Alumni Rally To Build Ohio University Memorial Auditorium
More than 400 alumni across 41 states and 67 Ohio counties join chairmen and committees to raise 360,000 dollars for a memorial auditorium, with two-year pledges of 104 dollars per alumnus. District directors from Athens, Columbus, Steubenville, Cincinnati, and Toledo guide the drive, aiming to oversubscribe within the month. A new slogan calls for A Greater Ohio University and renewed alumni leadership.
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Ohio University
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Ohio
Athens
W. B. Dickinson
W. R. Richart, Jr
Gerald H. Bath
Columbus
James F. Herrick
Steubenville
Myron K. Barrett
Cincinnati
Charles 8. Trimmer
Toledo
Alleghanies
Deng
Ghio University
Patterson succeeds father as head of Dayton firm
Frederick B. Patterson, son of J H Patterson former NCR president, becomes chief executive of the Dayton company after his father dies on a train bound for Atlantic City. Patterson is described as a shrewd business man. A Rome dispatch says Pope Pius XI and George Tchitcherin reportedly signed an accord on freedom of worship in Russia with missions protected, but the pope rejected restitution of ecclesiastical property.
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Frederick B. Patterson
J. H. Patterson
National Cash Register Company
Dayton Concern
Atlantic City
Young Patterson
London
A_ Central News dispatch
Rome
Newspaper
Tribune
Pope Pius XI
George Tchitcherin
Genoa
Russia
Air force to be first line of defense in emergencies
Senate leaders predict congress will approve a large air defense force as the army navy and marine corps face reductions. An increase of about 9 million dollars in naval aviation is expected, bringing the total to 16.9 million dollars in the current naval appropriation bill. A bomb explosion in Belfast injures two women.
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William K. Hutchinson
Washington
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Congress
Senate
Naval Aviation
Itr
Naval
Quiet Returns to the Peking Fighting Areas
May 11 report says conditions ease in Peking with gates likely reopening and telegraph lines and the Peking Shanghai railroad resuming. Prosecution of Chang Tso Lin’s supporters continues while Yuan Shih Ki's willingness to accept a return as premier remains in doubt amid criticisms of his strength.
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Peking
Peking- Shanghai
Chang Tso-Lin
Yuan Shih Ki
Yuan
Miners Seize Guards at Wabash Strip Mine
Fifty striking coal miners march on a strip mine at Wabash Station Harrison county and disarm two guards Charles Smith and F Van Tillen taking their revolvers and maces Guards are stationed to guard dredgemen union workers operating steam shovels at the site in Cadiz Ohio on May 11.
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Cadiz
Wabash Station
Harrison County
Charles Smith
F. van Tillen
Women Voters Open Ohio League Convention in Columbus
A noon luncheon at the Hotel Deshler launched the third annual Ohio League of Women Voters convention in Columbus. Sessions continue through tomorrow as delegates gather to discuss civic action and suffrage issues.
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Women Voters
Columbus
Ohio miners deny knowledge of federal strike end plans
May 11 in Columbus Lee Hall of the Ohio United Mine Workers says he has no idea of any federal plans to end the nationwide coal strike. W. B. McKinney of the Southern Ohio Coal Exchange says mine owners know nothing and the situation remains unchanged.
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Columbus
Lee Hall
Ohio United Mine Workers
W.B. McKinney
Southern Ohio Coal Exchange
McKinney
War grafters demand probes as Congress debates action
Ex service members push for prosecutions of war contract grafters via Johnson Woodruff investigation resolutions. House leaders face pressure to privilege the probes while Harding supports Attorney General Daugherty, amid GOP rifts over Lucas Phillips and alleged $1,800,000 government misappropriation.
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Hayward
I. S
Washington
House
Johnson-Woodruff
Departments of Justice and War
Campbell
Rules Committee
Harding
Daugherty
Johnson
Woodruff
J. L. Phillips
Phillips & Stephens
Republican State Committee
Georgia
Hartley's Messenger Letter Missed Train Connection
The Messenger reports Mr Hartley of the Pomeroy Middleport department missed a train connection this morning. An Athens post office inquiry failed to locate the letter, suggesting it may have been carried by the morning mail train and delivered too late for today’s editions.
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Hartley
Pomeroy-Middleport
Messenger
Athens
Explosion at Charlestown Waldo Brothers plant kills man
A blast at the Waldo Brothers and Bond Company plant in Charlestown killed one man instantly and left another worker fatally injured. Police and rescue crews rushed to the scene as investigators cordoned off the area for questions and safety checks.
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Boston
Waldo Brothers and Bond Company
Charlestown
Chauncey Primary Election Paperwork Available
Blank applications for the primary election can be secured at the Chauncey office of Ed Minister. J. B. Allen is listed as clerk.
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Chauncey
J. B. Allen
Nine Firemen Injured in Hilles and Jones Tool Plant Fire
Nine Wilmington firemen were injured when a blaze partially destroyed the Hilles Jones tool plant causing about 100000 dollars in damage. The fire occurred early today and authorities investigated the incident.
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Wilmington
Del
Hilles & Jones
Ohio items from 1830s to 1960s show political and legal notes
In Dayton in May 1827 supporters of General Jackson organized for president. Stephen Wood, linked to Symmes era at North Bend, died in Miami in 1844. Peter Hitchcock, Ohio congressman and long-time judge, died at Painesville in 1853. In 1968 C L Vallandigham’s habeas corpus petition reached the Cincinnati Federal Court.
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Montgomery County
General Jackson
Dayton
Stephen Wood
John Cleves Symmes
North Bend
Miami
Peter Hitchcock
Congress
Ohio Supreme Court
Painesville
C. L. Vallandigham
Cincinnati
Newberry Case fuels Senate battle and Ford conspiracy claim
In Washington on May 11 the Senate faces intensified political warfare over the Newberry case with Democrats pressing for broad financial and political disclosure from candidates while Republicans warn of the issue being used as a weapon. Charges allege Henry Ford funds a nationwide G O P New Berry novelty to keep the case alive.
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George R. Holmes
Washington
Senate
Daugherty
Pomeroy
Ohio
Supreme Court
Newberry
Pomerone
Pomerene
Rules Committee
Curtis
Ford
Henry Ford
Pennsylvania
G. O. P. New Berry
Wool Growers Meet At Albany Saturday
May 11 Albany reports an important wool growers meeting set for Saturday at Whit's hall at one o'clock in the afternoon with attendance expected from local growers and merchants.
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Albany
Whit's Hall
Say Operators Are the Power Bering Charge
West Virginia trial coverage notes defense lawyers plan to argue that treason charges against miner leader Bill Blizzard lack merit and that coal operators rather than the state are directing the prosecution. Defense attorney P. W. Houston says operators arranged to replace the Jefferson county prosecutor with Alfred M. Belcher and fund the case.
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Warren W. Wheaton
Charlestown
W. Va
Blizzard
Logan County
West Virginia
P. W. Houston
John T. Porterfield
Jefferson County
Alfred M. Belcher
Kanawha County
Coal Operators’ Association
Crip the Inventor Celebrates Golden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Crippen of Athens marked 50 years of marriage on a Wednesday as Crippen, age 71, unveiled a new auto pump invention. The Athens inventor, famed for a traveling display sign valve, plans to name a new air generator via a contest judged by the Watch Dog, and hosts a family friendly shop with a safety minded merry go round for children.
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Henry M. Crippen
West Union Street
Athens
Cripnen
Crippen
Identification of slain man aids police case in Canton
In Canton Ohio on May 11 William Stephens of Glenwood West Virginia identified the body of a man shot during a gun battle with police and a posse last Thursday as his brother John Hager Stephens alias Oklahoma Slim.
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Brother Canton
William Stephens
Glenwood
W. Va
John Hager Stephens
Oklahoma Slim
Three Divorce Petitions Dismissed in Athens Court
Judge Worstel of the Athens common pleas court dismissed three divorce petitions this week. Elizabeth Brown versus Theodore Brown, Nora Withers versus Samuel L. Withers, and Laura B. Day versus Pear Day had costs assessed against the plaintiff.
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Worstel
Athens
Elizabeth Brown
Theodore Brown
Nora Withers
Samuel L. Withers
Laura B. Day
Pear Day
Another Basis of Peace Sought by Irish
Dublin May 11 The Irish peace committee reports to the Dail Eireann that it has not found a basis for a permanent truce between the Free State and the Republican armies.
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Dublin
Ireland
Irish Peace Committee
Dail Eireann
Experts to Report on Killer Edward Moffett Case
In Columbus on May 11, Dr H H Goddard head of the state bureau of juvenile research Dr Baehr and Dr Pritchard will report to State Welfare Director MacAyeal on their examination at the penitentiary of Edward Moffett Akron wife parenter sentenced to be electro.
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Columbus
H. H. Goddard
State Bureau of Juvenile Research
8. M. Baehr
Goddard
W. H. Pritchard
State Hospital For Insane
MacAyeal
Edward Moffett
Akron
Foreigners to Get Whack at Yankee Money
In Zurich on May 11 reports circle about Edwin Krenn and Major Max Oser. Krenn, now in Chicago, is said to be engaged to Mrs. Edith McCormick mother of Mathilde McCormick daughter of John D. Rockefeller. Mrs. McCormick is Harold F. McCormick's former wife. The link of Krenn to Mathilde stems from a friendship with Mrs. McCormick. Krenn was born in Vienna April 29 1891. his mother is visiting Vienna and his father Edmund Krenn was an artist.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Edwin Krenn
Max Oser
McCormick
Chicago
Krenn
Edith McCormick
Harold F. McCormick
Mathilde McCormick
John D. Rockefeller
Kreen
Kren
City to press arbitration in transit dispute
Steubenville officials stated they will enforce the city franchise order to require arbitration in the dispute with Steubenville East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction Company and its employer.
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Steubenville
Steubenville, East Liverpool and Beaver Valley Traction Company
Jilted Lover Shoots Sweetheart and Companion
In Pittsburg Pennsylvania on May 10 George West aged 26 shot his sweetheart Elvira Sehu man 22 and her companion Mrs Muriel Miller 35 then fired a second shot before fleeing the scene. Police pursued and investigations are ongoing into motive and details of the incident.
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Pittsburg
George West
Elvira Sehuman
Muriel Miller
Fred
Ohio Biz Improves As Meters Tell The Tale
A May 11 state survey by the Ohio committee on public utility information shows broad gains in business conditions across Ohio. Factories run longer hours add machinery, more plants resume weekly, thousands of workers return, and factory output rises as electric meters confirm the trend.
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Cleveland
Ohio Committee On Public Utility Information
Stuart Will Be Head of Union
George Stuart of Nelsonville a Navy ensign in World War I and a junior at Ohio University was elected president of the new Students Union at Weacott Road Athens. Nominations included Robert Soule of Hamilton. Elected officers include James Hawkins secretary Ralph Beckett vice president and Rolland Welch treasurer.
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George Stuart
Nelsonville
United States Navy
Ohio University
Ohio
Students Union
Weacott Road
Athens
Robert Soule
Hamilton
James Hawkins
Ralph Beckett
Rolland Welch
Army reorganizes units after strength cut to 150000
War department announces changes in regular army organization and unit stations. Fifth Corps area headquarters move from Fort Benjamin Harrison Indiana to Columbus Barracks Ohio as part of the reductions.
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Washington
Regular Army
War Department
Fifth Corps
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Columbus Barracks
Ohio
Polly Anna Girls Sunday School Class Market Stall
A Polly Anna girls Sunday School class sets up a stall at the market on Saturday starting at 7 A M. The event promotes bake goods and crafts with proceeds supporting church activities. Local volunteers oversee the sale and coordinate with organizers.
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Polly Anna Girls
Russian reply halts secret diplomacy revival plan
Publication of the allies response highlights halted a scheme to revive secret diplomacy. The plan was to discuss in camera by the commission and have an allied decision ready before the press learned details. International News Service obtained the main features of the proposal.
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Genoa
Ithe Obcjal Pexty
Soviet chiefs in Siberia offer for traders in reconciling with US
Moscow reports an All Russian executive committee plan to seek US recognition of Soviet Russia. Kalinin says talks will push reconciling moves and economic contact. The committee seeks to assume legislative powers, shrink the Red Army, and guarantee foreign capital, aiming to bring the United States into Russia.
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Moscow
United States
Russia
Manchester Guardian
Harding
Senate
Washington
Kalinin
Central Executive Committee
International
America
Siberia
All Russian Central Executive Committee
Red Army
Davas Not Decided About Plage in Rage
Ohio politicians report Governor Davis will not seek renomination this year while predicting he may run for the Democratic presidential nomination. The Canton Democrats urge M. Dou Dayton to run for governor reentry as Ohio's political scene shifts. Cox plans a European trip next month with a return in September. Buckingham Palace workers polish silver daily.
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Columbus
Davis
D. C. Davies
Ironton
Lawrence County
Republican Committee
A. R. Johnson
Canton
Gamee M. Dou
Dayton
Cox
Europe
Free Stain Removal Booklet From Department of Agriculture
The Athens Messenger offers a free copy of a Department of Agriculture booklet on removing 25 stain types from clothing. Send two cents in stamps with your name and address to Frederic J. Haskin Information Bureau Washington DC for return postage.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington
Frederic J. Haskin
The
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
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