Man Shot in Athens Tax Enforce-ment Case
A man shot during untaxed liquor enforcement in Athens was struck in the back by a bullet fired by Officer Schapiro after a street confrontation near Court Street. The bullet lodged near the lumbar spine with risk to the spinal cord. the injured man was hospitalized and Cunningham reportedly fled the scene.
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North Court
Wyatt Cuns
Ital
Smouth
Athens
Investity
Schapiro
Court
Failbum
Cunningham
Vtomobile
Bar Cunningham
Lost Pilots Reported as Hopeless in Burma
Burma news says crews of Charles King and co pilot Tom from England are described as virtually hopeless after a disaster. Tokyo reports chaotic scenes with damaged clothing and unclear rescue outcomes amid ongoing search efforts.
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Burma
Charles Kingbis
Tom
England
Valve man promoted after seven years in Cincinnati water works
Othmar W. Pies, seven years as a city water works valve-man, is raised from 1380 to 12000 dollars a year. Superintendent Albert Sr. Hibbs notes a contract with Memphis to detect water leaks. He developed an electrical device that amplifies leak sounds for precise location.
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Cincinnati
Othmar W. Pies
Albert Sr. Hibbs
Memphis
Tenn
Hibbs
Legion Acts in Armistice Day Controversies
Akron anger over Armistice Day parade prompts Franklin Post No. 1 to demand resignations or apologies. The American Legion condemns remarks by Glen A Dalton of the Ohio State YMCA and criticizes Akron School Superintendent Ralph Waterhouse for blocking bands from marching in the veterans memorial event.
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Columbus
Akron
Franklin Post No. 1
American Legion
Glen A. Dalton
Ohio State University Y. M. C. A
Dalton
Ralph Waterhouse
Legion
O. U. appoints Albert Miller biology instructor
Albert Miller, previously with the University of Chicago zoology department since 1931 and former acting head at Assiut College in Egypt from 1928 to 1931, is named biology instructor at Ohio University. He studied at Wooster College and the University of Geneva and Munich. He will receive a PhD from the University of Chicago in December.
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Albert Miller
University of Chicago
Ohio University
Miller
Peitaiho
China
Assiut College
Assiut
Egypt
Frederick H. Krecker
Brookline High School
Brookline
Mass
Wooster College
University of Geneva
Switzerland
University of
School Teacher Gives 15000 to Ohio College
Cleveland report notes Miss Susie Wilson an 86 year old former teacher adds 5000 to prior gifts of 10000 to Baldwin Wallace College. She lives alone on Cleveland’s crowded east side and has supported Baldwin Wallace since childhood with her family rooted in the college’s early history.
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Cleveland
Susie Wilson
Baldwin- Wallace College
Wilson
Baldwin-Wallace
Train Demolishes Auto Stalled on Tracks at Crossing
A speeding Pennsylvania passenger train crashed into a stalled automobile on a grade crossing in Columbus. Father Minred Parzinger, 52, and his three children escaped serious injury after attempting to push the car off the tracks before impact.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania
Parzinger
Wes
Bride-to-be in Maryland police probe before wedding
Corinna Loring a Washington stenographer is under investigation by Maryland police two days before her wedding to Richard Tear. Investigators are questioning the fiancé as part of the inquiry into events surrounding the case.
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Corinna Loring
Washington
Richard Tear
Maryland
Legislators To Enact Savings In Ohio Budget
Ohio lawmakers return to work after brief sessions and will push a tax plan to deliver about 15 million dollars in annual savings. Governor Davey plans to seek a social security proposal including unemployment insurance to align with federal plans and re-enact aging taxes on sales, liquid fuel, and cigarettes.
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Davey
Shotgun Attack Wounds Union Agent in Cleveland
Frank P. Converse, 51, business agent for the International Union of Operating Engineers, was seriously wounded when gunmen fired on his car late Monday. Converse refused to identify suspects or motives, saying he would handle the matter himself.
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Cleveland
Frank P. Converse
International Union of Operating Engineers
Converse
Electricity To Extend To 700 Piqua Farms
Columbus report details the Rural Electrification Administration plan to extend power to about 700 farms near Piqua. The Miami Rural Electric Cooperative will receive a 254000 loan to build 198 miles of lines, financed from a 100 million federal rural electrification fund. Power will often come from municipal plants.
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Columbus
Murray Lincoln
Rural Electrification Administration
Piqua
REA
Miami Rural Electric Co-Operative, Inc
Lincoln
Severe Storm Sinks Vessel in Near East
A Turkish steamer Inebolu sank in Smyrna Harbor during a severe storm. Ninety of more than 200 aboard were reported drowned or missing. The British freighter Pio rescued 11 persons.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Inebolu
Smyrna
Pio
Hock Hocking Name Chosen By Boy Scouts
The Hock Hocking District name, the old Indian name for the Hocking River, was adopted as the permanent title for the Athens County Boy Scout area at a Nelsonville meeting. Officers for the coming year were elected, with Harper C. Pendry as vice chairman and legal and training roles filled by local leaders. Pendry received thanks for his prior service. Plans for new troops in Glouster Trimble Jacksonville Greens Run and Buchtel were discussed, plus jamboree plans in Athens and a toy drive for needy children.
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Hock-Hocking
Hocking River
Athens County
Nelsonville
Fred McKay
Athens
J. W. Long
Court of Honor and Board of Review
C. D. Samford
Gordon Gray
Don Johnson
William Morgan
E. J. Arnold
M. H. Macfarian
Albany
Harry L. Mettler
Long
Glouster
Trimble
Jacksonville
Greens Run
Buchtel
Martin Trauger
Shade
the Plains
Macfarian
Paul Theisen
Chauncey
J. W Long
George Heilpern
Lloyd Evans
Thomas Auflick
Max Wilson
Paul Handel
Kootaga
Glouster CLC Worker Killed in WV
Howard McAllister age 20 of Glouster was killed Monday night when a car he rode in ran off the road and overturned near Moundayilie Virginia. His parents were notified and a local funeral director left to bring the body back to Glouster.
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Glouster
Howard McAllister
Thomas McAllister
CCC
Moundayilie
Carpenter Rites To Be Held at Clarks Chapel
The body of Harvey Carpenter age 2 who died in Barberton Tuesday morning will be taken to Clarks Chapel for a funeral service at 2 p m Thursday. Mr Carpenter leaves his wife and two children.
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Harvey Carpenter
Barberton
Clarks Chapel
Carpenter
Slain Doctor's Fiance Admits Killing to Police
New York police report Dr Fritz Gebhardt age 40 was shot dead in a skyscraper hotel early today. Patrolman John Holden found Vera Stretz the fiancé on a fire escape step and police said she admitted killing him as they closed in to stop the slayer's escape.
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New York
Fritz Gebhardt
John Holden
Vera Stretz
Missing Akron Woman Found in Chattanooga
Mrs. Florence Kime 33, a Akron club woman missing for a week, was located Monday at her sister’s home in Chattanooga Tennessee. Her husband Virgil Kime announced he believes she is an amnesia victim.
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Akron
Florence Kime
Chattanooga
Tenn
Virgil Kime
Woman 108, Advocates Wine and Sleep for Longevity
Mrs. Carmella Velotta, aged 108 in Cleveland, credits longevity to ample sleep and good food with occasional wine. Born in Italy twelve years after Napoleon’s Waterloo defeat, she walks six miles daily and manages family gatherings despite not speaking English.
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Cleveland
Carmella Velotta
Supreme Court To Decide Hauptmann Fate
Supreme Court weighs Hauptmann appeal to halt execution for the Lindbergh baby kidnapping. A 32 page petition by lawyer Egbert Rosecrans argues a new trial is needed claiming a circus like trial and violated constitutional rights at Flemington New Jersey. Justices expected to rule by December 23 on whether to review the conviction with potential argument dates in February or March and a final decision weeks after.
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Washington
Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Egbert Rosecrans
Hauptmann
Flemington
New Jersey
Supreme Court
Gied Suessee Nee
Urge Halt in Federal Loans
In New Orleans Leo T. Crowley of the FDIC urged banks to replace government credit with private capital but cautioned against moving too fast. Jesse H. Jones of the RFC said he wants the government to exit money lending but not prematurely, stressing careful timing.
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New Orleans
American Bankers Association
Leo T. Crowley
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Red Cross Explains Emblems on Court Street Flags
Red Cross officials say a worker acted without orders in placing emblems on flags along Court Street on Armistice Day. The emblems were removed once the local chapter learned of the incident amid charges of disrespect from Captain J. B. Allen.
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Red Cross
Court Street
Dwight Rutherford
John W. Bolin
Roll Call
J. B. Allen
Consider Your Width Girls Woman Specialist Advises
Dr. Helen Brenton Pryor of Stanford announces width weight tables based on bi iliac diameter. Her study of about 10 000 students shows seven averages instead of one, warning that about 30 percent labeled too thin under old height based scales. Maintain width weight, not starve.
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Katherine Beebe
Associated Press
Stanford University
Calif
Helen Brenton Pryor
Stanford
Rathburn Dies at 77 in Middleport Banker Merchant Political Leader
Charles F. Rathburn age 77 banker and merchant died Tuesday morning at his North Second Avenue home Middleport pneumonia was the cause He had been manager of the Middleport Department Store and president of Citizens National Bank He is survived by his daughter Helen Young Columbus and his second wife Funeral will be held Thursday at 2 pm at his residence with burial in Middleport Hill Cemetery
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Meigs County
F. Rathburn
Middleport
Citizens National Bank
Rathburn
Helen Young
Columbus
Clarence Swearington
Middleport Hill Cemetery
Ohio to receive federal relief through December
Dayton Frost, OFERA assistant director, said a new 2 million dollar appropriation will fund federal relief in Ohio through Dec 1. Hopkins in Washington clarified that last week’s end of direct relief on Nov 15 did not end funds. County directors were told funds cover the last half of November with no direct relief after Dec 1.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dayton Frost
FERA
Harry Hopkins
Washington
Hopkins
Frost
Works Progress Administration
Community Institute Dates Set for Athens County
Definite dates announced for remaining community institutes in Athens County this year. Mount Hermon hosts November 21-22, New Marshfield November 22-23, Stewart November 25-26. State aid institutes follow December 6-7 Coolville, December 10-11 Lodi, December 11-12 Canaan, December 13-14 Trimble.
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Athens County
C. Hartman
Mount Hermon
New Marshfield
Stewart
Coolville
Lodi
Canaan
Trimble
Error Found in Vote Count in Troy Township
Official county records correct the Troy Township trustees results from last Tuesday. E M Daugherty 277 votes, H T Wildman 237, D M Newland 230, while O C Ward had 144 votes but was misposted. Wildman’s votes were 237 not 137.
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Troy Township
E. M. Daugherty
T. Wildman
D. M. Newland
County Election Board
Daugherty
Wildman
Newland
O. C. Ward
Beaumont Man Held on Two Separate Charges
Charlies Crum of Beaumont is held in Athens County Jail on two intoxication charges. Sheriff Charles Stratton cited updates. He was fined five dollars in May before Mayor W. D. Hines in Chauncey for nonpayment. Constable A. D Powell arrested him Monday for intoxication and he remained jailed after failing to post bond before Justice J. J. Levy.
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Charlies Crum
Beaumont
Athens County
Charles Stratton
W. D. Hines
Chauncey
Marshal Burk Witham
Crum
A. D Powell
J. J. Levy
Armistice Day Peace Reminder Urged by Irvin Cobb
Irvin Cobb argues Armistice Day should focus on peace rather than celebration. He notes Shanghai dispatches of invasion and warns against foreign wars. He ties the day to lessons from past conflicts and the goal of staying out of future wars.
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Irvin Cobb
Santa Monica
Calif
Shanghai
P. S
World awaits stratospheric light reports from 73000 foot flight
Captains Orvil A. Anderson and Albert W. Stevens reached an unofficial altitude of 73 000 feet in a record stratosphere flight. Data from sealed tubes instruments and plates will be sent to Washington. Observers noted earth curvature and blurred details of larger towns from the rarefied air.
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White Lake
8. D
World of Science
Captaina Orvil A. Anderson
Albert W. Stevens
Washington
National Geographic Society
Army Air Corps
Natural
Rapid City
John Matheye
Here
Davey Warns of Chaos If Highway Funds Cut
Governor Davey in a fourth radio address warned that cutting highway allotments would derail Ohio road building and cost the state 14 million dollars in Federal funds. Representative E R King countered that a 2.5 million dollar House cut contemplates no fund diversion and asserted extra spending in bricks due to lack of competitive bidding.
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Columbus
Davey
Highway Department
House
King
Church Officials Approved to Sell Historic Lot in Athens County
Judges in Athens County Common Pleas Court authorized the trustees of the old Factory Church to sell the lot where the building stood before it burned down about a year ago. Quit claim deeds trace ownership back to 1850 and 1873, with the tract totaling under one acre.
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O. ¥. Nowland
Athens County Common Pleas Court
County Recorder
Theodore
Mary Ann Pitcock
John White
Joseph and
Orpha Herrold
Narcotic Inspector Found Dead at Columbus Federal Building
Verne Fendley a 40 year old United States Bureau of Narcotics Inspector for the Southern District of Ohio was found dead on steps at the Federal Building Columbus early today Police said death likely from heart disease Anstinger head of the division credited Fendley with keeping the district comparatively free of narcotic traffic
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Columbus
Verne Fendley
United States Bureau of Narcotics
Southern District of
Ohio
Federal Building
H. J. Anstinger
U. S. Division of Narcotics
Fendiey
Washington 4 Percent Locked Controls Blamed for Bomber Crash
War Department cites four percent locked controls as the cause of the Dayston bomber crash on October 30, involving the big new army aircraft.
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Washington
War Department
New Army
Dayston
Italy Adopts 197 Product Embargo Amid League Sanctions Note
Mussolini announced Italy’s embargo on 197 imported goods with strict state supervision as sanctions against the Ethiopian invasion intensify. The note threatens withdrawal from the League of Nations and questions the sanctions authority while Italian troops push toward Amba Alaji and Makale.
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League
Italy
Mussolini
League of Nations
Ethiopia
Erome
Il Duce
Makale
Ghaziani
Destroyer Rescues 54 In Face of Typhoon
In Manila a U S Navy destroyer rescues 54 people stranded on a rock after the British freighter Silver Hazel wrecked. Rescue efforts aim to complete before a typhoon, forecast to strike the Philippines in two to three days, reaches Yap Island 1 200 miles east.
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Manila
P. L
U. S. Navy
Yap
Philippines
Windon Birth Twins in Gallipolis
Mr and Mrs Wade Windon of Rock Springs announce the birth of twins a boy and a girl Mrs Windon is in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis Ohio
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Pomeroy
Wade Windon
Rock Springs
Windon
Holzer Hospital
Gallipoig
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