Nine On Board Lead Ohio Executive Committee For UMWA
Lee Hall and George Savage headline the Ohio District No. 6 United Mine Workers executive board chosen to attend the international policy meeting in Indianapolis. The group will represent Ohio units while debates focus on federal coal legislation and Illinois wage disputes under the Jacksonville scale.
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Nelsonville
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America
International Executive Board
Indianapolis
John L. Lewis
Lee Hall
George W. Savage
Ohio Organization
Ilall and Savage
David Wallis
Buffalo, CO
Robert Bell
Murray City
Richard Campbell
Pomeroy
Thomas J. Price
Midvale
John W. Jones
Bergholz
John Cinque
Bellaire
John Walker
Lore City
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Hocking Valley
Chip
Lewis
International
Oral Daugherty
Jacksonville
Strouds Run Theft Probe Under Way After Break-Ins
Sheriff William Williams and Arthur West led a dawn search in Strouds Run after West reported his home was entered and a shotgun stolen. Bloodhounds tracked a trail from West’s home, with authorities planning a thorough investigation as more thefts in the neighborhood are reported. Many stolen articles are expected to be recovered in the coming days.
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Strouds Run
William “Williems
Arthur West
West
Athens
William Williams
Pomeroy
Art Tracy
James Edmundson
Strouds
Murder Charged in Radke Slaying Near Dayton
Felix H. Lilley of Trebeins Xenia is in custody charged with murdering Louis Radke 44 Dayton. Radke was struck by a Pennsylvania train at Trebeins after which detectives found a hammer hatchet axe and axe head at Dayton police headquarters. Lilley was captured at a river camp Tuesday.
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Dayton
U.R
Louis Radke
Felix H. Lilley
Trebeins
Xenia
Radke
Lilley
Ford roadster stolen July 4 found stripped near Glouster
The Ford roadster taken from Dr. FE LeFever on Spring Street was recovered on a back country road northeast of Glouster. The thief stripped tires rims windshield battery motor head and Dr LeFever sold the wreck for 10 dollars.
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Glouster
Dr. FE. LeFever
Spring Street
Logan Resident Injured in Second Week Collision
A Logan resident suffered injuries in a head on collision marking the second accident involving a family within a week. Emergency crews responded to the scene and transported the victim to a local hospital for treatment.
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Logan
Collision near Elders residence injures two drivers
Two men William Cable of McCuneville and Bernard Rarick of Logan were injured when a head on crash on the Nelsonville pike near the Elder residence threw one car over an embankment and left both vehicles wrecked. Cable was taken to Cherrington hospital and Rarick to Dr Shonk's office.
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Logan
Elder
Nelsonville Pike
William Cable
McCuneville
Bernard Rarick
Rarick
Emerson Poston
Joe Farbearn
Cable
Cherrington Hospital
C. F. Shonk
Farbearn
Braddock Garage
Depot Street
N. J. Rarick
Laura Rarick
Columbus
Miss Rarick
Hundreds Expected To Testify Before Athens Grand Jury
In Glouster on July 11 a grand jury will convene in Athens next Monday. Deputy Sheriff Fred Heck issued ninety one subpoenas and Constable Tom Blower about fifty. Both officers were out before 6 am notifying witnesses to appear.
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Glouster
Athens
Fred Heck
Tom Blower
Three Mines Reopen on Five Dollar Wage Scale
Lorain Coal and Dock company will reopen Crescent No 2 Dansing Lincoln and Stanley mines in eastern Ohio under a five dollar wage scale next week. The three mines with 5300 ton daily capacity will employ 600 to 700 men. The move aims to regain trade lost to West Virginia and the southern states while skilled workers may earn 40 to 60 dollars a week under the scale.
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Crescent
U.R
Lorain Coal and Dock Company
Ohio
R. L. Wildermuth
Crescent No. 2
Lincoln
Dansing
Stanley
Blaine
West Virginia
Wildermuth
Steel Bridge Work Draws Pomeroy Bend Residents
On July 11 staff special reports the erection of the Ohio river bridge attracts many locals who admire cranes and skilled laborers. The steel workers travel for jobs and bring families, staying in Pomeroy Bend for months while earning about 10 dollars daily under state compensation protections.
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Pomeroy Bend
Pomeroy
Ohio River
Merchants Asked to Help Keep Court Street Clean
Director of Public Service G M Romine appeals to Court Street merchants to sweep sidewalks before closing to prevent dirt from accumulating in gutters. Night crews start at 2 30 am and late cleaning is urged for restaurants and hotels open all night. The aim is civic pride and a cleaner city, especially after Saturday night.
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Court Street
G. M. Romine
Service Department
Romine
Jeaving Man Shoots Wife then Kills Himself in Cambridge
Wheeler Durbin a 46 year old farmer and sawmill owner of North Salem eight miles north of Cambridge killed his wife Anna 20 then shot himself after an afternoon of quarrelling His sister in law Carrie Freetage and three of Durbin's sons witnessed the murder suicide The motive cited jealousy and a letter to Durbin's brother alleged mischief by the wife’s family.
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Cambridge
W.R— Wheeler Durbin
North Salem
Anna
Durbin
Carrie Reetage
Miss Freetage
Alfred
First Women Serve on Meigs Jury in Condemnation Suit
Two women, Mrs. John B. Downing of Middleport and Mrs. Blaine Giles of Rutland, served yesterday on a Meigs county jury in the condemnation case of county commissioners against Fletcher Metcalf over land appropriated for road purposes. The jury toured the scene in Scipio township with county officials as months of dispute over damages continue.
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Metcalf
Men Promise to Erect New Tipple at Mine
Cadiz July 11 The Dan Rensi mine tipple destroyed by incendiary fire will be rebuilt by the men employed at no cost to the owner. The mine shut down April 1 1927 after a union led strike and resumed after fifty former strikers urged reopening. The $10 000 tipple burned June 18. The owner planned to abandon the mine due to no insurance. The ex strikers say they will rebuild the tipple on their own time if the mine continues operating.
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Cadiz
Rensi
Ohio potatoes too plentiful depress early market
In Pomeroy on July 11 local hucksters report late maturity and heavy movement of last year’s potatoes cutting into the early market. Homegrown spuds sell for 89 cents a bushel in stores, field prices half that, and growers say the price won’t cover digging costs. Green beans and cabbage flood the market while late potatoes in East Meigs bottoms signal a large crop.
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Pomeroy
Letart Hucksters
East Meigs
Rescue Hopes Fade for Italia Survivors on Arctic Floe
Four men—Biagi Lundborg and three others—remain stranded on an ice floe off North East Land after the Italia crash on May 25. Messages are scarce as Krassin and air teams race to reach them before melting ice halts rescue.
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Virgo Bay
Spitzbergen
North East Land
Giuseppe Biagi
Krassin
Elisar-Paul Lundborg
Finn Malmgren
Sora
Arctic
Thornberg
Itallia
Ictims
Toledo probes indiscriminate fire near harbors after yacht incident
July 11 Toledo awaits Coast Guard District Commander C. B. Lofberg to investigate thoroughly promiscuous shooting around Toledo and Buffalo harbors after efforts to end indiscriminate firing by cutters on private yachts.
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Toledo
Federal Coast Guard
C. B. Lofberg
Coast Guard
Buffalo
Prohibition and Farmer-Labor Seek Third-Party Coalition
In Chicago on July 11 the success of a proposed third party formed by Prohibition and Farmer-Labor groups hung on a joint committee’s report. After hours of talks the outcome remained in doubt with a possible second meeting. Source stressed difficulties in selecting a presidential candidate and in crafting a platform.
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Chicago
U.R
Prohibition
Farmer-Labor
Nellie Tayloe Ross Seen as Smith Forces Choice for NDC Vice Chair
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross former Wyoming governor is said to be the pick of Al Smith supporters for vice chairman of the Democratic national committee. She would replace Mrs. Emily Newell Blair of Missouri as director of women's activities in the party.
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Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
al Smith
Democratic National Committee
Emily Newell Blair
Missouri
Mining Upturn Lifts Nelsonville Economy in July
Nelsonville reports strong business as mining activity surges. Over 900 workers in the Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys, with 25 mines operating and 20 on Ohio scale. Payroll and tonnage rising, payroll near 40 000 dollars for two weeks, and optimistic store activity through mid July.
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Nelsonville
Hocking
Ohio
Meigs Woman Shoots Self in Domestic Disturbance
Pomeroy reports Mrs Marjorie Plummer Milhoan 26 wife of Lawrence Milhoan Middleport shot herself with a heavy calibre revolver at 10 am in Fifth Street Meigs city. Bullet entered near her heart, pierced her body and broke a window. She is in Holtzer hospital near death. The couple has one child Marjorie Bell 3. She is daughter of Will and Mrs Plummer of Rutland.
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Pomeroy
Marjorie Plummer Milhoan
Lawrence Milhoan
Fifth Street
Release of Greek Ex-Dictator by New Premier
Former Greek dictator G. Pangalos, a political prisoner since 1926, was released last night by the new Premier Venizelos.
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Eral Pangalos
Greece
Venizelos
National Committee Sets New York Meeting for Organizing
Republican campaign plans advance at national committee headquarters with Tilson named eastern speakers bureau director. Moses and Curtis hold key posts as eastern meetings plan to launch the new organization in New York on July 23, with weekly follow ups. Hoover readies California trip and San Francisco ceremony precedes Stanford notification. Reed signals attack on Hoover in Smith campaign.
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Washington
National Committee
Representative Tilson
Connecticut
Tilson
Hoover
Tillson
Walter Newton
Nesota
Chicago
New York
California
Moses
Curtis
Topeka
Kansas
Stanford Unversity
White House
Brule
Wisconsin
San Francisco
San Franciscco
Staceford University
U.P
James A. Reed
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
Commerce
Herebert Hoover
Presidential Nominee Prospects and Public Service Booklet
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Noah
Information Bureau
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