Poison Liquor Kills Four In Car Wrecks
The story notes a surge in retail buying to replenish depleted stocks as Dr. Julius Klein predicts faster business recovery. He cites low store inventories, rising sales, and a quickened turnover since 1929 with department stores nearing prewar levels, amid broader warnings on leadership and bootlegging in New York shipping distress signals.
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Washington
U.R
Julius Klein
Klein
Department
Bureau of Foreign and Co- Commerce
United Press
Federal Reserve Board
Mr. Morgan
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Barnegat
Coast Guard
Texas Guinan Night Club Hostess Burglarized
New York March 30 U P burglars ransacked Texas Guinan s apartment as she entertained guests early today. Estimates of the loss range up to 15000 with police saying it may not exceed 5000. The missing items include a diamond encrusted honorary police badge and pin.
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New York
U.P
Texas Guinan
Miss Guinan
Hoover Says Farm Board Can Handle Its Own Problems
President Hoover indicated the Farm Board would work through wheat and other agricultural difficulties without White House interference. He believed the board is fully capable of defining and defending its own policies.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Farm Board
White House
British battleship Nelson damaged in fog collision
London reports H M Nelson one of Britain's 5600 ton super-battleships sustained slight damage in a collision with the British steamer West Wales amid thick fog on Sunday. Admirals disclosed today.
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London
U.r)h. M
Nelson
Britain
West Wales
Bright wins back-to-back Ohio University pool title
George Bright of Niles captured the college pool crown for a second straight year by defeating George Collins of Sidney 300 to 167 in the finals at the Ohio University Men's Union. He received a trophy prize.
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George Bright
Niles
Ohio University
George Collins
Sidney
Fool's Gold Shines in Ohio University Mineral Display
An Ohio University Museum exhibit features minerals from Clay Center Ohio caves. Included are fluorite celestite limonite fossilized limestone sphalerite and silica. A pyrite sample gleams with the famous fool's gold lustre.
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Ohio
Ohio University Museum
Clay Center
Chinese Sing Song Houses and Spy Executions Reported
Article describes the term sing song house as a place where young women entertain guests and notes claims some workers were red spies gathering military secrets. It states the Chinese government executed these women and then imposed death for visiting officers who disrespected the law, with several officers reportedly shot. The piece continues on page 4.
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Red
Russia Not Too Limit Wheat
Washington reports Russia refuses to join a world wheat export limit. Soviet delegates objected to the agreement viewed as harming five year plan financing. The United States faces a potential European market struggle as it holds large surplus while quality may offset price.
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Washington
U.P
Russia
United States
Rome
Facma Board
Chicago graft revelations target officials and police
An undercover worker named Shir ley Kub testifies before a grand jury alleging a prominent Chicago politician arranges police protection for liquor dens in downtown. She accuses gangster Al Capone of controlling parts of the police department.
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Chicago
Shirley Kub
Grand Jury
al Capone
Reduction in Wheat Acreage for 1931 Harvest
The Department of Agriculture reports a 3 percent decrease in total wheat acreage indicated for harvest in 1931 from 1930. The figure totals 57,441,000 acres, versus 59,158,000 in 1930 and 61,464,000 in 1929, including both winter and spring wheat with abandonment through March 7.
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Washington
Pthe Department of Agriculture
Winter wheat acreage forecast and market outlook
Farmers reported to the Agriculture Department that about 39,759,000 acres of winter wheat will be sown this year. The report notes shifts to feed crops in north central states and a switch from spring to winter wheat in Washington, with overall acreage down 3 percent for all wheat. projected yields place Hard Red Spring at 148,000,000 bushels, Durum 47,000,000, White 21,000,000, and spring prices expected to stay above winter wheat due to market conditions.
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Agriculture Department
Washington
Federal Farm Board
Rockey Mountains
Reilly Fined and Two Held on Bond at Arraignment
Otto Reilly pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined 30 dollars plus costs by Magistrate C H Porter. George Smith facing a statutory charge pleaded not guilty and posted 600 dollar bond. Jake Hudwell also not guilty to petit larceny with 100 dollar bond.
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C. H. Porter
Otto Reilly
Luhrig
Wayne Wingett
George Smith
Palm Springs Mayor Eyes Albany Backing in Investigation
Mayor James Walker remained silent on politics but showed interest in Albany press reports that Democratic leaders and borough chiefs would back him extensively during the upcoming investigation of his administration.
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Palm Springs
Cal
James Walker
Albany
Will Thinks United States Should Put Best Licks in Here
The letter from WILL argues for shifting influence to the mainland, mocking colonial ventures. He claims Hoover favors Porto Rico conquests and predicts a new branch for Charley Otis and Company to create a leisure class. He criticizes Virgin Islands policy and suggests selling island holdings to focus on the home ranch.
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Will
United States
Beverly Hills
Calif
Hoover
Porto Rico
Charley Otis and Company
Virgin Islands
Chicago Bandits Work Eight Hours Robbing Store
Seven Chicago bandits spent a full eight hour day Sunday robbing the Wieboldt Department Store, seizing about 50000 in cash and checks. They overpowered engineer Christ Swanson and watchman Henry McIver, bound them, and forced Melver to monitor alarm boxes. Acetylene torches and nitroglycerin aided the vault breach as the crew left around 3 pm after sealing the workers.
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Chicago
Wieboldt Department
Ta. m
Christ Swanson
Henry McIver
Thor
Melver
F. J. Dempsey
Swanson
Ohio Men To Be Speakers At Annual Ohio Association Meet
Ohio University professors plan to attend the 60th annual Ohio College Association meeting in Columbus over Thursday through Saturday. Dr. James P. Porter will represent the Psychology Department and the Ohio Academy of Sciences, with other faculty officers speaking at related sessions. President E B Bryan authorized Porter to invite the Ohio Academy of Sciences to hold its Athens convention next year.
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Ohio University
Ohio College Association
Columbus
H. Bing
Ohio University Department of Sociology
Ohio Sociological Society
James P. Porter
Ohio Academy of Sciences
Porter
Harvey C. Lehman
W. C. Harris
Ohio Social Science Journal
Victor Whitehouse
E. B. Bryan
Athens
Escape Frustrated In Jail Break By Leroy Robinson
Detroit March 30 A jail break attempt by Leroy Robinson confessed Iowa murderer was foiled by Sheriff Henry Behrendt Police found a hacksaw steel bars and a rope in his cell During questioning about the Wilisoea Iowa killings of eight people in 1912 Robinson questioned by Des Moines reporter Harlan Miller found inconsistencies in his story.
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Detroit
U.P
Leroy Robinson
Iowa
Henry Behrendt
Robinson
Willisea
Harlan 8S. Miller
Des Moines
Miller
Prohibition Raids Lead to Four Arrests in Athens County
Dry agents raided throughout Athens County on Sunday and arrested Bob Williams of Nelsonville Jake Nagle of Glouster Fred Porter of Sugar Creek and Mary Pagant of Glouster on liquor possession charges Nagle was arraigned before Judge F Rowland in Athens County Common Pleas Court pleaded not guilty bond set at 300 and trial scheduled for Saturday morning.
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Wilson and
Bush
Athens County
Bob Wlliams
Nelsonville
Jake Nagle
Glouster
Fred Porter
Sugar Creek
Mary Pagant
Nagle
F. Rowland
Deliberating Garrett Extortion Trial Enters Sixth Day
Jury in the second Garrett Extortion case nears a national record for length. Since 5:30 p m Tuesday the 12 jurors have deliberated, with meal and sleep breaks, to decide the guilt of Oliver B Garrett once famed as the Czar of the police liquor squad his wife Florence H Garrett and Lillian V Hatch former Ritz Hotel check room attendant.
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Boston
U.P
Oliver B. Garrett
Police
Florence H. Garrett
Lillian V. Hatch
Ritz
County official trial over mis conduct charges begins
Wilmington report notes on March 30 Frank Richardson Clinton County commissioner and ex commissioners Clayton C Terrell and Dennis Stephens go on trial for misconduct in office. Alleged improper payment of bills and county land purchase questioned.
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Wilmington
Frank Richardson
Clinton County
Clayton C. Terrell
Dennis Stephens
Swift, 83, Shot Dead in Eagles Clubroom Incident
Jackson authorities report 83 year old Swift, a longtime clerk of Licking Township who had lost a leg and an arm in a railroad accident, was shot and killed in the Eagles clubroom. Several companions had just left when the shots rang out. Swift is believed to have been despondent and was unmarried.
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Jackson
Swift
Licking Township
Eagles
Vacation Over Hoover Ready For Hard Work
President Hoover returns from an 11 day Caribbean trip sunburned rested and ready for hard work. He faces farm price and tax concerns as the Republican Party organization tightens and officials chart cautious public messaging for the next three months.
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Hoover
Porto Rico
Virgin Island
Republican National Committee
Eastern Railroad Men Are Sent to Cleveland
The Union Terminal Tower in Cleveland will host the Hiie Railroad executive officers from New York this summer as the Van Sweringen group expands its eastern railroad domain. About 1000 employees, including top executives, will relocate, with transfer transactions estimated above $5,000,000.
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Cleveland
U.R
Union Termine
van Swerngen
Eastern Railroad
Hiie Railroad
New York
Railroad Board of Directors
Mrs Hoover Opposes Egg Rolling Easter Program
Mrs Herbert Hoover plans a folk dance and music program on the White House lawn Easter Monday to counter egg rolling among youngsters. She opposes the practice noting children eat the eggs and contaminating germs can be spread, with support from Dr F C Blanck of the Department of Agriculture.
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F. C. Blanck
Department of Agriculture
Izaak Walton League Plans Talk on Reserve Near Mineral
The group will discuss the fish and game conservation reserve near Mineral at the business meeting to be held Tuesday night at City Hall.
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Mineral
Izaak Waiton League
Burke Taken To Michigan
Fred Burke, once hunted as the most dangerous criminal alive, arrived at a Michigan jail from St. Joseph Md to face murder charges. A armored caravan carried officers with machine guns as Burke’s transfer concluded in a single day and he was expected to be arraigned that night. The case ties to the 1929 St. Valentine’s Day Massacre and Burke’s alleged gunman role.
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S&t. Joseph
Mich
Fred Burke
Burke
St. Joseph Md
FP. J. Cutler
Charles R. Skelly
Hurke
Fred Dane
Durke
Chicago
Moran
Athens students to perform Love Pirates of Hawaii in Wellston
The full cast of the Athens Junior and Senior High School operetta Love Pirates of Hawaii will go to Wellston Tuesday night to present the production in Wellston High School Auditorium. Transportation will be provided by parents and teachers. The cast includes the dancing chorus and a special orchestra, followed by a Wellston party for Athens students.
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Athens
Silent waitress key to Detroit hijacker case
A quiet waitress, Mrs. Gertrude Dwyer, who refused to answer most questions, may hold clues in the murder of Robert Stanley. Stanley, described as a hijacker and robber, was found near Oak Harbor, Ohio, with his blood stained car. Police questioned Dwyer in Detroit, seeking details about the case.
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Toledo
U.P
Detroit
Robert Stanley
Oak Harbor
Ohio
Gertrude Dwyer
Stanley
Barley for Beer Austrian Suggests U S Change
Rome March 30 Engelbert Dollfuss Austrian minister of agriculture urged repeal of US prohibition to cut world wheat surplus. He argued if the United States ends prohibition, land now used for wheat could grow barley for beer while noting he would not meddle in another country’s internal affairs.
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Rome
U.P
United States
Engelbert Dolfuss
Ohio Toll From Weekend Violence Tops Twenty Lives
A United Press survey finds twenty Ohioans killed over the weekend in traffic drownings and other violence.死
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Columbus
Uri
United Press
Hamilton
Butler County
Jess McGeorge
Middletown
Ruth Moore
Cincinnati
Trenton
John JL. Story
Bullets Target Man Amid Mansfield Case Sentencing
Anonymous letters containing 38 caliber bullets were received by Common Pleas Judge Alfred Mack and County Prosecutor Robert N. Gorman threatening death if Steve Bowling, convicted of manslaughter in Vernon Hensley’s death, did not show leniency. Bowling was to be brought in for sentencing in the Christmas Day shooting over his pursuit of Hensley’s daughter.
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Cincinnati
Steve Bowling
Vernon Hensley
Common Pleas
Alfred Mack
Bowling
Hensley
Woman Sentenced in Marietta Death Plot Case
Carrie Gourley was sentenced to one to two years in the Marysville Reformatory after a judge refused a new trial. She was convicted of complicity in a plot to kill her husband, World War veteran George Gourley, to obtain his life insurance. Co-defendant Harry confessed. 19 year old Charles, linked to the case, was mentioned.
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King Features, Inc
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Jackson Eagles
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Athens High School
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Haimilton Hospital
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Alex Waiters
William Boykin
Udellaire
William Loaynech
Belmont County
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Bt. Claireville
Boykin
Lynch
Jack Ficoratta
Ohio River
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Jefferson County
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Martha
Wagner
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Martin
Clyde Hill
Columbus City
John D. Studybaker
Miami
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John Torn
Bellaire
Edna Cline
Fred Cline
Powhatan
Bille Wallace
Springfield
Gertrude Bush
Lima
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Fila
Cecelia de Capo
J. C. Osborne
Elizabeth Dyka
New Castle
N. Lewis
New Straitaville
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Arkan
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