Two Coolville Boys Die in Milk Truck Train Crash
Coolville, June 12. Two village youths Homer LeMaster 17 and William Norton 21 were killed when B&O train No. 92 hit the milk truck they rode at Gaskins Crossing one mile west of Coolville station. The crossing visibility is obstructed by a sharp curve and rock, hindering the boys and train crew from seeing each other until too late. LeMaster was instantly killed. Norton died minutes later. Funeral plans were not yet set.
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Coolville
Gaskins Crossing
Homer LeMaster
William Norton
Coolville Creamery
L. F. Jones
Athens
LeMaster
Brady LeMaster
Coolville Station
Norton
Alfred McGrath
New York State
Tatoo
Hurff
Legion Loses in Fight for Funds
The Ohio Supreme Court sustained the Jefferson County Common Pleas Court plan to dispose of the remaining 69,900 in the County War Chest. Trustees had rejected a monument and other memorial expenditures. The American Legion sought a share of the funds but did not receive one.
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Columbus
Booklet on Weight Control From Washington Information Bureau
The Athens Messenger offers a new booklet on weight control with menus exercises and caloric values of common foods. It explains how over or under weight threatens health and happiness and asks readers to send six cents for postage and cost.
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Washington Information Bureau
Beyond the Gates of Death a Cosmic Theorist's Mirage
A reflective column by Arthur Oriskane imagines souls passing gates after death noting notable arrivals including actor Louis Gennison who killed actress Margaret Lawrence and killed himself, Father Foch, Mrs Thaw, and a French smuggler with a deathly toll from poverty liquor and neglect. The piece argues detectives focus on alcohol rather than the woman and cites forty gin bottles found where the murder occurred. Continued on Page Four.
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Louis Gennison
Margaret Lawrence
Eame
Father Foch
Thaw
Pittsburgh
Bennison
Margaret Lawton
Pomeroy Board Approves Wayne Lutz Departure to Gallipolis
The Pomeroy Board of Education accepted the resignation of Wayne Lutz after seven years as superintendent. He will head the Gallipolis schools at $3.90 annually, an increase of $300. The board noted incoming applications from Pearly Gaskell and J P McKinley and will fill the vacancy soon.
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Pomeroy
Wayne Lutz
Gallipolis
Lutz
Gallia County
Board of Education
Pearly Gaskell
Athens
J. P. McKinley
McArthur
Power Company Loses Street Use Battle in Norwalk
The Supreme Court affirmed the Huron County Court of Appeals in ousting the Ohio Electric Power Company from using Norwalk streets to lay lines for light and power. The suit argued the company was the successor to a franchise that had expired.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Huron County Court of Appeals
Ohio Electric Power Company
Norwalk
Huron County
School levy ordered by court for Union County schools
The Supreme Court ordered the Union County Board of Education to levy 2.78 mills on the 1928 duplicate to obtain state aid for weak schools.
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Columbus
Supreme Court
Board of Education of
Union County
Board
Blue-Eyed Miss Austria Wins Miss Universe Title in Galveston
In Galveston Texas Miss Lise Goldarbetter Miss Austria won Miss Universe at the annual pageant of pulchritude beating ten foreign contestants. Miss Irene Ahlberg Miss United States tied for second while Miss Austria appeared in red satin and later in a green bathing suit, seen as a shift away from flapper ideals.
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Austria
Galvestion
Tex
Vienna
GalVeston
Lise Goldarbetter
Irene Ahlberg
New York
United States
Miss Goldarbeiter
Miss Austria
Violent Storm Hits Middle West and Ohio Valley
A violent electrical storm system battered eight Midwestern states and the Ohio Valley. The wind and rain caused multiple deaths and heavy property damage across Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin North Dakota Nebraska and Indiana with telegraph outages delaying reports. Forecaster C A Donnell said the low pressure center moving from James Bay Canada would reach the eastern seaboard soon. Five died in tornadoes at Cokata and Kingston Minnesota and a woman, 45, was killed in a wind storm at Waukon Iowa when a chickenhouse collapsed.
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Ohio Valley
Mid-West
Chicago
U.P
Haineis
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconssa
Dakotas
Nebraska
Indiana
James Tay
Canada
United Stat
C. A. Donnell
Seaboard
Donnel
Tornidoes
Cokata
Kingston
Minn
Waukon
Edward Pupp
Women in the Pulpit Debate Shapes Church Unity Talk
Buckhill Falls Pa June 2 Women in the pulpit take center stage as Ella Bolle head of the WCTU urges church unity across denominations. She contrasts ministerial access with other professions and notes barriers for women, while Edmund De Schweinitz Brunner links church divides to broader theological rifts including McPhersonism.
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Tian Churches
Ella Bolle
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Institute of Religion
Edmund de Schweinitz Brunner
Institute of Social and Religious Research
Pacific Coast
Mother vows to end hazing after son's death at Indiana
Mrs. George P. Steinmetz Sr of Indianapolis says she will spend her life fighting physical hazing in Indiana schools after her son George 20 died from brutal fraternity practices at the University of Indiana. She described harsh rituals including forced cathartics cold night tasks and counting windows in a county courthouse. Hell Week on campus was abolished after her disclosures.
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Bloomington
Ind
U.R
Indiana
George P. Steinmetz, Sr
Indianapolis
George
University of Indiana
Another Man Shot by Day Official in Detroit
In Detroit on June 12 21 year old Archibald Bugster was shot by a customs border patrolman Jonah Cox who said he fired in self defense. Prosecutor Van H Ring announced renewed scrutiny while Bugster remained in critical condition and patrol HQ gave conflicting reports on leadership amid recent changes.
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Detroit
U.P
Archibald Eugeter
van. H. Ring
Fugster
Jonah Cox
Bugster
Root Proposal Wins Council Endorsement For World Court Entry
In Madrid on June 12 the Elihu Root protocol received unanimous council approval at the League of Nations meeting. The measure would allow U S adherence to the World Court under Senate reservations, but still needs unanimous assembly consent.
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Madrid
United States
World Court
Council of the
League of Nations
Assembly
Senate
Health Commissioner at Columbus Resigns
Columbus June 12 U PR City Health Commissioner James A Beer resigns effective January 1 1930 citing lack of cooperation in the department The Health Board has been split and Beer says the health commissioner has no real powers yet is held responsible for failures
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Columbus
U.pr
James A. Beer
City Health Board
International Paper Press Investments Exceed 10 Million
Washington June 12 Investments aggregating more than ten million dollars were made in recent months by International Paper Company in newspapers with its own funds. Graustein president told the Federal Trade Commission there were no arrangements for outside contributions. A tentative deal to buy Cleveland dealer securities for twenty million was not consummated.
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Washington
Comany
Funde. A. ER
Graustein
Federal Trade Commission
Halsey Stuart Company
Cleveland
International
Cook County Jail Warden Dies By Suicide
Chicago dispatch reports Warder Edward J. Fogarty killed himself in South Bend Ind after learning he would be removed from his post at the newly opened Cook County Jail a seven million dollar facility. The death comes amid a series of past wardens who faced pressure over prison conditions.
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Chicago
Cook County
Edward J. Fogarty
South Bend
Ind
Fogarty
Dispatches
Columbus Pomeroy Bus Permit Granted by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today approved Valley Public Service Company's extension of its bus line from Columbus to Pomeroy. The route will run via Lancaster and Athens to the Ohio River, following a protest by Hocking Valley Railway Company against the Public Utilities Commission certificate.
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Columbus
O.R
Valley Public Service Company
Pomeroy
Supreme Court
Hocking Valley Railway Company
Public Utilities Commission
Ohio River
Lancaster
Athens
Boy Scout Founder W D Boyce Dies in Chicago
June 12 report notes the death of W D Boyce founder of the Boy Scouts of America whose life pursued worldwide adventure and who opened new experiences to 4 000 000 American boys.
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Chicago
W. D. Boyce
Boy Scouts of America
Hoover and MacDonald Trod Separate Paths All During Their Public Careers
Washington June 12 Two men strangers to each other will meet to discuss Anglo American relations if Ramsay MacDonald comes here. MacDonald led Britain's Labour Party in 1914 and 1923. Hoover rose as American food administrator and later president. Gompers warned MacDonald to mind his own business.
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Hoover
MacDonald
Great Britain
Scotland
David Anvd George
the Kaiser
Great Beltain
Labor
England
United States
Unitedress
Samuel Gompers
A. F of IL
United Press
Gompers
Indict Son Of Slain Gangster In Murder Case
The country grand jury in Cleveland was asked to indict Angelo Leonardo, 21, son of slain bootleg Sugar baron Big Joe Lonardo, for first degree murder in the Todero killing. Two other indictments also sought. Leonardo fled and is at large. Todero, a power broker with ties to the Porello brothers, was shot yesterday near the Lonardo homestead, three doors from where Big Joe and John Lonardo were killed in October 1927.
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Cleveland
U.P
Angelo Leonardo
Big Joe” Lonardo
Sam Todero
Lonardo
Todero
Porello Brothers
Lonardos
Big Joe
John Lonardo
Judge Shell to preside in Perry July session
Judge Brooks and Judge Shell of Lancaster will preside in Common Pleas Court at Perry on July 1 in place of Judge T. D. Price, the July work assignment announced.
Standard Oil unit found guilty of antitrust breach
The Standard Oil Company of Indiana and 51 others were found guilty of violating the Sherman Antitrust Act by pooling "gin-crack" processes, authorities reported in Chicago.
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Chicago
Company of Indiana
Last wish of Willet fulfilled ashes scattered at courthouse
Washington June 12 four friends carried out the late William F P Willet s request Cremation and scattering of his ashes from the Fayette County Courthouse where he grew up Willet died in Florence Alabama last week His father W F Willett died here years ago and was cremated with ashes scattered in the Ohio River from the Cincinnati suspension bridge
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Washington
William FP. Willet
New York
Fayette County
Willett
Florence
Ala
W. F. Willett
Ohio River
Cincinnati
Dust on roads to be treated with calcium chloride
Calcium chloride will be spread on Federal Highway No. 0 east and west of Athens to lay the dust. M. Gill told the Athens Chamber of Commerce at a weekly luncheon about new shipments from state highway officials. The Federal Highway Commission endorsed a proposed extension from Muskegon Michigan to Charleston West Virginia, via Logan Nelsonville Athens and Pomeroy. Burgett represented the Chamber at the meeting. The group approved a resolution opposing the Kendrick reapportionment bill. Gill was authorized to inform the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. An invitation to join a feeder cattle pool meeting was extended for next Wednesday night at T. Johnson’s Federal Building office. Frank Cone will help select representatives for the meeting.
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Athens
M. Gill
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Berry
Gill
Muskegon
Mich
Charleston
W. Va
Logan
Nelsonville
Pomeroy
Federal Highway Commission
Chicago
H. N. Burgett
South East Ohio Motor Club
Kender
Ohio General Assembly
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
T. H. Johnson
Athens County
Ovlock
Mr. Johnson
Federal Building
Frank Cone
Ziegfeld May Quit Showing the Follies
New York reports Flo Ziegfeld muses on revues with too much dirt and nakedness. He says he may suspend the Follies and stop producing revues as the tired business man tires of explicit theater.
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New York
U.P
Mia Ziegfeld
Ziegfeld
Flo
Thhrone
Athens HS Student Selected for 1929 National Orchestra Camp
Harmon Atkinson of 18 Columbia Avenue Athens High School has been chosen for membership in the 1929 National High School Orchestra and Band Camp at Interlochen Michigan. The announcement was received today.
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Harmon Atkinson
Columbia Avenue
Athens
Interlochen
Mich
Steel Production Holds Steady Near May Peak
New York reports June 12 that steel production barely declined from the record May rate, as the Iron Age summary for tomorrow notes. The update highlights sustained output despite slight reductions from the peak month.
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New York
Gallo Leaders Push Farm Debenture Plan in Senate Shuffle
In a White House conference President Hoover urged prompt farm bill action as Senate votes to return the measure to conference while opposing the debenture feature. House leaders signaled they will drop the debenture, boosting chances for a speedy bill with a $500 million revolving fund to stabilize farm prices.
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House Learters
Senate
House
Federal Farm Board
Republiccans
Farmer-Laborite
Mr. Hoover
White House
Atlantic Jumpers Have Good Chance
OLD ORCHARD Me June 120 UP Belief that the long deferred trans oceanic flights of the Green Flash and Yellow Bird might get under way tomorrow grew today when Armend Lotti Jr radio operator of the French plane arrived from New York where he had awaited a favorable weather report. The North Atlantic course the airmen plan to pursue toward Rome and Paris respectively was expected to be freed within 2 hours of a storm area that prevented a take off today.
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Old Orchard
Armend Lotti, Jr
New York
North Atlantic
Rome
Paris
Dr Bryan addresses 1345 graduates at Columbus Senior High
Dr B B Bryan president of Ohio University tells 1345 Columbus Senior High School graduates at commencement the biggest business is educating youth to become honest happy useful citizens. He urges them to pay their way and make a contribution to the world.
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Columbus, Jr
B. B. Bryan
Ohio University
Columbus
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