Beers Kills Daughter in Alleged Insanity Case
In Walton New York Andrew L Beers 78 prepared a plea of insanity after admitting he killed his invalid daughter Frances 27 with an ice pick after arsenic and Paris Green failed He said he feared her fate after his death and sought to remove her from possible mistreatment He had purchased arsenic and later killed her with the ice pick. In Washington a 15 year old Henry Alt was cleared by a coroner jury for killing his father 55 after the father threatened his mother and wife
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Beers
Daniel I’. Fox
Paris Green
Frances
Iashington
U.P
Henry Frederick Alt
John Alt
Henry
Alt
Elsie
Which Is Which Cincinnati Twins Arrive at Ohio Penitentiary
Cincinnati twins Herbert Shoemaker and Hobart Shoemaker arrived at the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus to serve 10 to 15 years for assault to rob and 26 to 25 years for robbery. Both are 7 men, slightly bald, one stouter, a detail noted to prevent guards from mixing their identities.
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Columbus
Cincinnati Twins
Ohio Penitentiary
Herbert Shoemaker
Hobart
Savings deposits show U.S. economic recovery signals
A United Press survey indicates spring and early summer deposits in major cities rose from December 1929 levels, with Chicago the only city down. Time deposits in Cleveland rose from 478 million to 503 million, while nationwide totals for December 31 and March 27 show a growing financial pool.
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New York
United States
United Press
Chicago
Cleveland Clearing House
Washington
Huston Standoff Sparks Heated GOP Debate
Weary Republicans including President Hoover clash over Claudius H Huston as National Republican chairmanship faces a test of loyalty. Huston challenges rivals to remove him while Democrats watch for signs of fear in closed talks during a heat soaked Wednesday rally with 5000 attendees led by Atlanta's Robert T Jones.
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Wall Street
Claudius H. Huston
Mr. Huston
National Republican Committee
Hoover
Mr.Huston
Italy and France deny talks over Italian neutrality pledge
London reports emphatic denials from both Italy and France that Rome sought German assurances of neutrality in a Franco Italian war. A Berlin source said Mussolini had unofficially urged Germany to pledge neutrality if war broke out, a claim Rome and Paris swiftly rejected.
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U.R
Italy
France
Germany
Berlin
Rome
Paris
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Cooler Weather Outlook for Week in Ohio Valley
Washington reports the weather outlook for July 14 to 19. Ohio Valley sees mostly fair skies with showers possible Thursday or Friday. Cooler conditions start Monday with below normal temperatures Tuesday, warmer midweek, and cooler again by Friday.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
Scouts to hear camp plan for Muskingum River trip
Instructions for scouts attending the annual camp on the Muskingum River will be given Monday night at a meeting of Troop 1. Athens Boy Scouts meet in the basement of the Athens First M E Church with scout leader T H Johnson in charge.
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Muskingum River
Athens Boy Scouts
Athens First
Three Boys Burned To Death In Oil Well Fire
Owensboro Ky July 12 Three boys were burned to death and five men burned seriously at Haynesville when oil from a newly shot well ignited during the night fire scorched the workers and destroyed the site.
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Owensboro
U.P
Haynesville
Tilby Smith Opens Fight to Escape Death Penalty
Jefferson July 12 Tilby Smith prepares to plead his case in court claiming he acted involuntarily in a bungled attempt. He argues the act proves he is crazy and seeks to escape the electric chair.
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Jefferson
Tilby Smith
Legge Quits Talk Angers Levand Brothers in Wheat Crusade
Federal Farm Board chairman Alexander Legge rejected calls to resign after publishers Max and Louis Levand accused him of saying they could go to hell. Legge, arriving in Enid with Secretary Hyde during a wheat reduction tour, said he would not resign and stood by a remark about Kansas being in the trough on wheat acreage.
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Enid
Okla
U.P
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
Max
Louis Levand
Witchita
Kan
Legge
Hyde
Amarillo
Tex
Levand Brothers
Wichita Beacon
Kansas
Dodge City
Kas
Airmen Seek New Mark for World Jaunt
John Henry Mears and Henry J. Brown left Cleveland for New York to begin a bid to beat the 21 day globe record. They will fly a high wing Lockheed Monoplane with plans touching Harbor Grace Dublin Berlin Moscow and more. They seek a 145 mph average to defeat Graf Zeppelin’s encirclement record.
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Cleveland
U.P
John Henry Mears
Cleveland Air Mail
Henry J. Brown
New York City
Mears
Harbor Grace
Dublin
Berlin
Moscow
Russia
Siberia
Alaska
Seattle
New York
Atlantic
Globe
Treaty Issue Dominates Capital as Senators Debate
The national capital confronts a prolonged session as treaty papers remain with the Senate, and observers warn the issue could stretch into the third week. Key committees and party leaders track developments amid mounting public interest.
Saturday Holiday Protest Against Disclosure of Documents
British protesters plan a Saturday event to pressure authorities over the release of records held in files. Demonstrators aim to press for transparency and access to government documents.
Senate in special session stalls on London Naval Treaty
Washington July 12 The Senate halted work as anti treaty forces refused to meet. Hoover canceled a Rapidan camp trip and prepared to return to Washington. Secret papers on the treaty remain sealed though shown to Senator Reed. British objections may follow if Hoover backs away. Senate likely to extend into a third week amid treaty reservations.
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Hoover
Senate
Rapidan
White House
Foreign Relations Committee
Reed
Republican
Pennsylvania
Dawes
MacDonald
England
Ronald Lindsay
State Department
Norris
Nebraska
Young Guard
Man Dies In At-Grade Collision At Jonesboro Crossing
Frank Smith aged 73 was killed when his car was struck by a train at the Jonesboro crossing of the B and O railroad. He was en route to Iowa to visit a sister when the crash occurred.
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Washington D. H
U.P
Frank Smith
Jonesboro
Iowa
Missing witness John MacDonald identified in Mooney Billings case
Baltimore report says John MacDonald was positively identified by Ed ward N. Nockels of the Chicago Federation of Labor as the missing witness. MacDonald, arrested last night, volunteered to travel to California to repudiate his 1916 San Francisco Preparedness Day parade testimony that helped convict Mooney and Billings. He reiterates repudiation in a statement and faces perjury charges.
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Baltimore
U.P
John MacDonald
Mooney
MacDonald
California
Face Water Famine Cleveland Attends Skies for Rain Relief
Suburbs to the southwest and southeast of Cleveland endure a severe water famine. Residents scan the skies hoping for rain to end their drought tonight or tomorrow.
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Cleveland
O.R
Missing Mooney witness located in Baltimore
John MacDonald, a waiter and key witness at the 1916 Mooney Preparedness Day bombing trial, has been found in Baltimore by Mooney’s friends who hope he can help free Mooney. MacDonald once admitted testimony was false and says he will return to Los Angeles. he does not fear perjury charges.
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John MacDonald
Tom Mooney
San Francisco
Baltimore
Mooney
MacDonald
Los Angeles
Foreign trade of co op grows at cooperative marketing groups
At the American Institute of Cooperation conference in Columbus Ohio 1300 delegates heard Asher Hobson of the U S Department of Agriculture report that foreign business by American agricultural cooperative marketing associations is growing, signaling a real beginning. Hobson noted exports have doubled in value over ten years while imports have surpassed exports since 1925 and warned many imports are rubber coffee tea and cocoa not directly competing with U S agriculture. T B Manny cited Ohio Farm Bureau membership survey results emphasizing information distribution and meeting frequency as key to sentiment.
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Columbus
U.P
American Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Associations
Asher Hobson
Foreign Service
U. S
Department of Agriculture
American Institute of Cooperation
Ohio State University
Hobson
T. B. Manny
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Farm Bureau
Miami Mathematician Feeney Found Dead In Heat
Thomas Lytle Feeney 72 a retired mathematics professor at Miami University was found dead in bed in Oxford. The death was attributed to heart disease worsened by the heat authorities said.
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Miami
Oxford
U.P
Thomas Lytle Feeney
Miami University
Robbery Solved in Marion as Police Nab Two Suspects
Marion police arrest William Hateherm and Miss Hessie Subler and recover jewelry valued at 3400 dollars, marking one of the citys biggest recent robberies solved.
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Marion
O.R
William Hateherm
Hessie Subler
Pomeroy Lawsuit and Local News Highlights
Pomeroy sued and election costs rise as the region reports on County and town affairs. Vacation Bible School ends first half. Harve Sayre, a merchant, dies in Nelsonville. Bobby Jones wins Open in sports coverage. oil output falls in southeastern Ohio amid crude price cuts.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Harve Sayre
Nelsonville News
Athens Society News
Chauncey_ News
McArthur News
Bobby Jones
Hocking County
Ohio
Logan News
Mooney
Say News
Classified ads note losses and trades in The Messenger
A reader finds a missing sum between 35 and 40 dollars and a radio offered for trade for a Ford coupe body. A separator is for sale at 25 dollars. A Ford in Albany is listed for 25 dollars. Call 0243 for an ad taker.
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Albany
Man sentenced to death confined in state prison for 22 years
Archie Herron, 71, has spent 22 years in a New Jersey state prison cell under a death sentence that will never be carried out. Convicted in 1908 for killing Rev. Samuel B D Pickett, his execution was twice delayed, then stayed indefinitely after Supreme Court actions and the death of Judge Bergen, leaving Herron to live out life in prison.
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N. J
U.P
Archie Herron
State Prison
Herron
Samuel B.D. Pickett
Court of Errors
Supreme Court
James J. Bergen
John Franklin Fort
Justice Bergen
Four Year Old Boy Travels to Indiana Unaware of Mother's Death
Four year old Richard McLaughlin arrived alone in Chicago from Missoula with the body of his mother, Bessie Guskins, en route to Warsaw Indiana for burial. A Pullman maid recalled the boy cried, unaware his mother had died. The coffin was carried from Union Station as photographers photographed the somber scene.
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Indiana
Chicago
U.P
Union Station
Richard McLaughlin
Richard
Missoula
Mont
Warsaw
Ind
Bessie Cguskins
Tree Sitting Record May Go To Kansas Boy
Fourteen year old Jack Richards announced from his tree top roost that he may not come down until school starts in fall. He has sat in the tree two days and plans to hold the record, asking for food pop and ice cream from his ground crew. Neighbors cheer him while his mother worries about the double trouble at home.
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Kansas City
U.P
Jack Richards
Jack
Radio to Aid Coast Guard in Rum Runner Pursuit
Washington July 12 radio used in the Coast Guard war on rum runners. New plans for employing radio and radio telephone gear are under development. Vessels with latest equipment patrol the North Atlantic coast and the Great Lakes to overhear rum runners by monitoring shore messages.
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Washington
U.R
Coast Guard
North Atlantic
Great Lakes
Vandalia Bank Robbery Suspects Jailed in Dayton
Three suspects remained in jail in Dayton today connected to the Vandalia State Bank robbery on Monday in Vandalia. The case involves ongoing investigations by local police and federal agents.
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Dayton
U.2
Vandalia State Bank
Vandalia
Despondent Portsmouth Woman Shoots Self in Ill Health
Despondent over illness, Mrs. Alice Rigrish a prominent Portsmouth woman killed herself today by shooting. Local authorities reported the death occurred in Portsmouth on July 12.
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Portsmouth
Boy Scout Hero Rescues Fisherman From River
In Oak Harbor on July 12 Ed Rietman of Toledo fell into the Portage River while fishing from the fire wharf and sank twice. Lynn Sorg, 14, a local Boy Scout, dived in fully clothed and after several tries rescued the semi conscious man, while onlookers hesitated.
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Oak Harbor
U.P
Ed Rietman
Toledo
Portage River
Lynn Sorg
Rietman
Sorg
Toledoan
Dan Governor Cooper's Dog to Receive Hero Medal
Dan the governor's wire-haired terrier is to be awarded a hero's medal by the Tail-Waggers' Club of America. Cap, the governor's Boston Bull, slipped into a fountain, but Dan's frantic barking drew Charles A. Dow to help rescue Cap from drowning.
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Columbus
U.P
Cooper
Dan
Charles A. Dow
Cap
Heat Wave Grips Midwest with Record Deaths and Drought
Across the parched Midwest and South the heat wave pushes to new highs with over 140 deaths reported. Slick surfaces and drownings rise as people seek relief in lakes and rivers. Kansas farms slow harvests and some areas plan night work. Chicago sees relief from breezes but faces rising temps ahead.
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Midwest
Ohio Valley
Sikeston
Mercury
John B. Ringwalt
Chone
St. Louisans
Government Weather Bureau
Southwest
Middlewest
Kansas
Benton
Til
Lake Michigan
Torrid heat yields multiple drownings and heat deaths
In Ohio and nearby areas a two week heat wave left four drownings and three heat deaths. Temperatures reached up to 101 in Portsmouth and 98 in Cincinnati with highs around 90 in Columbus. The fatalities included Gus Gregorovitz and Roy Shelton from heat, and several drownings near Defiance and Cincinnati. Waterways ran unusually low raising safety concerns as crops suffered and water shortages appeared.
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Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Gus Gregorovitz
Youngstown
Roy Shelton
Thomas Paul
Cordray Harmon
Maumee River
Defiance
Charles Johnson
Detroit Negro
Ashtabula
Edward Roth
Herbert Crose
Cleveland
Lake Aquilla
Chardon
Chester West
Cadiz
Barber
Tri-State
Lita
Toledo
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