Drive for Million Jobs by American Legion and Unemployed Relief
National drive to create one million jobs was outlined by the American Legion after adopting an employment program. The plan calls for a two day week and a 10 percent payroll boost, urging employers nationwide to add workers and requesting continued government support for the Veterans Employment Service. A parallel effort in Illinois cites Cook County needing 26.5 million dollars to October and Cincinnati facing rising unemployment. A mass march of 10,000 unemployed led by Father James Cox traveled toward Harrisburg, with participants sleeping in county fair grounds amid rain and traffic jams seeking work and the right to work.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Unemployment Relief Committee
Illinois
Cincinnati
EU. Ryerson Jr
Chicago
Cook County
C. A Dykstra
Dykstra
Community Chest
Cty
New York
U.pr
American Legion
Legion Committee
Legion
Women’s Auxiliary
U. S. Veterans' Employment Service
Huntington
James R. Cox
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Old St. Patrick's Church
Edward Mc McCloskey
Johnstown
Mathew Dunn
Allegheny County
Ten World Figures Who Shape The 20th Century
An article lists key leaders shaping global events, naming President Hoover Mussolini Laval Hindenburg Gandhi MacDonald and Stalin as pivotal actors. The piece notes their power and influence amid turbulent times and hints at further discussion on page 4.
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Laval
Hindenburg
Germany
Gandhi
MacDonald
Body of Murdered Man Found in Road Ditch Near OMo Town
The well dressed man about 35 was found with four bullet wounds in a road ditch four miles north of Oak Harbor Ohio. Papers were taken from his pockets, two tattoo marks noted, one dated 1915 and the other labeled Liverpool. Coroner C J Weisley said he likely bled to death from his wounds before or after being dumped from an automobile.
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Maen
Omo Town
Oak Harbor
Here
ATI
C. J. Weisley
Profit Only Million Senate Committee Catches Lowest Sument Recorded
The Senate Finance Committee announced it traced foreign financing totaling 276000.00 dollars today linked to the GAT27 venture. James Speyer of Speyer and Company testified, noting profits under two thirds of one percent. European partners aided in floating an additional 292000000 dollars, with the terms sold in Europe.
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Senate Committee
Washington
eSnate
James Speyer
Speyer and Company
Hig
Europe
Spayar Eit
Court Probes Wellston Vote in Mayoral Contest
Jackson Ohio January 6 The Wellston mayoralty election contest pits Theodore Watera against Thomas E Webb. Waters won by six votes but judge Benner Jones says evidence suggests about twenty irregular votes for Waters. Pete Hayburn 19 was jailed after testifying he voted Waters. grand jury to probe next week.
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W. T. Griffith
Bennet Jones
Waters
Hayburn
Washington County Elimates Agricultural Extension Service
Washington County officials voted to remove the agricultural agent and home demonstration agent, ending the extension service. Commissioners Kearns and Zimmer favored closure, Porter urged retention. The department cost taxpayers about $4,000 in 1931. supporters had asked for $6,000 to maintain both agriculture and club activities.
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Marietta
Washington County
Board of Commissioners
Kearns
Zimmer
Porter
Spring Weather Lingers in Athens District
Springlike weather persisted in the Athens area with temperatures in the upper forties and dark skies. Rainfall totaled about a third of an inch, the Hocking River rose over a foot, and observers note variable conditions amid a damp, unsettled forecast.
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Athens
C. N. Prance
Athens County
Hocking
Railroads Seek Four-Party Consolidation Plan
Four major eastern railroads led by New York Central Pennsylvania Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake and Ohio argue to merge lines. The plan would cover 33000 miles of track and 9.3 billion dollars of property, facing protests from state groups and shipping associations as hearings before Commissioner Porter proceed.
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Washington
U.rh
Interstate Commerce Commission
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Balttimore & Ohio
Chesapeake and Ohio
Farm Bureau Board Sets Plans for February Banquet
Farm Bureau Board met Tuesday evening in the county extension agent's office to discuss a February banquet. A banquet committee was appointed: Marvin Lose, RR Barker, and T H Johnson. County agent T Wo Johnson outlined the county extension program noting successful farm institutes with larger crowds. Upcoming events include an all day fruit school in Coolville January 18, a county sheep producers meeting in Athens January 19, a fertilizer school in Athens January 22, and a beef cattle producers meeting January 31. State Bureau district meeting for Athens Gallia Meigs and Vinton Counties set in Athens January 36. Floyd DeLashmutt district organization leader attended.
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Athens Farm Bureau Board
Marvin Lose
RR Barker
T. H. Johnson
Wo Johnson
Coolville
Athens
Wn of Kampf
State Bureau Organization
Athens Gallia
Meigs
Vinton Counties
Floyd DeLashmutt
Post Office Force Is Given Warning After Easton Bomb Plot
Post office clerks were ordered to exercise caution with questionable packages after the Easton incident in which two men died. Postmaster Harry McHinstry said clerks will ask contents of suspicious parcels, especially from strangers, and open them if in doubt. Government findings: packages at Easton were neatly wrapped but of unusual design and exploded during inspection.
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Post Office
Harry McHinstry
Post Office Department
Washington, D. C
Easton
Postmester McKinstry
Sales Tax Debate Aboard S S Rawalpindy
Aboard S S Rawalpindy, a discussion extols sales tax as painless and equitable, likening it to gasoline taxes and proposing broader levies on beverages, cosmetics, and other goods to fund government and maintain functions. The text critiques fiscal policy and hints at political advantages of taxation, reflecting wartime or postwar fiscal sentiment.
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S. S. Rawalpindy
House of Representatives
Senate
Tours
Fears Serious Trouble Unless Chicago Seeks Relief
Chicago faces potential chaos as officials bankers and citizens urge immediate legislative relief for a dire city finance crisis. Mayor Anton Cermak appeals to Springfield as the Senate prepares to vote on revising Cook County tax machinery amid warnings of tipping point consequences.
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Chicago
W.A
Mikers
Anton Cermat
Senate
Cook County
Roosevelt Proposes Emergency Tax Plan in Albany
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt urged an emergency tax increase to cover a state deficit of 100 million dollars. He asked for higher levies on personal incomes gasoline stock transfers motor buses and trucks. The package was sent to the legislature in a joint session and could influence his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.
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Franklin Roosevelt
Albany N
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Home Rule on Liquor Sought In Platform
Washington January 1 1920 The Democratic Party faces a drive from its national organization chief to press the prohibition issue. John J Raske proposes a state option home rule plank urging state conventions elected by popular vote to decide on liquor policy. He says it would be a referendum under the constitution but opposes repealing the Eighteenth Amendment or modifying the Volstead Act. He seeks a party pledge to submit the plan to the people.
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Washington
Jan
Democratic Party
John J. Raskeb
Pianik
Taskeb
Conneaut Mayor Ouster Drive Fetches 498 Signatures
petitions signed by 498 Conneaut citizens demanded the removal of mayor L R Naylor and were filed today in the Ashtabula County Common Pleas Court in Jefferson. The protest targeted Naylor’s economy policy as the lake project work plan moves forward by Izaak Walton League committees in Waterloo Township.
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Ousteh Conneaut
Conneaut
L R Naylor
Ashtabula County
Jefferson
Naylor
Izaak Walton League
Waterloo Township
City Hell
Bonds Returned After 575000 Lost In Bank Heist
Chicago detectives part of the secret six recovered a suitcase with 575000 in bonds at a street corner. The bonds were part of 2875000 stolen from Lincoln National Bank in 1930. Investigator Roy Steffans recounted a months long pursuit across 44 states and a late night threat from the raiders before the haul’s return.
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Chicago
U.P
Lincoln
Neb., National, Bank
Roy Steffans
Steffans
Secret Six
Broffans
Numerous candidates file petitions for May county races
A growing field of hopefuls in Waterloo County seeks seats in the May primary. Eight individuals announced intentions to run for county commissioner, with petitions taken by Chris Hanley and others indicating a drifting toward a crowded political contest. Names named include Wolfe, Little, Sewal, and Hayes among several others, as petition counts climb toward thirty plus, with filing due March 11.
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Chris Hanley
Demo Erst
Suger Creak
Clarence Wolfe
Wreeerloo Township
Bret Kittie
Athens
Wolfe
Little
John L. Sewal
Alexander Township
Borveta
Wolfa
Waterloo Township
Ena Nelson Candishate
Ena Nelson
Common Plesa Court
Rucverdjiesnels
Huare
Legel
Sheinal
Danyld Johnson
Parrana
Plane Missing in Pennsylvania Search Wide for Five
Fog and rain shroud the Sterretts Gap area as a loss report expands for Ruth Stewart of St. Louis and Debbie Stanford of Toronto. Their Lockheed J-5 was last seen southeast of Carlisle after separating from Gentry Shelton’s plane. Crews and farmers join radio appeals and overflights seeking their location.
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Harrisburg
Here
Ruth Stewart
St. Louis
Mra
Debbie Stanford
Toronto
Canada
McKeesport
New York
Gentry Shelton
At. Louis
Wiliam
T William Woerner
the &T. Louis
Shelton
Stewart
Orchard Men Meet School For Frust Growers In Coolville
Fruit growers from Athens Meigs and Washington counties will hold an annual educational school in Coolville on January 13. The program includes morning and afternoon sessions with talks by A L Pieratorff and F H Beach from Ohio State University on reducing losses from frost injury late summer diseases and current price trends and practices.
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Coolville
Athens
Meigs
Washington Countisa
A. L. Pieratorff
F. H. Beach
Ohio State University
Fire Fatal to 8 Said Work Of Gallia Boys
Gallia County investigators pursue the case of two Gallia County youths Albert Ramer 15 and Stilwort Moyor 27 who confessed to torching a hillside cabin near Gallipolis killing a father and seven children in April. They stole a car fueled the cabin and claimed revenge tied to a prior beating, with investigators weighing alternate motives and possible further links to a separate auto theft. The survivors and victims include Jane White and seven children. the mother died years earlier in childbirth.
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Gallipolis
James White
White
Albert Beymer
Jett
Eileworth Manver
Lancaster
Albert
Ellsworth
Gallis County
Albert Ramer
Stilwort Moyor
Adeal
Authorihief
Janes White
Lietz Cabin
Swan Cicelnat
Georm
Charles Swanson
Garis County
Atolen Warty
Uileit
Burvevel
Ramer
Lam
Dexire
Khir
Lamb
Increase Ohio Road System by 400 Miles
Columbus January 6 The State Highway Department announced addition of 40 miles to the state system and total mileage will reach 11 743 miles The new routes include Bearsville Wadefield Healing Webb Summit to Bremen and more The plan requires minimum right of way and guarantees a 60 foot minimum width for future construction involving joint government units
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Columbus
LLRR
Q. W. Merrel
Morrell
Tounmer
Eharre
Moersfell
Lie
Varigua Division
Involeck
Tu Cauntira
Tecluda
Peny
Wadefield
Healing
Webb Summit
Bremen
Tom Thumb Club Raided and Shut by Federal Agents
In Cleveland on a recent day federal prohibition agents closed the Tom Thumb Club after four prior warnings. The bar and dining room were stripped, cash register and liquor stock removed to federal storage as three men were arrested and each jailed on police court fines.
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Cleveland, Jra
Prohibition
Rafdere Alen
Tadlock
River Floods Drive Evacuations In Northeast Mississippi
Glendora Mississippi residents in about a dozen villages faced evacuation as the Tallahatchie River breached levees after days of floods. More than 2,000 workers and 1,100 prisoners enlisted to hold back the river proved futile amid heavy rains. An armed patrol guarded dikes and warned of breaks while 66,000 acres were flooded and 2,000 residents compelled to leave.
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Glendora
Miss
Mississippi
Tallahatchie
Parchman
Seek Young Bandits Nab Deshler Bank Robbery
Authorities search for a juvenile trio after they held up the Deshler State Bank at Deshler yesterday. They escaped with 4000 in a dilapidated car as two men entered the bank and a boy 12 stayed at the wheel. Prisoners forced cashier E W Montehaven and his son H E Montahaven into the vault during the robbery.
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Napoleon
Deshler State
Deshler
Tienday
E. WH. Montehaven
H. E. Montahaven
Far East unrest prompts joint Western action vow
Washington reports new danger spots after Japan's Manchurian campaign sparks riots against Japanese and Chinese. US consulates in Harbin and Foochow note disorders. A US warship guards Foochow as consuls seek protection, while Stimson coordinates with Britain and France for united representations to Japan.
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Washington
Far East
Japan
Harbin
Foochow
United States
China
George C. Kener
Great Britela Amt
Goa
Japdil
Stimeon
Ronald Lindsay
Britten Amisador
Paul Claude
Brete Y
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