Strife Flares Across States Over Mining Protests
Across Iowa Indiana Illinois and Alabama miners and workers protest use of machinery on a new building and wage cuts. In Dugger Indiana three militia units patrol after a jail standoff at the Hoosier Mine while Governor Leslie negotiates. Sioux City witnesses fired hoses and demonstrations. Sayretan mines face strikes amid safety concerns. One man killed and18 wounded in a week of unrest near Marseilles Illinois.
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Chicago
U.P
Indiana
Sorder
Dugger
Ind
Harry
Leslie
Hoosier
Buecer
Sioux City
Mieral
Illinois
Springfield
Ill
High Point
N. C
Sayretan
Republic Steel Corporation
Birmingham
Ala
Crszen
Marseilles
New Drive For Pension Fund In Ohio
Advocates in Columbus launched a campaign to push an old age pension bill through the 1933 General Assembly. Petition forms approved by Secretary of State Brown target about 60,000 signatures to initiate the bill, with possible extra signatures for a direct vote if lawmakers fail to act. The measure would grant pensions to dependents over 65 with under 300 dollars yearly income, up to 25 dollars monthly, financed by the legislature.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio
General Assembly
State Brown
Assembly
Roosevelt and Young to discuss foreign relations at Hyde Park
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt and Owen D. Young will hold a conference on international relations tomorrow at Roosevelt’s Hyde Park home. Roosevelt said many topics would be addressed, including the foreign situation.
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Albany
N. Y
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Owen D. Young
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Economical Transportation Ad Yields Fast Used Car Sales
Local ad columnist notes strong demand for affordable cars. John Ator of Richland Ave. advertised two cars and received a dozen calls in two days, selling them quickly. Ford pickup and 1926 Ford roadster with original tires offered at fair prices, call 0242 ask for ad-taker.
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John Ator
Richland Ave
Ator’s
Gallipolis Boy Found Shot to Death in Bed
In Gallipolis on July 22 12 year old Herman Erwin son of Mr and Mrs Luther Erwin was found dead in his bed with a bullet wound over his left eye a revolver at his side The two theories are accidental discharge or safe act The acting coroner F W Shane will likely rule accidental death Harold Erwin an elder brother left for work at Kroger s Store about 7 am The parents discovered the body on the third floor of the Wagner building at Second and Court Streets The boy was in the eighth grade at Washington School The family has lived in town seven years Funeral services expected Sunday with burial in West Virginia He leaves two sisters Jo and Eunice in addition to his parents and brother
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Herman Erwin
Luther Erwin
F. W. Shane
Harold Erwin
Kroger
Herman
Wagner Building
Second and
Court Streets
Erwin
Washington School
West Virginia
Eunice
Cleveland man found guilty of robbery in city case
Thomas Scalish, 25, of Cleveland, was found guilty of robbery today by a jury in Judge Harrison W. Ewing's courtroom. Scalish testified for himself yesterday and now faces a perjury charge along with four alibi witnesses who said he was in Columbus when the June 11 robbery at a City Ice and Fuel Co. station occurred.
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Cleveland
U.P
Thomas Scalish
Harrison W. Ewing
Scalish
Sealish
Columbus
City Ice & Fuel Co
Fremont Mayor Opposes Survey for City Light Plant
Mayor W H Schwartz of Fremont warns he will veto a 8500 survey for a municipal light plant and says the cost must come from operating expenses, while several councilmen back the survey and seek legislation for action at the next meeting.
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Fremont
Meyor
W. H. Schwartz
R. A. Hunsinger
Schwartz
Suits Filed Against Four Defendants by McArthur S&L
McArthur Savings and Loan filed suits in Athens Common Pleas Court seeking 8000 against Sadie L. Miller and Florence C. Wolfe and 3000 against Inez L. Burgett and H N Burgett. The bank asks for amount due on loans and foreclosure of mortgages on Athens County properties.
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McArthur Savings and Loan Company
Athens Common Pleas Court
Sadie L. Miller
Florence C. Wolfe
Inez L. Burgett
H. N. Burgett
Athens County
Ohio to seek $1.03 million loan for four counties relief
Adjutant General Frank Henderson and Ohio relief officials applied to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for $1,030,000 to meet emergency relief needs in Summit Mahoning Lorain and Stark counties. Highway Director Merrell said Ohio may receive $4.5 million from a road construction feature of the Hoover relief bill and will spend it before July 1, 1933.
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Washington
U.S
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Frank Hendertson
State Relief Commission
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
New York
Summit
Mahoning
Lorain
Stark
O. W. Merret
FE. O. Broughtseers
Merrell
Thomas H. MacDonald
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Hoover
Highway Department
Henderson
Plan To Evict Homeless War Veterans
Police planned to evict homeless veterans from government buildings in Washington. Commander Walter Waters of the Bonus Army demanded new quarters and warned they would stay unless better billets were provided, while police pledged legal observance and noncombatants.
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Washington
U.P
Walter Waters
Bonus Army
Pelham Glassford
Waters
Cuyahoga Seeks Funds for Welfare Relief
Cuyahoga County faces a need to raise nearly 21 million dollars for unemployment relief and related welfare work in the last quarter of this year and the ensuing year. Of this total 2.87 million will replenish relief funds to carry agencies over to January 1. The 1933 estimate is 18 million, about 5 million more than this year.
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Cleveland
U.P
Cuyahoga County
Joint Committee On
Ohio River barge extension study due by Aug
An army engineers survey on canalizing Beaver Shenango and Mahoning Rivers to extend the Ohio River barge system to Youngstown will be sent from St Louis by division engineer George R Spalding no later than Aug 5. Colonel Spalding informed the war department after a Pillsbury inquiry. Representatives Bolton of Cleveland and Cooper of Youngstown had urged quicker results.
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Washington
Army Engineers
Youngstown
Beaver
Shenango
Mahoning
St. Louis
George R. Spalding
Spalding
War Department
Pillsbury
Chester C. Bolton
Cleveland
John G. Cooper
When Mussolini Now Has Cabinet Meeting He Talks to Himself
A fragment from Beverly Hills notes Mussolini handling cabinet shifts by self speech under an assumed name. The letter laments costs of keeping bonus boys and criticizes endorsements and politics, mentioning Hever and Willa.
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Mussolini
Beverly Hills
Cal
Hever
Washington
Willa
Thunderstorm Eases Heat in Athens After 99-Degree Push
A late afternoon thunderstorm cooled Athens after a week of heat. highs reached 84, with a near 100 forecast earlier. a 0.4 inch rain fell, river depth dropped from 2.90 to 2.87 feet, hail and lightning caused property damage including a garage fire and roof damage to a home.
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Andrew Cavanaugh
Athens
Watt J. Grover
Shannon Ave
Please Give Me That 56325 Dollars Heist at Wall Street Bank
In New York on a Saturday closing, an armored truck guard entered a bank in the financial district and asked for 56325 dollars for the United States Trucking Corporation. The teller, believing his uniform and pistol holster genuine, handed over the cash and issued a receipt. later it was found the signature was fake.
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New York
U.R
United States Trucking Corporation
Wall Street
Telegraph Operator Slain at Omega Cabin Station
The body of U. S. Leach, telegraph operator for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, was found in his cabin near Omega. A bullet pierced his neck through a screen door, severing a jugular vein, and lodged in a clock set to 5 23 a.m. The incident is investigated as a likely robbery or foul play.
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Waverly
U.P
U. S. Leach
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Omega
Leach
Donahey Backs Ohio Roosevelt Progressive Club
In Columbus Ohio on July 22 former Governor Vic Donahey announced his enthusiastic support for a Roosevelt Progressive Club in the state. The group will enlist prominent citizens to promote meetings arrange speakers and distribute literature.
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Columbus, CO
U.P
Roosevelt Progressive Club
Ohio
Vic Donahey
Fourth Victim Dies in Toledo Auto Crash
In Napoleon Ohio Memorial Hospital the 18 month old Donald Hawkins died, becoming the fourth Toledo victim. His father George Hawkins 25 and grandparents Mr and Mrs Israel Boyd were killed in the crash near Napoleon when their car collided with a Boston party vehicle. Mrs Myrtie Hawkins the sole survivor remains in serious condition.
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Napoleon
U.8
Toledo
Memorial Hospital
Donald Hawkins
Myrtie Hawkins
George Hawkins
Isreal Boyd
Paris satirical singer seeks divorce from Yvonne Vallee
Maurice Chevalier, the singing comedian, appeared at the Seine Court with counsel to obtain permission to file for divorce from Yvonne Vallee today.
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Paris
Maurice Chevalier
Seine
Yvonne Vallee
Congress May Be New Body After Election
Veterans are poised to reshape Congress as 34 senators and all 435 House members face re election in November. Democrats hold the House while Republicans control the Senate with veteran figures such as Reed Smoot and James Watson in the spotlight.
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House
Congress
Reed Smo
Utah
Finance Committee
Senate
James E Watson
Indiana
Georgee Moses
New Hampshire
Wealey L. Jones
Washington
Appropriations Committee
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Samuel Shortridge
California
Willis
Hawley
Oregon
Wave and Means Committee
William Ramesever
Towa
Carl R. Chindbloom
Illinois
Brookhart
Town
Morrison
North Carolina
Aouthern
Robert R. Reynolds
Henry Field
Federal Prohibition Bureau Seizes Seven Stills in Month
In Toledo on July 22, a June report shows federal officers seized seven stills producing 9,388 gallons of beer 1.2% gallons of spirits and 409 gallons of wine. State officers found no stills but confiscated 246 gallons of beer one gallon of spirits. Fed officers secured 177 pleas of guilty and five verdicts from 19 cases with averages of 75 days and $208 fines.
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Toledo
Federal Prohibition Bureau
Eee
Bernstein Explains Real Estate Ties Before Grand Jury
Charles Bernstein, brother of Alex Bernstein, testified before a special grand jury in Cleveland to explain real estate and apartment projects in which they were jointly interested. He was subpoenaed amid an investigation of a 8570,382 county treasury shortage by state examiners to determine if county funds funded his land ventures.
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Cleveland
Charles Bernstein
Alex Bernstein
Alex
Cuyahoga County
Question Insurance To Supreme Court
Ohio Supreme Court was asked to review a Stark County Court of Appeals ruling upholding a common pleas court finding Carl A Dorland guilty of contempt of court. The case concerns money from a $10 000 war risk insurance policy left by Ralph Dorland and whether beneficiaries should be decided in federal rather than state courts.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Stark County Court of Appeals
Common Pleas Court
Carl A. Dorland
Ralph Dorland
Merger of Eastern Rail Lines Authorized by U S Commission on Commerce
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a plan for a multitrack merger of eastern railroads, uniting over 200 lines and 88 000 miles into four super systems. It would create a near monopoly on key routes from Chicago to Atlantic, New England to the South, with NY Central, Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio as anchors. The plan promises direct Chicago access for New York Central via Lackawanna, extended Virginian access, and Pennsylvanian Terminal use, enhancing car service and terminals while reshaping regional shippin g.
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Chicago
Atlantic
New England
South
New York Central
Pennsyvania
Baltimore & Ohio
Chesapeake & Ohio
Lackawanna
Lake Michigan
Wisconsin
Virginia
Chesapeake Ohio
van Bweringen
New York
Pennsylvania
Baltimore & Olea
Maryland
Cleveland
Toledo
Doctor Advice on Keeping Cool in Hot Weather
A prominent Athens physician urges careful heat management with gradual movement and light meals. Emphasizing fruit and vegetables, ample water, and avoiding icy drinks, the guidance warns against fatigue and sunstroke while stressing loose light clothing and rest during heat waves.
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Athens
End Is Near In Heat Wave End Is Near
Heat wave ends as mid continent cools. Southern plains and lower Ohio Valley still swelter. Death toll nears 278 after two weeks of extreme heat. Chicago highs drop to around 90 as forecaster A Donnel predicts further moderation tomorrow in southern regions.
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New York
Mid-Continent
Plaina States
Ohio Valley
Chicago
A. Donnel
Donnel
Trade talks open at British Empire Conference in Ottawa
Ottawa July 22 five committees began work on empire trade problems as speeches outlined concrete timetables and offers for negotiations. British chief delegates and dominion leaders stressed world trade importance and the difficulty of closing a universal empire shop while optimism remained.
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Ottawa
Ont
U.A
Empire T
Great Britain
Unite
Chained Father Faces Torture Charges For Chaining Son
In Portsmouth Scioto County Paul Kilby 38 prepared for torture charges after chaining his young son Andrew to a post in the sun. Kilby asked the probate court to place the boy in an institution saying the child was beyond his control. The boy described sheltering under burlap sacks and an old coat while his stepmother and siblings brought food and water. A probation officer noted prior trouble at the county Children’s Home including a fire and threats to the matron.
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Portsmouth
aLm Scioto County
Paul Kilby
Pievear
Andrew
Kithy
Cameron Meacham
George Foehr
Foehr
Poisoning Outbreak Strains Washington Hospitals
Tainted food blamed for ptomaine poisoning at a Washington picnic for 9 060 dairy workers. About 400 victims sought hospital care with 150 remaining hospitalized overnight. Some leftovers reached bonus marchers before recall. A score of veterans also treated as hospitals ran at capacity.
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Washington
Lima briefs seek referendum on mayor council system
Briefs in a mandamus suit against the Lima Commission will be filed next Tuesday to speed passage of an ordinance authorizing a special referendum election on abolishing the city manager plan and restoring a mayor and council government.
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Lima
Lima Commission
Gas deaths of two workers in Cincinnati sewer collapse
William J. Leonard aged 35 and Emerson A. Burkhardt aged 27, telephone workers, were asphyxiated by gas in a Cincinnati man hole sewer late yesterday. Authorities investigated the incident and ruled it accidental.
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Cincinnati
William J. Leonard
Emerson A. Burkhardt
Roosevelts Campaign to Open with Sea Girl Speech
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt will launch his presidential bid with a speech at Sea Girl New Jersey on August 2. James A. Farley, campaign manager, announced the plan here today.
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Springfield
Magsea
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sea Girl
N. J
James A. Farley
Bus line suspended by Public Utilities Commission in Ohio
Murphy and Baker operators of the New Lexington Lancaster Circleville Chillicothe line were granted permission to suspend service between state routes 10 and 159 and Laurelville Hallsville Kinnikinnick and Chillicothe and to discontinue two seven passenger cars. Lack of patronage was shown.
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Columbus
Murphy and Baker
Laurelville
Hallsville
Kinnikinnick
Chillicothe
State aid program to start in two weeks
President Hoover signed a 2.122 billion relief bill launching a nationwide effort to feed the hungry, create jobs, and boost business. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation will begin emergency relief loans totaling about 1.8 billion, with a 4.5 billion capitalization and 100 million borrowing cap per state.
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Hoover
Washington
U.P
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
U S Plans to Ignore Jehol Invasion Policy Shift
Washington reports the State Department will refrain from official reaction to Japan's invasion of Jehol Province in China. The move contrasts with Secretary Stimson's earlier intervention in Manchuria. The League of Nations Commission, including an American, is in China to study and potentially advise the League. The policy preserves interest in the Open Door doctrine and the Nine Power Treaty on Chinese sovereignty.
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Washington
State Department
Japan
Jehol
China
Stimson
League of Nations
League
United States
Kentucky Seeks $15 Million Loan For Relief Measures
FRANKFORT Ky July 22 The state of Kentucky through Governor Ruby Laffoon has applied to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for a 15000000 loan under the new Federal relief measure. At least part of the funds would relieve distress in mining and industrial sections.
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Frankfort
State of
Kentucky
Ruby Laffoon
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Fostoria Glass to Resume Work in Moundsville
Fostoria Glass Co the large tableware plant in the Ohio Valley will restart Monday with about 500 workers returning. The U S Stamping Co also reopened today in Moundsville with 350 men back at work.
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Moundsville
W. Va
Fostoria Glass Co
Ohio Valley
U. S. Stamping Co
Fair Branch Enlarged at Columbus Gas Tax Boost
Columbus July 22 The last General Assembly nearly doubled the gasoline tax allotment for townships boosting road machinery funds. Charles M Beer fair manager said the Ohio State Fair will be held this year with enhanced exhibits and facilities.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Ohio
Charles M. Beer
MacDenek
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