Ohio highway funds boosted by Hoover relief bill
Ohio State Highway Department will receive 4.49 million dollars in extra Federal aid from Hoover’s relief bill. About 1.5 million will go to labor on projects and another 2.25 million to materials and equipment. The department faces a wage rule to spread work and a 2 million dollar revenue shortfall this year, with repayments beginning in 1937.
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Columbus
State Highway Department
Hoover
O. W. Merrell
Merrell
Doolittle Dares Dawn To Dusk Memorial Flight Trek
Major James H. Doolittle launches a 14 state dawn to dusk trip from KITTPRY Me to mirror George Washington. Passenger Miss Anne Washington shares the flight as part of a postal service anniversary. The 2500 mile route aims to reach Newark New Jersey by nightfall after stops across regions once visited by Washington.
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Kittpry. Me
U.R
James H. Doolittle
George Washington
Pomeroy
Ohio
Doolittle
Anne Washington
U. S. Postal Service
Newark
N. J
Miss Washington
Y. W. C. A. Sponsors Dance on Saturday
About two hundred Ohio University students and Athens young people attended the Y. W. C. A. dance at the Men's Union Saturday. Dancing ran from 8 30 to 11 30 with Woody's orchestra. Chaperons were Miss Beryl Henney and Miss Louise Reed. Agnes Eisenyeas supervised tickets. This is the third such event this summer with one more planned for August 6.
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Ohio University
Athens
Woody
Beryl Henney
Louise Reed
Agnes Eisen Yeas
Gallia Farmer Peter Martin Dies at 78
Peter Martin 78 farmer of Northrup Gallia County died Sunday afternoon from a stroke of paralysis at his home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at the Macedonian Church with Rev Earl Cremeans officiating, burial in the church cemetery. Survived by his wife Mary four sons John Edward Daniel and Menis at home four daughters Elda Biars Gallipolis Addie Yneh Columbus Sylvia Donley Napoleon and Esther Martin in New Jersey.
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Peter Martin
Northrup
Gallipolis
Farmer
Macedonia Church
Earl Cremeans
Mude
Mary
John
Edward
Daniel
Men
Elda Biars
Addieyneh
Columbus
Sylvia Donley
Napoleon
Esther Martin
New Jersey
Weather re port shows 99 degree peak and cooling trend
The record notes a high near 99 degrees on Friday, with Sunday cooling to the weeks’ lowest and a drop in humidity. Thermometer readings suggest temperatures may rise again but likely stay below 90 as a new daily low forms overnight.
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Unday
Hocking
Circus Penny Tragedy Ends in Boy's Death
In Cleveland. eight year old Louis Sedley died after a clown threw a stone at him when he would not give a penny to watch a circus. The clown was detained in juvenile custody as authorities weigh murder versus juvenile delinquency charges.
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Cleveland
Louis Sediey
Louis
Ohio
Joseph Sedley
Hoover Fortune Shrinks Under Fortuary Estimate
Fortuary magazine estimates President Hoover has lost over 3.3 million of his personal fortune since 1914, now down to about 700 thousand. It notes his early income at age 30 included a roughly 100 thousand annual amount with 5 thousand as salary and 95 thousand from financing.
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New York
U.A
Hoover
Fortuary
International Development Company
Charity Patient Found Fortune Pinned on Poor Man
In Toledo on July 25 a fortune of 6900 in hundred and twenty dollar bills was found pinned to the underwear of a charity patient at the county hospital. Police identify the man as James W. Leiby of Merced California, a Civil War veteran, placed there after being found semi conscious in a hotel room. Evidence includes correspondence from the United States Veterans Bureau.
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Toledo
James W. Leiby
Merced
Calif
United States Veteran's Bureau
Diphtheria Fatal To Gallipolis Woman
Gallipolis report of Mrs Maggie Banks 36 dying Saturday afternoon from diphtheria at her Locust Street home after four months of ill health. Funeral held Sunday at Pine Street Cemetery. Husband William and an adopted daughter inoculated. house quarantined Saturday.
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Gallipolis
Pine Street
Maggie Banks
Locust Street
William
Portsmouth Minister Denies Alleged Arson Plot
Rev. W. S. Queen a Portsmouth evangelist denied to local officials that he knew of an arson plot to burn his home during his absence. A warrant charged Queen with inducing Rev. G. W. Harris to set the fire. Harris and C. R. Metz, who said Harris did set the fire, were jailed awaiting grand jury action.
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Portsmouth
U.P
Rev
Queen
Sanford Linck
G. W. Harris
Harris
C. R. Metz
Unclothed Woman Seeks Escape From Car in Sandusky
Police search for a vehicle believed to contain an unclothed woman who reportedly tried to jump from the car last night in Sandusky East End. Two men restrained her as the car sped away. License plates are issued to a Bryan Ohio resident.
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Sandusky
East End
Bryan
Bonus Army Faces Eviction Showdown Over White House Picketing
Washington July 25 The Left Wing bonus marchers vow to resume picketing the White House as the main force plans to resist a Treasury Department order evacuating about 3000 veterans from downtown government property by midnight. Police bolster guards while Commander Waters weighs court action to block eviction and defend public occupation.
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Washington
White House
Waters
Dry Raid Probe Opens Before Federal Grand Jury
Investigation into the Alexandria Bay dry raid uprising opened today before a Federal grand jury. The inquiry also considers charges of reckless driving against agent Burke Bourneman, accused of knocking down two people while fleeing the raid. Belief grows the agents will claim interference by townsfolk during the raids. Two beaten during a Spanish American War delegates parade. a car was damaged.
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Alexandria Bay
Malone
N. Y
U.2
Burke Bourneman
Bourneman
Alimony Probers Target Divorce Racketeering Drive
In Cleveland on July 2 there is a push by Olaf F. Knudsen head of the Ohio Alimony Protection Association to spotlight alimony cases. He argues imprisonment for failure to pay alimony is often contempt of court in name only and reflects debt enforcement rather than justice.
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Cleveland
Olaf F. Knudsen
Ohio Alimony Protection Association
Work lists for district coal mines published
Nelsonville July 25 Work lists for the mines in this district were published by the coal companies. No 6 Millfield 170 men Lick Run 91 No 26 Chauncey 45 Lathrop 91.
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Millfield
Lick Run
Chauncey
Lathrop
Sheriff Rejects Day Guard After Mine Bombing
NEW PHILADELPHIA July 25. The Sheriff said he would not maintain a day guard at the Walford Mine after a bombing with tear gas by a National Guard airplane that routed miners and deputies from the shaft. He called the act unwarranted as Adjutant-General Henderson investigates the incident amid a strike by the United Mine Workers.
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New
Philadelphia
Harry C. Smith
Walford
Here
National Guard
United Mine Workers of America
Frank D. Henderson
Mellon To Resign as Ambassador During US Visit
London papers report former secretary of the treasury Andrew W. Mellon plans to resign as ambassador during his current visit to America. The move, cited by the Daily Herald, aims to place younger leadership on handling key issues like war debts and reparations negotiations between the United States and European debtors.
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London
U.P
Andrew W. Melion
Secretary of the Treasury
America
United States
Laborite Daily Herald
City Seeks Clothes For Needy In Youngstown
The Mahoning Chapter of the American Red Cross plans to mobilize 6000 women to make clothes for the needy. John Barton Payne head of the Red Cross in America has been asked for materials for clothing for 20000 persons now cared for by local charity organizations.
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Youngstown
Mahoning
The
American Red Cross
John Barton Payne
Red Cross
America
Tarentum Drum Corps Wins Ohio Legion Jamboree Prize
Medina report says the Tarentum drum corps won first prize at the Ohio American Legion jamboree at Chippewa Lake Park, drawing an estimated 75,000 spectators yesterday.
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Medina
Tarentum
Drum Corpa
Ohio American Legion
Chippewa Lake Park
Hoover Returns to White House After Virginia Fishing Trip
President Hoover arrives back at the White House following a weekend of rest at his Virginia fishing camp. He resumed official duties and greeted aides as he rejoined his schedule.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Virginia
Stealing Legally Fed by Need Spurs Court Claim
Philadelphia July 25 Judge William M Lewis said men who steal to feed their families will receive no punishment in municipal court. He noted recent cases show the dangerous pressure of unemployment and near starvation on workers.
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Philadelphia
U.R
William M. Lewis
Will Says Goodbye To Flo Zingfield
Beverly Hills obituary tribute from Will, a long time performer, recalling Flo Ziegfeld as mentor and benefactor who brought them fame and beauty in entertainment. The note honors his mastery of show business and the badge of “worked for Ziegfeld” he left behind.
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Will
Flo Zingfield
Beverly Hills
Calif
America
Ziegfeld
Roosevelt son says Congress may meet again to modify act
Worcester Mass July 25 Democratic leaders hear James Roosevelt say a Democratic president would call a special session after March 4 to modify the Volstead Act to provide employment for many citizens.
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Worcester
Mass
Congresea
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James
Democrata
Young Roosevelt
Congress
Hindenburg to Lift Emergency in Berlin Tomorrow
President Paul von Hindenburg has agreed to end the military state of emergency in Berlin and Brandenburg Province effective tomorrow, a reliable report states. The move signals a return to normal civil authority after a period of martial rule.
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Berlin
Paul von Hindenburg
Brandenburg
Boy and Dog Hero Save Child From Rattlesnake
In Dayton a three-year-old boy, Gene Oldman, wrestled near his home when a rattlesnake struck. His Doberman pincher Myra sprang to defend him, taking two bites while saving the boy as the snake died. Myra received serum and survived.
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Dayton
Gene Oldman
Gene
Myra
Lynching Case Trial Starts in Ohio
Opening statements opened the trial of six South Point men in Ironton Ohio for the lynching of Luke Murray an Atlanta Negro after he was abducted from a jail. The defendants include Taylor Napier Garland Massie Clyde Elkins Milford Masate and Lawrence Masate. The state argues Murray was killed by drowning or by blows during transport to the Kentucky side of the Ohio River.
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Ironton
South Point
Luke Murray
Atlanta
Ain
Kentucky
Ohio River
Taylor Napier
Garland Massie
Clyde Elkins
Milford
Lawrence Masate
Mine Opens at Union Request in Ohio Resumption
The Fairpoint mine of Hanna Coal Company resumed operations with 800 former employees returning to work at the union request. About 4,000 miners were at work across 15 mines today and national guard commander Major Gray M. Ember said petitions on file doubled. No picketing reported. Guards may depart by month end.
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Fairpoint
Hanna Coal Company
Fairpoint Open
United Mine Workers
Gray M. Ember
National Guard
Ohio
Diplomats Seek Naval Parley To Push London Treaty Ratification
Paris reports a proposed naval conference to pressure France and Italy into ratifying the London naval treaty. Italian actions at Geneva and alleged secret shipbuilding prompt consternation. Telegraph cites Rome construction of two 6,700 ton cruisers, two 615 ton destroyers, and ten small craft beyond the agreed program.
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Paris
France
Italy
London
London Telegraph
Monmouth Star Jelly Robinson Plays All 57 Games
Glenn Jelly Robinson of Monmouth College played in every one of the 57 cage games on Monmouth’s collegiate schedule during his three years as a varsity performer. Moose Corgnati, his teammate, played in the same number of games.
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Glenn
Jelly) Robinson
MonMouth College
Monmouth
Moose Corgnati
Sof
Board Eyes Federal Ruling Over Grain Trade Fight
A tense showdown looms at the Chicago Board of Trade as a U S rule to suspend futures trading nears effect. President Peter B Carey vows legal action while Farmers National Co op and Grain Exchange clash over trading privileges amid looming market upheaval. Wheat prices jump as markets react.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Federal Grain Futures Commission
Lac Sade Street
Peter B. Carey
Board of Trade
Farmcere National Grain Corporation
Federal Farm Board
Board of Trade Aoa
Federal Farm Board Intereata
Carey
Alla
Courps
United States Supreme Court
Farm Board
Grain Exchange
Co-operative
Exchange
Updike Grain Company
Farmers’ National
Eight Lives Lost On Week End In Ohio
Cooled weather reduced the weekend death toll in Ohio to at least eight from heat prostration traffic and drowning. Harry Carson a pupil at the State School for the Deaf Columbus drowned in an old clay pit. About ten children have drowned there in five years. Ruth Rowan 22 was killed in an air collision in Cincinnati and Edgar Brown of Covington Ky drowned in the Ono River when an inflated inner tube drifted away.
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Columbus
Ohio
Harry Carson
State School For the Deaf
Cincinnati
Ruth Rowan
Edgar Brown
Covington
Ono River
Typhoid Reports Rise in Trimble Township
Two more typhoid cases were reported in Trimble Township last week. The Health Department urges residents to boil all drinking and culinary water as tests show most water outside Glouster is polluted.
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Trimble Township
Rtment
Glouster
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