Republicans Split Over Prohibition at 1932 Convention
Washington February 16 Republicans are deeply divided over prohibition though they keep dissent quiet. Raymond Pitcairn warns against anti prohibition donors shifting to Democrats while James Nutt backs a change. Some eastern Republicans push for a more anti prohibition stance though Hoover remains an obstacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Raymond Pitcairn
Philadelphia
Hoover
Walter Brown
Toledo
Prom Queen Dies After Operation At Ohio State
Miss Hazel E. Hartman, 20, of Warren Ohio, head of the OSU Brigade Prom arch, died after an appendicitis operation. Sorority sister Miss Helen Boyd donated blood for transfusion before the operation at the Sigma Kappa house in Columbus.
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Ohio State University
Columbus
O.R
Hazel E. Hartman
Warren
Ohio State University Brigade
Cariva
Helen Boyd
Sigma Kappa House
Jap Sympathizers Move Toward Manchurian Control
In Mukden on February 16 a political supreme committee for Manchuria and Mongolia formed among Chinese cadets sympathetic to Japan. A plan for an independent Manchu state surfaced with Sen. Ma Chan-Shan named governor of Heilungkiang and Chang King-Hui appointed governor of the Harbin area as a civilian leader.
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Mukden
Manchuria
U.P
Mongolia
Japan
Anchu
Ma Chan-Shan
Goveror
Heilungiang
Chang King-Hui
Tsitsihar
Harbin
Tax Law Notice From Ath ens County Farm Bureau
Legislative Committee of the Ath ens County Farm Bureau mails information on tangible and intangible property under new tax laws. More than 150 letters will be sent to bureau members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Farm Bureau
Glawster Kiwanis Discusses Local Farm Interests
Thomas H. Johnson county extension agent spoke before the Glawster Kiwanis Club about farming interests in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Johnson
Glawster Kiwanis Club
League urges final Japan peace appeal on Shanghai hostilities
Geneva reports the League of Nations Council voted to send a final appeal to Japan to cease fighting in Shanghai after a closed session. In Shanghai Japanese troops advance toward Chapei amid bombardments as Chinese forces and the 198th Route Army hold positions near Woosung. The Ninth Division rests in Hongkew while Chiang Kaishek’s forces mobilize at Nanking.
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League of Nations
Geneva
U.P
League of Nations Council
Japan
Shanghai
Council of
League Assembly
Chapei
United States
Nelson T. Johnson
Hongkew
Chiang Kaishek
Nanking
Inter
Woosung
Woosung Creek
Senate Confirms Cardozo Nomination to Supreme Court
The Senate approved the nomination of Benjamin N. Cardozo of New York for the Supreme Court seat in a unified vote. Confirmation expected next Monday due to Judiciary Committee scheduling. No protests noted, though political debate follows the White House bid against Hoover.
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Washington
Senate
Benjamin N. Cardozo
New York
Supreme Bench
Cardozo
Judiciary Committee
White House
Japan marks Kingen setsu amid war mood and parades
Japan celebrated Kingensetsu, its Kingensetsu holiday, with about one hundred thousand participants, mostly schoolchildren, marching in Tokyo. The procession featured bands and bowing as it passed the Imperial Palace, illustrating a nation proud of unity despite ongoing conflict.
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America
Lincoln
Japan
Jimmy Tenno
Tokio
Imperial Palace
Japan escalates attack on Shanghai forts amid Chinese resistance
Japan reserves heavier siege as Kingen setsu celebration unfolds. China resists with stronger air and sea fire. Japan claims many bombs and planes are deployed. Several Chinese casualties reported. Marines present unharmed as Japan apologizes after a pilot prematurely released a bomb over territory.
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Japan
Shanghai
Wood County Bank Reopens After Reorganization
Parkersburg West Virginia February 16 after a three and a half month closure the Wood County Bank reopened for business at 9 o clock Monday. The bank has been completely reorganized and received full approval from the state banking department.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Wood County Bank
State Banking Department
Rockefeller philanthropy funds medical research institute
A reader is urged to be grateful for the Rockefellers whose generous philanthropy makes the Rockefeller Institute possible. The notice credits their support for advances in medical discovery.
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Doctor Avery
John D. Rockefellers
Rockefeller Institute
Thomas Fortune Ryan Estate Valued At Over 141 Million
New York report states financier Thomas Fortune Ryan who died November 2 1928 left a gross estate of 141 824 497 and a net of 135 164 110 64 according to an appraisal filed by state tax commissioner Boris Stephenson.
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New York
U.R
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Denty
Boris Stephenson
Better Feeling Over Country Noted by Will at Washington
Washington dispatch from WILL notes Secretary Stimson predicts war quieting and terms reached, Japan weaker after failure at Shanghai. Dawes and Morgan sit with international bankers as U S home front mood shifts toward optimism and life in the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Washington
Stimson
Shanghai
Mr. Dawes
J. P. Morgan
Laval’s Third Cabinet Defeated in Senate Confidence Vote
Paris reports that Premier Pierre Laval’s third cabinet, formed on January 13, faced a Senate defeat on a confidence question. The outcome marks a setback for Laval amid ongoing political instability in France.
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Paris
Pierre Laval
Senate
Robber Thwarted as Blatz Manager Survives Attempt
Toledo report: W J Roberts Blatz Brewing manager dodges a bullet in his office after being beaten and robbed of seven dollars. A slender metal box in his left vest pocket stopped the gunfire when Roberts reached for a weapon.
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Toledo
W. J. Roberts
Blatz Brewing Company
Roberts
Escaped Lancaster Boys' School inmates recaptured near Circleville
Three African American youths who fled the Boys' Industrial School at Lancaster were returned to the facility after being traced to Saltcreek Township, southeast of Circleville. Ray Fraunfelter, the Saltcreek School janitor, identified and helped recapture them on Sunday night after their Saturday departure.
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Circleville
Lancaster
Saltcreek Township
Ray Fraunfelter
Huge Wine Cellars Damaged by Flames
Flames damaged the Kelleys Island Wine Company cellars on Kelley's Island in Lake Erie. No loss estimate, fire origin unknown. The cellars held thousands of gallons of rare vintage wine stored under government regulation since Prohibition laws took effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
U.P
Kelleys Island
Education as social investment theme at Ohio conference
The twelfth annual educational conference at Ohio State University will run April 7 to 9. Thirty six speakers are scheduled including Walter Lippman Carl E Milliken and Frank W Ballou.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio State University
Walter Lippman
New York
Carl E. Milliken
Maine
Frank W. Ballou
Washington, D. C
Screen star Maurice Costello struck by stroke in Los Angeles
Maurice Costello noted stage and screen actor was in serious condition after a stroke in Los Angeles. He is the father of Dolores Costello and Helen Costello, both prominent in motion pictures.
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Los Angeles
Maurice Costello
Dolores
Helen Costelo
Ja Aire
Joba
Police Corner Mad Trapper On Arctic Rim
Albert Johnson a mad fugitive trapper believed cornered near La Pierre House in the Arctic Northwest Territory after weeks on the run from Canadian Mounted Police. A portable radio message announced Johnson located, with a trail only hours old as trackers press toward La Pierre House through blizzards and extreme cold.
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Police
Mad Trapper
Arctic Rim
Aklavik
Northwest Territory
U.P
LaPierre House
Albert Johnson
Canadian Mounted Police
Johnson
Rat River Barrens
Here
Madman
W. R. May
Rat River
la Pierre House
Peel
Mackenzie River
Porcupine River
Yukon
Soviet Union reinforce garrisons on Manchurian border
Reinforcement of garrisons on the Manchurian border by Soviet Russia is reported to protect interests in Manchuria. An official statement cites an undisclosed European capital as the source. Japan reportedly has no objection, while Russian Ambassador Troyanovsky calls the reports unfounded.
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Tokio
U.P
Russia
Manchurian
Manchuria
Japan
Troyanovsky
Operators Begin Mine Closures as Union Leaders Urge Strike
Sunday Creek Coal Company announced it would quit Mine No 10 at Derthick near Glouster, with machinery and tipple being removed. About 150 workers were employed there. officials say substantial coal remains. Abandonment of other local mines is feared without a wage settlement with United Mine Workers.
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Sunday Creek Coal Company
Derthick
Nelsonville
Glouster
Sunday Creek Company
Sunday Creek
Essex
New York
United Mine Workers of America
Athens
Hocking
Perry Counties
Nelsonville High School
Herman Thelsen
Karl Gardner
Miners’ Scale Committee
Hocking and Sunday Creek
Real Estate Owner Blagden Escapes Kidnap Near Lake Placid
Harry H. Blagden of Upper Saranac Lake N Y a real estate owner and sportsman was kidnapped near Lake Placid last Friday held for ransom and escaped in Cleveland early today He said he was taken to Cleveland in a truck after five days imprisonment he beat a captor over the head with a gun and escaped to a friend's home Delegation of Miners Marches From Murray City denied by officials that Pomeroy Bend miners were advised not to strike
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Harry H. Blagden
Upper
Saranac Lake
N. Y
Lake Placid
Cleveland
Blagden
Murray City
Pomeroy Bend
Solons Deliberate Final Reductions In Athens County Budget
Athens County commissioners J. H. Grosvenor and L. H. Blackwood debated budget reductions in 1932 with sessions continuing. They anticipated a fast completion though no finish date was stated. The meeting reviewed routine business and approved several bills while handling delegations.
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Athens County
J. H. Grosvenor
L. H. Blackwood
Trout Placed in River As Conservation Plan
State Conservation Commissioner William Reinhart announced 1000 rainbow trout were placed in the Champaign County division of the Mad River as a conservation measure. The division will stock 2,000,000 rainbow trout in the Mad River between now and the end of the 1934 spawning season.
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Columbus
U.R
William Reinhart
Champaign County
Mad River
Reinhart
Hoover reports turn against hoarding lifts $34 million
President Hoover said that since February 4, when he began moves against hoarding, the country has seen a nationwide shift. He announced that more than $34,000,000 has been released back into circulation from hoarded funds.
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Washington
Hoover
Senate relief vote hinges on Democrats amid relief bill talks
The Senate faces a pivotal decision on the Costigan La Follette 750 million unemployment relief bill as Democrats unite with Progressive Republicans. administration hints at compromises but Hoover may veto. observers call it a sham battle with reverberations into the presidential campaign.
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Washington
Hoover
Retief
Democratic House
Ma Ferguson Bids for Texas Governor Seat Again
Miriam A. Ferguson known as Ma Ferguson announces candidacy for Texas governor for the fourth time. The Dallas News reports she aims to answer requests of supporters across 200 counties despite controversy over pardons during her 1925 27 administration.
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Dallas
Tex
U.P
Miriam A
Ma) Ferguson
Aagin
Texas
Dallas News
Ferguson
Students Poisoned At Cumberland College Tally Grows
A botulism outbreak at Cumberland College in Williamsburg Kentucky has caused one death and 31 serious illnesses. Serum requests were sent from Chicago and Kansas City as officials investigate tainted food as the likely cause. Eva Wynn sixteen of Paint Lick Kentucky died yesterday.
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Williamsburg
U.P
Cumberland College
State Board of Health
Chicago
Kansas City
Eva Wynn
Paint Lick
Red Devils win North America four man bobsled crown
Saranac Red Devils of Lake Placid New York captured the Mt Van Hyggenberg Cup four man bobsled title with a total time of 38.34 seconds. Henry Homburge led the team as runners up in the Olympic championships yesterday.
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ED Devils
Lake Placid
N. Y
U.P
Henry Homburge
Saranac Red Devils
North America
Coal operators refuse union in open shop district
Nelsonville officials report that coal operators in Hocking and nearby open shop districts will not recognize the United Mine Workers. Captain Percy Tetlow accuses railroads of driving the policy by saving fuel costs, while about 1,000 people attend a Monday night meeting. Delegates consider a wage conference and a state canal land project as relief, with miners demanding collective bargaining and insistence on union recognition.
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Nelsonville
Hocking
United Mine Workers of America
Percy Tetlow
Tetlow
Murray City
Washington Street
Captain Tetlew
Lee Hall
David Watkins
Herman Theisen
Carl Gardner
Chauncey Sunday
Ohio
Chainton Hall
Press
United Mine Workers Organization
Pomeroy
Watkins
Hall
America
John Scott
The
Christian Church
Chauncey
Perry County
Theisen
Focal
Karl Gardner
Incident Not Closed After Shanghai Attack
Expressions of regret by the Japanese Consul at Shanghai to the American Consul have not closed the incident arising from the attack by Japanese guards on American Vice Consul Arthur Ringwall last Wednesday. Secretary Stimson still has the case under consideration and the United States may pursue further action.
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Washington
Shanghai
Arthur Ringwall
State Department
Cunningham
Stimson
United Sates
Miller Spurns Governorship
OBERLIN Ohio February 16 Professor Herbert A Miller who was dismissed from Ohio State University last year confirmed he was urged to run for Ohio governor but declined The request came from E W Maser of Cincinnati and the National Progressive Party His dismissal was linked to his views on Gandhi and race issues in America.
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Oberlin
U.R
Herbert A. Miller
Ohio State University
Ohio
Miller
E. W. Maser
Cincinnati
National Progressive Party
Ohio State
Ghandi
India
America
Famous Actress Minnie Maddern Fiske Dies
The longtime American stage star Minnie Maddern Fiske died yesterday at a friend’s home in Hollis New York state announcement said. The actress had been a prominent figure in American theater for decades.
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Hollis
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Trial of Sheriff Opens in Toledo Jail Food Charge
Trial of Sheriff Joe Zimmerman on charges of making and presenting false accounts in connection with jail food purchases opened before Judge Roy R. Stuart in Toledo. The case centers on alleged improper billing and procurement practices.
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Toledo
Sherif Joe Zimmerman
Roy R. Stuart
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Republican National Committee
James R. Nutt
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Mussolini
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Parkersburg Bank
Big State
Mr. Ziegfeld
Laval
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Royal Canadian Mounted
Arnold H. Kegel
Mary Ryan
Solons
Texan
Kentucky
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