Athens County forms Employment Committee to boost spring activity
A coalition of Athens County business and industrial leaders formed the Athens County Committee on Employment to stimulate private industries and public works. T. W. Craig of Athens was named chairman and C. M. Gill secretary as Gov. Cooper aids Hoover in boosting employment and enterprise. Attendees included F. D. Forsyth, F. E. Goldsberry, W. F. Kampf, J. Grosvenor, J. W. Wilson, E. G. Biddison, and Dean E. W. Chubb with Ohio University President E. B. Bryan among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Chamber of Commerce
Myers V. Cooper
Ohio
Hoover
T. W. Craig
Athens
C. M. Gill
Mr. Craig
Mr. Gill
F. D. Forsyth
F. E. Goldsberry
W. F. Kampf
Coolville
John Grosvenor
Canaan
J. W. Wilson
E. G. Biddison
Dean E. W. Chubb
E. B. Bryan
Ohio University
Henry Zenner
Gordon K. Bush
L. H. Efaw
Waterloo Township
C. Lewis
Columbus
Athens County committee urges spring housecleaning and building plans
The Athens County committee aims to stimulate private industry and speed public works through cooperation among industrial management agriculture labor and commerce with public officials. They call residents to begin spring cleaning decide on spring building projects and seek Chamber of Commerce help to match workers with jobs aided by Nelsonville Board of Trade Glouster Kiwanis Club and state organizations.
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Athens County Committee
Athens
Chamber of Commerce
Nelsonville Board of Trade
Glouster Kiwanis Club
Ohio Kers Association
Ohio
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Ohio Manufacturers Association
Ohio Newspaper Association
Ohio State Council of Retail Merchants
Ohio State Grangers
Ohio Building Association League
Ohio counties mobilize to ease unemployment under Cooper plan
In 41 Ohio counties committees organized under the Cooper plan to speed up state, county and private projects to absorb jobless workers. The state committee, led by Industrial Relations Director T. Blake and Special Assistant Director Fred C. Croxton, seeded the county groups with members from industry and civic bodies. Meetings continued in Stabula, Wyandot, Champaign, France, Seneca, Tuscarawas, Merger, Lawrence, Hardin, Huron, Ross and Vinton.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Cooper
Fred C. Croxton
T. Blake
Stabula
Wyandot
Champaign
France
Seneca
Tuscarawas
Merer
Lawrence
Hardin
Huron
Ross Nd Vinton
Fourteen Escape Jail From West Virginia Barred Barracks
Fourteen prisoners escaped from a Welch West Virginia jail after making a crude key from putty impressions. The breakout occurred despite a barrier and involved a makeshift tool. Police and guards launched a manhunt and continued searches for the fugitives.
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WELCH
W. Va
U.P
Today By Arthur Brisbane Buried In Pink World Prayer Day
Arthur Brisbane reflects on the tone of World Prayer Day and calls for action in social and political matters. The column contrasts easy words with the harder deeds needed to achieve real progress.
Woman's dress interest traced to ancient times
Scientists say female adornment began with a necklace about a million years ago. From there ornaments moved to the waist and hips, evolving into belts and skirts as fashion developed through ages.
California woman killer seeks white satin burial with roses
A California woman who murdered a man and killed herself requested a white satin burial with yellow roses. A New York actress leaped from a twentieth story window and asked to be buried in pink satin and for her husband to be kept away from the funeral.
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California
New York
ae_ée
Tragedy in Mansfield as Man Kills Wife then Suicide
Earl J. Cline fifty five? died after shooting his wife Elizabeth forty three on a Mansfield street as they returned home last night. Police say the couple quarreled and Cline turned the revolver on his spouse and then killed himself.
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Mansfield
U.ra
Earl J. Cline
Elizabeth
Cline
Mass at home of slain city gangster
Chicago report of the burial of John Oberta known as Dingbat a gangster and politician. About fifteen thousand people crowded streets around his home as two priests blessed the body in a silvered bronze casket in a room filled with flowers. The two day funeral procession paused as priests sent by Cardinal Mundelein entered the parlor with Oberta's wife and his mother present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.R
John “Dingbat’ Oberta
Prists
George Cardinal Mundelein
World Day of Prayer Unites Protestants Across Lands
Last week Protestants worldwide gathered for a World Day of Prayer reaching 1600 cities and towns. Prayers spanned regions including Turkey Syria Africa and Japan for the redemption of the world rather than a focus on Russia.
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Turkey
Syria
Africa
Japan
Russia
Prayers Across Realms and Redemption Theories
The text questions how prayers travel through the ether and whether they are heard simultaneously or sorted by redemption theories. It notes that different plans, such as Africa and Japan, may place prayers at varying distances or receptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Japan
Henry Ford Links Farm Revival to Mass Production
Henry Ford argues farmers can solve their troubles through new mass production. He highlights machinery chemistry and education as the three main factors. The piece indicates the farmer speaker grows corn and is continued on page four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ford
Akron man identified as leader in bank heist and patrolman murder
Bert Walker, 49, under arrest in Akron in the murder of Patrolman Harland Manes. He was tentatively identified as the leader of a bandit trio that robbed the Sylvania State Bank, March, escaping with 7000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
U.P
Bert Walker
Harland Manes
Sylvania, O.S
Mine Workers Endorse Action of J. L. Lewis
The United Mine Workers of America delegates in Indianapolis ratified president John L. Lewis and the executive committee actions postponing the 1929 convention. Insurgent Illinois miners were meeting in Springfield to form a rival national union, alleged to threaten wage contracts and the parent union’s structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Illinois
Springfield
Mrs Cora Sanders Dies After Long Illness
Mrs. Cora Sanders 62 wife of J. Sanders cashier of C D Shafer Company died at home after a long illness. Survived by husband son Carson Jr granddaughter Amy Jo Sanders brothers Homer Wolf Athens John Wolf Trimble sister Eva Ruble Seattle half siblings Harlin Linscott Hooper Ridge and Marie Baily. Funeral at First Christian Church Thursday at 2 with Rev M E Chatley. Burial Hebbarsville. Born in Athens County.
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Cora Sanders
J. Sanders
C. D. Shafer Company
Sanders
Carson Jr
Barberton
Amy Jo Sanders
Homer Wolf
Athens
John Wolf
Trimble
Eva Ruble
Seattle
Wash
Harlin Linscott
Hooper Ridge
Marie Baily
Fred Lenscott
First Christian Church
M. E. Chatley
Hebbarsville
Cora L. Wolf
Athens County
Nude assailant assaults Chauncey schoolteacher on rural road
Miss Donna Sanders, 25, a Little Bailey School teacher, was attacked by a nude man on a remote Chauncey road as she walked from school. A passerby, Herbert Barnes, intervened forcing the assailant to flee. Sanders suffered facial bleeding and a shoulder injury but her condition improved. she was cared for at a farm house and later at her grandparents. Bloodhounds were brought to the scene as officials investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Sanders
Little Bailey School
Chauncey
Charles S. Bradfield, JR
Little Bailey
Miss Sanders
Herbert Barnes
Bailey Run
Barnes
Coal Company
Eber Linscott
Chester Sanders
Millfield
Dow Sanders
Albany
Byrd Congratulated by New York Editor on Radio Broadcast
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd spoke from Dunedin New Zealand with Adolph S. Ochs of the New York Times via station WGY, congratulating Byrd on his South Pole expedition. Ochs praised Byrd and the audience. Byrd thanked Ochs and listeners, noting plans for a large reception. The two way broadcast spanned over 10 000 miles with a Europe and U S reach. Ochs birthday noted as March 12 while Byrd awaits a two week stay in Dunedin before returning to the United States.
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Byrd
New York
U.P
Richard FE. Byrd
Dunedin
N. Z
Adolphs. Ochs
New York Times
United States
Ochs
WGY
General Electric
Schenectady
N. Y
South Pole
Uited States
Europe
States
May Attempt To End Fight In Mine Union
Springfield March 11 600 delegates from 11 bituminous states gathered to discuss bridging the rift between Indianapolis and Springfield miners conventions and to lay groundwork for a new United Mine Workers of America constitution. Alexander Howat was named permanent chairman of the Rank and File Convention as delegates denounced the Indianapolis gathering and sought to replace the non existent instrument after the 1929 executive council failed to meet.
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Springfield
Tih
AUP
American Federation of Labor
Indianapolis
United Mine Workers of America
Alexander Howat
Kansas
Executive Council of the U., M. W. of A
Manufacturer Burned In Alcohol Foot Bath Fire
Arthur Vallas, 65 year old Chicago manufacturer tied to the Vallas sheet metal works, died when a bowl of alcohol used for a foot bath caught fire. He was found upright in bed and reportedly tried to smother flames by rolling in the covers, which also caught fire.
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Chicago
U.P
Arthur Vallas
Vallas
Beauty contest expected to outdraw boxing bout in Miami
In Miami the Miss United States contest event at Madison Square Garden Stadium sold out all 60 000 seats, while the Sharkey-Scott boxing match drew poor attendance. The beauty event is billed as a brilliant spectacle, attracting crowds to select Miss United States.
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U. S
Miami
Fla
U.P
Madison Square Garden Stadium
Kidnap Case Ouoccurs in Waverly Against Custody
George Hargrave and Esther Hargrave along with George W. Tunaberg aged 45 were arraigned on kidnapping charges in Portsmouth. They allegedly took Lillian Tunaberg 11 from near her school in Waverly after Esther Tunaberg had custody awarded following a divorce. Tunaberg claims legal custody.
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Portsmouth
George Hargrave
Lake County
Esther Hargrave
George W. Tunaberg
Tuneberg
Lillian
Waverly
Tunsberg
Mra. Tunaberg
Tunsbere
National Republican Club Votes for Repeal
The National Republican Club voted 461 to 346 to urge Republican representatives in Congress to advocate and vote for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment after four hours of debate. A minority wished the club not to be recorded as wet or dry.
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New York
National Republican Club
Congress
Ford Has Ideas of His Own on Liquor
Henry Ford, quoted by the New York World from Detroit, says financial interests in New York City aid bootlegging rings and alleges U.S. newspapers are controlled by wet interests. The World notes drunken liquor is openly sold in Dearborn homes and foreign city districts.
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Ford
New York
U.P
New York World
Detroit
Henry Ford
New York City
World
United States
the World
Dearborn
Prohibition Resolution Passes After Party Clash at Club Meeting
More than 200 members attended the meeting with proxies from across the country, representing about 45 percent of the club’s 1909 members. Frederick B. Coudert Jr. led the push, followed by two defeated motions before the main vote upheld repeal amid sharp exchanges over party channels and fanatic propaganda.
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Frederick BR. Coudert, Jr
Coudert
Andrew B. Hmphrey
Humphrey
Falls On Track In Subway Tragedy Identifies Woman
The body of a woman identified as Mrs. Alice M. Lelscher of Cincinnati was found after falling in front of a southbound Interborough Subway train in New York. A friend said she suffered from high blood pressure and vertigo, and dizziness may have caused the fall on the surway platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Interborough
Alice M. Lelscher
Cincinnati
Kisa Mulson
Belscher
Two Lives Lost In Wolf Run Mine Blaze Rescue Efforts Continue
Stubenville March 11 The Wolf Run mine fire trapped 86 miners with only Jack Penosky missing after crews searched late yesterday and again at dawn. Penosky 37, refused to follow others and hunted for an exit. believed dead. Crews built brick walls to seal fumes and a wooden barrier 800 feet from the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stubenville
U.P
Wolf Run
Jack Penosky
Ventilation reversal saves miners at Amsterdam mine blaze
Sunbeams lit the town of Amsterdam near Steubenville as 85 trapped miners were rescued from the Wolf Run Coal Mine after a fire sparked by a trolley derailment. Rescue teams from Steubenville, Carrollton and Amsterdam aided by gas masks and water pumps pulled out 40 men without aid and 35 others via Bergin Bureau of Mines crews, with ventilation reversed to push smoke away from the trapped. Two fire bosses and several rescuers were briefly overcome. one miner George Allman sustained serious burns. The operation highlighted a crucial ventilation decision that helped avert a worse disaster.
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Steubenville
U.P
Wolf Run
Amsterdam
Paul Borowski
John Pawolski
Pawolski
Arnold Horton
Sidney Wenls
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Pittsburgh
Warner Collieries Company
Cleveland
Jefferson County
Albert Woodcock
Sidney Weals
Robert Featheringham
Tom
George Weber
Carrollton
Wolf Run Creek
George Allman
George Knapp
Offie
Plans for $35000 Salem Lutheran Church erection
Columbus March 11 plans for a new church to serve the Trinity United Lutheran congregation at Salem were announced by the Board of Home Mission and Church Extension.
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Columbus
Trinity United Lutheran Congregation
Salem
Board of Home Minsiong
Booklet on Permanent Fruit and Vegetable Gardens
The Athens Messenger promotes a Federal Government booklet on permanent garden crops. Requests four cents for postage to the Washington Bureau to obtain guidance on perennials like asparagus rhubarb horseradish and small fruits such as raspberries blackberries currants gooseberries strawberries and grapes with a coupon for ordering.
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Washington
Athens Messenger
Uncle Sam
Frederic J. Haskin
Athense Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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Craig
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Incorporated
Oberta
J. L. Lewis
New Zealand
Explorer
Beauty
Girl
National Club OF Republicans
Il*ord
Weals
Horton
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