Aurora Dry Raid Tragedy Sparks State Inquiry
Indignant Aurora residents demand a full investigation into the shooting of Mrs. Lillian De King during a dry raid. Deputy Roy Smith is wounded and Gerald De King, age 12, says he fired in defense. a special state investigator will lead the inquest open to the public. A gallon of wine found at the scene may prompt prohibition charges.
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Aurora
U.R
Lillian de King
George D. Carbury
Kane County
Oscar Carlstrom
Charles W. Hadley
Joseph de King
Ken
Anatorneys
de King
Roy Smith
Smith
John Doe
John J. Weber
de King Dome
Athens County Club Opens If Weather Allows
The Athens County Club golf course will open at 10 o clock Sunday morning if it does not rain tonight. It was announced this morning that the course is in excellent condition and usually opens around April 1 each year weather permitting. If rain falls before Sunday, opening date will be set later.
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Athens County Club
Mexican Rebellion Centered Told by Doctor Danford
Dr W G Danford of Athens a former captain in the Medical Corps of the United States Army recalls winter 1917-18 on the Texas border opposite Chihuahua. He witnessed Mexican bullets killing border civilians and soldiers, has many stories of mortality, to be shared on The Messenger magazine page March 31.
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W. G. Danford
Edical Corps
United States Army
Texas
Chihuahua
Danford
the Messenger
Good Friday Services Observed Across Land
Churches across the land held services on Good Friday with Catholic and Protestant rites. Tenebrae and cantatas marked the solemn Holy Week, as Lent neared its end and Easter preparations began.
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Pontius Pilate
General Appropriations Bill Advances in Ohio Legislature
The General Appropriations Bill, totaling 114.9 million dollars for 1929 and 1930, passed the House and moves to the Senate where a vote is expected late next week. The bill includes a 550 thousand dollar request for an Ohio State University gymnasium, opposed by some as a welfare funding priority.
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House
Senate
Ohio State University
Columbus
Harry D. Silver
Silver
J Cooper
Federal Reserve urged to curb panic despite public hopes
The piece argues the Federal Reserve should start small panics to prevent panic and criticizes public misunderstanding. It credits Charles E. Mitchell of National City Bank with guiding markets as stocks rebounded from a dip, noting Cyrus H. K. Curtis praising Mitchell for easing the market.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Federal Reserve
Charles E. Mitchell
New York
National City Bank
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Women Keep Strike At Industrial Fiber Plant In Cleveland
Four hundred women workers at the Industrial Fiber Company plant in Cleveland refused to return to work despite a settlement proposal. A four member striker committee and officials met, but a larger 25 member panel allegedly fell under communist influence and refused further talks. The strike centers on changes in piecework rates as police report orderly protests near the plant.
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Cleveland
U.P
Industrial Fiber Company
Hiram 8
Rivitz
Girl Who Eats Through Tube Kidnapped in Philadelphia
Detectives say Alice Labutis, a girl who uses a rubber tube to eat, was abducted by Curtiss Devonshire in Charlotte. She was reported safe. authorities note she faced possible death without timely medical care, but doctors at Jefferson Hospital warned the risk if not found soon.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Charlotte
N. C
Alice Labutis
Curtiss
Devonshire
Jefferson Hospital
Wall Street Faces Cautious Return After Slump
Utah Senator vows probe into market price changes. Elmer C. Walzer reports that New York Fed kept the 5 percent rediscount rate and brokerage loans fell 144 million, with expectations of selling pressure after Good Friday. Markets locked for holiday. exchanges reopen Monday.
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Utah
Elmer C. Walzer
United Press
New York
Wall Street
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Fed aims to curb collateral loans to ease business borrowing
The Street expects further pressure from the Federal Reserve Board after a week of loan losses. The Board seeks to reduce the collateral loan total by compelling small margin holders to sell to cash stockholders, freeing capital for broader business borrowing at lower rates.
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Federal Reserve Board
Boy Edwin Cox Missing Over 40 Hours in Kent
Edwin Cox nine of Brady Lake Kent vanished Wednesday prompting a town hunt. Drivers for a Cleveland dry cleaning firm were questioned as police chased a possible ride on a light delivery truck seen in the area. Relatives in Cleveland were checked to confirm a visit or abduction theory.
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Kent
U.R
Cleveland
Edwin Cox
Brady Lake
County Deputy Sealer Checks All Athens Pumps and Scales
L W Roberts county deputy sealer of weights and measures inspects every gasoline pump scale and measure in Athens County. County Auditor J Clyde Edmundson announced the effort and said the State Department of Weights and Measures has been active statewide. Roberts will file his report with Edmundson, who will forward it to the state department.
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Athens County
L. W. Roberts
J. Clyde Edmundson
State Department of Weights and Measures
Edmundson
Roberts
State Department
Police hunt for Eddy over fatal Ohio party fight
In McArthur Sheriff seeks Charles Eddy of Wellston for second degree murder in the death of 65 year old Clem Young of Chillicothe after injuries from a Sunday night fight at Young's Hamden home. Witnesses include Frank Laudermilk and Otto McConkey, with McConkey jailed on check forging charges. funeral set for Hamden.
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Hamden
Charles Eddy
Wellston
Ohio
Clem Young
Chillicothe
Young
Eddy
Ray Cox
Vinton County
McArthur
Frank Laudermilk
Charles Young
Lou Trace
Fannie Lewis
Otto McConkey
McConkey
Washington D. H
Jackson
Abraham Young
Cincinnati
George Young
Laird Young
Quincy Young
Stella Russell
Emma Young
United Brethren Church
Abe Young
Ohio State Penitentiary
Old Coin James Mansfield Recovers Pine Tree Shilling Tale
James Mansfield of Athens presents a small silver American Pine Tree Shilling believed to be among the first U S coins though undated. His informant claims it was struck from the first US mint. Mansfield also shows an ancient English coin dated 1572.
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James Mansfield
Athens
United States
Mr. Manafield
Halting Malt Sale Bill Returns To Ohio House
The Piper Anti Malt Bill again faces action in the Ohio House after a secret temperance committee meeting led by Mrs. W. F. Slagle. Key figures include Lawrence A. Kane, Ernest J. Bohn, Louis Nippert, and Willard Piper. The measure would impose heavy fines on malt sellers for home brew manufacture.
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Secret
Columbus
U.P
House of Representatives
Temperance Committee
W. F. Slagle
Youngstown
Lawrence A. Kane
Cincinnati
Ernest J. Bohn
Cleveland
Louis Nippert
Willard Piper
Kane
W. L. Guard
Charge Auto Clubs Try to Bury Gas Tax
Ruralists in the House accuse automobile clubs of browbeating Governor Cooper to block the one cent increase gasoline tax. The statement, signed by Dallas Sullivan and L. R. Bostwick, claims clubs want road users to pay for them and pressure the governor against the bill.
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Columbus
Cooper
Dallas Sullivan
L. R. Bostwick
General Assembly
Myers Y. Cooper
Ambition Realized As Local Student Rides Engine Cab
Gerald W. Trainer of Williamstown West Virginia, a Ohio University sophomore, finally rode in the cab of a locomotive from Athens to Parkersburg after persistent requests. Railroading fascination started in boyhood with models and wrecks. Delta Tau Delta brothers gave him a celebratory sendoff.
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Gerald W
Jerry
Williamstown
W. Va
Ohio University
Athens
Parkersburg
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Lentulus Portrait of Christ Described as Handsome Figure
Washington March 29 United Press reports a disputed Lentulus letter claiming a contemporary portrait of Jesus Christ. ThePen sketch, said to come from a friend of Pontius Pilate, influenced enduring depictions with hair eye and face details cited in multiple languages.
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Samuel J. Williams
United Press
Washington
Jesus Christ
Christ
Publius Lentulus
Pontius Pilate
Jerusalem
Lentulus
Reece urges renaming War Department for clearer scope
Representative Bd Carroll Reece of Tennessee calls for changing the War Department name to National Defense Department or a similar title to better reflect its broader responsibilities.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
National Defense Department
Carroll Reece
Tennessee
House Military Affaire Committee
Karr Freed After 30 Minute Verdict
Irving Karr Meigs County Commissioner is acquitted of bribery charges after a 30 minute jury deliberation. Judge F W Crow presided as attorneys argued and court bailiff warned against demonstrations in the Pomero y courtroom.
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Karr
E. H. Morris
Mr. Karr
F. W. Crow
Crow
Common Pleas
A. P. Miller
Laughlin Sentenced to Ten Years Hard Labor in Mine Assault
In Athens County Court Ray Laughlin was convicted of assault with intent to kill McKinley Woodruff in the No. 266 Collieries mine incident. Judge Worstell ordered ten years at hard labor, without solitary confinement, with several co-defendants arraigned or awaiting trial and one fugitive sought. The assault involved a .46 caliber automatic and multiple shots in the mine office, leaving Woodruff severely wounded but alive.
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Ohio State
Ray i Laughlin
Agage Hollister
Athens County Common Pleas Court
McKinley
LL. G. Worstell
Laughlin
McLaughlin
Peter Barrows
Mineveel F. Sachs
No. 16
Mine
Mclaughup
Cad
Grand Jury
Woodruff
Jard McGee
McLauchlin
Ford Moody
J Campbell
Pleasy
Charles McLaughlin
Ot Ray
Collieries Company
McKinley Woodruff
Ray
Charlies McLaughlin
Nesses
Charles
Simmon
Peter and
O. F. Sachs
Ray Laughlin
R. D. Williams
Virgil Law Denzel Dailey
Buster Johnson
Archie Markins
D Whaley
Carl H
Wilford Moody
Jami Campbell
Char
Etlin
Prohibition battles sweep the Midwest states
In West Chicago on March 29 U P Prohibition occupies four state governments in the dry middle west. Illinois faces backlash over the Aurora Mrs Lillian De King killing raid and two assaults on dry laws in the Legislature. Michigan amends the life for a pint law with amendments likely to be signed. Missouri considers a bill to modify prohibition tying to the McCawiey act. Wisconsin plans a state wide referendum on repealing state prohibition on April 2.
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Chicago
U.P
Middle West
Ulinois
Lillian de King
Aurora
Michigan
Missouri
House of Representatives
Wisconsin
Tanian, 70, Columbus business figure dead
Edward Tanian, longtime president of the 3 First Chain Store System, based in Columbus, has died at age 70. Details of funeral plans were not immediately available.
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Edward Tanian Columbus
T. Tanian
Bere Tach
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W. F. Sullivan
Harry Wilson Sharpe
General Revenue Fund
Ray C. Carpenter
Seneca County
Welfare Department
C. H. Jones
Carpenter
University
Glem Young
Hunt For
Urbana
Bohn
Representative Piper
Columbus, O
Palestine
Son of
God
Rome
St. Anselm
Canterbury
World
Frank G. Jannaway
A. Hartley
Messenger
Worstell
West
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