Seven Woman Wed in aka Well n Stewart
Edna Ervin reports a murder inquiry in Gallia County after 42 year old Mrs. Dorothy, from Mill Creek, was found near a cistern on River Road. Sheriff Elmer Hat and Deputy Howard Gates investigated as villagers gathered. Police say foul play not confirmed. two Gallia youths claim to have driven the victim from Spruce and Third Saturday to the river area before her death.
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Edna Erviner
Lis
Dorothy
Mill Creek
Elmer
Howard Gates
Gut
Sewart
Gallia County
Spruce
W. Lewis Brown
Judge’s Ruling on Baker Estate Delayed to Fall
In a probate matter the judge extended the ruling on Jacob Baker estate inheritance to fall. Heirs dispute share amid filings by Register of Wills and several parties including Mrs Mary Ward, Los Angeles, and Mecaim group. The decedent’s value is cited at a tragic figure around 800 million, with heirs pressing for an adequate proof of their rights.
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U.R
Jacob Baker
Baker
Mary Ward B
Los Angeles
Mary Decision
Exme
Kentucky Tax Debate Prompts Senate Referral
A near complete summary indicates Kentucky considers a three percent sales levy, with merchants awaiting final committee review and possible statewide measures. Opposition voices warn of unemployment impacts as lawmakers contemplate the plan and related income tax questions.
Pie Slashes Mob Formed Mists Insult
A chaotic incident centered on a pie and insults drew a crowd as tensions rose. Witnesses reported shouting and minor scuffles, with bystanders separating the parties before police arrived to restore order. No serious injuries were noted.
Athens Becomes Highway Patrol District HQ in Ohio
District D, covering 21 counties, shifts its headquarters from Chillicothe to Athens. Lieut. E A Capell takes charge with three patrolmen and supervises four substations in Chillicothe Cambridge Marietta and Newark. A radio station at Massillon will test short wave alarms before final site selection. The district includes Athens Meigs Vinton Hocking Perry Morgan Pickaway Ross Franklin Fairfield Jackson Lawrence Gallia Washington Monroe Noble Muskingum Guernsey Belmont Pike Scioto.
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State Highway Patrol
Athens
Chillicothe
Ohio
E. A. Capelli
Capell
Cambridge
Marietta
Newark
F. E. Bollia
Roy T. Carey
Harry Foster
Bollia
F. J. Crume
Findlay
Massillon
Wilmington
Columbus
Fritz Moritz
Meigs
Vinton
Hocking
Perry
Morgan
Pickaway
Ross
Franklin
Fairfield
Jackson
Lawrence
Gallia
Washington
Monroe
Noble
Muskingum
Guernsey
Belmont
Pike
Scioto
Drive Opened On Reciprocal Tariff Action
Senator Harrison opens administration drive for speedy Senate passage of reciprocal tariff bill claiming it would recover six billion dollars lost in foreign trade. He argues exports must rise with imports as three to seven days of debate loom. He notes U S trade fell from 9.64 to 3.124 billion dollars since 1929.
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Washington
Harrison
D. Miss
Senate
Finance Committee
Second Blast Kills 12 Men At Belgian Mine
In Brussels on May 17 AP reports a second explosion at the Paturages Au Fief mine amid rescue efforts for Tuesday’s blast. Nineteen rescuers worked underground. six injured surfaced, twelve feared dead, as more bodies were recovered from the Tuesday disaster where 48 miners were trapped and 40 bodies recovered.
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Brussels
Paturages Au Fief
Bradway Sentenced in Burglary Plea at Medina Rearing
Medina on May 17 reports Clinton Bradway was indicted by a grand jury in which his mother served and received a sentence of one to 15 years in the state reformatory after pleading guilty to burglary of a filling station.
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Medina
Clinton Bradway
State Reformatory
Want Ad Scottie Promotes Local Classifieds
In today’s classifieds, listings invite rent for a downtown two room business space, work for an experienced woman in home hotel or restaurant, and low price stock including chicks horses cattle and pigs. The Nelsonville Column highlights daily advertisements and a speaker praises classified ads as beneficial to families and business.
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Nelsonville
Ohio Voters Vary on State Wide Issues in 1930s Data
In Ohio, Lawrence County had 53.75 percent participation on four statewide issues last November while Fulton County showed higher engagement. Across the state 25 percent of voters did not cast ballots on these statewide questions. Old age pensions led with 83 percent support among 2,282,401 voters. repeal of prohibition drew 8 percent, the 10 mill tax limit 71 percent, and county home rule 69 percent.
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Columbus
Lawrence County
Fulton County
Secretary of State
Woman 64 Survives 25 Minutes in Maumee River
Mrs Josephine Bayer of Mansfield survived a 25 minute battle against drowning after a dizzy spell toppled her into the Maumee River. She suffered a broken right arm, head injury, and shock but remained afloat until rescue. She said she fought to live because she did not want to die.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Bayer
Mansfield
Manslaughter Charge Follows Man's Death
Dayton report states Fred Glander 45, a department store manager, faces a manslaughter charge after Edward Watterson 41 died of a heart attack following an incident at a Bevel store where Watterson was seated with Mrs. Glander. Autopsy indicates death due to heart attack induced by the confrontation.
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Dayton
Fred Glander
Edward Watterson
Watterson
Glander
Solons Act To Help Stricken U S Farmers
Chicago May 17 AP Farmers in the drought hit Central West welcomed government relief as nine House members from rainless districts backed a plan including liberalized corn hog wheat rules and a $350000 grant for fast sowing of quick foraging crops. Weather remained erratic with sun scorch and brief rains offering limited relief.
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Chicago
Central West
Washington
Rainiess
Settlement Near in Buckeye State Strikes Amid Mediation
Ohio strike front shifts toward settlement as mediation efforts reduce threats of fuel and milk shortages. Wage increases avert possible strikes among gasoline station attendants milk truck drivers and dairy helpers in Akron. Talks continue to resolve a 300 worker walkout at Ashtabula Bow Socket Company and Toledo labor disputes at Electric Auto-Lite amid gubernatorial mediation in Ashtabula and Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Cleveland
Ashtabula
E. H. Dunnigan
Department Of«Bor
4Bor Perkins
Electric Auto-Lite Company
Toledo
Dillinger’s Girl Under Extra Guard In Coastwide Warning
In St Paul a general alarm led to doubled guard around Marion Frechette, Dillinger's girlfriend, as police and sheriffs hunted a six man armed group in a green Packard sedan believed linked to possible jailbreak or rescue attempt.
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ST. Paul
U.p
Marion Evelyn Frechette
John Dillinger
Justice chief to expedite McLaughlin extradition
The Department of Justice sent Assistant Attorney General Joseph B. Keenan to Chicago to speed up the extradition of John J. Ross McLaughlin and several associates to St Paul where they are indicted in the Bremen kidnapping case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Department of Justice
Attorné
Joseph B. Keenan
Chicago
John J. (Ross) McLaughlin
Severe
St. Pauli
Breme
Regulation of Gas Asked in Fuel Meeting
Roderick Stephens of New York urged that gas companies be covered by the National Recovery Act fair practice provisions, aligning gas codes with the coal industry. He told the Ohio Coal Conference that gas codes lack fair practices, do not regulate employment hours, and pay rates lower than coal codes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Roderick Stephens
New York
National Code Authority
Stephens
Ohio Coal Conference
NRA
Building and Loan Groups Challenge New Housing Plan
National building and loan organizations plan a broadside against sections of the administration housing program. They oppose establishing national mortgage associations and insuring lenders against long term mortgage losses. They approve short term mortgage insurance and deposits insurance. The main objection is the 5 percent loan for remodeling and building plus a 1 percent mortgage insurance fee, seen as revolutionary by lenders used to higher rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Friends
Work Relief Extension Considered for Rural Ohio
The Ohio work relief program may extend from industrial zones to needy rural families. Major E O Braught, executive director of the relief commission, notified county administrators that if rehabilitation efforts fail, families may apply for aid under the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
State Relief Commission
E. O. Braught
The
Relief Commission
Roosevelt Finalizes Five Messages on Silver Policy Change
President Roosevelt plans to ask Congress to establish silver as primary money with 25 percent silver and 75 percent gold reserves, authorize treasury silver purchases up to 1.29 per ounce, and allow nationalization of domestic silver if needed. The plan follows White House talks with the silver bloc and ends weeks of negotiation. Separately, battle over stock market control bill rages between Senate and House over which agency should administer it, Senate favoring a new commission and House backing the FTC.
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Treasury
White House
Washington
Senate
House
Federal Trade Commission
Dr Phillips enters race for state representative nomination
Dr H T Phillips of Athens announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state representative from the county. He notes prior offices as coroner from 1910 to 1912 and probate judge for two terms 1913 to 1921. He and Mrs Phillips reside at 14 Morris Avenue with two daughters, Ruth and Mrs Hardy Addicutt.
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H. T. Phillips
Athens
Woodworth
J. E. Bailey
Pearley Gaskill
Clarence Wolfe
New Marshfield
Phallips
Athens County
Phillips
Morris Avenue
Hardy Addicutt
Maysville
N. D
Ruth
Athens High School
Gettle Kidnap Plot Solved In Beverly Hills Case
Los Angeles authorities claim full solution to the William F. Gettle kidnapping after Clyde Stoddard is arrested for supplying the car used in an attempted ransom. James F. Kirk Roy Williams and Harry Kerrigan were sent to San Quentin for life terms, with federal indictments for mafia extortion voted against them to block parole.
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Los Angeles
William F. Gettle
Beverly Hills
Clyde Stoddard
James F. Kirk
Roy Wiliams
Harry Kerrigan
San Quentin
Stoddard
Wee
Kirk
Williams
Kerrigan
Labor Lobby Seeks 92 Signatures to Save 30-Hour Week
Washington May 17 The American Federation of Labor argues to gather 92 more signatures to reach 145 on a petition to bring the 30-hour work week bill to a vote by May 21. The White House may sidetrack other labor bills as adjournment looms, with Dill-Connery and Wagner-Lewis measures in play.
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Labor Lobby
Shell
Washington
Abot
Fielation of Labor
Aet
Ting
White House
Ayereoston Hill
Parole Hope For Kidnappers At San Quentin
San Quentin parole board may consider three men imprisoned for a kidnapping, as noted by Will Rogers in a San Francisco letter. The letter remarks on the state’s two kidnappings record and predicts parole hearings at the board’s first meeting.
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Will
San Quentin
Nfe
Parole Board
Will Rogers
Woman Found Living With Slain Husband in Milwaukee Home
Milwaukee police overpowered 68 year old Mrs. Albertina Kreuger after discovering her in the Krueger bungalow beside her 70 year old husband Al bert, murdered with an axe. Neighbors said she had threatened him and had recently been released from a state hospital.
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Milwaukee
Albertina Kreuger
Milwaukee County Hospital For
Albert
Krueger
Relief Officials Rent Two Acres for Urban Garden
Relief garden supervisor Pearley Gaskill announced two acres in East Athens will be rented to grow tomatoes corn and beans for distribution to needy families. Eight hundred bushels of seed potatoes have been bought and tomato plants are due next week for gardeners lacking full quotas. Gardeners on the Wilkes farm in West Athens will convene Friday at 7 30 p.m. in City Hall where H M Spang the new relief director will speak.
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East Athens
Pearley Gaskill
Relief Department
Wilkes Farm
West
Athens
City Hall
H. M. Spang
Auto thief steals germs in bag with car
Chicago reports a thief stole a motor car with Dr. F A Paradise's professional bag containing 48 test tubes of pneumonia germs. Unconscious of the danger, the thief was noted as carrying enough deadly bacteria to threaten hundreds. Authorities emphasize safety and public health warnings.
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Chicago
F. A. Paradise
West Ohio Gas refunds approved by state Supreme Court
Lima users will receive 330000 dollars in refunds from West Ohio Gas Company after a state Supreme Court ruling. Kenton consumers get 40000 dollars under the same ruling which upheld a utilities commission order fixing rates for five years from April 19 1928. The refunds cover excess charges collected while the rate dispute remained unsettled.
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Columbus
Lima
West Ohio Gas Company
State Supreme Court
Kenton
State Utilities Commission
Investigating Panel Probes Ohio Workmen's Commission
A committee named by Governor White reviewed a statement alleging the Ohio Workmen's Compensation Commission, eight years behind in its work, is delaying cases intentionally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
White
Ohio Workmen's Compensation Commission
Executive Orders From White House to Be Sent Soon
Five messages to Congress detailing the end of President Roosevelt's legislative program will be sent within a week. Topics include munitions war debts silver coconut tax provisions and social legislation. Senate action centers on the tariff bill as the session nears adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Washington
Congress
Senate
House
Bank Loans of Country Drop
Dallas May 17 AP A big rise in national bank assets and deposits occurred in the first two months of 1934, with assets climbing from 21 747 483 000 on Dec 30 to 22 041 750 000 on Mar 5 and deposit liabilities up to 18 000 000 000. Loans and discounts declined from 8 116 972 000 last June to 7 599 279 000 in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
J. F. T. O'Connor
Jackson Held Liable For Sewage Damages
Ohio Supreme Court denies further review in Campbell v. Jackson County action, preserving a $7,000 award for farm land damage from sewage polluting a river. The case began in Jackson County Common Pleas Court and was affirmed by the Court of Appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Jackson
Ohio Supreme Court
Robert 8. Campbell
Campbell
Jackson County Common Pleas Court
Court of Appeals
Shipping interests seek federal aid to end strike impact
Pacific Coast shipping interests appealed to the federal government for help to break the stagnation caused by a strike by longshoremen sailors marine firemen and other union workers. Shipping from San Diego to Seattle faced an embargo as ship owners warned of halted shipments and blocked movement.
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San Francisco
U.S
Pacific Coast
San Diego
Seattle
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