Liquor Referendum Debate Opens in Ohio House
About 200 advocates of and against prohibition attended a three hour hearing on Nippert’s resolution to let voters decide next November on repealing the state prohibition amendment. No action was taken as the Judiciary Committee deferred the measure.
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Columbus
Judiciary Committee
House of Representatives
Nippert
Ohio
Louis Nippert
Republican
Cincinnati
Phillip R. Mather
Cleveland
The
Crusaders
Ralph Newman
Cleveland Crusaders
John Hughes
Thomas W. Latham
P. McNaught
Ohio Anti-Saloon League
Florence D. Richard
Toledo
Ohio W. C. T. U
William H. Alexander
Women's National Committee For Law Enforcement
J. E. Barnes
Phillip Mather
Literary Digest
Robert J. Bulkley
Well-Taxed Motorist and Advertising Urge Investment
The piece argues advertising boosts demand even in hard times and cites Coca Cola and American Tobacco reports as examples. It asserts retrenchment is false economy and notes automobile taxes are high, citing the American Petroleum Institute.
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R. W. Woodruff
Coca Cola Company
THE
American Petroleum Institute
George Dupler Dies After Heart Attack in Athens
George Dupler aged 78 died this morning at 11 20 after a heart attack on North Lancaster Street as he entered the business section of Athens. Neighbors carried him to Mrs A J Postons home where he lived. His son Edward Dupler and widow Florence Poston Dupler had recently died.
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North Lancaster Street
Athens
George Dupler
Glouster
A. J. Poston
North
Lancaster Street
Edward Dupler
Florence Poston Dupler
Poston
Dupler
Quarantine Imposed on Dogs in Athens County District
A dog rabies trace led Dr J Higgins to order a 60 day dog quarantine for all dogs owned by residents in the Lancaster to Carpenter Streets area extending west to Central Avenue and the cel car line. The bitten son of Earl Ator prompted state health exam of the dog’s head.
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Lancastr
Carpenter
Central Avenue
Cel
J Higgins
Athens County Health Grates
Net
Earl Ator
Second Street
State Health Department
Hieeinsegaid
Dont Try to Get Rich in 1931
John H. Van Deventer argues recovery must fund the unemployed by creating wage paying jobs. Those with stable income should avoid personal enrichment and instead spend and invest in growth, urging business to improve products marketing and updating facilities for a stronger future.
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John H. van Deventer
RSS
Field Day Picnic Invitation For Ohio State Trustees
C Hartman superintendent of experiment farms in Southeastern Ohio invites the OSU Board of Trustees and Board of Control of Ohio Experiment Stations to the annual field day picnic at Fleming Station on Thursday August 6. The event is expected to be outstanding in Washington County. Gov George White may attend as it is his home county. Glen Martin from the state forest nursery is assisting.
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Glen Martin
The
State Forest Nursery
Hartman
Improved condition reported for Mrs. Keene and William Walker
Mrs. W. W. Keene and William Walker were airlifted to Municipal Hospital Lancaster after a car crash near Sugar Grove Thursday night. Mrs. Maude L. Woodworth and son Paul Woodworth died in the accident, and services for the deceased were held Sunday. The Woodworth party had been returning from Chicago.
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W. W. Keene
East State Street
William Walker
Athens
Sugar Grove
Municipal Hospital
Lancaster
Maude L. Woodworth
Paul Woodworth
Woodworth
Chicago
Mystery figures questioned in Potter murder probe
Two mysterious individuals, a man and wife from the neighborhood where ex councilman Potter was slain last week, were brought to Central Police Station and questioned by Detective Sergeant James Hogan of the Homicide Squad behind closed doors.
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Cleveland
U.2
William 5. Potter
Central Police Station
James Hogan
British aviatrix plans long hop from India to London
Mrs. Adelaide Spencer Cleaver, noted aviatrix, sailed from San Francisco to the Orient aboard the Tatsuta Maru to prepare for a flight from India to London in her Gypsy Moth plane.
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Adelaide Spencer Cleaver
San Francisco
Orient
India
London
Real Estate Tax Cut Proposed to 12 Mills in Ohio
Columbus reports Senator William H. Herner proposes lowering the real property tax levy from 15 to 12 mills by barring county and township levies for road building. He would fund county roads from higher automobile license revenue and seek changes to Norton Bill provisions. House actions include one-cent gasoline tax hike and a permanent $5 license fee.
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Columbus
U.R
William H. Herner
Huron County
Senate
Norton
Herner
Highway Department
Republican
Cuyahoga County
E. C. Eikenberry
Preble
Eikenberry
N. C. Bohnert
Pickaway County
Lcenses
Bohnert
John Tippie Dies Civil War Vet 83 in Chauncey
John M. Tippie 83 a Civil War veteran died at his Chauncey home from infirmities of age. Funeral services will be at Athens Central Avenue M E Church Friday at 2 30 pm with burial in West Union Street Cemetery. Athens County Civil War veterans will meet at Dowler's Funeral Parlor at 2 pm to attend in a body. He leaves a widow and several relatives. Tippie served three years in the 125th Ohio Infantry under Lt. Col. David H. Moore.
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John M. Tippie
Chauncey
Athens Central Avenue
M. E
West Union Street
Athens County
Dowler’s
Tippie
125Th Ohio Infantry Regiment
David H. Moore
Doctor Home in Put-In-Bay Township Passage
The House passed a bill to permit Ottawa County’s Put-In-Bay Township to maintain a resident physician's house funded by a tax levy approved by voters. The township, including Middle Bass North Bass and South Bass Islands, is cut off from the mainland in winter. A physician has been housed there by past contributions.
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Columbus
U.R
House
G. W. McCritchie
Ottawa County
Put-In- Bay Township
Middle Bass
North Bass
South Bass Islands
Lake Erie
Tunnel Cave-In Kills One in Cleveland Work Crew
A sewer tunnel cave-in in Cleveland left one worker dead and two injured. The deceased’s identity was not confirmed, but fellow workers believe the name may be Bird.
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Cleveland
All Happy Now Stage Stars Wed After Love Is Interrupted
In New York on February 11, Paul Kelly and Dorothy Mackaye, once linked by a Hollywood affair ended by prison sentences, married in a friend's apartment. Kelly had 25 months plus 18 months on parole for manslaughter in the death of Ray Raymond. Mackaye served 10 months for concealing facts surrounding Raymond's death. Kelly opens tonight in Hobo at the Moros Theater.
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New York
U.P
Hollywood
Paul Kelly
Dorothy Mackaye
Ray Raymond
Kelly
San Quentin
Hobo
Moros Theater
Raymond
Miss Mackaye
Mills: veterans' cashing policies harm nation
Undersecretary Ogden Mills told the New York Bond Club that issuing large government bonds or expanding cash retirement of adjusted service certificates would hurt veterans and the economy. He warned of a possible deficit of at least half a billion dollars and a costly bond flotation that would raise taxes. He opposed immediate cash retirement and additional borrowing by veterans.
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New York
U.R
Treasury
Ogden L. Mills
New York Bond Club
Congress
Mills
Mellon
Hoover Nominates Postmasters for Several States
President Hoover sent to the Senate nominations for postmasters in Ohio Indiana Kentucky and West Virginia. Names include Harley F Ham Bel Ostrander Edward J Cranmer William H Sailway Edward M Ray William Jaggers and John Kastle Jr with towns Glouster Ostrander Hope Scottsburg Hodgenville Martinsburg.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate
Ohio
Glouster
Harley F. Hambel
Ostrander
Edward J. Cranmer
Indiana
Hopee
William H. Sailway
Scottsburg
Edward M. Ray
Kentucky
Hodgenville
William 8. Jaggers
West Virginia
Martinsburg
John . Kastle, Jr
Gun Girl Captured After Third Gas Station Holdup
Clara Ethel Lucas, 17, of Charleston, West Virginia, jailed after grabbing a gun from a victim during a third gasoline station holdup in ten days. She says she acted for a thrill and stole $15 across two prior robberies. She is described as the daughter of a rural Kentucky minister and employed as a maid by a Charleston family.
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Clara Ethel Lucas
Charleston
W. Va
Kentucky
Fraud Charge Against Athens Insurance Man Faubion
Faubion, an Athens insurer, was arrested by Constable Joe Jonas and arraigned on fraud charges. Six to twelve complaints cite unturned insurance collections from county farmers, with prior ties to Patron's Mutual and Buckeye State Mutual. He posted a $200 bond and awaits a Saturday preliminary hearing.
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R. M. Faubion
Athens
Joe Jonas
C. H. Porter
John W. Bolin
Faubion
Patron’s Mutual Insurance Company of
Bellefontaine
Buckeye State Mutual Insurance
Athens County residents contribute to drought relief fund
Athens County residents donated 232 dollars to the Red Cross national drought relief fund announced by Mike Pearl French Red Cross executive secretary. Of the total 100 dollars came from the Athens City Women's Federation and contributions may be left at local banks or the Red Cross office in the Security Bank Building.
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Athens County
Red Cross National Drought Relief Fund
Mike Pearl French
Red Cross
Athens City Women's Federation
Security Bank
Messenger To Appear In New Type Face
The Athens Messenger will appear tomorrow in a new Intertype Ideal News Face. The newer type is easier to read and was chosen after experiments over a year with various faces. Samples compare old and new type to let readers judge readability.
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Athens Messenger
Intertype
Ideal
The
Messenger
Opticians
Ohio House considers medical liquor increase and clemency notice
U R A proposes raising medical liquor prescriptions from one half pint to one pint. Representative Keith Lawrence also seeks two weeks written notice to county prosecutors before clemency board reviews parole applications, prompted by Schooley case in Cleveland where a parole was rescinded after prosecutor protest.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio House of Representatives
Keith Lawrence
Cuyahoga County
Lawrence
Ohio Board of Clemency
Pny
Clemency Board
Liston G. Schooley
Cleveland
Schooley
Ohio House weighs medicinal liquor hike plan
A bill to raise the medicinal liquor limit was introduced in the Ohio House by Rep Keith Lawrence of Cuyahoga County. He also proposed a 2 week notice to county prosecutors before parole decisions by the Board of Clemency. The move follows a parole granted to Liston G Schooley for Cleveland land fraud that was later rescinded after prosecutor protest.
Illinois House Votes for Repeal of State Dry Law
The Illinois House passed the O Grady Repeal Bill by 66 to 1 and sent it to the Senate. The measure would end state enforcement of prohibition and shift duties to the federal government, with Chicago’s Thomas J. O Grady the sponsor. Wet supporters predicted ultimate Senate passage amid long debates and packed galleries.
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Illinois
Senate
Springfield
State Senate
House of Representatives
Nlinots
Thomas J. O'Grady
Chicago
House
Kovra
Campaign for Democrats Is Moving Along
United Press dispatch reports preparations for an aggressive presidential campaign within the Democratic Party. Chairman Raskob calls a National Committee meeting for March 5 to map state outlooks on prohibition, expected to dominate next year’s race. A Wickersham report split fuels a push for reform signals.
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Washington
U.R
Democratic Party
Woodrow Wilson
Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Congress
Democratic
Hoover
Wickersham Commission
Scout Fathers Honor Court Guests in Athens
Athens Scouts plan a Court of Honor at Scout Headquarters in the First Methodist Church next Monday at 6 pm. Fathers of scouts are guests and will be served a camp supper before the ceremony. Bert L. Pugh, Marietta, scout executive of the Southeastern Ohio Area, will attend. Awards will be presented to scouts who earned them.
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Athens
Boy Scouta
Scout
First Methodist Church
Fathers of the
Scouta
Delbert L. Pugh
Marietta
Southeastern Ohio
State Speaker To Address Teachers
Miss Enid Lunn of the Ohio Department of Education will address the Athens County Home Economics Teachers Association at 2 30 Saturday afternoon in the county superintendent’s office. She will discuss approved courses of study and methods and plans to visit home economics classes in the county.
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Enid Lunn
Ohio Department of Education
Athens County Home Economics Teacher's Association
Miss Lunn
State Department
Cold Weather Records Break in Southeastern Ohio
Forty years after Lincoln's Birthday, records show temperatures fell to 40 degrees below zero in parts of Southeastern Ohio. By last night, readings climbed to nine degrees above zero at the Lower Plains Government Weather Station, with subzero spells noted as rare this winter in Athens County.
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Lincoln
Ohio
Athens County
Athens
E. W W. Wolfe
Lower Plains
Massive February raid targets five Michigan fraternities
In Ann Arbor the University of Michigan campus faced its most extensive raid as police entered Delta Kappa Epsilon Kappa Sigma Phi Delta Theta Theta Delta Chi and Sigma Alpha Epsilon houses seizing liquor. Warrants charged 70 students with disorderly conduct after Joseph Looney and Shirley O Toole admitted supplying the fraternities. A varsity football player was among those named in the broader investigation.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Tie
U.R
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor Poolice
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Kappa Sigma
Phi Delta Theta
Theta Dae Chi
Sigma Alpha
Joseph Looney
Shirley O'Toole
O'Toole
PaldindexBeditine
Namea
Michigan
Taxation Committee Lacks Funds for Staff and Office
The Special Legislative Committee on Taxation in Columbus, created to draft tax measures for the General Assembly, faces no funds to hire assistants, clerks, or rent. The Reynolds Resolution capped operating expenses at 15,000 dollars, with no opposition to the limit though other aspects were criticized.
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Columbus
U.P
Special Legislative Committee On
General Assembly
Reynolds
Assault on drought relief plan tests Senate votes
The Senate coalition presses a $20 million drought relief compromise, facing steadfast pledges from key votes. Republicans once confident of a late vote worry the decision may slip to tomorrow as insurgent Western Republicans and some Democrats oppose the measure.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Bathhouse John Seeks Re election Amid Opponent Dropout
John J. Coughlin, longtime Chicago alderman known as Bathhouse John, faces his 38th year in office after his sole rival withdrew. A poet and racehorse owner, he once worked as a rubber in a Turkish bath.
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John J. Coughlin
Chicago
John
Rural and Farm Groups Back Plan for New Police
Rural and farm organizations rally to support a proposed Safety Police bill to create a state force of 50 to 300 officers with general police powers. The plan envisions a board led force funded from state funds with costs estimated at 1,000,000 to 1,500,000 annually.
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Columbus
U.R
J. A
Pepublican
Portage County
Eiffortaé
Ite
Automobile Association
Agriculture Conservation Commissioner
Forester and Motor Vehicles
Civil Service Jobs Announced Here
The Athens Postoffice notes openings across federal agencies including the United States Civil Service Bureau of Mines and Department of Agriculture. Positions listed include associate physiologist, radiate nurse, senior entomologist, and printers with salaries from 1,440 to 4,600 annually for duty in Washington, D. C., or field locations.
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United States Civil Service
Oice Commission
Bureau of Agricultural Omics
Department of For
Washington
D. C
Indian Service
Washington, D. C
Washington, D. C., Vetreau
Public Health Service
Nd Indian Service
Bureau of Mines
Departate Commerce
Bureau of Department of Agriculture
Tor
Washington, D
Graving and Printing
Widd. C
Athens
Weather summary and temperatures across cities
Yesterday’s high temperatures included Phoenix 72 and Los Angeles 68. Today’s lows report Northfield 14 below and Parry below. General conditions describe fluctuating air temperatures and wind patterns across regions with upper atmosphere readings and uncertain near term changes.
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Phoenix
Los Angeles
Northfield
Parry
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