Athens Plans Soft Water Plant Under N I R A
Preliminary plans for a city water softening plant in Athens were ordered by the Athens City Council. Niple, consulting engineers, would prepare plans at an estimated cost between 40 000 and 50 000 with 30 percent federal aid and 3 1/2 percent bonds. Local labor would be used and work would begin soon with city funds matching as needed.
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Athens
Niple
Engi
Columbus
Athens City
Council
Ru Hopkins
Phillip
Govi
Burgess
Hill Reservoir
Ted
Lancaster
Ohio
Mass protest disrupts food workers strike action
June 27 report describes a mass protest by ration and food workers. Tear gas was used as demonstrators clashed with officials while unions planned further actions. Authorities say the incident led to dispersal of several workers and ongoing efforts to weed out dissent.
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U.P
Orps
Donovan
Plains Woman Fatally Burned in Gasoline Fire Incident
A Plains woman died after an explosion and fire in a bathroom as she reportedly handled gasoline during a domestic accident. Roy Gabriel, injured, is recovering at home. The incident occurred in late June and is under local investigation.
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Start
Roy Gabriel
Lower Plains
Iy Burns
Voters in Two States Ballot on Dry Law Repeal
Voters in West Virginia and California went to the polls to decide repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. New York delegates led by former Governor Alfred E. Smith gathered in Albany as repeal support grows. if both states vote wet they become the fifteenth and sixteenth to do so. Indiana and Massachusetts previously ratified the Twenty First Amendment.
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New York
Indiana
Massachusetts
Spanish Fliers Dead In Crash on Island
The Coloso picked up the bodies of Capt. Mariano Barberan and Lieut. Joaquin Collar, missing after a Havana to Mexico City flight that spanned the Atlantic. The wrecked airplane Four Winds was found on a palm covered island in Lake of La Madona between Puerto Mexico and Santa Ana Bay.
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Mexico City
U.P
Coloso
Mariano Barberan
Joaquin Collar
Atlantic
Emilio Balcazar
Aguila Oil Company
Lake of
la Madona
Puerto Mexico
Santa Ana Bay
Moley to Address London Economic Conference
Prof. Raymond Moley Roosevelt's personal representative sailed to London aboard the Manhattan after a stop in Queenstown Ireland He will urge the world economic conference to back bold experiments deemed necessary by President Roosevelt to succeed the plan.
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Queenstown
Ireland
U.P
Raymond Moley
Roosevelt
London
Manhattan
World Economic Conference
Ranever
Taxes Stir Ohio Senate Plans To Raise Funds
Ohio Senate Taxation Committee backs an earned income tax bill and a continuation of the cigarette tax as part of a broad program for school relief. Exemptions include 730 dollars for individuals and 1.50 per dependent, with a rising scale on income. Adjournment thoughts hinge on a statewide revenue package and potential recall if measures fail.
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Columbus
U.P
Senate Taxation Committee
Gunsett
Frederick McManus
Toledo
Assembly
White
Cotton Textile Code First on Industry State
Washington reports the start of hearings to shape standards for the cotton textile industry under the National Industrial Recovery Act. Controversy over fair competition codes grows as Farm Relief official Charlies J. Brand warns of licensing enforcement if minorities do not follow regulations. dairy conferees seek Agriculture Secretary Wallace's licensing power but later limit it to branches seeking it.
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Washington
U.P
Charlies J. Brand
Farm Relief
Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace
Bloodhounds Trail O Hara in Fence Destruction Case
Logan June 27 James O Hara of Vinton County is held in the county jail after arrest Saturday night by Sheriff Sol Ellinger and Deputy Joe Farbearn following a fence damage probe at George Schaal farm near Hue. Bloodhounds traced the woven wire fence cuts to the O Hara home. This is the third such incident at Schaal’s two mile distant farm. Malicious destruction of property charges are being prepared.
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Logan
James O'Hara
Vinton County
Sol Ellinger
Joe Farbearn
George Schaal
Hue
Dan Steigie Roseville
O'Hara
Schaal
Net real estate tax totals for first half of year 1933
The first half tax collection totals 392089 24 in the February 1933 settlement on file with Auditor J Clyde Edmundson. After deductions for fees and refunds the net total on the 1932 general duplicate is 385930 51. Second half settlements occur in August and real estate tax collection is open in Treasurer G D Gorham's office.
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J. Clyde Edmundson
Bureau of Uniform System of Public Accounting
G. D. Gorham
Will Likes Johnsons New Recovery Act Sparks Industrialist Backlash
A Santa Monica report notes Hugh Johnson promoting a broad recovery plan favoring workers and shareholders while keeping existing factories. Baruch praises Johnson though some industrialists oppose the approach, arguing for more targeted relief and business control.
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Will
Johnson
No Prescribed Liquor Limit Emerges From Ohio Opinion
Ohio physicians may prescribe intoxicating liquors to patients without limit, per Attorney General Bricker. The 1933 Ohio law aligns with new Federal regulations, resolving questions about Congress action during the interim before effectiveness. The statute allows physicians to prescribe amounts “now permitted by Federal statutes.”
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Ohio
Bricker
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol
Congress
Wheat Hits a Bushel as Grains Reach New Highs
Chicago June 27 Wheat breaks the dollar barrier on May delivery crossing $1.01 then $1.04 intraday as futures rise. December at 96 1 2 cents, July at 92 3 4 cents. All grains gain, corn up 1 to 8 1 4 cents, rye similar, signaling broad market highs.
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Chicago
U.P
Davis New Head of Murray City Schools
B. E. Davis of Jackson has been named to succeed Robert T. Secrist as head of the Murray City Schools after Secrist left to become a congressman. The staff includes Richard Coleman and several others.
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Davis
Murray City Schools
Logan
B. E. Davis
Jackson
Robert T. Secrist
Murray City
Parkerburg Murder Confession Ties Accomplices to Slaying
Police said Eddie Crouch confessed to helping plan the murder of A A Shaw in Parkerburg West Virginia. He named Mrs Shaw Mrs Myrtie Delaney and Harry Lemon as accomplices with Lemon alleged to have fired the fatal shot for a $1000 payment. Crouch said Shaw was killed for his insurance and the group planned to kill Mrs Delaney's husband for his policy.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Eddie Crouch
A. A. Shaw
Shaw
Myrtie Delaney
Harry Lemon
Lemon
Crouch
Shaw Lemon
Spain
Prohibition Bureau to Dismiss Over 1300 Workers
Washington June 27 U P reports the Prohibition Bureau will dismiss more than 1300 employees at week end. Attorney General Cummings announced the move as part of cost cutting aimed at saving about 40000 dollars annually.
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Washington
U.P the Prohibition Bureau
Cummings
Legislature delays tax plan amid school relief shortfall
Ohio lawmakers waste time as they face mounting needs for education and relief. B O Skinner projects eighteen million for schools this biennium, with nine and a half million needed anew. tax options include a luxury or cosmetics tax, beer, income tax, and gasoline funds. A special session looms as retroactive taxes are not possible and delays boost ultimate rates.
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B. O. Skinner
State Department of Education
Skinner
Route 31 Rockbridge project gains approval
Plans for Section 340 G I on Route 31 north of Rockbridge have been approved by division engineer A W Sherwood and sent to the State Highway Director for approval. The 1.47 mile improvement will widen straighten and elevate the highway at a flood prone stretch near the Hocking River. Engineer B W Wright prepared the plans. Completion should end flood period traffic difficulties to Lancaster.
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Logan
Rockbridge
A. W. Sherwood
Hocking
B. W. Wright
Here
Lancaster
Elson Praises French Revolt in Memorial Auditorium
Dr Henry W. Elson lauded the French Revolution as a key catalyst for modern progress. He outlined four great movements and argued democracy now exceeds Christianity as the dominant force shaping the world. The final lecture follows tomorrow at Memorial Auditorium.
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Henry W. Elson
Memorial Auditorium
Direct Appeal to Washington of No Avail Warns
Columbus Ohio June 27 Direct appeal to Washington for federal public works money will not hasten allocation says Fred J Rowe state sub committee chair The administrator for Ohio is awaited and local committees in Cleveland Cincinnati and Springfield are praised Plans to use 25 million recovery act funds for subsistence homesteads aim to move city dwellers to land with housing on small tracts under qualified ownership
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Washington
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Fred J. Rowe
Rowe
Roosevelt
Ohio Cities
Works Projects Committee
Columbua
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Springfield
G. J. Kane
Public Works Project
Mad Period' Foreign Bond Deals Led U S Investors Astray
Senator Costigan questioned Otto H. Kahn about two mad years from 1926 to 1928 when American bankers allegedly bid recklessly for foreign bonds. Kahn testified there were at least 15 bankers at Jeindarde Yugoslavia and many more in Central and Latin America, with bidding driven by appetite for business rather than security value.
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Washington
P. Otto H. Kahn
Hahn, Loeb and Co
Senate Stock Market Investigating Committee
American International
Jeigarde
Jugo-Slavia
Europe Fears Britain Pound Depreciation
European gold standard countries urged Prime Minister J Ramsay MacDonald for clear guidance on Britain's pound policy after a meeting of continental experts warned that Roosevelt style inflation could devalue sterling. They fear strain on gold currencies and potential loss of gold standard status.
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London
U.P
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Britain
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