Budget delays in Athens County budget form details leak
Athens County budget talks drag as the regular 1932 budget form was not handed to commissioners until Saturday morning. Commissioner Grosvenor signed the form, showing changes from the tentative 1931 estimate and transferring funds between the road and general accounts as well as adjustments for workmen’s compensation and the Children’s Home.
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J. Clyde Mundson
L. H. Cos
J. Lax
J. Clyde War Andson
Tis
Edmundson
The
Auditors Office
Ilater
Hn Grosvenor
E County
John Bolin
Children’s Home Fund
Fatal Week End Accidents Take Heavy Toll of Life
Ohio reports eleven deaths over the weekend from traffic and other accidents. In Toledo two cars collided killing Clifford Granger 24 and brothers Boyd Zeis 23 and Arthur Miller 23. A Big Four train struck a car near Mansfield killing S M Kooken 25 and his fiancée Lucille Losland 20. Galion teens Alva Ulrich 19 and Pearl Elder 18 were also victims.
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Ohio
Columbus
U.P
United Press Survey
Clifford Granger
Toledo
Boyd Zeis
Arthur Miller
Port Clinton
S. M. Kooken
New London
Lucille Losland
Plymouth
Shiloh
Mansfield
Alva Ulrich
Pearl Elder
Galion
Quiet Town Faces Sudden Tragedies Across Ohio
A sleet storm near Mansfield killed a passenger in a car crash and injured three others. Akron saw the death of Zella Baughin in a auto collision. Lancaster City Hospital treated burns from a kerosene explosion. Logan reported a seven foot grape arbor fall death. Cincinnati recorded Harriet Salt’s fatal window fall. Springfield residents, Robert Welsh Ralph Green Esther Burns and Jack Crellin, sustained serious injuries in a bus collision on the National Highway eight miles west.
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Mansfield
Zella Baughin
Akron
W. F. Thompson
Carroll, Ohio
Lancaster City Hospital
Daniel Sater
Logan
Harriett Salt
Cincinnati
Robert Welsh
Ralph Green
Esther Burns
Jack Crellin
Springfield
Lindbergh House Moves Streak of Worry From Hopewell
Hopewell New Jersey reports no good news from the Lindbergh house as 3 pm approaches. The story notes nearby landmarks including Princeton University stone towers and Gothic windows and the Pennsylvania Railroad’s new electrification towers along the tracks.
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Hopewell
N. J
Lindbergh
Princeton University
Pennsylvania M
Hopewell Braces For Governor Moore Visit
Hopewell endures a wave of crowds as police swarm the town amid preparations for Governor A Harry Moore to arrive from Trenton. The scene recalls the revolution era and the Princeton battle in a week of heightened activity. Continued on Page 4.
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Hopewell
Princeton
A. Harry Moore
Trenton
Jurors Being Named Today in Hart Murder Case
Court recessed at noon in Ath ens County Common Pleas Court as jurors were being impaneled for the first degree murder trial of Harrison Hart Beetle before Judge O F Rowland. After about three hours of questioning 21 people were examined with nine excused and three prosecution challenges used. Hart allegedly shot Harry Crippen last December in Beebe amid claims Crippen was attentive to Hart’s wife.
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Harrison Hart
Beetle
O. F. Rowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Rowland
John W. Solin
R. D. Williams
Bolin
Williams
Hart
Harry Crippen
Beebe
Crippen
Four Face Magistrate Over Store Burglary Charge
Four individuals including Robert Lunchford and Hoyt Williams of Glouster appeared before Magistrate C H Porter in Athens County on a store burglary charge linked to William Bryson's McLeish property. Lunchford also faced a chicken theft count from Mary Jensen with a separate $200 bond. both men bound over to the Athens County Grand Jury. Kenneth Ailstock of Athens pleaded guilty to possession of intoxicating liquor, fined $100 plus costs. A peace bond was posted by J H Bailey of Hockingport against Everrett White at Porter's Court Saturday.
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Robert Lunchford
Hoyt Williams
Porter
J. H. Bailey
Hockingport
Everrett White
Piles of dead in Shanghai reveal grim war toll
Shanghai reports a mass of casualties with about one thousand dead including soldiers and civilians. Japanese forces control the area and remove bodies, while Chinese positions near Kiangwan show extensive trench destruction from long range artillery and air spotters. Many Chinese soldiers are described as young as boys.
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Shanghai
U.R
China
Kiangwan
State Officials to Speak at Athens Chamber Dinner
Two state officials W. O. Merrell director of the State Highway Department and Capt Frank McKee head of the Aeronautics Department will be guests of Athens business and professional men at a 6 o’clock dinner in Hotel Berry Tuesday night Sponsored by the Athens Chamber of Commerce They will speak on state highway projects planned for the district and both Columbus men will attend Regular Rotary and Kiwanis meetings are postponed this week as members attend the gathering Tuesday night.
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Athens
Hotel
Berry
Athens Chamber of Commerce
W. O. Merrell
State Highway Department
Capt
Frank McKee
Aeronautics Department
Columbus
Merrell
Rotary
Kiwanis
Ohio University Choir Sings in Sunday Night Concert
The Ohio University Choir performed a program of chorals and anthems at Alumni Memorial Auditorium under Clarence C. Robinson with Mrs. Lillian Boles Robinson at the piano. Highlights included Open Our Eyes and Twilight, and a German piece about a beetle wedding drew murmurs. The series ends next week with a university band concert.
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Ohio University Choir
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Clarence C. Robinson
School of Music
Lillian Boles Robinson
MacFarlane
Dudley Buck
Men Resume Work In Belmont County Plants
Hundreds of Belmont County workers who have been idle for months will return to work this week. The Wheeling Steel Corporation Mill at Martins Ferry Laughlin plant of American Sheet and Tin Plate Company and Imperial Glass Company at Bellaire are restarting operations.
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Martins Ferry
Belmont County
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Laughlin
American Sheet & Tin Plate Company
Imperial Glass Company
Bellaire
This Book Will Keep You Out of Devilment And Teach You
A Santa Monica reader praises Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth as an essential work about China. He notes a missed engagement due to a storm and urges others to read the book for insight and moral guidance.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Pear Buck
China
Will
Swift Justice Set for Kidnap Suspects in Ohio Case
Warren Ohio March 7 swift justice was promised by authorities to the kidnapers of James DeJute Jr a 12 year old Niles school boy who was freed after three days when police raided an old gambling house near Youngstown Prosecutor George H Birrell expected a Trumbull County Grand Jury to indict John De Marco 30 and Dowell Hargrave alias Kelly captured with the boy in a hidden room Authorities seek two ringleaders and believe the crime linked to a national kidnap ring The DeJute boy said four men detained him Ohio law allows life imprisonment for kidnappers
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Warren
Swift
James DeJute, Jr
Niles
Youngstown
George H. Birrell
Trumbull County
John de Marco
Dowell Hargrave
Kelly
Young DeJute
Hargrave
Ohio
Philadelphia
H. R. McConnell
Department of Justice
Spring Hopes Are Premature
The Ohio region endures a cold spell as official spring nears with snow and winds. Temperatures drop below 10 degrees in many areas, Columbus records 10 degrees above zero, and a 35 mile per hour wind brings heavy, flurrying snow. Weather observers expect a brief warm up Tuesday but sustained cold through most of the week.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Theer
Ohio Valley
Kilpatrick to Speak at Athens Presbyterian Communion Service
The Rev. Willis B. Kilpatrick of Greenfield Ohio will be the special speaker at the Athens Presbyterian Church service preparatory to communion on Wednesday evening. The church quartet will provide music, with Prof. Lorin C. Statts, former Greenfield member, in charge. The Athens church session meets at 7, and Westminster Fellowship committee convenes at 4:30 this afternoon.
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Willis B. Kilpatrick
T. D
First Presbyterian Church
Greenfield
Athens Presbyterian Church
Church
Lorin C. Statts
Greenfield Church
Seasion
Athens
Westminster Fellowship
Six Miners Trapped Rescued After Air Dropped Food
In the Nevada mountains six miners trapped by deep snow in a cabin survived on food air dropped to them. A seventh miner undertook a risky trek from the cabin to Battle Mountain to report their plight and secure aid from Salt Lake.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
U.P
Nevada
Battle Mountain
Budget Battle Opens Over New Tax Bill Looming
Washington March 7 A battle to balance the budget begins as the House plans to take up a 1 096 billion revenue and tariff bill. The measure introduces a 685 million manufacturers sales tax seen as a broad social shift, with an emergency lifeline to July 1 1084. Opponents fear a permanent shift while supporters call it non partisan. The bill blends tariff and sales tax with new excises including a 10 percent amusement tax and levies on communications and lubricants.
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Washington
House
Congress
Woodrow Wilson
Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Judge Allen to Broadcast On Public Relations Plan
Judge Florence Lt. Allen of the Ohio supreme court will broadcast over WCAH at 8 p m Tuesday on Public Relations and the Ten Year Objective Plan. The program discusses the federation plan from Richmond and economic study with social implications. A March 8 and 9 art exhibit at Edwin Wats Chubb Library features lithographs watercolors and etchings with proceeds aiding needy school children.
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Florence Lt. Allen
Supreme Court of Ohio
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
WCAH
Allen
Richmond
WEAF
Fannie Hurst
Josephine Schain
WJZ
Ellis A. Yost
Republican National Committee
Mary T. Norton
Edwin Wats Chubb
Stolen 1929 Chevrolet Coupe in Athens
Police report a blue 1929 Chevrolet Coupe owned by Marvin Maxwell of Shade was stolen Saturday night in Athens between 7 and 9 30 from a parking spot near Mill and College Streets. License plates 321 195 were on the car and it had a plain tire cover.
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Marvin Maxwell
Shade
Athens
Mill
College Streets
Maxwell
Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping Negotiators Appointed
Salvatore Spitare and Irving Bits, New York racketeers, were authorized by Colonel and Mrs. Charles A Lindbergh to represent them in negotiations with the Lindbergh baby kidnappers. No reason for the appointment was given.
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NEA
Salvatore Spitare
New York
Leutenant
Irving Bits
Mra
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Freezing Weather Delights Some Merchants in Athens District
Frigid conditions brought complaints from residents while plumbers report multiple calls for frozen pipes. Coal and alcohol shortages disrupt heat and radiators as auto service and garages struggle with repairs. Pedestrians endure icy sidewalks amid a northern climate in March, with numerous minor casualties and humorous observations.
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Jane
Mother Job
City Water Works
Trogen Water
Athens
Court Street
Hoover launches national baby bond campaign on radio
President Hoover opened the national baby bond campaign from the White House urging Americans to place idle dollars in productive channels. Joined on the national hookup by Dawes Mills and Senator Robinson he called the appeal a test of national faith and a step toward restoring normalcy.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
America
White House
Charles G. Dawes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Ogden L. Mills
the Treasury
Robinson
Arkansas
Senate
Ice Slips Cars Lead to Courtney Hill Embankment Crash
Harold Pierce and J P Keogh collide on an ice covered road near Courtney Hill. Keogh’s radiator cap blasts water over his windshield causing reduced visibility. Both cars slide off the road. Pierce escapes injury though his Buick is ruined.
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Harold Pierce
Richland Avenue
Courtney
Pierce
Ohio Valley coal sales agency to be organized in Cleveland
A regional coal sales agency for Ohio and the West Virginia panhandle will be formed today at a Cleveland hotel. The plan mirrors Appalachian Coals in Cincinnati and follows a December program by New York coal operators.
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Cleveland
U.pb
Ohio
Valley
Panhandle
West Virginia
Appalachian Coals
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Tennessee
New York
Bodies of Women Found in Blaze Near Turtle Lake
Police believe a UPA gang quarrel sparked the deaths of two young women found in a blazing car near Turtle Lake Wisconsin. The partially identified victims are Marjorie and Margaret Perri of Chicago. Acid was tossed on their faces to hinder recognition. One woman had a forehead wound and the other skull fracture from a possible glancing bullet.
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Turtle Lake
Wis
UPA
Here
Marjorie
Margaret Perrie
Chicago
Ninth District Legion breaks with leaders on bonus issue
The Ninth District unit of the American Legion split from state and national leaders over the bonus and opened a campaign for immediate payment of adjusted compensation certificates. The group backed State Commander Paul M. Kerbert after criticizing Herbert for urging delay until the economy improves.
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Ninth District
Legion
Akron
The
American Legion
Cuyahoga Falls
Hoover
Detroit
Paul M. Kerbert
Herbert
Sheriff John Risher Leads Rescue Amid Kidnap Case
Trumbull County officers blasted a wall of a hidden room in an abandoned gambling house last Saturday to recover 12 year old James DeJute Jr from two kidnappers. Sheriff John Risher commanded the operation. His son Nelson E. Risher attends Ohio University as a junior in the School of Commerce and serves as assistant treasurer.
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Trumbull County
Ohio
James DeJute, Jr
John ©. Risher
Nelson E. Risher
Ohio University
Risher
School of Commerce
Lindbergh Flier Seeks Aid From New York Figures
The flier appeals for help from New York figures, with action described as voluntary. It notes the underworld's involvement as a backdrop to the appeal and emphasizes self-initiated steps.
Lindbergh Baby Kidnap Probe Seeks Ransom Route
New Jersey state police said the Lindbergh baby is alive and will help kidnappers deliver the child. Capt. Lamb described ongoing talks with alleged go-betweens Salvatore Spitale and Sleaving Bits as a possible path to the return, while authorities questioned Henry Johansson and another suspect. Police in New York hunted a tan sedan linked to a tip on the case as reports of underworld contact circulated.
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Hopewell
N. J
New Jersey
Charles A. Lindebergh
Atate
Lamb
Sourland Mountain
Lindbergh
New Hope
Col. Lindbergh
Lindberghs
Pistens
Salvatore Spitale
New York
Ree Sulba
Lindberg
Henry
Red) Johneson
Connecticut
Imment
Joh Junge
Interes
Hia
Lesa
Underworld
Breckenridge
John J. Foggarty
Breckinridge
Fogarty
America
Paris
Spitale
U.R
Libergh
Caimeden
Action to Collect Funds From Toledo Banks Initiated
Columbus announces start of action to collect 4 054 dollars from three Toledo banks under the double liability law. Attorney Gilbert Bettman states receipt of required state certifications. Total includes 2 800 000 from The Ohio Bank stockholders 601 000 from The Commercial Bank stockholders and 609 00 from The Bank stockholders.
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Columbus
Marentanta
Toledo
Gilbert Bellman
State Department
Bettman
Ohio Bank
Commercial Bank
the & Bank
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Lness
Athens County
Grosvenor
United Press
Arthur Brisbane
King Features, Inc
McLeish
Merell, McKee
Ohio Choir Sings
Uncle Sam
Thomas L. Stokes
Irving Bitz
Frances Willock
Atti
York Figures
Action Waa
Bates Raney
J. J. Lamb
Col. Lindsbergh
Rumor Records
Edward P. Mulrooney
Bitz
Vinecent Sweeney
Atorney
Towledo Bank
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