Athens council weighs extending water main to Richland district
The Athens council discussed extending a water main from the city system to the Richland Avenue district south of Athens. Owner surveys show about 250 homes in the area. 77 percent of property owners favor a funded extension toward Routes 50 and 31. A committee will draft a cost estimate for conference with owners.
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Richland Ave
Ediately
Athens
Guy Morrison
Hooper St
Hoop St
Stella Ave
Morrison
Athens Council
Rich School
Linc
Ouncil
C. C
Diedayor
Len B. McCune
Ril
WPA
Forest Service
East Athens
Wayne Forest
Ath Dowler
Dowler
Roperty
Huclid Ave
Iron Ave
Avon Pl
Sandne
Police Seek Aides of Man Held as Slayer
Indianapolis police seek two companions of Alfred Brady held as slayer after a Piqua clerk identified him. Brady allegedly led Edward Lindsey in a past hold up at a Piqua grocery. Authorities redoubled efforts to apprehend Brady's partners as the case unfolds.
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Indianapolis
Piqua
Alfred Brady
Brady
Slow Delivery Delays Reach Hazel Cooke Letter
Miss Hazel Cooke of Logan reports receiving a letter at the state department in Columbus, mailed in Canton on October 20, 1917, and received April 23 of this year, amid slow postal delivery.
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LOGAN
Hazel Cooke
State Department
Columbus
Canton
Birth Control Seen as Possible Political Issue
New York reports Margaret Sanger foresaw birth control becoming a national political issue unless federal legislation to permit birth control education through the mails is enacted. She cited about 800 organizations representing over 10 million people backing the measure sponsored by Rep. Percy L. Gassaway and said religious opposition was crumbling.
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New York
Margaret Sanger
Congress
Percy L. Gassaway
D.-Okla
Young Boy Killed in Wreck of School Bus
In Carthage North Carolina Earl Callaway age 10 was killed and 17 other school children injured when a Moore County school bus wrecked on the High Falls Carthage Road six miles from town.
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Carthage
N. C
Earl Callaway
Moore County
High-Falls- Carthage
Ohio Proclaims May 10 as Mother’s Day
Governor Martin L. Davey issues proclamation designating Sunday May 10 as Mother’s Day in Ohio. The action marks a state recognition of the holiday and encourages observance across communities.
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COLUMBUS _UP
Martin L. Davey
Ohio
Jury selection continues in Wilson murder trial
In Mansfield, Charles Wilson faces first degree murder charges for the shooting death of Jean Moorhead. Both prosecution and defense used two peremptory challenges as jurors were seated. Wilson claimed the shooting was accidental and expected acquittal.
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Mansfield
Charles Wilson
Wilson
Jean Moorhead
Marriott
Smith
Maryland Primary Returns Roosevelt Big Lead
Returns from Maryland's presidential primary show President Roosevelt ahead of Col. Henry Breckinridge by about 514 to 1 and confirm the state's 16 Democratic convention votes for Roosevelt.
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Washington
Maryland
Roosevelt
Col
Henry Breckinridge
Green Backs Roosevelt for Re election at AFL Congress
William Green head of the American Federation of Labor endorsed President Roosevelt for reelection at a National Women's Trade Union League meeting. He praised NRA wage and hour standards before the Supreme Court decision and urged restoration of those New Deal principles, lauding the NRA and social security program.
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American Federation of Labor
Washington
William Green
Roosevelt
National Women's Trade Union League
Green
NRA
Supreme Court
New Deal
Breckinridge Attacks New Deal in Maryland Primary
Col. Henry Breckinridge, opposing Roosevelt, claimed Maryland's preferential primary hastened the national trend. He denounced party platform subversion and warned voters would sweep anti plan reforms from the ballot.
Missing Child Found Slain in Maine
The body of seven year old Mary Proulx was found in alder bushes beside Messalonskee Stream near Waterville. She was bound and gagged and strangled. Circumstances resembled the 1940 case of Annie Knight, with similar knot and gag details noted by officials. Medical examiner Napoleon Bisson confirmed assault prior to death.
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Waterville
Mary Proulx
Messalonskee
Annie K. Knight
Fairfield
Napoleon Bisson
Rockwood Water Line Dynamited Amid Hosiery Strike
An eight inch Rockwood water pipeline from a reservoir east of town was dynamited late Monday night. Rockwood, population around 4,000, has endured a four week strike at the Rockwood Hosiery Mill during the incident.
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Rockwood
Tenn
Here
Red Haired Companion Of Karpis Released
J Edgar Hoover announced Ruth Robinson the red haired woman seized with Alvin Karpis in New Orleans Friday night has been released with no charges. Fred Hunter arrested with them is held to face harboring Karpis and charges tied to a mail train robbery at Garrettsville Ohio in which Karpis is also charged.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
Ruth Robinson
Alvin Karpis
New Orleans
Fred Hunter
Karpis
Garretteville
Ohio
Police Chief Links Slayings in Piqua Case
Indianapolis report says Alfred Brady, held for the slaying of Police Sergeant Richard Rivers, is identified as the killer of grocery clerk Edward Lins ey in a March 31 robbery in Piqua Ohio.
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Indianapolis
Frank Gaehl
Piqua
Alfred Brady
Richard Rivers
Edward Linsey
Maryland Ballot Count Skims Through As State Primaries Run
As Maryland completes its ballot tally on Monday，全国 California and South Dakota hold primaries. California GOP features a clash between an uninstructed delegate slate and Landon loyalists. South Dakota sees a contest between a Landon backed slate and a Farah pledged slate. South Dakota sends eight delegates to the national convention. Roosevelt faces no opposition in the South Dakota and Alabama Democratic primaries. Alabama allocates 22 convention votes.
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Maryland
California
South Dakota
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Farah
Idaho
Landon
Roosevelt
Alabama
Farmers' Holiday Leader Milo Reno Dies in Excelsior Springs
Milo Reno, 71, of Des Moines, president of the National Farmers' Holiday Association, died today of a heart attack in a hotel at Excelsior Springs where he had been convalescing from influenza.
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Excelsior Springs
Milo Reno
Des Moines
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
Tahiti romance ends as Hogans back from dream
Tahiti voyage ends in sickness and debt for A. D. Hogan and his Detroit bride Marjorie Faddis and for Merrial Walls and his wife. They returned to Michigan after ill fortune in Moorea and failed plans to live off palm trees. Hogan praised French policy requiring return tickets to U S. travel.
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Marian Bush Snyder
South Seas
Hogans
Michigan
Tahiti
A. D. Hogan
Marjorie Faddis
Detroit
Mich
San Francisco
Merriail F Walls
Pontiac
Merrywood
Hogan
River Front
Wall
Moorea
United States
Carbon Dioxide Gas Fatal to Circus Worker at Cleveland Stadium
Peter Mec Closkey, 42, of Bridgeport Pennsylvania, an employee of the James M. Cole Circus, died from asphyxiation after carbon monoxide gas from a flueless heater filled a concession room at Cleveland Stadium. Fourteen fellow workers were overcome as they slept in the same room.
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Cleveland
Peter
Bridgeport
James M. Cole
Cleveland Stadium
Findlay Pilot Selected for Paris Air Show
Findlay Ohio Lieut Joseph C Mackey from the Findlay airport will represent the United States in acrobatic flying at the Paris air show on May 17.
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Findlay, CO
United States
Paris
Joseph C. Mackey
Findlay Airport
Dr D E B Robertson Returns Home After Impoverished Trial
Halifax report indicates Dr D E B Robertson, weakened by a recent ten day Moose River gold mine imprisonment, traveled by train today toward his home in Toronto.
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Halifax
D. EB Robertson
Moose River
Toronto
Two Athens County commissioners clash in courthouse basement
In Athens County this morning Republican rivals Frank Minner and Fred Kittle fought briefly in the courthouse basement amid a heated campaign. Kittle seeks a second term in the upcoming primary next week while Minner is not up for reelection this year. Local bystanders stopped the altercation.
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Athens County
Frank Minner
Nelsonviile
Fred Kittle
Athens
Kittle
Minner
Hope Seen in Wage Dispute Talks at Coal Conference
Edward F. Mc Grady assistant secretary of labor said progress in the anthracite coal wage conference shows signs of narrowing gaps. He noted no agreement yet as operators and United Mine Workers continue talks started Feb 24 to avoid a suspension affecting about 105000 Pennsylvania miners. The old contract expired March 31 and operations continue under a temporary extension.
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New York
Edward F. McGrady
McGrady
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Mc.Grady
Loophole Looms for Al Capone in Statute
Chicago lawyers William Parillo and Lyman Sherwood say a federal statute's tiny wording difference between a and the could open a path to freeing Al Capone from Alcatraz California. The move hinges on a newly discovered technical loophole.
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al Capone
Chicago
Alcatraz Prison
California
William Parillo
Lyman Sherwood
Selassie May Live in Exile at Swiss Villa
American former advisor to Emperor Haile Selassie says the fugitive Ethiopian ruler, who owns a Villa at Vevey, Switzerland, will likely choose permanent exile there.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Pverett A. Colson
Haile Selassie
Vevey
Switzerland
Reward Offered for Recapture of Burt Rogers Escapee
Columbiana County offers a $500 reward for the recapture of Burt Rogers who escaped from the county jail Sunday with two other prisoners while awaiting trial in connection with the shooting of Clarence Dickey at Zant Liverpool.
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Lisbon
Columbiana County
Burt Rogers
Clarence Dickey
Zant Liverpool
Townsend Plan Inquiry Delayed Amid Clash At Hearing
A House investigation into Dr. F. E. Townsend was postponed for two weeks after Townsend and his counsel arrived just before the session. Townsend defended his caravan plan to deliver petitions, while lawmakers warned the inquiry would not spare the Townsend Plan as it moves toward Washington. The caravan from Los Angeles would traverse several states and carry an estimated 10,000,000 names endorsing the plan.
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Washington
F. FE. Townsend
House
Pension Movement
Townsend
Gavagan
New York
Bell
Los Angeles
Pulitzer Prize Rouses Critics
New York critics clash with the Pulitzer Prize selections for drama and fiction. Robert F Sherwood's anti war play Toilet's Delight and Harold J Davis Honey in the Horn draw charges of rule bending and weak ties to American life from Clayton Hamilton and other critics.
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New York
Robert F. Sherwood
University School of Journalism
Sherwood
Clayton Hamilton
Hamilton
Pulitzer
Alfred Lunt
Borah Promises to Settle GOP Problems
Senator William E Borah spoke to an audience in Zanesville promising to help settle a number of questions at the Cleveland convention and that no one would bolt the Republican Party. The Ohio delegation was traveling with Borah as the primary nears next Tuesday. Taft is the favored son candidate for the state party.
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Liverpool
William HE. Borah
Cleveland
Borah
Ohio
Zanesville
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Addi s Ababa Falls as Italian Troops Enter City
Italian forces entered Addis Ababa after four days of rioting locals, with Cornelius Van H H Engert and his staff evacuating the American legation to the British compound. Haile Selassie fled by British cruiser toward Haifa as Ras Nasibu and Wehib Pasha fled via Djibouti.
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Addis Ababa
A. R. Stadin
Loma
Calif
Legation
Dessye
Ben Ames
James J. Rohrbough
United Press
Ames
Rohrbaugh
Cornelius van H. Engert
United States
Washington
Djibouti
Haile Selassie
Haifa
Palestine
Ras Nasibu
Wehib Pasha
Favorite Son Plan Praised by Cooper
Former Gov. Myers Y. Cooper told the Cuyahoga County League of Republican Clubs that the Favorite Son plan would grant independence of candidates denied by individuals. Gov. Martin L. Davey urged no opposition in the Democratic primary during his weekly radio address.
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Cleveland
Myers Y. Cooper
Cuyahoga County League of Republican Clubs
Martin L. Davey
Delay in Selecting Methodist Bishops Urged
An important proposal to defer the appointment of new bishops for four years came before the Quadrennial Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Columbus. Conference leaders signed a resolution asking the Committee on Episcopacy to withhold bishop appointments until church unity is completed with the Episcopal Church South and the Methodist Protestant Church.
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Columbus
Methodist Episcopal Church
Committee On Episcopacy
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Protestant Church
Lakewood Pupils Delay Passage of Traffic Bill
A crowd of about 100 Lakewood High School pupils protested a plan to raise the minimum driving age from 16 to 18. Their arguments caused a delay in the Lakewood traffic ordinance amendment passage during the Monday night city council meeting.
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Cleveland
Lakewood High School
Lakewood
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