Fitzgerald indicts Cleveland bureau delays in veterans claims
Dayton representative Roy G. Fitzgerald charges the Veterans Bureau with mismanagement in the Cleveland regional office. He cites a May 5 letter from regional manager William L. Marlin saying six months may pass before many claims are examined, threatening aid for disabled veterans and prompting possible new congressional scrutiny. He plans a survey of conditions in other states to gauge whether the problem is widespread.
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Washington
U.P
Elay
Comhany
Veterans’ Bureau
Cleveland
Roy G. Fitzgerald
Dayton
Fitzgerald
William L.marlin
Marlin
Anthony J. Lebus
Canton
Congress
Veterans Bureau
Supreme Court Denies Motions in Flemming Bribe Case
The State Supreme Court today overruled a motion to vacate its decision affirming the conviction of former Cleveland City Councilman Thomas W. Flemming. Flemming, a Black man, was convicted of accepting a bribe from a former Cleveland policeman.
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Columbus
U.R
State Supreme Court
Thomas W. Flemming
Cleveland
Flemming
Paragon Refining to seek sale to unidentified buyer
Cincinnati May 13. President E. W. Edwards announced a proposed sale of the Paragon Refining Company to an unspecified concern. Reports say the buyer is negotiating to acquire several other companies as part of the deal.
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Cincinnati
U.R
Paragon Refining Company
Paragon
E. W. Edwards
Student Harold Weinstein Dies By Hanging After Scolding
In Chicago on May 13, 13 year old Harold Weinstein hanged himself after being reprimanded for eagerness to recite. His teacher Miss Irene Murray and assistant principal Miss Mae Allen were to testify at the inquest, following a note sent home by Mrs. Louis Weinstein.
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Chicago
U.R
Harold Weinstein
Louis Weinstein
Irene Murray
Mae Allen
Famous Explorer Fridtjof Nansen Dies at 68
OSSO May 13 U P Fridtjof Nansen the noted Norwegian explorer died at 68. Though aged he stayed active on Arctic plans and had sought an aerial North Pole expedition. His polar feats came in the late 1890s and he won the 1923 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts in amity and famine relief in Russia.
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OSSO
U.P
Fridtjof Nansen
Nansen
North Pole
Zeppelin
Russia
Mother's Day Reflections on Mothers' Roles and Destiny
The remarks note that while Mother's Day boosts florist sales and gives mothers ritual affection, it does not alter their fundamental destiny. Mothers create and care for children, witness their achievements from afar, and absorb them as they falter.
Wolf and Scorpion Behaviors Described in Folklore
A traditional description notes a wolf two years old will consume its wounded mother while a young scorpion clings to its mother’s back and feeds as she walks, gradually devouring her until only an empty shell remains.
Time changes Masefield from bar-room poet to laureate
The piece contrasts two photographs of Masefield the new English poet laureate. It notes his youthful ruggedness and ties to the working class, then describes a softened appearance and mind as he rises to official stature under King George.
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Masefield
England
New York
MacDonald
King George
Beware of one sided diets warns famed physician
Dr Leopold Steiglitz, a brilliant American diagnostician, warned a patient about extreme vegetarian dieting. He cited a case of a patient in poor health with blood sixty percent below normal, attempting weight loss by avoiding meat.
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Leopold Steiglitz
America
Doctor Steiglitz Prescribes Blood Transfusions
Doctor Steiglitz prescribed three heavy blood transfusions for him and he withstood them. The transfusions greatly improved his blood count. Then said Doctor Steiglitz.
Edmundson Files for Second Term as Athens County Auditor
J Clyde Edmundson of Athens filed a declaration of candidacy for a second term as Athens County Auditor in the Republican primaries. He is the first to file and is expected to be unopposed. Edmundson, born and raised in the county, has served as county auditor for four years after five years with the office.
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J. Clyde Edmundson
Athens
Athens County
Edmundson
Mr. Edmundson
Appointment of Cincinnati woman as home superintendent
May 13 reported the appointment of Mrs. Cora Andriesson of Cincinnati as superintendent of the National Home for the Aged to be opened in Tiffin next fall by the Daughters of America.
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Tiffin
Cora Andriesson
Cincinnati
National Home For the
Daughters of America
Chaptal Sees Good in United States After All
French nurse Mile. Marie Chaptal now says there is something good in America and regrets the notoriety of her moral critique. As league child welfare commissioner she endorses the Will Hays film ethics code, noting improved standards if crime and sin are not shown and lawbreakers are not sympathetically depicted.
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Martha Gellhorn
United Press
Paris
Mlle
Marie Chaptal
United States
League of Nations
America
Mile. Chaptal
League
New Will
Hollywood
New York
British say Indian revolt lessening amid salt tax drive
London telegram quotes Capt Wedgwood Benn and Lord Irwin stating that unrest in India is easing. The salt tax campaign led by Gandhi is largely abandoned in most provinces, with only partial persistence in the Bombay presidency. A conference with Indian leaders is planned in London next September.
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London
U.R
India
Sholalpur
Wedgwood Benn
Mahatma Gandhi
Bombay Presidency
India Office
Lord Irwin
Suitor Charged With Slaying in Lowellville Case
Joe Polito of Lowellville is jailed in Youngstown on murder charges for killing Anthony Audino a 32 year old shoemaker. Polito accused Audino of betraying his daughter Pasqualine and waited with a revolver. Audino had returned to Lowellville for a wedding that Polito’s daughter was to have today.
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Youngstown
U.P
Joe Polito
Lowellville
Anthony Audino
Pasqualine
Polito
Audino
Abbas Tyabji Jailed in Salt Depots Raid Case
Abbas Tyabji prominent Baroda jurist and successor to Gandhi as independence movement leader was sentenced to three months simple imprisonment after a magistrate court trial. Tyabji was arrested while preparing to raid government salt depots and was succeeded by Mrs. Sarojini Naidu as leader.
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Jalalpore
India
U.P
Abbas Tyabil
Mahatma Gandhi
Abbas Tyabji
Gandhi
Sarojini Naidu
British Troops Press Rebels Near Peshawar Amid Turangzai Uprising
Mobile British troop squadrons and bombing aircraft intensified actions today against rebels led by Haji Turangzai arrayed near Peshawar as the tribal conflict escalates.
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Peshawar
India
Haji Turangzai
Code outlawing minor parties in Ohio ballots
Ohio Attorney General Bettman ruled the new election code bars Socialist and other minor parties from listing candidates under party designations unless petitions equal 15 percent of last general election electors. Parties failing to meet 390,000 signatures must place candidates as Independents. Last election totals: Socialist 7149, Socialist-Labor 1272, Prohibition 1085, Workers-Communist 2184.
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Columbus
U.R
Clarence J. Brown
Bettman
Ohio
Socialist Party
Socialist-Labor
Prohibition
Workers- Communist
Child Slaye r Arraigned On Hospital Cot
Ethle Yeldem, who killed seven of her 12 children, pleads not guilty to first degree murder while recovering from a self inflicted wound in City Prison Woman's Hospital Ward. She faces murder charge for the death of three year old Alice, the last girl killed. Det. Creedon Judge Clifford and Prosecutor Ogle led the arraignment.
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Columbus
U.R
Ethle Yeldem
City Prison
James Creedon
Clifford
Ogle
Yeldem
Fire destroys Willard business district on Myrtle Avenue
A May 13 fire began about 10 a.m. in Willard destroying the Ashley Shoe Store Cook's Jewelry and the Oyster House. The blaze spread to a theater owned by M. L. Tracy and a hardware store run by L. M. Hunter as surrounding towns lent support. All buildings were on Myrtle Avenue the town's main street.
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Willard
U.P
Willard Ashley
Cook's Jewelry
Oyster House
Turner lands in Wichita aiming to break Lindbergh coast-to-coast record
Colonel Roscoe Turner arrives at Wichita airport after a coast to coast attempt to break Charles A. Lindbergh’s one stop record. The time logged was 20 hours 46 minutes.
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Lindy
Wichita
Kans
Roscoe Turner
Charles A. Linden
Daniels Sees Prohibition Era as Moral Progress
Former Navy secretary Josephus Daniels, chairman of the Navy convention and Methodist Church South leader, argues prohibition will mature with time. He foresees an era without open saloons, rising lawlessness, and modern reforms, while acknowledging youth brazenness and the challenge of enforcing anti alcohol laws. He calls prohibition a righteous move and predicts majority will push it through Congress if needed.
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Dallas
Texas
U.R
United Press
Josephus Daniels
the Navy
Convention Committee of the Navy
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Daniels
Prohibition
Congress
Man Awakes to Confession of Killing Friend
Roscoe Suter a 42 year old World War veteran confessed to murdering Ray Pisher 24 during an argument at Pisher's home in Hanni bal. He said he was intoxicated when the shooting occurred and fled after firing several shots. Prosecutors said Suter surrendered and asked to be executed for the killing.
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Woodsfield
U.P
Hannibal
Roscoe Suter
Ray Pisher
Suter
J. K. Sawyers
Coshocton Manufacturer Killed by Train
Robert T. Hunt 62 prominent Coshocton manufacturer and club man was killed when he stepped into a west bound Pennsylvania train near the Chestnut Street Crossing. He is believed to have died by his own action.
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Coshocton
U.R
Robert T. Hunt
Pennsylvania
Chestnut Street Crossing
Milledgeville Couple Detained After Bank Scuffle
Mr and Mrs Charles Hooker of Milledgeville Fayette County were detained at the county jail after Mrs Hooker allegedly forced Mas Daugherty president of the Ohio State Bank to pay $1200 on deposit at gunpoint.
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Washington
O. H
O.R
Charles Hooker
Milledgeville
Fayette County
Hooker
Daugherty
Ohio State Bank
Changes in Coolidge History for Mount Rushmore Text
New York May 13 The New York Times reports sculptor Gutzon Borglum revised in the first installment a 500 word history of the United States for inscription on the Mount Rushmore memorial. Borglum informed Calvin Coolidge of the change and John Corbin had noted errors once thought Coolidge’s.
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New York
Gutzon Borglum
Mount Rushmore
South Dakota
United States
Calvin Coolidge
New York Times
Coolidge
Borgitum
John Corbin
No Rose Garden: Nye Probes Ruth McCormick Campaign Costs
Senator Nye notes a troubled path as the Senate committee plans an open Chicago hearing to trace Ruth Hanna McCormick's campaign spending. McCormick says she used 2520000 of her own money with Chicago spending limited to about 6000. Reports link Chicago funds to the Big Bill Thompson machine and other groups. A committee member may also investigate Pennsylvania before May 20 primaries.
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Nye
Ruth McCormick
Washington
U.R
North Dakota
Senate
Chicago
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Illinois
McCormick
Big Bill” Thompson
Pennsylvania
Discussion of Naval Treaty Plans Sparks Senate Hearing
Secretary of State Stimson is recalled by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to discuss contentious London Naval Treaty provisions. The pact limits eight inch gun use on US cruisers, grants Britain 839,000 tons to America’s 323,600, and includes an escalator clause allowing higher tonnage if France builds more. Senators question how Britain may assign excess tonnage to categories, affecting US shipbuilding. Japanese position at the London Conference is noted as a factor.
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Washington
U.P
Stimson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Britain
America
United States
Japan
Injury to Mrs. Hoover Narrows Return Plans
Washington May 13 Mrs Hoover's back injury is more serious than first thought confining her to the White House for a month. Captain Joel T Boone White House physician said several weeks must pass before she can resume activities. She will take short motor rides when weather improves and likely cannot attend Memorial Day address in Gettysburg with Mr Hoover.
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Washington
U.R
Doctors Gather for Ohio State Medical Association Meet
Nearly 1 000 doctors from across Ohio attended the opening of the 84th annual convention in Columbus. Dr Robert B Drury presided as clinics ran simultaneously at Grant St Francis University and White Cross Hospitals.
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Columbus
O.R
Ohio State Medical Association
Robert B. Drury
Columbus Academy of Science
Grant
St. Francis
University
White Cross
Visitor from New Bedford visits Athens friend
Russell Marple, a recent Ohio University graduate and staff member of The New Bedford Standard, visited friends in Athens today and will spend the remainder of his vacation at his home.
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Russell Marple
Ohio University
New Bedford Standard
New Bedford
Mass
Athens
Kid Gang of Safecrackers Nabbed in Cincinnati
Cincinnati police rounded up seven boys aged 10 to 15 who form a youth gang linked to more than 20 burglaries. Detectives estimate loot at 400 dollars, including money stamps and pistols, while damage to offices tops 6 thousand dollars as they used broken windows and skylights to enter.
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Cincinnati
O.R
Collegiate Boy Robs Bank of 900 With Gun
A youthful bandit robbed the Citizens Building and Loan Company in Middletown on May 13, taking $900 plus checks. A. L. Foster and Mrs. Clara Gruber assisted behind the counter. The robber entered unmasked and escaped after collecting cash and checks.
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Middletown
U.P
Citizens Building & Loan Company
A. L. Foster
Clara Gruber
Athens County Prepares Rural Women Home Demonstration Plan
Miss Martha E. Foster of Ohio State University and T. H. Johnson outline a tentative home demonstration program for Athens County rural women. If approved, women from various groups will attend a demonstration in Athens, then replicate the activities in their communities. The nutrition project focusing on vitamins and proper cooking will be demonstrated.
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Athens County
Martha E. Foster
Columbus
Ohio State University
T. H. Johnson
Athens
Johnson
Oil Company Leases 37 Farms in Five Counties
Bloomville May 13 A newly organized oil company leased 37 farms totaling 3427 acres across several counties. The deal involves multiple landowners and extends into the current growing season.
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Bloomville
Hasent Oil Company
Sen
Tyrants Claim Gods Support McBride Tells Senate Inquiry
Washington May ailing references show Senator Blaine of Wisconsin pressing McBride head of the Anti Saloon League over claims of divine backing for the league. McBride refused to answer whether he believes in the divine rights of kings and insisted the league acts on constitutional grounds while attacking dry referenda as illegal.
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Washington
Senator Oy
Wisconsin
Scott McBride
Capectniine Dent
Anti-Saloon League
Senate
Blaine
McBride
League
Caraway
Coe
Bla
Drewn
Onda
Way
Gue
Methodist Episcopal
South
Presbyterian
United
Hyterian
Evangelical and & Eran
Extraordinary offer of home econ booklets from Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger advertises six new and food booklets from Home Economics. Topics include Home Baking Pork Lamb Eggs Ice Creams and Good Food Habits. Order by mail and save on postage. six-booklet set priced at 18 cents, or individual booklets at ten cents each.
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Athens Messenger
APON
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