Valuable mine fire injures equipment in Ohio district
A $100000 blaze at the Hocking Valley Mining Co. shaft near Athens damaged engine rooms and shops while the tipple survived. Engineer Richard C. West, trapped in smoke, escaped with help after saving himself and much equipment. Officials estimate $100000 in losses and insurance covers the mine. origin undetermined, possible electrical or spark cause. Firefighters from Athens contained the flames by 2 PM as the mine, idle for two years, eyed future equipment replacements pending coal industry revival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard C. West
Hocking
West
Athens Fire Department
Athens
Stalter-Essex Company
Long fight ends on water bill in Congress
After a thirteen hour session the House approved the rivers and harbors bill worth 36 million dollars. Opponents from Ohio Michigan and Wisconsin blocked the Illinois waterway diversion into the Mississippi while a final vote was awaited.
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Washington
U.P
Great Lakes
Mississippi
Illinois River
House
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Paymaster killed in Newark hold-up attempt
Four men tried to rob a Public Service Railway pay car in Newark New Jersey and shot and killed Theodore Conway the company pay master. Police pursued suspects and the incident disrupted service in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
U.P
Public Service Railway Company
Theodore Conway
Senate probe to start in Pennsylvania primary next week
Washington reports the senate expenditures committee will begin a probe of the Pennsylvania primary next Wednesday. The ruling comes as the campaign season heats up with scrutiny of spending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate
Pennsylvania
Official figures show 149 enforcement casualties
Washington June 4 AP official figures reveal 149 casualties from gun battles between federal dry agents and bootleggers since prohibition began. Forty-nine agents killed in line of duty and 92 others killed evading arrest. Kentucky West Virginia Georgia Alabama Tennessee North and South Carolina listed as most dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Andrews
Prohibition
Cty
Kentucky
West Virginia
A. Gia
Alabama
Tennessee
Orth
South Carolina
Youngstown Teller Held on $40,000 Bond in Embezzlement Case
Harold Williams a 35 year old paying teller at Dollar Savings and Trust was held on $40,000 bond after leading police to a chicken coop on Walter Coddington’s farm where he hid $15,000 of the $30,000 he is accused of embezzling. He claimed losses from stock speculation and a Niles gambling hall. The bank losses are insured and the case proceeds to the September grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Harold Williams
Dollar Savings & Trust Company
Walter Coddington
Williams
Niles
Ohio
Coddington
William
Canada
Williams’ Bonding Company
Night Riders of America Roam Troy Area
Sheriff reports a new Night Riders of America group robed in black with white skull banners. About 25 men armed and in an abandoned house allegedly tried to stop motorist Robert Shroyer on a rural road near Troy. Leader said they halted him for trespass. names of several members cited.
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Troy
U.R
Night Riders of America
Mont Spillman
Spillman
Robert Shroyer
Here
Shroyer
Five Best Radio Features Listings
Friday and Saturday radio schedules list five featured broadcasts from WAHG WJZ WEAF KGW and others with programs including organ recital Hoot Owls Baldwin hour Minstrel show Jones and Hare gala concert and operatic scenes from Mirella and The Royal Vandor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WAHG
Richmond Hill
KGW
Portland
WJZ
New York
KOA
Denver
WEAF
Jones and Hare
WNYC
KGO
Oakland
Alabema Sciots
WLW
Cincinnati
D. T
Gounod
WGN
Chicago
Athens Gas Service Cut Four Hours Sunday Night
Logan Gas Co announces four hour gas shutdown in Athens. Local manager Will Casley said mains outside city will be repaired from noon to 4 PM Sunday. Households urged to prepare meals before 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Logan Gas Company
Will Casley
Athens City
Casley
Investigation Seeks to Discard Senate Primary System
Washington June 3 The forthcoming Senate select committee inquiry will pursue two leads. One traces a revival of Newberryism in lavish campaign spending, the other argues the primary system distorts elections by favoring wealthy or financially backed candidates, fueling repeal sentiment nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
United States Senate
Meigs County Murderers Begin Life Sentences
Three Meigs county murderers Timothy OBrien 45 Donald El bin 19 and Forest Sapp 28 were delivered to Columbus to begin life terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
UPR
Meigs County
Timothy O'Brien
Donald Elbin
Forest Sapp
Peabody Adopts Mrs Knappen Waite As Daughter
George Foster Peabody a 73 year old New York philanthropist adopts Mrs Marjorie Knappen Waite widow in her thirties as his daughter citing friendship as beauty. Waite previously served as secretary of the Katrina Trask Alliance a benevolent group formed in memory of Peabody's late wife Arat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Knappen Waite
George Foster Peabody
New York
Katrina Trask Alliance
Peabody
Recall of 1859 frost in Hocking valley remembered
A 67 year old note recounts a severe killing frost in the Hocking valley that ruined corn and wheat crops. On June 5, 1859 residents awoke to frost on the ground and wilted plants as summer began. Fires were kept burning in Athens homes for warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hocking Valley
W. BR. Johnson
Athens Messenger
Athens
Mother Clever Jewel Thief Denies Guilt in New York
Mrs. Werner Dervee arraigned in a women’s night court amid police claims she stole jewelry valued at about 30 000 dollars. Detectives tracked a big diamond brooch to her and recovered items from her handbag after a hotel visit. Her husband and 12 year old son reacted with disbelief as officers alleged a five year spree totaling around 100 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Werner Dervee
Ohio University Holds Sunday Baccalaureate in Gymnasium
Baccalaureate services for Ohio University graduates are set for Sunday at 10:30 A M in the men's gymnasium. Dr Edward Howard Griggs of New York City will deliver the address. Dr E B Bryan president of the university will offer the invocation. Rolland Pease will sing an aria from Elijah. Most city churches cancel morning and evening services due to the program and Elijah performance in the evening under Prof C C Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Edward Howard Griggs
New York City
E. B. Bryan
Rolland Pease
Lord God of Abraham
Elijah
Prof
C. C. Robinson
Father Takes Fatal Car Tragedy After Struggling to Survive
In Ellsworth on June 4 William A. Barnes 37 Alliance and his two children Louise 9 and John 4 were found dead in a closed car from carbon monoxide. a severed inner tube channeled exhaust into the vehicle. Barnes had recently faced health decline and unemployment, and the mother had deserted the family weeks earlier.
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Ellsworth
U.R
William A. Barnes
Alliance
Barnes
Louise
John
Roy Winans
Raymond Barnett
Little Louise
Lamont Jacobs
J. Warren Barnes
Newcastle
Fairmount
Ast Palestine
Lowden Sails for Denmark on Cooperative Farm Movement
Frank L. Lowden agriculturist and former Illinois governor sails to Denmark for his hobby cooperative farm movement in motion. He arrived in New York from Chicago and declined to discuss politics amid rising esteem in the agricultural Midwest.
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New York
U.P
Frank L. Lowden
Denmark
Cooperative Farm Movement
Lowden
Chicago
Illinois
Middlewest
Sole Survivor Beth Crocket Keeps Davy Crockett Rifle
Miss Beth Crocket of Little Rock Arkansas survives the Crockett family and owns the rifle used by Davy Crockett in his fights. Arkansas Tennessee and Texas compete to claim the weapon for their state museums.
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Beth Crocket
Little Rock
Ark
Davy Crockett
Arkansas
Tennessees
Texas
Movie Secrets to Be Revealed in Federal Court Testimony
Lillian Gish arrives to testify in the perjury trial of Charles H. Duell in federal court. The case centers on a contract restricting her work and the alleged overpayment and royalties from The White Sister, including $125,000 in royalties plus $145,570 in salary.
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Lillian Gish
Charles H. Duell
Duell
Miss Gish
Nathan Burkan
Sign at Circle Hill warns speeders with chicken joke
A reader sent in phrases from Circle Hill signs and gossip notes. The items include a speed warning joke about chickens and a windstorm blowing down a Chauncey sign, plus a playful remark about a woman at a Deanville dance being the narrator’s wife.
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Circle Hill
Chauncey
the Fox
Deanville
Fox
Man and Wife Die in Big Four Crossing Crash
Wreckage of a car at a garade crossing near Wellington killed Mr and Mrs George Dangler of St Johns Michigan. Their two children were critically injured and taken to Elyria hospital. Police suspect the car stalled on the tracks before the freight train struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
U.P
George Dangler
St. Johns
Mich
Garade Crossing
Wellington
Elyria
Dangler
Ohio Briefs Honor Cooper at Wilmington College
Cincinnati Wilmington college will confer the honorary degree of doctor of laws upon Meyers Y. Cooper, candidate for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. The announcement was made today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Wilmington College
Meyers Y. Cooper
Officials bar Moore Advertising mails for fraud scheme
Federal authorities forbade the Moore Advertising company of Zanesville from using the mails in a complaint filed by the Zanesville Better Business Bureau. The action targets promotional employment fraud.
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Columbus
Moore Advertising Company
Zanesville
Better Business Bureau
Wellston Youth John Sylvester IIT Graduates Naval Academy
John Sylvester IIT of Wellston, son of Mr and Mrs John Sylvester Jr, Wellston, graduates from the U S Naval Academy at Annapolis. He earns the highest grades among the remaining members of the class of 465 as friends here are advised today.
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Wellston Columbus
John Sylvester Iit
John Sylvester, Jr
Wellston
U. S. Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Glouster Kiwanis Speaker Urges Civic Cooperation
N Bi Monsarrat of Columbus addressed the Glouster Kiwanis on the coal freight rate issue, urging civic groups to back Ohio coal for fair rates versus southern coal. Newton of Sunday Creek Coal described losses and the need for a just rate, with a tour of local mines to show preparation and impurity removal for market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Craft Messenger
Glouster
N. Bi Monsarrat
Columbus
Kiwanis
Airate
Hockeing
Ohio
State Commerce Commission
Washington
Monsarrat
Ohio Coal
Newton
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Sunday Creek Coal E
Glouster Kiwanis Club
Sunday Creek Company
Derthtrom
Buckingeham
Sunday Creek
Corning
Ers
Stabbed Huntington Realtor Fights for Life
A Huntington man Stuart H. Bowmang Bowmang was stabbed in the throat during a quarrel over a lawsuit, and doctors led by D F Crockett prepared an operation to save his life in Huntington West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
W. Va
U.P
Stuart H
Expelled students shock Springfield college crowd
Excitement ran through the Wittenberg College crowd as four needs and one male student were expelled today amid six charges of intoxication. Names of the students were withheld.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Wittenberg College
Navy midshipman resigns request ignored at sea
Blake Zirkle a Kansas born midshipman in the United States Navy was compelled to sail today against his repeated wishes to resign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anapolis
Unite States Navy
Blake Zirkle
Kansas
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Paymaster
Washington Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Ame
Helo
Troy Society
Robert T. Small
Consolidated Press
Interstate Commerce Commission
Beth Crockett
NEA
Margaret Waggoner Mitchell
Kansas City
Messenger
Big Four Crossing
Elyria Hospital
Honor Cooper
Slouster Kiwanis
Flapper
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