New Industry Seen for Ohio If Bill Passes
Akron reports a favorable House committee on the Crosser Airship Bill accelerating a push for dirigibles as ocean carriers. Goodyear Zeppelin works revisits plans for large air merchantmen with 10,000 pounds mail capacity, 100 passengers, and helium over 7,500,000 cubic feet. A two-ship fleet could serve Atlantic and Pacific routes with weekly US Europe flights.
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Akron
U.P
House of Representatives
Ohio
Goodyear Zeppelin Works
Goodyear
Karl Argstein
Atlantic
Pacific
Wingfoot Lake
Here
United States
Europe
West
Ox Roast To Attract Many Ox Roast Attract Many
GLOUSTER May 4 Hundreds of visitors are expected Saturday for an ox roast at Lamborn Grove open to residents of Athens and nearby counties. Roast begins at 11 o clock and lasts as long as the ox. a 1 PM speaking program features Captain Percy Tetlow as the principal orator and several others will speak.
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Glouster
Lamborn
Athens
Percy Tetlow
Ohio River Valley Poster Depicts Scenic Tour Spot
The Ohio River Valley is shown as an inviting scenic spot for tourists in a new 14 color poster placed in 28 Ohio cities by The Standard Oil Company of Ohio. The artwork by Fred Stern tops a trio of posters highlighting Ohio regions with the highlands and Lake Erie shores to follow. the highland scene was painted by Carl Broemer of Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River Valley
Ohio
Fred Stern
Standard Oil Company of
Highlands
Lake Hrie
Carl Broemer
Cleveland
Taken for a Ride in Akron Robbery Targets Chaplains
Akron May 4 Two youthful bandits abducted H P Chaplain a Cleveland jewelry auctioneer and his wife forcing them into their car and robbing them of five thousand dollars in cash and jewelry before fleeing in their vehicle.
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Akron
H. P. Chaplain
Cleveland
Flight fear and atom talk stir Rogers in Beverly Hills
In Beverly Hills on May 3, a letter simmers over flight fears and the atom split news. The writer mocks political debates about prohibition and laments recent scientific headlines as a sign the nation is strained. The piece closes with a personal signoff from Will.
May Day Parade Stirs Uproar Amid Labor Reds and Socialists
A King Features item notes unions plan to counter Reds while Reds rail at Socialists and big money, with a peaceful May Day in New York overshadowed by rain. readers are asked to weigh which group may endure amid global unrest.
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Woll
Garner Leads In California Delegates Contest
San Francisco May 4 United Press reports show John N Garner Texas leading in California's 44 Democratic delegates contest with 6,608 of 10,271 precincts reporting. Garner 159,872 Roosevelt 130,722 Smith 116,881. Hoover unopposed in Republican preference with 501,955 votes.
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San Francisco
U.R
John N. Garner
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
California
United Press
Roosevelt
Alfred E. Smith
Garner
Smith
Herbert Hoover
Kicked Girl to Death in Cleveland Murder Trial
Witnesses will testify in the second degree murder trial of Sol Levy 40 for the death of Kathryn Mason Jones 28 in Cleveland May 4. Jones was beaten and kicked to death April 20 after attending a drinking party. testimony places the fatal fight in Harry Weiss 23s apartment and Ms Brent and her husband as state witnesses.
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Cleveland
U.R
Kathryn Mason Jones
Little
Hollywood
Sol Levy
Harry Weiss
Mrs Anna Richards Boone Dies at Mechanicsburg Home
Anna Richards Boone, daughter of Floyd and Sarah Richards and long-time Athens resident, died Tuesday at her Mechanicsburg home near Columbus. She is survived by her husband Sherman Boone. Funeral services are set for Friday at the home with burial in West Union Street Cemetery in Athens. Short services will precede the interment.
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Anna Richards Boone
Floyd
Sarah Richards
Athens
Mechanicsburg
Columbus
Boone
Sherman Boone
West Union Street
Relief Aid Talks Highlight Athens Social Science Club
Mrs. O C Bird, welfare worker, speaks to the May meeting at Athens High School about ongoing valley hardship. She cites mining communities as hardest hit and notes county facilities serve only 30,000 of 44,000 residents. Athens County Red Cross to begin first flour distribution Thursday to Dover Township families, with Beasley Milling Co to mill wheat for weekly 24 pound sacks. York and Trimble may follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Bird
Hocking Valley
O. C. Bird
Social Science Club
Athens High School
Edward 5. Dowell
Athens County Red Cross
Chicago
Dover Township
Beasley Milling Company
Red Cross
Red Men Gather in Nelsonville District Meeting May 12
Southern Ohio Red Men from nearly a dozen cities will assemble in Nelsonville on Thursday May 12 for District No 12 work including Adoption and Warrior Degrees. Performances by Pomeroy Quartet Mohawk Cornhuskers and Bert Martin. Almost several hundred members expected 7 30 p m. May 7 Mohawk Tribe hosts a dance in Athens Washington Street hall.
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Ohio
Nelsonville
Killeagle
Mohawk Tribe of
Athens
Pomeroy Quartet
Mohawk Cornhuskers
Bert Martin
Circleville
Glouster
Logan
Lancaster
Columbus
Pomeroy
Burlingham
Washington Street
Young Wife Ends Life in Farm Crisis Near Salem
Mrs. Miles Shobot, 25, killed herself at their farm near Salem Ohio on Tuesday after her husband announced plans to sell the property to return to Salem. He found her body upon arriving home.
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Salem
Miles Shobot
Here
Warden Nelson Found With Funds Owed and Back Pay in Ohio
Columbus May 4 A state examiner’s report assigns 832.50 to Andy C. Nelson Fayette County dog warden for funds not turned over to the county dog and kennel fund It also states Nelson is owed 1083 21 in back salary from Oct 1 1929 to Feb 17 1932 for nearly 1000 dogs sold to Ohio State University for work in the Veterinary Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Co. Nelson
Fayette County
Thomas W
County Dog and Kennel Fund
Nelson
Ohio State University
Veterinary
Daily Papers Face Heavy Taxation Load
Washington May 4 The Senate Finance Committee draft taxes on leased wires telegrams telephone messages cablegrams and radiograms would cost newspapers about 1 000 000 annually. Most levy paid by newspapers as major users of leased wires and toll services. Taxes could raise costs beyond a million as campaigns Olympics and news transmission peak. The measure recalls earlier House exemption for news messages and leased wires now reinstated by the Senate committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Governmnt
House
Senate
Delegates Condemn Coal Bills as Union-Sponsored
Cincinnati May 4 Delegates to the American Mining Congress approved a resolution calling the Davis- Kelly and similar government control bills revolutionary. They charged the measures would reshape the economy and said they were sponsored by the United Mine Workers of America. A copy was sent to the Senate sub committee on mines and mining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Mining Congress
United Mine Workers of America
Senate
Schoolboy Is Shot to Death in Plainfield
Plainfield New Jersey May 4 A Samuel Cocarulla a 9 year old schoolboy was shot and killed while waiting with other boys for a bus to Willis School in South Plainfield Police took Adam Brecht a 43 year old South Plainfield poetry farmer into custody for questioning after John Skabry 14 told police he saw Brecht with a rifle in his doorway and saw the boy fall to the ground
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South Plainfield
Young Skabry
Cornelius J. McCarthy
Brecht
Cocarulla
City Teachers Face First Payless Payday In Athens
Athens City Schools faced a payless payday as the Board of Education could not issue May salary checks. Funds are exhausted and tax money is awaited before further disbursements. Supt. W. W. Ankenbrand notes past obligations were met by borrowed funds but further borrowing is unlikely until taxes arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Board of Education
W. W. Ankenbrand
Womens Clubs Face Possible Wet Debates At Ohio Meet
The Ohio Federation of Womens Clubs at its thirty sixth annual Sandusky convention faced a likely prohibition debate as the resolutions committee prepared to endorse the Eighteenth Amendment. Dry sentiment from outside groups and anti prohibition petitions were circulating despite federation control.
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Sandusky
U.P
Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs
Resolutions Committee
J. P. Curran
Mra
W. Johnson
Toledo
First Daily Awards Made As Odd Facts Pour In
The Messenger announces two local winners for the Believe It Or Not contest with odd observations from Leigh Moorhead and Guy Morrison. Honorable mentions go to Mrs. Wolfe Marvin Dodd and Mellen Jones. Entries will be sent to New York for judging and the daily series continues toward a Grand Prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leigh Moorhead
Weet
Union Street
Athens
Accombh
Guy Morrigan
Redtown
Guy Morrison
Stanley Burke
Charles J. Wolfe
Haydenville
Marvin Dodd
Frost
Mellen Jones
Park Place
New York
Ripley
Messenger
Measenger
Joba Aa
Ask Protection In Coal Fields
The Civil Liberties Union seeks federal protection to prevent interference with union activities in the Bell and Harlan coal fields. A petition filed in U.S. District Court asks Judge Cochran to bar county prosecutor Walter B. Smith and other officials from hindering union members. Hearing set for May 12 in London, Kentucky.
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Covington
U.P
The
Civil Liberties Union
Bell and Harlan
Walter BB. Smith
Rbe
United States District Court
Pera
A. M. J. Cochran
London
Joan Randolph Neal
Nashville
Arthur Garfield Hays
Dudley Field Malone
Allen Taub
Pineville
Coed Family Escapes Death In Mansfield Explosion
Joseph Letizia his wife and four children visiting relatives in Cleveland escaped serious harm when an explosion wrecked their Mansfield home. Three residents of an adjoining house were badly burned in the ensuing fire Bessie Miller 31 William Stacey 32 and Emery Wilson 40 Wilson in critical condition. Letizia said they delayed returning that night after plans to go back were postponed and he did not know the cause nor any enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
Joseph Letizia
Cleveland
Letizia
Bessie Miller
William Stacey
Emery Wilson
Wilson
Darrow To Ask New Trial for Honor Slayers
Clarence Darrow disclosed legal maneuvers for four American honor slavers to escape sentence to Oahu Prison. A new trial motion will open proceedings before Circuit Judge Davis. The defendants include Mrs Granville Fortescue, her son in law Lieut Thomas H Mansie, and two navy enlisted men A O Jones and B J Lord. They await sentencing at Pearl Harbor under Capt Ward Ko Wortman custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
U.R
Oahu
Clarence Darrow
Hawaiian Supreme Court
Davis
Pearl Harbor Navy Base
Ward Ko Wortman
Anne Kieugel
Citizen's Good Government League
League
Marcon Yacht Returns to Port After Lindbergh Kidnapping Talks
The yacht Marcon, used in negotiations with a group claiming to kidnap baby Lindbergh, Jr., returned to Norfolk harbor. It carried John Hughes Curtis and Lt. George L. Richard among a crew, with no official statement given. Richard left port then returned home briefly, suggesting possible further departure.
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Norfolk
U.P
Marcon
Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr
John Hughes Curtis
George L. Richard
Naval Base
Richard
Relief Act Is Proved Valid
The Ohio State Supreme Court ruled the Kippy-Roberto Act constitutional, allowing Hamilton County to seek mandamus to force the Tax Commission to approve a $1,000,000 relief bond issue. The ruling, issued with full court concurrence, eliminates the need for another special session. The act raises utility taxes for five years to fund county relief programs.
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Columbus
Kippy-Roberto
Ohio General Assembly
State Supreme Court
Hamilton Courty
State Tax Commission
General Assembly
Eapy Roberts
White
Pleads for Ideals at Ohio Medical Association Close
Dayton May 4 4 P election of officers for 1933 and a convention city for next year were to close the annual Ohio State Medical Association meeting. Sectional groups held discussions on professional topics as the dinner featured Dr H M Platter of Columbus president elect for 1932 urging the profession to retain its ideals amid the scramble for power and wealth threatening physicians' ideals.
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Dayton
Ohio State Medical Association
H. M. Platter
Columbus
Commend Tiffin Man For Love of Animals
Hundreds of letters have arrived commending Frank Cylahan, Tiffin horseman, for his love of animals since his burial in a $500 bronze casket last Friday for his pet pomeranian Baby Winter. More than 800 letters were received. Humane societies including the Seneca County Society sent approving notes. Some writers, including a Hollywood nurse, urged contributions to various causes.
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Tiffin
Frank Cylahan
Humane Societies
Seneca County Society
Hollywood
Calif
Portage County League to Fight Races at Exhibition Park
In Ravenna on May 4 officers of the Portage County Citizens' League said they would fight to the finish against the current race program at Exhibition Park. Three men were arrested by rural constable O. W. Dunbar brought in by the league. The race meeting has 19 days left in a 13 day event, with about 700 league members at a secret meeting in Beckley Hall. An executive committee member insisted the group is not a secret society but must keep doors closed.
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Ravenna
U.P
Portage County
Citizens’ League
Exhibition Paris
O. W. Dunbar
League
Beckley Hall
CZ Aughenbaugh
Warrants Paid Amid Court Fee Shortage in 1931-32
County Auditor J. Edmundson announces warrants for court service are being paid as many have sat for seven months due to 1931 appropriation exhaustion. No firms have been available in 1932 up to May 1. Mansfield reports John Hughes, 91, builder of Mansfield's first ice plant, died Tuesday as Mr and Mrs Hughes marked their sixty seventh wedding anniversary on March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ide Edmundson
Mansfield
John Hughes
Mrs John Sharp Buried in Kenton Ohio
Mrs Celinda John Sharp born near Bolins Mills Vinton County February 4 1947 died April 30 1932 at her son in law and daughter's home in Kenton Ohio after influenza. funeral at First M Church Athens on Monday with Rev Charles M Coulter officiating. burial Hebbardsville Cemetery. She leaves three daughters Mrs Kate Spangler Mrs Mack Stanley Elia widow of Harvey Goff three sons Benjamin William Sharp Charles Gulfport Miss and four grandchildren.
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Kate Spangler
Kenton
Mack Stanley
Carbondale
Elia
Harvey Goff
Baltimore
Benjamin
William Sharp
Akron
Chark Gulfport
Dehildren
First M
Athens
Charles M. Coulter
Hebbardsville
Sharp
Vinton County
Albany
Bond issue OK'd for Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to issue 55.813 million dollars of funding and refunding general mortgage bonds at six percent. The bonds will be pledged and repledged through June 30, 1930, as security for notes or as substitute collateral for existing debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Senate Seeks Further Economies After Tax Increases
The Senate Finance Committee wrapped up a morning of revenue boosts by making all excise taxes permanent, including new postal rates. The House sent an economy bill to the Senate aiming for only $88 million in savings, with further cuts and tax hikes needed to balance a $1 billion revenue bill. Funds saved target high earners and veterans, with veteran benefits cuts and army navy consolidation trimmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Finance Committee
House
Senate
Bouse
Hoover
Ihie Actional
Thin Jine
Bij
Treasury
Thomas Forstune Ryan
Elia Wendell
den Mills, Sr
Secretary of Treasury
Four Athens County Men Are Convicted
Arthur May 4 four Athens County men were convicted following the Thomps sonville cooperative coal mine disruption four weeks ago during an effort to close the operation. William Canter of Jobisbery was charged with depriving a guard of arms. Virgil Leslie Taylor and Ernest Jo were charged with assault. Trial before Judge J J W Darby and a jury here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MN Arthur
Thompssonville Cooperative
William Canter
Jobisbery
Virgil Leslie Taylor
Ernest Jo
J J W. Darby
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Trimble
Southern
U.r.-A
Union
Cincinnati
Schoolboy
Prom Redtown
Darrow
Supreme Court
Tiffin Man
Arrest Three Citizens’ League
Pioneer D's
John Sharp
O. K
Bulletin
Athens County
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