Athens County Urges Jobs Help Through Spring Housecleaning
Athens County residents should kick off spring housecleaning and repair work to create work for unemployed residents. Chairman T W Craig says a fair wage is needed and that public construction should be sped up to ease the shortage. He will speak at Kiwanis in Glouster and before the Nelsonville Board of Trade, as an employment arena is planned with the Chamber of Commerce.
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Athens County
T. W. Craig
Athens County Committee On Employment
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Craig
Kiwanis Club
Glouster
Board of Trade
Nelsonville
Chamber of Commerce
Committee N Employment
Se Bank
Ohio Valley Apple Blossom Association
Pomeroy
W. E. Moler
C. L. Jones
Athens Home Telephone Company
Cleveland
Hoover to name Southern judge to fill Sanford vacancy
President Hoover is expected within a week to fill the Supreme Court seat left by the death of Edward T. Sanford. A Southern appointee is considered highly probable as endorsements pour in from political leaders, especially from the South, while Hoover ponders the choice.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Supreme Court
Edward T. Sanford
Tennessee
White House
South
Athens Messenger Garden booklet offer to readers
Start early with your spring garden by requesting the U S Department of Agriculture booklet on Gardens from the Washington Bureau of The Athens Messenger for four cents. The government publication promises expert guidance to help both large truck gardens and small backyards maximize results. Send the coupon now to avoid delays.
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Washington
Athens Messenger
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Uncle Sam
Varied Offers Made Today in Classifieds
On North Congress Street Athens a seven room modern residence with furnace electricity bath and garage is offered. A Ford 1929 roadster in A-1 condition with new tires is available for 375 dollars. Wall paper in new spring patterns sells for eight cents a double roll. A good radio is offered in exchange for a milch cow.
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Congress Street
Athens
Hindenburg Signs Young Plan to End Reparations
Berlin March 13 President Paul Von Hindenburg signed the Young agreement ending the reparations dispute that unsettled Europe for a decade. Germany will make annual payments to the Allied nations until 1988 via the new Bank for International Settlements. Non fulfillment risks Allied reoccupation of German territory.
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U.P
Paul von Hindenburg
Europe
Germany
New
Bank For International Settlement
von Hindenburg
Hindenburg
August von Mackensen
Taft Buried in Arlington on Military Funeral Carriage
William Howard Taft, who served as President, Chief Justice, and Secretary of War, was laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery aboard a gun carriage. The ceremonial mourning reflected his high rank as former Commander-In-Chief of the Army and Navy.
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William Howard Taft
United States
Arlington Cemetery
Army
Navy
Beaming Memory of Lincoln Outlasts Other Presidents
Within the Capitol the late Chief Justice lay in state for two hours on a catafalque that previously bore the coffins of Lincoln Garfield McKinley and Harding. The contrast draws focus to Lincoln's enduring prominence in the public memory.
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Capitol
Lincoln
Garfield
McKinley
Harding
Gandhi campaigns for nonviolence and civil disobedience in salt tax protest
Gandhi leads marches against British salt taxes in India while smallpox spreads. The movement details deaths and widespread illness as authorities battle plagues amid native resistance.
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India
Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi
Bathing in the Ganges Persists Under British Rule
A fragment notes that natives continue to bathe in the Ganges and sometimes swallow water carrying dead bodies adrift. The text mentions continuation on page four, timing under British rule.
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Ganges
Winter damage to Ohio roads mounts higher
Columbus March 13. The harsh winter ranked as the worst in recent memory for the State Highway Department. Director Robert N. Waid said about 15 million dollars is needed for maintenance this year, much of it for thaw damage. Thin traffic bound roads suffered most, brick roads damaged more than concrete, and load limit signs were posted earlier.
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Columbus
U.P
State Highway Department
Robert N. Waid
Ward
Silent on fatal shooting at wedding party
Lorain March 13 Anthony Dzouclis 39 killed William Dineff 22 at a wedding party for Dzouclis daughter Sophia 19. Dzouclis refused to discuss the killing as funeral plans began. Dineff and Sophia eloped five days earlier against Dzouclis. Witnesses say Dzouclis greeted the couple then shot Dineff.
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Lorain
U.P
Anthony Dzouclis
William V. Dineff
Dineff
Dzouclis
Sophia
Strikers clash with police in Bombay injuries rise
Strikers and police clashed in multiple areas of Bombay amid today’s protests. Railway workers and security forces suffered injuries and four trades union leaders were arrested, as authorities moved to quell the demonstrations.
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Bombay
India
U.P
Student Burns Improve After Hair Comb Fire
Miss Margaret Arbrogst, 20, of Kenton and Ohio Northern University, formerly of Athens, is improving from burns after a comb she used caught fire and ignited her hair. Earlier reports of serious injuries were downgraded by information received from her father W. C. Arbrogst via friends.
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Margaret Arbrogst
Kenton
Ohio Northern University
Athens
W. C. Arbrogst
Miss Arbrogst
Senate approves 2.5 cent sugar duty and 2.0 cent Cuban rate
The Senate voted to set a two cent per pound duty on Cuban sugar and 2.5 cents on sugar from other nations. It rejected a reconsideration motion and kept Smoot Amendment rates. The bill moves to conference to reconcile House 2.4 Cuban and 3 cent other sugar with Senate 2 and 2.5 cent rates.
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Senate
Washington
U.P
Nye
House
Russell Is Fined by Athens Mayor for Intoxication
Clarence Russell of Athens was fined five dollars and costs by Mayor Robert Wood after being found guilty of intoxication this morning.
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Russell
Clarence Russell
Athens
Robert
Wood
Farmers Light and Power seeks multi-county service option
Columbus March 13. An application by Farmers Light and Power Company of Findlay was filed with the Public Utilities Commission seeking adoption of an optional combined residence and commercial service in Allen Auglaize Van Wert and Putnam Counties.
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Columbus
U.P
Farmers Light and Power Company of
Findlay
Public Utilities Commission
Allen
Auglaize
van Wert
Putnam Counties
Man admits killing for $65 fee in Kansas
James Stratton, 24, confessed he was paid $65 by Ben Turner, a co worker at an ice plant in Anthony Kansas, for the brutal slaying of Turner s wife with a club and pistol. Both men are charged with first degree murder. Turner denies knowledge of the plot.
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James Stratton
Ben Turner
Anthony
Kan
Turner
Lawter Gay Day law challenged by New York lawyers
A committee of the New York County Lawyers' Association says the Eighteenth Amendment was illegally ratified and will take the case to the U S Supreme Court. The group argues the process violated the Tenth and Fifth Articles of the Constitution. The report proposes submitting the matter to a national convention or the people. Separately, hotel executives show support for legalized sale of intoxicants with service bars if allowed.
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U.P
New York County Lawyers’ Association
United States Supreme Court
Leslie J. Tompkins
Law Department
New York University
Tompkins
United States
Selden Bacon
Supreme Court of the United States
Bacon
Congress
Lawyers’ Association Committee
New York City
Union League
Hotel World
Hotel Management
New York State
Du Pont Says Blair Act Repeal Backed by 57.7 Percent
Pierre 8. Du Pont announced that 89,424 voters favored repeal of the Blair Act, 57.7 percent of the 69,293 votes cast in 1926. Of 45,640 returned questionnaires, 39,424 supported repeal and 4,688 supported retention, with unclassified responses excluded.
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Del
U.P
Pierre
du Pont
Delaware
Ohio University pledges stage Hell Week activities
About 175 fraternities pledges at Ohio University tread carefully this week during Hell Week with informal initiations underway and formal rites to finish Saturday and Sunday. Tau Kappa Epsilon neophytes after a Wednesday wiener roast on East Hill discharged three shots of dynamite and set fire to giant oil soaked letters bearing their fraternity on the hillside.
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Ohio University
Tau Kappa Epsilon
East Hill
Delta Gamma Mu Meeting in Athens Messenger Editorial Room
The professional journalistic fraternity Delta Gamma Mu will hold a business session in the Athens Messenger editorial room. Election of new members will be considered during the gathering.
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Delta Gamma Mu
Athens Messenger
MacDonald Moves To Avert Parley Collapse
Premier Ramsay MacDonald used his influence to salvage the five power naval conference in London as talks faced a crisis. He postponed the Big Five session to meet French and Italian leaders while Briand mused on possible outcomes including a battleship holiday and curbs on building programs.
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Webb Miller
United Press
U.P
J. Ramsay MacDonald
McDonald
MacDonald
Relliro Wakatauki
Dino Grandi
Aristide Briand
France
Life Prolonged One Day After Breath Stopped
Adrian Granby a 29 year old millhand from Portland Oregon died after his heart beat for 39 hours following cessation of breathing. He had brain tumor and was unconscious. Paralysis after an accident halted respiration prompting hospital care and artificial respiration until death.
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Ore
U.P
Adrian Granby
Granby
Soldier Gertie Missionary to Philadelphia Underworld
Former wife of Frankie Doris once known as a gang girl now travels with hymn book as a Salvation Army missionary to Philadelphia's underworld. Doris was executed in a Pennsylvania state prison three years ago for the murder of a police officer in a $100000 hold up.
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Salvation Army
Gertrude Doris
Philadelphia
Frankie Doris
Pennsylvania
Miners Await Green's Coming at UMWA Convention
Delegates to the United Mine Workers of America convention in Indianapolis wait for William Green of the AFL to arrive next Monday. John L. Lewis says no action will be taken against the Springfield rump meeting until Green’s views are known. Illinois delegates accuse Sub-District No. 9 officials of buying elections and coercive tactics.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Illinois Miners’ Union
Harry L. Fishwick
International
Tishwick
Springfield
Indianapolis
Ind
HUP
United Mine Workers of America
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Geen
John H. Walker
Illinois Federation of Labor
Movement Against
National Organization
Illinois
Senator Caraway Accused of Playing Politics
Washington reports Senator Caraway a Democrat from Arkansas faced charges of playing politics from Senator Robinson a Republican from Indiana over questioning Claudius Huston head of the Republican National Committee during Senate Lobby Committee hearings on March 13.
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Washington
Caraway
Arkansas
Senate Lobby Committee
Robinson
Indiana
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Jail Quarantine Ordered in Marion County
Health officials ordered a quarantine at the Marion County jail after Sheriff John J. Francis Wade was diagnosed with smallpox. Visitors will be barred for two weeks unless new cases appear.
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Marion
Marion County
John J. Francis Wade
Athena to Build New Bridge Over Hocking River This Summer
The Athens County Commissioners announced preliminary plans for a $270,000 reinforced concrete two lane South Bridge over the Hocking River at Athena. The B&O Railroad will share one third of costs with the county and city widening President Street to 36 feet. The bridge will extend about 80 feet from the river and replace the current structure inadequate for rising traffic tied to Ohio University and the Athens State Hospital.
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Athena
B. & O. Railroad Company
H. A. Lane
Athens County
Athen City
President Street
County Board of Commissioners
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Athens City
Ohio University
Athens State Hospital
State Hospital
Athens
Ohio River
Athens Corporation
Super Hall
Poultry Letters Issued for Grow Healthy Pullets Project
T H Johnson county extension agent announces a series of 12 instruction letters to Athens County poultry raisers enrolled in the Grow Healthy Pullets prospect. A new Ohio State University Agriculture Depart bulletin on chick raising will be sent. Seventy seven poultry men are enrolled in the project.
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Athens Coune Ty
T. H. Johneson
Agriculture
Ohio State University
Johnson
Poultry Ia
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