Murder Probe Sifts Through Details of Mrs. Ely Death
Sheriff Hatfield leads a wide investigation into the death of Mrs. Ruby Ely at her home. Postmortem tests and Columbus chemists seek a cause as diversions and a water-filled scene raise questions amid a family search for clues.
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Abd Conaway Cer
Hatfield and
Presney
Fred Cherrington
Ruby Ely
Istress
Afroner
J. T. Hanson
Claude Par
Columbus
Roosevelt Creates Temporary Council to Coordinate Agencies
The cabinet was reshuffled to form a temporary council announced by President Roosevelt. The group aims to provide orderly presentation and coordinate problems among departments during the summer.
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Pinet
Luncheon for State Officers at Local High School
Luncheon to be held at 12 30 pm at the high school in conjunction with a dedication ceremony. Grandmother Brown of Nabby Lee to precede the event. Public welcome as 2 20 pm schedule follows.
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Grandmother Brown
Nabby Lee
Showdown Planned With Coal Industry Over Codes
President Roosevelt weighs stern action to enforce the recovery program as Hugh S. Johnson plans a show down with the bituminous coal industry calling for deadlines on codes of fair practice. Johnson hopes to pressure industries stalling on wage and hour agreements while President Roosevelt must finalize the approach.
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Johnson
Washington
U.P
Stern
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Ohio's Ninetyth General Assembly Ends After Six Months
The 1934 Ohio session closed with 29 bills signed and gavels dropped sine die. Checks totaling 198000 were mailed to members and staff, with each member receiving 950 dollars salary and mileage totaling about 40000 for 135 Representatives and 32 Senators. The six month session cost approximately 10000 dollars daily amid major social legislation.
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Columbus
U.P
General Assembly
Ohio
House
Senate
Assembly
Legion Opposes Cut in Veterans Benefits at Logan Convention
Eighth District Legionnaires oppose the national economy act and its benefit cuts. A resolution endorsing the act was recorded as adopted, while another urges Americans to travel in America. Delegates favored the Mort Plan for school financing and endorsed a memorial for Ralph D. Cole.
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Logan
Legionnaires
Eighth District
America
Mort
Department of Ohio
Ralph D. Cole
Five Escape Death In Bomb Explosion Near Cadiz
Five berry pickers narrowly escaped death when a bomb exploded in the chimney of an unoccupied house two miles west of Cadiz. The group stepped out minutes before the blast. Sheriff Arthur Hedges probes a theory that opponents of Eli Cavin may have planted a heavy powder charge in the chimney.
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Cadiz
U.P
Here
Arthur Hedges
Eli Cavin
Man Shot Three Neighbors After Shade Request
Anthony Lutz, 60, opened fire on neighbors who asked him to lower shades while undressing, killing Grace Welch 25 and Cie Welch 45 and Bwopent 29. He fled along a railroad track and was captured by a watchman. A sanity hearing followed. Lutz had prior arrests for shooting at children.
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East ST. Louis
Ill
Anthony Lutz
Lutz
Grace Welch
Cie B. Welch
Bwopent
Welch
Tallent
Recess Planned for World Economic Conference
London July 1 The monetary drafting commission reached a unanimous compromise to sidestep controversial problems and start with comparatively non controversial topics. After about two weeks of these subjects the conference would recess in August with a view to resuming when currency stabilization allows.
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London
Monetary Drafting Commission
Warns Wiley Post To Wait Till Ice Melts
MOSCOW July 11 40 R Sober warning to Wiley Post the round the world aviator waiting in New York not to follow James J Matterns course until the ice in the Okhotsk Sea has melted. Mark Sheveliev chief of the Soviet Northern Aviation Service said a Russian seaplane would take off from Khabarovsk to fly over the same dangerous route to Matterns rescue awaiting good weather for the flight.
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Moscow
Wiley Post
New York
James J. Mattern
Okhotsk Sea
Mark Sheveliev
Khabarovsk
Mattern
Running Board No Place for Riders
Tony Ocalena, a conservation camp member, was committed to Hocking County Jail for failure to pay a $10 fine after a reckless driving charge. He was arrested by Sheriff Joe Farbearn for permitting four or more passengers on the running board while carrying others inside the car.
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Logan
Tony Ocalena
Hocking County
W. W. Martin
Ocalena
Joe Farbearn
Youth Ordered to Read Tom Brown's School Days
A 17 year old, John Dennison, appeared before Criminal Court Judge Cecil J. Randall in Columbus on auto theft charges. He was placed on probation with a condition to read Tom Brown's School Days to gain moral courage to act rightly regardless of peers.
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Columbus
Criminal Court
Cecil J. Randall
Tom Brown
Hinchman Sold to Springfield Club in Baseball Deal
Lew Hinchman star halfback and captain of Ohio State was sent as an option to the Springfield club of the Mississippi Valley League by the Columbus Ameri-Camp Association baseball team in a move announced today in Columbus.
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Columbus
Lew Hinchman
Ohio State
Springfield
Mississippi Valley Baseball League
Columbus Ameri-Camp Association
Man Killed by Hit-Run Driver in Logan
William Rudolph, 36, Canton, was killed Sunday morning when struck by a hit skip driver. An insurance adjuster by trade, Rudolph was a World War veteran and nephew of Mrs. Peter Sloan and A. F. Hall. He leaves a wife, son, and daughter. funeral services in Canton Tuesday evening.
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Logan
Steff
William Rudolph
Canton
Rudolph
Peter Sloan
A. FE. Hall
Grain prices surge in Chicago buying stampede
Grain futures rose sharply in Chicago trading as rye led gains, jumping more than 10 cents a bushel and pushing wheat corn and oats above prior highs amid strong export demand and speculative buying.
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Chicago
County Seeks Federal Road Funds for Athens County
Athens County positions to tap a $15 million Ohio federal road fund and lists proposed projects. County surveyor J W Wilson seeks information from auditor J Clyde Edmundson to complete applications while 500 workers daily clean ditches and build culverts under relief programs.
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Athens County
Federal Road Fund
Ohio
J. W. Wilson
Columbus
Ohio University
City relief workers fail to answer daily calls
Athens relief workers under R F C aid prove undependable as only 13 of 30 reported for a daily assignment. City paving on First Street proceeds, bricks relaid on Elmwood, alleys off Court Street to follow. City Hall walks repaved and North Hill stand pipe painted to improve night visibility.
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Athens
City Service
John 8. Collins
Collins
City Service Department
First Street
Lancaster
Walker Streets
Elmwood
Court Street
City Hall
North Hill
Rail wage cut extended to mid 1934 in Cleveland
Cleveland July 11. Rail unions representing all employees will continue to accept the 10 percent wage reduction that began two years ago until June 30, 1934. Announcement by A F Whitney chairman of the Railway Labor Executive Association.
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Cleveland
A. F. Whitney
Railway Labor Executive Association
Nel son Tops Field in Ohio Women's Golf Championship
Portage Country Club Akron July 11 Mrs Larry Nelson of Dayton defending champion won her first round match in the Fourteenth Ohio Women's Golf Championship defeating Mrs Lee Jackson of Akron and F
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Portage Country Club
Akron
Larry Nelson
Dayton
Lee Jackson
Akron & and
Ohio Refuses Additional Relief Money Kept From Federal Aid
Ohio government received word that the Federal Government would not advance another 10.5 million dollars for relief in 1933. Governor White may recall the legislature in an extraordinary session before September first as state funds are sought to meet obligations. General Henderson said Ohio must provide funds of its own, with about 27 million needed to cover remaining relief costs.
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Stewart
Carthage Gap
Rome
Carthage
Vanderhoof
Carthage Township
Meigs County
Ohio
Columbus
U.P
White
Frank D. Henderson
Washington
General Assembly
General Henderson
Federal Relief Administration
Funder
Senate
Henderson
Grover Tied For Lead in Golf Tourney
Grover tied for low score at 77 after first 18 holes of the 36 hole Southeast ern Ohio amateur title event in Jackson. H O'Brien Reed and DeVol among leaders with 77 or 78 while heavy favorites and Athens Country Club members pace the field amid high wind and slow scoring.
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Jackson
B. T. Grover
Jack Preston
Max DeVol
Marietta
Athens Country Club
8. M. Johnson
Rob Littler
Eldridge Whipple
Fred McKay
Preston
Ten Tanner
Gallipolis
Jule Blanton
DeVol
Tanner
Mike Heaney
Athens
Grover
Gypsies Demand Funds From Cleveland Trust
Gypsies converging on Cleveland demanded their funds from Union Trust Company in a raid led by Romany Road. About 100 encamped nomads stormed Conservator Oscar L. Cox’s office, seeking deposits estimated from 200000 to 2 million dollars, with the encampment expected to swell to about 2000.
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Cleveland
Union Trust Company
Oscar L. Cox
Fedford
Gallipolis Reserve Officer Ordered to Camp Knox
Lieutenant Paul Wetherholt of Gallipolis, a reserve officer, was notified by the War Department to report July 12 at Camp Knox Kentucky for six months of Civilian Conservation Corps service.
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Gallipolis
Paul Wetherholt
War Department
Camp Knox
Civilian Conservation Corps
When Navajos Hold Conference They Get Somewhere
A Santa Monica note recounts a Navajo conference where officials conclude they can proceed without 2 percent of appointed white office holders to save money. The humorous exchange notes the irony of sending white people to supervise. WILL closes with a quip about meeting delays and future divisions.
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Will
Santa Monica
Calif
Roosevelt seeks stable dollar through currency survey
President Roosevelt reportedly ordered a survey of ways to manage the nation's currency to prevent violent fluctuations in purchasing power. He aims for a dollar with stable purchasing power over time and conditions acceptable to the administration.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Hull
London
Missing Girl Headed East
A clue places Miss Marian Buckley an 18 year old Wilmington College student from Lakewood Ohio on a route toward the east coast. Charleston authorities traced a girl matching her description from Clendenin to Clay West Virginia a week earlier, the same day she was seen near Ashland Kentucky eight miles west of Clendenin.
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Cleveland
U.P
Marian Buckley
Lakewood
Seaboard
Charleston
W. Va
Vendl Brown
Wilmington
Ohio
Clendenin
Clay
Ohio College Boy Is Jailed in Girl's Death
A male college student in Ohio is jailed in connection with the death of a girl. Authorities report the case involves a serious crime and ongoing investigation details remain limited.
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Ohio
Birth of three daughters not miracle declares doctor
Los Angeles July 11 U P A doctor defending a $500000 property settlement in a case about Mia Hommel says the birth of triplet daughters by scientific transplantation was not miraculous. He notes he has performed similar cases and that such births are not rare.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Mia
Mate Homme
Wesley J. Hommel
Mollywood
Dr. Homme
Carsey Funeral To Be Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Alonzo Carsey aged 75 who died Monday at the home of his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Hoyt McAfee Lancaster Street will be conducted at 2 o clock Wednesday afternoon at the Alexander Presbyterian Church Ath ens Albany Road Burial will be made in the adjoining cemetery Besides Mrs McAfee Mr Carsey leaves three other daughters Mrs Dorothy Cook Springfield Mrs Marie Fielder Jackson Mich and Mrs Bessie Hudnall Hebbardaville
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Alonzo Carsey
Hoyt McAfee
Lancaster Street
Alexander Presbyterian Church
Athens-Albany Road
McAfee
Carsey
Dorothy Cook
Springfield
Marie Fielder
Jackson, Mich
Bessie Hudnall
Hebbardaville
Letter 16 Years on Way to Destination
A Christmas letter mailed December 15, 1917 to B. C. Crapaster near Salem finally arrived July 11. The envelope bore many post marks from attempted routes in Europe and U. S. Army mail in France.
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U.P
B. C. Crapaster
Salem
Carpster
U. S. Army
France
Alderman Paroled From Mansfield Reformatory
Ralph Alderman of Athens County, convicted of abandoning a legitimate child, will be paroled from the Mansfield Reformatory on August 1. Announcement confirmed today.
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Columbus
Ralph Alderman
Athens County
Mansfield Reformatory
Wei Wee Palo
Kidnappers Target Albany Banker As Nation Seethes
Federal agents join hunt for John J. OConnell Jr and August Luer amid a rising spate of abductions blamed on organized crime. Senator Copeland urges urgent action while Roosevelt and Attorney General Cummings pledge cooperation.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Department of Justice
John J. O'Connell, Jr
Albany
N. Y
August Luer
Alton
Copeland
New York
Senate
More Fair Weather Forecast for Athens
Pleasant weather in the Athens District featured sunshine and a gentle breeze. Tomorrow’s forecast calls for fair skies with a higher temperature, while yesterday brought about half an inch of rain. The day reached a high of 82 and a low near 60.
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Athens
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