Court Street High Light of Convention
A packed Athens auditorium heard Legion leaders warn against Communism. The event featured parade drum and bugle corps, Army units, and veterans from World War I era. Speakers urged youth to resist red influence while praising veterans and welfare principles as safeguards for peace.
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Sir
Athens
Ime Legionnaires
Southeastern
Ohio
Fighth
Con Street
Drum and Bugle Corps
L Infantry
McCaw
Dennison
Legion
Europe
United
Untangling a Kidnapping Case Rumor and Unclear Details
Disjointed notes describe a supposed kidnapping with a ransom of $15,000 and a family urging payment. Conflicting phrases mention wine contacts and a June rewan. details are unclear and sources vary in reliability.
Roosevelt outlines nation wide home modernization program
President Roosevelt sent a message to Congress detailing a four part plan to modernize homes, repair existing properties, insure mortgages, and boost construction. The program aims to create jobs and wealth while improving housing quality across the country. It envisions private lenders insured by the government, long term mortgage financing, and mutual mortgage insurance for new and existing homes. The plan also seeks federal funds to support rural relief projects and subsistence homesteads as part of a broader effort to cut unemployment.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
Congress
United Press
Relief Administration
PWA
FERA
Shooting Equipment Stolen From Dr. Goldsberry’s Car
Dr Blaine R Goldsberry reported a theft of about 150 dollars worth of shooting gear from his car last night. Missing items include a spotting scope rifle scope micrometer shooting glove tripod shooting fork four boxes of shells a blanket and a large fibre case from the rear of his vehicle parked at 66 Elmwood Place.
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Blaine R. Goldsberry
Elmwood Place
Eight Persons Share Awards in Messenger Contest
The Messenger announced winners of the Fraternal Order of Eagles slogan contest. Checks were mailed to eight entrants after judges reviewed submissions. Winners include Emma L Tobms Edith Chute Selma Patterson and others from Athens Nelsonville and Union Furnace. In Gallia County, J Lafayette Stevers 86 former county commissioner died in Gallipolis.
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Order of Eagles
Emma L. Tobms
Morris Avenue
Athens
Sam Newman
Poplar Street
Nelsonville
Elcie H. Swingle
Union Furnace
Gallipolis
J. Lafayette Stevers
Gallia County
Want Ad Scottie Promotes Classified Listings
In today's classifieds you can find pigs at low prices a team of work a lost Axminster rug and rental or property offers. The Nelsonville Column notes daily items of interest and urges readers to use classified advertising as a daily advantage.
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Nelsonville
Democrats Launch Fall Campaign in Ohio Jefferson Banquet
At Dayton a Jefferson banquet drew Democratic leaders and primary hopefuls as former Governor Cox urged omission of political considerations from economic discussion. Governor White, Senatorial candidate Truax, and former Governor Donahey discussed a three way race, with Donahey possibly entering and White favored to win if she stays in. Women voters attended as delegates to the Democratic Women's Clubs meeting.
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Dayton
U.P
James M. Cox
Cox
Federated Democratic Women's Clubs
White
Charles V. Truax
Vic Donahey
United States
Donahey
Truax
Glass-Barkley Bill on Floor Moves Toward Passage
Congress pushed toward action on major measures, with Democratic leaders ordering a faster tempo. The Senate prepared to vote on the Glass-Barkley Bill creating a $580,000,000 RFC loan fund to aid private industry in obtaining new capital, with passage anticipated before night.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Police Seek Missing Athens Boys After Disappearance
Athens police report Phillip Tippie 14 of West State Street and Carl Rhoades 9 of Middle Street vanished since 4 PM yesterday while believed headed for Michigan. Sightings near Guysville last night suggested they planned toward West Virginia. state police alerted and WV towns notified.
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Athens
Phillip Tippie
West State Street
Carl Rhoades
Middle Street
Michigan
Guysville
West Virginia
300 Men Return to Work Under Expanded FERA Program
Athens County workers began new three day a week schedules at six townships under T H Smith. Wage set at 50 cents an hour for six hours daily. West Athens community relief garden plots exhausted. 44 plots split among 44 families to grow beans lettuce potato onion and corn. Seed and some food items distributed as relief. No distribution last week due to shortages.
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Athens County
T. H. Smith
FERA
E. W. Ross
West
Athens
Relief Department
Ross
Increase Reported in Automobile Revenue
Columbus May 14. Highway Director Merrell reports to Governor White that for five months ending May 1 1934 automobile revenue fees rose by 1 200 000 from the year before. Arrests totaled 667 in this period.
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Columbus
U.P
Highway Patrol
D W. Merrell
George White
Senate Put Traffic Light on Wall Street Ends Hit and Run Era
In Banta Monica California a playful letter from Will Rogers notes a proposed regulation of Wall Street with a traffic light system to curb hit and run trading. The piece uses humor to critique margins and selling pressure while previewing government action. The tone is satirical and locally framed.
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Senate
Wall Street
Rain Brings Relief as Drought Breaks Across Farm Belt
Across a thousand miles of prairie rain broke a 45 day drought and farmers hailed a $5 million recovery boost. Wheat losses, delayed plantings, and dust storms eased as soils moistened and fields revived, though experts cautioned that drought may persist.
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Chicago
Midwest
Department of Agriculture
Death sentence upheld for Ohio attorney in mass poisoning case
The U S Supreme Court affirmed a Saline County jury verdict imposing the death penalty on Mark H Shank an Ohio attorney age 42 for the alleged poison murder of Mrs Ethel Colley of Akron The Colley family died after drinking poison grape juice at a roadside picnic near Malvern last July Shank confessed he planned to kill the entire family because they knew too much about a criminal case in Akron Joan Crawford and Douglas Fairbanks Jr finalize divorce decree allowing them to remarry
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Little Rock
Ark
Supreme Court
Saline County
Mark H. Shank
Ohio
Shank
J. Marion Futrell
Ethel Colley
Akron
Malvern
Colley
Legion Rally Charms Crowd With Parade of Veterans
A community Legion rally featured a four year old Thomas Dowler in a military march with the K T Crossen Post bugle corps. The Crooksville Quartet entertained, veterans from Spanish American War joined by Civil War survivors, and the Lancaster Post presented a large flag. Local leaders praised the event as among the best district meetings.
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K. T. Crossen Post Bugle Corps
Straic
Crooksville
C. T
Doc) Watts
E. L
Eveland
Happy
Stevens
Jack) Peart
Basil Grimes
Capt
J. Allen
William Southerland
Jseph Pickering
John Silbaugh
G. D. Gorham
Marion Morrison
Howard Wood
Arthur Edieman
C. C. Cornell
Charles Weedworth
Paul Tague
New Lexington
Nelsonville
Howard Warner
Court Street
Hotel Berry
Charles Sawyer
John Elden
Cleveland
State Legion
Ransom Hijack Plot Foiled by Emissary In Gettle Abduction
Navy pilot Capt. George R. Pond and Italian ace Lieut. Cesare Sabelli departed Floyd Bennett Field at 6 24 a m aiming for Rome nonstop in a 4500 mile flight.
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Gettle
Brooklyn
N. Y
George R. Pond
Cesare Sabelli
Floyd Bennett Field
Rome
Oil men plan 4000 mile transatlantic flight in Leonardo Da Vinci
Pond, a former navy flier, and Sabbelli, a former Italian ace, aim to fly 4000 miles in 40 hours aboard their orange and maroon monoplane Leonardo Da Vinci. With 80 gallons of fuel and radio gear they intend to cross Cape Race on a Great Circle route if weather holds. a bad crossing could divert to France or Spain.
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Pond
Sabelli
Leonardo da Vinci
North Atlantic
Cape Race
Newfoundland
Great Circle
Rome
France
Spain
Port Engineer Charged With Brutal Killing
San Francisco May 14 AP Millard Hickman port engineer for Matson Navigation Company was booked on a murder charge after the body of Louise Jeppesen 23 of Utah was found in Golden Gate Park. Police said the victim was attacked beaten and stripped with a belt and scarf torn from her clothing. Hickman admitted being with the girl until 3 AM Sunday at his apartment but said she left alone.
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San Francisco
Louise Jeppesen
Utah
Golden Gate Park
Millard Hickman
Matson Navigation Company
Hickman
Charlies Dullen Sain
Misa Jeppesen
Ogden
Salt Lake City
Insull Admits Mistakes In Battle Of His Life
Chicago May 14 Samuel Insull plans to fight the battle of his life with a candid admission that he made mistakes contributing to the collapse of his vast utilities system. He says he never touched a dishonest dollar and is resting as a non paying guest in a hospital seeking privacy and quiet.
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Chicago
U.P
Samuel Insull
Auto Kills Seven as Driver Avoids Dog
A French automobile road race crash in Fontainebleau killed seven people when driver Eric Lora 20 tried to dodge a dog and lost control. The dead include two women two soldiers and four others. three other spectators were injured.
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Seven
Fontainebleau
France
Eric Lora
Jenkins and Secrest Back Road Measure Passes House
Congressmen Jenkins and Secrest led an appropriation bill in the House to authorize 100 million dollars for county and township road construction nationwide with Ohio receiving about 16 million. Jenkins also pushed an amendment carving out 16 million for roads with 25 percent for feeder routes, though little of Ohio’s share has been spent.
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Thomas A. Jenkins
Hubert T. Secrest
Ohio
National
House of Representatives
United States Senate
Jenkins
Cartright
Ohso
Disaster strikes Tiberias amid heavy rainstorm
A torrential rainstorm demolishes much of Tiberias on the Sea of Galilee with many believed dead. Police, aided by 1500 troops, search for victims and have recovered twenty bodies. The city, also called Tabariyeh, has deep Jewish historical roots dating to Herod Antipas.
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Jerusalem
Tiberias
Sea of Galilee
Tabariyeh
Herod Antipas
Saladin
Pacific Coast port ship owners plan strikebreakers
San Francisco on May 4 reports ship owners in about six Pacific Coast ports prepared to hire strikebreakers to push vital cargoes despite the ongoing longshoremen's strike.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Ohio HOLC approves 1196 loans in one week
Columbus May 14 The Ohio branch of the Home Owners Loan Corporation granted 1196 loans in the past week, State Manager Harry G Urunnes announced.
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Columbus
Ohio
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Harry G. Urunnes
Kidnap Plot Fails as Ransom Plan Breaks Down in California
Beverly Hills millionaire William F. Gettle remained with kidnappers after a $60,000 ransom delivery failed. An intermediary notified police when three cars tailed his car. two suspects were arrested and released, a Maywood suspect later jailed for questioning as investigators traced mapped routes and midnight notes guiding the rendezvous.
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William F. Gettle
Sierra Madre Foothills
Arcadia
Calif
Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
Maywood
District Attorney's Office
Campaign Against Crime Seeks 3 Million Funds
Budget Director Lewis Douglas examined a 3 million dollar request by Attorney General Homer Cummings to arm a 300 member federal corps. If approved the force would ride armored radio cars and carry advanced weapons to pursue Dillinger and other criminals, with failures blamed on prior lack of armor.
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Washington
UPK
Lewis Douglas
Homer &. Cummings
Cummings
Army
U. S. Army
John Dillinger
Congress
Wisconsin
Attempts at Peace in Gasoline Strike Fail
In Cleveland on May 14 negotiators halted talks for a temporary truce in a four week gas station attendant strike. Disagreement centers on a compulsory arbitration provision rejected by major oil companies amid a looming gasoline shortage with only two emergency stations operating. In Conneaut on May 14 Mayor L R Naysior filed for divorce after alleging his wife twice threatened his life and once scratched his face to stop him from speaking.
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Cleveland
U.R
Washington
W. M. Leiserson
Petroleum Labor Policy Board
Wipe
Conneaut
L. R. Naysior
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