Twelve More Ohioans Meet Violent Death
A United Press survey records twelve Ohioans killed in a week end of accidents and violence. Victims include Pete J. Morrow and Frances Miner in a New Haven West Virginia airplane incident, and others in Akron Cleveland Mount Vernon and nearby towns. The report notes several drownings, a highway crash, a railway collision and a high school student from Wellston dying in Chillicothe from injuries sustained in a car accident.
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Columbus
U.P
Parish
Wellston
Chillicothe
Cashier Theft Prompt Payment Plan In Mahoning County
Mahoning County Treasurer Warren Steele plans to reimburse 9000 to cover a 12000 deficit after cashier Robert S. Giles allegedly cashed a blank signed check for 7000 on May 1. Giles had access to a safe with countersigned checks. he did not report for work and fled the city while authorities seek him.
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Youngstown
U.R
Warren Steele
Mahoning County
Robert S. Giles
Hecks
Steele
Giles
Band of jewel thieves adds $100,000 gems to New York raids
A ring of jewel thieves has extended its six month spree in New York by taking gems valued at $100,000 in addition to earlier robberies. The latest heists target Mrs. Grafton Minot and J. T. Johnston Mall, Belman Consul-General, with $6,700 in gems stolen from his residence.
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New York
U.P
Grafton Minot
Berlin
J. T. Johnston
Belman
Siam King Prajadhipok Undergoes Cataract Removal
King Prajadhipok of Siam had a cataract removed from his left eye in an operation that required travel with a large retinue, and he rested in a darkened room in New York.
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N. Y
U.P
Prajadhipok of
Siam
Indictments Mark Athens May Grand Jury Session
The Athens May term grand jury returned 37 indictments among 76 cases heard while 39 were dismissed. Carl Dickens of Glouster faced manslaughter related charges after a fatal intoxicated driving incident. Lenzie Hutchinson and Howard Miller were charged with grand larceny and liquor offenses respectively. The Athens County Jail was found in better condition and inmates treated well in the jury’s inspection.
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Carl Dickens
Athens County Grand Jury
George B. Lash
Glouster
Dickens
Ager
Lenzie Hutchinson
Howard Miller
William Mullen
Miller
Robert Williams
George Sommers
Silas Kempton
Clifford Hearst
Howen Barnett
Owen Roof
Crayton Whaley
Leonard Sims
Cora Tucker
Thad Hunter
Clifford Freeman
Harry Fitch
Fred Rhorick
Alva Cruise
Raymond Smith
Ervin White
Orville C. McVay
Donald Juniper
Fred Millican
Raymond Bolin
Orrie Stevens
Athens County
Grand Jury
Shaw on Journalism and Press Reflection Across Time
George Bernard Shaw critiques journalism for delays in accurately evaluating news. He recalls Salisbury blocking Britain from Paris 1878 due to republican France and warns the press missed Russia’s five year plan. Edison predicts oil in Florida with Mexico’s fields offering later potential, noting a skeptic’s failed search but faith in eventual discovery.
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George Bernard Shaw
Lord Salisbury
England
France
Russia
Edison
Florida
Rogers
H. H
Mexico
Gulf
Edison Pursues Rubber Plant Search Over Oil Alternatives
Edison says he ignores oil as he pursues a new rubber plant to replace the rubber tree. Science may synthesize rubber from petroleum, as rubber’s key traits arise from physical qualities rather than plant juice. The writer notes past dye dependence on a scarce insect and notes the search for a more abundant source.
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Edison
Funeral for Nobel physicist Dr Albert Michelson held in Pasadena
Funeral services for physicist Dr Albert A. Michelson, renowned Nobel laureate, will be held tomorrow in Pasadena after a month long illness. The death occurred Saturday at his home.
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Pasadena
Calif
Albert A. Michelson
Ohio lawmakers hear opposition to soft drink tax and auto tag hike
A Columbus public hearing voices resistance to a proposed 20 percent soft drink tax and a plan to raise auto license fees by five horsepower classes. Bottlers say small businesses would close. druggists warn the tax acts like a sales tax. Auto association officials contest higher horsepower rates, arguing revenue falls short of replacing lost personal property tax and licenses.
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Columbus
Special Legislative Committee
General Assembly
Ohio Bottlers' Association
Ohio Pharmaceutical Association
William H. Harris
Frank A. Lynch
Circleville
James Watson
Lima
Bottlers’ Association
Ohio
Theodore Wetterstrom
Druggists' Association
Gallia Man Shot in Fence Row Quarrel
Robert Hagar aged 50 was shot through the arm and abdomen in a Greene Township farm quarrel over a line fence. Charles Kuhn was arrested charged with shooting to kill. Hagar is in critical condition. Sheriff Swanson noted both men have families and had been friends for years.
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Gallipolis
Robert Hagar
Charles Kuhn
Greene Township
Charles Swanson
Hagar
Professors to Study Prohibition Effects Across Nation
The Woodcock Commission of ten university professors will study what prohibition has done to child delinquency and juvenile drinking. The Advisory Research Council will work with graduate students to survey the nation and report findings. Members include Cabot, Lindsay, Carpenter, McKinsey, Pipkin, Gehlke, Miles, Johnson, May, and Kingsbury. Curran condemns the venture as Prohibition propaganda funded by taxpayers.
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Washington
U.R
Woodcock
United States
Advisory Research Council
Richard Clarke Cabot
Harvard University
Samuel McCune Lindsay
Columbia University
William Seal Carpenter
Princeton University
Roderick Duncan McKinsey
University of Michigan
Charles W. Pipkin
Graduate School
Louisiana State University
Charles Emerson Gehlke
Western Reserve University
Walter R. Miles
Stanford University
Emory Richard Johnson
Wharton School of Commerce and Finance
University of Pennsylvania
Samuel Co. May
University of California
Susan Myra Kingsbury
Burn Mawr College
Henry H. Curran
Association Against the
East Is Swept By Hail Storm
A massive hail storm swept the East causing crops and buildings to suffer extensive damage. In Windsor N Y a woman died and a man was seriously injured. Albany reported wind rain and lightning destroying buildings and crops while thousands of chickens were killed at Hoosick Falls. Bethlehem saw windows shattered and chimneys toppled. the storm hit Albany three times.
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New York
U.P
Windsor
N. Y
Albany
Hoosick Falls
Bethlehem
Carlsbad Caverns Impress Will on Recent Trip
Will writes from Carlsbad New Mexico describing a Mother's Day vacation with Ma Rogers. He recalls seven mile walks through the caverns and compares the vast chamber to a Grand Canyon with a roof. He imagines a drunk waking inside and thinks of cathedral halls.
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Carlsbad Caverns
Will
Carlsbad
N. M
Ma” Rogers
Grand Canyon
Death probe in cistern tragedy near Prattville
Adrian Michigan authorities investigate the deaths of two boys who perished in a cistern on a farm near Prattville after reportedly falling in while praying Sunday night.
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Adrian, Mich
LeNawee County
Prattville
Thugs To Be Taken Before Gang Victims
Morrison Illinois May 11 A battle over custody of six gang members said to be the last of Fred Killer Burke s gang was threatened after a show up in Chicago before a large gathering of gang victims. The men awaited transfer to Chicago under guard to be paraded before witnesses of bank robberies in several states.
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Burke
Chicago
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Sll
East St. Louis
Lincoln
Neb
Connors
Plano
Ill
Lee
M. C. Mott
Mundelein State Bank
Paroles Granted for Two Ohio Inmates on June 1
Inmates from London Prison Farm granted paroles at the May Ohio Board of Clemency meeting include Dewey Pierce of Hocking County who faced a one to three year sentence for non-support and George Frazier who received a one to fifteen year sentence for burglary and larceny. Both are scheduled for parole on June 1.
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London
Ohio Board of Clemency
Ohio
Dewey Pierce
Hocking County
George Frazier
Martial Law Proclaimed as Madrid Riots Burn Churches
Martial law was declared in Madrid as mobs attacked and burned churches and religious houses amid anti monarchial sentiment. The Jesuit Church and Convent on Calle Flor were destroyed along with the new convent of Stheresa of the Carmelite Order. The Industrial School, a Jesuit college, was set afire and another Jesuit church in Quarto Caminos was attacked, its priest beaten.
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Madrid
U.P
Calle Flor
Stheresa
Quarto Caminos
Plan Harding Memorial dedication outlined in conference
The plan for the Harding Memorial dedication in Marion was finalized at a conference Sunday between Joseph Frelinghuysen and the association's executive committee. The proposed plan will be sent to President Koover for approval.
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Harding
Marion
Joseph Frelinghuysen
Association
Koover
Python On Train Escapes Crate In Flight From Singapore
A 20 foot python, en route from Singapore to Brownsville, escapes its crate in a baggage car on a fast moving train near Barberton Ohio. William Stewart, the express messenger, dodged the hungry snake as it slithered toward him then clung to a door outside the car until the train reached Barberton where the car was sealed and the python captured later by Lincoln Park Zoo staff.
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Chicago
William Stewart
Singapore
Brownsville
Tex
Stewart
Barberton
Richard Auer
Lincoln Park Zoo
Texas
Miner Strike Expands In Kentucky CoalRegion
In Marlan Kentucky May 11 escalating unrest leaves nearly all county mines idle as a general protest strike swells unemployment by about 3,000 more workers. A union leader and three Evarts officials are jailed on capital charges amid threats to break into the county jail. A gun fight report at Shields and blame exchanges between mine guards and Left Wing union workers heighten tensions as National Guardsmen and Sheriff Johnson Johnson try to restore order.
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Harlan County
National
Farm Bureau Stands Firm On Personal Earned Income Tax
L. B. Palmer president of the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation declares the group will stand firm in its appeal for a personal earned income tax. The Joint Legislative Committee on Taxation is to present its revised tax plan to the General Assembly when it reconvenes today amid calls from educational groups for an income or commodity sales tax to make up real estate revenue losses.
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Columbus
U.p.-In & Communication
Joint Legislative Committee On Taxation
L. B. Palmer
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ohio Farm Bureau
Ohio
General Assembly
Federation
Pottery Workers Call for 15 Percent Wage Cut in Industry
J M Wells of the Homer Laughlin China Co Labor Committee pressed a 15 percent wage reduction at a United Otter Workers meeting in Pittsburgh. He argued the ceramic sector bore a heavier burden during the steel boom and current downturn, noting Homer Laughlin employs 5,000 and Edwin M Knowles 1,000 workers in Newell and nearby plants.
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Newell
W. Va
U—U.r
United Otter Workers
Pittsburgh
J. M. Wells
L. A. Potters Association
Homer-Laughin China Company
Wells
Japan
Germany
Homer- Laughlin Company
China
Edwin M. Knowles
Youth Suspected in Hatchet Slaying of Thomas Couple
Canton Ohio authorities search for an 11 year old boy believed to have hacked to death Edwards B. Thomas and wife Ethel B. at their farm home. The pair were found mutilated in a clothes press area with a blood stained hatchet nearby. Robbery may have been motive as a sedan, radio, and $100 vanished.
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Edwards B. Thomas, Sr
Ethel B
C. O. Paradis
Roscoe Oberlin
Waynesburg
John Almasy
Almasy
Oberlin
Thomas
Four KU Students Die in Car Crash West of Lawrence
Four University of Kansas students were killed when their light coupe overturned and struck a telephone pole fifteen miles west of Lawrence. Frances Berenice MelIntire, 18, Wichita. Arthur William Snyder, 20, Fort Scott. Fred C. Speh, 21, Wichita, the driver. died in the wreckage. Mildred L. Mesemore, 21, Kansas City, died later from a fractured skull after reaching a Lawrence hospital.
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Lawrence
Kan
University of Kansas
Here
Frances’ Berenice MelIntire
Wichita
Arthur William Snyder
Fort Scott
Fred C. Speh
Mildred L. Mesemore
Kansas City
Offer Better Coal Convention Opens With Quality Push
In Cincinnati on May 11 approximately 3,000 delegates attended the Eighth Annual Coal Convention under the American Mining Congress Manufacturers Division. Thomas of Pittsburgh Koppers Coal Co said management improvements raise standards of quality economy and safety across leading mines.
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Cincinnati
U.R
Thomas
Pittsburgh
Koppers Coal Company
Manufacturers’ Division
American Mining Congress
Life Saving Training Opens At Ohio University
A 10 hour life saving examiner training began at Ohio University with Paul W. Goss of the American Red Cross in charge. About 26 seniors will learn latent teaching methods and later take exams to qualify as Red Cross life saving examiners and instructors. Goss will stay in Athens through Thursday with Miss Harriet Rogers of OU Physical Education, using the Women's Gym swimming pool for demonstrations.
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Ohio University
Paul W. Goss
American Red Cross
Gosa
Red Cross
Goss
Athens
Harriet Rogers
Ohio University Physical Education Department
Tragedy Near New Haven Claims Two Victims
J E Morrow 40 of Youngstown and Frances Miner 22 of Andover were killed when their monoplane crashed into a clover field near New Haven West Virginia. The wreck occurred Sunday afternoon after engine trouble during a planned flight to Parkersburg. Spectators failed to aid due to heat and lack of water. bodies were later moved to Mason City West Virginia.
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Pomeroy
J. E. Morrow
Youngstown
Frances Miner
Andover
New Haven
W. Va
Here
Syracuse
Morrow
Parkersburg
Mason City
W. V
Columbia
Wva
Mina Miner
Assembly To Hear Tax Bill in Ohio Legislature
Columbus May 11. The Eighty-Ninth General Assembly reconvenes at 7:30 p m to begin a state taxation program. The General Appropriations Bill with seventy million dollars for the biennium will be introduced in the House by Rep P S Mooney. The Joint Taxation Committee reports tax program recommendations and draft bills from the recess. If funds exist in the treasury, pay day comes tomorrow for members who each have two hundred dollars due. The plan targets intangible taxes, real property relief, and adds sales taxes, higher auto licenses, and amusement taxes.
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Columbus
U.pr
Eighty-Ninth
General Assembly
Ts P. Mooney
Hocking County
House
Special Joint Taxation Committee
Assembly
Treasury
Reptive
War Veteran Dies In Minersville After Illness
Raymond Mitch 39 World War veteran and printer died at home in Minersville at 4 pm Sunday after years of illness from gas exposure overseas. Survived by widow two children parents and several siblings. Military honors will accompany burial by American Legion comrades. date to be announced.
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Pomeroy
Raymond Mitch
Minersville
Pomeroy Bend
Nore
American Legion
Athena Presbyterian to hold talk on The Early Church
Rev. A. Y. Wilcox of Athena Presbyterian Church will deliver the second talk in a series titled The Early Church at 7 20 oclock Wednesday evening. Musical selections will be directed by Mr. Charles Hi Wyatt.
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A. Y. Wilcox
Athena Presbyterian
Eearly
Charles Hi Wyatt
Fire Bug Sets Five East Side Buildings Ablaze
A fire bug sparked terror in the East Side early, setting five residential structures ablaze and endangering numerous residents. Responding crews fought flames as evacuations proceeded and investigations began into the arson spree.
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Cleveland
East Side
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