Heat-Driven Rage Kills Eight in Hamilton
Lloyd Russell 42, driven by extreme heat, murdered eight relatives including his mother and siblings in a Hamilton home then fatally shot himself. Police say mortgage pressure and financial strain preceded the killings. Dorothy Russell escaped unharmed as officers found a grisly scene with multiple gunshots and two revolvers.
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Paul Russell
Richard Russell
Dorothy Russell
Russell
Leonard
Keller
Dooley
Miller
Champion Paper Mills
Hamilton
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Surrender to Avoid Death in Bulgaria Civil Clash
In Sofia on June 4 two communists were killed and one died surrendering to avoid being shot. Police fired after a siege as 450 communists were arrested and many confessed links to a Varna rebellion plot and Bour conspiracy.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Thom
Varna
Bourwas
Rain Ends Corn Belt Drought Lifts Farmers Spirits
Weather improved in the corn belt ending a stretch of rainless days and boosting farmer morale. December corn prices slid from 98 to 93 cents as grain speculators grew hopeful despite recent declines.
Nineteen Admit Fellows in U S Naturalization Ceremony
In Dominion Pleas Court yesterday nineteen applicants were admitted as United States citizens after examinations by Federal Examiner Kiefer of Pittsburgh and a program led by the City Federation. Judge L G Worstell presided as Rev A V Ahlbrand and Mrs E A Chubb spoke to new citizens with patriotic presentations, while several locals were listed among the admitted and rejected candidates.
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Cittizens
United States
Dommion Pleas Court
Kiefer
Pittsburgh
L. G. Worstell
A. V. Ahlbrand
Ex- Lima
City Federation
E. A. Chubb
Mary IG. Noss
W. 8
Gard
Federation
Grand Army of the Republic
Judge Worstell
Frank Erdelyi
Millfield
John Kirlaly
Poston
Frank Tomasi
Glouster
Tony Swendrych
Glous
Union mine opens non union in West Virginia
Fairmont, W V June 4. Scores of miners cleaned up the Columbia mine of Consolidation Coal Company as it restarts production after a union strike. The mine near Clarksburg, the state’s largest producer, resumes on a non union basis following petitions from former workers. Daily output is 10 000 to 15 000 tons.
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Fairmont
W. Va
Columbia
Heat Wave Grips Midwest With Storm Toll Rising
Chicago records three deaths from recent storms linked to a heat wave that has persisted since Sunday. Across the Midwest and Northeast, tornadoes, damaging rains, and high temperatures have caused numerous fatalities and prostrations. In Chicago the temperature hovered around 81 then cooled briefly before rising again.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
H. M. Browner
Rochester
N. Y
Congress Hotel
Middlewest
Minneapolis
Iowa
Nebraska
New York
New York City
Five Seniors and Six Juniors Joined National Honor Society
Five seniors and six juniors at Athens high school were inducted into the local chapter of the National Honor Society. Principal F E Harshman outlined the society’s aims, noting it emphasizes scholarship along with leadership, character and service.
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Athens High School
National Honor Society
F. E. Harshman
United States
Paul Reading
Cornelia Holcombe
Thomas Wood
Mary Stalder
Robert Clark
William Wolfe
Jim Patter Ison
Gertrude Addicott
Bernice Stanley
Edith Pierre
Helena Anitorietta
Alumni Picnic and Luncheon Set for Ohio University
Alumni picnic comes next Monday between 5 and 6 pm on campus with free tickets for about 1000 attendees. Alumni and faculty may obtain tickets for the picnic and the noon Tuesday luncheon by contacting the office of the alumni secretary.
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Ohio University
Hamden High Names Replacements for Teachers
Miss Orril Hanna, a Hamden high school teacher, was elected to a high school post in Niles. Miss Mary E. Baldwin from Ohio University will replace her at Hamden. The announcement was made in Hamden on June 4.
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Hamden
Orril Hanna
Niles
Mary E. Baldwin
Ohio University
Bucyrus Board Names Athletic Director Candidate
The Bucyrus board of education offered the athletic directorship for 1926 1936 to Walter Pfeifer former Galion football coach last season.
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Bucyrus
Bucyrus Board of Education
Walter Pfeifer
Galion
Treasury Eyes Liquor Proof Wall to Enforce Prohibition
Washington reports detail a plan to build a liquor proof wall around the nation to curb bootlegging. General L C Andrews heads the effort as enforcement teams including the coast guard and immigration service coordinate to seal borders and bolster dry law observance.
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Treasury
Washington
United States
L. C. Andrews
Prohibition
Andrews
President Coolidge
Coast Guard, Service
Department of Ag
Department of Justice
Immigration Service
Department of Agriculture
Border Patrol
The
Athens HI Annual Is Placed On Sale Today
The Arena Athens high school yearbook is now on sale at the school. The gray parchment cover conceals a well arranged volume with complete class and organization sections. The football section stands out with action photos and individual player cuts. Miss Vianna Roush is editor in chief.
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Arena
Athens High School
Big Red
Vianna Roush
Boy's handiwork in tool making displayed this week
Athens high school machine shop class presents four pieces in the Athens Electric Company window this week including a bench lathe bench grinder and buffer and counter shafts. Edward Long and Glenn McConkey, soon to graduate, contributed much of the work. The lathe will be kept in the shop next year.
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Athens
Athens Electric ‘Company
H. J. Paul
Edward Long
Glenn McConkey
Defiance Signalmen Hurt In Gasoline Car Capsize
Charles Bazhore and Clarence Helley, both railroad signal men from Baltimore and Ohio, were badly bruised and cut when their gasoline car capsized after a wheel was thrown.
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Charles Bazhore
Clarence Helley
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Rafel Johnson Installed Legion Post Commander in Athens
Rafel Johnson, county treasurer elect, was installed as post commander of the K. Z. Crossen post, American Legion, in Athens. He succeeds G. J. Allstock with officers including Dr. W. W. Lee, Harley Moler, A. E. McConkey, L. G. Connell, and Rev. Brinley Abbott. The group plans fund raising for a 5 million national endowment and will hold a county fair concession and summer entertainments, plus the overseas film Powder River under regional auspices.
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Rafel Johnson
K. Z. Crossen
American Legion
G. J. Allstock
W. W. Lee
Harley Moler
A. E. McConkey
L. G. Connett
Brinley Abbott
National Endowment of the
Athens
Legion
Government
Powder River
Aus
Evening Broadcasts Tune In to Music and Drama Tonight
Tune in tonight on KGO at 8 P. M. for Clyde Fitch drama The Truth. WRC at 7 30 E. T. features a U. S. Marine Band concert. WBZ WIZ and WGY also carry the program. KHJ at 11 P. T. airs a Shriners band concert, with KEI also carrying the broadcast.
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KGO
Clyde Fitch
WRC
U. S. Marine Band
WBZ
WIZ
WGY
KHJ
Shriners’ Band
KEI
Illinois House Overturns Bill to Repeal Volstead Act
Springfield June 4 members of the house celebrate defeat of a bill that would repeal Illinois prohibition laws for two years including the Volstead Act. Anti-Saloon League supporters push a separate measure to create a state prohibition enforcement office under the attorney general. The senate already passed the bill. the house needs 77 votes to approve before sending to the governor amid chaotic debates.
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Springfield
House
Illinois
Anti-Saloon Leaguers
Office of State Prohibition Enforcement
Senate
Officers Capture Harry Milliron In River Chase
Deputy Sheriff Jacob Cady and traffic officer Howard Gillson trapped Harry Milliron, wanted for contributing to the delinquency of a 14 year old, after a pursuit across the Hocking river at Guysville. Milliron swam the river, then surrendered as Constable Weaver approached by boat. He was taken to the county jail.
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Jacob Cady
Howard Gillson
Harry Milliron
Beatrice Jones
Hocking
Guysville
Milliron
Mills Baker
Gillson
Cady
Weaver
Bankers to Convene in Columbus with Noted Speakers
Gray Silver president of the Grain Marketing Corporation Chicago and Manley O Hudson Bemis Harvard international law professor were expected to headline sessions at the Ohio Bankers association convention in Columbus today.
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Columbus
Gray Silver
The
Grain Marketing Corporation
Chicago
Manley O. Hudson Bemis
Harvard University
Ohio’ Bankers’ Association
France and Spain in Talks on Cooperation Against Riffs
Paris reports France and Spain still negotiating possible cooperation against the Rif, with Premier Paiileye telling the cabinet morale of French troops in Morocco is excellent and operations conducted by France have been successful.
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Paris
France
Spain
Paiileye
Morocco
Brookses announce birth of son Esther Gordon
Mr and Mrs Guy L Brooks of Stimson Avenue announce the birth of a son named Esther Gordon on Wednesday June 8. The couple note the new arrival is their first child and express joy at the family’s expansion.
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Guy L. Brooks
Stimson Avenue
Esther Gordon
Quince
Higgins faces key question in Hayner whisky plot case
Cleveland June 4 Federal Judge D J Westenhaver will decide today whether Peter J Higgins can name the real higher up in the Hayner whisky plot after further defense and government arguments. Higgins testified briefly before invoking his rights while details emerged about Rugulos Ungerleider brothers and Harry Grossberg.
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Cleveland
Peter J. Higgins
Youngstown
D. J. Westenhaver
Higgins
Westenhaver
Mears
Warren Barnett
Unger
Marietta
Russell
Frank Norwood
Canton
Prohibition
Merle B. Copeland
Dyer
Mra
Leota Merz
Newark
Red Hot Number of the Green Goat at Ohio University
The Red Hot number of the Green Goat, Ohio university humorous magazine, shows improving quality after its first issue. It features The Drastic Age a satirical take on The Plastic Age and Arthur Rex Sues for Divorce among sketches. The verse and drawings vary in strength, with substantial advertising noted.
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Ohio University
Percy Marks
Arthur Rex
Weather Bureau predicts new heat record set today
Columbus reports 90 degrees at noon with temperatures rising to expected new heat record for the year as officials forecast further warming by nightfall.
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Columbus
United States Weather Bureau
Arrest of Rev Albert Signey Gregg for mail fraud
The Rev Albert Signey Gregg a former Wooster church pastor and head of the American Civic Reform union was arrested in Cleveland charged with mailing obscene matter and a spurious Jane Doe affidavit about alleged illicit relations. He posted bond after spending a night in jail and pleaded not guilty saying the affidavit was mailed to protect a woman's name and done in good faith.
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Cleveland
Albert Signey Greggs
American Civic Reform Union
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wooster
Gregg
Jane Doe
William C. Hicke
Grace Episcopal Church
Doctor Hicks
United States
Monahan
Governors Promise Help In National Defense Day Plans
Acting Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis announced a July 4 national defense test and mailed letters to governors seeking cooperation. Oklahoma Connecticut Maine Vermont and New Mexico have pledged support, with more expected. The plan aims to inform the public about defense policies and the Army’s organization and muster in an emergency.
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Washington
Dwight F. Davis
Oklahoma
Connecticut
Maine
Vermont
New Mexico
Davis
War Department
United States
Jerseyville MINaffairs Discuss School Expansion and Mine Contracts
A Jerseyville meeting discussed consolidating in the Ladi towns and schools. The board approved bonds of 1.66 for a new high school edition, aiming for a three room building with state aid. Proposals included a six year course and extending seventh and eighth grades to a township system.
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Ladi
Township 1
Jereeyvitte
Ctisens
Tssue and Ale
Jerseyville
H. R. McVay
Schoola
Township Board
Cena
Aale
Angel ‘Ridge Echools
Alexander
Pratt
McVay
Lodt
K. R.velton
Munn
Primrose Hawkney
Gertrude Weienebach
Hiei Grove
Lorena Frazee
Jesserva Agatha Bridwell
Mary Weyard
Angel Ridge
Clair Burgam
Jersiys
G. P. Ackley
George D
Approve Plans for Courthouse Reported In Shanghai
Atom cars were sent to the western district of Shanghai today to protect the suburb as British authorities and guards move to assert control. Dispatches say the orders are spreading with a strong guard surrounding the area.
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London
Shanghai
CL Ytrol
Ein
Shangha
King
Can
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Arthur Brisbane
Star Company
William
Picasa
Raps Society
W. R. G. Hodgkin
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church
Berkley
Calif
UNION
West Virginia
Columbia Mine
NEW Legion
National Endowment Fund
Peter Higgins
Lhgislature
Cook County
Edward W. Bemis
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