Senate Lobby Committee Subpoenas Firm Records In $36100 Case
The Senate Lobby Committee issues subpoenas for Blythemer of New York brokers and related funds totaling 36100 amid clashes with Robinson and other Republicans over committee authority. The dispute centers on account records linked to the National Committee and Carbide connections as the panel presses for details.
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Robinson
Im National Committee
J. Raskob
Huston
W. Sc. Moore
Wisuston
Ton
Japhob
Tennesseement Association
Highland Counties Debate Marks Presbyterian Plan
In Cincinnati on March 18, church members discussed adding Highland counties to the Presbytery. The meeting centered on administrative changes and the potential impact on regional governance within the denomination.
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Nnnati
U.P
Highland Own
Presbyterian
Love Poems from the Messenger Readers Set
Readers are offered a new booklet titled Love Poems. The collection is described as sentiment filled and indexed for quick poses, noting it features a known poet and is now available through the Washing ... The ad urges purchase for those who have long desired a poem or poetical work but could not obtain it before.
Cambridge Victims Include Sir Charles Adair and Foster-Mother
Funeral plans proceed for Charles Gilman Adair and his foster-mother Mary Troette after a murder and death by own action Sunday night. Ellen Lydia Gilman, Adair's mother, belonged to an English titled family and Charles would have been entitled to the title Sir Charles Adair in England.
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Cambridge
Charles Gilman Adair
Mary Troette
Adair
Ellen Lydia Gilman
England
Sir Charles Adair
Prohibition Poll Is Wet Sparks Church Ad Debate
Today in A. D. 1930 readers see a headline on Churches Advertise and a note that the prohibition poll is wet. The day highlights fewer teeth and longer life as a side interest.
How can church advertising be made successful
One hundred clergymen led by Doctor Reisner invited the writer to discuss improving church advertising and making church publications more engaging. The key questions were forwarded to editors and advertising professionals for consideration.
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Reisner
The Clergyman’s Role in Modern Advertising and Community Reach
The clergyman faces challenging advertising tasks as he promotes what is best for people against appealing alternatives. Earlier rural worshippers endured long muddy walks, but improved roads, cars, telephones, moving pictures, radio, and entertainment now bring neighbors together and unify communities.
Beecher's Auctioned Slave Girl Idea Attracts Crowds
A controversial anecdote recalls Henry Ward Beecher selling a mulatto slave girl at auction in his Brooklyn church to boost attendance. The piece contrasts Puritan sermons on hell with modern cinema, noting Puritans avoided movies despite their availability. Continued From Page
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Henry Ward Beecher
Brooklyn
Hell
Legal action sparked in Melvin Horst case
In Wooster Ohio on March 18 Junior Hannah ten and key witness in the renewed Melvin Horst mystery faces possible permanent custody transfer to his brother in law in Cleveland. Cleveland attorneys seek order while prosecutors plan to block adoption until after the murder case against Charles Hannah and Earl Donald tied to the missing four year old.
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Junior
Wayne County
Marion Graven
Walter J. Mougey
Charles Hannah
Earl Donald
Melvin
Yen Hsi Shan Takes Over North China Services
Representatives of Yen Hsi Shan governor of Shansi Province assume control of postal telegraph and railway services in North China as of March 18. The move consolidates provincial authority over critical communications and transit sectors.
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Peiping
China
U.P
Yen Hsi Shan
Shansi
North
Freight Engine Explodes. Three Die Near Guthrie Tenn
Three people are killed and one severely injured when a Louisville and Nashville freight locomotive exploded near Guthrie Tennessee early today. The incident was reported from Evansville Indiana with details from officials.
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Evansville
Ind
Louisville & Nashville
Guthrie
Tenn
Farm Board advises crop cuts and home gardens
Washington report says reduce cotton and wheat acreage and plant a home garden to lift farm income. J A Evand of the Agriculture Department urges the South to boost food production and livestock, with flax in wheat areas and storage issues noted as a key problem. Legge of the Farm Board questions wheat stock levels and hints at possible overseas markets.
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U. S. Farm Board
Washington
Agriculture Department
Federal Farm Board
South
J. A. Evand
Legge
Farm Board
Indian Witchcraft to Be Part of Murder Trial
Henry Marchand the French sculptor sits in a county jail as Lila Jimerson, a 35 year old Seneca Indian woman, is charged with conspiring in the murder of the artist's wife. The case hinges on elements of supposed witchcraft cited in the defense.
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Buffalo
Henry Marchand
Lila Jimerson
Marchand
Jimerson
Nancy Bowen
March
Athens mayor contest moved to appeals court
The Woodworth contest against Robert S. Wood for mayor of Athens was filed in error and sent to the District Court of Appeals. The case seeks reversal of Judge Worstell’s January ruling that dismissed the suit as improperly perfected. Woodworth alleges irregularities at precincts allowing nonresidents to vote.
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Athens County Clerk of Courts
E.cc
Woodworth
Robert SS. Wood
Athens
District Court of Appeals
L. G. Worstell
Common Pleas Court
Worstell
Wood
Ohio University
Bandit Surgeon Details Cleveland Station Shootout Incident
Ludwig Pitrich, 21, confessed in Cleveland that during a Toledo robbery he tried to extract a bullet from a wounded companion in the car using a heated pocketknife. He said Murray fainted and was left at a hospital entrance after the failed improvised operation.
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Cleveland
U.P
Ludwig Pitrich
Murray
Toledo
Pitrich
Motive and estate emerge in Troette murder case
Cambridge reports Mrs. Mary Troette 83 was murdered by her foster son Charles Gilman Adair of Moundsville West Virginia who then killed himself. The estate valued at 75000 to 100000 passes to Adair's 14 year old son Troette as chief beneficiary. Police say motive was her refusal to give Adair money. Adair, once a draftsman, was adopted into the family.
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Cambridge
U.P
Mary Troette
Charles Gilman Adair
Moundsville
W. Va
Adair
Troette
Senate Subpoena Issued for Blythe and Bonner Books
Washington March 18 A Senate Lobby Committee subpoenaed the books of Blythe and Bonner brokers for Claudius Huston chairman of the Republican National Committee.
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Shington
U.P
Senate
Blythe @mer
New York
Huston
Union Carbide
Washington
Senate Lobby Committee
Blythe and
Bonner
Claudius Huston
Republican National Committee
Elmer Searles Dies At Home In Albany
Elmer FE Searles aged 48 died at 10 o'clock this morning at his Albany home after four months of heart trouble. He leaves a widow, two sons Wayne of Pittsburgh and J B of Athens, two daughters Cora Kalb of Akron and Annastine Carbaugh of Chase, and two brothers Wilson of Wellston and Ira of Hamden. Funeral plans not yet set. A retired farmer born in Meigs County, he had lived in Albany for 25 years.
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Albany
Elmer Fe, Searles
Wayne
Pittsburgh
J. B
Athens
Cora Kalb
Akron
Annastine Carbaugh
Chase
Wilson
Wellston
Ira
Hamden
Searles
Columbia Township
Meigs County
Nomination Confirmed for Arthur Arnold U.S. Attorney
The Senate confirmed today the nomination of Arthur Arnold to serve as U.S. attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia, institutionalizing his appointment to the federal office.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Arthur Arnold
U. S
Northern District of
West Virginia
Escape Attempt At State Penitentiary
At Columbus on March 18, two inmates Chester Probaski and Herbert Hardin attempted to escape by a crude ladder from the administration building. Guards opened fire when the pair reached ground level. Probaski was wounded and Hardin surrendered after another shot. Probaski is 21 and from Cleveland. Hardin is 28 from Dayton.
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Columbus
U.R
Chester Probaski
Cleveland
Herbert Hardin
Dayton
Probaski
Hardin
Playlet of Convict Riot Becomes Heir to a Mother
New York reports a playlet by Robert Blake written in his Texas death house cell before his execution. His mother Mrs. Elia Blake will receive 20 percent of royalties from stage film radio and TV rights. John Wexley the author of The Last Smile acknowledges much dialogue came from Blake.
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New York
Robert Blake
Texas State Penitentiary
Robert
Earth
Elia Blake
Amarillo
Texas
Robert Blakes
Show Men to Be Tried Here on Wednesday
Trials of Paul Jones and Ted Katzenbach, managers of the Majestic and Pastime Theaters in Nelsonville, charged with operating Sunday showings, will be held in Common Pleas Court Wednesday. Jones is out on 84 dollar bond, Katzenbach on 566 dollars. affidavits filed by Prosecuting Attorney R. D. Williams after citizen complaints.
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Paul Jones
Ted Katzenbach
Majestic
Pastime
Nelsonville
Common Pleas Court
Common Pleas
Motion Picture House
R. D. Williams
Jones
Katzenbach
Ornais
Pensance
England
Francisco in Columbus Confesses Murder of Daughter
John Francisco of Dayton, who confessed killing his daughter Evelyn Edgington, 19, is questioned anew about the shooting of street car conductor Charles Barrows. Police seek a revolver and yellow slicker. a motive linked to reconciliation with his estranged wife is cited.
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Francisco
Columbus
U.R
John Francisco
Dayton
Evelyn Edgington
Charles Darrows
Edgington
Volkca
Barrows
Union Workers Plan Discipline of Illinois Miners
Delegates at the United Mine Workers of America convention in Indianapolis outline a program to discipline insurgent Illinois miners. The plan aims to link loyal unions with the central federation or the Springfield rump group while promising expulsion for promoters of the outlaw organization. A future Illinois meeting may rally loyal unions to pressure bolting miners.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Illinoia
United Mine Workers of America
Illinois
Defense Counsel Hit By Insanity Issue Ruling
In New Castle Pennsylvania on March 18 Judge R L tildebrand sustained the prosecution objection that proof of criminal insanity cannot be used as a defense to murder in the Irene Schroeder case. The ruling blocks defense plans to argue insanity as a legal defense.
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New Castle
U.P
Commonwealth
Irene Schroeder
R. L. Tildebrand
U S Agent at Cleveland to Be Under Fire
Seymour Lowman assistant secretary of the Treasury announces an immediate probe into the private law practice of Arthur B Prenton Cleveland District U S Collector of Customs He shares a law office with Donald C Van Bur en and Robert A Burri Former officials connected to the case Davidson a reputed rum runner is under indictment in Federal Court with a syndicate alleged to operate in Cleveland Toledo and Pittsburgh Grand Jury in Toledo expected to return further indictments
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Cleveland
Seymour Lowman
The
Treasury
Washington
Arthur BP. Renton
U. S
Lakerie
van Buren
Davidson
Toledo
Pittsburgh
U. S&s
Newark area newspaperwoman freed after contempt sentence
Mrs. Ella Kerber Resch of Youngstown was released from Lawrence County Jail after more than 659 hours as punishment for contempt of court. Judge R. H. Hildebrand ordered her release for refusing to answer questions about Irene Schroeder, the blonde gungirl on trial for murder.
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New Castle
U.P
Ella Kerber Resch
Youngstown
Lawrence County
R. H. Hildebrand
Irene Schroeder
Senate takes up unemployment crisis with Wagner bills
The Senate Commerce Committee opened an inquiry into unemployment led by Senator Wagner of New York who declared the current crisis the most serious. Outside, a delegation of unemployed led by James Eads How the so called millionaire hobo, waited to be heard but did not hear the testimony.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Commerce Committee
Wagner
New York
James Eads How
Doheny Weeps On Stand In $100,000 Bribe Trial
Landmark trial recounts Edward L. Doheny’s tearful moments as defense counsel questions him about a $100,000 bribe to Albert B. Fall. The California oil magnate links contracts for government oil to patriotic aims amid a defense effort to frame the actions as beneficial to the state.
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Washington
Edward L. Doheny
Interior
Albert B. Fall
California
Millonaire
Frank J. Horgan
Admiral J. K. Robinson
Doheny
Ned
Robinson
Frank J. Hogan
Pearl Harbor
Maniual
Elk Hilla
Galit
Hunt for Dope on France Amid $8 Million Morphine Ring
wartime regulations recalled as agents boarded the liner France to seize an alleged $8 000 000 morphine shipment hidden on board. Secret service and Treasury Customs staff conducted an intensive overnight search while passengers were screened and officials barred the vessel.
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New York
France
Secret Service
Treasury and Customs Departments
Famous Wolf Captured After Eight Years of Prey
Oklahoma City reports the famous Black Wonder wolf, leader of a vicious pack, caught in a trap by Frank Lee of Centraloma. The pelt hangs in the State Game and Fish Commissioner's office. Lee earned $1.50 state fee. Federal scientists estimate the pack did over $10,000 in damage.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
O.R
Kiamichi Mountain
State Game and Fish Commissioner
Frank Lee
Centraloma
U. S. Biological Survey
Lee
A. E. Gray
Federal Biological Survey
Convict Injured at State Penitentiary Incident
Fred Davis a 27 year old African American convict from Cleveland was crushed between two boxcars on a spur beside the State Penitentiary walls and injured possibly fatally at Columbus on March 18.
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Columbus
Fred Davis
Cleveland
State Penitentiary
Mansfield Inmates Escape From Apple Creek Camp
Prisoners at Apple Creek Honor Camp Mansfield escaped late yesterday according to the state bureau of identification. The incident occurred near Columbus and prompted a search by state authorities.
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Mansfield
Columbus
Apple Creek
State Reformatory
State Bureau of Identification
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