Painter admits choking sister-in-law in river murder
New Philadelphia authorities report William Herron 41 confessed after fabricating a tale of kidnap. Two blood-stained garments were found buried near Dover as searchers persist to locate Viola May 28, Herron’s victim. Prosecutor plans five degree murder charges once body is found.
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Drag River
New Philadelphia
U.P
William D. Herron
Viola May
J. L. Lewis
Dover
Herron
Tuscarawas River
William Herron
Tuscarawas
Lowdeath
James Patrick
An Kon Henly Farm
Here
Patrick
Abe Laird
Laird
Hirron
Miss May
John G. Senhauser
John May
No Early Vote Upon Power Probe Likely
Washington February 9 Congress will take up Monday the Walsh resolution for an investigation of the power combine. Senate consent was unanimous with chairman Watson warning of lengthy debate and a likely absence of an early vote.
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Washington
U.R
Senate
Walsh
Power Combine
Watson
Interstate Commerce Committee
Demand Old Scale Final Adjournment of Committee Follows Action
Chicago February 9. Effort to adjust differences between union miners and coal operators of Illinois ended in failure. Miners rejected an offer of six dollars daily for laborers and eighty four cents a ton for tonnage men under a one to five year contract. Miners’ counter proposal urged continuation of Jacksonville wage scale.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Jacksonville
Government agents hired by Teapot Dome committee
Secret government agents were employed by the Teapot Dome committee to break the oil men's silence and locate the 2,000,000 dollars unaccounted for in the Continental Tega company deal. Witnesses from Sinclair and Standard Oil firms were questioned. Robert W. Stewart resisted full disclosure.
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Washington
U.R
Teapot Dome Committee
Continental Tega Company
Sinclair
Standard Oil
Robert W. Stewart
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Standard
Treasury Department
Walsh
Montana
Justice and Treasury Departments
Mine at Dark Hollow to Go on New Plan
POMEROY February 9 Staff Special It was announced that an organization has formed to take over the Dark Hollow mine of the Pittsburgh Coal company for cooperative operation. Most former employees and supportive businessmen join the effort after a period of non union operation and imminent closure. Operation is expected to resume within days under the new plan.
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Pomeroy
Hallow
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Pittsburg Coal Company
Lorain Girl Missing Four Days Sought
Lorain police widened the search for 18 year old Margaret Sokol who vanished from her home after leaving for work at a laundry. A bus driver reported she told him she planned to go to Youngstown. The last sighting was Monday when she stopped at a drug store and kissed Sue goodbye.
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Lorain
U.P
Margaret Sokol
Youngstown
Sue
Mine wage scale vote defeats labor rates at conference
The scale of 7.50 a day for laborers and 1.08 for tonnage men was voted down by mine owners. Final adjournment of the joint conference of miners and operators wage scale committees ends after two days of session.
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Joint Conference of
Mysterious Grand Duchess Aboard Ship Late By Fog
The liner Berengaria arrived 39 hours late with a passenger list including Miss Anastasia Tchaikovsky. Rumors persist she is Grand Duchess Anastasia, though others doubt the claim. Immigration officials will expedite her clearance as she rests aboard for six months in the United States.
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New York
O.R
Grand Duchess
Anastasia Tchaikovsky
Immigration and Customs
Washington
Anastasia
Nicholas II
Glen E. Botkin
Siberia
Japan
United States
Botkin
Francisco Schanskowsky
Czar
Czarina
Czarevitch
Olga
Tatiana
Marie
Eugene Botkin
Landwehr Canal
Berlin
Daldorf
Ekaterinberg
Tchaikovsky
Balkans
Berlin Canal
Family Reunited After Fifteen Years Separation
In Columbus three children Edger Wilkins Helen Lehr and Pauline Folk and their mother Mrs. Aida Johnson were reunited after 15 years apart. The father, a railroad engineer, was killed while the family lived in Van Wert. After five years of struggle, the mother sent the children to the State Children's Home at Xenia and they were adopted across Ohio, later reconnected through radio station appeals.
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Columbus
U.P
Aida Johnson
Niles
Michigan
Edger E. Wilkins
Helen Lehr
Pauline Folk
Zanesville
van Wert
Xenia
Ohio
Johnson
Willis Denies Hog Tie Charge On Ohio Delegates
United Press reports Senator Frank B. Willis denies attempting to hog tie Ohio delegates. Willis says the delegation will be composed of honorable men who would support him if a reasonable chance remains. If not, the delegation may choose another candidate by majority decision. Hoover supporters push petitions and statewide activity as his Ohio primary bid grows.
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Columbus
Frank B. Willis
Ohio
Willis
Charles A. Jones
Jones
Theodore Burton
Walter F. Brown
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Hoover State Committee
Senate OKs Bill Reclaiming Alien Property Returns
The Senate finance committee reports favorably a bill to return alien property sequestered in World War I. It plans full immediate payment of private claims up to 100000 and installments for larger sums, plus 80 percent of German property returned now and full Austrian Hungarian property after payments, with total awards capped at 100 million minus expenses.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Finance Committee
Tri-Partite Claims Commission
Rebels slain in Los Altos clash in Jalisco region
Fifteen rebels were killed in a three hour fight with federal troops in Los Altos, Jalisco. Major Elias Gallegos Estrada was killed. a lieutenant and a private were wounded. Priest Aristeo Pedrosa, said to lead the rebels, escaped gravely wounded. Air scouting aided trains to deter bandit attacks. In Atlanta, Carl Wiedemann, wealthy Kentucky sportsman, started a two year term in federal prison for liquor law violations. his father headed the Newport brewery.
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Mexico City
Los Altos
Jalisco
Excelsior
Elias Gallegos Estrada
Aristeo Pedrosa
War Department
Atlanta
UPR
Carl Weidemann
Kentucky
Wiedemann
Covington
Wiedemann Brewery
Newport
Cantillon Pleads Insanity for William Hickman
Los Angeles February 9 Richard Cantillon the youthful attorney for William Hickman urged the superior court jury to find Hickman insane at the time of the murder and dismemberment of Marian Parker in a final plea during the trial.
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Los Angeles
Richard Cantillon
William Hickman
Cantillon
Hickman
Marian Parker
Weather shifts with Thursday cool down and high readings
The report notes temperatures dropping 15 degrees from 3 o clock led to a morning high near 56 degrees. Washington details show Senate Teapot Dome hearings with subpoenas and planned testimonies from John D. Rockefeller Jr. on Saturday.
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Mane
Mercury
C.weuny
Washington
U.R
Senate
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Ite
Garlic Onion Men Demand Higher Tariffs in Washington
In Washington on February 9, U.P reports that garlic and onion growers are on the warpath. They arrived to urge the tariff commission for higher protections, warning that without increased duties the old popular song may be altered to yes we have no onions.
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Washington
U.P
America
Tariff Commission
Body sought as suspect vows suicide in Ohio case
In New Philadelphia on February 9, Viola May, 23, is missing after an alleged strangling. Her brother in law William D. Herron, who confessed to the crime, is held in a cell vowing to kill himself.
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Philadelphia
Viola May
William D. Herron
Mississippi valley flood control contributions urged by War Davis
War Davis told the Senate Commerce committee that contributions by Mississippi valley states for flood control should be based on the protection they receive, not the amount spent within their boundaries. The statement was reported from Washington on February 9.
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Washington
Mississippi Valley
Davis
Senate Commerce Committee
No Miners Attend Meeting Called By Four Companies In Guernsey Wednesday
Four companies in Guernsey called a meeting on Wednesday to discuss a possible agreement. Violence surfaced when 20 women stoned Superintendent Thomas Willis and other non union miners at the Crabapple mine, prompting a warrant for Carrie Cressie for assault with intent. Willis was struck, and Don Caldwell reported the incident to authorities. W. E. Titus of Sunday Creek Coal, said his firm considers abandoning its valley holdings due to unsolved strike, futile negotiations, and high overhead costs pushing operations toward West Virginia.
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Thomas Willis
Crabapple
St. Clairsville
Carrie Cressie
Cote Don Caldwell
National Observer
Willis
W. E. Titus
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Ohio
West Virginia
Tytus
Woman Arrested On Charge Of Stoning A Mine
Belmont county reports describe a minor disturbance at the Crabapple mine in Bannock with a woman arrested on stoning charges. Ohio mine field notes discuss union tensions in Guernsey valley, failed wage talks in Cambridge, and potential abandonment of Hocking valley properties amid ongoing relief programs.
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Bannock
Belmont County
University Men's Glee Club to Present Hello Happiness
The Ohio University Men's Glee Club prepares Hello Happiness a musical comedy set for three nights at the Majestic theater. Harold Evans and Vincent Jukes co wrote the libretto while Bob Gardner Dave Todd and Charles Gressle handle the score. The plot follows Arabella Jones from farm life to Broadway fame, then back to the farm.
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Ohio University Men's Glee Club
Harold Evans
Public Speaking
Vincent Jukes
Bob Gardner
Dave Todd
Charles Gressle
Arabella Jones
Arabella
Majestic Theater
High School Band Pleases at Gallia Concert
Gallipolis February 8 The Ath en s high school band concert at Gallipolis high school auditorium Monday night pleased the crowd with a good program of music, specialty numbers, and familiar melodies. Dressed in white uniforms with red caps and blue capes the band presented a professional sounding and well conducted set of numbers.
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Gallipolis
Athens High School
Gallipolis High School
Rockefeller Jr to Defend Senate Subpoena
New York report states John D. Rockefeller Jr. will accept the subpoena from the Senate group though he claims no new information. The Burns-Sinclair contempt case moves forward with officials noting compliance or deferral by involved defendants.
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John D. Jr
Senate
New York
U.R
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Slalcmert
Rockefeller
Washington
U.S
T. J. Walsh
Sheldon, Clark
Chicago
Frederick L. Sidl
Dans
District Supreme Court
Southeastern Ohio Motor Club Elects Moore President
The Southeastern Ohio Motor Club formed at a Athens meeting names Alex Moore of Athens as president with R A Miller Middleport and Leroy Pilcher McArthur as vice presidents. Branch offices planned in Glouster Nelsonville McArthur Pomeroy and ongoing work to route traffic over new Ohio River bridge and federal/state routes.
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Southeastern Ohio Motor Club
Athens County Automobile Club
Hotel Berry
Athens
Vinton
Alex Moore
R. A. Miller
Middleport
Leroy Pilcher
McArthur
H. N. Burgett
A. P Miller
Pomeroy
BR. A. Miller
W. E. Compton
J. C. Fisher
W. J. Jones
C. E. Bennett
Nelsonville
Charles Duncan
Glouster
Robert Webber
F. W. Cone
Ohio River
Cleveland
Akron
Canton
Wooster
Youngstown
Columbus
Burgett
American Automobile Association
Washington, D. C
Ohio State Automobile Club
212 Placed on Probation at End of Term
Registration figures at Ohio University stood at 1,930 when the treasurer’s office closed yesterday. Registrar F. B. Dilley said this total tops last year’s corresponding term but trails the first semester this year. New probation rules produced 212 new probationers, while last term had 65 on probation. Four withdrew, one graduated, nine were removed, 18 dropped automatically, and 33 remained on probation.
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Ohio University
F. B. Dilley
Dilley
Governor Donahey visits Chauncey relief efforts and schools
Governor Donahey and Mrs. Donahey toured relief headquarters in Chauncey and Nelsonville visiting residents and school children. The visit highlighted relief kitchen operations, with officials noting conditions in mining districts as bad but efforts ongoing. In Celina, 10 year old William Remaklus died after an accidental gunshot by his brother.
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Mator
Donahey
Chauncer
Relief Committee
Bon-Ton
Teles
Reus
Relief
Rennor
Den
Mra
Chauncey
Governor Donahey
Athy
Nelsonville
Columbus
Dewey
4Sonville
Ohio Guard
Vic Donahey
Kitch
Frank D. Henderson
Celina
William Remaklus
How to fix common home leaks and faucet issues
A guide from The Athens Messenger page explains practical steps to repair leaking pipes and faulty faucets. It covers identifying stuck-up leaks, avoiding frequent problems, and tips for handling typical 7 inch fixtures.
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Dover-Canton Highway
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Dark Hollow
Harry Wilson Sharpe
United Press
Princess Mary
Viscountess Lascelles
King George
Queen Mary
England
Germany
Guernsey
Lee Hall
Union
Guernsey County
Hocking Valley
Guernsey Valley
Cambridge
Ohio Mine Union
University Men's Glee Club
Gallia
Moore
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