County Foods Distribution Aids Needy Families This Week
Porter foods manager reports extended aid in Athens County with a usual shipment of beef fruit cereals and butter to relief families. Each family will receive a dist in groceries with dairy and fruit. Local groups and churches assist in weekly distribution mobilizing sororities Red Cross and other organizations to deliver to families in need and scattered townships.
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Athens County
CA Porter
Porter
Erisande
Weere
Espec- Seouta
Economic Update Hints at 1934 Sales Rise
In a March report chairman Taylor notes optimistic outlook for 1934 earnings. He cites an improving trend over the previous February period and an encouraging ore condition as part of the positive assessment.
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United States Steel B
Taylor
Iig
Velt To Die Again In March Cruise Tale
Fragmentary dispatch notes plans tied to a March travel window. References to a voyage from Jacksonville Florida and a southbound fishing grounds, with executive assurance by leaders on an eight point legislative program. Vincent Astor and Mr Roosevelt appear in passing but details are unclear.
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Ton
U.P
Sgain
de Ata
Vincent Astor
County Admin Meeting Sparks Statewide Discussion
Fragmented note reports Hin and state officials in Deshler Columbus to discuss a statewide work program. Mentions classes, cooking activities, sewing rooms, and county funds tied to a school and public duties amid unsettled jurisdiction and employment concerns.
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Ms County
Ancal
Deshler
Columbus
Nation Without Air Mail Since 1919 Presses for Restored Private Contracts
President Roosevelt orders the Army and Post Office to restore air mail service on a safety first basis within 24 hours after a string of fatal crashes. Lindbergh consulted by Secretary Dern. Senate Post Office Committee prepares hearings on restoring contracts to private operators with strict limits.
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Army and Post Office Department
Lindbergh
Dern
Senate
Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Charles A. Lindbergh
George Dern
Congress
Benjamin D. Foulois
Army
Senate Post Office Committee
Kenneth D. McKellar
106 Lost as Tomozuro Sinks in Japanese Maneuvers
SASEBO Japan March 12 106 officers and men are feared dead after the torpedo boat Tomozuro capsized during early morning maneuvers. The destroyer Tatsuta towed in the overturned vessel and the cause remains a mystery.
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Sasebo
Japan
U.P
Tomosuro
Ihe
Iwarabi
Formosa
Tomozuro
Tatsuta
Robbers Take Safe From Pomeroy Office
Robbers broke into the Western Union Telegraph office on Main Street Sunday night and carried away a heavy safe. The safe was found by officers near Rock Springs Fairgrounds. Theoren Russell, manager, said little money was inside and the door had been blown off.
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Pomeroy
Western Union Telegraph Office
Main Street
Rocksprings Fairgrounds
Theoren Russell
Army fliers miscast as mail carriers in wartime cheer
In Santa Monica a letter from Will Rogers mocks the idea of air mail pilots delivering letters. He notes the army’s role is fighting in the air, not acting as postmen, and contrasts war departments with mail operations. Eddie Rickenbacker is praised for wartime efforts without personal mail delivery experience.
Portsmouth Waterloo To Play on Thursday
Drawings for the Ohio scholastic basketball finals were made in Columbus. Portsmouth faces Columbus North in Class A at 9:30 p m Thursday and Waterloo plays Chandisersville in Class B at 6:30 p m Thursday.
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Portsmouth
Waterloo
Columbus
H. R. Townsend
Columbus North
Chandiersville
Melodramatic Suspense Lurks In Vote on St. Lawrence Pact
The Senate weighs ratification of the St. Lawrence Waterway Treaty as Roosevelt forces seek support through reservations. The 2300 mile waterway would link Duluth to the sea with 5,000,000 horsepower hydroelectric energy split between the United States and Canada.
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St. Lawrence
Roosevelt
Senate
Great Lakes
Washington
U.P
Mid-West
Jas
Herbert Hoover
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Panama Canal
Duluth
St. Lawrence Waterway
United States
Canade
Liquor Price Study Slated For Tuesday
The State Senate Liquor Control Investigating Committee will convene tomorrow to review Ohio liquor prices and propose changes. Senator Harold G. Mosier announced an amendment to end the 30 percent gross markup for overhead and noted a net 49 percent margin after tax adjustments.
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Cleveland
U PR
State
Senate Liquor Control Investigating Committee
Ohio
Harold G. Mosier
Mosier
J. Richard Dorn
Sandusky
Col
John A. Hughes
Ohio State
Mellon Denies Tax Action Against Him as Politics Cited
Andrew W. Mellon charged Attorney General Homer Cummings with the crudest politics after Cummings announced grand jury action on income tax charges against Mellon and others. Cummings said the four cases show an intensive effort to collect back taxes. Mellon noted he paid $20 million in taxes and said he is in the dark about any grounds for action.
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Washington
Andrew W. Mellon
Homer
Cummings
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Pittsburgh
James J. Walker
New York
Thomas Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co
Thomas L. Sidle
Cleveland
Boy in serious condition after sled accident
Bart Keeton a 13 year old from The Plains remained in serious condition at Sheltering Arms Hospital after his sled hit a tree stump on Friday. Julius Bycolski 48 of Jacksonville was reported improved today after being seriously injured when struck by a car.
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Bart Keeton
Riley Keeton
Plains
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Julius Bycolski
Jacksonville
Early Birds Seize Classified Ad Opportunity Quickly
A Mason City Hill man used a Messenger classified to offer a Norse for sale and the ad drew offers before noon the following day. Call 0242 to place your own ad and gain swift responses.
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Asbury McCombs
Mason City Hill
Phoe
Horse for Sale Near Ma gon City Hill
A horse is offered for sale suitable for mine work or farm use. Interested buyers should contact Asbury McCombs in Gon City Hill for details.
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Asbury McCombs
Magon City Hill
Army Plane Crash Claims Two Officers Near Cheyenne
A night practice crash near Cheyenne Wyoming killed Lieut A R Kerwin formerly of Cheyenne a passenger and Lieut F L Howard of Shreveport La the pilot raising the air mail death toll to ten since the army took over the service. Army officers forbade release of wreck pictures.
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Army
Air Mail
Cheyenne
Wyo
A. R. Kerwin
F. L. Howard
Shreveport
Midwest Governors Propose Pegged Prices and Crop Cuts Plan
Four midwest state governors and farm group leaders submitted to President Roosevelt a plan for pegged agricultural prices and compulsory crop reduction. The package, drawn from Milo Reno's Farmers Holiday Association theories, seeks national agricultural regulation and cost of production plus fair profits pricing, with compulsory crop control for basic farm commodities.
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Roosevelt
Milo Reno
Farmers’ Holiday Association
NIRA
J. E. Kelley Dies Sunday at 93 Central Avenue
James Edward Kelley aged 93 died Sunday at his home 93 Central Avenue. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 PM at Central Avenue Methodist Church. Burial in New Marshfield. Survived by his widow Dana Bliss and a brother John Kelley. He had worked in contracting, railroads, city service, and was a Mason and Odd Fellow member.
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James Edward Kelley
Central Avenue
Central Avenue Methodist Church
New Marshfield
Mr. Kelley
James Alan
Anna Scanion Kelley
Nelsonville
Louise Schusher
Lillian A. MacNab
Aaron
Josephine Bryant MacNab
Nesonville
Almont
Phyilis Lillian
Dana Bliss
John
Anthony Kelley
Petersburg
Indiana
T. J. Withers
Barberton
Ana
Mosier Seeks Democratic Nomination for Lieutenant Governor
Columbus March 12 State Senator Harold G Mosier of Cleveland co author of the liquor control act today announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. Mosier wrote the convention bill to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment and serves as chairman of the Judiciary Committee and a member of the Education and Highways Committees.
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Columbus
U.P
Harold G. Mosier
Cleveland
Mosier
Packing House Worker Suffers Unusual Ham Accident
Joe Tangovich a 24 year old packing house worker in Columbus sustained a forehead wound after dropping a ham knife bounced and the knife embedded in his head. Woman's day.
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Columbus
U.P
Joe Tangovich
Tangovich
Governor Ils Guarded as Dillinger Threats Rise
Guards were assigned to Governor George White amid fears of retaliation by the Dillinger gang over the Lima murder case. The James Makley trial faced delays as defense seeks change of venue and alleged abatement, with Pierpont’s death sentence already ordered after a lengthy hearing. Authorities also reported a possible Dillinger sighting in Toledo prompting a wide alert.
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Columbus
U.P
George White
John Dillinger
White
Lima
Frank D. Henderson
Charlies Makley
Dillinger
Gedgster
Jesse L. Larber
BE. Everett
Makley
Makiey
National
Obie
Pierpont
St. Marys
Here
Ernest Botkin
Sarber
Botkin
Ohio
Lima Guards Ready For John Dillinger
At midnight in Lima Ohio guards prepared for a Dillinger jail raid scene after a single shot in the jail office triggered red lights machine guns and tear gas. Sheriff Donald Larker said the shotgun discharge into the floor was accidental while guards watched from windows and doorways.
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Lima
John Dillinger
Allen County
Robbers Loot Bank of $5,000
Two robbers raid Fa change National Bank in Atchison Kansas kidnapping six employees and wounding Police Chief W C Linville. About $15,000 stolen and the hostages released three miles from the city as the robbers fled firing at pursuing officers.
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Kansas
Fachange National Bank
Escape Inquiry Opens in Crown Point
A grand jury in Crown Point Indiana began an inquiry into the Dillinger escape case. Investigators study possible jail guard complicity as police nationwide search for gangster John Dillinger. Former Judge Martin J. Smith presented affidavits from Crown Point Jail inmates alleging guards could have prevented the escape.
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John Dillinger
Jai Guards
Grand Jury
Crown Point
Cuban striker slain in riot at Havana port
Fatal rioting erupted at Havana's Ward Line docks as Antonio Valdes, a striker, was killed and three others wounded when soldiers and sailors fired on strikers attempting to attack strike-breakers. Shooting also occurred near the Diario de La Marina plant.
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Antonio Valdes
Ward Line
Diario de la Arina
Harry Kelly Elected Athens County Board Chair
Harry Kelly Sr. of Nelsonville was elected chairman of the Athens County Board of Elections at a Saturday meeting at the Courthouse. He will serve for two years.
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Harry Kelly, Sr
Nelsonville
Athens County Board of Elections
Six Possible Havens Seen for Insull When He Leaves Greece
Bulgaria, Jugoslavia, Rumania, Luxembourg, Great Britain, and Canada were named as possible refuges for Samuel Insull, accused fugitive magnate. US prosecutors in Chicago prepared for immediate trial under two federal indictments and multiple state charges amid the ongoing collapse fallout.
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Greece
Athens
Bulgaria
Jugoslavia
Rumania
Luxembourg
Great Britain
Canada
Samuel Insull
Chicago
United States
Insull
New York
Dwight G. Green
Green
State to begin liquor sales March 15
Columbus March 12 The state will begin selling liquor March 15 at wholesale to hotels, restaurants and clubs with sale by glass permits. State Liquor Control Director John A Hughes announced the decision after the Liquor Centre Board ruled all temporary distributors permits would expire at midnight tonight.
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Columbus
State Liquor Control Board
John A. Hughes
Hughes
Coluimbus
Atate
Atate Liquor Control
Liquor Centre Board
Bank Deposit Insurance Continuation Favored by Senate Panel
Washington March 12. The Senate Banking Committee voted to report favorably a bill extending the temporary phase of the bank deposit insurance act for another year and a bill to guarantee the principal of the Memorial Owners Loan Corporation.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Bank Deposit Insurance Act
Memo Owners’ Loan Corporation
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