Cooper Enters Race for Ohio Governor Nomination
Former Governor Myers Cooper, from Cincinnati, declares candidacy for the Republican nomination in Ohio, creating a three-way contest with Clarence J. Brown and David S. Ingalls. His platform calls for a 25 percent property tax cut, heavier tax on intangibles, utilities tax hikes, school funding from non-real estate sources, a continuous highway program, and reduced government spending.
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Columbus
Myers ¥. Cooper
Cincinnati
Ohio
Cooper
Clarence J. Brown
Blanchester
David S. Ingalls
Cleveland
Navy
Camaign
Mace
Group Favors State Police Plan in Ohio Platform
The Ohio Manufacturers' Association unveiled a platform calling for a state police system, a four year governor term, and shorter working hours during slack periods. It opposes an extra legislative session and backs Hoover's Reconstruction Finance Corporation. The measure stresses protecting life and property and safeguarding rural areas under state control.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio Manufacturers’ Association
Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Relief Workers Beaten and Expelled to State Line
Waldo Frank novelist and Allen Taub New York attorney led the National Workers Relief Committee when beaten and driven from Pinesville to the Kentucky Tennessee state line by residents. Several committee members were arrested for disorderly conduct while distributing food to miners. The incident followed promises of courteous treatment by Pineville officials and involved multiple prominent writers and relief workers. Harry Simms, 19, reportedly shot by deputies at Artemus, Ky, during a strike action.
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Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
U.P
Waldo Frank
Allen Taub
New York
National Workers’ Relief Committee
Pinesville
Kentucky
Jarda
National Workers' Relief Committee
Cumberland Gap
John Henry Hammond, Jr
Hammond
Pineville
Frank
Allan Taub
International Defense League
Taub
Yaub
Portland, Maine
Malcolm Cowley
The
Mew Republic
Mary Heaton Vorse
J. GC
Reed Mitchell
John Henry Hammond
Japan and War Critics Stir Global Debate
A dramatic dispatch from Hodge California reports on the assassination of former Japanese finance minister Junusoke Inouye for opposing wartime policy in China. The piece invokes quotes about Asiatic barbarism and compares past assassinations of Jules Daloureg in France to support antiwar sentiment while noting Japan's neutral zone proposal and broader Western hypocrisy in handling conquests and partition.
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France
Junnusoke Inouye
Operation for liver trouble at White Cross Hospital
Chauncey underwent an operation for liver trouble yesterday morning at White Cross Hospital in Columbus. The procedure was performed by Dr. John Sprague, an Athens physician and brother of Chauncey. Dr. Warren V. Sprague has been moved to the hospital from a home in Columbus. Relatives in attendance include Dr. L. E. Parks, Dr. L. V. Sprague, Mrs. Charles Stack, and Miss Floride Sprague.
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Warren V. Sprague
Chauncey
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
John Sprague
Athens
Warren Sprague
L. E. Parks
L. V. Sprague
Madison
Wis
Charles Stack
Floride Sprague
Lincoln's Birthday Observance Closes Banks and Markets
Banks and building and loan companies in the district will be closed tomorrow in observance of Lincoln's birthday. Stock exchanges and grain markets nationwide will also be closed. Lincoln programs will be held in schools.
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Lincoln
Community Clothing Center Collects Saturday in Athens
The Community Clothing Center will collect donations Saturday in the northern part of Athens. Residents should have items ready when Boy Scouts visit. Garments should be clean and placed along West State Street West Washington Street North Congress Street from Washington to Carpenter Street North High Street from Washington to Carpenter Street South Lancaster Street from Washington to State Street and North Lancaster Street from State to Carpenter.
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Community Clothing Center
Athens
Boy Scouts
West State Street
West Washington Street
Congress Street
Washington
Carpenter Street
High Street
Lancaster Street
State Street
Lanaster Street
State
Carpentez
Contractors Agree To 2 Percent Wage Cut In Eleven Cities
Officials from Allied Construction Industries say all building crafts have agreed to a two percent wage cut from the average scale in eleven cities. The new scale takes effect February 21 and extends for thirteen months.
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Cincinnati
Allied Construction Industries
Home Saver's Dollar Spreads Across Ohio Economy
Ohio home savers boost profits and reserves in a record year, with $55.0 million in earnings distributed to 2 million depositors and stockholders. Mortgage loans total over $1.1 billion as Ohio savings and loan plans emphasize amortization and steady repayments.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Building and Loan Department
Mortgers Muang
Ohio Plan of Savings and Loan
Provident Provigivn Dkring
Red Activity Threatens U S in Shanghai and Peiping
United Press reports a new outbreak of Red activity in Shanghai complicating U S efforts in China. A 1,200 ship fleet with 1,000 land troops and 5,000 civilians to be protected. planters and missionaries described rising danger and foreigner targets as Japan reinforces troops.
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Washington
America
China
Shanghai
Peiping
Jonn O'Shying
Kanchow
Foreumn
Spending Day at Capital for Dope and Treasury Pick
A letter from WILL describes Senate action on appropriations with Borah praised for speed. Garner is visited and Republicans commend his leadership. Ogden Mrs is approved as new secretary of the treasury. shooting is discussed and praised with high spirits in Congress.
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Longsworth
Ogden
Treasury
Will
Soviet Foreign Commissar Proposes Total General Disarmament
Maxim Litvinov urged a total general disarmament plan as the only security against war. He spoke at the World Disarmament Conference calling to abolish tanks, long range naval guns, aircraft carriers, airships, heavy bombers, stockpiles of bombs, chemical agents, and all war materiel.
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Ofichi
LI U.pe
Maxim Litvinog
Tedey
Ady
Litvin
Flu outbreak afflicts 150 children at home
An influenza epidemic at the Ouidlara and Sailors Orphan Home in Xenia Ohio sickened about 150 of the 700 children. Dr Messenger says the illness is mild with no deaths and that about one fourth of the children have received care as nurses and medical staff are expanded.
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Ouidlara
Orph Os
Malia
Afiasenger
Convicts Said Aware Of Fire Plot At Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus reports Warden Thomas told the Dante Club that between 2300 and 4000 convicts were aware of the plan to burn Ohio Penitentiary in 1990. Seven or eight were linked to the plot. Clinton Grate and Hughrew Gibbons are serving life. The blaze used gallons of oil and caused inmates to suffocate before guards opened gates.
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Columbus
U.s.-Ohio
Ohio Penitentiary
P. BE. Thomas
Dante Club
Clinton Grate
Hughrew Gibbons
Thamas
Halle Brothers scion Halle marks 100 amid world’s ills
Samuel Hallie, part of the Halle Brothers store family in Cleveland, turns 100 as he reflects on three wars and many panics. Born in Wilmars, Germany, he arrived in the United States at age 14 and remains hopeful about the world’s future.
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Cleveland
Sanuel Hallie
Halle Brothers
Jose
Halle
Wilmars
Germany
Mrs Berry Named Assistant Chief Matron at Delaware School
Mrs. Berry, widow of John Berry former superintendent of Athens State Hospital, is appointed assistant chief matron at the Girls Industrial School in Delaware. She will assume March 15 succeeding Miss Louise Moyse and comes with about 20 years in institutional work and nursing, after 12 years as matron at Athens Hospital. A civil service exam for the chief matron post will be held in Columbus on February 26.
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Alhens
John Berry
Girls’ Industrial School
Delaware
Berry
Athens State Hospital
Louise Moyse
Cleveland
Dorothy R. Henry
Delaware Institution
Columbus
Birs
Athens Hospital
Rain and Cold Snuff Out Warm Ohio Weather
Columbus reports a shift from springlike warmth to rain and colder temperatures forecast within 24 hours. Snow flurries may reach the north and northeast Friday as thermometers tick down from 60 to 75 degrees previously set across parts of the state.
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Ghia
Columbus
U.P
Chinese to seek League assembly over Far East crisis
The Chinese delegation announced in Geneva that China will demand an extraordinary League of Nations assembly to address the Far Eastern situation. China condemns the League Council efforts including the Shanghai emergency commission under Article XV and seeks broader measures.
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U,p
China
League of Nations
League Council
Japan
Shanghai
League
Pianist Robert Goldsand to Perform in Athens Memorial Auditorium
Viennese pianist Robert Goldsand, age mistyped, will appear at 8 p m Friday in Ohio University Memorial Auditorium as the fourth feature of the Music lecture course. Goldsand began piano at 1 6 and played Beethovens Pathetique from memory after two months of lessons. He soloed with the Berlin Philharmonic at 12 and debuted in America at Town Hall in 1927, touring the country in the 1920s and 1930s. Inquiries about unclaimed witness fees for 1930 continue at the clerk of courts office. A $2 40 check was sent to Jack Pearson of Detroit for a case in Athens County Common Pleas Court.
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Ohio University Memorial Auditorium
Goldsand
Berlin Philharmonife Orchestra
America
New York Town Hall
Clerk of Courts Office
Jack Pearson
Detroit
Mich
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Richest Senator Urges Government Bond Buying
Senator James Couzens Republican of Michigan urges Americans to invest in government bonds amid anti hoarding campaigns. He warns that fear and hoarding persist and calls for banker-led confidence to revive the economy.
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Wton
Bed
James Cousens
Republican
Michigan
Hoover
Cousens
Couzens
Nero the lion remains a hero to injured trainer
In Peru Indiana trainer Clyde Beatty lies seriously hurt after a lion named Nero attacked him in the cage. Dr Thurman Rice reports Beatty has a rare disease and Nero shows concern pacing at the winter quarters while Beatty recovers in hospital.
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Peru
Ind
Feboco
Clyde Beatty
Chillicothe
Ohio
Beatty
Nera
Ney
Vircus
New Nero
Thurman Rice
Unieersity of Indiana School of Medicine
Br. Rive
Reco
Beecesigh
Rratey
Kakenta
Nera Navel
House Breaker Arrested Here in Athens
Athens police arrested Lawrence Coursey after he attempted to enter a home at Mr. Ghost 7 south Congress. He climbed to a second story and fell while descending. Two other robberies on Union Street and East Carpenter yielded cash thefts. A maskless entry at Smithwash Market involved breaking a window to reach a cash drawer with about 200 dollars taken. The Beasing Garage entry used a narrow gap between sliding doors. a missing amount of change was noted and gloves near the register were found.
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Lawrence Coursey
Negre
Ter
Mr. Ghost
South Congres
Oursey
Mra
Union Street
East Carpenter
Ransferdling
Die Smith
Marten
Smith
Beasing
Paul Dalton
Stalin
Outstanding Leader Dies in Columbus
Brigadier General Edward Orton Jr a civic leader and ceramics engineer died at his Columbus home at 68. He founded Ohio State Universitys Department of Ceramics and the Edward Orton Memorial Hospital and led the American Ceramics Society and the Columbus Chamber of Commerce from 1921 to 1923. He received the Distinguished Service Medal for wartime service and became a 1923 reserve general.
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Heb
U.pf
Edward Orton
Ohio State University
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Mrs Crow Files Suit Over Husband's Death
Mrs Jessie M Crow of Athena sues a railroad company for 40000 in common pleas court alleging the death of her husband George H Crow who was killed a year earlier when his automobile was hit at a railroad crossing. H B Pigman county educator also died in the crash and this suit follows his earlier win.
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Jessie M. Crow
Athena
Common Pleas
George H. Crow
H. B. Pigman
County Educador
Crow
Ub Glle Upnerty
Recluse Dies Fortune Found in Bank Vault
Cleveland Believed to be a tale of wealth unearthed after the death of William Davey a loner whose will lists an estate of 100000 dollars. A bank vault box yielded three wedding rings and about 42000 dollars in old style currency, with long-separated relatives and the law seeking probate details.
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Cleveland
Bel
William Vivavey
David Brown
Davey
Mavey
Lovel
von Swerlissene
England
Athens Collie Commissioners Paragraph on Road Funds
During a special session Tuesday the Athens Collie Commissioners made two small road appropriations for 1831 work. Fossil Rock Road in Lodi Township received 547.20 dollars, offset by gasoline tax revenue balance. A second vote allotted 43.75 dollars from Rome Township to the Road Maintenance and Material Fund for tractor and grader hire. J. H. Grosvenor and L. H. Blackwood attended. the meeting was recorded in the commissioners journal.
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Athens Collie Ty Commisssioners
Fossil Rock
Lodi
Rome Township
J. H. Grosvenor
L. H. Blackwood
Commissioners’ Journal Today
Apples Donated For Poor Families By Salvation Army
The Salvation Army under Adjt Herward Stone will distribute a portion of a 30 bushel apple supply from Ralph Ladd to deserving families within the next few days. Applicants are advised to bring burlap sacks for the fruit.
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Adjt
Herward Stone
Salvation Army
Ralph Ladd
Offisher Station
Stee
Peace in Coal Strike Spurs District Protests in Nelsonville
Miners in Nelsonville stage a mass meeting as walkouts begin in Hocking Valley with speeches by United Mine Workers leaders. The aim is federal relief and a coal commission bill, with hopes the action spreads to nearby districts while talks at other mines face mixed results.
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Aikipeaaea
Cantain Baorey Tatlow
United Mine Workers
David Webhkins
Clather 8
Herman Fhelaehae
Carl Gardner
Beale Vommnities
Bae Loper
Davia
Pennsylvanie
Laollette
Costigan
Yaningiouad
Hocking
Peavey
Methentt
Ford To Build Eight Cylinder Car In V Type Design
Ford Motor Co announced a new V-type eight cylinder Ford to join the present Model A four cylinder line. Production starts later this month with public shows planned in March. Details were scarce but the two motors will be interchangeable on a longer roomier chassis with a new design. Prices were not disclosed but both models will stay in the low price field.
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Detroit
Ford
Ford Motor Co
English Blizzards Grip Britain Amid Severe Storms
Arctic weather lashed the British Isles with deaths injuries and property loss as snow sleet and bitter winds persist. In Paris a Channel steamer service halted as one of the year’s fiercest storms continues with several cold related deaths reported.
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London
Paris
U.2
English Channel
Chinese Send More Troops to Shanghai
Nanking Feb 11 Chinese reinforcements were dispatched to Shanghai to join the Route Army defending the port against an anticipated Japanese offensive. The 87th and 1sth Divisions entrained for Shanghai after garrisoning riverfront areas along the Yangtze. A contingent of 1294 men was to join the Shanghai deployment from Fenyang University.
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Shanghai
Nanking-Chinkathg
Yangize
Vntuaea
Fenyang University
Mandat Snanstiel
Aca
Amine Ton Tur
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