Writer Diverts Through War Front as Japanese and Chinese Clash
United Press reporter D C Bess tours Woosung front near Shanghai observing Chinese sharpshooters in ruined villages while Japanese troops prepare a new offensive. He passes Japanese sentries, rides with a Chinese chauffeur, and witnesses shelling and quiet frontline moments before returning to Shanghai.
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Woosung
Cathay Hotel
International Settlement
Shanghai
Signal Corps
Whangpoo River
Woosung Village
Supreme Court Hears End of Powhatan Case
Final arguments in the Powhatan Mining Company case against the State Industrial Commission focus on the merit rating system used to set employer premiums. Attorney General Bettman argues the system fits constitutional power to classify occupations by hazard and fund contributions. Powhatan seeks to block enforcement threatening loss of workmen compensation protections if premiums based on individual risk are not paid.
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Columbus
Powhatan Mining Company
Cleveland
State Industrial Commission
The
Industrial Commission
Ohio Supreme Court
Bettman
Rollin R. Zurmehly
Belmont County
Powhatan Coat Company
New York Businesswoman Credits Pape's Diapepsin
Miss Lillian Ralston of 1160 Park Avenue says she suffered headaches heartburn and indigestion after meals for five years. She reports using three packages of Pape's Diapepsin improved her condition gained five pounds and now feels well, urging others with sour belching nausea or pain after eating to try the product.
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Lillian Ralston
New York City
Park Avenue
Pape
Duggist
Sidney Fox
Sidney
Universal
Rue Morgue
Lucky Strike
Henderson Heads Geneva Arms Limitation Conference
Arthur Henderson former British Labor Cabinet member presides over the world conference on arms limitation now in session at Geneva. The Chinese-Japanese crisis has focused international attention on the conference.
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Arthur Henderson
Geneva
Adams County appoints Kessler to bench for two courts
Columbus February 11. J Pee B Kessler of West Union was named by Governor White to fill the Adams County bench. He succeeds Judge Will P Stephenson who was sworn into the Ohio Supreme Court. Kessler will serve as both common pleas and probate court judge, with the two offices combined.
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Columbus
J. Pee B. iKvessier
West Union
Adams County
White
Will. P. Stephenson
Ohio Supreme Court
Kessler
Common Pleas
Television Gains Fans in St Louis Amateur Setups
In St Louis the rise of home television tests draws attention as Edward Goodberlet operates station W9BQI from KWK staff status. The 10 watt setup broadcasts Mondays Wednesdays and Thursdays 830 to 930 pm with 1816 kilocycles and a 60 hole disc, drawing local experimenters who use city lighting as a synchronizing link.
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ST. Louis
Edward Goodberlet
KWK
Utilities
Measures Sought to Curb Contests and Prize Schemes
Federal Trade Commission member William E. Humphrey announced new actions to curb unfair and deceptive prize, puzzle and name contests used to obtain mailing lists for selling goods or services. He said these schemes have expanded nationally as promoters rely on misleading advertising, resulting in financial loss and reduced public confidence.
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Washington
DL. C
William E. Humphrey
Federal Trade Commission
Humphrey
J T High School Class Tours Athens Industry Scene
Jacksonville Trimble High School printing class led by Will C Merritt visited The Messenger plant and local businesses in Athens on a Wednesday tour. Students included Elizabeth Danko William Grimm Frank Kearns Charles Sharp Rolland Deal Frances Talbert Margaret Shirkey Joseph Antle Mary Cole Charles Gill Howard Merritt Joe Christman Bessie Swindell Ralph Hotsington Joe Grubb Elden Grinstead Carl Herbst Pauline Antle Melvin Koons Arthur Schoeman Helen Morrison Mary Russell Flora Grimm Audrey McLaughlin Medrith Rainey Sophia Chakey Alberta Raber Lindle Ray.
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Jacksonvillee Trimble High School
Will C. Merritt
Messenger
Athens
Elizabeth Danko
William Grimm
Frank Kearns
Charles Sharp
Rolland Deal
Frances Talbert
Margaret Shirkey
Joseph N. Antle
Mary B. Cole
Charles H. Gill
Howard Merritt
Joe Christman
Bessie Swindell
Ralph Hotsington
Joe Grubb
Elden M. Grinstead
One Cent Stamp Not Good on Valentines
Postmaster Harry McKinstry warns valentines require proper postage. A one-cent stamp will not cover a valentine even in an unsealed envelope. mailing with the sender’s name requires 1½ cents, and a sealed envelope needs 2 cents. If a message beyond the sender’s name is written, a 2-cent stamp is needed.
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Harry McKinstry
Moratorium on Partisan Politics Gains National Support
Columbus reports a move to halt partisan politics in federal lawmaking to restore public confidence and business normalcy. Led by the Ohio Emergency Committee chaired by George M. Verity, the effort spreads through chambers of commerce and civic groups nationwide urging sound economic legislation and analyses of congressional votes.
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Ohio Emergency Committee
George M. Verity
American Rolling Mils Company 4
Chambers of Commerce
United States
Varity
Farm Bureau
Banker Associationa
Parent-Teacher
Quakers Among First Chesterhill Settlers
The Marietta Times recounts Chesterhill’s early settlement when dense woods covered the area and few houses existed near Possum Creek. Settlers carried water from springs, faced deer and snakes, and built with community effort during Friends meeting days, the first meeting held outdoors before the frame meeting house was erected.
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Chesterhill
Marietta
Cheaterhill
Pennsville
Bere
Chesterhnill
Early Friends Vote Through Wooded Path in Pennsville
In a new settlement near Pennsville the devout Friends walked to the first polling place at Henmans Run where a hat served as the ballot box and judges amused themselves between votes. Early settlers included Exum Butdy Kim Stratt Dempsey Boswell Jesse Beck Benjamin Way Samuel Hampton Chandler Lee and G G King from Belmont and Jefferson counties. later arrivals were the Pattersons Fleese Cadwallader Neteon Gray Dr Isaac Huestia and the Crewes.
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Pennsville
Henman's Run
Vilage
Exum Butdy
Kim Stratt
Dempsey Boswell
Jesse Beck
Benjamin Way
Samuel Hampton
Chandler Lee
G. G. King
Belmont
Jefferson Counties
King
Pattersons
Fleese Cadwallader
Neteon Gray
Isaac Huestia
Crewes
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