Community Chest Drive Sets Yearlong Support Plan
Volunteers rally to raise 15000 for the Athens and Athens County Community Chest. Campaign director C Hess leads solicitors across four city divisions with luncheons at Hotel Berry and progress reports. Boards, committees, and sponsors from Athens City, Ohio University, and local firms organize drives collecting money, food, clothing, and goods for needy residents.
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Athens
Athens County
C. Hess
Berry
University
S. M. Johnson
Hess
Pot
CG Robson
S. H. Bingend
Community ‘Chest
Major Johnson
O D. Morrison
C. Bird
A. B. Sias
A Berry
W B Lawrence
Bird
Gordon E. Bush
Wheatley Zank
E. D. Krelger
Atore
Mrs. Morrison
T. RB. Biddle
T. M. Wolfe
R. Beasley
W. B. Lawrence
J. A Woolley
T. W. Craig
L . Browne
R. Murphey
Carl Beasley
B. A. Ostorn
Athens State Hospital
Gold Mistaken for Brass As Man Sells Melted Mass
In Rutland an old pioneer home burned January 4 and a metal fragment found among debris was mistaken for brass. The Deems sold it for eight dollars as junk before realizing it could be gold. The fragment was later identified as melted gold, sparking sensational local lore about hidden treasure.
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William Deem
Salem Township
Rutland
Deem
Ohio Company
United States
Love
Joseph Russell
Willam Deem
Deems
Salem Center
Beth
War hues shift as gods and empires clash in dispatches
In a collage of international captions a god of war bears a new face while Russia China and Japan clash over blame and strategy. The piece notes arms amid rumors of a five year plan and hints at fashion chatter about red flannel petticoats and Empress Eugenie.
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Eugenie
Orvills Welch Wins 100 Prize in Corn Husking Championship
Grundy Center Iowa reports Orvills Welch of Monticello the winner of the national corn husking title with 4 tons of ears in 8 minutes earning 100 prize money. Welch, 26, weighs 165 pounds, husked 2,194 pounds total, and defeated 16 state champions before 60,000 spectators including Governor Dan Turner.
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Grundy Center
Orvills Welch
Monticello
America
Clyde Wilhelm
Welch
Dan W. Turner
Huskers
Baby Born Alive After Death Of Mother In Ohio
In Columbus on November 14 a 16 year old mother Anna Martin died after being struck by a motor car as she crossed a street. Intern G Cramer assisted swiftly and delivered a baby girl alive in 30 seconds. The infant later breathed normally for an hour before being moved to an incubator. The mother died at Mercy Hospital where doctors fought to save both.
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Columbus
Anna Martin
Mercy Hospital
Cramer
Ohio State
Ceward
Anna
Zaleski Woman Dead Miss Kate Hayes Dies at 60
Miss Kate Hayes aged about 60 lifelong resident of the farm home between Zaleski and Red Diamond died Thursday evening November 12 in Athens after a protracted illness. She was a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs John Hayes and leaves two brothers Hayes of Zaleski and Thomas Hayes of Columbus. Preliminary services were at Tinker Chapel McArthur and funeral at St Sylvester's Church Zaleski with Rev J J Hynes. Burial followed in St Sylvester's Cemetery.
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Kate Hayes
Mcarthur
Zaleski
Red Diamond
Athens
John Hayes
Hayes Homestead
Mr Hayes
Thomas Hayes
Columbus
Tinker Chapel
Mca
Charles Burns Charged With Second Degree Murder
In Columbus on November 14, authorities charged 87 year old Charles Burns, a former night watchman, with second degree murder after he admitted shooting his friend W. T. Holland on September 6 while intoxicated and not remembering firing the fatal shot.
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Columbus
Aurr
Charles Burns
W. T- Holland
Editors Invade the West Coast in a Noted Nuisance
Beverly Hills scene filled with editors arriving from all over as Vice President Curtis roams between studios. The writer notes idle wartime talk with unfit framing and remarks on war readiness amid tension. The letter ends with a sardonic personal sign off.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Curtis Ia
Ohe Studio
Will
Night Riders Riot Allegations Stir Pontiac Authorities
In Pontiac Michigan on November 14 charges allege police aided in kidnapping and flogging suspected communists. City Commissioner Harry Mitchell vows investigation while a withheld informant claims hooded riders belong to a private order targeting communists. Victims deny Communist ties but note hunger march by Oakland County unemployed council. Chief Alspaugh denies police involvement. one officer is named in a whipping incident.
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Pontiac
Mich
U.B
Harry Mitchell
City Commission
Mitchell
Eliie Zen
United States
Communist Party
Oakland County Council of
Alspaugh
Leo Fortin
Chester Lemieaux
Railroad Men to Discuss Mutual Topics and Costs
A presidentially appointed committee of major rail presidents will meet with railway brotherhoods within a week to discuss mutual topics including a possible 10 percent cut in labor costs. Changes may rely on working-rule modifications rather than flat wage cuts, chaired by Daniel Willard of Baltimore & Ohio.
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New York
iPr
Daniel Willard
Baltimore & Ohio
Association of Railway Executives
National Organization
Commileston
Dayton One Mill Levy Ruling Enables Narrow Welfare Tax Victory
Attorney General Gilbert Bettman ruled that the Dayton welfare levy required only a majority vote. The November 3 measure passed 15 788 to 13 418, enabling about 260000 dollars for next year relief programs despite being short of a 55 percent threshold.
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Bettman
Dayton, O
U.P
Dayton
Gilbert Bettman
Butler General Warns War Possible Over Manchuria Crisis
Sandusky Ohio November 14 General Smedley Butler told Sandusky High School seniors that enforcing US force laws in Manchuria would be tough and warned another world war could erupt from the Chinese Japanese tensions, likely drawing the United States in.
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Manchuria
Sandusky, G
U.P
Sandusky High School
Smedley
Butler
United States
All-Night Vigil Fruitless as Escape Ties to Colunbus Robberies
Sheriff Wayne Wingett kept a long vigil at Sugar Creek chasing a lead on Frank Circone tied to the Glouster Post Office robbery and the Richwood Bank hold up. Col u mbus detectives linked Circone to the Marysville jail escape and to multiple robberies while Fallon and Hathaway faced federal and state proceedings.
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Wayne Wingett
Athens County
Sugar Creek
Columbus
Frank Circone
Glouster
Union County
Marysville
Circone
Richwood Bank
Wingett
Ox Louise Howard
Robert Hathaway
Danny Allen
Powers' Trial Date Set Amid Not Guilty Plea
Harry F Powers, accused of murdering two women and three children, pleaded not guilty at arraignment. Judge John Southern tentatively set December 7 for the trial and will rule later on a change of venue. Powers was guarded by about fifty officers as he moved between facilities, with no disorder reported. He remains in county jail awaiting trial, possible transfer to Moundville prison unsettled.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Pharry F Powers
Bluebeard
John Southern
Powers
Harrison County
Federal
State
Moundaville
State and Local News Highlights from Meigs and Hocking Areas
Summary of Meigs County election notes and local incidents including a Mall carrier injured in a passing vehicle in Middleport, license plates to begin in Nelsonville, Shawnee Mall wreck, and wood producer test results. Also notes on Nelsonville and Chauncey reports, and farm conditions described to farmers.
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Meigs County
Middleport Mall
Pomeroy Bend
Nelsonville
Shawnee Mall
Candiron
Logan Red Cross
Good Hope Township
Hocking County
Hoover
Giollater
Glouster
Chauncey Ares
Chauncey News
Mayor Wood Urges Athens To Help Fill That Chest
Athens Mayor Wood appeals to citizens to donate to the Community Chest supporting spiritual and physical welfare in Athens County. He urges immediate participation for the year ahead, stressing sacrifice and prompt action to relieve human suffering and support neighbors and youth.
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Wood
Athens
Athen
Athens City
Ant
Athens County
Mayer
Ohio
Goodman Sentenced to One to Five Years for Beer Sale
Robert Goodman of Sugar Creek was convicted in Athens County Common Pleas Court on three counts of selling intoxicating liquor to a minor. He received an indefinite sentence of one to five years in the Ohio Penitentiary, to be served concurrently. Maximum penalties could reach 15 years or 159,000 dollars, with a potential minimum of three years per count.
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Robert Goodman
Sugar Creek
Athens County
Aru Toolman
Siter
John Gonding
Ohio University
Goodman
Ian Tippit
Athyns County
Uesk
Ran
Juanita Wins Football Tickets In Contest At Ohio Stadium
Seven year old Juanita June Morris won Mitch’s prediction contest earning two tickets to a game in Ohio Stadium. Accompanied by her parents she delighted in the sight of players and the crowd while declaring Northwestern and Notre Dame as top picks. The story closes with a separate note on Denver Hale, fullback of Fullerton High, hospitalized after a skull fracture from a kick in a Greenup game.
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Ohio Stadium
Raturder
Ohio Gratia
Buckeye
Joe Morris
Cal
Juanita June Morris
Mitch
Juanita
America
Grantland Rice
Dickson Stewart
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Portsmouth
Denver Hale
Fullerton
Greenup
Hale
Five Men Lose Lives on Raft in Pacific Disaster
COLON Panama November 14 five men perished when a wave sank the Haden Baden a dhow raft from the Delaet schooner. Captain Hewitt Watters and another survivor recounted the ordeal after being rescued by the US Navy mine sweeper Swan. The seven other crew members were saved and landed here last night.
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Colon
Panama
Delaet Rchooner
Baden Baden
Hewitt Wattera
United Preas
Haden Baden
Hieratt
Adolfa Shonerk
Hana Lau
United States Naval
Swan
Watters
Weather Outlook for Week in Ohio Valley and East
U P I report for November 16 to 21, 1931 forecasts oceanic rain first half of week, then snow flurries in Ohio Valley Wednesday, followed by generally fair weather until weekend when rain is likely. Temperatures start mild, drop midweek, then rise near Friday.
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Washington
Ohio Valley
Oceanioval
Gandhi to Return to India After Round Table Setback
The Indian nationalist leader Mahatma Gandhi plans to return to India on November 21 via Genoa and Genoa routes after the Round Table Conference failed to produce consensus on Hindu Muslim representation in a new constitution. A Vermilion Harbor gas line explosion killed one youth and badly burned two others aboard a launch on November 14.
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Wim
London
Mahatma Gandhi
India
Geneva
Genoa
Gandhi
England
Round Table
Minorities Committee
Lake Harbor
Vermilion
Vermilion Harbor
Ohio Bobcats Defeat Miami 13 0 for Buckeye Title
Ohio University clinched the Buckeye Conference title with a 13 0 victory over Miami. Seven players bid farewell as Ohio defended its perfect conference record and claimed the permanent conference trophy.
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Norris M Beasley
Dewey Goddard
Charles E. Cusher
Frank Lowery
Trey Kiltan
Carl Ferguson
Sam Warren
J. §. Sherrard
Rufus Hopkies
James Householder
Harry Beckley
Dwight Rutherford
Emmett Cross
BE. BH. Custer
J. D. Martin
J. D. Martin and #. H. White, Gordon K. Bush
B. F. E. B. Smith
Harry Foster
Herman Bardin
John Preston
J. Clyde Edmundson
Roger Jones
F. D. Forsyth
E. A. Cottingham
Fred Weber
George Whipple
F. Wells
Frank Cone
Charles Corowell
Franz Woodworth
L. C Baker
Freday
M. D. Hughes
M. B
John Jagers
Mra. R. EB
Cuy Jeery
Edward Schrogs
F. #. Hittle
W. S. Gard
M. Covert
P. O. Nichols
Carlos Cameron
Sam Erskine
Virgil Devis
P. F. Good
E. C. Schloss
R. P. Imes
Clarence Bardin
C. D. Shafer Company
George H. Cless
Athens Ice & Storage
Frank Kayser
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
J. ¥. Wise
R. C. Hess
C. A. Hartley Messenger
Lin. Willam Deem
New Lima
Arthus Brisbase
Hing Features Inc
Old God
Japan
China
Chine
Russia
Warl Marx
Lenin
Mah
Young Farmer
Young Interne
Rule Mill Levy Legal
Ciccone
Sheriff Wingett
Marisville
Hathaway
Fallon
Joseph W. Horner
Horner
Franklin County
Cheong
Fillon and Hathaway
Wheeling
W Va
Lancaster
Canton
Citcone
Clrrone
Fallon and Hathaway
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Rowland
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Paseta
the Roberts
Miami Tne
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Viet
Jon Sinth
Kepler
He Cartwright
Meyer
Wee
Dele Hawkins
Oo Meyer
Kepier
OWS
Atreight
Chains
Oval
Miamié
Satie
Billie Les Baird
Gerald Baird
Stewart Street
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