Hyde Urges Reforestation of Unprofitable Farms
Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde, speaking at Ohio State University during Farm Week, proposed state acquisition and reforestation of unprofitable lands with federal aid, plus tax exemptions for such lands. He linked the plan to flood control, preserving timber and soil, and future land needs, and urged policies to curb farm surpluses and diversify uses for farm products.
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Columbus
U.P
Arthur M. Hyde
Secretary of Agriculture
Ohio State University
Hyde
Farm Bureau Federation
Univerity Hall
United States
Hyde d
Organization of Agriculture
Funeral rites set for Harry T. Hall former Ohio bank official
East Liverpool Feb 3 Funeral services are planned here tomorrow for Harry T. Hall vice president of the Bank of Mantan Trust Company New York and former Ohio superintendent of banks who died last Saturday in New York City.
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East Liverpool
U.P
Harry T. Hall
Bank of Mantan Trust Company of News
Ohio Superindent
Banks
Newk
Underwood and Nugent Sail for Panama Delegation via New York
Congressman M. G. Underwood and wife and local businessman J. F. Nugent departed from New Lexington for New York to sail on the S. S Cristobal bound for Panama with a religious delegation.
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New Lexington
M. G. Underwood
J. F. Nugent
New York
S. S&s
Cristobal
Panama
Athens Messenger Publishes Weight and Health Booklet
The Athens Messenger offers a 32 page Washington Information Bureau booklet on weight and health. It explains how excess or insufficient weight affects health and efficiency and how diet controls weight.
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The
Athens Messenger
Washington Information Bureau
Engineless glider launch from dirigible over Lakehurst
An airplane with no engine was launched from the dirigible Los Angeles at 3000 feet. Lt Ralph Barnaby weighed 140 pounds sat in a 200 pound glider guiding it over Lakehurst Field twelve times, suggesting wartime uses for lightweight craft dropping gas on cities.
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Los. Angeles
Calif
Ralphs. Barnaby
Lakehurst Field
Widows and Children Reclaim Sultan Abdul Hamid Fortune
London reports nine surviving widows and thirteen children of Abdul Hamid have recovered fifty million dollars of the late Sultans fortune, part of an estate once totaling fifteen hundred million dollars.
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London
Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Mustafa Kemal’s Turkey Sends No Widow Benefit
The article notes a fifty million sum for nine widows should be deposited outside Turkey. It praises Mustafa Kemal for efficiently running the Turkish Republic and states he would not send such contributions to the widows and their children.
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Turkey
Mustapha Kemal
Turkish Republic
Navajo to stage vigorous dance to drive death devil
In Arizona, the Navajo head medicine man Dugeye Clitson aged 102 plans a bold dance with his braves to frighten the death devil. Wives bow strings and harem imagery frame the archaic news from the sultan’s realm.
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Arizona
Dugeye Clitson
Whirling Fire Tale of Braves Fight and Rituals
A fragment describes a fierce fire of pitch involving pine, with braves nearly naked ready to cover themselves in flame and a feared death devil. An old medicine man, rising from buffalo robes, is expected to continue the rite and carry on amid the frenzy.
Mail pilot survives crash delivering six pouches
Silver Creek New York reports E. E. Basham, air mail pilot on the Buffalo Cleveland route, crash lands in trees while returning from Cleveland. He stays with his wrecked plane until daylight, then walks to a highway with six pouches, is driven to the post office, later collapses, and is treated for exposure and injuries. His condition is not serious.
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Silver Creek
N. Y
U.R
United States
E. E. Basham
Buffalo
Cleveland
Here
Basham
Prohibition Bureau Move Advances in Congress
Washington reports prompt enactment of administration bill to shift the Prohibition Bureau from the Treasury to the Justice Department. Expenditures Committee favorably reports the bill and the Rules Committee grants floor time Thursday through Saturday.
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Washington
U.R
House of the Administration
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury
Justice Department
Expenditures Committee
Rules Committee
Taft Resigns As U S Chief Justice
Washington February 3 Chief Justice William Howard Taft submitted his resignation to President Hoover. The 71 year old head of the Supreme Court was appointed by President Harding and his son Robert Taft delivered the document. Ill health is cited as the reason for stepping down.
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Washington
U.S
William Howard Taft
United States
Supreme Court Today
Hoover
Supreme Court
Harding
Robert Taft
Cincinnati
1300 Chicago Employes Accept 15 Percent Pay Cut
More than 1,300 South Park District workers agreed to a 15 per cent salary reduction to avoid 200 layoffs amid a $500,000 reassessment driven income drop. About 320 are policemen. They will work six days a week instead of seven as city officials seek funds. Alderman John S. Clark predicts a $6,000,000 municipal debt straw may be within reach.
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Chicago
Merton T.akers
United Press
U.P
South Park District
Edward J. Kelly
South Park Board
George T. Donoghue
John S. Clark
City Council
Injured York Township Man Dies After Dynamite Blast
Charles Wachenschwang aged 24 of Nelsonville died at Cherrington Hospital in Logan after a dynamite blast near the city. He was brought by ambulance, had his right hand blown off, flesh torn from both legs, and severe lacerations to the left hand and face. The body was moved to Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Rival Editors Seize Spartanburg Papers in Ownership Clash
Spartanburg Herald and Journal employees led by William Lavarre took possession of the paper property, countering action by J. T. Webb Jr. of Macon who had been appointed by Judge Deaver to take over the papers last week.
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Spartanburg, 8. C
U.P
William Lavarre
Spartanburg Herald and Journal
Hall- Lavarre
J. T. Webb Jr
Macon
Deaver
Webb
Priest Declines to Obey Suspension at Dayton Church
The Rev Julius Velasco rector of St John s Episcopal Church Dayton Ky was suspended by Bishop H P Abbot after marrying a Catholic woman January 25 He initially planned to hold services as usual but reversed stance and agreed to suspend read by layman Richard Welshbillig while the matter is clarified
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Lexington
U.P
Julius Arnold Velasco
St. John's Episcopal Church
Dayton
H. P. Almon Abbot
Richard Welshbillig
Velasco
Winter Is Supreme Over Countryside
From DeWinton Alberta Grace Warner writes of the northland including deep snows hock ey games chinook winds and events. Late last week roads were blocked with snowdrifts in the Standard District. P O Warner was injured when his saddle pony stepped in a hole and threw its rider.
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DeWinton
Alberta
Grace Warner
Northland
P. O. Warner
Parley Moves On Frange Plan Amid Transfer Promise
Talks progress on a proposed Frange plan as delegates discuss unlimited transfer of tonnage with no immediate results. Observers note American viewpoints shaping the diplomatic mood and potential outcomes.
Ohio River Science Highway flood damaged high between Pomeroy and Middleport
The Ohio River Science Highway along the Pomeroy to Middleport line settled about four feet last night causing extensive damage to the levee and adjacent properties. Local officials reported the shift disrupted traffic and required emergency closures.
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Pomeroy
Ohio River Science Highway
Middleport
Ex-President Resigns Chief Justice Post Over Health
The former president Taft of Ohio resigns as chief justice of the U S Supreme Court due to ill health. Born in Cincinnati, he was first named to federal office by Harrison in 1890 and served as secretary of war before becoming president.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Taft
United States
Theodore Rooosevelt
Cincinnati
Hamwison
Philippine Commission
Supreme Court
London Naval Conference enters third week of tonnage debate
The London Naval Conference enters its third week with the United States, Great Britain, Italy, and Japan seeking compromise with France over tonnage distribution among warship classes. France plans no big five meeting tomorrow as Briand returns tonight and Leygues leads the delegation.
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London
America
England
Italy
Japan
France
Andre Tardieu
Conference
Great Britain
Ground Hog at Bronx Zoo Fails to Predict Winter
Ever Ground Hog at the Bronx Zoo stayed fast asleep in his concrete den as crowds watched. Head Keeper John Toomey said there are ground hogs and ground hogs and noted the pet embarrassed him and New York by not stepping out. He pulled the animal from its den twice, only for it to retreat back.
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New York
U.P
Bronx Zoo
John Toomey
Toomey
Doctor Testifies on Crabtree Murder Case
Dr. Fe H. White of Cumberland Maryland testified that Walter Crabtree was a moron and thus responsible for the alleged killings of three men in Romney West Virginia on December 18.
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Romney
W. Va
U.P
FE. H. White
Cumberland
Walter Crabtree
Local Classifieds Highlight Living Stock and Rental Offer
The Messenger Classified Ads list ten good shoots for gale and a Jersey bull calf for sale at five dollars. West Union Street Athens offers a five room house for rent with gas electricity bath garden and garage for twenty five dollars.
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the Messenger
Gale
West Union Street
Athens
Porter Dicken Home Damaged by Fire in Athens County
An explosion of gasoline fumes from a clothes cleaning solution sparked a fire at 403 West Union Street in Athens County this morning. Porter Dicken, the local dog warden, and his wife Mrs Dicken suffered minor burns as the kitchen and adjacent rooms sustained fire and smoke damage.
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Porter Dicken
West Union Street
Dickey
Athens County
Porter
Woodrow Wilson Honored On Sixth Anniversary Of Death
Joseph P. Tumulty recalls Wilson’s influence on national prosperity and world peace in a statement for United Press on the sixth anniversary of the World War president’s death. He died February 3, 1924, and is buried at Washington Cathedral.
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Washington
U.R
Woodrow Wilson
Joseph P. Tumulty
United Press
Wilson
Washington Cathedral
More Millionaires in U.S. This Year 1928 Tax Data
Treasury figures show nearly 46 000 millionaires in the United States in 1928 with 496 individuals paying income taxes on incomes over 1 000 000. This compares to 290 in 1927. Millionaires are defined as those with 50 000 plus income, often in salaries rather than interest.
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Washington
U.R
United States
Treasury Department
Treasury
Route Logan Star Route Opens Post Office Mail Service
At 8 30 a m Saturday Leslie Murdock left the Logan Postoffice with the first load of mail on the new Star Route serving the New Straits ville and Murray City branches after the railroad mail service was removed Friday. Murdock won the contract from a field of over twenty bidders and bought a new truck for the route. His home is on Zanesville Avenue.
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Logan
Leslie Murdock
Logan Postoffice
New Star
New Straitsville
Murray City
Murdock
Zanesville Avenue
Bank of Michigan cash transfer guarded by police units
Detroit reports UM Fifty police equipped with machine guns bombs and tear gas guarded the transfer of millions in cash and securities from temporary offices to permanent Bank of Michigan quarters.
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Detroit
Bank of Michigan
Air mail pilot drowns on Connecticut River plunge
Carey Grindham, an air mail pilot on the New York Boston route for Colonial Air Transport, was drowned when his plane crashed into the Connecticut River opposite Brainard Field in Hartford.
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AIR Mail
Hartford
Conn
Carey Grindham
New York-Boston
Colonial Air Transport
Connecticut River
Brainard Field
Doran Borah Fight Prompts Demand for Truth on Charges
Washington reports pair Borah and Doras clash over charges against Prohibition Administrator Herbert in the Montana district. Senators seek inquiry while Dyer bill swells repeal hopes and lawmakers debate enforcement transfers and the Volstead Act.
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Chateman Williamson
House Exependitures Committee
Iin Firet Wickersham
Treasury
Justicement
Restriotsons
Borah
Idaho
Doras
Rues
Herbert
Montana
Diesan
Doran
Bose
Flvor
Watson
Senate
House
Griswold to Speak Here at Athenga Pra ngtaian Brotherhood
Hal H. Griswold Columbus state welfare director will be principal speaker at the Athenga Brotherhood gathering on February 18. A hot meal will be served.
Youth pleads guilty to furnishing liquor in Logan
Seber Conley, 18, arrested last week for supplying whisky to Otho Lambert of Greendale the day Arch Weakley was killed, pleaded guilty before Judge M Whitcraft. He was fined 150 dollars. He initially denied involvement but then admitted. The court awaited further info on his claims.
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Steve Katovis
U. S
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Charles Wachenschwantz
Logan Hospital
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Frange
Hocking Way
Hocking Valley Railroad
Yarde
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By Raymond Clapper
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Georges Leygues
Tumulty
Woodrow Wiligan
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Prohibition
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