Nurse at State Hospital Dies After Auto Mishap
Miss Carpenter 18 of Athens State Hospital died at 2 15 this morning after a car slid down an embankment on White's Mill Road hospital grounds. Four others injured in weekend wrecks include Miss Rosalie Coffey and two young men. Rex Gorham drove the car. Coffey unhurt. Funeral planned at Clark's Chapel Wednesday at 2 pm.
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Credith Carpenter
Athens State Hospital
White's Mill
Miss Carpenter
Rosalie Coffey
Rex. Gorham
Athens
Miss Coffey
Ohio University Hospital
John Bolin
Guy Carpenter
Woodland Avenue
State Hospital
Clark’s Chapel
Louise McKibben
Raymond Brooks
Catherine
Doris
Harriett
James
Amelia Earhart heads to Rome after London shopping trip
Amelia Earhart Putnam, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic, shopped in London before a Rome flight aimed at accompanying the trans Atlantic fleets congress. She spoke of fuel margins, husband George Putnam's support, and plans not to fly home soon. Capt. McKenzie praised her composure.
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London
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Atlantic
Londonderry
Andrew Mellon
Rome
Ocean
Newfoundland
George Palmer Putnam
Capt
McKenzie
Miss Farhart
Hanworth
Miss Earhart
Ireland
United States
Europe
Boat Dives Over Falls Near Del Rio Killing Man
Charles C. Busey 41 of Crystal City died when a motor boat plunged into rapids at Devil's River Lake Dam 12 miles west of Del Rio Texas and fell 50 feet to rocks. His skull fractured in the plunge and his body was sent to King City Missouri. He was brother of Harry Busey Columbus chief of the Ohio Scripps Howard capital bureau.
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del Rio
Tex
U.P
Charles C. Busey
Crystal City
Devil's River Lake Dam
Here
Busey
King City
Five Years Ago Lindbergh Flight Spurs Crime Debate
The piece recalls Colonel Lindbergh’s ocean flight and critiques the nation’s response to bootleg crime and government corruption, asking if anything including the murder of a child can move action against the crime wave.
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Lindbergh
Ocean
Wall Street profits cited in Senate testimony
Testimony before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee notes rapid earnings in Wall Street. A small pool in Radio stock reportedly made five million dollars in one week, with a larger deal paying 23.5 million to another group. A well known stock story involved 90 million dollars in shares once valued at 52 dollars but now worth one dollar. The line ends with the question of past wealth melting away.
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Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Wall Street
Yesteryear
Rockefeller scientists find growth regulating substance in embryonic mouse skin
Researchers at the Rockefeller Institute report discovering in the skin of unborn mice a substance that regulates cancerous and general growth. The finding suggests growth can be halted at the correct length, echoing the biblical phrase fearfully and wonderfully made.
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Rockefeller Institute
Rockefeller
Light message beacon from airship to ground hailed
General Electric engineers in Schenectady develop a system using a beam of light to carry a voice from an airship to a ground mirror and photo-electric cell. The setup converts light frequencies into sound, enabling secure wireless communication that radio could not intercept.
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Rockefeller Institute
General Electric Company
Schenectady
Country Against City Says Will of Battle Over 18th Amendment
A Santa Monica citizen argues prohibition is not a party issue but a country versus city clash. He claims country folk oppose the ban while town residents push it, predicting a vote reflected by regional allegiance. The letter frames the 18th Amendment battle as a rural versus urban struggle.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Boy Happy To Die in Plane
In Chicago a 17 year old, Ernest Lengyel, hired pilot Wilhelm Dally Jr. to fly above the city. He fatally shot himself with a .22 during the flight, dying two hours later at a hospital. A note said he aimed to die happy after trying army navy and aviation paths.
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Chicago
U.P
Ernest Lengyel
Wilhelm Dally, Jr
Lengyel
Dally
Army
Navy
Concrete Pouring Underway on Richland Avenue Bridge Approach
Concrete base for pavement from the new South Bridge at Athens to the State Hospital entrance will begin Wednesday or Thursday per E. F. Lackey of C. R. Boulton Construction. The Presi dent Street area near Super Hall will receive concrete Tuesday as grading continues. Underground wiring and bridge steel work progress advance before deck and sidewalk forms are set.
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Richland Avenue
New South Bridge
Athens
State Hospital
E. F. Lackey
C. R. Boulton Construction Company
President Street
Super Hall
Ohio University
Governor Roosevelt Urges Equal Share of Profits for Forgotten Man
Atlanta May 23 United Press Roosevelt advocates bold experiments to give labor profits a larger share to boost buying power. He predicts the country faces a fundamental shift in economic thought toward favoring the consumer and calls for fair distribution of national income and reduced speculative capital rewards.
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Atlanta
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Strike Out at Partisanship Call for Bipartisan Budget Plan
A group of prominent figures including Alfred E. Smith and Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler urged Congress to end partisanship and adopt a balanced federal budget and sound tax plan. Signers sent copies to Senate leaders Watson Robinson and House chair Crisp and Snell. Butler also proposed forming a new liberal party and joint convention committees to draft principles.
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New York
Congress
Alfred E. Smith
Nicholas Murray Butler
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Frank ©. Lowden
Illinois
William H. Crocker
California
James E. Watson
Joseph T. Robinson
Charles R. Crisp
Waysare Means Committee
Bertrand H. Snell
House
Butler
Vici Baum Unhorsed After Horse Tosses Her
New York May 23 Vicki Baum author of Grand Hotel was injured while riding at Jamaica Estates when a squirrel frightened her horse causing a fall. She suffered brain concussions and internal injuries though officials said her condition was not serious and duration of hospital stay was not disclosed.
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New York
U.P
Vicki Baum
Winners named in Washington history contest at DC Zenner Co store
Patricia Cuyler won first place followed by Betty Jane Fulton in second and Anna Margaret Morrison in third at the Washington historical contest held at the Zenner Co store in DC.
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Washington
DC. Zenner Co
Patricia Cuyler
Betty Jane Fulton
Anna Margaret Morrison
Feud Turns Deadly as Firemen Slayings Continue
In Natchez Mississippi on May 23 a fifth death is linked to the white and Negro railroad firemen feud. William Hardy a 38 year old Black fireman was shot on a downtown street. Four additional Black firemen have been ambushed since March 15 with three killed in locomotive cabs by riders in motor cars along parallel tracks.
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Natchez
Miss
William Hardy
Hoover Denounces Federal Bond Issues as Grandiose Schemes
President Hoover in a lengthy letter denounced all bond proposals for Federal construction projects as grandiose schemes likely to create few jobs and burden the budget. Democrats press for relief plans, with Senate and House proposals ranging from 50 million to 1 billion dollars, while Hoover favors nonbond financing via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to fund income producing works without new debt.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Senate
Democrats
Speaker
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Richard S. Parker
American Society of Civil Engineers
Federal Reserve Bank
Foundation of Agriculture
Reconstruction Corporation
Treasury
Miners to Study Peace Plan in District Meeting
In Nelsonville on May 28 the Miners' Scale Committee of the Hocking Sub-District called a mass meeting for all district miners at Jacksonville Grove on Wednesday at 2 o'clock to study the Gay George White compromise plan for resuming mining with a one year truce. Speakers include Cant. Percy Tellow and United Mine Workers officers. Governor's representatives will attend.
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Jacksonville
Seale Committee
Hocking
Grove
White
Nelsonville
George White
Jackeonvile Grove
Cant
Percy Tellow
United Mine Workers’ Organization
Burn Ohio Coal and the Purity Debate in Coal History
An essay rails against Ohio coal imports while praising West Virginia fuel for its relative purity. It traces postwar efforts to reform branding and freight practices, notes public reactions, and recalls the slogan Burn Ohio Coal as a broader public sentiment. The piece frames the issue as a long-running industry blemish with limited lasting impact.
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Ohio
Drownings Highlight Ohio Week End Death Toll
Ohio reported 14 accidental deaths over the weekend the highest count this year. An auto crash near Woodsfield killed Lillian Turner 21 and Earl Adkins 21 of Bethesda. Other victims: Morris H. Isaacs 71 of Cincinnati in a car crash. five injured in a multi vehicle crash in Zanesville. Injured include Bertram Ginter 45 East Liverpool J W Baer 63 and 60 McConnelsville Elizabeth Pierson 10 and Lester Rigby 43 East Liverpool.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Woodsfield
Lillian Turner
Earl Adkins
Bethesda
Morris H. Isaacs
Cincinnati
Zanesville
Betram Gipner
East Liverpool
J. W. Baer
McConnelsville
Elizabeth Pierson
Lester Rigby
Red Cross Flour Distribution Aids Athens Township Families
Athens County Red Cross distributed flour to needy families at the Armory Building in Athens Township. Miss Pearl French said distribution would continue tomorrow to 5 p m. Two sacks per family were given, each 2 pounds, with a two week supply planned to cover a full month including prior distributions.
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Athens County Red Cross
Athens Township
Armory
Perpetrator Of Hoax May Not Be Tried
Hopewell New Jersey May 28 40 A report suggests John Hughes Curtin may not be prosecuted for the Lindbergh baby hoax. Joseph T Deal urged the public to await a full disclosure of Curtiss negotiations and his later confession that they were fiction. The state police said a gangster in Maryland described the killing and disposal of the baby before its discovery four and a half miles from the Lindbergh estate.
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Hopewell
N. J
John Hughes Curtin
Joseph T. Deal
Norfolk
Curtis
Deal
Maryland
H. Norman Schwarzkopf
Arthur Mills
Baltimore
Ocean City
Lindberghs
Missing Akron teacher tied to aviation plans
Akron detective chief Eddie McDonnell follows leads from Lawson Miller a 24 year old missing teacher who recently earned a pilot license. Miller who warned his wife of threats reportedly planned to flee to distant aviation fields checking in Oakland California and San Antonio Texas amid disappearance last week.
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Akron
U.P
Lawson Miller
Eddie McDonnell
Belef
Miller
McDonnell
Oakland
Calif
San Antonio
Texas
Fatal Auto Hit and Run Near Moore's Junction
Ernest Hartwig a 24 year old resident of Moore's Junction died after being struck by a motor car on State Route 7 near his home at 10 o'clock Friday night. The hit and run driver sped away leaving Hartwig alive briefly at the roadside before he died at Memorial Hospital. Sheriff and police hunt the fugitive motorist.
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Marietta
Ernest Hartwig
Moore's Junction
Father held after 8-year-old dies in roadside ditch
Howard Morris admitted leaving his son Howard Jr. in a ditch after the boy fell from a car at a curve near Geneva Ohio. The body was found next to the road. Morris said he drove on and only reported the disappearance the next morning. Coroner found no bruises on the child.
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Geneva
U.P
Howard Morris
Howard, Jr
Morris
C. H. Blanche
Howard
Blanche
Webster
Fourth Man Arrested in Noble County Bank Holdup
Peter Chordash, 21, Dover resident and brother of another suspect, was captured in a Sugarcreek barber shop after officers tracked him from Caldwell where $25,000 in bonds and securities were stolen from the Noble County National Bank last Wednesday. He fled as officers approached his car and hid inside the shop pretending to read a newspaper.
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Caldwell
Sugarcreek
New Philadelphia
Dover, C
Noble County National Bank
Here
Peter Chordash
Paul Chordash
Dover
Ten-Point Plan Read to Miners at Lick Run Mine Picket Line
Nelsonville May 23 Officials report work resumed at the Lick Run Mine under Governor White’s compromise plan. Sheriff Wingett read the 16 point proposal to 300-400 on the picket line as observers watched. The plan calls for reemployment, open job holds, currency pay, free market purchases, and wage terms set to restart mining with safeguards.
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Lick Run
Athens & Hocking Coal Company
George White
Athena & Hocking Company
Wayne Wingett
Athens
Wingett
Governor White
Merman Doellinger
Maryseville
W. B. Martin
Cincinsnati
White
Sheriff Wingett
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