Prohibition Rows Quiet as House Panel Probes Law
Col Raymond Robins told the House Judiciary Committee that prohibition will endure with a five-point rationale including moral aims and education. He argued a 1940 enforcement test could shift opinion, defended Hoover’s stance, and faulted wet metropolitan press for stoking the dispute.
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Paul R. Mallon
United Press
Washington
Raymond Robins
Chicago
House Judiciary Committee
Robins
Henry Peabody
Boston
Graham
America
Athens Messenger Publishes Love Poems Booklet
The Athens Messenger releases a 48 page Love Poems booklet priced at ten cents. The collection gathers popular sentiments and quotable lines for easy reference. Readers are invited to send for their copies using the coupon.
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Athens Messenger
Gandhi to Defy Salt Laws in Indian Salt March Action
Gandhi and 70 crusaders reach Kaira District to press independence, calling on village chiefs to resign as protest. Police and officials report several resignations, while the march aims to paralyze British administration and reach Jalalpur to disobey salt refining laws.
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Bombay
U.R
Mahatma Gandhi
Kaira
Jalalpur
Patel
Gandhi
Government worries widen beyond politics and wheat
In Chicago on March 13 the writer argues the nation should fret over wheat along with prohibition and overseas shipbuilding policies. The piece links farmer votes and party interests to the broader impact on U S business, workers, and overall economy.
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Chicago, Ill
England
France
Japan
United States
Government WHEAT Trapping Bid Sparks Market Debate
Government and business leaders assess a bold wheat corner plan involving government purchases at above market prices and storage, aiming to influence prices and supply. Analysts warn of potential market distortions and fiscal exposure as the strategy unfolds.
Wheat price slump threatens general business and grain storage
The text warns that artificial price support could trigger disaster if the government continues to buy wheat at levels hindering exports. With winter wheat ready for storage by July first, U.S. grain elevators are near capacity, risking unsalable wheat when farmers seek buyers and storage space runs out.
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United States
Wheat Prices and Global Market Control
The article notes a price higher than Liverpool's for wheat and cites a transport cost from Chicago to Liverpool of 15 to 18 cents per bushel. It claims government stocks shift world markets toward Argentina, Russia, and Canada unless the U S government releases held wheat and others also store grain.
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Liverpool
Chicago
Russia
Canada
Two Boys Die in Unusual Traffic Accidents in Cleveland
In Cleveland two young victims died in hospital after strange wrecks. Five year old William Chamberlain ran into a car and was found by driver Charles Hitchman who, while taking him to the hospital, struck 16 year old George Martack. Hitchman then carried both boys to the hospital where they died.
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Cleveland
U.R
William Chamberlain
Charles Hitchman
Hitchman
George Martack
Akron Opens First Unofficial Dog Hotel
Akron hosts its first unofficial dog hotel in a barn behind Miss Adele Miller’s home, with five dogs and three cats registered. Miss Miller is a member of the local humane society.
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Akron
Adele Miller
The
Humane Society
Plane Crash Kills Two Near Cleveland Olmstead Falls
Two fliers, Richard Braggins and David Bunnin, died when their plane crashed on John Kaminski farm near Rocky River village Olmstead Falls. Witnesses say the motor stopped after the craft looped and righted itself. Kaminski arrived first at the scene and found both men crushed. The pilot Braggins apparently shut off the ignition as there were no flames after impact.
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Cleveland
U.R
Richard Braggins
David Bunnin
Olmstead Falls
Here
Withnesses
John Kaminski
Rocky River Village
Kaminski
Dragrgins
Perry County Musicians to Broadcast on WCAH Radio
On Sunday March 16 from 12 noon to 1 pm, Radio Station WCAH Columbus will feature Perry County artists. Miss Marjorie Davis will perform two violin selections, John and Ellis Spicer will perform four numbers, P R Gibbon and Mrs Thomas Pritchard will present three numbers. Irene Irvin will accompany, and Harry W Gibbon will give a short lecture on No hire for man nor any hire for beast Zech 810.
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Shawnee
Wcah Columbus
Perry County
Marjorie Davis
New Lexington High School
John and Ellis
Jelly) Spicer
New Straitsville
P. R. Gibbon
Thomas Pritchard
Expensive Fog in Lima Court Case
Chester Welch 82, of Columbus, pleaded guilty to intoxication in Lima Criminal Court. He was fined 50 dollars plus costs totaling 56.85 after hotel manager G E Burton complained. Welch incurred an extra 25 dollars for smoking in court while affidavit was read by Judge Neil R Poling.
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Lima
U.P
Chester Welch
Columbus
Welch
G. E. Burton
Neil R. Poling
Poling
Akron Tragedy Claims Pagano From Aerial Contact
Akron on March 14 reports Nick Pagano aged 19 was electrocuted when a radio aerial he was stringing touched a high voltage line. The accident occurred in Akron, prompting investigations by local authorities.
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Akron
U.R
Nick Pagano
Athens Residents Recall 1907 Flood
Athens residents remembered the 1907 flood that isolated Athens County from relief. Rescue efforts near Mechanicsburg and Richland Avenue saved many from rooftops and trees while boats failed and some rescuers drowned near the Athens State Hospital. The disaster affected Sunday Creek Valley and spread along the Hocking River to the Ohio line.
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Athens County
Hocking Valley
Athens
Mechanicsburg
Richland Avenue
Athens State Hospital
Sunday Creek
Hocking River
Ohio River
London Naval Conference Hinges On Tonnage Figures
London talks press on despite France's hard line on tonnage and security pacts. Italy and France stand firm while Britain and the United States push for progress. A new expert committee will review Washington Treaty rules for scrapping ships.
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London
France
Italy
J. Ramsay MacDonald
Dino Grandi
Grandi
Suspect Held Over Attack on Miss Sanders in Ohio
A suspect arrested last night in Zanesville is held at Athens County Jail for questioning about the attack on Donna Sanders, a Chauncey schoolteacher. Officers say the suspect may provide information and locate the scarf worn by the unknown assailant after Monday evening’s incident near Little Bailey School. Several arrests have been made and released as the investigation continues with few clues.
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Zanesville
Athens County
Donna Sanders
Chauncey
Reputed booze gang leader linked to Lorain escape
Police hunt Morris Komisarow 26 amid a bold escape from St. Joseph's Hospital Lorain of rum runner Fred Hentrie 34. Witnesses say Hentrie fled in a sedan tied to Komisarow and police traced the vehicle to a garage. Komisarow appeared at Hotel Winton after the escape and left in a second car with an uninjured companion. Coast guards earlier shot Hentrie twice as he fled a rum boat Smelt Sambo G. Frank Smith of Blenheim Ont. is jailed as the boat cargo valued at $100000 beer ale whisky was dumped into the lake by guards.
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Cleveland
U.P
Morris Komisarow
Fred Hentrie
St. Joseph's Hospital
Lorain
Hentrie
Komisarow
Winton
Coast Guards
Sambo G. Frank Smith
Blenheim
Ont
Coast
Convict Walter Sinclair Shot Dead in California
Walter Sinclair also known as Joe Mc Farland, 42, who escaped from London Prison Farm in Ohio, was killed by a California police officer in Brawley while attempting to escape. He had been serving a one to five year sentence for moving mortgaged property from an estate after being sent up from Cuyahoga County in 1928.
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Columbus
U.P
Walter Sinclair
Joe McFarland
Ohio
London
California
Sinclair
Brawley
Cal
Cuyahoga County
Akron Beauty Prize Winner Slain By Husband
Akron March 14 Frederick Green 34 killed Helena Green 28 after taunt you haven t got the guts to kill me He confessed saying I killed her Police found the couple had a violent tempestuous marriage Two children Frederick Jr nine and Vivian five survive The crime followed drinking with relatives and the knife used was first hurled at her in earlier quarrel.
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Akron
Frederick Green
U.S
Frederick, Jr
Vivian
Green
George Hargreaves
Tille Stein
Governor requests Georgia aid in locating Harrison Craft
Columbus March 14 Governor Cooper asked Georgia to issue a requisition for Harrison Craft wanted in Ironton on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Craft, recently indicted by Lawrence County grand jury, is alleged to have obtained $203 from a hardware company at Ironton through fraud. He is under arrest at Rome.
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Cooper
Georgia
Harrison Craft
Lranton
Craft
la Lawrence County
Ironton
Rome
Murdered Louisville convict identified as James Morgan
Cincinnati police fatally shot James Morgan 21 of Louisville after he fired on officers while taking refuge in a house. Morgan was charged with stealing show equipment and was identified by police as the suspect.
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Cincinnati
James Morgan
Louisville
Morgan
Steel merger battle looms as YS&T and Bethlehem mobilize proxies
In New York on March 14, Bethlehem Steel and Youngstown Sheet and Tube move to mobilize proxies ahead of the April 8 stockholders meeting to vote on the proposed merger.
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New York
U.P
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Younstown Company
Blond Gungirl Goes on Trial in New Castle Court
Irene Schroeder known as blond gungirl stands trial in New Castle Indiana for the December 27 fatal shooting of Corporal Brady Paul of the Pennsylvania state police. Prosecutors seek the death penalty.
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Irene Shroeder
New Castle
Brady Paul
Pennsylvania State Police
Huston Confirms Tn River Plan Interest After Resignation
Claudius Huston the Republican National Committee chairman told the Senate Lobby Committee he did not lose interest in the Tennessee River Improvement Association plans when he resigned last summer as its president to take his current post.
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Washington
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Senate Lobby Committee
Tennessee River Improvement Association
Gandhi the 96 Pound Prophet of India’s Revolution
Washington March 14 Gandhi described as a wisp of a man who commands vast crowds and may lead 320 million Indians toward independence from Britain. The Mahatma, aged 61, born near Bombay, lives on a strict diet in a loin cloth and preaches nonviolence while preparing leaders and promoting social reforms.
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Gandhi
India
Washington
M. K. Gandhi
United States
Hell Week Pranks Hit Ohio University Campus
Athens residents report chaotic initiation activities as Ohio University fraternities stage Hell Week. Freshmen use shoe horns as utensils, carry unbroken kegs, and pledge badges while stores sell fruit and shells of early obsolescent items. Police handle a surge of calls about ghosts and prowlers.
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Ohio University
Athens
Ohio
University
Peracha
Cate
Summer Homes of Daughertys Looted
Authorities seek thieves who looted summer homes of Barry M. and Mal Daugherty on Creek in Pickaway County. Furniture silverware and other articles valued at 1500 dollars were stolen. A truck is believed to have carried the loot from the properties. Mal Daugherty and Harry M. are mentioned in connection with the case.
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Washington C. H
U.R
Pickaw
Fayette Counties
Barry M
Mal Daugherty
Creek
Pickaway County
Harry M
Florida
Jenkins Named To House Committee
IRONTON March 14 Congressmen Thomas A Jenkins of this district has been named as one of two Republican members of the Consent Calendar Committee. The panel handles privileged bills and decides if they pass unanimously or if objections are registered.
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Ironton
Thomas A. Jen
House of Representatives
Tostal
Republica
Local Merchant Dies in Charleston Court Trial
Ed C. Bauer a prominent Charleston merchant died today in the Intermediate Court while serving as a juror in the trial of O Emerson Camp on embezzlement charges. Camp’s case had been sent to the jury late today.
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Charleston
W. Va
Uri
Ed C. Bauer
O. Emerson Camp
Bauer Wis
Common Pleas Court
Local Court Fines Roundup for Intoxication
Skeet Wote of Athens fined $5 and costs by Mayor Robert Wood on Thursday for intoxication after being found guilty. Owen Wallraven of Athens jailed Thursday night by Officer McGrath on intoxication charge, arrested Wednesday by Chief E B Finsterwald and Officer Charles Maple.
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Skeet Wote
Athens
Robert Wood
Guilety
Owen Wallraven
McGrath
Finsterwald
Charles Maple
Hired Man's Courtship to Be Performed by Athens Grange
The play The Hired Man's Courtship will be staged by Athens Grange members at their all day meeting in Athens County at Jerseyville on Saturday. Miriam Westfall directs. Cast includes Mrs. DeI Shaw Edith Jacoby Iria Mansfield Isabelle der Ila Russ Jacoby and Mack Braley with Jane Russ and Eileen Jacoby singing.
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Athens Grange
Grange
Athens Counsty
Jerseyville
Miram Westfall
de iShaw
Edith Jacoby
Iria Mansfield
Isabelle der
Ila Russ
Massachusetts Bay Colony Two-Cent Stamp Issued
Postmaster General Brown orders a two cent stamp commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It will be issued in late April first at Boston Massachusetts. A tree was destroyed by lightning in Portsmouth on March 2 during a storm at Sargent Pike.
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Washington
Massach Bay Colony
Brown
Boston
Mass
Portsmouth
Sargent, Pike
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