British and Italian fronts clash in Ethiopia
Reports say a 40 mile Italian advance under Pietro Badoglio drives Ethiopian forces back along the Ganale Dorya River while Ethiopia claims bomb damage to a Waldia unit. British officials foresee possible oil action against Italy as Geneva meets.
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Emnaliland
Southiopia
of Nations Council
Geneva
Britain
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Ital
Ethiopia
Bathe Ganale Dorya
Adba
Waldia
Gerald
Red Cross
Shooting Mystery Baffles Meigs County Officials
Mrs. Sarah Lawrence, 63, was fatally shot while sleeping at her isolated home near Hazael. Relatives and neighbors reported a possible feud motive as Meigs County officers and the coroner investigated the rifle wound that killed her. her niece Olive Ours, 15, learned of the death only the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Sarah Lawrence
Hazael
Meigs County
John Philson
Racine
Lawrence
Philson
Manning D. Webster
W. Henry Ewing
Roscoe Fowler
Ewing
Confession Reported In Lindbergh Case Breathes New Hope
Hauptmann defense seeks habeas corpus and a stay of execution after reports of a confession by another party. Officials show skepticism and officials from New Jersey and Illinois review the claim while Mrs Hauptmann visits the prison and the killer faces the electric chair on Friday.
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Trenton
N. J
United States Supreme Court
Lindbergh
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Horner
Alinois
Chicago
Anna Hauptmann
Dill longtime En resident dies at home
Dill longtime En resident dies this morning at his home. Survived by seven daughters Mrs Gempher Rochester Pa G Cromwell Martins Ferry Ella Arnold Mrs Bertha Mrs Bessie Hartung Mrs Hysell Mrs Clara Grueser Meigs County and a son of Meigs County. Services set for Sunday at 2 pm at Enterprise. Burial in Gil Cemetery.
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Gempher
Rochester
G. Cromwell
Martins Ferry
Ella Arnold
Bertha
Bessie Hartung
Hysell
Clara Grueser
Meigs County
Fiven
History of Gallia County Bridge Sale Records
The report notes Lucille Rees paid $500 for a stamp affixed to a deed near the Ohio River bridge and riverfront tracts. Kanawha and Michigan Co. linked to Point Pleasant Bridge, with Gallia County officials reporting the transfer valued at about $1,000,000.
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Mnipolis
Lucille Rees
Ohio Rive
Point Pleasant
Kanawha and Michigan Co
Gallia
Hice Honda
County Schools Observe Temprance Day Program
County schools will observe Temprance Day Friday. The program, directed by the supervisor of education, will present the purpose of the temperance movement and feature many school activities and talks.
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Ens
Tly
Tion
Er. L. Diretor
Educa
Denied Plans Shadow Japan Fleet Competition
A fragment suggests Japan disavowed any intention of further fleet competition with unconfirmed internal sources referencing Minas Nava affairs. The text is garbled and lacks clear names or dates but indicates denial of military or naval intent amid international discussions.
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Japan
Interna Minas Nava
Senators Push Money Theory Of World War
Senators on the Senate Munitions Committee argued that economic ties with the Allies, not U boat outrages, dragged the United States into World War I. Senator Clark cited documents claiming Wilson did not pursue retaliation against British blockade due to deep U S trade with the Allies.
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Washington
America
Clark
D. Mo
Senate Munitions Committee
United States
Germany
Wilson
Bonus Bill To Be Considered In Senate Session
The Senate agreed to start debate Friday on the Harrison Bill to pay a baby bond bonus of 50 dollar bonds for 3 5 million adjusted service certificates. Opponents conceded the measure despite Morgenthau testimony on the Treasury task. Bonds redeemable at post offices starting next June would mature in nine years with 3 percent interest.
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Washington
Senate
McNary
Morgenthau
Treasury
Mayor Fines Glouster Man for Driving While Intoxicated
Emory Charles Larkins of Glouster was fined 100 dollars and costs and had his driving rights suspended for six months after pleading guilty to a driving while intoxicated charge before Mayor Len B. McCune of Athens. State patrolmen J L Richardson and J H Gorham arrested Larkins on Route 13 near Jacksonville after witnesses said he was all over the road.
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Emory Charles Larkins Glouster
Len B. McCune
Athens
J. L. Richardson
J. H. Gorham
Larkins
Jacksonville
Four Men Arrested in State and County Liquor Raids
Four men were arrested in a series of liquor raids by state and county officers. Ira Bainter and Edward Bainter of Gibisonville, Mark Collins of Union Furnace, and Lou Riot of Haydenville faced Judge Harley M. Whitcraft. Bainter was fined 200 dollars plus costs and 60 days in jail, while the others received 150 dollars fines and 90 days suspended. Evidence included large quantities of home brew and whiskey paraphernalia. one suspect tried to destroy whiskey by throwing jugs to the ground.
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Logan
Ira Bainter
Edward Bainter
Gibisonville
Mark Collins
Union Furnace
Lou Riot
Haydenville
Harley M. Whitcraft
Hocking
Collins
Professor of History Announces Candidacy For Congress
Dr. Ernest Work a history professor at Musk ingum College and lecturer on foreign affairs said he would seek the Republican nomination for Congress in the Fifteenth District. He helped formulate Ethiopia’s constitution and described the country as a pawn in European diplomacy. Incumbent is Democrat Robert T. Secrest of Caldwell.
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New Concord
Ernest Work
Muskingum College
Congress
Work
Ethiopia
Robert T. Secrest
Caldwell
Longest-serving Ohio judge to retire in February
W. D. Jones, 79, Ohio's oldest common pleas judge, will retire Feb 9 at end of his term due to ill health after a record tenure in the state judiciary.
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Troy
Ohio
W. D. Jones
Common Pleas
John L. Lewis Faces Rift in AF of L Blame Battle
In Cleveland the Mine Union chief John L. Lewis faces sharp opposition from AFL leaders over a split between industrial and craft factions. James Coleman Claherty accused Lewis of campaigning within unions to undermine constitutional reform while local organizers argued the drive would unite 35,000,000 unattached workers.
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Cleveland
John Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Thomas A. Lenehan
Cleveland Federation of Labor
Lewis
Coleman Claherty
A. F. of L
Cleveland Federation
Beryl Peppercorn
United Textile Workers’ Union
Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Lee
Presbyterian Group Holds Conference in Athens
Dr KE Townsend opening the Athens Presbytery conference urged uniting smaller churches to form larger fellowships. Dr Murdoch MacLeod led the session with Dr Frank T Throop of Columbus discussing foreign missions, noting 1344 Presbyterian missionaries and challenges in Japan and other fields. Townsend cited rural areas with 5 million people without churches and urged directing funds to neglected regions. Afternoon agenda included financial matters.
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KE. B. Townsend
Presbyterian Church
Athens Presbytery
United Promotion Committee
Synod of Ohio
Murdoch MacLeod
General Council
The
Townsend
Marietta
Synod of
Japan
Kagawa
Throop
Korea
China
Siam
Philippines
India
Gandhi
Persia
South America
Mexico
Athens
Youth, 20, Is Charged With Father's Murder
Rocky Mount Virginia police hold 20 year old Russell Boyd in jail amid investigation of a patricide. Boyd is accused of killing his 52 year old father Charles Boyd in what investigators say may have been self defense after he was intoxicated.
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Rocky Mount
Franklin County
Virginia
Russell Boyd
Charles Boyd
Faith Maxwell
Wise
Haugeman Falin
Wildcat Valley
Boyd
Parents Are Sentenced For Neglecting Children
Akros AP convicted of criminal neglect of their 14 month old twins Charles Beal 21 and Gladys Beal 20. They received the maximum workhouse term from Common Pleas Judge Oscar Hunsicker who urged filing second degree manslaughter charges after the twin Jerry died.
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Akros AP
Charles Beal
Gladys
Common Preas
Oscar Hunsicker
Jerry
Jasper Gilbert Dies In Fredonia Kansas
H W Gilbert of 253 W Union has learned of the death of his great uncle Jasper Harvey Gilbert in Fredonia Kansas on December 27. Born in New Marshfield he spent his early life in Athens County and was the uncle of Mr Gilbert's father.
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H. W. Gilbert
W. Union &J
Jasper Harvey Gilbert
Fredonia
Kans
Dee
Mr. Gilbert
New Marshfield
Athens County
Cobb Sees Comic Section Benefit For Parents And Kids
Santa Monica columnist Irvin B. Cobb muses on a divorce involving a tattooed performer and imagines a comic section for parents and children. He jokes about a tattooed lady as a spouse and notes the potential for entertaining readers, blurring lines between adult and juvenile content.
Two Killers To Be Executed At Sing Sing
OSSINING New York. Death in the electric chair is scheduled tonight for two of Sing Sing Prison’s most notorious killers. Albert Fish, 66, famed for the Grace Budd case, approaches execution with claimed relish. John Smith, a one legged man, awaits death after a Bronx murder. officials will modify the chair to accommodate his amputated limb.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Albert Fish
Grace Budd
John Smith
James Wilson
Bronx
Fish
New York
Washington County
Ohio
Smith
Paraffin Test Evidence Cited in Westwood Case
Pittsburgh prosecutors seek expert testimony on hot paraffin test results in the Martha Westwood murder, arguing nitrate traces on wax molds from Justice of the Peace James J. Westwood indicate a gun fired within 72 hours of the death. Defense lawyers challenge the test’s value and reliability.
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Pittsburgh
The
Commonwealth
Science
Justice of the Peace
James J. Westwood
Westwood
Martha Westwood
McKeen Rocks
William Coleman
M. Barney Cohen
Chauncey Prager
C. W. Mueshberger
Northwestern University
Henry Burchfield 79 dies in Columbus after Athens life
Henry Burchfield age 79, long time Athens resident, died in Columbus Wednesday morning after moving to be near his son Ray. He leaves wife, son, a brother Elza of near Athens, and three grandsons in Columbus. two sons and a sister predeceased him. Funeral Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Jagers Funeral Home. burial in W. Union St. Cemetery.
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Henry Burchfield
Athens
Columbus
Jagers Funeral Home
W. Union St
Senate backs McNary Bill to fund AAA contracts
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved the McNary Bill authorizing 300 million dollars to pay farmers on outstanding AAA contracts and a 60 million dollar seed loan. A White House conference on farm problems was organized by President Roosevelt after the Supreme Court voided AAA. A Chicago judge ordered 95 million in AAA processing taxes held in escrow returned to packers. Major farm groups expect a substitute for AAA amid plans for permanent legislation within the Constitution.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
White House
Supreme Court
AAA
Roosevelt
Chicago
John P. Barnes
Smith
S. CC
National Agricultural Conference
Wallace
Plane Speed Gauge Found as Crash Clue in 17 Die in Luxury Liner
Investigators retrieved a jammed speed indicator from the muddy swamp where 17 people died in the Southerner crash near Goodwin Arkansas. The inquiry led by Eugene Vidal seeks the cause of the nation’s worst air travel disaster while state rangers report looting of victim clothing and a robbery observed at the wreck scene.
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Arkansas
Goodwin
Ark
Eugene L. Vidal
Aeronautics
Wr. I. Fray
Federal Revenue
Aff
Forre
Fray
Stratton Seeks Third Term In Athens County Sheriff Race
Charles Stratton Athens County Sheriff announces bid for a third term. He circulated eight petitions and secured about 1,400 signatures. He will seek the Republican nomination at the May Primary with at least one opponent, Roy Goldsberry, former deputy. Two candidates enter Fourth District Court of Appeals race: W J Jones seeks Democratic nomination and Frank DeLay seeks Republican nomination.
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Charles Stratton
Athens County
Shheriff
Stratton
Roy Goldsberry
Fourth District Court of Appeals
William H. Middletown
Waverly
W. J. Jones
Winter County
Kentucky Ends Sales Tax After Governor Signs Repeal
Frankfort reports Kentucky housewives bought groceries without sales tax as Governor A B Chandler signed the Legislature repeal bill on Wednesday night ending the tax after years of debate.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
A. B. Chandler
Explorer Missing In Antarctic Search Sighted Airplane
London report says Discovery II captain hunting Lincoln Eilaworth noted an airplane seen near Little America and a man spotted on the Bay of Whales as part of the search.
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London
Lincoln Eilaworth
Little America
Bay of Whales
Virginia Judge Denies New Trial in Father Murder
Wise Virginia Judge H A W Skeen denies a new trial for Earth Maxwell age 21 a mountain school teacher serving a two year penitentiary sentence for the first degree murder of her father The ruling upholds the conviction and original sentence in the case heard today.
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Wise
H. A. W. Skeen
Maxwell
Pension Fund Exhausted in Ohio Disbursement Gap
Ohio faces pension fund exhaustion as December checks reach only 45,000 of 86,000 eligible old age recipients. Finance Director Ray Allison says $9.5 million emergency bill awaits legislative action to restore funds. Auditor Tracy notes December payments total $643,728 across 40 counties, with about $700,000 still needed.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ray Allison
Joseph T. Tracy
Jackson
House
Senate
500 Released from Highway Department
Columbus reports a planned 1000 job cuts to shrink the state payroll with official declines on exact totals. Joan J. Jaster Jr says 0 men were released in 1935 so far, with more dismissals expected in the next two months. Other departments have not yet begun reductions. Berkeley prices quoted at Gallipolis: barley tobacco warehouse sale average $14.23 per hundred for 304 pounds.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Joan J. Jaster, Jr
Gallipolis
Purchasing of Surplus Crops by Federal Government Proposed as AAA Substitute
Ohio farmers heard a proposal to have the government purchase surplus crops at cost to stabilize prices and prevent lean years. Former Gov. Myers Y. Cooper urged government control of surpluses with six benefits including a minimum price and market stabilization. He warned against consumer risk from restricted production. Ohio State University Extension proposed a voluntary “Little AAA” for erosion prevention and rotation.
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Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Ohio
Ohio Fair Managers’ Association
Cooper
Agricultural Extension Department
Ohio State University
Hoover To Attack New Deal for Fourth Time
Nebraska Republicans gathered in Lincoln to hear former President Herbert Hoover discuss Roosevelt era agricultural policy and to map their 1936 state campaign. Officials predicted over 10,000 would hear Hoover in the University of Nebraska Coliseum at 7 30 tonight CST.
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Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska
Herbert Hoover
G.O.P
Hoover
University of Nebraska Coliseum
Cousins Born in the Same House in Glouster
A Glouster physician reported the birth of two babies less than ten hours apart in the same home to Jacksonville. One infant arrived to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kuhne at 6 PM Tuesday, and the other to Mr. and Mrs. James Collins at 3 AM Wednesday. Mrs Collins is Kuhne’s sister.
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Glouster
Jacksonville
Fred Kuhne
James Collins
Collins
Kuhbne
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