Kidnap Plot Targeted Dean's Wife in California Church
Federal agents tracked a gang believed to have abducted Mrs Skeele wife of Dr Walter Skeele of the University of South, holding her at a church after luring her with a fake phone call. A ransom note demanded $10,000 while police pursued leads, with the case tied to Southern California gang activity.
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University of South Today
Walter
Pin
Californi
Sunda
Dr. Te Organ
Skeete
Ohio Education Association to Present School Survey
A meeting in Columbus featuring Ohio Education Association leaders discusses a statewide school survey. Officials including L Bevis and local boards of education in Elyria are slated to participate to address common school problems and parent teacher concerns.
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Gover
Ohio
Ohio Education
Oni, Associa of Education
L. Bevis
Howenstin, Elyria
Boards of Education
Coolidge's Senate idea gains support from observer Rogers
Beverly Hills column notes observer Rogers approves Coolidge's view that the Senate reflects the people and cannot choose its members. The piece cites Coolidge's autobiography saying the Senate's only rule is to do as it pleases, highlighting a critique of legislative independence.
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Coolidge
Senate
Beverly Hills
Calif
Long Distance Jaunt Started By Young Scot
LYMPNE AIRDROME England Feb 6 Capt James Mollison left in a baby monoplane for a voyage planned to cross the South Atlantic to Argentina then to New York and back to England via the North Atlantic. He aims for a leisurely West African coast route to Senegal and a solo 1800 mile flight to Natal Brazil while seeking to boost British prestige amid trade competition. At the same time Royal Air Force pilots began a non stop attempt to break the world long distance record.
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Lympne Airdrome
England
U.R
James A. Mollison
South Atlantic
Argentina
New York
North Atlantic
Mollison
Senegal
Natal
Brazil
Atlantic
South America
United States
Boardman
Polando
Royal Air Force
Consumer Has Final Powers
Cleveland report outlines Professor Donald J. Hornberger of Ohio Wesleyan University arguing technocracy fails to fix economic ills. He says consumers decide when and where to buy, not manufacturers, and technocracy curbs individual initiative. He predicts ongoing cycles of ups and downs but with reduced extremes through education.
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Cleveland
U.P
Donald J. Hornberger
Ohio Wesleyan University
Ohevene Club
Hornberger
Coolidge Honored in Congress Joint Session
Congress in a formal joint session memorialized former President Calvin Coolidge who died last month. President Hoover and top leaders attended as Chief Justice Arthur P. Rugg praised Coolidge as the incarnation of the American ideal of his era.
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U.P
Congress
Calvin Coolidge
Hoover
House
Arthur P. Rugg
Massachusetts Supreme Court
America
Ohio Educators Prepare Blair Family Books and McGuffey Life
Oxford Ohio February 6 Two volumes on the Blair family political advisers to Lincoln Jackson and Van Buren will be published soon by Dr W E B Smith Miami University history professor Dr H C Minnich dean emeritus gathers material He has access to key Blair manuscripts Washington D C Also the Miami School of Education will publish a work on William Holmes McGuffey the famed educator.
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Francis C. Preston Blair
Lincoln
Jackson
van Buren
W. EB. Smith
Miami University
H. C. Minnich
Blair
Washington, D. C
Miami School of Education
William Holmes McGuffey
Milk price war turns violent in Sioux City area
In Sioux City Iowa a milk price war turned deadly as dairymen Harry and Keats Markell and their father H D Markell 67 were shot while attempting to break through picket lines to deliver milk. Picket lines believed to be Sioux Milk Producers Association aim to curb supply and halt price cuts as foreclosures protests surge in the Midwest. Sheriff Tom Collins expects multiple arrests from Friday’s shooting with participants mainly Iowa men from Woodbury and Plymouth counties.
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U.P
Harry and
Keats Markell
H. D. Markell
South Dakota
Markell
Sioux Milk Producers Association
Tom Collins
Elk Point
8. D
Markells
Iowa
Woodbury
Plymouth
Forecloser Slain in Midwest Mortgage Battle
Luther D. Marr a retired Kansas City banker and real estate man was found slain in a highway ditch near Fort Scott Kansas after he visited a Kansas farm to foreclose a mortgage. He is believed to be the first murder victim in the region’s foreclosure war.
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Tate
Mid-West
Marr
Fort Scott
Kan
Kansas
Roosevelt aides fill patronage posts in Miami retreat
Democratic leaders in Miami map out secondary Roosevelt administration appointments as President elect Roosevelt fished in the Bahamas. They plan to award offices, clerkships and other plum posts through political patronage while his advisers, led by national Chairman James Farley, handle the rest.
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Miami
Fra
Roosevelt
Vincent Astor
Bahamas
Rnal Gpktten
Suspect Linked in Slade and Phillips Murders
Police in Columbus believe the same man killed William G. Slade in his home and federal soil erosion expert Samuel Phillips in Zanesville. Detectives focus on a spade used to enter Slade's residence, a tool also used in the Zanesville burglary.
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Columbus
U.P
William G. Slade
Samuel Phillips
Zanesville
Slade
Lame Duck Amendment Becomes Official Policy
Secretary of State Stimson proclaimed the so called Lame Duck amendment in effect, changing the term of office for the president, vice president and the congress as of today in Washington.
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Washington
Secretary of
State Stimson
Congress
Federal Gasoline Tax Extension Favored by Committee
Washington February 6 The Senate Finance Committee issued a favorable report on extending the one cent emergency federal gasoline tax for another year. The measure is the first major item in a budget balancing tax program for the next fiscal year.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Finance Committee
House
Lippert 17 Arrested In Cincinnati Burglary Attempt
Otto Lippert, 17, was seized in a Cincinnati sporting goods store after triggering a burglar alarm while attempting to steal a pistol. He said he came from a family of 10 and had been unemployed.
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Cincinnati
Otto Lippert
Severe Cold Lingers Across State After Weekend Blizzards
Frigid conditions linger in Athens District with seven degrees above zero as Saturday and Sunday lows hold. Chicago reports colder days ahead while the Midwest suffers with exposure deaths and icy pavements. City crews under John Collins spread ashes on main streets as ice causes minor accidents on Court and Union Streets.
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Chicago
Midwest
John
Collins
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Union Street
Widow to recount old grudge in Wanderwell murder trial
In Long Beach California on February 6 the widow Mrs Alpha Wanderwell returns to the witness stand at the William James Guy murder trial. She will renew claims that the Welsh adventurer was an enemy of her husband and that Vanderwell fell victim to a revenge plot tied to a mutiny aboard a tropical cruise.
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Calif
U.P
William James Guy
Walter Wanderwell
Alpha Wanderwell
Vanderwell
South America
Guy
Panama
Japs Angered Over Insult From Yankee
In Yokohama on February 6 the Dollariner President Jefferson liner passengers were barred from landing after a junior immigration officer mistook them for civilians. Japanese officials demanded a letter of apology from the U S consulate. The governor intervened and a consular letter of regret allowed the passengers to disembark.
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Yokohama
Japan
Jefferson
U. S
Fire in engine room aboard Steamer Pacific Shipper
Fire in the engine room of the Steamer Pacific Shipper of London was brought under control by the crew. Captain H Fairclough had sent out an SOS and the Steamer Charlies Wheeler Jr. answered but continued on after officials said there was no further danger.
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Astoria
Ore
U.P
Pacific Shipper
London
H. Fairclough
Charlies Wheeler, Jr
Fairclough
Pretty Blonde Leaps From 33rd Floor After Quarrel With Millionaire
Albert Russel Erskine Jr the Studebaker Pierce Arrow heir faced an inquest into the death of Vera Heyburn a 25 year old socialite who leaped from a hotel window after a quarrel at a cabaret party Erskine who lived at the Medinah Athletic Club said he paid her taxi and stayed with a friend afterward police reviewed his account and were satisfied with his story.
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Chicago
U.P
Albert Russel Erskine, Jr
Erskine
Vera
Mises Heyburn
F. Ward Just
Waukegan
A. G. Atwater
Phillip K. Wrigley
Giladys Stewart
Swart Funeral for Mrs Nora Ellen Altman Swart
Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 1 30 PM at the Methodist Presbyterian Church Albany for Nora Ellen Altman Swart 55 who died Sunday night at her Albany area home She is survived by her husband John Swart eight children Henry Swart Zaleski Edward Swart Marshfield Blythe Marie Walton Jr Harry Grace Bailey Hebbardsville two brothers John and William Allman Nelsonville and nine grandchildren Burial is in the church cemetery near Albany.
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Albany
Methodist-Presbyterian Church
Nora Ellen Altman Swart
John Swart
Blythe
Marie, Walton, Jr
Harry
Henry Swart
Zaleski
Edward Swart
Marshfield
Grace Bailey
Hebbardsville
John
William Allman
Nelsonville
Akron Man Dies From Vehicle Crash Injuries
Albert J. Floetchinger, 55, died at a hospital after injuries from a traffic accident on city streets during the second major cold wave to hit Akron this year.
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Akron
Ghit
Senator Ford Denies Attack On Colleagues
Ohio senators reacted to a Chillicothe speech by Ben James Ford noting lobbyists in utilities and bus lines and that some lawmakers live beyond their salaries in Columbus hotels. Ford denied misquotation and offered to prove his claims, while some called for a formal inquiry.
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Ford
Columbus
U.P
General
Forest W. Hail
Guernsey County
Want Ad Highlights In Messenger Today
Highlights from today's want ads note a missing young female Chow dog unable to be caught by strangers. Buckwheat flour offered at a low price with buckwheat cakes for cold mornings. An apartment on East Union Street is available modern and steam heated. A public sale is announced near Stewart to be held on Saturday February 11.
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East Union Street
Stewart
Gas Lease Rate Cuts Defended By Ohio Gas Company
Ward C. Turner attorney for the Ohio Fuel Gas Company defended a proposed rate cut to natural gas leases and royalties in Jackson Vin ton and southern Ohio. He said a 30 cent gas rate statewide is needed after the Columbus decision and noted the company operates 3 600 wells requiring plugging for emergencies and cold weather. He argued maintained 39 cent rate would force higher consumer prices elsewhere.
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Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Jackson
Vinton
Ohio
Ward C. Turner
Turner
Utilities Commission
Barry Defends Self Citing Glass Charge
Senate hearing records Barry defending himself over authoring a magazine piece alleging congressional vote selling. He cites Senator Glass who in 1932 accused bankers of hiring lobbyists and paying congressmen to oppose branch banking legislation.
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Glass
Washington
U.A
Senate
David
Senate Judiciary Committee
Virginia
McConnelsville Bound Auto Burned In Snow Crash
Miss Helen Sheldon a welfare worker from Akron narrowly escaped death when her auto skidded seven miles north of Zanesville on the Frazeysburg Road and overturned into a culvert catching fire. Snow reduced visibility as she tried to pass W A Walcutt of Frazeysburg and became trapped after being partly thrown through the windshield.
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Zanesville
U.P
Helen Sheldon
Akron
Here
Miss Sheldon
McConnelsville
Frazeysburg Road
W. A. Walcutt
Frazeysburg
Film draws 20,000 at Sehines Theater in Wooster
The attraction 20,000 Years in Sing Sing drew crowds at Sehines Theater in Wooster yesterday. After the show, late blowers wrecked the theater, escaped with $800 in Sunday receipts.
Biennial Budget Bill Prompts House Introduction This Week
Ohio legislators set a tight deadline for bill introductions as the sixth week opens. The biennial budget measure, about 45 million dollars in general revenue, heads toward the House, with hearings on gambling, capital punishment, and miner coal bills slated this week. Governors Laffoon Connelly and White react to proposed actions.
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House
House Judiciary Committee
Harrison
Labor Committee
Senate
Home Owners Asked To Discuss Problems
Representatives from each county farm and home owners protective committee were asked by Governor White to meet in Columbus on February 14 to discuss real estate mortgages conditions and ways to assist farm and home owners in distress. Dr J J Falconer of Columbia and O W L Coughlin of the Cleveland Real Estate board are coordinating the meeting.
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Columbus
U.P
Farm and Home Owners Protective Committee
White
J. J. Falconer
Collumbia
Governors Farm and Home Owners Protective Committee
O. W. L. Coughlin
Cleveland Real Batate Board
Sister of Girl in Mystery Case Is Dead
Mrs. John Hartranft, who sought to prove if Dorothy Millette was the legal wife of the late Pau Bern, died at her Findlay home after court records in several cities were searched. Bern killed himself after marrying film star Jean Harlow, and Millette’s body was found in the Pacific Ocean near San Francisco following his death.
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U.P
John Hartranft
Dorothy Millette
Iegal
Pau
Bern
Hartranft
Jean Harlow
Miss Millette
Pacific Ocean
San Francisco
Explosion at Renault Billancourt Plant Kills Eight
An explosion in the electrical plant at the Renault works in Billancourt near Paris killed eight and injured nearly ten percent of workers reported today.
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Renault Automobile Works
Billancourt
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