Secret Oil Theft Ring Exposed in East Texas Wells
Eighteen men face 213 charges for wholesale theft of oil from five Gladewater wells over seven months. The ring used secret underground pipes to divert oil to storage tanks and rail cars, with losses valued at about 980000 dollars for a million barrels.
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Longview
Tex
U.P
East Texas
Gladewater
Here
L. S. Davidson
National Guard
Grand Jury
John E. Taylor
Harry Johnson
Guard
Demonstration Flops as 2000 Rally Fails to Impress
Detroit May 2 radical leaders planning a May Day mass meeting for 100000 unemployed fell short with barely 2000 attendees. About 1000 extra police guarded downtown amid fears of disorder after four deaths at a Ford plant demonstration were blamed on intimidation.
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Detroit
U.P
Ford Motor Company
Plane Stowaway Rides Air Mail to Cleveland
Donald Wagner, 21, a coupon clerk in a Chicago bank, stowed away aboard a Cleveland bound air mail flight after spotting an unguarded plane at Chicago. Pilot L M Gravis of Lakewood said the aircraft acted funny after takeoff and Wagner crawled into the back while the radio was being inspected.
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Clevela
U.P
Donald Wagner
Chicago
Cleveland
L. M. Gravis
Lakewood
Wagner
Gravis
Cinders To Be Oiled In Athens Roads
Mayor Robert S. Wood announced that all cinder roads in Athens will be oiled soon using State Highway Department equipment. Route 56 near Athens will be repaired first, and equipment will be sent to the city when state tanks approach.
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Athens
Robert S. Wood
State Highway Department
Revival Services Announced by Salvation Army Leaders
Revival services continue with special music and singers. Adjutant Stone announces. The Reverend Little of the Free Methodist Church leads Wednesday night and the Reverend Kenny of Pratt Street Mission preaches Saturday night. Reverend Fred Fields will preach tonight and Thursday night.
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Salvation Army
Adjutant Stone
Little
Free Methodist Church
Kenny
Pratt Street
Presbyterian Church Rejects Marriage Revisions Birth Control
The Presbyterian Church refused the Marriage Commission recommendations including birth control and key changes to the marriage ceremony. The Blue Book limits discussion to a revised chapter on solemnization and retains only the rule that divorce requires an innocent party to remarry, with adultery or desertion as grounds.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Presbyterian Church
Marriage Commission
Church General Assembly
Denver
Special Commission
The Honolulu Decision and its Aftermath
The Honolulu trial convicts Mrs Fortescue Lieutenant Massie and two suitors of man slaughter with similar guilt. Debate rises over justice and jury composition for white Americans and potential leniency by the judge. The piece also ponders undersea wealth and advances in submarine technology for deep ocean exploration and potential warfare.
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Honolulu
Fortescue
Massie
Joseph Kahahawai
Ocean floor radium could be worth vast sums
The American Geophysical Union says the ocean bed holds vast stores of radium totaling up to ten million dollars in a hand amount. Deep sea scientist C S S Piggott estimates at least one billion tons on the ocean floor. At a thousand dollars a grain the value is immense. Meteors may deliver radium to Earth via meteorite dust settling on the sea floor.
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American Geophysical Union
Washington
C. S.S. Piggott
Outer Space
Hidden Ocean Gold Could Solve Europe’s Trouble
The article speculates vast gold dissolved in ocean waters and potential underwater gold mines along deep ocean valleys. It notes France’ interest and recalls European nations abandoning the gold standard after the 1849 California rush, suggesting gold value could fluctuate.
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France
Europe
California
Mineral Post Office Moves to Shingster's
The Mineral Post Office now operates from the William Shingler store building after moving from Main Street. Nannie Addis served as postmistress for twenty two years until the relocation on April 29. A Mother's Day program is planned for Sunday after Sunday School at the M. E. Church.
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Mineral
Mineral Post Office
William Shingler
Nannie Addis
Miss Addis
J. R. Stout
Main Street
Hysell & Burford
Pomeroy
Ohio
M. E. Church
Believe It or Not Contest Offers Big Prizes
The Athens Messenger advertises nine grand prizes worth 10000 dollars in the Believe It or Not contest run with Ripley. Readers are invited to submit amazing facts for daily prizes and potential national awards including an airplane, a car, and two foreign trips.
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The
Athens Messenger
Robert L. Ripley
Ripley
British scientists split atom in Cambridge breakthrough
At Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge Dr F P Cockroft and P E Walton split hydrogen atoms and transmuted elements to helium using voltages from 120000 to 600000 and a vacuum tube. The particles moved at 10000 kilometers per second and millions of particles were needed per atom split.
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Cambridge
Mass
U.R
F. PD. Cockroft
Pr. BE
T. S&s. Walter
Cavendish Laboratory
Catholic Schools To Stay Open In Cleveland Diocese
Bishop Joseph Schrembs announced that all parochial schools in 14 Northern Ohio counties will remain open at least four weeks after the usual summer close. The high schools will stay open until June 10 and parochial schools until June 14 to aid hungry children and curb juvenile crime amid unemployment.
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Cleveland
U.P
Ohio
Cleveland Catholic Diocese
Joseph Schrembs
Schrembs
Too Many Shoes So Robber Abandons All Nine Cases
Athens police report a burglar entered the garage of H E Miller at 165 East State Street on Saturday taking nine shoe cases. The thief left the goods in a vacant lot early Sunday, with Miller recovering all but two cases. The shoes were sized to fit the same foot.
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Athens
H. E. Miller
East State Street
Miller
Ingalls Stoler Sign Stolen From Court Street
The Ingalls for Governor sign across Court Street was reported stolen from the Nelson Building to the Cline Building. Investigators say wire cutters likely used and no suspects have been found yet.
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Ingalls
Be land and Law defend 1931 contract bridge titles
W. F. Be land and John H. Law, champions since 1931, successfully defended their titles in the 1982 Ohio State Bridge Tournament held in Cleveland on May 2. The duo retained the contract pair championship amid strong competition from local players.
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Cleveland
W. F. Beland
John H. Law
Every Nation Should Remain on Its Home Grounds
The speaker argues against imperial holdings and calls for nations to stay on their home grounds. He mocks naval expansion and warns against future wars over distant islands, urging each country to mind its own affairs and defend its own region.
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Will
Santa Monica
Calif
Honolulu
Pacific
Atlantic
Philippines
National Guard Heads To Meet With Governor Over Ohio Mining
Adjutant General Frank Henderson planned talks with Governor George White on Eastern Ohio coal mining amid a state National Guard presence. The leaders would decide on troop withdrawals after a survey of mining districts around Cadiz and through the eastern fields. In Bellaire the county hospital reports far fewer mine accident cases since April 1, down from 26 to 20 monthly.
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Columbus
U.P
Frank D. Henderson
George White
Ohio
Virginia
Henderson
National Guard
William L. Martin
Cadiz
White
Bellaire
Hellaire County Hospital
Senate Finance Committee Eyes Graduated Message Tax
WALMINGTON May 2. The Senate finance committee voted to day to levy graduated taxes on telephone and telegraph messages with messages under 50 cents exempt. Costs from 10 cents to 1 dollar taxed 10 cents, 1 to 2 dollars taxed 15 cents, and over 2 dollars taxed 20 cents.
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Walmington
Senate Finance Committee
Roosevelt Vie In California In Presidential Primary Scramble
California key in Democratic race as Roosevelt Smith and Garner contest 44 delegates. Hoover to receive 47 Republican delegates from New York. Maryland Rhode Island Indiana Alabama South Dakota also hold primaries or conventions with various endorsements and disputes.
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Garner
Roosevelt
California
New York
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
John N. Garner
Land
Indiana
Alabama
South Dakota
Maryvland
Chicago
Rhode Island
Maryland
Hoover
Joseph J. France
France
Pennsylvania
Top Flight Withdrawn From Kentucky Derby
May 2 United Press reports Top Flight the winter book favorite has been withdrawn from the Kentucky Derby as stated by Tom Healy trainer of the CC V Whitney stable. In other items a May Day demonstration in Pontiac Michigan drew police away with a hat passing tactic and Carlton Coon of the Coon Sanders Orchestra is critically ill. A Dominion train in Marshfield Wisconsin killed six and a Bangkok prison riot wounded many with nine dead.
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New York
Tom Healy
CC. V. Whitney Stables
United Press Today
Chicago
Carlton Coon
Coon-Sanders
Henrot
Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs opens 36th convention
More than 800 Ohio club women gathered in Sandusky for the start of the 36th annual Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs convention sessions run through Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
Ohio Club
Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs
Veterans press for passage of the Bonus Bill in telegraphic drive
One thousand war veterans from Youngstown mobilize a telegraphic campaign directed at UL Senators Simeon D. Fess and Reoner J. Bulkiey and local Congressmen urging passage of the Bonus Bill.
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Youngstown, O
Simeon D. Fess
Reoner
J. Bulkiey
Two Die in Southern California Airplane Accidents
Two men were killed and another injured in two separate plane crashes in Southern California on Sunday. A fourth person escaped unharmed. Local authorities investigated the incidents.
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Los Angeles
California
Heavy fighting in Imienpo Manchuria amid bridge destruction
Exchange telegraph dispatches from Harbin report heavy fighting at Imienpo in Manchuria. A railway bridge near Harbin was blown up about 100 miles away. Japanese reinforcements were being sent to the area.
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Manchuria
London
Imienpo
Harbin
Funeral services for Ohio's oldest newspaper woman
Cardington Ohio May 2 Funeral services will be held here Tuesday for Mrs Alice E Van Sickle 46 who died here last night she was Ohio s oldest newspaper woman.
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Cardington
Alice E. van Sickle
Ohio
May Day rally in Public Square near Cleveland without disorder
Cleveland reports a May Day gathering with more than five percent communists and sympathizers in the Public Square, attended by uniformed police and concluding without disorder. In Youngstown gasoline rose by one cent to 15, 17, and 20 cents, after a prior cut to meet competition from Pennsylvania.
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Cleveland
Public Square
Youngstown
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati artist John Rettig dies at age of TA
Cincinnati artist John Rettig famed for Dutch fishing village scenes died Sunday after staging a religious pageant in the city. He was age not specified.
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Cincinnati
John Rettig
Scott High School Wins Scholastic Scholarship Contest
Scott High School of Toledo captured first place at the Annual Scholastic Scholarship Contest hosted by Ohio Wesleyan University. About 350 students from across the state competed Saturday, highlighting Delaware State high school achievements.
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Delaware
Scott High School of
Toledo
Ohio Wesleyan University
Indictments Sought As Grand Jury Convenes
Athens County Prosecuting Attorney John W. Bolin seeks seventy seven indictments in the May term of the Athens County Grand Jury opened today. Charlies E. Lamberson of Columbus tops the list for the attempted holdup of the First National Bank at Amesville.
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Athens County
John W. Bolin
Grand Jury
Charlies E. Lamberson
Columbus
First National Bank
Amesville
Grand
Lindbergh Baby Abduction Marking Two Months
Hopewell New Jersey May 2 The Lindbergh kidnapping remains unsolved after two months as Baby Charles Auguste Lindbergh Jr disappeared from his crib at the Sourland estate. The case involves Colonel Lindbergh whose movements sparked mystery amid reports he was away recently and may have returned. State police officials decline to confirm Lindbergh’s whereabouts or any contact with the kidnapers.
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Hopewell
N. J
U.R
Charlies
Augustne Lindbergh, Jr
Sourland
Harry Walsh
Jersey City
Agealer
Lindbergh
Col
Norman Schwartakopf
Hawaii in Turmoil After Manslaughter Verdict
Tension grips Honolulu as four Americans convicted of manslaughter in the Massie case face possible escape from Oahu Prison. Fears rise for safety of jurors after a racially mixed panel split on verdicts. Police guard four islanders awaiting retrial amid reports of juror leanings.
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Honolulu
U. H
U.A
Oahu
Second Trian
Thalia Fortescue Massie
United Press
Akron gun attack leaves Sam Radak fighting for life
Sam Radak, 41, lay at Peoples Hospital after seven bullets struck him at his home on Saturday night as city, county and Federal authorities searched for the gunmen. Investigators believe bootleggers targeted him in a gang land vengeance case aided by federal agents.
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Akron
U.P
Sam Radak
Peoples Hospital
Federsl Prohibition
Bootleuimers
Radak
Taxpayers Begin First Half 1981 Real Estate Payments
A steady stream of taxpayers paid the first half of 1981 real estate tax due December 1 at the county treasurer's office as December began. The second half of the 1981 tax is due June 20 and can be paid now, County River G. D. Gorham states.
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G.D. Gorham
May Day Quiet Observances Reported Worldwide
May Day observances varied as rain dampened New York celebrations and quiet crowds gathered elsewhere. Moscow led rallies with millions pledging defense of the Soviet Union and Red Square parades showcasing military strength. Rioting in Upper Silesia left two Communists dead while European capitals mostly stayed calm and London saw a brief clash near the Japanese embassy before dispersal.
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New York
U.P
United States
Europe
Moscow
Soviet Union
Red Square
Upper Silesia
Paris
Berlin
Madrid
Vienna
London
Admits Floggings in San Francisco Theater Case
Mrs Nan Kelley wife of Prosecutor John Kelley admitted she flogged a man in a January 1931 San Francisco theater after he allegedly annoyed her. The confession came as her husband wins conviction of four Americans charged with acting to punish an alleged attacker.
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Bers
Honolulu
Nan Kelley
John Kelley
San Francisco
Kelley
Akron blimp Resolute awaits weather for New York operations
Akron Ohio May 2 the new blimp Resolute paused at Wingfoot Lake today awaiting favorable weather to depart for New York for summer operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Wingfoot Lake
New York
Two Fined for Hunting Pearl Newlin and Theodore Culp
Pearl Newlin and Theodore Culp of Buchtel pleaded guilty to hunting out of season without licenses before Magistrate Pearl Miller. Each was fined 25 dollars. They were arrested Sunday near Beebe by State Game Protector B F Schwarz of Gloucester. Fred Porter of Sugar Creek and William Breaton of the same address were fined 100 dollars and costs each by Magistrate Miller after pleading guilty to possession of intoxicating liquor, arrested by State Prohibition Inspector Thomas S Bush and Constable Frank White.
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Pearl Newlin
Theodore Culp
Buchtel
Pearl Miller
Beebe
Sehwarts
Glouater
Fred Porter
Sugar Creek
Willliam Breaton
Miller
Thomas S Bush
Frank White
Ex Cowboy Shoots Self in Latest Escape Plot
Matt Gardner, a one armed former gasoline station attendant and ex cowboy, was wounded in the left leg by a self inflicted bullet after rushing from his home toward his station when an electric burglar alarm sounded. He had recently chased thieves who fled and left the door open, then tripped in the woods causing the accidental discharge.
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Flyria
U.P
Matt G Ner
Gardner
Memphis
Fenn
U.R
Will Jamison
Puryear
Negro
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