Ohio Governor Cooper Discusses Hoover program
Governor Myers Y. Cooper met with President Hoover and Senator Roscoe McCulloch to discuss Ohio plans for a $286 million stabilization and construction program. Cooper noted $85.9 million for highways and about $150 million for state and municipal buildings, with $150 million to be contracted in the first six months. He praised Hoover for uniting governors in the stabilization effort and reported improved business confidence in Ohio.
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Washington
U.R
Ohio
Myers Y. Cooper
Roscoe McCulloch
Walter F. Brown
Hoover
Willard Hotel
Cooper
White House
Rich Americans Grow Richer Says Tax Census
Arthur Brisbane notes that 496 Americans earned over one million dollars in 1928, paying taxes on a total income tax of 1073 million dollars as of February 4 at Hodge California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hodge
Calif
Treasury Department
C&O Awards Contracts for 11350 Freight Cars
The Chesapeake and Ohio lines awarded contracts to build 11 350 freight cars at a total cost of 30 144 000 dollars. American Car and Foundry Company of Huntington West Virginia won 1500 freight car orders for the C and O and an equal number for the Hocking Valley Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
U.R
Chesapeake and Ohio Lines
John J. Bennet
American Car and Foundry Company
Huntington
W. Va
Chesapeake and Ohio
Hocking Valley Road
Eighteen Children Injured in Bus Truck Crash Near Elizabeth Town
A school bus and a truck collided near Elizabeth Town in Hamilton County injuring eighteen children. Authorities reported no fatalities and investigated the cause of the morning crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Elizabethtown
Hamilton County
Gunmen steal police car and rob restaurant in Cleveland
Two young gunmen, apparently under the influence, took a police auto from outside Central Police Station in Cleveland and moments later robbed a restaurant, escaping with 140 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.R
Central Police Station
How Much Do You Weigh Booklet From The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger offers a plain language weight control booklet titled How Much Do You Weigh. It explains rational methods to weigh and manage weight with sample menus vitamin basics simple exercises and health data available for a few pennies from the Washington Information Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Washington Information Bureau
Tax tale of a high income figure and tax avoided
A man with well over a hundred million income paid only six million in income tax according to published reports. Without the stock dividend device the figure would be at least forty million, with the remainder made up by many salary earners and professionals.
Imagination and Money Clash Among Millionaires
The piece notes that twenty four super rich individuals earning over ten million a year each rarely do remarkable or interesting deeds. It argues wealth and imagination do not often coincide and that imagination can hinder accumulation.
Road contracts in county revealed to public
State director of highways announced two 1930 Athens County highway contracts totaling 2 million dollars. Kibbey Engineering of Minneapolis secured 12880 feet of guard rail for 6956 dollars. Miller Brothers Galli polis Co. & G. Construction won 323793 dollar paving on the Mc Connellsville Zanesville road. J R Board of Alexandria received 2966 dollar bridge work on the Millersport Mount Perry road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Robert N. Wald
Kibbey Engineering Company
Minneapolis
Miller Brothers, Gallipolis. Co. & G. Construction Company
Columbus
Morgan and Muskingum Counties
McConnelsville
Zanesville
J- R. Board
Alexandria
Millersport
Mount Perry
Fairfield County
Princess Xenia of Russia Divorced From William Leeds
Former Princess Xenia of Russia and William B. Leeds have dissolved their marriage in divorce court. The pair wed in Paris eight years ago and maintained a Palm Beach photo session and a residence at Oyster Bay, Long Island, in the ornate home built for Leeds’s mother who married Prince Christopher of Greece and Denmark.
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Xenia
Russia
William B. Leeds
Palm Beach
Paris
Leeds
Oyster Bay
L. I
Prince Christopher
Greece
Denmark
Wet hearings shift tactics as probaition debate opens
Businessmen physicians scientists and prison officials will testify at the House Judiciary Committee anti prohibition hearings. The Wet Bloc excludes famed reformers like Al Smith and Nicholas Butler. They aim for an educational campaign to show prohibition has failed and include converts. Senate tariffs delay further prohibition action as the Tariff Bill proceeds with over 200 amendments.
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Washington
U.P
House Judiciary Committee
House Wet
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury
Justice Department
House
Senate
Finance Committee
Willys predicts car output rise after crash
John N Willys of Toledo, a nationally known motor manufacturer, told President Hoover that effects of the stock market crash on American industry would vanish in 30 to 60 days and automobile makers would produce more cars than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
John N. Willys
Toledo
Hoover
Masons to Meet in Athens on New Ritual Discussion
A meeting tonight of Royal Arch Masons officers in Athens will discuss a newly adopted ritual. Rolland Bright, Logan district lecturer, is also noted as attending.
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Officer of the
Royal Arch Masons
Athens
Rolland Bright
Logan
Liquor Find Ties Gosney to Possession Charge
POMEROY February 8 Deputies Welker and Morris arrested Robert Gosney after finding liquor at his Lower Middleport home while summoned as a character witness for Bud Frasier. Officers uncovered shelves of bottled liquor and a gallon and five pints. Gosney admitted ownership and was fined $100 plus costs. Frasier will not list Gosney as a witness in Saturday’s trial.
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Pomeroy
Delbert Welker
Ben Morris
Robert Gosney
J. E. Carleton
Gosney
Costa
Bud Frazier
Lower Middleport
Frasier
Gosney Place
Crime Outburst Follows City Finance Failure
Chicago faces a payless payday as 40,000 city workers go unpaid and tax warrants fail. Banks refuse cashing, triggering a new round of crimes as eight gang shootings, six fatal, and 48 holdups surge in a ten hour span. City Council backs a Rescue Committee for relief and seeks buyers for warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Citizens “Rescue Committee
Rum-Runner Lee Leonard Missing Believed Frozen In Lake Erie
Federal authorities fear Lee Leonard of Green Bay Wisconsin is dead at the wheel of the Gray Ghost after leaving Ontario with 125 cases of liquor. Wreckage reportedly found near Pelee Island suggests the boat may have sunk with Leonard aboard. partner William Richardson of Windsor Ontario also faces court. Leonard’s bondsmen await word on his status before any penalty.
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Cleveland
U.P
Lee Leonard
Green Bay
Wis
Lake Erie
Erieau
Ont
Leonard
Pelee Island
William Richardson
Windsor
Richardson
Sammuel H. West
Paroled Consideration Sought for Dr. Frederick Cook
Dr. Frederick A. Cook Arctic explorer physician and promoter serving 14 year Leavenworth sentence for mail fraud has been recommended for parole by the United States Parole Board and Justice Department officials said today.
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Washington
U.P
Frederick A. Cook
Leavenworth Prison
United States Parole Board
Justice Department
Protests Focus on Road Signs Trees and Child Labor
The Ohio State Horticultural Society weighs three directions of protest against proposed laws. Members argue against abolishing road signs and overzealous child labor restrictions while supporting practical road beautification and safety concerns.
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State Farm Society
Columbus
U.R
Ohio State Horticultural Society
C. E. Dutton
Earl Miller
Frank Farnsworth
The
Legisla
Slain Bandit Killing by Ohio Deputy Leaves Questions
Akron Ohio Feb 6 Robert Critz 35 a penniless laborer turned bandit to support his wife and three children He was shot by Deputy Sheriff Jack Bline after Critz held up Akron man A L Skidmore Bline says Critz fired first and ran 50 feet before collapsing He was from Nanty Glo Pa where his wife and children live Mrs Critz awaits the baby Bline is exonerated of blame.
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Akron
U.2
Robert Critz
Jack Bline
Itn
Nanty Glo
Critz
Man Sentenced for Church Defacement Over Prohibition Fight
Albert C. King, 43, was sentenced to seven years in the penitentiary after pleading guilty to entering and defacing Hyde Park Community Methodist Episcopal Church in Cincinnati. He admitted other offenses and said he acted to raise money to combat the Anti-Saloon League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Albert C. King
Hyde Park Community Methodist Episcopal Church
King
Prohibition Commission Reports Small Bootleg Diversion
The Prohibition Commission announced that in 1929 only about three percent of the 106,955,009 gallons of commercial alcohol produced was diverted into bootleg channels.
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Washington
U.R
Prohibition Commission For
Doran
Heart tests planned for radio audience reaction
New York February 6 radio broadcasters will use heart reaction tests on a group of prominent figures during a Columbia Broadcasting System program. The tests rely on a Western Electric multiple stethoscope, aiming to reveal genuine audience responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.R
Columbia Broadcasting System
Western Electric Laboratories
Columbia
Prohibition Enforcement Set for Shakeup Under Legislation
Washington February 6. Federal prohibition administrators nationwide including Hawaii and Porto Rico could face removal or reassignment if Congress approves bills transferring enforcement from the Treasury to the Justice Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Federai
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Congress
Treasury
Justice Department
Pedestrian Traffic Lights Issued By Athens Mayor Wood
Mayor Robert Wood orders stricter use of traffic lights in Athens. Pedestrians may cross on green or amber, autos only on green. Amber phase extended to improve safety. City urges students and residents to observe the new plan and walk with the amber light.
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Athens
Robert 8. Wood
Wood
Bandit shoots man in failed holdup. apology noted
A 24 year old man named Whilliam dibbons was wounded by a bandit's bullet during a nighttime attempted robbery in Columbus. The assailant fled the scene after apologizing for his nervousness and did not steal any money.
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Columbus
Whilliam Dibbons
Five power naval conferees face size reduction goal
London talks center on cutting the world’s fleets to curb costs. A Navy League summary cites 4,506,526 tons across 1,319 warships, with rapid obsolescence threatening billions in annual replacement costs. Britain leads in battleship and cruiser tonnage. the U.S. has most destroyers. France tops submarines. The conference seeks 1936 limits to curb competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
London
Lesgus
Great Britain
United States
France
United States Prefers Full Plan Before Battleship Cuts
London delegates focused on technical devices on naval arms limits as the big five gathering neared. American officials indicated no进入 preliminary agreement on battleship reductions until a complete general program is agreed at the conference.
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London
France
Great Britain
United States
Widow Hears Son’s Funeral by Bed in Moruary
In Bucyrus on February 5 a bedridden widow Mrs. Litchy heard funeral services for her son through a telephone linked to the chapel. The Civil War veteran’s widow listened as prayers were read while her son had died the prior Monday.
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Bucyrus
A.r—Dmire
Adam Litchy
Submarine O-8 Grounded in Portsmouth Harbor
The U S submarine O-8 with 82 aboard ran aground at the lower Portsmouth harbor entrance during a heavy snowstorm while en route from New London to the Navy yard. The craft was left high on rocks between Odiorne Point and Parsons Point, but authorities reported the crew safe.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
Portsmouth Harbor
New London
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Huntington Concern
Frederic J. Haskin
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Washington, D. C
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Troy
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Dr. Butler
Windy City
John 8. Clark
Council
Clark
Schmidt
Corporation
Ittelson
Ther. Bline
Mrs. Edsel Ford
Edsel Ford
Grosse Point
Detroit
Ford
Henry Ford
Bandit
Alexander Pantages
Eunice Pringle
Pantages
Fricke
Los Angeles
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