Jealous widow seeks truth in Dr. Scully murder case
Eunice Mitchart of Mt. Vernon arrives claiming to be Dr. Alfred Scully's widow and says a domineering, insanely jealous woman drove his secret marriage. She describes a lifelong affair begun in 1915 and says Scully sent money and planned to name their son, while police investigate the widow's testimony for clues to the Cleveland physician's death.
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Cleveland
Alfred P. Scully
Mt. Vernon
Eunice Mitchart
Dr. Scully
Baldwin Wallace College
Eunice Rockwell
St. Petersburg
Fla
Scully
Rockwell
Fremont
Hoover Tariff Plan Faces Dueling Senate Reactions
In Washington on May 14 President Hoover pressed Republican leaders to decide on disputed tariff provisions. He signaled dislike for the debenture plan and suggested he might accept a compromise on the flexible rate mechanism while rejecting the debenture concept.
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Washington
U.R
Senate
Hoover
White House
Traffic Count On Court Street Shows Need For Lights Questioned
Ohio University civil engineering students led by Prof. Neil D. Thomas recorded a noon hour count on Court Street intersections. At Court and Union 1 290 pedestrians and 666 cars. Court and Washington 1 009 pedestrians and 480 cars. Court and State 687 pedestrians and 521 cars. South Bridge 154 pedestrians and 199 cars. The study suggests signals not essential unless about 500 cars per hour pass a corner continuously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court Street
Court and
Union Streets
Ohio University
Neil D. Thomas
Civil Engineering
Marshall Griffith
Dallas Farmer
Lee Farnell
Emlen Wanless
Fred Brock
Delmar Russell
Court
Washington Streets
South Bridge
State Streets
American girls blaze trails in golf and flight feats
The article notes American women excelling in golf and aviation. It highlights Helen Wills as California’s standout and Amy Johnson as a record breaking British flyer traveling from England to Australia via India. It contrasts gambling profits at Monte Carlo with government bond yields and teases continued coverage on another page.
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England
United States
California
Helen Wills
Amy Johnson
Australia
India
Miss Johnson
Lindbergh
St. Louis
Monte Carlo
Ead
Convicts Jump from Truck. Four Captured After Escape Attempt
Four inmates escaped custody in Mansfield as an Army truck carried 56 prisoners from Columbus to the State Reformatory. Shots rang out in Public Square. Deputy Leo Brady and guards recaptured one, others chased for blocks. Names include Clyde Fittro, Fred Kellogg, Frank Allison, and Frank Sanders. Kellogg faces murder-related sentence. Fittro seeks 20 to 25 years for robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
O.R
State Reformatory
Columbus Penitentiary
Leo Brady
Truch
First Methodist Church
White City
Reformatory
Clyde Fittro
Summit County
Lancaster
Fred Kelloge
Perry County
Frank Allison
Lucas County
Frank Sanders
Frittro
Kellogg
Grant Weakley
Junction City
Northern Army Defeat Near Puchow Yields 10000 Prisoners
The National Government at Nanking announced that Marshal Yen Hsi-Shan’s Northern Armies were defeated at Puchow and 10,000 prisoners were captured by government troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Nanking
Yen Hsi-Shan
Shansi
Puchow
Fisherman Catches 32 Turtles in One Afternoon
Pearl Evans of Athens reports a 60 turtle season after a Tuesday effort netted 32 turtles. He hunts by feeling in shallow streams and warns snapping turtles can bite if mishandled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Pearl Evans
Athens
Evans
Sherman Texas Guardsmen Order shoot to kill in riots
Militiamen patrolling Sherman after Friday rioting were ordered to shoot to kill anyone trying to set fire to black neighborhoods or to intimidate residents. Col Laurence S McGee announced protections for negro sections and a contractor was given 36 hours to replace black workers with whites or face closure. Leader G R Alsup jailed without bond as 32 others are arrested for inciting the riot and courthouse fire.
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Sherman
Tex
U.A
Laurences. McGee
Texas National Guardsmen
Grayson County
McGee
G. R. Alsup
Texas Rangers
Cagle Resigns From West Point Over Cadet Marriage
At West Point Christian K. Cagle a leading 1929 football captain resigns after admitting marriage to Marion Hanford Haile of New Roads Louisiana two years earlier in Gretna The code forbidding cadet marriages during student days prompted the action.
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West Point
N. Y
U.P
United States Military Academy
Christian K. Cagle
Marion Hanford Haile
New Roads
Gretna
University of Chicago riot over dry snoopers
About 500 students protested campus activity by alleged dry snoopers at University of Chicago. A bonfire on campus led to clashes with police and firemen. four ringleaders were arrested after the mob was soaked by high‑pressure hoses. Resentment stemmed from reports that undercover Prohibition agents would attend rehearsals of a Black Friars play.
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Chicago
U.P
University of Chicago
Federal Prohibition Department
Black Friars Dramatic Club
Bishop Cannon Faces Church Committee Action
Charges of alleged stock transactions with New York brokers against Bishop James Cannon Jr. were in the hands of the Episcipacy Committee of the Methodist Episcopal Church South today. The committee must either clear him or recommend trial before the conference. it is empowered to vote censure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
U.R
New York
James Cannon, Jr
Episcopacy Committee
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Ohio University Executive Honored by Faculty Dinner
More than 200 Ohio University faculty members hosted a formal dinner at Hotel Berry Tuesday night in honor of Dr. and Mrs. FE B. Bryan. The event marked Dr. Bryan’s twenty fifth year as university president with praise from Deans Chubb and McCracken for his leadership and humane education.
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Elmer B. Bryan
Ohio University
Bryan
Hotel Berry
Franklin College
Colgate University
FE. B. Bryan
Dr. Bryan
Irma Voigt
E. W. Chubb
College of Liberal Arts
Thomas C. McCracken
College of Education
Chubb
Dean McCracken
Frank ‘N College
Indiana University
Philippine Islands
Indiana Univerity
Philippines
William Howard Taft
Islands
Athens
Univer
Fires Started in City Hospital Tuberculosis Sanitarium
In Cleveland on May 14 a series of incendiary fires in the basement of City Hospital Tuberculosis Sanitarium caused nurses and 3060 patients to panic. Three fires were set to maximize smoke. the blaze was put out with no injuries or building loss. Police suspect the intent was to force condemnation as a fire trap.
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Cleveland
U.P
City Hospital
Thomas McManamon
Sarojini Naidu Heads Salt Works Raid Drive
Mrs Sarojini Naidu arrived from Allahabad to mobilize volunteers for an assault on the salt works at Dharsana. She plans to depart tonight for Gujarat to press the raid despite expected government crackdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
U.P
Sarojini Naidu
Mahatma Gandhi
Allahabad
Dharsana
Gujerat
Slayer Hunt Shifts To Creek Banks In Murder Case
Investigators widened their search for Evelyn Marie Lee’s killer to the banks of Four Mile Creek as officials press for immediate enforcement of Iowa’s eugenics sterilization law. The measure, aimed at degenerates, has not been funded or enforced, a point raised at Howe Grade School PTA meeting where the slain child studied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U.P
Evelyn Marie Lee
Four Mile Creek
Parent- Teacher Association
Howe
Evelyn
Mother's Day escapee captured in Cleveland home
James Kramer, 26, who escaped Arizona State Penitentiary April 14 after 25 months of a 15 to 18 year sentence for highway robbery, was taken asleep in his mother's Cleveland home early today. Detectives with shotguns and tear gas surrounded the house. Kramer offered no resistance and said he arrived in Cleveland Sunday to visit his mother, whom he had not seen in three years.
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Cleveland
James Kramer
Kramer
Arizona State Penitentiary
Sergt
Audrey Kramer
Treasury borrows 100 million to meet obligations
The U S Treasury borrows 100 million in short term notes to cover current needs as May 19 payments and year end obligations loom. Officials warn a sizable June deficit persists with $549 707000 due, and farm board expenditures contribute to the shortfall despite expected future repayments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Treasury
Cecil Owen
United Press
Washington
Treasury
Federal Farm Board
Farm Board
Frank Gibson Dies After Long Athens County Career
Frank W. Gibson 78 Amesville veteran Messenger news correspondent and Athens County leader died Tuesday after a week of illness. He served as mayor and postmaster, kept weather records for 27 years, and wrote most of his articles through his daughter in law while bedridden. Funeral at Amesville Presbyterian Church with burial in Amesville Cemetery.
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Frank W. Gibson
Amesville
The
Messenger
Athens County
Inlaw
Clyde O. Gibson
Gibson
Amenville
Athens
Ohio University
Luella Curfman
Ned Gibson
Canidaugua
N. Y
Clyde Gibson
J. W. Hartley
A. J. Peterburg
Rockville Center
Long Island
Lucy Bougher
Mary Gibson
Dairy Avenue
Athens State Hospital
Amesville Presbyterian Church
A. M. Taylor
Hildebrand Sentenced to County Jail Over Fines
Edward Hildebrand of Athens was jailed after failing to pay fines from Magistrate Carl H. Porter for possession of intoxicating liquor and intoxication. He pleaded guilty to both offenses after being arrested on Court Street by Constable Joe Jonas.
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Edward Hildebrand
Athens
Athens County
Carl H. Porter
Hildebrand
Court Street
Joe Jonas
Traffic Jam Ends Suspected Killer Standstill in Chicago
Rocci di Rosa alias Harry Ross was killed by police after a high speed chase through a busy intersection. Officers halted his stolen car when a traffic jam blocked him and fired with shotguns as he reached for two automatics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rocci di Rosa
Harry Ross
Rosa
First Test of Federal Authority After Akron Beer Raid
A raid in Akron led to seizure of 3500 empty five gallon cane, 90 tons of corn sugar. Leo Sasar, 30, of Akron, known as sugar king, was arrested. Conviction could set a nationwide precedent for liquor supply dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.P
U.S. Supreme Court
Akron
Leo Sasar
Sugar King
Jamaica ginger sale indictments hit U S Grand Jury
Dayton May 14 seventy three persons and several firms were indicted by the U S Grand Jury for violating prohibition by selling Jamaica ginger extract as a beverage. Named defendants include William Vauscoy Robert A Pleasant James R Loel of Chillicothe and James Conaway Morgan Jones J B Griffith and James W Martin of Jackson.
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Dayton
U.P
U. S
William Vauscoy
Robert A. Pleasant
James R. Loel
Chillicothe
James Conaway
Morgan Jones
J. B. Griffith
James W. Martin
Jackson
Winds Blamed for Speed Record Flap in New York
Col Roscoe Turner blamed strong headwinds and bad weather for not breaking the transcontinental speed record set by Col and Mrs Charles A Lind in recent flight news from New York dated May 114.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.R
Roscoe Turner
Charles A. Lind
Adams on Stand Examines London Disarmament Treaty Shifts
Washington May 14 The hearing of Secretary of Navy Adams opened with Chairman Hale questioning radical changes in British led disarmament policy. Hale urged full explanation and possible reservations to clarify treaty terms and justify Senate ratification. He warned that undisclosed defects must be revealed or reservations added to preserve national interests.
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Washington
London
Hale
Senta Naval Affairs Committee
Adams
Senate
Trick played on Al Capone ends with arrest in Miami
In Miami on May 1 Capone and three companions were arrested while watching a boxing match at the American Legion Arena. Police reportedly sought an injunction dropped earlier after Chief Reeves reversed a policy following a traffic director’s announcement. Efforts to obtain a habeas writ to free them failed as Capone remained in custody.
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Miami
Fla
Scarface
Capone
Frei
American Legion
Reeves
Traffc
8. B. Creary
Chicago Beer
A. C. Son
The Home Helper booklet offered by The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger promotes a booklet titled The Home Helper addressing household issues from garden hose leaks to public health guidance on clothing and linens. Readers can request a copy by sending the coupon with six cents for postage and cost.
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The
Athens Messenger
United States Public Health
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