Germans Dominating South American Trade As Goods Rot
Buenos Aires reports German ships supplying nearly identical goods at half the price of American products, flooding customs and storage. American items rot in warehouses while executives lobby for Hoover to visit for relief measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nited
James I. Miller
Buenos Aires
Gerany
Rich
Germany
United States
Buenoses
Rbert Hoover
Belgium
Ohio department awards highway contracts across counties
Ilumbus July 28 the state highway department awarded thirty construction and maintenance contracts totaling 5 420 75. Bids were held for several projects in Putnam Wayne Jefferson Green Holmes Knox Monroe Seneca and Crawford counties with awards to Oscarawas county New Com wa Uhrichsville road 589 Monolithic brick 23306 39 National bridge 12469 42 Dayton road Montgomery repairing bridge 7342 Canton Canal road 148 miles brick 4 8 Minnie Kehoe Pensacola noted as likely the only woman lawyer to have argued an army officer case in a court martial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilumbus
Stateway Department
Putnam
Wayne
Jeffer- Green
Holmes
Knox
Monroe
Seneca
Crawford Coun
Oscarawas County
Comwa-Uhrichsville
Skingum County — National Bridge
Ohio Historical Fire Brigade Parade and Political Shifts
A historical roundup notes events in Ohio from 1821 to 1898 including a parade by the Cincinnati fire department with hand engines and hose reels in 1821, the 1880 Greenback-Labor convention nominating a State ticket, 1889 arrests of liquor sellers for Sunday closing violations, and 1898 actions by the Ohio State Dealers Association entering active politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cinmati Fire Department
Greenback
Columb
Cincinti
Ohio State For Dealers
Clerical Figure Pinched in Raid as Curiosity Sermon Topics Rise
In New York William Whitehouse D D was watching a craps game during a raid and was one of two men seized. Newark Mrs Rachel Hayward seeks divorce citing golf as a cause and claiming her husband’s interest in the game is a mania. Chicago detective finds a wagon of excelsior on farmer Alex Vongall’s property and he quips that justice five and costs is his hobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Whitehouse
D. D
Newark
N. J
Rachel Hayward
Chicago
Alex Vongall
Justice Boyer
Vongall
Wife of head of Purdue U suffers in rugged rescue
Banff Alberta July 28 Mrs. W E Stone wife of Purdue Universitys head survived harrowing captivity after a week in a deep crevice 35 miles from town. Her husband died trying to rescue her and lay within feet of her location. A Winnipeg doctor said she may recover physically but not mentally. Canadian Rockies guides and climbers tended them as Professor Stone was carried back along the trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banff
Alberta
W. E. Stone
R. C. Bell
Winnipeg
Mrs. Stone
Professor Stone
Widow of Purdue President Rescued From Mount Eon
Banff Alberta July 28 heroic guides carried Mrs W E Stone on a stretcher from a treacherous path at the foot of Mount Eon to Marble Creek. She is in serious condition and grief over the eight days in a crevice with the body of her husband Dr W D Stone. A temporary camp was set at Marble Creek and a party with food and medical supplies left to reach them. The body of Dr Stone is being brought out and expected Friday night.
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Banff
Alberta
Can
W. E. Stone
Mount Eon
Marble Creek
Purdue University
Mrs. Stone
Dr. Stone
Camp Sherman May Be Civil Training Camp
Government plans to use Camp Sherman near Chillicothe as an industrial training camp for wayward youths. Attorney General Daugherty said the plan aims to parole federal prisoners to the camp for trade instruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Sherman
Washington
Chillicothe
Daugherty
Harding
When Foot Is Cut Off He Picks It Up He Drives On
Defiance Ohio July 28 James Sharpe 15 while driving a mowing machine on a farm 12 miles southwest of Defiance fell before the cutter bar severing his left foot. He picked up the foot and returned to the house before fainting. Doctors say he will recover. He said he stepped on the tongue to whip the horses and one jumped throwing him off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance, CO
Hershel Winner
Defiance
James Sharpe
James
Russians Face Mass Refugee Crisis and Civil Unrest
London dispatch reports famine fueling massive Russian demonstrations in Petrograd and Moscow with riots, killings, and refugees flooding Tamboff and other towns. Isvestia cites over 6.5 million displaced. Western relief, led by American aid, warns of a looming catastrophe demanding international action.
Famine and Riots Reach Deep in Russia
United Press reports famine and social collapse across Russia with 10 million affected by drought. Refugees trek from the Volga region as rations shrink, Trotsky cuts army supplies, Petrograd silences dissent, and civilian deaths rise amid transport breakdown and mass migration. The famine spans a region the size of the Mississippi Valley, crippling Ukraine and other bread belts. Children suffer highest mortality as families endure long treks for food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED L. Keen
United Press
London
Russia
Volga
Leon Trotsky
Petrograd
Ukraine
Mississippi Valley
Astrakan
Simbirek
Volga Basin
Refugee Crisis Deepens in Eastern Europe
Col Robert E. Olds reports that the Russian refugee situation in Eastern Europe grows worse with no workable solution in sight. Refugees are described as men without a country, lacking allegiance to any state or government as the crisis intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Olds
St. Paul, Minn
American Red Cross
Europe
United Press
Paris
Newark Mayor Atherton faces misconduct in office charges
Governor Davis is asked to investigate charges that Mayor Atherton of Newark accepted bribes from gamblers and should be suspended during inquiry. The formal accusation cites misconduct in office and bribery with affidavits alleging payments for permitting gambling. Atherton seeks a third term as a Democratic candidate in August primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Davis
Atherton
Newark
Charles O’bannon
Law Enforcement League of Newark
O'Bannon
O’bannon
Harron Poy
Polish insurgent leader urges U S intervention in Upper Silesia
Adelbert Korfanty, head of Polish insurgents in Paris, pleads for US intervention to avert a Polish German war over Silesia. He calls for 15,000 American troops to enforce allied division decisions, cites Britain's and Italy's desire to stay out, and suggests the United States could mediate and settle the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Hullinger
Paris
America
Adelbert Korfanty
United Press
Korfanty
United States
Silesia
Ashington
Poland
Harvey
Supreme Council
England
France
Hoover Receives Gorky Reply on Prisoners Release
Washington reports the first reply from Maxim Gorky to U S efforts for freeing American prisoners in Soviet Russia. Hoover says 26 Americans are jailed, 20 men and 6 women, and the American Relief Association is ready to aid once prisoners are released. Improved Central European conditions could aid relief work. Volga region starvation fears may be overstated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Russia
State Department
Kronstadt
Finland
Soviet Russia
Siberia
Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Maxim Gorky
America
Gorky
Moscow
Central Russian Famine Relief Committee
American Relief Association
Volga
Petrograd
Ohio Brigade reunion set for August in Columbus Memorial Hall
Surviving veterans of Fuller's Ohio Brigade plan an annual reunion at Memorial Hall in Columbus starting at 9 30 a m on August 31. Col 7 8S Spalding of Keakia Kama H L has written his intention to be present. E L Lybarger of Warren is president and J W Lavely 677 Reynolds Avenue Columbus is secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fuller
Ohio Brigade
Memorial Hall
Columbus
Spalding
Keakia Kama
H. L
E. L. Lybarger
Warren
J. W. Lavely
Reynolds Avenue
Tax revision and shipping board funds under congressional review
In Congress today the Ways and Means Committee continues hearings on tax revision. The Appropriations subcommittee weighs a Shipping Board request for an additional 125 million dollars. Senate debate on the Norris Farm Export Corporation Bill resumes as Treasury Secretary Mellon testifies before the Finance Committee. Agricultural Committee reviews Capper-Teindher anti grain gambling amendments and Soldier Relief inquiry proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ways and Means
Appropriations
Shipping Board
Senate
Norris Farm Export Corporation
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Soldier Relief
Taxes Down in House Plan to Cut Revenue
Republican leaders in the House aim to reduce taxes by about 500000 dollars less than the estimated need to run the current fiscal year. The goal is to force drastic government economy as Mondell argues the country demands tax relief without shifting the burden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert W. Walker
United Press
Washington
House
Mondell
Fire destroys mining camp in Shep herdsville Indiana
A major fire in Shepherdds ville, north of Terre Haute, wiped out the mining camp. About 1,500 residents lost possessions as flames reached roughly $500,000 in damage. Fire departments from Terre Haute and Clinton were appealed to but could not reach the village in time.
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Terra Haute
Ind
Shepherdsville
Here
Terre Haute
Clinton
Gas Bill Payments at Edw Ministers Store
In Chauncey Ohio residents are instructed that all gas bills are payable at Edw Ministers Store located in the Post Office starting from the first of the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Ohio
Ministers
Denial of political plot over penitentiary warden
In Columbus on July 28 the senate hearing closed with denial of a political plot to remove P. E. Thomas as warden of the state penitentiary. Guards before the senate rejected claims of political activity at the peniten tiary and said inquiries by Miller Whittemore Jones and Willis's secretary were routine. T J Gorman, a London prison farm foreman, blamed Lorimer and Rhodes for delaying 6 000 brick work while praising convict labor efficiency.
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Columbus
P. E. Thomas
State
Senate
Orobers
Miller
Whittemore
Paul Jones
United State
Willis
T. J. Gorman
London
Lorimer
Rhodes
Burglars Loot Shawville Station in Elyria Theft
Burglars broke into the Shawville railroad station in Elyria on July 28 and stole about $100 worth of merchandise including cigars clothing and tobacco. No money was taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria, CO
Shawville
Illinois Governor Len Small Vanishes From Sight
Illinois Governor Len Small, indicted for embezzling state funds, reappears in Chicago after hours of evading reporters. He reportedly traveled toward Kankakee or Springfield, while wife Mrs Small frets and officials debate next legal steps and possible arrest procedures.
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Ilinois
Kankakee
Springfield
Sangamon County
Lawrence M. Benedict
United Press
Chicago
Len Small
Illinois
Small
Henry Mester
Mester
Springfeld
Wakeford seeks retrial after clergyman’s conviction
John Wakeford, the former Catholic archdeacon once found guilty of immorality, announces a mass meeting at Queens Hill to renew charges that his conviction was framed. He contends the Bull Inn witnesses and other evidence undermine the verdict and vows to press for a retrial and reinstatement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Allen
United Press
London
John Wakeford
Arch
Wakeford
Queens Hill
Bandits Loot Colonial Club on Powell Street
Bandits entered the Colonial Club on Powell Street early today and ordered guests against the wall. Police say the raid yielded about $10,000 in cash and the victims were at a card game during the robbery.
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San Francisco
Colonial Club
Powell Street
Band Well Heard Pay Day At Legion Practice
The American Legion band will welcome members tonight for practice with all players urged to attend. The group is preparing material for concerts promised to Athens and the sound of their rehearsals on Court Street signals their progress.
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American Legion
Athens
Court Street
Parlor Table Made by Husbands Contains Mood Pieces
A Salina Kansas woman owns a parlor table crafted by her husband. The table holds 10 400 pieces representing 46 different varieties, reflecting a unique collection within a single piece of furniture.
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Salina
Dayton Strike Convicts Rail Car Operator for Striking Man
Henry Benford of the Dayton City Railway was convicted in police court for striking Dan Wagner amid a strike by platform workers. Cars on the lines were still tied up with few passengers as two companies kept the strike status unchanged and a conference on police protection costs was held by the city commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Henry Benford
Dayton City Railway
Dan Wagner
City Commission
Bethlehem Steel Declares Dividend for 1931
Bethlehem Steel Corporation directors announce a regular dividend of one and one quarter percent on both classes of common stock payable October 1 to stockholders of record September 15. President Grace notes wartime earnings and postwar strength with $84 million in orders as of June 30, down from $110 million March 31, while new business rose modestly in the quarter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Grace
Why Not Kill 300000000 Rats Says U S Survey
The United States biological survey warns rats can multiply rapidly and overwhelm future costs. The Agriculture Department studied rat control methods and published a free booklet for distribution. Send two cents in stamps for return postage to receive the Rat Booklet from Frederic J. Haskin, Athens Messenger Information Bureau, Washington, D C.
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United States Biological Survey
Department of Agriculture
Washington Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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Amman
U.S
ED. Hoover
S. A
Tate. Hoads
Minnie Kehoe
Pensaco
Esterday’s
Purdue U
Tamboff
Isvestia
Fenza
Vareness
U. S
Fuller’s Brigade
Congress
Bethlehem Steel
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