Hoover Encouraging Midwest Shows Solid Support
Herbert Hoover, Republican nominee, aboard the Hoover Special train near Superior Wisconsin, learns midwest Republicans report strong campaign momentum across Wisconsin Illinois Minnesota Iowa and Indiana. Dawes backs Hoover though scarce on public campaigning, while Hoover greets crowds and plans to avoid speeches until his August 11 nominating acceptance in Palo Alto California fishing plans with President Coolidge ahead of travel to the Pacific coast.
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Superior
Wis
Herbert Hoover
Midwest
President Coolidge
White House
Brule
Wisconsin
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa
Indiana
Republicans
Dawes
Hoover
Washington
Commerce Department
Palo Alto
Calif
Madison
Lenroot
Attorney General Turner to Visit Athens Ahead of GOP Primary
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Edward C. Turner plans a late afternoon stop in Athens. He will meet with supporters and friends but no formal program or speeches are planned.
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Edward C. Turner
Ohio
Athens
Booklet of Facts About Flying in the United States
The Washington Information Bureau offers a 32 page aviation facts booklet for readers and researchers. A special Charles portrait cameo card is included with purchase. mailings cost ten cents plus postage and handling. Send coupon to deric J. Haskin Director Information Bureau Washington DC Street City State.
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United States
Washington
Col. Lindbergh
Suit Over Cotton Blossom Showboat Trademark
Captain D Otto Hitner owner and manager of the Cotton Blossom showboat sues Universal Pictures Edna Ferber Doubleday Page Publishing and Florenz Ziegfeld for damages up to 250000 alleging infringement of the Cotton Blossom trade mark. Miss Virginia Cotier editor at Fairchilds Publications has been granted rights for a novel in which the Cotton Blossom is the main theme and will gather material aboard the showboat this summer.
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Pomeroy
D. Otto Hitner
Meigs County
C. C. Gresham
Paducah
Universal Pictures Corporation
Edna Ferber
Doubleday Page Publishing Company
Florenz Ziegfeld
Ohio cities unite to oppose Logan Gas rate hike
City solicitors from Athens Lorain Bucyrus Crestline Ashland and Marion prepare a brief for the Public Utilities Commission to counter a Logan Gas Co rate increase across 33 cities. They contest going concern value leasehold costs and argue for reduced valuations citing Ohio and federal court decisions. More than 60 000 Ohio families would be affected by the commission's ruling.
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Columbus
W.P
Athens
Lorain
Bucyrus
Crestline
Ashland
Marion
Public Utilities Commission
Logan Gas Company
Ohio Supreme Court
Logan
Hardin-Wyandott Company
Portsmouth Telephone Company
U. S. Supreme Court
Grant E. Mouser
H. R. Allensworth
M. D. Hudges
Wesley Grills
Loavain
Mouser
Charles Deald
James Miller
C. 8S
Huffman
Coal Policy Committee Meets to Discuss Bituminous Situation
In Indianapolis on July 16 the United Mine Workers policy committee convened to continue a general discussion of the coal situation. Last week the panel sat four days but did not disclose business, while Illinois miners pressed to be released from policy rules including the Jacksonville scale base pay of 7.50 dollars per day. Federal legislation was also under discussion by the committee.
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Jacksonville
Four Nations Back Kellogg Peace Pact Form
Four countries the United States Germany France and Italy favor the Kellogg renunciation of war treaty. Paris and Rome notes say France and Italy will sign. Germany was the first to reply to the June 23 American note and agrees. Ten more governments expected to join this week.
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Washington
U.R
United States
Germany
France
Italy
Paris
Rome
Kellogg
Nineteen Miles of New Track Planned Between Fostoria and Toledo
The Hocking Valley railroad will complete nineteen miles of new track between Fostoria and Toledo within 45 working days. The project adds double trackage from Toledo to Columbus and routes via the Chesapeake and Ohio to West Virginia and Kentucky. Chief engineer William Michel described the plan as part of the Great Lakes to the mines route, linked to the Van Sweringen merger.
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Columbus
U.P
Fostoria
Toledo
Hocking Valley Railroad
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
West Virginia
Kentucky
William Michel
Henry kin of Hoover weakened in Placerville sanitarium
Placerville California July 16 A U R C D Henry father in law of Herbert Hoover was reported weakening gradually today in a Placerville sanitarium
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Placerville
Calif
C. D. Henry
Herbert Hoover
Drowned Steubenville Athlete After Canoe Capsize
Tony Reducca, 21, captain of Steubenville high school football, drowned when his canoe capsized in the Ohio River south of Steubenville. Two companions, Clifford Spellacy 23 and Patt Ward 22, rode the incident. Ward swam to shore to alert police. Spellacy reached shore nearly exhausted after the capsizing.
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Steubenville
Tony Reducca
Ohio River
Here
Reducca
Clifford Spellacy
Patt Ward
Ward
Reduceca
Spellacy
Lexington Floodlands Deepen Blue Grass Toll
Torrential rain from a third storm in two weeks floods Lexington and surrounding Blue Grass country. Flood waters rise again causing further damage added to already estimated millions across Kentucky.
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Lexington
Blue Grass
Missing Youth Returns Home as Friend Is Killed
James Berwald, 18, of Cleveland, who vanished in Ashland Nebraska after his friend Gordon Grigor was killed by a train, arrived home with Grigor’s body. He said they were attacked by a railroad detective while riding a freight train. Berwald escaped to Chicago. Detective Conrad Barth is under arrest in Nebraska.
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Cleveland
James Berwald
Ashland
Neb
Gordon Grigor
Young Berwald
Grigor
Chicago
Berwald
Conrad Barth
Nebraska
Tax Appeals Reviewed by State Commission Tomorrow
The state tax commission will review 358 tax exemption appeals from numerous counties. Appeals involve public buildings and religious institutions like churches libraries and parochial schools that are tax free unless used for nonpurpose purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
State Tax Commission
Secret Jail Prisoner Employment Probe by Sheriff Gump
A secret investigation into how county jail prisoners were employed on Sheriff Gump’s farm in Delaware County was underway today. The probe examines employment practices and potential misuse of inmate labor under county authority.
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Sheriff Gump
Delaware County
One-Year-Old Drowns In Rain Water Catch Can
Delbert Eugene Lanning aged one of New Pittsburgh, son of Mr and Mrs Zernie Lanning, drowned Sunday evening when he toppled into a rain water catch can under the house eaves. He was found later. parents seven brothers and one sister survive. Funeral Tuesday at 10 at New Pittsburgh church.
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Zernie Lanning
New
Pittsburgh
Nelsonville
Delbert Eugene
New Pittsburgh
Pomeroy and Gallipolis Bridges Show Contrasting Designs
Riveter force increases for the new river bridge as workers settle in Pomeroy and Middleport. The cantilever Ohio bridge aims to carry heavier traffic and even military loads, contrasting with the lighter suspension bridge at Gallipolis Point Pleasant and fueling speculation of major developments to come.
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Pomeroy
Middleport
Gallipolis-Pt. Pleasant
Resurfacing Court Street Starts After Asphalt Arrival
City service director G M Romine announced plans to resurface North Court Street from State to Carpenter Streets starting tomorrow. A carload of asphalt arrived today and crews began unloading. Traffic will be restricted to delivery vehicles, detour signs will be set by John Dowler, and about two days of good weather are expected to finish the work with the street reopening late Thursday afternoon.
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Court Street
North Court Street
State Street
Carpenter Street
G. M. Romine
City Public Service
Service Department
John Dowler
State Highway Department
State
Carpenter Streets
East State Street
Corporation
Romine
Protest over Hocking Valley time schedule filed
Several hundred farmers along the Ohio river communities of Pomeroy Middleport and Letart appealed to the State Utilities commission to study the Hocking Valley railroad timetable saying schedules should serve local needs. The petition offered no specifics on current times or alleged issues. A separate ruling states a village may share highway construction costs if proceedings began before Norton Edwards act date, but county commissioners cannot waive property owners’ special assessments.
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Ohio
Columbus
U.R
Ohio River
Pomeroy
Middleport
Letart
State Utilities Commission
Hocking Valley Railroad
U.P
Turner
Meigs County
Death of Malmgren Tales Told Piece by Piece
Moscow reports piece by piece the death of Dr. Finn Malmgren left on an ice floe as his Italian companions Mariano and Zappi pressed toward land seeking aid. They say Malmgren died June 15 after urging them to continue and that his grave was dug in the ice before he perished. The Krassin icebreaker has rescued seven Italia crash survivors and will pursue further rescues near Cape Platen as other parties remain missing.
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New Jersey
Mexico
Emilio Carranza
Mexico City
Roosevelt Field
Long Island
Moscow
Finn Malmgren
Adalberto Mariano
Filippo Zappi
Malmgren
Thhey
Mariano
Zappi
Krassin Vriday
Krassin
Alfredo Viglieri
Roald Amundsen
Cape Platen
Chukhnovsky
Training Begins in Camp Perry This Morning
Summer training for the Ohio National Guard units starts at Camp Perry. Adjutant General Frank Henderson leads the two week event. The 112th Medical Regiment under Colonel Harry Snively includes 40 officers and 425 men. The 74th Brigade comprises the 147th Infantry of Cincinnati under Colonel B. D. Ross and the 166th Infantry of Columbus under Colonel Robert Haubrick.
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Camp Perry
U.P
Seventy Fourth Infantry
Ohio National Guard
Frank D. Henderson
Harry Snively
Seventy-Fourth
Cincinnati
8. D. Ross
Columbus
Robert Haubrick
Smith Refuses Longer War of Words with White
Governor Alfred E. Smith declines further dispute with Kansas editor William Allen White over the legislative record of the Democratic nominee. He says he will keep to a policy of reticence on campaign issues and tactics and considers his denial of White's charges sufficient.
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Albany
N. Y
U.R
Alfred E. Smith
William Allen White
Kansas
Smith
White
Earthquake Devastates Torball and Smyrna Areas
An earthquake today destroyed Torball in the province of Constantinople injuring six, including the governor. Four people were hurt in Smyrna as aftershocks rattled the region.
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Constantinople
Torball
Smyrna
License Obtained Marry in Athens
Raymond Eistelstein a local barber and Miss Ellen Elizabeth Smith were married in Athens at 9 o clock, the thirteenth July marriage license issued at the courthouse. The couple left for a motor trip in northern Ohio after the ceremony. Eistelstein is son of Mr and Mrs A F Eistelstein and Smith is daughter of Mr and Mrs Julian Smith.
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Pomeroy
Raymond Eistelstein
Ellen Elizabeth Smith
Athens
Eistelstein
A. F. Eistelstein
Julian ‘Smith
Two Die As Airplane Wing Collapses Near Hobson
Clarence Herman of near Hobson, 38, dies after a plane wing collapses during a pleasure trip south of Middleport. Pilot Ralph Young, 27, of Pomeroy, is hospitalized with a broken collarbone and injuries. Bystander John Leeper injured by falling wing debris. The old army plane had been used for passenger service.
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Middleport
Here
Clarence Herman
Hobson
Ralph Young
Pomeroy
Young
Herman
Holset Hospital
Gallipolis
Hersman
John Leeper
Ironton
Pomeroy Bend
Laurel Young
Chicago
Minnie Herman
Rulings On Transportation Contracts by Ohio Boards
Columbus July 16 Attorney General Turner ruled that boards of education may contract for pupil transportation for a full school year or longer if the statute is followed. The contract must include a certificate from the fiscal officer showing lawful appropriation of funds for the purpose.
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Golumbus
U.R— Boards of Education
Turner
John Loree
Celina
Hughes Nominated for World Court Judgeship
Belgium named Charles Evans Hughes as first choice for the vacant Hague post. Baron Rolin Jacquemyns was listed as second choice as Hughes toured Vienna seeking the position amid several other nations backing him.
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Hughes
Geneva
U.R
Belgium
Charles Evans Hughes
World Court
the Hague
Baron Rolin Jacquemyns
Vienna
Five held on Robbery Charges After Return from Clarksburg
Ironton July 16 reports Thomas 23 Carman 22 Virginia Thompson 19 and Ines Muskee were returned from Clarksburg West Virginia and detained today on robbery charges.
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Ironton
U.P— Thomas
William Carman
Virginia Thompson
Ines Muskee
Clarksburg
W. Va
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Nera Acove
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Kansas City
THE
Athens Messenger
Lindbergh
Deric J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Reany
M. D. Hughes
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Commission
Carranza
Congress
Hocking Valley
Meigs
Want
Tur- Heldner
Tale OF Death OF
Eugene Lyons
Henderson
Near Hobson
George McCarty
Omaha
Glouster
George McCarty, Jr
International Aeronautic Corporation
St. Louis
George
McCarty
Rosani
Thurston
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