Athens court blocks transfer of waterworks funds to survey fund
Judge O F Rowland of Athens County Common Pleas Court dismissed the city petition to move 2500 from the waterworks fund to a survey fund aimed at a municipal electric light plant. The ruling found no surplus, a mortgage violation, and potential harm to water users. objections were raised by Bank of Athens, Southern Ohio Electric, and local industrialists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCune-Gross
Athens
O. F. Rowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Len B. McCune
C. W. Gross
Rowland
PWA
Miners to Get Ohio Relief Aid Under Suspension Plan
Athens Ohio officials reported that relief funds from FERA will flow to miners under a suspended program. About 1200 to 1400 men and families in the Works Progress and other relief projects will receive aid, with payments rising toward around $60,000 this year. The two week relief window begins in July as mine operators and districts brace for potential wage disputes and further funding decisions.
Tragic Highway Crash Across Marion County Claims Several Lives
A multi-vehicle collision near Mogadore Road east of Columbus killed a man and a wife and injured four others including a three year old. Paramedics ferried victims to a hospital as authorities investigated the wreck occurring Saturday afternoon in Marion region.
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Columbus
Mman
An Witioup
Marion
Chinese Army Surrenders to Jap Demands
Tokyo dispatches report Chinese troops evacuating North China signaling full surrender to Japanese terms for a new regime. The move grants Japan authority to decide administration and troop placements in Hopei and adjacent Peiping and Tientsin, with General Shang Chen agreeing to cooperate after meeting General Umezu.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
China
Jiro Minami
Hope Province
Peiping
Tientsin
Shang Chen
Hopei
Shensi
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Yu Heweh-Chung
Umezu
Dayton Pie Company Workers on Strike
Union officials sought a conference with Dayton Pie Company operators in Cincinnati as workers walked off their mixing boards and ovens protesting a proposed longer work hours with no pay raise. The firm supplies pastries to restaurants and grocers.
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Cincinnati
Dayton
Blue Bird Pie Company
Bill Murray and the Constitution in Oklahoma Roots
A letter from Will Rogers praises Bill Murray for constitutional expertise tied to Oklahoma's constitutional convention. The note suggests Murray could join the Supreme Court, discusses party alignment, and reflects Rogers' view of Murray as knowledgeable in constitutional law.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Bill Murray
Constitution
Bill
Supreme Court
Oklahoma
Willie
Murray
Operators and Union To Act On Guffey Bill
Washington reports a tentative accord between the Bituminous Coal Producers' Legislative Committee led by Charles O'Neill and the United Mine Workers on revising the Guffey Coal Stabilization Bill. Aimed at price fixing and wage support, the measure could appease the impending soft coal strike of 400000 workers if ratified by operators in a Tuesday assembly.
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Washington
NRA
Charles O'Neill
United Mine Workers
Guffey
O'Neill
Bride and Groom Die in Highway Crash Near Browneville
A bride and groom and the groom's sister died when their car flipped six times after side swiping a truck on the National Highway one mile west of Browneville. Walter Tomich 24 Granite City Illinois Anna Tomich 20 Beaver Dam Pennsylvania Dorothy Tomich 16 dead and Walter's sister-in-law Mrs David Tomich 35 and her daughter Dorothy 16 injured hospitalized. The couple had married in Beaver Dam the previous day en route to Granite City.
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Zanesville
Browneville
Walter Tomich
Granite City
Ill
Anna Tomich
Anna Park
Beaver Dam
Pauline Tomich
Walter
Tomich
David Tomich
Dorothy
Miss Park
Miss Tomich
Prisoner Merle Roush Escapes Police Custody in Columbus
Chillicothe suspect Merle Roush, 31, held on a robbery count, escaped from Columbus officers Sunday night through a washroom door. He had been indicted at New Lexington on breaking and entering charges.
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Columbus
Merle Roush
Chillicothe
Ben W. Rout
James Gilmore
Rout
Roush
New Lexington
Here Comes the Showboat to Your Home on Page 6
The Showboat Majestic sails into life with Bertha Wellman’s day by day look at a floating troupe. Read aboard in Pomeroy Hadine and Ohio River towns as melodrama and musical comedy unfold. The skipper actor chorus girls speak their parts with scene pictures alongside.
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Seven Seas
Majestic
Ohio
Mississippi
Bertha Wellman
Pomeroy
Hadine
Ohio River
Former Jackson Boy Becomes Hollywood Bridegroom
Wilbur Whitefield Morgan, a Jackson Ohio native turned actor, wed Esther Ralston in Hollywood on Sunday. Morgan rose from Jackson youth to orchestral player with Warings Pennsylvanians and small film parts, gaining sub star status before marrying Ralston. He is a cousin of Ohio University graduates Mildred Jones and Anna Maude Jones.
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Jackson Boy
Esther Ralston
Hollywood
Bride
Jackson, Ohio
Wilbur White
Jackson
Morgan Park Military Academy
Lake Forest
Tom Brown
Six Brown Brothers
Waring
Pennsylvanians
Rose Grad
Ually
College Life
Morgan
Athens
Mildred Jones
Dan Coll, Jr
Anna Maude Jones
Ohio University
Athens Fisherman Drowns After Whirlpool Leap
Floyd West a 24 year old Athens man drowned after leaping from a rowboat into a whirlpool below the Stockport Dam on the Muskingum River. His wife Edith dived in a saved by James Lindley of Albany while Everett Shirley reached shore. West had fished with Richard Fought and Thomas Gibson. he was a Luster Fought Company salesman and a Athens High School graduate. Funeral services set for Wednesday.
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Athens
Muskingum River
Floyd West
Stockport
West
Everett Shirley
Edith
James Lindley
Albany
Richard Fought
Thomas Gibson
Shirleys
Luster Fought Company
Peartey West
Floyd Fought
Athens High School
Edith Pierce
Little Hocking
van Vorhes Street
Washington Taxicab Drivers Strike Amid Shrine Conclave
Hundreds of Washington taxi drivers walked out during a Shrine conclave, claiming insults and saying they were accused of gouging visitors. Some visitors reported being charged above the regulated rate, while drivers defended their stance as against such claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Prisoners Fail to Break Out at Cleveland Jail
Seven inmates at the Cuyahoga County Jail, described as hardened criminals, attacked six deputies during return from church services. The clash sparked a near riot when one prisoner struck a deputy in the back of the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
John M. Salzmann
Stop Gap NRA Plan Faces Senate Review
Democratic leaders pressed a stop gap NRA measure toward passage as the plan faces Senate opposition. Critics, led by King Clark Borah, oppose a clause allowing the President to ease anti trust rules for voluntary business codes. If not enacted, remnants of the recovery law would expire at midnight Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Clark
D. Mo
King
Utah
Borah
Idaho
King and Clark
Counterfeiting Ring Uncovered in Columbus
Police linked counterfeiters after seizing elaborate equipment for making bogus half dollars in Columbus. At Old City, Pa., two men and a woman were held for federal action over an attempt to dispose of M cent pieces. John F. Murphy, treasury inspector, says the ring operated across about a score of cities in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan and West Virginia.
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Columbus
Old City
John F. Murphy
Treasury
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Michigan
West Virgnia
Attorney Wins Fight For Corby Case Fees
Covington Ky 47 Finish records a three year court fight led by State Senator John T Murphy against Mrs Madeline Corby Webter of Cleveland over 150000 in attorney fees. A check redacted amount was given to Murphy by Martin J Brown Cleveland attorney for Marie Therese Corby heiress of the late Detroit capitalist in a dispute over Corbys one to two million dollar estate. Corby died in nineteen seventy six.
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Covington
John T. Murphy
Madeline Corby Webter
Cleveland
Murphy's
Martin J. Brown
Marie Therese Corby
Thomas W. Corby
Detroit
Corby
Coughlin Ends Radio Run Moves to State Units
Detroit reports Father Charles Coughlin says his weekly broadcasts end for the time being as he shifts to organizing National Union for Social Justice state units. He plans a Missouri state meeting in St. Louis on June 19 and seeks a court to use Soldiers Field for Illinois events. He supports Nye Sweeney and Wheeler Rayburn issues and questions obsolete NRA based on prior Supreme Court ruling.
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Detroit
Charles BE
Coughlin
National Union For Social Justice
Union
Chicago Park Board
Illinois
Republican Party
Missouri
St. Louis
Huge Narcotic Ring Broken in Detroit
Federal agents seized over $200 000 worth of narcotics in Detroit in a large raid described by Joseph Bell as one of the biggest single seizures. Four men and a 11 year old girl were arrested in Detroit with operations extending to Toledo. Officers found 75 ounces of narcotics on one suspect and 1505 dollars in cash, plus a plant with more than 49 ounces of drugs.
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Detroit
Joseph Bell
Narcotics Division
Department
Toledo
Feders
Love blooms on box car journey between Evanston and Buffalo
In Evanston on Memorial Day a Buffalo man Steve Rosolowski 23 and his Vineland New Jersey companion Jean Harvey 19 traveled 1500 miles by box car to Buffalo. Rosolowski said a job awaited him and they planned marriage. Railroad police handed them to local officers for verification. Rosolowski was released after questioning and Miss Harvey held overnight as a missing-person check.
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Cleveland
Evanston
Wye
Buffalo
Steve Rosolowski
Jean Harvey
Vineland
N. J
Rosolowski
Midwest Republicans Rally Against Roosevelt at Grass Roots Conference
A 6000 strong crowd at the Illinois state fair auditorium heard Frank Lowden and Harrison Spangler assail Roosevelt farm policy and “broken campaign pledges.” They urged constitutional defense, tariffs, and government aid framed as farm relief amid high prices.
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Springfield
Il.a
Middle West
West Pocket
Illinois State Fair
Frank ©. Lawden
Ilinois
Harrison B. Spangier
Lowden
Spangler
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Spangier
Parasevelt
Roosevelt
Armco Executive Must Pay Damages in Auto Collision Case
In Xenia a Common Pleas Court judge held John Tytre, vice president of American Rolling Mill Co. of Middletown, liable for negligence. Ray Smith of Spring Valley received $15,890 for injuries from a collision near Xenia. Smith’s nephew, Xenia city manager, sought $50,450 for the loss of his left leg after amputation. In Youngstown a nine year old boy, Joseph Saunders, was found drowned in four feet of water after falling into a pond while fishing.
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Xenia
John Tytre
American Rolling Mil Co
Middletown
Rt. Gowdy
Ray Smith
Spring Valley
Smith
Youngstown
Joreph Saunders
Baseball Star Pitts Barred From Minor Leagues
Edwin C. Pitts, famed Alabama athlete, was ruled an ex convict and barred from playing with the Albany club in the International League. The National Association of Minor Leagues executive committee upheld the decision, with Mountain Landis to decide on legality of the contact. Albany GM Johnny Evers said the club would appeal.
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National Association of Minor Leagues
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Pitts
Albeny Club
International League
W. C. Brambham
Asociation
Titts
Albany
Johnny Evers
West's greatest manhunt targets Mahan in Weyerhaeuser kidnap case
Federal agents announced the death penalty would be sought for the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapers as "O" men led a massive hunt. Harmon M. Watley and his wife were taken into custody in Salt Lake City and prepared for flight to the Northwest. Police and Justice Department officials indicated Watley and wife confessed, naming William Mahan as a principal in the abduction.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
George Weyerhaeuser
West
William Mahan
Tacoma
Department of Justice
Harmon M. Watley
Northwest
Waley
Weyerheeuser
Mahan
Idate
Montana
Hutte
Mont
Harry W. Johnston
Merce County
Joineon
Taker
Sow Soligutr
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Alvin Karpia
Bremer
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
McCused
Alice Stoll
Louieville
Balt Lake
Hoover
Ohio Liquor Officers Plan Sunday Coverage
Columbus reports Ohio liquor enforcement chief Al Humphrey orders inspectors and district supervisors to work Sundays and adjust early-week schedules so the full force is available for weekend liquor violation checks. He expects improved enforcement and better reports from the division.
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Columbus
Ohio
al Humphrey
The
Divine Son
Divine Ton
Humphrey
Clipper Ship To Make Second Trip To Hawaii
ALAMEDA CALIF The Pan American clipper ship slated to depart about 3 PM Monday on a second flight to Hawaii with Midway Island as a stop its final destination. CINCINNATI River men reported a seven hour delay in the return of the Ohio River excursion steamer Island Queen tied up along the Kentucky shore with more than six passengers aboard.
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Alameda
Calif
Hawaii
Midway Island
Pacific Ocean
Cincinnati
Kentucky
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Athens Co
Jey
C. C
Fera Adminis
H. Y
Nion
Minera
Percy
Mike
Ata
Fis
Dayton Pie Company
Will Rogers
Brownsville
Blonde Motion
Field Morgan
Evelyn Nare
Evelyn Nare Morgan
Tom Waring
Wilbur Morgan
Fpsther
Shirley
Board
Chicago Park
Wyoming
Armco
Albany, WN. Y
Edwin
C. Pitts
Alabama
Eagar Hoover
Federal
Boreau of Investigation
George Wever
Haetser
Wash
West Eleventh Street
Spokane
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