Ohio University Alumni Gather for Weekend Commencement
Graduates, alumni, and guests converge on Athens for Alumni Day activities starting June 7 with a golf tourney at Athens Country Club and concluding June 9 with degree conferrals. Events include convocations, a Lambda Phi Beta Key ceremony, campus tours, a campus picnic, plays, baccalaureate address by Dr. Enoch Bryan, and a band concert.
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Ohio Univer
Aluni
Athens Country Club
Alumni Memorial
Harry L. Ridenour
English
Baldwin Wallace Collge
Ohio University Alumni Association
Carl D. Sheppard
Akron
Ohio University
Carl W. Slack
E. B. Bryan
Kenneth Coulter
Mary Elizabeth Clark
Jay Read
J. Douglass Dole
Chimes
T. N. Hoover
Lambda Chapter
Phi Beta Kappa
Fine Arts
Athens
Howard Hall
McGuffey Elms
Clark Williams
East Lynne
Harold Evans
Alumni Memorial Auditorium
Enoch Albert Bryan
Washington State College
Pullman
Washington
Bryan
Cresset
Torch
Colonial Tea Room
Hillcrest Inn
Ohio University Band
Fred Lee Tom
Sven Victor Lekberg
Bennett Shimp
Ashington State College
Tubercular Inmates Moved to Army Tents at Ohio Penitentiary
About 200 tubercular prisoners were moved from cramped cells to Army tents in the prison stockade after rioting concerns. The transfer followed orders from Army officers overseeing the institution interior as guards and inmates departed.
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Columbus
U.R
Tent City
Ohio National Guardsmen
Ohio Penitentiary
Tornadoes Strike Near North Bend Neb This Spring
A cone of death approach near North Bend Nebraska signals a deadly spring with multiple tornadoes taking many lives as the storm system moves across the region.
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North Bend
Neb
Supreme Court rules selling liquor illegal but buying legal
The court states it is a crime to sell liquor yet not to buy it. The ruling warns against conspiring with bootleggers to break the law. This analysis continues from page 4.
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Supreme Court
Five Hammond Brothers tar and feather young dentist
Five brothers Charles Gordon Ike Henry and Newton Hammond were jailed in Hammond Louisiana on a tar and feathering charge against Dr S B Newsom a dentist accused of interfering with the estranged wife of Ike. A sheriff’s posse guarded them after a rally by locals who vowed to avenge the attack. Newsom said he was forced at gunpoint to the swamp where he was stripped tarred and feathered. He denied aiding Ike’s wife.
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Hammond
U.P
Charles
Gordon
Ike
Henry
Newton
Newsom
Livingston
Youth Shot as Baseball Breaks Window in Cleveland
In Cleveland on May 28 a 12 year old, Edward Wallasz, was shot in the neck by 61 year old watchman Ellis Napper of Merit Equipment Corp. The boy and companions begged to recover a ball broken by a window. Napper allegedly refused. a gunshot followed, injuring Edward as they stood at the office door.
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Cleveland
U.R
Police Prosecutors’ Office
Edward Wallasz
Edward
Ellis Napper
Merit Equipment Corporation
Central
Matthew
Napper
French Tariff Bill Terms Considered Hopeless
Paris May 28 The French Ministry of Commerce indicated that it viewed the prospect of more favorable terms for French goods in the proposed United States Tariff Bill as hopeless.
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Paris
U.R
Ministry of Commerce
United States
First group of gold star mothers to sail home
The first group of American gold star mothers is ready to sail tomorrow aboard the United States liner President Harding for their homes from Paris.
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Paris
U.R
United States
President Harding
Teal Reprimanded Over Sugar Gift After Perry County Raid
Prohibition Commissioner Rupert Beetham ordered state agents to destroy all confiscated liquor raid materials unless courts direct other disposition. The move follows the disappearance of 1200 pounds of sugar from Perry County and Teal, the lead dry agent, received a reprimand for not complying with the law.
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Teal
Perry County
Beetham
Columbus
Rupert R. Beetham
H . Teal
Now Mary 13 A Girl Again
Chicago May 28 A police officer visits Mary Cummings 11 who ran a household for her three sisters after her mother left and father drank. Officers arrange a birthday party with ice cream cake and candy as neighbors provide support.
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Chicago
U.P
Mary Cummings
Mary
President Hoover sought to kill tariff through conference delay
Washington May 28 U P says debate centers on whether Vice President Curtis helped Hoover by sending the 680 million Smoot Hawley Tariff Bill back to conference. Republicans deny a turn against the bill while minority leaders accuse the move of killing it by delay. Democrats note protests and economists urging rejection.
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Washington
U.P
Curtis
Hoover
Watson
Smoot
Robinson
Arkansas
Harrison
Mississippi
Congress
50 Acre Farm Offers Free Gas and Part Payment
Classified notes advertise a 50 acre farm near Athens with free gas and good buildings. A buyer may pay with an electric radio on a building lot. Also offered in Nelsonville are four blade ball bearing lawn mowers priced at 5.85 and 37.50.
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Athens
Nelsonville
War hero dies in Rheims cardinal Lucan
Louis Cardinal Lucan, hailed WW I hero of Rheims, died today at 8 30 a m aged 87. He earned national admiration for remaining beside the cathedral altar during the bombardment as the leaden roof and pillars collapsed.
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Rheims
Rance
U.R
Louis
Lucan
Million in fake gold notes seized in Brooklyn raid
About $1,000,000 in counterfeit gold bank notes was seized in a Brooklyn apartment raid by the Secret Service. Three men Pericle Mannerini Joseph Negris and Mattie Mattera were arrested. Printing materials for at least $5,000,000 in counterfeit bills were found. The operation was reportedly timed to precede distribution.
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New York
U.P
Broklyn
United States Secret Service
Allen G. Straight
Straight
Pericle Mannerini
Joseph Negris
Mattie Mattera
Stolen Cigarettes From Luhrig Store In Athens County
Cigarettes and general merchandise valued about 150 dollars were stolen early Tuesday morning from the Luhrig Collieries Coal Company store in Luhrig. Thieves gained entry through a side door and Athens County officials are investigating.
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Luhrig Colleries Coal Company
Luhrig
Athens County
Fire at Athens resident ends before trucks arrive
Athens Fire Department answered an alarm at 66 East Mulberry Street from D. S. Wemsley. The fire started in the motor of his automobile and was extinguished before any fire apparatus reached the scene. No damage occurred per the owner.
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Athens
Mayor Urges Athens Memorial Day Observance
Athens mayor Robert Wood calls citizens to observe Memorial Day in a fitting tribute to Civil War veterans and those of later wars. He urges a day of shared sacrifice to honor those who secured the nation’s freedoms.
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Athens
Robert & Wood
Co ed uses four planes to reach dying grandmother
Ohio Wesleyan University co-ed Mary Jane Joyslin chartered four planes from Delaware to Fort Worth Texas to reach her dying grandmother. She flew first to Columbus then Indianapolis St Louis and finally reached the destination, racing to the bedside.
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Columbus
Mary Jane Joyslin
Ohio Wesleyan University
Fort Worth
Texas
Delaware
Ohio Wesleyan
Radio Eye Aids Planes In Fog At Gloucester Lab
Gloucester Mass May 28 The radio eye for airplanes created in John Hays Hammond Jr laboratory enables a filer to see through dense fog. The inventor, famed for radio research, calls the device a major step toward easing fog as three radio compass stations with direction finders are arranged near the airport.
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Gloucester
Mass
U.P
John Hays Hammond
Lamont Returns From London Trip
J P Morgan partner Thomas W Lamont returns from a business trip to London. He is cited as one of the nation’s foremost financiers and a leading figure in banking in New York.
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Thomas W. Lamont
J. P. Morgan & Co
New York
London
Texas man cores a bull journey to New York City
Ralph Sanders plans to ride a bull from San Benito Texas to New York City claiming the trek will take several months. He has a $500 wager with Ben Stack of Harlingen Texas who intends to depart June 18 in a wagon drawn by a goat and a donkey to beat him.
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San Benito
Tex
New York City
Ralph Sanders
Ben Stack
Harlingen
Ralph
New York
Odd Fellows to confer third degree at Sereno Lodge
The Sereno Lodge No. 479 degree staff will confer the third degree on a class of candidates at 7 30 o'clock Friday night Two Chauncey candidates will receive the degree An invitation is extended by the Athens lodge to members of nearby lodges.
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Sereno Lodge No. 479
Chauncey
Athens Lodge
Turner Sets East West Flight Record In Lockheed Express
Colonel Roscoe Turner claimed a new record for an east to west cross continental flight in a Lockheed Express. Landing at Grand Central Airport in New York after 18 hours 44 minutes, he faced headwinds for much of the trip and beat Captain Frank Hawks 1929 record by 26 minutes 58 seconds, with a single stop at Wichita, Kansas.
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Angeles
Calif
Roscoe Turner
New York
Turner
Grand Central Airport
Hoosevelt Field
Long Island
Frank M. Hawks
Col. Turner
Wichita
Kan
Bombay Quiet After Bloodshed Ends Riots
Bombay settled into quiet after two days of bloody rioting as Indiawide unrest eased. The Gandhi march from Ahmadabad to Dandi marked the heavy toll with 82 deaths in India and Burma since Sunday, including 68 in Rangoon where dock workers clashed with strike breakers. Injuries reached 878 with many in Rangoon and Bombay.
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Bombay
U.P
India
Mahatma Gandhi
Ahmadabad
Dandi
Burma
Rangoon
Bobby Jones Wins First Test In British Amateur
Bobby Jones of the United States defeated Cyril Tolley the defending champion by 1 up in 19 holes at St Andrews Scotland on May 28. The match stayed even, with neither player leading by more than one hole at any point. It was the second match of the day for both competitors.
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ST. Andrews
Scotland
U.R
Bobby Jones
U. S
Cyril Tolley
Royal and Ancient Club
Liam Andrews
Officer Shot After Chase Drives Into Farmer Home
Akron May 28. Officer Paul O Holloway near death from gunshot wounds. Kanery Driesbach a 28 year old farmer says he shot Holloway when the officer, off duty, invaded his home pursuing a fleeing girl who sought refuge. Driesbach states he believed Holloway intoxicated.
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Farmer
Akron
U.P
Paul O. Holloway
Kanery Driesbach
Driesbach
Holloway
Calhoun Seeks Exoneration By Proving Doc Spencer Died
Hamilton May 28. Police Chief John C. Calhoun aims to clear himself of accepting a $5,000 bribe to destroy thertillion records of Doc Spencer alias Roth. He has acquired records to prove the real Spencer is dead.
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Hamilton
O.R
Funeral crash injures five aviators near Monroe
Five aviators en route to the funeral of Joseph Pedro a Bedford flier killed in a fall were injured when their craft crashed into a pole near Monroe Michigan on May 28. The incident followed Pedro s death in the prior Saturday accident.
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Monroe
Mich
U.P
Joseph Pedro
Bedford
Pickett Questions Church Ties in Prohibition Debate
In Washington a Senate lobby committee hears from a Methodist board research secretary about a card index tracking believers among Congress members. Pickett says the index raises the question of dryness. Blaine presses on religious affiliations and voting on prohibition. He notes Alfred E. Smith’s stance was not religious but political.
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Pickett
Conegresa
Blaine
Raepublican
Wis
Congress
Sion
Alfred E. Smith
Dentibe Cratie
Smith
Women pray in margins of campaign finance report
Washington May 2 The Methodist Board of Prohibition and Moral Reform spent 155 616 last year urging strict prohibition and opposing gambling Pickett research secretary told the Senate Lobby Committee receipts were 148 191 in 1928 and 163 866 in 1929 expenditures were 141 539 in 1927 128 268 in 1928 and 155 616 in 1939.
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Washington
Methodist Board
Pickett
Senate
Amittee
Blaine
Wise Consin
Alfred E
Power company linesman killed by live wire
Russell Miner, 22, of Pomeroy, a linesman for the Power Company, was killed instantly when his hand touched a live wire while working on a cable tower at Middleport. A safety belt kept him from falling. coworkers tried to revive him but he died at the scene. The Rawlings Company of Middleport was listed in the report.
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Pomeroy
Russell Miner
Shocton
Power Company
Middleport
Jividen
Rutland
Rawlings
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Bud" Ford
Central Flyer
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