Handley Case Nears Verdict in Sugar Creek Shooting
Chris Handley 46 faces second degree murder trial for the fatal shooting of housekeeper Mrs. Sarah Smith 49 in Sugar Creek. Closing arguments were underway with gun experts from both sides and 40 exhibits admitted as evidence.
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Chris Handley
Sugar Creek
Sarah Smith
Harold J. Rose
John J.ley
Rose
Hal H. Rowland
Rowland
E. J. Yantis
Bolin
Handley
Warden Confirms Molitz Escaped From Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus dispatch reports Warden James Woodard concludes that 24 year old Eugene Molitz escaped from Ohio Penitentiary. Molitz fled the prison and reportedly slipped outside the walls as authorities abandoned search efforts.
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Columbus
James
Woodard
Eugene Molitz
Ohio
Molitz
New York Showcase Promotes Radio Popcorn Concept
In the General Electric Building a novelty uses radio waves to pop corn without heating its container. The item suggests future sonic food ideas while a classified ad notes a complete Leedy drum set for sale at a low price, with contact in Athens Ohio.
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General Electric
New York City
Athens
Ohio
Supreme Court Upholds TVA Power Sale Support
Senator George Norris of Nebraska praises the ruling upholding the government right to sell power as the TVA legislation receives judicial backing. Norris, a guiding force behind the program, smiles on the decision.
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George Norris
Nebraska
Tennessee Valley Authority
U. S. Supreme Court
Infantry Unit Prepares for Federal Inspection and Rifle Matches
Co. L, 166th Infantry, Ohio National Guard drills at Athens armory to ready for federal inspection and next month’s rifle matches. rifle team candidates received a general review and will report Thursday for sighting and firing practice. Major T. S. Arms to inspect March 16. Charles E. Tippie recruited last week and joined Monday. Second noncom dance set for Saturday. Hank and Slim Newman and his Georgia Crackers to perform to raise funds for the study room. Regular drill covered formation, courtesy, riot duty, bayonet work, and interior guard.
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166Th Infantry
Ohio National Guard
Athens
Charles E. Tippie
Armory
Hank
Slim Newman
Georgia
National Park Expert to Speak at Ohio University
National Park Service assistant director H O Bryant will address Ohio University students and Athens residents at a convocation at 9 40 a m on Wednesday. He will speak at 4 p m to a recreation group on Scientific Features of the National Parks and Recreation in the National Parks. His talks aim to show government activities in recreation.
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H. O. Bryant
National Park Service
Department of the Interior
Washington
Athens
Ohio University
National Parkes
Bryant
National Parks
Money and Whiskey Stolen From Eagles Hall
More than 300 dollars in cash and 17 quarts of whiskey were stolen from Fagies' Hall in Glouster. Robbers broke in through a rear fire escape door and smashed three slot machines. Seven dollars in pennies and two in nickels, plus candy and chewing gum, were taken. Sheriff Charlies Stratton investigated on Tuesday.
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Glouster
Fagies
Charlies Stratton
Frigid Wave Grips Middle West and Atlantic Coasts
Towns in the Middle West endure renewed cold and heavy snow with floods and ice jams. Shipping faces disruption from winds and ice on coasts and interior waterways. Ohio reports fires as sub zero temperatures persist. A Greek freighter S. Stefanos Costomenis sinks off Norfolk while a tug rescues its crew after ice breaks.
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Chicago
Atlantic
Pacific
Dakotas
Hatfield
Columbus
Ohio
Ralph C. Mize
Cleveland
U. S
Mize
Stefanos Costomenis
Norfolk
Chesapeake City
Ice storms sink steamer as Ohio River rises in snow chaos
A new snowstorm battered the Tri State Area as the steamer Elizabeth Pfile sank at New Martinsville after breaking ice gorges. The vessel valued at $600,000 vanished near the dock while the Ohio River at Cincinnati climbed to 35.2 feet, with ice gorges breaking at dams 14 through 16 and rising waters extending downstream toward Dam 32 near Portsmouth.
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Elizabeth Pfile
Ohio River
New Martinsville
W. Va
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Parkersburg
Point Pleasant
Portsmouth
Dama
New Death Warrant Sought for Hauptmann in Lindbergh Case
New Jersey prosecutors moved quickly to obtain a fresh death warrant for Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Assistant Attorney General Joseph Lanigan said he would ask Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Trenchard to sign the warrant and sentence for the third time, targeting the convicted kidnapper of Charles A. Lindbergh Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Joseph Lanigan
New Jersey
Supreme Court
Thomas W. Trenchard
Charles A. Lindbergh
Miners Rescued After 40 Hour Imprisonment
Fourteen miners entombed in the Yakir Coal Mine by a cave in were rescued Tuesday morning after 40 hours imprisonment. They had been fed through a three inch pipe ordinarily used for compressed air for drillers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorlovka
U. S
Yakir
Dogs Attack Flock Kills Ten Sheep Near Strouds Run
Fred Dowler's flock of 62 sheep near Strouds Run faced a fatal dog attack. Nineteen sheep were killed and seven crippled. the dogs were not found as heavy snow covered the scene. Athens County dog warden Porter Dicken reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Dowler
Strouds Run
Porter Dicken
Athens County
Cold Todey
Dowler
If George Could Do It I Can Johnson To Ape Washington
Rep Sol Bloom predicted Walter Johnson cannot throw a silver dollar across the Rappahannock on Washingtons birthday. Johnson practiced with a dollar at his Germantown farm, saying if Washington did it then I can. George Washington Bicentennial Commission director Broom called the stunt myth and said Washington was about 10 when the feat allegedly occurred.
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George
Johnson
Washington
Sol Bloom
New York
Walter Johnson
Rappahannock River
George Washington
Germantown
Maryland
Broom
George Washington Bicentennial Commission
Pin planting means dating not betrothal in college
Dr. Irma E. Voigt of Ohio University told a session of the National Association of Deans of Women that the fraternity pin no longer symbolizes engagement. She said men once passed out pins to declare betrothal, but now it marks steadies who date for big dances and parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Irma E. Voigt
Ohio University
National Association of Deans of Women
Ten Per Cent Raise Granted WPA Workers
Ohio WPA workers receive a 10 percent pay raise with new pay days to be set. The increase covers most counties from last Sunday, with Portage and Ashtabula counties raised earlier on February 4. An investigation into local working conditions followed the announcement as regional officials discussed moving payroll offices to Cleveland.
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WPA
Cleveland
Ohio
Carl Watson
Portage
Ashtabula
Wayne Coy
Indiana
West Virginia
Kentucky
Columbus
Gas explosions drive Utica crowd from business district
In Utica New York hundreds fled after underground gas blasts hurling manhole covers and shattering windows. A patrolman was seriously injured as covers fell. Police closed six blocks around the center and limited access while explosions continued every 15 to 20 minutes through the morning.
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Utica
N. Y
Genessee and Bleecker Sts
Grant Paroles to 45 Ohio Penitentiary Prisoners
The State Parole Board granted 45 paroles and 13 conditional releases after hearing 189 applications. It continued 132 cases with releases and offenses listed by county, including Meigs and Gallia inmates such as Hargraves and O'Dell.
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Columbus
State Parole Board
Ohio
Meigs
Clay Hargraves
West Virginia
Galia
Frank O'Dell
Locust Tree Planting Planned for Hocking County Waste Land
Logan staff report 8 000 to 10 000 locust trees to be shipped to Hocking County this spring for planting on waste land. The trees are ordered by farmers in a short course and by Future Farmers Club members who will assist with planting. Shipments originate from the Marietta District.
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Logan
Hocking County
H. D. Saxton
L.hb
Future Farmers Club
Marietta
San Francisco Mother Watches Infant Fight For Life
Mrs. Ann Vogt of San Francisco views her daughter Nancy Lee Vogt through incubator plate glass in a city hospital. Nancy Lee, born weighing under one pound, remains under meticulous care as she gains strength.
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Ann Vogt
San Francisco
Nancy Lee Vogt
Nancy Lee
Avalanche kills six in Gold Mine Camp
In Mancos Colorado an avalanche swept from a mountain above the Hesperus Mine camp burying buildings and killing six workers. Ben Hartley one of twelve survivors walked ten hours through 16 miles of deep snow to alert authorities and organize rescue for the isolated camp. Mrs Janie Rees was killed when the cookhouse roof was driven in by the blast.
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Mancos
Colo
Rockies
Cnck
Hesperus
Ben Hartley
Hartley
Janie Rees
Florida reports seventy degrees above zero in winter
Supt. J W Coleman’s wife Mrs John W Coleman writes from Miami that the temperature is seventy degrees above zero and flowers are blooming. She plans to stay in Florida until Ohio warms up, though she formerly lived in Adams County.
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Logan
J. W. Coleman
John W. Coleman
Miami
Fla
Ohio official blocks Miami University faculty pay increases
State Finance Director M. Ray Allison refused approval of salary increases for 182 Miami University faculty, citing Governor Davey vetoes and a reduced budget. Trustees secretary W. P. Roudebush said the restorations are not increases but partial restorations of deep cuts, affecting staff and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Ray Allison
Miami University
Martin L. Davey
Allison
W. P. Roudebush
Roudebush
Death from Toy Gun Bluff in Westerville
In Westerville a 21 year old youth, Jay Myers of Columbus, was killed after a toy cap pistol bluff led to a fatal confrontation with Assistant Marshal Horlocker and E. J. Norris. Myers faced an arrest on a forgery warrant and allegedly drew a gun before being shot. the weapon turned out to be a toy.
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Westerville
Lee Forlocker
Jay Myers
Columbus
E. J. Norris
Horlocker
Myers
Norris
Fire destroys family of seven in Kansas home
A south Hutchinson Kansas fire killed seven members of one family. The victims were Frank E. Broyles 36 employed at a salt plant his wife Florence 30 and their children Michael 8 Cari 7 Helen 5 Donald 4 and Glenn 3.
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Hutchinson
Kas
Frank E. Broyles
Florence Broyles
Michael
Cari
Helen
Donald
Glenn
Proclaim Exile Paraguay Head Proclaim Exile Paraguay Head
A military revolutionary movement in Paraguay proclaimed exiled Col. Rafael Franco provisional president after overthrowing President Fusebio Ayala. Rebels led by Cols. Smith and Recalde, veterans of the Chaco war, seized government buildings in Asuncion and toppled Ayala, who took refuge aboard the gun boat Paraguay before resigning.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Col
Rafael Franco
Fusebio Ayala
Franco
Smith
Recalde
Chaco
Ayala
River Navy
Farm Bill Foremost In House Wednesday
Washington report says the administration's 500 million soil conservation subsidy farm bill was placed for consideration in the House Wednesday. The measure aims to expand support for soil programs and conservation efforts within agricultural policy.
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Bill Foremost
Declining Birth Rates Spark Ohio Enrollment Drop
Ohio school officials report a 4 104 drop in public school enrollment last year linked to declining birth and immigration rates. Ohio birth rate fell from 21.2 per 1 000 in 1924 to 14.4 in 19238.
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Columes S.A
Ohio
Battle of Century Looms for O'Connor Coughlin Meet
Washington reports a looming clash as Representative O'Connor faces Father Charles E. Coughlin. O'Connor apologizes for remarks about clerical garb while seeking floor time to explain his threat to kick the Detroit priest. A showdown date remains uncertain with both sides signaling readiness.
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Washington
O'Connor
Coughlin
House
Charlies F. Coughlin
N. Y
Charles FE. Coughlin
Sweeney
Ohio
Detroit
Sa Detroit
Father Coughlin
Constitutionality of Other Activities of Program Sill Undecided
New Deal supporters hailed the TVA ruling as a victory while pressing for a nationwide "planned future" data. The court limited its ruling to TVA contract issues and left broader questions about power projects and the Mississippi Valley unresolved. Senator Norris touted constitutional backing for a Mississippi Basin authority and early hearings are planned.
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Washington
Supreme Court
TVA
Tennessee Valley
Capitol Hill
Mississippi Valley
Wilson Dam
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Florence
Wall Street
Hughes
McReynolds
Alabama Power Company
Norris
R. Nebr
Dickinson
Iowa
Maine
Roosevelt
Norria
Mississippi Basin
Grocer Abraham I Weitzman Found Lying Dead in Street
Cincinnati police report the 66 year old Walnut Hills grocer Abraham I Weitzman was beaten and robbed near his home. Patrolman George Keilar found the body early today after a woman alerted authorities about a man lying in the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Abraham I. Weitzman
Walnut Hills
George Keilar
Mayor McCune Fines Two in Court Today
Lawrence Niggemeyer of Lodi pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated before Mayor Len B. McCune. He was fined 190 dollars, plus costs, and lost driving rights for six months after arrest near the railroad depot on W Union Street. Roy Burton of May Avenue was fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication and committed to Athens County Jail for failure to pay. He was arrested by city police Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Niggemeyer
Lodi
Len B. McCune
Niggemeyer
Get Finsterwald
Carmen Church
W. Union St
Roy Burton
May Ave
Costa
McCune
Athens County
Columbus Bar to honor Judge Mell Underwood at luncheon
Congressman Mell G. Underwood newly appointed federal judge of the Southern Ohio District will be honored by the Columbus Bar Association at a Saturday luncheon. He does not plan to take the bench for several weeks.
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Columbus
Mell G. Underwood
Southern Ohio
Columbus Bar Association
Underwood
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