Fourth of July Celebration Draws Large Athens Crowd
The Fourth of July event in Athens County drew about 5 000 spectators at the fairgrounds. Activities included boxing, horse racing, carnival shows, concessions, and a 30 gun ground display. Prizes included a $175 radio and a washing machine, with winners from Athens and surrounding areas.
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Jowd
Dane
Ohnson
Athens
John Athens
Ma. L. Woodworth
Bo Wella
Clarence Duncan
M. Johnson
Dillinger Suffering Injury Report From Indiana Prison
An unnamed Jet quoted by The Indianapolis Star reports Dillinger is seriously injured and confined to driving an automobile from a Northern State prison. The paroled man’s account says the right side is affected, with right leg trembles and a twitching, yet Dillinger remains capable of limited motion amid strain.
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Dillinger
Fragmented OCR item from June column
Fragmented OCR text contains partial numbers and dates with unclear context. No clear event names, places, or organizations are readable to form a proper headline or summary.
Surgeon Saves Child After Knife Attack in Kitchen Incident
July 5 report from Pso describes Dr. A. Matheson performing an emergency operation on year old Eileen Berg who was dying from a severed section. A kitchen knife was used to cut rubber hose and a tube inserted to restore life as the child drew breath after the incision.
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Pso
A. Matheson
Eileen Berg
Classified Ads Offer House Rentals and More in Nelsonville
Daily page features lawn care sharpened tools bicycles and a good horse at fair prices. Rent a house or find a room or small dwelling. Dial 0242 for results and items of interest in the Nelsonville Column.
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Ufed
Nelsonville
Murderer Claims Killing Was Good Deed In Wisconsin
Carl Church 36, alias George Slim King, confessed to fatally shooting Earl Gentry, former bodyguard to D. C. Stephenson, after being paid $60 by Carrie Gill. Church said he killed to fulfill Mrs Gill's alleged wish and because she claimed Gentry abused her. Gill is jailed for first degree murder.
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Carl Church
Earl Gentry
D. C. Stephenson
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
Atkinson
Here
Joseph T. Lange
Fort Atkinson
Church
Vinery
George
Slim) King
Lange
Carrie Gill
Gentry
Gill
Harold M. Dakin
Relief-Politics Mixing Barred
The state relief commission clarifies personnel rules on political activity. Staff cannot seek remunerative public office or party committee posts. Works division staff may campaign for party posts only without using authority. Elected party committee members immediately lose works division employment.
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Columbus
State Relief Commission
Lucky Merchant Wins Jersey Cow From American Legion
Athens businessman Franz L Woodworth awoke at 11 pm to learn he won a Jersey cow offered by the American Legion. He drove to the Fair grounds, moved the animal to his stable, and brought fresh milk home. He said the cow is good and that he would consider offers, though none have met his expectations.
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Athens
Franz L. Woodworth
American Legion
Mr. Woodworth
Woodworth
Legion
Temperatures Yesterday and Forecast for Week
Readable text notes yesterday's high and last night’s low with a focus on temperatures across a week. The fragment hints at daily highs lows but lacks concrete values or dates to specify.
Borah Launches One Man Campaign Against Monopoly
Senator Borah denounces monopoly and calls for a fight against perceived wealth concentrations as he attacks both parties. He criticizes the Roosevelt administration for bureaucracy and warns of divided party leadership failing to address the issue.
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Washington
Borah
Roosevelt
Idaho
Chicago
United States
Henry P. Fletcher
Barkley
Kentucky
Fletcher
Fletcher New G. O. P
Republican Party
Hottest June Is Verified
Columbus July 5. United States weather observer W H Alexander states June 1934 was the hottest on record with 27 days 2 to 17 degrees above normal and a high of 101 on June 28. Rainfall deficiency remains 0.28 inch for the month, aiding vegetation. Ohio’s first six months 1930 drought totals cited.
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Columbus
W. H. Alexander
United States
Ohio
Alexander
Urges Continuance of Mortgage Payments
Home Owners Loan Corporation applicants should continue payments to current mortgage holders while their applications are pending Atty Harry A Mettler county attorney for the HOLC warned that failure to do so will hinder federal loan grants He noted building and loan associations face hardship from loss of interest income with numerous applications ongoing.
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Home Owners Loan Corporation
Atty
Harry A. Mettler
HOLC
Mettler
Columbus Club executive suspends manager and fines players
Chicago July 5. Manager Ray Blades of the Columbus Club was indefinitely suspended and two Red Birds Robert Kilinger and Arthur J Teachout fined ten dollars each by President Thomas J Hickey for abusing umpire Larry Goetz in last nights game against Toledo.
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Chicago
Ray Blades
Columbus Club
American Association
Red
Robert Kilinger
Arthur J. Teachout
Thomas J. Hickey
Larry Goetz
Toledo
Ohio University Playshop opens summer session at Ewing
Ohio University launches its Playshop summer session at Ewing Auditorium with a one act farce in syncopated rhythm. The performance starts at 5 PM rather than the previously announced 7 PM according to Mise Nelle BY%
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Ohio University
Ewing Auditorium
G O P Airwaves Prompt Democratic Roar
In Santa Monica Calif Will Rogers reflects on Democratic reception to Republican campaign speeches. He concedes Democrats listened and faulted the Republicans, suggesting further political excitement this fall. He notes Democrats defend rather than explain and mocks critics.
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Santa Monica
Calif
U. 8
Germany
Amos and Andy
Will Rogers
Weeding Out First Task of Labor Board
Washington July 6 The new National Labor Relations Board plans a rapid realignment of 35 regional and existing boards. The three man tribunal may meet within 48 hours and act before Monday as the old National Labor Board is abolished. The overseer will tighten control over labor disputes bottlenecking them to the White House.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Supreme Court
National Labor Board
White House
Government urged to aid Miami Valley flood relief petitions
petitions circulated in Troy Ohio ask the government to assume remaining costs of the Miami Conservancy District and send them to President Roosevelt. organizers say government supports Muskingum Valley flood control but not the Miami Valley.
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Miami Valley
Troy
Miami Conservancy District
Roosevelt
Miami Conservancy Relief Association
Muskingum Valley
Relief Commission names county relief directors
The State Relief Commission announced Harold Pence of Urbana to head Champaign County relief, Benjamin Toman of Greenville to lead Darke County, and C. B. Lindimore of McConnellsville to direct Morgan County. Nelson will be reassigned to state relief headquarters as W. B. Porter resigns to run for office. Nelson lives in Athens.
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Columbus
State Relief Commission Today
Harold Pence
Urbana
Paul Jones
Champaign County
Benjamin Toman
Greenville
Belford Nelson
Darke County
C. B. Lindimore
McConnelaville
W. B. Porter
Morgan County
Nelson
Porter
Athens
Marie Dressler Remains Restful After Major Crisis
Santa Barbara July 5 Marie Dressler 62 film star shows virtually no change in condition since a major crisis a week ago and continues to rest comfortably today.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Marie Dressler
Second Suspect in Joyce Abduction Absolve by Prosecutor
Fred Norman, 38, of near Buchtel, is cleared as an accomplice in the alleged Joyce abduction and assault. Norman testified he was a reluctant participant, aided by Frank Evener who posed as a police officer during the incident on a rural road. Evener remains jailed in Athens County with the Joyce cousins involved in a violent confrontation. Joyce’s left eye was blinded and his sight may be lost. the victim remains hospitalized in Logan for treatment.
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Fred Norman
Near Buchtel
Marjorie Joyce
Leonard Joyce
Norman
John W. Bolin
Bolin
Norman's Statements As To His Part Were Substantiated By Both the Joyces
Buchtel
Frank Evener
Bailey Run
Evener
Glouster
Joyces
Columbus
Athens County
Joyce
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
Munich
Hitler
Berlin
Kurt von Schletcher
Mrs Dean Stickney Dies After Short Illness
Mrs. Dean Stickney of Athena died July 4 after a brief illness. Born April 12, 1857, she spent her life in Athena and starred in local church and musical life. Survived by husband Dean Stickney and children Carlos Grace Bertha, plus sister Mrs Linnie Wright. Funeral at Church of the Good Shepherd Friday July 6 at 4.
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Athena
Dean Stickney
Athens
Carlos
Grace
Bertha
Linnie Wright
Stickney
Church of the Good Shepherd
Penalties Not Stiff Enough in Ohio Bootleg Crackdown
Columbus July 5 The head of Ohio's liquor enforcement says court penalties for bootleggers are too light. E G Mathews notes fines of 100 dollars or short jail terms mirror minor traffic penalties. Col John A Hughes pushes cheaper state store prices to aid the anti bootlegging drive.
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Columbus, CO
E. G. Mathews
State Liquor Department
Ohio
John A. Hughes
Plane Falls in Town Killing Five Iowans
Five Iowans on a Fourth of July sightseeing flight died when a cabin plane crashed four blocks from the main business district in St Angar Iowa. Pilot Fred Symington 87 of Ackley and four passengers perished as the craft burst into flames before about two thousand spectators. Investigators seek cause.
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ST. Angar
Iowa
Fourth of July Toll Drops Sharply to 175 Dead
New York reporters note the smallest Fourth of July death toll in five years with 175 fatalities. Drowning led with 70 deaths, autos claimed 69, fireworks caused two. A Chinook girl and a Minneapolis woman were among the casualties, as the safety campaign gains ground.
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New York
America
James Keeley
Chicago
New York City
Keeley
Mig Beak
Three Mill Slayings Linked by Ballistics in Cleveland
Ballistics tests by Cleveland Police tie bullets from the Steubenville mill yard killer to the shootings of James Barnett on March 25 and Fred Melsheimer in January, with a bullet fired last Sunday linking to the same gun. The findings were sent to Jefferson County prosecutor in Steubenville.
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Cleveland
Steubenville
James Barnett
Barnett
Fred Melsheimer
Germany Will Pay Interest to Britain
British financial quarters welcomed the settlement of a debt arrangement with Germany. Under the agreement reached yesterday Germany will pay interest on Dawes and Young loan bonds held by British subjects, despite its recent moratorium.
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London
Germany
Mrs Antonia Denied Plea for New Trial
Albany report says County Judge Fort H Gallup denied a motion for a new trial for Mrs Anna Antonia mother of three held in Sing Sing Prison after conviction with two men of killing her husband two years ago.
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Albany
N. Y
Fort H. Gallup
Anna Antonia
Sing Sing
Corn in tassel as Gilion farmer reports record crop
Charles Miller of Steam Corners says his corn is in tassel two weeks early, marking a record for the crop in the area.
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Galion
Charles Miller
Ohio Woman Shoots Self in Despondent Crisis
Chillicothe July 5. Mrs. Kate Stephen 60, a prominent widow, shot herself to death in her home at Clarksburg. She had been despondent for weeks, according to townspeople and local reports.
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Chillicothe
Kate Stephen
Clarksburg
Lune
Tees
Key West Seeks State Aid as City Declares Emergency
Key West Florida July 5 The southernmost city declares a state of emergency due to economic distress. It asks state and federal governments for a New Deal and surrenders local powers to Governor Dave Shultz. More than half the population unemployed. The governor is asked to take charge and asks FEMA to assume responsibility.
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Key West
Fia
United States
Dave Shultz
Federal Emergency Relief Administration
Ohio's Fourth Is Quiet One Only Five Die
Ohio ended Independence Day with a quiet celebration amid fireworks and traffic. Five holiday fatalities occurred in Northern Ohio including two auto deaths and three drownings, plus a decapitation from a train near To. Governor George White spoke to about 4,000 Trumbull County residents in Hartford near Warren. Republican candidates Clarence J. Brown and John M. Vorys addressed voters in Chillicothe, while John Elden gave a radio address in Cleveland.
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Columbus
Ohio
Toledo
George White
United States
Trumbull County
Hartford
Warren
Chillicothe
Clarence J. Brown
John M. Vorys
Cleveland
John Elden
Ohio Strikers Receive AFL Charter at Scioto Marsh
In Kenton on July 5 the American Federation of Labor issued its first agricultural workers charter to the Scioto Marsh strikers. About 400 members accepted the charter in McGuffey, while others fought weeds in onion fields. Major grower J B Stambaugh said operators expect to save up to 75 percent of the million dollar crop and would not recognize the union.
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Kenton
American Federation of Labor
Scioto Marsh
A. F. of L
Agricultural Workers
McGuffey
J. B. Stambaugh
Three Die as Grandstand Collapses at City Hospital
Three men died and about sixty inmates were injured when a grandstand at the City Correction Hospital collapsed. Prisoners had built the stand a few days earlier to allow those unable to stand to watch the games.
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New York
Correction Hospital
Stenographer Loses $15,000 Verdict In Alberta Case
In Edmonton Alto July 8 the Civil Liberties Protective Association planned today to protest the setting aside of a $15,000 verdict against Premier J. E. Brownlee in a seduction suit by Vivian MacMillan. Justice Ives ruled damages hinged on loss of service and found no illness or impairment of Miss MacMillan's ability to render services.
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Edmonton
Alto
The
Civil Liberties Protective Association
J. E. Brownlee
Alberta
Vivian MacMillan
W. C. Ives
Grocer Pays $195 Pound for Coffee
Toledo July 5 Gasparis a Toledo grocer lost 127 dollars in cash and a 78 68 check. He hid the money in an electric grinder hopper. A clerk dumped a pound of coffee on the hopper and a customer left unaware of the stash.
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Toledo
Mike Gasparis
Gasparis
Hitler Aide Von Papen to Remain in Cabinet as Saar Commissioner
Berlin reports say Franz von Papen will lose the vice chancellory but stay in the cabinet as Saar commissioner. Nazi officials deny broader purges, while unrest and anti Jewish measures fuel fears beyond Berlin.
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von Papen
Germany
Hitler
Saar
Berlin
Franz von Papen
Burr
Nazi Party
Saar Commission
Cardinal Faulhaber
Munich
Reich
Silesia
Man Knifed in Heart Expected To Recover
LANCASTER PA July 5. George Hampton 41 was stabbed with a paring knife ten days ago. His heart now beats strongly enough to allow him to sit in a wheel chair and doctors expect full recovery. Dr John L Atlee Jr removed the heart, stitched the wound and replaced it.
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Lancaster
George Hampton
Hampton
John L. Atlee, Jr
New Statue Offer to U.S. Military Academy
From a Harvard reunion Dr. Ernnst Hanfstaengle, ally of Hitler, traveled to New York and possibly planned to present a statue of President Paul Von Hindenburg to the United States Military Academy. The academy has previously accepted only a few sculptures, including General John Sedgwick, Hanfstaengle's grandfather, who died in the Civil War.
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New York
Harvard
Ernnst Hanfstaengle
Hitler
Paul von Hindenburg
United States Military Academy
Academy
Hanfsteeng
John Sedgwick
Towboat Old Reliable Destroyed in Fire
A crew of 16 escaped harm after a fire destroyed the towboat Old Reliable today. They took refuge on the coal laden barge as the wooden craft burned, with danger to surrounding vessels and shoreline facilities.
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Pittspurgh
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