Ohio Governor Signs Parole and Prison Reform Bills
Governor White approves three administration bills to reform Ohio's prison system. The Ackerman Bill reopens indeterminate sentencing with a new clemency board. the Gillen Bill lengths time off for good behavior and expands parole eligibility after 15 years for certain inmates. the Weber Bill creates a four member Parole Board with expanded powers and higher salaries. The measures aim to reduce the prison population while maintaining public safety.
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Columbus
State Welfare Department
Ohio
White
Ackerman
Weber
Gillen
Board of Clemency
Ohio Tragedies Claim 13 Lives Over Sunday
Ohio reports at least 13 deaths from weekend incidents including traffic crashes drownings and a train collision. The tally lists victims in Columbus Crooksville Mansfield East Liverpool and other towns with injuries and fatalities across roads rail and water.
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Ohio
Columbus
May
U.R
United Press
Flies to Rescue of Arctic Explorer
Swedish aviator Captain Albin Athrenberg flew hundreds of miles from Malmoe to Greenland in a rescue attempt for British meteorologist Augustine Courtard believed marooned in a hut. An alternate relief team failed to locate Courtard.
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Arctic
Albin Athrenberg
Malmoe
Sweden
Augustine Courtard
Greenland
Tee Cap
Anothr
Courtald
Fall pins hopes on presidential pardon in Teapot Dome case
El Paso Texas May 4 former secretary of the interior Albert B Fall aged 69 in frail health says he relies on friends to obtain a presidential pardon from Hoover. He has accepted his Teapot Dome bribery conviction and notes actions have been circulated in the Santa Fe legislature seeking clemency.
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EL Paso
Tex
Albert B. Fall
Fall
Hoover
Santa Fe
Kemper to Speak at Athens County Ministers Meet
The Rev. Paul E. Kemper of Glouster Methodist Church will address the Athens County Ministerial Association on Tuesday. His topic is Revitalizing Religion. Rev. C A Sprague will lead the meeting in Rev Arlie Krussell's absence, and officers will be elected after the talk.
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Paul E. Kemper
Glouster
Passenger List on Trip Is Increased
A traveling man from West Virginia, with wife and a police dog, stopped in Lancaster on the way home after leaving a week earlier. The dog, Old Pal of My Cradle Days, gave birth to 13 puppies. Six died, one was sold, the rest waited for dinner while the party paused in Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
West Virginia
Lancaster
Coal Lands Near Racine Surveyed by Mine Engineers
Pomery May 4. Interest swells around the Pomery Bend amid rumors of Sunday Creek Coal Company exploration near Racine. Engineers mark shaft locations near Nease Settlement and DeWolf grounds. Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad may extend from Forest Run Mine via Nease Settlement to Dorcas. Creosoted ties renew a Kerrs Run spur, boosting road extension prospects and regional business potential.
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Racine
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Bend
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Coal Company
Nease Settlement
DeWolf
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Hocking Valey
Old Forest Run
Nease
Dorcas
Bowman's Run
Dark Hollow
Kerr's Run
Forest Run
Pittsburgh Coal Company
Middleport
Meigs County
Wet Dry Or Neutral Icticyon Why Does It Sing
Weather and science notes discuss atmospheric conditions and the curious Icticyon species. The column hints at stars and slow starts, presenting a mix of natural science curiosities and celestial references.
Democrats Split Over Prohibition Policy Across Regions
The piece argues that Democratic positions split by region with the South dry and the North wet, highlighting two national issues—prohibition and economic hard times—and warning that a weak stance on prohibition risks voter support and aiding Republican momentum. It notes concerns over European entanglements and bootlegging as by products of prohibition.
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New York
Massachusetts
Illinois
Prohibition
Too Much of Everything Hurts the Economy
The passage argues that both sides fail to promise real cures as production outpaces consumption. It notes excess across money, coal, oil, wheat, factories, and steel, likening the situation to curing a healthy patient and urging bold, imaginative leadership over cautious politicking.
Wild Brazilian dog reaches Bronx Zoo in New York
A queer little wild dog from Brazil named Icticyon Venaticus has arrived at the Bronx Zoo. The dachshund shaped animal weighs about fifteen pounds and remains in a savage wild state, capable of disposing of a bull terrier twice its weight.
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Brazil
New York
Bronx Zoo
Readable Fragments Hint at Sir James in Country
The fragmentary OCR suggests a mention of Sir James in this country, without clear context or full details. Further readable text remains insufficient to determine event, date, or exact individuals involved.
Rites To Be Simple For George F. Baker
George F. Baker banker and philanthropist 91 died after a three day pneumonia illness at his Tuxedo Park estate. His simple funeral plans reflect a lifetime of rising from a two dollar weekly job to a fortune counted in hundreds of millions alongside giants like Rockefeller Carnegie Harriman and Schiff.
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New York
George F. Baker
America
Tuxedo Park
Baker
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Harriman
Schiff
Athens County Grand Jury Convenes For May Term
The May term of the Athens County Grand Jury began Monday with about 70 cases planned and nearly 400 witnesses summoned. Foreman George B. Lash leads a panel including Carl Hines William Williams Mrs H T Mulligan Mrs Frank Daugherty Ralph Allen Mrs Thomas Gamwell Mrs Sylvia M Hoskinson Sherman Parker Edwin Johnson Fanny Mulligan Mrs W E Clark Charles Roberts Ed Sheridan Bruce Donaldson. A week may be required to hear all cases.
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Athens County Grand Jury
Carl Hines
William Williams
H. T. Mulligan
Frank Daugherty
Ralph Allen
Thomas Gamwell
Sylvia Mhoskinson
Sherman Parker
Edwin Johnson
Fanny Mulligan
W. E. Clark
Charles Roberts
Ed Sheridan
Bruce Donaldson
George B
Weather Summary from Regional Readings
Yesterday’s highs ranged from 80 to 92 degrees with Phoenix at 92 and Miami at 86. Overnight lows include The Pas 22 Prince Albert 24 and Battleford 24. Forecast calls for fair weather with rising temperatures tonight and a mild Tuesday with increasing clouds and possible rain at night.
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Williston
Miami
Pas
Prince Albert
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Hunger Hikers Led by Women In Ohio March
Two Akron women lead the Cleveland Akron and Youngstown Canton hunger march battalions as they resume toward Columbus after a night at Jacob Coxey’s home. Massillon crowds greet them. Barberton locals react with hostility. The women Mrs Nina Wilcox and Mrs Victoria Zebor charm locals as they sing along Lincoln Way amid holiday crowds.
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U.P
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Barberton
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Nina Wilcox
Victoria Zebor
Family Burned in House Fire Fatal to Two
In Phoenixville on May 4 Morris Lang, confined by amputations, survived while his wife Mrs Lang 51 and daughter Annetta 22 died after a house fire caused by a gasoline explosion used for a washing machine. Lang was hospitalized in shock.
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Phoenixville
J.R
Morris Lang
Bargains Today in The Messenger Classifieds
Classified ads list tennis rackets for sale from 1 to 7 dollars and red and white tennis balls available. A Ford car resembling new is offered for 395 dollars. Lawn mower sharpening and repair services are advertised, curtains washed and stretched at 15 cents per strip.
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Messenger
First Honors Come to Ohio
The Green and White at Ohio University won The Cleveland Plain Dealer Cup as the best college semi weekly newspaper in Ohio, scoring 91 of 100. The Ohio Wesleyan Transcript and Akron University’s Bachette followed. University of Toledo Collegian won the weekly cup.
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Ohio
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Cleveland
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Donald Clippinger
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N. Y
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Will Mannage Office Opens for Jef frey Manufacturing Co
The new district office of the Jefffrey Manufacturing Company in Huntington West Virginia will be managed by H H Townsend of Athens. The Huntington office serves Southern West Virginia Southern Ohio Eastern Kentucky and Western Virginia. The Columbus company makes mining machinery and equipment. W F P Dickson a Huntington salesman is a former Albany resident and F P L Johnson a Kentucky salesman is a former engineer with Black Diamond Coal Company Lathrop.
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Columbus
Huntington
W. Va
H. H. Townsend
Athens
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Virginia
W. FP. Dickson
Huntington Territory
Albany
FP. L. Johnson
Black Diamond Coal Company
Lathrop
Commerce Bans Fokker Tri-Motored Planes for Passenger Flights
The Department of Commerce ordered all 1929 Fokker tri-motored transport planes barred from carrying passengers until full reliability tests are completed. The ban took effect the previous Saturday.
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Washington
U.P
Department of Commerce
Land Owners Are Assailed in Commons Tax Plan
In London on May 4, Chancellor Philip Snowden urged passage of a capital land tax to make land ownership accountable to the community. He argued private ownership raises rents, hampers municipal development, and that land should be used for all rather than held by nobility. He called for taxing land values as rent to the public and condemned privileged landowners.
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London
House of Commons
Philip Snowden
Snowden
Caesar
Dornier DO-X Lands Smoothly at Bolama Guinea
Dornier DO-X made a smooth landing at Bolama in Portuguese Guinea on Sunday after being advised by the Dornier works in Friedrichshafen Germany.
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Germany
Bolama
Portuguese Guinea
Dornier
Senate files ouster suit against FedPower chief
The Senate sues George Otis Smith head of the Federal Power Commission in the U S District of Columbia Supreme Court claiming he was never legally confirmed. Smith counters that the Senate cannot block the President by removal under reconsideration of his nomination.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Hoover
Federal Power Commission
George Otis Smith
Maine
UN District of Columbia Supreme Court
Smith
White vetoes bill reallocating dog bite payments
Governor White vetoed the Nisewonger Bill which would require county commissioners to pay Pasteurization treatment claims for dog bite victims from the county dog and kennel fund rather than the general fund. He argued the measure would reduce or eliminate payments to humane societies.
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Nisewonger
County Commissioners
County Dog and Kennel Fund
County General Fund
White
Humane Societies
Students Return to Classes After Four Day Strike in West Virginia
Magnolia High School students in New Martinsville West Virginia resumed classes after a four day stoppage as a 700 member parents and teachers committee negotiated to resolve issues sparked by the school board decision to appoint Orville Kiger successor to Basil Liggett.
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New Martinsville
W. Va
U.P
Magnolia High School
Orville Kiger
Basil Liggett
Kiger
Mrs Lewis Wingett Dies In Columbus
A. W. Barker reports the death of his daughter Mrs. Lewis Wingett of Columbus. She was sister to A. L. Barker of Nelsonville who died three months earlier. Funeral services are set for 2:20 PM Tuesday in Columbus.
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A. W. Barker
Central Avenue
Columbus
A. L. Barker
Nelsonville
Man charged in N J crash kills three
James V. Stone of Cleveland Ohio was released on $5000 bond on a manslaughter charge after an automobile accident in Whithfield New Jersey that killed three people.
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Noel Davis
Southern Ohio Electric Company
Hillsboro
George Mleinknecht
Galion
Doris Dunn
Mansfield
Pennsylvania
K. G. Dunn
Shiloh
Milton Schlechty
Coldwater
New Madison
Harry Heckathorne
East Liverpool
Bringham Murphy
Cleveland
Whithfield
U.P
James V. Stone
Liberty
Supreme Court Adjourns to Read Opinions Through May
The Supreme Court adjourned until Monday May 14 to read opinions. It will air on the next two Mondays for the same purpose and adjourn June 10 for the term. The fall term will start Oct 5.
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Washington
U.R
Supreme Court
Gleason Guilty Plea Leads to Suspended Sentence
Harry A. Gleason former president of the Citizens Banking and Trust Company of Conneaut pleaded guilty to abstracting credit a technical charge and received a suspended sentence to Atlanta Penitentiary from Federal Judge Samuel H. Weat in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
U.P
Citizens’ Banking & Trust Company of
Conneaut
Harry A. Gleason
Atlanta
Federa
Samuel H. Weat
Bank Robbery Strikes Union Planters in Memphis
In Memphis on May 4 six unidentified bandits robbed the Main and Beale Street Branch of Union Planters National Bank and Trust Company, taking about $25,000 in cash.
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Memphis
Tenn
U.R
Beale Street
Union Planters National Bank and Trust Company
Japanese aviator begins 6268 mile flight to United States
Sess Yoshihara, 27, reached Numashi from Tokyo at 6 25 p m on the first of 20 stops planned during an attempted 6268 mile flight to the United States.
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Numasaki
Japan
Yoshihara
Tokio
United States
Tilby Smith Convicted in First Degree Murder Retrial
Tilby Smith was found guilty of first degree murder without mercy by Common Pleas Judge Charles R. Sargent. He had earlier been convicted of conspiracy to murder his wife, but the Supreme Court ordered a retrial after a ruling on jury trial waiver by the defense.
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Jefferson
U P
Tilby Smith
Common Pleas
Charles R. Sargent
Smith
Supreme Court
Reno Divorce Mill Takes in Everybody In Hotels
Santa Monica dispatch reports a spoofed Reno divorce mill where hotel registers from six weeks earlier produced divorces for all names found. The letter-writer WILL claims many did not seek divorce and warns readers to avoid Reno or registering to avoid involuntary divorce.
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Reno
Will
Santa Monica
Calif
Hoover urges world business to push disarmament effort
President Hoover told the International Chamber of Commerce that disarmament is the prime issue hindering economic progress. He said taxation supports armies and cited Kellogg Briand Pact limits while noting vast current military manpower and costs, urging business leaders and statesmen to act.
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International Chamber of Commerce
Hia
Hia Hearera
Hoover
World peace hinges on will not fear says conference lead
The speaker warns that vast armament burdens recovery and fuels social and political instability. Confidence must rely on goodwill, not fear, as he urges progress toward the arms conference and economic rehabilitation. He stresses interdependence, widespread depression, and the need for gradual arms limits.
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United States
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