Zuber Re-elected Nelsonville School Head for Three Years
Nelsonville board unanimously re elected Supt H E Zuber for a new three year term. The district cites record progress under his leadership including a unified band program, expanded curricula, reorganized high school library with 1500+ volumes, new equipment and eight to six period schedule changes, plus intramural and character education efforts. Zuber holds a master from Columbia, PhD in progress at Ohio State, and has prior service at Osborn.
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Nelsonville
Zuber
Ohio School
Board of Education
Ohio State University
Ohio
Columbia University
Miami University
Osborn
Kappa Delta Pi
Alpha Tau Sigma
C. H. Zuber
Plane dash saves baby in Cleveland medical scare
Marilyn Virginia Smith eight months old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Stuart Smith of Kelleys Island, swallowed an open safety pin and was flown by Erie Isles Airways pilot Milton Herzberger from Put-in-Bay to Sandusky then Cleveland. Doctors removed the pin at St Luke's Hospital and the infant suffered no ill effects.
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Cleveland
Marilyn Virginia Smith
Stuart Smith
Kelley’s Island
St. Luke’s Hospital
Marilyn Virginia
Milton Herzberger
Erie Isles Airways
Put-in-Bay
Kelley's Island
Mad Man Commands Freighter Santa Cecilia Off Cape San Lucas
A feared madman seized control of the freighter Santa Cecilia as crew hid in cabins. Radio contact failed and no word came for hours as the ship steamed toward Panama from Honolulu off Cape San Lucas, Mexico. Authorities were unable to reach the vessel by press time.
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Santa Cecilia
Cape San Lucas
Mexico
Panama
Honolulu
Diego
Calif
U,p
Empire State Building Opens as World’s Tallest Structure
Neil Petree newly elected president of James McCreery & Company hosted a luncheon celebration for the completion of the Empire State Building. The 1,248 foot shaft is trimmed with shining metal and proclaimed the tallest structure on earth. Attending were prominent newspaper men Louis Wiley Roy Howard and Mr. Dewart.
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Neil Petree
James McCreery & Company
New York
Empire State Building
Louis Wiley
Roy Howard
Mr. Dewart
Remarks by Alfred E. Smith on Empire State Building Real Estate
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith as guest of honor comments on real estate value connected with the Empire State Building. He notes the building occupies under an acre on part of the Thompson farm, bought in 1799 for 2500 dollars. the small parcel is valued at over 10 million and the full 20 acre farm about 200 million, arguing land value improves over time.
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Alfred E. Smith
Empire State Building Enterprise
Empire State Building
Thompson
Betting and liquor profits shift from government to crime groups
The text contrasts profits from betting and liquor in the United States with those in France and other nations. It notes ten dollar bets per one, profits flowing to bookmakers and bootleggers, and claims governments in France, Germany, England and others still gain profits with less crime.
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France
Germany
England
Fire damages Frazee home due to spontaneous blaze
Damage estimated at 50 dollars befell the house of J. N. Frazee at 53 West Union Street when a fire started in a closet by spontaneous combustion at 2 45 p m Wednesday. The Athens Fire Department used a can of chemical to extinguish the blaze.
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J. N. Frazee
West Union Street
Athens Fire Department
Killer caught after Loop shooting spree in Chicago
Frank Jordan 35 who confessed to killing Ruthy and wounding Officer Durkin was captured by a steamship line clerk in the Loop. Mayor Cermak took charge and Jordan was held for murder. Rubhy, linked to the Lingle case, was killed at his post as the pursuit continued.
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Chicago
U.R
Anthony Rubhy
Lingle
Ruthy
Frank Jordan
Patrick Durkin
Ernest Schaeublin
Anto J. Cermak
Jordan
Cermak
Rubhy
Butler
Leo V. Brothers
Test Day Set as 950 Students Attend Ohio University
Nine hundred fifty high school students from 14 counties and 14 cities will take district and state level tests at Ohio University for the state scholarship contest. Examinations in 10 subjects cover three-fourths of the year and aim to encourage continued education. Tests will also be held at Kent State, Bowling Green, Miami, and Ohio State.
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Ohio
Ohio University
Ohio Department of Education
Kent State College
Bowling Green State College
Miami University
Ohio State University
Southeastern Ohio
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Department of Education
Ohio general scholarship contest winners announced March 21
At 11 o'clock the winners in the general scholarship contest held March 21 in all counties will be announced. District honors include certificates of merit and university scholarships. State awards will be announced May 16 at each university center under F. B. Dilley, Ohio University registrar, directing the contest in Athens with 30 university faculty assisting.
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F. B. Dilley
Ohio University
Athens
Nine Bills To Become Laws In Ohio Signed By Governor
Governor White signed nine more bills in Columbus on May 1 making them effective after 90 days. Among them are a Corlett measure easing sign placement near intersections, a Weav er pole fishing license rule, Forney veterans credits for civil service exams, and a Forney home rule barring non veterans from the Sandusky facility. Also included are Yoder leaves with pay for state employees in military service and Headington cavalry arables tied to National Guard armory funding.
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Columbus
U.P
White
Allen N. Corlett
Cuyahoga County
J. A. Weaver
Williams County
J. W. Headington
Knox County
National Guard
Motorist Drowned Near Cleveland in Stream Accident
The body of Lewis J. Owen, 41, was found in a small stream in Lyndhurst Village after his car left the road while turning. Coroner A. J. Pearse said Owen apparently stood after the crash, walked a short distance, then fell into the stream and drowned. his neck was broken.
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Cleveland
U.P
Lewis J. Owen
Lyndhurst Village
A. J. Pearse
Owen
Air Travel Proves Safe for Will in Thousands of Miles
In El Paso the writer recounts 13 000 miles traveled by regular passenger air lines in three weeks. Fare under a thousand dollars, no forced landings, no delays. Radio contact on every ship keeps you in touch with Hollywood while flying over Nicaragua. He visited 10 foreign countries including New York and plans to meet Sandino, whom he doubts is responsible for all events there.
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EL Paso
Tex
United States
Hollywood
Nicaragua
New York
Sandino
Will
Lima Hospital guard slain in inmate murder at night
John Powell 24 and Samuel Nelson 19 allegedly strangled Louis Kiehl 48, a night watchman, in a Lima State Hospital wash room. Powell was captured after guards halted his escape. Nelson fled but remained at large as authorities hunted him.
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Lima
U.R
John Powell
Lima State Hospital
Samuel Nelson
Louis Kiehl
Kiehl
Nelson
Powell
W. H. Vorbau
Wadsworth, O
Marion
Meigs County Farm Land Declines in Census Report
A United States Commerce Department census shows Meigs County farms and acreage fell from 1920 to 1930. Land value dropped from 9.38 million in 1920 to 7.55 million in 1930, with total farms easing from 2,833 in 1920 to 2,359 in 1930 and fewer horses and hogs reported.
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Meigs County
United States Department of Commerce
Amusement tax likely to be offered by joint committee
May 1.40 R Final hearing by the Special Joint Tax Committee in Columbus will be May 6 in the Senate Chamber. The revised intangible classification tax bill will tax income yielding investments at five percent and non income yielding at two mills. The committee ordered the bill reprinted and will present many bills including tobacco tax auto license tax and an amusement tax to fund state and local government operations.
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Columbus
Special Group
Joint
Senate
County Budget Commission
Tax Commission Administration
Tite
Monument Circle to host Mother’s Day tablet unveiling
Indianapolis May 1 A bronze tablet at Monument Circle will mark the first recorded national plea for Mother’s Day. The unveiling Sunday May 10 is by the Fraternal Order of Eagles after Frank E Hering of South Bend issued the plea on February 7, 1904 during a memorial service in Indianapolis by Indianapolis Fagies.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Order of Eagles
Frank E. Hering
South Bend
Indianapolis Fagies
Weather summary for yesterday and upcoming unsettled pattern
Yesterday reunite high temperatures reached 86 in Phoenix Charleston and 84 in Jacksonville. Today forecast shows 26 in Battleford 22 in White River and 24 in Cochrane with unsettled showery conditions spreading northward over 36 hours. Warmer air and increasing clouds expected tonight through Sunday with showers late tonight Saturday and probably Sunday.
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Phoenix
Charleston
Jacksonville
Battleford
White River
Cochrane
Ohio
Ohio College Newspaper Association meets in Cincinnati
Staff from Ohio University newspaper The Green and White attend the Ohio College Newspaper Association gathering in Cincinnati. The paper competes in the semi weekly class for the Cleveland Plain Dealer trophy, judged by Professor Otho Clarke Leiter of the University of Illinois.
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David Stein
Cleveland
Green and White
Ohio University
Charles Densmore
Locke
Harry Kelly
Ashtabula
Widen Hauck
Ohio College Newspaper Association
Cincinnati
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Ohio
Otho Clarke Leiter
School of Journalism
University of Iinois
Girl Victim May Recover From Attack At School
Vivian Leischner, attacked by a lion during a natural history demonstration at Whittler School, showed steady improvement. Doctors fear skull fracture but expect recovery. the lion leaped from a loosened leash during William Harwood’s talk.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Vivian Leischner
Whittler School
Phyastetans
Barber King Executed for Hamilton Family Murders
Charles King, a Hamilton barber believed to have killed his wife Ethel and four of their five sons on October 23, 1929, was executed in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair after maintaining innocence. A note cited in the trial claimed his departure with Ethel and the children.
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Columbus
Charles King
Hamilton Barber
Ethel
Hamilton
Ohio Penitentiary
King
Charles, Jr
Fairport Harbor
Robert
Boy Hero Captivates Peggy And Capitol Romance Buds
President Hoover arranges a Washington sightseeing tour for Bryan Untiedt, the Colorado boy hailed as a hero after a school bus tragedy. The trip covers the Washington Monument and other landmarks plus the Roosevelt collection, the Lindbergh plane, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Hoover funds the journey as the White House watches a budding friendship with Peggy Hoover.
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Bryan Untiecht
Towner
Colo
Colorado
President Hoover
White House
Bryan
Peggy
Capitol
Washington Monument
George Washington
Bureau of Engraving
Roosevelt
National Museum
Zoo
Bryan Untiedt
Young
Mr Hoover
Peery Ann Hoover
Leas
To Test Teachers in Athens County Examinations
The second Athens County teachers examination will be held at o'clock Saturday morning at the Athens Junior High School Building. Examinations for new or renewing certificates occur the first Saturdays in April May and June and the last Friday in August. Exam topics include teaching methods and high school and elementary principles. Examiners are Guy Dinsmoor Miss Blanche Phillips and Alex Root Athens County superintendent of schools.
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Athens County
Athens
Guy Dinsmoor
New Marshfield
Blanche Phillips
Alex Root
Oklahoma governor orders 5000 National Guardsmen mobilized
Governor W H Murray ordered out 5000 National Guardsmen amid alarming reports of food riots and agitator activity. He cited recent thefts of large quantities of explosives from oil company warehouses in several cities and said Brig Gen Charles McPherson of the Forty Fifth Division has been deploying troops in emergencies for the past week.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
W. H. Murray
Murray
Charles McPherson
Twins in Charleston face gun charges in city limits
In Charleston on May 1, Robert and Raleigh Hippert, twins, are charged with discharging firearms within city limits and shooting with intent to kill. Robert also faces a pistol law violation. Lola Calvert, who filed the complaint, says one brother shot at her, but she cannot identify which one. She accuses both for fairness.
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Charleston
W. Va
U.P
Robert
Raleigh Hippert
Lola Calvert
May Day in New York Sees orderly parades and tense clashes
New York May Day opens with 10 000 Veterans of Foreign Wars marching from Madison Square to Union Square. Extra police maintain order as Socialists and Communists prepare performances. A Salvation Army breadline standoff ends in a stabbing and arrests six Young Pioneers of America for assaulting a school supervisor.
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Young Pioneers of America
Communist Organization For Minors
May Day Parade Marks Soviet Strength at Kremlin
In Moscow on May 1 the Red Army and newly improved mechanized units paraded for two hours past Lenin's mausoleum in Red Square, showcasing military might during the chief May Day celebration.
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Moscow
Russia
Kremlin Square
Rioting erupts in Hyde Park during May Day protest
On May Day in London Hyde Park, rioters clashed with police after one arrest. Demonstrators jeered, threw sticks and stones, brandished flags, and tried to drag officers from horses before six arrests. European protests see violence and bloodshed in several cities.
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London
Hyde Park
Europe
May Day clashes erupt in Capetown protests
CAPETOWN May 1 U P i May Day demonstrators shouted We want bread and clashed with police. A few were injured and several arrests were made after police dispersed them following raids on the Carlton Hotel and two famous clubs.
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Capetown
South America
U.pi
Carlton
May Day unrest reports in Spain leave several injured
In Bilbao on May Day a policeman and 15 Communists were wounded as police dispersed the demonstration. In Barcelona rioting at the government house left one dead and eleven wounded after about 300 shots were fired at Francisco Macia's residence.
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Bilbao
Spain
U.pr
Barcelona
Theovernment House
Francisco Macia
Government keeps wage hikes limited to legal requirements
The White House stated that federal employee wages are rising only where mandated by law. The prior plan to grant voluntary salary increases when funds allowed has been abandoned several weeks ago.
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Washington
U.R
White House
Sell Your Gas Range With Messenger Classified Ad
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the Messenger
Athens
Nelsonville
Logan
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