Brookhart Fears Constitutional Convention Push Against Dry Laws
U S Senator Brookhart of Iowa opposes Ohio Senate resolution seeking a federal constitutional convention to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. He warns of bribery and corruption if called and cites liquor tax motives. Letters from J R Nutt and Henry W Anderson show support and alignment with the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U. S
Smith W. Brookhart
Ohio
Senate
L. L. Marshall
Cleveland
Congress
Brookhart
Marshall
Larsnail
Iowa
J. R. Nutt
National Republican Committee
Henry W. Anderson
Wickersham Law Enforcement Committee
Nutt
Living To One's Self On A California Ranch
San Simeon Calif Feb 16. a vast 240000 acre private spread runs along the Pacific over two mountains offering privacy and experimental farms. Steve Zegar praises the public school cost 120000 dollars serving his two daughters as a model of civic effort. A newborn calf amid green hills symbolizes scientific interest in containment and animal husbandry. Continued on Page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Simeon
Calif
Califoria
Pacific
San Luis Obispo
Steve Zegar
Steve
Actress Mary Nolan Sought for Petty Theft in Rug Case
Beverly Hills police pursued film actress Mary Nolan on a petty theft charge linked to a rug valued at 200 dollars from L. H. Hillyer’s residence. Hillyer later said a physician’s office had the rug, claimed to be a partial payment for medical services. Nolan used the stage name Imogene Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
U.P
Mary Nolan
L. H. Hillyer
Spanish political crisis as rebel leader seeks new government
Madrid reports increased unrest amid rumors of revolt as Don Jose Sanchez Guerra, once a rebel leader, tries to form a new government amid uncertain political conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
U.P
Jose Sanchez Guerra
Changing the Bait in Industry and Business
The essay argues manufacturers and merchants over rely on leading products, neglectting less visible items with potential. It cites a retailer showing only a small fraction of stock advertised, and notes renewed marketing can revive demand. urges testing untested past products, citing backgammon as an example of overlooked leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Walton
Untermyer Attacks US Follies In Public Address
Samuel Untermyer, New York attorney, criticizes squandered natural resources and a failings in national policy making before the University Club in Los Angeles. He denounces prohibition anti trust laws lame duck Congresses and court administration, urging better social and economic philosophy and criticizing public life demagogues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Samuel Untermyer
New York
University Club
Untermyer
America
Family Upstairs Play Set by Athens High
Athens High School presents The Family Upstairs in the Nelsonville High School Auditorium on Wednesday night. Mary Jones plays Mother Heller with a large cast including Joe Heller Gilbert Shannon Louise Heller and Jimmy Grant. A A Nellis directs with Roderick Eddy Ruth Hayden and Marian Danford assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Hhigh School
Nelsonville High School
Athens
Nelsonville
Heller
Mary Jones
Mother Heller
Joe Heller
William Curry
Willie Heller
Gilbert Shannon
Louise Heller
Jane Gill
Annabelle Heller
Agnes Kilpatrick
State Near End of Daugherty Trial Case
Washington C H February 17 The state indicated it was almost ready to rest its case in the trial of Mal S Daugherty former president of the Ohio State Bank charged with misuse of bank funds Two more witnesses were scheduled to testify for the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington C. H
U.P
Mal S. Daugherty
Ohio State Bank
Will Rogers urges towns to fund relief for farmers
Will Rogers argues in Beverly Hills that a $20 million farm loan lacks security and cannot end Red Cross feeding in drought areas. He urges towns to raise quotas and support farming relief until harvest, stressing no relief yet released by sale of last crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Brouth
Red Cross
Will
Easter Will Be a Gray Day for Men
Cleveland February 17 40 It will be a gray Easter as male fashion consolidates in gray suits light pearl gray hats and matching accessories. FE D Carey Canton president of the Ohio Retail Clothiers and Furnishers Association predicts minimal changes in suit cuts and foresees continued use of medium width trousers and conservative styling. He notes shorts fail for street wear and claims men will wear similar styles for decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
FE. D. Carey
Canton
Ohio Retail Clothiers and Furnishers’ Association
Carey
Embargo May Prove Illegal
Washington, Feb 1740 Secretary of State Stimson faced a likely negative decision on whether a proposed foreign oil embargo would be legal. A State Department solicitor’s finding supported rejection, citing a multilateral treaty that limits embargoes to listed commodities. The Venezuelan minister discussed oil impacts but did not protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Stimson
Green Hackworth
State Department
U. S
United States
House
Ways and Means Committee
Department
Three Die in Fire in New York Tenement
A six story New York City tenement fire caused three deaths Mrs Mass 60 Mrs Rachel Rosen 38 and an unidentified man about 30. Eight were injured and forty rescued. Injured were Giuseppe Arona 44 and Theodore Berlas 29 treated at Gouverneur Hospital. Fire started in a baby carriage in a lower hallway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Mass
Rachel Rosen
Guisseppe Arona
Theodore Berlas
Gouvenor Hospital
Senate Taxation Committee approves Dearmond Bill delay
Columbus February 17 Bankers urged more time to collect delinquent taxes. The Senate Taxation Committee agreed to changes in the Dearmond Bill to remit penalties and interest on taxes delinquent before February 20 1980. The bill had set June 1 1931 as the payment deadline to qualify for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Senate Taxation Committee
Ford plant foreman survives attempted shooting in Detroit
River Rouge Ford Plant foreman R C. Danish narrowly escaped assassination when Ignatz Mostig aged 45 fired five times at point blank range. the hammer clicked on empty chambers as Danish stood with hands raised. Mostig, dismissed eight months ago, was arrested after confessing desperation over unemployment since August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
R C. Danish
River Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Ignatz Mostig
Danish
Rouge
Mostig
Lowery Bill Provides $350000 for Needy School Children
Governor White signed the emergency Lowery Bill providing 350000 for relief of needy school children in drought and unemployment hit counties. The Department of Education and local boards will administer funds for clothing food and other necessities to allow indigent children to attend school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Lowery
White
J. G. Lowery
Muskingum
Department of Education
Gungirl Is 7 Percent Today? Irene Schroeder Birthday Note
Irene Crawford Schroeder celebrated her twenty second birthday in Lawrence County Jail as she awaited execution in the electric chair on February 23 in Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Irene Crawford Schroeder
Pennsylvania
Lawrence County
Screen Star Charles Farrell Weds Virginia Valli
New York film couple Charles Farrell and Virginia Valli secretly wed in Yonkers at dawn on Saturday. The pair plan a three month honeymoon sailing tonight on the liner Augustus to Genoa and Naples. Witnesses at the ceremony included Mrs John J Regan formerly Alice Joyce Blanche Sweet and Carlton Hockstra Farrells manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Charles Farrell
Virginia Valli
Augustus
Genoa
Naples
Ralph M. Houston
M. FE
Yonkers
N. Y
John J. Regan
Alice Joyce
Blanche Sweet
Carlton Hockstra
Farrell
Tragic double shooting in Fairmont leaves two parents dead
Nine year old Genevieve Vincent found her mother and father slain in the kitchen. Police say Berton N. Vincent shot his wife in the back of the head then killed himself with the pistol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
W. Va
U.P
Genevieve Vincent
Berton N. Vincent
Vincent
Martin Back to Cleveland in Potter Slaying Case
Extradition papers signed by Governor Pinchot authorize the transfer of Hyman Martin alias Marcus, 29, from Pittsburgh to Cleveland to face charges tied to the Feb 3 death of Cleveland politician William Potter. Extradition follows a request from Cuyahoga County and Cleveland authorities, on Deputy AG J. W. Shull’s recommendation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pinchot
Hyman Martin
Marcus
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
William Potter
J. W. Shull
Cuyahoga County
Martin
Akron narcotics vendor's wife acquitted in federal trial
Mrs. Dorothy French wife of Homer J. Dapper Jack French alleged Akron narcotic vendor was acquitted by a federal jury in Cleveland on charges of narcotic possession. The defense said she acted under her husband influence. French had been sentenced last week to five years in Atlanta Penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Dorothy French
Homer J
Dapper Jack" French
Akron
French
Atlanta
Wage talks reopen over potters dispute at Pittsburgh confab
East Liverpool O Feb 17 Negotiators from the National Brotherhood of Potters and United States Potters Association plan to reopen discussions at a general wage scale conference set for Thursday in Pittsburgh to resolve disputed matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
U.P
National Brotherhood of Operative Potters
United States Potters’ Association
Pittsburgh
House defeats Thornhill Transfer Bill in Charleston
The West Virginia House of Delegates voted down the Thornhill Bill to shift license and revenue duties from the state tax commissioner. The measure failed by six votes in Charleston on February 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
House of Delegates
Thornhill
Reed Drug Company Incorporation Reported in Pomeroy
The Reed Drug Company is incorporated in Pomeroy Columbus with 250 shares no par value. Founders include N. F. Reed Aten Shain J Edward Foster Theodore T. Reed W. F. Reed and address in Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Columbus
Ohio
Reed Drug Company
N. F. Reed
Aten Shain
J Edward Foster
Theodore T. Reed
W. F. Reed
City Man Sues Over Four Hour Jail Stay
Charles Love files in common pleas court seeking 5000 for three hours in the City Jail plus the humiliation claimed after arrest on intoxication charges. He alleges wrongful detention and seeks damages from city authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Charles Love
Common Pleas Court
City
Fire destroys Milan home. wife dies in blaze
In Sandusky on February 17, Mrs. Albert Stuckey, 55, died after a fire gutted a house two miles south of Milan. Her husband and son Lewis escaped. an explosion is blamed for starting the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Albert Stuckey
Milan
Lewis
Steamer Pellegra in Distress Intercepted at Sea
The wireless station intercepted distress messages from the Italian steamer Pellegra reporting a serious condition and requesting immediate assistance near Marseilles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
Frances
U.R
Pellegra
Dresden Bank Closed in Columbus Liquidation Action
Dresden State Bank of Dresden Muskingum County was taken over for liquidation by State Bank Superintendent Ira J. Fulton at the bank's request and in Columbus on February 17. Officials of the bank requested the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden Bank
Columbus
U.P
Dresden State Bank
Dresden
Muskingum County
State Bank
Ira J. Fulton
Doak's Mother Dies at 94 in Bristol
Washington dispatch reports Mrs Elizabeth Doak mother of Labor Secretary William Noak died in Bristol Virginia after a night of pneumonia at age 94. The passing closes a long family record as officials note her son's service in labor affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doak
Washington
U.P
William Noak
Bristol
Elizabeth Doak
Relief Work Organized Across Athens County Drought
A Red Cross committee led by T H Johnson surveys drought destitution across Athens County. Township reps select teams to assess families and report needs, aiding 121 registered households with biweekly relief. Miss Pearl French notes rising registrations and ongoing state support funds totaling about 1200 dollars for child rehabilitation, shoes, clothing, and food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
T’. H. Johnson
Athena County
Miss Pearl French
The
Drought Relief Committee
Athens County
Miss French
Senate food price inquiry yields five cent bread pledge
As Congress nears adjournment two Senate committees prepare reports likely to reshape banking and food prices. A Washington chain store offers five cent 16 ounce bread with another selling a pound loaf at five cents. The inquiry expands to milk and dairy prices while meat products await study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
Congress
Senate
Senate Committee On Food Prices
Glass
Paroles Granted for State Reformatory Inmates
Mansfield February 17 1590 paroles granted to inmates of the State Reformatory. Names and parole dates listed include April 1 Leonard Kempf Gaetano Buckner Melga Blair Lawrence Backus Donahue Colombiana J C McClellan Marion Otis Warner Logan April 15 Frank Mart Tuscarawas John McBrey Ross Earl Kent Clyde Carpenter Guernsey Herschell Delander Lawrence May 1 Charles Walker Colombiana William Howell Athens Edgar Nelkes Stark Hugh Anderson Tuscarinas Howard Rex Scio to Robert Holland Coshocton
Governor White Addresses Ohio School Superintendents Meeting
Governor George White spoke to a Columbus gathering of the Ohio County School Superintendents' Association. The group discussed educational matters and potential policy ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
George White
Ohio County School Superintendents’ Association
Body Found in Scioto River Near Columbus
Authorities sought to identify a white man about 60 years old whose body was found in the Scioto River in Columbus. Investigators pursued leads as they opened a routine inquiry into the drowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Scioto River
Unemployment Insurance Debuts in Ohio Legislature
A pair of first bills to create a state unemployment insurance system heads to initial consideration by House Insurance and Senate Labor committees. The day also features hearings on auto license reforms and major Senate actions including a four year term constitutional amendment and new welfare, park, and sterilization measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Ohio
Insurance Committee
House
Labor Committees
Senate
Motor Vehicles Committee
Ohio State Automobile Association
Robert A. Raft
Republican
Cincinnati
Farnsworth
Taft Mill
Emmons
Senate Demands Liquor Facts From Prohibition Inquiry
The Senate adopted a Tydings resolution urging the Law Enforcement Commission to provide the Senate with testimony underlying its prohibition report. Chairman Wickersham must decide if a full meeting is needed to determine what material can be submitted, with some testimony likely withheld due to secrecy pledges. The next commission meeting is set for March 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Wickersham
Law Enforcement Commission
Senate
Tydings
Commission
Denounce Court factions blamed for court friction
Three Cleveland attorneys told a state House committee that the Ohio Supreme Court is split into rival factions under Chief Justice Marshall. They backed a bill to have each judge serve as chief justice 313 days in six years and to raise the chief justice’s salary to equal that of associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
State Supreme Court
Carrington T. Marshall
Cleveland
House Committee On
Nathan E. Cook
Martin A. McCormick
William F. Marsteller
J. C. Foster
Cuyahoga County
Supreme Court
Marsteller
Fire alarm slide poles eyed for Lynn lodging house
Fire at a wallpaper shop drove 50 lodgers from the Vesta Lodging House on Summer Street in Lynn. Early morning flames in a lunch room forced the same 50 to evacuate in night attire as cold air blew through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
U.P
Vesta
Summer Street
Three Difs In Day In Elmira Absent Father Husband
Feb 17 Elmira Mrs Howard F Elston 24 dies of pneumonia at home. Her father J Derr 79 dies four hours earlier from a heart attack in the same house. Earlier in the day her husband died of influenza in the same residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmira
Howard F. Elston
J Derr
Lao
Protests Fail To Save Bartels' Job in Ohio
Washington reports protests by telegrams could not stop the Department of Justice from removing William B. Bartels, first assistant in charge at Columbus, from his post as U. S. district attorney for Southern Ohio. Bartels had resisted resignation. March 1 eyed for vacancy. Senator Fess and Simeon Fess said they would not intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Justice
Maveth BE
Mau
Cincinnati
U. S
Southern
Ohio
William B. Hartels
Columbus
Bartela
Athens County
Charles P. Sisson
Bartels
Simeon D. Fena
SBP
McNaught Ohio
Anti-Saloon League
James A. White
Senator Fess
Department
Health Nurse Advises Colds Signal Illness in Children
Viola M. Fell director of nursing in Athens County warns February and March bring colds and that almost all contagious diseases begin with a cold. She urges keeping sick children from school until a doctor checks them and notes scarlet fever cases in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola M. Fell
Athens County
Misa Fell
Miss Fell
Athens County Board of Health
J. M. Higgins
Athens
Johnston Takes Over Crow Extension Work at Ohio University
John R. Johnston dean of men and associate professor of history at Ohio University takes over the school extension duties of the late Prof. George H. Crow. Crow was killed at Coshocton two weeks ago when his car was struck by a train. Johnston will teach recent world history at Newark and Coshocton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Johnston
Ohio University
George H. Crow
Coshocton
Johnston
Newark
Weather drift brings unsettled conditions across the region
Yesterday high temps reached 72 in New Orleans and 70 in Miami and San Antonio. Today low readings include Cochrane 14 below and White River 12 below. Rains in the Ohio Valley were light as general temperatures stay well above normal in the Midwest and Ohio Valley. Expect unsettled weather 24 hours with a slight shift toward colder tonight and Wednesday. winds forecast from the north to east with notable temperature rises in most areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Miami
San Antonio
Cochrane
White River
Minnedosa
Ohio Valley
Missouri
Assasinatool
Ohio
Wednx
Veterans Loan Bill Earns Widespread House Endorsement
United Press report from Washington states the Veterans' Loan Bill received a strong House backing by a 368 to 39 vote with all negative votes from Republicans. Senate leaders planned hearings while signaling possible quick passage, and President Hoover hinted at no pocket veto as the bill advances this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Loan
House
Senate
Washington
Veterans’ Loan Bill
House of Representatives
Hoover
Bill Is Attacked Drivers' Responsibility Bill
Columbus attorney Russell M. Knepper challenged the Drivers' Responsibility Bill before the House Committee on Insurance in Columbus. He called the measure loosely constructed and said it would fail in court while claiming it would raise insurance rates and penalties. the committee deferred action to a later meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Wat
House
Watson
Columbus
U.R
Ohio State Automobile Association
Russell M. Kn
House Committee On Insw
Knepper
Tap
Second Trial Opens in Slaying of Nurse Mary Ferrell
Charleston West Virginia reports the second trial of Oliver for the death of nurse Mary Ferrell of Ironton Ohio. Witnesses testified as the jury could not agree in the first trial and co-defendant Tom was acquitted. Oliver admits intimacy with Miss Ferrell amid contested claims she fell or jumped from a car last April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
U.P
Oliver
Mary Ferrell
Ironton
Nurse
Tom
Sense
Miss Ferrell
Rainfall Report From Athens County
Almost a half inch of rain fell Monday night in Plains and Athens County per EH Wolfe. Clouds brought general rain and more rainfall was expected as the Ing River stage rose to 3.22 feet at Sydera. Mrs C N France, in charge of the sea gauge at East B, noted the gauge rising following the rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EH. Wolfe
Plains
Athens County
Mr. Wolfe
Ing
Sydera
C. N. France
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowan
Arthur Brisbane
Cromwell
Bing Features, Inc
John H. van Deventex
Americh
United Business Publishers
Bureau of Economs
Athens High School
Will Rogers
Red Cross Committee
Miles Jaxcoby
Athens Township
Jeff Tewksbury
Alexander Township
Clyde ©. Gibson
Ames Township
George Thompson
Bern Township
Grover C. Sutton
Canatin Township
Frank Caldwell
Carthage Township
EF. 8
Gillespie
Dover Township
Mat Throckmorton
Lee Township
Ad Creamer
Lodis
Will S. Spear
Rome Township
R. J. Wolfe
Troy Township
Harvey Fierbaugh
Trimble
State Department of Education
Alex Root
County Board of Education
William Howell
Ita
Tydinga
Maryland
Stat
Justice Department
Professor Crow
Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Secre Treasury Mellon
Chindblom
Republiean
Minoia
Bill
Hocking
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!