Senator Herner Denies Bribe In Lincoln County Case
Senator William H. Herner of Ohio faced grand jury charges alleging solicitation of a $1,500 bribe linked to the Funeral Directors Association. The indictment names Columbus parlor operator Elizabeth Pearce and undertaker Donald J. Hester as witnesses. Herner’s attorney says no bribe was solicited or given.
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Herner
Franklin County Grand
Izabeth Pearce
Columbus
U.p-State
H. Herner
General Assembly
Pearce
Donald J
Car Collision on Court Street Hurts Child During Noon
A vehicle struck a 9 year old on Court Street at noon today. Walter Baird of the venue offered bruises in the incident. The child ran from the curb into the path of the car and was taken to Biven Medical for treatment.
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Walter Baird
Court Street
Ind
Model Kitchen Set to Host Messenger Cooking School
A stage kitchen and dining room display will showcase new equipment as Miss Ferguson, renowned food lecturer, leads the Messenger Cooking School at the High School Auditorium next week. Lectures start Tuesday with demonstrations of new recipes and cookery tricks for district women.
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Messenger
Ferguson
Mrs Schuler 64 Dies After Illness In Athens
Mrs John Schuler aged 64 died at 9 30 pm at her home 71 Morris Avenue after nearly two years illness She was in Athens ten years coming from Guysville Funeral Mass will be at St Pauls Church with burial in Mt Calvary Cemetery Altar and Rosary Society and Catholic Ladies of Columbia plan prayers at her home Friday night She was born December 24 1869 married November 30 1890 survived by husband two daughters three sons four grandchildren and many siblings
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Morris Avenue
Athens
Guysville
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Altar and Rosary Society
Catholic Ladies of Columbia
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Mrs. Schuler
St. Paul's Church
W. A. Schwartz
George Marcinko
Albert
Cletus
Raymond
Lena
Kate
John Anthony
Lawrence Niggemeyer
E. H. Gallagher
Adam Niggemeyer
J. W. Malone
Columbus
Athens Project Seeks Water-Softening Plant Loan
L A Boulay state engineer and Federal emergency administrator of public works sent to Washington proposed improvement projects for Athens New Philadelphia Blanchester and Gambier. Athens seeks a 36162 loan and 13838 grant to construct a water-softening plant.
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Columbus
U.P
L. A. Boulay
Public Works
Tor
Washington
Athens
New
Philadelphia
Blanchester
Gambier
Complete Registration of Unemployed Sought
Athens County's Federal re-employ ment service committee led by Dr. James P. Porter will meet to arrange for a more complete registration of unemployed. Not all jobless men are registered, and a fuller list could bring more road construction appropriations for the county.
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Athens County
Federal
James P. Porter
Athens County Teachers Face Pay Cut Under State Plan
Salaries for Athens County teachers will be about six and a half percent lower than last year under a uniform state aid schedule. Elementary pay ranges from 800 to 1000 dollars and high school pay from 954 to 1446 dollars. many districts have not received state funds this year. Teachers have drawn partial pay from local tax advances. December funds and a planned 1934 special session may provide more, but no further checks until then.
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Athens County
State Department of Education
Suit Against Knapp & Co In Court Here
O. C. Bird and nine Athens residents sue Knapp and Company, bankrupt brokers once in Athens, alleging fraud in stock trades. Bird, Ohio University athletic director, claims losses over $1,000 from purchases of American Rolling Mills and Pure Oil via the Athens office, with no delivery or information on stock arrival. A $214 dividend later received from Knapp receivers was to offset the claim.
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Parkersburg
Athens
Athens County
Common Pleas Court
O. C. Bird
Ohio University
Bird
American Rolling Mills
Indemnity Insurance Company of North America
France Must Speak Up On Gold Control Debate
Beverly Hills dispatch notes that the United States and England agree on gold control while France holds the gold, prompting calls to address the issue. The piece also jokes about European royalty marriages and historic conflicts as it references King Boris of Bulgaria and King Carol of Romania.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
U. S
England
Boris
Bulgaria
Carol
Romania
Governors Appeal to Citizens to Skip Tax Sale Bids
Nebraska Governor Charles W. Bryan urged residents to refuse bidding on properties offered for sale to cover delinquent taxes. He asked buyers not to exploit homeowners facing foreclosure as state and federal efforts aim to aid debtors. He noted farm price pressures and farm-problem talks in Des Moines as context for delaying forced sales.
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Neb
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
Bryan
Des Moines
Japan Declares No Intent To War With Soviet Russia
TOKIO November 1 news service report quotes War Minister Sadao Araki saying Japan has no intention of waging war on Soviet Russia. He notes preparedness drives Japan to equal Russia in land forces and to near United States naval power, hoping misunderstandings will end.
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Sadao Araki
Soviet
Russia
Japan
United States
Cuban Government Gags Newspapers
Signs of imminent disintegration of Gran San Martin Government units grew as authorities imposed repressive measures. Bombings in Havana and strikes in provinces accompanied arrests of soldiers labor men and politicians while two newspapers and a radio station were suppressed amid rising unrest.
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Havana
U.P
Gran San Martin
Highway robber nets two cents in Akron incident
In Akron on November 1, a highwayman robbed Irene and Ruth Labbe as they were entering their car. After the capture, the thief counted his loot as two cents while court proceedings continued, with testimony underway and a lunch recess announced by the judge.
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Akron
Irene
Ruth Labbe
Governors To Seek Fed Inflation Aid From President
Four Midwestern governors led by Alfred G. Schmedeman Clyde Herring and William Langer flew to Washington to urge immediate inflation of currency and farm price pegging as part of a farm relief program. The group also backed an NRA code for agriculture and urged use of the Agricultural Adjustment Act powers to inflate currency with safeguards. The visit followed a prior delegation from the South that received loans to peg cotton prices.
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U.P
Washington
Roosevelt
Middle West
Alfred G. Schmedeman
Wiscon
Agricultural Administration
Congress
South
Clinton Reed Services To Be Conducted Friday
Funeral services for Clinton Reed 79 who died at his son in law H R Jacoby's home near Jackville will be held Friday at 2 pm at the Jacoby residence with Rev Reed J Downs officiating. Burial is in West Union Street Cemetery. He leaves four sons Ralph of Ft Worth F B Reed of Wichita Kansas D P Reed of Charleston W Va and G W Reed of Wichita Falls and a daughter Mrs H R Jacoby. His wife died in 1920. He was born near Success Ohio and long prominent in civic life in Reedsville.
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Clinton Reed
H. R. Jacoby
Jackville
Jacoby
Reed J. Downs
West Union Street
Dowler and Ferguson
Reed
Ralph
Two Divorce Actions Filed in Court Today
Verona Russell seeks divorce and custody from Fred Russell in Athens County Common Pleas Court alleging idleness profugacy dissipation and inebriety. the couple married in 1928. Ruth Davis seeks divorce from Henry Davis alleging gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty and asks restoration to her maiden name Ruth Harvey.
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Verona Russell
Athens County
Ruth Davis
Henry Davis
Ruth Harvey
Gasoline Line Truck Stalls on South Bridge
A large gas delivery truck ran out of fuel on the South Bridge this morning causing traffic disruption. Witnesses described the driver’s face as startling as the stoppage drew attention from passersby.
Commission to Look Into Bell Company Rates
Ohio Supreme Court allows the Public Utilities Commission to continue its state wide investigation into the reasonableness of rates charged by Ohio Bell Telephone Company in more than 150 communities. Dworken Cleveland attorney represented consumers and protested delays and alleged malfeasance in hearings dating back to 1924.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
State Utilities Commission
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Ohio
High Court
Jack B. Dworken
Cleveland
Utilities Commission
Dworken
White
Public Utilities Commission
Young Farmers Course Planned in Coolville
In Coolville a short course for local young farmers will open Thursday night at 8 in the vocational building. Instructor Samuel Pailet says all men aged 16 to 25 are invited to join and help choose the agricultural topics to study.
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Coolville
Samuel Pailet
Vo Ag
Halloween Tragedy Isn’t Very Tragic in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati on Halloween night a young woman’s form is reported to have fallen from a high office building window into a waiting car. Police later warn the figure is a department store wax dummy, and crowds resume revelry as the event is deemed a hoax.
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Cincinnati
Poison Theory Fans Deaths Linked to Milkshakes and Cyanide
Investigators in Reno study a pattern of heart attack deaths among Albert L. Cline associates and Carrie Porter to see if luminal laced milkshakes and cyanide caused the fatalities. San Bernardino and Reno officers question Cline and staff as diamonds and luggage oddities surface, with autopsy records incomplete and motives uncertain.
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Albert L. Cine
Colorado
San Bernardino
Cal
Vincent Higgins
Los Anse Es
Carrie May Porter
California
Cline
Bio
NRA Debate Divides Chicago Business Leaders
In Chicago 600 business leaders heard Senator L J Dickinson condemn the NRA as ill advised and socialist while Congressman Charles Weent defended it as an heroic emergency measure. Dickinson urged voters had changed nations fundamentals and warned rural business facing damage under the NRA. West of Denison University defended NRA as essential to restore order after three years of inaction.
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U.P
NRA
Economic Club
L. J. Dickinson
Rep. Ta
Charles Weent
Denn
Ohio
West
Denison University
Granville
Death of Rev. Father J. B. Mattingly former Athens pastor
The Rev. Father J. B. Mattingly, former pastor of St. Pauls Catholic Church in Athens, died yesterday in Lancaster at 75 from complications after a fall at St Marys Convent. He led church construction in Athens and worked on missions in Galipotis Zaleski McArthur Junction and St Johns Lodi. Funeral services are set for Friday at St Marys Taoets and Saturday at Martins Settlement Church with burial in Settlement Cemetery.
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St. Paul's Catholic Church
Athens
Lancaster
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McArthur Junction
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Lodi
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Lagan
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Bettlement
Rural roads push spurs Ohio federal aid plans
Governor White urged public backing for highway funding at a Columbus meeting in which Ohio lawmakers and local officials detailed rural mud road needs. About 25 percent of federal public works funds, roughly four million dollars, could be allotted to Ohio secondary roads, with 25,000 miles of mud roads and 9 000 miles used by rural carriers and 10,000 by school buses. Some projects in Athens, Rome, Carthage and Alexander townships have started grading and limestone surfacing.
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White
Columbus
Thomas A. Jenkins
Joseph R. Thomas
Ohio State Association of Township Trustees
Athens
Washington
Noble
Morgan
Perry
Hocking
Vinton
Meigs
Gallia
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Underwood
Robert Secrest
B. O. Skinner
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Carthage
Rome
Rome Township
Stewart School
Carthage Township
Lottridge
Relief Work Schedule Planned for Athens County
Belford Nelson, head of the Athens County relief program, prepares a county wide work schedule to assign relief workers to specific days, places, and foremen. The plan aims to publicly publish working days, locations, and supervisors for accountability.
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Belford Nelson
Athens County
Noison
Ly Infarvicd Ag
Gian Teth
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