Indictment of Truck Driver in Death of Unidentified Man
Charles W. Trott, driver of the truck involved in a Pattonville-Greendale Road crash, is charged with man slaughter by the Hocking County Grand Jury. Trott pleaded not guilty. bond set at 2000. Authorities seek identity of the stranger found in a nearby stream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking County
Charles W. Trott
Pattonville-Greendale
Harley M. Whitcraft
Common Pleas
Trott
WAIU
Columbus
Walter Bryan
Utilities Board dismisses Ohio railway real estate purchase
The Public Utilities Commission dismissed the Southern Ohio Electric Company’s bid to buy two parcels from the Chillicothe and Camp Sherman Electric Railroad for 39,950 dollars for lack of jurisdiction. The railroad is no longer operating, so the commission said it cannot rule on the sale of the car barn and warehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Chillicothe and
Camp Sherman Electric Railroad
Public Utilities Commission
Camp Sherman
Gasoline and dynamite explosion damages Crown City station
The State Highway Building at Crown City near Gallipolis was damaged when gasoline and dynamite exploded as watchman Carl Greene drew fuel from a tank. Tractors gravel conveyors and other equipment were destroyed. Damage estimated at 15000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
U.P
Crown City
Here
Carl Greene
Greene
Palestine police tightened as Arabs strike over executions
In Jerusalem on June 17 police guards were strengthened across Palestine after Arabs declared a general strike protesting the execution of three Arabs. The men were executed for the murder of Jews during the August Arab Jewish attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Palestine
Moths Fight Booklet Offered by The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger Information Bureau offers a booklet on MOTHS prepared by Federal Government entomologists. It outlines effective methods to combat moth damage to clothing and fabrics. Send for a copy using the coupon in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Parker Gilbert Returns From Europe to Honeymoon
Parker Gilbert agent general of reparations in Germany under the Dawes Plan arrived back in New York from France. He appears more focused on his long delayed honeymoon than on business, but his report suggests Germany can reestablish itself financially and may pose serious competition to the United States in European trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.pr
Parker Gilbert
Germany
Dawes
France
Europe
Gilbert
United States
Crime shifts from foreign foes to homegrown networks
Dean Roscoe Pound of Harvard Law School states that crime is no longer a local issue but a transstate problem. He argues that government’s primary role has moved from guarding against foreign attack to countering domestic criminal activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe Pound
Harvard Law School
City Crime Proceeds Exceed 300 Million, Treasury Rival Mentioned
A statement asserts that if Chicago criminals gross over 300 million dollars annually, the United States Treasury has a rival in wealth and scope. The remark highlights the scale of illicit earnings and governmental revenue concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Treasury
Commission men in New York reject carloads of vegetables
Government tariff relief helps farmers but New York commission men refuse many vegetable shipments as not worth freight costs. Virginia Florida California and both Carolinas suffer as consignments are rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commission
New York
Virginia
Florida
California
North and
South Carolina
Land in Southern state offered at five dollars per acre
A Southern state sells land formerly priced at 125 dollars per acre for five dollars. A young New Yorker recently bought several thousand acres for quail shooting, while another individual is accumulating 200000 acres with the belief the land will rebound in value.
Shafer Reveals Stock Fraud Ties to Prosecutor
A. W. Shafer, 36, former district sales manager, told County Prosecutor Nelson Schwab details of operations that allegedly cost his company, customers, and Cosmopolitan Bank & Trust more than 1.0 million dollars. Shafer, indicted for embezzling 210,000, faces arraignment next Monday as authorities audit the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.rp
Cosmopolitan Bank & Trust Company
Nelson Schwab
A. W. Shafer
Henry L. Doherty & Company
Cities Service Company
Schwab
Shafer
Cosmopolitan Bank
State Banking Department
Doherty Company
Shw
Bing the Bulldog Honored by 136th Battalion in France
Soldiers of Company D 136th Machine Gun Battalion prepare full military honors for Bing the bulldog mascot who served five sectors in France. Bing, born at Camp Sheridan Alabama, was smuggled to France aboard a transport and cited by the French government for wartime service.
Senate hopes for final vote on Rivers and Harbors Bill
Senate leaders sought a final vote on the Rivers and Harbors Bill in Washington as a fierce debate over diverting water from Lake Michigan held up the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate
Rivers and
Lake Michigan
Compston Wins Qualifying Medal at Hoylake
Archrey Compston top scored in the 36 hole test at Hoylake with 141 strokes, while leading American and British contenders all qualified within 158 as the Open Championship qualification concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoylake
Eng
U.P
Archrey Compston
Eight Toledo Men Kidnaped in Lake Erie Mystery
Toledo detectives and federal agents search Lake Erie near Bono and Crane Creek mouth for eight prominent Toledoans who vanished after leaving on the Grayhound to Pelee Island for an Elks outing. A damaged speedboat found afloat and tar on the propeller support theories of abduction by rum runners or hijackers amid nets in a cove between Little Cedar and Locus Points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Lake Erie
U.P
Joseph Zimmerman
Bono
Crane Creek
Grayhound
Pelee Island
Elks
Put-in-Bay
Little Cedar
Locus Points
Meyers
First Athens Man Litteral to Die in Electric Chair Friday
James Litteral the first inmate from Athens sentenced to death will be executed by electric chair on Friday for the murder of Harry Green. The case centers on Litteral's conviction in the fatal shooting of World War veteran Kimberly Green and his subsequent placement on death row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Litteral
Athens
Harry Green
Kimberly
Ohio State Penitentiary
Littoral
Columbus City
George Williams
Cuyahoga County
Litteral
Williams
Athens County
Green
Baker
Oregon
Nelsonville
Sackett speech on power industry withdrawn in Berlin
A World Power Conference speech by United States Ambassador Frederick M. Sackett criticizing electric power costs was canceled after Samuel Insull demanded withdrawal. Sackett questioned why consumer prices far exceed production costs, highlighting the industry’s perceived imbalance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U.pi
United’ States
Frederick M. Sackett
Sackett
Samuel Insull
Illinois
United Press
Attic Lover Otto Sanhuber Trial Hearings
Six women and six men hear the Otto Sanhuber murder case in Los Angeles as jurors tour cramped attic spaces linked to his alleged eight year stay with Mrs. Oesterreich. Sanhuber showed visible nerves while viewing the crime scene with officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
U.P
Otto Sanhuber
Nore
Fred Oesterred
Milwaukee
Sanhuber
Ogsterreich
Oesterreichs
Chicago Poised for Second Financial Bailout
Chicago heads to Springfield for a special legislative session to avert a second bankruptcy crisis after 43,000 city workers faced payless months. Silas Strawn warns that without funds by July 1 the city will again fall into poverty, as rural lawmakers push for a tax on about 15.9 billion dollars of intangible assets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Springfield
Silas Strawn
Citizen's Relief Committee
Tornado Hits Cleveland Area Hurts Children
Tornado struck Maple Heights Village causing destroyed garages ripped roofs up rooted trees and near collapse of two small children. Officials estimate thousands in property damage as residents watched skies for a repeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Maple Heights Village
Treasury predicts year end surplus near 150 million
Washington foresees a fiscal year end surplus of about 150 million dollars after yesterday cash payments by foreign debtors totaling 117 million. Principal payments reached 45.79 million with interest at 71.36 million as the cash flow affected the outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
Treasury
Oil Price Cuts Across Pennsylvania and Bradford District
Pennsylvania crude oil was reduced by 10 cents per barrel following a statement from the Joseph Seep Purchasing Agency of the South Penn Oil Company. Bradford District oil saw an 18 cent cut as part of the same action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U.P
Pennsylvania
Joseph Seep
South Penn Oil Company
Bradford District
Sailors patrol streets after Killing of Angelo Solary
Held in Killing Marion Parris, 26, in South Camden New Jersey after her arrest in connection with the death of Angelo Solary a young sailor in the U S Chester. Provost law was applied in the area and armed sailors patrolled the town following the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Parris
South Camden
N. J
Angelo 8
Solary
Chester
Man Arrested Wearing Only Socks After Poker Game
Memphis police arrested 20 year old Frank Smith after he walked down the street in only socks. He said he had been in a poker game and relatives later bought clothing for him before his release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
U.P
Frank Smith
Empty row boat found on Lake Erie near Chegris River
Coast Guardsmen recovered an empty row boat about three miles from the Chegris River mouth in Lake Erie. The discovery followed the disappearance of three youths after a lake squall last Saturday, raising fears of new casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
Coast
Lake Erie
Chegris River
Radio spans 10000 miles for brothers’ long gap reunion
In Schenectady the Hays brothers, Thomas 73 of South Manchester Connecticut and John 76 of Sidney Australia, spoke for 46 minutes via WIXAT and WKIME stations rebroadcast from WGY. The pair, separated 56 years, reconnected after John left Manchester at 20 and only recently made contact through a short wave relay arranged with General Electric officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schenectady
U.M
Thomas Hays
South Manchester
Conn
John
Sidney
Australia
WIXAT
General Electric Company
WKIME
WGY
Thomas
Manchester
General Electric
Film Censorship in Ohio Revealed as Lucrative Enterprise
Ohio film censorship shows strong revenue with 166 541 dollars collected over about three years. The state charges one dollar per reel and five cents for substitutes. reviews are done by two women under ex officio head J L Clifton. About 1006 reels are shown weekly while censors review 10 reels. The best year was 1929 with 61 766 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.pr
Ohio
Tracy
Censorship Board
J. L. Clifton
Edith Luethi
Susannah Warfield
Cut Weeds Advised To Prevent Hay Fever
Dr. J M Higgins Athens County health commissioner urges immediate weed cutting to prevent hay fever in July and August. He notes no heat prostrations this year and cleaner streets from prompt garbage removal. He recommends ample water and light meals during hot weather and visits to soda fountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Higgins
Athens County
Higgins
Tripped on Cord Case Reaches Supreme Court
Miss Brightman sued Reichlin Reidy and Scanlon Company Elgria furniture store for injuries after tripping on an electric cord in an aisle. The Lorain County Common Pleas ruled for Brightman and the Court of Appeals sustained the judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Supreme Court
Reichlin, Reidy and Scanlon Company
Elgria Furniture Store
Jennie Brightman
Brightman
Common Pleas Court of
Lorain County
Court of Appeals
Dolly Files Divorce Action After Estate Liquidation
Paris June 17 A R Rosie Dolly the dancer announced she will begin divorce proceedings against Mortimer Davis in New York once the estate of her father in law Sir Mortimer Davis the Canadian tobacco man is liquidated in Canada. The divorce decision follows several discussions with her estranged husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Rosie Dolly
Mortimer Davis
Canada
New York
Prohibition Agent Killed In Goldsboro Gun Battle
Federal agent P L Flinchum died in a running gun battle with occupants of an alleged liquor laden car in Goldsboro North Carolina. Agent H V Andrews was wounded and two other agents B A Dale and F E Street injured when their pursuit car crashed after Flinchum was killed. The pursued car escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
N. C
U.P
P. L. Flinchum
H. V. Andrews
B. A Dale
F. E. Street
Flinchum
Senate panel to vote on London Naval Area report
Washington June 17 The Senate Foreign Relations Committee agreed to vote next Monday on its report to the Senate regarding the London Naval Area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
U.R
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
London Naval Area
Jenkins Opposes Suiter Candidacy for Congress
Telegram from Thomas A. Jenkins Ironton protests Roscoe W Sutter as Republican candidate for the Tenth Ohio District noting late filing and defects. Athens County Board of Elections plans to reject Sutter petition as not filed by the deadline and officials cite postmark timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe W. Suiter
Lawrence County
Athens County Board of Elections
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Ohio
Sutter
Athens County Board of Election
Athens Post
David Johnson
Jenkins
Roscoe Sutter
Liners Race to Discharge Foreign Goods Before Hawley Smoot Tariffs
Nine liners competed for port in New York to land cargoes before Hawley Smoot duties take effect. The White Star Line Olympic carried French lace valued at 1 million dollars, with an estimated 130 thousand dollars in duties saved if discharged early. Merchants moved goods from bonded warehouses to dodge higher charges as customs officials recorded about 17 million dollars collected in the prior three days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
White Star Line
Olympic
Tourists Die and Doctor Hurt in Norwalk Collision
Mrs. Robert E. Renfro of Carbondale Illinois was killed and Dr. Mary Steagill of the same city was seriously injured when their car was struck by a Toledo driver W A Appleman. The victims were bound for Brooklyn to sail for a European cruise later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
O.R
Robert E. Renfro
Carbondale
Mary Steagill
W. A. Appleman
Toledo
Renfro
Steagill
Brooklyn
N. Y
Europe
Revenue Report Shows Large Turnover for Public Works
Columbus June 17 revenue totaling 956 175 foi the state treasurer from April 1938 to March 15 1939 according to a report filed in State Auditor Tracy s office today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Department of Public Works
Tracy
Hoover Pledges Coast Guard Aid in Erie Lake Search
President Hoover promised U S Coast Guard facilities to assist in locating eight persons missing since Sunday after a boating accident on Lake Erie. The aid aims to accelerate the search and rescue operation led by authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoover
Washington
U.R
U. & Coast Guard
Lake Erie
Prison for Driver in Copper Wire Theft Case
Harold Russell of Athens Wisconsin was fined 120 dollars and suspended from driving for six months after pleading guilty to intoxication and related charges. Magistrate Porter arraigned him and others as officers reported injuries from a Sunday night crash involving two autos and a copper wire theft incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Russell
Athens
Cart H. Porter
Russell
Pelosi
James Duffee
Pengar Creek
Reeth
Arma
Miny Hospital
Duffee
Condi
Charles Ouey
Harry Merriman
Ren
Eaee
Patna
Porter
Sen
Willngs
Unable to pay fine leads to jail in Athens County case
Oliver Holbert of Glouster pleaded guilty to a charm toxication and was jailed in Athens County. Deputy Fred Met escorted him to the jail after non payment of fines. Constable Marty Junon of Sugar Creek and a Glouster officer were involved in the custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Holbert
Glouster
Ee Penman
Alene
Fred. Met
Albert. Ter
Sugar Creek
Marty Junon
Athens County
Ohio University An ticipation in All Ohio Pageant Plan
Ohio University plans for participation in the All Ohio Pageant to be held in Columbus are discussed at a Pageant Committee meeting led by Dean of Men Jenn Johnston and Alumni Secretary Clarke E. Williams. The event, tied to the National Educationery convention, will be hosted by Ohio colleges and the Ohio State University. Over 75,000 people are expected to attend, with more than 2,000 college students participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Columbus
Ohio Univer
Jenn. Johnston
Clarke E. Willams
Ohio College
Ohio State Universit
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