Juniors Honored by Ohio University Societies on Senior Day
Twelve Junior members at Ohio University were elected to membership in two senior honorary groups, Chi and Cresset, during Senior Day at Alumni Memorial Auditorium. New Torch members include Thomas Byrne and Paul Prites among others, while Cresset inductees feature Sophia Yoder and Audrey Jacobs.
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Ohio University
Cresset
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Torch
Thomas E. Byrne
Wilkinsburg
Paul Rites
Cleveland
Eugene Cotter
Orion Patch
Erie
Maurdee Foraker
Corning
Russell Unkrich
Sandusky
Sophia
Bellaire
Helen Yoder
Caster
Audrey Jacobs
Jack
Marian McClure
Athens
Nor Downs
Lucifeer
Boone
Iowa
Sorial Auditorium
Ohio Univer
Doctor Bryan
Kenneth
West Side Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Studio Club
Marian Clare
Hannah Joyce
Women's League
Marret Benedict
Sing
Taps
Cutler Hall
King
Sophomores Overwhelm Freshmen In Annual Tug Of War
The annual Ohio University Freshman and Sophomore tug of war ended with 50 Sophomores dragged through the lake at Athens State Hospital. The event began at 5 15 pm on a Wednesday with near even teams and a surge of Freshmen supporters aiding the Sophomores’ opponents.
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Lake AT Hospital
Ohio University
Athens State Hospital
Conflict of Old World Customs Sparks Elyria Bridegroom Murder
In Elyria on May 15, Antonio Dzouclis, 38, goes on trial for first degree murder after allegedly shooting William Dineff, 22, at a wedding reception. The defense cites Macedonian customs and an elopement that angered Dzouclis, who allegedly was paid $550 by the Dineff family to smooth tensions.
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Elyria
U.P
Antonio Dzouclis
Dzouclis
William Dineff
Sophia
Dineff
Drouchs
Bill
C. F. Adams
Droucis
Macedonia
Canada
Debate Over Obedience to Great Britain in Defense Policy
The Senate and many Americans discuss whether the United States should follow Britain in defense spending and strategy. The piece questions imitating Britain's past strength versus her current financial strain and political timidity.
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Senate
Great Britain
Britain lacks funds despite wartime rhetoric
The piece contrasts Britain’s boast of money and fleet with the current shortfall in funds. It argues that while Britain had money in the past, it is now the speaker who has the money and implies a shift in naval power and capability away from Britain.
Powerful U S Warning on Air and Submarine Strength
A stark rebuke emphasizes that naval and air power should deter aggression. The speaker declares the United States must maintain unmatched fleets to deter interference and promises to destroy any nation's key cities if provoked.
Bootleg Beer Flat Run By Jack Hayes Reported In Chicago
In Chicago, Jack Hayes ran a beer flat supplying bootleg alcohol, with details continued on page 4.
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Chicago
Jack Hayes
Ohio Conference elects new moderator and officers
The Rev. Harry Trust of Mansfield is elected moderator of the Ohio Conference of Congregational and Christian Churches at the merged denominations first joint meeting in Cleveland. The Rev. Owen Thomas of Covington and Mrs. A. M. Gibbons of Cleveland are named assistant moderators.
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Cleveland
O.R
Harry Trust
Mansfield
Ohio Conference of Congregational and Christian Churches
Owen Thomas
Covington
A. M. Gibbons
Mystery Wife Case Ties Doctor to Secret 1915 Marriage
Mrs Eunice Rockwell from St Petersburg Florida declares she secretly wed Dr Alfred P Scully in 1915 and that he fathered her 13 year old son Paul. The revelation widens the Cleveland murder case and ties a personal history to the physician police are investigating.
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Alfred P. Scully
Cleveland
Eunice Rockwell
St. Petersburg
Fla
Paul
Former Athens Mayor Criticized for Misappropriation Findings
State Auditor’s report accuses former Athens mayor E C Woodworth of failing to keep proper cash records and misapplying funds from city court from March 1929 through April 1930. He paid $120.20 on May 7, and successor Robert S Wood praised for administration.
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E. C. Woodworth
Athens
Tracy
Columbus
G. H. Rector
United Press
Woodworth
Alex M. Moore
Ohio Penitentiary
Robert S. Wood
Smoot Plans Move to Restart Tariff Talks
Senate conferees under Chairman Smoot prepared a plan to clear the way for resuming tariff negotiations with the House. Smoot will report the Senate’s disagreement over flexible and debenture clauses to the Senate and seek a vote to support them, enabling renewed conferences with the House for a compromise.
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Washington
House
Senate
Smoot
Capone Freed on Habeas Corpus Writ in Miami
Capone Scarface was released today in Miami on a habeas corpus writ after his latest arrest, but there was no guarantee he would avoid further arrest.
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Miami
Fla
U.R
Scarface
al Capone
Navy Secretary Warns Against Early Fleet Parity Build Up
Secretary of the Navy Adams told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that rushing ships to reach London Naval Treaty parity with Britain before 1936 would crowd yards and yield poor vessels. He said parity would arrive after 1936 depending on policy, and praised the treaty as the best path to balance with Britain and Japan. He noted a compromise between eight and six inch cruisers and that the delegation was not unanimous on all points.
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Washington
U.R
Adams
United States
Great Britain
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Johnson
Republican
California
Japan
Navy
Robinson
Ind
Two Glouster Stores Placed In Receivership
Judge Worstell of Athens County Common Pleas Court granted receivership petitions by H P Oils and Company of West Virginia for the Berstein Store and Lincoln Department Store in Glouster. M Gill was appointed receiver with W D Reading, W H Herrold, and Leonard Richardson named appraisers. The WV company seeks $328.44 from Worstein and $488.41 from Harris as equitable relief.
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Glouster
L. G. Worstell
Athens County Commons Pleas Court
H. P. Oils
On Company
West Virginia
Berstein
Lincoln Department
Harry Berstein
Harry Harris
Glouster. Co. M. Gill
Athens
W. D. Reading
W. H. Herrold
Leonard Richardson
Worstell
West Virginia Company
Equitable Relief
Worstein
Harris
Prince de Asturias Foundered in Cyclone
The Spanish steamer Prince de Asturias foundered in a cyclone near London with no loss of life.
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Steamer
London
U.R
Dynamite blast destroys truck. driver escapes with injuries
Logan May 16. Bedfast in Cher rington Hospital near Imboden 24 an Ohio Department of Highways employee owes his life to quick reflexes after a truck carrying 300 pounds of dynamite and 700 caps exploded. He ran from the truck as caps detonated, the vehicle demolished in a ditch near South Bloomingville. Imboden’s legs were badly lacerated and caps lodged in his neck. Another highway worker Rollie Wine was injured weeks ago while inspecting a cap.
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Logan
Bedfast
Cherrington Hospital
Imboden
Ohio Department of Highways
South Bloomingville
Rollie Wine
State Highway Department
Widow seeks proof of secret 1915 marriage in Scully case
Mrs. Eunice Rockwell says she is Dr. Alfred Scully’s widow and mother of his 15 year old son. She plans a secret trip to the wedding town to obtain records supporting her claim and names a jealous woman as a key figure in the doctor’s murder mystery. Police pursue the possible lead as detectives probe the 1915 ceremony witness and other clues.
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Cleveland
U.P
Eunice Rockwell
Alfred Scully
Dr. Scully
Rockwell
Dr. Scully'a
Raid halted in Bombay as Gandhi supporters blocked
Police formed a cordon around Mrs. Sarajomi Naidu and volunteers near the Dharasana salt depot to stop a raid. Authorities used Satyagraha tactics, keeping the protesters from advancing in one of the calmest clashes of the independence campaign.
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Bombay
India
U.R
Sarajomi Naidu
Dharasana
Mahatma Gandhi
Ruin at Chicago Grain Elevators After Fire
A historic wheat cornering battle ends in ruin as a fire destroys a grain elevator and 200000 bushels of rye. Firemen battle to stop spread to warehouses freight cars and a large tank of linseed oil. The 32 year old structure, built by Philip D Armour Sr, is abandoned to fate amid rivals Joseph Leiter and Armour.
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Chicago
U.R
Philip D. Armour
Joseph Leiter
Filibuster Tactics Used to Stall House Vote
Washington May 15. Chairman Wood of the Appropriations Committee kept the House idle for five hours to block a Hoover opposed bill. Absentees were summoned after attempts to form a quorum failed as members faced possible arrest for duty.
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Washington
U.R
House
Wood
Appropriations Committee
Hoover
Bishop Cannon Acquitted by Church Judges
In Dallas on May 15 Bishop James Cannon Jr of the Methodist Episcopal Church South was acquitted of conduct unbecoming a bishop over his 1928 campaign against Al Smith. The Episcopacy Committee dismissed charges, though a charge over a marginal stock account and market speculation remains.
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Dallas
Tex
U.R
James Cannon, Jr
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Wall Street
al Smith
Cannon
New York
Congress drafts last stage defiance plan in India
The executive committee of the Indian National Congress, meeting in secrecy for four days in Allahabad, adopted a resolution urging peasants in Bengal and Bihar to refuse tax payments for village watchmen, marking a deliberate new phase in the independence campaign.
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Allahabad
India
Indian National Congress
Congress
Bengal
Bihar
Varied Offers In Messenger Classified Ads
The Messenger classifieds offer brake lining at half price in all sizes. Nancy Hall sweet potato plants are for sale at 100 for 40 cents. A seller lists 90 day seed corn that tests at 98 percent for sale.
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the Messenger
Nancy Hall
HooverBrother attacked by college editorial in Stanford Daily
Stanford University Daily prepared to print an editorial calling a treatise by Theodore J. Hoover, dean at Stanford, militaristic. Hoover, back from the White House visit, objected and urged consultation, leading to a revised piece to be distributed on campus at daybreak.
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Hoover
Palo Alto
Calif
U.R
Stanford University Daily
School of Engineering
Theodore J. Hoover
Press Association
Emerson
White House
Stanford Daily
Robert D. Speers
Daily
Speer
Speers
Militariaayat
Riot in Sherman prompts martial rule and federal probe
Sherman Texas May 15 Martial rule eased as authorities plan to restore civil government after mob violence that burned the Grayson County Courthouse and left a Negro dead in the vault. A Federal Grand Jury investigation will review indictments for violation of federal statutes against arrestees. Five men were charged with inciting riot and arraigned. Sherman High School students Andy Olsen and Lloyd Collinag were arrested and held.
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Sherman
Texas
U.R
Grayson County
Federal Grand Jury
U. S
Randolph Bryant
Justice Court
Andy Olsen
Lloyd Collinag
Sherman High School
Rum Runner Ansterberg Caught Near Green Bay Harbor
A shipload of contraband liquor valued at 600000 dollars was halted near Washington Island Harbor after attempting to slip into Green Bay from the straits. The five man crew surrendered without resistance and the vessel was taken for custody as authorities in Washington and customs weigh next steps.
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Green Bay
Wis
Chicago
Washington Island Harbor
Ansterberg
M. A. Jacobson
Plum Island Coast Guard
Capone
Coast Guard
Washington, D. C
Goderich, Ont
Sault Ste. Marie Locks
Bert Manus Pleads Not Guilty in Athens County Case
Glouster poolroom operator Bert Manus pleaded not guilty to possession of intoxicating liquor. He was held on a $300 bond after arraignment in Athens County Common Pleas Court with trial date to be set. Officers raided Manus residence Tuesday and found liquor.
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Bert Manus
Glouster
L. G. Worstellt
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Manus
Joe Jonas
Athens
Peter Barrows
Athens County
Secret Service
O. F. Sacha
Ohio Rural Police
Common Pleas Court
Insurance funds may finance new county school building
Columbus May 15 Insurance money from the fire loss of a county children’s home school may be used to construct a new school building Attorney General Bettman ruled today
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Columbus
Bettman
Church Leaders Urge Unity to Halt Denominational Splits
At a religious institute in Buckhill Falls and a seminar in St. Louis leaders warned against church division. They cited Canada’s United Church model, urged consolidating denominations to save resources, and pressed for interfaith cooperation to end religious prejudice and racial tension.
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ST. Louis
Reinhold Neibuhene
Stephen 68
Wise
Free Synagogue
New York
Extraordinary offer of new food booklets by U S Bureau
The Athens Messenger advertises home economics booklets with recipes and illustrations including Home Baking and Pork in Preferred Ways. Readers can obtain sets of three for ten cents or six for eighteen cents by mail order, with savings on postage.
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Athens Messenger
U. S. Bureau of Home Economica
Chile
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