Rev Abbott Found Dead in Cleveland Poisoning
The Rev Brinley Abbott 45 long associated with Grace and St John’s Episcopal churches in Ohio was found dead at the Recreation House. A poison bottle lay beside him and police call the death a likely self-inflicted incident amid personal worries and family illness. Coroner Pearse opened an investigation as officials note his prior service in Athens and as a World War chaplain.
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Cleveland
U.rph
Brinley Abbott
St. John's Episcopal Church
Arthur J. Pearse
Abbott
Kipiscopal
Hocking Valley
Athens
Nelsonville
Loga
McArthur
Recreation House
Grace Episcopal Church
South
St. John's Church
Pearse
England
S&st. John's Church
Bolecek
Cecil Dunstan
Dunstan
St. John’s
Stanley Burden
Sergeant Polecek
United States
Ohio
St. John’s Church
Myth Is Blasted Exhibition of Scottish Relics Opens
London crowds attended a charity fundraiser opening an exhibit of Scottish antiques and historical relics. Scots stood in line to view items said to connect to Bonnie Prince Charlie, Mary Queen of Scots relics, and John Armstrong.
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London
U.P
Proceds
Bonnie Prince Charles
Mary Queen of Scots
Scotland
John Armstrong
Columbus Fire Chief Dies From Collision Injuries
Battalion Chief Charles E. Barklow of the Columbus Fire Department died from a fractured skull after an automobile collision involving his department vehicle and another machine. The crash occurred early Tuesday, with Barklow succumbing today.
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Columbus
U.P
Charles E. Barklow
Columbus Fire Department
Will Rogers on Hoover flier aid and Red Cross work
Will Rogers notes Hoover sent a flier to Arkansas and a stricken area to assess mos shows. He praises Red Cross feeding 70 counties in the state and remarks three towns under 6,000 population paid 10 000 in admissions. He urges the country to wake up and rely less on government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durant
Okla
Tohn
Hoover
Arkansaw
Red Cross
Lincoln
Will
A Big Discussion It Will Be Twins
A quoted panel notes a debate on a forthcoming event with twins as a central theme. Other items mention Kemal winning and Allah losing in a terse, stylized fashion. The piece is a King Features syndicate entry.
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Kemal
Allah
Hoover Borah Clash Over Government Aid Policy
The passage contrasts President Hoover and Senator Borah on relief. Hoover urges reliance on mutual self help and charity before government action, citing Cleveland. Borah retorts that the principle did not apply to Armenians, Russians, or Europeans needing aid amid famine and war.
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Borah
Hoover
Red Cross
Grover Cleveland
Senator Borah Presses Red Cross Efficiency
Senator Borah argues the Red Cross lacks strength to complete its job and urges government use of army and navy manpower to cut costs. He cites payroll figures to show money reaching salaries rather than aiding the hungry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borah
Re Cross
Army
Navy
Red Cross
Secretary Akerson Departs Hoover Administration for Paramount
Washington February 5. George Akerson the first secretary left the Hoover White House to take an executive post with Paramount Publix Corp in New York. His resignation had been announced a month ago and the presidency has not yet found a successor. the post will stay vacant for several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Hoover
George Akerson
New York
Paramount Publix Corporation
Akerson
White House
Hoover Still Firm Against Relief Funds
President Hoover and the Senate face a stalemate over relief for the hungry as Col Campbell V Hodges reports from Arkansas. White House and Republican leaders remain optimistic for a compromise though opposition from Sen Smoot grows. Democrats back possible cuts to 50 million dollars with 25 million via the Red Cross while Hoover favors adding 15 million to the 45 million already loaned for feed seed and fertilizer.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Campbell V. Hodges
Arkansas
Hodges
Red Cross
Agriculture Department
Watson
Smoot
Utah
Caraway
Capper Bill Advances to Senate to Limit Oil Imports
The Senate Commerce Committee voted 9 to 6 to report favorably the Capper Bill restricting crude oil imports for three years and banning petroleum product imports. It signals shelving the Shortridge Bill which proposed a $1 per barrel duty and a 50 percent ad valorem tax on oil products. Members say Capper aims render Shortridge unnecessary.
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Washington
Feb
U.R
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate
Fugitive James Newman Nabbed After Bank Robbery Charge
Columbus police and the county sheriff announced the arrest of James Newman an ex convict once at Ohio Penitentiary He was wounded in a pistol duel in Los Angeles and is under indictment for robbing the Bank of Westerville of 6600 on December 12 Newman previously aided another convict in escaping by hand cuffing two detectives at the Deshler Hotel last May
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Olumbus Polite
James Newman
Ohio Penitentiary
Los Angeles
Newman
Deshler
Bank of Westerville
Bank Teller Shot During Bank Robbery Attempt
Simon Allen a 26 year old teller at the Commercial Bank of Delphos was shot by a bandit who fled empty handed after an attempted holdup just after 11 am. He was rushed to a Lima hospital as authorities from two counties hunted the bandit who drove away from the scene after a brief chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphos
U.R
Simon Allen
Lima
Navy report on Los Angeles near Isehama Islands
The Navy Department says at 8 a.m. today the Los Angeles was 65 miles north of the Isehama Islands after travelling 48 miles since midnight. The commander expected to pass Bahama at 9 a.m.
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Washington
Navy Department
Los Angeles
Isehama Islands
Bahama
Congressman Newhall in Critical Condition With Pneumonia
Rep. J Lincoln Newhall of Covington Kentucky was in critical condition with pneumonia in Washington Feb 5. Doctors reported slight improvement from the previous day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ild Washington
Rep
J. Lincoln Newhall
Covington
Evacuation Ongoing as Napier Suffers Quake and Fire
In Napier New Zealand tremors and fires drive mass evacuation. About five thousand survivors flee toward ships and safety as death tolls rise in Hastings and Napier. Officials fear 40 children died in a collapsed technical school. other students were spared by open playgrounds.
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Auckland
N. Z
U.P
Napier
Hastings
None for Hire Rural Mail Carriers Must Own Horses or Rent From Farmers
Athens rural mail carriers rely on motor cars but some keep horses and buggies. Pearl Carr notes there are no livery horses or hire buggies in Athens County. carriers rent from farmers or use their own horses when roads improve.
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Athens
Pearl Carr
Athens County
Man Straddles International Line Seven Hours in Rain
William Woertz an 80 year old man who crossed the U S Mexico boundary by standing on the line for seven hours in a downpour faced possible further confinement. Immigrant officials say he entered the United States illegally from Germany years ago and then was ordered back to Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Ariz
U.P
William Woertz
Woertz
Mexico
California
United States
Germany
Robert M. Cousar
American Immigration Office
Troy Boy Wins Buckeye Chapter FFA Speaking Contest
FP. O. Bailey of Troy Township Athens County won the tenth annual speaking contest at Ohio State University during Farmers' Week, earning a gold medal and a chance to compete nationally. Second went to Lowell Hutchins of Butler Township Montgomery County and third to Arthur Bratton of Delta.
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Columbus
Buckeye
Future Farmers of America
Ohio State University
FP. O. Bailey
Troy Township
Athens County
Lowell Hutchins
Butler Township
Montgomery County
Arthur Bratton
Delta
Youth Is Stabbed In Marble Quarrel
Merrill Covaleski an 11 year old boy dies of stab wounds after a quarrel during marble playing in Zanesville Ohio Police say he does not know who wielded the ice pick and he is near death in a local hospital.
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Zanesville
U.R
Merrill Covaleski
J. H. Covaleski
Jail guarded as two murder suspects held in torch slaying
Fremont Feb 5 armed guards patrolled Sandusky County Jail to prevent an escape by two men charged with murder in the July torch slaying of Russell Gibbs a young Crosly auto salesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fremont
Sandusky County
Russell Gibbs
Clyac
Senate panel backs Wagner unemployment insurance probe
Senate Commerce Committees voted to report favorably a resolution by Senator Wagner Democrat New York for a Senate committee investigation of unemployment insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Commerce Committees
Wagner
New York
Senate
Appalachian Gas to form Commonwealth Gas in Ohio
Appalachian Gas Co announced plans to acquire utilities properties in 19 Ohio counties to form Commonwealth Gas Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary. The move consolidates regional assets under a single Ohio operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Utilities
NEW York
U.P
Appalachian Gas Co
Ohio
Commonwealth Gas Corporation
English professor Clarence Stevens dies at Cincinnati
English professor Clarence D. Stevens, 58, of the University of Cincinnati and a nationally known figure, died early today after a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
Clarence D. Stevens
University of Cincinnati
Convicts To Testify On Ohio Pen Fire Indictments
County Prosecutor Don Hoskins plans murder indictments tied to the Ohio Penitentiary fire. Convict witnesses, including eight to ten inmates, are to testify before the Franklin County Grand Jury next month. The state fire marshal Joseph Clear’s report cites James Raymond and a Cleveland robber as key figures in the case.
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Columbus
UPD
Don Hoskins
Ohio
Joseph Clear
Franklin County Grand Jury
James Raymond
Akron
Raymond
Clear
Cleveland
Hoskins
Sears Named Ohio Prohibition Commissioner
Chillicothe Feb 5 Clarence H Sears Democrat has been appointed prohibition commissioner of Ohio by Gay White He said he would devote his work to sane fair and intelligent enforcement of the prohibition laws Sears 80 years with Sears and Nichols Canning Co said officials of integrity should carry out the work and no immediate changes in personnel He added Prohibition is the law of the state and will be enforced sanely fairly and intelligently He noted reports of violations will be investigated weeded out and cleaned up
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
U.P
Clarence H. Sears
Ohio
Gay, White
Sears
Sears and Nichols Canning Co
Prohibition Department
Buster Keaton injured in studio incident
Buster Keaton sustained cuts bruises and scratches after an incident at MGM Studio with former actress Kathleen Key Key was arrested but released when Keaton declined to file a complaint Keaton said Key came to his dressing room seeking money from him
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Hollywood
Calif
U.R
Buster Keaton
Kathleen Key
Miss Key
Keaton
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Hawkes Bay Earthquake Death Toll Near 200
New Zealand officials report nearly 200 bodies recovered from the Hawkes Bay quake zone. Fifty relief burials had already occurred, while the remainder were interred in a common grave with a combined religious service for unidentified victims.
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Auckland
N. Z
U.P
Hawkes Bay
Akron Judge Resigns Amid Bar Association Report
Municipal Judge J Earl Cox says his resignation will take effect March 1 after being named in a critical Akron Bar Association report and by state examiners of the city court system. He sent the notice to Governor White today.
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Akron
J. Earl Cox
Akron Bar Association
White
Bargains Offered In the Classifieds
Classified ads list a 1927 Ford sedan with wire wheels and extras for 135 dollars. Jerseyville area vendors offer dressed beef at 10 to 12 cents a pound and spring suits tailored to measure for 23 dollars and 50 cents.
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the Messenger
Jerseyville
Red Cross Plans County Drought Relief Survey
Athens County Red Cross launches an immediate drought relief survey to identify needy families for aid. Chairman Thomas H. Johnson will appoint township leaders and survey committees to collect condition data, with about 800 families slated for assistance this spring as funds from a national drought relief effort are mobilized.
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Athens County
American Red Cross
National Red Cross
Thomas H. Johnson
The
Red Cross
Eliach
Athens
Carl H W. Beasley
Hensley
Miss Pearl French
Must Win Quickly Stalin Urges Soviet Push For World Revolution
In a national conference address, Joseph Stalin warns the Soviet Union must sustain 5 percent annual progress for a decade to avoid being crushed and to kindle a world revolution. He frames the world proletariat watching Soviet victories as a call to support them against capitalism.
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Moscow
U.P
Soviet Union
Josef V. Stalin
Stalin
Navy will not disclose Butler court martial charges
Secretary of the Navy Adams said the Navy Department will not make public the charges and specifications that will lead to Major Smedley D. Butler being court martialed. The statement came amid expectations of formal proceedings and debate over disclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Adama
Navy Department
Smedley PD. Butler
Six To Form New Plan of State Taxes
Columbus February 6 Six members of the General Assembly were to be named to form a committee under Reynolds Resolution to draft a taxation program. The plan aims to meet the spirit of the Classification Amendment and fund state and local governments. Governor White refused to appoint representatives, saying drafting should be handled by the General Assembly alone.
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General Assembly
Columbus
U.R
Senate
House
Leutenant
White
Suspect Held After Club Disturbance At Welfare House
Frank Miller of Cleveland, 47, was arrested as a possible clubber in a near riot at the Community Welfare House where 1,400 men dined. Police say Bruce Young, 26, led disruption by tossing hand bills. nine men were jailed for disturbance and riot incitement. Kate Laux, 24, was struck and hospitalized.
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Toledo
U.P
Frank Miller
Cleveland
Commuunity Welfare House
St. Vincent's Hospital
Kate Laux
Charles G. Atwood
Young
Bank robber pleads guilty in Bowling Green case
Orlin Perkey a 30 year old from Leipsic pleaded guilty to armed bank robbery at arraignment before Judge E G McCilelland and was sentenced to 25 years to life in the Ohio Penitentiary in Bowling Green.
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Bowling Green
Orlin Perkey
Leipsic
E. G. McCilelland
Ohio
Too Many Farmers in U S Foster Says at Columbus
In Columbus Ohio State University Farmers Week speakers and Ohio Farm Bureau delegates echo L G Foster of Ohio State University arguing the U S has an excess of farmers and overproduction. Foster criticizes irrigation bond plans and urges gradual agricultural reform and wealth redistribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Foster
Columbus
Leb
U.P
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
S’arm Bureau
L. G. Foster
Ohio
Train Strikes His Machine At Coshocton
Prof. George H. Crow of Ohio University Extension and H. D. Pieman Coshocton County superintendent were killed when a Pennsylvania passenger train struck their car near Coshocton late Wednesday. The car dragged along tracks for hundreds of feet. Crow’s body to be returned to Athens. funeral plans incomplete. Crow leaves a widow Jessie and several children. last residence listed as 27 North Congress Street.
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George H. Crow
Ohio University
H. D. Pieman
Coshocton
Pennsylvania
Coshocton High Schoo
Crow
Professor Crow
Athens
Crow Formfrly
North Congres Street
Renta
Jessie
Franty Crow
Columbus
Mary Virginia Morgan
Deetroit
Mich
Mia
Margaret Morrissey
Filmira
HL Crow
Great Bend
Meigs County
FL W Crow
Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
T. Thomas Crow
Bert Crow
Racine
Marsey Crow
William Crow
Letart
Racines
Professor Crow Taught Extension Classes Across Ohio Villages
Professor Crow, born in Cab bageville West Virginia and educated at Ohio University, taught extension classes in Coshocton Newark Marietta Zanesville and Parkersburg West Virginia. He and Mrs Crow were badly bruised when their car was struck at Pomeroy in the last summer.
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Professor Crow
Cabbageville
W. Va
Ohio University
Meigs County
Coshocton
Newark
Marietta
Zaneeville
Parkersburg
Athens
Crow
Pomeroy
Ex-Wife Suspected in Murder at Deserted House
Hamilton Ohio police revisited the empty house where the body of Marcus the bootlegger was found. They believe Margie Hensley, his former wife who resurfaced after the divorce, may have been slain and hidden at the same site after Marcus disappeared. Police think she knew too much about Marcus.
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Hamilton, O
U.P
John Marcus
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Marcus
Margie Hensley
Alee
Hensley
Worth summer collection shifts toward longer skirts
Paris fashion notes show Worth eliminating black except for evening wear. He advances longer skirts and visible calves, presenting a feminine style without the trinkets and gadgets of a past era, keeping elegance for fashionable women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Worth
Cols
Receiver Sought for Bentley Chain Stores Inc
A receiver was sought in U S District Court for Bentley Chain Stores Inc operators of 18 credit clothing houses in the East and Middle West after involuntary bankruptcy petitions by three creditors. The company listed assets of 1 888 828 in 1928. it was recently reorganized. its stock peaked at 40 a share in 1928 and closed at 50 cents yesterday on the St Louis Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
U.R
Bentley Chain Stores, Inc
East
Middle West
United States District Court
Weather Roundup Shows Mixed Early Spring Signals
Yesterday highs reached 70 in Atlanta and New Orleans while Northfield dipped to 16 below and Parry Sound to 8 below. General conditions point to slightly colder air over the Ohio and Tennessee valleys with a warmer trend over the Upper Lake region and little temperature change expected in the next 38 hours. Shippers forecast light north and south breezes with variable winds and modest above freezing readings in the region.
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Shreveport
Atlanta
New Orleans
Northfield
Parry Sound
Quebec
Ohio
Upper
Lake
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