French wine overflows as exports fall in crisis
French wine producers face a massive surplus of more than 400 million gallons as exports shrink. They blame U S prohibition and seek repeal or modification of the Volstead Act while pressing the French government to curb Algerian production or restrict imports to avert further crisis.
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Paris
France
United States
Senate
House of Deputies
United Press
Algeria
Narbonne
Chambers of Deputies
Hero in death saves man from train in Kalamazoo
Orla Mock a 6 year old dubbed a police character and jungle buzzard died after pushing Perry Paradin from a train’s path. Paradin survived with a fractured skull, broken leg, and bruises.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Orla Mock
Mock
Perry Paradin
Paradin
The Athens Messenger Publishes Handy Letter Writer
The Athens Messenger offers a new booklet titled The Handy Letter Writer. Priced at ten cents, it provides accepted standards of good form and taste for business, social, and intimate letters, with a detailed index for quick reference. Order using the coupon provided.
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Athens Messenger
Handy Letter Writer
Sweetheart Sees Flier Crash After Wave During First Visit
Leonard Sabine 23, chief pilot at Yameen Airport New Haven, dies when his biplane buckles wings and plunges 150 feet near a Maryland home. His sweetheart Eugenia Warfield and parents witness the crash. Maynard Bennett 27 also dies as the plane crashes into a fence by the highway.
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Gaithersburg
Leonard Sabine
Yameen
New Haven
Conn
Eugenia Warfield
Lester KR. Sabine
Sabine
Maynard Bennett
Miss Warfield
Reds Working to Foster Dual Miners Union
Officials of District No.1 United Mine Workers of America say they have evidence that Communist party members are active among Knox Consolidated Coal miners in Bicknell Indiana to promote the Springfield Illinois dual union. The claim follows AFL President William Green testimony alleging Communist activity and a later denial by Edwin G. Logsdon as receiver for the Knox company.
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Terre Haute
Ind
United Mine Workers of America
Communist Party
Bicknell
Springfield
Michael Ferguson
William Mitch
District 11
Knox Consolidated Coal Company
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Washington
Knox Consolidated Company
Edwin G. Logsdon
Green
Heat wave grips Midwest as mercury nears 100
The Midwest endures extreme heat with many areas hitting or approaching 100 degrees. The Chicago area stays cooler due to Lake Michigan breezes while others suffer. drownings rise to 58 and heat deaths reach 31 with one indirect sunburn death. Harvests delay across the region as heat persists.
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Chicago
North Central
Middlewest
Norfolk
Neb
Miles City
Mont
Huron
S. D
Sioux Falls
Omaha
Des Moines
Kansas City
Cairo
Memphis
Nashville
Bismarck
Davenport
Keokuk
Little Rock
Birmingham
Atlanta
Educators Debate Purpose of Education and Youth Formation
Educators meet between school openings to discuss what education is for and how it should shape the young. The forum probes aims, methods, and roles of schools in developing character, knowledge, and civic responsibility.
Meaningful Education Not Forcing Teacher Opinions
Educators should begin with the root meaning of educate which is to lead out to draw from the youthful mind its inherent capacity. It emphasizes guiding growth rather than imposing teachers views on students.
Irregular Education Behind Many Successful Men
The passage argues that treating materials with strict hardening is like how some successful people evade education. It suggests genuine strength comes from natural ability and imperfect schooling, not forced training, citing biographies where early success came from avoiding formal education.
Gasoline Price War Rumor Grips Pacific Coast
Small retailers on the Pacific Coast plead for government aid amid a looming price war as they accuse big oil men of unfair price cutting. In return the big men blame small operators for wrecking the industry and wasting the nation s oil supply.
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Pacific Coast
River drowning toll rises with two more in Tri-State area
Virginia Chapman aged 18 of Huntington and Woodrow Robinson aged 17 of Catlettsburg were drowned in the Ohio River at Huntington. The deaths bring to 11 the number of drownings in the Tri-State region since warm weather began.
Gasoline Prices Shift Contradicting Signage Warning
The text notes a looming shortage after a period of excess oil and gasoline. It contrasts current 10 cent signs with potential shifts to 50 cent prices plus tax, hinting at a broader market squeeze and confusion for readers.
Doctor for Treasury Workers Named in Washington Post
Dr. Katherine S. Hoffman, newly appointed physician of the U.S. Treasury Department in Washington, oversees the physical well being of 10 000 persons. She is the daughter of Brig. Gen. Charles J. Symonds, commandant at Fort Bliss, Texas, and a graduate of George Washington Medical School. Her husband is also a physician.
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Katherine S. Hoffman
U. S. Treasury Department
Washington
Hoffman
Charles J. Symonds
Fort Bliss
Texas
George Washington Medical School
Hoover to attend American Legion convention opener
President Hoover will visit Boston for the American Legion annual convention opening on October 6 after a White House meeting with Commander O L Bodenhamer. Plans for the summer and fall remain unsettled, but the invitation is under advisement and considered by the President.
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Washington
O. L. Bodenhamer
American Legion
White House
Legion
Hoover
Boston
Jardine Named Washington Diplomat for Hoover
Wil liam M Jardine of Kansas has been picked by President Hoover for a diplomatic post abroad. He was slated for Egypt but may be reassigned due to a shift in the diplomatic corps. Jardine left agriculture to lead the Florida Fruitgrowers Cooperative Association and was a former president of the Kansas State Agricultural College.
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Washington
William M. Jardine
Kansas
Hoover
White House
Egypt
State Department
Jardine
Florida Fruitgrowers Co-operative Association
Kansas State Agriculture College
McArthur Man Dies After Truck Crash
Harley Bethel aged 20 died from injuries after two auto trucks collided in McArthur. Jacob Guthrie remained in critical condition from the same crash. both victims resided in McArthur.
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McArthur
Harley Bethel
Jacob Guthrie
Trial moves to Saybrook for Tilby Smith murder case
The Tilby Smith murder trial shifts to Center Road Saybrook Township four miles from Ashtabula. Smith stands accused of plotting his wife Clara Smith's Memorial Day Eve shooting in the dump truck cab. Maude Lowther, 22, admitted she fired the fatal shot as the trigger person.
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Jefferson
U.P
Tilby Smith
Lonely Center Road
Saybrook Township
Ashtabula
Center Road
Smith
Clara Smith
Maude Lowther
Kingsford Smith Plans Solo England Australia Flight
Lieut. Col. Charles E. Kingsford-Smith, pilot of the Southern Cross, revealed plans for a solo England to Australia flight aiming to beat the 14 day record. He would use a light plane, flying via Rome, Athens, Calcutta and Batavia, with a target start before September and a ten day goal.
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Los Angeles
England
Australia
Charles E
Kingsford-Smith
Southern Cross
Pacific
Atlantic
Rome
Athens
Calcutta
Batavia
Protest Race Trip Abroad Sparks War Dept Debate
Washington July 11 The War Department backs mixed accommodations for white and Negro gold star mothers on European battlefield trips if agreed upon by both sides. Secretary Hurley answered Negro groups and NAACP protests after six lines refused Negro mothers space. Officials note higher costs per Negro traveler despite shared travel aims.
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Washington
War Department
Hurley
Department
Walker White
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Hoover
trans-Atlantic Steamship Lines
American Merchant Lines
Fertor
Grid Star Kruskamp Guilty Of Disorderly Conduct
Harold Kruskamp former OSU fullback was found guilty of disorderly conduct for celebrating his return from 41 days at sea aboard the freighter Waskauski. He was arrested for attempting to buck the line on deckhands at South Ferry terminal. The court suspended sentence.
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New York
Harold Kruskamp
Ohio State University
Waskauski
Kruskamp
South Ferry Terminal
Seaman's Institute
California
Mayor Walker Aboard Boat Fails To Land Sea Monster
In New York on July 11 Mayor James J. Walker joined a fishing party at sea seeking swordfish. A deep-sea creature could not be landed and dragged the small cabin cruiser for more than a mile before the rope broke and the boat freed. The mayor quipped about hooking Moby Dick.
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New York
U.R
James J. Walker
Auto theft charged in St Clairsville trio seized in Indiana
Reports from Indianapolis say three young men arrested there for driving an auto alleged stolen in St Clairsville. The suspects are Leonard Daughty 21 Thomas Stumble 25 both Martins Ferry and Harold Riggs 17 Lithopolis Ohio.
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ST. Clairsville
Indianapolis
Indiana
Leonard Daughty
Thomas Stumble
Martins Ferry
Harold Riggs
Lithopolis
Ohio
Priest Held on Bond in Prohibition Case
Rev. John Petrykanyn of the Czecho-Slovakian Old Orthodox Catholic Church was arraigned in federal court in New York on a prohibition violation charge. He pleaded not guilty and was held on a $2,600 bond alongside Bishop Charles Mrzena and others in connection with alleged withdrawals of sacramental wine.
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New York
John Petrykanyn
Charles Mrzena
Human skull found in pit prompts investigation
A human skull and an arm bone were found in a pit at White Gravel near Portsmouth on July 11, triggering an official investigation by authorities.
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Portsmouth
Robbers Hit Stanley Gas Station Safe in Ice Creek Loot
In Ironton on July 11 robbers completed their sixteenth tri state safe cracking. They carted away the Stanley Gasoline Station strong box broke it open by Ice Creek looting $50.
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Ironton
Tri-State
Stanley
Ice Creek
Murderer Called Too Mean To Hang Wins Parole Bid
Henry Morris once deemed too mean to hang for the 1910 murder of Stella Dumas in Joliet is set for parole from Joliet Prison. The jury urged life parole with solitary confinement on anniversaries, but the State Board of Pardons granted clemency. Morris shot Dumas after she revealed love for another man and then wounded himself. His wife, who testified, awaits his return in Aurora as she continues to visit him in prison.
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Springfield
Henry Morris
Joliet
Morris
Stella Dumas
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Mrs. Dumas
National Cooperative Council backs Farm Board plan
The National Co operative Council annual meeting at Ohio State University adopted a resolution pledging cooperation with the Federal Farm Board. Officers elected include O Moser of Dallas as president and Harry Martkey of Cincinnati as first vice president. Two women speakers affirmed farm women have a role in the cooperative movement.
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Columbus
U.P
Federal Farm Board
National Co-operative Council
American Institute of Cooperation
Ohio State University
Co. O. Moser
Dallas
Tex
American Cotton Association
Harry Martkey
Cincinnati
National Co-operative Milk Producers Federation
Rex Lease Faces New Threats After Film Colony Fracas
Hollywood reports Rex Lease, a film actor, dodged immediate prosecution after alleged assault on actress Vivian Duncan. Duncan, engaged to Niles Asther, recounts a brutal beating with a damaged nose and bruises from the party confrontation last Sunday leavingLease said to be near a tense clash with Asther.
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Hollywood
U.P
Rex Lease
Vivian Duncan
Niles Asther
Miss Duncan
Lease
Drunken driving causes fatal Newburgh crash kills one
Alexander G. Duff received a one year sentence for drunken driving after his car ran down the main street of Newburgh killing a pedestrian and fatally injuring two others. He faces three manslaughter charges, while Pat O’Mara is sought on a collateral manslaughter charge for allegedly supplying the liquor.
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Newburgh
Nwn
U.P
Alexander G. Duff
Duff
Pat O'Mara
Dull Sentenced In Death Row Pace At Ohio Prison
Lawrence Dull, 25, of Tiffin, returns to death row at Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus as he awaits execution tonight, pacing his cell or resting on his bunk.
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Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
O.R
Lawrence Dull
Tiffin
Roumania Plans Simple Coronation for King Carol II
King Carol II will be crowned at Alba Iulia on September 21 or 28 in a simple ceremony. No foreign sovereigns will attend except King Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Carol's brother-in-law.
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Bucharest
U.P
Carol II
Roumania
Alba Julia
Alexander I
Jugoslavia
Carol
Gum Is Not Food Says Commerce Commission
The Inter-State Commerce Commission ruled chewing gum is not food and dismissed the National Association Chewing Gum Manufacturers complaint seeking food rate status for gum shipments. The association argued gum rates were unreasonable and discriminatory.
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Inter-State Commerce Commission
Washington
U.P
Smoky Joe Scherrer Sentenced in Kidnapping Case
Allen Smoky Joe Scherrer received an indeterminate sentence in reformatory after pleading guilty in Common Pleas Court to assault and attempted robbery. The charges stem from the December kidnapping of Ralph Davenport and his wife and the attempted robbery of the Phillipsburg Bank where Davenport was cashier.
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Dayton
Reformatory
Allen
Smoky Joe’ Scherrer
Common Pleas
Ralph Davenport
Phillipsburg Bank
Davenport
Realism in British RAF Display Sparks Imagined War
A dramatic action photo shows a British observer leaping from a blazing balloon during a Hendon RAF show. Realistic enemy aircraft simulated attack on a captive bag as it fired from an imaginary front line, with authentic incendiary effects and a parachute jump.
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Royal Air Force
Hendon
England
Lingle murder probe stalls as Swanson voices disappointment
Chicago July 11 U P state Attorney John A Swanson said he was disappointed by progress in the Alfred J Lingle murder investigation and grand jury inquiries into gangster corruption with newspapers He did not expect to call Leland H Reese before the grand jury and criticized efforts to compel testimony from Harry T Bru.
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Chicago
U.pr—Statee
John A. Swanson
Alfred J. Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Ansafe Ain
Swanson
Cook County Grand Jury
Lingle
Tl Am
Concade
Leland H. Reese
Chicago Daily News
Deneitenie
St 104 Star
Harry T. Bru
Breese
Body of Youth Found In Mountain Crevasse
The 9 year old boy Hugene P. from Bt. Louie was found in a deep crevice 100 feet below the summit of Lady Mountain. Fifteen searchers led by Chief Ranger Don Jolly located the body, after a note on the register suggested the youth had reached the peak earlier. Authorities believe he lost the trail and fell into the crevice during a solo hike from the lodge.
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Natorm Park
Louie Maith
Lady Mountain
Don Jolly
Cafferata
Crevelee
Priscilla Dean Seeks Police Protection From Intrusion
Beverly Hills California Miss Priscilla Dean motion picture actress revealed she asked police to watch home for intrusion. The plea follows a staged encounter with Mrs Avery Arnold first wife of Lt Lesie P Arnold and separation action in Fulton County Georgia court.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Priscilla Dean
Motionture
Mra
Avery Arnold
Lesie P. Arnold
Miss Dean
Arnold
Fulton
Georgia
Toledo Girl Wins at Scioto Country Club Golf
Mary Hauck of Toledo defeated Columbus veteran and defending champion Mrs Curtis 3 and 1 to win the women's state golf championship at Scioto Country Club on July 11.
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Toledo
Scioto Country Club
Coumbus
Mary Hauck
Curtis
Columbus
Exchange Suspended at Bombay Stock Exchange
Indefinite suspension of all share transactions announced by the exchange head in Bombay. The move halts trading activities and creates a pause in market operations pending further guidance.
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Bombay
Weather turns cooler at Interlachen in Open practice
A light breeze cooled the heat at Interlachen today as contenders in the National Open predict better scores in the second round. Local Minnesotan course near Minneapolis hosts event with spectators watching.
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Interlachen’ Country Club
Minnepolis
Minn
Interlachen
Want To Trade Classified Ads From The Messenger
A reader offers two Florida properties for exchange for Athens area property. An antique walnut dining room suite is for sale at 100 dollars. A 1000 watt electric light plant is for sale at Carbon Hill. A refrigerator and electric jam are also for sale. Call 0243 and ask for a taker.
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Athens
Carbon Hill
Hae & Ter
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