Warned Against Stand as Day Party Following Whigs
Washington February 7 Representative Beck Republican of Pennsylvania warned colleagues the Republican Party risks oblivion by embracing prohibition stating the party cannot keep a half wet half dry stance. He argued the Whig precedent shows the danger of moral crusades and cited the home as central to civilization amid the prohibition debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican Party
Party of Prohibition
Beck
Pennsylvania
North
Webster
Union
Democratic Party
Law Enforcement’ Commission
Representative Fort
Republican
N. J
Hoover
Athens Messenger Recipe Book For Canned Foods
The Athens Messenger promotes a recipe book with over 200 dishes using canned foods including soups salads vegetables entrees sauces sandwiches and desserts. Expert studied and taught in domestic science schools the recipes promise nourishing appetizing meals. Send four cents for postage and handling via the Washington Information Bureau.
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Washington Information Bureau
Prohibition Debate Rosters Brookhart and LaGuardia in Cleveland
In Cleveland Public Hall the two national leaders meet for a debate on prohibition. Senator Brookhart from Town and Congressman LaGuardia of New York will clash as LaGuardia seeks to reveal alleged corruption in Washington ahead of next week’s hearings on bills to modify or repeal the 18th Amendment.
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Cleveland
U.2
Smith W. Brookhart
U.S
Town
Fiorello LaGuardia
U. S
New York
Public Hall
Cleveland Advertising Club
LaGuardia
Washington
Mighty Beast Gone Chains Desert Land
A compact item notes the departure of The Mighty Beast and mentions The Chain Store and Desert Land in brief World News context with forty eight partners connected to the brief notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desert Land
World News
Desert Gate to Southern California Seen Through Cajon Pass
A vivid scene describes the Cajon Pass as the gateway to Southern California with desert farms, long trains, and a dozen men tending alfalfa, capturing the sense of change and scale as travelers reach the region.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Cajon Pass
California
High Desert
Climb to Verde Pass Tops 4900 Feet and Describes Verdant Ranch
You climb 1400 feet to the pass summit of 4500 feet, passing Verde Ranch noted for artesian wells spouting millions of gallons of water, at 2900 feet above sea level.
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Verde Ranch
Passage Through Cajon Pass and Old Mormon Settlements
A historical note recalls Mormons from Australia and Salt Lake City traveling by ox carts through Cajon Pass near San Bernardino. Ancient grave markers mention faithful Mormons slain by a mighty beast as grizzly bears roamed the area. Now real estate development has replaced them.
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San Bernardino
Australia
Salt Lake City
Cajon Pass
Groves Attracts Direct Sales Bypassing Grizzly Fears
A roadside orange seller notes locals worry about large chain stores buying fruit directly from groves. The Luckeys, a husband and wife team selling oranges lemons and grapefruits, observe shoppers' concern but have not seen a grizzly. Continued on Page 4.
Plea May Free Van Knight Held In Prison
Cincinnati report notes Benjamin Henderson 41 pleaded guilty to embezzling funds from Camargo Bank Madeira. The case threatens to free Jack Kennedy Dayton who is serving 20 years for a 1928 kidnapping and robbery tied to Hasty and Kennedy. Prosecutor Nelson Schwab questions Henderson’s veracity and plans to seek clemency review by Governor Cooper.
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Cincinnati
U.R
Benjamin Henderson
Camargo Bank
Madeira
Jack Kennedy
Dayton
Kennedy
John Hasty
Harlan
Henderson
Hasty
Nelson Schwab
Schwab
Dudley Miller
Myers Y. Cooper
U S Offer Is Considered By Naval Experts
London Feb 7 naval experts began an intensive study of Americas offer for disarmament. The first constructive proposal basis parity with Britain to pare naval forces was discussed at St James Palace with only experts present. Four day analysis by Japanese French and Italian delegates followed as Britain reportedly moves toward Stimson plan. Premier Tardieu left London for Paris.
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London
U.R
America
Great Britain
St. James Palace
Stimson
Andrew Tardieu
France
Paris
Teacher guilty in whipping case at rural school
A jury in Georgetown found Lloyd Brown, 23, guilty of whipping 14 year old Cleo Gast, a student under his tutelage. Sentencing reserved for appeal. Brown suspended and his teacher's license withdrawn by Superintendent William Melvin.
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Geoorgetown
U.R
Lloyd Brown
Cleo Gast
Brown
William Melvin
Woman Detective Murder Victim at Akron
Ruth Murray a 28 year old undercover worker for the Federal Narcotic Department was murdered in Akron. The government announced involvement in the case and confirmed she was not killed by accident. Murray was a leading informer who had recently received death threats from drug ring leaders and had visited the Akron headquarters of a drug king the day before her semi conscious discovery.
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Akron
U.2
United States
Ruth Murray
Federal Narcotic Department
Milliron Trial Heard In Athens Court
Trial of Harry Milliron for possession of intoxicating liquor third offense was heard in Common Pleas Court to R Kennedy Athens. Milliron was arrested Wednesday night on intoxication charges by Chief E S Finsterwald and placed in city jail awaiting arraignment.
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Harry Milliron
Common Pleas Court
R. Kennedy
Athens
E.S. Finsterwald
Lancaster High Leads State Vocational Agriculture Enrollment
Lancaster High School tops the state in vocational agriculture enrollment with 91 students, according to a State Board of Education report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Lancaster High School
State Board of Education
Ashes reveal $4000 in radium at Altuman Hospital
In Canton on Feb 7 an ash heap in the basement of Altuman Hospital yielded radium valued at $4000 that had been burned among surgical dressings. Dr. S. J. M. Allen of the University of Cincinnati, aided by an electroscope, found the 50 milligrams of radium.
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Canton
U.R
Altuman Hospital
J. M. Allen
University of Cincinnati
Runaway Heiress Traced Across States Working as Maid
An 18 year old Langhorne Virginia heiress Helen Buxton ran away because classmates were younger. A search led to Philadelphia where she was found working as a housemaid. She is the daughter of a wealthy Newport News physician.
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Langhorne
Helen Buxton
Philadelphia
Newport News, Va
Plan support for Route 7 along river
Local officials bankers newspaper publishers merchants and manufacturers from Gallipolis to Clarington gathered at Hotel Lafayette to form a permanent group pushing state route 7 the river road to a fully hard surfaced highway. Ohio Good Roads Federation members spoke with highway statistics and urged opening Route 7 to the Wheeling Pittsburgh district with projects to widen roads and reroute traffic.
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Marietta
Ohio Valley
Gallipolis
Clarington
Lafayette
River Road
Ohio Good Roads Federation
W. A. Alsdorf
Good Roads Federation of Ohio
Ohio
Harry Hern
W. F. Reed
Pomeroy
C. E. Peoples
Meigs County
George F. Rudisill
Columbus
Robert Bischoff
Semester Ends Today At Ohio University
First semester classes at Ohio University officially closed today signaling the end of the fall and winter term. Department heads will be at tables in the men's gymnasium to advise students on next semester schedules. Second semester starts at 8 am Tuesday with regular classes. Athens students leave campus for weekend visits as many have registered in advance.
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Ohio University
Athens
Hunt for girl draws Sulphur Springs volunteers
In Bucyrus Ohio on February seven a Sulphur Springs group bands together to search for Miss Lolo Long a seventeen year old missing for twenty three days The effort led by Rev Frank Zartman and magistrate Irvin Wagner follows complaints that officials had not mounted a coordinated search No trace of Long has been found though she was seen in Bellevue with former employer M I Reiff
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Ohio
Bucyrus
Sulphur Springs
Here
Lolo Long
Frank Zartman
Irvin Wagner
Bellevue
M. I.’. Reiff
Martin Lavey Endorsed by Jefferson Club for Governor
In New Philadelphia on February 1, Martin Lavey received endorsement from the Jefferson County club as a gubernatorial candidate. The announcement highlights Lavey’s backing by local party members and signals early support in the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davey
New Philadelphia
Martin Lavey
Was County Jefferson Club
Attorney General confirms delinquent extra charges on real estate
The Attorney General rules unpaid assessments against real estate including road ditch or sewer charges are delinquent and incur a 10 percent penalty. The interpretation applies to all counties. Athens County presidents have until February 10 to pay taxes and assessments, extending December collection. Previously the 10 percent penalty was not added to assessments.
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Gilbert ReFman
Athens County
Wife murder hinted in new official move
Honolulu reports a coroner s inquest ordered into the death of Mrs Granville Sevier wife of Col Granville Sevier of the 64th Coast Artillery The inquest follows claims by local doctors that the death certificate listing arteriosclerosis as cause is erroneous An unofficial autopsy in 1929 reportedly found most organs removed from the body
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Honolulu
T. H
Ton Long
Ralph Shain
New York
Patrick Gleason
Sevier
Granville Sevier
64Th Coast Artillery
Greason
Sevtera
Stark faces penitentiary for Danville bank job attempt
ALL IN ONE DAY CHARLESTON W V Feb 7 UP C R Stark 44 Wheeling awaits sentence for attempting to rob a Danville Boone County bank He was captured two hours after the alleged attempt and indicted immediately Stark pleaded guilty saying he is jobless and needs money for his wife and three children in Wheeling
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Charleston
W. Va
C. R. Stark
Wheeling
Danville
Boone County
Stark
Parents Teachers Meet Bedford Ohio Focuses on Character
Representatives from the Northeast District Conference of the Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers open in Bedford on February 7. The session centers on developing character in school children and shaping classroom attitudes.
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Bedford
U.P
Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
Britain and U S Seek Naval Cuts in New Conference Plan
Britain proposes drastic limits on capital ships with a 15 ship cap within 18 months after a new treaty, aiming for gradual elimination of battleships. The plan calls for extending the Washington framework to 1936 and a 1945 conference, with reductions in cruisers carriers and submarines and shifts in tonnage and age limits across fleets.
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Raymond Clapper
United Prem
London
Creat
Britain
United States
Henry L. Stimson
Britlan
Bettie Rave
Hood
Stimson
Bumnon
United Statos
Father of Boy Seeks Custody in Police Case
Homer Schroeder estranged husband of Irene Schroeder, jailed in New Castle after the murder of State Trooper Brady Paul, plans to travel from California to claim their son Donnie. Belmont County officials report he will seek custody. Donnie remains at Belmont County Detention Home after his mother’s alleged crime and a prior statement.
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New Castle
U.P
Homerchroeder
Irene Schroeder
Brady Paul
California
Donnie
Belmont County
Ohio
Schroeder
Pittsburgh
Schroeders
Bellaire
Mamma
Corporal Paul
Irene
Glenn Dague
Tom Crawford
Raymond Schroeder
Homer Schroeder
Chicken Dinner Theft Leads to Arrest Near Jacksonville
Henry Stoltz was arrested during a family chicken supper on charges of stealing the meal’s chicken. He pled guilty before Mayor Malcolm Penman Glouster and was bound over to the grand jury on a $400 bond, later jailed in Athens County for lack of bond. Feathers from Weammer’s hens tied the theft to five Buff Leghorn birds, with officers believing a second man helped Stoltz.
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Jacksonville
Henry Stoltz
Etoltz
Malcolm Penman Glouster
Athens County
W. M. Weammer
Heck
Henry Williams
George Love
Weammer
Stoltz
Athens Lead in January Taxes from Tag Sales
The January automobile license plate tax total of 6,661.00 shows Athens City receiving 893.10 with 3,235.05 sent to the state. Glouster and Glouster area towns receive smaller shares while the county’s portion 1,348.10 will be divided among townships.
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Athens
Athens City
J. Clyde Edmundson
Glounter
Amee- Ville
Chauncey
Jacksonville
Albany Village
Coolville
Buchtel
Trimble
Radio Announcer Held in Liquor Case in Cleveland
Phil Selznick prominent night club proprietor and radio announcer testified in Federal Judge Jones court in Cleveland on a charge of conspiring to violate the national prohibition law. He is accused of introducing bootleg liquor at Marigold Gardens Night Club to two dry agents and two female companions.
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Cleveland
URD
Phil Selznick
Paul Jones
Helanick
Indis Marigold Gardens
Harold
Balzer
I. F. Lindner
Woman Sleuth Marked for Death by Narcotic Gang
Mrs. Ruth Murray a 28 year old federal narcotics operative was found murdered in Akron after disappearing in Detroit. Federal agents said Detroit ring members planned to kill her and a letter threatened she would be bumped off. Her parents Mr and Mrs Jessie Orm live in Alliance.
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Akron
Ruth Murray
Detroit
Murray
Ruth
Mrs. Murray
Jessie Orm
Alliance
Death of Jane Gibson Ends Dramatic Murder Trial Moment
Jane Gibson died in Jersey Hospital charity ward from cancer, seven and a half years after the key testimony in the century's most publicized murder trial. Her fierce recollection linked to the September night when she rode a mule near De Ruassey's Lane and the crabapple tree beneath which the Rev Edward Wheeler Hall and his choir were found dead the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
N. J
U.P
Jane Gibson
Charity
Jersey Hospital
de Ruassey
Edward Wheeler Hall
Congress weighs grain stabilisation plan as Food Board considers action
Washington reports the Federal Farm Board may form a Grain Stabilization Corporation to buy surplus wheat and stabilize prices. Lawmakers and Farm Board officials discuss using a revolving fund and potential emergency measures by Congress to curb excess supply and support markets amid global shortages.
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Joseph
Wasney
Washington
Federal Farm Board
Eas Congress
National Grain i Corporation
Legge
Parm
Caro
Congress
Congressional
sTasennes
Hoover
American Wheat & Poor
Woman pleads guilty to forging to care for ill baby
Mrs. Winifred Coshecton admitted forging checks totaling 465 dollars to pay medical bills for her sick baby. Judge E. E. Lindsay sentenced her to one year at the ville Women's Reformatory in New Philadelphia on February 7.
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New Philadelphia
Winifred Coshecton
Ville
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Farm Board
Brittan
Federal
Hall- Mille
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