State probes use of decoy girls in liquor arrests in Lancaster
Two Lancaster liquor law violators, Harry Poole and Amos Frankhauser, were arrested after 18 year old decoy girls Carrie Walton and Catherine Grunion testified they bought whisky with funds supplied by city agents Edward Litle and John Cole. Governor Donahey condemned using minors and ordered dismissal for future similar actions.
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Lumbus
U.P
Disht
Edward Lit Ile
John Cole
Lancaster
V. Myers
Poole
Frankhauser
U. S
Joseph Horner
Mexican Revolt Fades as Rebels Desert and Federals Advance
Mexican revolution dwindles as several rebel leaders flee or surrender. Federal troops close in from two directions, with Gen. Almazan near Los Asoles aiming to cut off retreat to Agua Prieta while forces under Calis push from the south. Agua Prieta surrenders after amnesty promise to Gen Antonio Medina and 906 rebels lay down arms.
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Gesford F. Fine
United Press
Mexico City
el Pulpito Canyon
Juan Almazan
Los Asoles
Agua Prieta
Sonora
Federal Army
Plutarco Elias Calis
Marcelo Caraveo
Trevino
J. Gonzalo Escobar
Roberto Cruz
Douglas
Ariz
U.P
Senora
Chihuuahua
Antonio Medina
Today To Discourage Vice in a Prohibition Era Report
Arthur Srisbank notes capital markets set high borrowing costs to curb vice. He contrasts 15 percent call money in Wall Street with 4 to 5 percent in Europe, criticizing bankers and lack of a U S Federal Reserve. The piece also mentions United Aircraft absorbing Stout Air Lines as a major aviation move.
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Wall Street
England
France
Aircraft Firms Listed Under UNITED AIRCRAFT Group
UNITED AIRCRAFT controls the Stout Company Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Company making wasp and hornet air cooled engines Boeing Aircraft Company Pacific Air Transport Company Hamilton Metal Plane Company Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Company Boeing Air Transport Company of Seattle Chance Vought Corporation and other airplane interests.
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United Aircraft
Stout Company
Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Company
Boeing Aircraft Company
Pacific Air Transport Company
Hamilton Metal Plane Company
Hamilton Aero Manufacturing Company
Boeing Air Transport Company of
Seattle
Chance Vought Corporation
Boeing Air plane connects Chicago area aircraft line
Boeing Air plane connects Chicago area industry with new line of aircraft continuing on page four yesterday.
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Boeing Airplane
Chicago
Or Conference at Hospital Here
Approximately 70 persons including superintendents and chief clerks of state institutions are expected to convene in the Athens State Hospital Friday. Dr J H Berry will announce. The meeting is the quarterly conference of the Managing Officers Association. Hal H Griswold will lead discussions with his Columbus welfare staff.
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Athens State Hospital
J. H. Berry
Athens Hospital
Managing Officers’ Association
Doctor Berry
Athens
Hal. H. Griswold
Youngstown
Ohio
Griswold
Columbus
Assembly Hall
Ebersbach Interests Buy Pomeroy Plant
Attorney O H Stewart trustee in bankruptcy announces the Columbus referee confirmed the sale of the Buckeye plant in Pomeroy to the Ebersbach interests on their bid of 15200. The coal lands at Rock Springs accompany the property. Several bids remain on the Syracuse plant with a likely winner soon.
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Pomeroy
O. H. Stewart
Brocalsa Chemical Company
Referee
Columbus
Ebersbach
Rocksprings
Stewart
Syracuse
Teachers Said Orphan Girls Drank Whisky
The State Civil Service Commission waited as two Soldiers and Sailors Orphans Home teachers faced reinstatement pleas. Elthia Graham of Marysville and Mary Jane Skimming, acting principal, were suspended last February after a letter accusing pupils of whisky drinking led to their discipline.
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Xenia
U.P
State Civil Service Commission
Soldiers and Sailors
Civil Service Commission
Elthia Graham
Marysville
Mary Jane Skimming
Miss Graham
Maude Newton
Miss Skimming
Stolen Car Found In Cincinnati After Abduction
The automobile of J. C. Ferneau an Ohio State University student from Bainbridge was found abandoned in Cincinnati. Ferneau was robbed and bound to a tree near McArthur by a youthful bandit and liberated by a young hunter after more than 24 hours.
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Cincinnati
J. C. Ferneau
Ohio State University
Bainbridge
McArthur
Ferneau
Arrest Two Men Over Whisky In Auto
Ottie Weakley 36 of Nelsonville and Harry Court 27 a coal miner were arrested in Lancaster after police found 16 gallon jugs of whisky in their vehicle. The case stems from the discovery during a routine stop today.
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Lancaster
Ottie Weakley
Nelsonville
Harry Court
Finger Prints Col umbus Expert Is Called In Robbery
County investigators probing the robbery at C. H. Bell residence on East Main Street called a Columbus Police fingerprint expert after Mr Bell found prints at the scene. Several impressions on candies used as mantel decorations suggest the mantel clock was removed. The expert will complete a set of photographs from the prints.
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Logan
C. H. Bell
East Main Street
Columbus Police Department
Perjury charge for youth investigator in De King case
Eugene Boyd Fairchild, a young dry investigator from Geneva, faces June trial on perjury related to a false affidavit that aided the killing of Mia Lilian De King. Deputy Sheriff Roy Smith kills her husband and is not charged. a 12 year old fired a pistol at Smith. Bail set at 1500 dollars.
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Geneva
U.R
Eugene Boyd Fairchild
Mia
Lillian de King
Aurora
Fairchild
de King
Kane County
Roy Smith
Mra. de King
Joe de King
Smith
Aiden
God
Dana Haskins Dies in Seattle Stroke Claims Life
Dana Haskins 48 a former Trimble resident died in a Seattle hospital after a paralysis stroke Tuesday Relatives report He was brother to Dr J D Haskins Athens and C E Haskins Trimble He served as assistant to the chief of the railway mail service in Seattle district recently acting chief He leaves a widow and one child and is interred in Seattle.
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Dana
Haskins
Trimble
Seattle
Wash
Mr. Haskins
J.D. Haskins
Athens
C. E. Haskins
Aged convict dies after shock at prison office
Tom Powe a 51 year old inmate serving a 40 year murder sentence at the convict farm in Atmore Alabama was summoned to the warden's office where Governor Bibb Graves announced clemency. Powe performed a few dance steps then collapsed outside the office and died before aid arrived.
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Atmore
Ala
UPR
Tom Powe
Bibb Graves
Tom
Dairymen Mobilize for County Milk Tuberculin Testing
Dr J M Higgins reports on a three month campaign in Athens County to test dairy herds for tuberculosis. 18 reactors were found in 176 herds, with most dairymen having applied for testing. By week end countywide testing should reach 100 percent and milk sales continue for tested herds. Swain notes strong dairy industry growth and safety of milk. Reactors are sent to slaughter. owners will be reimbursed by the state.
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Athens County
J. M. Higgins
Athens County Board of Health and
Athens City Board of Health
Jhigsine
Athens
Higgins
Swain
Ohio
Food and Dairy Division
Columbus
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Athens County Farm Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Street Car Fare War in Lakewood
In Lakewood a fare dispute erupted when drivers charged five cents against a three cent franchise. Mayor E A Wiegand paid the fare and threatened action as he attempted to board multiple cars, ultimately turning to the courts for resolution.
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Lakewood
Cleveland
U.R
E. A. Wiegand
Wiegand
Lindy Lands Roosevelt Field in Cessna Arrival
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh landed at Roosevelt Field at 1 55 p m today in a Cessna cabin monoplane. He had departed Washington at 10 30 a m.
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Lindy
Roosevelt Field
S. 1
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
Beetham Knew About Using Girls As Decoys Suspension
Elyria May 1 State Prohibition Commissioner Rupert Beetham testified he knew of using two 18 year old Lancaster schoolgirls as decoys in a liquor case. U S officers faced rebuke for employing the girls who thought they were at a party while agents sought violators. The officer defended the method saying it was necessary to enforce prohibition laws. The Grunion and Wallon families disputed the tactics, while the girls’ parents reportedly viewed the incident as a learning moment.
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Vic Donahey
8 A. Propst
Dayton
Prohibition
Harry Nutt
Marshall
Westerville
Little
Cole
Elyria
Rupert. Rh
Beetham
Lancaster
John Cole
U. S
Joseph Horner
Catherine, Grunion
Mie
Carrie Wallon
Edward Little
Hocking County Fair Grounds Face Foreclosure Action
Foreclosure steps were begun Tuesday on the Hocking County Fair Grounds over a 10 200 mortgage held by Citizens Savings Association. Interest accrues on the loan from 1927 tied to a prior farm loan to the Agricultural Society. Board resignations followed disputes with policy after the recent fair.
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Hocking County Fair
Savings Association
Logan
Citizens’ Saving Association
Court House
Saving’s Association
Sair
Ue Agricul
Tural Society
Straitaville
Canvassity for Quarters Sought in Athens Housing Effort
Athens civic affairs committee of the Chamber of Commerce solicits city homeowners to provide rooms for visitors and delegates to the Spanish American War Veterans convention in June. C M Gill reports at a Hotel Berry luncheon that adequate housing is needed and will be coordinated with local officials.
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Athens
Civic Affairs Committee
Athens Chamber of Commerce
J. M. Higgins
Doctor Higgins
Division of Food and Dairies
Higgins
World Wealth Review Credits United States With Trade Gain
Geneva May 1 The United States remained the leading world commercial country in 1924 and boosted exports over imports by 372 million dollars. The League of Nations review notes 1928 as a year of consolidation with wealth output not below 1927 and includes a rise in international trade and monetary stability across Europe. Major 1928 developments cited are the largest wheat crop since WWI, a 31 percent rise in rubber shipments, and a 35 million ton drop in coal production from reduced U S output.
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Geneva
United States
League of Nations Worldwide Economic Review
Europe
Senate Group Debates Mellon's Status in Mellon Case
In Washington on May 1 the Senate Judiciary Committee entered a fourth day of executive arguments over Secretary of the Treasury Mellon. The panel divided 10 to 7 or 9 to 8 as new evidence about Mellon's 1926 Aluminum Company of America deal surfaced. Norris plans a rewritten report to clarify Mellon's association and possible conflicts of interest.
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Judiciary Committee
Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Mellon
Senate Judiciary Committee
Walsh
Aluminum of America
Retter
Melton
Aluminum Company
James B. Duke
Canada
Duke
Arthur V. Davis
The
Aluminium Company
Treasury
Aluminumpany of
America
Reed
Republican
R. B. Mellon
Air mail service inaugurated at Nelsonville Athens
In Nelsonville and Athens May 1 air mail began with over 20000 pieces awaiting delivery. Air maneuvers led by pilots William Schree and William Brock preceded the first pickup, marking a historic start for the local route.
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Springfield
U.P
Air Maneuvvers
William Schree
William Brock
State orders threaten elimination of many one room schools
Ohio districts with under 16 pupils per one room school must obtain written consent from the State Department of Education to employ teachers. The rule, issued by J L Clifton with State Board approval, affects schools in Athens County and others receiving state aid.
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Athens County
State Department of Education
State Department
Boards of Education
Board of Education
Heflin Resolution Defeated in Senate
The Senate defeated the Heflin Resolution condemning the attack on Senator Heflin of Alabama in Brockton Massachusetts. The vote ended the measure in the chamber today.
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Washington
Heflin
Senate
Alabama
Brockton
Mass
Dicky Joe Improves After Fourth Chauncey Accident
Dicky Joe McCafferty son of the Chauncey postmaster is improving after being struck by a machine on Sunday noon. He suffered bruises to his body and legs and a forehead gash requiring stitches. This was his fourth accident with stitches to the head in four incidents.
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Chauncey
Dicky Joe McCafferty
C E
Mrn McCafferty
Joe
T Jon
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Horner
Peter J. Groh
Dover
Cooper
Washi Sae Information Bureau
Prederic J. Kaskin
Gigens Brae
Sity
Arthur Srisbank
King Features Incorporated
Federal Reserve
General Motors
Air
Charles E. Mitchell
National City Bank
United Aircraft and Transport Corporation
Stout Air Lines, Inc
Pomeroy Plant
Touth
Eugene Fairchild
Gerald de King
Dana Haskins
Reunion
Dairy Reports
Senate Group
Mellon Cse
Norris
Paul BR
Mallon United Preas Star
Interstate Commerce Committee
Charles Baltesman
General Electete Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Oral Radio Commission
Henate
Norrie
Fn Canoa
Pine
Oklahoma
Federal Reserve Board
Harry Kelley
Dan A. Bardin
Clarence J. Brown
Butler
Cuyahoga
Franklin
Lorain
Lucas
Stark
D. A. Bardin
Belmont County
Harry W. Hayes
Shadyside
Herman A. Schafer
Bridgeport
Guernsey County
Charles Dagenhart, Sr
Mark Snyder
Cambridge
J. L. Clifton
State Board of Control
Gillilan
Dicky Joe
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