Floods Devastate Through Ohio Meigs Gallia Counties
Floods across Ohio threaten crops and livestock with hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage. Four inches of rain in 36 hours flooded lowlands, washed out bridges, and forced detours as Lawrence, Scioto, Adams and Gallia Meigs and nearby counties bore the impact. Several towns reported wrecked fields and stranded residents amid rising rivers.
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Folumbus
U.R
Ohio
Lawrence
Sioto
Adams
Hamilton
Clement
Brown
Ther
Brush Creek
Adams County
Logan
Lawrence County
Gallia
Meigs
Eigs
Amilton
Arleston
W. Va
Fisk River
Plot To Blast Mine Employee Property Fails
An attempt to dynamite a vacant residence at Fourth and Walnut in Nelsonville failed due to a defective fuse. The house owner is Alex Genter, superintendent of Lick Run Mine. Six sticks of dynamite wrapped in a package were attached to three feet of fuse and half the fuse burned before the spark died. If successful, adjacent homes and many citizens could have been endangered. Coal company officials report workers: Lick Run 59, Chauncey 30, Millfield No. 6 103, Black Diamond at Lathrop 79. Alex O Nail charged with assault with intent to kill pleads not guilty after a bullet wound in the left leg. held to Grand Jury under $500 bond. Francis and Rex Huffman, Lick Run Mine workers, also plead not guilty with $500 bonds each. they were arrested for the West Washington Street affray.
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Nelsonville
Fourth and
Walnut Streets
Alex Genter
Lick Run
George Bateman
Bateman
Chauncey
Millfield No
Black Diamond
Lathrop
Alex O'Nail
Happy Hollow
Justice
H. E. Donley
O'Nail
Willis Wolfe
Francis
Rex Huffman
Lick Run Mine
Huffman Brothers
West Washington Street
Wolfe
Fruit spray formula for codling moth control announced
Ohio State University extension entomologist and plant pathologist issue midsummer spray guidance for second brood codling moth. Recommendations specify July 11 application, include dry sulfur four pounds, arsenate two pounds, hydrated lime ten pounds, water to make 100 gallons, with Bordeaux mixture for severe Brooks spot damage.
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T. H. Ke
L. Pierstortz
Ohio State Univer
Death of Vernon A five day old in Manses City
Five day old Vernon son of Mr and Mrs John K of Manses City Missouri died July 3 funeral arrangements pending in the local area.
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Vernon
Ingen
John K
Manses City
Missouri
Tobacco Heir dies by own action in gun incident
Winston-Salem July 6 U P Smith Reynolds 21 year old heir to a 20 million Reynolds tobacco estate died today from a self inflicted gunshot wound. He had been cleaning a gun when the shot was heard. Reynolds had left Broadway night club scenes to study for an aeronautics examination and had married Libby Holman a singer weeks earlier.
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Winston Salem
N. C
U.P
Smith Reynolds
Reynolds Tobacco
Reynolds
Libby Holman
Indians to Open Stadium in Cleveland This Fall
Cleveland prepares for major league baseball to begin in the new stadium with the Indians to play their last 14 home games of the season there. Mayor Ray T. Miller and attorney Joseph C. Hostetler announced the 25 year lease would be signed Aug. 16 and the team would move in soon after.
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Cleveland
U.P
Big League Baseball
Cleveland Stadium
Indians
Ray T. Miller
Joseph C. Hostetler
Cleveland Baseball Company
Fight Third Party Dery Organisations Think Hoover Should Be Backed
Cuyahoga County city organizations united against forming a third party to defend prohibition. They urged temperance forces nationwide to support President Hoover's bid for re election.
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Dery
Hoover
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Chickens Barred from Neighbor’s Farm Under Injunction
In Columbus on July 6 Judge Thomas P. Duncan issued an injunction keeping Frank Timberlake’s chickens off the adjacent Thomas W. Vance farm. Vance sought damages for crop losses and was awarded a $100 sum.
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Columbus
U.R
Frank Timberlake
Thomas W. Vance
Thomas P. Duncan
Vance
Fourth criminal libel indictment against Grover Fleming
Hamilton on July 6 reports the fourth criminal libel indictment against Grover Fleming, Columbus publisher of the Ohio Examiner, filed here within two weeks.
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Hamilton
Grover Fleming
Columbus
Ohio Examiner
Whipping Post Returns in Holmes County Court
Holmes County Common Pleas Judge Putnam orders 20 lashes for Jesse Wynn and William Wynn after guilty pleas to petit larceny. Sheriff Stevens administers the punishment with an old whip as a crowd of 300 watches. Two breaks in the whip occur during the 20 stroke ordeal.
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Common Pleas
Robert B. Putnam
Ohio
Holmes County
Thomas Jefferson
Jesse Wynn
William
Putnam
Stevens
William Wynn
Wynn
Higher Postal Charges Begin Today Amid Revenue Push
Washington July 6 The government raised postal rates today at 12 01 am with stamp cancellations machines in operation. A projected 120 million dollars extra revenue is expected from the rate changes while July 1 saw other increases and parcel post revisions take effect October 1. Air mail moves from five and ten cents per ounce to eight and 13 cents. Registered mail and second class rate hikes are already in place. parcel post boosts may push more revenue depending on competition with express services.
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Washington
U.P
Interstate Commerce Commission
Expense Cuts First in Oklahoma Primary Runoff
In Claremore Oklahoma on July 5 a letter from Will criticizes local government spending. He argues both parties are overstaffed while private business hiring remains lean. He calls Rogers County institutions to be reduced or merged with the aim of cutting at least 50 percent of governing expenses.
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Oklahoma
Claremore
Okla
Rogers County
Chicago
United States
Discontent in Army Grows Amid Bonus Army Standoff
Washington July 6. Murmurs of discontent rose among about 15 000 bonus marchers as Senate and administration ignored renewed demands for aid to destitute World War I veterans. Food shortages and crowding in mess tents highlighted the strain as protesters faced an unyielding congressional session while many realized their cause stalled.
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Washington
U.R
Bonus Army
Senate
Administration
Ohio Rises Slowly Roads Flooded in Gallia County
Gallipolis Ohio sees the Ohio River rise at three inches an hour, reaching 28.6 feet by 11 am and possibly 30 feet by night. In 24 hours ending 6 am, 1.4 inches of rain fell, 6.62 inches since Sunday night. Route 141 near Cadmus submerged from Symmes Creek. mail service from Waterloo interrupted. Route 141 expected to clear late tomorrow.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Cadmus
Symmes Creek
Waterloo
Party Leaders Fight Wet Drive To Put Legal Beer In Bottles
United States politics in July sees Congress leaders unite to block a push for 3.2 percent beer in bottles. Senator Bingham plans to call up the rider amid banking bill talks as debates and possible filibuster loom. Prohibition and revenue battles color the clash as House and Senate factions weigh their bets.
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United Press
Washington
USA
Congress
Senate
House
Bingham
Garner
Democratic Organization of the House
Prohibition
Bandits Loot Bank in Cygnet Ohio Heist
Three bandits armed with a machine gun gas gun and revolvers entered the state bank at Cygnet Ohio near Bowling Green and looted the safe of five thousand dollars. The grey sedan with wire wheels and Ohio license B 37 248 carried the robbers as cashier Merritt Milbourne and president Carl H Schwin were confronted at the door and ordered to stay quiet.
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Bowling Green
U.P
Cygnet
Ohio
Merritt Milbourne
Carl H Schwin
Prohibition Party Urges Borah Run for President
D Leigh Colvin national chairman of the Prohibition Party presides at the party convention in Indianapolis and asks Senator William F Borah of Idaho to accept the party s presidential nomination seeking a third ticket with temperance groups support.
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Temperance Organizations
D. Leigh Colvin
New York
Prohibition Party
Seasion
Indianapolis
Colvin
William F. Borah
Idaho
Prohibition Convention Attacks Major Party Platforms
In Indianapolis on July 6 the National Prohibition Convention unleashed a fierce speech assault on Republican and Democratic platforms. Delegates planned to draft their own platform and nominate a presidential candidate amid anger at current planks and political compromise.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Pair Pleads Guilty in Morristown Burglary Case
Sentenced in Athens County Common Pleas Court William Barnhart Jr and George Coleman pleaded guilty to charges of breaking and entering and larceny tied to the Morristown store burglary. Barnhart received a sentence to the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus while Coleman got probation. Henry Cullison pleaded guilty to liquor possession, was fined 300 and costs, and confined in Athens County jail for failure to pay.
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William Barnhart, Jr
George Coleman
Lou Bay
Andrew McKinney
Morristown
O. F. Rowland
Athens County
Cleveland Woman Sentenced After Auto Drive Disorder
Mrs Helen Chwali drove in Cleveland on July 6 causing injury to a pedestrian after drinking to calm nerves for a solo trip. She received a 3 day workhouse sentence and an order not to drive for six months.
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Cleveland
Pmra
Helen Chwal
Leaders Meet With President On Relief Plan
President Hoover conferred with congressional leaders on the Wegner Garner relief plan. Secretary Mills Speaker Garner and Minority Leader Snell attended as talks aimed to break the deadlock over controversial sections. Democrats can pass to the White House but cannot secure a veto override.
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Washington
U. P
Hoover
Treasury Mills
Garner
Snell
House
Senate
White House
Girls Riot Quelled at Delware Girls Industrial School
Rioting at the Girls Industrial School Delaware has ended. Thirty Negro inmates who escaped Monday were captured. John McSweeney, state welfare director, announced Mrs Rose Beatty of Cleveland is relieved of command and will be replaced today by Mrs Berry of Athens as temporary head.
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Columbus
U.P
Girls’ Industrial School
Delaware
John McSweeney
McSweeney
Rose Beatty
Cleveland
Mra Beatty
John H. Berry
Athens
Welafre
Just Has Fun: Long Surrenders After Two Hour Siege
Nicholas A. Long hid in his home and fought a two hour gun battle with about 500 police and Marines. One officer was killed and another seriously wounded. Tear gas forced Long from the house and he was captured after firing over 100 shots from three pistols. He claimed he acted for fun to start fireworks. Police reserves and sharpshooters fired from the Marine barracks, but Long was only lightly wounded.
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Washington
U.P
Nicholas A. Long
Long
Marine Barracks
Banks on Wheels Bring Service to Small towns
Two armored car branch banks from First National Bank of Washington D. H. and First National Bank & Trust Co of Springfield began mobile banking in Fayette and Clark County towns. The rolling banks, previously used in Jeffersonville South Solon and South Charleston, will visit communities twice weekly to offer regular banking services.
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Washington, D. H
ULP
First National Bank of
Washington D. H
First National Bank & Trust Company of
Springfield
Fayette and
Clark County
Jeffersonville
South Solon
South Charleston
Red Cross Flour Distribution Continues in New Marshfield
New Marshfield officials announce continued flour distribution by the Red Cross this Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Applicants must follow the standard house for application protocol to receive the aid.
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New Marshfield
Red Cross
Coal dealer shot by bandits in Newport
Covington Kentucky July 6 Allen Heath a 62 year old coal dealer of Newport was killed last night when he told bandits he had no money.
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Covington, Ky
Allen Heath
Newport, Ky
Abductors Hold Millionaire Heir's Son for Ransom
In St Paul Minnesota on July 6 six days into the case Haskell Bohn the 20 year old son of a wealthy refrigerator maker remained with kidnapers demanding 535000 dollars in exchange for his release.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Haskell Bohn
Bonus Forces Will Stay All Winter in Washington
Ivan Moorehead of Columbus reports to Logan that the Bonus Expeditionary Force remains in Washington D C with regular food rations and strict discipline. He says the group aims to stay through winter with hundreds encamped eighty percent married and seeking general relief for the unemployed. Moorehead notes headquarters will likely endure as winter quarters are prepared.
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Logan
Moorehead
Washington
Columbus
World Fliers Beat Time After Fog to Berlin Landing
James Mattern and Bennett Griffin completed a record Atlantic crossing racing to beat the Post Gatty time. They landed at Tempelhof Berlin after 31 hours 41 minutes from New York and 18 hours 40 minutes from Harbor Grace. They traveled about 4100 miles with high speeds over the Atlantic despite fog over Newfoundland.
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Harold A. Peters
Harbor Grace
Berlin
Mattern
Griffin
Newfoundland
New York
Post
Cintty
Cheater
England
Mannover
Germany
Atlantic
Hanover
Brandenburg
Tempelhof
United Press
Moscow
Treasure tale on island false says radio operator
On Cocos Island a radio operator denied reports that buried treasure worth 60 million dollars had been found. Col Jeleckie, leader of the expedition, said statements were unfounded and explorations continue.
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Panama
U.R
Lonely Cocos Island
Jeleckie
Highway extensions announced from Kentucky to Ohio and Sandusky
Columbus July 6 United States Highway 68 will extend from Maysville Kentucky north through Ohio to Toledo and United States Route 20 will extend from Norwalk to the intersection of Route 6 at Sandusky according to State Highway Director O W Merreil
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Columbus
Maysville
Ohio
Toledo
Norwalk
Sandusky
O. W. Merreil
Ballet Master Seen as Niagara Falls Leaper in Cleveland
Niko Lai Semenoff, a well known ballet master in Cleveland and former master of the ballet at Moscow's Imperial Theatre, is tentatively identified as the man who leaped over Niagara Falls today.
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Cleveland, CO
Nikolai Semenoff
Niagra Falls
Imperial Theater
Moscow
Russia
Fatal stabbing follows July 4 field event dispute
In Chillicothe Ohio on July 6 a quarrel over a July 4 field event culminated in the stabbing death of Paul Roy Dattie a 32 year old inmate from Louisville Kentucky. Stamey R Hooker a 20 year old inmate from Norfolk Nebraska was taken into custody. Both men are at the United States Reformatory.
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Chillicothe
U.P
Paul Roy Dattie
Louisville
Stamey R. Hooker
Norfolk
Neb
United States Reformatory
Man Believed Nikoli Semenoff Falls in Niagara River
A man thought to be Nikoli Semenoff of Cleveland Ohio leapt from Table Rock into the Niagara River at Niagara Falls and was swept to death over Horseshoe Falls.
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Niagara Falls
Qat
U.R
Nikoli Semenoff
Clewmand
Niagara River
Tabie Rock
Horseshoe Falls
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