Roosevelt Defies Plan to Halt Economic Conference Adjournment
President Roosevelt pressed on with a three point currency program and refused to back down on adjournment plans, signaling optimism about a stabilization fund and currency measures while critics abroad urge ending the conference without further concessions. Hull conveyed mixed reactions to the President’s proposals as steering committee voices growing doubts.
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London
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
United States
Hull
Will Stinchcomb Favored for Ohio Public Works Post
Ohio officials report Robert J. Bulkley backs Cleveland Democrat Will Stinchcomb for the public works administrator role. Stinchcomb has served as Cuyahoga County engineer and with the Metropolitan park board. Adjutant Frank Henderson delivers word in Columbus on the latest grant allotment for Ohio relief programs.
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Hington
Robert J. Bulkley
Will Stinchcomb
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Public
Ohio
Stinchcomb
Cuyahoga County
Metropolitan Park Board
Bulkley
Frank Henderson
Ency Relief
Fourth of July Knights of Columbus Celebration at Athens
About 5,000 people attended the Fourth of July events in Athens County with amusements including a baseball game turtle race dancing and a card display The Sting was a popular draw and Coffey’s miniature merry go round drew crowds Pony rides featured with horses named Bob Ghost and Beauty among others in the parade and activities
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Knights of
Athens Counrounds
Coffey
Bob
Virginia
Ghost
Jack Beasley bin Hood
Junior Gaston
Virgil Bell
Italio Balbo’s Flight Heads Toward Iceland Mission
General Italo Balbo leads 24 Italian airships on a 7,100 mile cruise from NDERRY to Reykjavik. The group set out Sunday despite rough seas and bad weather as they crossed from Ireland toward the Hebrides and then over the Atlantic.
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Nderry
Ireland
Italo Balbo
Royal Air
Chia
Reykjavik
Iceland
Hebrides Islands
Atlantic
White to recall Ohio Legislature in fall for job relief
Governor White said after a talk with Maj. Braught that he would recall the Ohio Legislature in the fall to aid the unemployed. He also indicated he would let the Senate’s stopgap tax program become law without his signature after adjournment.
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Columbus
U.P
White
BE. O. Braught
Ohio
Senate
Walton League Dam Plans Advance at Athens Park
L F Jones president of the Athens Izaak Walton League said the state requested detailed site information for a dam at Waterloo Forest park. A special League meeting is set for Thursday at 7 30 pm at the City Building to discuss the dam and Jones urged every member to attend.
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Athens Izaak Walton League
Watterloo Forest
L. F. Jones
League
Jones
Fund Work Delays Edmundson Auditor Report
Monthly report of Auditor J Clyde Edmundson is delayed due to increased workload checking on R F C funds. Tangible and intangible tax distributions are partially finished and likely ready for distribution within the week.
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J. Clyde Edmundson
Discovers Back Broken Week After He Falls
NEW PHILADELPHIA July 5. George W. Miller of New Philadelphia was believed to have suffered little injury last Wednesday when he fell from a cherry tree at his home. Yesterday while celebrating the holiday he complained of pains in his back. An X ray examination showed his back was broken.
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New Philadelphia
Rge W. Miller
Post mortem finds chicken bone caused Elida man's death
A post mortem examination determined that John P. D. Holtzapple 78 of Elida died last Sunday night from a puncture of the stomach by a chicken bone.
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LIBA
John PD
Holtzapple
Elida
Prisoners Escape from East Liverpool Jail
Two inmates seized a guardless moment to pry open cell doors and flee the East Liverpool City Jail yesterday prompting a jail escape reported from East Liverpool.
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East Liverpool
Veteran Flier Roscoe Turner Wins Thompson Trophy
Colonel Roscoe Turner, a veteran speed flier, dominated the 1933 National Air Races in Los Angeles. He piloted the Wedell Williams plane to victory in the Thompson Trophy, earning a major share of the event’s riches after also winning the Bendix transcontinental dash on July 1. Fifty thousand spectators watched as Turner completed a 1 mile closed course with an average speed of 241.051.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Roscoe Turner
Turner
Subscribers Praised By Athens Home Telephone Company
The July December 1933 Athens Home Telephone Company directory includes a message thanking subscribers for aiding efficient service. It notes non subscriber cars burden the system and lists losses of patrons on rural lines who provided their own line and received half price service for years. Dr C L Jones says losses are among the smallest in comparable districts.
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Athens Home Telephone Company
Ruar
C. L. Jones
Hagen Shoots 68 in British Open Round
Walter Hagen of Detroit opened with a 68 in the British Open at St Andrews, tying the old course record and qualifying for the 72 hole test. Gene Sarazen and George Dundas Jr. each posted 72 while Archie Compston and Denny Shute also tied.
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Gene Sarazen
Core Gables
Fla
George T. Dundap, Jr
New York
Archie Compston
Denny Shute
Arizona Prolongs And Perpetuates Life Says Rogers
Prescott correspondent cites Arizona as a western town of character and quotes a letter asserting the state improves life for the ill and lengthens the lives of the healthy. The note mentions Roosevelt and a London conference remark about dollars and price.
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Arizona
Rogers
Murder theory abandoned by police of city
Ironton July 5. Authorities dropped suspicions of foul play in the death of Dr. J. W. Lowry wealthy Lawrence County physician and political leader. A post mortem was done after rumors of murder. Dr Lowry’s body found five weeks ago. The undertaker substituted excelsior for organs to delay decomposition. Diamonds and cash were found in a safety box. the will could not be located.
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Ironton
U.P
J. W. Lowry
Lawrence County
J. E. Schneider
Chesapeake, C
EB. L. Riley
Lowry
Alice Lowry Barger
Dr. Lowry
Rainelle
W. Va
Huckster Charged With Wife's Fatal Field Shooting
Harry Goldstein 41 a huckster faces first degree murder charges for the death of his estranged wife Celia 40 who was shot twice while walking through a field. Neighbors reported the scene with their children Anna 8 and Wilma 6 present as police found Goldstein with the gun. He allegedly admitted the shooting blaming reconciliation refusal after the couple had been separated four years.
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Cleveland
Harry Goldstein
Celia Goldstein
Goldstein
Anna
Wilma
Central
Reichstag Burning Attributed To Hitlerites In Nazi Storm Troops
The Daily Herald reports a committee led by Dr Albert Einstein found a sworn statement from a former Storm Trooper alleging the Reichstag fire last February was caused by troopers operating from Hermann Goering’s palace. The claim links Goering to the arson and ties Hitler’s regime to the act.
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London
U.P
Hitler
Daily Herald
Albert Einstein
Fie
Herman Goering
Reichstag
Fair books out for Athens County Fair exhibits
Premium books for exhibits at the Athens County Fair are available for distribution at the office of David Johnson. The announcement notes several changes have been made in the lists this year.
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Athens County Fair
David Johnson
Wheat Nations Map Policy To Increase Price
London July 5 Delegates from the United States Canada Australia and Argentina reached a principle agreement on a policy of temporary adjustment of wheat production and trade to world demand. The plan aims to raise prices and liquidate surplus stocks with Euro pean cooperation deemed essential. A possible 15 percent acreage or export cut for two years was rumored but not fixed pending a mid July world crop survey.
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United States
Roosevelt
London
Canada
Australia
Argentina
Survey claims mood improves across nation signaling prosperity
The New York Board of Trade reported a nationwide survey showing a definite mood shift to optimism and a broad business upturn. Employment and wages rose while orders, car loadings, department store sales, and building activity increased. Bank debits, post office receipts, transportation, and power use also trended higher with gains from Buffalo to New Orleans and San Francisco to Baltimore.
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New York
U.P
New York Board of Trade
Buffalo
New Orleans
San Francisco
Baltimore
Minneapolis
Dallas
Falls City man braves wide river to swim eddy
Falls City Neb July 5 In a daring feat two 83 year olds named Hagford and Hargorg swam a treacherous mid stream eddy of a river believed to be over a half mile wide at the crossing.
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Falls City
Neb
Missing Wilmington College student Marian Buckley
Parents of Marian Buckley 18 report no word on her whereabouts after she left home last Saturday to take a walk. Buckley, an Wilmington College student, is listed as missing by family in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
Marian Buckley
Wilmington College
Marian
Logan Fire Plugs Damaged by Runaway Car
A Woods car on Warner Avenue Hill ran away Tuesday morning and crashed into the fire plug at Warner and Third Street. This is the ninth damaged fire plug in recent years due to runaway cars near Logan.
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Logan
Female Wins Turtle Derby In Final Sport
The Athens County Fairgrounds hosted the second Athens Turtle Derby with Beautiful Lady driver in first, Camera second, and Waldo third. Odds on the winner were even. prizes await owners who must claim numbers before awards.
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Waldo
Acme
Mr. Burp
Lover
Washington's Monument
Gallipolia
Car
Beautiful Lady
Dynamiting Targets UMWA Leader's Home in Scranton
The home of John Boylan, President of District No. 1, United Mine Workers of America, was dynamited in Scranton today. No injuries were reported as the front of the Boulevard Avenue dwelling was wrecked.
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Scranton
U.P
John Boylan
United Mine Workers of America
Boulevard Avenue
Obituary notices for Thomas Cox and Samuel Warren
Thomas J. Cox died at his home south of McArthur at 10 p.m. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. Samuel Warren, longtime Dundas resident, died Monday night in Morgantown West Virginia where he had gone several weeks ago.
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Mcarthur
Thomas
Cox
Samuel
Warren
Dundas
Morgantown
W. Va
Earthquake Shocks Rattle Limoges Area at Midnight
Frances Limoges reports three strong earthquake shocks at midnight near Bousss. No injuries or damages are listed, but the tremors prompted immediate local concern and queries about aftershocks in the region.
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Limoges
Frances
Bousss
Tragedy at Wilkesville Ends in Suspected Double Death
In Wilkesville Ohio two dead bodies found after a locked room entry. Howard Denny 31 died of a gunshot wound and Margaret Fitzpatrick 28 died of a head wound. Police suspect murder and possible suicide with an empty .32 revolver on the floor. The pair had eloped last fall and lived apart before returning to Wilkesville. Mrs. Cora Bishop mother of Fitzpatrick is the local post mistress and witnessed the scene.
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Wilkesville
Gallipolis Hospital
Ward Conaway
Messenger
Gallipolis
Vinton County
Margaret Fitzpatrick
Howard Denny
Cora Bishop
Fitzpatrick
Mrs. Fitzpatrick
Denny
Eugene Bishop
Fourth of July Claims 170 Lives in U S Survey
A nationwide survey shows Independence Day costs at least 170 lives, with traffic crashes drownings plane crashes and fireworks accidents driving most fatalities. Ohio reported nine deaths statewide while New York saw the most fireworks injuries and Chicago area many incidents.
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New York
U.R
Michigan
California
Kansas
Chicago
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Milwaukee
Joseph Wilson
Hollywood
Lake Michigan
Fourth in Athens Is Without Excitement
Athens reports a quiet Fourth of July with no major injuries or disorder. Mayor Robert Wood praised the calm celebration while five year old Robert Hawkins sustained a burn from a firecracker during a visit with relatives in Athens. No hospital admissions or physician treatments were recorded.
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Athens
Robert 58 Wood
Robert Hawkins
Wilfred Hawkins
Nelsonville
Meade H. Hawkins
Mill Street
Robert
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Police Car Loaner Sent to Mansfield Reform School
Arthur Persinger, who recently rode in the Middleport police car without consent, was jailed at Mansfield Reformatory Monday night on parole from the Manafield institution.
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Pomeroy
Arthur Persinger
Middleport
Mansfield Reformatory
Persinger
Manafield
Snow falls on Fourth in Orleans Cape Cod
Orleans Massachusetts reports the first Fourth of July snowfall in living memory with enough snow to whiten the ground late yesterday. The event surprised residents and disrupted usual Independence Day plans in the Cape Cod town.
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Orleans
Mass
Cape Cod
L W Connett Dies in Athens at 81
Lewis William Connett 81, a longtime Athens County florist and pioneer, died at his home 241 West Union Street. Born August 25, 1851, he built a green house in 1886 and ran the family business for nearly 60 years with his sons Dana, William, and Loring. Surviving wife, three sons, one daughter Mary, four grandchildren. Funeral Friday at 2:30 at the residence. Burial in West Union Street Cemetery.
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Lewis William Connett
Athens County
Weat
Union Street
Mr. Connett
Dover Township
Athens County Schooin
Ohio University
Dana
William
Loring
Mary
Harry L. Connett
Elizabeth
Connett
West Union Street
Meigs County Police Busy Over Week End
Meigs County officers increased activity after a quiet period arresting Clinton McNett and Glen Lawoon for alleged fighting at Rock Springs Fairgrounds. Charles Fry was jailed for wife beating, James Allen and Phil Edwards on drunken charges, Orin Bail for stealing and battery from an automobile, with one victim injured in the fracas. Past Antorietto, in a bus collision near Beaumont, was reported improving at Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Eix
Clinton McNett
Glen Lawoon
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
McNett
Charles Fry
Middleport
James Allen
Phil Edwards
Orin
Point Rock
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