Davis Plans 50 Million for Public Works to Hire Unemployed
Secretary of Labor Davis urged Congress to allocate 50 million dollars for public building jobs, arguing it would create work and be productive. He contrasted it with Senator Brookhart's dole plan and noted 8 million unemployed. Davis said the move would provide real employment rather than a handout.
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Washington
U.R
Senate
Hoover
Davis
Congress
Mr. Hoover
Commerce
Brookhart
Iowa
Lent Observance Begins in Athens Churches
Lent season in Athens starts Wednesday and lasts 40 days ending the Saturday before Easter. Athens churches plan suitable services. Ohio University sororities ban Sunday dancing and card playing during Lent. Holy Week masses at St Pauls Catholic Church led by Rev Connolly. Protestant churches conduct Lent services before Easter.
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Athens
Ohio University
St. Paul's Catholic Church
W. Pf’. Connolly
Swingle Rites Held in Murray City for Local Native
The body of Harry L. Swingle 54 formerly of Murray City and Muskegon Michigan died Monday. The funeral will be held Thursday at 1 20 p m from Ira Swingle's home Myers Street with Murray City Knights of Pythias Lodge in charge Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery He is survived by a widow a son and five brothers.
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Nelsonville
Harry L. Swingle
Muskegon
Mich
Murray City
Ira Swingle
Myers Street
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Greenlawn
Swingle
Oil Board Recommends Six Day Work Week for Refineries
Washington report says the federal Oil Conservation Board urged the petroleum refining industry to reduce operations to six days a week from seven to curb gasoline overproduction.
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Washington
U.R
Federal Oil Conservation Board
Bandits Rob Silverton Bank in Suburban Hold Up
Four masked men held up the Silverton Bank at Silverton a suburb. They lined the cashier and three women against a wall and escaped with about 2000 dollars. Authorities pursued leads and investigated the incident.
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Cincinnati
Silverton
Industry recovers in Fourth District as auto and steel rise
The Cleveland Federal Reserve Branch reports a moderate recovery in the Fourth Federal Reserve District covering Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and parts of Pennsylvania. Auto motive iron and steel show definite gains while detail and wholesale trade feel the impact of reduced purchasing power and unemployment.
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Cleveland
U.P
Federal Reserve District
Cleveland Federal Reserve Branch
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
United States
Today By Arthur Brisbane Compliments And Money
Compliments and money themes run through a Brisbane column discussing social advantage and financial influence. the piece hints at restraint in public life and the role of media in interpreting wealth and taste.
Radio, Robes, and Realms of Space in Postwar Era
The column notes Ambassador Moore’s $100000 bequest to the Spanish queen and a quip about his late wife Lillian Russell. It discusses no trespassing signs in space, radio’s role in diplomacy, and Merlin H Aylesworth’s view that radio may foster peace. It describes a 200 inch telescope mirror via sprayed quartz at 3000 degrees, costing $6000000, with a lens as large as a 17 by 17 foot room.
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Spain
Alexander P. Moore
Victoria
Mr. Moore
Lillian Russell
Merlin H. Aylesworth
National Broadcasting Company
King George
London
Chile
New York
Mr. Aylesworth
Cleveland Doctor Is Slain In Office Ambush
Police investigate the murder of Dr. Alfred P. Scully a 60 year old West Side physician found beaten and shot in his office last night. Detectives say no motive or plausible explanation has emerged and no enemies are evident.
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Cleveland
U.P
Alfred P. Scully
Scully
West Side
Athens Board of Education Considers Roof Repairs
Central and East Side Schools tile roofs discussed after leaks from broken tiles. Action likely at a later meeting.
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East Side
Athens City Board of Education
Snow Storm Knocks Out Athens Street Lights
A snow storm triggered a short circuit affecting several street lights on Court and Union Streets in Athens. The problem remained unresolved until late Monday afternoon as fuses in each pedestal were replaced by Southern Ohio Electric Company workers.
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Athens
Court
Union
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Offers Today Worth While Messenger
An ad note highlights farm and home deals: baled hay and soy beans at 8 and 14 dollars per ton. A seven room modern house is offered on East State Street in Athens. A farm on an improved road near Logan is advertised. The notice also seeks experienced men and women immediately for sales help in a shoe department.
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East State Street
Athens
Logan
Ohio U Dean McCracken Reelected Leader of Kappa Delta Pi
Dean T MecCracteer of Ohio University was reelected to a fourth two year term as president of Kappa Delta Pi at its Atlantic City biennial convocation. The group, with about 12 000 members, honors top scholars and leaders in education. Dorothy Canfield Fisher spoke at the banquet. other officers elected include William C Bagley George L Roberts Florence Stratemeyer and Alfred Hall-Quist.
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College of Education
Ohio University
Kappa Delta Pi
Atlantic City
Eate
United States
Dorothy Canfield Yvisher
Dean McCracken
William C. Bagley
Columbia University
George L. Roberts
Purdue University
Florence Stratemeyer
Alfred Hall-Quist
New York City
Chicago Woman Seeks Divorce Over Perfect Hand in Bridge
Mrs Illa Grey Colyer sues for cruelty after her husband struck her with a grapefruit bowl when she failed to win a trick despite holding all 18 diamonds in a bridge hand. The incident occurred during a 1928 game in Chicago.
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Chicago
Llila Grey Colyer
Mrs. Colyer
Mike Petillo near title after 20 more hours of listening
In Nutley New Jersey March 4 U P relatives await as Mike Petillo nears world reflio listener title. He faced ten competitors including Joe Buell with a $200 prize or $300 radio at stake. If he surpasses Elva Mae Richards 152 hour record, he becomes champion.
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Nutley
N. J
U.P
Mike Petillo
Mike
Reflio
Earl
Joe Buell
Aslep
Elva Mae Richards
Dayton, C
Monroe Doctrine review questions its US role in Haiti and Dominican Republic
A State Department study by J Reuben Clark asserts American actions toward Central American nations are not based on the Monroe Doctrine. The document was prepared at Kellogg’s request to persuade the Senate against reservations to the Kellogg Anti War Pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Haiti
Dominion Republic
State Department
J. Reuben Clark
Kellogg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Keenan Reappointed to Athens County Children's Home Board
Emmett Keenan, Athens attorney, was reappointed to a four year term on the Board of Trustees of the Athens County Children's Home. Other trustees named were J. H. Winsterwald A. L. Johnson and Frank Lowther.
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Keenan
Emmett Keenan
Athens
Athens County Children’s Home
Athens County Board of Commmissioners
J. H. Winsterwald
A. L. Johnson
Frank Lowther
Newlywed Bride Separated as Husband Sentenced
Catherine Schweitzer, 20, and Felix Bargee, 22, both of Cincinnati, wed today and he was sent to the Ohio Penitentiary at Columbus for a 10 year robbery sentence. The couple had known each other four years, two as fiances, before Bargee’s arrest with two others for six-store robbery. Judge Fred L. Hoffman imposed the term last Thursday.
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Cincinnati
Fred L. Hoffman
Shawnee Woman Mrs. David E. Williams Dies in New Jersey
Death reported in New Brunswick New Jersey of Mrs. David E. Williams a former Shawnee resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David E. Williams
New Brunswick
N. J
Supreme Court to Consider Railway Appeal Over Abandoning Cleveland Station
The Supreme Court granted review of an appeal by the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway challenging an Interstate Commerce Commission order. The order authorized the Wheeling and Lake Erie to abandon its Ontario Street passenger station in Cleveland and obtain facilities at the New Union Station.
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Washington
Supreme Court Today
Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
Wheeling and Lakerie
Ontario Street
Cleveland
Union
Prince of Wales malaria update from Nairobi
March 3 report states the Prince of Wales condition is very satisfactory after suffering malaria in Nairobi.
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Standon
Prince of Wales
Nairobi
Kansas bootlegging charges widen in federal hearing
Walter W. Liggett reiterates claims of high officials in Kansas aiding bootleggers as the House Judiciary Committee debates repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. He cites Myra McHenry of Wichita and alleges state snooping squad corruption. Attorney General Smith counters while both prepared to testify.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
U.R
Walter W. Liggett
Kansas
House Judiciary Committee
Graham
Committee
Smith
Liggett
Representative Linthicum
Maryland
Myra McHenry
Wichita
Special State State
Plain Talk Magazine
Sisters-in-law undergo simultaneous operations in Columbus hospital
Together in Hospital New Lexington March 4. Mrs. John Risher and Mrs. Cecil Risher, sisters-in-law, are patients in a Columbus hospital. Both underwent surgical operations at the same hour on the same day. Both live here.
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New Lexington
John Risher
Cecil Risher
Columbus Hospital
County road program at risk without delinquent assessments
Athens County officials warn that a $17 724 shortfall in the 1930 road budget threatens the summer county township road program. The board authorized Prosecutor R D Williams to issue executions to recover delinquent assessments as $49 768 37 due, with only $14 276 collected so far.
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Williams
Athens County
Athens County Board of Commissioners
R. D. Williams
J. Clyde Edmundson
Gem Worth $40,000 Said Hidden by Thieves on Farm
Crystal Lake report says Tessendorf and his wife were tortured for two hours by robbers seeking a hidden gem. The husband revealed the location and said he had sent the stone to a Chicago jeweler, who called it a fine crystal worth about $300.
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Illinois
Farmer
Crystal Lake
Ill
Tessendorf
Emma
Earl
Tessendorfs
Teasendorf
Teesendorff
Ministers Sue Over Theater Arrest At Hillsboro
Four ministers and four members of the local W. C. T. U. face Common Pleas Court charges for false arrest of John T. Evans and may owe 19000 dollars in punitive damages. Evans had been acquitted of operating a theater on Sunday after prosecutors failed to prove his ownership. The clergy named are Revs. J. A. Hoffman J. A. Moe H. B. Welch and W. C. Burris.
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Hillsboro
U.P
W. Gc.t. U
John T. Evans
Common Pleas Court
Evans
J. A. Hoffman
J. A. Moe
H. B. Welch
W. C. Burris
Harrison Taken To Prison at Atlanta
Dwight Harrison a 67 year old former vice president of the defunct m l Collings Company Columbus was moved with 21 federal prisoners to Atlanta Penitentiary. John Theobald deputy marshal led the transport. Harrison faces a six year term after recently leaving Ohio Penitentiary where he served time related to the Dolling failure.
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Cincinnati
Dwight Harrison
M. L. Collings Company
Columbus
Atlanta
John Theobald
Harrison
Ohio
Mayor Walker Warns Against Riotous Demonstrations
New York March 4 U R reports Mayor James J. Walker warns against riotous demonstrations planned under Communist auspices. He says such events would be condemned at once and authorities would act within two days of the proposed action.
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New York
U.R
James J. Walker
Albany School Board Sets Term Lengths for 1929 30
Albany Consolidated School Board approves 176 day term for Albany High School ending May 16 and 146 day terms for Albany Consolidated Grade School and other district schools closing May 2 under State Department of Education compliance.
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Albany
State Department of Education
Albany Consolidated School Board
Albany High
Everett Cline
Board of Education
Albany Consolidated
Alexander and Lee
Athens Messenger Publishes Weight Control Booklet
The Athens Messenger offers a booklet on weight control to inform readers about weight, health, and diet. It provides dieting lists and methods to reduce or increase weight and asks readers to send six cents plus return postage for a copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Menia
Control weight booklet order from Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin of the Information Bureau in Washington DC offers a booklet titled Weight Control. Readers are instructed to enclose six cents in coin or stamps for a copy, providing name street city and state for delivery.
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Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Doctors Assemble Call Remedy for Ailing Wheat Market
Washington march four A sweeping Senate inquiry into the grain market is expected as the Agriculture Committee reports favorably a resolution by Senator Nye to probe the Farm Board and its policies. The inquiry may extend to cotton and other commodities and is aimed at traders suspected of thwarting stabilizing efforts. The plan follows a secret Chicago conference with the Grain Stabilization Corporation to modify the program and halt wheat purchases at the high rate above market price.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Agriculture Ce Tee
Republican
South Dakota
Barm Board
Nye
Farm Board
Chicago
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Plains
Prairies
Chicago Board
Trade
Federal Farm
Alexander Legge
Federal Farm Board
Arthur M. Hyd Tary
Corporation Farm Board
Grain Board Meets to Tackle Ailing Markets
Chicago officials of the nation’s grain exchanges convened to seek a remedy for the wavering market after a price drop prompted by the Farm Board policy shift. Wheat led declines while corn oats and rye followed, as traders reacted to government purchases and the new market rules.
Charles Cook Dies After Long Illness
Belpre in Rockland in Belpre 68 year old Charles Cook died after a long illness at the home of his stepmother Mrs. Charlotte Cook. He was born in County and moved to Belpre at age 18. Surviving are his stepmother and several brothers and sisters including Allen Cook Parkersburg Jos Cook Fort Sill Fred Cook Norwood Mrs Ernest Phillips Rockland Mrs Hubert McAfee Wheeling and Mrs Roy Bucy Wheeling.
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Belpre
Charles Cook
Charlotte Cook
Rockland
Cook
County
Clara Toung
Loveland
Allen Cook
Parkersburg
Jos Cook
Fort Sil
Okla
Fred
Plans for fundraising meeting in Athens tonight
A meeting of the association will be held at 7:20 tonight in Athens to discuss plans for raising funds. The event aims to organize support and coordinate upcoming fundraising activities for the group.
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Athens, High
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