Germany Seeks Compromise to Secure Protecting Loan
Germany fights between French demands and nationalist opposition as it seeks a $300 million loan. Luther returns from Paris with French terms including abandoning the German Austrian customs union and cruiser plans. Cabinet weighs a three point compromise to gain relief while avoiding collapse and potential radical upheaval.
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Berlin
France
Hans Luther
Reichsbank
London
Paris
Germany
Austria
Steel Helmet League of War Veterans
Bruening
Paul von Hindenburg
Adolph Hitler
Alfred Hugenburg
Nee
Austro-German Customs Union
Germanay
German finance turmoil looms over Young Plan fears
A column discusses Germany's strain to meet Young Plan terms, risk of Reichsbank support, and the prospect of a broader economic shock if German industry and finance collapse. It notes President Hoover actions and warns against foreign bond investments while highlighting Germany’s aim to remove foreign troops and the implications for cotton and wheat prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Reichs Bank
Hoover
Appeals to Taxpayers Urge Early County Tax Payments
An Athens County official urged residents to pay taxes early to avoid last minute congestion in the treasurer’s office. Payments had been slow. County taxes were due June 2 but extended to July 2 by county commissioners with Moler noting the final day is one week from Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
I. Moler
Moler
Five Strikers Arrested for Illegal Assembly at Mine Road
Steubenville July 1 U P five strikers were arrested by Sheriff William Yost at the Bainbridge Mine near Dillonville on charges of illegal assembly. They were arraigned before Squire A C Young and bound over to the Grand Jury under 3500 bond each. Names include Julian Cernouski Fred Brizel Walter Denosky Adam Gowarkisich and Alex Bollorski. They allegedly blocked the road to the mine after orders to disperse.
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Steubenville
U.P
Wiliam Yost
Bainbridge
Dillonville
Here
Squire A. C. Young
Julian Cernouski
Fred Brizel
Walter Denosky
Adam Gowarkisich
Alex Bllorski
Butles
Farmer seeks court protection from woman in Hart
Peter Miller a 63 year old farmer of Hart Michigan petitions the probate court claiming danger of being retried against his will due to amorous attention from an unnamed woman. The action follows the arrival of Elizabeth Portland 38 the farm’s housekeeper at the county clerk’s office seeking a marriage license to wed Miller.
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Hart, Mich
Peter Miller
Miller
Elizabeth Portland
Hold Two at Logan Mflcials Charge Men Entered Rail road Stores House
Fred Poling and O Histler pleaded guilty to stealing in a Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad storage room burglary on July 5. They were fined 25 dollars and costs each and bound over to the grand jury on burglary charges with bonds of 1000 dollars. Police Chief Lewis Reynolds and Railroad Detectives Price and Grutchel made the arrests. It is alleged they stole a tarpaulin after forcing entry into the warehouse.
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Price
Grutchel
Foling
Kistler
Balloon Entries in National Race at Akron
Five 80,000 foot natural gas balloons will compete July 19 for the Litchfeld Trophy in the 1931 National Balloon Race at Akron. Entries include the Navy Army Goodyear Zeppelin Corp and the Detroit Balloon Club.
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Akron
Navy
Army
Goodyear- Zeppelin Corporation
Detroit Balloon Club
Egg Sizzle Demonstration Draws East Texas Crowd
In Nacogdoches Texas July 11 a large crowd gathered to watch Bill Williams a soda dispenser demonstrate eggs frying on a sidewalk. The yolk browned as if in a skillet, showcasing the unusual heat proof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nacogdoches
Tex
East Texas
Bill Williams
Buy a Dude Ranch Be a Cowboy and Never Die
Santa Barbara Calif leader notes dude ranches as economic salvation, praising rich ranch owners for improving properties creating jobs and raising horses. The author argues Wyoming leads ranching but California dwarfs in ranch ownership and cowboy culture, urging readers to buy a ranch in the West.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
Northwest
Wyoming
California
Tre Avery Mas
Wall Street
Will
Labor chief urges antitrust change to aid coal industry
Labor chief William Green of the AFL endorses amending antitrust laws to permit mining company consolidations via unionization and collective bargaining. He says licensing and inspection would curb price-cutting, while acknowledging temporary hardship for miners as uneconomic mines close. a coal conference under government auspices is planned with Doak and Lamont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
United Press
James Davie
Pennsylvania
Davis
Doak
Commerce Lamont
Lamont
Witte
Sugar Creek Arrests Put Under Prohibition Law
Six alleged violators of prohibition laws were arraigned before Magi strate Carl H Porter. Two were arrested on sale of intoxicated liquor and four on intoxication charges. Guy Glover of Mechanicsburg pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined ten dollars plus costs. Glover defaulted, sent to Athens County Jail. Fred Tipple, C E Eden and George W Beachbout, from Zanesville, were jailed on intoxication charges. George Giffen and Harvey Delong faced sale of intoxicating liquor charges. both pled guilty, bonds set at 300 dollars. Delong posted bond. Giffen remained in Athens County jail. Hearing set for July 15 at 9 p.m. Ernest Chapman’s attorney moved to quash possession affidavit. motion sustained and Chapman discharged. Gordon Tolfiver and Austin McDonald had settings vacated.
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Carl H. Porter
Joseph Jonas
Wayne Wlogett
Guy Glover
Mechanicsburg
Wingett
Glover
Porter
Athena
Fred Tipple
Sugar Creek
C. E. Eden
George W. Beachbout
Zanesville
Athens City
George Giffen
Harvey Delong
Delong
Giffen
Athens County
Ernest Chapman
Athens
Common Fleas
O. F. Rowland
Chapman
Gordon Tolfiver
Austin McDonald
Prohibition Agents Report 20 Drinks Daily For 3 Days
Milwaukee investigators report 46 raids based on evidence from 1,058 drinks seized. Agents averaged 20 drinks per day per agent over a three day period to build the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
U.P
Skeleton discovery at Muncie high school shaft
Ott Armstrong, a BR plumber, is shown in a long closed air shaft at Muncie high school where a boy's skeleton, tentatively identified as Perle Quelsby Hoge, was found after years. Detective Harvey C. Stewart holds the shoes the boy wore. authorities believe he either entered the shaft seeking a forbidden cigarette, or fell in and became locked in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ott Armstrong
Harvey C. Stewart
Perle Quelsby Hoge
Believe Air Shaft Victim Suffered Lingering Death
Investigators in Muncie Indiana concluded that Percy Hogg a 15 year old orphan likely endured a lingering death after entering a high school air shaft. Evidence included a missing shoe an open pocket knife and a bloodied corduroy fragment. Relatives identified the bones as belonging to the missing youth who vanished December 16 1923 after a quarrel with a teacher.
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Muncie
Ind
U.R
Perlie Gueishy Hogg
Central High School
Suleiie
Charles Cooper
Locust Invasion Ravages Sunny Knoll Orchard
LOGAN July 1 8 W Wingat sel and J W Coleman owners of Sunny Knoll Fruit Farm in Winton County were pruning trees last week after cicadas ravaged the orchard. The 270 apple and peach trees suffered heavy damage with stung branches cut and prunings burned to destroy cicada eggs. Peach trees planted two years ago were hardest hit. Pruning may aid recovery but many trees may need replacement.
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Winton County
Logan
W. Wingatsel
J. W. Coleman
Sunny Knoll
Gang War Ends in Shootout at Hospital Raid
New York July 11. An attack to abduct Tony Mongo from Trinity Hospital ended in a fatal fusillade at the home of rival Irving Shapiro. Shapiro died from wounds while several attackers fled. Police say the gunfire may have been misread as backfiring.
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London
The
Suns Day Express
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Reichsbank
New York
U.R
Tony Mongo
Irving Sharpito
Sharpiro
Trinity Hospital
Poisoned Grandmother to End Misery Confession Read
Theodore Taylor of Stryker signed a confession admitting he gave his grandmother Abbie Douglas poison in coffee to end her pain. The 73 year old died July 6 after drinking it. Taylor pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in the county court with Sheriff Carl Ragin and Chief Deputy Roy Siders present. The case details the motive attributed to the grandson and the family context surrounding the crime.
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Bryan
Txamrone
Saturdau
Theodore Taylor
Stryker
Carl Ragin
Roy Siders
Taylor
Justice AW
Vegetuon
Abbie Douglas
Douglas
Bertha Taylor
Alayera
Plan Robbery and Fire Tied to Newport Post Office Theft
In Newellis Run near Marietta Ohio, thieves broke into a general store and took hardware used in a Newport Post Office robbery. A fire at Arthur Francis home to draw attention occurred as authorities suspect the same robbers. Postal funds and stamps valued at 100 dollars were stolen along with chisels and screwdrivers from the store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Newellis Run
Arthur Francis
Newport
Newelis Run
Gay Thorn
Francis
Nevada nightclub plans amid divorce gossip in Reno
United Press reports Mile Livingston arrives in Reno with a troupe of entertainers and a $1,000 bill, discussing a forthcoming nightclub venture and potential divorce publicity while reflecting on European influences. Also covered is Ohio Governor George White signing a $133,000,000 appropriation bill with cuts to state agencies and renewed emphasis on budget management and efficiency.
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United Press
Reno
New
Livingston
New York
Hare
Mina Livingston
Burma
Abe
Roya
Judy
Mile
Ingato
Kansan City
Columbus
George White
General Revenue Fund
Atata
Wee
White
General Assembly
State Ortigs
Department of Retication
Division of Geological Survey
Ube
To General Assembly
White Werps
Hyre Sijk
Smotka
Ohio
Marshall-Schumaker
Cemat
Dike Near Pomeroy To Be Torn Out For River Channel
Crews will start removing the old dike near Pomeroy to restore water flow and deepen the river channel. The structure, built to divert the river years ago, has deteriorated and now poses a risk as lines, locks, and dams have required repairs. Large teams and heavy stone removal are planned, taking about a month to clear the channel at that site.
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Pomeroy
Allo Island
Cyeenbire
Jongorn
Cheshire
Tipple Blast Near Richland Mine Sparks Window Damage
State Police were summoned to the Richland Mine of the Contanza Coal Company north of Hers today when two large dynamite blasts exploded near a canal tipple. Forty miners were on strike, windows shattered in the neighborhood, but no injuries were reported.
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Minn
Whesling
W. Va
Richland
Contanza Coal Company
Weather outlook: showers, warmer by Thursday
The weekly weather forecast from Washington indicates showers on Monday and again later in the week with generally fair conditions otherwise. Temperatures start above normal, dip slightly Tuesday, rise by Thursday, then cool again toward week’s end, with the Ohio Valley and Tennessee included.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Plane Crashes at Cleveland Landing Injures Aviatrix
Cleveland July 11 A Bayways Inc plane piloted by D R R Lotes Wamps struck a tractor during landing at Cleveland Airport. The aviatrix was taken to a Berea hospital after airport staff freed her from the wreckage.
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Gollides
Cleveland
Lotes Wamps
Bhyways, Inc
Filer
Hng Pita
Berea
Athens Visitors Relate Luxurious Spend 1000 Rubles In Two Hours
Athens visitors recount spending 1000 rubles in two hours before crossing into Poland. Mrs. Grace Cullum Hoffman, with husband W B Hoffman and daughter Harriet, describes buying rich cloths, tapestries, woodwork, and art, aided by lack of export tariff. They critique Soviet policy, noting high prices and shortages for natives, and recount tense exchanges with workers at a tractor factory in Stalingrad.
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Athens
Charles Densmore
W. B. Hoffman
Harriet
Rosaia
Hoffman
Grace Cullum
Messenger
Poland
Stalingrad
Czaritsa
Volus River
Russie
Rusalana
Murder Ends Oak Hill Feud
Oak Hill reports the fatal shooting of former Marshal James Gilliland by Charles Patrick, 38, amid a long feud. Patrick, held for murder, had previously fought Gilliland during Patrick’s arrest on a train in 1928.
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Oak Hill
Suty
James Gillian
Charles Patrick
Gillland
Gilliland
Patrick
Ritter
Gin Kills Infant in Atlantic City Home
Infant dies after ingesting gin left on dining room table by parents who had stepped out. The three year old, Fi Clement Hagy, died at home in Atlantic City as authorities investigated the incident. A separate Wilmington, Ohio item reports Dr. O F Boyd elected vice president of Wilmington College and serving as acting president following Dr. Skinner’s resignation and move to state education director role.
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Atlantic City
F— i Clement Hagy
Clayton Hagy
Skinners Place
Wilmington, O
O. F. Boyd
Wilmington College
B. O. Skinner
Doctor Boyd
Death of renowned Middleport merchant Charley J. Winegar
Charley J. Winegar, a well known Middleport merchant, dies from a mysterious illness. The edition notes other local items including Meigs County crop reports at the infirmary, upcoming county field day on August 14, Nelsonville district well drilling, and police baseball activity. The paper also mentions various regional notices and page references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley J. Winegar
Middleport
Meigs County Infirmary
Meigs County
Nelsonville
iUfield
Hocking County
Sridge
Albert Fall
Hoover
Lima
Rudy Valee
Doherty
Kansas
Marian Bush Snyder Telle
Wimbledom
Giouster Twlisht Beageban League
Paxe Mw
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Pratt
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Hin
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Vun Riadard
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MEST
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