Explosion on Sealing Boat Kills Score
Sealing ship Viking exploded and burned off Newfoundland. About 140 to 150 Newfoundland seamen and three Americans aboard. estimated 20 to 34 killed outright. Seaborne survivors reached Horse Island eight miles away as ice floes drifted out to sea. 80 to 90 marooned with many injured and short on food. Among missing were Frissell Sargent and Penrod. Bert Taylor reported 115 survivors landed, Americans possibly among them.
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ST. Johns
Newfoundland
U.P
Horse Island
Frissell, Sargent
Penrod
Newfoundand
Viking
United States
Varick Frisaecl
Yale
New York
Henry Jackson Sargent
Boston
Harvard
A. F E. Penrod
Frissell
Haverhill
Mass
Bert Taylor
George W. Bailey
Weston
Taylor
Fire in Ohio House prompts inspection chance
A small fire started by a cigarette in the Ohio House chamber may trigger a legislative probe. Discovered in a waste basket Monday night, about 20 Representatives were present. No extinguishers were available. a custodian finally used a drinking fountain spigot to douse the flames, risking serious damage without nearby water access.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio House of Representatives
Income Tax Worries Bill Because Uncle Operates so Slowly
Beverly Hills letter writer Wil complains tax season is slow and messy. He urges a pay as you buy approach like gas tax and criticizes the delayed assessments that hit those with higher incomes.
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Bill
Beverly Hills
Calit
Irish Free State President Outlines Growth in Decade
President Cosgrave surveys ten years of self rule in the Irish Free State on St. Patrick's Day 1931. He notes Ireland's League of Nations membership, Vatican and major powers contacts, strong securities, low public debt, and productive use of funds. He cites the 1932 100th anniversary of St Patrick and the forthcoming 31st International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin, promising broad international friendship and welcome.
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William T. Cosgrave
Irish Free State
Dublin
U.P
St. Patrick’s Day
Stres
Council
League of Nations
Vatican
United States
France
Germany
Wall Street
St Patrick
Ireland
St. Patrick
America
Human Factors in Business Urged as Key to Recovery
FE N Thorpe of the Ohio Fuel Gas Co told the Athens Kiwanis the study of humanics is crucial to revive aggressive U S business. He warned against reliance on machinery and politics, urging a liberal, trustful attitude between employers and partners to bridge production and consumption gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
FE. N. Thorpe
Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Athens Kiwanis Club
Tharpe
Doles
War, influenza and debts teach cautious leaders
The passage argues that learning from history shows war is wasteful and costly. It cites World War I’s 20 million deaths and the influenza pandemic’s toll of 8 to 10 million, plus enormous financial loss. It contends that only foolish rulers spark new wars while prudent financiers avoid them.
Wages Keep Prosperity Alive in Depression Talk
A speaker argues that prosperity depends on steady wages for workers. He notes millions idle for 28 months, costing about three billion dollars in lost earnings and warns that deflating wages would cut earnings and spending by about twelve billion dollars, harming industries including autos.
Uncle Sam Reports $3100 Million Cash Turnover
The government announces a one day cash transaction totaling 3100 million dollars, the largest for a single day since the wartime period. Officials highlight the shift in financial activity as the economy moves through postwar adjustments.
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Sam
Osteopaths Focus on the Normal Spine This Week
Doctors worldwide dedicate this week to the normal spine highlighting its structure and function as part of broader health education. Continued on Page 4.
Case Is Ignored In Fremont Murder Charge
The Fremont grand jury ended a three day session by ignoring a first degree murder charge against Charles Jeffrey of Columbus in the Russell Gibbs torch slaying case. No reason was disclosed for not indicting, though Alfred Bovington of Marquette had identified Jeffrey near the scene before the July murder.
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Jeffrey
Creditors Seek Bankruptcy for C L McMillan & Sons
Creditors led by Bank of Athens and others filed a petition in Federal Court in Columbus seeking a bankruptcy declaration for C L McMillan & Sons of The Plains Athens County. Claims cited include Bank of Athens four hundred dollars Stedman Co Athens fifty six dollars sixty five cents and C D Shafer Co Athens one thousand twenty four dollars seventy five cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
C. L. McMillan & Sons
the Plains
Athens County
Bank of Athens
Stedman Co
Athens
C. D. Shafer Co
Famed Cardinal Maffi Dies in Pisa at 73
Cardinal Maffi archbishop of Pisa and a noted mathematician and astronomer died at age 73 in Pisa Italy due to heart trouble and pneumonia. He was once considered for the papacy and a critic of Mussolini later wrote a censored Lenten pastoral. His death sent word to Pope Pius and King Victor Emmanuel.
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Pisa
Italy
Pietro Cardinal Maffi
Sacred College
Pius
Victor Emmanuel
Cardinal Maffi
Prince Humbert
Marie Jose
Belgium
Maffi
Benito Mussolini
Will Keep Secrets State Not To Reveal Hand in Murder Trial
The Lingle murder trial enters a second day with Leo V. Brothers on trial for killing Chicago Tribune reporter. State seeks to keep secrets until after jury selection finishes, as assistant state's attorney C. Wayland Brooks confirms.
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Chicago
Lingle
Leo V. Brothers
Chicago Tribune
Brothers
C. Wayland Brooks
Girl Believed Slain and Thrown From Auto Mystery
Youngstown police pursuit centered on three companions of Miss Mary Stiles a 26 year old Truscon Steel stenographer found dead on Belmont Avenue. They include Mr and Mrs Whittaker of Dundee Michigan and an unidentified male, all missing as detectives explore a possible murder and hit and run.
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Youngstown
Mary Stiles
Truscon Steel Company
Belmont Avenue
Parole Force Is Too Small in Ohio
Columbus march 17 state welfare director John McSweeney Wooster says parole officers are overwhelmed with work and averaging 200 cases each month. He urges a parole board expansion to four members with a two member clemency board and monthly meetings in penal institutions. He also proposes locating a new facility on Lake Erie islands for low cost operations.
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Columbus
U.R
John McSweeney
Wooster
McSweeney
Board of Clemency
Lake Erie Islands
Train wreck injures eight in Bristol derailment
Six coaches of a Pennsylvania Railroad express derailed from a 15 foot embankment at Bristol last night. Eight people were injured lightly while about 125 passengers were aboard the Philadelphia to New York train.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bristol
New York
Finance Wizard Is Spry at 91
George F. Baker, a New York financier and one of the world’s five richest men, celebrates his 91st birthday on March 27. He earned his first dollar as a boy gathering berries, while others overlooked the bushes.
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George F. Baker
New York
Suh
Relief Bonds Made Lawful
The Pringle Roberts Act becomes state law allowing cities counties and townships to issue emergency bonds for relief of the poor and unemployed. Bonds may be short term under five years and up to one twentieth of one percent of the 1930 tax duplicate with proceeds for relief this year only.
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Columbus
Pringle Roberts
Senate
House
Roy
George White
William R. Pringle
Cleveland
George H. Roberts
Youngstown
Toledo
Will Man Beat Sun by Flying Faster Than Light
Frank Hawks, speed flier, says man may outrun the sun and lunch in New York then fly to Los Angeles for breakfast the same day. He notes he traveled a fourth as fast as the sun while setting a transcontinental speed record.
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Austin
Tex
Frank Hawks
Speed Flier
New York
Los Angeles
Hawks
City orders end to railroad street operations
Springfield officials pass an ordinance forcing the Cincinnati and Lake Erie Railroad to stop using city streets for passenger and freight cars. The measure, effective in 30 days, follows a long battle to prevent freight trains through residential areas citing public safety and traffic interference.
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Springfield
U.P
Cincinnati & Lake Erie Railroad Company
Traction Company
Sea Hammock for Hoover to Feature on Arizona
President Hoover will travel aboard the U S S Arizona to Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands in the Admiral's suite a two room and bath with mahogany furniture and no windows a feature for high ranking officers galley space for a White House chef and storage for delicacies are arranged Captain Charles S Freeman commands the ship and formerly led transports during the war also heading the naval observatory last year to maintain accurate time signals
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Hoover
Arizona
Porto Rico
Virgin Islands
Mr. Hoover
Washington
Norfolk
White House
Charles S. Freeman
Manchuria
Orisaba
Maui
Naval Observatory
Alleviation Suit Sues for 90000 in Athens Court
Garnet Bretz of Guysville filed in Athens County Common Pleas Court a $90,000 damages suit for alienation of affections against Ethel L. Shotts of Guysville. The petition claims Bretz’s ex wife, Mrs. Bretz, says from March 1980 until the 1990 divorce, she learned Bretz associated with Shotts, mother of five, and that the marriage, begun December 26, 1919, deteriorated leading to divorce December 3, 1990.
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Garnet Bretz
Guysville
Ethel L. Shotts
Athens County
Bret
Brete
City Building Office Equipment Relocated and Upgraded
Equipment from the Service Department moved to the Police Department with a glass partition and doorway installed. Items once used in the New Marshfield Bank were brought into the water collections office. The Council Chamber was remodeled and the mayor’s office received new gear.
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Service Department
Police Department
New
Marshfield Bank
Council
Pierce Chosen County Courthouse Custodian in Athens
Athens County commissioners selected lL. D. Pierce of Athens to become the new custodian of the courthouse. He will start April 1 at 125 dollars monthly, succeeding Thomas Roush who resigned due to ill health after 18 years. J H Lax was reported seriously ill, and the panel urged the Education Board and county prosecutor to relocate offices to the courthouse by April to cut rentals.
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Ll. D. Pierce
Athens
Athens County
Pierce
Thomas Roush
J. HH. Lax
Hebbardsville
Athens County Board of Education
John W. Bolin
Board of Education
Security Savings Bank
Cline
California Girl Saves Sister From Flood Waters
In Willits California Vivian Spencer 22 held her unconscious sister Dinah Wagner 21 above Rat tlesnake Creek water for over an hour after their car plunged down a 100 foot embankment. Michael Fielding a salesman was injured and rescued himself after the crash.
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Willits
Calif
Vivian Spencer
Miss Spencer
Dinah Wagner
Michael Fielding
Fielding
Young radio entertainer wounded in Delaware incident
Fred Easterday a 19 year old Columbus radio entertainer was hospitalized with a hip bullet wound after a dispute at his one room home north of Delaware. He says a man he did not know fired on him. Police consider possible suicide in light of a rebuff from a young woman who allegedly told him he threatened to take his life.
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Delaware
Fred Easterday
Columbus
Here
Easterday
Amrine
Local Man John Fletcher Faces Prohibition Charge
Cleveland police weigh charges against Arthur Fletcher for possible violations of the prohibition amendment or junk dealers ordinance after he was found with a pint bottle of whisky and a stash of odd materials. Fletcher says he makes his own whisky to ease cramps and drinks when needed.
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Cleveland
U.P
Arthur Fletcher
Fletcher
White Would Spend 43 Million on Ohio Welfare Plan
Cleveland report says Gov White proposes a ten year program cost 43.8 million to improve state institutions and build new ones including feeble minded and epileptic facilities, penal expansion, and hospital upgrades with funding by current revenues or bonds.
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White
Ohio
Columbus
Eighty-Ninth
General Assembly
George White
Grafton
Lorain
Otterbein
London
Warri
Athens State Hospital
Cleveland State Hospital
Columbus State Hospital
Dayton State Hospital
Lima State Hospital
Longview State Hospital
Massillon State Hospital
Toledo State Hospital
Ohio Hospital
Gallipolis
Columbus Institution
Orevit
Apple Creek
Ohio State Sanitorium
Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors' Home
Madison
Boys’ Industrial School
Lancaster
Delaware
Ohio Penittentiary
London Prison
Ohio Reformatory
Field
Bureau of Juvenile Research
State Senate
Hawthornden Branch
Columbia State Hospital
Ohio State
Madison Home
Boys
Girls’ Industrial School
Ohio Penitentiary
Grafton Farm
Reformatory For Women
Division of Charities — Home
Welfare Department
Paroled Reformatory Inmates Listed With Release Dates
Mansfield inmates from Ohio State Reformatory receive parole dates in April May and early May. Names include William Hoyle Robert McGeary Herbert Huprich Oliver Henry Elmer Burson Stark Charles McCoy Rose Poling Ralph Luts etc across counties Muskingum Fairfield Pickaway Stark Scioto Athens Washington Gallia Perry Stari Jackson.
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Thomas Hollaway
Herbert Wysong
Ross
John Witeon
Jackson
Everett Best
William Finn
Athena
C. B. Stevens
Washington
Join Terrel
Gallia
Leo Wilson
Andrew Lofty
Arthur Meeks
Lawrence
Donald Bennett
Jack Mulins
Scioto
Jose Steele
Walter Ciuthrie
Athens
Richard Smith
Perry
Mathew Decker
John Marcelli
Stari
Pearl Jenkins
A $15 000 Mistake Bill for Weaver’s 22 Months in Death House
The Silbert Bill to pay $15,000 to Joseph Weaver of Cleveland, who spent 22 months in the death house at Ohio Penitentiary awaiting execution for a murder he was later acquitted of, was recommended for passage by the House County Affairs Committee. Weaver’s conviction stemmed from the murder of Jasper Russell at Midland Stee Products. key witness Alex Maynor later recanted his testimony.
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Columbus
U.P
Silbert
Cuyahoga
Joseph Weaver
Cleveland
Ohio Penitentiary
House
Weaver
Jasper Russell
Midland Stee Products
Alex Maynor
Maynor
Portmouth robbery suspect identified in bandit case
Bandit Millard Lea Habberts of Portamouth was identified as one of three men who held up a Blue and Grey bus near Portsmouth on February 27. Driver Charles Steele of Columbus identified Robbins. Robbers forced the bus to stop with pistols and robbed passengers of money and jewelry before fleeing in a car driven by an accomplice.
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Mansfield
U.P
Millard Lea Habberts
Portamouth
Portsmouth
Charles Steele
Columbus
Steele
Ohio Legion Convention Set for Cleveland in August
The Ohio Department of the American Legion will hold its annual convention in Cleveland from August 16 to 18. State Commander John A. Biden announced that about 7,000 members and auxiliary members are expected to attend.
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Cleveland
Ohio Department of the American Legion
John A. Biden
Smith Sues for Divorce in Ath En County Court
Kathleen Smith of Nelsonville filed for divorce from Ralph E. Smith of the United States Army in Ath ens County Common Pleas Court today charging neglect cruelty and associating with other women.
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Kathleen Smith
Nelsonville
Ralph E. Smith
United States Army
Athens County
Weather Forecast Note with Mixed City Readings
Yesterday’s highs listed for Los Angeles and Phoenix with Abilene Also noted six day low readings from Qu Appelle Pas and Medusa General weather notes predict fair but cloudy conditions in the region with rising temperatures into Wednesday The Shippess forecast gives directional temperature ranges from north to west across the area with notable above readings
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Los Angeles
Phoenix
Abilene
Qu'Appelle
Medusa
Tomient
Shippess
North
East
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John T. Meaney
United Press
Wil
E. N. Tharpe
Mr. Tharpe
Arthur Brisbane
Fremont
City Street
City
Navy
U.2
Ethel Shotts
City Police
California
Ermil
Frenchy Balanescu
State Reformatory
Ohio Board of Clemency
Balanescu
Reformatory
Dorothy Kirk
Frenchy
Dorothy
Athens Hospital
4Eey
Myera Y. Cooper
Legion
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