Realignment of Prohibition Enforcers Under Hoover Plan
Treasury will yield enforcement to Justice on July 1 while Treasury retains industrial alcohol permits. Districts cut from 27 to 12 aligned with circuit boundaries. W. W. Woodruff named administrator for District No. 6 covering Michigan Ohio Kentucky and Tennessee. R. E. Joyce to supervise permits.
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Washington
U.P
Treasury and
Justice Departments
Hoover
Treasury
Justice Department
Mitchell
United States
W. W. Woodruff
Cincinnati
Michigan
Ohio
Kentucky
Tennessee
R. E. Joyce
John E. Wright
Cleveland
Charles L. Hurlbut
Columbus
J. T. Tarter
Lexington
Joseph Phillips
Louisville
Western
West Virginia
Virginia
Maryland
North and
South Carolina
District of Columbia
R. Q. Merrick
Prohibition
Richmond
Thomas E. Stone
Alvara B. McCutcheon
Charleston
Harry D. Reynolds
Fairmont
Funeral attendance announced by Pocahontas Lodge Tepee
Pocahontas Lodge Tepee of Rippling Water Council No 181 will meet in Red Men's Hall Sunday at 1 o clock to attend the funeral of Mrs Charles Newman.
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Pocahontas Lodge Tepee of
Preventive Measures for Ivy Poisoning
The article advises immediate thorough washing after ivy contact to remove poison before it penetrates skin. Use ordinary alkaline kitchen soap and create thick lather, repeating washes in running water if possible. The guidance is part of a Washington service update provided to readers.
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Athens Messenger
Washington Service
Ohio University Pageant Set At Ohio State Stadium
Prof. Harold Evans and Dean John R. Johnston direct four part pageant to be staged next Monday night at Ohio State University stadium. Episodes include the formation of the Ohio Company the Ordinance of 1787 and a meeting of the Ohio University Board of Trustees with many students in supporting roles.
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Ohio University
Ohio State University
Harold Evans
John R. Johnston
Ohio Company
Ohio University Board of Trustees
Air rivals and cathedral relics mark bold progress
The article notes Irish aviators completing a historic Atlantic westward flight as regular schedules loom for passengers. It also reports King George and Queen Mary at a St Pauls restoration ceremony revealing the cathedral’s vault with Wellington and Nelson remains.
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King George
Queen Mary
St. Paul's Cathedral
London
Finc c
Wellington
Nelson
Expansion Unneeded at Delaware and Lancaster Industrial Schools
Welfare director Hal Griswold told Governor Cooper’s advisory commission that expanding the Girls' Industrial School in Delaware and the Boys' Industrial School in Lancaster is unnecessary. He urged perfecting probation to keep more children at home at about 50 dollars yearly per person, vs 300 dollars per inmate, and called for more farming land and higher training standards for staff.
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Columbus
U.R
Delaware
Lancaster
Hal H. Griswold
Cooper
Griswold
Charles N. Sherwood
Department of Public Welfare
Lightning Kills Farmer in Thunderstorm Near Locust Grove
Gil bert Allen, 40, a farmhand from Locust Grove near Youngstown, was killed by lightning during a storm. He had just unhitched a horse and walked toward the barn when the bolt struck, killing both him and the horse.
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Youngstown
Gilbert Allen
Locust Grove
Here
Allen
Hunters Seek Endurance Flight Record in City of Chicago
Chicago June 27 The Hunter brothers push the endurance plane City of Chicago toward a refueling record as it nears 420 hours in continuous flight over Sky Harbor Airport. Pilots Kenneth and John Hunter exchange three hour shifts aboard a 36 by 54 inch cabin, with Big Ben refueling plane supplying gasoline.
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Chicago
U.R
Hunter Brothers
John
Kenneth Hunter
Kenneth
John Exchange
Chicago Officials Linked to Lingle Money Loans
Investigators probe alleged public official loans to Alfred J. Lingle the murdered Chicago Tribune reporter. A cancelled $500 check tied to a Loop police captain prompts review for July grand jury. Maj. Carlos Ames Alderman Bert Cronson and Samuel Ettelson named in loans. Cronson unsure of amount. Cronson is Ettelson's nephew.
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Chicago
U.pr
Alfred J. Lingle
Chicago Tribune
Board of Strategy
Lingle
Carlos Ames
City Civil Service
Bert Cronson
Ames
Cronson
Samuel Ettelson
William Hale Thompson
Etterson
Million and a Half Foot Gasser Drilled in Nelsonville
A gas well on the Athena Brick Corporation property in Nelsonville struck the Clinton sand 18 inches at 3333 feet. Contractor Jack Walters of Logan drills for Wittmer Oil and Gas Co of Pittsburgh. Initial capacity about 700000 cubic feet, with potential to double as depth increases. Nearby Lick Run developments and today’s well spur expected extensive drilling in the area.
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Nelsonville
Athena Brick Corporation
Clinton
Jack Walters
Logan
Wittmer Oil and Gas Company
Pittsburgh
Lick Run
Hoover backs House pension bill aid in Senate support swing
Washington June 27 The Senate prepared to sponsor a new veterans pension bill as two developments shifted power toward the Johnson compromise measure. White House word said President Hoover favored the House measure and Frank T Hines of the Senate Finances Committee indicated support for the House Bill.
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Washington
Senate
House
Watson
White House
Hoover
Frank T. Hines
Senate Finances Committee
Swimming Parties Feature Meetings in Cook-U-Well and 4-H Clubs
The Cook-U-Well group plans a Crystal Pool party after a July 9 initiation of Betty and Alice Bardin at Mrs. N. Ruby Day’s home. The nearby Ston-on-the-Hill 4-H Club met at B. W. Holland’s home with Allen Baker as president and Harold Gabriel as news reporter. An Athens State Hospital grounds picnic will precede the swimming event.
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Cook-U-Well
Union-on-the-Hill 4-H
Crystal Pool
Allen Baker
Betty
Alice Bardin
B. W. Holland
Guy Gabriel
Owen Snedden
Harold Gabriel
Bob Barker
Jolly Workers Clothing Club
Guy
Charles
Alison Hollands
Owen
John Snedden
Windie Russ
Denver Howe
Roy Kyle
Divers Reach John B. King Wreck to Recovery
Divers from Kingston recovered twenty bodies from the John B. King drill ship wreck after lightning struck the vessel and detonated explosives submerged in the river bottom. One body had been found earlier, with about ten more believed remaining.
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Brockville
Ont
U.P
Kingston
John B. King
Seek Funds To Send Local Girls to Camp
A drive to raise money for Athens Life Saving Guards of the Salvation Army to attend a Glendale summer camp, July 7 to 14, was launched with Mayor Robert S. Wood’s approval. Uniformed solicitors will approach donors. Capt. Richard Benton says attendees must have passed the beginners test.
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Athens Life Saving Guards
Salvation Army
Glendale
Robert S. Wood
Richard Benton
Boys Wanted for Summer Jobs and Local Deals
Classified ads advertise two ambitious high school graduates for summer work. Other notices promote personal loans on diamonds or household goods at low rates. A Crosley radio is for sale in Nelsonville, and top coal can be delivered in Athens for about $2 per ton.
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Nelsonville
Athens
Steel lawyer ends life amid merger trial in Youngstown
Leroy A. Manchester, chief counsel for Youngstown Sheet & Tube since 1917, shot himself in his Stam Baugh Building office as court prepared to hear the Sheet & Tube Bethlehem Steel merger case. He left a note, and officials said overwork and family illness contributed to the act.
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Youngstown
A.R— Leroy A. Manchester
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Stambaugh
Manchester
Sheet & Tube-Bethlehem Steel Corporation
David Jenkins
Starnbaugh
Frank Purnetti
Sheet & Tube
Purnell
Federal Reserve Aids Cincinnati Banks After Closures
The Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank pledged support to Cincinnati banks facing heavy withdrawals after the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks National Bank closed. The Cincinnati branch will provide currency as needed to calm fears and prevent further runs while investigations target Shafer and the Cosmo politan and Brotherhood banks. Two former officials have been arrested for conspiracy to defraud amid Shafer's alleged operations with Doherty certificates.
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Shafer
Cincinnati
Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank
Cincinnati Financial
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks’ National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of
Cleveland
C.F. McComb
Brotherhood Bank
A. W. Shafer
Henry L. Doherty & Company
Clearing House Association
Department of Jnstice
Brotherhood
The
Cosmopolitan
Labor Bank
Shaffer
Trains derailment near Capreol leaves eleven dead
Eleven people died when two passenger trains and a CN freight derailed near Capreol Ontario. Six hobos on the freight were killed and the fireman also died. Four children aboard an eastbound Winnipeg to Toronto train drowned when a coach fell into the Vermilion River. A westbound passenger train derailed but caused no passenger deaths.
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Winnipeg
Man
U.P
Canadian National Railway
Capreol
Ont
Toronto
Tolliver Motion for New Trial Postponed
Melvin Tolliver's new trial motion was postponed when Judge Albert P. Miller was unavailable. Tolliver, foreman at White Ash Mine No 68 Bailey Run, was found guilty of murdering Floyd Katzenbach after a dispute at the mine. The jury recommended mercy. Three shots were fired.
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Melvin Tolliver
Millfield
Common Pleas Court
Albert P. Miller
Tolliver
Floyd Katzenbach
Mercy
White Ash
Bailey Run
Katzenbach
Former Torch Man Dies in Washington
Word of the death of John F. Bingman, 55, former Torch merchant, at his Washington D. C. home, due to a complication of diseases, was received in COOLVILLE. Born in Troy Township, his body will be brought to Ireland for burial in the church cemetery after funeral services at 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Coolville
John F. Bingman
Washington, D. C
F. Bingman
Troy Township
Ireland
Church
Bingman
Williams 68 to be electrocuted at Ohio state pen
Columbus June 27 George Williams a 68 year old Cleveland murderer and "bad man" is expected to be electrocuted at midnight or soon after at the state penitentiary unless the governor intervenes. Williams aided in the murder of Policeman Sherman of Cleveland and is linked to the murder of Justus Brown and other bandit crimes. companion Charles Hannovich received life imprisonment. Williams defied officials and broke from Death Row amid riots. his wife expressed grim longing to witness the execution.
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Columbus
A.R
George Williams
Cleveland
State Penitentiary
Williams
Ar Sherman
Charles
Sonny” Hannovich
Wheeling
W. Va
Justus Brown
Athens
Hannovich
Mra
Verna J. Brown
Trans Atlantic Plane Flies To Roosevelt Field
The Southern Cross arrived at Roosevelt Field New York after a Newfoundland to New York flight carrying four crew. Captain Charles Kingsford Smith grinned and said he was glad to be here as 10 000 eagerly mobbed the plane. Sir Ronald Lindsay and Grover Whalen joined the scene as police struggled to hold back the crowd.
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New York
Newfoundland
Roosevelt Field
Port Marnock
Ireland
Marbor Grace
Charles Kingsford-Smith
Ronald Lindsay
United States
Grover Whalen
Flying student escapes in Akron spin during pilot test
Alfred F. Curtiss of Canton, backing a flying school at McKinley airport, spun from 800 feet during a private pilot license test at Akron Municipal Airport and failed to recover until he was within 150 feet of the ground.
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Akron
Municipal
Alfred F. Curtiss
Canton
McKinley Airport
Senate Debates World War Veterans Pension Bill Clash
Senate Finance Committee considers Walsh Connally plan matching Spanish War benefits with $20 to $60 disability allowances. House bill offers $12 to $40. veto fight and conference possible. Ho overs stance shapes fate as party votes split on pensions and harmful habits clause.
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Washington
Senate
Hoover
House
Connally
Texas
Walsh
Massachusetts
Senate Finance Committee
Illness Brings Death Of Fletcher Metcalf
Fletcher Metcalf, 77, died at 11 o'clock Thursday night at his home on North Congress Street after three years of declining health. Funeral services are set for 2:30 Saturday in Downington with Wells Cemetery as burial site. Born near Carpenter Station in Meigs County, he owned his birth farm and worked in agriculture 32 years, later in the wool business in Athens until this year. Surviving family includes a widow, two daughters Mrs. C. O. Zimmerman and Mrs. C. O. McDaniels, and three sons W. E. Metcalf, Clyde Metcalf, and Clark (deceased at age 9).
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Fletcher Metcalf
North
Congress Street
Downington
Wells Cemetery
Metcalf
Meigs County
Carpenter Station
Athens
C. O. Zimmerman
Bakerfield
Calif
C. O. McDaniels
New London
Ohio
W. E. Metcalf
Columbus
Clyde Metcalf
Clark
Ballot Bid Process Delayed Awaiting Sample Ballots
Election officials announced bids for printing ballots will wait for sample ballots prepared by Clarence J. Brown secretary of state. David Johnston, election board clerk, said copies were due by Saturday. Bids must be sealed with a bond equal to 8 sum double the bid, and two sureties or a surety company must guarantee performance.
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Clarence J. Brown
Election Board
David Johnson
Johns Son
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