Floods Threaten Midwest States as Rivers Peak
Flood waters on the Hocking River and tributaries crest Tuesday night at 15.40 feet and recede on Wednesday. Route sections report crossings blocked but passable by trucks. Ohio River levels rise, with Gallipolis and Portsmouth near flood stages as engineers project higher levels.
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Stewart
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Pomeroy
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Allegheny
Monongahela
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Ohio Relief Funds Face State Tax and Budget Strain
Governor Davey and state officials grapple with federal relief aid and a looming March budget shortfall. A $1,000,000 advance to Ohio and broader $8,000,000 total advances are discussed, with calls to cut relief costs and potential new taxes debated. The administration seeks efficiency amid political friction and fiscal uncertainty.
D A R Reds Urge Alert on State Convention
The D A R leadership urged members in Ohio to stay vigilant and engaged for the state convention. They emphasized current government advocacy and national readiness, calling for action from delegates and chapters.
Homestead Project Alive Denies Rejection Rumors
H M Spang Athens County FERA director said the Nelsonville subsistence homestead project is very much alive. Columbus plans were assembled and flood risk assessed with dyke options. State and district officials Rays Simms Cramer Predmore Schmuhl visited for a long conference with Spang and the local committee.
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FERA
Columbus
Athens County Committee
Nelsonville
H. M. Spang
Athens County
Rays Simms
State
Fera Engineering Department
C. A Cramer
M. L. Predmore
State Rehabilitation Department
Schmuh
Washington
Curfew Quiet Havana After Riot Injures 24
Havana enforces a strict curfew after a riot injures 24 and disrupts city life. Explosions in a telephone manhole and on a street car trigger gunfire from soldiers and police. By dawn normal activity returns and workers resume jobs, including government staff warned against strikes.
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Commission to Rule on Athens Rehearing in Gas Case
The State Utilities Commission will decide next Tuesday on Athens City's request for a rehearing in the Logan Gas Co. case. Sixteen communities were affected by the prior ruling in favor of Ohio Fuel Gas Co. Athens is the only one to apply for a rehearing. Samuel B. Erskine will travel to Columbus for the hearing. Other cities plan to pass new rate ordinances and may appeal if needed, restarting the commission dispute.
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Athens
Samuel B. Erskine
Columbus
To Kiss or Not To Kass To Kiss or Not To Kass
A Piedmont California high school biology class held a dramatic test to see if micropes could be transmitted by kissing. All students participated and used sterilized cloth pads for kiss transfer viewed under a microscope. The event spurred interest in biology and higher education.
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Cal
Sanford Siegrist
Ohio University
F. H. Krecker
Athens High School
Walter Porter
Will Rogers on Wars as News Talk and Predictions
Santa Monica letter argues most wars are predictions and domestic conflicts. He claims since 1918 all wars have been internal or among nations’ neighbors, with only a few global flashpoints.
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Santa Monica
Calif
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China
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Cuba
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England
India
NRA
Mexico
Canada
Ohio schools move toward free textbooks for most students
Columbus reports both the Senate and House favor free textbooks for elementary and high school pupils across Ohio, excluding Cuyahoga County. A compromise bill is expected due to far apart proposals. The Senate backs a Mathews measure to bar wage assignments for two more years and a tax plan shift is urged, while a textbook commission would approve prices and seek lowest prices from other states.
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Cuyahoga County
Senate
House
Mathews
Clark County
Hugh R. Fuller
Trumbull County
House Taxation Committee
Plans for Disabled Veterans Chapter Meeting in Conrath
The Conrath Bean Chapter No 37 of the Disabled Veterans of the World War will host an 7:30 PM meeting at the American Legion Home to plan entertainment for State Commander Albert L Daniels and State Adjutant Brian J Thorn ton. An election of officers will be held. The state officials will visit Athens on Thursday March 28 per Adjt Harley Moler.
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Brian J. Thornton
Conrath Bean
American Legion
Athens
Adjt
Harley Moler
Summit Grange Potluck and St Patrick’s program planned
Summit Grange at New Marshfield schedules a potluck supper for Saturday night March 16 at the regular meeting. A St Patrick’s Day program will include Irish songs potato races and contests. Each member is asked to bring one food item.
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Summit Grange
Grand Jury to Meet in Athens City Hall
An extra session of the Athens County Grand Jury will convene Friday and Saturday in the Athens City Building as part of the January term. Prosecuting attorney Harold J. Rose announced the schedule on Wednesday.
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Roosevelt says no need for new gold laws
President Roosevelt stated on Wednesday that government studies show no necessity for new legislation following the Supreme Court gold decisions. He indicated current measures suffice and no immediate act is planned.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
Government approves new country homes for workers at Newport News
The federal plan to house industrial families grows to over 5000 with Ickes approving a Newport News project of 245000 dollars for a Negro settlement. Subsistence Homesteads Corp has 25 million initial PW A allotment, 10 million impounded, with communities near factories and private plants planned in Reedville West Virginia. Most settlers are on relief.
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Maprie
Davey
Washington
Lekes
Newport News
Virginia
Ickes
Subsistence Homesteads Corporation
PWA
Relief Administration
Reedaville
West Virginia
300 Marked for Execution For Part in Greek Revolt
In Athens more than 300 rebels faced wholesale courts martial for involvement in an 11 day uprising. Premier Tsaldaris warned that the law would be applied to end the revolt, while Venizelos awaited fate on Rhodes after a possible extradition from Cassos.
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Greece
Panayoti Tsaldaris
Eleutherios Venizelos
Rhodes
Cassos
Italy
Fifth graders seek stolen midget radio for class
Forty five students in Miss Lorena Hartmann's fifth grade class in Galion spent months selling candy magazines and newspapers to buy a midget radio for the classroom to hear Walter Damrosch and the School of the Air. The radio disappeared during Tuesday night theft found missing Wednesday.
Automobile Club Seeks Lower License Fees
Fred H. Caley secretary of the Cleveland Automobile Club said the group will push for reduced license fees. He favors a minimum fee of 1 and a cap of 15 for automobile licenses, instead of the current 7 and 20 to 25 dollars.
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Fred H. Caley
Cleveland Automobile Club
Caley
Anti-Long bloc forms in House to curb Huey
Rep. P. L. Gassaway leads an anti Long group in the House to blunt Huey P. Long’s power. He and fellow Oklahoma and Texas Democrats say they will attack or ridicule Long, recounting a past fight and denying gun use while vowing to “knock him over.”
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P. L. Gassaway
D. Okla
Rep. Dies
D. Tex
Disney
Gassaway
Utility Heads Strike Back At Roosevelt
Washington ministers and utility executives clash over Roosevelt’s plan to curb holding companies. Spokesmen charge propaganda and malice while urging public petitions and a restrained approach to abolishing holding firms. Hugh Magill, head of the American Federation of Utility Investors, blasts the message as out of touch with voters.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Wlth
Hugh 8. Magill
American Federation of Utility Investors
Roosevelt Plans Fishing Voyage Off Florida Coast
President Roosevelt has virtually decided to make his annual fishing cruise off the Florida coast. He expects to depart Washington for the trip around March 23 or the following day as a brief respite from White House duties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Florida
White House
Amish Girl Declares Yankee Clothes Unacceptable
In Chardon Ida Byler age 11 months will receive Amish outfits so she can attend school. Probate Judge Charles Lenhart ruled the school board must provide clothing and that Ida may wear Amish dress. The dispute centers on not allowing Yankee style garments for her.
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Ida_ Byler
Ida
Charles 8. Lenhart
N. Y
Enough for Governor's Rug Sparks Senate Finance Vote
The Senate finance committee advises $600 as the limit for a new carpet in the governor's office and supports a $9,220 appropriation for the three months ending June 1. The governor sought $16,220, with prior estimates pegging the six month cost at about $20.82 thousand. Governor White spent $10.84 thousand to run the executive office for a year.
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Columbus
Senate Finance Committee
Davey
White
Judge Rules Codes Illegal In State Regulation Case
Federal Judge Guy L. Fake in Newark New Jersey holds that the National Industrial Act cannot regulate intrastate business. He grants Acme Inc Jersey City an injunction stopping enforcement of the fabricated metal code covering hours wages and code assessments. The ruling cites a similar decision by Judge Nields in the Weirton Steel case.
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N. J
Guy L. Fake Wednesday
National Industrial Act
Acme, Inc
Jersey City
Nields
Weirton Steel Company
Entire Family Dies Within Three Weeks in Newark
Death wipes out Frank John son 31 and his wife, two children, and grandfather in Newark within three weeks. William 11 died from tainted home canned beans along with Warren Thompson 76. Johnson died Tuesday night from the same poisoning.
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Warren Thompson
Johnson
Dirigible Activities Shift Inland Naval Plans
Secretary Swanson approved concentrating all remaining navy lighter-than-air activities at Lakehurst New Jersey. The dirigible base at Sunnyvale California will become an airplane training center while a decision on the future of airships is pending.
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Washington
Swanson
Navy
Lakehurst
N. J
Sunnyvale
Calif
Cop Who Killed Wife Found Legally Sane
James C Eden, former Columbus policeman charged with first degree murder in his wife’s death, has been found legally sane by Judge B F Kimble after legal advice received Wednesday in Portsmouth.
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James C Eden
Columbus
B. F. Kimble
Floods sweep Mississippi valley as storms hit South
Swirling floodwaters menace homes across six states from Mississippi to Missouri while snow and rain disrupt the Southeast. Levees falter near Kennett Missouri as 5,000 flee. Saline County Illinois inundated. Ohio and Mississippi river crests loom with evacuations and widespread damage.
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Alinois
Missouri
St. Francia River
Kennett
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Saline County
Til
Coal Operator George M. Jones Dies in Toledo
George M. Jones, 73, noted Ohio coal operator, banker and captain of industry, died in Toledo after a long illness. He led the Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Co until its closure in 1931 and previously rose from miner to mine operator, presiding over 22 mines including Ohio Collieries, Tropic Mining and Cambria Collieries Co.
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George M. Jones
Ohio
Ohio Savings Bank & Trust Co
Jackson, CO
Ohio Collieries Company
Tropic Mining Company
Cambria Collieries Co
Burglaries Suspect Arrests After Apartment Theft
Cleveland detectives arrest two youths after burglaries linked to a string of break ins. Detective John R. Keeley, East Cleveland, was out with two colleagues when a theft occurred at his apartment, taking $40 in cash and lingerie and jewelry valued at $29.
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Cleveland
John R. Keeley
Keeley
Every Reader His Own Editor in Kul Siberian Village
A weekly single-copy newspaper in Kul allows readers to fill blank columns with their own news and opinions. The owner editor writes what he has and the readers contribute the rest, eliminating management overhead and advertising. The piece cheekily hints readers could use the Messenger’s classified ads for gear like snowshoes and heating equipment.
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Kul
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