Mystery on the Boardwalk Ends in Blackmail and Murder
In Ocean Town Garrett Folsom is stabbed to death while swimming. Detective Flemming Stone investigates a web of suspects including Anastasia Folsom, Dan Pelton, Mrs Walden, Myrtle the chambermaid, and Ned Barron as he uncovers blackmail and hidden papers. The case hinges on letters in a suitcase and a fired-up family feud continues.
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Garrett Folsom
Ocean Town
Folsom
Roger Neville
Helen Barnaly
Carmelita Waldon
Anastasia Folsom
Croydon
Anastasia
Titus Riggs
Dan Pelton
Sears
Fleming Stone
Stone
Ned Barron
Madaline
Pelton
Rosa
Myrtle
Miss Anastasia
Dan
Anastasia Poison
Mr. Stone
Aunt Stasia
Peltom
Leopold Queried On Part in Plan for Prison Break
Chicago dispatch reports Nathan Babe Leopold, longtime Joliet penitentiary inmate and suspect in the Robert Thanks slayings, would be questioned about any role in a mass escape plan. A former convict, Leo Delgada, alleged Leopold financed a poison-guards scheme to enable 1,200 prisoners to flee Joliet. The inquiry followed the Joliet jailbreak by three Mexican murderers the prior Saturday.
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Chicago
U.P
Nathan
Babe
Leopold
Robert
Joliet
Leo Delgada
Will County
Pomona Grange Meeting With Athens Group Saturday
The Athens County Pomona grange meets with the Athens grange at the Jacksonv' col house Saturday. Business will be transacted in fifth degree, then fourth. Afternoon session focused on social and literary work with a varied program of songs, readings, talks, and recitations led by county lecturer Mrs. Fannie Niggemeyer.
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Athens County Pomona Grange
Athens Grange
Jacksonv' Col House
Grange
Fannie Niggemeyer
County Grange
Pomon
Orange
Amos Driggs
Albany Grange
Ralph Barker
Phill Briley
New Marshfield Grange
Ada Shanks
Trimble Grange
Thomas H. Johnson
Pomona
Two Films at Super Hall by Ohio A I E E
The Ohio branch of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers will show two motion pictures at 7 tonight in Super Hall. The first film is a three reel feature tracing power development from piston engines to modern steam turbines. The second film tours the Westinghouse factory and its large scale manufacturing. Clarence Kelch serves as club president with Glen Smith as secretary treasurer.
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Super Hall
Ohio
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Westinghouse
Clarence Kelch
Glen Smith
Children slain after abduction in Gary case
Pittsburgh and Chicago authorities joined a search for Walter Scholl who kidnapped his two children from a Pittsburgh school and drove them to a desert ed house in Gary Indiana where they were allegedly murdered. The bodies of Vivian eight and Donald six were found in Gary after Scholl's estranged wife led investigators to the home and broke down the doors.
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Chicago
U.P
Pittsburgh
Walter Scholl
Gary
Ind
Vivian
Donald
Scholl
Bandit Robs Poker Game in Urbana, Escapes with Jewelry
Police search Urbana for a lone bandit who held five men at poker and fled with valuables worth 13,500 dollars. One Springfield player lost 5,000 dollars in jewels. total cash stolen 6,500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Bandit
Urbana
U.R
Springfield
Bank money suspect waives extradition after Pittsburgh holdup
Joseph Weckoski $2 arrested here in connection with the $104,000 bank truck holdup in Pittsburgh last week signs waiver of extradition and will likely leave for Pennsylvania capital today. Detectives found $30,000 of the money on his farm near Pittsburgh along with the getaway car. Weckoski admits driving from Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Joseph Weckoski
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Weckoski
Moats Given Sobriety Term or Fine in Clarksburg
E W Moats must remain sober for 25 years or pay a 6.60 fine in Clarksburg police court Judge O L McDonald handed down the sentence after Moats was arrested on intoxication charges Neighbors bailed him out at the jail
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
W. Va
E. W. Moats
O. L. McDonald
Moats
Canadian man sentenced for blasphemous libel
Toronto March 16 Er nest V Sterry became the first Canadian to be found guilty of blasphemous libel and was sentenced to sixty days in the Ontario reformatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
Ernest V. Sterry
Ontario Reformatory
Adjustments for Married Couples at Athens County Infirmary
Social investigator 8 C Griffin urges changes at the Athens county home to allow aged married couples to live together and to secure land for planting fruit. He notes the home is clean and well managed, but aging couples are separated. recommends built in married quarters with external toilet facilities and on site fruit production for inmate and staff use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
8. C. Griffin
Department of State Public Welfare
Ohio
Ahtens County
Ohio State winter commencment yields lone Hocking Valley graduate
Lenora Maxine Mills of Athens stands as the sole graduate from Hocking valley among 160 seniors receiving degrees. She earns a bachelor of science in home economics as eight of eleven colleges are represented with 90 percent Ohioans. Prof. Joseph Vallières Denney delivers the principal address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Lenora Maxine Mills
Athens
Hocking Valley
Ohio State University
Miss Mills
Probate court names Hartnell and Cline as executors
The Probate court appointed W. B. Hartnell and J. Halliday Cline executors of the estate of Joseph Ki Hartnell. An inventory and appraisement of Howard FE Bran non was presented by administrator L. W. Roberts and the court approved the statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Hartnell
J. Halliday Cline
Joseph Ki. Hartnell
Howard FE. Brannon
L. W. Roberts
Treasury Redemptions Continue on Liberty Bonds
Washington reports the Treasury completed a second Liberty Loan redemption and income tax transactions. March 15 tax receipts were expected to total about 600 million dollars, supporting a larger than expected July 1 surplus. Secretary Mellon said roughly one third of the 3 billion dollars in outstanding second Liberty Bonds were offered for exchange, swapping 4.25 percent bonds for 3.5 percent five year notes.
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Washington
U.P
U. S. Treasury
Treasury
Mellon
Liberty Bonds Market Report March 16 in New York
Liberty 2nd 4 4s opened 100.21 with small gains for 4s and 41s, Treasury 41s eased 2, 3s broke 105.30, and other issues showed mixed moves as bonds traded in thin early session.
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Liberty Bonds
New York
U. P
Liberty
Srd
Treasury
Pittsburgh Livestock Market Report
Hogs receipts 1,000 market steady to 15 lower 250 to 350 Ibs 811.00 11.80 200 to 250 Ibs 11.80 12.35 160 to 200 Ibs 12.35 12.60 130 to 160 Ibs 12.50 90 to 130 Ibs 12.50 12.60 packing sows 10.00 19.75 Cattle receipts 30 calves 190 market steady heifer steers 10.00 10.50 vealers 15.00 716.00 Sheep receipts 1,200 market steady top fat lambs 15.50 bulk fat lambs and bulk cull lambs 8.00
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Preliminary Athens county school debate set for Friday
The Athens county schools debate season opens next Friday with the affirmative team of Margaret Johnson Harley Collins and John Coe plus Arthur Woodyard as alternate facing New Marshfield. The negative team led by Louise Cline Alice Gibson and Madeline Potter with Frederick Dixor as alternate will debate Coolville at Coolville. A nominal expense charge will be collected.
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Albany
Athens County
Margaret Johnson
Harley Collins
John Coe
Arthur Woodyard
New Marshfield
Louise Cline
Alice Gibson
Madeline Potter
Frederick Dixor
Coolville
Albany Grange Honors Class with Fourth Degree in Prattsville
About twenty Albany Grange members attended in Prattsville last Friday to confer the third and fourth degrees on a class. A fine luncheon followed. The Albany Grange held its regular meeting Saturday with a juvenile program. The next meeting on March 26 will be run by 4-H club members and the county agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany Grange
Prattsville
Evening services announced at M KE church Albany
Special meetings are held each evening this week at the M KE church in Albany with a long service at 7 30 and preaching at 8 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. KE
Albany
Baptism at Albany First Baptist Draws Fifty Celebrants
About fifty Albany residents attended Sunday’s baptism at the First Baptist Church in Pomeroy. Among those baptized were Chauncey Van Dyke Marie Throckmorton Ina Radekin Ber tina Van Dyke and Minerva Downs. Rev M S Cunningham pastor of the church conducted the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Pomeroy
First Baptist Church
Chauncey van Dyke
Marie Throckmorton
Ina Radekin
Bertina van Dyke
Minerva Downs
M. S. Cunningham
Funeral of Mrs Ben Weed Held at Asbury Church
The funeral for Mrs. Ben Weed, age 81, was held at Asbury Church at 2 o clock Friday with Rev. W A Cooper in charge. The column also notes visits, illnesses, minor accidents, and community events including mumps reports and local social visits.
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Ben Weed
Asbury Church
W. A. Cooper
Weed
M. P. Kennard
Fannie Cox
Hamden
Ida Clark
Columbus
Donald Kennard
Will Chesser
Art Woodard
Anna Betts
Minnie Todd
Mildred Todd
Chesser
Charlies Betts
Dabritz
Grandma Lopez
Grandma
Carbondge
Asbury
Joe Williams
Carbondale
Eva Bown
Logan
Mr. Williams
W. A. Chesser
Local families host relatives and friends over weekend
Lottridge Mr and Mrs Charles Day welcomed daughter Mrs Jay Oliver and family from Athens along with Mr and Mrs Fred Warner and daughter Hazel. Numerous visitors from Sand Ridge Peach Ridge The Plains Coolville Cincinnati and other areas joined at homes of Ackleys Swishes McKinleys and Caldwells amid illness and travel in this Athens County community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Day
Jay Oliver
Athens
Fred Warner
Hazel
Hiram Mingus
Sand Ridge
Edwin Hixon
Peach Ridge
Amos Hixson
Daniel Ackley
Smith McCall
Coolville
Me‘Call
Rulmer Ackley
Ackley
H. C. Swisher
Emmett Swisher
Roy Gordon
Bernice
Argyl
Paige Gordon
Aldo McKinley
Leslie Morris
The
Plains
Glen White
Guy
Pearl Buck
Canaanville
L. T. Runat
Brandeberry
Lacy Windsor
I. T. Runnion
C. F. Windsor
Guysville
Stewart and Beebe
Farmville
Sunday Guests Linked by Family Ties Across Local Towns
A series of social visits marked a quiet Sunday in the area with families from Athens, Factory, Stewart, and Toledo gathering at homes of Mr. and Mrs. Dunfee, Mr. and Mrs. Clark, and other relatives. Notable attendees included Addison Baker, S. M. Bingeman, and Mrs. Brandeberry, among several children and extended kin.
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W. E. Dunfee
Addison Baker
Cecil Hornsby
Kenneth Dunfee
Floyd Bolinger
Athens
Frank Clark
Goldie McDaniel
Sylvia
Stewart
Fred McDaniel
Curtis McDaniel
Miller
Belpre
C. FE. Brandeberry
G. McDaniel
Toledo
G. BR. Yagala
Orville Brandeberry
Coolville
C. E. Brandeberry
Gill
Cutler
Stella Smith
Ralph Chevalier
Frank Shanks
James Thompson
Columbus
Franklin
Ida Cubbison
Dashter
Glenn Miller
Charles M. Campbell
Charles M, Jr
J. Frank Hornsby
Toothman
W. E. Bingman
Local Social Notes from Angell Ridge and Jerseyville
Mrs Lillie Dalley visited Mrs William Vore last Wednesday evening. Miss Ethel Brown stayed with Thelma Burnsides in Jerseyville on Thursday. Mrs T C Doughman and her children Betty Jene and Bruce of Dayton visit her parents Mr and Mrs Ed Rathburn. West Vore and Jesse Roush visited friends in Jerseyville on Thursday. Miss Elizabeth Oxley spent Saturday with ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Delle Maxwell
Ray Duffy
Athens
Frank Mulligan
J. W. Maxwell
William Vore
Mary Sams
Jess Brown
Fletcher Ballenger
Zoah Ballenger
Mary Watkins
Dewitt Sloan
Jesse Brown
Anna
Walter
Len Burnsides
The
Bees
Esther Brown
Ernest Vore
Ethel Brown
A. F. Ballenger
Glenn Brown
Aaron Brown Arel
Lillie Dalley
Thelma Burnsides
Jerseyville
T. C. Doughman
Betty Jene
Bruce
Dayton
Syracuse Couple Secretly Wed In Cincinnati
Miss Beulah Johnson of Syracuse wed Charles Calkins son of Mrs. C. E. Peoples of Pomeroy. The ceremony occurred in Cincinnati during a two week visit last summer while the groom worked there. The couple then returned to Syracuse to announce the marriage at the bride's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Johnson
van Johnson
Syracuse
Charles Calkins
C. E. Peoples
Pomeroy
Cincinnati
Lon Duskey
Duskey
Huntington
Meeting Closes At Asbury M E Church Services
Evangelistic services conducted over the last three weeks at the Asbury M E church concluded Sunday evening with closing remarks and prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury M. E
Sabbath Day Observances Speech Planned at M B Church
The Reverend Wood of Delawrae representing the Sabbath Alliance will speak Sunday evening at the M B church on Sabbath Day Observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood of
Standard Bearers Meeting Hostess Miss Maxine Lewis
Miss Maxine Lewis served as hostess for the Standard Bearer society of the M Ek church during its Monday evening monthly gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Lewis
M. Ek. Church
Ladies' Aid Society Meets at M I Church
The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. I. church held a weekly meeting today with Mrs. W. J. Lawrence presiding. Mrs. Mary Karr and Mrs. Lawrence led the soup sale while the group spent the day quilting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. I. Church
W. J. Lawrence
Mary Karr
Local Social Notes Highlight Mrs Bridgman and Guests
Mrs C Y Bridgman returns from Columbus after visiting relatives. Mrs Henry Zeiher improves after illness. Van Johnson visited friends in Pomeroy on Sunday. Mrs Williams and Virginia Lou Nelsonville visited Mrs Lawrence Tennihill's family. Mrs Irving Karr Horace and Eleanor with Miss Marcia Karr spent Sunday in Point Pleasant. Mrs Martin Stobart, recently ill, is out again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Y. Bridgman
Columbus
Henry Zeiher
van Johnson
Pomeroy
Williams
Virginia Lou
Nelsonville
Lawrence Tennihill
Irving Karr
Horace
Eleanor
Marcia Karr
Point Pleasant
Martin Stobart
Intruder Suspected in Folsom Mystery Read by Stone
In a tense room scene, Stone questions Pelton and Ross about a meddled suitcase and the murder of Mr. Folsom. Ross denies seeing the caught intruder while Pelton grows defensive, as Stone probes who entered Pelton’s rooms and why.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stone
Pelton
Ross
Mr. Folsom
One Side Ladies Use Danderine For Week-Long Waves
Damp hair with Danderine before styling to preserve waves for days. A few drops on a comb or towel keeps locks loose and lasting up to a month, while also treating dandruff by dissolving flakes on the scalp.
Right Way to End Stomach Distress with Mentha Pepsin
Patchy relief from indigestion ends by building a strong stomach. Dare's Mentha Pepsin is pitched as a pleasant elixir that strengthens digestion and allows eating freely. Carey's Meatha Pepsin is advertised as a guaranteed product sold by Cline Pharmacy Co and druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dare’s
Mentha Pepsin
Carey's
Cline Pharmacy Co
Confession Follows Murder of Mitts and Wife in Hamilton
A. Foley Jr. 21, former husband of Catherine Mitts, surrendered in Hamilton after authorities say he confessed to killing James K. Mitts and Catherine Mitts. Policemen nabbed him five hours after the crime occurred early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
James K. Mitts
Catherine
A. Foley, Jr
Tax deadline looms with 25 percent penalty
Washington reports that all income tax returns must be filed by midnight today to avoid a 25 percent penalty. The warning was issued by the Internal Revenue Service as of March 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aid V5 Case of Apicestion
A well known authority says stomach trouble and indigestion are due to excess hydrochloric acid, not lack of digestive juices. He recommends taking four ounces of radish salt with water before breakfast for a week to neutralize acidity, remove gas, and improve digestion.
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Elva Throckmorton
Hazel O'Neal
Mountain State Business College
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Wilkesville
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Clarence Vorhes
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G. Knight
Sheltering Arms Hospital
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Charles Loomis
George Gabriel
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