Two Billion in Federal Funds Is on the Way
United Press reports House and Senate conferees agreed on a reconstruction finance bill that will inject two billion dollars into the economy. The program aims to aid farms, railroads, banks, and urban businesses, with loans to farmers and a revival fund from the Treasury. It envisions attracting public investment to revive peacetime commerce and unfreeze assets held by financial institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Washington
House
Sene
Marthca
Plains
Chicago
Wall
Hoover
Congress
Ni Mes
Treasury
Jj the Bil
Wounds Wife and Drinks Poison in South Vernon Incident
In South Vernon, on January 24, Hall aged 50 shot his wife Grace 48 three times and then drank chloroform after a quarrel witnessed by a six year old daughter. Grace was wounded a third time at neighbor William Mingle’s home as Hall fled. Hall is hospitalized in unstable condition. his wife in serious condition. The woman is Hall’s third wife. a previous wife died in an auto accident. There are six children in the family.
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Vernon
U.P Friggles
Hall
Grace
South Vernon
William Mingle
Fen
Coxey to Campaign for Presidency in North Carolina
Gen Jacob Coxey, mayor of Mass Town, plans a Republican bid for the presidency. He will travel to North Carolina to launch his campaign and address delegates amid European debt talks and political unrest referenced in the garbled report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coxey
Sttlson
Jan
Jacob
Mast
North Carolina
Athens Man Dies After 30-Foot Fall From Window
E. B. LaBaw, 29, composing room employee for The Athens Messenger, died after a 30 foot fall from a third story window in the newspaper building. He fainted in the men’s room and dropped head first onto the concrete driveway. He died at Sheltering Arms Hospital at 12 30 pm. LaBaw had been nervous and his doctor had ordered a vacation. He had worked at The Messenger for ten years, with prior stints at Lawhead Press and a return to The Messenger two years ago. He leaves a wife Mary White, two sons, and a mother Mrs D G Murray of Danville. He observed his twenty ninth birthday yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. EB. LaBaw
Athens Messenger
Sheltering Arms
LaBaw
Mia. Primrosé Green
Thomas H. Johnson
LaBen
LeBaw
the Messenger
Athens
Lawhead Press
The
Messenger
Danville, i
D. G. Afurray
Mr Knickerbocker Hints at German Gasoline Formula
Mr Knickerbocker reports explorations in Germany for Cyrus H K Curtis and cites a German chemical formula for producing gasoline from coal. He argues such a breakthrough could relieve German debts and please France and bankers, noting Britain used a steam power formula after Waterloo to fund debts. Continued on page 4.
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Knickerbocher
Germany
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
France
Waterloo
Britain
Pen Probe Extended to Soldiers Home in Ohio
Columbus report says the Welfare and Penal Institutions committee pauses the Ohio Penitentiary probe to plan future steps. Next, the panel will study the Soldiers and Sailors Home at Sandusky with witnesses from newspaper contacts and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Senate Committee On Welfare and Penal Institutions
Joan McSweeney
Sandusky
Martin Geaghan
Geoghan
Quor
No Increases In Dry Force In 1932
State Prohibition Commissioner Edmund G. Mathews said there will be no increase in Prohibition Department personnel in 1932 due to limited operating funds. No appointments will be made to replace the late Dr. C Barton who died by his own action in Cleveland after removal on drinking charges. Governor White ordered budget cuts across state departments.
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Columbus
Edmund G. Mathews
White
Prohibition Department
C. Barton
Sidney
Cleveland
Prohibition ‘Department
Freinhart
Mills
Atveame Reinhart
Lloyd Barr
Mansfield
Jie
Lea
Reinhart
Ohio relief aid aids 43000 citizens via highway dept program
Ohio officials announced that 43 000 citizens will receive winter aid through the state highway department and Governor George White's relief committee. The bridge building plan aims to employ 1250 men for two months, with about 34000 benefiting when dependents are counted. Most maintenance workers come from county relief tests and rotate weekly to maximize reach.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Highway Department
George White
State Relieff Committee
Highway Department
Mayor Ouster Fails In Conneaut Closes bid
Conneaut January 21 496 residents sought to remove Mayor L R Naylor over reducing police and fire staffs to two men each. Common Pleas Judge C R Sargent ruled Naylor not guilty of willful office duties violations calling the action abuse of discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conneaut
U.R
L. R. Naylor
Fire Departments
Common Pleas
C. R. Sargent
Naylor
Sargent
Housekeeper Charged In Piqua Death By Own Action
In Piqua Ohio Lydia Swalles a housekeeper facing murder charges after allegedly killing Richard Shephard 65 owner of harness racing stables. The two reportedly planned the death by gas and shotgun and Swalles attempted to end her own life afterward remaining with the body for hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piqua
Richard Shephack
Ohio
Shephard
Lydia Swalles
Shepherd
Ohi
Ira
Ayrailes
Afrs. Salles
Hourekeeper
Township Accounts Approved After Special Examination
Columbus January 21. Examiner J E Patterson found no fraud in the Satom Township Washington County accounts. Complaints concerned a private driveway and cemetery area improvements near Lower Salem, but trustees contended the work served public needs and taxpayers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Columbus
J. E. Patterson
Satom
Eutbenaxi Pavers
Lower Salem
Patterson
Five Counties Seek Bank Bandits Who Shot Amesville Clerk
Authorities across Athens and nearby counties hunt two men after a First National Bank Amesville attempt. Cashier Frank J. Thomas fired back as the robbers fled in a blue sedan with a yellow tag. Deputies stomped roads and checked towns from Zanesville to Lagan, but no decisive lead.
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Amesville
Tre
Thomas
Tnt
Marletts
Wayne Winger
Allena County
George
Rasp
Charles Bayless
Athens
Wingett
Stream Closing in Ohio Debated by Sportsmen in Columbus
In Columbus, January meeting of the League of Ohio Sportsmen and the Izaak Walton League clashed over the state stream closing ruling. Leaders defended the policy while critics argued against it, with Reinhart urging support for six closing programs and a proposed anglers license to cover all gear.
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Ohio
Columbus
Jan
Ti-U.r-Two
Ghia Sportamen
Izaak Walton League
T. D. Petreley
Dayton
Saale Walton
Ray Lawrence
Youngstown
League
Hie
Ohto Conservation Council
Willan He. Reinhart
Atate Conservation
Stalermen
Declamation Winner Jealousy Fame in Cleveland Event
Annajane Hoyer of Lakewood won first prize in the Prince of Peace Declamation Contest at the Ohio Pastors Association convention with her speech Why I Hate War. She, one of 1600 public school pupils statewide, earned 400 dollars and a four year college scholarship.
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Cleveland
U.P Bmlsa
Annejans Hoyer
Lakewood
Ohio Pastors Association
Miss Hoyer
Jean Harlow
Annojane
Annajano
Prince of Peace
Ohio Pastora Association
Harlow
County, Kimberly Coal Co agree to build overhead bridge
The Athena County Commission and Kimberly Coal Company reach a 1932 agreement to construct a ten foot concrete overhead bridge on the Kimberly Cerbondale road to replace a mine crossing used by a coal mine engine and its forty loaded cars crossing the road twice hourly. The tracks will pass beneath the road with excavation and right of way costs borne by the coal firm while the county funds the bridge’s construction. Construction aimed for summer and depends on mine shutdown.
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Athena County Commission- Era
Kimberly Coal Company
Kimberly+ Cerbondale
Satan Englee
Fatal Air Collision Near Ban Imgo Navy Dock
Ensign Malcolm Dulaney from Cincinnati was killed when his plane crashed into the foremast of the destroyer Alden while anchored in the bay near Ban Imgo California on January 71. The incident occurred at night, and official reports confirm the loss of life.
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Ban Imego
Calif
U.P
Malcolm Dulaney
Cincinnati
Alden
Bandits Forcibly Enter Fifth Avenue Apartment Steal Jewels
Bandits forced their way into the Marry Glomby residence on Fifth Avenue New York and bound the couple before locating and stealing precious jewelry valued at around 900000. The burglars compelled the door to the locked room and removed the jewels from a wall safe.
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New York
Hirlke
Mew
York
Marry Glomby
Fifth Avenue
Totley
Jewela
Tapped Utility Lines Athens Dry Cleaner Faces Unusual Charge
H. B. Byerly owner of a Athens dry cleaning shop was arraigned before Magistrate C. H. Porter on an affidavit by Mins Hutchison accusing him of using gas and electricity by tapping meters. He pleaded not guilty and was bound over to Athens County Common Pleas Court under $200 bond. Claude Gill and Garnet Lygna of Chauncey were charged with stealing chickens from James Howards of Chauncey and bound over to Common Pleas Court under $200 bond each.
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Athens
H. B. Byerly
Wasa
C. H. Porter
Mins Hutchison
Ines
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Claude Gill
Garnet Lygna
Chauncey
James
Howards
Common Pleds
Porter
Railroads Read Their Card in Wage Conference
At Chicago on January 21 representatives of the nation’s railroads presented their position in a wage conference with labor leaders. Daniel Willard of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad read a statement listing two year reductions: 68 percent in net operating income 60 percent in rolling stock purchases 33 percent in total earnings 48 percent in operating expenses and 27 percent in payrolls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Tallwey
Willard
Missing Ohio woman found en route home after European trip
Relatives of 19 year old Ohio resident Nury Ortily or Ohty prior to her disappearance feared for her safety. Morgan, her cousin, reported she was located and traveling home aboard a train or ship from Naples to London and then toward the United States, with details of her voyage unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florentine Vila
Naples
London
Morgan
Athens County Approves Emergency Road Fund Plan
County commissioners consider an emergency appropriation of 310,000 to fund eight miles of road work in Athens County. Payroll costs, material purchases, and resurfacing projects across multiple townships are planned, with crews set to work on eight miles of roads and bridge repairs this month pending Budget Commission approval.
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Athens ‘County
Athens County
Alhode
Seaeengat
J Clyde Edinustn
Edmurtton’s Free
Budge
Ste Wesking
Commiaslan
Raaurtadag
Wino
Erie
Tomohrow
Wilson
Suit Run
Aras
Dover
Weterloo
Prichlog
Rome
Gebbensibie Kimberly Feaad
Hackinie
St Carenvilla
Stewart
Glen Ehon
Glen Ehow
Approves Bill To Aid Jobless
Washington Senate committee reports favorably a bill authorizing 1 000 000 federal funds to aid the unemployed. The plan would allocate money to states to provide for jobless relief before July 1 and the remainder over the next year.
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Washington, Dan
UFR
Senate Manufectures Committee
Law Pollette
Winconsin
End Costigan
Cole
Micke
En Wary
Oregon
Amg
Goldaborough
Republicas
Maryland
Prohibition Blame Sparks Debate Over Jardine Case
A local editor attributes the rise in bootlegging and social unrest to Prohibition. The article discusses Jardine as a cited figure in enforcement challenges and calls for policy review amid mounting public concerns.
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E. E. LaBaw
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King Features, Inc
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