Treasury to Pay Vet Loans From March 15 Financing Plan
Treasury Secretary Mellon announced a March 15 issue totaling 1.4 billion dollars, with 291 million allocated to veterans loans. The remainder funds refunding outstanding securities and new issues, including a 500 million bond, 300 million six month certificate, and 600 million 12 month certificate, aiming for savings through lower rates.
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Pulitzer World Sold and Doubtful Future for Daily News
The Los Angeles report notes the sale of the New York World after years of decline. It contrasts Joseph Pulitzer’s wealth with how his heirs face a challenged legacy. It then imagines Doctor Einstein’s reaction to the Grand Canyon and cosmic scales, concluding with reflections on comparison from the canyon to distant galaxies.
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Joseph Pulitzer
Bulletin Board
New York World
Pulitzer
New York
Doctor Einstein
Germany
Pacific Coast
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Personal crisis reports rise in Ohio in 1930
Columbus reports show suicides and murders increased in 1930 despite the death rate falling to 11.1, the lowest since 1909. Plummer, chief of the Division of Vital Statistics, notes 95 more personal crisis reports and 108 more murders than 1929, with 75,928 deaths recorded in 1930 and 5,225 fewer deaths than 1929.
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Plummer
Division of Vital Statistics
Arrest Solves Mansfield Area Grocery Robberies
Three grocery store robberies and two kidnap hold ups in which victims were forced into cars were believed solved when three men were arrested. One victim, Robert Forsythe, identified the suspects who stripped him before driving to a rural area. Other victims Eugene Weyrick and Frank Roth faced similar attacks.
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Robert Forsythe
Jowely
Eugene Weyrick
Frank Roth
Smith regains Ohio Caverns at West Liberty for 175000
Ira A. Smith, former owner, today regained possession of the Ohio Caverns at West Liberty for 175000. The caves visited by thousands annually were sold at the Champaign County Courthouse door by Sheriff E. A. Biggert after a foreclosure suit against Ohio Caverns, Inc. The caverns were appraised at 150000. Ormand J. Merz, former Cincinnati broker, was president of the corporation.
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Ira A. Smith
Ohio Caverns
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Ohio Caverns, Inc
Ormand J. Merz
Cincinnati
Will Rogers on Debt and War Costs
Will Rogers comments from Monica California on veterans bonuses and war debts. He warns that government borrowing is always handy and that paying debts is hard, noting Hog Island costs and the general bad economy surrounding wartime payments. The letter frames debt as a constant burden for both government and individuals.
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Empress of Japan Anticipates New Imperial Heir
The Empress is expected to give birth to another child in the Japanese empire as Hirohito the Mikado focuses on this birth among his vast subjects. Continued on Page 4.
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Hirohito
Gems Depart In Weepfest
In Chicago Rex Wright preps against holdups carrying a $500 check and a tear gas fountain pen. Two men raid the Wrights in their rooming house on Sunday. The gas disables all, the attackers flee with Mrs Wright’s $400 jewelry while the couple, bound and gasping, wait for help as Mrs Wright talks.
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U.P
Rex Wright
Wright
Aviatrix Edna Mae Cooper Reported Ill Among Friends
Edna Mae Cooper the aviatrix who has been missing for nearly a week is said to be ill at a friend’s home in Los Angeles. A mysterious caller told Mrs. Mary Cooper that he knew the flyer from Pennsylvania years ago and that she was staying at his residence.
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U.P
Edna Mae Cooper
Mary Cooper
Youthful gangs held in Columbus arrests
Police held nine youths as members of two gangs suspected of numerous burglaries robberies and auto thefts in Columbus. One gang of four was linked to over 100 auto thefts and about 80 burglaries.
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Columbus
Death of Bishop Thomas J Garland Mourned in Philadelphia
The death of Bishop Thomas James Garland 65, head of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, was mourned by civic and religious leaders. He died last night at the bishop's house from pneumonia that developed last week.
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U.P
Thomas James Garland
Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Pennsylvania
Fifteen Ohio Teens Die in Weekend Accidents and Suicides
A United Press survey notes numerous Ohio deaths from traffic crashes and related incidents over the weekend. Victims include Van Wright 35 in Cleveland traffic, Harold Eicher 17 on a motorcycle in Akron, Ruth Coates 4 from burns in Marietta, and Mrs. Andrew Grager 40 who hanged herself in Youngstown, with others harmed across Canton Canton Port Washington Columbus and Alliance.
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U.P
United Press
Cleveland
van Wright
Harold Eicher
Akron
Nation says majority ready to vote for repeal of Prohibition
Henry H. Curran, in his annual AA P A report, claims a growing readiness to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment. He cites 1930 records as showing no gain for prohibition and that over a quarter of Americans repudiated the Amendment at the polls. Curran faults Hoover for rejecting Wickersham findings. the association lists 360000 members and 1082 directors.
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U.P
Henry H. Curran
Association Against the
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Hoover
Wickersham Commission
Association
Detectives Close In On Two Assailants In Potter Slaying
Cleveland march 2 detectives tighten search for two men linked to Pittsburgh Hymie Martin in the former councilman William E Potter murder. Police say tips from three women helped identify the suspected triggermen while Detective Inspector Cody orders silence on new developments.
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William E. Potter
Clews
Potter
Cornelius W. Cody
Detective Bureau
Business Improving In America Survey Shows Uptick
Julius H. Barnes reports an improving trend in U S business conditions with signs of rising savings and lower credit rates. The mid winter summary notes stock, production, and marketing adjustments, while farm prices may rise with demand and reduced city spending. World conditions show repeated improvements despite lower trade values.
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National Business Survey Conference
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American Industrial Development Council
Veterans Rush For Loans On Adjusted Certificates
Washington reports show a nationwide surge of World War I veterans applying for loans against adjusted compensation certificates. In D.C. 600 veterans queued at the Veterans Bureau as the new law took effect, with loans up to 50 percent of face value for those holding certificates two years or more.
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U RP
Veterans Bureau
Federal Reserve
Injured in Cambridge game details a Batesville player
Ruth House 14 daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer House Batesville is hospitalized with a broken back and multiple broken ribs after a basketball game between Batesville and Belle Valley at Caldwell High School Gymnasium Saturday night in Wells Hospital Cambridge.
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Fascists and Communists Gain In German Local Vote
In Brunswick state elections 1931 fascists and communists registered consistent gains as partial returns came in. The voting marked the first major balloting of the year with early results showing strengthened party positions.
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Brunswick
Thousands of Farmers to Get Government Food Loans
Thousands of drought affected farmers rush to apply for food loans under a $20 million appropriation. Applications go to offices in Memphis St Louis and Grand Forks as 21 states mobilize to borrow funds for food clothing medicine with first lien on crops. Two loan classes cover capital structure expansion and rehabilitation of agriculture, aligning with Hoover's drought relief stance.
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Agriculture Department
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Grand Forks
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Three-foot Copperhead Killed On Strouds Run Farm
M Andrews killed a copperhead nearly three feet long at his Strouds Run farm on Sunday. The reptile was found near the springhouse and placed at the roadside where numerous motorists and bystanders saw its large size and early season appearance.
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Strouds Run
Wallace Honored as Cleveland Fire Chief Retires
In Cleveland on March 2, longtime chief George Alexander Wallace age 83 retired after 62 years with the department. The city marked Wallace Day with a large Public Hall celebration as his successor Jim Granger was named to lead the Cleveland Fire Department after 37 years of service entrenchment.
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Jim’ Granger
Cleveland Fire Department
George Alexander Alexander Wallace
Wallace
Philadelphia man electrocuted for 1929 bank robbery murder
Thomas F. Martin of Philadelphia was electrocuted at Rockview Penitentiary for the murder of Cr. Cameron Cook, a Philadelphia bank messenger, during a $34 000 robbery on December 6 1929.
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Thomas F. Martin
Philadelphia
Rockview Penitentiary
Cr. Cameron Cook
March Arrives With Winds and Snow Across Midwest
Chicago reports 29 degrees at 10 p.m. as March brings volatile weather. Snow and winds strike western states while the Weather Bureau foresees rising temperatures but offers no firm monthly outlook after recalling the 1930 blizzard. Snowfall in the southwest is valued for crop benefits.
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Midwest
Rocky Mountain States
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Fight on Dry Law Will Be Opened Again
Columbus March 2 UP The General Assembly resumes its ninth week with committee hearings on prohibition and a slate of bills. The House Federal Relations Committee will second hear the Corlett Resolution requesting a national constitutional convention.
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Secrest-Bostwick Bil
Violent storms kill fishermen and disrupt shipping across British Isles
Northern Europe faced severe weather with 70 mph gales in the Irish Sea and heavy snow across the British Isles. A Dutch trawler crew of 16 from Ymuiden drowned near Rosehearty, Scotland, after seen bottom up in enormous waves. Three more fishermen died at Seaton Sluice, Northumberland. Rasmark residents evacuated as dykes failed under high water pressure.
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Rockefeller City plans unveiled for 250 million center
New York announces models of Rockefeller City a vast radio opera and theater complex to be built between Forty- Eighth and Fifty- First Streets Fifth and Sixth Avenues. The project costing 250 million dollars includes a 60 story broadcast skyscraper 27 studios four theaters a symphony hall shops and banks. It will provide jobs for 25 000 construction workers and 10 000 in ongoing maintenance.
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Railroad official dies in Louisville influenza outbreak
William J. Haylow age 71, Superintendent of Transportation for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, died Sunday in Louisville from influenza.
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William J. Haylow
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Baker Accepts Honorary Membership in Ohio Legislators Group
Newton J. M. Baker of Cleveland former Secretary of War has accepted honorary membership in the Ohio Legislative Correspondents Association.
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Columbus
Newton JM. Baker
Cleveland
Ohio Legislative Correspondents Association
Bus Robbery Near Portsmouth Nets $578
Three men robbed a Grey and Blue bus seven miles north of Portsmouth early Sunday. They demanded money from two boarded riders and fled toward Portsmouth in a new car with $578 taken. Victims included N. Richter J. B. Adkins Forest Kline Louise Drennen and others. Police noted losses ranging from $8 to $250 with injuries minimal.
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Louise Drennen
Hoover signals veto on Muscle Shoals Bill
Washington reports President Hoover is set to veto the Muscle Shoals Bill. He argues government ownership or operation should be limited and favors public protection via state control under federal cooperation. Officials cite cold engineering facts guiding the decision.
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Alabama
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Miner Dies After Tire Repair Near Woodsfield
William Christian aged 47 of the Hocking Mine near The Plains was killed when struck by an automobile driven by John McAndrews age 25 of Noble County shortly before 9 PM Saturday three miles east of Woodsfield. McAndrews faces charges of manslaughter as investigators note Christian lived near North Congress Street at the intersection of Congress and Carpenter Streets.
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Four Residents of Congress Street Die in Auto Accidents
Four residents of North Congress Street were killed in motor accidents over the last month. Prof. George Crow of Ohio University faculty died at Coshocton. Mrs. Robert E Woodworth and her son Paul were killed after their car struck a truck near Lancaster. William Christian, who lived opposite the Woodworths, died Saturday night. Mrs. Christian became a widow for the second time in the same weekend tragedy.
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Ohto University
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Tragic Crash Ends Route to Bethesda Visit
A party traveling from Athens toward Bethesda collided after rain near Woodsfield. Christian was killed instantly while repairing a left rear tire on his car parked on the earth road. McAndrews’s car struck the Christian vehicle. other occupants were unharmed. Reports say several in McAndrews’s car may have been drinking.
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Athens
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Christian family notices and fatal car crash in Ohio
The body of Christian was brought to the family home. Funeral services follow at The Plains M E Church with burial in Hockin, where the family resided. Meanwhile William Christian, 47, of Athens, was killed near Aero when his car was struck by a vehicle owned by Waldo Ampleby and driven by John McAndrews two miles north of Woodsfield. The driver faced a bond and pending arraignment. coroner investigations continue.
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Five Die in Daraltia Clash In Nicaragua
Five Sandinistas were killed and twenty wounded in a Sunday clash with Nicaraguan National Guardsmen at Daraltia. The confrontation reflects ongoing unrest in the region amid Nicaragua's internal security efforts.
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Weather fragment brief notes for coastal cities
The report reads as a weather snapshot with scattered numbers for Los Angeles and Jacksonville. It notes yesterday highs around 76 in Jacksonville and 76 elsewhere, a low near 4 below in the north, and a forecast trend of mild to no notable temperature changes with regional distribution hints and shipper forecast ranges.
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