Shooting mystery bogs down Meigs County case
Paul Salser, 17, Racine High School student, was shot and hospitalized with a chest wound near his home in Morning Star. He has not spoken about the shooting, and officers are uncertain if the wound was domestic or personal in nature.
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Meigs County
Paul Salser
C. A. Hartley
Pomeroy
Racine High School
Morning Star
Pung Salser
Mem
Ea Gallipolis
Tracey A
Salser
Ben Saiser
Miners Swarm To Gold Field In Smith Valley Nevada
Veteran prospectors rushed into Smith Valley near Yerington Nevada after reports of a rich gold strike. More than 200 claims filed centering on the Buckskin Mine as rumors of free gold in untapped gravel beds revived old dreams of fortune.
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Yerington
Nev
Smith Valley
Nevada
Buckskin
War Veteran Kearney Fatally Shot in Niles Apartment
James A. Kearney 42, World War veteran from a prominent Niles family, was fatally wounded by a gunshot at the apartment of Michael Hillaman 48 in a downtown building. He died en route to Warren Hospital from a chest wound. Hillaman was detained for questioning after refusing to explain the shooting.
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Niles
James A. Kearney
Michael Hillaman
Kearney
Hillaman
Warren Hospital
Crease Bodies and Slide Out of Jail
In Middlebourne West Virginia May Sherti's deputies pursued a man and a woman who escaped from the local jail by stripping and coating their bodies with oil to squeeze through a small opening in the wall. Jess Reed aged 38 and Fay Bonnell aged 40 had been jailed on liquor charges.
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Middlebourne
W. Va
U.P
Sherti
Jess Reed
Fay Bonnell
Five Wellston Students Injured in Night Crash
In Ross County near Londonderry five Wellston High students were hurt after their car hit a bridge following a Junior-Senior banquet. Driver John Parish 16 and front-seat rider Wilbur Long 18 were rushed to a hospital in critical condition. others including Trace Abele 12 and Roger Gasbel 16 sustained cuts and bruises. The car was borrowed from Lawrence Horn. two youths walked several miles to call for help.
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Chillicothe
U.P
Wellston
Londondury
Ross County
John Parish
Wilbur Long
Trace Abele
John Walker
Roger Gasbel
Lawrence Horn
Coolidge on debt talk and a global subsidy risk
A narrator recalls President Coolidge and others aboard discussing European debt cancellation. Coolidge argues the plan would subsidize foreign trade at American taxpayers’ expense, warning against opening the Treasury to the world as a motive to boost foreign commerce. Continued on Page 4.
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Coolidge
New England
Treasury of the
United States
Raiders Cause Burns in Akron-Athens Prohibition Raid
Frants Heavener as administrator of her husband Fred Heavener estate sues Stats Prohibition Inspector Thomas Bush and Matt Wilson for two thousand dollars in Athens County Common Pleas Court. She alleges Bush blew open her door during a raid on March 28 and knocked gasoline from her hands into a stove causing an explosion that burned her arms and shoulders while she cleaned dresses. No liquor was found, the petition claims.
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Athens County Common Pleas Court
Frants Heavener
Fred Heavener
Sugar Creel
Stats Prohibition
Thomas
Bush
No Demonstration Planned for OSU ROTC Review
An Ohio State University anti militarist group announced there will be no demonstration at the regular ROTC review next Wednesday. A leader said the movement has not reached the end of its rope and anti militarist meetings will continue without mentioning a student strike.
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Columbus
Lendera
Ohio State University
Worthen Guilty of Manslaughter in Wife's Death
In Portsmouth Ohio on May 9 jurors found Arthur Worthen twenty six year old Wellaton grocery clerk guilty of manslaughter for the death of his wife Maude Worthen killed last Thanksgiving night He had previously been found guilty and granted a new trial.
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Portsmouth
Arthur ‘Worthen
Wellaton
Maude Worthen
Worthen
Legislature To Hear Taxation Plans Monday
Columbus May 9 The General Assembly reconvenes Monday after recess to study taxation and appropriations. A Special Taxation Committee report and bills will be presented early next week. An appropriation bill around 70 million dollars may be ready for House introduction by Wednesday.
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Columbus
General Assembly
Special Taxation Committee
Taiietiee
House
House Finance Committee
Senate
Parents Sentenced for Wounding Their Son in Mohawk
Ric Ore and Martha Bailey of Mohawk were sentenced to five years each for wounding their son William. The 14-year-old brother was sent to a reformatory after testifying about beatings. The state alleged three younger children were confined in a dark room for weeks, starved, and whipped.
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Welcil Wy Va
Ric~ Ore
Martha Bailey
Mohawk
William
Weather outlook for next week mixed showers in.
Weather Bureau forecasts from Washington on May 9 indicate Ohio Valley and Tennessee will be generally fair early next week with showers starting Wednesday night or Thursday and ending by Friday. Cooler start, warmer middle, then cooler again by Friday.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
Tennessee
India and Africa Safe for Mothers Statistics Proving
A Tucson column notes outrage over U S child birth death rate, claiming 16 000 yearly and urging safer options abroad including India and Africa. It cites figures from a morning paper and quotes prominent figures like Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Sr Mrs Hoover and Kermit Roosevelt.
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India
Africa
Tucson
Ariz
America
United States
Mexico
Liberty
Theodore Roosevelt
Hoover
Lindbergh
Ames Bern High Wins Eleventh Athens County Meet
Ames Bern High School won the eleventh Athens County athletic, oratorical, and musical contest at Ohio University Stadium and Memorial Auditorium with 61 points. The Plains High School was runner-up with 831 points, while Jacksonville-Trimble placed second in athletics. Twelve schools competed before 1,000 attendees as medals were awarded for individual events and contests.
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Ames-Bern High School
Athens County
Ohio University Stadium
Benortal Auditorium
The
Plains High School
Jacksonville-Trimble
Memorial
Rome
Waterloo
Tray
Buchtel
Sollixter
Albany
Chirley Copeland
Ruth Allen
Rex Dougherty
Lawrence Hunter
Pauline Bentley
Greens Run
Mary Miller
the Plains
Don Montgomery
Ames Bern
Bernadine Sewell
W. W. Ankenbrand
H.E. Zuber
Nelsonville
J. M. Mackinnon
Ohio University
Maxine Channel
Fairfax School officials charged in beating case near Cincinnati
May 9 reported Fairfax School principal H Van Saun and English teacher Miss Goliib Gaskins faced assault and battery charges. I L Blackburn, foster-father of 14 year old Edward Blackburn, swore out the warrant after alleging Miss Gaskins slapped the boy and struck his head, then Van Saun restrained him and the pair used a heavy wooden switch to whip him.
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Cincinnati
Ur—H. van Saun
Goliib Gaskins
Fairfax School
Edward Blackburn
I. L. Blackburn
Betrayed His Trust in Ohio Official
Youngstown May 9. County Treasurer Warren Steele faced financial ruin after trusting an employee Robert Giles who forged blanks then cashed 7000 dollars at First National Bank. Giles fled the city a week ago. Steele will make good the missing nine thousand from his own funds.
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Youngstown
Warren Steele
Robert
Giles
Gil
Steele
Firet National Bank
Re Elect Two School Heads For Glouster
Clarence B. Dillon was re elected superintendent of Glouster Schools by a three to two vote for one year at an adjourned board meeting. H J Holter was re employed as principal for one year but has been elected to a principal post in Wellaton.
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Glouster
Clarence B. Dillon
Giouster
Board of Education
J. A. Podicord
Dick Jones
Clyde Sayter
Dilton
Be.f H. Lantz
Lewis Gatehel
Dilfen
North Central Association of Collegna
Ohio Northern University
Ohio University
Ohio State University
University Poof
Chicago
H. J. Holter
Glouster Wiigh
Holter
Wella
Wallston
Hia
Rio Grande College
Hin Manter
Dexres
Columbia University
New York
Hoover Aides Promise Protection for Americans Abroad
Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson assured Americans abroad that the Hoover administration will protect citizens and their property, offer counsel, and not use the Army or Navy to collect debts. He warned of local tensions in Latin America and said the State Department is working to remove sore spots. He stressed maintaining peace as the core aim of foreign policy.
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Washington
Henry L. Stimaon
Hoover Administration
Army
Navy
Latin America
State Department
Stimaon
Hoover
Nicaragua
Honduras
Stimson
Six Die in Missouri Pacific Freight Train Wreck Near Dighton
Six itinerants riding a box car perished when a Missouri Pacific freight train wrecked seventeen miles west of Dighton Kansas. The car journal was burned and the train derailed into the right of way. Sixteen cars passed through the wreck. An ambulance from Dighton transported the bodies. only two could be identified.
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Dighton
Kansas
U.R
Missouri Pacific
Here
Carnival Postponed for Inclement Weather at Ohio University
The annual scooter carnival of the Physical Education Department at Ohio University was postponed to 4:30 PM Tuesday after noon due to bad weather. Thirty seven events are scheduled and Lorene Avenue where the races will be held will be closed to traffic. Winners of Priest Second and third places will be awarded prizes by Mayor Robert 4 Weed.
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Physical Education Department
Ohio University
Lorene Avenue
Priest
Robert
Weed
Mothers Day Observed Across Southeast Ohio Honors Esteemed Moms
In a nationwide Mothers Day display, Southeastern Ohio churches and Ohio University students honor mothers with gifts and telegraphs. Ten local mothers share longevity records, led by 95 year old Mrs. Mary Brooker of Longstreth Hocking County. Her family visits as she continues active daily routines.
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United States
Ohio
Ohio University Atudenta At
Athens
Mary
Hoover and War Dept Plan Major Expense Cut
President Hoover met with War Department leaders on the Potomac banks to discuss reducing Army spending. The $446.4 million current year and $450.3 million next year would be trimmed by about 10 percent per a commission’s plan. Proposed cuts avoid reducing Army programs by canceling maneuvers and certain experiments.
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Hoover
War Department
Washington
White House
Executive Mansion
Harvey
Commission
Gan
Alminne Mena
Fog Delays North Atlantic Shipping Nationwide
Impenetrable fog slows Atlantic shipping as traffic stalls from New Jersey coast to Boston. New York harbor sees no large vessel movement while auto and rail travel suffer disruptions across the coast. United States Steel reports April 40 tonnage at 2 807 728, down 97 601 from March 31 1931.
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North Atlantic
Yeaura
New York
U.ri
New Jersey
Boston
New York Harbor
U.P
United States Steel Corporation
Milk bottle thefts hit Pomeroy in drought era
Headlines summarize multiple items from pages two to ten including thefts of hundreds of milk bottles in Pomeroy, funding receipts for Meigs County Schools, a Mc Day celebration with fourteen hundred Nelsonville students, a wing scholarship at Eastern College, Logan Chamber seeks more hospitals, Boy Scouts activities, a planned large demonstration, a sensational East St. Louis raid, railroad revenue plans, and a church play incident involving an unloaded gun.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Nelsonville
Hickman Wing
Eastern College
Logan Chamber of Commerce
Veterans Bureau
Ohlo
Kidnepern
East St. Louis
Race Ends in Three Deaths in Green Bay Street Crash
In Green Bay today a race between two cars through a city street ended when both vehicles plunged through an open bridge into the Fox River. Three people perished Clark County 35 Green Bay Evelyn Murphy 20 Green Bay Fred Ruch 21 Seymour. Police Lieutenant Lyle Trotter witnessed the crash from a squad car as the lead coupe sped past and vanished into the river followed by the larger auto.
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Green Bay
Wis
Fox River
Clark County
Evelyn Murphy
Fred Ruch
Seymour
Lyle Trotter
Designer Missing After Panama Pacific Voyage to San Diego
Madame Theresa Goerke, New York fashion designer, reported missing after disembarking at San Diego from the Panama Pacific. Officers say she appeared on May 5 while the vessel was in the Gulf of Tehuantepec. A second item notes A A Barcus, of Madisonville Kentucky, seeking up to 80 reward for return of 13000 in negotiable bonds. two men allegedly pressed for a higher reward by phone.
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San Diego
Cal
Madame Theresa Goerke
New York City
Panama Pacific
Pennsylvania
Madame Goerkella
Weasel
Gulf of Tehuantepec
Paul
Minn
Barcus
Madisonville
Advocate: Study Of War Debts Pushes Tariff Reform
Washington May 9 United Press The International Chamber of Commerce closed its meeting with a call to lower tariffs and reexamine World War II debt structures and armaments. Bankers urged reassessment of war debt issues and related policies.
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Thomas L. Stokes
United Press
Washington
URA
The
International Chamber of Commerce Today
Appeal by Radio Reaches Berlin Conference on Reparations
From Berlin, Frank Von Mendelssohn, newly elected president of the International Chamber of Commerce, pleads for reduced reparations and tariff walls to aid global economic welfare. His message reaches the conference by radio and long distance telephone, highlighting unemployment and urgency for international action.
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Ashtington
Berlin
International Chamber of Come
Mineren
Ite
Frank von Mendelssohn
For
Mendelssohn
Tex
Volos
Converdttal Hall
International Chamber urged tariff cuts to spur world recovery
The Washington meeting urged reductions in national budgets and tariffs, backing private initiative for economic rehabilitation. A separate climate resolution pressed for an international silver price stabilization conference and called for studying agriculture credit, trade barriers, and export penalties to ease global shortages.
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Hoover
Arma
International Chamber
Washington
Rome
Rainfall figure cited by Athens weather official
Mrs. C N Fresom in Athens reports a Saturday morning rainfall of a quarter inch, per Mill View and Athens County weather observers. The note mentions Mrs. France overseeing the Hocking River gauge and her recent appointment as county weather coordinator.
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C.N. France
Mill View Pisce
Athens
Athens County
France
Hocking
Ens County Weather Coed
ELOV
Wolfe
Weather Instruments
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