State school levies face delays as districts weigh funding
In a town discussion led by Fichter, boards consider borrowing to cover next school year after likely defeat of gasoline tax amendments. With revenue shortfalls and state aid uncertain, districts fear closures and delays may stretch into early 1930s, as votes on special levies loom. Local boards ordered schools closed Thursday and planned to reopen after funds or state decisions.
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Wes
Fichter
Zanesville
Doctor Homicide Case Linked to Marine Woman Attack
In California a prominent Santa Rosa doctor, William, is held on murder and wounding charges after a shooting at a hospital that involved two women, Mrs Newton and Mrs Jacobs. A nurse aided the transfer, with legal action following surrender after treatment.
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Calif
Was & Hospital
William Old Prominent
Santa
Unclear text fragment about wine dinner in prohibition era
Fragmentary report mentions light wines this season and a dinner with Mrs. Ucementen, noting it being the first year of prohibition and references to legal implications around serving wine at a meal. The readable content is too fragmentary to derive a definite event, date, or participants.
One Thousand Women Attend Second Messenger Cookery Session
The Messenger Cooking School drew 1,000 attendees on the second day surpassing the first day. Mrs. Bertha M. Harris demonstrated leftovers and flaky pie crusts while a radio program preceded the lecture. Helen Jean Brown read winners for free market baskets from pink coupons. names include Mrs. Jack King and Miss Edith Swayme among others.
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the Messenger Cooking School
Bertha M. Harris
Helen Jean Brown
Jack King
West State Street
Beatrix Rosser
West Washington Street
Jack Quest
Smith Street
J. W. Henderson
East State Street
Nelson McDaniel
Poplar Avenue
Edith Swayme
Church Street
Pauline McKnight
Athens R. D
Mabel Howell
Athens
Edna Carsey
Elliott Street
A. K. Buell
P. B. Burns
N. C. Stout
Sunnyside Drive
D. I. Gandee
Stimson Avenue
E. A. Hanson
Columbia Avenue
S. B. Erksine
O. O. Ashcraft
Guyaville
Eldon Bolin
Athens R. D. 1
Honeymoon Over say Republicans in Beverly Hills
Will Rogers responds to Republican jabs about the Roosevelt honeymoon. He argues the couple shows real chemistry and predicts a six year run, criticizing party for only denouncing opponents and lacking a platform to propose.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Republican Party
Will Rogers
Six Republicans win Ohio congressional seats in election
A phalanx of six Republican stalwarts kept an unbroken front in Ohio district elections. Winners include Thomas A. Jenkins in the Tenth, John Cooper in the Nineteenth, Chester Bolton in the Seventeenth, John Hollister in Cincinnati, L. T. Marshall in the Seventh, and William Hess in the Second.
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Columbus
Ohio
Thomas A. Jenkins
John Cooper
Chester Bolton
John Hollister
Cincinnati
L. T. Marshall
William Hess
Byron B. Harlan
Dayton
Frank L. Kloeb
Celina
Frank Kniffin
Napoleon
James G. Polk
Highland
Warren J. Duffey
Toledo
Brooks Fletcher
Marion
William L. Fiesinger
Sandusky
Mell G. Underwood
New Lexington
Dow Harter
Akron
Robert Secrest
Senecaville
Martin L. Sweeney
Cleveland
Robert Crosser
Charles V. Truax
Stephen Young
Death of C C Snodgrass in St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg
Calvin C Snodgrass aged 67 died this morning at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg after a ten day illness. Friends may call after 4 pm Friday at his home. Short services at the family home near Guysville Sunday morning. Funeral at Pullman West Virginia at 2 pm with burial. He was a Ritchey County native who moved to Athens County 19 years ago to live in Carthage Township. Survived by a wife two brothers Jack of Clarksburg and W C of Guysville and one sister Mrs Flora Swisher of Guysville.
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Calvin C. Snodgrass
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Guysville
Pullman
W. Va
Mr. Snodgrass
Ritchey County
Athens County
Carthage Township
Jack
Clarksburg
W. C
Flora Swisher
Former Athenian Says Man Struck Her Face
Ada November 8. John Obenour 29 financial secretary of the Agricultural Workers Union faced arrest on assault and battery charges brought by Miss Wilhem ina Arbogast 21 Ada relief investigator. She alleges Obenour struck her in the face during an argument over relief at McGuffey onion fields, an area recently tied to onion workers labor trouble. Miss Arbogast formerly lived in Athens where she attended Athens High School.
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Ada
John Obenour
The
Agricultural Workers’ Union
Wilhemina Arbogast
Miss Arbogast
Obenour
McGuffey
Onion Workers
Athens
Athens High School
Americans To Oppose Japs Naval Program
London dispatch reports American delegates oppose a British Japan naval compromise and will not grant equality to Japan. The plan would grant Tokyo equality in principle but place Japan in an inferior tonnage position to Britain and the United States, according to naval circles.
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London
Japan
England
Tokyo
Britain
United States
Police Probe Death Found Hanging From Signal Tower
Authorities investigated a man found dead hanging by his belt from a Pennsylvania railroad signal tower near Columbiana and Jefferson counties. Police declared it a death investigation as they sought to identify the victim and determine the cause.
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Wellsville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Columbiana-Jefferson County
County Officials Begin Official Vote Count in Athens County
The Athens County Election Board started tabulating votes at the Courthouse with county levies to be counted last. Unofficial returns show Metcalf defeating Eberle for State Senate by 4,707 in the Ninth Fourteenth District, with county results listing Metcalf leading in Athens, Hocking, Fairfield, Noble, Morgan, and Washington counties. Secrest defeats Ray for Congress in the Fifteenth District by 8,775, down nearly 5,000 from the prior landslide.
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Athens County
County Election Board
Verner E. Metcalf
Marietta
Louis J. Eberle
Nelsonville
State Senate
Athens
Metcalf
Eberle
Hocking
Fairfield
Noble
Morgan
Washington
Kenneth C. Ray
Congress
Robert T. Secrest
Murray City
Secrest
Rules Against Federal Stand at Weirton Mills
In Wilmington Delaware Federal Judge John P Nields rejected the government's claim that a company union at Weirton Steel Company mills barred workers free choice of a bargaining agent He ruled there is no proof the plan served as a barrier and that workers adoption came through experimentation and trial not through coercive acts He cast aside speeches literature and rhetoric as irrelevant to the workers decision.
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Wilmington
Del
John P. Nields
Weirton Steel Company
Nields
Bride and Widow Within Five Hours
Bernardette Gaffney aged 23 became a bride and a widow within five hours in Cleveland after Louis Blitz aged 22 died from a bullet wound she inflicted accidentally last Sunday. The marriage to Blitz occurred as he lay on a hospital bed and was performed by a Catholic priest with Blitz’s parents present.
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Cleveland
Bernardette Gaffney
Louis Blitz
Blitz
Alumni Homecoming Weekend at Ohio U Draws Hundreds
Ohio University and Athens prepare for a wide alumni Homecoming. Eugene Batten heads the Men’s Union overseeing events. The Ohio Cincinnati football game anchors the celebration with a large Cincinnati delegation expected. The band plays at 1 15 p m and balloons will be released at kickoff. Homecoming parade prizes honor best floats while fraternity houses decorate. The Women’s Athletic Association carnival closes the events with booths and games.
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Ohio University
Athens
Eugene Batten
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio
Ohio University Band
Curtis W. Janssen
Court and
West Union Streets
Court Street
Women’s Athletic Association
Ted Wildermouth
Vivian Burdette
Albany
Athens Kiwanis Club
Hotel Berry
Urschel Case Suspect Held After Car Crash
Roseburg Oregon November report says Alvin H. Scott a tailor was held on conspiracy charges in the Urschel kidnapping case. Margaret Hurtience is named with him as co defendant. Scott unconscious from an accident and $1360 in ransom money found on him. Bond set at 25000 pending removal to Oklahoma City.
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Roseburg
Ore
Alvin H. Scott
Oklahoma
Urschel
Portland
Margaret Hurtience
Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
Scott
Here
C. C. Spears
Bureau of Investigation
Ursche
Parents Consent to McAdoo Marriage in Los Angeles
Ellen Wilson McAdoo secures her parents consent to wed Manila born actor Rafael Lopez De Onate in Los Angeles. Earlier reports said a marriage would end her $1,000 monthly allowance. Riverside officials require De Onate to prove non Filipino heritage.
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Los Angeles
Ellen Wilson McAdoo
Rafael Lopez de Onate
Ellen
de Onate
Riverside
They Vote on Him for Governor and Sheriff
Supporters urged voters to write in William A. McMaster for sheriff on Democratic or Republican ballots. About 100,000 did, but he also received votes for state and county treasurer and even for Democratic governor on the same ballot.
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Cleveland
William A. McMaster
McMaster
Nobel Prize Awarded to Italian Author Pinandelle
The Nobel Prize in literature was awarded today to Italian author Luigi Pinandelle in Stockholm. News reports confirm Pinandelle as the recipient for his contributions to modern literature and narrative art.
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Stockholm
Luigi Pinandelle
Night club operator held in June Robles kidnapping case
Oscar H. Robson is jailed in Phoenix on a 50 000 bond on a charge of mailing a 15 000 ransom demand to the father of six year old Jane Robles whose abduction in April prompted the investigation. Authorities say the arrest follows a prolonged DOJ inquiry. He is defended by his mother who says he was in Phoenix and Los Angeles on the day of the disappearance.
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June Robles
Phoenix
Ariz
Oscar H. Robson
June
Robson
Robles
Robeson
Jane “Robles
Department of Justice
Mary Robson
Tucson
Los Angeles
A. F. Blair
Margaret Robson
June Robies
Epic Leaders Gain 17 Seats in California Battle
In San Francisco on November 4 1934 Epic faction led by Upton Sinclair and Culbert Olson challenged Democrats for control. Sinclair's support grew with Olson winning a State Senate seat and Epic backers capturing at least 17 Assembly seats and a Board of Equalization seat.
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San Francisco
Upton Sinclair
California
Frank F. Herriam
Culbert Olsen
Sinclair
Senate
Assembly
State Board of Equalization
Olson
Democratic State Central Committee
Democrats Win Miami County After 90 Years
In Troy on November 6 officials reported a Democratic sweep in Miami County after nine decades. K. V. Miller of Piqua was elected sheriff, ending Republican incumbent Charles Green’s bid for a third term. The last Democratic sheriff dated to 1845 with Joe Pearson.
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Troy
Miami County
K. V. Miller Piqua
Charles Green
Joe Pearson
Alleged Killer of Baby Is Arrested by Police
In Cincinnati on November 8, Jewel Lindsey was charged with the murder of 14 month old Gus Greer after police learned a prowler climbed through a window of the Greer home. The infant died from blows delivered as two other children awoke crying.
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Cincinnati
Gus Greer
Jewel Lindsey
Lindsey
Greer
Roosevelt and Aides Start Shaping Work For New Congress
In Columbus on November 8 Senator elect Vic Donahey leads Ohio Democratic gains with a 432.18 margin over Senator Simeon D. Fess and a slate of Democrats including 18 Congressmen. Martin L. Davey wins governor with 1 116 425 votes as Brown trails. Donahey vows to shape national and state policy with Bulkley.
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Columbus
Vic Donahey
Ohio
Simeon D. Fess
Donahey
Robert J. Bulkley
United States
Martin L. Davey
MH. E. Griffith
Publioney
Griffith
Fess
W. C. Sandberg
Cleveland
Davey
Brown
I. O. Ford
Ohio Chamber to Hear Result of Sales Levy
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual session November 14 and 15 in Toledo to discuss a sales tax. Alexander Thompson, president, notes the need to raise about $60,000,000 for 1935 to fund schools and local government. James E. Morgan will explain sales tax operation and Clarence J. Laylin will discuss tax allocation to local districts.
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Toledo
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Alexander Thompson
James E. Morgan
Michigan State Board of Tax Administration
Clarence J. Laylin
Ohio State University
Ohio Tax Commission
Thompson
Ohio Chamber
Ohio
General Assembly
Ritchie Defeated as Maryland Governor by Harry Nice
Albert C. Ritchie loses bid for a fifth term as Maryland governor to Baltimore attorney Harry W. Nice. The Republican victory was settled after the Tuesday vote, marking Nice as the state’s new chief executive. Ritchie previously defeated Nice in 1919 by a small plurality of 165 votes.
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Baltimore
Albert C. Ritchie
Maryland
Harry W. Nice
Nice
Ritchie
Five injured as auto and Greyhound bus collide near Bellevue
A head on crash on Route 20 four miles east of Bellevue left five people with minor injuries and more than 30 shaken. An Akron driver Fred P. Pfffle sawhis automobile tire blow out causing the car to swerve into a Detroit bound Greyhound bus. The car overturned seven times and was demolished.
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Bellevue
Greyhound
Fred P. Pfffle
Akron
Doumergue Cabinet Resigns After Political Truce Break
Paris reports the Doumergue cabinet resigns as Premier Gaston Doumergue submits the resignation following the collapse of his political truce cabinet. Six radical socialist ministers opposed the government triggering the upheaval.
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Paris
Doumergue
Gaston Doumergue
National League elects Frick president and Heydier chairman
New York November 6 Lord A Frick head of the NL Service Bureau was elected president succeeding John A Heydier who was named chairman of the seaward board of directors in the new office.
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Frick
National League
Day
John A. Heydier
Theseacues Board of Directors
New Office
School Strike Its One Big Mistake for Bond Issue Passes Anyway
Elyria news reports sixty five Grafton high school pupils walked out believing a $12,000 bond for a gym and two classrooms failed at the election. Officials clarified a simple majority sufficed and the issue passed as the strikers returned to class.
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Elyria
Grafton
Here
Election Board
Ohio Assembly Control Hinges On Thin Line
Democrats hold the Senate for the first time in 16 years while Republicans lead the House by a slim margin. Unofficial returns show 18 Senate Democrats to 4 Republicans with three women elected to the House Alma Smith Blanche Hower and Ruth Liegh leading the female legislators.
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Colutmbus
Ohio
Piet General Assembly
Senate
House
Lawrence Puchta
Hamilton County
Uiness
Alma Smith
Parma
Blanche EB. Hower
Akron
Ruth Liegd
Portamouth
Federal Cattle Range in Ohio Is Abandoned
Columbus reports the large Ohio cattle range north of Delaware will be abandoned as Western drought cattle shipments decline. Up to 20 000 head had grazed there since August. cattle from drought areas will go to packing houses, per W R McNamara of the Relief Commission. A meat canning plant opened recently. 500 workers once employed on the range.
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W. R McNamara
Eurplus Commodities Division
The
Relief Commission
Ohio
McNamara
Roll Call to Launch Red Cross Drive in Athens County
A county Red Cross Roll Call begins next Monday with a rally at New Marsh field Friday night. The program at 7 30 p m at the Methodist Protestant Church features Rev Miles Hoon Dr W B Gamertsfelder of Ohio University and Homer Baird as speakers. County chairmen and club volunteers organize to promote the county wide drive with Mrs Dwight Rutherford noting plans progress. EL Wilson chairs New Marshfield rally arrangements.
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New Marshfield
Athens County
Red Cross
Methodist Protestant
Miles Hoon
Dwight Rutherford
EL. Wilson
Democrats Gain Big House Majority in Election Year
Early post election counts show Democrats with 317 seats to 102 for Republicans in the House. Roosevelt and Buchanan plan rapid post election action to start work on supply bills and recovery measures in January.
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House
Washington
Roosevelt
Buchanan
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
White House
Hyde Park
Tug of War Over Richetti Ends in Ohio Custody Fight
The custody fight over Adam Richetti, linked to the Union Station Plaza massacre, appears resolved as Wellsville officers captured him in a camp with Floyd companions. Federal agents had sought to move him to Kansas City, but abandoned that effort, likely handing him to Boone County Missouri authorities for the two officer killings. Extradition hearings are before Gov. George White.
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Cleveland
Now
Adam Richetti
Ohio
Wellsville
Charlies
Pretty Boy
Floyd
Richetti
Kansas City
Union Station Plaza
Rich
Fleet Maneuvers Off Mexican Coast Near California
SAN DIEGO Calif Nov. The United States fleet engages in mock warfare off the Mexican coast just below California. The armada will return to its Southern California base after seven months away from home. The ships are due at San Pedro and San Diego Friday.
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San Diego
Calif
United States
Mexican Coast
California
San Pedro
Frank Buxton Struck By Hit-Run Motorist
Frank Buxton, 75, of Athens and an engineer at Columbus State Hospital, suffered a fractured leg and other injuries when a hit and run driver struck him on West Broad Street. A passing taxi driver found him and he was taken to St. Francis Hospital.
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Columbus
Frank Buxeton
Athens
Columbus State Hospital
West Broad Street
St. Francis Hospital
Ohio State Names Homecoming Queen At Michigan Game
Miss Mary Alma Oppenheim of Coldwater was selected as homecoming queen for Ohio State University's Homecoming football game against Michigan on November ay.
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Columbus
Mary Alma Oppenheim
Coldwater
Ohio State University
Michigan
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Delaware
State Relief Coremission
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Rooseve
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