Ath 4 H Clubs Drive Set For Nov 20 Campaign
Burgett named general chairman with Earl Beckley and Harold J. Rose as co workers for Athens County 4 H Clubs Chest campaign. The drive begins Nov 20 with a bird breakfast at Hotel and ends ten days later. 17 districts will organize captains and workers to solicit contributions supporting 4 H Club work and Chest funds.
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Burgett
Earl Beckley
Harold J. Rose
Athens
Athens Granges
Athens Farm Bureau
Johnson
Openly Sold Land and Wine Noted in Yen Town Report
A Nov edition notes that wine was openly available in Yen Town with many celebrating. Citizens could obtain whisky and wine at Subs and other shops including a drug store. Ohio district attorney and U.S. Attorney warned violators would be prosecuted.
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Yen Town
Fragmented note on local meeting and statements
A damaged entry mentions a meeting in District At Batley with references to MoFS and wines and a person named Batley who claimed to have seen a death. The text is incomplete and does not provide clear outcomes.
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Batley
Wamesley
Novel OCR Glitch Smears Election Teaser
Fragmentary copy notes anti repealers ahead of elections. Vague references include an art night and road Maltimors with unclear names. The readable chunk hints at a political contest and public event but lacks concrete details or context.
Scottish Breweries Work Overtime On Christmas Cheer
London reports Scottish distilleries reopening and breweries speeding up as coopers toil to ship ale and stout to the United States for the Christmas trade. Vessels expected at Scottish ports to load whisky for Newfoundland for transshipment once foreign liquor entry is permitted. Roosevelt to study liquor policy with five agencies as repeal nears on December 5.
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London
U.P
Coopers
United States
Newfoundland
Supreme Court to rule on mortgage moratorium law
The Supreme Court takes up Minnesota’s mortgage moratorium statute testing foreclosure stays amid a nationwide push to shield homeowners. Thousands await outcomes as the ruling could shape emergency legislation in many states and affect about 30,000 homes potentially saved from foreclosure.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Minnesota
Gang Fugitive Held in Akron
Albert Best a 35 year old alleged notorious confidence man and fugitive from a Florida chain gang was captured in Akron after a police ruse. He had lived in the city in a fashionable home on Casterton Avenue and faced warrants in multiple cities under several aliases.
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Akron
U.P
Albert Best
Best
Casterton Avenue
Gilbert Mosely
Seneca County Wheat Acreage Reduction Checks Nearing Mail
Contracts to pay 1,337 Seneca County farmers $110,202.50 for wheat acreage reduction will be completed this week. M. L. Howell, federal agricultural administrator for the county, said checks are ready and will be mailed once contracts reach Washington.
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Seneca County
M. L. Howell
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Marietta Jail Break Free Three Men
Three men used razor blade saws to cut two bars at the Washington County Jail in Marietta and escaped. The escapees were William Jeffers 25 George Deems 22 and Denzil Farnsworth 22 all awaiting grand jury action on burglary and larceny charges.
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Marietta
U.P
Washington County
William Jeffers
George Deems
Denzil Farnsworth
Traffic Victim Dies In Logan Hospital
Logan November 9 Henry Gordon 76 died at Cherrington Hospital after being struck by a car driven by Millard F Brown as Gordon rode to church. Passengers with him Mrs Cliff Walker escaped serious injuries from the same crash last evening.
Johnson Gets Big Hand for AAA Defense
Recovery Administrator Hugh Johnson, en route to Kansas City, addressed 5,000 midwestern farmers praising support for the administration program. He rebuked agrarians over delays in relief and warned striking workers risk losing protections, urging patience as recovery continues from a deep economic collapse.
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Omaha
Neb
U.P
Hugh Johnson
Kansas City
Johnson
Wall Street
Governor to review liquor convict status for potential releases
Columbus November 9 Governor White said he will ask State Welfare Director McSweeney to report on liquor law conviction cases to decide if prisoner releases are justified. He plans to liberate many workhouse inmates after the legislature revises enforcement laws in an extra session.
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White
McSweeney
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Book Inquiry Continues In Ohio Textbook Probe
Columbus witnesses testified before a special Senate committee examining the cost of school textbooks and lobbyist activity in school and legislative matters. A. P. Stalter of Henry County schools was summoned after criticizing the inquiry in a letter to secretary Carl D. Sheppard. Others from a southern county joined the lineup as the committee kept its witness list guarded.
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Senate
A. P. Stalter
Napoleon
Henry County
Carl D. Sheppard
Akron
Clemency Granted for Japanese Navy Officers
About 1,000,000 Japanese citizens petitioned clemency as a naval court martial shows prison terms rather than death or life sentences for officers involved in the incident that killed Premier Inukai and briefly restored a government.
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Tokio
U.P
Inukia
Inslain
New Deal Relief Plan Aims 400 Million Federal Spend
Washington reports Harry Hopkins announces a Civil Works plan to use 400 to 450 million dollars in federal aid by February 15 with states cities and counties raising about 50 million monthly. Ohio relief oversight shifts to state level under the new agency with local agencies drafting work programs.
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Washington
U.R
Harry L. Hopkins
Ohio
Ohio State Relief Commission
Civil Works Administration
State Commission
Public Works Administration
Hopkins
Board says coal wage rise won’t spike household bills
The NRA Consumers' Advisory Board in Washington argues that wage increases for Ohio and western Pennsylvania bituminous coal miners to $3 a day will not lead to sharp price hikes for Ohio households. It notes freight is lower, miners get about 20 percent of coal cost, and even double mine costs would only raise retail prices by about 20 percent. The board cites code protections against coal analysis misrepresentation.
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Washington
Ohio
Pennsylvania
NRA Consumers’ Advisory Board
Consumers’ Board
Cuban Rebels Face Government Offensive at San Ambrosio
Havana reports government troops deployed for an imminent land and water assault on San Ambrosio Barracks, the rebels main stronghold. Civilian casualties range from 50 to 75 with about 200 injured as hospitals and the morgue hold the wounded. a state of war paralyses Havana commerce.
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Havana
U.P
San Ambrosio
Ramon Grau San Martin
Money for Old Age Pension Is Needed Now
Ohio voters approved old age pensions but funding remains unresolved and must be financed in a general taxation program to be proposed by Governor White for a special January session addressing taxation and schools. The initiated law provides no financing plan, relying on an already inadequate state general revenue fund.
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Ohio
White
General Revenue Fund
Porter Gives His Story of Fatal Shooting
Porter, wounded Lawrence County prosecutor, testifies by written statement to Coroner Jones about the fatal shooting of Mrs. Nan Patterson Moreland in her Ironton apartment. He says he bought a gun and guitar, entered the room, sat on the bed, played, and that Mrs. Moreland picked up the gun and it discharged as he tried to disarm her.
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Ironton
U.P
John Porter
Lawrence County
Nan Patterson Moreland
Harry Jones
A. J. Layne
Officials Escape Salary Reduction
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that elective officials who took office Jan 1 1933 are not affected by the salary cut voted in a special session last year. The decision, in a Hamilton County case, held the reduction took effect Jan 2 1933 and that salaries may not be altered during a tenure without the official's consent.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Supreme Court
Hamilton County
Birth Control Code Next Advocates Seek NRA Help
New York reports that leading birth control advocates plan to seek NRA aid to modify federal laws restricting birth control information in mail. Mrs. Margaret Sanger announces a Washington conference January 15 to 17 with delegates from 137 clinics and organizations.
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New York
U.P
NRA
Margaret Sanger
National Committee
Washington
Sanger
Kentucky voters approve repeal in partial tally
Kentucky showed 79,127 for repeal to 56,432 against with Louisville precints adding 1,818 for and 561 against. A ratification convention is set for Nov 27 as Kentucky becomes the 37th state to approve repeal based on early counts. Pennsylvania approved repeal by a large margin with 1,493,142 for and 487,600 against as preliminary returns came in.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Utah repeal vote tops 100000 in statewide tally
Utahs repeal measure reached 102244 in support with 65899 against as returns from Tuesdays election were mostly in across 763 of 804 districts. Final totals await 41 districts but show a strong pro repeal margin.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Strikers Dispersed as Midwest Farm Action Eases
In Des Moines Nebraska and Iowa scenes, deputy sheriffs and anti strike groups moved thousands of pickets from highways. The Farm Holiday movement led by Milo Reno faced cold weather and limited turnout. Actions included dynamiting a cattle train in Hortonville Wisconsin and confiscating livestock by Sioux City Iowa with picketing near Kankakee Illinois. Generated under NRA guidance Gen Hugh Johnson urged a fair trial of relief policies during his Midwest tour.
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NRA
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Hortonville
Wis
Sioux City
Kankakee
LaGuardia Praised by Rogers Amid Old Radical Label
In Beverly Hills a letter from Will defends LaGuardia as American and Italian, noting he was once radical but now embodies steady politics. The piece contrasts his past image with current stance and mentions North Carolina's dry status as a point of discussion.
Cooking Class Draws Crowd in Second Day at Athens
The Messenger Cooking School filled Athens High Auditorium for a second day. Housewives business women and students from Chauncey The Plains Albany Guysville and surrounding areas attended to learn and win prizes as Edna M. Ferguson and her assistant Jean Lay demonstrated from the model home answering questions offering tips and recipes.
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Messenger Cooking School
Athens High
Mis
Edna M. Ferguson
Jean Lay
Doctor Freed In Abduction Case Nears Verdict
In St Paul Minnesota on November 9 a trial for Dr W H Hedberg chiropractor and ex pabilist charged with assault to kill Dr F E Engberg was held. A jury acquitted Hedberg while prosecutors argued he planned Engbergs abduction and his own as well. Engberg a psychiatrist was left on a railroad track in the path of a train after being anaesthetized.
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FE J Engberg
State Board of Medical Examiners
Hedberg
Engberg
Triple Date With Death In Prospect At Ohio Prison
Columbus November 9 A triple execution date of November 24 was in prospect after the state supreme court denied review in the case of Frank Vacchiano who killed a Toledo hotel clerk Merrell Chandler and Chester Prosbaski face execution the same day for killing a guard at the Ohio Reformatory in Mansfield where they were inmates.
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Ohio Penitentiary
State Supreme Court
Frank Vacchiano
Toledo
Merrell Chandler
Chester Probaski
Ohio Reformatory
Manatfield
Beauticians Must Be Licensed Under New Ohio Law
Ohio's new cosmetology law requires all beauty shop operators and workers to hold a state license and sets penalties for violations. The Ohio Board of Cosmetology will organize inspections soon after its formation to ensure licensing and sanitary standards are met.
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Ohio
Ohio Board of Cosmetology
Official Count Starts At Courthouse Today
Athens County election board began tabulating Tuesday’s returns in its basement office at the Courthouse on national and state repeal questions, county home rule, old age pensions, and the ten mill tax limitation. Officials say the count will take today and carry over two to three more days.
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Athens County
County Election Board
Courthous
Governor calls meeting on liquor plan ahead of repeal vote
Governor George White summoned Friday’s meeting of his advisory committee on liquor control to rush a distribution and sale plan as unofficial returns show repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment by about three to one. He said a special legislative session the week of December 11 will enact new liquor laws with taxes set to curb bootlegging and favor package sales, likely restricting on premises use.
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Columbus
U.P
George 0 White
Ohio Liquor Law Votes Set for Emergency Immunity
In Columbus on November 9 officials reported unofficial returns from 854 precincts. Key measures include repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment with 1,483,157 for and 979,047 against and repeal of state prohibition with 1,245,186 for and 618,? against. Old age pensions show 1,386,904 in favor and 625,756 opposed.
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Columbus
Myers
Tal
Swope Proposes National Economic Council Plan
New York November 8 submits third plan by Gerard Swope president of General Electric Company proposing a National Economic Council of 34 including government labor the public financial interests agriculture commerce and industry to regulate the economy and include consuming public in governance.
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Gerard Swope
General Freetric Company
Swone
National Recovery Administration
Swope
Academy of Political Science
National Economic Council
Motley Pleads Guilty and Receives 20 Year Sentence
William Motley pled guilty to shooting with intent to wound before Judge C. KF Peoples in the common pleas court. He was sentenced to one to twenty years in the Ohio Penitentiary.
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Pomeroy
William Motley
Ohio
C. KF. Peoples
Common Pitas
Attorney Appoints Assignee for Local Dry Goods Firm
Gallipolis reports that on November 9 attorney Hollis Johnson was named assignee of the George A. Tabit Corporation a local dry goods store. The record notes the firm’s debts were not listed.
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Gallipolis
Hollis Johnson
George A. Tabit Corporation
Touhy and three associates face trial for Hamm kidnapping
In St Paul on November police authorities and prosecutors presented Roger The Terrible Touhy and three co defendants charged with kidnapping William Hamm Jr a millionaire brewer for a ransom of 100000 The case centers on the 1933 abduction and ongoing legal proceedings.
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ST. Paul
Roger (the Terrible) Touhy
William Hamm, Jr
Bachelor Brewer
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