Taxpayers to Organize Move to Cut Government Costs
Athens County taxpayers form a countywide Taxpayers Association led by Rev. BE Wilson to push salary reductions for township, county, and state officials and cut government activities. The Coolville meeting drew about 100. a second group formed in Bern Township. County budget discussions continued as officials await 1931 appraisals.
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BE. H. Wilson
Coolville
Athens County
Lee and
Alexander Townships
Albany High School
Parkersburg
W. We
Wilson
Walter King
Troy Township
King
Roy Gordon
Mt. Hermon
Bern Township
John Grosvenor
Baker Still in Hands of Gang
Denver police hunted for Benjamin F. Bower, keeper of a bakery stake, held for a $50,000 ransom. A note to Stephen Knight outlined how to reach the kidnapers, while a second message blamed a rival gang trying to muscle in on the lease. Bower faced a death threat via another note to his wife.
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Denver
Colo
U.P
Benjamin F. Bower
Stephen Knight
Bower
Felice
Knaight
Mary
Intoxication incident at Pomeroy linked to McKenzie case
News index notes McKenzie found bouts at Pomeroy in an intoxication incident. Three men at Pomeroy sentenced by Tudge Papples. ownership of a little found at the scene of a robbery is listed as vital. Age 2 and Nelsonville Parent-Teacher Council rehearsing for big stage production are also mentioned along with other items from pages 0 to 14.
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McKenzie
Pomeroy
Papples
Vital
Nelsonville
Parent-Teacher Council
Devaters
Hocking County
Hoover
Finance Corporation
Dawes
Near East
Plains Drea
Chauncey
95 Year Sentences For Glouster Post Office Robbers in Columbus Court
In Columbus on January 23, Judge Benson W. Hough sentenced three men from Columbus to 25 years each in federal prison for the October post office robbery that netted about $800 in cash and stamps. Robert Hathaway Daniel Fallon and Everett Johnson faced the court with Johnson seeking leniency for his five children, but the judge rejected it citing prior investigation of the Glouster area. A fourth suspect remained at large.
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Glouster
Columbus
U.P
United States
Benson W. Hough
Robert Hathaway
Daniel J. Fallon
Everett Johnson
Johnson
Derthick
H. F. Hambel
Hambel
Hough
Hathawey
Fallon
Richwood Bank
Frank Ciccone
Grove City
Union County
Canton
Fred Coleman
Gahanna
Kenneth Hitman
Gallipolis
Willie Wells
Thomas Hillman
Desert Train Odyssey Through Sunlit West
King Pearures writes of a cross country train journey from Needles into California, vivid desert dawns and moonlit nights. A group in a border town near Colorado/New Mexico line, including a high school journalism class, boards the train seeking guidance about newspaper work. The piece blends travel scene with reflections on climate and youth in a brilliant desert setting.
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Bation
Colorado
New Mexico
B.B. Naylor
Dayton Banks Declared Safe
Dayton banks are reported to be sound and with liquidity better than in years, despite rumors of an organized effort to destroy banks. The Montgomery County Grand Jury found no indictments after investigating solvency rumors and noted calls and false tips caused alarm.
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Dayton, G
UPI
Mason Douglas
Montgomery County Grand Jury
Dayton
Gallipolis Residents Inherit Fortune From Logan Heir
POMEROY Jan 23 Five years ago Eric Ferguson moved from Logan to Gallipolis to operate the Logan Furniture Factory. He died June 30 leaving an estate of gross value 910. His son Henry Ferguson inherits 153475 and Eleanor Frances Ferguson, a granddaughter, is bequeathed 169 agg.
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Pomeroy
Logan
Gallipolis
Failen
Eric Ferguson
Logan Furniture
East Orange
William
Ferguson
Hrie Ferguson
Unions Object To Wage Slash Proposed by Lines
Chicago news account reports railway labor leaders opposing a 10 percent wage cut. D B Robertson, chairman of the labor group, argues the industry’s troubles stem from unsound financing, not wages, and that wage reductions would be an uncalled-for sacrifice by 900,000 railway workers while noting unions' aim to protect workers’ fixed charges for subsistence.
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Chicago
Inn
D. B. Robertson
Labor Groupe
Panic Willard
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Robertson
New Taxes Sought By House Ways and Means Panel
Washington Jan 23 The House Ways and Means Committee was urged to add new levies on electric power gasoline and stock sales to close the treasury deficit Rep Cripps Georgia ranking Democrat and tax authority urged an early draft of a revenue bill His plan calls for a half cent per kilowatt hour on electric power one cent per gallon on gasoline and a half of one percent on stock sales He estimates about 400 million dollars in revenue and says the taxes would be light and easy to collect as supplements to other proposed taxes to balance the budget
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Wilson
Washington
U.ar
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Rep
Criep
Georgia
Snd
Crisp
Jerry Goes Home Brave FiveYearOld Recovers At Last
New York report of five year old Jerry White who fell downstairs 49 days ago sustaining ruptured spleen and other injuries. Doctors gave minutes to live yet he survived and is now home, whistling for his canary as toys sent by admirers filled the hospital.
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New York
Jerry White
Jerry
Hope for Diabetics from Iowa Scientists Discover Product
Ames report credits Professor E. M. Hixon and John Buchanan at Iowa State College for cutting Levulose cost from 28.4 pounds to 5 pounds per unit and forecasting commercial production at about 20 cents per pound. The item notes a diabetes sugar substitute cheaper and accessible to patients previously unable to afford costly Levulose.
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Iowa Scientida
Ames
p-Levie Jose
E. M. Hixon
John Buchanan
Iowa State College
Teta
Reduced Wage Scale Adopted By Hocking District Operators
Nelsonville report on January 23 states leading coal companies in the Hocking district have adopted a uniform wage scale effective February 1 to compete with other fields and keep mines open. The plan sets daily wages and tonnage gates across loading, drilling, and various mine labor roles, with top rates for firemen and carpenters. Operators say the move aims to sustain production, time, and employment amid industry pressures and rising freight costs.
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Hocking
Nelsonville
Sehka
Au Tany
SA Centa
Operatora Hera
7000 Southeastern Ohio Children Unable To Attend School
Mrs. O C Bird of Athens reports as unemployment bites in southeastern Ohio about 7000 children cannot attend school. She urges the state legislature to aid Athens Perry Hocking Meigs Gallia Jackson Vinton Pike Lawrence Scioto Counties, cites lack of funds and clothing gaps, notes mining areas hardest hit and widespread need for clothing and shoes.
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Southeastern Ohio
Mirs. Bird
Columbus
U P
Ohio
O. C. Bird
Athens
Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
Perry
Hocking
Meigs
Galia
Jackson
Vinton
Fike
Lawrence
Scioto
Four Free of Murder Men Released By Grand Jury
Greenbrier County grand jury declined to indict four men charged in the Dec. lynching of two Negro men in Lewisburg. Farl Jack Pete Leg of Quinwood and XK J McChung of Rainelle were released on prosecutorial recommendation. The victims Tom Jackson and George Banks were hanged from telephone poles after an attempted stop of a disturbance at a Leslie Negro dance. Plan Shoppers Tickets Columbus will sell 10 cent tickets valid for streetcar rides between 9 am and 4 pm. Tickets usable only on the purchase day.
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Lewisburg
W. Va
W.phthe
Leslie
Here
Columbus
U.R
Rall-Ight
Will Sarcastic on Loans Planned for American Industry
London report notes Congress approved a two billion dollar loan scheme to aid bankers and spur new industry. A letter from Will Milter mocks relief efforts while featuring a case of a man with nothing receiving support. Fostoria police report Leo Milter charged with extortion letters demanding $500 from bank president Andrew Hmerine and Rev. Weber. In Lancaster Cesco Carper, 18, convicted of many slaughter related to his father’s death.
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London—Sea
Congress
Thore
Will
Fostoria
Jon
U.ri
Leo D. Milter
Andrew Hmerine
Fostoria Bank
A. A. Weber
Miller
Lancaster
Cesco Carper
Harvey
Our Night Out Club Center of Ohio Divorce Case
NEW PHILADELPHIA January 4. Testimony in a prominent divorce suit concerns a young women's club known as Our Night Out or ONO. Williard Hostetler accuses his wife Treva Hostetler and Pastor W H Sanders of improper conduct linked to club gatherings in Midvale five miles south of New Philadelphia.
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Ohio
New Philadelphia
U.ph
J Villege
Midvale
Williard Hostetler
Kidnapers Eye General Dawes
Washington report says kidnapers threaten to seize Charles G Dawes former ambassador to the Court of El James and now head of the reconstruction finance corporation Patterson Republican Missouri has introduced a bill to empower federal officers to pursue interstate kidnapers Civic records show 262 kidnappings in large cities Dawes modern official says he has not been informed of any plan to kidnap him and is not under guard and would resist any guard with a bold remark attributed to him
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Washington
Selza
Charles G. Dawes
el James
Dawes
Treasury
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Plata
United Press
Plan to Dispel Gloom Through Legion Rallies
In Columbus Ohio the American Legion designates the week of February 22 to restore public confidence in the economy. Rallies will be held in eight counties with churches, veterans, and business groups asked to help. Commander Patt M Herbert names Sigh Weisskerr as general chair to arrange observance and urges manufacturers to assure employees no abrupt layoffs. Aided by local towns the plan aims to steady perception of a recovering economy.
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Columbus
American Legion of Ohio
Legion
Actiuals
Patt M. Herbert
Sigh, Weisskerr
American Legion
Herbert
Selery
Periiontel
Americans Endangeren Wage Threats Overseas Report
A terse dispatch from Washington notes heightened concerns over wage and labor tensions linked to overseas deployment. The report cites disturbances and unclear intelligence about Japan’s stationed forces, with references to missteps and uncertain policy directions reported from early August.
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