Senior Day at Ohio University Honors Groups and Elections
Dr. E B Bryan president of Ohio University delivers an address on education’s social value during Senior Day in Ewing. Torch and Cresset societies elect new members. awards go to Tau Sigma Delta, H Ray Mahat, and Alpha Nu Delta. Varsity quartet performs two songs.
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E. B. Bryan
Ohio University
Stanley Moore
Torch
Cresset
Ewing
Elms
Doctor Bryan
Bryan
Helen McClaflin
Annabelle Witham
C. N. Mackinnon
Charles Blythe
Mineral City
Ray Donnells
Chillicothe
Clarence Hudson
Perry
George Stuart
Nelsonville
Homer Young
Ripley
W. Va
William Rochester
Logan
Augusta Ginther
Leetonia
Ruby Gladys Mercer
Athens
Alva Birdsell
Delaware
Mildred Lenk
Urichsville
Dorothy Post
Washington D. H
Evelyn Coulter
Toronto
Katherine Merriman
Columbus
Anna Lois Saum
St. Marys
Men's Union of Ohio University
Tau Sigma Delta
H. Ray Mahat
Jackson
Paul Jeffries
Lancaster
Green Goat
Alpha Ni Delta Sorority
Wayne Jackson
Willis Brown
Joe Dando
Willis Edmunds
Government seeks to block WCEL radio station opening
A U S government suit targets the Chicago Federation of Labor over plans to launch WCEL without Commerce Department licensing. The case contrasts with Zenith which held a license but misused its wavelength. Officials say labor station would be a pirate broadcaster and could be denied licenses on broader grounds.
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Washington
C.pa
United States
WJAZ
Chicago
Chicago Federation of Labor
WCEL
Department of Commerce
Zenith
Federation of Labor
Department
Chicago Area Radio Voices Warn Of Overcrowding
A pundit argues there are enough stations near Chicago for full public service broadcasting and warns that adding more outlets would congest and disturb current conditions.
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Chicago
Local Social Visits and Church Events in Amesville
Amesville residents host Dorothy Salmon and Rev. G B Salmon for a visit. Mrs Virgel Hixon visits her parents on Trimble road. Dr Whiteing plans a two week meeting at the Presbyterian church starting May 23. Mrs W S Glazier to Columbus hospital for possible surgery. Three dynamite reports Tuesday night unsettled the village, now thought to involve fishermen camping along Federal Creek.
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Dorothy Salmon
Pierceton
Ind
G. B. Salmon
Virgel Hixon
Gallipolis
Perry Keirns
Trimble Road
Whiteing
Chillicothe
Portsmouth
Presbyterian Church
W. S. Glazier
Columbus
Federal Creek
Plunder Probe in La Bassee Corpses Case
Investigation opened into alleged looting by two Portuguese workers who robbed corpses of 14 British soldiers found near La Bassee. Most stolen items recovered. Identified bodies to be interred at the British military cemetery in Loos.
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Paris
la Bassee
Loos
Senate adopts resolution to probe campaign spending
Washington May 19 U P reports after charges of huge campaign expenses in the Pennsylvania primary a resolution was adopted authorizing a full investigation of all campaign expenses and contributions by senators.
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Washington
U.P
Pennsylvania
Senate
Telephone Day Observed in Athens With Growth of Telephones
A luncheon at Hotel Berry and a four reel film in Athens marked Telephone Day. About fifty independent telephone men joined hundreds of business leaders as Dr. C L Jones and L J House highlighted the industry’s half century growth from Bell’s 1876 invention to today’s vast network. The Athens Home Telephone Co plans a $159000 expansion as a Majestic theater film illustrated pole construction and line work.
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Athens
Hotel Berry
United States
C. L. Jones
Athens Home Telephone Company
Ohio Organization of Independent Telephone Men
Alexander Graham Bell
L. J. House
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
United States of America
Europe
House
Frank Kinney
Ohio Independent Telephone Association
Jones
Independent
Kinney
Athens City
Athens County
Majestic Theater
Telephone Exchange Work Promises Career Path and Service Growth
The article portrays long hauls and pole delivery to markets, large exchanges with switchboards, and hundreds of girls at work serving local and long distance subscribers. It notes clean work, advancement to high positions, and proper handling of instruments as delicate mechanisms.
Nesbitt Gets Life in Ohio Murder Case
Nesbitt, a former salesman, is sentenced to life in prison for slaying his wife in Troy Ohio. The judge cited unbridled temper and noted the verdict followed a long investigation, with detectives tracing an alibi and a pivotal confession after hours of grilling. The Drakes, owners of the slain woman, endured a pressured ordeal through the case.
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Fran
Jake
Nesbitt
Ohio
Troy
Ohio State University
Slater
Willard
Herbert Johnston
Charles Drake
Drakes
Four Students Vied For Athens High School President
Four petitions met the required thirty six signatures for next year’s student body presidency at Athens High. John Alden led with seventy two signatures gathered by his manager John Miller, who released twenty five signatures to allow others to run. Elmer Norris and David Hughes led another effort with nearly complete petition count.
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Athens High School
John Alden
John Miller
Elmer Norris
David Hughes
Student election nominations and next Tuesday vote
Forty names appeared with Fred Mansfield and Ted Stiff in charge of the process and thirty six signatures collected. John Fields faced a misunderstanding with Don Roush over the petition but Roush will run. Formal nominating speeches were given this morning and the student council will count votes at the regular meeting that evening.
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Fred Mansfield
Ted Stiff
John Fields
Don Roush
Fourth Recital Given at College in Ewing Auditorium
Miss Dorothy Jane Minister Chauncey presented her senior piano recital last evening in Ewing auditorium. A pupil of Miss Arpee, she performed selections from Beethoven Chopin Schumann Rachmaninoff and Grainger. The event was sponsored by the school of music and was the fifth senior recital this year.
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Dorothy Jane
Chauncey
Ewing Auditorium
Minister
Arpee
School of Music
Bethoven
Chopin
Schumann
Rachmaninoff
Grainger
Athens Home Telephone Company A 25 Year Service Primer
The Athens Home Telephone Company with 105 stockholders is praised for its century of service and community benefits. Subscribers pay five cents daily for around-the-clock operators, with Athens boasting one telephone per three residents and a robust underground system, Harmonic battery service, and recent semi automatic upgrades.
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Athens
Home Telephone Company
Athens Exchange
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