Floodwide destruction and washed out bridges hit Athens area
Floodwaters swept through Athens Township and surrounding districts washing out bridges and roads. Water rose to 11.4 feet on the Hocking River with streets, cellars, and lower homes inundated. Bridges on Mine Road and in Clifford Hollow failed, sewers overwhelmed, and property fences and buildings damaged under rising tides. Local officials reported widespread impassable blocks and debris as authorities continued rescue and cleanup efforts.
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Canaan
Clifford
Athens Township
Mine
Trim
Mill
Elmwood
Suwood
Hudson
Lorene
East End
Richland
Storm Waters In Cloudburst Causes Floods in Athens
City engineer John W. Dowler reports 76 000 gallons per acre in the morning cloudburst. Sewers and creeks were overwhelmed as water backed up in storm systems, with basements and streets flooded and hills draining into the flat valley along the Hocking River.
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Athens
John W. Dowler
Robert 8. Wood
Dowler
Hocking
Law proposals to tax income and capital gains debated
A subcommittee considers drastic changes to revenue laws aimed at taxing income and capital gains. The proposals seek to limit capital gains and adjust tax payments, with an emphasis on adoption during the current session and potential international implications.
Morgan Follies and the preferred list scrutinized
Washington letters discuss the Morgan Follies and a reading of a “preferred list” that excludes many, arguing the trial may reveal how the other half lives and expose near-edge acts that skirt the law. The writer signs as Will.
Hocking Coal Parley Opens in Nelsonville
Nelsonville May 25 A joint conference of Hocking coal field operators and miners adjourned after morning sessions. P C Morris was chosen chairman and William B Morris secretary. The group planned to form a sub committee to study issues. All members of the Miners Scale Committee attended, along with about six coal operators.
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Nelsonville
Hocking
P. C. Morris
William B. Morris
Meigs Deaths Recount in April Industrial Claims
Ohio reports 62 death claims filed with the Industrial Commission in April a 4 increase from March and down from last April. Counties with rises include Columbiana Stark Belmont Lake Meigs and Sandusky each with two and three each in Columbiana and Tuscarawas.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Industrial Commission
Division of Safety and Hygiene
Columbiana
Tuscarawas
Stark
Belmont
Lake, Meigs and Sandusky
Tax Plan Heads to House For Midweek Vote
Columbus May 25 The administration tax program including a 2 percent sales tax and earned income tax would raise about 40 million dollars for poor relief and school refinancing. Governor White seeks support from rural lawmakers and may urge a constitutional limit reduction on real estate taxes. Critics from organized labor and merchants decry the plan at the final public hearing before the Taxation Committee.
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Columbus
House Committee On Taxation
William M. Goodwin
Butler
Goodwin
House
George White
Assembly
Senate
Third Robber Gets Pen Term
Charles Hysell the third of the trio in the Gatewood Filling Station robbery was sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiary for one to 15 years. He had escaped after the crime but returned home near Hobson and was captured Wednesday. A special grand jury also indicted Eldon Wells and Floyd Westfall for burglary in an uninhabited dwelling at Point Rock, with their arrest following last Saturday night.
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Pomeroy
Charles (Skeets) Hysell
Gatewood
Ohio
Hysell
Hobson
Eldon Wells
Floyd Westfall
McKinley Smith
Point Rock
Gallipolis Man Hurt When Car Strikes Pole
Annas Irwin, 18, Spring Hill Dairy employee, suffered a possible skull fracture and scalp laceration when his roadster struck a pole near the K M Bridge at Kanauga early Thursday. Bonita Dulaney, 16, escaped with minor injuries. The car was demolished and the pole broken. Irwin was taken to Holzer Hospital. he had previous accident near the East Gallipolis county highway barn less than two months earlier.
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Gallipolis
Annas Irwin
Spring Hill
Kanauga
Bonita Dulaney
Irwin
Holzer Hospital
East Gallipolis
Ambassador Davis Defends Morgan Loan Amid Uproar
Norman H. Davis, ambassador at large and Geneva Disarmament Conference chief delegate, says he borrowed $50,000 from J. P. Morgan and Company years ago as a business loan with ample collateral. He notes he has spent much for U S government service and has not been reimbursed, leaving about $10,000 still unpaid. Senator Robinson calls for his recall.
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London
Norman H. Davis
J. P. Morgan and Company
Daily Herald
Geneva
Morgan Bank
Davis
United States
Maschke Resigns Cleveland Republican Leader Post
Maschke ends 25 years as Cuya hoga County Republican chairman resigning to A J Hirstius. He notes a desire to step back from active party management after 36 years in politics. Former Governor Harry L. Davis is tipped as likely successor.
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Davis
Cleveland
Maurice Maschke
Maschke
A. J. Hirstius
Cuyahoga County
County Central Committee
Harry L. Davis
Must Repeal To Cut Taxes
Postmaster General Farley warned that higher income taxes are unavoidable unless the Eighteenth Amendment is repealed. He said income tax increases in the public works bill would affect more than five million taxpayers in the next fiscal year.
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Washington
U.P
Farley
Mother of Three Is Sentenced to Chair
Mary Dach, 32, a widowed mother of three, was sentenced to death in the electric chair for the murder of Henry Stoever, 58, a farm hand, in La Grange. The sentence was handed down today in a Texas court.
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LA Grange
Texas
Mary Dach
Henry Stoever
Recovery Bill Before House Pushes Tax Provisions
Roosevelt's National Recovery Bill faces opposition over its 700 million tax provisions and higher income taxes for small and moderate salaries. Supporters claim enough Democratic backing to pass the measure by tomorrow night, despite new opposition from Morgan tax revelations and a push for a sales tax substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.pp
Roosevelt
House
J. P. Morgan
Lobby Charges Made Against Clerk Review
The House Rules Committee opened an investigation into George W. Weidlich Dayton reading clerk suspended for alleged lobbying for a bill to extend county treasurers terms. The Republican minority planned repeal of term extender bills for county recorders and clerks. Witness Stuart Bolin Columbus attorney attended a treasurers meeting where Weidlich allegedly promised to aid the bill's passage.
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Columbus
U.P
Rules Committee
House of Representatives
George W. Weidlich
Dayton
Reading
House
Keith Lawrence
Cleveland
Dwight Matchette
Weldlich
Stuart Bolin
Weidlich
Shoots Brother for Threatening Mother in Belair
Belair police report Mrs. Margaret Monroe Johnson 21 shot and seriously wounded her brother Grover Monroe after he became intoxicated and threatened to kill their crippled mother Mrs. Mary Monroe. Johnson had previously said she obtained a deathbed confession from a boarder about the 1916 San Francisco bombing.
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Bellaire
U.P
Margaret Monroe Johnson
Grover Monroe
Mary Monroe
Monroe
Tom Mooney
San Francisco
Jap Seeks To Alter Present Naval Ratio
Geneva May 25 Japanese delegate Naotake Sato proposed a new naval agreement replace the Washington and London treaties in any future arms convention He reiterated Japan desires to change the 5-5-3 naval ratio allowing three tons of naval vessels for each five tons held by Great Britain and the United States
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Geneva
U.P
Naotake Sato
Washington
London
Japan
Great Britain
United States
Massillon Mayor Coxey to seek reelection in recreation of campaign
Massillon mayor Jacob B. Coxey, 79, announces plans to run again in what he calls a people’s fight. He campaigns as a Republican and notes his prior role as the Farmer Labor party presidential nominee last year.
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Massillon
Morgan Offerings Since 1919 Total Six Billion
George Whitney of J P Morgan & Co testifies to the Senate Stock Market Committee that Morgan offerings since 1919 total six billion dollars. He lists sector totals and notes retirement of 2.01 billion in issues, with foreign securities meeting payments on time and averages around 4.69 and 81.07 percent.
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Morgan
Washington
George Whitney
J. P. Morgan & Co
Senate Stock Market Investigating Committee Today
Morgans
United States
Whitney
Hitler's Choice Named Bishop
Berlin May 25 Adolf Hitler secured another victory as Lutheran Church officials named Rev Erich Von Bodelachwings of Bethel as federal bishop. The nomination required Nazi Party membership backing from Hitler and the majority support of church leaders for approval.
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Berlin
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Lutheran Church
Hitler
Evangelical Church
Frederich von Bodelachwings
Bethel
Britain Silent on June War Debt Payment
London officials said the government would not reveal its decision on the June war debt installment to the United States until the due date. Opinion favored payment by some, though Washington correspondents forecast a default.
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London
U.P
United States
Washington
Car license fees linked to horsepower and driver age
Ohio senators back a bill to base auto license fees on horsepower and vehicle age in seven horsepower classes across five age groups. Fees range from 8.40 for under 25 hp new cars to 18 for over 50 hp older vehicles, with municipalities gaining 10 percent more of license funds. The plan also includes a separate measure granting licenses for trout fishermen and designating alternative license issuers for hunting and fishing licenses.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Senate Taxation Committee
Gunsett
Senate
John F. McCrystal, Jr
Sandusky
P. B. Ward
Geauga County
Counterfeiters Get Jail Term
The circulation of fraudulent five and ten dollar bills, bought for a quarter on the dollar, led to prison terms from one to six years for northern Ohioans. John Russo, 33, Cleveland, received six years and a $700 fine. Peter Taburos, Youngstown, drew four years in Lewisburg Penitentiary, with a $180 fine. Taburos passed a bill at Alliance on February 3 and tried two others at Wellsville on February 2 before arrest by Chief John Fults.
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Cleveland
U.P
Willian J. McDermott
U. S
John Russo
Russo
Peter Taburos
Youngstown
Lewisburg Penitentiary
Taburos
Alliance
Wellsville
John Fults
Mooney Plans Supreme Court Review After Acquittal
In San Quentin Tom Mooney, freed by directed verdict in the 1916 Preparedness Day bombing case, declares resolve to continue his fight for freedom. Frank P. Walsh, his chief counsel, says a writ of habeas corpus will be sought from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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San Francisco
U.P
United States Supreme Court
Tom Mooney
Mooney
San Quentin
Frank P. Walsh
U. S. Supreme Court
New York University seniors rank Roosevelt world’s foremost personage
NYU seniors vote Roosevelt as the world’s foremost figure though last year’s class didn’t place him in the top ten. A majority say they would marry for money. Alfred E. Smith is named as the outstanding American leader in the ballot.
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New York
New York University
Roosevelt
Clase
Alfred E. Smith
Notable Names Named in Morgan Quick-Trade List
The list shows late President Calvin Coolidge among prominent figures given chances to quickly turnover securities through J P Morgan & Co. The disclosure aims to probe whether the Morgan firm traded favors for political gain. George Whitney, a Morgan partner, testified that John J Raskob was permitted to…
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Washington
Calvin Coolidge
J. P. Morgan & Company, Securities
United States
Morgan
George Whitney
House of Morgan
John J. Raskob
Morgan Testimony Clarifies British Tax Payments
In Washington on May 5, P. Morgan interrupted a Senate inquiry to explain payments of British income tax. He stated he paid about 7,000 pounds in 1930 and similar sums in 1981 and 1992 as part of property tax related claims.
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P. Morgan
Senate
Morgan
Alleghany stock scheme ties to DNC leaders and Morgan houses
New disclosures show bids to buy 2000 Allegheny shares below market by Ras Kob and others while J P Morgan arranged stock sales. Senator McAdoo and Whitney reveal big securities deals and tax-tightening efforts as Woodin’s name surfaces in the probe. Alleghany, United, Standard Brands, General Motors and Johns Manville appear in a list of bargain issues. The Alleghany Holding Co. links to Van Sweringen interests are noted with historical price ranges.
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Allegheny Corporation
United Corporation
Standard Brands
General Motors
Johns Manville
House
Ways and Means
Bernard Baruch
Alleghany Corporation
Secretary of Treasury
William H. Woodin
Charles A. Lindbergh
William Gibba McAdoo
R. B. Melton
Woodin
White House
Stephen Early
McAdoo
Treasury
Senate
J. P. Morgan & Co
van Sweringen
Cleveland
Ally
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