King George V Addresses London Conference by Radio
Thousands of listeners across the United States heard King George V speak to the London Conference on Disarmament via a transatlantic radio broadcast. The address, delivered with careful enunciation, conveyed a call for renewed efforts toward peace as delegates from the United States Britain France Italy and Japan gathered.
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Julius Frandsen
United Press Star
New York
George V of
England
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Columbia Broadcasting Company
National Broadcasting Company
London
Atlantic
America
East
Pacific
King George
Europe
Talks Back to Gladys Moon Jones Sugar Propaganda Tale
A short feature revisits Gladys Moon Jones known for sugar propaganda. The piece frames her as a controversial propagandist and explores public reactions to her messaging and its historical context.
Vote suit set for Wednesday in mayoral recount case
E C Woodworth sues to overturn the November mayoral vote loss to Robert S Wood alleging irregularities in student voting at Ohio University. Final hearing at 11 am before Judge L G Worsteil in Common Pleas Court. 25 witnesses subpoenaed with more deposed.
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E. C. Woodworth
Robert S. Wood
L. G. Worsteil
Common Pleas Court
Woodworth
Ohio University
Athens
Institutions of Learning
Sailor King Opens Conference With Plea for Naval Reduction
King George VI formally opened the five power naval conference of 1930 in London. Leaders from Britain, France, the United States, Japan and Italy pledged cooperation for world peace and naval armament reduction. Stimson called for phased, revisable disarmament steps linking sea and land defenses. Delegates from 46 nations sat in alphabetical order as talks continued with Monday sessions and planned Thursday sessions.
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King” OF
Britain
Webb Miller
United Press
London
George VI
Royal Gallery
House of Lords
England
France
United States
Japan
Italy
Henry Bh. Stimson
Stimson
Buo
Alaplea
George
Duke of York
J. Ramsay MacDonald
MacDonald
Tardieu
J. E. Fenton
Australia
J. L. Ralston
Tardien
League of Nations Disarmament Committee
Dino Grandi
St. James Palace
Barberton Teen Kidnapped. Dragged From Car in Massillon
Barberton High School senior Frank Aust was abducted last night while in his car, dragged into Massillon, bound, beaten and frozen. He was found by Charles Lenz in Massillon. police seek motive as Barberton and Massillon authorities investigate.
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Barberton
U.R
Massillon
Frank Aust
Charles Lenz
Santa Fe Fast Train Cuts Coast-to-Coast Trip by One Night
The Chief, a Santa Fe fast train, leaves Chicago at 11 15 a m and arrives in Las Vegas New Mexico. Bitterly cold weather grips Illinois and Kansas City. officials expect Kansas City to grow as Chicago has.
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Las Vegas
N. M
Santa Fe
Chicago
Illinois
Kansas City
Then Through Kansas A Placid State Of Prohibition
Then through Kansas a placid state where prohibition was taken seriously long before it entered the constitution. Magnificent wide fields and thousands of cattle and pigs nibbling at brass above the thin snow as enormous piles of straw sit worth little where they stand, worth $25 a ton in New York.
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Kansas
New York
Chief climbs to Colorado more than a mile high
The Chief train ascends toward La Junta at 4 500 feet above sea level. Passengers and children step off for the first time and enjoy warm sun at such altitude. F G Bonfils of the Denver Post envisions Colorado as a winter resort and expects crowds when flying matures.
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Kansas
Colorado
la Junta
F. G. Bonfils
Denver Post
Rocky Mountains
Denver
Body of youth slain in Mulberry Grove identified as Blickhan
The body found January 5 in an automobile in Mulberry Grove Illinois, initially thought to be Andrew Saho, is now believed to be John Blickhan adopted son of Mrs. Mary Blickhan. John and friends left in July for California to seek work.
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Columbus
Mulberry Grove
Ill
Andrew Saho
Reed Avenue
John Blickhan
Mary Blickhan
Woodrow Avenue
S. Blickhan
John
California
Suspected hook-nose maniac seized in Akron
A man believed to be the hook-nose attacker terrorizing Cleveland women was captured in Akron after reportedly assaulting two young girls near Spicer Shook. Investigators seek to confirm his identity and evidence from the incidents remains under review.
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Akron
Cleveland
Spicer Shook
Ohio Valley sees healthier business outlook for 1930
At the Ohio Valley Shippers Advisory Board meeting in Columbus on January 21 1930 representatives from Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and Indiana heard reports forecasting a generally brighter first quarter. James G Young Columbus Chamber of Commerce traffic manager said there is optimism despite some commodities easing and overall district activity may rise versus the prior year.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio Valley
Ohio Valley Shippers’ Advisory Board
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
James G. Young
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
Blizzard Sweeps Rockies Toward Central States Threatening Wabash Floods
A Northwest blizzard pushed into the Rocky Mountains and Central States with near zero temperatures. In Indiana and Illinois the Wabash flooded banks as Army engineers prepared bombs to break a giant gorge at Riverton and Hyatts Ferry. Rescue boats aided families marooned near Vincennes while Columbia and Wilmette Rivers feared renewed ice jams.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Central States
Transcontinental Divide
Montana
Idaho
Middlewest
Great Lakes Region
Great Lakes
Wabash
Riverton
Hyatts Ferry
Ind
Vincennes
Columbia
Wilmette
Oregon
The Last American Throne booklet from The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger promotes a new five color map of South America and its wonders. It highlights Brazil as a former empire now the United States of Brazil and invites readers to send ten cents for postage and a coupon to obtain the map and information.
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United States
New York
Mme. Ganna Walska
Paris
Harold PF. McCormick
Hves
Chicago
Hner
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
Les
Bay of Rio
Amazon
South America
Athens Messenger
Gladys Parks Trial Scorns Judge Corio Remarks
In Camden New Jersey Gladys Mae Parks on trial for killing her two children Timothy and Dorothy Rogers dragged Judge Joseph Corio of Atlantic City into police statements. Prosecutors call the behavior cold blooded. An attempt to name a brother in law in the disappearance was dismissed. Defense fought admission of the accusations.
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Gladys Mae Parks
Camden
N. J
Timothy
Dorothy Rogers
Joseph Corio
Atlantic City
Corio
Merger Considered for Ohio Religious Groups
A commission urged uniting the Ohio Council of Religious Education with the Ohio Council of Churches as part of a broader plan for Christian unity. It proposed creating committees to align the Ohio Christian Endeavor League the Anti Saloon League and the Lord's Day Alliance under the central Ohio Council of Churches with departments for each group.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Council of Religious Education
Ohio Council of Churches
Ohio Christian Endeavor League
Ohio Ant!Saloon League
Lord's Day Alliance
Dull Trial Opens as Eleven Jurors Seated at TIFFIN
Eleven tentative jurors, nine men and two women, were seated as the murder trial of Lawrence Dull, 24, resumed. Prosecutors allege Dull gunned down Roy Tish, a Fostoria filling station attendant, during a failed hold up. Tish fired at Kenneth Brown, who reportedly was with Dull. Dull was captured in Indiana and Brown later turned up in Sandusky seeking medical aid.
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Tiffin
U.P
Lawrence Dull
Roy Tish
Fostoria
Tish
Kenneth Brown
Dull
Indiana
Brown
Sandusky
Oil Firms Face Anti Trust Ruling On Pooling
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals upheld prior findings that Standard Oil Companies of Indiana and New Jersey, Texas Corporation, and 49 others violated anti trust laws by pooling cracking gasoline. The decree condemns them and bars further violations, but stays pending Supreme Court appeal.
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U. S. Circuit Court
Chicago
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Standard Oil
Miller Company assets sold to Goodrich for 10 million
Akron January 21 board of directors approves B F Goodrich bid to purchase the Miller Company assets for approximately 10 million dollars. The agreement follows a Monday meeting and signals a major corporate transition for the Akron firm.
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Akron
Miller Company
B. F. Goodrich Company
Miller
Woman Blown From Window in Gas Explosion
In Ashland Kentucky on January 21 three people remained in critical condition after a gas stove explosion in their apartment sparked a fire. Mrs Charles Daubert was blown from an upstairs window and not expected to recover. Her husband and Miss Avonill Ferguson a nurse suffered severe burns as the apartment and building were damaged.
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Ashland
U.P
Charles Daubert
Avonill Ferguson
Radios a Trust United States Senate Hearing
Washington January 21 with U P reporting Oswald F P Schutte executive secretary of the Radio Protective Association testified before the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee. He charged that dominant radio companies form the most gigantic monopoly this nation has ever seen and urged Attorney General Mitchell be summoned to explain why anti trust laws are not invoked against them during hearings on the Couzens Communications Bill.
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Washington
U.P
Mitchell
Senate Inter-State Commerce Committee
Oswald FP. Schutte
The
Radio Protective Association
Couzens Communications
Maumee Council Takes No Action on Dohr Bribe Case
Maumee city council gave no public action on Marshal John Dohr who admitted accepting a bribe for returning a seized truckload of liquor. The session produced no discussion of the matter, despite prior reports that Dohr’s status would be addressed.
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Toledo
Maumee
John Dohr
Dohr
Hay Homes and Bargains Offered Today in The Messenger
Classified ads list hay for ten to twelve dollars per ton, loose or baled. A three room furnished apartment for rent nearby is advertised. A middle aged woman seeks light house work. Yalon Dent shelled and graded seed corn offered at three dollars per bushel.
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Messenger
Lady Heath seeks divorce from Sir James Heath in Reno
Lady Mary Heath files for divorce in District Court claiming cruelty from Sir James Heath, whom she married October 2 1927. She notes he was 73 at marriage while she is under 30, accuses him of penury and refusing to pay for goods she ordered with his consent after recovering from an airplane crash.
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Reno
Nev
Mary Heath
Sir James Heath
Heath
Cleveland
James Heath
Ohio Power Co to cut district quantity power rates
The Public Utilities Commission authorized the Ohio Power Company to adopt a new quantity power rate schedule in its Southern District covering Mount Vernon Newark Lancaster Granville Logan New Lexington New Straitsville and other towns. The rate applies to consumers with at least 1 060 KVA capacity and sets an annual capacity charge of 47 per KVA with 3060 kWh included and excess at 0.00365 per kWh. The move standardizes rates across districts and lowers the rate for many consumers.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Power Company
The
Public Utilities Commission
Mount Vernon
Newark
Lancaster
Granville
Logan
New Lexington
New Straitaville
Ohio
Hoover Donates to Washington Community Chest Campaign
The 1930 Washington Community Chest drive opened at the White House with President Hoover making a contribution. Elwood Street and delegates John Poole Fred A Delano and Newbold Noyes visited Hoover to collect a check whose amount was not disclosed by either party or White House officials.
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Washington
Washington Community Chest
White House
Hoover
Elwood Street
John Poole
Fred A. Delano
Newbold Noyes
Leather bag bandit identified by Columbus police
Four persons today identified Jim Valentine, 23, as the leather bag bandit who held up nearly a score of stores and stations in Columbus. Valentine denied the accusation and dared police to take him.
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DARES
Columbus
U.R
Jimmy Valentine
Valentine
Senate Lobby Probes Tie Tariff League to Lawmakers
Washington reports reveal payments from the American Tariff League to Edward Nelson Dingley and Clayton Moore. Dingley's $1,541 from 1924 to 1928 funded articles for the league, while Barbour said the league plotted a hookup with the Republican National Committee during the 1928 campaign.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Finance Committee
House Ways and Means Committee
American Tariff League
High Tariff
Senate
League
Edward Nelson Dingley
Finance Committee
Clayton Moore
House Committee
Dingley
Nelson Dingley
Maine
W. Warren Barbour
Blaine
Wisconsin
Barbour
Tariff League
Republican National Committee
Young engineer holds high voltage wires to relay message
In New York on January 21 a radio engineer endured electric shocks to keep 59 stations connected as Britain, Canada, and the United States linked for the London Naval Conference opening. Vivian, chief control operator, steadied the circuit after a control room mishap, briefly sparking with the high voltage.
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New York
Great Britain
Canada
United States
London
King George
Columbia Broadcasting Company
Id Vivian
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Arthur Brisbane
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Athens Messenger Information Bureau
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