Smith Ahead After Maryland Delivers 16 Votes
Maryland delegates have pledged 16 votes to Governor Alfred E. Smith, boosting his first ballot tally beyond 700. Ritchie’s withdrawal is seen as clearing the path for Smith at Houston with potential Midwest backing for a vice president. Reed remains noncommittal while heading to Houston for the convention.
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Washington
Alfred E. Smith
Maryland
Albert C. Ritchie
Houston
Smith
Ritchie
Democratic Convention
New York
Tex
U.R
Villmoore
Reed-for- President
Robbery Foiled as Woman Discovers Suspect
Cincinnati June 19 Elaine Pund daughter of Frank X Pund president of the D T Williams Valve company spotted a man leaving her mother bed room when he attempted to steal about $7 000 set off the alarm and fled Details indicate a robbery attempt was thwarted by the quick action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.P
Elaine Pund
Frank X. Pund
D. T. Williams Valve Company
Ritchie Withdraws From Presidential Bid Favoring Smith
Governor Albert C. Ritchie announced yesterday his withdrawal from the Democratic presidential nomination race in support of Governor Alfred E. Smith of New York.
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Albert C. Ritchie
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Plans Ready for Lancaster Street Repair
Athens city council announced major reconstruction of North Lancaster Street from the Catholic cemetery to Carpenter Street and north to the corporation line. Total project cost is estimated at 21 000 dollars with 3 500 from Athens county and 3 500 from the city. state funds will cover the remainder.
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Lancaster Street
Corporation
Catholic Cemetery
Carpenter Street
Athens City
State Highway Department
Athens County
John Dowler
Courtney Hill
Ectty
Mrs. Mary E. Thomas Dies in Columbus
Mrs. Mary Ellen Thomas 79 died at 10:80 last night at her son George Thomas home in Columbus from infirmities of age. She was grandmother of Mrs. John Jagers of Athens. Body brought to Glouster. Funeral at 1 pm Wednesday from son Charles Thomas home. Burial in Maplewood cemetery. Born in Morgane county, she spent most of life there and was mother of five children.
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Glouster
Mary Ellen Thomas
George Thomas
Columbus
John Jagers
Athens
Charles Thomas
Maplewood
Thomas
Morgane County
Rescue Efforts Grow More Desperate For Nobile Group
General Umberto Nobile and five aides drift on an ice floe near Spitzbergen as relief fleets from five nations race to reach them. Norwegian flyers on the Tanja and Quest within two kilometers of the encampment fail to sight the party, while Italian airmen and Amundsen’s团队 prepare to press north from Oslo.
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Erik Berndsen
United Press
Kings Bay
Spitzbergen
Umberto Nobile
H. Riiser-Varsen
Leutzow-Holm
Nobile
Braganza
Five Nations
Far North
Italia
Tanja
Quest
Citta di Milano
Prenzo
Tromsoe
Arctic
Maddalena
Roald Amundsen
Guilbaud
French Air Service
Dietrichson
Oslo
Miners return to duty at several local mines
In Glouster on June 19 four additional men reported for Mine No. 10 at Derthick and five workers who quit earlier came back. Four more men reported at Mine No. 72 on Bailey Run and four new men at Mine No. 9 near Corning. A small crowd gathered at a Modoc camp with National Guard observers present. Labor-train counts rose with forty-two riders at the depot, plus small increases from Trimble and Jacksonville.
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Glouster
Derthick
Bailey Run
Corning
Modoc
National Guard
Trimble
Jacksonville
Miners Tackle Floodwood Mine Trouble With Picket Line
Workers at the Ewing Mining near Floodwood did not report to work as union pickets gathered at the mine. John Murphy says he was struck while approaching the mine and had his hammer taken. About 30 to 50 union miners were present, with 57 warrants expected to be filed today in Greens Run mine incidents.
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Ewing Mining Company
Floodwood
Lewis Farm
R. D. Williams
John Murphy
Murphy
Fred Heck
Williams
William
Greens Run Mine
Thief enters two Athens homes on Sunnyside drive
A thief entered the Fultz and Monroe residences on Sunnyside drive around 9 pm. Only small loot was taken including a camera a dollar and small change and a family heirloom knife. A Chevrolet coupe was seen nearby and the suspect drove away toward the Monroe home.
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C. E. Fultz
Sunnyside Drive
Man
Emmaline Monroe
Mr. Fults
Herb Parker
Monroe
New Marshfield
Fultz
Mr. Fultz
Mrs. Fultz
Rivers Rise Across Southwest as Floods Persist
Rivers in the southwest kept rising with thousands of acres at risk in Missouri Arkansas Oklahoma and Kansas. Forecasters warned unsettled weather for two days. The death toll stood at eight, seven in Oklahoma from Saturday's tornado. another tornado near Mound City Oregon Missouri killed one and injured three.
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Kansas City
U.P
Southwest
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Mound City
Oregon
Funeral Held At Home For Dr Herbert Srigley
Funeral services for Dr Herbert Stephenson Srigley were held at his East State street home. The Rev C M Coulter and Rev M E Chatley officiated with Fred Lee Tom singing. Burial followed at West Union street cemetery with Athens dentists as pallbearers led by Dr Joseph Basom. Relatives in attendance included Mr and Mrs John W Linton of China now Allen Dale and Mr and Mrs Charles Blacker of Reynoldsburg.
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Herbert Stephenson Srigley
East State Street
C. M. Coulter
M. E. Chatley
Fred Lee Tom
West Union Street
Athens
Joseph N. Basom
L. G. Bean
W. W. Lee
Religious editors meet in Cincinnati for annual council
June 19 Cincinnati Protestant religious press editors gather for the annual meeting of the editorial council. The session addresses church issues and press standards in religious journalism.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Protestant Religious Press of the Nation
The
Religious Press
Thousands of Refugees Face Storm Aftermath in Southwest
In storm swept states of Oklahoma Kansas Missouri and Arkansas thousands of refugees struggle with exposure and disease. Seven dead and over twenty injured as tornadoes floods and hail devastated areas. Health officials in Blair Oklahoma move to prevent typhoid spread as Red Cross seeks 25000 relief fund for about 2000 homeless.
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Kansas City
U.P
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Blair
Headrick
Okla
State Health Department
Red Cross
Neosho
Verdigris
Cottonwood
Earhart lands at Woolston after 135 mile flight
Miss Amelia Earhart and her two companions Wilmer Stultz and Lou Gordon arrived at Woolston England after a 2 hour 3 minute 135 mile flight from Barry Port. Earhart credits her crew and says she was a passenger and would consider another transatlantic flight only with the right machine and instruments. Gordon and Stultz say they are exhausted and unlikely to fly again.
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Sidney J. Williams
United Press
Woolston
England
U.R
Amelia Earhart
Barryport
Pembrey
Carmarthenshire
Wales
Atlantic
Wilmer Stultz
Lou Gordon
Fokker
Baron Junther von Huenefeld
Hermann Koehl
James Fitzmaurice
Gordon
Miss Earhart
Stultz
Trols
Presbyterian Synod of Ohio Opens in Wooster
The Presbyterian Synod of Ohio convened in Wooster for a week long session with about five hundred ministers and lay members in attendance. Dr Franklin D Reinhold of Warren led the opening and Dr Charles F Wishart of Wooster College led morning conferences.
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Wooster
Presbyterian Synod of Ohio
Franklin D. Reinhold
Presbyterian Church At
Warren
Charles F. Wishart
Wooster College
Thunderous Ohio Gale Destroys 30 Buckeye Lake Cottages
Cyclonic winds swept Ohio injuring scores, four seriously, and damaging from 700000 to 1000000 dollars. Rescue crews searched for dead and injured near Marietta and Buckeye Lake where 30 cottages were demolished and a dozen hurt by falling timbers and debris. Washington county alone suffered about 500000 dollars in damage.
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United Press
Ohio
Marietta
Eye Lake
Newark
Washington County
Ohio Storm Wrecks Homes and Injures Child At Buckeye Lake
A violent storm uprooted trees and toppled poles disrupting traffic for hours. Cornelius Schwenderman of Lowell had his home carried 200 feet into a creek. his infant daughter is critically injured. Henry Erb, Whipple postmaster, crushed beneath a wall. At Buckeye Lake cottages were crushed and yachts sunk. a baby girl and grandfather were seriously injured in a near farmhouse kitchen. The region mirrors a June storm six years prior with multiple fatalities and widespread damage.
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Cornelius Schwenderman
Lowell
Schwenderman
Henry Erb
Whipple
Newark
Buckeye Lake
Whipple Hit Hard as Storm Leaves Washington County Wreckage
The 10 mile north of Marietta community of Whipple endured the strongest hit with nearly every building damaged. A ninth victim, Mrs. Hannah Eddy, 84, of Bells Run, was hospitalized after being trapped in debris. Damages in Washington county estimated near 1 million dollars with extensive destruction along the Muskingum river.
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Whipple
Marietta
Washington County
Hannah Eddy
Bells Run
Erb
Schwenderman
Rainbow Creek
Lowell
Buckeye
Bear Creek
Unionville
Muskingum
Newsport
Deluge of Rain Halts Rescue Work at Summer Resort
After the gale, a torrential downpour flooded roads and hampered rescue efforts at a summer resort. Eyewitnesses described dark storm clouds colliding near Luray, forming a funnel that wreaked damage, uprooting trees and twisting steel silos along a 100 foot wide swath near Columbus.
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Luray
Columbus
Charles Burt Dies At New Marshfield
Charles Burt 73 died at his New Marshfield home after a two week illness from heart trouble. A retired merchant of 25 years, he served 20 years on the Waterloo township school board and held charter memberships in the Knights of Pythias Modern Woodmen of America and Masons. He leaves a widow, three children Fred Ray and Everett, and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Burt
Fred
Ray
New Marshfield
Everett
Clarksburgh
W. Va
Street Car Fare Hikes in East Cleveland Reported
Street car fare in East Cleveland rose from 6 to 9 cents in a June 19 report. The change affects local riders and may reflect broader transit pricing shifts in the city.
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Cleveland
Woman Killed in Crash in Youngstown
Mrs. Lawrence Hollaway a 23 year old resident of Leetons was killed and her husband seriously injured in a late yesterday automobile collision in Youngstown. Stanley Speck 35 of Barborton the driver of the second car was arrested and is being held pending investigation.
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Youngstown
Lawrence Hollaway
Leetons
Stanley Speck
Barberton
Portrait of Herbert Hoover Displayed by Athens Messenger
A photo feature from The Athens Messenger presents a portrait of Herbert Hoover. The piece credits Frederick J. Haskin, Director at the Washington Information Bureau, and notes framing and display details.
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Athens Messenger
Herbert Hoover
Ashington Informa Bureau
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Score
Middlewest
Herbert Little
Virginia
Hoover
James A. Reed
Baltimore
Huston Thompson
Walsh
Montana
Henry T. Allen
Kentucky
Claude Bowers
Indiana
Jesse Jones
REED
Alfred Smith
Mary E. Thomas
Heliee
Srigley
Jackson County
Eto
Charles Burt
Prederic J. Haskin
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