Welfare Commission Recommends Dormitory at Mansfield Reformatory
Ohio officials consider funding a new dormitory at the Mansfield Reformatory with an estimated cost of 90 000 dollars. The commission also backs a six-person staff for classification of prisoners and an expanded parole force, while transferring 223 000 dollars to the London Prison Farm project.
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Welfare Commission
Mansfield Reformatory
Columbus
U.P
Hal H. Griswold
State Board of Control
Myers Y. Cooper
Welfare Advisory Commission
Harry McLaughlin
Cleveland
Ohio Federation of Labor
Griswold
Department of Public Welfare
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
Grafton
Levein
County
London Prison Farm
London
London Farm
Columbus State Hospital
Lima State Hospital
Toledo State Hospital
Ohio Hospital
Gallipolis
Columbus Hospital
Athens State Hospital
Ohio Penitentiary
Board of Control
Tendon
Traffic lights to pilot 30 days in Middleport
Middleport votes to install two traffic lights for a 30 day trial. One light will be at North Second and Rutland Streets, the other at South Third and Locust Streets. Paving Rutland and Walnut streets discussed as current bills were paid. Mayor J E Harley led town officials.
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Middleport
North Second
Rutland
South Third
Locust
Walnut
J. E. Harley
Driver freed in Pomeroy case after promise to locate son
Calvin Smith, driver of the car that killed Tom Terrell on Main Street in Pomeroy, was released from jail after his father promised to produce Smith's son if later found to be wanted. Smith returned to work in Canton.
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Pomeroy
Calvin Smith
Tom Terrell
Main Street
Young Smith
Canton
Senate to vote on Hawley Smoot tariff bill
Senate debate winds down as Republican leaders seek agreement to vote tomorrow or Friday. The chamber shows fatigue after a year and a half of consideration on the Hawley Smoot Tariff Bill and few senators are willing to speak.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Congress
Deaf may enjoy radio with new circuit
A new adjustable compensating circuit aims to correct room acoustics and tone for deaf listeners, similar to eyeglasses for vision. Julius G. Aceves presented the idea at the Radio Club of America during the Radio Manufacturers Association convention in Atlantic City.
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Atlantic City
N. J
U.P
Julius G. Aceves
New York
Aceves
Radio Club of America
Radio Manufacturers Association
New York Evening World
Clara Smith murder cited as argument for easy divorce
Aurora headline reports Clarence Darrow in Ashtabula arguing the Clara Smith case supports easy divorce. He denies blaming individuals, cites crime as a science, and says divorce and remarriage seem a sane course for Tilby Smith and his sweetheart Maude Lowther.
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Clara Smith
Darrow
Ashtabula
U.R
Clarence Darrow
Chicago
Commons
Jefferson
Tilby Smith
Maude Lowther
Smith
Nevada gambler R H White dies in sealed room
When Mr R H White arrived in the afterlife he reportedly said he was unconscious. At five a m he was placed in a nine by eight by seven foot stone airtight chamber strapped to a chair. He smiled and nodded as two women nurses watched through a small window.
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R. H. White
Murderer White Dies After Gas Poisoning In Prison
A prisoner named White died from a gas released when cyanide fell into sulfuric acid. He had been awaiting execution on circumstantial murder evidence and worked in the prison stone room where he died. His breakfast request was for a gas mask.
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White
Simpsonville Couple Welcome Tiny Daughter at Home
Mr and Mrs Will A Ham of Simpsonville North Carolina report the birth of a girl three days old. The infant weighed seventeen ounces at birth and is kept warm with an incubator box and fed with a medicine dropper.
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Will A. Ham
Simpsonville
North Carolina
British girl flier Amy Johnson welcomed in Sydney
Miss Amy Johnson, 22, finished a 29 day flight from London to Sydney amid a tremendous welcome from the people of Sydney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
U.P
Amy Johnson
London
Robbers Blow Safe and Escape with $100 Loot
The Luster Fought and Company in Factory Street reported their safe blown open by robbers who fled with about $100. An Ohio Fuel Gas Company coupe was used for the getaway and tools plus gasoline were stolen. Police issued a car description and alerted nearby towns for clues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luster Fought and Company
Factory Street
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Athens
Graf Zeppelin Over Flores Island Reported
Graf Zeppelin was reported passing over Flores Island at 6 a.m. Eastern Standard Time as it crossed Horta in the Azores on June 4. The German airship’s route drew attention from observers on Flores while the crossing was confirmed by dispatches.
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Graf
Island
Horta
Azores
Islands
Graf Zeppelin
Flores
Cannon Denies Senate Right To Question Him
Bishop James Cannon Jr. declares he will not divulge anti Smith campaign activities in 1928. Senator Walsh temporarily halts the inquiry for lack of quorum while Cannon asserts rights of American citizens against congressional interference. Senator Blaine notes prior predecessors answered and witnesses appeared without subpoenas.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Cannon
Walsh
Caraway
Senate
House
Virginia
Evry
Blaine
Wisconsin
Cannon Denies Acting Alone in Prohibition Exam
During congressional questioning Bishop Cannon argues actions were not personal, as Walsh presents two pamphlets The Honesty of Al Smith and St Peter Not the Founder of Romanism and a Heflin telegraph supports 400000 copies. Dr Crawford notes misfranking included extra pamphlets by mistake. Blaine reveals Wilson funded $5000 for literature. Cannon refuses further answers.
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Cannon
Walsh
al Smith
St. Peter
Heflin
Alabama
Frank
Eugene L. Crawford
Board of Prohibition and Social Service
John Jay Chapman
Franklin Ford
Senator Blaine
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of ‘Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Wilson
Blaine
Bandits Captured After Shootout Near Alba
Fred and Leonard Elliott brothers were shot by a posse of 15 men after a chase ending in a cemetery near Alba Michigan. They lie wounded in a Petoskey hospital awaiting arraignment on bank robbery charges. Authorities may file attempted murder charges.
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Mancelona
Mich
U.R
Alba
Fred
Leonard Elliott
Petoskey
Antrim County
Church Delegate Dies in Cincinnati
The Rev. Warren Elsing, 45, of Exeter California, delegate to the Presbyterian General Assembly, died from injuries after reportedly jumping or falling from a third floor window at the Alms Hotel in Cincinnati. A complete nervous collapse was blamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
Warren Elsing
Exeter
Calif
Presbyterian General Assembly
Alms Hotel
Veteran Drugist Reed Dead in Pomeroy After 60 Years in Shop
C. D. Reed, oldest druggist in the Ohio Valley, dies at Pomeroy. The family business was started in 1848 by Darius Reed, first on Front Street then Court Street from 1857. Reed joined in 1870 and served 60 years, making the shop a town gathering place and a past informant for reporters.
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C. D. Reed
Pomeroy
Ohio Valley
Oho Valley
Darius Reed
Front Street
Court Street
CC. D. Reed
Reed
Confession Ties Spohn to Price Filling Station Robbery
Melvin D. Spohn of Columbus is held to the grand jury under $1000 bond after a hearing before Magistrate E E Bright. He allegedly confessed to county officials that he participated in the Price Filling Station robbery with Betty Warren awaiting a $2000 bond at the county jail. Prosecutor Phil A. Henderson said Spohn claimed he drove the car while Warren changed a $10 bill and that they traveled from Logan to Columbus, borrowing a car owned by Joseph Stanna.
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Bright
Phil A. Henderson
Spohn
Miss Warren
Columbus
Logan
West Virginia
Joseph Stanna
Stanna
Perry County
Maxville
House to vote on minor violator court commission proposal
Washington reports the Hoover Wickersham Commission recommendation to try minor violations before court commissioners faced a House vote. The measure was expected to pass. Senate action unlikely this session. The Senate previously approved transferring the prohibition bureau from Treasury to Justice, closing further prohibition bills this session.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Wickersham Law Enforcement Commission
House
Senate
Prohibition Bureau
Treasury
Justice Department
Jinx Girl Margaret Collins Held on Fugitive Warrant
Chicago reports Margaret Collins known as the jinx girl of gangland was arrested on a Cincinnati fugitive warrant. She is charged with theft of 2000 dresses in Cincinnati, according to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Margaret Collins
Cincinnati
Vesuvius Erupts With Loud Explosions Near Naples
Mt Vesuvius was active again on June 4 with deafening explosions and frequent eruptions of incandescent cinders frightening the countryside around Naples Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Italy
U.P
Mt. Vesuvius
Presbyterian Assembly Names Pittsburgh 1931 Convention City
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church closes its 142nd annual convention in Pittsburgh and selects the city as the 1931 convention site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Pittsburgh
Proctor and Gamble Buys James J Kirk & Co
Cincinnati reports Procter and Gamble has acquired James J Kirk and Company, Chicago esap manufacturers, in a major business move announced today. The deal expands P and G holdings and signals growth in the Chicago area market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.R
Proctor and Gamble Company
James Jf. Kirk & Company
Chicago
Revised loan policies urged at Ohio bankers meeting
Dayton June 4 Bankers should revise loan policies said Allen B Whitney president of Citizens Savings Bank of Upper Sandusky and head of the Ohio Bankers Association at the association's 40th annual convention He urged modernization of operations and greater community service while stressing conservative fund handling and openness to innovations He noted three Ohio banks closed recently due to idle rumor and vicious talk causing rapid deposit withdrawals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Allen B. Whitney
Citizens Savings Bank of
Upper Sandusky
Ohio Bankers Association
Association
Whitney
Ohio
Fugitives From State Hospital Still At Large In Michigan
Dawn patrols across Ionia Michigan search for inmates of the State Hospital for the Criminally Insane who escaped yesterday after a sensational break for liberty. Brisk night vigils led to the capture of three fugitives. eight remain at large among thirteen initial escapees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ionia
Mich
U.P
State Hospital
Democrats pick Bulkley for Ohio Senate bid
June 4. Robert J. Bulkley, Cleveland Democrat leader, may run for U.S. Senate on a wet platform. Party committee met to name candidates but failed to agree on a full legislative slate. Bulkley chairs the committee.
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Cleveland
U.R
Robert J. Bulkley
Jewelry Theft Trail Ends in Chicago Bank Deposit Box
The $60,000 jewelry robbery case in Columbus concluded when the gems were found in a Chicago bank safety deposit box. The trunk had been stolen from the Neil House express wagon rear on January 31, 1930, ending a fourteen month pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Chicago
Prohibition Backed Strongly at Women’s Clubs Conven tion
About three million American women pledge support as 10 000 delegates gather in Denver for the General Federation of Women’s Clubs twentieth biennial convention. Leaders expect a strong Eighteenth Amendment stand opposing forces seeking repeal and enforcement weakening. Additional resolutions endorse London Naval Treaty and Pan American Treaty.
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Denver
Galo
URA
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Federation
Accused of Blasting River to Get Fish
George Pearcy near Stewart entered a not guilty plea at arraignment before Magistrate Carl H. Porter on dynamiting the Hocking River to obtain fish. Preliminary exam set for June 18. Pearcy posted bond of 2060 after arrest by deputy fish and game chief B. T. LeFever. Henry Shields near Chauncey also pled not guilty to assault and battery and was held for the grand jury. arrested on an affidavit by Homer Evener, released on 200 bond by Constable Jonas.
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George Pearcy
Stewart
Carl H. Porter
Hocking
Porter
Pearcy
B. T. LeFever
Fish and Game
Henry Shields
Chauncey
Homer Evener
Shields
Jonas
Gang kills victim with garroting in Chicago alley
Detectives probed the murder of Thomas Somnerio, a Capone racketeer, whose body was found last night in a West Side alley. Authorities say gangland has begun using garroting to eliminate rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Thomas Somnerio
Capone
West Side
Dinosaur Tracks Debunked On Long Island
New York June 4. A geologic find at Great South Bay, Long Island turned out to be man made. A tractor track was mistaken for a dinosaur print, ending the discovery with a skeptical note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Great South Bay
Long Island
Farea
River levels drop as drought bites Athens County crops
Weather notes report weeks of drought with scant rainfall in Athens County. The Hocking River stands at 2.78 feet, a record low for several years, while wells supply the city though farmers face livestock water shortages. Rainfall totals over seven weeks are irregular, with only a few showers recorded.
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Athens County
Co. BE
Ath
Iaat
Oma
Cooper
Hocking
Mra
Conny France
Byrd Ends South Pole Trek in City of New York Tow
Rear Admiral Richard Byrd and his South Pole party, aboard the City of New York towed by a navy ship, headed north from Cristobal Canal Zone on the final stage home. Byrd expects to reach New York by June 19.
Pope to Canonize French Martyrs in Paris Basilica
The Pope will canonize eight French missionaries martyred while spreading their religion in the seventeenth century. Principal martyrs include Father Isaac Jegu and Father Jean De Resen. Their companions, mostly Jesuit priests, were killed in frontier lands near the Great Lakes. The families of the martyrs remain in the Orleans region.
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Paris
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