Ohio University Largest Class Graduates In History
Ohio University celebrated the largest graduating class in its history with a morning commencement in Alumni Memorial Auditorium. President W L Bryan of Indiana University was main speaker, reflecting on science, energy use, and the role of women in national progress, while invoking figures from Pascal to Holmes and noting thirteen seniors received highest honors.
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Ohio University
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
McGuffey
T. N. Hoover
E. B. Bryan
William Lowe Bryan
Indiana University
W. L. Bryan
Pascal
Bryan
Bonus Army units move toward Washington from Athens
About 260 Cincinnati World War veterans forming a “bonus army” were escorted through Athens County on trucks toward Parkersburg and Washington. The group split for transport constraints with support from local American Legion posts and businesses, aiming to reach Washington by Wednesday for a House vote on the Patman Bill providing $2.0 billion to veterans.
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Washington, D. C
Athens County
Cincinnati
Fairgrounds
Chillicothe
Fitzwaters
Parkersburg
D. R. Zenner
American Legion
R. H. White
Richard Noble
W. Va
U.P
Washington
Congress
House
Patman
White House
Capitol
Will's Surprised That Senators Didn't Vote Themselves Increase
Santa Monica report notes the Senate approved a 10 percent cut for government civilian wages while derisively noting lawmakers did not vote themselves a raise. The letter—signing Will—jokes about politics and global events, mixing opinions on Chile Germany and Congress.
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Will
Santa Monica
Calif
Senate
Chile
Germany
Congress
Republicans to Put Wet Plank Into Platform
Washington June 6 The Republican National Committee eyes a resubmission prohibition plank as party leaders in a Sunday conference seek the best wording. Senator Moses predicts adoption, with Watson agreeing the discussion centers on the plank. Participants included Brown and James A. Garfield as prospective platform committee chair.
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U.R
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Congressional Country Club
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Senate
Brown
Hoover
James A. Garfield
Cleveland
Chicago
Hoover backs relief push as Garner bill moves forward
The House Rules Committee moved to bring the Garner 2.3 billion dollar relief measure to a vote within three hours amid White House pressure. President Hoover returned from Rapidan to steer the relief program and avoid Democratic bond plans. A home loan discount banks proposal was revived in the Senate with a subcommittee directed to report on the Watson Bill.
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U.P
House Rules Committee
House
Hoover
White House
Rapidan
Senate
Man to Brave Pyre of Lava in Volcano Rescue
Local contractor R Kunishi began preparations to lower himself 900 feet into Kilauea crater to recover the bodies of Margaret Enos and Sylvester Nunes. He signed a National Park Service contract paying $1000 if successful. the plan hinges on surviving extreme heat and fumes. Nunes abducted the 17 year old girl, shot her, and fell into the crater with her body in his arms.
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U.P
R. Kunishi
Margaret Enos
Sylvester Nunes
Madame Pele
Kunishi
National Park Service
Nunes
Kilauea
Dr. W H Scott Honored Guest at Ohio University Commencement
Dr William H Scott the second oldest living Ohio University alumnus and former president was honored at commencement in Athens. He graduated in 1862 and led the university 1872 to 1883 before serving as Ohio State University president for the next 12 years. He is 92 and traveled with his son Reverend Herbert Scott.
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William H. Scott
Ohio University
Bryan
Scott
Ohio State University
Athens
Herbert Scott
Columbus
Charles F. Scott
Sheffield Scientific School
Yale University
Ernest Scott
Pathology
Five Jefferson County Mines to Reopen This Week
Five Jefferson County mines are expected to reopen this week in Dillonvale with Sheriff William J. Yost of Steubenville stating he would seek National Guard help if trouble arises. Three Belmont County mines idle two months are also slated for reopening.
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U.P
Jefferson County
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Steubenville
National Guard
Belmont County
Inmate Hangs Self at Columbus State Hospital
Charles Schroyer, 45, ended his life by hanging with a bed sheet in his hospital room at Columbus State Hospital on Sunday. He had been admitted after a nervous collapse following his service as a geologist for an oil company in the South Seas.
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Columbus
Charles Schroyer
Columbus State Hospital
South Seas
Schroyer
Picket Line Demonstration Grows in Hocking District
Thousands join peaceful picketing along Lick Run highway near Nelsonville as a ten day protest by striking miners continues. A Sunday sermon at the camp and vehicle caravans to the Lick Run Mine marked a growing, orderly turnout with 2500 to 4000 present this morning.
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Hocking
Lick Run
National Guard
David Watkins
D. C. Shearer
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Minera
Manhattan Company
Annenes
Thouse
Wayne Wingett
Pies blamed for ptomaine poisoning hit Cleveland
Police and health department investigators said spoiled cream in strawberry pies from a west side bakery caused an epidemic of ptomaine poisoning. More than 40 people, many children, were ill though no cases were yet serious. Commissioner Harold J. Knapp urged physicians to aid treatment.
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U.P
Health Department
West Side Baking Company
Harold J. Knapp
Knapp
Warner Suit Dropped in Wilmington Federal Court
A receivership suit against Warner Brothers Pictures Inc. was dismissed by Chief Justice James Pennewill in federal court. The plaintiff Marinus P. Newcastle of New York City sought to amend the case to align with a parallel federal suit by Harry Koplar of University City Missouri, but the chancery court denied the amendment before dismissal.
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Del
U.P
Warner Brothers Pictures Incorporated
James Pennewill
Marinus P
Newcastle
New York City
Harry Koplar
University City
Chancery Court
No Trace Found Of Ocean Flier
London to Warsaw flight searchers waited in vain for Stanislaus Hausner after reports of a powerful airplane sighting in Cork Ireland. Officials traced beacons through Saturday night though no further residents reported sightings and fuel exhaustion was possible by early Sunday.
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Warsaw
Stanislaus Hausner
New York Warsaw
Atlantic
Cork
Ireland
France
England
Poland
Ban Costly Campaigns In Youngstown Elections
Youngstown candidates from both major parties agreed to curb campaign spending for the November election. At a joint meeting they will submit all advertising to a committee for approval. Party chairmen denounced chiselers and racketeers who bankrupt candidates.
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Youngstown
Gallia County’s Oldest Postmaster Dies After Heat
Charles M. Smith 85, longtime Gallia County postmaster, died Sunday after collapsing from extreme heat in Gallipolis. He served as postmaster for many years and was renowned in the community.
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Gallipolis
Charles M. Smith
Gallia County
Diana Hunts for a Home at Philadelphia Art Museum
Diana, once evicted from Madison Square Garden during its demolition, tours Philadelphia with her arrow and continues seeking a permanent home. The huntress has wandered for years and now rests briefly at the museum as she pursues a stable residence.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Philadelphia Art Museum
Mines to resume at Millfield and Chauncey under governor plan
No 6 Mine at Millfield and No 25 Mine at Chauncey to reopen Wednesday under Governor White's plan. National Guard moved to the sites and peaceful picketing continues with no disorders reported. The notices specify hand loading at 38 cent tonnage rate and a ten day job-keeping clause for former workers.
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Manhattan Coal Company
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Millfield
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Nelsonville
Athens County
National Guard
Geo White
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Mittsfield
B ® Knox
Veterans Group Denied Transport For March To Washington
State Adjutant General Frank D. Henderson acting for Governor White refused transport for a Columbus and Dayton World War veterans group of 40 to 60 planning a Washington march to seek bom a payment. He warned excess numbers would burden cities on the route and urged abandonment of the plan.
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Frank D. Henders Ym
White
Dayton
Washington
Henderson
Capitol
Assault Charge Filed Against Local Steam Engineer
Eaton June 6 Ernest Cab anass a steam engineer was held in Preble County Jail on charges of assaulting Mrs Myrtle McGee who is near death in Richmond Indiana hospital. Mrs McGee was found in the back seat of her car in the garage at her home Sunday. Her skull was fractured. Her husband Walter an invalid swore to a warrant for Cab anass arrest. Mrs Freda Corbin a neighbor said Cab anass asked her to help take Mrs McGee home early Sunday. Corbin said Cab anass claimed Mrs McGee had tried to leap from his car.
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Ernest Cabanass
Preble County
Myrtle McGee
Richmond
Ind
Britain blocks bug confab at Paris talks
An international meeting on potato bug prevention opened at the foreign office in Paris with Britain refusing to cooperate. Delegates from France Germany Italy Spain Switzerland and Holland discussed methods to prevent the spread of the insects.
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Paris
Foreign Office
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
Switzerland
Holland
Body Found Near Ball Park Grandstand Believed Accidental
The body of Pearl L. Tyler, 45, of Craigaville Virginia was found near a Columbus ball park grandstand. Police think he slept in a top tent and fell to his death in an accidental tragedy.
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U.P
Pearl L. Tyler
Craigaville
Wheat futures slip on Winnipeg weakness and Liverpool break
Chicago reports wheat futures fell sharply by about two percent on a broad market weakness. The decline reflects sharp losses in Winnipeg and a severe drop in Liverpool trading.
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Board of Trade
Winnipeg
Liverpool
Parkersburg Man Injured In Ohio Traffic Crash
H. P. Hurt, 45, of Parkersburg West Virginia, was in critical condition at Mt. Carmel Hospital after his car struck a safety zone standard in Columbus on Sunday, suffering a fractured skull and facial head lacerations.
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Columbus
H. P. Hurt
W. Va
Mt. Carmel Hospital
War Department allocates funds for river improvements
Washington June 6 The War Department today allotted 830000 for river work An allotment of 50000 for the Pittsburgh District of the Ohio River and 177000 for the Kanawha River at Huntington West Virginia were included in the appropriations
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U.2
War Department
Pittsburgh District
Ohio River
Kanawha River
Huntington
W. Va
Million Offer Reported in Wendell Heirs Case
A Brandenburg court sided with claimants led by Mrs Gertrude Ohsenn Kay as legal heirs to the Wendell estate. An offer of 1 000 000 dollars was made to the Wendell heirs for settlement. Kay, wife of a San Francisco manufacturer, traced her line to the original Wendell.
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Wendell Heirs
Brandenburg
Germany
Gertrude Ohsenn Kay
Kay
San Francisco
Wendell
Ella Wendell
York
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