Voters Cast Ballots as Prohibition Issues Dominate
United Press reports millions voted by noon in six states on the Eighteenth Amendment with key upsets possible in New York City mayoralty and penalties for former servicemen. Pennsylvania moves to approve 50 million for added veteran benefits while many states advance a police crusade to end drink. Balloting continued across Pennsylvania North Carolina Ohio Utah and other regions as results came in.
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United Press
York City
Nee
Tamgai
Pennsylvania
Judge Refuses Resignation Amid Loan Dispute
Judge Parson in court as Cleveland association presses for resignation over a personal loan to the defunct Standard Association. Demand made by the association, with committees involved, amid embezzlement allegations concerning a brother-in-law who is Smith, president of another firm. The scene unfolded as tensions rose.
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Pitas
Pup
Smith
The
Ohio
Donie Bush May Quit as Nationals Manager
Donie Bush, manager of the Washington Nationals, hinted at retirement and discussed possible new leadership for the baseball club. The president of the organization said no plans were finalized and open to appoint a capable successor.
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Tis
Donie Bush
Nationals
Maton
Weil
Bush
The
Ute
Fragmentary Text Reflects Charter Group Debate
Readable fragments show discussion about charter groups and opposition to government power. References to utilities and electricity hint at public policy debates without clear names or dates.
Meats to Novy Three for November
Fragmentary notice lists meats transferred to Novy on a date in November with unclear quantities.
U S Accepts Token Payment on British War Debts
Washington reports a stop gap Anglo American debt deal where Britain will pay 7 5 million in US currency on a 117 67 million December 15 installment and push major settlement to a later date. Roosevelt says token payment not a default. world economic conditions blamed for delay.
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Britain
Washington
U.P
Ee Oes
Roosevelt
United States
Frederick Leith-Ross
Treasury
Acheson
White House
House of Commons
Great Britain
Dry battle to start in Ohio and soon westerville vote
Westerville voters face a heated local contest as Dr. Howard Russell of the Anti-Saloon League predicts a 2 to 1 ballot win to close the town’s lone beer saloon. He champions a national campaign to “dry up the country again” beginning with this city election.
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Westerville
U.P
Howard Russell
The
Anti-Saloon League
Westervill
General Johnson Defends NRA In Midwestern Tour
ST. PAUL Nov. 7. General Hugh S. Johnson, national recovery administrator, told midwestern listeners the NRA has raised farm prices 32 percent and farm goods 17 percent. He predicted action as banks reopen and loans on corn grow, while denouncing a Chicago firm bill claiming 10 percent NRA surcharges as false and claiming NRA expenses rose at most three percent.
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U.R
Midwest
NRA
Hugh
Johnson
National Recovery
Chicago
Future of Utilities In Balance As Cities Vote
New York, Nov. 7. Wall Street watched seven municipal elections on the controversial issue of city ownership or operation of power plants. Analysts say results could signal the national stance on the utility question amid a system dominated by private public utilities.
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New York
Wall Street
America
Prohibition Repeal Nears as 36th State Ratifies
Washington reports that prohibition ends with the 36th state's ratification in December. Prosecutions shift to Internal Revenue violations and laws on tax, still allowing action against bootleggers under federal liquor regulations.
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Washington
U.2
United States
Internal Revenue
Processing tax cut on field corn to five cents per bushel
Columbus dispatch reports a reduction in the processing tax rate on field corn from 28 to 5 cents per bushel announced by Internal Revenue Collector Harry F. Busey after a Washington communication. The new tax affects processors hog and field corn for human consumption and extends to jobbers and retailers for floor stocks. Corn ground for livestock feed remains exempt.
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Columbus
U.P
Harry F. Busey
Internal Revenue
Washington
Busey
Strikers Hit Government Truck in Du Pont Stoning
Striking coal miners at Du Pont pelted a government truck, injuring seven U S Agriculture Department workers. Three were treated by physicians. State police arrived to break up the mob, though officials said the government team had no role in the mine strike.
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Scranton
U.P
U. S. Agriculture Department
du Pont
Texas Guinan to Be Buried in New York
The body of Texas Guinan, famed nightclub hostess, began its cross country trip to New York after her death in Vancouver. Relatives arrange burial in the city that made her famous the Great White Way.
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Guinan
New York
Vancouver
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Texas Guinan
Voters Line Up at Polls Here Today
Voters flocked to polls in Athens for the mayoralty race between Republican incumbent Robert S. Wood and Democrat Len B. McCune. Lines formed at times as ballots required careful reading on state and repeal questions. Polls opened 6:30 am and close at 6:30 pm with results to be posted at each precinct tonight.
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Beasley Garage
Election Board
Robert S. Wood
Len B. McCune
Young Mormon Vote Feared by Utah Drys
Utah observers forecast a narrow repeal victory in today’s balloting, citing a revolt among younger Mormons. Temperance is a tenet of the faith, and about ninety percent of Utah’s voters are Mormon. however younger Mormons previously backed a wet U.S. Senator Elbert Thomas.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
U.P
U.S
Elbert Thomas
Soviet Guards Kill 2700 Manchurians in Russian Territory
A Harbin dispatch reported Soviet guards killed about 2700 Manchurians in a village across the Amur River from Chien-Chateau, with details from a Nippon Demon transmission.
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Harbin
Nippon Demon Today
Amur
Chien- Chateu
There’s Something Under Brown Derby Besides Dialect
Santa Monica, Calif. election day calls six states to repeal prohibition and New York City to repeal its mayor. The column argues there was more to A. Smith’s career than his failures and his obituary notes he “thought too much.”
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A! Smith
New York
Murderer Is Captured by Gallia Police
GALLIPOLIS, Nov. 7. L. C. Combs, 35, ex police man from Ashland Kentucky, was arrested at Gallipolis Park Central corner about 2 AM by Patrolman Chester Leaper. He confessed to killing Bill Bond, 35, a railroad worker, at the residence of Mrs. Rose Binion. A .32 revolver was found in Combs possession. Bond died at midnight from two bullet wounds. Combs was returned to Ashland after lodging in the city jail.
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L. C. Combs
Ashland
Park Central Corner
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Leaper
Bill Bond
Combs
Bond
Rose Binion
Binion
Comba
Election Party At 7 45 Tonight In Messenger
The Messenger invites readers to gather at 7 45 pm for the election party with fast returns from local polling places to be broadcast as ballots are counted. Results on Ohio municipal elections including home rule amendment old age pension ten mill levy and repeal will be telegraphed to the Messenger office. Final results on New York university race will also be announced.
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Messenger
Ohio
New York
Willaman's Fate to Be Decided by Ohio State Alumni
A meeting of Ohio State University's Varsity O Association alumni will be held November 25 in Columbus to decide whether to ask for the removal of football coach Sam Willaman after the Illinois game. The session was arranged by a member of the 1920 football squad.
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Columbus
Litvinov to Discuss U S Soviet Terms in Washington
Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinov arrives in the capital on the sixteenth anniversary of the Russian revolution to meet President Roosevelt. The talks focus on American recognition of the Soviet Union, Soviet American trade, and future Pacific power relations. Litvinov travels with James C. Dunn and is greeted by Secretary of State Hull and others. The welcome lacks military band and formal parade.
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Russia
Maxim Maximovich Litvinov
Roosevelt
Soviet Union
Litvinov
James C. Dunn
State Department
New York
Hull
Phillips
Marvin MacIntyre
Offair
Administration stands by AAA and NRA in recovery plan
Secretary Wallace defended the New Deal programs and urged patience as farmers strike over price pegging. He said two years would be needed to restore prosperity and that city workers should benefit from NRA to lift farm output during the transition.
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NRA
Washington
Agriculture
Wallace
Middlewestern
Mes senger Cooking School Opens at Athens High
Women gather at the Athens High School Auditorium for the Messenger Cooking School led by Mrs. Edna Ferguson. The event features a modern kitchen display, prize baskets, and demonstrations of table service and etiquette with another session planned for tomorrow at 2 o clock.
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Edna Ferguson
Athens High School
Messenger Cooking School
Athens
Coed at Iowa City Receives Kidnap Threats
Margaret F. Hise an 18 year old University of Iowa student from West Liberty Iowa carries a gun for protection after receiving three typewritten notes and four threatening calls demanding $10,000 from her father. Police Chief W H Bender orders investigation and issues permit. A guard is kept at the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
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Iowa City
Ita
University of Iowa
Margaret F. Hise
West Liberty
Cinases
Farmers Organize To Fight Farm Strikers
BRIOUX CITY la Nov 71 A Law and Order League was organized by farmers unsympathetic with the national farm strike Armed with shotguns members of the league escorted two milk trucks safely through picket lines and announced they were willing to help any farmer who wanted an escort.
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Brioux City
U.P
Russia Hails Revolution Birthday as Molotov Vows Tough Policy
Moscow marked the sixteenth anniversary of the Bolshevik revolution with joy and optimism for renewed U S relations. Officials urged pacific ties while Molotov warned that if Japan attacks Russia the task will be the complete destruction of the enemy. Stalin and other leaders applauded the speech.
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Primier Viacheslav Molotov
Joseph Stalin
Mason County Voters Fight Labor Ruling
Mason County residents protest a labor ruling on the Ohio River twin locks project near Eureka arguing the work is a West Virginia matter since the river lies within state borders. About 1,400 applications were filed at Pt Pleasant for federal reemployment work and both Ohio and West Virginia residents have been employed so far.
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Gallipolis
Navy
Ohio River
Eureka
Washington
West Virginia
Congress
W. Va
Ft. Pleasant
W. C. Lasley
Pt. Pleasant
Ohio
Ohio Banks Seek Insurance From FDIC
The FDIC has received 228 membership applications from Ohio banks that are non members of the Federal Reserve. Non member banks must apply and be certified as solvent to be admitted. Beginning Jan 1 the corporation will insure deposits up to 2500.
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Federal Reserve Banks
Washington, Navy
U.P
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ohio
Federal Reserve
Walter J. Cummings
National Banks
Insurance Corporation
Cummings
White Promises January Tax Session in Newcomerstown
Gov. George White pledged a January recall of the state legislature to enact a new tax program for poor relief and schools. He spoke at a Democratic rally in Newcomerstown and left by auto for Marietta after the address and planned to vote in his home precinct before returning to the capital.
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Coshocton
George White
Newcomerstown
Marietta
Fate of NC Prohibition Hanging In Balance In State Vote
In Raleigh on November 7, the fate of national and state prohibition hung in the balance as North Carolina prepared a bitter election. Voters would decide if a convention on ratification of national repeal would be held and whether delegates would favor wet or dry positions.
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Raleigh
N. C
U.P
North Carolina
Farm strike violence and shutdowns sweep midwest
Des Moines reports picket lines tightened at market centers as violent protests disrupt farm trade. Two killed and over 30 injured. property losses mount while railways face arson and blockades. O Neal of the American Farm Bureau warns the strike will fail and urges patience with Roosevelt relief programs. Gen. Hugh Johnson meets farmers in Minneapolis to promote the recovery plan.
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Des Moines
U.P
Sectiona
Hugh Johnson
Minneapolis
Kicks Against Foreign Coal
Congressman A. P. Lamneck pressed Ohio officials to bar out of state coal operators from bidding on 1.4 million tons for relief needs. He argued Ohioans suffer hunger and cold and bidders outside the state should not be allowed to supply the relief coal. He targeted F D Henderson, chairman of the State Relief Commission, in Columbus.
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Ohio
Lamneck
State Relief Commission
Columbus
Navy
U.P
F. D. Henderson
A. P. Lamneck
Mr. lLamneck
Convict Taken To See Mother's Body Escapes
Garfield Tribble, 32, an Ohio Penitentiary convict sentenced for robbery, fled a Cincinnati suburb home after being taken to view his mother's body. He escaped by leaping from a second story window with guard Henry Opper and warden Preston BE. Thomas supervising. Police seek Tribble, eligible for parole in January.
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Garfield Tribble
Ohio
Tribble
Henry Opper
Preston BE. Thomas
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