Master Urges Farm Recovery Plan At OU Convocation
Louis J. Taber National Grange master told Ohio University students at convocation that land policy and irrigation must shift toward conservation and cooperation. He urged support for agricultural progress, improved seeds, and government measures to spur industrial recovery and farm prices. Ohio University president G. James lauded the address as a beacon for agricultural reform.
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Louis J. Taber
Ohio
Louis J
Ermit
Eader
R Tior
National Grange
Peacemaker Bitten In Court Mayhem Case
In Los Angeles a judge hears Mrs. Louise Drake 23 accused of mayhem after an officer reports losing an ear. Skalitzky says he did not know what happened until handed his ear. Drake claims the incident was a personal matter with her husband.
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Los Angeles
Walter Skalitzky
Louise Drake
Meigs County Faces Loss of Its CCC Camp
Meigs County may lose its Civilian Conservation Corps camp as the Meigs County Fair Board refuses a government lease for Rocksprings Fairgrounds. The deal required a one dollar minimum annual lease with four years option and board to fund repairs at $500 yearly. If moved, buildings on the Rocksprings grounds would be removed.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Meigs County Fair Board
Rocksprings
Fair Board
Gallipolis
Gallia
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Cuba To Send Yankees Home
Havana reports 17 Americans detained at Tiscornia camp as Cuba labels their visit as agitation and declares them undesirable aliens. Police move to prevent departure aboard the Oriente, amid doubt over recourse and a claim of civil liberties destruction.
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Havana
Tiscornia
Cuba
Clifford Qdets
Oriente
New York
Commission
League of American Writers
Health-Seeker Jumps To Death From Plane
In Jacksonville Beach Florida Leroy Turner of Greenwood South Carolina leapt from an airplane 800 feet above the Atlantic during a health quest. He stood and removed his life belt then tried to thwart a passenger from leaping before he toppled overboard.
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Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Detroit Police announce arrest in Lilian Gallaher case
Police headquarters report Merton Ward Goodrich, sought since September in the murder of 11 year old Lillian Gallaher, has been arrested in New York City. The department did not provide further details pending formal charges.
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Detroit
Merton Ward Goodrich
Lillian Gallaher
New York
Fair Weather Fourth Prospect for Athens Hustles People
Southeast Ohio residents planned holiday activities as Athens prepares for a Fourth of July. The weatherman forecasts nearly unchanged temperatures with sultry heat around 87 to 88 degrees. City offices and post office close for the day. liquor stores also shut while beer parlors stay open legally. The Messenger prints a holiday edition two and a half hours early. social events and baseball games abound with a Country Club pre holiday dance tonight and tomorrow golf tournament.
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Ohio
Athens
Messenger
Fight to Halt AAA Processing Taxes Gains Davis Backing
Donald D. Davis president of Minneapolis General Mills and other processors mounted a court challenge against the processing tax provision as a strong supporter joins the campaign to stop the collection.
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Donald D. Davis
Minneapolis General Mills
Eddy Admitted To Annapolis After Naval Academy Exam
Roderick Eddy, 19, of Athens passed his final physical for entry to the U S Naval Academy becoming the first local to enroll at Annapolis since Rear Adm Louis R de Steiger. A telegram notified his parents of success and he will begin as a plebe, likely not returning home until Christmas. Eddy, a former Messenger carrier, studied two years at Ohio University and belongs to Sigma Pi. Congressman Jenkins helped secure Eddy's admission.
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Roderick Eddy
Athens
United States Naval Academy
Admira Louis R. de Steiger
Annapolis
Charles I. Eddy
East State Street
Eddy
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ohio University
Sigma Pi Fraternity
Louis R. de Steiger
Navy
de Steiger
Louis Speiser
West Point
Indianapolis
Half of Table Rock Is Gone near Niagara Falls
Niagara Falls Ont July 4 half of Table Rock a famed sight overhang in Niagara Gorge lies in a shattered pile. Workers prepared dynamite charges to blast away the remainder of the ledge following winter rock slides that weakened the formation.
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Niagara Falls
Inalienable Rights Involved In Columbus Dog Fight Case
Roy Mc Collum asks the state supreme court to rule on his constitutional rights after a 90 day jail term and a $50 fine from a dog fight on Oct 25 in Cincinnati. He shot and killed a chow that attacked his son's fox terrier. he was acquitted of malicious destruction of property but convicted for discharging firearms.
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Columbus
Roy McCollum
Supreme Court
McCollum
Cincinnati
Federation of Ohio Dairymen Formed
Cincinnati attorney E J Tracy announced that milk producers incorporated the Ohio Milk Producers Federation in Columbus to organize and gain influence for dairymen. The group, born from the Central Dairy Producers Council, aims to unify sentiment, pursue state office presence, and seek future milk legislation, with no current legislative program.
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Cincinnati
E. J. Tracy
Ohio Milk Producers’ Federation
Stepa
Central Dairy Producers’ Council
Columbus
Tracy
Central Councr
Federation
New Frontier Clash Reported On Eritrean Frontier
Unconfirmed reports claim heavy casualties in a battle between Italian and Ethiopian forces on the Eritrea frontier. Meanwhile 5,000,000 cartridges sent to Ethiopia from Belgium were held at Djibouti port by French authorities.
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Addis Ababa
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Belgium
Djibouti
French Somaliland
France's Henry Ford Ci roen Dies in Paris
Paris reports the death of Andre Gustave Citroën known as the Henry Ford of France at age 57 after a lingering illness. Citroën, born February 5, 1878 in Paris, rose from obscurity to build a vast automobile enterprise that faced receivership after a wartime shift to small cars.
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France
Henry Ford
Paris
Andre Gustave Ciroen
Citroen
Mount Vesuvius Erupts With Great Explosion
Mount Vesuvius erupted with a tremendous explosion blowing a cone piece into the air. Lava flowed from the crater as another opening appeared at the cone base in Naples.
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Vesuvius
Naples
Mount Vesuvive
Regional Relief Programs Start in 30 Days Across Five States
FERA regional representative Wayne Coy said relief work programs in Ohio Pennsylvania Kentucky West Virginia and New Jersey will begin within 30 days. Groundwork for the programs was completed Tuesday by state representatives.
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Columbus
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
West Virginia
New Jersey
Wayne Coy
FERA
Evangelist Samuel J Williams Fails to Convert Clark Gable
The Rev Samuel J Williams, Ohio evangelist, failed in his attempt to convert Clark Gable and was en route home according to the Bible Institute clerk.
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Los Angeles
Samuel J. Williams
Ohio
Clark Gable
The
Bible Institute
Ohio blocks high priced auto purchases by state board
Columbus report notes the State Control Board imposes a ban on purchases of expensive cars by state agencies. Details indicate a cap on top prices and tightened approval processes for vehicle acquisitions. The move aims to curb wasteful spending and increase procurement oversight.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Control Board
Tne
Oset
Leaders Work to Forestall House Revolt Over TVA Amendments
Democratic leaders urged unity as the House prepared to consider Tennessee Valley Authority amendments aimed at broadening TVA powers. Some fear further clashes, including probes of RFC adviser Thomas Corcoran, while liberals push for commodity dollar and central bank provisions alongside a compromised banking bill.
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Washington
New Deal
House
Tennessee Valley Authority
Chamber
TVA
Thomas Corcoran
RFC
Senate
Charles E. Coughlin
Detroit
Federal Reserve Board
Reserve Banks
Reserve Board
Poppa Flies For Mama And Cops In Dayton Incident
Sam Poppa, a 20 year old student flyer, demonstrated rooftop flight to his mother in Daytonview. Police Captain FE F. Poland held him for questioning after residents reported a flyer skimming over homes and hedge hopping between chimneys. Poppa said he wanted to show his mother why he flies.
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Dayton
Sam Poppa
Poppa
FE. F. Poland
Department of Commerce
Daytonview
Poland
Early Start on County Works Program Planned
Athens County officials moved quickly on the new Federal Government works program as Paul L. Allen and Ben Beckier Jr were summoned to Columbus to review project plans. They will stay through the week to finalize proposals from Athens, Nelsonville, Glouster and nearby areas while H. M. Spang, the county relief director, coordinated from the Columbus office.
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Athens County
Paul L. Allen
Relief Office
Ben Beckier, Jr
Columbus
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
H. M. Spang
State to Indict Man for Helping Wife Die
Assistant State Attorney Richard Regan said the state will seek a murder indictment against William Ganshaw, a mechanic, for helping his ill wife Elizabeth die as an act of mercy. Ganshaw admitted rigging hose to a gas jet and watching her die after calling police at his North Side flat.
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Chicago
Richard Regan
William Ganshaw
Age SA
Ganshaw
North Side
Elizabeth
Ruff and Stoehr elected to Moose leadership
Walter Ruff of Canton and J Jack Stoehr of Steubenville were elected Tuesday to top posts in the Loyal Order of Moose with Ruff named supreme dictator and Stoehr supreme trustee.
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Boston
Walter Ruff
Canton
J. Jack Stoehr Steubenville
The
Loyal Order of Moose
Works Relief Plan Defined By Roosevelt
President Roosevelt detailed the works relief program clarifying funding divisions between the Public Works Administration and the Works Progress Administration for projects costing above and below 25 dollars. He cited schools stadia waterworks and other small undertakings in many towns and cities and urged state and local contributions based on local labor costs. He proposed using up to 37 percent of highway funds for farm to market roads with rural roads receiving less.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Public Works Administration
Works Progress Administration
CWA
Amaller
CCC
Fugitives Captured Near Lancaster After Escape From School
Six boys escaped from the Lancaster Industrial School at midnight Sunday after slugging two guards with an iron pipe. They were rounded up three miles from the school in the brush. Guards reported two more fugitives seen near Amanda nine miles away. Captured were Charlie Watson 16 of Ashtabula Charlie Smithson 17 of Dayton Bernard O'Donnell 16? of Columbus and Howard Horn 17 of Columbus.
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Lancaster
Lancaster Industrial School
Billy Country
Amanda
Charlies Watson
Ashtabula
Charlies Smithson
Dayton
Bernard O'Donnell
Howard Horn
Columbus
Budge Defeated by Von Cramm in Wimbledon Semi-Final
Baron Gottfried Von Cramm of Germany eliminated 19 year old Donald Budge of Oakland in the Wimbledon semi finals. The match ended 4-6 6-4 6-3 6-2 after a brilliant battle that followed Budge's upsets over Christian Haas and Bunny Austin.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
Germany
Donald Budge
Oakland
Calif
Christian
Buried Treasure Grants Freedom to Two Baltimore Boys
Two 16-year-olds living on relief unearthed 3,558 gold coins in a cellar last August. The Court of Appeals ruled the coins rightful to the boys, whose sale fetched over $20,000. Proceeds were impounded amid ownership disputes with property owners.
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Bessie Jones
Theodore
Henry Grob
Henry
Court of Appeals
Wihl
Strange Reasoning of The American Public Is Noted by Rogers
Beverly Hills column notes Will Rogers derides public gullibility in believing sellers on installment plans. He Questions why holding companies remain trusted while exposing swindles and crookedness. He asserts Americans expect fair terms and fear true risk rather than deceit.
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Rogers
Beverly Hills
Calif
Congress
Will Rogers
Middleport voters approve 860000 school bonds
Citizens cast about 750 ballots in a special bond election approving 860000 in bonds to cover the town portion of a 1200000 project for a new school building. The old Central School was deemed unfit and the state and federal governments will cover part of the cost. a modern fireproof building with an auditorium and gym is planned.
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Middleport (Staff Special
State Department of Education
Miners Protest Relief Delays Across Four Towns
Forty one miners from Chauncey Millfield Lubbrig and The Pisina met Athens relief officials to protest curtailed aid. Mayor Len B McCune Police Chief B B Finsterwald and Sheriff Charles Stratton attended with H M Spang who said May relief reached 1200 miners and June earnings varied from zero to thirty dollars monthly while some had no checks for two weeks in July. He pledged mid month resumption of supplementary aid and review of many cases.
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Chauncey
Millfield
Lubbrig
Pisina
Athens City
Len B. McCune
B. 8. Finsterwald
Charles Stratton
H. M Spang
Spang
Rele
$100,000 Sought for Ordinance Celebration
Senator Bulkley seeks quick Senate approval of a $100,000 federal appropriation for 1937 to mark the 180th anniversary of the Northwest Territory ordinance. The House already adopted the Secrest resolution. In Japan, a small cruise steamer collided with four freighters in fog on the inland sea, with about 104 deaths reported by shipping officials.
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Washington
Robert J. Bulkley
Ohio
Senate
Northwest Territory
Robert T. Secrest
House
Osaka
Japan
Settlement Ends Six Week Strike at Addresso Graph-Multigraph
A six week strike at the Addresso graph-Multigraph Corporation plant ended today by mutual agreement. About 1,060 employees were affected by the halt in operations and subsequent resolution.
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Cleveland
Multigraph Corporation
Gunning Confirmed Postmaster at Chillicothe
John KR Gunning was confirmed by the Senate on Tuesday as postmaster for Chillicothe. The confirmation advances federal mail service duties in the Ohio town.
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Washington
John KR. Gunning
Senate
Chillicothe
Roosevelt Laughs At Political Strife Amid Utility Probe
President Roosevelt ridiculed a press question about his power bill while Senate and House committees plan inquiries into lobbying by utility holding companies. Key figures include Rep Brewster of Maine and RFC attorney Thomas Corcoran. debates focus on compulsory abolition of holding firms and protections for investors amid a heated policy fight.
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Washington
House
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
Battle of Blenheim
Robert Southey
Mr. Roosevelt
Ter
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Brewster
R. Me
Rep
Thomas Corcoran
RFC
Dil
Bast Silent on Charge of Evading Sales Tax
Rep Charien Bast of Canton named in an affidavit filed by a state examiner charging evasion of the Ohio retail sales tax. He declined to comment. Bast operates Bast s Hathakeller at Meyers Lake Park an amusement center at the edge of the city. The charge states he failed to collect tax on a one cent sale to state examiners.
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Canton
Charien Bast
Ohio
Bast
Meyers Lake Park
Greenville Mayor Faces Possible Vacancy Ruling
Greenville council may declare the mayor's seat vacant after a 30 day absence in Florida. The council president has served as mayor pending any vacancy determination.
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Meror Howard
Weaver
Greenville
Fiovida
Ohio may seek share of 5 million carp eradication fund
Columbus officials indicate Ohio may pursue part of the 5 million dollars proposed by the U S Biological Survey to eradicate carp from lakes and streams as a conservation effort.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S Biological Survey
Transients Arrested After Miniature Riot at Federal Bureau
Six police squads moved to quell a small riot at the Federal Transient Bureau in Indianapolis and arrested three individuals. One suspect allegedly caused the disturbance by urging faster breakfast service.
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Anpgro
Maude Adams to Reappear on Broadway This Fall
Maude Adams will return to the Broadway stage for the first time in nearly a decade. The comeback is announced by her new producer John Golden.
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New York
Maude Adams
John Golden
Heat deaths report in Columbus claims two lives
Coroner Ed ward EK. Smith reported the heat related death toll in Columbus today noting Anion Fix aged 63 and Charlies Hott aged 68 as victims. The report records extreme temperatures reaching WO.
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Columbus
Anion Fix
Charlies Hott
Edward EK. Smith
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