Millfield Mine Disaster Inquest postponed to Wednesday
Coroner L F Jones opens inquest into the Sunday Creek No 6 explosion near Millfield that killed 82. Funeral services begin, with many from the region attending. Miners injured in the blast are released from hospital as operators announce resumption of work within ten days.
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itAn
L. F. Jones
Kens County
Nday Creek
Millfield
Jones
Gr. D. Williams
Thens County
James Rinaldo
Glouster
Chris Parker
Trimble
Carl Hunter
Bucar Creek
Ralph Channel
Sheltering Arms Hospital
John An
Pan
Driver avoids wrecked cars in dash to ditch near The Plains
W. M. Shirley of Ravenna was cut and bruised when his car left the road to miss two vehicles wrecked in the middle of the highway at The Plains. The fleeing owner of the wrecked car removed his license plates and fled. The other car was badly damaged. County officers are investigating.
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W. M. Shirley
Ravenna
Shirley
Shirpe
Salvation Army to Hear Major Bates in Meeting
Major Claude E. Bates, divisional commander of the Salvation Army Southern Ohio Division, to speak at an 8 PM meeting announced by Adjutant Stone. Salvation Army Girl Guards Sunbeams will join Armistice Day parade. Bay unit to meet at Army Hall 9 30 AM.
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Claude E. Bates
Sal- Army
Rd Stone
Bates
Southern Ohio
Dima
Army
Girl Guards
Sunbeams
Bay
Mion Army Hall
Chicago Pilot Aims For Nonstop Flight To Panama
ES reports Captain W. Ammel of Chicago attempting a nonstop flight from New York toward Panama. The route between New York and Panama was the planned distance for the bold endurance test. En route today the mission passed over the Atlantic corridor with Ammel striving to reach the final goal.
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York
W. Ammel
Chicago Flier
News
Panama
Bill Requiring License To Drive Machine Is Prepared
A petition filed in Attorney General Bettman’s office shows Ohio proposes a license for all automobile drivers. The bill, drawn by the Ohio State Automobile Association committee, would set a 50 cent yearly license fee under state motor vehicles authority. Ages 16 for drivers 18 for chauffeurs and 21 for school buses, with bans for habitual drunkards and certain mental incapacity until competency is restored.
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Columbus
U.P
General Assembly
Bettman
Ohio State Automobile Association
Ohio
Charles C. Jones
Association
Joseph R. Gardner
Cincinnati
Gettman
State Commission of Motor Vehicles
President Hoover's Thanksgiving Proclamation Praised
The text lauds President Hoover's Thanksgiving proclamation as a model for honesty and gratitude. It highlights recognition of science advances in disease prevention, child protection, and expanded control of nature, noting these achievements matter more than fleeting stock prices.
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Hoover
Archbishop Warns of Global Revolution Amid Economic Strife
The Archbishop of Prague warns the world that revolution looms if danger is not recognized. He blames organized capital for pauperism and Catholic suffering, declaring our epoch is marked by egoism ahead of a collapse.
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Prague
Notable Comforts Amid Poverty Under Capitalism Mentioned
The passage argues that modern America offers comfort in poverty through commodities like bathtubs and 25 million autos and radios. It contrasts current pauperism with historical hardship, noting that even Napoleon III faced scarcity when provoking war in 1870.
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America
Napoleon III
Bismarck
von Moltke
Before the French Revolution Half Starved Population
A fragmented clipping notes that before the French Revolution roughly half the population lived in extreme hunger, marking a period of widespread poverty rooted in royal and clerical privilege. The article references continuation on Page 4.
Insurance Man Confesses Torch Murder of Wife In Jersey City
Howard Swavely, an insurance man, confessed to the torch murder of his wife Elizabeth as she slept. He said her nagging and fear she might leave him could have triggered the act and that the $17,000 life policy was not the motive.
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Sir John Fagge
Boston
England
Europe
Florence Goss Murdock
Marshfield
Mass
Jersey City
U.P
Howard Swavely
Swavely
Elizabeth
Princes Own Great Riches
London reports Indian princes to attend the round table conference in person. Among their wealth are a solid gold cannon a carpet woven with real pearls the finest emerald collection the fifth largest diamond and a necklace of hazel nut sized pearls. The Maharaja of Kashmir rules 80 000 square miles with 3.5 million people.
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London
U.P
Kashmir
Mr. A
Actresses Sally ONeill and Mollie OD ay File Bankruptcy
Hollywood actress Sally ONeill and Mollie OD ay file voluntary bankruptcy petitions stating they cannot pay thousands in bills. The filing marks a major financial step for the two performers in the entertainment industry.
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Hollywood
Salif
Sally O'Neill
Mollie O'Day
Inventors blamed for world’s woes in Santa Monica letter
A reader signed WILL from Santa Monica urges President Hoover to form a commission to stop inventions that threaten jobs. He argues most of the world earns wages and laments inventors taking work from others. The letter voices frustration at unemployment and calls for governmental action.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Will
Armistice Day Celebration Set at Athens Fairgrounds
Thousands of World War veterans will attend a gala armistice anniversary at the Athens County Fairgrounds under American Legion Post 21. A parade with 100 floats starts 10:20 AM on East State Street. ox roast dinner at noon. speeches and a hand concert follow. boxing bouts and a South Court Street dance are planned. Ohio University grants half holiday. county schools close all day. city schools close at 3 PM. merchants close at noon. banks pause operations.
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Ohio
Athens County
K. T. Crossen Post 21
American Legion
Athens
Athens Metal Merchants Association
S&s. M
W. W. Ankenbrand
East State Street
Fairgrounds
South Court Street
County Goes Democratic in Athens County Election
Athens County shows Democrats ahead in 72 precincts with 89 votes to 32 for Republicans and one other, a sharp swing from 1928 when Republicans dominated. Bern Township recorded 73 votes for each party, while Todi East and Canaan South flipped from Republican to Democratic.
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Athens County
Dave Johnson
Todi East
Canaan South
Young aviator sets cross country speed records
An 18 year old from Lexington Massachusetts and Stanley Boynton held junior speed records for eastward and westward U S crossings. He completed a Los Angeles to Rockland flight in 20 hours 29 minutes landing at Scarboro Airport at 4 20 p m after his first plane ride a year and a half ago.
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Rockland
U.P
United States
Stanley Boynton
Lexington
Mass
Scarboro
Los Angeles
Ethel Brown 29 Buried After Columbus Hospital Death
Ethel Brown died Sunday morning in St. Anthony's Hospital after an operation two weeks prior. The Albany-born Athens resident and Columbus restaurant waitress is survived by her mother Mrs. Ellen Brown, brother Harley J. Brown, sister Mrs. Faye Kenney, and father L. H. Brown. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 10 30 in Hebbardsville Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery.
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Ethel Brown
Albany
Athens
Columbus
St. Anthony's Hospital
Ellen Brown
Harley J. Brown
Fostoria
Jager Funeral Home
Hebbardsville
West
Washington Street
L. H. Brown
Spring Street
Faye Kenney
Miss Brown
Bandits Try to Rob Akron Provisions Store
Hugo W. Hoffmann, manager of the Wagner Provisions Co store in Akron, was tortured and shot at Sunday as two robbers sought the safe combination. Hoffmann refused to yield, was beaten and threatened but remained firm. The suspects fled. the safe reportedly held $2500.
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Akron
U.P
Hugo W. Hoffmann
Wagner Provisions Company
Hoffman
Ohioans Die In Accidents Over Sunday
Ohio weekend toll includes five killed in Cincinnati traffic crashes and nine injured in Columbus. Victims ranged in age from 60s to 70s, with deaths in fires at Port Clinton Portsmouth and a freight train collision near Leipsic.
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Cincinnati
Columbus
U.R
Ohio
United Press
Frank M. Reeves
Jamestown
N. Y
Architectural Draftsin Min
Nd van Ashley
Alexandria
Gallipolis
Chauncey Johnson
Helen Little
Newark
John Miley
Gilead
Marion
Anna Serry
Lima
Charles M. Davis
Leipsic
Charles Coleman
Charles Schaefer
Manchester
M. B. Jennings
Port Clinton
Minnie Kneirim
Edward Bertach
Bertsch
Portsamouth
Rebecca Mault
Gephart Station
Further Rate Cuts Refused
Washington reports that railroads will end emergency freight rate cuts by November 30 despite administration opposition. The 60 to 88 percent reductions in eastern southern and western regions have caused multi million dollar revenue losses and stock feed and livestock storage of over 60,000 car loads.
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Washington
U.P
French sympathy from Paris over Millfield mine disaster
The French government extended condolences to the American mining community after the Millfield disaster. French secretary of public works sent a telegram detailing the entire French mining corporate body’s profound sympathy to the workers in American mines.
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Washington
Millfield
Alcohol blamed in two deaths in Ohio county jails
In New Lexington on November 10 authorities blamed alcoholism for two deaths in jails in the past day. Walter Vincent, 35, from Galesburg Illinois, was found dying in Crooksville Jail by Marshal Fred Reed and died before a doctor arrived. Earlier, Frank Warner, 60, of Lancaster, was found dead in Roseville village lockup by Marshal A Pringle after being allowed to sleep off the cold.
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New Lexington
U.P
Walter Vincent
Galesburg
Inl
Crooksville
Fred Reed
A. Pringle
Frank Warner
Lancaster
Roseville
Bishop James Cannon Jr Struggles with Arthritis
Nov 10 report from Washington states Bishop James Cannon Jr. remains in hospital after two weeks of treatment for arthritis. Doctors say his condition has weakened but is not considered grave, with the disease now affecting his arms and legs.
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Washington
James Cannon, Jr
Lyman Sexton
Unemployment Crisis Seen As Sharpest In U S History
Dr. Leo Wolman, adviser to President Hoover, calls unemployment the nation’s most serious crisis. He cites higher peak figures than 3.5 million, predicting 5 to 6 million unemployed with February as a likely peak. President Hoover contours relief via emergency funds and drought relief loans to influence Congress.
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Washington
U.R
Leo Wolman
Hoover
Wolman
Harding
National Bureau Ofconomic Research
New Yorker
Congress
Debutante Dorothy Fell to Make Washington Debut
Capital debut will be a beautiful season if more debutantes appear in Washington society like Dorothy Fell daughter of Mrs. Ogden Mills wife of the Undersecretary of the Treasury and set to debut this year in the capital.
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Washington
Dorothy Fell
Ogden Mills
the Treasury
Capital
Acid attack ends feud over broken window in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati a week-long dispute between janitor Jacob Axe and renter Rita Thompson over a shattered window ended with Axe's death from acid burns. Thompson admitted throwing the acid in self defense after threats by Axe, who had demanded replacement of the glass. Police say Axe had threatened the mother and later brandished a bat before the attack. Thompson moved away then returned for belongings. A warrant for destruction of property had been issued for Thompson.
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Cincinnati
Jacob Axe
Rita Thompson
Axe
Cleveland editor suffers serious injuries in crash
George Davis veteran Cleveland newspaperman and dramatic editor of The Cleveland Press received two broken legs and serious head injuries when a car he rode in crashed into a permanent safety zone standard in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
U.P
George Davis
Cleveland Press
Former National Military Home patient charged with counterfeiting
Julian Berg age 40, a former patient at the National Military Home, was arrested on charges of possessing counterfeit $20 bills and printing equipment. The arrest followed authorities tracing the operation to Berg, who had resided in Dayton.
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Dayton
Navy
Julian Berg
National Military Home
Orders Rise at United States Steel in October
United States Steel Corporation reports unfilled orders rose by 57,425 tons in October, reaching a total of 3,481,763 tons. The announcement highlights sustained demand and production backlog at the steel maker.
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New York
Navy
United States Steel Corporation
Local Teen and Companion Named in Chauncey Context
Wilbert Love, 21, from Chauncey, along with Gladys Le Master, 17, of Chauncey, are identified in the readable segment. No further details are provided within the extract.
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Wilbert Love
Chauncey
Gladys le Master
Watson Welcomes Democratic Co operation in Hoover Era
Senator James B. Watson of Troiana, Republican Senate leader, accepted the Democratic offer of cooperation after consulting with President Hoover. party leaders urge united effort to steady markets and address economic issues amid a near evenly divided Congress.
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Watson
Senate
Hoover
Washington
James B. Watson
Troiana
Jouetts Shouse
Democratic National Committee
Shouse
Alfred KB. Smith
John J. Ragkeb
Congress
Tower House
Britten Demands Details On Church Board Dry Agent Plan
Representative Jed A. Britten accuses the Methodist Board of Temperance Prohibition and Public Morals of approving the Woodcock program for 500 more dry agents without a proper meeting. He calls the board’s stance "very, very dry and total abstainers" and says it does not reflect Northern sentiment, calling it a Southern Democratic product.
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Washington
U.R
Jed A. Britten
Illinois
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Britten
Methodist Board
Revival At Church Of God Promotes Bible Inspiration
The Rev. M. A. Monday of Bedford Indiana will speak on Why I Believe the Bible to be the Inspired Word of God at the revival starting tonight at Hocking Street Church of God. He previously addressed The Value of Salvation to a large crowd Sunday night.
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M. A
Bedeford
Ind
Hocking Street Church of God
Evangelist
Candidates Must File Expenses by November Final Date
November election candidates must file expense accounts by November 14, the Athens County Board of Elections clerk David Johnson said. Candidates are required by law to furnish sworn expense statements.
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David Johnson
Athens County Board of Elections
Woman shot in Akron home during attempted shooting
Akron, Nov 10. Mrs. Ruthi Leonard, 22, was shot in the right leg at her home on Sunday as her husband Clayton allegedly attempted to shoot her. He seized a rifle and threatened him.
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Akron
Ruthi Leonard
Clayton
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