Fiery Debate Over Repeal Vote in Ohio House
In Columbus on March 3 the Nippert Resolution for a state wide referendum on repeal of prohibition is set for a House vote, likely a febrile debate though expected defeat. Senate focus centers on a bond measure to fund unemployment relief while opposition looks to block further anti prohibition bills.
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Nippert
Columbus
U.P
House of Representatives
Senate
Pringle-Roberts
House
Louis Nippert
Cincinnati
Hugh E. Addison
Ohio
Addison
Joseph N. Ackerman
Cleveland
Federal Relations Committee
Hou
Corlett
Congress
Stolen Kisses Fetch Three for One in San Francisco
In San Francisco on March 8 a bandit robbed Al Brown of $2.50 in an automobile with Miss Nina Wolfe, 23. The thief described a petting market price for kisses, then kissed Miss Wolfe three times before taking a dollar from Brown.
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al Brown
Nina Wolfe
Brown
Barber and Hairdresser Exam Boards Backed by Senate
Columbus March 3 The Senate Health Committee recommended bills to establish a barber and hairdresser examination board. Appointments would be by the governor with members paid 10 dollars per day while in session. Licenses would carry fees for barbers hairdressers and manicurists.
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Columbus
U.R
Senate Committee On Health Today
Will Rogers on British habits and Congress adjournment
Will Rogers notes Americans adopt British terms and street slang from traveling week end to fortnight and monocle. He predicts Congress will adjourn soon and hopes droughts and disarmament talks do not derail progress.
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Beverly Hills
Cainf
Bernard Shaw
Will
Bomb Plot Thwarted as Fuse Fails in Chicago Bomb Target
In Chicago police say five men planted a 26 inch bomb under a Blue Island gambling building linked to James Hackett. Night watchman William Mayer was critically wounded, Hilario Rodriguez survived after being beaten and tossed down a coal chute. The fuse failed on impact, preventing a blast.
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Chicago
U.P
Blue Island
James Hackett
William Mayer
Hilario Rodriguez
Hackett
Rodriguez
Mayer
Hearst Ranch Reflections on Newspapers and Wildlife
A San Simeon column discusses the fate of major New York papers and imagines reader migration to rival titles. It then shifts to a tranquil ranch scene with a diverse herd including giraffes, kangaroos, cassowaries, emus, wildebeest, and bisons living in harmony on the 1700 foot level by the Pacific.
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Hearst Ranch
San _ Simeon
Calif
New York Morning
Sunday World
Evening World
Roy Howard
Pacific
Australia
Guus
Africa
Emus
New Zealand
Bret Harte
Mystery Actress Edna Mae Cooper Wanders Monterey
Edna Mae Cooper Hollywood film actress and aviator is believed to have lost memory for five days after an airplane accident. She wandered Monterey in a daze as California hunted her, ending up in a Monterey Hospital room 350 miles from Hollywood.
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Monterey
Calif
Edna Mae Cooper
California
Hollywood
Explosion Damages Lincoln Theater In Youngstown
An early morning explosion partially wrecked the Lincoln Theater in Youngstown causing about $30,000 in damage. The building owner Michael Moran had closed the theater at 10 PM for lack of an audience. fire crews reported gasoline odors in the wreckage.
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Youngstown
Lincoln Theater
Michael Moran
Bomb Blast Injures 22 in Philadelphia Explosion
Police probe a blast that wrecked six flats and a section of the Seville Hotel injuring 22 and sending 100 people into the street. The explosion occurred just before midnight and shattered windows within a ten block radius.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Petition seeks receiver for Athena Brick Corporation
In Athens County Common Pleas Court Monday afternoon John J. Woolley for Fairfield National Bank asked for the appointment of a receiver for Athena Brick Corporation of Nelsonville. The petition lists Huntington National Bank and Athens National Bank as defendants and cites defaulted bond payments totaling 7 8 661 dollars, unpaid taxes, and lack of insurance. The company’s answer supports appointing a receiver for stockholders’ best interests, with a hearing set to continue Thursday morning and operations to continue under receivership if granted.
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Athena Brick Corporation
Wnelsonville
Athens County Common Pleas Court
John J. Woolley
Woolley and Rowland
Fairfield National Bank of Lancaster
Athens Brick Corporation
Huntington National Bank of Columbus
Athens National Bank
Brick Company
Huntington National Bank
Fairfield National Bank
A. M. Renick
Federal prisoners moved from Cleveland to Atlanta Penitentiary
Daniel F. Coughlin known as a Lake Erie rum runner and Frank Gin called Bluebeard were among 21 federal inmates transported to Atlanta Federal Penitentiary by U S Marshal W E Williams. Coughlin gets three years Gin ten years and J Homer French of Akron a gambler receives five years for narcotics charges.
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Cleveland
U.R
Daniel F. Coughlin
Decrees Granted in Athens County Court Ruling
Two divorces issued in Athens County Common Pleas Court by Judge J W Darby. Edward Long from Hazel Long and Clarence Stage from Lois Stage granted on grounds of wilful absence. Lincoln Electric Co. wins judgment of 156 dollars against David R Taylor. Knowles Martin sues for divorce from Ira Martin for long-term absence.
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Athens County
Bread and Milk Prices Seen Rising Scrutiny by Senate
The Copper Agriculture Sub-committee urged careful scrutiny of food industry consolidations as the Senate examines food pricing. It cited bread and milk price trends and urged action by the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department to curb possible price fixing. The panel noted some evidence of price restraint but no conclusive proof.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department
Senate
Copper Agriculture Sub-committee
Justice Department
He’l
Department
Conspiracy Charge in Postoffice Lease Probe
Rep Maas charges that the second grand jury probe into the S J Paul Postoffice lease was called off by a conspiracy between the Postoffice and Justice Departments. He assails Postmaster General Brown, Post Office officials, and Postmaster Charles J Moos at St Paul over alleged use of office to aid Moos private business.
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Washington
U.pa
S J. Paul Postoffice
Postoffice and
Justice Departments
House
Maas
Minnesota
Moas
General Brown
Post Office Department
Charles J. Moos
St. Paul
Moos
Ring Lardner Seeks Rest in Tucson Sanitarium
Humorist and baseball writer Ring Lardner has entered Desert Sanitarium in Tucson Arizona for several weeks to avert a nervous breakdown. His daily humorous writings will continue. He checked in Saturday night and plans a prolonged stay.
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Tucson
Ariz
Ring Lardner
Desert Sanitarium
Lardner
Indians to Move Training Sites Next Spring
Cleveland Indians GM Billy Evans says the team will train in San Diego or Pasadena California next year after surveying sites. The club is based in Cleveland and currently at New Orleans for spring training.
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San Diego
Cal
Cleveland Indians
Pasadena
Billy Evans
Cleveland
New Orleans
Bill Provides Police Training School Considered by Ohio House
Columbus March 3 Captain Patrick Clarke president of the Ohio Police Chiefs Association briefs the House Committee on Organization of State Government on the Foster Regional Police Training School Bill. He says European methods inform modern training and that participation would be voluntary with no retroactive effect on rural officers. Action postponed to next Monday night.
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Columbus
House Committee On Organization of State
Patrick Clarke
Ohio Police Chiefs Association
Foster
Clarke
Ohio
United States
Capt. Clarke
He Gave Her Bonds in Cleveland Will Case
In Cleveland, witnesses testified that David Brown showered bonds and costly gifts on Mrs Irene Ban as the trial to break Brown’s will proceeds. The nephews and nieces contest the will that left a 100000 estate to Ban citing gifts over ten years, including 35000 in bonds and 10000 in cash along with two houses and two cars.
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Cleveland
U.P
David Brown
Cleveland Heights
Irene Fan
Common Pleas
George P. Baer
Brown
Ban
Fire wipes upper floors of Fenn College Building
A fire of undetermined origin swept through the three story Fenn College Building in Cleveland destroying the upper floor classrooms early today.
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Cleveland
U.R
Fenn College
Red Cross Opens Veteran Loan Applications
Local Red Cross offices report receipt of veteran loan forms under the new Veterans' Loan Bill. Veterans with prior loans should bring pink slips or compensation papers. New loans equal 50 percent of the adjusted service certificate value minus existing loan principal and interest, with special notes required for the new loan. Certificates dating 1025 have no loan value until 148, two years of age needed for loan value. Veterans urged to let needy peers go first, and banks may forward certificates to the Veterans Bureau for redemption before a new loan is issued.
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Red Cross
Congress
Five Die in Flames at Russelton House Fire
In Tarentum, Pa, five members of the Daniels family died when a second floor fire trapped them in a Russelton frame house. Frank Daniels and wife, with four children under ten, perished. Julia, a fifth child, escaped with a fractured leg. Lucy, the sister’s guest, witnessed the blaze and was later found hysterical. The blaze started from an overheated stove on the first floor.
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Tarentum
U.P
Russelton
Frank Daniels
Lucy
Julia
Mrs Opal Freeman West Dies at Albany Home
Opal Freeman West 40 was found dead at her Albany area home Monday afternoon by her two children after returning from school. Death is believed due to heart trouble. Survived by husband John West and two children Margene and Kenneth, plus father Wood Freeman and four Freeman sisters and a brother. funeral plans not announced.
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Albany
Opal Freeman Weat
Here
John West
Margene
Albany High School
Kenneth
Albany School
Wood Freeman
New Marshfield
Goldie Clark
East Gulf
Mildred Gleason
Columbia
Gertrude Driscoll
Athens
Maude Freeman
Walter Freeman
Two Men Seek Freedom in Hidden Diary Murder Case
New York March 3. Two men held in 100000 bail as material witnesses in the Vivian Gordon diary murder case filed habeas corpus petitions in Bronx Supreme Court. Their move comes after developments in the hunt for the night club figure found strangled in Van Courtlandt Park amid a probe into police and court corruption.
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New York
U.P
Vivian Gordon
Bank cash recovery sought in stockholders suit
Cleveland March 3 A E Evenson receiver of the Citizens National Bank of Gabon seeks 206700 from former officers in a stockholders suit filed in Federal Court.
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Cleveland
Citizens’ National Bank of
Gabon
A. E. Evenson
Athens County approves road contracts for four dirt paths
Athens County commissioners announced contracts totaling 12 475 30 for hard surfacing four dirt roads. A C Parsons of Chesterhill won Easler Creek Road with 2 800 cubic yards of No 34 stone for 5 712, to be finished by Sept 1. A H Davis Malta contractor will lime stone cover Planteville Sandrock Roads for 5 488, using 2 900 cubic yards at 1 94 per yard, due Sept 1. Barnhill and Goldsberry of Pratt Fork will upgrade Garden Road with sand stone base for 1 275 30 using 1 170 cubic yards at 1 09 per yard, due Aug 1. County treasurer W J Moler got authority to extend tax payment deadline to end of March.
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Athens County
Easler Creek
Ames Township
A. C. Parsons
Chesterhill
Planteville
Sandrock
Bern Township
A. H. Davis
Malta
Lodi
Barnhill and Goldsberry
Pratta Fork
May Drop In at Capitol as Smith Visits Raleigh
Former Gov. Alfred E. Smith of New York said the Democratic National Committee cannot bind the party to policies and that policy comes from the national convention. He hinted he might attend the Washington committee meeting and noted prohibition may not be the dominant issue in 1932. He received a tremendous ovation in Raleigh after a large crowd heard him in the theater.
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Raleigh
N. C
U.R
Democratic National Committee
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Washington
Smith
Thousand veteran loan checks mailed in Ohio region
One thousand government loan checks were mailed from the Veterans Bureau in Cleveland while 8,000 veterans filed cash applications. Fifty clerks worked rapidly as hundreds waited in line, with estimates of about 20,000 applications by day’s end from veterans across 40 Ohio counties.
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Cleveland
U.P
Veterans Bureau
India Nearer Peace
In New Delhi on March 3 Gandhi and Sir George Schuster reached an agreement allowing coastal natives to gather, manufacture, and sell salt. The salt law had forced purchase from British interests, trading a monopoly for native access. The pact moves closer to a peace settlement of the civil disobedience movement.
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New Delhi
India
U.R
Mahatma Gandhi
Sir
George Schuster
Manhunt for Cyrus Barnes in Nieman killing
Cincinnati police sought Cyrus Barnes today in connection with the shooting death of Joseph Nieman age 26 a former coast guardsman.
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Cincinnati
U.R
Cyrus Barnes
Joseph Nieman
Coast Guardsmang
Battle Looms As Democrats Decide Prohibition Policy
Washington awaits a Democratic National Committee meeting led by John J. Raskob as Southern Democrats oppose an anti prohibition pledge. Rumors tie Gov Franklin D Roosevelt to opposition while New York's party line rejects a national commitment. A bipartisan Senate group plans a March 11 12 meeting to outline a post New Deal program amid party tensions.
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Raskob
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
New York Democratic State Committee
Roosevelt
Une
Te Reskow
Owen D. Young
Senate
Died
Democratic Committee
Sheppard and Connally
Texas
Morrison
North Carolina
Hull
Tennesses
Fate of Ohio State Bank's Daugherty May Be Known Tomorrow
Washington C H Ohio based on defense resting its case in a funds abstract case against 68 year old Mal 8 Daugherty. He faces seventeen indictments as special prosecutor Schneider signals no rebuttal witnesses after cross examination.
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Washington C. H
Daugherty
Ohio State Bank
Louis J. Schneider
Bankes
Senate blocks plan to cut immigration quotas in brief session
Washington March 3 the Senate met earlier after a long session but blocked Senator Reed's Pennsylvania move to suspend rules and take up a House resolution to cut immigration quotas by 90 percent for two years. Vice President Curtis ruled the motion could not be renewed until March.
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Washington
Senate
Reed
Kcan
Pennsylvania
House
Curtis
Weather summary and temperature readings
Yesterday noted city highs in Los Angeles and Miami with Phoenix. Today's lows in Northfield and Quebec. Forecast calls for 36 hours of generally favorable conditions with possible nearby snow and a shift to fair weather by Wednesday. Temperature outlook shows Minnesota above normal and south regions up to 30 degrees F above normal.
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Los Angeles
Miami
Phoenix
Northfield
Quebec
Cochrane
Eaeona
Shippers
South
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