CWA Workforce Cuts Stir Athens County Relief Measures
The Athens County CWA committee announced removal of workers from payroll and a switch to a transportation pool for daily commutes. Nelson outlined that funds are exhausted and workers must sign new re employment forms while some families risk losing CWA benefits.
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CWA
Relford Nelson
Athens County
Hispd
Nelson
Tour Bers
Belford Nelson
CWA di_ lL. H
King
CWA Direc
Glouwster
Liquor Board Eyes Federal Help on Imported Goods
UMBUS Jan 11 The Liquor Control Board plans to obtain Federal guidance to purchase imported liquors for stores, aiming to keep prices as low as possible. Col John A Hinkle and the purchasing adviser say foreign products may be needed if domestic supplies lag, with price controls likely to be used.
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UMBUS
Liquor Control Board
Owerd
John A
Wate Liquor Control
Hinkle
Rchasing Department
Guilty Verdict in Examination Plot Case
The Supreme Court today found S E Bolasny and Bertha Belle guilty of contempt in a plot to obtain information on a 1934 examination. Harry Goldenberg, an Ohio State student, and Mer were implicated in the alleged bid to secure the exam details.
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Umbus
U.P
Supreme Court Today
S. E. Bolasny
Mer
Bertha Belle
Howe
Harry Goldenberg
Ohio State
Gas well activity reported near Jerseyville
A report notes drilling on the e-Guysville Road near Dutch Ridge northeast of Jerseyville. Wells in the Moxbury Sand reach about 780 feet with several footings and a new site described as one away. Townsend, owner of the farm, is cited.
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Sieser
A. D
Dutch Ridge
Jerseyville
Parking on Len RB McCune to be reserved on College Street
The notice states College Street will be reserved for parking from East Union to the Methodist Church. The announcement identifies Len RB McCune as the head of the action and designates the area for parking on Eday, impacting local access near the church.
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McCune
College Street
East Union
The
Methodist Church
Navy Seaplane Squadron Nears Hawaiian Flight Milestone
Six large U S Navy seaplanes from squadron VP-10 completed the halfway point of a 2 150 mile nonstop overwater flight from San Francisco to Hawaii. Radio reports indicated all was well as the fleet pressed toward Pearl Harbor with favorable tail winds and a smooth sea.
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San Francisco
U.P
Hawaiian Islands
VP-10
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Accused Wynekoop Faces Trial in Wheeled Chair
The People of Illinois bring Dr. Alice Lindsay Wynekoop to trial in Judge Joseph B. David's courtroom on a murder count. Wynekoop, frail and aided by a wheelchair, pleads not guilty as a crowd of about 800, mostly women, seeks admission. She declares she did not kill Rheta and speaks of love for her daughter-in-law.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Alice Lindsay Wynekoop
Joseph B. David
Rheta
Wynekoop
Beaten Woman Near Death in Hamilton Case
Finley Metcalf, 37, protests innocence as his wife Eliza Metcalf, 37, lies near death at Mercy Hospital after a Tuesday night beating. She was found semi conscious on a railroad track near their home. a blood-stained brace from a telegraph pole, similar to others found in a garage, is police evidence.
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Hamilton
U.P
Finley Metcalf
Eliza Metcalf
Mercy Hospital
Glass Producers Show Largest December Gain in Ohio
Glass producers led Ohio industries with a 173 percent employment gain in December, reports the Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research. Miscellaneous manufacturing rose while vehicle manufacturing posted its best December since 1928 and chemical employment marked its first December increase in eight years.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research
Shoe Merchants Meet Demand at National Association
In St Louis on January 11, the National Shoe Retailers Association reports buying shoes valued at more than 50 million dollars during a three day convention. The figure marks an eighty percent increase over any prior meeting by the shoe buyers.
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ST. Louis
National Shoe Retailers’ Association
Roosevelt
Fail To Find Evidence Of Alleged Mail Subsidy
Senate investigators announced a preliminary search of Post Office Department files found no duplicates of ocean and air mail subsidy correspondence alleged to have been destroyed by former Postmaster General Walter F. Brown. The special committee said only a small folder of documents related to the inquiry had been obtained.
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Washington
Senate
Post Office Department
Walter F. Brown
Coat sale in Pomeroy recalls German immigrant’s history
In Pomeroy an old German immigrant posts a long stored overcoat for sale in a shop. The coat once cost 7.50 dollars when he married at age 22 and is now offered for 3.00 dollars as he is 74 and no longer needs it. Philip Meier, the local shoe repairman, vouchers the dates.
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Pomeroy
Philip Meier
Relief Budget Study Pushed By Ohio Board
The Ohio State Relief Commission met to draft a three month relief budget for counties with a two to one federal to local funding ratio. Major Braught announced 68 new Civil Works projects in 2 counties, totaling about 1,006 work days for 1,524 workers and roughly 430 226 dollars in wages. A state wide survey to count unemployed deaf persons seeking CWA jobs began, with 24 enumerators authorized.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio State Relief Commission
Braught
Major Braught
Levi Lowe Funeral To Be Held Here Friday
Levi Lowe seven years old died Wednesday at his home on Richland Avenue. Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Friday at Walburn Funeral Home Athens with burial in West State Street Cemetery. He was a farmer who spent early life in West Virginia and had lived in Athens County over 35 years, coming from Vore Ridge recently. He leaves a widow and eight children: John Lowe and Mrs Oscar Haning Athens. Mrs Herbert Blair Coolville. Mrs Charles Walker and Maude Lowe Columbus. Mrs Otto Mack Dayton. Mrs Lula Keasley Miamisburg. Mrs John Matheny Parkersburg.
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Levi Lowe
Richland Avenue
Walburn
Athens
West State Street
Lowe
West Virginia
Athens County
Richland
Vore Ridge
John Lowe
Oscar Haning
Herbert Blair
Coolville
Charles Walker
Maude Lowe
Columbus
Otto Mack
Dayton
Lula Keasley
Miamisburg
John Matheny
Parkersburg
Eastern Coal Miners To Strike Saturday
In Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania on January 11 a general strike of the United Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania with about 50 000 members is to be called Saturday. Union president Thomas Maloney says no chance to prevent a general strike in Luzerne and Lackawanna coal regions.
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Wilkes-Barre
United Anthracite Miners of Pennsylvania
Thomas Maloney
Luzerne-Lackawanna
Otterbein Graduate Found Hanged Near Mt Logan
The body of Carl Starkey, 25, Otterbein College graduate missing from Westerville for over a week, was found hanging from a tree near Mount Logan. Coroner R. H. Oliver ruled death by suicide. Starkey’s mother, Mabel Starkey, an Otterbein voice professor, said he showed despondency.
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Chillicothe
Carl Starkey
Otterbein College
Westerville
Mount Logan
George Baer
R. H. Oliver
Starkey
Mabel Starkey
Otterbein
Mine Sealing Task Begins in Athens District
R. M. Edgar announced the start of a federal CWA mine sealing project in the Athens District. The effort covers eight Southeastern Ohio counties with 169 unemployed miners and 16 certified foremen, under Edgar and R. C. Hickman.
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R. M. Edgar
Mr. Edgar
Ohio
Athens
R. C. Hickman
Edgar
White Urges Higher Farming Standards
Governor George White addressing 500 Ohio county fair officials urged fair managers to raise farm product standards and apply more scientific methods in agriculture. Myers Y. Cooper, former governor, joined in promoting community unity through fairs during the depression era.
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Columbus
U.P
George White
Ohio County
White
Myers Y. Cooper
Ohio
Democrats to Honor Local Officials at Banquet Tonight
Democrats elected in Nelsonville and Athens last election will be honored at a 7 p.m. banquet at Hotel Berry. Attending will be county officials members of the Executive Committee and party leaders.
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Nelsonville
Athens
Hotel Berry
Judge Joseph B. David presides Wynekoop murder trial
Chicago stands behind a drive against gangsters as Judge Joseph B. David presides over the Dr. Alice Wynekoop murder case. The defendant is charged with killing her daughter in law Rheta.
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Chicago
Joseph B. David
Alice Wynekoop
Rheta
OSU Suspends Seven Conscientious Objectors
President George W Rightmire orally suspended seven Ohio State University students identified as conscientious objectors to compulsory military training. The named students from Columbus Kimbolton Paris France Sabina and Cleveland face suspension until they agree to drill. The university notes thirty one students seek exemption this quarter with fifteen excused after committee interviews.
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George W. Rightmire
Ohio State University
Charles B. Hart
Madison
Ohio
Douglas Dobson
Columbus
Paul Sutley
Richard Baumgardner
Kimbolton
Donald Leach
Robert Hare
Paris
France
David Telfair
Sabina
Robert Ralph
Cleveland
George Rightmire
Ohio State
License Fees Distributed to Ohio Counties
State Auditor Joseph Tracy announced the first distribution of automobile license fees totaling 6,076,800 in checks mailed to county auditors for city and township allocations. Each city gets 4,000 with remaining funds allocated to townships and counties. fees largely collected in December 1933 are included, listing counties such as Athens 24,480 Gallia 13,220 Hocking 12,906 Meigs 14,256.
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Columbus
Joseph Tracy
State Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Meigs
Man 100 Celebrates Birthday After Outliving Coffin
Greensburg Indiana report notes Thomas J Shields born 181? built a walnut coffin for himself in 1914 with silver handles and satin lining. The coffin was later destroyed by a fire in the storage building. On his 100th birthday he toasted with his seven year old son.
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Greensburg
Ind
Thomas J. Shields
Adams
Divorce Actions Are Filed in Court Here
Mrs Garnett Corbin seeks divorce and custody in Athens County Common Pleas Court claiming her husband Chrie Corbin, released from the Ohio State Penitentiary in March 1933, converted $300 she provided for restaurant equipment and has been guilty of neglect. Cecil Horn sues for divorce from Theodore Horn asking restoration of maiden name Cecil Mender and alimony. Grace Walker Love is granted a divorce from Claud Love by Judge Rowland for extreme cruelty, with custody of a minor child awarded.
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Mra
Garnett Corbin
Athens County
Cecil Horn
Theodore Horn
Cecil Mender
Grace Walker Love
Claud Love
C. F. Rowland
Common Pleas
Wolfe Urges Cooperation By Two Cities For Route 31
Nelsonville Athens civic groups should consolidate efforts for mutual benefits. Speaker C H Wolfe urged joint work on Route 51 improvement and sewage disposal issues, noting health board constraints and the need for unified tax knowledge and public services support.
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Nelsonville
Athens
T M. Wolfe
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Nelsonville Board of Trade
American Legion
Wolfe
Hocking
Chicago Milk Drought Ends
Milk flowed into Chicago today by truck and railway car ending a five day drought. Dairymen's protests led to a strike unsettled. a truce arranged by Mayor Edward J. Kelly ends the dispute. A three member arbitration board will decide prices.
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Chicago
Jan. S
Edward J. Kelly
Pure Milk Association
Dairymens Co-Operative
Chicago Dairy Companies
Hundred CWA workers dropped in Steubenville
One hundred men were removed from the Civil Works Administration payroll in Steubenville on charges of drunkenness ineligibility and goldbricking.
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Steubenville
Civil Works Administration
Organization of Egg Auction Association in Bucyrus
Bucyrus announces formation of an Egg Auction Association modeled after Wooster’s, with members from Crawford Richland Morrow Marion and Wyandot Counties. The group will hold semi weekly auctions.
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Bucyrus
Wooster
Crawford
Richland
Morrow
Marion
Wyandot
Engine room workers press for higher wages at lake steamers convention
Cleveland report says delegates from lake employes groups voted to demand higher wages and improved working conditions at a convention of engine room workers on lake steamers.
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Cleveland
Ohio bar examiners set Feb 1 deadline for license apps
Columnus reports the Ohio state board of barber examiners warns that applications for licenses must be filed by February 1 with the board officers.
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Columnus
Ohio
State Board of Barber Examiners
Funeral services for Frances Hawk at The Plains Church
Funeral services for Frances Mc Clain Hawk age 22 wife of Eldon Hawk will be held Friday at 2 PM in The Plains Methodist Church. Burin will follow in West Union Cemetery at The Plains.
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Frances McClain Hawk
Eldon Hawk
Plains
Plains Methodist Church
Burin
West Union Cemetery
State banks still owe district interest despite new law
Columbus January 11 Ohio banks must still pay school districts interest on funds even after the legislature removed the minimum rate Bricker attorney general ruled in an opinion.
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Columbus
U.P
John W. Bricker
Manhunt for Neal Bowman Centers Here
Athens and surrounding counties join a wide search for Neal Bowman as state and county officers chase leads from Logan to Nelsonville. A reported sighting near Logan and at McArthur triggered a rapid response, with officers converging on routes out of Athens and uncertain vehicle descriptions hampering identification.
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Athens
Neal Bowman
Lynn Black
State Highway Patrol
Cincinnati
Richland Avenue
Logan
McArthur
Nelsonville
Harold Partee
Bowman
Vinton
Porter Dicken
Athens County
Pisins
CWA
May Increase Penalties for Drunk Drivers
In Cleveland on January 1, State Representative Joseph Cassidy announced a plan to double penalties for driving while intoxicated. The bill would raise maximum jail terms and fines, extend license revocation, and pursue stricter enforcement during a campaign against careless drivers.
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Cleveland
Joseph Cassidy
Martin Lavelle
Atreeta
Cassidy
Will Act Soon On Farm Bill
Washington Janet (UP) congressional leaders prepared to speed action on a farm bill guaranteeing principal and interest of 2 billion dollars in authorized farm credit bonds. Early move aimed to accelerate the mortgage relief program as holders resist bonds with only interest guaranteed. Chairman Jones predicted immediate acceleration of refinancing.
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Washington
Janet
Roosevelt
Jones
House Agriculture Committee
Fire destroys two Burlingham buildings on Pomeroy road
Jan 11. Two business structures, Burson's store and garage, burned in Burlingham on the Pomeroy Athens road. Fire origin unknown. Flames spotted shortly before o clock. Pomeroy Fire Department responded but could not save the frame buildings. Loss partly insured.
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Pomeroy
Burlingham
Athens
Burson
Blind Student Falls Four Stories to Death
Oscar Bryant a 17 year old totally blind student at the state school for the blind in Columbus fell four stories after climbing to a ledge to smoke a cigarette. He died from a broken back a short time later. Smoking is prohibited at the school.
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Columbus
U.R
Oscar Bryant
Cincinnati
State School For the Blind
Blazing Building Collapse Kills Three Firemen in Aurora
A three story downtown wall collapsed on arrival of firefighters in Aurora Illinois. Three firemen were killed outright and three others were seriously injured by falling bricks and embers. Thousands watched as lines kept back the crowd.
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Aurora
Ill
Jan. Se
Bank Robber Slain in Street Battle at Wellington
Red Carson an Oklahoma bank robber was shot to death in a street gun battle with three officers in Wellington Kansas. Sheriff Jess Harrison was wounded in the arm during the exchange in front of the Atlas Hotel where the suspect had spent the night.
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Wellington
Kan
Jan. i
Red Carson
Oklahoma
Jess Harrison
Atlas Hotel
Nudist Films Barred In This State Today
In Columbus Ohio officials deny approval for two nudist pictures to be shown on state screens. The Ohio Board of Film Censorship rejected the films today as part of ongoing censorship enforcement.
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Columbus
Ohio
Sannah Werfield
Mary E. Leuthi
Ohio Board
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