No Appeal For Slayer's Life In Ohio Murder Case
James Litteral is sentenced to die April 3 at Ohio State Penitentiary for the murder and robbery of Harry Green. No clemency appeal will be pursued, with Emmett Keenan noting the Clemency Board would likely sustain the death sentence. Litteral confessed after officers tracked him to Oregon, and a judge imposed the death penalty after a December trial. Green’s wife, living in Oregon, remains unable to visit before execution.
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James Litteral
Ohio State Penitentiary
Harry Green
Kimberly
Myers Y. Cooper
Emmett Keenan
Littoral
L. G. Worstell
Athens County
Littgral
Keenan
State Clemency Board
Cooper
Athers County Common Pleas Court
Ohio State
Iiving
Oren
Athens
Green
Litteral
Tie
Oregon
Henry Litteral
James
George Bateman
Nelsonville
Peter Barrows
Secret Service
Eberle
Worstell
Street Car Fares To Rise In Columbus In April
In Columbus on March 6, officials announced street car fares will increase by two cents starting April 5. Cash fare will be eight cents, from six. five tickets will be 35 cents, up from 25 cents.
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Columbus
U.R
Robber Holds Up Lancaster Confectionery Profits
George Eckert, a confectionery shop owner in Lancaster, was robbed Tuesday night gaining $60 from two cash registers. The culprit carried out the crime quietly, with four customers at tables in the rear unaware of the holdup until the thief departed.
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Lancaster
George Eckert
Autos Take Toll
Columbus reports 1929 auto accidents in Ohio killed 2,269 people, up 12.5 percent from 1928. Vehicle registrations rose sharply over two decades while auto accident deaths surged. 201 autoists died at railroad crossings, and 102 people were killed in autos struck by street or interurban cars.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio
Division of Vital Statistics
State Department of Health
Congress Davis clash over unemployment and tariffs
Washington dispatch reports Secretary of Labor Davis answering Senator Wagner’s critique of inaction on unemployment. Davis blames Congress especially tariff bill delays, urging passage of public works and deficiency funding, arguing tariff delay fuels joblessness amid stock crash fallout. He cites New York disruptions and urges domestic production to replace imports.
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Washington
Senate
Davis
Wagner
New York
Congress
House
Prince of Wales Fights Malaria in Africa
An airplane rushed to the Prince of Wales hunting camp with supposed state news but the prince is found to have malaria. It may have carried a doctor or quinine. The prince hunted lions and elephants and returned sick. Quinine cures malaria if taken.
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Prince of Wales
Africa
Prohibition Era Views and Chicago Gang Hearings
The piece notes Jesuit use of peruvian bark as quinine sparking Protestant backlash, then shifts to Chicago where 814 alleged gangsters were rounded up over the weekend. Some face jail or deportation, others escape, signaling persistence of racketeering. A commission might question Maegiolini on Mafia tactics in Sicily.
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Chicago
Maégiolini
Sicily
Mafia organization rattled Chicago racket chiefs in fear
A fragmentary remark notes that a Mafia organization would have unsettled Chicago crime figures, described as gentlemen, with the piece continuing on page 4.
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Chicago
Peach Crop In Ohio Already Gone For 1930
Columbus March 5 OK Prospects from Ohio fruit growers show a disastrous peach crop for 1930 with yields not exceeding 25 percent of normal. Ottawa County expected one of the lightest. 75 percent of Elberta buds killed in Hamilton and Lawrence counties. Damage widespread to Indiana Kentucky Illinois and western states. Georgia unchanged. Apple and cherry crops anticipated normal.
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Columbus
Ohio
C. W. Waid
Division of Marketing
State Department of Agriculture
Ward
Ottawa County
Hamilton
Lawrence
Indiana
Kentucky
Illinois
Michigan
Georgia
Communists Prepare for Largest Demonstration in New York
New York on March 5 reports tense buildup for tomorrow's Solidarity demonstration against unemployment. Police at City Hall and Union Square plan to keep order while Communist leaders pledge a massive turnout, disputing claims of Moscow funding and warning against riots.
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New York
U.P
Grover A. Whalen
James J. Walker
Union Square
America
Matthew Woll
American Federation of Labor
Moscow
City Hall
Board of Aldermen
Beaten widow Mrs. J W Barry attacked in home robbery
In Beatena Mt Gilead on March 5 two men forced entry into the home of 70 year old invalid widow Mrs J W Barry Attorney J W Barry's widow. She suffered shock and head blows after resisting their demand for money and diamonds. They took $20 and fled.
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MT. Gilead
O.R
J. W. Barry
Plans shake up Washington in Federal Power Commission
Secretary of Interior Wilbur, chairing the Federal Power Commission, tells the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee the agency needs a more harmonious staff. He cites internal friction and says changes will occur once Congress finalizes the commission’s permanent setup.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Interior
Wilbur
Commission
Congress
Bolin Files Petition With Election Board
John W. Bolin Athens city solicitor filed a petition to become the Republican candidate for Athens County prosecuting attorney in the August primaries. He is the first county office candidate to file with the election board as others circulate petitions. Each county petition must be signed by 100 electors and witnessed.
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John W. Bolin
Athens City
Athens County
Election Board
Lent observance begins nationwide on Ash Wednesday
Churches across the nation began the Holy Season of Lent with Ash Wednesday rites. Catholics distributed ashes with the reminder of dust to dust, while Protestant services commenced and are slated to end at noon on Holy Saturday before Easter Sunday.
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Columbus
U.P
Jesus
Conservation meeting to be at Columbus
Statewide natural resource groups gathered in Columbus for sectional meetings ahead of the Ohio Conservation Convention starting Thursday with a roll call of organizations led by Charles H. Lewin, president of the Conservation Council, at 9 A M. The events include the Ohio League of Sportsmen and the Izaak Walton League.
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Columbus
Ohio League of Sportsmen
Izaak Walton League
Charles H. Lewin
The
Conservation Council
57 Arrests Made in Athens Last Month
Fifty seven arrests were made during February in the Athens Police Department report. Thirty six arrests occurred during the campaign to prevent pedestrians from crossing main street intersections against a red light. Two driver's licenses were suspended for six months by Mayor Wood for driving while intoxicated. One person was arrested for possession of liquor. Other arrests included reckless driving and intoxication.
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Athens
Wood
DIES OF WOUND IN GUNFIGHT AT ASYLUM SIEGE
William C. Chappel died from a bullet wound inflicted by Hubert Floehr a 60 year old former asylum inmate who killed his wife then died by suicide when his home was besieged by National Guardsmen Two others were wounded Miss Rosemary Mekus a high school girl and a college senior both convalescing The shooting occurred last Friday night
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U.P
William C. Chappel
Hubert Floehr
Floehr
Rosemary Mekus
Tardieu Seeks Confidence Vote To Reopen Naval Conference
In Paris on March 5, Premier Andre Tardieu presented his second cabinet to the Chamber of Deputies seeking a vote of confidence. A rejection would delay the French delegation's return from London and prolong the five-power Naval Conference stalemate.
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Paris
U.R
Vicemier
Andre Tardieu
Chamber of Deputies
London
Man of Terror Threat as Prosecutor Vows Wide Penalty
Russia’s Nikolas Krilenko, public prosecutor, calls himself to exterminate to the last man those who oppose his plan to extend the passing penalty to cover more crimes. He is shown in a competing pose while prosecuting a serious Moscow case.
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Russia
Nikola Krilenko
Moscow
Two Are Slain In Newark Voodoo Clash At Temple
In Newark a raid by police on a temple of Voodooism left a policeman and a Negro gunman dead and at least one patrolman wounded. The building’s third floor was littered with dead and wounded as the confrontation unfolded early today.
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Newark
N. J
U.P
Newark Police Department
Governor Cooper Opens State Unemployment Conference
Columbus March 5 U R A conference on unemployment opened by Governor Cooper with 44 inspectors from the Department of Industrial Relations and heads of state city employment offices. The meeting runs through Thursday morning as inspectors plan two county visits March 10 and 11 to present proposed public improvements to temporary county committees.
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Columbus
U.R
Cooper
Department of Industrial Relations
Ford Stands For Prohibition In House Hearing
Henry Ford opened the drys defense of the Eighteenth Amendment before the House Judiciary Committee, opposing repeal via telegram to Samuel Crowther. Crowther testified on economic benefits of prohibition, citing rising production, wealth, and adoption of household goods through 1920s, with support from industrialists like Buffington and Keely.
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House Committee
Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Henry Ford
House Judiciary Committee
Samuel Crowther
United States
Crowther
Ciry
Ford
FE. J. Buffington
Illinois Steel Corporation
Josiah Keely
Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal Company
Ohio seeks official state song in statewide contest
Columbus reports the Ohio Department of Education seeks a state song. J L Clifton calls for submissions with at least three stanzas, high literary quality, and potential for musical setting. Prize money offered, winning entry to be broadcast statewide and sung by 10,000 Ohio schoolchildren at the NEA convention in Columbus.
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Columbus
Ohio
Maryland
Wisconsin
J. L. Clifton
State Department of Education
Clifton
Commonwealth
National Education Association
Mother Acquitted Of Robbery Charge
Norma Howell 28 mother of three from New Martinsville West Virginia was acquitted by a jury in Cadiz of staging an armed robbery of a local gasoline station last August. She had been jailed since October as the trial drew considerable public interest.
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Cadiz
U.P
Norma Howell
West Virginia
Rail embargo threat reshapes wheat markets amid storage squeeze
Washington March 6 A executives board considers a rail embargo on shipping wheat from farms to terminals unless farmers hold stocks until storage capacity expands. Visible wheat supply climbs past 162 million bushels, up from 150 million weeks ago. Legge cites three motives for restricting loans to co operatives and adjusting milling dynamics amid emergency. Senator Nye probes board but Legge defends program and expects surplus crisis solved before June.
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Joseph
Wasney
United Press
Washington
Alexander Legga
Federal Farm Board
Lege
Monstana
Montana
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Mereery
Farmers’ Corporation
Farmera Corporation
Legge
Chicago
National Wheat Advisory Committees
Farmers Corporation
The
Stabilization Corporation
Senate
Qas
Nye
North Dakota
New Book on Fish and Seafood Offers Frugal Meals
The Athens Messenger promotes a new book on fish and seafood highlighting healthful, tasty meals. It argues fish is underused in American diets, praises proper selection and cooking, and presents economical ways to vary home menus with less expensive fish options. A coupon to obtain a copy is included.
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The
Athens Messenger
Fish and Seafoods
Frederic J. Haskin Named Information Bureau Director
Frederic J. Haskin, serving as Director of the Information Bureau in Washington D C, assumes leadership of the bureau tasked with coordinating press and information dissemination for the government.
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Frederic J. Haskin
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