Athens City Council Sets Liquor Hours and West State Street Repaving
The Athens City Council approved a new liquor sale ordinance setting midnight as the closing time for beer and wine venues and a 2 a.m. finish for high content alcohol retailers. A West State Street repaving plan between Court Street and an adjacent street was also approved with brick replacement and concrete edging funded by donations and a 20 percent cost share by property owners.
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Athens
Court Street
West State
Gf Council
Union seeks steel and tin workers recognition
Reports indicate union leaders plan to pressure steel and tin plants for recognition. Industry executives expect renewed activity with talks delayed until July 10 as locals prepare actions across regions and May 22 is noted as a milestone.
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Mion
Mat
Brothers Admit Robbery Assault in Slaying Case
Police report two brothers, both in Indiana, confessed to a robbery assault connected to the death of 70 year old Belle Harter. The suspects, identified as Chander and another man, denied causing Mrs Harter’s death and claimed they did not intend to kill. Local authorities continue to investigate at Grand Falls and Belle Harter’s home.
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Pn Chander
Grand Falls
Mrs Harter
Loss of Plant Aster Affects Ten City Jobs
A damaged OCR fragment notes trouble at a state plant with ten workers affected and local officials weighing next steps for the facility.
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Aster
Tre Plant
Building Workers Join Minneapolis Truckers Strike
The Minneapolis truck drivers strike widens as 35000 carpenters and bricklayers walk out in sympathy. Federal efforts aimed at peace amid protests, injuries numbered 37, and Congressman Francis H. Shoemaker was arrested and fined after a disorderly conduct charge.
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New Orleans
Minneapolis
Francis H. Shoemaker
Will Rogers critiques 322-page Darrow Johnson report
Beverly Hills envoy Will Rogers lampshades the 322 page damning report amid the Darrow Johnson clash. He argues the lengthy document exposes flaws yet also notes potential good in the NRA plan, urging broad openness in the debate.
Athens County Aid for Aged Office Opens for Applications
Richard McKinstry announces the Athens County Aid for the Aged office will open in the courthouse basement to accept applications starting tomorrow. Forms are available in Nelsonville from Mrs. C L Stout and must be sworn before a notary. No fees. notaries McKinstry and Stout will assist 8 am to 4 pm and help churches, benevolent groups, or trustees complete forms. County allotted 43000 for six months starting July 1.
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Athens County
Richard McKinstry
C. L. Stout
Nelsonville
McKinstry
Stout
Athens
Mrs. Stout
Paroles Granted to 50 Inmates at London Prison Farm
The Ohio state board of parole freed 50 inmates today including Athens County prisoners Ralph Wright and Andrew McLean. Wright, jailed for burglary and larceny, is to be paroled July 1, as is McLean serving a statutory offense, with the two Athens prisoners among the London Prison Farm parolees.
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State Board of Parole
London Prison Farm
Athens
Ralph Wright
Andrew McLean
Otterbein College to Host Ohio University President
Westerville May 22 Dr E B Bryan president of Ohio University will speak at Otterbein College seventy eighth annual graduation exercises on June 11.
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Westerville
E. B. Bryan
Ohio University
Otterbein College
Want Ad Scottie in Nelsonville Classifieds
The column highlights daily classified ads with items for sale and rent such as a Dodge coupe, two fresh cows, a good mare, pigs, and a furnished six room house for summer. The writer urges reliance on classified advertising and notes their family uses it frequently.
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Nelsonville
Showers Help But Midwest Still Thirsts
Showers and thunderstorms across eight midwestern states brought temporary relief from a severe May heat wave but did little to end drought. Forecaster C A Donner said rain would dampen ground and only two weeks of steady rain could replenish underground reservoirs. The system covered Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota the Dakotas Nebraska Kansas Illinois and brought May temperatures about 11 degrees above normal with minimal rainfall, leaving crop damage hard to assess.
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U.P
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
C. A. Donner
Wisconsin
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Minnesota
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Nebraska
Weather Bureau
Galion Bank Robbers Sought Near Toledo
Police hunted two machine gun bandits linked to the Galion bank holdup that netted 5043 dollars. The suspects, blamed for a prior Fostoria robbery that wounded five, used hostages as human shields aboard a car to deter pursuing officers near Toledo.
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Toledo
U.P
Fostoria
Striking Clevedon Newsboys Arrested After Street Demonstration
Cleveland police placed 46 corners under guard as striking newsboys disrupted sales. More than twenty were jailed on disorderly conduct charges with some facing assault counts. The group, organized as Newspapers Sellers and Carriers Association, pressed for higher pay per paper.
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U.P
Nowsboys
Newspapers Sellers’ and Carriers’ Association
Officers Investigate Coolville Shooting
Deputy Roy Goldsberry was in Coolville investigating a 2 am shooting. A man suffered a slight stomach wound. identity not learned. A woman named Bradford was brought to the county jail with no charges listed at 2:00 pm.
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Coolville
Bradford
President to Protect Small Businesses Under NRA Plan
President Roosevelt weighs action to shield the little man and consumers as the Darrow Board ends by month’s end. Johnson proposes rationalizing service code structure and a policy for small industries amid NRA tensions and calls for protection of small business amid code changes.
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Roosevelt
Irvinton Nazi Recruiters clash. 14 hospitalized
Irvinton riots mark Nazi recruitment event as 60 Newark police and Irvington officers struggle for hours. Two newspaper photographers and two officers are beaten. over 30 injured. Anti-Nazis clash with uniformed Nazis who retreat into the hall amid bricks, clubs, and stench bombs.
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N. J
U.P
Friends of New Germany
Newark
New York
Ohio liquor price cuts favored by board members
In Columbus on May 22 two State Liquor Control Board members said they would back a general reduction in state store prices after May sales. Acting director Scobell reported average daily sales of $325 per store and projected the department could earn $1.59 to $2.0 million annually.
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Columbus
U.P
State Liquor Control Board
Joseph B. Scobell
Father Fatally Wounds Son After Quarrel Over Doe
A Logan area case reports a father fatally wounding his son following a dispute over a doe. A slaver is held in jail in connection with the incident as authorities investigate motive and charges.
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Logan
Merchants Plan City Code Divisions in Ohio District
At a meeting of the local food and grocery distributors code authority for Ohio District No 18 it was decided to form a subsidiary code organization in each district city with populations over 2500 Athena Hocking Meigs and Vinton Counties. Each city will have a three member code committee representing independent chain and voluntary chain merchants. All code matters and assessments go through the Athens district headquarters with under 30 percent of merchants having paid to date. Local authorities expect retail labor posters soon though wholesale poster distribution remains incomplete.
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Ohio District No. 18
Athena
Hocking
Meigs
Vinton
Athens
Washington
Fortune Found Sewn To Dead Man’s Underwear
Dover officials investigating the death of 75 year old Vincent Sakay found 2200 tube rubber money sewn to his underwear at New Cumberland. The body, buried at St Clairaville, had twenty fifty and hundred dollar bills discovered at a Dover funeral home where the cache had been overlooked.
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U.P
Vincent Sakay
New Cumberland
Here
St. Clairaville
Toledo protest marks strike at Auto-Lite plant
Two women were arrested as about 30 strike sympathizers gathered near the Electric Auto-Lite Company plant in Toledo. They booed workers entering the gates during the incident.
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Toledo
Electric Auto-Lite Company
Harness Thief On Probation For 2 Years
Walter Powell, among three men indicted for grand larceny by the May Athens County Grand Jury, was placed on two years probation by Judge O F Rowland in Athens County Common Pleas Court. Powell, the only one to plead guilty, will pay costs and report monthly to Probation Officer Rolland Ruth. He testified against Gail Weaver and Hubert McGinnis, who were found guilty by juries. Two others withdrew pleas and pleaded guilty to lesser charges. Chuck Davin and Donnie Cunningham admitted assault to battery and were fined and jailed. Hershel Phillipa changed to guilty on an assault and battery indictment, was fined, and jailed until payment.
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Walter Powell
Athens County
O. F. Rowland
Chuck Davin
Donnie Cunningham
Hershel Phillipa
Costes
Taxi drivers settle two day strike in Columbus
In Columbus on May 22 drivers agreed to a reduced cab rental until June 3 when a minimum wage of 12 dollars per week will take effect and meters will be installed in all cabs under the new code.
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Columbus
Roosevelt aide denies pressuring president on trips
Kermit Roosevelt testified in Washington that he discussed no political or business matters with President Roosevelt aboard Vincent Astor’s yacht during vacations. He also denied receiving secret messages on Shipping Board affairs while on the yacht.
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Vincent Astor
Kermit Roosevelt
Senate Ocean Mail
Washington
Shipping Board
Roosevelt in Driver's Seat: Editor's Take on Advisers
Amarillo editor Gene Howe reports in a May survey that President Roosevelt has "complete mastery of the nation" and cites a cabinet and advisers he deems mediocre or overly controlled. Howe contrasts Roosevelt with Gerard's bankers and industrialists list and calls the brain trust insufficiently brainy.
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Private Bank In Pomeroy To Be Liquidated
POMEROY May 22 Staff Special After four months of operation under a conservator the First City Bank at Pomeroy was closed for liquidation by order of Ira J Fulton state superintendent of banks C L Strauss was named conservator on Jan 20 and withdrawals were limited to 5 per cent New deposits placed in the bank since that time will not be affected The action stemmed from pending litigation in the estate of the late Wyatt G Plantz former owner of the bank A portion of the estate funds were tied up in the institution The bank in herited by EB Gillilan an employee under Mr Plante Other banks in Meiga County are protected under the federal deposit guarantee bill and no other suspensions are anticipated The First City Bank is a private institution and is not incorporated
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First City Bank
Ira J. Fulton
State Superintendent of Banks
C. L. Strauss
Wyatt G. Plantz
Americans Advance in British Amateur Golf Tourney
In Prestwick Scotland on May 22 the open titleholder Johnny Goodman of Omaha led five American players advancing in the British Amateur Golf Tournament. George Dunlap of New York, Johnny Fischer of Cincinnati, Jesse Griffin of Boston, and Jack Westland of Chicago joined Goodman and Dunlap as winners in today's play.
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Scotland
Johnny Goodman
Omaha
George Dunlap
New York
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Body of Boy to Be Examined by Experts
The body of John Summers a nine year old pupil at Joseph’s School was ordered examined by Prosecutor Paul A Flynn of Seneca County. John Seifert a 48 year old Tiffin glass worker has confessed implication in the boy’s death but denies killing him. The body was found in a wood shed at the boy’s home. Seifert says the youth fell dead after leaving his automobile.
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John Summers
Joseph
Paul A. Flynn
Seneca County
John Seifert
Seifert
Husbands Club Issues Daily Love Code in Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City reports describe the Husbands Gratitude Club of the Industrial Church adopting a daily code requiring husbands to kiss their wives once daily, tell them they love them, embrace, compliment the dinner, and perform an unexpected kind deed. The ladies expressed strong support for the code.
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Father fatally shoots son after dog quarrel at Sams Creek home
Harley Stewart, 50, admitted killing his son Carl Stewart, 20, at their Sams Creek residence near Laurelville after a weekend dispute over a dog. He fled, was captured near his home, and jailed in Hocking County. Witnesses recalled a violent altercation, the elder man reportedly drunk.
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Inquiry Opens on War Area Arms Traffic
A Senate inquiry forms to probe war area arms traffic as Senator Vandenberg blasts dividends from death and pushes for ending war profits to hasten peace. The Republican Michigan senator co authored a resolution for a special committee to study the international trade in war materials.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Senate
Driver Blames Tire For Clyde Crash
Fremont May 22 AP The blow out of a front tire is blamed by David Yeagh 3 of Euclid Ohio for the crash of his bus with an interurban freight car in Clyde on May 6 Investigators said bus passengers smelled liquor on Yeagh s breath but the driver declared he had not consumed intoxicating liquor for more than four years while under treatment for a stomach ailment.
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David Yeagh
Euclid
Clyde
Yeagh
Capital Upsets Denison 38-1 in Baseball
In Columbus on May 22 Capital University's undefeated baseball team defeated Denison 38 to 1. Dana Swinehart pitched five-hit ball for his seventh win of the season.
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P-Capital University
Denison University
Dana Swinehart
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