Fourteen in Ohio Victims Of Tragedies
United Press reports fourteen Ohio deaths from traffic and accidents over the weekend. Cleveland tallies brought the city toll to 47 with victims including Kartankas Varkalas and others. Norwich resident Mollie Mitchell burned to death. Akron auto crash injuries. Findlay fatality of Harry Miller en route to his marriage. Kenton rider Richard Bloom hurt. Richmond area mother Birdie Wiles and son Harold Hiles Jr. killed. Columbus toll adds Wallace Barnett Jr. and Ames Larmon. Uhrichsville teen Theodore Huff killed crashing into a train.
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Cleveland
Kartankas Varkalas
Robert Szenak
Effie Youngman
Fred Zillmer
Elizabeth King
Mary Telzrow
Harry C. Miller
Cincinnati
Findlay
Toledo
Edith Prox
Richard Bloom
Kenton
Miller
Bloom
Harold Hiles, Jr
Birdie Wiles
Richmond
Columbus
Wallace Barnett, Jr
Ames A. Larmon
Cincinati
Atudent
Kenyon College
Theodore Huff
Uhrichsville
Radio Priest urges repeal of Prohibition act
Detroit March 9 The Rev Charles E Coughlin a nationally known radio priest urged repeal or amendment of the Volstead Act in his weekly broadcast He called prohibition a Frankenstein and said the law forces manufacture of intoxicants into homes and that the federal government finances Fruit Industries Inc with Mabel Willebrandt as legal adviser He claimed the firm spreads fruit concentrate for wine making
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Detroit
U.P
Charles E. Coughlin
Columbia
Father Coughlin
America
Fruit Industries, Inc
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Daugherty Pleads Guilty in Athens County Slaying Case
Eldon Daugherty, 29, of Hunterdon, pleaded guilty to manslaughter before Judge J W Darby in Athens County Common Pleas Court. He received two years probation and must report monthly to Athens County Prosecutor John W Bolin. The indictment relates to the November death of Leonard Robinson of Hollister after a crash that crushed his legs. Leniency was granted at relatives’ request.
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Eldon Daugherty
Hunterdon
Athens County Grand Jury
J. W. Darby
Vintonounty
Athens County
Daugherty
John W. Bolin
Leonard Robinson
Hollister
Robinson
Merrill Announces State Highway Bids Include Hocking County Project
Ohio State Highway Director O W Merrill said bids will be opened March 24 on 16 highway sections in 14 counties with an estimated cost of 1 202 709. The Logan Lancaster Road in Hocking County is listed with 1 761 miles of paving and concrete arch bridge costing 79 000.
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Columbus
U.P
Stateway
O. W. Merrill
Logan-Lancaster
Hocking County
Peru Stabilized As Fourth Government Accepted
Lima March 9 the fourth Peruvian government within eight days was accepted by military and civil leaders nationwide in an effort to end revolts and counter revolts causing political chaos.
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Peru
Lima
London Surgeon Demonstrates One Inch Camera In Stomach
A London surgeon tests a new one inch camera swallowed by a patient with stomach pain. The device uses a semi flexible tube with two batteries and four tiny films. Images are captured through two pin holes with light from a transformer at high candle power for a fraction of a second.
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London
Ohio Assembly Eyes Key Bills This Week
The tenth week opens with major measures in play including the Secrest-Bostwick gasoline tax revenue reallocation, the Marshall Yellow Dog labor contract bill, and the Silbert criminal syndicalism repeal bill. Senate proposals from the Ohio Bar Association cover criminal code changes as well as professional licensing moves. Continuous committee hearings on old age pensions, city county government, state police, jury trial for felonies and misdemeanors, uniform traffic rules, juvenile court jurisdiction, and more mark a pivotal session across Columbus.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Secrest-Bostwick
Silbert
Senate
Ohio Bar Association
Barbers
E. J. Mildren
Washington
Pringle-Roberts
House
House Insurance Committee
Senate Political Subdivisions Committee
House Motor Vehicles Committee
Addison
House Judiciary Committee
House Highways Committee
Baker
House Codes Committee
Gas or Noose Comforter? Smoot Stirs Debate
Arthur Brisbane reports on Arizona's 58 to 2 vote to kill criminals by gas, not hanging, with critic Reddington opposing any state murder. He notes Smoot claims no federal tax rise is needed, deficits at five hundred million, and U S aid to foreign nations totaling billions in machinery and expertise. Continued on Page 4.
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Winslow, Ariz
Phoenix Gazette
Arizona
Reddington
Smoot
Utah
Speculation on US moves toward recognizing Soviet Russia
Washington report notes Secretary of State Stimson will oversee a broad study of Russian affairs. An assistant secretary, possibly James Grafton Rogers of Denver, may be charged with the inquiry to guide future policy.
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Washington
U.R
Stimson
James Grafton Rogers
Denver
Fight Gambling Clean-Up In Six Northern Counties
West Virginia state police launched a crackdown in six northern counties under Lt A M Long and Capt J R Brockus. Orders banned slot machines policy games lottery rackets punch boards and poker games as part of a statewide effort to end gambling activities.
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West Virginia
Wheeling
W. Va
U.R
A. M. Long
Long
J. R. Brockus
Legion Marks Its Hundredth Birthday In Quiet Ceremony
In March 9 events the famed French Foreign Legion celebrated its 100th birth day at Reveille with little official acknowledgment. The unit traces its origins to Paris 1830 succeeding Swiss and Hohenlohe Regiments in French service.
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French Foreign Legion
Sidi-Bel-Abbes
Algeria
U.P
Reveille
Legion
Paris
Hohenlohe
France
Plane Goes Up Easy
A rotorplane model built over five years by Serge Trey William Howard and Dr Alexander Chessin achieved a successful flight in a top floor workshop on East 38th Street Power is supplied by a rotor centrifugal fan that blasts wind at the wings The designers say the craft can rise vertically at a controlled slow rate and descend gently
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New York
U.P
East 38Th Street
Serge Trey
William Howard
Alexander Chessin
Blizzard wreaks heavy snow with widespread disruption
A massive blizzard paralyzed the Midwest and delayed travel as it dumped eight to ten inches in the Southwest and five point seven inches in Chicago. The storm caused deaths, car gridlock, and massive job creation for the first time in months, before moving toward Milwaukee and Lake Michigan.
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Chicago
U.P
Midwest
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Ohio
G Lawrence Dies Sunday at 79
George Lawrence 79 of 28 Brown Avenue died at Sheltering Arms Hospital at 12 10 a m Sunday after being found unconscious near a railroad trestle. He had been missing from his daughter Grace Goldsberry’s home since Thursday night. Survived by three sons Fred Eldora Kas Grove Jerome and Frank and a step son Frank Thomas and three daughters Della Burke Los Angeles Fred Gunther Marietta and Grace Goldsberry Athens and a brother John Lawrence Guyaville. Funeral 2 p m Tuesday at Central Avenue M E Church with burial West Union Street Cemetery. Born and raised near Guysville he farmed before retiring and was a member of Ashbury M E Church.
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George Lawrence
Brown Avenue
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Grace Goldsberry
Fred Lawrence
Eldorado
Kas
Grove Lawrence
Jerome
Arizona
Frank Lawrence
Athens
Frank Thomas
Cincinnati
Della Burke
Los Angeles
Calif
Fred Gunther
Marietta
John Lawrence
Guyaville
Elliott
Central Avenue M. E
West Union Street
Lawrence
Guysville
Asbury M. E. Church
Athens Service Department Lays Water Lines on College Street
The Athens Service Department crews lay copper water service lines along College Street this week under city director John Collins. Work prepares for resurfacing late spring or early summer. Second Street resurfacing continues with weather delays. No action yet on a proposed East Side water main.
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Athens Service Department
College Street
John Collins
Collins
Second Street
Influenza Epidemic Wanes in Ohio State
Columbus reports a sharp drop in flu cases with 133 new infections in the past week. Health Director H G Southard notes about 1,800 cases since January and compares favorably to 1930 figures, attributing progress to weather conditions. two weeks earlier there were 400 cases.
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Columbus
O.R
H. G. Southard
Astate
Southard
Rowan Arrested in Pool Room Burglary Case
Rowan is arrested for breaking into the Recreation Pool Room. Thomas Rowan, 25, Athens, held for a hearing. police say he took about 7 from a cash register. Mayor Wood cites mental condition and says leniency will be exercised after tests at Ohio University Lab.
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Thomas Rowan
Athens
Wilconter
Charlea Maple
Roberts. Wood
Rowan
Ohio University Psychological Laboratory
Four Children Die in Woodland Fire in Caribou
Four children were burned to death when a Woodland home burned in Caribou Maine last night while parents were at church. A fifth child was badly burned and transported by horse drawn sleigh to Cary Memorial Hospital due to deep snow delaying roads.
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Mollie Mitchell
Norwich
Muskingum County
John Weeks
Akron
Caribou
U.P
Woodland
Cary Memorial Hospital
Four Hurt In Fremont Crash Involving Stolen Clothing Load
Police investigate four seriously injured after a coupe carrying stolen clothing valued at 500 dollars sideswiped a truck near Fremont and was struck by a speeding interurban car. The four victims are sought by police in Akron and Bellevue.
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Toledo
U.P
Fremont
Akron
Bellevue
Classifieds listing fragment from The Messenger
In Nelsonville a Ford 1920 roadster that looks and runs fine is offered for sale for. Cobbler potatoes for £1.75 a bushel and Timothy hay at $23.50 per ton appear in the notices. Essex sport roadster $195 and new rugs made from old offered under classifications.
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Timonthy
Essex
Nelsonville
Thirteenth Hindu Murder Deepens Western Mystery
The body of Sant Ram Pande, a former University of California student aiding police, was found headless in the Sacramento River. Police say he may have been killed February 24 after warning of his death, linking to a string of thirteen Hindu murders in California.
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University of California
Rio Vista
Cal
California
Sant Ram Pande
Pande
Sacramento River
Ans
N. Khan Dami
Clarence 8. Morril
Sacramento
Wagner Attacks Hoover Over Unemployment Bill Veto
Senator Robert F. Wagner assailed President Hoover for vetoing the Wagner Unemployment Service Bill saying the veto fails workers seeking jobs. Wagner denied that the bill would harm labor and noted labor leaders and Secretary Doak endorsed its principles.
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New York
Hoover
Robert F. Wagner
Wagner
Labor
Secretary of Labor
Doak
Railroad Brotherhood
States Regain Land From Federal Domains
The Garfield Commission Report tabled at the White House urges returning about 180 million acres of government land in 2 percent western states to the states as quickly as possible. The land, largely used for grazing, should be turned over if states want it, per the Hoover commission.
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Washington
U.R
Garfield Commission
White House
Committee On Conservation and Administration
Hoover
Holmes Radio Tribute Marks Holmes on His Ninety Ninth Birthday
Washington March 9 A veteran jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes offered a brief life and death philosophy on radio on his ninety ninth birthday. Justice Hughes Dean Clark and Charles A Boston paid tribute while Holmes spoke from his home. The program praised Holmes dissenting opinions and his service to the nation drawing many messages of praise.
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Washington
U.R
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Holmes
Eye Stret
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles B. Clark
The
You Law School
Charles A. Boston
American Bar Association
Columbia
Clark
Boston
New York
Hughes
Harvard
Law School
Broadcasting Company
Supreme Court
American Bar
Farm Bureau Convention Set for Columbus Meeting
Farm men from Ohio will discuss buying supplies selling farm products and other business connections at the Annual Convention of Field Representatives of the Ohio Farm Bureau in Columbus. Representing the Bureau Service Company the Automobile Insurance Company and the Organizations Department the delegates expect 300 attendees.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Farm Bureau
Ohio Farm Bureau Service Company
Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Ohio Farm Bureau Organizations Department
Storm roars cause seven deaths and millions in damage
High winds heavy rain and a high tide in the New York metropolitan area over the weekend killed seven people and caused millions of dollars in property damage. The storm also sent millions of gallons of drinking water into city reservoirs, easing the drought relief effort.
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New York
U.P
New Pastor McNall Drives 11000 Miles to Athens Post
The Rev Ralph D McNall new Pilgrim Holiness Church pastor traveled over 11000 miles by automobile between Napoleon and his Athens charge since last fall due to a relative illness He and his daughter Ruth moved to 226 East Union Street while Mrs McNall stays in Coldwater Michigan with her father The pastor previously led a circuit near Amesville before 1919 and was ordained in 1918 He has worked with churches in Defiance and Putnam Counties and has a brother Rev C McNall in the Holiness Church.
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Athens
Ralph D. McNall
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Congress
Washington Streets
Napoleon
McNall
Ruth
East Union Street
Coldwater
Mich
J. A. Fields
Amesville
Emerson Smith
Athens County
Defiance
Putnam Counties
C. ©. McNall
Holiness Church
Cure Sought For Ills of Oil Industry
TEXARKANA Texas March. Eight states including Oklahoma Texas Kansas New Mexico Arkansas Louisiana Wyoming and California sent delegates to a conference on curing oil industry ills. The meeting aims to curb foreign oil imports and forge uniform probation agreements with plans to prorate oil production and limit imports. Cicero Murray arrived with proposals and expected to speak from 9 to 9 30 Tuesday night on KWKHFI Shreveport.
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Texarkana
Tex
Clcero I. Murray
Oklahoma
Hewasta
Cicero Murray
Kwkhfi
Shreveport
Ohio governor declines to name representative for oil conference
Governor White of Ohio says he did not designate anyone to represent Ohio at the oil conference called by Governor Murray of Oklahoma in Texarkana. He sent a telegram saying he supports the program in principle but must confer with oil industry representatives in Ohio before acting.
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Columbis
U.P
White
United Crees
Ohio
Murray
Oklahoma
Texarkana
Tex
Willaman Weighs Western Reserve Coaching Offer
Ohio State University football coach Sam Willaman hinted he discussed a Western Reserve University post in Cleveland. He did not confirm a flat offer but will consider salary details and meet WRU officials later this month.
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Columbus
Sam Willaman
Ohio State University
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Willaman
Western Reserve
Ohio State
Fast Technical High School
Clevelland
Sheriff Maxwell Injured In Street Crash Chasing Robbers
London Ohio March 9 Sheriff John A Maxwell is in serious condition after his automobile skidded and hit a fire plug while pursuing robbers. Deputy Gorman Clark was slightly hurt and Maxwell suffered broken legs below the knee and a fractured right arm. Clark returned to duty today saying slick streets caused the crash.
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London
U.R
John A. Maxwell
West Jefferson
Gorman Clark
Clark
Maxwell
Falls Church Volunteer Fireman Rescued From 70 Foot Well
A.R. Douglas Royston, 21, a Falls Church Va volunteer fireman, fell 70 feet into a deep well while fighting a fire on Lee Highway. He clung to an iron pipe for about an hour before being rescued with a length of fire hose.
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Washington
A.R— Douglas Royston
Falls Church
Lee Highway
Weather roundup shows variable highs and easing lows
Yesterday’s highs reached 72 in Los Angeles and 66 in Phoenix while a cool start dipped to 14 in Prince Albert and 0 in Cal. Forecasters expect mostly fair weather with a slow temperature rise into Tuesday. North to South winds vary with minor changes across regions.
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Esterday
Los Angeles
Phoenix
Prince Albert
Cal
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