Border City volunteers aid dry law enforcement
International Falls Minnesota citizens ready to cooperate with the government in enforcing the Volstead Act after the slaying of Henry Virkula by a border patrolman. Sheriff Reidgeald said locals will aid in thwarting criminals and uphold Prohibition. County Attorney Hurlburt prepared for murder charges against Emmett J. White as prosecutors expect state control. Mass meetings and protests marked a 19 day disturbance near the border.
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International Falls
Minn
Henry Virkula
Hoover
Hugh Reidgeald
United States
Canada
Reidy
Virkula
David Hurlburt
Emmett J. White
Hurlburt
St. Paul
Diry
Bird and McKay to Attend Kiwanis Convention
Dr. O. C. Bird and Fred McKay of the Athens Kiwanis Club plan to leave late this week for the 13th annual Kiwanis International convention in Milwaukee Minnesota on June 23 24 The North American clubs will assemble at 8 o clock CST for a joint expression of gratitude for Kiwanis service and civic achievements during the past year.
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O. C. Bird
Fred McKay
Athens Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis International
Milwaukee
Minn
Kiwanis
North American
Salvation Army to Hold Open Air Services at Courthouse Corner
The Salvation Army will hold special open air services this evening at seven o'clock on the Courthouse corner. Officers and members from the Chillicothe and Marietta Branches will attend. Captain Davano and Lieutenant H. Harvey of the Chillicothe Branch will provide music for the outdoor gathering.
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Salvation Army
Chillicothe
Marietta
Davano
H. Harvey
Bostwick to Confer With Geauga Prosecutor Over Bainbridge Park Races
Geauga County prosecutors prepared for a conference after Attorney General Bettman signaled action to halt betting at Bainbridge Park race track. Bostwick may travel to Columbus to meet Governor Cooper, though he stated no plans to discuss the race track situation.
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A. Eveland
U.P
Somme
Bainbridge Park
Geauga County
Gilbert Trettman
Richard F. Bostwick
Bostwick
Columbus
Myers Y. Cooper
Bettman
Pastor's Wife Is Suddenly Stricken in Ohio
In Columbus on June 19 Mrs. Alice Fenton McElfresh 66 wife of Rev. Franklin McElfresh pastor of Circleville M E Church and Ohio Methodist conference worker died after a heart attack in Grant Hospital She had been preparing to leave the hospital after a recent operation Her daughter Miss Florence McElfresh survives She was born at McArthur and lived in Circleville two and a half years Also reported from Summitville where Elizabeth Boggs 38 was killed by a Pennsylvania train while walking on the right of way leaving seven sons.
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Summitville
O.R
Elizabeth Boggs
Pennsylvania
Congress Ends Session As Hoover Leads With Tariff Wrangle
President Hoover wraps up a two month session with several measures passed. The farm relief bill is law, census and reapportionment approved, national origins repeal defeated, and a tariff bill moves through the House as Senate debate looms. Major nominations confirmed and Black. Senate loosens secrecy rule, House returns Sept 23.
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Hoover
House
Senate Finance Committee
Capitol
Mr. Hoover
Federal Farm Board
Senate
Finance Committee
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
News in Brief: Daring Flight, Quakes and Protests
A British commercial flyer crashes in the English Channel killing seven. Senator Borah battles tariff changes seen as harming farmers. A French crew plans return to America amid stowaway drama with Will Rogers weighing in. A New Zealand quake kills seven. Japan's Komagatake erupts after ten years. A Georgia sawmill operator dies in a car crash near Tallapoosa. Continued on Page Four.
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New Zeland
Japan
Komagatake
Grady Phillips
Tallafroosa
Page
Tour of Farm at Carpenter Will Be Made
Southeastern Ohio Experiment Farm hosts illustrated lectures and soil and fertilizer demonstrations. A complete farm tour will run several times with explanations of soils fertilizers and crop rotation. The experiment uses 100 plots on a three year rotation with corn wheat and clover hay.
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Southeastern Ohio Experiment Farm
C. Hartman
Hartman
Five Years Before State Can Be Wet
Madison officials say Wisconsin cannot legalize liquor before 1934. Legislative experts noted constitutional amendment and court battles are needed, delaying Senator Bernard Gettleman’s plan to run the state liquor business despite possible action this session.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Rarnhard Gettleman
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Senate Ends Secrecy for Nominations and Treaties
The Senate, after 140 years of secret executive sessions, adopted a new rule to consider presidential nominations and treaties with foreign nations in open sessions.
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Washington
Senate
Clever Actress Theora Hix Hid Dark Life Behind Campus Mask
Theora Hix a Ohio State coed lived a double life as a medical student and financially successful as a secretive figure with a large bank balance. Investigators question where she obtained money and why a quiet campus life ended in murder as friends grapple with which identity was real.
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Theora Hix
Theora
Rabies Outbreak Prompts Tight Quarantine in Athens District
Health Commissioner Dr. J. M. Higgins reports rising rabies cases in Athens with a rabid cow killed in Waterloo Township and a rabid dog shot near Pleasanton. A 60 day confinement order covers dogs in the district south and east of Pleasanton. owners urged to vaccinate and seek Pasteur treatment if exposed. No human deaths reported recently.
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Athens
J. M. Higgins
Porter Dickens
Waterloo
Meigs County
Pleasanton
Alexander Township
Higgins
Robert Zimmerman
State Laboratories
Columbus
C.D. Snow
Dickens
Snow
Zimmerman
Tri State Heat Wave Sweeps Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia
The Tri State area endures an intense heat wave with high humidity and several drownings reported. Thunderstorms are forecast tonight but only light relief expected. no relief seen for the Midwest, with New York City reaching 94 degrees and other cities hot nationwide.
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Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
United Press
Tri-State
Lake Pirie
Younestown
Cincinnati
Washington
U.ra
East
U. & Weather Bureau
New England
Middlewest
New York City
Yume
Ariz
Phoenis
el Paso
Tex
Northend
Fusion of Virginia parties to oppose Smith and Raskob
In Roanoke on June 19 the anti Smith forces of Virginia, including former Democrats and Republicans, united in a covert fusion to curb Alfred E. Smith and John J. Raskob. They planned to widen the anti Smith movement in the South and approved a Washington headquarters to carry on the effort after a one day convention led by Bishop James Cannon Jr. and a committee of 18.
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Roanoke
U.P
Alfred K. Smith
John J Raskob
South
Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Slow poisoning claims three children in Chicago case
Three children of Mrs Markowski died and two others were critically ill in Chicago as doctors wrestled with a mysterious slow acting poison. Initial tests suggested arsenic then mercury after post mortems on Chester and Agnes. authorities investigated a stranger and peanuts as possible factors while the mother worked at an envelope factory.
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Chicago
U.P
Edwin Markowski
Chester Kwiatkoewski
Agnes
Mia Markowski
Lorraine Markowski
Chester
Stranger
Believe Boy in Lake Was Struck by Boat
Fairfield County authorities awaited autopsy results from Greenfield on Wendell Allermang 17 Greenfield High School sophomore. The death at Buckeye Lake Sunday is believed to have occurred when a canoe with his brother Ray Allemany Columbus was upset by waves from a speed boat.
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Lancaster
U.pi
Fairfield County
Greenfield
Wendell Allermang
Greenfield High School
Buckeye Lake
Ray Allemany
Columbus
Former Marion County Recorder to Stand Trial in July
Charles FE Smith former Marion County recorder will be tried July 28 on charges of embezzling 2910 dollars of county funds while in office. He was arrested in Syracuse New York and pleaded not guilty at arraignment for preliminary hearing after being indicted months earlier.
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Marion
Charles FE. Smith
Smith
Syracuse
N. Y
Picture of final moments in death of OSU co ed Theora Hix
Coroner William Murphy reconstructed the last seconds of Theora Hix's life at Ohio State University. Post mortem exams found bruises on her arm and a broken right hand, with a likely hammer blow to the head and throat cut with a knife. Blood loss and organ tests to follow for narcotics indication.
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Columbus
O.R
Theora Hix
Ohio State University
William Murrphy
Miss Hix
Murphy
Former Sweetheart of Slain OSU Girl Is Released
Marion Meyers Ohio State University horticulturist was cleared and released by the state after being held since Saturday in the hammer murder case of Theora Hix. County Prosecutor John J. Chester said he is convinced she had no connection with the death, though she remains subject to recall. The release coincides with re-examination of Dr James H Snook who admitted sharing a North Side love nest with the girl.
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Harry W. Sharpe
United Press
Columbus
The
State Today
Marion Meyers
Ohio State University
Theora Hix
College of Medicine
John J. Chester
Meyers
James H. Snook
Dr. Snook
Mystery of Murder Permeates Chester Late Night Probe
Dr. Snook and wife testify after a long grilling as Chester police probe a murder tied to Miss Hix. Mrs Snook sobs while the former professor explains late night movements and a possible casual ride with an unknown companion. Detectives seek a weapon and trace a blood stained handkerchief as new theories emerge about a fiendish killer.
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Snook
Mra Snook
Chester
Harry French
W. G. Shellenbarger
Ohio University Summer Term Registration Rises
Registration at Ohio University for the summer term stood at 1 297 by noon with registrar F B Dilley predicting final figures above 1 400. He noted last summer’s total was 1 311 and enrollments have shown a small steady gain over recent years as students continue to enroll for two more weeks.
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Ohio University
F. B. Dilley
Livestock Program Discussion Planned in Athens County
Athens County livestock program for the coming year will be discussed at a meeting of the County Livestock Shirgries Atlnt in the office of the County Extension Agent T H Johnson. The event, set for night at 8 30, invites representatives of the Athens Chamber of Commerce and others to become better acquainted with the Shipping Association and related plans.
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Athens County
T. H. Johnson
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Alex
The
Shipping Association
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