Coffman Warns of Man in a World of Machines at Ohio U
Dr. Lotus Coffman of the University of Minnesota delivers the commencement address at Ohio University Alumni Memorial Auditorium. About 370 graduates receive degrees and 120 two-year diplomas as Henry Sherroner earns an honorary Master of Arts. Coffman warns that mass production and organization threaten individuality, urging balance between science and humanity.
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Cox
Lotus Dr. Coffman
University of Minnesota
Ohio University
Alumni Memorial
Clauss
Bryan
College of Art and Education
Henry Sherrone
Ohio State Archaeological Society
Coffman
New York Scene and River Tragedy Highlight City Life
A vivid portrait of New York with bridges, tunnels, and skyscrapers contrasts a grim river incident near the Central Vermont Railway pier where a drunken man died after falling in. The piece also notes a campus milestone at Ohio University with two Athens women earning Master of Arts degrees, Mrs. Eleanor McBurney Hughes and Mrs. Marie Jewett Williams.
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Greater
New York
Lower Bay
Ocean
Brooklyn
East River
Wall Street
Central Vermont Railway
Potter’s Field
Wisconsin Seeks End to Dry Agents Interference
Madison Wisconsin June 11 UP Assemblyman J A Lamoreaux prepared a resolution asking Congress to desist from enforcing the Eighteenth Amendment in Wisconsin in response to public humiliation over federal officers invading Ripon during the Republican Party diamond jubilee celebration and pouring out beer intended for visitors.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Sam
J. A. Lamoreaux
Duce
Congress
Lamoreaux
Ripon
Hyer becomes mayor after Patton resignation
Washington D. C. June 11 UP states W. B. Hyer president of the City Council succeeds A. C. Patton as mayor due to Patton's ill health. Robert A. Craig takes over as president of the Council.
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Washington D. H
W. B. Hyer
A. C. Patton
Patton
Hyer
Robert A. Craig
Sea Gives Up Body in Hunt for Killer Tallman
San Francisco June 11 A baffled manhunt ends as the decapitated body of William L Tallman radio operator is found after six days of coast to coast searches. Detectives and scientists ponder identity and cause of death while marine experts study tides the night Tallman disappeared from the liner Admiral Benson.
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San Francisco
William L. Tallman
Virginia Patty
Los Angeles
West Coast
Pacific Northwest
Tallman
Sainian
Admiral Benson
Bus and Auto Race Cited In Marathon Crash Near Columbus
Warrants charging violation of Ohio statutes were to be served on J. R. Polk of Columbus and Edward Curtis of Marathon after a bus accident near Marathon killed four and injured eleven. Polk, in Bethesda Hospital, was the bus driver. the vehicle veered off the road after hitting a rut while reportedly racing Curtis' auto. Public Utilities Commission inspector I. A. Crawford cited evidence of a race at the time of the crash.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Ohio
J. R. Polk
Columbus
Edward Curtis
Marathon
Polk
Bethesda Hospital
Cincinnati-Columbus
Curtis
I. A. Crawford
Public Utilities Commission
Chauncey Man Heads to Last Place in Fruit Crop Report
Chauncey resident Charles E. Headley notes a poor fruit year in Athens County with over twenty trees yielding 12 cherries 3 peaches and 1 apple from more than two dozen trees. The report suggests a notably uneven crop.
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Charles Headley
Droit Lecords
Chauncey
Starf
Charles E. Headley
May Avenue
Athens County
Four cases heard by Court of Appeals in Athens
The Court of Appeals sat in Athens with three judges from Toledo presiding due to illness. Topics included the Rousey divorce appeal, Ludden manslaughter, a paternity suit, and a zoning question over Jennie Siigley’s East State Street property and a proposed filling station. The session featured arguments from Alpert H. Russell and Judge Miller for Mrs. Rousey and W. M. Alcorn and J. L. Wernecke for Dr. Rousey, as witnesses from Cincinnati were challenged as competent.
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Court of Appeals
Toledo
Athens County Court House
Peter Blosser
W. H. Middleton
Harry W. Loyd
Silas Richards
Roscoe A. Mauck
Gallipolis
Katherine Calkins Rousey
Schuyler
Rousey
Cincin- Natt
Mrs. Rousey
Pomeroy
Albert H. Russell
Judge Miller
Cincinnati
W. M. Alcorn
J. L. Wernecke
Doctor Rousey
Romsey
Athens County Common
Miller
George Ludden
John Lent
Lick Run
Athens
Jennie Siigley
East State Street
Franz J. Woodworth
Siigley
Raskob Maintains Lead as Democrats Aim for Unity
National Chairman John J. Raskob declared he has no intention of resigning as Democrats seek to move past internal fights. The gathering avoided detailed talks on prohibition and focused on unity, with Senator Overman urging harmony with courage. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson attended the event.
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Washington
John J. Raskeb
Raskob
National Party
Senator Overman
North Carolina
Smith
Simmons
Five Are Killed in Midwest Storms
Tornadoes swept Central Minnesota and Northern Wisconsin killing at least five people and injuring an undetermined number. Three victims died near Cokata Minnesota and two at Kingston Minnesota. Reports indicate injuries near Ashland and Ladysmith Wisconsin and extensive property damage.
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ST. Paul
Minn
U.S
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Cokata
Kingston
Ashland
Ladysmith
Wis
Hoover Hopes For MacDonald Visit To Strengthen Ties
President Hoover welcomes a possible visit by Ramsay MacDonald the new British Labor prime minister for talks on Anglo American relations. Senate leaders Borah and Swanson praised the idea saying such a meeting could resolve differences. Informal notes suggest naval arms control would top the agenda.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Ramsay MacDonald
Great Britain
Senate
Borah
Idaho
Swanson
Virginia
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Eleven Beauties Vie For Universe Title in Texas City
Salveston Texas June 1 U P Eleven beautiful girls representing eleven nations compete for the title of beauty queen of the universe. Irene Ahlberg Miss United States after being chosen from 34 contestants is the new Miss Greater New York and will participate in the final test alongside other entrants. She is five feet six inches tall with blue eyes and blonde hair.
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Salveston
Tex
U.P
Irene Ahlberg
United States
Miss Ahlberg
Ahlberg
Wives Win Divorce in Common Pleas Court
Mrs. Myrtle Potter Congo and Mrs. Vesta Mosier Thomsville win divorce from John Potter and Harold Mosier for gross neglect as Judge T. D. Price grants the decrees in New Lexington.
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New Lexington
Myrtle Potter
Congo
Vesta Mosier
Thomsville
John Potter
Harold Mosier
T. D. Price
Common Pleas
Drowning of 14 year old in Rock Run Creek at Durbin
Springfield reports Gladys Seward of Durbin drowned after wading beyond her depth in Rock Run Creek. Three other school children at the scene failed to rescue her.
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Springfield
Gladys Seward
Durbin
Rock Run Creek
Frances Croher Leads Brother To Family Funeral Tragedy
Frances 13 takes her 4 year old brother Edward to the triple funeral for their mother and three siblings in Chicago. The family lost the father, who died in an accidental gasoline disaster after the funeral, leaving the surviving girl to care for Edward as they leave the South Side cottage.
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Pomeroy
Charley
Mildred Hysell
Charles Greenler
Harrisonville Road
Frances
Brother
Chicago
Frances Croher
Edward
Sophia
Mward
Vrances
Cadman Urges Unity Beyond Roman, Protestant Lines
Dr Cadman at the Cristian Herald Institute discusses church unification arguing nations cannot be Romanized or Protestantized but can be Christianized. He says denomi nationalism should yield to unity under a world church, with the United States as a future center for the movement.
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Henry Ford
Cadman
United States
Institute
B. Parkes
Brooklyn
Cristian Herald Institute of Religion
Dr. Cadman
Alibo
Uni
Colitate
Seasion
One World Wide Organization
Europe
Christian Charest
Churea
Ocean Jumpers Arrive in Iceland After Delay
Capt Albin Ahrenders and two Swedish companions reached Reykjavik after a long voyage from Bergen on the second leg to New York. Despite a broken fuel line an empty gas tank and a wait for fuel they were welcomed warmly by Icelanders as they landed less than a day late near the Westman Islands.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Albin Ahrenders
Sweden
Bergen
Norway
New York
Westmania Islands
Chicago Police Hunt Snake in Loop Area
Chicago police hunted a seven foot reptile in the Loop. Four detectives cornered the snake inside a crowded restaurant after it slithered through a wall and vanished. The animal, described by witnesses, was wounded but retained movement.
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Chicago
Loop
Whitreses
Al Smith to Receive 100000 for Writing Autobiography
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith signs a contract with Viking Press for his autobiography Up To Now. Two-thirds completed, chapters will appear in serial form in the Saturday Evening Post starting July. Book royalties are expected to reach 59000 with two five figure advance totals.
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Alfred E.mmith
Faust Fall
Smith
Robinson
New York
Alfred E. Smith
Viking Press
Pettit loses foot to infection at Columbus hospital
Homer Pettit circuit dispatcher for the Ohio Power Company at Crooksville had his left foot amputated at Mercy Hospital Columbus due to an infection. The procedure followed illness suffered while in service and medical staff report improved condition.
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New Lexington
Homer Pettit
Ohio Power Company
Crooksville
Mercy Hospital
Columbus
Pennsylvania General Transit seeks cross country buses
The Pennsylvania General Transit Company of Philadelphia applied to the Public Utilities Commission for authority to route cross country buses in Ohio. The subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which recently bought Greyhound Lines, aims to expand service.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania General Transit Company
Phie'phia
Pubic Utilities Commission
Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Greyhound Lines
Carthage Township to vote bond for centralized graded school
The Carthage Township Board of Education resolved to build a four room fireproof centralized school and seek an $18 000 bond at the November election. The plan includes state rehabilitation funds of $6009 and bus transportation for all township pupils to the new site near the center, replacing the existing one room schools.
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Carthage Township
Gillian Ball
Carthage
H. RR. McVay
State Director of Education
Board of Education
HL RR. McVay
Coolville
Stewart
Jasper Hill
Saunders
Mills
Lottridge
McVay
Taft Recovers and Plans Northward Trip
Chief Justice William Howard Taft has recovered enough from his rest treatment at Garfield Memorial Hospital to resume his journey north to Murray Bay, Canada. Dr Francis Hagner said Taft will depart for the northern retreat tomorrow.
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Washington
William Howard Taft
Garfield Memorial Hospital
Murray Bay
Canada
Taft
Francis Hagner
Decision on Farm Relief Bill Faces Senate Vote
Washington reports the Senate faces a pivotal debenture farm relief vote with administration and opposition camps contending over potential tie outcomes. If defeated a revised bill goes to the White House. if approved a federal farm board may begin within two weeks to administer a $509 million revolving fund.
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Curtis
Hoover
Senate
Shipstead
Minnesota
Barrer
King
Utah
Walsh
Massachusetts
White House
Federal Farm Board
The Athens Messenger Publishes Swimming Booklet
The Athens Messenger offers a Washington Bureau booklet on swimming prepared by the American Red Cross. It highlights swimming as a healthful exercise improving circulation, muscles, and lungs. Send four cents for return postage and handling.
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Athens
Aend
Washington
American Red Cross
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