Melting Ice Sparks New Flood Fears Across Midwest
Rising temperatures fuel flood anxieties as streams swell past danger levels in Indiana and Arkansas. Red Cross reports aid to 370 Gib son County homes, while levee deliberations unfold amid continuing high water. An unrelated note jokes about Calvin Coolidge and a colossal English speed car project.
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Chicago
U.P
Midwest
Vincennes
Ind
Wabash River
Decker Chapel
Red Cross
Gibson County
Arkansas
Indiana
Wickersham to Explain Law Commission Work on Air
George W. Wickersham, chair of President Hoover's Law Enforcement Commission, will explain the commission's work in a radio address over WRC and NBC stations Wednesday night. The talk is announced by Mrs. H. R. McVay of the Athens League of Women Voters. The timing is set for 8:30 p.m. EST, followed by a half hour, with the regularly sponsored program on the voters' slate at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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George W. Wickersham
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
WRC
Washington
WEAT
New York
Associated National Broadcasting Company
H. R. McVay
Athens League of Women Voters
National League of Women Voters
Voters’ Organization
Athens Messenger Promotes Word Booklet For Students
The Athens Messenger offers an authoritative booklet on Words We Mispronounce Words We Misspell and Words We Misuse. It emphasizes correct talk and writing with a plan to aid school work. Send six cents in coin or stamps for postage and handling.
History In 500 Words A Giant Motor
A brief feature surveys a monumental engine design and its impact on industry. It traces development, notes key engineers, and highlights how a single invention reshaped transportation and power use across sectors.
Engine improvements promise aviation use later
The text notes that engine advances will aid airplane construction but are useless on ground. It says the average man cares about reliable automobiles that take him to his destination and back, with continuation mentioned on page 4.
Toledo Couple Perishes in Gas Tragedy
In Toledo on January 20, Etton Saylor and wife Zella were found dead from gas asphyxiation in their home. Twin brother Albert Saylor and Ira Besancon discovered the bodies after the dog Cinders barked at a window for hours. The bulldog was found unconscious nearby.
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Toledo
Eton Saylor
Zella
Saylor
Albert Saylor
Ira Besancon
Saylors
Cinders
Tragic Crossing Crash Ends Young Churchgoer Life
In Toledo on Sunday night Miss Evelyn Shock 16 daughter of Rev. J W Shock pastor of Oakdale United Brethren Church was killed when a hidden swivel engine struck their car on the Terminal Line Crossing. Three companions Clifford Heebsch 21 in critical condition William H Schafer 17 and Annabelle Meeker 16 injured all returning from services.
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Toledo
U.R
Evelyn Shock
J. W. Shock
Oakdale
Supreme Court to hear Grubb appeal over Ohio River bridge plan
The Supreme Court agreed to consider J. B. Grubb of Tri-State Transit Company Columbus and his suit to bar Ohio Public Utilities Commission and others from blocking his plan to run buses across the new interstate Ohio River bridge at Portsmouth Ohio.
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Washington
Supreme Court
J. B. Grubb
Tri-State Transit Company
Columbus
Ohio Public Suuiies Commission
Portsmouth
Ohio
Derbyed Robber Ad-Salesman Holds Up Ball Room Manager
A man in a derby disguise pretended to be an advertising salesman and robbed Miss Jane Wall, office manager of the Crystal Slipper Ball Room, of 150 dollars, three watches, a diamond ring, and 1200 dollars in cash at the Cleveland resort area. He bound and gagged her and fled into a busy intersection.
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Cleveland
Jane Wall
Toledo Man and Partner Face Bribery Probe in Cleveland
The Cleveland inquiry into alleged bribery and corruption among Lake Erie Coast Guards centers on James A. Courtney and D. B. Coughlin. Both cited for conspiracy, smuggling, and liquor possession, they face hearings with bonds set at 8500 each. A ouster delay pattern and secret Toledo indictments loom as possible outcomes.
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Cleveland
U.P
Lake Erie
James A. Courtney
Toledo
D. B. Coughlin
U. S
M. J. Monahen
Courtney
Hotel Hollenden
Coughlin
Larry Davidson
William Riley
Liberty
Monahen
Federal Court
Davidson
Marblehead Coast Guards
Erie County
Buffalo
N. Y
Ousted Pastor Missing Spouse Seeks Help
Alliance authorities joined the search for Rev. John Wesley May former pastor of First United Brethren Church who disappeared amid a pulpit dispute with Ohio Conference leaders. Mayor Hart received a letter from May's Cleveland attorney asking aid in finding him as Mrs. May, mother of six, teaches to support the family.
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Alliance
U.R
John Wesley May
First United Brethren Church
May
Mast Ohio Conference
JL. HI. Higeimire
Akron
Carl I’. Hart
Trial Over False Imprisonment Suit Against Ohio Penitentiary Warden
Union-press report: New York attorney RR Ed Maxey sues Warden P E Thomas for 466000 claiming false imprisonment at Ohio Penitentiary. Maxey, once a inmate, seeks 1000 daily for 291 days plus 175000 exemplary damages. He was jailed December 27 1922 from Mahoning County to serve three years for obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Columbus
U.P
L. Maxey
New York
P. E. Thomas
Ohio Penitentiary
United States District Court
Maxey
Thomas
Mahoning County
John Dull collapses in court during veniremen exam
In Tibbin Jan 20 John Dull aged 54 collapsed in Common Pleas Court while listening to veniremen examination for the trial of his son Lawrence Dull 24 charged with killing Ray Tish a filling station attendant.
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Tibbin
John Dull
Common Pleas Court
Veniremen
Lawrence Dull
Ray ‘Tish
Athens County Board Approves 1500 for Bovine Tuberculin Test
At the morning meeting the Athens County Board of Commissioners approved 1500 to promote a bovine tuberculin test in Athens County. The Athens County Agricultural Society accepted the sum after seeking 2500. State and federal agriculture departments will provide further funds with cooperation pledged by officials. Road delegations from several townships presented petitions but no formal action was taken.
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Athens County
Athens County Board of Commissioners
Athens County Agricultural Society
State Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture
T. H. Johnson
Sign Protocol for Operation of Young Plan Adopted
The Hague January 20 The Hague Reparations Conference adopted and signed the protocol to put the Owen D Young reparations plan into operation. Acceptance followed after Hungarian reparations issues were settled in extended sessions. The plan requires ratification by involved parliaments with Germany accepting Allied enforcement sanctions.
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The
Hague
U.R
Owen Db
Germany
Ohio University Opposes Smoking by Women Students
Cleveland newspaper survey claimed 2600 of 10 000 college women smoked. Irma Voigt dean of women at Ohio University said the university does not approve of cigarette smoking among its female students and urges education to prevent the habit during early womanhood.
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Voigt
Ohio University
Irma Voigt
The
Messenger
Ohio
Cleveland
Samaher Colleges
Dean Voirt
Cleveland Plain Dealer
University Glee Club To Present Program Here Wednesday
The Ohio University First Girls Glee Club with Elma Williams violinist and Mary Elizabeth Clark soprano performs under Mrs. Margaret Benedict at the university convocation at 9 49 Wednesday in Ornhing. Townspeople welcomed. The program includes Come Sisters Come Grandmothers Garden Dearest Lord Jesus Come Down Laughing Streamlet The Minstrel The Dove Tuscany arranged by Schindler and Goodnight.
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Ohio University First Girls’ Glee Club
Elma Williams
Mary Elizabeth Clark
Margaret Benedict
Ohio University
Nhing
Mackenzie
Hahn
Jocelyn
Godard
Sprosa
Minstrel
Hildad
Schindler
Rubenstein
Doctor McCafferty Dies in New York
Dr. Lawrence K. McCafferty 39, adjunct professor of dermatology at Columbia University, formerly of Chillicothe Ohio, died in New York City from a fractured skull after slipping exiting a bath tub in his apartment.
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Columbus
U.P
Lawrence K. McCafferty
New York Polyclinic School
Columbia University
Chillicothe
Ohio
New York City
Four Day Romance Bloomed Anew As Bride Returns
In Columbus on January 20 we report that Harry Morgan a Zanesville ex service man and his four day bride Helen Roberts of Dayton renewed their marriage after a missing funds incident. Morgan had said his wife ran away with 1000 dollars to finance a trip to Arizona for his health. Police later jailed Mrs Morgan at Springfield she confessed taking 360 dollars and asked for another chance. She was released and the couple reunited in Zanesville with Morgan still planning the Arizona trip.
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Columbus
U.P
Harry Morgan
Zanesville
Helen Roberts
Dayton
Morgan
Arizona
Springfield
Gladys Mae Parks
Camden
N. J
Allen BB. Rogers
Dorothy Rogers
Lower Feft
Timothy
Parks
Woman Lawmaker Pushes National Referendum on Prohibition
U S congresswoman Mrs. Mary T Norton of New Jersey introduces a House resolution for a national referendum on repeal of the 18th Amendment. If a majority votes against prohibition, repeal would occur automatically. The measure accompanies Hoover era reform talks and Senate consideration of anti prohibition plans.
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Washington
U.R
Mary ‘T. Norton
Dyormoocrat
New Jersey
Terma
Mra. Norton
Hurley
War Department
Norton
Senate
James H. Watson
Indiana
Dry
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hoover
Boy Hero Dies After Ice Rescue Near Galion
Jan 20 Galion Ohio reports 14 year old William Todhunter, a Galion High School student, drowned after rescuing Miss Blossom Burgett and Mrs Edward Hocker who fell through ice in the Galion Reservoir. Todhunter leaped to save Burgett and vanished beneath the surface, later dying from exposure and water in the lungs despite rescue efforts.
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Galton
U.P
William Todhunter
Galion High School
Blossom Burgett
Edward Hocker
Galion Reservoir
Woodhunter
Miss Burgett
Laughlin re-elected head of Athens Township Trustees
Fred Laughlin of Rome Township was re elected president of the Athens Township Trustees Association at a Saturday meeting. Clarence Wolf of Waterloo Township was named vice president and C C Moore of Athens Township was elected secretary and treasurer. Wolf plans to attend the state convention of township trustees in Columbus January 30 and 31.
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Fred Laughlin
Rome
Athens Township Trustees Association
Clarence Wolf
Waterloo Township
Moore
Athens Township
Wolf
Columbus
Izaak Walton League to Host Tuss Fishing Talk
An illustrated talk on tuss fishing will be given at a meeting of the Izaak Walton League at City Hall at 7 30 o'clock Tuesday night.
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Izaak Walton League
House Cold Read These Warm Classified Offers
The Messenger lists a used parlor furnace with new grates and linings for 60 dollars. Top coal offered at 2.50 per ton delivered or 1 dollar at the mine. Window weather stripping service available with minimal inconvenience this cold spell.
Plane crash in California kills sixteen on Maddux-T A T transport
A Maddux-T A T plane returning from Agua Caliente to Los Angeles crashed near San Clemente California at dusk. Motors failed causing a nosedive into a ploughed field and the craft was destroyed by a blaze. Sixteen aboard perished.
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San Clemente
Cal
Pacific Coast
Los Angeles
Glover
Kewn
Clover
Richard Cantillon
William Edward Hickman
Fox
Cantilleon
Doris Cantillon
Schuyler - Kelley
San Diego County
Sana DL
Sudden Squall Blamed for Western Plane Wreck
San Clemente January report to the San Diego Air Board cites a sudden squall as the cause of a crash that killed 16 aboard a Western transport. The craft carrying 14 passengers and two pilots struggled to gain altitude as Pilot Lasit Russell failed to reach a San Diego field in time. The storm's force tore the left wing upon attempted recovery.
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San Clemente Jan
San Diego Air Board
Lasit Russell
Russell
San Diego
Tragicplode in California Coast Flight Kills 16
A Southern California air crash leaves 16 aboard with eight men and eight women dead. Chief Eaton reports fifteen bodies located. pilots trapped under engines as wreckage burst into flames near the Pacific.
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Calvin Coolidge
Mr. Coolidge
North America
Wing George
Athens Messenger
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
By. Co
King Features Incorporated
Dog
Robs Pleasure Resort
Auaotal
Erie
Congress
Florida
Ruth Bryan Owen
William Jennings Bryan
House
William
Lawson
Reginald Owen
Owen
Hunt For Rev
University Glee Club
Boy
S Women
Forest J. Eaton
California
Point Vincente
United State
Ife
Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Earth
Eaton
Edward Brown
Merv
Benjamin Miller
San Francisco
Sedrie Brown
William Paden
Ada Glover
Edward Arnall
Frances Jameson
Pasadena
Elizabeth Squibb
Hannah Colliston
Fairehope
Ala
Charles Rabold
Fairhope
Basil Russell
Fred Walker
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