Drunken feud erupts in fatal West Washington Street shooting
Edward Hicks, 50, is jailed after a street brawl near the Corbin Restaurant ends with Alexander Hayes dead and McKinley Hayes wounded. Hicks, who claims a long standing grudge, says he acted after Hayes struck him. police found a 32-80 revolver and four shots were fired. McKinley Hayes remains in critical condition. funeral plans for Alexander Hayes set for Sunday.
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Edward Hicks
West Washington Street
Alexander Hayes
Central Avenue
McKinley Hayes
Sheltering Arms Hospital
West
Washington Street
Athens City
E.S. Finsterwald
Hicks
Charles Maple
Moundsville
West Virginia
Corbin
Walter
Bullet” Guthrie
Guthrie
L. F. Jones
Jones
Rhoda Hayes
Mary Ellen
Lucille
Camelia
Florence
Edna
McKinley
Henry
Hayes
Mount Zion Baptist Church
West Union Street
Blizzard Swept West Grapples with Worst Winter in Years
From the blizzard sweeping the West to icebound Great Lakes, communities struggle to clear roads and seas. December-like cold grips Colorado Utah Wyoming Idaho Montana, while Farmington Utah Craig Silverton Colorado isolated by snow. Denver Rio Grande rail lines buried 75 feet of snow. ships fight ice and delays at Kenosha Wisconsin.
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Chicago
U.P
Great Lakes
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Idaho
Montana
California
Farmington
Craig
Silverton
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Denver & Rio Grande
New Mexico
Texas Panhandle
Arkansas
Missouri
Dakotas
Kenosha
Wis
Man Who Shot Wife and Mother Held In Columbus
Joseph Locke 50 of Portsmouth was arrested in Columbus after he stopped to fix his car and surrendered with the revolver used to shoot his 18 year old wife and her mother. Both women were near death, and Portsmouth police will take him back to face charges. Locke said the shooting ended a quarrel with his wife.
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Columbus
U.P
Portsmouth
Joseph Locke
Locke
J. M. ‘Caldwell
Former Pomeroy Resident Die In Ak Ron Plant Explosion
Edward Amberger, 36, a former Pomeroy resident, died in a hospital after an explosion destroyed the Firestone Tire plant power unit in Ak Ron Wednesday. Two other workers were injured. Amberger leaves a widow Fannie Gloeckner and two children Marjory and June. Body to be transported to Pomeroy. arrangements await arrival.
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Pomeroy
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Edward Amberger
Ludden's Trial Opens in Athens County Court
George Ludden faces a second degree murder charge for the shooting of John Lent at Lick Run Hollow. Indicted by the January Grand Jury, Ludden pleaded not guilty at arraignment and is free on $1,000 bond. A jury of twelve was seated after objections to three members, with 68 witnesses listed for both sides.
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George Ludden
John Lent
Lick Runminer
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Ludden
Athens County
A. J. Craig
Charles Pierce
W. W. Whitlatch
J. E. Cline
R. J. Runyon
C. O. Gibson
John Gillette
Cc. W. Walker
Russel Oxley
W. A. Pride
F. R. Baker
Grant Wallace
John Ewing
H. E. Downey
W. R. Goddard
Colder Weather Forecasted Across Ohio Today
Snow storms hit various parts of Ohio as the Weather Bureau warned of a further temperature drop. Temperatures ranged from 20 to 33 above this morning, with heavy snow expected and a colder day tomorrow likely bringing more snowfall.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio
United States Weather Bureau
Mercury
Tragic 18-year-old killed in hill road crash
Raymond Wilcox, 18, died instantly when thrown from a light touring car at Mora Hill on the Chester Highway as it left the road. His father Charles Wilcox escaped injury and returned home. The car plunged down a small embankment and Raymond landed in water, breaking his neck. The incident occurred while they were en route to Essex Coal Mine No. 5 at Thomas Fork. Funeral plans pending.
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Pomeroy
Mora Hill
Chester Highway
Raymond Wilcox
Charles Wilcox
Essex
Thomas Fork
M&n
Manning Daniela
Wilcox
Long Bottom
Ewing Undertaking
Clarksburg
W. Va
Court session drains witnesses in Lick Run Hollow shooting case
Poenaed 25 witnesses and 28 attorneys for the plaintiff were summoned as the case presses on into late Saturday afternoon. John Lent was shot near his shack in Lick Run Hollow on January 6, dying 24 hours later at Cherryton Hospital. Esther Ludden and her daughter Betty attended court. Ludden is sister of Peter Merz, who disappeared after his conviction for shooting Don R. McGill of the Lick Run mine.
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Mrs. Ludden
Peter Merz
Don R. McGill
Lick Run
Hoover Plans an Extra Session to Tackle Farm Relief
President-Elect Hoover has completed plans to summon a mid April extra session of Congress focusing on farm relief and tariff revision. Senator Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Finance Committee, indicated Democrats may push higher rates than Republicans. The announcement comes from Miami Beach where Hoover outlined timing and objectives.
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Congress
Thomas L. Stokes
United. Press
Miami Beach
Fla
Hoover
Senator Smoot
Utah
Smoot
Senate and House Debate War Navy Approp Bills
Congress resumes consideration of the War Department Appropriation Bill in the Senate while the Interstate Commerce Committee continues radio hearings. The Education and Labor Committee probes unemployment, and the House keeps on with the Navy Appropriation Bill.
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Senate
War Department
Interstate Commerce Committee
Education and Labor Committee
House
Navy
Hoover Plans Farm Relief Talks With Surprise Washington Trip
The President-Elect and Mrs. Hoover will leave today to meet Republican leaders in Washington. They will then travel to Florida for Edison’s eighty second birthday celebration with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone aboard the yacht Saunterer. A later trip includes a two day auto survey of the Lake Okeechobee flood district.
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Hoover
Edison
Lake Okeechobee
Steamer Illyria Sought After Long Ocean Expedition
Radio searches in Manila requested locating the steamer Illyria from Boston which departed last October for a scientific expedition and is reported overdue near the Caroline Islands territory of Ruk.
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Manila
P. L
U.P— the Pacific
Radio Today
Illyria
Boston
Mass
Ruk
Caroline Islands
Widow tied to Rockefeller dies in cheap Denver room
Anna Inman 81 a distant Rockefeller relative perished in a cheap rented room fire sparked by grate embers. Her daughter Anna Miller identified the body and traced the lineage to the Grotan Avery family, noting Inman lived alone after rejecting family help.
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Rockefeller
Anna Inman
Denver
Gretan Avery
Colo
U.R
John D. Rockefeller
Secretary of State
Anna Miller
William Avery Rockefeller
Inman
Oak Hill
N. Y
Richford
Assembly adjourns as Peace Law repeal stalls reforms
Ohio's Fifty-Eighth General Assembly ends a quarrel free week with a dispute between Gov. Cooper and the Senate Utilities Committee over the Peace Law repeal. A compromise is planned next week while new bills include outlawing machine gun sales and revoking the foreign insurance tax. The House also approves a Wendt bill granting 2,226,300.25 dollars for feeble minded institutions.
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Columbus
U.P
Leighty-Eighth General Assembly
Cooper
Senate Utilities Committee
Public Utilities Commission
D. B. Johnson
Wauseon
House
Senate
Stock Market Set for Adjustment After Sudden Decline
New York traders plan to close shop tomorrow to adjust positions following a $200 million loss on shares sold yesterday. The exchange will be closed Saturday amid influenza in brokerage offices, with curb trading also shut. Potential triggers include higher London rediscount rate, possible New York rate rise, halted gold movement, and Federal Reserve stance to curb call loans.
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New York
Wall Street
The
Stock Exchange
London
Federal Reserve Board
School Honors Man It Once Dismissed
DELAWARE Feb 8 In a vocational conference program Boyd Gurley editor of the Indianapolis Times and a 1927 Pulitzer winner returned to Ohio Wesleyan University where he had been dismissed over 30 years ago for frequenting a pool room. He will head a lineup of speakers and be honored at the event.
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Delaware
U.2
Ohio Wesleyan University
Boyd Gurley
Indianapolis Times
Gurley
the Times
Cleveland Councilman Fleming Found Guilty of Bribery
Thomas W. Fleming, a Cleveland Councilman, was found guilty today of accepting a bribe in a case arising from city government dealings.
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Cleveland
Thomas W. Fleming
Rockefeller Wins Control Fight Over Standard Oil of Indiana
Reports from La Salle Street Chicago say John D Rockefeller Jr won the battle for Standard Oil of Indiana against Colonel Stewart. The Indiana unit now produces 135000 barrels daily in the Venezuela Lago field and is valued at well over a hundred million dollars.
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la Salle Street
Chicago
Wall Street
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Colonel Stewart
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Indiana Company
Standard Oil
Stewart
Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Venezuela Lago
Edwin Denby Dies of Heart Disease in Detroit
Former Navy secretary Edwin Denby, aged, dies in Detroit from heart disease. He resigned after Senate Teapot Dome probes accused him of failing to block oil reserve dispositions to Sinclair and Doheny. he was not charged with wrongdoing and was viewed as an innocent tool of others.
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Washington
U.P
Edwin Denby
Navy
Detroit
Senate
Denby
Elk Hills
Harry F. Sinclair
E. L. Doheny
Daugherty
Coolidge
Cool
Salvation Army to Build TwoStory Headquarters on West Union Street
The Salvation Army AI branch plans a two story brick building on West Union Street to serve as headquarters and chapel. Ed Philip Athens awarded the contract with construction to start soon, funded by a national loan and local Mutual Home Savings loan, with $5000 pledged by the Merchants Club and annual fundraising planned.
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The
Salvation Army
Board of Obrectors
Richard Benton
Ed Philip Athens
Jack Grim
West Union Street
Union Street
Benton
Ik. Bates
Cincinnati
Athens
Ion
Mutual Home Savings Association
Woman Blamed For Portsmouth Incident Sparks Arrest
A dispute in Portsmouth led to an arrest after a confrontation involving James Sampson of Hunt, Virginia, and a woman who was identified as the cause of the trouble. Details remain unclear due to partial text.
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Portsmouth
James Sampson
Hunt Va
Ashland
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