Feaghers for GIT Schools Named Today
Athens city schools announced the term 0 1931 appointments after a Board of Education meeting. Two instructors Jettie J. Denmark and Frances Adams resigned. Hale Pickett was granted a year leave. P. E. McKinley was reappointed coach. New staff include Cora Bailey William Bryant R. L. Emmert Ruth Giesen Adda Maccombs John Newcomb G. G. Stockberger C Studst ill Mary Connett John Glover E S Dow ell Irene Hand M Johnston Eva Lamon Helen Leech Ethel McEwen P E McKinley A A Nellis Anne Pickering Nell Pickering Isie Sidders Walter Porter Anna K Price Mildred Price Car oberts Mary Hart ell Edward Sharp Opal Osa per P S Wamsley O L Wood Helen Cross Lucille Duffee Edna Zick A L Ches.
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Athens City
F. Hixson
Phoors
Board of Education
Jettie J. Denmark
Frances Adams
Miss Denmark
Helen Cross
Miss Adams
Hale Pickett
Columbia University
New York
P. E. McKinley
Cora Bailey
William Bryant
R. L. Emmert
Ruth Giesen
Adda Maccombs
John Newcomb
G. G. Stockberger
C. Studstill
Mary Connett
John
Mildred Price
Caroberts
Mary L. Hartell
Masked Bandits Rob In Bucharest Raid Targeting Diplomats
Six masked bandits halted a car in Bucharest and robbed its occupants, including Charles Dewey of Chicago an American adviser to Poland. Also present were Charles A vila the Roumanian minister to Washington and Countess Szem k wife of the Polish minister.
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Bucharest
Roumania
May
U.R
Charles Dewey
Chicago
Poland
Dewey
Charles Avila
Washington
Szemk
Parachute Failure Causes Jumper’s Death in Bedford Run
Coroner reports an obsolete parachute failed to open when its aluminum ring snagged on the plane. George Frosty Dambach died during a Bedford jump. The borrowed chute was not inspected and older models use the aluminum ring, while newer types lack it.
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Cleveland
Eorge
Holland's System Aims to Curb Drinking Spotlighted by Scientists
At the First International Congress on Mental Hygiene in Washington scientists from 53 nations examined alcohol's impact on thinking and considered non prohibition methods. Dr K Herman Bouman of Amsterdam reported that even small alcohol amounts impair perception memory and attention and that self criticism declines under mild intoxication. He noted Holland reduced liquor licenses from 1 per 124 to 1 per 422 after imposing licensing limits, with government funded treatment bureaus and declines in alcoholics and violence.
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Washington
U.R
K. Herman
Bouman
Amsterdam
Congress
Holland
United States
Mother Jones at 100 Amid Modern Union Changes
The article honors Mother Jones on her 100th birthday noting her lifelong fight for workers and unions. It contrasts her era with today when unions are powerful and businesslike and suggests her image would be seen as Bolshevik to modern unionists. A London Agreement note warns of cruiser building and parity limits with Britain. A caller reports a forest fire threatening a new house.
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Mother Jones
New York
Carnegie Homestead
Forest fires force pause in southern day’s work
A line about compelled pause in the day’s occupation due to forest fires in the southern area, with continued coverage on Page 4.
Brown to Select Clerk of Elections by Secretary of State
The Athens County Board of Elections referred the clerk selection to Secretary of State Clarence J. Brown after a five ballots tie at the reorganization meeting. David Johnson seeks reappointment by the Republican pair while Joseph Richards backed by Democrats competes, with result pending state appointment. The meeting also introduced Frank Bryson and Mrs. Alice R. Bougher, the first woman on the board, succeeding long serving members.
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Athens County
Bryson
Bougher
Brown
Charles Beckler
Athens
Fred Bougher
Roy Sweet Dies After Auto Crash Funeral Aid Fails
Ash tabula May 6 Roy Sweet 4 died here from injuries in an automobile accident. His father, a former star athlete, gave a quart of blood in a bid to save him.
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Ash'tabula
U.P
Roy Sweet
Prisoners Restored to White City Cell Block After Fire
Nearly 300 Ohio Penitentiary inmates are back in White City Cell block as routine work resumes after the April 21 fire. About 75 are in solitary for refusing to work, while others are returned from the stockade. Cell locks are repaired and locks used. Population will rise gradually as repairs proceed on the new I and K Blocks. A rehab plan allows cell blocks to be released individually or in groups from a central point.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Penitentiary
White City
State Board of Control
Disorder grows as Gandhi arrest sparks Calcutta riots
In Calcutta on May 6 mobs of Indian Nationalists protested the arrest of Mahatma Gandhi. The district magistrate and police superintendent were stoned, a police picket attacked, and a patrol mobbed. Police fired to disperse rioters and barbed wire barriers were set up. Military patrols and armored cars assisted security.
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Calcutta
Mahatma
M. K. Gandhi
Charge Against Cannon Backed by New York Donor Evidence
Senate Lobby Committee hearing reveals E C Jameson of New York, a Republican insurance executive, testifies that Bishop James Cannon Jr misreported campaign contributions to the Anti Smith movement in 1928. Jameson says Cannon was financially stretched and made cash contributions routed to him. He cites $115,300 total to anti Smith efforts, with $58,000 directed via Cannon and raises questions about missing $48,000.
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Washington
U.P
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Senate Lobby Committee
E. C. Jameson
New York
Republican
Eson
Cannon
Jameson
New Yorker
Tinkham
Massachusetts
Cannop
Caraway
anti-Smith
Hoover
anti-Smith Committee
Rpublican
James W. Good
C. Bascom Slemp
Frat Leaders to Speak at Ohio University Conference
National fraternity leaders will speak at Ohio University May 9 and 10 during a state inter fraternity conference. Speakers include Francis W. Shepardson Alvin Duerr Arthur R. Priest Robert Hoge and other leaders. A banquet public address and open discussion groups are on the agenda with a Saturday luncheon and inter fraternity ball to close.
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Ohio University
Francis W. Shepardson
Beta Theta Pi
National Inter-fraternity Council
Baird's Manual
Alvin Duerr
Delta Tau Delta
Arthur R. Priest
Phi Delta Theta
Robert H. Hoge
Theta Chi
R. J. Young
Phi Kappa Tau
H. C. Zeis
Cleveland
Sigma Pi
William L. Sanders
Ohio Wesleyan University
Clarence Pumphrey
Cincinnati
C. L. Boyd
D. Curtis Reed
Columbus
Berry
Doctor Shepardson
E. B. Bryan
Duerr
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Ohio University Inter-fraternity Council
Riot in Madrid Closes University as Guardia Civil Keeps Peace
In Madrid the University of Madrid closed after the worst rioting since the fall of the dictatorship. One laborer was killed and scores injured among students police and workers. Officials vowed no repeat and the Guardia Civil patrolled the city. Premier Berenguer and his cabinet conferred on steps to ensure tranquility.
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Madrid
University of Madrid
Guardia Civil
Board of Governors
Damaso Berenguer
Miguel Unamuno
Belmont County Books Under Scrutiny After $50,000 Forgery Reveal
May 6 report from Clairsville says John Whitney, a special state examiner, began a general review of Belmont County books after trustees of Pease Township were linked to $50,000 in forged funds. Four trustees face grand jury action and another is jailed. A missing payroll book led to $900 more misappropriated funds.
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Clairsville
U.P
Belmont County
John Whitney
Pease Township
George McKelvey
Grandmother Refused Guardian Role by Heirs of Ryan Estate
Two grandchildren of Thomas Fortune Ryan seek to remove their guardian Ellen Morse age 74, alleging she is old fashioned and ignorant of modern methods. They contest guardianship while the estate, valued between 100 million and 500 million, pays income to the siblings now and principal at age 30. Judgment was reserved.
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New York
U.R
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Wall Street
Elinor M. Ryan
Joseph J. Ryan
Ellen M. Ryan
Ellen M. Morse
Ridge Road
Washington
Db. C
Joseph
Morse
Debenture Plan and Tariff Powers Aim in Senate Coalition Battle
The Democratic Western Republican Coalition in the Senate re organizes to restore two provisions to the Hawley Smoot Tariff Bill the expert debenture plan for farm relief and repeal of the President power to set tariffs under flexible provisions. The fight prioritizes policy over rates as House and Senate have already removed most rate details. The coalition formed around the debenture and flexible tariff questions.
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Nathan Robertson
United Press
Washington
U.R
Senate
House
Olga Edwards given probation after extortion case
New York May 6 Olga Kide Edwards actress convicted of extorting from Nathan L Amster a wealthy traction magnate was placed on probation for five years. She had accepted 500 in marked money and witnesses testified she threatened Amster’s life and claimed his family, while Amster admitted a fatherly aid totaling 170000 and tuition payments. Judge Rosalski barred her from exploiting the conviction and ruled on travel to Europe pending probation officer consultation.
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New York
U.P
Olga Kide Edwards
Nathan L. Amster
Justice Rosalski
Miss Edwards
Amater
Amsater
Lee
Amster
Traction
Rosalski
Europe
Giannini Retires From Active Banking Roles at 60
Amadeo P. Giannini, famed for building the Bank of Italy into a financial empire, retires from executive duties as he approaches 60. He will remain a director and serve as chairman of Transamerica Corporation's advisory committee while sailing for a year abroad with his family.
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Amadeo P. Giannini
Giannini
New York
Old Point Comfort
Bankers
Bank of Italy
Tor
Transamerica Corporation
Thousands Dead in Burmese Earthquake and Fire at Pegu
Unconfirmed reports from Pegu Burma say 6 000 people are believed killed in an earthquake and the subsequent fire. The disaster destroyed Pegu including a major railway bridge on the line to Mandalay.
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Rangoon
Burma
Pegu
Here
Mandalay
Bandits Fall in Shootout at Xenia Union Trust Bank
On May 6 bandits attempted a hold up at the Xenia Branch of the Union Trust Company. Bank employees fought back with shotguns and revolvers, two robbers were killed or wounded and captured, one escaped. The same bank had been robbed April 4 of about $40,900 with no injuries to staff.
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Dayton
U.P
Xenia
Union Trust Company
Miami Valley
Prison Fight At Ohio Penitentiary Leaves Inmate Unidentified
Rufus Deeds of Lawrence County regained consciousness at the Ohio Penitentiary hospital after a Sunday night assault by fellow prisoners leaving him with head injuries from a blunt instrument. He refused to name his attackers. William W. Young, 41, serving a life sentence for a Marietta policeman murder, was reported critically ill with pneumonia.
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Columbus
Rufus Deeds
Lawrence County
Ohio Penitentiary Hospital
Deeds
William W. Young
Marietta
Coast Guardsmen Death Tragedy Seeks Lost Boat
Government investigators search for the lost CG-1080 boat after two of three Coast Guardsmen died from exposure and exhaustion. They focus on locating the vessel to learn more about the incident and determine what caused the tragedy.
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Toledo
May
Coast
Beermaking Devices Targeted After Supreme Court Ruling
Treasury plans a nationwide drive to seize equipment used in bottling and storing liquor and beer after the Danovitz decision. Assistant Secretary Lowman said the ruling would curb sale of bottles corks labels siphons and related paraphernalia carried by thousands of stores. The Supreme Court ruling described as bone-dry by officials came in the Danovitz case from Pittsburgh involving the Feitler Bottle Co.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Danovits
Treasury
Lowman
Ike Danovitz
Pittsburgh
Feitler Bottle Company
Justice Holmes
Treasury aims at bootleg gear firms after ruling
U S Treasury officials signaled no widespread home brewing crackdown despite a Supreme Court ruling allowing seizure of bottles and paraphernalia. Prohibition Commissioner Doran said authorities will target manufacturers of brewing equipment and stores selling malt products for illicit distilling. Plans for a nationwide campaign against equipment makers are being prepared with focus on major manufacturers.
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Washington
Treasury
Supreme Court
Doran
Sue
OSU Buckets and Dippers elect fifteen members
Fourteen or fifteen students named to the Bucket and Dipper junior honorary society at Ohio State City were announced today in Columbus.
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Columbus
Bucket and Dipper
Housecleaning Made Easier booklet offered by Athens Messenger
The paper explains preventive house cleaning as a year round need, especially in warm months, and notes experts from the Federal Department of Agriculture discuss the topic in a booklet titled Housecleaning Made Easier. Readers can request the booklet by sending four cents and a coupon through the Washington Bureau.
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Federal Department of Agriculture
Washington
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Arthur Brisbane
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Olgats
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Fellows
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Washington, D. C
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