Wreck Theory Maintained by Authorities in Hoover Spike Probe
Athens County officials pressed the Hoover Presidential Special spike wreck investigation, maintaining the theory that spikes were loosened before the train passed. Detectives, sheriff’s deputies, and authorities questioned residents near Allison's Crossing, Luhrig, and New Marshfield with no clues yet. The Secret Service led Washington inquiries though no contact reached local offices.
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Athens County
Baltimore & Ohio
Hoover
Frank White
Peter Barrows
Allison's Crossing
Luhrig
New Marshfield
Dexter Fire Destroys Romine General Store
A blaze destroyed Albert Romine’s general store in Dexter last night after 9 pm. The fire caused about 4500 in loss, with insurance partially covering the damage. Volunteer firefighters and a Rutland chemical outfit saved surrounding buildings as flames threatened gasoline tanks.
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Pomeroy
Albert Romine
Dexter
E. L. E. Nelson
Rome
Sture
Women Discuss I Look At My Country in Athens Groups
Members of the League of Women Voters of Athens will speak to YMCA discussion groups Wednesday evening on I Look At My Country. Mrs J W Hudson speaks at Miss Constance Macleod's home and many others speak at various host homes listed in the notice.
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League of Women Voters of Athens
J. W. Hudson
Constance Macleod
Frederick Krecker
Elsie Druggin
S. EF. Pedigo
Catherine Bedford
Thomas Wolfe
Eunice Snyder
J. P. Porter
Margaret Benedict
William Williams
George Starcher
C. M. Coulter
Mary Jane Hitchcock
S. H. Bing
Dean Voigt
Iss Lulu Poston
C. M. Opelad
Charles Evans
Maude Matthews
Candis Martzolff
Isaac Ash
Noted author Lewis Brown to speak on religion
Lewis Brown, noted author and lecturer on modern social and ethical problems, will address the subject Why We Are Religious. The convocation at Memorial Auditorium Wednesday at 9 40 am is open to townspeople and Ohio University students.
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Lewis Brown
Will Cian
Memorial Auditorium
Ohio Univerty
Crack Train Delayed By Halloween Prank
In Mount Vernon New York the Yankee Clipper halted after the engineer spotted a person jump from a bridge into the path of the train. Crews found a realistic dummy thrown as a Halloween joke. The delay was about 15 minutes.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
New Haven Railroad
Largest Vine In County Has Started Work
The Ohio Collieries Company at Drydock resumes operations at Mine No. 255 the largest mine in Athens County with employment for more than 500 men. Workers who were employed January 31, 1952 at Mine 235 must report for classification. only those workers may be hired for the next ten days under Governor White's ten point plan. The mine serves the No 6 coal vein, among the best in the state.
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Ohio Collieries Company
Athens County
White
Cooper to Speak at Nelsonville McArthur Rally
Republicans in Nelsonville plan a Wednesday Public Square rally with former Governor Myers Y. Cooper as speaker. The event aims to draw residents from Perry, Hocking and Athena Counties and will cover national and state issues. Cooper will also address a Monday night torch parade and band gathering in McArthur.
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Nelsonville
Myers Y. Cooper
Perry
Hocking
Athena
Cooper
Vinton County
McArthur
Middleport High suspends three Yellow Jacket football stars
Middleport High School coach Clyde Battyn suspended three key players for violating training rules. Bob Gardner Jim Hunsicker and Ray Alensworth leave the lineup as two sophomores and one junior replace them. Alensworth has been a standout threat and eligibility for next year will allow nine returning players.
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Middleport
Middleport High School
Clyde R. Battyn
Yellow Jacket
Bob Gardner
Jim Hunsicker
Ray Alensworth
Yelow Jacket
Battyn
Alensworth
Southeastern Ohio
The Bull Dog Returns After Classified Ad Help
A tenacious bulldog belonging to Mrs. Floyd Dinsmore of R. J. Athens went missing, and a Messenger classified ad helped locate him. One day after the disappearance was announced, the dog was returned home, proving his stubborn resolve matched by his owner’s notice.
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Floyd Dinsmore
R. J. Athens
Black Bull Dog Lost Sundar Male
Lost dog Black Bull, male, Sundar went missing. Contact number 20042 for information or location.
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Black Bull Dog
Sundar
Scotland Yard Jails Leaders of Hunger Marchers in London
Scotland Yard raided the hunger marchers headquarters in London and arrested leaders of the unemployed demonstrators amid plans for a march on Parliament. W A L Hannington, an organizer, was charged with inciting mutiny and disaffection among police.
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London
Scotland Yard
England
Parliament
Hyde Park
W. A. L. Hannington
National Unemployed Workers Movement
Hannington
Trafalgar Square
Army
Navy
Acton
Final Days of Fight Marked By Bitterness
Ohio candidates for high offices traded sharp comments on opponents records and attacked utilities and Henry Ford. Republican David B. Ingalls and Gilbert Bettman questioned utility influence while White criticized Ford for pressuring employer loyalty to Hoover. Bettman touted tax collection from public utilities. White urged Crabb e Act amendments if Prohibition ends.
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Columbus
Ohio
Henry Ford
David
Ingalls
Gilbert Bettman
United Staes Senate
Youngstown
White
Muskingum County
Zanesville
Prsident Hoover
Bettman
Grant
Whitstar
W. B. Congwer
Cuyahoga County
Health report records scarlet fever diphtheria and typhoid cases
Twenty seven scarlet fever cases in Athens County during October with two in Athens City, five diphtheria and eight typhoid fever cases reported by County Health Officer Dr J M Higgins. Immunization for diphtheria is being administered in Athens schools this week by Dr DeCrow of the Ohio State Health Department.
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Athens City
Athens County
J. M. Higgins
Athens
DeCrow
Ohio State Department of Health
Diana Robelot and sister Frances seek cities fate
Diana Robelot wrote home from Chicago about riches and society but struggled with shabby rented room life. Frances, 18, plans to leave the farm to live with her sister. The sisters discuss the contrast and Diana takes poison but will recover.
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Chichago
Chicago
Diana Robelot
Cedar River
Mich
Big City
Diana
Frances
Drowns After Fumes From Wine Cask
John Dargi drowned in six inches of wine while cleaning a wine cask at his home. Police said gas fumes caused loss of consciousness and a fatal fall into the liquid.
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San Francisco
John Dargi
Hoover Roosevelt Clash Over New Deal In Campaign Swing
President Hoover and Governor Roosevelt delivered major campaign addresses as the presidential race neared its close. Hoover warned that a Democratic New Deal would undermine the American system, while Roosevelt outlined relief plans including immediate aid, scientific planning for employment, and federal public works. Both stressed tariff and agricultural policy as pivotal to the election.
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New York
Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Boston
Mass
New Hampshire
Maine
Repubean
Roosevelt
Fourth Graders Build Desert City of Sand at Central School
Fourth graders under Lena Heim created a miniature Bagdad in sand and clay on a Central School table. The model features the blue Tig Tes river, palm oasis, mosques with minarets, a wandering Arab tent, clay camels, a match raft on the river, and a Koofah craft, reflecting their geography lesson.
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Bagdad
Blue River
Tig- Tes
Central School
Lena Heim
Harold Douglas
Jack Fields
Nevada Banks Close for Two Week Holiday Proclamation
Nevada banks shut down on November first as Lieut. Gov. Morley Griswold declares a two week banking holiday. Ed J. Seaborn urges banks to follow the order. Wingfield banks with over 17 million in deposits abstain, while Gov. Balzar seeks Reconstruction Finance funds amid falling livestock prices.
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Reno
Morley Griswold
Ed J. Seaborn
State Bank Examiner
Griswold
Wingfield
George Wingfield
Frea Balzar
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Transcontinental & Western Air Line Announces 24 Hour Service
Coast to coast passenger service in a 24 hour schedule was announced today at the general headquarters in Kansas City. The plan outlines round the clock flights linking major hubs and cities nationwide.
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Kansas City
Transcontinental & Western Air Line
Women Attend First Demonstration Cooking School
Do the women of Southeastern Ohio want another Cooking School The Messenger asks as the big homemaking event opens at the Senior High Auditorium Mrs Rut Campbell demonstrates pie crust chocolate filling meringue liver and lentil pie raw potato cakes and more to an eager audience in the first session continued on Page 2
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Southeastern Ohio
The
Messenger
Rut Campbell
Parker Death Attributed To Car on Route 77
Coroner L F Jones and Deputy Sheriff George Rasp ruled Harold Parker a 40 year old Chesterhill man killed by an automobile on Route 77 south of Chesterhill after an exhaustive probe. Parker, found in the road two and a half miles from town Saturday night, was last seen boisterous after drinking at a nearby bootlegger’s home. Witnesses, local youths, thought the object on the road was a dummy from Halloween pranksters and could not stop as a curve hid the vehicle. The skull fracture from a possible crankcase impact was deemed fatal.
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Harold Parker
Chesterhill
L. F Jones
George Rasp
Parker
Marshal Henry of
Cheesterhill
Morgen County
Jones
Rasp
Route 77
Legion Will Help service Men Pleased With Red Cross Aid
Regular K T Crossen Post meeting at the Legion Home plans to canvass the Athens County Chapter of American Red Cross in next week’s membership roll call. The local Red Cross aids ex service men with adjusted compensation certificates and pensions, securing thousands of dollars yearly. Commander R H White praised the Red Cross for thorough handling of veterans claims and noted claims are personally investigated before acceptance.
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K. T. Crossen
Legion Home
Athens County
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Athens Red Cross
R. H. White
Hie
Miss Pearl French
Ohioans Give More to Republicans Than Democrats
Ohio voters contributed over 100000 to the Republican campaign fund since September 1, versus about 10000 given to the Democratic fund. National Republican receipts reached 144,179 compared with 1,065,684 for the Democrats, per statements filed with House clerk South Trimble.
Birth control becomes obligatory in Vera Cruz under new civil code
The Vera Cruz civil code takes effect making birth control mandatory. Dr. Salvador Mendoza, author of the code, says enforcement awaits a Birth Control Bureau and cites sociological aims to reduce poverty malnutrition and hereditary weakness through sterilization of the physically unfit.
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Vera Cruz
Mexico
Vera Crane
Salvador Mendoza
Seventh grade masquerade costumes judge at party
Ninety seventh graders wore 90 original costumes at the seventh grade masquerade party at the Junior High School Building. Prizes went to Virginia Beasley for best girl and Clifford Bean for best boy. Donna Finsterwald and Guy Moore won funniest costumes. Rachael Osborne and George Michels won cleverest. Judging panel included Mr and Mrs Grubb, Helen Carl, and Fran con Hale.
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Virginia Beasley
Clifford Bean
Donna Finsterwald
Guy Moore
Rachael Osborne
George Michels
Mrs. M. A. Grubb
Helen Carl and
Francon Hale
Youngstown to Spend 800000 on Plant Improvements
In Youngstown on November 1 the U P announced 800000 will be spent soon for district plant improvements. Industrialists and bankers met to push rehabilitation, restore profits and jobs, with remarks from Pan dolph Eide of Chile Bell Telephone Company citing factory neglect nationwide.
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Youngstown
U.P
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Pandolph Eide
Chile Bell Telephone Company
Teld
Cemetery Trees Get Beauty Treatment
West Union Street Cemetery trees received a beauty treatment from local specialists. The cemetery association financed trimming by workers from Manion to shape branches and nourish roots with rich food around the trees. Spring should bring a vigorous, appealing group of trees.
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West Union Street
The
Athe (Cemetery Association
Manion
Exile Rumors Hit Nicholaa Bukharin in Moscow Reports
Reports from Moscow say Nicholaa Bukharin, former secretary of the Communist International, has been placed under guard and is likely to be exiled as Soviet Russia intensifies its purge of leaders opposing Dictator Janet Stalin.
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Soviet
Russia
Janet Stalin
Nicholaa Bukharin
Communist International
Bukharin
Moscow
Ohio presidential vote estimated at 2,735,000
Columbus Ohio November election forecast suggests about 2,735,000 votes will be cast for president. George Neffer, election statistician in the secretary of state office, provided the estimate. The 1928 total was 2,508,345 with Hoover at 1,627,546 and Smith at 844,200.
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Columbus
Ohio
George Neffer
Hoover
Alfred Fi. Smith
Tropic Mines Out on Strike
Tropic Mines 51 and 82 of the Manhattan Coal Company at Tropic Morgan County began a strike in the morning. Grievances will be filed with Gov. George White. Disputes over the ten point plan, once arbitrated by J. H. Pritchard, had delayed restart. 350 men affected.
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Nelsonville
Manhattan Coal Company
Tropic
Morgan County
George White
J. H. Pritchard
Utilities Commission Eyes Vincent Gas Plant Purchase
M P Howard F McTaggart Vincent Washington County applied to the Public Utilities Commission for leave to operate natural gas distribution plants at Vincent and Barlow under the Vincent Natural Gas Company for 10000 dollars. The firm seeks to finance by issuing 160 shares of 100 dollar common stock. hearing set in Columbus November 4.
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Columbus
Howard F. McTaggart
Vincent
Washington County
Public Utilities Commission
Barlow
Vincent Natural Gas Company
Utilities Commissioners
Chickens Thrive on Worthless Scrap Glue Becomes Feed
Dr. Fred O Flaherty of the University of Cincinnati announces a new poultry food made from tanning by product glue scrap. The process concentrates skin and hide scraps into a nourishing feed for chickens, developed with support from the Tanners' Council of America.
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Cincinnati
Fred O Flaherty
University of Cincinnati ‘Eather Research Department
Tanners’ Council of America
Half Million More Men Are Employed
Washington reports October continued the rise in employment noted by the AFL and the Department of Labor. The United States Employment Service survey shows the textile and iron and steel sectors adding workers in October after September gains in construction across 33 states funded by emergency relief acts.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Department of Labor
United States Employment Service
Hi Y Boys Hold Welcome Meeting at Senior High
A Hi Y club gathering at Senior High School today accepted new members. President Roderick Eddy delivered the address and Richard Imer provided piano music. Members brought lunches and ate after the program. Faculty advisors are Carl Roberts and Walter Porter.
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Roderick Eddy
Richard Imer
Carl Roberts
Walter Porter
Hoover Warns Opponents Would Alter Foundations of National Life
President Hoover, returning from a five state tour, warned 180000 supporters in New York and 22000 at Madison Square Garden that opponents seek changes that would destroy the foundations of the American system. He named Norris LaFollette Huey Long and Hearst as proponents of a radical shift and urged voters to judge the proposals beyond political slogans.
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White
Washington
Madison Square Garden
Hoover
America
Norris
LaFollette
Cutting
Huey Long
Wheeler
William R. Hearst
Capital University students back President in re election
Capital University voters chose continued leadership as Chimes reports results announced today. The Nov 1 tally by the student publication confirms approval for another term.
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Columbus
Capital University
Uean
Chimes
Brown Sentenced for Manslaughter in Brumfield Case
Brown, 54, a farmer from Gallipolis, was sentenced to one to two years in Ohio Penitentiary for manslaughter in the fatally shooting of Fred Brumfield. Local court Mon Nov 1.
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Gallipolis
A.R Walster Brown
Farmer
Ohblo
Fats
Fred Brumfield
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