Ohio professor to die in electric chair tonight
Dr James Howard Snook former Ohio State University professor convicted for killing his illicit sweetheart Theora Hix faces execution at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus after Governor Myers refused clemency. His wife Helen Marple Snook and others urged mercy while Snook repudiated parts of his confession and cited nervous strain as the motive.
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Columbus
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
Snook
P. Kk. Thomas
Myers’ Y. Cooper
E. O. Ricketts
State Board of Clemency
Helen Marple Snook
Miss Hix
Funds Sought to Help Wheat Market Stabilize
The Federal Farm Board plans to provide Grain Stabilization Corporation with extra funds to curb oil price drops and aid Western farmers. The corps have already removed 16 million bushels from the market and contracted for 7 million more, easing but not ending the glut as the visible supply nears 200 million bushels.
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Federal Farm Board
Washington
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Ovly
The
Our Poor Old Octopus and The Heavy Chain Store
A compact satirical note contrasts a weary octopus figure with the growing influence of large chain stores, reflecting public concern over monopolies and consumer costs. The London Times Thinks and The Tough One Speaks add weight to the critique in a period voice.
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The
London Times
PITY STANDARD OIL AS GOVERNMENT BREAKS ITS MONOPOLY
The piece portrays Standard Oil as a sixty year old octopus with the government breaking its hold. It notes that as Standard faced disruption independent firms rose to competition, while Standard retaliated by lowering gasoline prices a cent a gallon in New York and triggering a price war.
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Standard Oil
Jack
New York
Standard
Shell Oil and Octopus Metaphor in Early Commentary
A paragraph likens Shell Oil to a voracious octopus, noting its British financing and Dutch-born manager Deterding. The piece critiques Shell as aggressive and disruptive, using nautical imagery to portray its expansive reach and influence.
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SHELL
Britain
Holland
Shel Expands Network Across Major Cities
Major Cohen of The Atlanta Journal notes Shel is opening many new stations. His hometown will soon boast 75 stations. The policy restricts American firms from combining while Shel remains active in British-Dutch markets.
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Major Cohen
Atlanta Journal
Chain stores grow as small retailers face heavier bite
The text notes that growing chain stores overwhelm small retailers with greater financing selling and buying power. To compete, it urges building other chains that are longer and heavier to match the scale and influence of the dominant chains.
Hearn and Son Plans Fifteen New Department Stores
James A. Hearn and Son, a New York dry goods house with over a century of history, announces plans for a chain of fifteen department stores. The firm, based at Fourteenth Street and Fifth Avenue, signals expansion.
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James A. Hearn
Wine Taken From Priest In Ohio Village
In Tiltonville near Amsterdam five dozen sacramental wine bottles were seized from a priest driving through the city. He claimed purchase for church rites in Cleveland under a permit but could not prove it. No charges, wine to be returned.
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Tiltonville
Amsterdam
Here
Cleveland
William Yost
Prohibition
W. L. Lewis
U. S
C. J. Borowski
Oil Monopolies Spur Senate Debate as Tariff Presses
Washington reports oil monopolies dominating Senate floor as the Tariff Bill remains under debate while the Lobby Committee begins an investigation into the petroleum industry. Prohibition is a closed issue for now as the tariff moves ahead. House Judiciary panel hears seven repeal and modify Eighteenth Amendment bills, adjourns to allow proponents to rest their case.
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Washington
U.R
Senate
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Delay in Horst Case Probing With New Facts
In Wooster Ohio judge grants a delay for the Wayne County grand jury that was to meet in March to investigate the Melvin Horst disappearance. Prosecutor Marion Graven says more time is needed to pursue Charles Hannah and Earl Donald who are jailed on child stealing charges linked to the boy's 14 month disappearance. Graven and Special Prosecutor Walter Mongey say Hannah holds knowledge that could solve the crime. The prosecutor warns Sheriff Clark Shearer to seek office approval before questioning the two prisoners.
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Graven
Walter J. Mongey
Charles Hannah
Clark Shearer
Former Ohio State Professor Faces Execution At Ohio Penitentiary
Dr. James Howard Snook, once a Ohio State University professor, awaits execution by electric chair at Columbus with less than seven hours remaining. He complains of a delay in his barber visit and plans a last meal of chicken. His attorney hints that revealing a motive in the Miss Hix murder might stay the sentence.
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Death Row
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
U.P
James Howard Snook
Ohio State University
Snook
Helen Marple Snook
KE. O. Ricketts
Misa Hix
Ricketts
Governor Cooper Guards Mansion Amid Murder Case Tension
City patrolmen and statehouse police guarded the Governor's mansion in Columbus on February 28 as a precaution after threats against governors who refuse to save slayers. No specific threat against Governor Cooper has been learned.
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Columbus
U.R
Cooper
Snook
Harvard Students Campaign to Modify Prohibition Law
Harvard undergraduates launched a national drive aimed at modifying the prohibition law and sought the support of over one million college students nationwide from Cambridge Mass. The move positions Harvard at the forefront of a broader student-led reform effort.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Mass
U.R
U S Alone On Arms Cut at London Conference
Senator McKellar said there is no chance for disarmament at the London Conference with Britain Japan France and Italy seeking to build up naval strength. He claimed the American delegation is the only one calling for reductions amid debate over liquor policy. Harvard undergraduates plan a national student press campaign and intercollegiate debates on prohibition to sway public opinion and amend the dry law.
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Washington
U.P
London
McKellar
Tennessee
Senate
Meckellar
Great Britain
Japan
France
Italy
Harvard
Harvard Crimson
Kellogg Began Prison Terms in Conn. County Slaying Case
Fred Kellogg of Toledo started two to three years for carrying concealed weapons and 10 to 20 years for manslaughter in Perry County. He was among five convicts who shot and killed Brent Weakly, a Junction City brick plant guard, on September 2, 1927, in a New Lexington dentist's office.
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Columbus
Fred Kellogg
Toledo
Perry County
Kellogg
Brent Weakly
Junction City
New Lexington
Prospects for Dominican Republic settlement praised
Washington reports hopeful signs for resolving the rebellious Dominican Republic crisis. Minister Charles B. Curtig informed the State Department in a dispatch noting that satisfactory adjustment appears possible despite the risk of disorder in Santo Domingo.
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Washington
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Charles B. Curtig
State Department
Babies Married in Calcutta as Law Looms
Report from Calcutta notes thousands of child marriages daily to evade an April child marriage act. The act sets minimum ages at 14 for girls and 18 for boys. Some brides are infants in arms. a legislature report cites 218000 girls under age five already married.
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Calcutta
Ind
U.R
India
Paul Landis ousted as Lima city solicitor
Lima city commission removed Paul T. Landis after eight years as city solicitor when he failed to resign as requested by the body.
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Lima
O.R
Paul T. Landis
City Commission
60 Per Cent Gain Reported in Coal Production in State
Ohio coal production rose 60 percent in 1929 to an estimated 24 million tons from 15.1 million in 1928, with 42 mines abandoned and 50 idle, 500 workers unemployed, and 28,325 miners employed in 1927 data. Operators shifted to steadier work, fewer workers, more reliable schedules.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mining Congress Journal
H. FE. Nold
Ohio State University
Wi. W. Smith
State Division of Mines
Prohibition Hearings Draw Protest Over Enforcement
Washington February 28 United Press Henry Ford John D Rockefeller Jr and other pro prohibition leaders expected to testify as wet witnesses press to offset anti prohibition arguments. Wet witnesses question President Hoover enforcement stance arguing rigidity risks rebellion and echoes colonial protests urging Congress action before it is too late.
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Henry Ford
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Weta
Judiciary Committee
Graham
Hoover
Henry Alan Johnston
Voluntary Committee of Lawyers
New York
Mr. Hoover
American
Great Britain
Johnston
Congress
Varied Offers in Ada Classifieds Today
Local classifieds list several buys and sales events. A grain drill in good condition is sought, a $275 radio is offered for $65, a Ford Model A sedan with good tires and full equipment is listed at $425, and curtain cleaning and pressing services are advertised.
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Itiece
Messenger
Ada
Fish Attacks Russia in House Speech
Rep Hamilton Fish, Republican New York, urged diplomatic isolation of Soviet Russia until it stops attacking Christian and Jewish churches and persecuting religious leaders. He said Christian nations have a duty to protest and not remain silent on these acts of hostility.
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Washington
U.R
Soviet Russia
God
Gil
House
Hamilton Fish
New York
Grant
Russia
Fish
United States
Parley Delay Alarm In French Negotiations
Officials fear another ten days may pass before the French naval delegation joins the London Conference. If talks fail, France could be blamed for heavy tonnage demands and delays from its domestic crisis.
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Paris
U.P
London
France
Parents Fight School Over Alleged Paddle Abuse
In Elyria on Feb 28 a truant order to send two children to New Oberlin public school was refused by Ignatius and Mrs Gerbartinger. They accuse teacher Myrta Baker 22 of beating their six year old Mary with a wooden paddle, leaving cuts and bruises. A warrant for Mrs Baker's arrest was sworn by the Lorain County Humane Society.
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Elyria
U.P
M. E. G. Alexander
Ignatius Gerbartinger
New Oberlin
Myrta Baker
Mra. Baker
Lorain County
Cleveland Man Fined for Driving While Intoxicated
Cleveland resident W. Thompson was fined $100 and costs after being found guilty of driving while intoxicated by Mayor Robert Wood. He was arrested following a Wednesday collision on South Court Street with a machine operated by Fred Hatch of Athens.
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Cleveland
Hk. W. Thompson
Robert & Wood
Thompson
Fred Hatch
Athens
South Court Street
Hawley bill to limit double taxation endorsed by Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury Mellon endorsed the Hawley Bill at a House Ways and Means hearing. The measure aims to curb double taxation for concerns operating in multiple countries, seeking relief for Americans abroad and foreigners in the United States.
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Washington
U.P
Hawley
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
House
Was and Means
Cattle Rustler Theory Probe After Plane Crash
In Wallenburg Colorado a plane crash near Mosca Pass killed Eloise Noble 16 of Pueblo and injured Arba Tallon 16 of Alamosa. Airline president W D Sheeley suggested cattle rustlers may have shot the aircraft piloted by Harry Miller World War ace. Sheriff Capps to investigate.
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Wallenburg
Colo
U.rp
Mosca Pass
Here
Eloise Noble
Pueblo
Alamosa Airways, Inc
Harry Miller
Miller
Arba Tallon
Alamosa
Miss Noble
W. D. Sheeley
Harry Capps
Three Women At Maricopa Jail Describe Irene Schroeder Boasts
In Phoenix on February 28 three female inmates at Maricopa County Jail allege Irene Schroeder boasted of killing officers. County Attorney George Wilson relayed statements claiming Schroeder said she backed Highway Corporal Brady Paul into a telephone pole and fired, injuring him.
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Phoenix
Ariz
U.P
Maricopa County
Irene Schroeder
Pennsylvania
George Wilson
Millionaire Diebel Sentenced for Manslaughter in Auto Crash
Cleveland real estate operator Frank J. Diebel began a one to twenty year term after a 1928 collision killed 11 year old Richard Donnabeck. The accident involved Diebel's auto hitting a group of boys in the street.
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Cleveland
U.P
Frank J. Diebel
Diebel
Richard Donnabeck
P T A Founders Day Program Highlights West Side Meeting
Mrs. C. C. Bird spoke on history and alms of the Parent-Teacher Association at the Founders Day event. Miss Helen Cross sang The Tree of the P. T. A., and first grade received a picture for the highest mother attendance.
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Parent-Teacher Association
C. C. Bird
West Side
Helen Cross
Public Signs Painted to Enforce No Parking Rules
Brant Woodworth, public safety director, announced Thursday that a coat of paint is being applied to all No Parking sidewalk signs and all curbs where parking is prohibited to improve visibility and compliance.
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Brant Woodworth
Public Safety
Dozen Held as Police Raid Chicago Communist Headquarters
Dozens of police and Department of Justice agents raided alleged Communist headquarters in Chicago arresting ten men and two women. Investigators named six leaders of the local faction and cited funds linked to William Z Foster to fuel demonstrations nationwide and abroad.
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Chicago
Belh
U.ra
Ivan the ‘Terrible
Ivan IV
Russia
Division Street
Communist Party of the
United States
Department of Justice
New York
Boston
Detroit
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Waterbury
Cent
Chattanooga
Milwaukee
Los Angeles
Seattle
United States map offer from The Athens Messenger
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