Ohio man dies in arson on eve of wedding
The charred body of Russell Gibbs 23 of Clyde was found in a burned auto on a Clyde highway just before his wedding to Dora Kuns. Police suspect murder bound and dazed with a hammer before the car was set ablaze. Investigators seek an unidentified motorist who reported a body and others who saw the fleeing vehicle.
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Fremont
U.R
Russell Gibbs
Clyde
Gibbs
William Gibbs
Homer Wright
Sheriff Park
Dora Kuns
Ray Kuns
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Clyde High School
Tiffin Business College
Miss Kun
Patient Returned from Ohio Epileptic Institute Runaway
Attendants from the Ohio Epileptic Institute in Gallipolis came to find Mike Sukie 19 Clinton who escaped from the hospital and was found in Athens Sunday night. Sukie was returned to hospital attaches by Patrolman Maywood McGrath.
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Ohio State Epileptic Institute
Gallipolis
Mike Sukie
Clinton
Athens
Sukie
Maywood McGrath
Teacher Ruth Stephenson Dies After Long Illness
Cincinnati notice reports Ruth Stephenson a long time city school teacher for 18 years died after a prolonged illness. Her former home was in Piqua Ohio.
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Cincinnati
U.R
Ruth Stephenson
Piqua
Athens Messenger Offers Booklet on Fish and Seafoods
The Athens Messenger promotes a 24 page illustrated booklet on fish and seafoods. It notes annual global and U S seafood totals and invites readers to request a copy by mailing a coupon with six cents for postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Alaska
Athens Messenger
Russia Worries Us Laugh No Longer Dredger Jaw Elephants
Arthur Brisbane argues that Russia's actions dim the world outlook and U.S. confidence wanes. The column flags rising tensions and critiques Western responses amid geopolitical strain.
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Russia
Russia's five year program spurs US calls for embargo
Russia unveiled a five year plan totaling 33 billion dollars aimed at making its industry invincible. American industrial leaders once mocked the plan but now urge the United States government to impose an embargo on imports from Russia to level the competition.
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Russia
United States
Logan Man Victim Dies After Ohio Auto Crashes
A United Press survey reports a weekend of Ohio auto accidents. William Elder of Logan died in Lancaster from crash injuries. Other fatalities included Charles Schultheis, 55, Lima, and Mrs. Victor Adams, 23, Butler, with multiple injuries across Findlay Circleville Kirkersville Zanesville and Sugar Creek incidents.
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Columbus
Ohio
United Press
Findlay
Charles Schultheis
Mutual Savings & Loan Company
Lima
Victor Adams
Butler
Schultheis
William Shoecraft
Adams
Elizabeth Harold
Bertha Alice Woodruff
Urbana
Circleville
W. Tedrazo
St. Louis
Kirkersville
William Elder
Logan
Lancaster
Marion
Daisy Kries
Waldo
James Ralston
Mt. Vernon
Samuel Parsons
Zanesville
Sugar Creek
New Philadelphia
Thelma Vasbinder
Lloyd Mercer
Manganese Mines Shut Down Over Russian Dumping
Manganese mines in the country have closed, leaving about 3,000 workers unemployed as Russian ore floods the market at 26 dollars a ton, undercutting American producers who price at 34 dollars. Freight costs reduce Russia's net, paying 14.25 dollars a ton for water freight.
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Russia
Government Embargo Targets Russia Wood Pulp Trade
Government imposes embargo on Russian wood pulp affecting local paper firms profits. Industry leaders claim Russia uses forced labor to undercut prices on pulp and other commodities including wheat lumber and manganese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Embargoes, Russia Trade, and U S Steel Sourcing
The speaker argues embargoes may help but fail if Russia uses slave labor and brains. Refusing cheap Russian goods could shift trade to others. Wheat and key products are imported, challenging price competition with Russian rivals. US Steel and Bethlehem Steel are accused of buying manganese from Russia at 26 instead of buying from Americans at 34.
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Russia
United States Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Russian Labor Cost Comparison in Auto Industry
The text claims Russian labor costs ten dollars weekly and argues for efficiency. It asserts American workers using American machinery can produce as many cars as one hundred European workers with their methods, highlighting a productivity advantage in the U.S. automobile sector.
Catholic Priest Rev Charles E Coughlin
In Detroit an article notes the Rev Charles E Coughlin a Catholic priest with continued coverage on page four and ongoing reporting from the local press.
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Detroit
Charles E. Coughlin
Nine Hurt In Church Riot At Liverpool
Police guarded three Roman Catholic churches in Liverpool after a religious riot that left at least nine wounded. Crowds gathered before a Catholic seminary in a Protestant area following a rumor of a planned visit by Archbishop Richard Downey. Police charged the crowd. three officers and six civilians were injured as order was restored.
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Liverpool
Eng
U.P
Richard Downey
Man Found Guilty in Slaying of Dennis Hubert
In Atlanta Pa on July 28 T L Martin one of seven white men charged in the death of Dennis Hubert a Negro divinity student was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. A penitentiary sentence of 12 to 15 years was recommended.
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Atlanta
U.P
T. L. Martin
Dennis Hubert
Bucket Brigade Saves Buffalo Village Fire
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed eight buildings in Buffalo West Virginia, 20 miles up the Kanawha River from Gallipolis, causing about 75000 in damage. A bucket brigade saved the remainder of the town after a weekend blaze, the third major fire there in five years.
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Gallipolis
Buffalo
W. Va
Kanawha River
Boat Sinks in Kanawha River Towboat at Issue
Crews of divers were called to raise the Julius Leischman towboat of the Hatfield Campbell Creel Coal Co after it sank in the Kanawha River Sunday following a collision with a hidden obstruction. Captain Loyal Wright, the skipper, said the vessel could be raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
O.R
Julius Leischman
Hatfield Campbell Creel Coal Company
Kanawha River
Loyal Wright
New England Homecoming Draws Congregation and Visitors
Former residents and church members recalled spring wagons days at the New England Presbyterian Church annual home coming. About 100 attended morning services, with a larger crowd for a picnic and program. Notables spoke including John Grosvenor Athens County commissioner Eli Spaulding Oliver Bryson and Mrs G B Parker. Mrs H Brown of California traveled the farthest. Revs A Y Wilcox Athens and A M Taylor Amesville spoke in the afternoon. After dinner village boxes of food were delivered to local invalids.
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New England Presbyterian Church
John Grosvenor
Athens County
Eli Spaulding
Oliver Bryson
G. B. Parker
Athens
H. Brown
Californa
A. Y. Wilcox
A. M. Taylor
Amesville
Trial adjourned in big merger suit over Youngstown Steel merger
In Youngstown Ohio on July 28 the Cyrus Eaton suit to block the $1 billion merger between Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Bethlehem Steel was adjourned after a two hour session due to the heat.
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Youngstown
U.P
Cyrus 8
Eaton
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Varied Bargains In Today’s Messenger Classifieds
Bargains include 20 tons of weed free mixed hay at 12.50 per ton. A dairy farm on milk route available for rent. A buggy and harness offered for 125 dollars. Rich dirt sold at twenty cents per load leaded free.
Baby mixup ends with christening of Bamberger child
The Bambergers say their baby is George Edward Bamberger and was christened in a Sunday ceremony. The Watkins family disputes paternity and contemplates habeas corpus to force court action or exchange, while a prior jury had supported the mixup.
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Chicago
Watkins-Bamberger
Charles Bamberger
William Watkins
Bambergers
George Edward Bamberger
Watkins
Bamberger
E. M. Long
George Edward
Water Reserve In Athens Up After Weekend
John S. Collins reports a slight weekend rise in Athens water reserves as daily pumping exceeds 900000 gallons while usual use runs 750000 to 800000 gallons. A new compressor to boost supply is due to be installed tonight and officials aim to fill the reservoir ahead of August demand.
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Athens
John S. Collins
City Service
Collins
Guysville Man Is Hurt in Car Wreck
C. Fish of Guysville was recovering from minor injuries after an automobile accident on the Canaanville Road near Carpenter's Restaurant at 10 o'clock Saturday night. Witnesses said Mrs. Fish, driving from Athens, was confused by lights from a machine owned by Fred McCoy of Athens parked roadside, steering the Fish car into a ditch and into trees and bushes.
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C. Fish
Guysville
Canaanville
Carpenter’'s
Fish
Athens
Fred McCoy
Mary Ann Rescues Starlight in Heavy Seas Off Ventura
The fishing smack Mary Ann saved the Starlight and its 25 passengers and three crew from disaster in heavy seas. Mary Ann towed the stranded boat to the Anacapa Islands after finding it floundering in rough water in the channel near the islands.
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Ventura
Calif
U.R
Anacapa Islands
Ma Ferguson Leads Texas Democratic Primary Nomination
In Texas, Miriam A. Ferguson leads the Democratic gubernatorial field with 197,375 votes as 50 of 253 counties report, while Ross Sterling trails with 141,283. The runoff is slated for August 26. Morris Sheppard leads for U. S. Senate.
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Dallas
Miriam A
Ma” Ferguson
Ross Sterling
Houston
Texas
Ferguson
Sterling
Clint Small
West Texas
Thomas B. Love
Jim Young
Barry Miller
U. S
Earl B. Mayfield
Cc. C. Moody
Forth Worth
Frank Putnam
Paul Loven
C. E. Walker
James A
State Supreme Court
Morris Sheppard
United States Senate
Robert L. Henry
C. A. Mitchner
H. E. Exum
Amarillo
George C. Butte
Austin
Plans Move Forward to Rebuild Southern Italy After Earthquake
Naples reports rapid progress as Italy orders swift care for homeless citizens after the Wednesday disaster. Engineers will finalize surveys, funds will be appropriated, and Avezzano is picked as a model for reconstruction modeled on its post 1915 rebuild.
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Naples
U.P
Italy
Avezzano
Freight rate cuts on grain fail to aid wheat market
Washington reports that last year’s railroad freight reductions on grain for export did not stimulate foreign demand or improve U.S. wheat prices. The Bureau of Railway Economics calls the measure an unsuccessful emergency experiment that failed to avert a price decline or boost exports ahead of the 1929 harvest.
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Washington
U.R
Bureau of Railway Economics
United States
END HEAT WAVE Showers Expected To Break 10 Day Spell
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts thundershowers tonight and tomorrow to end a 10 day heat spell in the eastern United States. Rain is predicted for western Pennsylvania western New York parts of Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia.
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Washington
U.R
U.S
U. S
Cleveland inquest probes wife murder link to local carpenter
Marshal Clyde C. Smith of North Randall was questioned as Summit and Cuyahoga prosecutors review clues and theories in the murder of Myrtle Smith. Detectives consider Orie Noland as a possible shooter who then killed himself. the body was found weeks after her disappearance.
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Cleveland
Clyde C. Smith
North Randall Village
Myrtle Smith
Summit County
Don Isham
Cuyahoga County
Ray T. Miller
Hudson Boys
Patrick J. Ryan
Miller
Ryan
Ohio coal output ahead of prior year in first half
Ohio's coal production for the first six months of the calendar year reached 16,867,000 tons, above 1929's 10,540,000 tons, with 454,000 tons produced the week of July 12. Lake Erie port cargo coal shipments exceed 1,000,000 tons weekly, and season totals to July 20 reach 16,971,000 tons, about 300,000 tons above last season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ohio
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Lake Erie
Truck Driver Grant H Douglass Dies in Accidental Gun Incident
Grant H Douglass, 37, a Columbus truck driver, was killed when a revolver he and a friend were playing with discharged accidentally. The incident occurred in Columbus on July 28.
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Columbus
Grant H. Douglass
Logan Chamber to Attend Ohio Relief Meeting in Columbus
Logan chamber requests banking railroad mercantile and agricultural reps to join Ohio Chamber of Commerce at a 1 30 p m Thursday session in Columbus. The meeting aims to assess farmers drought mood and plan relief steps as Ohio crop losses are expected to be heavy. Barton Hall said the local chamber will send delegates but names undecided.
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Logan
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Columbus
Ohio
Barton Hall
Chamber of Commerce
Tabler's Cabin at Stewart Looted of 281 Dollars
Stewart area report says the cabin of Wilson Tabler and his four bachelor brothers Hans John George was ransacked while they picked potatoes. $281 vanished and no clues were found. Deputies believe a thief knew the brothers’ routine and entered during their morning departure to fields.
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Wilson Tabler
Stewart Bachelor
Hans
John
George
Wayne Wingett
Stewart
Wingett
Franks fined in Athens court for intoxicated driving
Howard Franz was fined 100 dollars and costs and his automobile license suspended six months after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated in Mayor Wood’s court. The incident occurred on Lancaster Street when his car struck a city water hydrant near G Buss Stephenson’s home.
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Howard Franz
Robert S. Wood
Franz
Lancaster Street
G. Buss Stephenson
Guy Hale
Albany
Canaanville Road
Wilson Ator
Herbert Littler
Milo Bean
Athens
Clepha Smith
Cleveland
Wood
Heat brings relief as over 100 die in steady heat waves
Thunderstorms were forecast to ease the heat across many cities with the U S Weather Bureau predicting rain then cooler temperatures tonight and tomorrow. Several heat deaths were reported including Mary Jane Barnhart 75 of Columbus and Arthur Moore 43 of Pittsburgh with drownings noted in the Maumee and a Kent man named Morris Basham 20.
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U. S
Heat Wave Follows By Storms Across Midwest
Chicago records reach 110 as Midwest endures record heat. Five deaths blamed on heat and drownings near beaches in St. Louis. Southern Illinois and Iowa see temperatures near 100s with $millions in crop damage reported. A Lake Michigan storm brought brief relief before sun returned.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Ilinois
Iowa
Illinois
Lake Michigan
Ind
Omaha
Cedarids
Des Moines
Kepuk
Wichita
North Platte
Quincy
Tel
Topeka
Rain Pauses Green Corn Dance in Polacca
Desert thunderstorms halted the Green Corn dance in Polacca Arizona on Sunday after hours of ceremonial fire. The rain god Omespree was invoked and the ceremony appeared to promise an abundant maize crop despite the interruption.
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Polacca
Ariz
Omespree
Transmission pilot license suspended for 90 days
Be er Q. Williams of New York has his transport pilot license suspended for 90 days by the Commerce Department for violations of federal air commerce regulations. The suspension stems from an incident on June 29 over Bermuda awaiting approval of island authorities.
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Washington
Beer Q. Williams
New York
Commerce Department
Williams
Bermuda
Island
Stop Exports New York Labour Ban Aimed at Forced Labor Goods
A New York group named STOP EXPORTS and 66 workers linked to the Federation of Labor led a movement to bar exports. Matthew Wall, head of the organization and vice president of the American Federation, announced the ban on grounds that exports involve goods produced with forced labor.
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New York
Con Federation of Labor
United
Matthew Wall
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