Jenkins Questions New Deal and Brain Trust at Speech
Congressman Thomas A Jenkins spoke from the Courthouse steps describing the New Deal and Brain Trust as unclear. He critiqued the Agricultural Adjustment Act and National Recovery Act, blamed rushed early Congress, defended the economy act savings including veteran pensions, and recalled being among the first to criticize the administration on the House floor.
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Pomeroy
Thomas A. Jenkins
Brain Trust
Mr. Jenkins
Roosevelt
Congress
Jenkins
House of Representatives
House
Pelicy
New Home Discussion Planned by Feeney Bennett Post
Middleport American Legion Feeney Bennett Post will meet Tuesday night at the Legion Hall at 7 40 to discuss buying a new home for the post. Attendance is urged as the topic is of importance to the organization. Former residents return to Middleport to visit, including Mrs Duckler and her son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Glenn Johnson and their niece from Akron, who were once residents two years ago and previously owned property now owned by C P Dutton on Lincoln Street.
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Middleport
Project Middleport
Feeney-Bennett Post, American Legion
Legion Hall
Post
Bresidents
Duckler
Glenn Johnson
Akron
Virgie Major
Mre. Cuckier
Cc. P. Dutton
Lincoln Street
Mike Delan
Women's Republican Club
K. of P. Hall
Thomas A. Jenkins
Jr. Bailey
Columbus
Floyd Mees
Mra
BE. R. Lama
Kathryn Monahan
Alice Lama
T. W. Jones
George Daniels
Robert Roberts
Nettie Wisecarver
Cora B. Roberts
John M. Ruth Dies Near Tuppers Plains
John M. Ruth died at his home near Tuppers Plains Saturday afternoon. He is survived by his wife, a son J. Lloyd Ruth of Akron, a daughter Mrs. Carrie Ruth Herdman of Athens, three sisters Mrs. Ira B. Huntington, Mrs. Jennie Taylor of Parkersburg, and Mrs. P. Bo McCormick of Greenfield, and two brothers J. B. Ruth of Florida and G. W. Puth of Washington, D. C. Funeral was held at 2 p.m. today with burial at Hocking Port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuppers Plaine
J. Lloyd Ruth
Akeron
Carrie Ruth Herdman
Athens
Ira B. Huntington
Mra
Jennie Taylor
Parkersburg
P. Bo McCormick
Greenfield
Ruth
Florida
G. Wo Pwth
Washington W. Va
Hockingport
Pleate Held by Christian Endeavor at Presbyterian Church
Members of the Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church held a pleate at the church Sunday evening during the regular weekly session of the organization.
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Middleport
Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian Church
Captive Whale Exhibit With Historic Pacific Display
The San Clemente Whale Go Yiath will be shown by Pacific Whaling Company at the B and O Depot in a $50 000 steel railroad car. The exhibit runs August 1 and 2 with Captain Dolan describing whale biology and lore. Penguins from Admiral Byrd's Little America are also included.
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San Clemente
Pacific Whaling Company, Inc
Admiral Byrd
Littl
America
Republican Rally Planned in Pomeroy for August 11
Meigs County Republican Club announces a rally at the Pomeroy Court House at 2 30 PM on August 11 with Clarence J Brown as principal speaker. Other speakers include Congressman Thomas A Jenkins and Mrs Evelyn Jones presiding as club leaders.
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Pomeroy
Clarence J. Brown
Meiga County
Women's Republican Club
Gallia
Lawrence
Vinton
Jackson
Athens
Meigs County
Evelyn Jones
Harrisonville
James Hawley
Sub-Colleges Under Federal Relief Planned
Ohio will host Emergency School Administration run sub colleges for high school graduates unable to pay. A committee will pick centers where courses run next fall. $115,800 from FERA funds 1930 teachers hired at $60 monthly. Enrollment after colleges open to avoid parental refusals.
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Columbus
Federal Emergency Schools Administration
Ohio
B. O. Skinner
FERA
Ohio aids 24,499 transients in May relief program
Ohio released figures showing 24,499 destitute transient persons received state aid during May. The relief effort cost $174,803 from state funds, the latest available totals indicate.
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Columbus
Ohio
M. E. Ladies Aid meet with plans and notices
Albany July 3 The M. E. Ladies Aid Society met at the church with president Mrs FE H Lasch presiding. Receipts totalled 37.66 for the church fund. Officers’ election postponed to August. An ice cream social is planned for Saturday Aug 11. A short program included readings by Mrs Melva Radcliffe Mrs Lora Reeder and Mrs Edith Baughman.
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Albany
M. E. Ladies Aid Society
FE. H. Lasch
Melva Radcliffe
Lora Reeder
Edith Baughman
Edna Lasch
Hazel Oxley
Irene Wingett
J. Cline
Columbus
Louisa Brooks
Walter Lee
McArthur
Lee
Zern Ross
J. M. Swett
Dena Jewell
Carpenter
EB. H. Lasch
Elva Throckmorton
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Robert Brooks
Louisea Brooks
R. ©. Ewing
Deets
Huntington
W. Va
E. I. Stanley
M. H. Mitchell
New Dover
Parrott
Mitchell
Virginia Davis
Mary Frances Gillogly
Emma Dearth
Bolins Mills
Verne West
H. D. Kalb
Gillis L. Kalb
Akron
Searls
Helen
Dorothy
Wayne Searls
Parkersburg
C. W. Reeves
Ernest Welch
Jack Yeager
Wellston
F. W Beckley
Alice
S. H. Searis
Hamden
Virgil Baughman
Athens
W. W. Baughman
H. E. Gingher
Mable Coe
Wilson
Alta Anne
T. W. Coe
Middleport Briefs Highlight Local Visits and News
Mr Effie Lockett returns from Columbus with niece Miss Hilda Russell for a week. Nease and relatives visit McBride and Anderson in Portage area, aunt to visit in McMechen, W Va. Bradbury family of Ryger stay with Mrs Fannie Stevens. Lewis, Riggles, Mysell visit relatives in Columbus and nearby towns. Lulu Mason returns home on Walnut Street after weeks with daughter. Thompson brothers travel from Columbus for a local recreation ball game. Joe Dobbs improves but remains in serious condition after recent surgery in a Columbus hospital.
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Effie Lockett
Harry Russell
Garfield Street
Columbus
Hilda Russell
Roy Nease
R. McBride
South Fifth Avenue
Kathryn Anderson
North Third Avenue
McMechen
W. Va
Lulu Mason
Neil Cooper
Walnut Street
Morris
Kenneth Thompson
Joe Dobbs
Pomeroy Personal Notices From Meigs County
Meigs County notices report residents traveling to Chicago for the World’s Fair and visiting relatives in Naylors Run Columbus and Los Angeles. Families include Downie, Ewing, Meier, Rasp, McCroba and White with plans for cottage stays near Beverley and government project work in the Muskingum Valley. A Meigs County Unemployed League delegation from Long Bottom heads to Columbus for a state convention, with return planned Wednesday.
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Mre
C. BE. W. Downie
William
Howard Ewing
Chicago
Pomeroy
Clyde Brickies
Middleport
St Bennett
Win McMurray
Pearl Bolin
Louise Smith
A. W. Hoover
Long Bottom
Meigs County Unemployed League
Columbus
Ohio Une
Pomeroy Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Health News
Mrs Rosas Cummins of Cannonsburg Pa visits her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Clarence Ibie. Miss Vida Ibie recovers satisfactorily after surgery at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. Dorothy Turner Irma Patterson and Theodore Downie of Columbus spent the weekend with relatives here. Mary Maning and Herman Hoffner family hosted a Sunday gathering with Hoyt Haning and family in Athens. Nora Tracy returns home from a week in Athens with Dorothy Mannig Roy Tracy family.
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Vida Ibie
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Dorothy Turner
Irma Patterson
Theodore Downie
Columbus
Mary Maning
Herman Hoffner
Athens
Hoyt Haning
Nora Tracy
Dana F. Tracy
Dorothy Mannig
Roy Tracy
Local visitors and familiar journeys noted
Middleport residents Mr and Mrs Willard Calvin and eon Robert from Parkersburg spent the weekend with their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs R C McBride. W Cooper returned from Hatford Michigan where he spent a month visiting his sister and family. Mrs Jessie Lansbury visited Charleston with Mrs Elmer Dent and family. A E White spent Saturday in Cincinnati on business. Maxine Sprones Bucyrus visited Elizabeth Bradford then went to Hallwood to visit grandparents. Robert McMaster William Anderson and Miss Jean Reed left for Cleveland to join Miss Mary Lu McMaster and later return with her. Miss Helen Davis returned home to Columbus after visiting J A Kent family.
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Willard Calvin
Robert
Parkersburg
R. C. McBride
Do. W. Cooper
Hatford
Mich
Jessie Lansbury
Charleston
Elmer Dent
A. E. White
Cincinnati
Maxine Sprones
J. A. Kent
Columbus
Three Arrests in Syracuse and Middleport Over Weekend
Three arrests occurred over the weekend on intoxication charges. Melvin Grimm and Hurley Harman were jailed Saturday night in Syracuse and Middleport respectively, while George Abbott was arrested Sunday in Middleport. Also: Marjorie and Robert Harris visited from Columbus with Gordon Harris, who sails soon for Europe with his orchestra.
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Pomeroy
Melvin Grimm
Hurley Harman
Harold Duckworth
Syracuse
Charlies Wise
Middleport
George Abbott
William Robson
Piece of Paper Leads to Arrest of Alleged Prowler
A scrap of paper with a man’s name directed Sheriff Hatfield to Albert Raymer for house breaking on Sunday night. A Mill Creek resident reported the entry and led to a girl’s statement implicating Raymer who confessed to five robberies in Mill Creek Cheshire Kanauga and Gallipolis. he was armed when captured.
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Gallipolis
E. K. Hatfield
Albert Raymer
George Brown
Mill Creek
Raymer
Hatfield
Cheshire
Kanauga
Mrs Rus sell Ends Middleport Visit in California Return
Mrs. Robert Russell of Mills Valley, California, concluded a six week stay with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Russell on Locust Street and other relatives in Middleport. She departed Sunday for Columbus and will travel on to California after a short stay there.
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Middleport
Robert Russell
Mills Valley
Calif
Harvey Russell
Locust Street
Columbus
California
Sharpshooters Pursue National Public Golf Championship
July 3 Pittsburgh reports the National Public Golf Championship opening today with 184 amateur niblick players entered for the annual tourney.
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Pittsburgh
Niblick Wielders
Two Gallia County Bridge Contracts Awarded
The State Highway Department awarded two Racoon Creek bridge projects in Gallia County. Route 160 replacement goes to W. C. Moore and E. Alfred & Son of Marysville for 62,871.52 dollars. Route 141 at Gage will be built by George W. Timmis, Inc. of Columbus for 83,089.41 dollars.
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Gallipolis
Raccoon Creek
State Highway Department
W. C. Moore and
E. Alfred & Son
Marysville
Gage
George W. Timmis, Inc
Columbus
Pros and Cons Aired In Lighting Dispute
In Gallipolis the city Board of Education hears both sides on a proposed night athletic schedule at Gallia Academy High School. Opponents fear property values on Fourth Ave and tree loss. supporters claim night games boost local athletics and merchants, with only one tree needing possible trimming. No decision yet. residents welcome input.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High
City Board of Education
Fourth Ave
Gallipolis Personal News Highlights Local Happenings
Gallipolis residents report births marriages and travels. Mr and Mrs Samuel Curry welcomed a son born Sunday. Niagara Falls and Chicago World’s Fair trips marked by Mr and Mrs George Tabit Jr. and others visited relatives and attended events.
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Gallipolis
Samuel Curry
Katherine Hillary
George Tabit, Jr
Niagara Falls
Canada
Chicago
Young Democrats form club at Gallipolis courthouse
A large group of young Democrats gathered at the Gallipolis courthouse Saturday night to organize a party club with C. M. Bane elected president and Paul R. O'Brien named secretary as temporary officers.
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Gallipolis
C. M. Bane
Paul R. O'Brien
Marriage License Issued to Wayne England and Margaret Beery
A marriage license was issued to Wayne England, 21, of Gallipolis, and Margaret Beery, 21, a Fairfield County native, in Gallia County.
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Gallipolis
Wayne England
Margaret Beery
Fairfield County
Scout Ney organizes bus trip for 4 boys to Athens
The group plans an early departure to Werlemel Athens with 4 units and leaders Warren Higging Donald Davies and Clintop appointed to run the trip. Parents will be asked to list equipment and be informed. A swimming period at Crystal is noted with Barnes and Warnes in charge as the trip proceeds Saturday.
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Athens
Arch
Warren Higging
Donald Davies
Clintop
Crystal
Barnes
Warnes
Wil
Death Claims Mrs. Hannah Young of Gallipolis
Mrs. Hannah Young aged 89 native of England died at her Gallipolis home Friday night after years of illness. She came to the United States 51 years ago married Henry Young. Surviving are the husband daughter Ethel five granddaughters and three grandsons. Funeral services at the Baptist Church tonight at 7 conducted by Rev. George Sagen with Eastern Star members attending. Burial in Zanesville beside her daughter.
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Gallipolis
England
Hannah Young
Henry Young
America
Ethel
Margery Wilson
Annabel
Rose
Grace
Edith Wilson
Clyde
Fred
Charles Wilson
Zanesville
Young
Baptist Church
George Sagen
The
Eastern Star
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John M. Ruth
Tuppers Plains
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Sam Riggles
New Marshfield
Homer Hmysell
Pomeroy Personals
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Meigs
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R. W. Harris
South Second Avenue
Gordon K. Harris
Gordon Harris
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Gallia County
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Miami University
Robert Price
D. D. Neal
C. C. McCormick
Fairfield
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Curtis Swisher
Lawrence Lusher
Billy
Glen Mills
Ella Lusher
Thomas Murdock
June
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Jake Moore
Young Democrats
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