14 Year Old Boy Confesses to Nurse Killing on Hike
N J July 15 A 14 year old Harry Woolsey Jr confessed to killing nurse Anna Miller 23 during a Sunday hike near Green Pond. Police said he stabbed her seven times with a hunting knife after a quarrel and hid the body between two rocks. He wandered the countryside, spent coins at a lunch wagon, then surrendered in Dover asking for lodging.
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Butler
N. J
Harry Woolsey, Jr
Jersey City
Anna Miller
Green Pond
Woolsey
Dover
Lookout Mountain
Young Woolsey
Rockaway
William Simpson
Lookout Point
Simpson
Miss Miller
Booklet on Garden Insects From Athens Messenger
Government experts have produced a 46 page illustrated booklet on garden pests. Insects are divided into two classes by damage pattern with examples such as the tomato worm and many general feeders like cut worms leaf beetles flea beetles and thrips. Send four cents for a copy using a one cent stamp coupon.
Mustard Gas and a Paris Romance Highlight U S War Era News
London reports mustard gas as an anti cancer aid in rat and mouse tests explained by Prof. R D Passey of Leeds University. In Minneapolis M Maurice Fould, heir of a Rothschild kin, marries widow Muriel Wright Allen after a Paris romance and Eiffel Tower moment.
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U. S
London
U.P
British Empire Cancer Campaign Organization
R. D. Passey
University of Leeds
Minneapolis
Minn
Paris
Eiffel Tower
M. Maurice Fould
Muriel Wright Allen
Fould
Allen
Rothschild
Today By Arthur Brisbane Too Close To Fifth Avenue
Arthur Brisbane’s column urges caution over urban threats while noting Abraham Cahan’s birthday and a rising sense of danger. The piece contrasts odds of risk and safety with social commentary and headlines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
5Th Avenue
Abraham Cahan
Bomb shakes New York home of Rockefellers night club
A bomb exploded at 26 West Fifty-Third Street near Fifth Avenue damaging a residence used as a nightclub. Police say the blast warned the club to share profits with racketeers in a widening gang war. Mayor Walker’s administration vows toughness against crime.
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New York
West
Fifty-Third Street
Fifth Avenue
John LD. Rockefeller, Jr
Chicago
Walker
Mulrooney
County police commended in hunter arrest
A letter from Ohio secretary of state Clarence J. Brown praises Athens deputies Wilson Ator and Fred Heck for arresting escaped Texas State Prison criminal Charles Hunter. Brown commends their bravery in returning Hunter and recovering the stolen automobile.
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Charles Hunter
Texas
Chillicothe
Wilson Ator
Fred Heck
Athens
Ator
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Brown
State of
Dayton Boxer Sammy Buchanan In Serious Condition
Sammy Buchanan a junior welterweight from Atlanta was in serious condition after being knocked by Jimmy Neal of Cincinnati in the seventh round. He was removed to a hospital and had not regained consciousness by late afternoon.
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Dayton
U.R
Sammy Buchanan
Atlanta
Jimmy Neal
Cincinnati
Buchanan
Rome and Amesville 4 H Clubs Active
The Rome Stitchers 4 H Club hosts a social at Stewart High School with pies ice cream candy and lemonade by members. The Federal Valley 4 H Club of Amesville held boxing and games and sets its next meeting for July 22 at the Keirne home.
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Stewart High School
Rome Stitchers 4-H Club
Federal Valley 4-H Club
Amesville
Edward, Howard
Victor Keirne
Chicago Teachers Struggle With Overdue Salaries
Chicago school teachers face months of unpaid wages as the City Board of Education seeks 6.1 million to meet payrolls. Despite 13 million in tax anticipation warrants, they must wait for a bond buyback or a Supreme Court ruling to permit warrant sale. A teacher owed 275 dollars illustrates broader hardship amid relief delays.
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Chicago
U.R
City Board of Education
Board of Education
Supreme Court
James Hemingway
Education Finance Committee
Davis to Stay as Labor Secretary at Present
Secretary of Labor Davis will remain in his cabinet post for the present. President Hoover dismissed speculation about a successor and noted that Davis plans to stay until after Labor Day at least.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
Davis
Hoover
Carl White
Pennsylvania
Bandit Kills Attendant at Gas Station
Marion July 15 An unidentified assailant shot and fatally wounded Raymond Steele 30 gasoline station attendant. He was found between pumps and the door by sisters Carol and Bernice Ballou who called police. The cash register was robbed and no witnesses saw the murder. Steele from Caledonia was unmarried.
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Marion
O.R
Raymond Steele
Steele
Carol
Bernice Ballou
William Miller
Caledonia
Mandel Favored to Retain Lightweight Title
New York reports July 15 indicate Sammy Mandel is the heavy favorite to keep the world lightweight title despite Al Singer drawing betting support for a potential upset. Betting favors Singer at 8 to 5 while boxing circles largely back Mandel as champion.
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New York
U.R
al Singer
Sammy Mandell
Tree sitting rivals face hazards of razor straps and owls
Chicago July 15 Dozens of youths across states climb trees to set endurance records in a craze that brings danger from razor straps pebbles and owls. Kansas Citys Jack Richards 14 leads with 118 hours while Eva Hates 12 trails by 55 hours as Minneapolis Dave Hogan plans to descend Saturday for a bath.
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Chicago
U.P
Ray Sanders
Herbert Ellingham, Jr
United Press
Ray
Herbert
Jack Richards
Kansas City
Eva Hates
Jack
Dave Hogan
Minneapolis
Midwest
Briand’s European Federation Pleas Backed by Seven Nations
Paris July 15. Briand’s questionnaire on an economic European Federation drew seven published replies and 16 nations yet to respond. Sweden Spain Holland Italy Romania Denmark Austria favored the plan though some reservations appeared. Britain Belgium and Switzerland had not answered. officials expected replies by week’s end with Britain likely tomorrow or Thursday.
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Paris
U.P
Dats Aristide Briand
Sweden
Spain
Holland
Italy
Romania
Denmark
Austria
Foreign Office
Briand
Great Britain
Belgium
Switzerland
Son Otto Engages in Tree Sitting Contest
In Cleveland on July 15 Otto Longo, 18, along with two companions, climbed into trees for a sitting contest as his mother Mrs Anthony Longo searched from the ground. Police said Otto rushed back indoors just before 9 PM to grab a raincoat and sweater before resuming the challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Longo
Otto
Cleveland
U.R
State Treasurer Sued Over Franchise Tax In Ohio Court
A suit filed in Common Pleas Court seeks to enjoin payment of a $600 franchise tax. Plaintiff Chew Publications, Inc. of Xenia against the state treasurer, with action noted from Columbus dated July 15.
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Columbus
U.R
Common Pleas
Chew Publications, Inc
Xenia
Rescue Effort Seeks Victim After Forest Crash
Donald Mockler leads searchers into dense woods after plane piloted by Frank Goldsborough crashes into a tree near Woodford. Goldsborough, 19, suffers a skull fracture and remains critically injured. four Bennington men locate and carry him to a road and on to Putnam Memorial Hospital.
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Frank Goldsborough
Donald Mockler
Bennington
Woodford
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Fred Allen
Sucker Pond
Stamford Meadows
Here
Albert Frontineau
Leonard Lawrence
Fred Johnson
Allen
Alough
Goldsborough
Mockler
Goldshborough
Robbers Loot Amesville Store In Early Morning Heist
Loot from Dean Kasler's grocery on Main Street Amesville included tobacco canned goods and change totaling about 60 dollars. Kasler chased the robbers after spotting them inside the store at 4 20 am borrowed a neighbor gun and fired as the pair fled toward Athens prompting sheriff and deputies to pursue.
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Amesville
Dean Kasler
Main Street
Kaasler
Kasler
Athens
William Williams
We Wingett
Wilean’ Afarit Ed
Man on bender jailed five days after throwing teeth
Akron July 15 Joe Nice 24 began a five day sentence for raising hell and throwing his false teeth at a woman in court. Police found his teeth wrapped in paper after he caused a disturbance the night before. Judge Claude Emmons ordered one day for intoxication two for the teeth incident and two for swearing in court.
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Akron
U.R
Joe Nice
Joe
Claude Emmons
Absentees Request Absent Voter Ballots In Athens
Absent voters ballots are being requested as Athens residents prepare for the August primaries. Herman Luckoff, recently returned from Europe, was first to cast a vote in person, while residents in Kalamazoo Detroit and Columbus filed formal absent voter ballot applications. The county board reports 600 Republican and 300 Democratic ballots and the same number of formal blanks received from a local printery. Personal applications require witness notary and a 60 mile away condition. Ballots go out within three days of election and must be mailed back three days before, due by 12 noon election day. Disabled voters with doctor certificates qualify.
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Athens
Herman Luckoff
New York
Europe
Kalamazoo
Detroit
Mich
Columbus
David Johnson
Athena County Board of Elections
Election Board
Woman Repeats Marriage Ceremony for Thrill of It
Martha Lenneper, 21, married Ernest Triebel in an elopement in Jersey City. Six months later she wed him twice more in New Haven and New York just to hear the minister say Mrs Ernest Triebel.
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New York
U.R
Martha Lenneper
Ernest Triebel
Jersey City
New Haven
Myers Appeals for Aid in Finding Missing Daughter
Mrs. A. M. Myers of Chillicothe appealed to Columbus authorities for help locating her daughter Mayme, 21, who left home some time ago and is believed to be in Columbus. Myers cares for her disabled husband and a World War II veteran son who was wounded.
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Columbus
U.R
A. M. Myers
Chillicothe
Mayme
Leaders Helpless over Farm Wheat Policy Crisis
Washington dispatch reports President Hoover and lawmakers face critique as wheat prices sag. Officials argue oversupply drives the decline, while Capper calls for large scale purchases. Legge’s Kansas visit may shape August primaries with Reed and Allen in the mix. McKelvie urges restraint and real benefit from any stabilization move.
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Washington
Hoover
Alexander Legge
Benator Capper
Republican
Kansas
Samuel J. McKenvie
Legge
McKelvie
New England
White House
Senate Urges Acceptance of the London Treaty
Senator Reed urged the Senate to ratify the London Naval Treaty during the opening week of the special session. He praised American naval officers led by Admirals Jones and Pringle, noting naval advice varied but worthy of admiration.
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Washington
U.B
Reed
Pennssylvania
Senate
United States
Jones
Pringle
Sens
Riot in Alexandria Kills and Wounds Europeans
An official report from Alexandria says rioters killed a European man named Fayrt and wounded many others including Italians. In all 260 people were numbered as injured or in danger with 14 fatalities reported and several in serious condition.
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Alexandria
Fayrt
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