Roads To Be Absorbed by State Named
Athens County Commissioners list 15 county roads totaling 75 miles for absorption into the state highway system under House Bill 215. Roads include Lick Run, The Plains, Greens Run, Carbondale Kimberly, Amesville Broadwell Stewart, Airline, Stewart Coolville, The Garden, Pagetown, Vanderhoff, Fisher Country Club, Sharpsburg Joy, Orange, and Coolville Reedaville.
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Athens County Commissioners
Athens County
Lick Run
York Township
the Plains
Dover
Athens
Greens Run
Trimble
Carbondale- Kimberly
Waterloo
York
Amesville- Broadwell-Stewart
Ames
Bern
Rome
Airline
Lee
Stewart- Coolvilla
Troy
the Garden Road
Lodi
Carthage
Pagetown
Alexander Township
Carthage Township
Fisher Country Club
Alexander
Sharpsburg-Joy Road
Bern Township
Orange Road
Coolville-Reedaville
Troy Township
Local Waterworks Transfers Under Public Review
A partially legible report notes a transfer related to water services and a bond issue around 190 thousand dollars. The fragment mentions Cuts Light Survey and a community negotiation with self improvement terms. No clear dates or named organizations are readable.
Fears of Soil Water Works Soil Preserve
Community planners warn of soil and water concerns affecting the local preserve as a regional group pushes for conservation measures. Officials cite precipitation and drainage issues impacting wildlife habitat and park usability.
Will Rogers urges government create conscience fund
In Monrovia California Will Rogers proposes a government conscience fund to finance the government. He notes Santa Anita race track scenes and jokes about readers sending money for past “cheats.” He estimates the fund would hold about $618000 in donations.
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Monrovia
Calif
Santa Anita
Conacience Fund
Will Rogers
Ohio Milk Act Hit by Athens Court Action
G P Ackley of Athens County challenges the Ohio Milk Marketing Act in Common Pleas Court. The petition in error argues the act violates Article 1 Section 19 of the Ohio Constitution and the 14th Amendment due process clause. Ackley says his license was revoked April 10 without summons notice or hearing and questions state control over farm products.
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G. P. Ackley
Athens County Dairyman
Ohio Milk Marketing Commission
Common Pleas Court
Ackley
R W Eckley Dies Tuesday in Athens at 82
Robert W. Eckley 82, former Athens City Council member, died at his home 246 Wear State Street after months of declining health. He helped build local landmarks as a stone mason and later ran a grocery at 242 West State Street for 24 years before retiring 16 years ago. Survived by two daughters Gertrude and Georgia, cousins Mrs. Harry Campbell and Mrs. Louis J. Brown. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. with flowers omitted per family request.
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Robert W. Eckley
Athens City
Wear State Street
Mr. Eckley
Hillsboro
Joseph B
Minerva Frances Eckley
Athens
Athens County
Athens State Hospital
Old South Bridge
Eckley
West State Street
Methodist Episcopal Church
Ma‘ala Hawk
Gertrude
Georgia
Harry Campbell
Louis J. Brown
Miss Hattie Ackley Dies at Home in Guysville
Miss Hattie Ackley age 50 died Monday morning at 10:30 at the family home near Guysville after living there 39 years. Father Daniel Ackley died three months ago. She leaves her mother and eight siblings including N Turner Marion and Ray Blue Marion. Funeral services are set at 1:30 at the home and 2 at Carthage Church with burial in Carthage Cemetery.
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Hattie Ackley
Guysville
Daniel Ackley
Miss Ackley
Ray Blue
Marion
John Batchelder
George Ackley
The
Plains
Aylmer Ackley
Athens
Fred Warner
Cool
Student Strike Fades as Classes Resume
Youngstown area students returned to class after a protest over disciplinary charges against four teachers. One teacher, Pearl Keck, was dismissed by the school board under Superintendent H. K. Zuber. others faced compromised settlements as the strike faded with about 60 pupils back in sessions.
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Youngstown UP
Studers
Beant
H. K. Zuber
Pearl Keck
Ktck Wee
Hunger relief tax debate fills Illinois House chamber
The Illinois House debated increasing the sales tax from 2 to 3 percent to fund the State Relief Fund. Guards stood at the Capitol as unemployed marchers were rumored. highway police saw no groups en route. Governor Horner backs the plan while federal aid via Hopkins conditions relief funds.
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Springfield
Illinois House of Representatives
State House
Capitol
House
Henry Horner
Harry L. Hopkins
Impaisted Clinots
Move To Strip Power Of Republican South
A Midwest movement seeks to reduce southern states voting power in Republican national conventions. Young Republicans, led by George Olmstead of Des Moines, push this as a key item for the regional conference in Springfield, Illinois, June 10-11.
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Kansas City
Midwest
Springfield
Ill
George Olmstead
Des Moines
National Young Republicans Committee
Langer Wins Appeal In Conspiracy Case
The United States Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the conviction of William Langer and four others accused of conspiracy to misuse federal relief funds. The group was convicted in North Dakota in 1934 amid testimony of 5 percent salary assessments to a political newspaper.
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ST. Paul
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
William Langer
North Dakota
Piqua Woman Seeks $3 Million in Three Heart Balm Suits
Mrs Morrison Orr of Piqua claims her husband’s affections were wrongfully interfered with and seeks $1 million damages in each of three suits filed here. Orr, a wealthy Piqua manufacturer with a winter home in Miami Beach, names Mrs Liorethy Clark of New York and Mrs Fliza B. Orr as defendants.
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Miami
Fiaum
Morrison Orr
Piqua
Orr
Miami Beach
Liorethy Clark
New York
Fliza B. Orr
Gotbes
Governor May Be Asked To Recall Senate
COLUMBUS The House considered appealing to Governor Davey to ask the Senate to go to work as it took up the Ward Income Tax Bill Tuesday. Representative Edmund H. Deibel introduced a resolution seeking Senate to perform its constitutional duties. The income tax bill would levy 2 to 7 percent on incomes above exemptions and 1 to 2 percent on incomes below exemptions. The anti heart balm bill will come up for passage Wednesday. The House voted 65 to 1 to take it from the codes committee. An anti injunction bill move was defeated 28 to 33. An administration highway beautifying measure was defeated 39 to 41 to concur in Senate amendments.
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Columbus
House
Davey
Senate
Edmund H. Deibel
Medina
Blanche FE. Hower
Codes Committee
Heavy rains drive Hocking River higher in Athens district
Heavy rains Monday night caused the Hocking River to rise from six to eleven feet by Tuesday noon with creeks swelling. Rockbridge reported river overflow and a foot of water on Route 31, prompting a state highway truck to guide vehicles through. May's rainfall reached 2.85 inches per Athens County observer Mrs. C N France.
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Athens
Hocking
Rockbridge
Route 31
State Highway Department
C. N. France
Athens County
Four in Jail For War Parade Breach of Peace Attempt
Four persons in Piqua were to be arraigned Tuesday on a charge of attempting to provoke a breach of the peace. They were arrested Sunday for trying to enter a war veterans parade with an anti war banner.
Four Die as Boston Artist’s Home Burns
A fire at international portrait painter Josm Lavallie’s four story Hack Bay district residence in Boston killed four people including his mother and 14 year old daughter. Seven others were injured as flames swept upward from a dumbwaiter shaft and trapped occupants on the upper floors. John Lavalie survived a leap to the lawn. Mary and Ellen Lavalie perished after leaping from the fourth floor windows.
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John LaValle
Boston
Josm LaVallie
Virginia Wilson
Cincinnati
Robert Wilson
Hack Bay
John Lavalie
Hie
Mary
Ellen
John
Mary Dolan
Kathleen Costello
Maida
Lavalle
Senate Moves to Cash Bonus Payment Bill
The Senate prepared to replace the Harrison compromise with the Vinson cash payment bill in a likely late vote. The Vinson plan offers full cash payment with $1000 on average to veterans not borrowing on certificates, funding method left to government, while the Patman bill would issue $2 billion in new currency.
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Tendwashington
Senate
Vinson
Harrison
Washington
Roosevelt
House
Prisoners To Go to Dayton From Athens City Council Action
Athens officials authorize a one year contract to send city prisoners to the Dayton Work House at 80 cents per day. Council rejected Columbus Work House due to lack of hard labor for inmates while Dayton reports a labor shortage and can take more prisoners. Mayor McCune notes April fines total 195 dollars with 84 from traffic, 16 other cases including intoxication and fighting.
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Dayton
Athens
Columbus
Len B. McCune
President and aides organize big billions allotment plan
President Roosevelt convened a White House meeting with Ickes and aides to select an initial batch of work relief projects. About a billion dollars of plans for road building federal public works and PWA allotments were presented, with an order giving the Allotment and Information divisions authority to pick $4 billion in projects from an anticipated $40 billion applications stream.
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Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Ickes
Federal Public Works
PWA
Italy mobilizes three divisions for East Africa
Rome dispatches three divisions and recalls units to the colors in response to Ethiopian Government actions. The communiqué states the mobilization aims to guarantee the security of Italy's East African colonies and to reinforce defense measures.
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Rome
Italy
Revival at Weaver Chapel Church Near Albany
A revival meeting is held at Weaver Chapel A B Church three miles west of Albany on Route 530 conducted by teen evangelists Rev Everett Gibson. Music led by Rev H B Carver. Meetings begin 7 30 nightly and close Monday night May 13 with a special musical program. Singers and sacred music players invited to participate.
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Weaver Chapel
A. B
Albany
Everett Gibson
H. B
Dime Puzzle Scam Confuses Readers Across the Nation
Marian Bush warns readers about a nationwide dime-chain scheme advertised as the prosperity club. A letter promises up to 1536.50 for a dime, using a five by five forwarding rule. Officials condemn it as mail fraud, while many receive the notices.
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Denver
Athens
Prosperity Club
Actress Ruby Keeler Adopts Baby in Evanston
Miss Ruby Keeler wife of Al Jolson entered the Cook County building with her attorney to file papers for the adoption of a seven weeks old boy from The Cradle Evanston. She left without explaining why the plan to adopt twins a boy for Jolson and a girl for herself derailed.
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Chicago
al Jolson
Ruby Keeler
Miss Keeler
Cook County
Evanston
Fosmer
Jolson
Ohio University Hosts Treasurers Meeting in May
Ohio University will host the eighteenth annual Ohio Association of College Treasurers meeting in Athens on Wednesday and Thursday, May 1 and 2. Delegates from Ohio colleges and several schools in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and West Virginia will attend.
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Ohio University
Ohio Association of College
Tne
Pennsylvania
Michigan
West Virginia
R. G. Frantz
Heidelberg College
D. M. Shanting
Capital University
KR. H. Carr
Mount Union College
Robert L. Kelly
The
Association of American Colleges
W. W. Dawnon
Western Reserve University
Paul C. Martin
Springfield
Edgar Rees Tullass
Wittenberg College
Lindsey Hall
W. Chubb
College of Music
Prot Cc. C. Robinson
Five Dead in Fogbound Air Crash Near Atlanta Mo
The toll rose to five after the fogbound TWA airliner crash near Atlanta Missouri. Mrs. William Kaplan of West Los Angeles died from injuries four hours after impact. Senator Bronson Cutting of New Mexico also died in the crash as investigators search for the cause and rely on the pilots last words I ran out of gasoline.
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Macon
TWA
Atlanta
William Kaplan
West Los Angeles
Bronson Cutting
New Mexico
Harvey Bolton
Kenneth H. Greeson
Bolton
Fleming Trial Set For Next Wednesday
Grover W. Fleming publisher and Wam Snyder editor of the Ohio Examiner face trial in Athens County Common Pleas Court on charges of publishing obscene literature. Trial opening date May 15 set. bonds posted: Fleming 2500 on April 24, Snyder 2000 last Friday. A bomb exploded Monday night near the Columbus Packing Co home of two women employed there. both escaped serious injury.
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Grover W. Fleming
Wam Snyder
Ohio Examiner
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Fleming
Snyder
Columbus
Columbus Packing Co
Bonnie Kise
Mona Pigg
Cleveland seeks 40 million federal work relief funds
Cleveland plans to obtain 40 million dollars in federal work relief funds to support construction of a downtown subway system and related urban projects. The move aims to accelerate public works and improve city transportation infrastructure.
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Cleveland
New Dealers Face Effects Of Supreme Court Decision
Lawyers study the Rail Pension Act ruling to gauge impact on NRA and the Roosevelt social security program. The act that required railroads to fund pension pools for all workers was ruled unconstitutional on grounds of due process and irrelevance to safety or efficiency. Senators and legal authorities debate whether further railway pension legislation is possible, with refunds of about 22.9 million dollars to railroad employees due soon.
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Washington
Supreme Court
NRA
Roosevelt Social Security
Senate
Hughes
Wheeler
Montana
A. F. Whitney
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Railway unions plan new act to replace invalid retirement law
Cleveland reports representatives of railway unions vow to draft replacement legislation after the Supreme Court invalidates the current railway retirement law. A V W Whitney says legal team will begin work immediately with George M. Harrison heading the effort. Union leaders warn the ruling jeopardizes the pension plan and possibly the broader Social Security program of President Roosevelt.
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Cleveland
United States Supreme Court
A. V W. Whitney
Brotherhood of Natiraad
George M. Harrison
Cincinnati
Mailway Labor Executives Association
Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Davey Urges Special Pensions Tax to Fund Old Age Pensions
In Columbus Governor Vine and lawmakers debate financing pensions from the general revenue fund with a proposed special temporary tax. They argue there is no alternative to a temporary levy to meet pension payments for the year.
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Columbus
Vinevey
Auto Plant Workers To Vote Wednesday
VOLO 19 percent Fanplayer at the Toledo Chevrolet auto plant, closed since a strike began two weeks ago, will decide Wednesday whether to accept the company's settlement terms and return to work or extend the shutdown. Union and non union groups of 2300 workers campaigned on Tuesday. An unorganized group led by Fred E Seiger announced approval of the proposals including a 5 percent wage increase.
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VOLO
Voledo
Fred E. Seiger
Dime Letter Mailers Liable to Prosecution
Cleveland postmaster warns mail carriers to report dime chain letter promoters. Writing or sending any part of a letter chain could lead to prosecution for tampering with the postal service.
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Dime Letter
Cleveland
Michael F. O'Donnell
O'Donnell
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