Phantom Killer Returns at Steel Mill Slaying Spree
In MIULE on July 2 a knife or gunman shot and killed two steel workers, William Messer and Ray Kochendorfer, at the Wheel Corporation open hearth area. The attacker fled across the yard. deputies and bloodhounds hunted the suspect as more workers were urged to hospital. James Barnett was later shot and survived.
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Miule
Wheel Corporation
Early Ag
William Messer
Ray Kochendorfer
Messer
Kochendorfer
S$ Slayer
Fleetewart
Yes
Fred
James Barnett
Jroad
Hoseek
Roche
I Jakers Take Pagne and Cash Raid at Delucatis Plant
Robbers seized cash and wine in a July raid at the Delucatis Company plant. Two safes were broken into and about $900 in cash and wines were taken. Federal agents pursued masked raiders who escaped with the loot.
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Delucatis Company
Skers
Classified Bargains In Nelsonville Ad Page
Local classifieds advertise used cars rooms to rent houses for sale and property deals. Readers are urged to check the classified page for bargains and advertisements of interest with a dial number for results.
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Nelsonville
Europe Predicts Return Of Hohenzollern Family
A.P. report surveys European reaction to Chancellor Hitler's suppression of a revolt. Dollfuss criticizes violent methods, Austrian papers foresee further clashes, Paris sees conservative gains, London notes solidified control, Doorn reports activity at Wilhelm II's estate, and Pravda warns of worse prospects for the ruling class.
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Associated Press
Hitler
Engelbert Dollfuss
Austria
Paris
London
Doorn
Wilhelm
Mother Sees Two Children Die in Flames
In San Mateo California on July 2 two grandchildren of William H Erhart of New York died trapped by flames in a house fire while their mother Mrs Henrietta Erhart Ruggles lay critically ill from grief after the tragedy. Cook Theresa Cassidy and governess Miss Gertrude Portway escaped by leaping from the second floor.
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San Mateo
Calif
William H. Erhart
Henrietta Ruggles
John
Henrietta Erhart Ruggles
Theresa Cassidy
Gertrude Portway
American Girl Held in Russia
Avis Thayer of Philadelphia visiting her brother Charles Thayer private secretary to ambassador William C. Bullitt was arrested in Moscow for photographing a Kremlin gate. Militia confiscated her film and released her after embassy verification. Kremlin grounds require a special permit to photograph.
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Moscow
U.S.S.R
Avis Thayer
Philadelphia
Charles Thayer
William C. Bullitt
Kremlin
Miss Thayer
Athens Police Install New Short Wave Radio System
Athens police will receive all patrol broadcasts via a short wave set at City Hall. Safety Director Scott Haney announced the arrival and immediate installation. The dial will be locked at 1682 to prevent tuning other stations, with extensions planned for the mayor’s office and waterworks to monitor patrol announcements when police are away.
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State Highway Patrol
Athens
City Hall
Scott Haney
Highway Patrol
Infant Charles Phillips Dies in New Marshfield
Charles Bryson Phillips infant son of Mr and Mrs Charles Phillips of New Marshfield died Sunday morning around 2 o clock at the grandparents home Leslie Bryson near Amesville Burial held Sunday afternoon in New Marshfield Cemetery Grandparents Mr and Mrs George Phillips are among the bereaved.
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Charles Bryson Phillips
Charles Phillips
New Marshfield
Leslie Bryson
Amesville
George Phillips
Man enraged by noise kills four at party in Michigan
A. J. Wood, 53, said party noise enraged him and he shot and killed four guests in East Tawas early Sunday, wounding another. The deceased include Dr. Stanley Somers 31 Sheriff Charles C Miller 38 and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Hayes 35 and 31. Wood was held for arraignment on murder charges after walking to the county jail.
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East Tawas
Mich
A. J. Wood
Wood
Stanley Somers
Charles C. Miller
Lloyd Hayes
Roy Hickey
Picket Lines Reformed by Weeders in Kenton
Picket lines reformed in Kenton as weeders continued their strike for higher wages. Workers rejected a 15 cent offer, renewing demands for 35 cents per hour and an eight hour day while federal conciliator Homer J. Brown sought a settlement between operators and workers.
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Kenton
Homer J. Brown
Three Injured As Cars Crash In Local Week End
Three people were injured in two weekend crashes in the district. George Dowler of New Marshfield and John Rose of Salem, aged 66, suffered multiple injuries. Dowler and his wife were riding with Virgil Six and daughter June when a light truck collided with their car at Hamsey Run. Rose sustained injuries in a Route 56 crash west of Athens involving a sedan and a coupe. Francis Gabriel of Carbondale and Paul Beverage of New Marshfield, both in the other car, were uninjured.
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George Dowler
New Marshfield
John Rose
Salem
Athens
Rose
Francis Gabriel
Carbondale
Paul Beverage
Former Torch resident laid to rest in local cemetery
Burial services were held at Torch cemetery Friday for Mrs. Emeline Byers who died at the home of her son 8 Underwood at Little Hocking. The funeral was conducted at the Underwood home where she had lived for years, and she had previously resided with her daughter Mrs. William Mowery in Torch.
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Torch Cemetery
Emeline Byers
8. Underwood
Little Hocking
Underwood
Byers
William Mowery
Torch
Bank Releases 300000 in Restricted Deposits
Alliance city bank releases 300000 in restricted deposits, the fourth release since reopening in August 1932, amid the bank’s ongoing post reorganization actions.
We’re Different From Germany We Let Em Make More Speeches
A sardonic Santa Monica letter mocks German harshness and American free speech as the President sails aboard the Houston. The writer, Will Rogets, notes Hitler’s imagined boat ride and jokes about Astor society wedding as light relief amid global turmoil.
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Germany
Santa Monica
Calif
Jesse Jones
Houston
Hitler
Will Rogets
Covert Death Suit Opens in Athens County Court
Frances Covert sues Mote French for 21686 in a civil action linked to a July 2 1931 Route 31 crash near Floodwood that killed her husband. A jury previously found the truck driver guilty of assault and battery after man slaughter charges.
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Mote French
Athens County
Floodwood
Covert
French
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Yank Netters Stay in Race
The United States Davis Cup team advances to the Wimbledon semi finals after Frank X. Shields and Sidney B. Wood Jr. beat England’s Jack Crawford and Fred Perry in the quarter finals.
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Shields
Wood
Perry
Crawford
Wimbledon
Eng
United States
Frank X. Shields
Sidney B. Wood, Jr
Fred Perry
England
Jack Crawford
Australia
Coolville Man Guilty of Intoxication Charge
John Walden of Coolville was fined 20 dollars plus costs after arrest by Marshal R. Henderson for intoxication. This second offense in five months led Magistrate Pearl Miller to suspend the sentence on condition Walden pays costs and behaves properly for four months.
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John Walden
Coolville
Posses Are Still Fooled By Dillinger
Chicago July 2 Peace officers again chase John Dillinger as the pursuit for him continues after the Merchants National Bank raid in South Bend Indiana. An attack on Dr Leslie A Laird in North Webster Indiana yielded no clue as to Dillinger's whereabouts and the gunman escaped.
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Dillinger
John Dillinger
Merchants’ National Bank of
South Bend
Ind
North
Webster
Leslie A. Laird
Lazaro Cardenas Wins Mexican Presidency
Lazaro Cardenas, a 39 year old veteran of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry, is assured victory as Mexico's forty fifth constitutional president. The election is described as the most orderly and one sided in the nation's history amid minor clashes. One election judge was killed in Ocotzintla Vera Cruz, with other allegations of law violations by the ruling party in securing votes.
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Mexico D. F
Lazaro Cardenas
Mexico
Ocotzintla
Vera Cruz
Tony
National Revolutionary (Administration) Party
Brooklyn Flyers Reach Poland After Atlantic Crossing
Brothers Joseph and Benjamin Adamowicz landed near Torun Poland en route to Warsaw after a fifth European stop following an Atlantic flight. A defective gasoline pipe caused the landing. neither brother was hurt and the plane was undamaged. They aim to repair the pipe by late afternoon and continue to Warsaw as planned.
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Torun
Poland
Brooklyn
Joseph
Benjamin Adamowicz
Warsaw
Europe
Atlantic
Marie Dressier Clings to Life Despite Fatal Illness
In Santa Barbara California Marie Dressier clung to life three days after near death from cancer and uremic poisoning. Doctors had warned she might not survive but she remained alive today with a fragile condition and continued battle against the ailments.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Marie Dressier
State awaits ruling on Route 31 expansion near Nelsonville
Announcement from Columbus is expected within days as the State Highway Department weighs a proposed 1.8 mile extension of Route 31 east of Nelsonville toward Glen Ebon Road. A federal grant near $8 million funds construction with brick-on-concrete paving and wide berms.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Nelsonville
Glen Ebon
Highway Department
Hocking River
Guysville
Ohio
Athens County
Glouster
Stewart
Carthage Gap
Torrid Wave Broken Mercury in Lighties
Enjoyable relief from the heat arrived in the Athens District as temperatures cooled to the low eighties yesterday. Today rises modestly with expectations of showers and a later cool down tonight and tomorrow.
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Athens
Mercury
Man Charged With Grand Larceny In Wheel Theft
Charlies Markin of near Glouster arraigned before Magistrate Pearl Miller on an affidavit by Herbert Parker investigator for Sunday Creek Cogs Company. Markin pleaded not guilty and was sent to the grand jury on bond but could not post, committed to County Jail. Wheels stolen from a mine near Trimble around June 17.
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Charlies Markin
Glouster
Pearl Miller
Herbert Parker
Sunday Creek Cogs Company
Markin
Trimble
American Legion Plans Fourth of July Event at Athens Fairgrounds
Members of the K. T. Crossen Post will meet at the hall tonight to finalize plans for the Athens County Fairgrounds Fourth of July celebration. Committees will report and assign duties as the big event begins mid morning and runs to late night with a spectacular fireworks finale.
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K. T. Crossen
The
American Legion
Athens County Fairgrounds
Cabinet May Resign Under Military Pressure in Tokyo
In Tokyo on July 2, reports say demands from the army and navy for a more militaristic government push Premier Makoto Saito's cabinet toward resignation. Open predictions suggest the cabinet may step down tomorrow.
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Tokyo
Makoto Saito
Hindenburg Protects Papen as German Crisis Deepens
Berlin reports say President Hindenburg called in the Reichswehr to shield Vice Chancellor Franz Von Papen amid plans for his resignation or ouster by Hitler. Goering is tipped to succeed Papen. executions and mass arrests continue as France denies Foreign Power links.
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von Hindenburg
France
Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Reichswehr
Franz von Papen
Hitler
Hermann Wilhelm Goering
von Papen
Goering
Germany
Neudeck
Werner von Alvenslebben
Friedrich von Tschirsky
Hubert von Bose
Foel
Schutz
Ford's unsigned NRA letter halts war bid plan
NRA officials had not received a signed Ford letter of Blue Eagle compliance by July 2. Sabine of Northwest Motor Co and attorney Creech met NRA executives while Sabine planned to bid about 2.09 million dollars on War Department contracts. War Department bids were open, Ford signing official remained uncertain.
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Washington
NRA
Henry Ford
War Department
RK. P. Sabine
Northwest Motor Company
Ford
F. Hunter Creech
I. D. Everett
Sabine
Ford Motor Company
Hugh
Johnson
Ford Motor
Snd
Court Denies Shank Rehearing of Case
The Arkansas supreme court denied Mark H. Shank an Akron Colorado attorney under sentence of death a rehearing of his quadruple murder case. The court will deliver its mandate Friday to Governor Futrell who will set an execution date.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Supreme Court Today
Mark H. Shank
Akron, CO
Futrell
Shank
Disarmament Conference Adopts Arms Traffic Plan
Geneva July 2. The American drive to curb manufacture and traffic in arms, urged by President Roosevelt, was adopted today at a plenary session of the conference steering committee.
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Geneva
Roosevelt
Disarmament Conference
Nickel for Quarter Racket Foiled in Athens Court
Peter Craft used a five cent purchase and dollar change prank to swap a nickel for a quarter at the Ath ens Diner. Harold Sherlock alerted the diner staff leading to Craft’s arrest by Chief E. Finsterwald. He failed to pay a $25 fine plus costs and was sent to the Columbus Workhouse.
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Peter Craft
Athens
Columbus
Pete
Craft
Harold Sherlock
Union
Fred Lee Tom
Tom
South Bridge
E. 8
Finsterwald
Len B. McCune
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Embabelsberg
von Schleicher
Common Pleas Court
Frances Covert
Carl Pettit
Frank Sargent
Lester Enlow
John Brewer
Henry Young
Mrs. Sewell
Alfred Rogers
John Cowan
Harvey Williams
Denton Cooper
Lucy Murphy
J. W. Marshall
Yank Netters
Chicago
Cardenas
Flying Brothers
Reichsweher
Louis P. Lochner
Hmohenzollerns Silent
Mussolini
Venice
Hohenzollerns
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Hohenzollerna
Joseph Goebbels
Roehm
Ernest Roehm
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