Recount Suit in Mayors Contest Dismissed Today
In Athens Common Pleas Court Judge L G Worstell sustained defense motions that Woodworth’s petition failed to show him as an authorized elector and that the appeal was not perfected. The suit was dismissed with potential appeals to the District Court of Appeals considered. Woodworth and counsel planned further steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Woodworth
Robert S. Wood
Athens
Common Pleas Court
L. G. Worstell
Woodworth
Worstell
Wood
District Court of Appeals
Athens County Board of Elections
Aimee McPherson Debut and City Weather Contrast
In Los Angeles on January 28 the feature discusses home weather and its relation to prosperity after rain. An ex-New Yorker and a former Oregonian share views about cold and slushy New York and a frozen Willamette River allowing vehicles to cross.
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Los Angeles
Calif
New York
Willamette River
Township trustee may drive school bus for district
Attorney General Bettman advised Prosecutor Michael B. Underwood that a township trustee may be employed to operate a school district bus. Even if the township and district areas are mutual, the trustee may receive compensation from both sources.
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Columbus
Bettman
Michael B. Underwood
Hardin County
Hettman Heid
Senate Passes Highway Aid Bill To Boost Federal Funding
The Senate approved a bill to raise federal highway aid from 75 million to 125 million dollars annually for three fiscal years starting this year, with funds available through June 30. The measure aims to bolster state highway construction nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
House
Senate
Four Killed as Rock Falls in Ashland Railroad Tunnel
Four workmen were killed and three seriously injured when tons of rock loosened by blasting collapsed in a railroad tunnel in Ashland Kentucky. The accident occurred today and authorities reported the casualties and ongoing rescue efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashland
U.R
Censor Will Hays Promises Pure Motion Pictures
The article portrays Will Hays as the film censor and guardian of decency in moviemaking. Norma Shearer defends a controversial role in a soundproof set, insisting the project must be kept wholesome despite its dubious title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Hays
Norma Shearer
Rollo
Miss Aimee Semple McPherson to broadcast sermons widely
Revivalist Miss Aimee Semple McPherson plans talkies and large scale preaching to reach a global audience. She promises sermonettes that render Heaven and Hell as real as Santa Monica and Wall Street.
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Aimee Semple McPherson
Heaven
Hell
Santa Monica
Wall Street
Directing Talent Grows Through Dante Production
The directing gentleman gains useful experience directing Dante's Inferno. Miss McPherson vows to present Dante's effort with gentle, Mother Goose like appeal.
Mail Contract Awarded for Logan Star Route Service
Leslie Murdock of Zanesville Avenue Logan won the contract to haul mail on the new Star Route from Logan. The route covers Greendale Carbon Hill Buchtel Murray City New Straitsville and Gore with two daily trips over about 50 miles. Outgoing mail will leave at 1 15 p m and return at 2 45 p m improving Logan mail service say postal officials.
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Logan
Leslie Murdock
Zanesville Avenue
Washington
Ida Steinman
New Straitsville
Greendale
Carbon Hill
Buchtel
Murray City
Gore
House committee approves Williamson bill to move Prohibition Bureau
The House Expenditures Committee reported favorably on the Williamson bill to transfer the Prohibition Bureau from the Treasury to the Justice Department. No key changes were made, and action is expected early in the House with a priority schedule for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Hoover
Law Enforcement Commission
House Expenditures Committee
Williamson
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury
Justice Department
House
Cantillon Improves Slightly After Stroke
Hickman Ky January 30 W P Cantillon one of baseballs pioneers continues dangerously ill but shows a slight improvement breathing easier and conscious briefly after a second paralytic stroke. Recovery still unlikely and condition judged dire by doctors.
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Cantillon
Hickman
W.P
Joe Cantillon
Witness Held Man Testifying in Arch Weakley Manslaughter Case
Special-When Léber Con ney Starr arrived in Logan Tuesday to testify against Arch Weakley, he was arrested by Sheriff W R Lloyd and jailed for arraignment on liquor possession charges. Lloyd says Conley supplied two pints of liquor the day of the fatal shooting and was involved in the drinking before the slaying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Léber Conney
Starr
Logan
Arch Weakley
W. R. Lloyd
Harley M. Whitcraft
Lloyd
Otho Lambert
Conley
National U S 50 Highway Association formed in Cincinnati
Delegates from multiple states met at the Grand Hotel in Cincinnati to organize a national body to develop George Washingtons Highway from Washington D C to the Pacific Coast. James Hannan of Chillicothe was named temporary chairman and H N Burgett of Athens temporary secretary. Athens delegates included Beasley Gill Burgett Bush and Bailey.
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Washington, D. C
Denver
Pacific Coast
Grand Hotel
Cincinnati
National
U. S. 50 Highway Association, Inc
James Hannan
Chillicothe
H. N. Burgett
Athens
Sherrill
Cincinnati Automobile Club
George Washington
Romney
W. Va
Northwestern Turnpike
Hannan
Carl H. Beasley
C. M. Gill
Gordon K. Bush
J. E. Bailey
Burley Case Set for First Jury Trial in Common Pleas
A petit jury is impaneled in Common Pleas Court for State of Ohio versus Thomas Burley on a charge of disturbing a lawful assembly. He allegedly menaced teachers Forrest Johnson and Irma Judy at Mineral School after reporting absences. The prosecution calls 11 witnesses including school children. defense adds nine. Jurors named include Mrs. Patrick Shannon and Karl Cowen among others from Athens, Sandusky, Amesville, and nearby townships.
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Common Pleas
Ohio
Thomas Burley
Burley
Forrest Johnson
Irma Judy
Mineral School
Eileen Wood
Loriane Clendenim
Lloyd Brooks
Emma Phillips
Glen Wood
Pearl Clark
Ernest Crow
Marjorié Ely
Peter Barrows
Wilson Ator
D. O. Chappel
Cora
Opal
Ada Lynch
Charles
William Burley
Ralph Lynch
Homer Buckley
Wife Remains Loyal at Columbus Prison Visit
Mrs Helen Snook visited her husband at the Columbus penitentiary, delivering a quiet sign of fidelity amid hardship as a guard cited a school store quotation about loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Helen Snook
Church Head Dies Bishop Charles P Anderson
Chicago reports Bishop Charles P. Anderson primate of the Episcopal Church in America died at his home after a two week illness. His death followed a heart attack. He had just approved a plan for electing a bishop coadjutor at the Chicago convention set for February 4 and 5, his final church act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.R
Charles P. Anderson
Episcopal Church In
Assailant Seizes Mrs Krieg in Nighttime Porch Attack
Police searched Logan area after an unidentified man grabbed Mrs. Krieg on her rear porch as she retrieved a milk bottle. She suffered a torn left shoulder ligament and could not describe the attacker. Mr. Krieg and Walter Prather aided but the suspect remained at large. A man was reportedly seen nearby Monday night attempting doors.
Three Arraigned Over Assault Charges in Athens
Fred Millicon and Earl Millicon of Athens pleaded not guilty to assault when arraigned before Mayor Robert Wood. They were held to the grand jury on bonds of 400 dollars each. W Muldoon also faced charges of intoxication and assault, pled guilty, and was fined 20 dollars and costs. Edward McCall Jr of Athens was arrested on intoxication charges and to be arraigned Thursday. Police officials E S Finsterwald Charles Maple and Maywood McGrath led the arrests.
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Fred Millicon
Earl Millicon
Athens
Robert
Wood
W. Muldoon
Edward McCall, Jr
E. S. Finsterwald
Charles Maple
Maywood McGrath
House Committee Opens Wickersham Prohibition Reform Bill
The House Expenditures Committee plans to report the first Wickersham reform measure to transfer prohibition enforcement from the Treasury to the Justice Department with strict civil service tests for most staff. Wet lawmakers schedule hearings Feb 12 on repeal and modify Volstead Act bills amid dry majorities.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
U.R
House Expenditures Committee
House
House Judiciary Committee
Williamson
Treasury
Justice Department
Prohibition
Industrial
Secretary of Treasury
Melton
Judiciary Committee
Graham
Senate
Educators Gather for Ohio Guidance Conference
Governor Cooper will welcome 600 Ohio educators to the State Educational Guidance Conference in Columbus, with Ohio State University President George W. Rightmire presiding at the session tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Cooper
Ohio
George W. Rightmire
Ohio State University
Prohibition Enforcer Beetham Sees Simple Law for Officers
Columbus Jan 30 UP State Prohibition Commissioner Rupert R Beetham says prohibition should pose no more trouble than other laws and hinges on local officials strict enforcement. He urges heavy penalties under the Crabbe Act for repeat violators to deter future infractions. Rural communities favor stricter action than cities due to closer court familiarity.
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Ohio
Leo F. Baron
United Press
Columbus
Rupert R. Beetham
The
United Press Today
Beetham
Crabbe
Mysterious Secret Service Woman Claims Raike Murder Solved
Mrs. Lizzie Moore, a woman secret service operative, told Pomeroy officers she solved the William Raike murder at Kana gawa Ohio on September 23 1929. She said robbery was the motive and that two women and three men would be arrested.
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A. Hartley
Raike
Huntington
Gallia County
Ralke
OsMo
Bias Brothers
Tennessee
Moundaville
Diver Peter Trans Recovered From Icy River Traps
In Montreal on January 30 the body of Peter Trans a diver for the Ontario Paper Company was recovered from the River Outardes after entangling in his diving apparatus and becoming wedged at the bottom of a 20 foot ladder. Divers and engineers worked through the night in freezing conditions to bring him to the surface.
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Montreal
Que
U.P
Peter Trans
Outardes
Ontario Paper Company
Trana
Trans
Figures on School Busses Given Today
Ohio school busses carried 23,822,250 pupils in 1929. Daily use totaled 132,346 pupils via public agencies, including 623 horse drawn vehicles and 34,721 motor conveyances, per Department of Education records.
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Columbus
Ohio
Department of Education
Miller ordered to Detroit for murder case hearing
At Columbus on January 20 1921 Ernie Miller of Columbus was ordered to Detroit to face a first degree murder charge in the drowning of Arzenne Janaluse an alleged member of a rumoring in a hearing before Commissioner WW. Dale Dunifoa.
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Columbus
Ernie Miller
Detroit
Rgea
Arzenne Janaluse
John LD. Watts
Dale Dunifoa
Miss Nichola Sent Home From Heidelberg College
Jan 30 Rash and illness prompt removal of Miss Glenna Nichola of Wosteria from Heidelberg College. She had been observed by doctors at home and returned after a temporary rash with no lasting symptoms, per Fostoria commission.
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Tiffin
Glenna Nichola
Wosteria
Heidelberg College
Nichola
Fostoria Commission
Sheriff Testifies on Shooting Justification by Officers and Deputies
The sheriff described why the shooting was considered justified, recounting officer and deputy actions and the circumstances under which the incident occurred. Key witnesses supported the decision, emphasizing threat perception and lawful use of force.
Logan Court Clears Greendale Merchant of Manslaughter
Arch Welty of Greendale was found not guilty of manslaughter in the Otho Lambert case by a jury in Common Pleas Doe. The verdict was delivered to Judge Martin Whiteratt at 4:80 o clock noon after four and one half hours of deliberation. The courtroom was crowded. cheers and congratulations followed the verdict as officials and supporters reacted.
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Soutte
Collins
Scm
Quey
Whiterstt
Bank hold up wounds child in Detroit case
In Detroit at the Peoples Bank Branch a lone bandit robbed the cashier at noon and fled with $700. As the robber exited the lobby, a bullet from the cashier struck 6 year old Georgia Eldridge who was nearby. the child’s wound was described as not serious. The bandit and a confederate waited outside and escaped.
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Detroit
Mich
Georgia
Eldridge
Ghia
Peoples
Yon County
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Mary Walker Lee
George Bolling Lee
Heidelberg
Wes
Clinton
Webi Messenger
Forest
Weakey Blis
Mra. Lambert
Olo Phos Vietn
de T L. F. Hammond
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