Ohio Heat Wave Sets Yearly Temperature Record Across State
Torrid sun and sporadic storms sweeps Ohio with temperatures reaching 99 at Toledo and 91 to 98 elsewhere. Drownings rise as heat persists. deaths include a 29 year old Ohio drowning at Saybrook Park Pond and two others in Middletown and Athens County after heat peaks. Athens hits 96 before a storm ends the heat spell.
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Toledo
Melville Durst
Grantland
Ashbury College
Saybrook Park
Geneva
Hamilton
Robert Krause
Charles Arnett
Miami River
Middletown
Athens
Athens County
Mercury
Ohio University Weather Bureau
Bender Attacks Anti-Saloon League in Campaign
State Senator George H. Bender denounces the Anti-Saloon League as dangerous to constitutional government and says he will campaign against the Eighteenth Amendment. He calls the league debauching parties and betraying office holders, a shift from his former support.
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Cleveland
U.P
Anti-Saloon League
George H. Bender
Congress
Bender
F. L. Dustman
The
Athens Messenger Ad Promotes Ice Cream Booklet
The Athens Messenger urges readers to request a government booklet on making ice cream without a freezer. It explains freezing with ice and salt or using a mechanical refrigerator and offers recipes. Send four cents to The Athens Messenger Washington Information Bureau with a coupon before summer heat.
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Athens Messenger
Washington Information Bureau
Truth About The Pact. We Don't Take Advice.
Arthur Brisbane asks readers to question political pacts and advice while noting social roles. Women in business are discussed as a growing force. The column comments on timely work and progress statements as the piece moves through topics.
Naval pact issue framed as peace policy by critics
A reader argues the proposed pact handed from France Britain and Japan undermines U S sovereignty. The piece claims Britain built the world’s strongest navy before 1914 and now cannot afford it, urging Senators to resist entangling commitments.
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France
Britain
Japan
Senate
United States
Great Britain
Coal production dip during holidays cuts 1.5 million tons
Washington reports that curtailment of bituminous coal mining over the holidays last week lowered output by about 1.5 million tons. The seven day total ending July 5 was 6.4 million net tons, versus 7.414 million the previous year, with June weeks at 7.998 million and 8.005 million net tons.
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Washington
National Coal Association
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Pinchot Plans New Republican Ticket for November
Gifford Pinchot announces from Milford Pennsylvania that he will pre empt a state wide ticket for the November elections. He criticizes Luzerne County leaders over May Primary votes and says if the court rules those votes illegal he would support the regular Republican candidate. He adds his friends will offer places on the ticket to all Republican primary nominees.
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Milford
Interstate Commerce Commission OKs C&O stock split
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized Chesapeake and Ohio railway to split its common stock 4 4 1 by issuing up to 191 528 367 dollars of common stock in exchange for an equal aggregate amount of common stock and 6 percent cumulative convertible preferred stocks.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Sohl and Hauck Reach Women’s State Golf Final
Mrs Curtis Sohl of Columbus and Miss Mary Hauck of Toledo advanced to the finals of the Women’s State Golf Championship at the In Golf Finals venue in Columbus during July.
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Serven Country Club
Co.lumbus
U.R
Curtis Sohl
Columbus
Mary Hauck
Toledo
Reception for Dr He J Holcomb and Family at Athens Methodist
A reception for Dr He J Holcomb and his family will be held at 7 o'clock Friday night in the parlor of the Athens Methodist Church. Friends of the family and Methodist Church members are invited to attend.
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He J. Holcombbe
Athens Methodist Church
Methodist Church
Nervous Group Presses Huston on Resigning Chariman
A tense Republican meeting in Washington centers on Claudius Huston as Burke Nutt and Hoover weigh a final word from the president. Huston, under fire from the Senate lobby probe, faces party leaders urging retirement before the campaign season begins.
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Washington
U.P
Claudius H. Huston
National Committee
James Francis Burke
White House
J. R. Nutt
Hoover
Burke
Senate
Watson
Steiner
Oregon
Huston
New York
Central US Endures Severe Heat Wave Amid Drowning Toll
Heat wave grips the central United States from Alleghenies to Rockies with 18 cities in 14 states at 100 degrees or more. Weather Bureau reports note 27 heat deaths since Sunday, plus 57 drowning fatalities including four in a Lake Michigan excursion boat accident.
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Chicago
U.R
United States
Alleghennes
Rocky Mountains
Weather Bureau
Far West
United Press
Lake Michigan
Market Rises Late With Stocks Hit New Highs
New York July 10 The stock market recovered late with brisk trade led by United States Steel at 189 and Atchison advancing 8 percent to 222 as the list climbed to new highs by the close.
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New York
United States Steel
Atchison
Jones opens Open with 71 as Jones challenges title
Bobby Jones and Horton Smith shot 34 on the first nine and par on the outward side at Interlochen as heat took its toll. Others like Cyril Tolley and George Von Elm posted mixed starts while Cuici stumbled early. Nine-hole scores listed include Beach 41 Forester 37 Hackney 36 Thompson 43 Von Elm 87 Portland 85 Crowley 36.
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Interlachen Country Club
Minneapolis
Minn
Bobby Jones
Atlanta
Interlochen
Horton Smith
Joplin
Cyril Tolley
Henri Cuici
Stratford
Conn
Cuici
New Road on Route 16 To Shorten Columbus Pittsburgh Trip
The 14 mile hard surfacing project from Trinway to Hanover Pike on Route 16 will be let early in 1931. State highway director Robert N. Waid announced the plan, urged by Newark Coshocton Steubenville, but opposed by towns along the National Road such as Zanesville due to routing changes.
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Columbus
U.P
Trinway
Hanover Pike
Pittsburgh
Robert N. Waid
Newark
Coshocton Frazenburg
Steubenville
Zanesville
Coshocton
France ready to suspend naval talks with Italy to December
Paris July 10 note from Foreign Minister Aristide Briand says France will suspend naval holiday until December 193% to allow continuation of Franco Italian naval discussions in Rome.
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Paris
U.P
France
Rome
Aristide Briand
Veterans Bureau to Inspect Sites for West Virginia Hospital
The site committee of the Federal Board of Hospitalization will travel to Charleston West Virginia to inspect locations for a New West Virginia Veterans Hospital within 75 miles of Pigeon Roane County.
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Washington
The
Veterans Bureau
Federal Board of Hospitalization
Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia Veterans’ Hospital
Pigeon
Roane County
Tarring of Athens County Roads Under Way in July
Athens County surveyor J. W. Wilson reports a summer program to tar many county and township roads in July. The Plains Road work continues, seal coats are applied on Guysville-Stewart Road, and tar will reach Hartleyville Road in Trimble Township Judge Wood Road in Alexander Township and Carbondale Road in Waterloo Township as funds allow. No detours are listed, but markers indicate fresh tar and travelers may use alternate routes.
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Athens County
J. W. Wilson
Plains Road
Guysville-Stewart
Rome Township
Hartleyville
Trimble Township
Judge Wood
Alexander Township
Carbondale
Waterloo Township
Mr. Wilson
Guggenheim to Aid in Rocket Experimenting
New York July 10. For 15 years Professor H Goddard of Clark University has tested rockets to explore extreme altitudes. Daniel Guggenheim grants support to continue the work. The rockets seek elevations from 25 to 250 miles, with instruments to study air and atmospheric conditions.
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New York
U.P
H. Goddard
Clark University
Daniel Guggenheim
Goddard
Ohio issues 1923 Highway Guide for motorists
The Ohio State Department of Highways releases its 1923 Highway Guide for distribution. It features Route 81 along the Scioto River and Route 78 near McConnellville, historic and scenic Ohio sites, a map showing routes, signs, distance tables, a history of the department, gas tax distribution, engineer listings by county, an org chart, motor vehicle laws digest, load limits, and an index of Ohio cities and counties.
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Columbus
Ohio State Department of Highways
Scioto River
McConnellville
Morgan County
Ohio
U. S
State Department of Highways
Highway Division
Ohio Department of Highways
Progressive Class Ice Cream Booth at Richland Avenue Church
The Progressive Class of the Richland Avenue M P Sunday School will host an ice cream booth on the church lawn Friday evening. Proceeds will go toward paying down the class debt now that a new Sunday School room has been completed.
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Richland Avenue M. P
Church Lawn
Varied Offers In The Messenger Classifieds
The Messenger classifieds list items for sale including an oil stove for 11.50, an electric vibrator for 45, and a Ford touring car in Albany for 75. Ads are requested by calling 0243 for an ad taker.
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the Messenger
Albany
Ohio Opposes Individual Income Tax in New Reform Report
Columbus July 10 The Manufacturers Sub-Committee report to Governor Cooper’s Tax Committee opposes an individual income tax arguing it would push toward a corporate tax and broaden state taxation beyond federal norms. It urges policy to boost manufacturing competitiveness and notes the property tax is unpopular, seeking budget balance and lower rates on intangible property.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Manufacturers
Cooper
Poice
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Senate Leader Demands Secret London Naval Treaty Files
Senator Hiram Johnson accuses the government of withholding key State Department papers on the London Naval Treaty. He asserts unwritten understandings between Prime Minister MacDonald and President Hoover may exist and calls on the Senate to access the original written proposals affecting the U S Navy.
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Washington
Senate
Hiram Johnson
California
Charles G. Dawes
Great Britain
Dome Frank
Johnson
State Department
MacDonald
Hoover
United States
Meet Postponed in Columbus on Rural Power Line Talks
The Ohio Farm Bureau and power companies postponed talks set for July 10 on rural consumers attaching to lines financed by present users. The plan requires a two percent monthly minimum of construction count, pro rated among buyers, with a new cut in option still to be settled.
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Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau
Public Utilities Commission
U S Steel Unfilled Orders Decline in June Figures
Orders dropped in June 80 with unfilled orders at 3,968,064 tons, down from May 31 and June 30 levels. Infilled orders fell 91,168 tons from May to June, while June 20 total stood below earlier month peaks.
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V. S. Steel
New York
U. S. Steel Corporation
Sears Slashes Prices in Wage War With Competitors
Chicago July 10 Sears Roebuck & Company announced ten percent price reductions as the retailer joined general price slashing led by Montgomery Ward & Company.
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Chicago
Sears, Roebuck& Company
Montgomery Ward & Company
Seaplane of Jean Mermoz Sinks After Rescue Boat Abandonment
The seaplane attempting a Brazil to Africa South Atlantic crossing with Jean Mermoz was abandoned by the dispatch boat Phocee and sank in the ocean, the Aeropostale Company announced.
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Paris
Jean Mermoz
South Atlantic
Brazil
Africa
Phocee
Aeropostale Company
New York Journalist Buys Burial Lot in Gallipolis
O O MelIntyre, a New York columnist born in the Gallipolis area, has purchased a burial plot in Mound Cemetery overlooking the Ohio River. The purchase ties the writer’s family roots to the river town where he swam as a boy.
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Gallipolis
O. O
Odd
MelIntyre
New York
Mound Cemetery
Ohio River
Eastern Ohio Counterfeiter Plot Nipped by Canton Detectives
Canton detectives halted an Eastern Ohio counterfeiting scheme on Wednesday and arrested C. B. Walton near Cadiz. United States Secret Service Agent Edward Connors and Canton Detective Edward Bush seized plates and equipment at Walton’s farm near Sherrodsville after a three month tip and planned production was about to begin.
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Canton
Ohio
Canston
United States Secret Service
Edward Connors
Edward Bush
Walton
Cadiz
Hearing Delayed In Rex Lease Case Amid Illness Claim
Hollywood July 10 AP The arraignment of Rex Lease motion picture actor on beating charges against Vivian Duncan was postponed as Duncan was too ill to testify. She alleges he attacked her after she rejected his advances and says she shouted for help, possibly needing throat surgery.
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Hollywood
Calif
Rex Lease
Vivian Duncan
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