fire At Queen's Hotel In Cochrane
A blaze at the three story Queen's Hotel in Cochrane Ontario early today killed at least seven and trapped more than 200 guests. Police said the fire began in the office and spread rapidly through the center of the building as searchers moved through the ruins.
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Cochrane
Ont
U.P
Queen's Hotel
Cardiner
Ontario
Woman Again In Kroger Holdup At Marion Ohio
A man and a woman about 30 held up three Kroger employees and robbed the store of 96 dollars Saturday night in Marion Ohio. It is the third holdup here in two weeks involving a woman.
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Marion
Kroger
Texas Student Denies He Murdered His Girl Lover
A Texas University sophomore, Robert L. Williams, denies killing Elizabeth Johnson, 16, in a car after a quarrel over another man. Williams, the son of a pastor, pleaded to attend the funeral and claimed he is a victim of circumstances while awaiting trial after the shooting near a church counselor.
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Texas
Port Arthur
Tex
Texas University
Elizabeth Johnson
Williams
Glenn Flinn
Elizabeth
Flinn
Methodist Church
Miss Johnson
New Race Track Opens at LaFayette Park Near London
The Central Ohio Breeders' Association announced a $300000 racing facility at LaFayette Park near London will open for the 1981 spring season. It mirrors Raceland Kentucky with stables for 800 horses and a large grandstand paddock and clubhouse. Roy R. Colwell of Mansfield will be general manager and is praised as a leading horseman.
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London
U.P
Lafayette Park
Here
Central Ohio Breeders’ Association
Raceland
Roy R. Colwell
Mansfield
Colwell
Tax Refunds Total 126 Million From U S Treasury
The U S Treasury announced more than 10 000 tax refunds totaling 126 836 333 dollars to corporations restoring balance sheets toward normal. United States Steel Corp led with 16 208 343 dollars. total refunds about 65 percent of last year’s level.
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Washington
U.P
Treasury Department
United States Steel Corporation
Temperance Day Observed by Ohio Public Schools
Ohio public schools must observe Temperance Day on Friday January 16 under a 1921 law. The program includes two hours of activities teaching temperance history and physiology, with readings from notable figures and poets. The law aligns with the 18th Amendment which took effect January 16 1920.
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Columbus
Ohio
John L. Clifton
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Ty Cobb
Shakespeare
Theodore Roosevelt
Connie Mack
Alonso Mage
Irving Fisher
Thomas A. Fidison
Charlies A. Lindberg
George Young
House approves $45 million drought relief appropriation
Washington December 29 The House appropriations sub committee approved a $45,000,000 drought relief appropriation after receiving from Secretary Hyde a recommendation for the full amount authorized by Congress. Chairman Wood said the full committee would report the bill to the House next Monday with expectation of passage.
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations
Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde
Congress
Wood
Appropriations Committee
House
Gets Bills of Former Wife Gets Bills of Former Wife
In Columbus a case before the State Supreme Court involves William H. Larrick challenging a Noble County Appeals Court ruling that J Evan Walters must pay 1734 for alleged necessaries provided to Larrick’s divorced wife Ella May Larrick. Larrick notes his 1919 Washington divorce decree remains in effect.
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Columbus
U.R
William H. Larrick
J. Evan
Walters
State Supreme Court
Larrick
High Court
Appeals Court
Noble County
Supreme Court
Ella May Larrick
Superior Court of
King County
Washington
Suspect Held in Tonkawa Teachers Slaying
Lyman Constant, 34, former state hospital inmate, was held in Enid by Kay County officers for investigation into the attack and killing of two schoolteachers near Tonkawa. The bodies of Jessie Griffith, 24, and Jexie Griffith, 35, were found along the highway after being shot and dragged from a car abandoned on U. S. 77 ten miles north of Perry.
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Perry
Jessie Griffith
Jexie
J.S. Griffith
Extradition appeal kept Daryl Overholzer and Eva Bone jailed
Palm Beach Florida December 29 Daryl Overholzer and Eva Bone held without release until March 20 while they appeal to the Supreme Court over extradition to Hillsboro Ohio for kidnapping 4 year old Nancy Ellen Hammond Keyes two years ago. Defense alleges warrants issued without Governor Carton knowledge. Circuit Court denied motion to dismiss prompting the appeal.
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Palm Beach
Fla
U.P
Daryl Overholzer
Eva Bone
Hillsboro
Nancy Ellen Hammond Keyes
Supreme Court
Doyle E. Carton
Circuit Court
High Court
Joffre Battles For Life As Health Fades
Paris report says Marshal Joseph Joffre, aged World War hero, fights for survival after amputation of his left leg due to arthritis and gangrene. Doctors note stamina but fear death is near, with Dr. Rene Fontaine stating death could come within hours.
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Paris
Marshal Joseph Joffre
Rene Fontaine
Joffre
Ohio Educational Association holds two day convention in Columbus
About 2500 members of the Ohio Educational Association gather in Columbus for a two day convention. Officers will be elected on Tuesday.
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Columbus
U.2
Ohio Educational Association
New Course Sought In Newspaper and Magazine Study
Boston December 29 A required course in newspaper and magazine appreciation for high school and college students would be a drastic but valuable educational move. University of Georgia professor John E Drewry, president of the American Association of Teachers of Journalism, spoke today.
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Boston
John E. Drewry
University of Georgia
American Association of Teachers of Journalism
Rainey Moves to Probe Federal Farm Loan Board
Representative Rainey of Illinois announced plans to introduce a resolution for an investigation into the Federal Farm Loan Board and the federal farm loan system, accusing it of functioning as a political organization. The board oversees the farm loan system from Washington.
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Washington
U.R
Federal Farm Loan System
Federal Farm Loan Board
Rainey
Illinois
Doc Ator Becomes Athens City Patrolman
Doc Ator former Athens County deputy sheriff began duties today as city patrolman in Athens. He ranked among the top three in civil service exam with Claude L. Steppe and C. D. Duncan. Ator starts a 60 day probation replacing duties once held by Patgelman Maywood McGrath.
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Wilson C
Doc” Ator
Athens County
Athens
Ator
Claude L. Steppe
C. D. Duncan
Patgelman Maywood McGrath
Woman Pilot Sets High Altitude Record Near 37000 Feet
Miss Juanita Burns, with three years of flying experience and 115 solo hours, captured a new women’s altitude record by reaching an estimated 37,000 feet. Observers noted she achieved the height during a training flight in the Los Angeles area.
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Los Angeles
U.R
Juanita Burns
All Farmers May Have To Pay Road Tax
Ohio Appellate Court invalidates 80 county exemption from state road tax while upholding eight largest counties. Wetmeyer and Lucas County farmers faced five percent cost share. Ottawa and Wood County property owners avoided assessment. Court enjoined county officials from collecting in Lucas County. likely impact on statewide assessments unless Supreme Court reverses or new law passes.
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Toledo
U.R
Lakas
Franklin
Cuyahoga
Montgomery
Hamilton
Stark
Bummit
Mahoning
John Wetmeyer
Lucas County
Ottawa
Wood Counties
Common Pleas Court
County Commission
Supreme Court
Refiners Oil Co Sold to Standard Oil of Ohio
The Refiners Oil Co of Dayton is purchased by Standard Oil Co of Ohio and will operate as a separate division while marketing under its Holliday trade name. Existing personnel largely kept. Standard will seek approval for 186,667 additional shares at the January 16 meeting.
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Cleveland
U.P
Jungle Rebels Fight British Troops Amid Jungle Front
Dec 29 Rangoon reports rebels pressed a long jungle offensive as British forces prepared in reinforced positions. Fights erupted along miles of jungle front with heavy hand encounters and native groups facing ammunition shortages.
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Hangtain
Rangoon
Welfare report outlines new state facilities and reorganization
Governor Myers Cooper releases a final Welfare Advisory Commission report proposing a five member non salaried public welfare board to appoint a director, revised laws to place offenders in public welfare care, and rapid construction of penal and mental health institutions. Plans include state owned farms, feeble minded care, epileptic hospital expansions, and a new dormitory at the Boys Industrial School.
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Columbus
Myers
Cooper
Welfare Advisory Commission
le Ture
Board of Public Welfare
Department of Public Welfare
Bureau of Classification and Examination
Coanetonain County
Apple Creek
Warren County
Stat Farm
Orient
Franklin County
Gallipolia
Th Boye’ Industrial School
Scientists Gather at 85th Annual Conference in Cleveland
A large portion of the program at the 85th annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science centers on employment data and remedial action proposals. Divisions of social and political science and observational science discuss progress and the curve of advancement.
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Cleveland
Ume
American Association the Advancement of Teleane
Ibita
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Arthur Brisbane
Will Rogers
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Joseph Mansfield
R. J. Wilson
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Percy Quinn
Mississippi
Robert L. Williams
U. S. Treasury
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Lion
Rockefeller
Swift & Co
Chicago
John J. Rockefeller
Horace FB
John F. Dodge
Secretary of Treasury
Andrew W. Mellon
Buckeye State Building & Loan Co
Citlea Mortgage Co
Columbua Dental Manufacturing Co
Franklin Loan & Savings Co
Columbuuca
International Note & Mortgage Co
Columbua
Batute
Henry A. Albert Marting
Trenton
Park Savings Co
M. Tucker
Vulcan Last Co
Portsmouth
House Committee
Oklahoma
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