Athens County School Board Delays Organization to January 16
The Athens county school board will not organize until January 16 at 9 30 am in Superintendent H R McVay s office. The board set August 31 to September 3 for the annual teachers institute and reported bids for a 75000 high school to be built in Coolville with opening set for January 14. Parents of thirteen pupils bused to New Marshfield high school asked for investigation of a claimed service cut. The township pays 24 for tuition and 56 for bus per pupil, totaling 80 per pupil, with the board urging a settlement between parents and township officials.
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Athens County School Board
Teachers’ Institute
Troy Township
Coolville
Superintendent of
H. R. McVay
Institute of Athens County
Marshfield High School
New Marshfield High School
Economic Test Bills and the Surplus Problem
Government faces a pile of economic test bills none fully adequate to fix the surplus issue. Officials warn a coordinated plan is needed to balance production, prices, and demand while avoiding a market disruption.
Patent Pending Radio Device Promises Static Elimination
Professor Dana Demorest of Ohio State?university disclosed a pending patent for a simple radio attachment claimed to intercept all interference. He said tests with radio manufacturers showed potential revolution for the industry though he offered few technical details while rights are protected.
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Dana Demorest
Department of Metallurgy
Ohio State University
Professor Demorest
United States Patent Office
C. W. Woodruff
Columbus
Demorest
Courts ponder tea pot home scandal in early decisions
The article notes ongoing preliminary rulings on a tea pot home scandal with references to a thief jailed twenty days per cent stolen and a humorous six hundred million year count. It also mentions Congress tackling coal strikes farming issues and a push for a Mitchell case investigation amid aviation committee tensions.
Strike Talks Move Into Trading Phase For Coal Miners
New York dispatch reports that 158000 anthracite miners and operators are negotiating toward a settlement after a long standstill. Key issues under bargaining are the wage increase and contract duration while both sides remain confident a settlement will be reached despite cautious press speculation.
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New York
Atlantic City
Coolidge's Uncle Sees "Big Town" for the First Time
John J. Wider the president's uncle arrived in Boston from Plymouth Vermont with his son in law Carl Herrick to perform a fiddle at a local theatre. He viewed the city for the first time in his eighty years noting astonishment at familiar sights.
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Boston
John J. Wider
John
Plymouth
Vermont
Carl E. Herrick
Brownsville
Voice Emerges in Invention with Clear Loud Tone
A sudden touch to the device awakens a human voice and resonant musical notes, delivering unprecedented clarity and volume.
Fundamentalists to Fight Evolution in Kentucky
In Wilmore Kentucky on January 8 Rev Andrew Jackson spokesman announced the newly organized Fundamentalists association will combat the teaching of evolution as a fact in Kentucky.
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Wilmore
Kentucky
Fundamentalist’s Association
Andrew Jackson
Attorney General Called to Testify in Mellon Affair
The Senate opened its inquiry into the Justice Department's alleged delay in anti trust action against the Mellon owned Aluminum Company of America. Attorney General John G. Sargent testified on whether the department showed due diligence in investigating alleged unfair practices in violation of an anti trust decree.
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Washington
Senate
Department of Justice
Mellon-owned
Aluminum Company of America
John G. Sargent
Judiciary Committee
Sargent
Department
Younger Slayer Goes to Death in Electric Chair
Tye Clark, a youthful alleged bandit slayer, was executed in Little Rock for the murder of L. M. Stout, a Sulphur Springs banker. A late clemency plea to Governor Terral by his brother Ray Clark, a coal miner from Dugger Indiana, failed.
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Little Rock
Ark
Tye Clark
L. M. Stout
Sulphur Springs
Terral
Clark
Ray Clark
Dugger
Ind
Cardinal Mercier Slipping Toward Death in Brussels
Cardinal Mercier, after a troubled night, is slowly sinking in Brussels. Doctors report the operation uncovered a cancerous condition, and special prayers have been ordered in Belgian churches as the cardinal receives care.
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Brussels
Postwar Homes Surpass 400000 in England and Wales
Data shows over 400000 dwellings of all types completed in England and Wales since the war. The figure reflects a broad housing surge across regions and sectors.
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England
Wales
Bomb targets Italian grocer's home in Pittsburgh
Police rounded up all suspicious persons for questioning after a bomb destroyed Dominick Trozzo's three story house. Authorities believe the Black Hand is behind the attack on the wealthy Italian grocer.
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Pittsburgh
Dominick Trozzo
Trozzo
Snow and Wind Paralyze Norfolk Shipping and Wires
A three inch wet snow fell with a 40 mile wind from the northeast during the night, tying up shipping for the second time this week and severely disrupting wire communications across the region.
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Norfolk
New Elements of Mystery Plague Osage Murders Probe
Federal grand jury probes the Osage murders for millions with stakes up to 3 million. Witness intimidation and threats have driven agents from Osage hills while targets Ernest Burkhart and W H Hale fought court orders to bar talks before testimony.
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Guthrie
Okla
Federal Grand Jury
Osage Hills
Ernest Burkhart
W. H. Hale
Indictments Return 25 True Bills by Athens Grand Jury
Willard Jayjohn and twenty four others face varied charges after Athens county grand jury returns 25 true bills for the January term. Arraignments set before Judge Worstell Monday at 2 pm in Common Pleas Court. Trials cover murder assault robbery and liquor offenses with dates spanning 1923 to 1925 and involve numerous townships and towns.
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Athens County
G. Worstell
Common Pleas Court
Willard Jayjohn
Henry Stephenson
R. P. Irvin
John Martella
William Carpenilli
Henry Hennig
Nelsonville
Pearl W. Helwig
Athens
Thomas McMenamy, Jr
Mervin Henshaw
Beatrice Henshaw
Harry Wright
B. IF
Southern
Logan Lee King
Athens Police
Herbert J. Parker
Mill Street Coasting Set Tonight With Limited Police Protection
Mayor announces East Mill Street hill will be set aside for coasting by youths tonight if snow is deep enough. City will not patrol the hill. safety rope off possible but police cannot guard all side streets. Civic groups may station guards. mayor urges vehicles off the hill and warns protection cannot be guaranteed.
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Mill Street
Alex Moore
Moore
Ford says to let them be about Berling and MacKay
Sudbury Mass Jan 8 The world’s richest man Henry Ford endorses the marriage of Irving Berlin jaza King and Ellin MacKay a society debutante saying race and religion do not matter if the couple loves each other He adds let society criticize the union and questions its ultimate impact Also a movie star has grown 41 beards in pursuit of fame
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Sudbury
Mass
Henry Ford
Irving Berlin
Jaza King
Ellin MacKay
Ford
Europe Strangled by Two World Powers Says Trotzky
In Moscow on January 8, Leon Trotzky told the Society of Political Exiles that America’s economic dominance subdues Europe and drives harsh living conditions while the Soviet Union presents a constant revolutionary danger. He warned Europe lies between two fires as capitalism and socialism collide.
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Moscow
America
Europe
Leon Trotzky
Society of Political Exiles
Trotzky
Russia
Capper Silent on Farm Relief Plan Economic Soundness First
Senator Capper of Kansas Says any relief must pass an economic soundness test and meet broad national interests. He argues farm surplus and export sales require government help and cautions many proposed bills may not fully solve the problem. Conditions are improving but farmers still need stronger advocacy to secure fair prices.
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David Lawrence
the Messenger
Washington, Jan
Senator Capper
Kansas
United States Senate
Congress
Prosler
House
Senate Agricultural Committees
Joseph
America
Harlem Father Kills Wife and Three Children Then Self
Police say Thomas King of Harlem killed his wife Nora and their three children at the King home in Morningside Park, Harlem, and then shot himself amid believed temporary insanity.
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O. By, Flaherty
Kansas City
Argyle State Bank
New York
Thomas King
Harlem
Nora
King
Morningside Park
New York Welcome Sparks Favorite Film Choice
Joseph Nevins, 18, visiting New York from Washington, says movies here are “somehow different” and his favorite aspect of the trip. He represents a typical American youth enjoying the city’s cinema atmosphere.
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New York
Joseph Nevins
Washington
Apple Desserts Not To Prepare Sealed Recipe Request
A fragment mentions Apple Snow Caramel Apples Ap Sherbet and Apple Delight as desserts not to prepare. It references an Apple Recipe Booklet with directions and asks for two hag stamps to return name and address. The reader is urged to mail in for the booklet.
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Hugo
International News Service
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Star Company
Mitchell
We House Aviation Committee
Mber
Otaike
Coolidge
Mellon
U. S
Worstell
William Stone
Athens- Canaanville
George Barker
Charles Sophius
Earl Minear
Guy Dinsmore
Minear
Clyde Herron
Waterloo Township
James Wade
Mike Lyons
Thomas Gibson
Abel Johnson
Clint Wyskiver
John Rush
Bert Smathers
Marvin Linsecott
W. W. Wallace
Elmer Halbert
W. R. Goddard
Arthur Hunter
James Crawford
Earl McClain
CC. F. Danford
Francis E. Clark
Fred Copeland
Jed Dorr
John Swaim
S. S. Carpenter
Carpenter
Mr. and Mrs. Berlin
Clarence H. Mackay
The
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Berlin
J. J. McCormick
Bara
Ardara
Ile
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Fanny
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