Government to Purchase Wheat to Help Farmers
The Federal Farm Board plans formal approval of a $10,000,000 grain stabilization corporation to buy surplus wheat from cooperatives, hold it to stabilize prices, and test Hoover relief. The move uses a $150,000,000 revolving fund with profits or losses borne by that fund, and may be followed by a cotton measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph S. Wasney
United Press
Washington
Federal Farm Board Today
Legge
Congress
Senate
Steamer Muenchen Burns and Sinks in Port
The North German Lloyd liner Muenchen burned and sank at her Bremen dock within three hours of arrival from Bremen. Fire started after port entry on a rough voyage with 260 passengers disembarking as smoke grew. Explosions followed and the ship listed. several crewmen were reported thrown overboard, with three firemen injured and police reporting three others missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.R
Bremen
Hughes Named Up Washington Plan to Confirm Hughes
Senate leaders reached a private agreement to consider Charles Evans Hughes for chief justice at 4 p.m. Senator Bease Democrat South Carolina, who opposed confirmation yesterday, said doctors attending former Chief Justice Taft sent a message but would not reveal its intent.
Plan Air Boats Use On Great Lakes Route
Cleveland Feb 11 plan announced for two 20 passenger flying boats to operate on a Detroit Cleveland Buffalo route as lakes navigation season opens. Jenn H Hoppin general manager Stout D C Lines says flights will run daily. boats resemble Dornier DOX design used on a Rhine trip. built in Fried Po Germany and now in Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.R
Detroit
Buffalo
Lakes Navigation
Jenn H. Hoppin
Stout D. & C. Lines
Germany
Will E
Friedpoe
Philadelphia
Gulf States Steel Plans $16.9 Million to $18 Million District Developments
William H. Coverdale president of Gulf States Steel announced on arrival in Amingham that the company will invest between 16.9 and 18 million dollars in district developments over the next three years. The move follows talks with Cyrus Eaton and emphasizes expansion beyond current holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coverdale
Gulftate Steel
Today The Lady Of The Shopp Land Of No Poverty
A wandering moon tale appears in a brief item noting odd phrases such as a cent per mile and a reference to a shop. The text reads like a fragmentary lyric or caption with no clear event or identifiable entities.
Train stops in San Luis Obispo on The Lark to San Francisco
Hearst Ranch reports Paul Shoup's fast train The Lark travels from Los Angeles to San Francisco and halts at San Luis Obispo at 2 15 a m. It leaves travelers near the Coffee Shoppe in a small wooden shack where railroad men start their day with breakfast.
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Hearst Ranch
San Simeon
Calif
Paul Shoup
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Luis Obispo
Bacon and Eggs Reordered by Subtle Instruction
An observed kitchen exchange shifts a simple order from bacon and eggs to bacon and Easy on the bacon as a young woman with curled hair quietly translates the cook’s task. The moment reveals how phrasing alters preparation in a dining setting.
Mysterious New Yorker Guides Milk Route by Rail
A dignified yet affable young woman, new to the scene from New York, avoids the locals and relies on railroad men. She ensures two Pullman porters receive their milk bottles, counting tips into the till with quiet resolve, while addressing a bold, chesty railroad man who has praised his peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
No Poverty Lies in Land of Swiss and Portuguese Settlers
A long settled community of Swiss dairymen and Portuguese general farmers celebrates a yearly festival feeding the poor. The priest initially balked at the act but parishioners pretend poverty each year, keeping the ceremony smooth and traditional.
Moonlit motor tale to China hinted at on road trip
A fragment describes a drive from San Luis to a ranch along the Pacific with a moon sinking over the ocean and a reference to rising in China, suggesting a surreal travel note. The line ends with a note that the story continues on Page 4.
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Pacific
San Luis
Ranch
China
Bread line aids Chicago workers as relief ends deadlock
In Chicago on February 11, bread milk and clothing were issued to Cook County employees amid a thaw in a stalemate between Mayor Thompson and a citizens relief committee. President Cermak opened West Polk Street Charity Stores to starving workers with orders signed by department heads. Head allotment capped at 25 dollars on first call. Supplies came at the expense of the county's poor, while a liaison between the mayoral side and Strawn's committee formed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cook County
William Hale Thompson
Citizens’ “Relief Committee
Anton Cermak
County Board
West Polk Street
Silas H. ‘Strawn
Eight Rescued From Cleveland Fire At Brick Building
A Cleveland two story brick structure housing a grocery on the ground floor and two apartments above is gutted after a fire. Firemen carried eight persons down ladders as smoke and flames trapped residents on the upper floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Third Party Movement Sparks Skepticism in Washington
Washington observers note a nascent Liberal Party idea built to oppose hypocrisy and intolerance. Samuel Harden Church of the Carnegie Institute discusses drawing liberal Democrats and Republicans away from old labels. Some leaders previously backed Alfred E. Smith, signaling potential cross‑party appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Samuel Harden Church
Carnegie Institute
Church
Alfred E. Smith
New Movement
Rise and fate of third parties in American politics
The piece surveys ongoing discontent among party leaders with both major parties, noting pro prohibition divides in Republicans and wets and drys in Democrats. It traces past third party efforts like Roosevelt’s Bull Moose and La Follette, and outlines proposals for a new Liberal or Progressive coalition balancing economics with prohibition views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Prohibition Party
Democratic Party
Bruce
Maryland
Senate
Liberal Party
Wedded 60 Years Baker Couple Celebrate Anniversary
Charles P. Baker and his wife mark sixty years of marriage on Lincoln's Birthday February 12. He is 81 and she 79, living near Glouster after marrying in 1870 at Ringgold Morgan County. They raise Wyandotte poultry and Jersey cows with three daughters in Mountsville and Athens.
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Glouster
Charles P. Baker
Lincoln
Robert Smithson
Ringgold
Morgan County
Wyandotte
Jersey
Alice Lovell
Mountsville
Flo Moody
H. A. Wooley
Athens
School in Church After Parents Fear Rail Crossings
In Chicago 57 pupils from Burbank Junior High studied history and wrote themes in Gatewood Congregational Church while ten mothers stood in aisles. Parents feared crossing 16 tracks of the railroad between homes and Lovette School. Truant officers faced raids. superintendent Bogan warned of court action.
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Chicago
U.P
Gatewood Congregational Church
Burbank
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
Edison Sees Prohibition Endurance and Rubber Breakthrough
Thomas A. Edison, 88, says Prohibition will be enforced and sees no gain from altering the Volstead Act. He touts rubber research progress and plans a plant near Savannah, Ga., to produce rubber from goldenrod within two to three years.
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Fort Myers
Fla
U.P
Thomas A. Edison
Henry Ford
Savannah
Edison
Tittle
Flying burglar eludes capture after Port Columbus heist
Still at large, the Port Columbus air express office thief escaped in a silver and blue plane named Blue Heaven. Authorities coast to coast broadcast the flight description while police check private fields for a possible disguise and escape route.
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Columbus
U.R
Air Express
Port Columbus
Air Termini
T. A. A. Maddux Air Lines
Fires follow threats in Ohio towns Greenfield and Hillsboro
Fire Marshal Ray Gill and staff probe two incendiary blazes in Greenfield Highland County and Hillsboro after owners received threatening letters promising fire damage if they did not move. Sabina nearby faced over 60 such letters. Henry Mercer, 16, is held at the Bureau of Juvenile Research as a suspect in the authorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ray Gill
Greenfield
Highland County
Hillsboro
Sabina
Henry Mercer
Bureau of Juvenile Research
State Troops Called To Quell Mine Outbreaks
State troopers patrolled the Boyd Mine district near Wheeling after a clash between striking miners and workers. Authorities said police arrived yesterday at the mine operators revues and expected to prevent further outbreaks.
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Wheeling
W. Va
U.R
West Virginia Panhandle
Boyd
Woman Teeters on 4th Floor Window in Toledo
Mary Haynes of Tiffin, 48, spent over twenty minutes on a fourth floor ledge at the U W Co A Building as firemen and bystanders urged her to drop to safety. She repeatedly leaned out and grabbed the ledge with one hand before being dissuaded by cheering onlookers.
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Toledo
U.R
Mary Haynes
Tiffin
U. W Co. A
Jefferson Avenue
Eleventh Street
Broadway Hotels Raid Prompts Temporary Closed Signs
Prohibition Administrator Maurice Campbell led a raid on the Hotel Manager, a major New York hostelery, arresting 13 men and issuing warrants for 12 more. The lobby drew visitors as agents searched for liquor sales to guests. A pad lock order was announced to seize the entire hotel. The venue, with about 2,000 rooms, is a key stop in the theater district and an investment of around $10,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Broadway
Maurice Campbell
Manger
Campbell
Prohibition War in Congress Gathers Diverse Witnesses
The House Judiciary Committee will hear seven bills to repeal or modify the Eighteenth Amendment starting tomorrow. Witnesses include Miss Louise Gross, G W Crocker, William Stayton, Dr F W Buck, and Rev Carl M Chworowsky among others, with anti prohibition and wets factions preparing to present their cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth G. Craword
United Press
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
House
Senate
Graham
Judiciary Committee
Louise Gross
Harrison
N. Y
Woman's Moderation Union
G. W. Crocker
Beaton
Civia League
William H. Stayton
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
F. We. Buck
Federal Dispensary and Tax Reduction League
Carl M. Chworowsky
Eliehurst
Disarm campaign tightens as Chicago backs crime drive
Judge John P. McGoorty orders grand jurors to stamp out crime while urging strict enforcement of concealed weapon laws. Chicago police say over 1,800 arrests since the roundup began, with gunmen, bombers, labor sluggers and hoodlums targeted. A chief justice and high stakes threats frame a tough new phase in crime control.
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Chicago
Criminal Court
John P. McGoorty
Otto Kerner
August Vogel
Vogel
Elmer Belgium
Laura
Belgium
Major Prohibition Raids Hit Illinois Alleged Ring
Federal indictments target a nationwide alcohol diversion ring and large yeast and corn sugar shipments to illicit distillers. Chicago Springfield and Philadelphia saw charges against 156 individuals and 31 firms in a $60 million seven year scheme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Illinois
Springfield
Philadelphia
Prohibition
James M. Doran
E. C. Yellowly
Marriage License Issued in New Lexington Pair
New Lexington dated Feb 11 a marriage license was issued to Jacob Coon 29 Glouster and Delia Green 21 Rendville.
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New Lexington
Jacob Coon
Glouster
Delia Green
Rendville
Bargains In The Classifieds
A student girl sought to help with house work for room and board in Nelsonville. Furnace lump coal delivered at 2 dollars per ton advertised. A five or six room house with garage for rent. A team of black geldings weighing about 8000 pounds advertised for sale this week at good prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Nelsonville
Overloading of School Buses Found Common in Ohio
Columbus Feb 11 U R Overloading of school busses in Cuyahoga County where 10 children were killed is a general practice according to a survey by a state motor vehicle inspector. After the Berea tragedy Secretary Brown ordered inspectors to investigate school bus hazards in the counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Cuyahoga County
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Berea
Clarence J. Brown
State
Fraud Charged in Ohio Highway Department Divisions
A state audit in Columbus cites gross irregularities and illegal proceedings in two divisions of the Ohio State Highway Department. It covers A. E. Dilton of Lawrence County from 1927 to 1929 and George H. Hannon of Brown County from 1925 to early 1929. The reports allege illegal bill payments, shifting repairs and supply bills to labor accounts, and major bookkeeping inaccuracies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.2
State Highway Department
O State
A. E. Dilton
Lawrence County
George H. Hannon
Brown County
Government moves to prosecute 31 firms and 167 individuals
Quick action in Chicago as three assistant U S district attorneys prepare legal papers to roundup the indicted firms and individuals for a single Chicago trial over charges of flooding the nation with millions of gallons of recovered alcohol over seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Booklet on Removal of Stains Offered by The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger announces a booklet from the Department of Agriculture detailing how to remove 88 different stains from clothing. Readers can obtain a copy by sending four cents and their name and address for return postage and handling. Our Washington Information Bureau will secure the publication for interested readers.
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The
Athens Messenger
Department of Agriculture
Washington Information Bureau
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New York Harbor
Hughes
Plan Air Boats
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Inco
MVE Tnotar
Thomas L. Stokes
James M. Beck
Pennsylvania
Lovette School
Will D. Anderson
Galden
Georgia
Morris DE Haven Tracy
United Press Staff
Gotham
Ter Uge
Justice
Ohio
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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