Route 31 improvement to extend three miles east of Nelsonville
The state announces a Route 31 project to widen and pave about three miles east through Nelsonville. Estimated cost includes federal funds under the road program and local matching, with brick paving and new drainage work. Construction aims to create a 36 foot roadway with berms and improvements along Jefferson and Greenlawn avenues, employing local workers and linking to existing streets.
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James East
Nelsonville
Nel
Consonville
Bis
Federal Road Building
Myers Point
Greenlawn
Loss in Wife's Love Case Shocks Cincinnati
A chaotic report describes a death in Cincinnati involving a man named DeCoy or DeCoy who was slain after a dispute with his wife about an alleged affair. The article notes a $50,000 damages claim and mentions a suspect named Pusateri as wounded.
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U.P
McCoy
Cincinnati
Montreal Heads With Italy Flight Record Attempt
Italy's team began a long flight to Montreal with a 6 100 mile crossing from Cart and Chicago resume after a nonmile leg. The trip aims to set a new long distance record as they progress toward the 4 730 mile target, with performance marked by 70 ahead near completion.
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Italy
Montreal
Chicago
Cart
Oh Near
Escaped Kan prison inmates shot near city
Two inmates escaped from the Kan penitentiary in the Deco peak area were shot down near the city. One man is reported near death. Police have not confirmed identities or exact location of the incident.
Civil Service Tests To Come For Postmasters
President Roosevelt issued an executive order requiring all future postmasters to pass civil service exams. The plan aims to curb patronage and job hunting by political appointees. Discharged civil service workers in the past four months will receive preference for new emergency agency appointments. The 15,000 first to third class postmasters will compete under civil service rules similar to the 33,000 fourth class postmasters.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Farley
Public services at Salvation Army Building tonight
Services will be held at 7 o clock this evening at the Salvation Army Building under the charge of John Calvert and Robert Carey.
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Salvation Army
John Calvert
Robert Carey
Sheriff and deputy escort suspect from Toledo
Sheriff Charles Stratton and Deputy Sheriff Roy Goldsberry traveled to Toledo to return Howard Roberts who was wanted locally on a non support charge.
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Charles Stratton
Roy Goldsberry
Toledo
Howard Roberts
Ice accident kills Mariettan factory president
John H. Braughton 50, president of the Braughton Creamery Company in Marietta, was crushed to death at his plant when a 100 pound ice cake toppled and struck his chest.
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Mariettan Marietta
John H. Braughton
Braughton Creamery Company
Southeast Ohio Districts Seek Federal Sanitary Projects
Municipalities and counties in Southeastern Ohio filed requests for Federal aid under the National Industrial Recovery Act for sanitary improvements totaling about 23.0 million dollars. Projects include Athens water softening, Springfield water and sewer works, rural sanitation, Logan water softening and reservoir upgrades, Hamden water supply, and McArthur water supply and sewerage systems.
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Athens City
Hocking County
Hamden
McArthur
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Health Department
Logan
Vinton County
Miners Ready For Operators To Sign Code
The United Mine Workers of America say West Virginia coal operators are to sign under the Roosevelt industrial code. Van A. Bittner calls conditions worsened by unorganized industry and aggressive competition but asserts the “new deal” brings organization and duty to miners and families. Percy Tetlow and John Cinque support the statements from District 6 and Sub-District 5 officials.
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Wheeling
W. Va
United Mine Workers of America
van A. Bittner
West Virginia
Maryland
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Bittner
Percy Tetlow
Columbus
John Cinque
District 6
Ohio River
Baltimore and Ohio to switch Vigo station from agency
The Public Utilities Commission approved the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad to change its Vigo Ohio station from agency to non agency status effective August 1 subject to maintenance of building and facilities in good condition.
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Columbus
Public Utilities Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Vigo
Ross County
First Step Toward Jobs for Million by October
Washington July 14 The Interior Secretary announced approval of Federal and municipal works projects totaling 115,513,610 as the first move in a campaign to place one million men at work by October 1. The package includes 64,561,542 for Federal projects 952,068 for municipal construction and 50,000,000 from the Industrial Recovery Act for road building in parks forests Indian reservations and public lands.
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Interior Ickes
Congress
Public Works Fund
Roosevelt
Agriculture Department
States
Navy Department
Proctorville
Ohio
Death in Gallia: Arrests in Ely Case Cloud Investigation
Gallia County officials continue the Ely death probe as two suspects Mrs Elida Ficzo and her husband are brought from Columbus for questioning. Chrispy details show Ely accused sister of Ficzo and husband in slain Addison postmistress Ruby Ely eight days after her body was found in a cistern. A health nurse witness Ethel Walker Wallace was moved to a different jail to prevent contact among suspects.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ruby Ely
Addison
Elida Ficzo
Ficzo
Frank Ely
Ethel Walker Wallace
Nelsonville
Ely
Wallace
Fix Limit Price on Texts in Ohio School
The Ohio School Text Book Commission voted 2 to 1 to fix the maximum price publishers may charge for school texts at 75 percent of the list price and approved about 1800 books filed since March 1932. The commission advised school boards the 75 percent price is a maximum and lower prices should be sought if available.
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Columbus
Ohio School Text Book Commission
Myers
Skinner
Former Logan Resident Dies From Traffic Injuries
Joseph Trimmer 77, a former Logan resident and retired stationary engineer, died in Columbus from injuries after a Monday motor accident. Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 PM in the M E Church, with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. He leaves three sons and four daughters.
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Logan
Joseph Trimmer
Columbus
M. E
Oak Grove
Trimmer
Typhus Fever Rages in Chile Amid Citywide Panic
Typhus fever raged through Santiago in a two week cold wave spilling from shanties to tenement districts. Fifty deaths and 326 cases were reported as the government declared a state of siege and the city faced escalating alarm.
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Santiago
Chile
U.P
Grain elevator price war benefits farmers in Troy
Troy on July 14 saw a grain elevator price war boost farmers as wheat sold at 1.0 dollars per bushel amid competitive bidding.
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Troy
Postmasters Exams Trigger Democratic Backlash in Beverly Hills
A reader from Beverly Hills denounces Roosevelt for proposing postmasters must be literate, arguing the move harms democracy and political parties. The letter accuses the plan of elitism and treasonous aims while urging resistance to the policy shift.
White To Fight Senate Charge Against 2 Men
Governor White vows to oppose moves to remove State Superintendent Fulton and Director Tangeman amid Senate Banking Committee disclosures about Guardian Bank in Cleveland. Congressman Sweeney of Cleveland demands their removal, but White accuses him of political maneuvering and cites personal enmity.
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White
Senate
Fulton
Tangeman
Columbus
Iran
Theodore H. Tangeman
Senate Special Banking Committee
Guardian Bank
Cleveland
Martin L. Sweeney
Sweeney
White S
Ohio Business In Comeback Survey Signals Recovery
A statewide survey from over 50 Ohio cities shows sharp recovery across industries with wages up about 10 percent in the last 30 days and steady orders through fall. Steel drives growth in Youngstown where jobs rise, farm incomes lift with grain prices, and bank clearings exceed last year.
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Ohio
Ohio State University Bureau of Business Research
Documents To Prove He's Father of The Children
In Los Angeles on July 14 counsel for Dr. Wesley J. Hommel furnished documentary evidence claiming Raphael Corcoran fathered Mrs. Mate Atwood Hommel's three children conceived by a scientific process. The records would be used if the case to divide community property proceeds, challenging Mrs Hommel’s claim that Corcoran was the father while not being her husband. Mrs Hommel had been married to James Shelley of Detroit, who asserts the births were natural.
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Los Angeles
Raphael Corcoran
Mate Atwood Hommel
Wesley J. Hommel
Hommel
Bandits Rob Bank Of Money And Bonds In Cardington
Four masked bandits forced the Citizen's Bank cashier to open the vault at Cardington Ohio. They fled with $5,000 to $6,000 in cash and a quantity of bonds. The men gained entry through a rear door and waited for the cashier to arrive.
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Cardington
U.P
E M. Willits
Willits
70 Drowned as Boat Overturns in River
Moscow July 14. A excursion boat carrying 250 workers and families overturned at Jaroslav on the Volga River. Seventy people drowned. A Jaroslav trades unionist who organized the trip will be tried in the supreme court for overload.
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Moscow
Jaroslav
Volga River
Supreme Court
India to Persist in Civil Disobedience Campaign
In Poona India on July 14 the Indian National Congress voted to press the struggle for freedom from Britain through Gandhi led civil disobedience efforts that have guided the movement for over three years.
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Poona
India
U.P
Indian National Congress
Great Britain
Woman Bares Secret Tryst To Save Two
In Columbus on July 14 a woman named Mildred M. Bonnie testified she and a married man observed two brothers fleeing after a 1932 Silverton bank robbery. Her story prompted Governor White to stay the execution of James and Joseph Murphy, who were convicted of murder.
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Columbus
James
Joseph Murphy
White
Mildred M. Bonnie
Cincinnati
Harry Friedhoff
Silverton, O
Bonnie
George Sweeney
Newton
Steel Industry Holding Back Milk Licensed Codes
Industrial Administrator Hugh S. Johnson said an immediate blanket code might be needed to boost purchasing power as codes of fair competition pour in. He noted a short work week and higher wages are sought to spur a recovery, with the milk industry cited as a licensed example under the Food Control Act.
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Washington
U.P
Hugh S. Johnson
Recovery Administration
Government moves to license milk and other industries in recovery plan
Wage and work week rules from industrial codes to N I R A outline minimums for soft coal lumber shipbuilding mill clothing and cotton textiles set 40 hour weeks with varied rates. Steel code delayed with calls for labor bargaining and banking influence suspected. Licensing of the milk industry marks first use of provisions to force compliance or face fines and revocation of licenses.
O Connell and Lever Ransom Notes Mailed
Two notes alleged from kidnappers of August Lever, 71, a banker and packing company owner, were reported by Lever family intermediaries. Lever was abducted Monday evening by two well dressed men and an appealing woman. no authentic word has been received. In Albany the OConnell family said they received a fourth communications from kidnappers signed by John OConnell Jr requesting new intermediary contacts, with rejection of the prospective list.
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Alton
August Lever
Packer
Lever
Albany
N. Y
Lpthe
John J. O'Connell, Jr
John
O'Connella
Super Cabinet Drives Retail Trade Boost Amid Summer Slump
President Roosevelt leads a "super cabinet" in a push to lift retail purchasing power and speed employment through new job programs and wage growth. The Public Works Administration released 115 million for construction to spur demand as department store sales lag, with June and July trade 68 percent and 25 percent below normal respectively.
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Public Works Administration
Roosevelt
Fire in Basement Damages Athens Building
A basement fire at the Recreation Billiard Parlor in the A. W. Allom Building at 36 North Court Street was discovered at 12 55 this morning and extinguished by Athens firemen. Chief Laughlin says a discarded cigarette likely smoldered under cardboard then reached a wooden table, causing smoke to pour from cellar windows.
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A. W. Allom
North Court Street
Athens
FB. R. Laughlin
Passerehy
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