Clothing Drive Brings Aid to Athens Township Families
The Red Cross and township mayors organize a clothing distribution for needy families in Athens and Nelsonville. About 9 000 dollars support funds and garments from county and state sources will be allocated through townships and the Red Cross to supply shoes, underwear, socks, and outerwear to families, with applications via mayors or designated city offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AM F. Smiley
Athens
Red Cross
Youth of May Shelter Clash Over Use Posts and Federal
A community group in May faces a standoff over use of public posts and federal rules. Local leaders say the dispute centers on safety and access while residents push for clearer rules and better oversight. No arrests reported.
Iron Fist for Cuba Indicated By Roosevelt
Washington rumors say Roosevelt plans a hard line on Cuba. Officials forecast immediate orders after March 4 to fix Cuban affairs or face armed intervention. Speculation names potential envoys like Glassford Mitchell or Butler to oversee actions.
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Cuba
Roosevelt
Washington
Pelham D. Glassford
William B
Fighting Billy) Mitchell
Smedhey D. Butler
Mr. Roosevelt
Farmers strike for higher prices in Rio Grande Valley
Rio Grande Valley farmers plan a market strike to push production cost plus a profit margin for vegetables. Leaders from the South Texas Shippers Association Hidalgo County Farm Bureau Federation and Camerton County Producers Association claim 90 percent support and plan orderly patrols to keep crops from markets until prices rise. Cabbage prices have jumped to six dollars per ton due to the threat and recent cold weather.
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Mcallen
Tex
U.P
Rio Grande Valley
South Texas Shippers Association
Hidalgo County Farm Bureau Federation
Camerton County Producers Association
R. C. Roseboom
Hidalgo County Federation
Roseboom
Poison Liquor Kills Three Kentuckians
Authorities in Cincinnati and Kenton County Ky report three men died after consuming poison liquor over the weekend. In Des Moines evangelist Rev William A Sunday aged 69 is confined to his hotel room with acute indigestion and heart ailment.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Kenton County
Des Moines
William A
Billy
Rooms for rent in Union Street area
A Messenger classified ad from Mrs. Joe Walburn of West Union Street promotes vacant rooms and apartments in Athens priced to suit all budgets. The "Rooms without Board" column yields quick replies, with one example: a single room on Union Street West rented after one insertion. Dial 21804 to inquire.
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Athens
the Messenger
Joe Walburn
W. Union S&i
Union Street
Dial
Two Men Blown to Pieces at Nitroglycerine Cache
In Lima Ohio a nitroglycerine explosion killed two men, Ted Hollar and likely Thomas Whitie Shannon, with one man linked to a Toledo robbery indictment. A roadster loaned to Shannon was found nearby, and investigators suspect accidental detonation during a drop or misfire.
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Lima
U.2
Thomas
Whitie
Shannon
Cleveland
Toledo
Ted Hollar
Henry Sudekatus
Sudekatus
Anne Daine
Bruce Godfrey
Hollar
Start Debtor Measure Through Senate Mill
The Senate Judiciary Committee reported favorably a shortened debtors relief bill that applies only to individuals and farmers. The railroad and corporation reorganization sections were eliminated due to divisions of opinion, signaling a need for future action on organizational relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
Senate Judiciary Committee
Rixey Signed for Yet Another Red Legs Season
Cincinnati February 13 Eppa Rixey the dean of National League pitchers signed his twenty first NL contract and the fourteenth straight with the Cincinnati Club at the Red offices. He broke into the league in 1912 from the University of Virginia and pitched every year since except 1914 when he served as an army officer overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Eppa Rixey
Red
Rixey
University of Virginia
Mortgage Delay Calls Issued by Nebraska Governor
Lincoln Neb February 13 Governor Charlies W Bryan issued a proclamation calling upon holders of mortgages on Nebraska farms and homes to suspend foreclosures. He asked that the suspension remain until the state board of conciliation completes its organization and the Legislature can pass mortgage relief measures.
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Lincoln
Nebr
U.P
Charlies W. Bryan
Nebraska
Board of Conciliation
Governor White outlines five common sense remedies in Ohio
At a Columbus Rotary Club luncheon Governor White declares prosperity starts at home and presents five actions to restore confidence. He urges quick budget decisions, easing unemployment fears, mindful spending, local commerce goals, and a year of giving away unused clothing and furniture. He warns there is no all purpose federal or state fix for business depression.
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Columbus
U.P
White
Rotary Club
Washington
Cold Wave Moderates Across the United States
The U P dispatch reports the cold wave easing in most regions with subnormal temperatures, except the Northern Rocky Mountains. Tonight and tomorrow colder in the Lower Lake Up per Ohio Valley and North Atlantic States. General rain or snow in the Northern and Eastern States. Homeless relief reported. An icy sidewalk in New York causes one death and 30 injuries. two men die when the fishing trawler Newton is wrecked by a gale off Boston as the Coast Guard tows Mo jave.
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Chicago
U.P
Rocky Mountain
Lower Lake
Upper Ohio Valley
North Atlantic
Newton
Boston
Coast Guard
Mojave
League Sharper Tone Toward Manchuria Report
The League of Nations Committee of 19 approved a sharper tone in sections of its report on the Manchurian dispute while awaiting Japan’s reply on Chinese sovereignty. Tokyo reports indicated the Japanese answer would be negative. The committee meets tomorrow to adopt recommendations.
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Geneva
League of Nations Committee of 19
Japan
Manchuria
Tokio
Night Vigilantes Clash in Pleasantville Holdup Standoff
Night Marshal Clarence Smith decided to investigate holdup suspects himself. He mustered vigilantes, forming two armed groups that guarded the barbershop and bandstand. Firing occurred through the night with no injuries as sheriffs arrived at dawn to find most townsfolk involved in the scare battle.
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Pleasantville
Clarence Smith
Labor leader urges 4 hour week to cut unemployment
President William Green of the American Federation of Labor renews a push for a mandatory 4 hour work week claiming it would rapidly employ 6,000,000 and curb a rising unemployment total above 12,000,000. He urges more federal relief funds as city and county aid rose 182 percent in 125 cities from 1931 to 1952.
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Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Federation
Treacherous Waters Claim Dauntless Alaskan Viking
Umnak Island natives report Captain Andrew Nelson missing at sea after the motorship Umnak Native sank January 24 in a heavy gale off Umnak Beach. Seven natives and the ship’s crew, including Captain Stankus and a Russian priest, perished. only three natives survived. Nelson had previously saved his crew from the Eunice in a prior disaster and was known for braving Aleutian waters.
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Andrew Nelson
Umnak Island
Umnak
Tutiakoff
Nelson
Stankus
Nalasks
Europe Stays Awake Nights To Plan Trouble for America
Beverly Hills letter from Will Rogers mocked the League of Nations over Japan in Manchuria. Rogers argues Europe schemes against the United States, suggests Russia would intervene, and mocks assigning policing to civilians.
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Europe
America
Beverly Hills
Calif
Japan
Manchuria
Russia
Sam
Will Rogers
Britain Will Link Debt Talks With Economic Problems
Premier Ramsay MacDonald announced in Parliament that Britain will discuss war debts and economic issues in parallel with the United States. He said the aim is to revive world trade and prosperity, with close talks to align Europe policy and the big shared challenges ahead.
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MacDonald
United States
London
U.P
Washington
Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Britain
Amy Johnson Mollison Plans 5000 Mile Solo Flight
London reports Amy May Johnson Mollison aims to fly 5000 miles solo from New York to Rio de Janeiro to join her husband Captain James Mollison on a South American aerial tour. He has flown the Atlantic routes in the Heart's Content while she set a record England to Cape Town in the Desert Cloud.
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London
Amy Johnson Mollison
New York
Rio de Janeiro
James A. Mollison
South America
Mollison
South Atlantic
Africa
Brazil
Johnson
England
Cape Town
North
Penal Reform Proposed by Ohio Investigator
Columbus Feb 13 24 A full schedule of bills to reform Ohio penal institutions will be introduced in the legislature this week by Senator Joseph N Ackerman Republican Cleveland a member of the Senate Penal and Welfare Investigating Committee He would abolish nepotism at state institutions and end use of the hole corrective cells at the state penitentiary and the whipping post at the Boye Industrial School Lancaster.
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Columbus
Ohio
Joseph N. Ackerman
Cleveland
Senate Penal and Welfare Investigating Committee
Ackerman
State Penitentiary
Boye
Lancaster
Personal Taxes Collected Soon in Athens County
Tax collection begins Wednesday Feb 35 and runs through March 41 with half due at first collection and the other half by Sept. 20. A new ruling adds postal savings to the taxable list and marks the first year postal savings tax collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Department of the Intangible Tax Division
The
Tax Commission of Ohio
Opera season called off in Cleveland this year
Senator Robert J. Bulkley announced there will be no Metropolitan Opera season in Cleveland this year. Plans were made for another season next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Robert J. Bulkley
Metropolitan Opera
Guide Who Knows How To Get Around Corner Sought
Washington reports begin a broad inquiry by the Senate Finance Committee into how to revive prosperity. Witnesses include C. Teague and Bernard Baruch urging balanced budgets, sound money, and tax reforms. Speakers will be heard publicly or privately as the panel compiles a mass of ideas for possible policy.
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Washington
Congress
Nation Honors Emancipator
Springfield marked the 124th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth with a ceremony at Oak Ridge Cemetery and Lincoln related sites. Governors, a famed judge, an Italian prince, clergy, jurists and citizens gathered to pay tribute to the Civil War president. Pilgrims from nearby states visited Lincoln’s boyhood haunts and his youth days as a struggling attorney.
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Springfield
U.P
Abraham Lincoln
Oak Ridge Cemetery
Lincoln
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