Byrd Hints Return to Antarctic in Future
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, arriving in Washington to receive a National Geographic Society gold medal, says much remains to be done in the South Polar region. He notes potential weather stations and airports and claims United States rights to a vast area in the Ross Quadrant east of Ross Sea, while his expedition's debt runs up to 100000 dollars.
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Washington
U.P
Richard E. Byrd
Antarctic
Hoover
National Geographic Society
New York
Byrd
South Polar
United States
Ross Quadrant
Ross Sea
South Pacific Ocean
Cooper refuses to interfere in Litteral death row case
Columbus June 20 Governor Cooper refused to intervene in the electric chair execution of James Litteral, Athens County murderer. Sister Nancy Davis of Nelsonville pleaded mental irresponsibility. The governor stated no grounds for clemency after court review and Board of Clemency consideration. Litteral killed Harry Green and robbed $800 near Kimberly October 2, 1929 and pleaded guilty to first degree.
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Columbus
U.R
Cooper
James Litteral
Athens County
Board of Clemency
Kimberly
Baker
Oregon
Nelsonville
Europe urged to unite against us in economic boycott
An English newspaper suggests Europe should unite against the United States in an economic boycott, mirroring 1914. It claims the US could strike back with ten billion plus, noting American workers’ efficiency in steel and automobiles and warning that if a fight comes, the US is ready.
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Europe
Germany
New Wagon Leads Morrow as Moderate Wet in New Jersey
A Republican band wagon moves toward 1932 with Dwight W. Morrow as the first passenger. He wins over dry opponents in New Jersey by more than 8 to 1 as organizers predict further support gatherers will fill the other seats.
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Dwight W. Morrow
Mr. Morrow
New Jersey
Einstein Says Space Is Important Topic at Berlin Conference
Prominent scientists met in Berlin to discuss applying electricity and other power sources. The event coincided with the United States National Electrical Light Company gathering, highlighting advances in power technology and its future uses.
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MR. Einstein
Berlin
United States
Midnight salvage crew haunts Ohio River mystery
In Greenup Kentucky a plane believed lost March 29 with two men aboard is said to lie buried in the river muck. A silent salvage crew works nightly for 10 to 15 sessions drawing near the site in small boats and leaving before dawn. Government inspectors may soon probe the incident.
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Greenup
U.R
Ohio River
Herman Giest
Grassell Chemical Company
W. N. Robertson
U. S. Department of Commerce
Pomona Grange All-Day Meeting Set at Canaanville Hall
An all-day Pomona Grange meeting is scheduled for Saturday at 10 o'clock in Canaanville Grange Hall. Morning business will be followed by a noon committee meeting with Athens County extension agent T. H. Johnson to plan the annual picnic. Afternoon program features Coolville and Albany Granges with dinner hosted by Canaanville.
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Pomona Grange
Canaanville
T. H. Johnson
Athens County
Coolville
Albany
Cincinnati Republican Leader Dies After Poison Incident
Cincinnati authorities report Scott Small aged 72 a prominent Republican figure died after allegedly swallowing poison last night June 19. The death is under investigation and believed to be connected to a health related incident.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Tll Health
Scott Small
What To Wear booklet guides colors and fabrics
The Athens Messenger discusses a newly released booklet titled What To Wear. It offers practical guidance on suitable clothing choices for different complexions figures ages and body types and is aimed at both men and women. Readers can order a copy using the provided coupon.
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Athens
Athens Messenger
Chesapeake and Ohio Seeks Belt Line Acquisitions
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway petitions the Interstate Commerce Commission to acquire the 17 mile Wellston and Jackson Belt Railway from Dundas to Jackson and the 4 mile Pomeroy Belt Railway to Forest Run. It also seeks to abandon the 20 mile Kentucky and South Atlantic subdivision from Mount Sterling to Rockwell, Kentucky, citing heavy operating losses.
Classified Ads Note Varied Offers and Wants
The Messenger lists buyers seeking a used silo in good condition and fair price. An ad offers a three piece leather overstuffed suit for 15 dollars. On West Union Street a large furnished room with cooking and laundry privileges is available to rent.
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Messenger
West Union Street
Litteral Granted Two Stays After Notorious Murder
Litteral receives two stays of execution totaling from April 3 to May 3 and May 3 to June 20. The case stirred public outrage in Hocking Valley due to the shell shocked veteran victim and the cold blood of the crime. He aided prison security during a fire and thwarted escape plans by George Williams, a fellow Death Row inmate linked to the murder of Justus Brown, Athens restaurant owner.
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Hocking Valley
Litteral
George Williams
Williams
Justus Brown
Athens
Mayors Meet Columbus On Ohio Municipal League
Mayors and city officials from more than twenty Ohio municipalities gathered at Ohio State University for a conference held in the Faculty Club. The session, called by the Department of Political Science, focused on forming an Ohio Municipal League and drew representatives from Dayton Elyria Massillon Torain Marion Steubenville Defiance Piqua Wooster Lakewood Bucyrus Athens Marietta Ashtabula Norwood and Dover.
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U.P
Ohio Municipal League
Ohio
Ohio State University
Department of Political Science
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Elyria
Massillon
Torain
Marion
Steubenville
Defiance
Piqua
Wooster
Lakewood
Bucyrus
Athens
Marietta
Ashtabula
Norwood
Dover
Indictments In Cleveland Target Local Labor and Contractors
The Cuyahoga County Grand Jury indicted 19 Clevelanders including Labor Union officials and electric contractors on Valentine Anti-Trust Law charges. The panel alleged the defendants formed a restraint of trade hindering city growth and driving outside interests away from new industrial plants.
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Cleveland
U.P
Columbus Population Officially Rises to 288 045
Columbus, June 20. The official 1950 census population for Columbus, excluding Bexley Grandview and Upper Arlington, is 288 045, Supervisor H M Bush announced. This is 8 821 more than the unofficial figure released four months earlier, which stood at 285 700. Ten years ago the city’s official population was 287 032.
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Columbus
H. M Bush
Aluide Bexley
Grandview
Upper Arlington
Brunner Attacks Ohio Leaders Over Grundy Tariff Vote
Democratic state chairman Henry G Brunner denounces Senator Roscoe C McCulloch Senator Simeon D Fess and eighteen Ohio congressmen for backing the Grundy Tariff Bill calling them the trickling twenty. He urges voters to retaliate at the polls highlighting an estimated twenty percent rise in living costs from the tariff.
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Columbus
O.R
Roscoe C. McCulloch
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Henry G Brunner
Brunner
Grundy
Wheat futures hit new lows on Board of Trade
Chicago traders saw wheat futures plunge with July at 93 1/2 cents, September 96 1/2 cents, and December $1.014 a bushel, levels not seen since before 1914, as deliveries rose.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
World Cablegram Speed Record Shattered in San Francisco
The National Electric Light Association transmitted a 388 word cablegram around the world in five minutes 32 seconds breaking the May 13 1927 Columbia Missouri record set by United Press. The message from Preston Ark Wright to retiring President Matthew Sloan traveled via Pacific routes to Honolulu Midway Guam Manila Shanghai Irkutsk Lake Baikal to London then New York finishing in San Francisco.
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U.P
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Missouri
United Press
National Electric Light Association
Preston A. Arkwright
Public Policy Company
Matthews. Sloan
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Midway Island
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Manila
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Irkutsk
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Lake Baikal
Russia
Leningrad
London
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Rockies
Sloan
Inmate Suspect Held After Queens Maniac Letters
Joseph Clarke 34, escaped Creedmore patient, was arrested in Philadelphia after a hearing and sent to New York as a suspect in the Queens maniac murders. A letter traced him, and another warning to John Moszynski threatened death for publishing details. Clarke’s effects included papers about blonde actresses and other prominent figures.
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Joseph Clarke
Creedmore
N. Y
New York
Ueens
Long Island
B. M. Clarke
205Th Street
Queens Village
Clarke
John Moszynski
Joseph Moszynski
Queens
Maniac
Broad Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Mother and child wounded by accidental shotgun discharge
In Pomeroy Ohio on Thursday afternoon John Diehl Jr aged 14 discharged a loaded shotgun in a room where Mrs. George Crenshaw and her small child sat injuring the mother severely and the child with head wounds. Diehl had borrowed the gun from Olin Rise 14. The family planned to move the child to a hospital for care.
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Pomeroy
George Crenshaw
Bailey Run
Rutland Township
John Diehl, Jr
Crenshaw
Young Diehl
Olin Rise
Mystery killer 3X eludes police as clues muddle case
New York reports a cryptogram killer called 3X remains at large after two men are killed and seven others threatened. An unsigned letter and suspect Joseph Yastica, last seen after escaping Kings Park asylum, are pursued as police guard seven unnamed potential victims. Horowitz, injured in Brooklyn, is expected to recover.
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New York
U.R
Brooklyn
Morris Horowitz
Horowitz
Joseph Yastica
State Hospital For the Insane
Kings Park
L. I
Four Athens Boys Held for Local Store Thefts
Four Athens boys were arrested Thursday night by Chief Ki. Finsterwald in connection with a $25 cash register theft at Connett's greenhouse. Hearings were held before Judge S. M. Johnson with names withheld due to age. The youths allegedly confessed to multiple robberies totaling about $175. investigators seek four more implicated youths. The greenhouse was robbed at 7 pm after the day shift left.
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Athens
Ki. &. Finsterwald
Connett
8S. M. Johnson
Athens Juvenile Court
Robert S. Wood
Reds Face Chair Under Old Law
M. H. Powers, 25, and Joseph Carr, 19, both Communists, were to go on trial for their lives in Atlanta on June 17 under a Reconstruction era law that carries the death penalty for allegedly organizing an indoor unemployment meeting of white and Black workers. Powers is described as the father of two children.
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M. H. Powers
Joseph Carr
Atlanta
Powers
Ohio University Alumnae Tour Leaves for Europe
A party of 18 Ohio University alumnae led by Dean Irma E. Voigt sails from Montreal on the Duchess of Atholl for Liverpool arriving June 27. They tour England Scotland Belgium France Switzerland Italy and Austria and return August 15 aboard the Duchess of York. Local members include Dora Antoinette Blanche Tullis and Beulah McCray.
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Irma E. Voigt
Europe
Montreal
Canada
Duchess of Atholl
Liverpool
England
Scotland
Belgium
France
Switzerland
Italy
Austria
United States
Dora Antoinette
Blanche Tullis
Athens
Beulah McCray
Middleport
Clara Bow Heads Back to Hollywood From Dallas Visit
Clara Bow, the impulsive silent film star, decides to return to Hollywood after a Dallas visit. She has five trunks packed and plans to depart by nightfall, saying publicity during the trip caused trouble and that she is not in love with anyone.
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Tex
U.2
Clara Bow
Hollywood
South
Clara
Bobby Jones Wins Third Open Championship
Hoylake, England. Bobby Jones captures his third Open title finishing with an aggregate 291. The event concludes with Jones securing another major victory in the golf season.
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Bobby
Hoylake
Eng
Bobby Jones
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