Bandits Rob Train in Ohio Loot Women and Men
Bandit gang held up a Pullman on a Big Four line between Grants and Bellefontaine Ohio early today. Edwin K. Nelson Jr of Tampa was shot in the left lung after resisting. Loot valued at 3170 taken as passengers were ordered to stay silent and searched.
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Grants Siding
E. Morrison
Bellefontaine
Morrison
Nelson
Ali
Detroit
Cincinti
Cincinnati
Grants
Government loans to aid Athens County farmers approved
Congress enacted a measure approved by President Hoover providing an appropriation of 45 million dollars to furnish loans to farmers in Athens County for livestock feed fertilizer and seed purchases, offering financial relief for agricultural needs.
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Athens County
Congress
Hoover
Athens County forms drought relief loan committee
A committee awaiting federal approval was organized to handle loan requests in Athens County. Members include F. L. Forsyth, Ralph Barker, and N. E. Mills. Loans up to $600 per farmer, with terms tied to 1931 harvest. County agent T H Johnson said loans depend on need and act interest details. Johnson also summarized drought relief work at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
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Athens County
Forsyth
Athens
Ralph Barker
Union
Farmer
N. E. Mills
T. H. Johnson
Athens County Drought Relief Committee
Johnson
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Weather forecast for Ohio and neighboring states
The forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Friday in Ohio with snow flurries in the northeast this afternoon. Warmer conditions are expected in the south and central portions tonight, and shippers anticipate above normal temperatures across regions with varying highs and winds.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Phoenix
Galveston
Teveport
White River
Atlantic States
Carolinas
Kentucky
West Virginia
Shippers
Angeles City Growth From Desert Lands To Booming Coastal Hub
The piece notes Los Angeles rapidly expanding westward and north toward San Francisco and south toward San Diego. It highlights land values soaring from fifty cents an acre to ten thousand dollars or more as the city grows, with a brisk, optimistic tone about the region’s development.
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Tos Angeles
Calif
Pacific
San Francisco
San Diego
Douglas Fairbanks Plans Indian Tiger Hunt
Douglas Fairbanks has traveled to India carrying letters from the Duke of Sutherland to the Marajah of Mysore and from other dukes to various princes. He will shoot real tigers from the back of an elephant in Mysore with a camera crew and director to stage the animals’ behavior.
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Douglas Fairbanks
India
Duke of Sutherland
Mysore
Fairbanks
Feminine Success Spotlight Mrs Laura Scudder
A feature highlighting Mrs Laura Scudder as a role model for mature women and noting a personal history of marital health and career adaptation. The piece hints at continuation on a later page.
Bandit Train Robbery Near Belliefontaine
Police pursue a planned stop and escape route after bandits boarded a Toledo bound train at Carey and fled at Belliefontaine. Victims included E W Warner of Cincinnati with $20 loss, Mr and Mrs A McPherson of Cedar Springs Ontario $90, a diamond ring valued at $2000 for Mrs I G Dearing of Chattanooga, a diamond studded watch worth $500 for Mrs EF Zacharias of Atlanta, and Nelson who was shot.
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Belliefontaine
Toledo
Carey
E. W. Warner
Cincinnati
A. McPherson
Cedar Springs
Ont
I. G. Dearing
Chattanooga
Tenn
W. W. Young
Toronto
EF. J. Zacharias
Atlanta
Nelson
Madrid student revolt clashes with police at university
Police clashed with striking students at the University of Madrid after a general strike began. Officers charged the demonstrators injuring several as monarchist youths and legionnaires joined in, gathering iron bars and clubs before the crowd dispersed.
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Madrid
University of Madrid
Will Rogers Recounts Washington Visit and Debates
Will Rogers writes from Washington about watching the Senate and House arguments on Indian appropriations and the soldiers bonus. He notes a visit with Al Smith, mentions Governor Thomas of Oklahoma, Vice President Curtis, and describes a nearby Republican Club with a newly opened speakeasy.
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Washington
Frank Hawks
Casey Jones
New York
Opera Comique
Senator Thomas
Oklahoma
Curtis
al Smith
Democratic Club
Will
Drought relief aids Athens County farmers with feed savings and jobs
Reduced freight rates on livestock feed saved Athens County farmers about 16000 as 300 freight cars carried relief. The drought committee formed township chairmen, created highway jobs for 100 farmers, and reports food needs to social welfare agencies. Members include Barker Gillespie Hayes Kampf Gill Forsyth Gross and County Agent Johnson.
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Athens County
Agena
Athens
Ralph Barker
Union
FE. Gillespie
Millfield
K. W. Hayes
Stewart
W. F. Kampf
Coolville
M. Gill
F. D. Forsyth
J. H. Gross
Johnson
90 Percent Immigration Cut Favored by House Panel
The House Immigration Committee approved a bill by Rep Free that would slash all current immigration quotas by 94 percent for two years starting July 1, with Canada and the Americas included. The Philippine Islands would receive a 600 annual quota and 300 highly skilled workers could be admitted each year.
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Washington
House Immigration Committee
Free
California
Canada
Central
South America
Philippine Islands
Bandit in Gold Coast Robberies Spree Dressed in Shabby Clothing
In Chicago two hotels were robbed and 22 people were held up by a thief who rode an elevator to move through the Gold Coast district. He attempted a second hotel robbery before calmly leaving the scene.
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Chicago
U.R
Gold Coast
Miners Die in Explosion at Augengeich Colliery
Five miners killed and several injured in an explosion at Augengeich Colliery near Chryston Lancashire on January 22.
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Chryston
Lancashire
Feng
Augengeich
Human Relief Bill Faces House Battle Over Funds
Interior Department appropriations aimed at a 25 million dollar relief fund faced House scrutiny after a Senate night session. The move seeks about 95 million in total spending with calls for emergency jobs for 380 thousand laborers. President Hoover opposed fast action and relief leaders warned against funding without private support.
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Washington
Interior Department
Hoover
House
Senate
Jones
Appropriations Committee
Wheeler
Demoocrat
Montana
Red Cross
Relief Organization
Sunday Creek Coal names Oral Daugherty labor chief
Sunday Creek Coal Company announces the February 1 appointment of Oral Daugherty as superintendent of labor and safety in charge of personnel. A former Hocking district labor leader from Buchtel, Daugherty is known as a miner and union organizer who later worked with a local insurance agency.
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Nelsonville
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Oral Daugherty
Hocking
Daugherty
Wets Victory in First Skirmish on Referendum Plans
Wet members of the Ohio House celebrated a temporary gain as the Nippert Repeal Referendum resolution faced committee routing. The Reference Committee sent it to Judiciary, but a motion to send to Temperance died 64 to 1A. Emergency Appropriation Bill of 24.9 million was approved and sent to the governor for signature.
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Columbus
U.P
House of Representatives
Louis Nippert
Cincinnati
House
Judiciary Committee
W. Hall
Guernsey County
Temperance
Nippert
Halla
W. I. Guard
Champaign County
Longs
Guard
J. H. Silbert
Cleveland
W. H. Schweikert
Fairfield County
Himelf
Fred Myers
Toltedo
Kemp, Jr
Licking County
Evana
R. Stratton
Brown County
Atlantic Ocean
Taylor
Stratton
Temperance Committee
White
Women Will Modify Laws
Mrs. Charles H. Sabin of New York, founder and national chair woman of the Women's Organization for Prohibition Reform, told Illinois members that women will use the Nineteenth Amendment to revise the eighteenth amendment. She argued suffrage will restore liberty, honesty, temperance, sobriety, and sanity, and noted her group has more members in several states than the WCTU.
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Chicago
U.P
United States
Charles H. Sabin
New York
Women's Organization For Prohibition
Illinois
Long-Delayed Grand Jury Tables Unopened Wine Bottle
Chicago report notes the 1922 especial grand jury, formed to probe political graft, has met again after nearly nine years. After a year of investigations the jurors were given a bottle with orders to open it when prohibition ends, but they did not uncork it during yesterday's session as they discussed the Wickersham Commission report.
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Chicago
U.pr
Athens County dog tag sales top 3500 this year
County Auditor J. Clyde Edmundson announced 3500 dog license tags were sold in Athens County, slightly more than last year. Officials note many dog owners have not yet applied and face a one dollar penalty when buying tags. prices are two dollars for male, four dollars for female, and eleven dollars for kennel tags.
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Dot
Athens County
J. Clyde Edmundson
Commission Finds Liquor Trade Lucrative Under Prohibition
The Wickersham Commission reports federal prohibition enforcement is wholly inadequate to stop the vast flows of illicit liquor. It notes rising violations, widespread bootlegging, and a thriving illicit distilling industry aided by large plants, with profits fueling rackets and political corruption.
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Washington
U.P
Wickersham Commission
United States
Ths
Evi
Condition Improves Dr. D H Biddle Illness Update
The condition of Dr. D H Biddle of Mill and College Streets shows marked improvement after a severe illness. He was reported seriously ill Wednesday with influenza and laryngitis, but by noon today his temperature and blood pressure are normal and he rested well through the night.
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D. H. Biddle
Mill
College Streets
LeFever Dies After Bullet Wound In Athens County
Th T LeFever, 67, game protector for a decade in Athens County, died at his Front Street home from infection after a gunshot wound to his left hand near the Russell dancing pavilion. He is survived by his wife and three daughters in Ohio and Columbus. Funeral arrangements were not set. He had previously worked as a contracting plasterer.
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Gqlouster
Russell
Millfeld
Th.t. LeFever
Front Street
George Golding
Ernest Roberta
Columbus
Fosmer
Wayne Floree
Trimble
Athens County
Countoa
LeMoyer
Officials Probe Death of BR. T. LeFever in Gloucester
Sheriff Wayne Wingett Deputy Sheriff Charles Bayless and Prosecuting Attorney John W. Rolin went to Gloucester early this morning to investigate the death of BR. T. LeFever the warden who died last night from wounds received two weeks ago.
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Wayne Wingett
Charles Bayless
John. W. Rolin
Glouster
BR. T. LeFever
Jobless Men Demand Relief in Colorado Senate
About 1,000 unemployed men marched into the Colorado State Senate demanding relief. Legislators voted to survey unemployment impact and consider using the $700,000 state surplus for an unemployed insurance fund with $16 weekly to each unemployed man and $5 extra per dependent, while asking for lower salaries for state officials.
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Denver
Colo
Colorado
Sen
Kteps
Capitol
Debtor Sues Debutante In Threat Letter Case
William Kuhn a 23 year old broker's clerk filed a $106,000 damage suit against Marion Wright the society debutante who had accused him of writing threatening letters. The charges were dismissed after it emerged Wright had received most letters while Kuhn was in custody and could not have written them.
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Chicago
Willam Kuhn
Kuhn
Marion Wright
Miss Wright
Cheaper To Live Costs Fall Across Nation In 1937
Department of Labor figures show living costs dropped 6.2 percent in 32 cities with food leading the decline at 7.2 percent in the second half of the year. The overall index fell 2.5 percent, Detroit easing 9.1 percent and New York City down 6.4 percent.
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Washington
Department of Labor
Detroit
New York City
Not Opposed To Revision Senator Says
PHILADELPHIA Jan. 22 AURF Chairman Simeon D. Fess quotes President Hoover as not definitively opposed to Eighteenth Amendment revision and not against it if party leaders decide. He notes Hoover’s stance could allow revision while avoiding a heated political fight in Congress.
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Philadelphia
AURF
Simeon D. Fess
Republican National Committee
Hoover
Eee
White House
Congress
Milady
Kons
Hoover Era Prohibition Report Sparks Senate Inquiry Push
A push to force a Senate investigation into President Hoover’s influence on the Wickersham Commission’s prohibition findings emerged. Senator Tydings introduced a resolution to disclose information, amid secrecy claims by commission members and calls for congressional scrutiny of the commission’s revisions and statements.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
Wietksersham Commission
Comemission
Tydings
Maryeland
Telerrama
Commission
Judea William & Keneyon
Kenyon
Wickersham
Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law School
Pound
Flu Epidemic Widespread Across Europe and Britain
An influenza epidemic, deemed seasonal by medical authorities, swept Great Britain and parts of Europe. Britain reported the heaviest toll with weekly death counts rising as authorities monitor the situation and urge precautions.
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London
Great Britain
Europe
Britain
En Isles
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Lyle
Wilson
United Press
Smoot
Finance Committee
Thomas
Elihu Root
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
John Prana
Organization For Reform
Dr. D. TL. Brikidie
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