Senate Eyes Billion Tax Bill Amid Summer Session Fears
Washington May 9 U P The Senate moves toward enacting a 1.004 billion tax measure with a possible 5 million revenue boost from tariffs as White House aides press for economy reform. The bank regulation bill by Senator Glass aims to curb credit leaks and overhaul the Fed after the boom and bust era.
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White House
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Mich
Connolly
Texas
Glass
Democrat
Federal Reserve System
Chillicothe Hears 65 Mile Train Whistle Scare
A stuck whistle on B and O No. 11 triggered a countywide alert as calls flooded police and B and O headquarters. The engine’s valve stem broke at Coolville around 2 a.m. and roared into Chillicothe by 3 55 with the whistle on for 49 minutes before steam faded.
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Chillicothe
Baltimore & Ohio
France
Coolville
Cincinnati
Athens police seek 15 year old Everett Welch missing
Athens police search for Everett Welch age 15 of R D 4 who disappeared from his home early Saturday wearing blue overalls blue shirt jacket slippers and a soft hat. He is tall and about 160 pounds.
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Athens
Everett Welch
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Methodist Conference Bids Farewell to Three Bishops
Delegates at the Methodist Episcopal Church general conference in Atlantic City honor retiring bishops William F. McDowell D C Washington William F. Anderson Boston and Charles E. Locke St Paul Minn. Dr Halford E Luccock of Yale accuses American paganism and condemns United States Steel 15 percent wage cut as brutal. Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South brings greetings.
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U.P
General Conference
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Methodist Episcopal Church
William F. McDowell
Washington, DP D. C
William F. Anderson
Boston
Charles E. Locke
St. Paul, Minn
United States Steel Corporation
Halford E. Luccock
Yale Divinity School
Orient
Lucecock
America
Stock Exchange
James Cannon, Jr
South
Five Sons, Four Killed, President's Fire-Crackers
unidentified ARTHUR BRISBANE column reports tragedy and political topics including presidential policy and theater tax debated in the context of historical events.
President Doumer Laid To Rest In Pantheon After Assassination
The text notes the French president Paul Doumer is honored in the Pantheon beside Sadi Carnot after being murdered during his term. It reflects on the republics and the fate of leaders, and tells of the president’s wife left to mourn a shattered family with four lost sons and a dying husband in the war era.
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Doumer
Sadi Carnot
President's State of the Nation faults Congress for politics
The President sent a message to Congress calling conditions alarming and faulting lawmakers for pursuing self interest. He criticized Senators and Representatives for sacrificing the public good for re election and hinted at strong action beyond politics as the salary of $10,000 a year looms in the background.
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Senate
House to Reconsider Soldier Bonus Amid Senate Blame
The House will reconvene to reconsider the soldier bonus and redirect blame for its defeat onto the Senate. Proponents argue the government must pay, arguing payment now could save eighty million dollars annually in interest on two billion, despite opposition from financiers and conservatives.
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HOUSE
Senate
Government debts and printing money urged to spur economy
The speaker argues against issuing interest bearing bonds and proposes printing money to fund spending. Citing past large loans to Europe and private lending losses, they claim two billion more would not matter. The plan would rapidly churn funds to pay debts and revive industries by broad spending.
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Europe
America
Banks and Corporations Won’t Stimulate Immediate Buying
The author argues that pumping hundreds of millions into banks and corporations fails to reach consumers or stimulate soil-like economic recovery. Money remains in banks or circulates in stock gambling, offering no direct relief to the public.
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United States
Thousands Honor French President Doumer at Elysee Palace
French citizens filed through the Elysee Palace death chamber to honor President Paul Doumer murdered by a Russian assassin. His body will lie in the family vault at Vaugirard Cemetery beside his four sons killed in World War I.
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Elysee Palace
Paul Doumer
Vaugirard Cemetery
Doumet
Grand Jury To Study Means Case Tuesday
Gaston Means remains in a district jail as federal agents search for the $100,000 supplied by Evalyn Walsh for the Lindbergh baby ransom. A grand jury will hear Mrs. McLean’s charge that she was swindled by Means, who claims he gave the money to a man in Alexandria who knew the secret code No. 11. The search centers on Concord, North Carolina, Means’s claimed old home, as agents probe his activities since the Lindbergh kidnapping. Means is denied visitors, spends time with jokey men and newspapers, and keeps the location of any knowledge about the baby a secret.
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O.R
Gaston B. Means
Evalyn Walsh
McLean
Department of Justice
Means
Alexandria
Concord
N. C
Dies at Columbus Thomas Brown, Former Chauncey Man
Columbus resident Thomas Brown died Sunday in Columbus per his sister in law Mrs Blackaten. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 9 a.m. with burial at Greenlawn Cemetery later that day. Brown, husband of Maude West of Albany, was active in Chauncey and Nelsonville civic life.
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Thomas Brown
Chauncey
Columbus
Double Parkers Shown the Light on City Streets
Mayor Robert S. Wood reports ongoing action against double parking as city officials pursue traffic violations. He cites blocked access for a fire truck on West State Street near Court and calls for public cooperation to keep streets moving.
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Robert S. Wood
Mayor Wood
West State Street
Messenger to Provide Real Time Election Returns Tonight
The Messenger will offer prompt reports on vote counts as they are tabulated at the Board of Election office and from locations statewide. Officials warn results may not be known until late and first returns are not expected until after 8:90. Call-free updates will be broadcast by loudspeaker and on three phones.
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Board of Election Office
Jacksonville Agreement Moves to Florida for Wage Talks
The biennial wage scale settlement for bituminous coal miners shifts to Jacksonville Florida after weeks of stalemate. Negotiators aim for a decisive executive session, with follow up meetings likely in Los Angeles or other Pacific ports as they seek war time scale readoption.
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League of Nations
Geneva
Athens County Primary Voters Set for Record Turnout
Athens County electors prepare for a high turnout in a combined presidential state and county primary. A 12 000 vote total is forecast barring thunder storms with 73 precincts open 6 50 am to 6 30 pm Tuesday. More than 450 judges and clerks will process ballots as 10 to 15 officials handle returns at the county election board.
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First County
David Johnson
Athens County Board of Elections
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Ohio
Two Boys Drown After raft accident near New York pond
In New York on a Sunday, youths Joseph Trapaso, 10, and Morrio Garibba, 13, drowned after trying to rescue each other from a pond with a soft mud bottom. Their companions panicked and fled three miles to seek help rather than calling for nearby aid.
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New York
U.P
Joseph Trapaso
Morrio Garibba
Diary of a U S Senate Hunts for Money
A Santa Monica note claims the U S Senate diaries a week of political maneuvering to locate two billion dollars. It chronicles contact with Wall Street and wealthy donors and ends with a claim the system yields no real budget relief.
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U.S. Senate
Santa Monica
Califioiary
U. S. Senate
Tieker
Wall Street
Strike Enters Seventh Week in Eastern Ohio Mines
Cadiz May 9 U P. Entering its seventh week today the Eastern Ohio coal mine strike shows no settlement. About 10 000 miners are still on strike as operators have closed workings awaiting resolution. Strikers circulate petitions asking Governor White to withdraw the 175 National Guardsmen, though the guard likely stays to curb further violence in the district.
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Cadiz
U.P
Eastern
Ohio
George White
Rabbi Tarshish to Speak in Athens Benefit
Rabbi Jacob Tarshish, famed lecturer from Columbus, will give a benefit appearance in Athens on May 20 under Eagles Lodge Aerie 520. Proceeds go to the Eagles Charity Fund. The address titled The Three Major Problems of Life will be at the Aluminal Memorial Auditorium with Dr. E B Bryan of Ohio University introducing. A Columbus singer is planned for the program with Tarshish. Further announcements promised.
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Tarshish
Rabbi Tarshish
Urge Summer Session certed Attempt
U R Leaders in the House pressed for a summer session to push the Patman Bill a $2,000,000,000 currency bonus, aiming for quick action before autumn. Patman and Connery warned that voting for summer adjournment would be treated as a vote against the bonus amid an adverse Ways and Means report.
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Washington
U.R
Patman
Texas
House
Ways and Means Committee
Representative Connery
Massachusetts
Plans for Wheat Distribution Across Athens County
Athens County Red Cross drives plan to distribute government donated wheat to needy families for one month. Carloads of flour from St Louis arrive in stages for Ames Alexander Bern Carthane Canaan Lodi Lee Rome and Troy townships with weekly and two week schedules. Ohio primary anticipated 1,000,000 vote forecast as Hoover and White lead Republican tickets and Smith on the Democratic side amid national prohibition debate.
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New York
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Oklahoma
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France
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Jacob 3. Coxey
Massillon
Nude Body of Young Woman Found Near Millersburg
The nude body of Gertrude Meeker, 21, of Creston was found in a small stream near Millersburg Ohio. Authorities identified her tentatively from a description provided by her husband Herbert Meeker who reported her and a car missing. A bloodstained coupe linked to Meeker was found near the scene and investigators believe she was beaten to death.
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Millersburgh
U.P
Mia
Gertrude Meeker
Creston
Herbert Meeker
Wooster
Meeker
John Stevens
Millersburg
Two Fires Reported In Athens City
Athens fire crews were called to two blazes within an hour. At 11:45 a.m. a cigarette sparked a box near Alpha Phi Alpha at 155 West Washington Street, spreading to weatherboarding and causing about 10 dollars in damage. Soon after, firefighters were sent to Dr. R. J. Studer’s South Court Street office where an awning fire was extinguished with water buckets.
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Athens City
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
West Washington Street
South Court Street
R. J. Studer
Washington Street
Clarence Laughlin
Laughlin
Harry Dalton
Studer
Byron Danford
Removal of Guardsmen from Eastern Ohio Mine District
Adjutant General Frank Henderson orders 60 men and three officers removed from the eastern Ohio mine district leaving about 104 National Guardsmen on duty. Remaining troops include Rifle Company Canton, a 20 man machine gun section, part of Company H Youngstown, a four man Cleveland gas detachment, and scattered units. It is unclear if further redeployments will follow.
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Columbus
U.P
Frank Henderson
Eastern
Ohio
Henderson
Canton
Youngstown
Cleveland
Ford Turns to Gardens to Boost Industry and Jobs
Henry Ford launches a national gardening campaign to spur multipurpose production and cut unemployment. He plans a Dearborn Macon and Ypelanti effort cultivating 20 000 acres with sunflowers and soybeans to employ jobless workers while arguing family gardens reduce food monopolies and welfare costs.
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Detroit
Henry Ford
United Preas
Dearborn
Macon
Ypetlanti
Mich
Sentenced for Third Offense In Toxic Liquor Case
Perry Wood was indicted for third offense possession of intoxicating liquor and pleaded guilty before Judge O F Rowland. He was sentenced to the Ohio State Penitentiary at Columbus, plus a $500 fine and costs. Chris Parker pled guilty to reckless operation of a motor vehicle and received probation with driving rights suspended for six months. Others arraigned pled not guilty: Porter Barron for carrying concealed weapons. Joan Keplar and Hoyt Williams for breaking and entering with larceny. Marie Clark for failure to provide for a minor child. Buck Vincent and Charles Peck for petit larceny.
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Perry Wood
Athens County
O. F. Rowland
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
Coata
Chris Parker
Porter Barron
Joan Keplar
Hoyt Williams
Marie Clark
Buck Vincent
Charles Peck
Wickersham backs referendum on prohibition
George W. Wickersham head of the Hoover commission says he favors submitting the prohibition question to voters. He suggests estate conventions in an off year to consider the issue and notes the city law has not had enough time to prove its merits.
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New York
U.P
George W. Wickersham
United States
Hoover
Wickersham
Faulla
Low Bidder Announced for Trimble-Glouster Highway
The Dodge-Hussey Company of Columbus bids $77,533.21 for pavement of the Trimble-Glouster highway, beating rivals Lewis and Land Co of Lima at $85,204.50 and F. H. Beckster of Athens County at $88,545.00. Bid opening was May 6 and the award is expected late this week as engineers estimate higher construction costs.
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F. H. Beckster
Lewis and Land Company of
Lima
Valley Brick Company
Colum
Aera County
Frownie Brothers Company of Mouth
F. H. Beckler
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