Trial extension in Illey shooting case delays verdict
Athens County Common Pleas Court neared closing arguments as jurors weighed manslaughter charges against O. F. Rowland 33 in the Hall Green shooting of November. Testimony described a dispute at a residence involving Margaret Green Isabelle Sheskey Delma Dark Dodds and Delia Filley with conflicting tales about who fired the fatal shot.
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Gener Filley
Nelsonville
Marpoanville
Athens County Common
O. F Rowland
Green
Floyd Denville
Midyor
L. F
Miss Green
Winess
Delebelle Sheskey
Prin
Difree
Margaret Green
Isabelle Sheskey
Bew
Miss Sheskey
Miss Filley
Mies
Delma Dark Dodds
Nelson
Prices Wij Lat Next Week J May Sur Liquor Prices Change
Fragmentary OCR text notes liquor price changes effective next week with mentions of price reductions and adjustments. The readable pieces reference multiple figures and dates but lack complete context or clear entities to fully confirm specifics.
Boy, 12, killed by wheel of coal truck in Gallipolis
Glen Shafer Keller, 12, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Keller, was fatally injured on Eastern Avenue when the rear wheel of a coal truck driven by his older brother Robert flew off and struck him. He died about an hour later. The Keller family has ties to Winton and the French City Hotel. funeral plans await word from relatives in the West.
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Gallipolis
Glen Shafer Keller
W. A. Keller
Eastern Avenue
Robert
Robert Keller
Cit
Hanna
Winton
French City
NRA Maintains Home Rule to Expand Trade Flexibility
The NRA will extend its home rule policy beyond cleaners and barbers to more service trades. Recovery officials dismiss claims of a collapse, noting the move aims to reduce legal action by shifting price and fair practices decisions to local codes with majority support and presidential approval.
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Washington
NRA
Schall
Minnesota
Britten
Illinois
Johnson
England Hints Debt Payment on War Debt
Official circles in London reported Britain would consider a June 15 payment on its war debt if the United States agrees to participate in a conference to settle the overall issue. If President Roosevelt rejects a token payment as insufficient to avoid default, Parliament is expected to resist any payment. Negotiations continue between Sir Ronald Lindsay and American officials.
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London
Great Britain
United States
Roosevelt
Britain
Ronald Lindsay
Washington
Army Is Inadequate Dern Tells Committee
Secretary Dern told the House Military Committee that the army as constituted could not perform its defense mission and endorsed a Thompson bill to raise personnel from 130000 to 179000 in officers and enlisted men.
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Washington
Dern
House Military Committee
Thompson
D-Tex
Presbyterians Ready To Discuss Merger
In Cleveland on May 29 the One Hundred and Forty-Sixth General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America prepared to consider a merger proposal with the United Presbyterian Church. Most commissioners favor the plan, while fundamentalists are expected to oppose.
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Cleveland
One
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States of America
United Presbyterian Church
Early press for holiday issue at The Messenger
Tomorrow Decoration Way a holiday edition will go to press earlier than usual To place a classified ad call or deliver to The Messenger office by 10:30 a m The Messenger LI bel Te.
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LI Bel Te
Dillinger Held Blameless for Sheriff's Death
Mrs. Lucy A. Sarber widow of J. L. Sarber slain sheriff of Allen County Ohio won a $30,000 civil judgment against three Dillinger henchmen. The jury found Harry Pierpont Robert Makley and Russell Clark not responsible for the sheriff death while Pierpont and Makley face Ohio death sentences and Clark a life term.
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Tucson
Ariz
Lucy A. Sarber
J. L Sarber
Allen County
Ohio
John Dillinger
Midwest
Larber
Harry Pierpont
Robert Makiey
Russell Clark
Fred W
Pierpont and
Makley
Dillinger
Clark
Strikers Jeer Day Crew at Toledo Plant
In Toledo on May 29 threats of strike violence arose as about 100 strikers and sympathizers jeered the day shift workers entering the Bingham Stamping and Tool Company. Police found caches of bricks and stones near the plant as officials in Columbus met with Governor White. A warning was issued that entry would be easy but exit would be blocked. The tensions followed the failure of federal mediators led by Charles P Taft to secure a peace proposal among Automotive Federal Workers' Union and Auto-Lite, Bingham, and Logan Gear officials. Within the Central Labor Union 68 of 108 organizations have voted for a general strike.
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Toledo
Bingham Stamping and Tool Company
Auto-Lite Company
Governor White
Columbus
Charles P. Taft
Automotive Federal Workers’ Union
Auto-Lite, Bingham, and
Logan Gear Companies
Central Labor Union
War debtors urged to honor Johnson Act payments
Washington May 2 diplomatic wires reported the administration seeks a ruling on the Johnson Act to curb defaulters from U S money markets. Attorney General Cummings acted on request over Soviet 7 percent gold bonds offered here while the State Department pressed war debtors to pay current installments and past due amounts, a shift tied to the Johnson Act.
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Washington
Cummings
Soviet Union
State Department
Indictment Returned in Death of Ohio Boy
A second degree murder indictment has been brought against John Seifert, 48, in the March 17 death of 13 year old John Summers. The boy was found hanging in his father's woodshed, initially ruled a suicide but three physicians later reported a fatal blow and strangulation.
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Tiffin
Bean
John Seifert
John Summers
Farmers Too Expert, That's Why Wallace Has Toughest Post
Beverly Hills California columnist Will Rogers comments on Secretary of Agriculture Wallace noting the difficulty of managing farmers who he says are highly capable. He jokes that farmers overproduce, urging restraint to avoid financial ruin for farmers and government programs.
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Wallace
Beverly Hills
Cal
Navy
Army
Will Rogers
Two Airmen Acclaimed by New Yorkers
Two French air officers Maurice Rossi and Paul Codos landed at Floyd Bennett Airport after their monoplane Jos eph Lebrix could not complete a non stop flight to San Diego. The pair earned New York welcome and champagne as they recover from vibration problems. Their east west Atlantic crossing is historic as the first for both directions. future plans depend on French government orders.
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New York
Paris
America
San Diego
Calif
Floyd Bennett Airport
Maurice Rossi
Paul Codos
Park Avenue
Joseph Lebrix
North Atlantic
Rossi and
Codos
Paria
Atlantic
Paul Codes
Floyd Bennett Field
Teachers' Exam Set For Saturday In Athens Junior High
Examination for county certification will be held Saturday morning at 9 o clock in Athens Junior High School Building. Open to teachers lacking enough college credit, it covers high school subjects and elementary topics such as arithmetic United States history grammar geography orthography teaching reading principles agriculture physiology literature and writing. Applicants from other counties may take the test in Athens and papers will be sent to their home towns for grading.
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Athens
State Department of Education
United States
F F A Boys Travel To Ohio Stage Convention
Judging teams and delegates from five Future Farmers of America chapters in Athens County head to Columbus for the sixth annual Ohio association convention. Winners of nine judging contests receive trips to the American Royal Livestock Show and other prizes. Schools: Albany New Marshfield Ames Bern Rome and Coolville.
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Future Farmers of America
Athens County
Columbus
Ohio Association
Albany
New Marshfield
Ames-Bern
Rome
Coolville
Girl Virginia Johnson Found Dead in Sacramento Garage
The partly burned body of 22 year old Virginia Johnson, daughter of state treasurer Charles G Johnson, was found in a garage near her home. Authorities said she likely died before her kerosene soaked clothing burned but ruled out murder with no sign of struggle. Her father, a gubernatorial candidate, collapsed upon learning of the death in San Francisco. Police discovered five burned matches and six unlit ones beside the body along with a kerosene jug.
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Sacramento
Calif
Virginia Johnson
Charles G. Johnson
Miss Johnson
San Francisco
Norman Thomas Tear Gas Attack disrupts meeting in Rockford
For the second time in a week, a Norman Thomas speech in Lyran Hall drew about 1200 people when a tear gas bomb shattered a window, injuring several as it exploded during the talk by the socialist leader.
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Rockford, I
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Socialist Party
Lyran Hall
Platt Amendment May Be Erased by Treaty
Washington May 29 United States and Cuba expected to sign a new treaty that would erase the Platt Amendment. The provision, dating from 1900, granted the U S right to intervene in Cuba to maintain order and protect American lives and property. Cuban factions have long opposed the amendment.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Quintuplets born to Dionne farm couple in Ontario
Corbeil Ontario May 2 1 34 year old Ernest Dionne and wife welcomed five daughters a quintuplet birth. The family already has four children and faces mortgage worries on the farm. The largest baby weighs 3 pounds 4 ounces. the total weight is 13 pounds 6 ounces. The King’s Bounty aid for triplets would help.
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Corbeil
Dionne
Federal Judge Denies Government Petition Against Weirton Steel
Drought and heat threaten late crops across the Middle West with wheat and other grains suffering. Grain and livestock prices surged on the Board of Trade while cattle receipts rose to their highest since February amid widespread drought conditions. No substantial rainfall occurred outside a few Dakotas and northern Minnesota spots.
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Weirton Steel
Chicago
Middle West
Dakotas
Minnesota
U S Supports Proportional Navy Cuts and Arms Sales Pact
US envoy Norman H. Davis told the International Disarmament Congress that Washington is willing to join in substantial naval tonnage reductions and to pursue an international agreement regulating arms manufacture and sales. The remarks foreshadow 1935 naval negotiations and aim to revamp the 5 5 2 balance among Britain the US and Japan.
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Geneva
Norman H. Davis
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Davis
Marietta Oarsmen Set for Ohio River Opener
Marietta College will row against Rol Lina College from Winter Park Florida in a two mile Ohio River race below Muskingum mouth to start the eight oared season. Marietta recently placed second to Pennsylvania in a four school race in Philadelphia.
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Marietta
Ohio River
Muskingum
Ohio
Marietta College
Poughkeepsie
Rollina College
Winter Park
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Township Trustees And Clerks To Meet In Athens County
A meeting of the Athens County Association of Township Trustees and Clerks was called for next Friday afternoon at the Masonic Temple starting at 1 o clock. President Clarence Wolfe said the relief director would discuss the new relief setup and the secondary road bill now before Congress will also be considered.
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Athens County Association of Township Trustees and Clerks
Masonic Temple
Clarence Wolfe
Wolfe
Athena County Relief
Women find murder victim during outing in Charlevoix
Two women on an outing discovered the bound and headless body of John J. Simmons, 32, a theater sound expert from Detroit now in Grand Rapids, shot in the head and concealed under an old mattress in an empty cottage along Lake Michigan. The crime occurred early today as they searched for shelter for the night.
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Charlevoix
Mich
John J. Simmons
Grand Rapids
Detroit
Lake Michigan
Simmons
President of Kenyon Is Sued for Divorce
Mrs. Louise F. Peirce filed for divorce from Dr. William F. Peirce, Kenyon College president, in Knox County Court. She cites extreme cruelty and alleges he ordered her from their Gambier home on January 1 1933 and said he never expected to live with her again.
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Mount Vernon
Louise F. Peirce
Knox County Common Pleas Court
William F. Peirce
Kenyon College
Gambier
Mra
Peirce
Camber
Sister Rescues Sibling From 2.20-Volt Line Incident
In New Philadelphia on May 29 Thelma Potts, 7, grabbed a 2.20 volt power line while atop a railroad car. Her sister Helen yanked her free and was pricked to the ground. Both sustained injuries described as excruciating.
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New
Philadelphia
Thelma Potts
Helen
President Bans Munitions Sale To Gran Chaco
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation banning the sale of war materials to belligerents in the Gran Chaco conflict between Paraguay and Bolivia. The measure, unprecedented in U.S. history, imposes up to two years in prison and a $100000 fine, with violators to be rigorously prosecuted.
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Gran Chaco
Roosevelt
Washington
Paraguay
Bolivia
District Vigil Honors Soldiers Dead With Memorial Parades
The district will observe Memorial Day with parades and services tomorrow. In Athens a 9 20 a m parade leads to a program at West Union Street Cemetery with Rev C M Coulter as speaker and Rev A Y Wilcox delivering the invocation. Other towns host observances as banks and offices close. a golf tournament at Athens Country Club is planned.
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Athens
Weat Union Street
Logan
Pomeroy
Glouster
Chauncey
Buchtel
New Marshfield
Taylor Ridge
Athens Country Club
C. M. Coulter
West Union Street
A. Y. Wilcox
J. B. Allen
Paul Shannon
Methodist Episcopal Church
College Street
Al Capone Loses Appeal for Release From Prison
In New Orleans on May 29, Al Capone failed to win release from Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. The United States Court of Appeals denied his habeas corpus appeal while he serves a ten year sentence for income tax evasion.
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New Orleans
al Capone
Prohibition
Atlanta
United States District Circuit Court of Appeala
Chicago
Man Pleads Guilty Over Incorrect License Tags
Harold VanDyke of Hebbardsville pleads guilty to using license tags issued for another car. Magistrate Carl H. Porter fines him $25. He was arrested by Highway Patrolman Roy T. Cary.
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Harold VanDyke
Hebbardsville
Carl H. Porter
van Dyke
Roy T. Cary
Constitutionality of the NIRA Questioned by L.S. District Bench
In Wilmington Delaware May 29 the federal suit to stop Weirton Steel from interfering with employee union elections was denied. Judge Nields ruled Norris Anti-Injunction Act applies and the court cannot grant an injunction before witness testimony. The decision preserves constitutional challenges to the National Industrial Recovery Act and the company union issue.
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NIRA
L.S
Wilmington
Del
Weirton Steel Company
John P. Nields
United States District Court
Weirton Planta
National Labor Board
Par Nily Company
Weirton
Clarksburg
W. Va
Steubenville
Bettman Declines Senate Run Amid Party Claims
Gilbert Bettman former attorney general announced he will not seek the Republican nomination for the U S Senate citing personal reasons He criticized the New Deal as quack remedies and urged Ohio Republicans toward unity promising victory in 1952 parallels. Ohio hearing sought on appointing a receiver to distribute 13 million dollars to Ohio Bell Telephone subscribers as ordered by the utilities commission.
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Cincinnati
Gilbert Bettman
United States
Senate
Robert J. Bulkley
Cleveland
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Bell Telephone
Estate Utilities Commission
State Supreme Court
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Lad
England
U.S
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Mrs. Sarber
Outlaw
Lpon
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Otham
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Board of Trade
Kenyon
Michael F. Tighe
Pittaburazh
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Bettman
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