Rockefellers Lead Prohibition Gift Disclosure
Senate committee records reveal large donors to the Anti Saloon League with the Rockefeller pair giving 155000, Newberrys 5000 each, and others paying 600 to 6250 for the 1917 to 1926 period. Wayne Wheeler protested exposing names of contributors over 500.
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Senate Committee
United Press
Washington
John D. Rockefellers
Anti-Saloon League
League
Senate
Rockefeller
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
John Newberry
Wayne B. Wheeler
Westerville
Ohio
H. E. Beebe
Ipswich
Harbison
Pittsburgh
William IF. Cochran
Baltimore
New Prague
Minn
Flouring Mill Company
Benjamin Electric Company
Chicago
Arrest in Murder at Akron
Akron July 6 U R With the arrest of Joseph Gilcher 34 police today believe they had solved the mystery surrounding the murder of August Oswald 44 who was found in his automobile yesterday unconscious Oswald later died His skull had been fractured apparently with a heavy instrument Gilcher was arrested after police learned he had quarreled with Oswald.
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Akron
U.R
Joseph Gilcher
August Oswald
Oswald
Gilcher
Columbus Woman Killed by Street Car Collision
Mrs. Frank Gabriel of Columbus died after stepping into the path of a street car. She succumbed to injuries a few moments after the accident occurred today in Columbus.
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Columbus
U.P
Frank Gabriel
Skeleton of Missing Old Man Found Near Wooster
A skeleton found in a ravine east of Wooster on July 6 was identified as Timothy Sheehan, 82, solving four months of mystery about his disappearance. Police believe the man was the missing elderly resident.
What Will Your Harvest Be A Garden Care Appeal
Government experts offer an invaluable booklet on Diseases and Insects of Garden Vegetables to prevent garden ills. Send name address and two cents in stamps to the Washington Information Bureau to secure a copy.
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Washington Information Bureau
Auto Tag Money Is Distributed
Distribution of motor vehicle tag funds for June was announced by County Auditor Fred Cornwell. A total of $489.75 went to the state and a like amount was allocated to Athens county towns including Glouster Coolville Athens and Nelsonville among others.
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Fred Cornwell
Athens County
Trimble
Nelsonville
Jacksonville
Glouster
Coolville
Buchtel
Athens
Amesville
Senate begins probe into alien property graft
United Press reports that a new Senate inquiry committee led by Senator Borah will launch investigations into alleged misuse of wartime alien property. The probe will examine mismanagement and profiteering linked to seized assets including bonds tied to Harry M. Daugherty and others, with claims of Swiss ownership reclassifications affecting metal stock.
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United Press
Washington
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Harry M. Daugherty
New York
Liberty Bonds
Daugherty
Thomas W. Miller
John T. King
Youth to Plead Self Defense in Death of Father
Albert Albers, held in Mercer county jail, plans a self defense plea in the death of his father H. H. Albers at Coldwater near Celina. Eyewitnesses say the elder Albers attacked his son during a horseshoes game. the youth, a cripple, warded off two attacks before striking back. Both men had been drinking, police report.
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Celina
U.P
Albert Albers
Mercer County
H. H. Albers
Coldwater
Here
Albers
Government Functions Continue Across Departments During Summer Absence
Washington notes that 759 laws add to statutes and require immediate regulations. The Agriculture Bureau will oversee cooperative marketing, with about 11 000 coops awaiting federal coordination. The Watson Parker railroad law sets a mediation board, while the Internal Revenue Bureau issues new tax regulations. Commerce maintains steady business contact as Hoover handles policy.
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Congress
Department of Agriculture
Watson- Parker
Senate
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Department of Commerce
Hoover
We Clean Everything Put Fish Sign Spotted
A reader reports a dry cleaning shop in a Northern Wisconsin summer resort town displaying a sign reading We clean everything put fish. The note asks Messenger readers for any similar sightings or reactions to quirky local signage.
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Wisconsin
Four bootleggers in Pity me plead guilty and fined
Four well known bootleggers John Holley Ley Little Kermit McKinley and an additional man pled guilty to possessing intoxicating liquor and were fined 100 and costs each totaling about 472. Officers say fines were paid from a community fund with prompt payments. The four, except Holley, had pleaded not guilty initially but changed their pleas. A Chicago rumor linked liquor supply to The Little City of Sin.
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Martha Foulk Thompson Pomeroy
John Holley
Ley
Little and Brother
Kermit McKinley
Pityme
Pityme Union Fund
Sheriff Will Be a Witness for Triple Execution
Sheriff Harry Rice will witness the September 2 electrocution of John Bryant Richard Rhodes and John Hedricks at the Ohio Penitentiary. The three men, all white, were condemned for the murder of James McCumber of Willys Hill. This marks Ohio’s first triple execution in a single day and closes the Meigs county death hill case.
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Pomeroy
Harry Rice
Ohio Penitentiary
John “Shorty” Bryant
Richard Rhodes
John Hedricks
James McCumber
Willys Hill
Ohio
Meigs County
Death Hill
Ohio Fourth of July toll tops a score in crashes
United Press reports more than twenty people killed in Ohio since Saturday afternoon as Independence Day holiday traffic, fireworks, and crashes took lives. Major accident near Archbold where a vehicle was struck by the Twentieth Century Limited. three killed and four injured.
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United Press
Columbus
Ohio
United Press Today
Archbold
Twentieth Century Limited
Lawn Will Replace Dumping Ground In City Of Glouster
Glouster July 6. The railroad embankment will be improved with a steam shovel used for two days to remove part of the embankment. After completion the Kiwanis club will level the embankment and plant grass. The change will replace a city dumping ground with a lawn and shrubbery.
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City OF
Glouster
Kiwanis Club
Kellogg Praises Jefferson at Monticello Presentation
Secretary of State Kellogg warned against encroachments on federal power and guaranteed rights in Charlottesville Virginia during a July speech at Monticello. He praised Thomas Jefferson for popularizing constitutional government and said some claims of popular demand mask such encroachments.
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Charlottesville
U.P
Kellogg
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Ware Only Got Money's Worth in Philadelphia
July 6 report states many Pepper organization workers in Philadelphia took money from Pepper leaders but did not work for Senator Pepper. T. Henry Walnut of the Pinchot Philadelphia committee told the committee today. The only candidate who could "get his money's worth in Philadelphia" was William S. Ware, the weakly whe..., according to Walnut
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Washington
Pepper Organization
Philadelphia
Pepper
T. Henry Walnut
Pinchot
Submarine S-51 Raised After Nine Months
The salvaged S-51 submarine, sunk after collision with the City of Rome on September 25, 1925, was raised and towed toward Brooklyn under salvage craft. Three salvage ves sels will burn open the hull to recover the crew remains of more than thirty.
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U. S
Falcon
United Press
Atlantic
Brooklyn
Broklyn Navy Yard
City of
Rome
John H. Derek
Ocean Steamship Company
Savannah
Rodney H. Dobson
Sherrard Named Trust Officer at Athens National Bank
Sherrard formerly assistant trust officer of Athens National Bank was elected trust officer by the board of directors at a meeting held last Friday.
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Sherrard
Coal Strike Paralyses British Industry Across Nation
The 1,000,000 coal miners’ general stoppage cripples production in Britain. Factories close or run short hours. households face coal rations and low gas pressure as railways and factories explore oil fuel options, with Prime Minister Baldwin’s popularity eroding amid labor protests.
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London
Great Britain
Premeir
Stanley Baldwin
John Citizen
Bristol
Logan Woman Na omi Jones Dies at 81
Funeral services for Na omi Jones 81 who died at Magnetic Springs were held at her East Main home with Rev. C R Douglass officiating. Burial followed at Oak Grove. She was daughter of John and unnamed Jones, one of eight siblings, married by prairie travel to Iowa then back to Logan in 1867. She belonged to the Presbyterian church and Saturday club. Survived by sisters Mrs Clara Milford Oregon and Miss Harriett Jones Logan. nephews Wilbur Jones Columbus and Harry Jones Nelsonville. niece Mrs Enoch Pugh Columbus. late brother John W Jones.
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Logan
Presbyterian Church
Saturday Club
Clara Milford
Oregon
Harriett Jones
John W. Jones
Wilbur Jones
Columbus
Harry Jones
Nelsonville
Enoch Pugh
Nesbitt and Others Reported Teaching Inmate at Pen
Report circulated that Donald Eblin, a Meigs county murderer, is being instructed at the state penitentiary by Jake Nesbitt, the Troy wife murderer, with Timothy O'Brien also said to be acting as instructor. The claims are unverified and not officially certified.
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Pomeroy
Donald Eblin
Meigs County
State
Jake Nesbitt
Troy
Timothy “King
Tim” O'Brien
Columbus
No Twilight League Game In Athens Tonight
Weather forces postponement as Athens officials announce there will be no Twilight League game tonight.
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Athens
Nelsonville Lad Seriously Burned In Powder Blast
Charles North 15 suffered severe burns and two companions 16 and 14 sustained burns when a keg partly filled with powder exploded on Johnson Hill near Nelsonville. North’s condition was described as very critical while the others escaped with painful burns to hands.
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Nelsonville
Charles North
Clarence Tennihill
Robert Parry
Johnson Hill
Young North
Albert North
Tennihill
Parry
Subway Strike Paralyzes New York Transit Amid Walkout
New York on July 6 faced a major transit stoppage as about 700 motormen from the IRT and elevated lines walked out, crippling service and causing severe congestion. Emergency crews from Chicago, Philadelphia and Kansas City rushed to staff 600 trains while 50 more joined later on the Sixth and Ninth Avenue lines, threatening broader disruption across Manhattan.
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New York
Merborough
Chicago
Philadelphia
Kansas City
J. T
I. R
I. R. T. al Red
6Th
9Th Avenue
Manhattan Island
Andrews to resign from Treasury enforcement post
Reports from the White House spokesman indicate that Assistant Treasury official Andrews in charge of prohibition enforcement is to resign. In Columbus the jury or board of alienists declared Billy Clark of Cleveland responsible for the murder of Ralph Hoffman near Fremont.
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Andrews
Washington
Treasury
White House
Columbus
Billy” Clark
Cleveland
Ralph Hoffman
Fremont
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Paul R. Mallon
Frederic J. Haskin
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Borad
By Julian Snyder
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Ware
Ourfage
England
Mrs. Baldwin
Chippenham
Naomi Jones
Iowa
Nesbitt
MEIGS
Inter Company
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