Ruth McCormick Spent 252572 In Illinois Senate Fight
The report notes Ruth Hanna McCormick spent 252,572 of her own money to win the Republican nomination in Illinois. Critics and supporters debate campaign spending limits and possible challenges if she wins in November. The Senate investigates independent groups' influence and possible future seating disputes.
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Washington
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illinois
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Senatorial Investigating Committee
la Follette
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Six Athens County Seniors to Receive General Scholarship Awards
Six Athens County high school seniors will be honored at 2 PM Saturday in Alumni Memorial Auditorium Ohio University for high scores in the General Scholarship Contest for High School Seniors. Recipients include Ann L. Evans Ted Preston and Robert Wagner of Athens High School along with Arvilla Pierce Nelsonville Belford Hensley Glouster and John Mingus Hollister.
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Athens County High School
Athens County
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Ohio University
Athens High School
Ann L. Evans
Ted Preston
Robert Wagner
Arvilla Pierce
Nelsonville High School
Belford Hensley
Army flier killed near Mexico Missouri in crash
Lieut. Harold Bear Brown of Selfridge Field Michigan died when his aircraft crashed while attempting a landing near Mexico Missouri today.
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Mexico
U.R
Harold (“Bear”) Brown
U. S. Army Fiier
Selfridge Field
Mich
Suits for the Small Boy booklet offered by Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger presents a booklet on suits for boys ages four to six prepared by a clothing specialist from the U S Department of Agriculture. Mothers can get practical guidance to ease daily tasks and improve results. A copy will be mailed if readers send four cents with a return address to the Washington Bureau.
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The
Athens Messenger
Bureau of Home Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Washington
Cheap At A Billion Anger Floats Death
Anger over a billion price tag and a controversial death claim circulates in Italy as observers discuss the motivation behind the figures and the potential implications for policy and public opinion.
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Italy
Hoover to study causes of economic depressions
President Hoover plans a commission to study causes and cures of economic depressions following the stock market crash. He spoke to 1,600 business leaders at a Washington chamber banquet amid debate over farm cooperative marketing plans and a general push for broader credit for home builders.
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Washington
Hoover
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
United States
Ma Hoover
New York Detectives Reveal Confidential Moscow Letters
The New York Police Department disclosed photostatic copies of Third International letters to American agents. The documents allegedly outline a honeycombing strategy to foment strikes and riots and incite class warfare across the United States among workers and military services.
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New York
Moscow
United States
Bougher Named Member of Athens County Elections Board
Mrs. Alice R. Bougher of Athens became the first woman named to the Athens County Board of Elections by Secretary of State Clarence J. Brown. She succeeds her husband Fred Bougher, who served on the Section Board for six years. Frank Bryson of Trimble was appointed to succeed Fred Beckler. Terms run four years with appointments also made across several Southeastern Ohio counties.
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Athens County Board of Elections
Alice R. Bougher
Athens
Clarence J. Brown
Bougher
Fred Bougher
Frank Bryson
Trimble
Fred Beckler
Morgan County
Ezra McDaniel
Malta
Vinton County
D. A. Martindil
McArthur
J. W. Brewer
Zaleski
Washington County
Frank P. Wheeler
Marietta
B. F. Spencer
Center Belpre
Whitmer Oil and Gas well hits Clinton Sand prod
The Whitmer Oil and Gas Company struck gas in a Clinton Sand well at 2850 feet on the Rannells farm four miles north of McArthur. Output is three and one half million cubic feet per day. The landowner is Frank Rannells. operator is Miss Mary Kahler of Athens.
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Mcarthur
Whitmer Oil and Gas Company
Clinton
Frank Rannella
Rannells
Mary Kahler
Athens
Killer insane Columbus case commits slayer to Lima Hospital
John Francisco 49 of Dayton confessed killing his 19 year old daughter Evelyn Frances Edgington and was found insane in Criminal Court and ordered committed to Lima State Hospital.
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Columbus
U.R
John Francisco
Dayton
Evelyn Frances Edgington
Lima State Hospital
Court setback delays next racing season in Xenia
The Court of Appeals ruled that the betting contribution system violates Ohio anti gambling laws, dealing a setback to the prospects of another racing season in Xenia.
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Xenia
U.R
Fon
Wee
Body of Gertrude Chadwick Recovered in Maumee River Tragedy
In Toledo on May 2 the freighter David T. Thompson raised the body of 21 year old Gertrude Chadwick from the Maumee River, the draw opened at Ash-Consaul Bridge on April 18, linked to the fatal open draw incident. The bodies of Lillian Burdock and Thomas Knighton remained missing.
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Toledo
U.R
David T. Thompson
Gertrude Chadwick
Maumee
Lillian Burdock
Chadwick
Thomas Knighton
Wets Seek Aid in Dry Legislation, Senate Hears
Senate Lobby Committee heard evidence that General Lincoln C. Andrews urged wet groups to aid dry legislation. William H. Stayton faced questions over a letter seeking cooperation to pass laws and a Delaware school official appointment bid to curb dry propaganda. The association planned further Supreme Court challenges to the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Washington
U.R
Lincoln C. Andrews
Secretary of the Treasury
Senate Lobby Committee
Willam H. Stayton
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Andrews
Stayton
Wet Association
Delaware
Association
Irene du Pont
C. W. W. Sokants
Super Dent
Milmington
Del
G. T. Barnhill, Jr
Supreme Court
Fears of Trouble From Convicts in Tent Colony
Col. Robert Haubrich reports signs convicts in the tent colony at Ohio Penitentiary may cause trouble if provoked. Bad men resent others who cooperate with prison work and have stoned near-work parties. Segregation of the worst element not yet attempted as efforts to reduce the population continue.
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Columbus
Robert Haubrich
Ohio Penitentiary
Tolliver Found Guilty of First Degree Murder in Ohio Mine Shooting
In Athens County Ohio Melvin Tolliver 45 Bailey Run mine foreman was convicted of first degree murder with mercy recommended for the fatal shooting of Floyd Katzenbach 22 at White Ash Mine No 68 during a dispute over water in the mine. A motion for a new trial will be heard within 10 days.
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Common Pleas
Melvin Tolltver
Bailey Run
Floyd Katzenbach
Athens County
Tolliver
Katzenbach
White Ash
Aix
John J. Woolley
Paroc Woratell
Worstell
Paul Herbert
Columbus
R. D. Williams
A. P. Miller
Meigs County Common Pleas Court
Woolley
Athens
May Day Celebrations See Few Deaths and 1000 Arrests
May Day in the United States and Europe produced limited violence with about 1000 arrests, no deaths, and few injuries. In New York 50 and in Los Angeles 18 were arrested amid police actions. Berlin contrasted last year with no major clashes while Paris saw over 800 detentions.
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New York
U.R
Berlin
United States
Raa
Man 74 recalls first movies as Midwest life flows by
William L. Hysell of Meige County on Thomas Fork near Pomeroy, age 74, recounts witnessing the transition from ox carts to modern vehicles and talkies since four years old. He has watched a century of change unfold from his front porch as German settlers first built homes nearby.
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Pomeroy
Meige County
Thomas Fork
William L. Hysell
Ball Run 8
Hysell
Mr. Hyseli
Pomeroy Victims Press Old Indictments Over Kraus Parole
In Columbus on May 3 the Clemency Board said Mrs. Susan Kraus may be sent back to prison within two years if any of the money lent to victims is found. The 70 year old, called the Ponsi of Meigs County, was paroled from Marysville Reformatory after serving most of an eight to twenty year sentence for defrauding Meigs County residents of 300000 to 500000. The board noted missing funds may still exist and that other indictments could be pursued if warranted.
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Columbus
O.R
Susan Kraus
Ponsi
Meigs County
Board of Clemency
Pomeroy
Kraus
Marysville
Frank Reighard
Walter Edge
Mrs. Kraus
Size of naval guns prompts new inquiry in U S Senate
Washington May 2 Dispute over the London Naval Treaty shifts to gun power. Senate committees plan hearings next week on cruiser armament limits with eight inch guns for the United States and Britain. Navy officials and advisors will testify as lawmakers weigh why the option to equip all cruisers with eight inch guns was dropped. Two scale turrets on the table show eight inch versus six inch armament.
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Washington
Senate
United States
Adams
Navy General Board
Pratt
Hilary P. Jones
London
Brutal Whipping Case Prompts Demand for Teacher Punishment
In Elyria on May 2 a report quoted authorities calling the whipping of six year old Mary Margaret Gerhartinger at New Russia Township District School brutal. They demanded full punishment for 22 year old teacher Myrta Bradley for using a severe discipline method.
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Elyria
U.P
Mary Margaret Gerhartinger
New Russia Township
Myrta Bradley
Ohio Branch Elects Leader for Worden Mission Work
Mrs. F. B. Gilhousen of Smithfield was elected president of the Ohio Branch of Worden's Missionary Work of the Methodist Protestant Church in Columbus on May 2. The election establishes leadership for the missionary effort within the state.
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Leads Mission Workers
Columbus
U.2
F. B. Gilhousen
Smithfield
Ohio
Worden
Milwaukee bandit shot dead after Akron hold up
Leon Carroll thirty seven of Milwaukee died from a self described hold up wound. He was shot by the store manager as he stepped from a bus where he tried to逃 flee. Officer McKinley Miles, a colored prowler, was near death after a separate shooting by police.
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Akron
U.R
Leon Carroll
Milwaukee
Carroll
C. Wesley Wimer
Wimer
McKinley Miles
Girl Held After May Day Demonstration at Garfield High
A 17 year old Garfield High School senior Mary Sobol told at the Juvenile Detention Home about her arrest with 10 other youths during a May Day communistic demonstration. She described marching south on Main Street during the protest.
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Akron
Garfield High School
Mary Sobol
Cocmmence
Main Street
Tsi
Chicago Tornado Toll Mounts Across Midwest As Storms Rage
Violent storms lashed seven states from Nebraska to Minnesota and Wisconsin with tornadoes and torrential rain. In Chicago area several killed and many injured as homes shattered and cars struck by debris. Estimated damage runs into millions citywide with more deaths reported at East and Rockford.
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Spurl
Kansas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Lawrence
Omaha
Theraska
Missowsi
Tles
Warhill
Kison
Homer
Lyons
Nado
Vieisl
Bronx City
Wells A
Norborne
Fasii Fly
Lillian
Walter
Paul
Nesota
Rochester
Duluth
Rockford
Waukegan
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