Terrorists In Germany Kill 20 Bystanders
In Berlin on July 18, Germany faced intense political violence as communists fired from rooftops at fascist street parades, killing about 20 bystanders and injuring many others. The government halted outdoor demonstrations, discussed martial law, and planned harsher penalties for weapon possession as police and armored units attempted to restore order.
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Berlin
U.R
Germany
Reich
Wilhelm von Gayl
Prussia
Altona
Hamburg
Hoover Relief Bill On Tap As Democrats Score Leadership
Route 31 south of Logan paving awarded to BE Turner for 843587.55 beating eight rivals incl William Loomis & Son. Turner to start after organizing crews. project uses 80 percent local labor via Hocking County Relief Committee and uses Hocking Valley Brick Co materials. Franklin County brick pavement bid ~38000. Local brick plant expected to stay active, employing about 100 men.
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Logan
Brick
BE. N. Turner
William Loomis & Son
Turner
W. H. Ringwall
Chillicothe
Hocking County Relief Committee
Franklin County
Taxi Dancer Ends Her Life in Chicago
Helen Johnson a 24 year old taxi dancer from Wheeling West Virginia committed suicide after two unhappy marriages. A taxi driver who picked her up at daybreak to take her to Lake Michigan grew suspicious when she vanished after being left at the shore. Police recovered her body about an hour later.
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Chicago
Helen Johnson
Wheeling
W. Va
Lake Michigan
Miss Johnson
B&O Seeks Station Change Amid Miner Strike
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad asks the Public Utilities Commission to convert its Mineral Ohio station from agency to non agency due to reduced coal shipments caused by the Southeastern Ohio miners strike. Mines idle since January and no coal shipments since February 1 cut revenues. non coal shipments are minimal.
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Columbus
U.P
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Today
The
Public Utilities Commission
Mineral
Athens County
Crash Kills Rutland Man Albert Maguire
Albert Maguire 27 of Rutland was fatally injured in a Sunday morning automobile crash at Monkey Run. He died hours later at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after his roadster rolled several times on a narrow road. Harold Taylor, not seriously injured, was with him. Maguire known for banjo playing across Meigs County.
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Pomeroy
Albert Maguire
Monkey Run
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Maguire
Harold Taylor
Rutland
Meigs County
Nial Maguire
Canada Agrees To Waterway
Washington July 18 The United States and Canada signed a treaty to construct an $800 million St Lawrence waterway linking the Great Lakes to Atlantic trade. The two governments will spend $543.4 million on completing the project, featuring two dams capable of 1 100 000 horsepower to power farms cities and factories.
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Washington
U.P
United States
Canada
St. Lawrence
Atlantic Ocean
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence River
Socialists Plan Ballot Nominations in Ohio 1840
Socialists in Cleveland announced plans to place Norman Fe Thomas and James Mauper on the November ballot by petition. A loophole in Ohio’s election code may allow имя candidates to appear without full party recognition, as only groups with 1 percent of last vote signature are needed rather than 15 percent for official party status.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Norman FE
Thomas
James Mauper
Dark Complexion Is Olympics Requisite, Rogers Discovers
A letter from EAST BAKERSFIELD recounts visiting Stanford where American athletes tried for the Olympics. The writer notes racial stereotypes about competing nations and claims dark complexions determine victory, referencing Booker T. Washington's boys and Congress adjournment.
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Rogers
Bakersfield
Calif
Stanford
Booker T. Washington
Congress
Will
California bonus marchers head for Washington by motor
A group of 200 California bonus marchers including women and children left Columbus Ohio by motor for Washington to join fellow veterans demanding payment of the World War I bonus.
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Columbus
California
Washington
Bewildered Bonus Army Idle in Camp Awaiting Orders
Thousands of World War veterans linger in their camps awaiting new leadership as Congress adjourns for two months. Walter Waters vows to persist while Roy Robertson hints at further demonstrations and John Pace rallies for a new petition. Two legislative wins ease loans for veterans and adjust terms on certificates.
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Washington
U.R
Congress
Walter W. Waters
Oregon
Labor Leader Predicts Riots
Atlantic City July 18 William Green president of the American Federation of Labor predicted widespread food riots this winter due to Congress failing to act on farm relief or modify the Volstead Act to permit 2.75 percent beer He said rioting and social disorder are the outlook for the winter and relief demands will strain community programs He anticipated a special Congressional session as unemployment problems grow.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Congress
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Federation
Executive Council
Louise Tracy Dies Suddenly at Athens Home
Louise Daggett Tracy 24 wife of Sam Tracy of Mansfield died suddenly from infantile paralysis at her mother Mrs W V Daggett’s home in Athens after a visit. Funeral services and burial are private in Catholic Cemetery tomorrow at 11. Survived by her husband her mother four brothers and one sister.
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Louise Daggett Tracy
Sam Tracy
Mansfield
W. V. Daggett
Athens
Tray
Hio University
Theta Phi Alpha Sorority
Ohio University
Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity
Mansfield High School
Star and Rosary Society
Catholic Ladies of Columbia
St. Paul's Church
Tracy
Richard
Columbus
Wilbur
Robert
Ted
Ruth
Athen
Marriage Licenses Listed for Dan St Clair and Mary
Dan St Clair age 40 of Athens R DP No 8 and Mary age 55 of Athens are issued a marriage license in the latest county records.
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Dan St. Clair
Athens R
Farmer
Mary
Athens
Pomona Grange Initiates Six At Athens Meeting
Six candidates were initiated into the Pomona Grange during a large Athens Grange Hall gathering with about 125 members present. Leaders F E. A. Taylor E. B. Haller Mary and Louise Blackburn Agnes and Mary Terrill led the initiation as T H Johnson announced a county declamation contest set for August 8 at the Athens Grange Hall.
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Pomona Grange
Athens Grange Hall
E. A. Taylor
Bank Reopens Closed Doors in Youngstown
The City Trust and Savings Bank in Youngstown reopened with 17,000 depositors, backed by a $1,000,000 loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Armored cars delivered cash from Cleveland, and the plan grants $50 to depositors with at least that much, then allows 10 percent withdrawal on remaining deposits.
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Youngstown
City Trust and Savings Bank
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Cleveland
Steam Shovel Accident Injures Logan Man on Highway Work
Thomas Bolen of Albany Athena County was seriously injured when a dipper of a steam shovel struck him while dirt was being removed for a highway project near Haydenville. He suffered a fractured back and pelvis with possible internal injuries and was hospitalized at Cherrington. This follows another on the same contract two weeks earlier, when Herbert Smith of Nelsonville was hurt.
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Logan
Thomas Bolen
Albany
Athena County
Haydenville
Cherrington Hospital
Bolen
Gabriel Pencelli
Chauncey
Herbert Smith
Nelsonville Rt. No. 2
Illinois Miners Still Hold Out
Idleness and unemployment linger in Illinois coal fields as Union miners reject a wage deal. Vote shows about four to one against accepting the $5 basic daily wage. About 40,000 workers face jeopardy while locals decide on the Walker plan to equalize conditions with other fields.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
John H. Wa
United Mine Workers Nolia
Walker
Lewis
International Presiden Miners Union
Kentuc
Weert Virginia
Central Ohio coal dealers seek rehearing over rail rate
A group of central Ohio coal dealers filed for rehearing of the Public Utilities Commission June 27 order that dismissed their complaint against New York Central Railroad coal shipment rates from the Hocking District. They protested 90 cents per shipment and sought 76 cents, alleging the ruling unreasonable and discriminatory.
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Columbus
Central Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
New York Central Railroad
Hocking District
Ohio
South Bridge Work Accelerates With Early Open Expected
Brick laying on the South Bridge progresses rapidly with completion due tonight or tomorrow morning. Richland Avenue traffic will detour via the State Hospital grounds to White's Mill with flagmen and one way traffic to guard the narrow road. The overall bridge and approaches are slated for August completion but may finish ahead of schedule.
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South Bridge
Richland Avenue
John Dowler
State Hospital
White's Mill
Hospital
President Street
Dowler
East State
Nelsonville
French Ambassador Jules Jusserand Dies at 77
Jules Jusserand, long serving French ambassador to Washington for 28 years, and a member of the late Theodore Sevell s cabinet, died aged 77 in Paris.
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Paris
Jules Jusserand
Washington
Theodore Sevells Cmons “Xonnle
Gadtys Main
Troops Reopen Fire Near Lick Run Mine District
Nelsonville July 18 reports from National Guard headquarters say sporadic firing from midnight as guardsmen with rifle and machine gun returned fire in the Lick Run Mine district. No injuries reported and mining districts were quiet this morning. Company officials note increased work force with 42 at Ide Run and 128 at No 6 Chauncey.
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Nelsonville
Diaspera
Lick Run
National Guard
Athena County
Co. B
48Th Infantry
Fremont
Starkey
Blanchester
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Lick Ron
Millfield No. 6
Idek Run
Lathrop
Chauncey
U S Prepares Capone Finale in Major Prohibition Case
The government readies a capstone action against Al Capone's crime syndicate after a two year inquiry by the Prohibition Bureau Chicago Secret Six and police. The 5 page report to the attorney general lists 200 linked figures and details nationwide liquor racketeering and tax evasion prosecutions across eight states.
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Thicago
al Capone
Prohibition Department
Chicago “Secret Six
Chicago Police Department
United States Attorney General
United Preaw
Capone
W. B H. Bennett
Special Intelligence Unit
New Marshfield School Hires Barrett in VocationalAgriculture
Walter C. Barrett assumes the duties of vocational agriculture instructor at New Marshfield High School succeeding Ralph R. Barker who becomes principal of the school system. Barrett, formerly of New Hairfield, begins July 1 and is a Penn State graduate in animal husbandry. He taught in Wilmington Ohio for two years and has 40 enrolled students in the current project work. The former instructor will continue project work throughout the summer.
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Walter C. Barrett
New Marshfield
Ralph R. Barker
Barrett
New Hairfield
Penn Tate
Ohio
Clinton County
Ohio State University
Wilmington
Barker
Roy
Hoover to sign $2.12 billion relief and home loan bills
President Hoover plans to sign the unemployment relief measure totaling 2.122 billion dollars on Tuesday and also approves a Home Loan Bank measure. The relief loans aim to fund reconstruction for public works and provide work without taxing the taxpayer, with additional authorizations for currency expansion debated by the administration.
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Washington
Aes
Hoover
Perisedt
Reconstruction Corporation
Troller
White House
Rapidan Camp
Mr. Hoover
Th Construction Corporation
United States
John Garner
Garner
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