Dynamite Wrecks Mine Superintendent Car in Garage
Nelsonville July 20 Staff Special The private car of Allard Hostetter Manhattan Coal Company general superintendent was wrecked by a dynamite blast about 12 25 this morning. The garage fronted Madison Street and damage extended to the roof and walls while a nearby house windows shattered. Arrests followed for other incidents as guards disrupted meetings and a truck crash near U S 50 North.
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Nelsonville
Allard Hostetter
Manhattan Coal Company
Fred Wilson
West Washington Street
Madison Street
Telephone Company
Dudley Campbell
Foster Pyle
Southworth
Ohio National Guard
Pyle
Lick Run
Lathrop
Fatal clash as union marchers hit U S dam project
In Marseilles Illinois gunfire during a march on a U S dam project left one man dead and 18 wounded. 128 non union workers jammed the county jail as revolver and shotgun fire drove demonstrators back. Union leader O Neil said marchers were unarmed.
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U. S. Dam
Marseilles
Ill
U.P
Ilinois River
Ottawa
Stephen Sutton
Joliet Snr
RE. O'Neil
Coal City
Lumber Fire Near Asbury Ridge Road Reported
In Nelsonville on July 20 a large supply of lumber owned by William Arbaugh and piled along both sides of the Asbury Ridge Road beyond Lick Run Hill was reported burning at noon. The Nelsonville Fire Department dispatched one piece of apparatus to the scene.
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Nelsonville
William Arbaugh
Asbury Ridge
Lick Run Hill
Nelsonville Assault Reported on Nelson Hill
Bill Smith of Frog Hollow told Police Chief George Batemen this morning he was attacked by two uniformed men late last night on Nelson Hill. He said he was struck on the head and robbed of 55 cents. the incident is under investigation.
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Nelsonville
Bill Smith
Frog Hollow
George Batemen
Nelson Hill
Smith
Anti prohibitionists campaign to press wet or dry stand
In Columbus on July 20 anti prohibitionists launched a campaign against the Eighteenth Amendment. They plan a statewide fund of 50 000 to educate the public and identify wet candidates, with money used for publicity rather than personal campaigns.
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Columbus
Nation-wide air express system to start August first
Cleveland July 20 A nation wide interline air express system with links to Canada Mexico and South America will begin Aug 1. The General Air Express is formed by seven major U S airlines with Postal Telegraph Co as agents providing door to door pickup and delivery. Uniformed messengers and motorized equipment will move shipments between airports and shippers offices.
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Cleveland
U.P
Canada
Mexico
South America
General Air Express
United States
Postal Telegraph Co
Cooling Breezes Hoped To Break 11 Day Heat Wave
New York reporters note cooling breezes expected within 36 hours to end an 11 day heat wave. Death toll surpasses 150 as temperatures rise toward new records east of the Rockies. Weather spared some mountain states and Pacific regions from the heat, with northeastern Atlantic coast also affected.
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New York
U.R
Rocky Mountains
Mountain States
Pacific
Atlantic Coast
Route 13 Widening Nears Finish In Chauncey Area
State highway officials say work widening Route 13 between Chauncey and Jacksonville will be finished this week. The road now measures 22 feet after adding two feet on each side, with about 300 workers from local corporations and townships employed on the summer project.
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Chauncey
Jacksonville
The Messenger Classifieds Shine in Athens Spotlight
The Messenger classified section wins public favor for service and satisfaction. A standout listing by Mr Murnican from Athens shows the effectiveness of the Horses Cattle Other Stock column with six pigs purchased after a single insertion.
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Athens
Acta
Messenger
Murnican
R. Athens
Kid McCoy Paroled From San Quentin After Six Years
Norman Selby age 50 known as Kid McCoy is released from San Quentin Prison after six years for the 1924 murder of his sweetheart Teresa Mor. The former welterweight champion of 1896 and 1897 completed his “road work” with road camp labor and aims to leave prison before his 60th birthday.
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McCoy
San Quentin Prison
Cal
U.P
Norman Selby
San Quentin
Teresa Mor
Kid McCoy
Thermometer Readings Climb as District Sees Heat Record
Thermometers in the district rise toward a record high with noon temperatures around 90 and a potential 96 for the season. The previous day saw a 96 and the warmest night of the week at 68 as the river level fell to 2.95 feet this morning.
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Mercury
Lamberson Sentenced for Bank Robbery Attempt in Athens County
Charlies F. Lamberson of Columbus was sentenced to hard labor at Ohio Penitentiary after pleading guilty in Athens County Common Pleas Court to attempting to rob the First National Bank of Amenville. A 15 year minimum term applies after indictment May 5 and arraignment May 7. Lamberson was held 30 days for mental health evaluation at Lima State Hospital and discharged recently on $5,000 bond.
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Ohio Penitentiary
Charlies F. Lamberson
Columbus
Athens County
Idle Winers Desperate as Coal Miners Face Hunger in Sullivan
In Sullivan Indiana authorities fear worsening idleness among Western Indiana coal field workers. Unemployed since March miners crowd shanty towns hoping for arrest to gain food while commissaries cut supplies amid hunger and mounting despair.
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Indiana
Sullivan
Ind
U.P
Pastors Face Arson Charge In Portsmouth Case
In Portsmouth on July 20, Claude R. Metz alias C R Manaie 42 and Rev A G Harris 52 of Fairmont W Va were jailed awaiting grand jury action on arson. Metz confessed to setting fire to the home of Rev WS Queen and implicated Harris as plot leader. Harris bound over on 2000 dollars bond. Metz on 1000 dollars. House found burning in six places valued at 12000 dollars.
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Portsmouth
U.P
Claude R. Metz
C. R. Manaie
Rev
A. G. Harris
Fairmount
W. Va
Metz
WS Queen
Rev Harris
Queen
Harris
Virginia Queen
Rev. Queen
Superintendent to Attend Pomeroy Thursday
The Rev. E. I. Klotz, superintendent of the Ohio District of the Central German Conference, will be at Bethany M E Church in Pomeroy Thursday night at 7 30 for a devotional service. The Fourth Quarterly Conference follows. A Friday service of communion will be held at Forest Run Church with the conference also taking place.
Despondent Worker Shoots Self in Columbus Room
George I. EB. Peters, 70, slain by self infliction in his room after a day of fruitless job hunting. Police report he died last night in Columbus. No accomplices or foul play suspected.
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Columbus
George I. EB. Peters
Tur ner begins Route 31 improvement at Logan site
Fe Turner starts road work south of Logan after contract award. Machinery moves to site Tuesday and Wednesday. Grading begins Thursday with concrete pouring possible by August 1. Efforts aim to rush the project to avoid the fall rains as much equipment from the State Garage is repurposed for the job.
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Logan
FE. N. Turner
State Garage
Cool Kegs On Top Americans In Paris
In Paris on July 20 at the American Club stag picnic about 1,000 Americans gathered to toast Prohibition plank positions. Loyalists and volunteers pledged not to return to the United States until after the 1930s repeal.
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Plantes
Paris
American Club
United States
Athens County Delinquent Tax Report Underway
T. A. Fetherston of the Stewart office began compiling a delinquent tax report in Athens County. He works for the county board of education, and state aid for county schools will be released once the report is completed and certified to the state auditor. The funds have waited eight weeks pending submission.
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T. A. Fetherston
Stewart
Athens County Auditor's
County Board of Education
Athens County
Extension Service Officials To Visit Hocking County
Logan July 20. An Ohio Extension Service study committee will visit Hocking County within two weeks to assess launching a home industry project. The group reviewed Kentucky and West Virginia programs and sees rugs and household articles as marketable goods for local women. A county leaders meeting will be arranged with invited farm women and the committee to discuss the project.
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Extension Service
Hocking County
Kentucky
West Virginia
Hose
Ome
British Empire seeks to bar U S imports at economic conference
Ottawa July 20 British Empire delegates to the Economic Conference in Ottawa push a plan to cut U S imports worth 3 billion and keep empire producers compete for steel beef textiles grain and other goods. The talks aim to shift one quarter of world trade to imperial suppliers as delegates meet to discuss tariffs and reciprocal trade measures.
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United States
Great Britain
Berlin under military rule as Papen acts as Reich commissioner
Berlin and Branden burg entered a military state of emergency with Franz Von Papen as Reich commissioner in Prussia. The Prussian police numbers shifted to the Reich administration to curb six months of deadly political rioting after dictatorial decrees by President Von Hindenburg took immediate effect.
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Borlin
U.P
Berlin
Brandenburg
Franz von Papen
Reich
Prussia
von Hindenburg
Dam Breaches End Of Belle Valley Swimming Hole
Fire swept through the Belle Valley area destroying a village machine shop a garage and a residence after a dammed stream feeding the old swimming hole was battered by flames. Firefighters struggled to draw water from a small stream as the structure was damaged beyond repair with losses estimated under 4 000 dollars.
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Caldwell
U.P
Belle Valley
Girl Held in Seneca County Jail Escape Probe
Prosecutor Paul Flynn had not decided charges against 18 year old Ethel Stephens of Arcadia who confessed to aiding the escape of three prisoners from the Seneca County jail. He believes she tried to help because one prisoner was her brother. The escapees Orville Stephens 22 Robert Kantner 34 Cleveland and Herbert Huffman 26 of Fostoria were jailed for robberies of couples parked along rural roads. The girl said she smuggled saws into the jail.
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Tiffin
U.2
Paul Flynn
Ethel Stephens
Arcadia
Seneca County
Flynn
Orville Stephena
Robert Kantner
Cleveland
Herbert Huffman
Fostoria
Four Athens County Prisoners Paroled From Ohio Penitentiary
Four Athens County men in the Ohio Penitentiary at Columbia have been granted parole notices. Wilfred Moody, sentenced Sept 11 1928, to be released Sept 15. Fred J Harper, imprisoned for grand larceny since Apr 1 1929, to be released Aug 1. Nick Rodger, jailed for burglary and larceny since Jan 4 1928, to be paroled Sept 15. Fox, sentenced Jan 31 1981 for grand larceny, to be released Sept 15.
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Athens County
Ohio
Columbia
Wilfred Moody
Common Pleas Court
Fred J Harper
Nick Rodgera
Fox
Doctor Peachey Visited Sister in Cincinnati
Noted explorer and member of the Explorers Club of New York and the National Geographic Society arrived in Cincinnati to visit his sister at her home last month.
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Cincinnati
Henry H. Peachey
Explorers Club of New York
National Geographite Society
No Relief for Qhip in Sight Til Week End
Columba s July heat wave continued as forecasters warned no relief until the end of the week. The eleventh day of heat brought scorching temperatures across the state with 104 in Findlay the hottest reading. Farmers kept crops thriving under the brutal sun while showers were forecast to break the heat with possible storms.
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Columbus
Raya
Findlay
Atore
Ohioans Study R B C Rules
Ohio relief officials plan to travel to Washington to learn how to access Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds. Governor White and the relief commission agree counties should first try to sell relief bonds before state intervention. About $1,000,000 is sought to support relief work in Summit Stark Mahoning and Lorain counties.
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Columbus
U.P
State Relief Commission
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
White
Summit
Stark
Mahoning
Lorain Counties
Japs Are Thick as Flies at Olympics
Beverly Hills dispatch reports wartime nerves and a mock travelogue about Japan’s Olympic participation. The writer remarks on Japanese competitors and their film cameras, mixing colorful anecdotes with editorial tone about American spectators and a Wall Street figure.
Man sues wife for divorce over restless midnight radio use
Lima report says Lemuel B. Hulie sues Olive Hulie for divorce claiming she kept the radio on during the early hours to disturb his sleep. The suit reflects domestic strife cited in the July 2 Lima dispatch.
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Lima
Lemuel BE. Hulie
Olive
Capitol Forces Disperse Would-Be Veteran Picketers
Police repulsed two attempts by about 200 members of the bonus army to picket the White House. Two leaders, John Pace of Detroit and Becks with BE Johnason of Big Rapids, Mich, were arrested and held on bond. Butler and Marine veterans camped on the Anacostia Flats urged continued protest as thousands remained.
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Bonus Army
White House
Capitol Forces
Washington
Executive Mansion
John Pace
Detroit
Becks
BE Johnason
Big Rapids
Mich
Headley
Insurgenta
Big Liners on Lakes in 1937
Hoover notes Canada United States treaty for St Lawrence Seaway progress. Joint engineers report seven year construction period, with 10 years cited by Charles P. Craig and Tidewater Association as initial estimate. Ocean vessels to dock at Cleveland and Toledo by January 1937 as early phase.
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Washington
U.P Ocean
Cleveland
Toledo
Great Lakes
Charles P. Craig
Fatal Hay Bale Accident Claims Corning Child
In Corning, Henry King 7 son of Mr and Mrs Henry Fing was fatally injured yesterday when a bale of hay fell on him from a stake. Emergency crews rushed to the scene but he died from the injuries.
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Corning
Henry King
Henry, Fing
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