Truck Mines Organize Union In Nelsonville Area
Sixty three truck mines in Nelsonville and nearby areas sign with the United Mine Workers. A joint board of miners in Southern Ohio outlines organization plans and calls a meeting at the Legion Building Tuesday at 8 o’clock to discuss holding an act. The effort lists many mines and operators ready to join and mail notices of willingness to organize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ille
Nelsonville
Careis
United Mine Work
Morris, Glouster
Legion Bulld
Police Detective Reports Tragic Family Double Homicide
A terse police summary describes a married Water engineer and his wife Mrs. Ma Compton, principal of a Boston area school, killed in a suspected double homicide. The events unfold near Warwick Woods with a pupil nearby and no clear motive given.
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South Boston
Gaughter
Gro
East Northfield
Compton
Southeastern Ohio Sets Wheat Output Limits
Athens County receives 28 639 bushels under a voluntary farm allotment plan amid a 30 cent per bushel tax on wheat milled into flour. The Ohio total is 26 459 189 bushels with several county figures listed. farmers may sign up for a 20 percent cut and await tax share details after admin costs.
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Athens County
Washington
Wallace
Ohio
Wooster
Two Men in Jail and Chickens Safe Home
Two men were in the Athens County Jail as 40 chickens were returned to Pearl Jewell at her Broadwell area home. Sheriff Stratton and Deputy Goldsberry arrested Louis Tapler and Arthur Tapler after cross country pursuit and recovered the poultry. The suspects, who sold the birds for 12 cents a pound, likely will be turned over to Washington County authorities.
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Athens County
Pearl Jewell
Broadwell
Charlies Stratton
Roy Goldsberry
Louis Tapler
Arthur Tapler
Stratton
Washington County
Jewell
John Bolin
Well-Witcher Finds Water With Forked Branch at Leesburg
In Hillsboro on July 28 a farmer known as a "well-witcher" used a forked peach tree branch to locate water after engineers failed. Shep Johnson guided the pitchfork branch in a corn field, leading to a well at 109 feet delivering 1400 gallons per minute, saving Leesburg's 900 residents and prompting plans for a fountain in his honor.
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Hillsboro
Leesburg
Shep Johnson
Johnson
Third Life Is Claimed After Crash at Gore
Oliver C. Cloud of Bexley died at Cherrington Hospital after a fatal Gore area crash Tuesday night. Charles Cloud and his wife were killed instantly. Lucille Barklow remained hospitalized with a skull fracture and other injuries. Cloud left a wife and daughter, plus a mother and brother in Columbus. Bodies were taken to Columbus for burial.
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Logan
Oliver C. Cloud
Bexley
Gore
Cherrington Hospital
Charles Cloud
Whisky Hollow
Perry County
Cloud
Lucille Barklow
Columbus
NRA Re-Employment Agreement Reaches Athens Employers
The NRA Honor Roll of local Athens employers will appear in The Messenger next week as the Re-Employment Agreement is distributed. Employers who sign and return the blanket code will be listed, with firm name business ring and current and new employee counts, via The Messenger notice.
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NRA
Athens
White House
Washington
the Messenger
Athens Firms Study NRA Compliance Ahead of August 1
The Department of Commerce office in Cleveland issues certificates of compliance to Athens employers under the NRA plan. Supplies include indoor and outdoor cards, hangers, stickers, and consumer cooperation statements. Postmaster Harry McKinstry says full distribution will arrive by next Tuesday and no items are issued before then.
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Department of Commerce
Cleveland
Athens
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Chamber of Commerce
NRA
Harry McKinstry
Blanket Code Excludes Coal in Anthracite Fields
John L. Lewis says the Federal Blanket Industrial Code does not apply to the anthracite fields. He notes the current wage agreement between operators and hard coal miners stands until April 1936 and cannot be altered without both sides' consent. W. W. Inglis of Glen Alden Coal Co. shares the view. Lewis says the government intends no disruption to existing wage agreements.
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Scranton
U.P
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
W. W. Inglis
Glen Alden Coal Company
Relief plans for Ohio August taxes mechanism
Adjutant General Frank D. Henderson, chairman of the State Relief Commission, said relief needs in Ohio can be met through August by contracting bills and paying them when revenue from the new beer, cosmetics and amusement taxes is collected. He spoke in Columbus after returning from Washington.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Frank D. Henderson
State Relief Commission
Washington, D. C
Antioch College Backs Roosevelt 30 Hour Week Code
Antioch College in Yellow Springs Ohio announced it would adopt President Roosevelts blanket industrial code. Administrative council said office and service staff will work a 30 hour week while maintenance workers will follow a 35 hour schedule.
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Yellow Springs
U.P
Antioch College
Roosevelt
Actress Kathryn Carver Eyes 2350 Monthly After Divorce Case
Kathryn Carver, actress, states she can live on 2350 dollars a month pending settlement of her divorce suit against Adolphe Menjou, the screen beaudoer, according to a petition on file in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Kathryn Carver
Adolphe Menjou
Beau Drummel
Beer Tax Effective In Ohio on Tuesday
In Columbus on Tuesday bottled beer will be sold only with a two cent state tax stamp. The article notes the question of who bears the additional two cents has not been determined.
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Ohio
Columbus
Chicago in Finish Fight One Elements
Chicago and state officials press a broad move against labor racketeering after a 24 person indictment. Aaron Sapiro and figures like Al Capone and Morris Kaplan are named among those charged as authorities seek arraignments and bond postings while Governor Horner convenes a crime conference.
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Chicago
U.P
Springfield
Horner
Kansas City
Mary McElroy
Courtney
Aaron Sapiro
New York
al Capone
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
Murray Humphries
Benjamin Squires
University of Chicago
Oscar Nelson
Morris
Gallia County Officials Hold Slaying Theory
Gallia County Sheriff Elmer Hatfield and Coroner J. T. Hanson pursue a murder theory in the death of Mrs. Ruby Ely 41 Addison post mistress. Autopsy says violence caused death though no poison traces found. her body surfaced in a cistern near her kitchen. Four suspects released. Cincinnati detective Ora Slater spent three days on the case.
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Gallipolis
C. F. Long
Columbus City
Ruby Ely
Addison
Elmer Hatfield
J. T. Hanson
Hatfield
Ely
Liabilities Listed in Foor Bankruptcy Petition
Columbus July 28 L iabilities of 5 230 445 42 were listed in a voluntary bankruptcy petition filed in federal court by William Foor Athens hotel manager. Assets total 300 with 4 969 466 03 listed as accommodation paper. Foor, former part owner, endorsed notes tied to a failed South chain. He managed the Berry Hotel in Athens.
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Columbus
U.R
United States District Court
William Foor
Athens
A. B. Wells
Foor
Berry
Athena
Athens Ball Player Severely Injured In Recreation Game
Morton Rice, 19, of Athens, suffered a skull fracture after a bat strike during a recreation game between Athens, managed by Hayes, and the Jackson Ray-Mars in Gallia County. He is reported in good condition at Holzer Hospital. The incident occurred in the first inning when Rice, the Athens catcher, moved too close to Reynolda, the Jackson catcher. Athens was blanked.
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Gallipolis
Morton Rice
Athens
Hayes
Jackson Ray-Mars
Holzer Hospital
Rice
Athena
Reynolda
Banquet at London Ends In Left Pie At Home
Beverly Hills report says London conferences closed in disarray after a day of talks. Delegates blamed each other while observers note the session revealed mutual shortcomings. The author jokes that the banquet failed because the pie was not brought.
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London
Ohio Grange Chief to Speak at Carpenter Picnic
State Grange Master W F Kirk will address the Pomona Grange of Meigs County at its annual picnic at the Southeastern Experiment Farm in Carpenter on August 4. The program includes tours, seedings, field trials, livestock tests, and recreational events with a refreshment stand and picnic lunches.
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W. F. Kirk
Pomona Grange
Meigs County
Southeastern Experiment Farm
Carpenter
Pomona
Starkey
Ohio
Japan
Korean
Kobe
Buckeye Policy Ties Contracts to Recovery Code
COLUMBUS July 28 40 The policy of the state on patronage for any persons firms or corporations that do not comply with the national blanket code for wages and hours of employment will likely be announced on the governor's return next week H P Chapman assistant director of department of highways announced today the department will not award contracts or purchase supplies from noncooperators in the National Recovery program.
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Columbus
White
H. P. Chapman
Department of Highways
County frees confessed killer over lack of funds
Cincinnati reports that Jefferson County Alabama let a confessed killer go free because there was no money to extradite. West Belcher a 34 year old Negro was arrested by Cincinnati detectives at the request of Sheriff James Hawkins of Lewisburg Alabama where he is wanted for a slaying.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Jefferson County
Alabama
West Belcher
Belcher
James Hawkins
Lewisburg
Ala
Erect Simple Stone On Coolidge Grave
A five foot granite headstone was unveiled on former President Calvin Coolidge’s grave in Plymouth Vermont. Mrs Coolidge traveled from Northampton Massachusetts to view the monument. The tablet bears the presidential seal and reads Calvin Coolidge July 4 1872 January 6 1933.
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Coolidge
Plymouth
U.R
Vermont
Calvin Coolidge
Man Arrested In First Hocking County S116 Relief Case
Adrian Weaver of Big Pine was arrested Wednesday by Deputy Sheriffs Sparnow and Gray on charges of receiving relief funds and a $116 personal services check. The case, the first of its kind in Hocking County, will be heard by Magistrates V. W. Martio.
Pledges Pour In as Nation Rallies for Roosevelt Recovery
Business leaders rush to join the New Deal pledge drive as postmen deliver pledge cards to millions of Americans. Officials report heavy signups and expect nationwide distribution of forms by Saturday night.
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National Recovery Administration
Athens Mayor Fined for Intoxication Plea Guilty
Athens official Dan Tippie was fined five dollars and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication. Mayor Robert Wood announced the outcome yesterday and Tippie faced the minor offense with admission of guilt.
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Dan Tippie
Athens
Costa
Robert 8. Wood
Tippie
Newcome Sings Sunday at First M. E. Sunday School
Edward Newcome, Athens vocalist, will sing during the opening exercise of the First M. E. Sunday School adult section Sunday morning. He has performed for several Athena groups in recent weeks.
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Edward Newcome
Athens
M. E
Newcome
Athena
Mm Regent
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