Hoover weighs plan to help veterans with loan compromise
President Hoover considers a debt relief plan for distressed veterans involving 50 percent loan against the value of insurance certificates. Brig. Gen. Hines and Treasury officials to report. Vandenberg's compromise may replace the cash bonus proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
White House
Gen
Hines
Veterans’ Affairs
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Vandenberg
Michigan
Treasury Sinking Fund
Congress
Woman Identified as Mrs Mildred Asher in Cincinnati Hotel
Cincinnati police today confirmed the body recovered from a local hotel is that of Mrs Mildred Asher wife of Jack L Asher formerly of Cincinnati Identification was made by Ira Lindsey Malcolm Boone and James Patterson all three of Cincinnati men They said the man who checked in with her as H Miller of Columbus matched a person they know as Jimmy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.R
Mildred Asher
Jack L. Asher
Ira Lindsey
Malcolm Boone
James Patterson
Four Escapees Caught After Mansfield Break
Four young men captured minutes after they climbed a 14 foot barbed wire fence at Mansfield Reformatory. The escapees are Kenneth Biffle Jackson County Ohio Thomas Adams County Earl Robinett Harrison County and Ernest Rutter Athens County. They face an additional year in custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
U.R
Mansfield Reformatory
Kenneth Biffle
Jackson County
Ormia Thomas
Adams County
Earl Robinett
Harrisen
Ernest Rutter
Athens County
Burns Fatal For ThreeYearOld In Chillicothe
Patricia Joy Bonner three year old died from burns after her clothing caught fire from a stove. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Matt Bonner of Chillicothe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Patricia Joy Bonner
Matt Bonner
Athens Messenger Offers a Debaters Booklet
The Athens Messenger promotes a booklet listing commonly discussed school and forum topics. It provides sources of current authoritative information on economic social industrial and political subjects with references to recent magazines and books. Send six cents for cost handling postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger
Ready References for Debaters booklet request
The writer encloses six cents for a copy of the Ready References for Debaters booklet. They provide Saint Street State as the address and ask for mailing details. The note cites Frederic J. Haskin as director and mentions Washington D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger Formation Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Pickrel Declared Winner By Margin of 417 Ballots
William G. Pickrel of Dayton Democrat will be Ohio lieutenant governor after a state canvass board recheck showed he defeated incumbent John T. Brown of Mechanicsburg Republican by 417 votes. The race, one of the closest in state history, included earlier uncertainties from discrepancies in abstracts across counties and prior contest by Brown. Pickrel, linked with the State Bar Association, had previously run for LG in 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
William G. Pickrel
Dayton
Ohio
George W. White
Pickrel
State
Secretary of State
John T. Brown
Mechanicsburg
Brown
The
State Bar Association
Australian chopper wowed Boy Scouts at Allaire camp
Peter McLaren of Melbourne demonstrated expert axe work at the Allaire New Jersey Boy Scout camp run by Thomas McCarter and Warren Barbour. He split a thick log in 1 minute 17 seconds, showed throw technique from 60 feet, and shaved hair to prove blade sharpness.
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Allaire
New Jersey
Thomas McCarter
Warren W. Barbour
Peter McLaren
Melbourne
Australia
McLaren
Prohibition Issue Grows As Wickersham Report Near
The Wickersham Commission resumes work in Washington with a January 6 release date promised to Republican leaders. Congress reopens as Prohibition remains a live topic and the House prepares a $2,000,000 request for the Prohibition Bureau. The panel is expected to offer findings rather than sweeping reform, focusing on enforcement improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickersham Commission
Congress
Washington
U.R
Capitol
House Wetl
Prohibition Bureau
Appropriations Committee
Mine inspector Ginnan hospitalized after Millfield blast rescues
Columbus December 30. Andrew Ginnan of Jacksonville Athens County deputy state mine inspector was treated in a Columbus hospital after collapsing from overexertion and breathing impure air during rescue work at the Millfield mine explosion last month. His condition was not considered serious by attendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Andrew Ginnan
Jacksonville
Athens County
Millfield
Will Rogers Presents Tax Tactics and Stock Exchange Satire
Will Rogers jokes about selling stock to tax write offs and repurchasing assets, contrasts with farmers and salaried workers lacking similar moves, and proposes a land and house market mockup to swing values like grains. The column playful reflects tax season humor from Hollywood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Patriots
Stock Exchange
Five Youths Die in Old Coal Works
In Pittsburgh a mine near age-zero idle for years claimed five youths aged 14 to 17 asphyxiated while playing. Rescue attempts by Battalion Chief Saul Klein failed briefly but he recovered. The Bureau of Mines planned air tests to confirm if black damp caused the deaths.
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Pittsburgh
U.R
United States Bureau of Mines
Steve Polka
Andrew Novak
John Vojick
Walter Kubala
Joseph Kasicik
Saul Klein
Bureau of Mines
Klein
A. J. Forbes
Actor Brink Pleads For One Night In Jail
Edward Brink a 26 year old actor and his wife entered the West 47th Street Police Station asking for one night in jail citing nagging as the reason. He resisted officers and was hauled to West Thirtieth Street Station after a struggle with Policeman Decker.
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New York
U.P
Edward Brink
West 47Th Street
Brink
Moran
Decker
Expect Approval Of Rail Merger Plan In East
Interstate Commerce Commission approval of the four trunk line agreement among four major eastern railroads is seen as virtually assured. Railroad men report the commission favors consolidation but opposes forming a fifth trunk line, due to opposition from New York Central Pennsylvania Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio
Press freedom in peril cited by Professor Crosman
Boston December 30 Professor Ralph L Crosman of the University of Colorado told the American Association of Teachers of Journalism that attempts to throttle the press by intimidation have appeared. He warned that restrictions on newspapers challenge vigilance and questioned whether papers deserve continued freedom.
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Boston
U.R
Ralph L. Crosman
University of Colorado
American Association of Teachers of Journalism
Crosman
Guatemala Coup Leads U.S. to Refusal of Recognition
The American minister in Guatemala City informs General Orel Lana provisional president that the United States will not recognize his regime due to its coup d etat.
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Washington
Guatemala City
General Orellana
Guatemala
United States
Maniac targetting Oklahoma teachers on the run
An alleged killer of two Blackwell teachers, W. T. Capeheart, fled through Oklahoma City after leaving clues at a Salvation Army mission. Police pursued as he cried of a haunting specter and fled from the Rasbach Hotel, with an organized search underway. The slain women were Miss Jessie Griffith and Miss Jexie Griffith, both educators returning home after a holiday visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Okla
Blackwell
Oklahoma
W. T. Capeheart
State Hospital For the Insane
Salvation Army
Rasbach
Salvation Army Mission
Capeheart
State Hospital
Norman
Cleveland
Jessie Griffith
Tonkawa
Jexie Griffith
Enid
Tax Receipts Grow Larger and Treasury Plans Refinancing
December tax receipts total about 491 million dollars, topping expectations by 6 million. The Treasury plans a major postwar refinancing on March 15 by redeeming 1.16 billion in 3 4 per cent certificates and replacing them with lower interest securities. Officials foresee impact on the bond market but cannot yet decide on issuing bonds or short term securities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Treasury
Mellon
Hoover approves consolidation plans of four Eastern railroads
President Hoover backs a four railroad consolidation plan formed in New York after talks with railroad representatives. Hoover, fully informed of the proposals and negotiations, was in conference with road representatives yesterday afternoon as the plan's details were conveyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
New York
Hoover
United Press
Bernet Predicts Better 1931 for Railroads and Nation
John J. Bernet, president of Chesapeake and Ohio and Pere Marquette Railroads, says 1931 should bring improved business. He notes railroads spent about 1.0 billion dollars in 1980 for nonessential improvements as faith in early recovery, stressing railroads support jobs and national prosperity. He recalls federal appeals a year ago to continue spending to sustain employment and stimulate business. The railroads have honored that pledge with substantial expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
John J. Bernet
Chesapeake and Ohio
Pere Marquette
Bernet
United States
Teachers Hear Dr Edie at Ohio Education Association
The Ohio Education Association convention in Columbus holds sectional meetings and officer elections. Dr L D Edie of Detroit will speak at the closing session on What a World Low Mood Mean to the Educational Profession. Nominations were made for president, executive committeemen, and regional board positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Ohio Education Association
L. D. Edie
Detroit
John R. Willams
Lake County
W. G. Wolfe
Guernsey County
Association
DPD
J. Boone
Lorain
Dc. A. Hudson
Fremont
H. R. Hazel
Cleveland
Dean M. Hickson
Lancaster
F. RR. Geiger
New Philadelphia
Reading Circle
William A. Evans
Cincinnati
R. E. Offenhauer
Liman
Ohio
National Education Association
Goodrich Ill While Returning Home From Election Trip
Charles C. Goodrich, noted automobile tire magnate, was hospitalized in Brookline Mass for rest and observation. He had been en route to Maine for the opening session of the legislature when he became ill, and doctors expect a quick recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline
Masa
A.rp
Charles C. Goodrich
Goodrich
Maine
Albert joins GOP mayor race as fourth candidate
Chicago alderman Arthur F. Albert the youngest member of the City Council announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for mayor becoming the fourth candidate in the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.R
Arthur F. Albert
Millikan proposes sun energy renewed from interstellar space
At the AAAS meeting in Cleveland Dr. Robert A. Millikan argues that heat lost by the sun is replenished from hydrogen-formed atoms in interstellar space. He says new atoms form and shower back onto the sun and stars, reversing the idea of inevitable solar dissipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Robert A. Millikan
Millikan
California Institute of Technology
Dr. Millikan
Better Year Forecast by Economists and Business Leaders
Economists and U S business leaders foresee a better year ahead. They express cautious optimism about economic improvements and a rebound in business activity despite ongoing uncertainties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Clark Ruling Is Not Sound, Judge States
Boston story reports Judge James A. Lowell upholds the Eighteenth Amendment and denies a motion to quash an indictment against three alleged violators of the equor law. He cites US Supreme Court decisions and the Rhode Island v Palmer ruling as constitutional precedent. Assisting US Attorney Elihu D. Stone warns of dangers to national safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U.R
United States District Court
James A. Lowell
Lowell
William Clark
New Jersey
Supreme Court of the United States
Mark
Rhode Island
Palmer
Supreme Court
United States
Elihu D. Stone
Clark
Wanted migraine study patient at Illinois hospital
The Research and Educational Hospital of the University of Illinois advertised for an unemployed man with a headache offering $50 a month, food, lodging, and treatment for three months. The ad seeks a genuine migraine patient for investigation and notes migraine as an eye disease causing severe nervous headaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
University of Illinois
Aerial Wedding Planned Over Wichita on New Year
Charles A. Lindbergh once piloted the monoplane that caused a ground loop and now the craft will carry A J Creekmore and Ruth Bradford to a New Year wedding above Wichita. Reverend J A Kuhns will officiate in the plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kas
Charles A. Lindbergh
Anne Morrow
Whisky seized en route to Cleveland from St. Louis
Police in Newark seized an automobile carrying 259 quarts of whisky last night. Louis Mills of Kansas City and George Rogaliner of Cleveland were arrested and believed tied to a larger liquor disposal operation, with the liquor moving from St. Louis toward Cleveland for holiday trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
U.P
Louis Mills
Kansas City
George Rogaliner
Cleveland
St. Louis
Italian ships to escort seaplanes in South Atlantic move
In Pernambuco Brazil on December 30 three Italian ships prepared to sail to strategic positions in the South Atlantic to assist twelve Italian seaplanes preparing to cross from Bolama to Natal, aiming to protect fusing operations in the theater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fusers
Penn grants excavation at Hecatapolis site led by Wulsin
The University of Pennsylvania received permission to dig at the ancient Hecatapolis site in Persia. Wredrik Wulsin will lead the expedition for the university.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theran
Persia
U.P
University of Pennsylvania
Hecatapolis
Wredrik Wulsin
Plot to Assassinate Gov Tejeda Uncovered in Vera Cruz
Discovery by state secret police reveals a plot to assassinate Governor A Tejeda at Puerto Moros by a group of conspirators identified by police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Cruz
Mex
U.R
Fliers Battle Coyote Aboard Plane Over Dakota Prairie
Aerial sportsmen Clyde Yee and Ice reported a coyote fight aboard their airplane during a Dakota prairie flight. After shooting the animal, the coyote revived and attacked the gunner, who was bitten badly. Ice resumed control, the plane spiraled, and Ice struck the coyote with a wrench before landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Fourchr
U.P
Dakota Prairie
Clyde Yee
Ice
Wolfe
Ica
Coyote
Pistol Forgotten In Shoplifting Arrest
A 20 percent year old divorcee, daughter of a retired city fireman, held up clerks and models in a Chicago dress shop, stole $30 and three dresses, forgot to hide her pistol as she left, and was captured a block away. The parents of a seven year old boy were granted special police protection after gang member playmates threatened to take him away for squealing about arson. State officials spoke at a convention claiming crime is on the wane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
John A. Swanson
John H. Lyle
Ulinois
Sex Topic Tops Campus Morals Debate At Conference
Clemencia Hand a Hunter College delegate says sex relationships have surpassed smoking and drinking as the leading topic in campus moral discussions at the national student faculty conference in Detroit. She notes smoking is no longer a moral issue and drinking unsavory escorts fail to impress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Clemencia Hand
Hunter College
New York City
Miss Hand
Aged Flower Vendor Dies in Cleveland Fire
Fire officials say an aged flower vendor died in a three story Cleveland building fire. Fire Battalion Chief Joseph Nelson led efforts that saved seven other people injured or trapped in the blaze. The cause of the fire is under investigation and no other details are given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Fire Battalion
Joseph Nelson
Varied Classified Offers Reported in The Messenger
In Nelsonville ads offer children’s print dresses with pleated and flared skirts for 69 cents each. A Logan resident plans a trip to Florida around January 6 and can carry two passengers. Albany lists a six year old Jersey cow for sale with freshening due in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Nelsonville
Logan
Florida
Jersey
Albany
Year end forecasts foresee gradual 1981 recovery in US economy
United Press reports business leaders expect modest improvement in 1981 after a depressed 1980. Many caution a slow return to normal, with signals of potential lift in electrical manufacturing and retail, while agriculture faces complex grain markets. Notable quotes from Alfred Sloan Jr and others emphasize cautious optimism and long recovery timelines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Gridley
United Press
New York
United States
Economiata
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors
Dierard Swope
Wal Electric
W. B. Storey
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
H. T. Parson
F. W. Woolworth Co
Prp
W. Litchfield
Goodyear Tire & Rlubber
John Dauber Dies at 64 in Logan Station
John Dauber 64 former mayor of Jackson collapsed at the C and C Railroad Station in Logan while waiting for a train. Coroner J P Ler ruled death by apoplexy. He leaves a son Dauber of Columbus and was visiting his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs A F White. Funeral plans will be in Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
John Dauber
Jackson
A. F. White
J. P.ler
Dauber
Columbus
Bandits Raid Peiping Train On Mukden Line
A passenger train was attacked by bandits on the Mukden Line near Peiping. Fifty passengers were killed and forty seven injured, with thirty kidnapped as bandits tore up tracks in front of the speeding train and wrecked nine coaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peiping
China
P Mukden
Three youths executed in New Jersey electric chair
Three young gunmen were executed in the New Jersey State Prison last night for murders and robberies. William Gimbel of Bloomfield, Joseph Calabress 21 of Newark, and Arthur Cort 22 of Newark died after a brutal ordeal, dying within 17 minutes.
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Trenton
N. J
Dee
William Gimbel
Bloomfield
Joseph Calabress
Newark
Arthur Cort
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