Roosevelt Plans War Debt Talks and Relief Drive
Volunteers launch a county wide campaign to raise 15 000 for needy during the coming winter and year. A noon luncheon at Hotel Berry started the drive with 1000 from outside the county and enthusiasm from team captains and solicitors. New solicitors include Mrs Forsyth Mrs Cuyler Miss Laverty and Dr Wortey.
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Athens County
Edy
Berry
Court Street
H. C. Bobo
Bobo
F. D. Forsyth
R. F. Cuyler
Margaret Laverty
L. C. Meade
H. H. Rowland
Gladys Jones
Hulda Murphy
M. C. Morrison
Alvin Lamborn
T. N. Hoover
T. C. McCracken
M. E Williams
Jane Cooper
Frances Lavelle
H. N. Burgett
M. D. Wortey
Final Chapter in Athens Nelsonville Traction Line Ends
The Athens Nelsonville Railway ends after 26 years as car No.4 makes a final run to the car barn. Motormen H D Morris and Kelvin Young finish their last shifts amid a bus takeover and impending receivership of the company.
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John McLean
Athens- Nelsonville Railway Company
Central Avenue
H. D. Morris
North Cemetery Street
Athens
Kelvin Young
Nelsonville
Athens County
Charles D. Robinson
Omaha
Neb
Jimmy Baird
E. C. Cook
Dan Dunkle
Traction Company
EB. B. Young
Pension Ohio Standard Men Pension Ohio Standard Men
Standard Oil of Ohio starts a new old age retirement plan for 5000+ employees in Cleveland with male retirees at 65 and female retirees at 60. The fund is funded by company and employee contributions and managed by a national insurance firm. Retirees receive 2 percent of total wages per year, about 80 percent of final salary.
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Cleveland
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
W. T. Holliday
Ohio
Silo Collapse Kills One at TRONTON Plant
A concrete silo under construction at the Superior Cement Company plant collapsed injuring Joseph Heiss and killing Clarence Hinton, both workers for Marietta Concrete Corporation. Hinton, 23, died after. Heiss, 27, sustained bruises and sprains.
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Tronton
Superior Cement Company
Clarence Hinton
Joseph Heiss
Marietta Concrete Corporation
Surgeon and World War veteran Dr Harry V Christopher dies
Dr Harry V Christopher 49 a surgeon and World War II veteran dies after several weeks illness in London. He served as a captain in the Medical Corps 166th Infantry Rainbow Division and was twice cited for bravery including by General John J Pershing.
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London
Harry V. Christopher
166Th Infantry
John J. Pershing
Europe Moves Toward Debt Talks and Disarmament
London reports American approval of postponing European war debt payments as European leaders push disarmament progress in exchange for debt revision. Diplomats expect early December breakthroughs including France and Italy pledging to full London Naval Treaty provisions and Germany returning to the Geneva World Disarmament Conference.
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London
U.P
Congress
France
Italy
White Opposes Ohio Dry Law Change Ahead of Volstead Act
Gov. George White rejected any change to Ohio prohibition enforcement until the Volstead Act is amended. He commented on a proposed Crabbe Act amendment to raise beer alcohol content and warned that repealing the act now would cause chaos. Attorney General Gilbert Bettman approved the petition form to seek signatures for next legislature action.
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Columbus
U.P
George White
Ohio
Gilbert Bettman
Robbery Suspect Admits Guilt in Hardware Store Case
Elza Davidson of Wellston admits robbery intent after Athens police found him prowling Kerr's Hardware last Saturday night. Returned to Columbus today by the state probation officer from the Ohio State Penitentiary. Davidson, released on probation last November after two years for a Columbus hardware store robbery, pleaded futility to the charge. New sentence to be set by Columbus officials.
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Elza Davidson
Wellston
Athens
Kerr
Columbus
Ohio State Penitentiary
Davidson
Robert Wood
New Speed King Turner Beats Hawks' Mark Across Nation
Los Angeles November 16 Turner new speed king after flying coast to coast in 12 hours 33 minutes dedicating effort to President Elect Roosevelt. He averaged over 200 miles per hour despite headwinds across Ohio besting Frank Hawks two years old record by 2 hours 17 minutes aboard a Wedell Williams racer.
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Turner
Hawks
Los Angeles
Roscoe Turner
Roosevelt
New York
Frank Hawks
Ohio
Typhoon Tokens Relief as Northeastern Japan Hit Hard
The government moved to aid hundreds left homeless after a night typhoon in Northeastern Japan. Official tallies show 26 deaths, about 6,000 houses destroyed, and 42,000 flooded or inundated.
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Tokio
Japan
Bus Crash In Belleville Injures Eighteen People
A crowded suburban bus struck a telephone pole and rolled down a two foot embankment in Belleville Illinois. Eight people were hospitalized and twenty others treated for related injuries.
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Belleville
Inl
Six Pet Dogs Named as Heirs in Kentucky Will
Louisville, Ky., Nov 18. Six pet dogs were named heirs in the will of Miss Carrie E. Knapp probated here. Each dog received a $1,000 bond, with bond proceeds to aid in caring for the animals. Upon the death of a dog, a bond is to be turned over to the caregiver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Carrie E. Knapp
Federal Home Loan Bank System Faces First Month Without Loans
Washington November 16 The Federal Home Loan Bank System completed its first month without issuing any loans to homeowners or private institutions. The central board created to curb mortgage distress and foreclosures holds a $1.5 billion credit reservoir for 12 regional banks, which opened 30 days ago but report no activity. Officials cite ongoing internal organization and expect results once details are settled.
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Wishington
U.R
Federal Home Loan Bank
Central Home Loan Board
Victory in Dance Crusade at Otterbein College
Otterbein College students in Westerville challenge a year-old dancing ban while college officials led by President W G Clippinger defend discipline. About 130 students attended a protest dance at Williams Grill after Dale B Evans Canton fraternity leader was suspended, later readmitted on probation, with another dance planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westerville
U.P
Otterbein College
Wenterville
W. G. Clippinger
Williams Grill
Dale B. Evans
Canton
Pi Beta Sigma Fraternity
Columbus
Evans
Preamble Appears Monday In Junior High Paper
The Thanksgiving issue of The Preamble features sports and classroom news editorials and original poetry. Highlights include the Junior High presidential election honor roll and sports stories on Athens Middleport Athens Logan and Athens Nelsonville games. Special contributors and a full staff list accompany the issue.
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Athens-Middlewort
Athens-Logan
Athens- Nelsonville
Helen Baker
Jean Finsterwald
Eileen King
Thomas Radford
Dwight Riley
Virginia Porter
Mary Lavely
Charles
Buckeye Producing votes $200000 for brewery improvements at Toledo
Buckeye Producing Company stockholders approved a 200000 improvement program at Toledo plant. About 875000 of the appropriation will fund interior upgrades to resume brewing after prohibition shifted the plant to soft drinks since 1919.
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Toledo
Buckeye Producing Company
Buckeye
Ohio Chamber Fights State Unemployment Insurance Plan
The Ohio Chamber of Commerce marshals forces against a proposed state unemployment insurance fund. Secretary George B. Chandler says 1923 funding would be insolvent by over 50 million dollars and warns the plan would shift costs to taxpayers and promote loafing while creating an army of officeholders. He cites minority reports by J. F. Lincoln and Walter F. Kirk and characterizes the scheme as compulsory thrift with limited access to funds.
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Columbus
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Ohio
White
George B. Chandler
Chandler
J. F. Lincoln
Walter F. Kirk
Commission
England
Marion hunter wounded by four Cleveland men
Marshall Mc Kinstry a Marion retired farmer was shot in the face scalp and neck while hunting on his farm near Big Mand west of Marion. The four Cleveland men said they did not see him in the brush and killed him in the line of duty.
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Marion
Marshall McKinstry
Big Mand
Here
McKinstry
Cleveland
Cook shoots self after fear of job loss
In Clarksburg West Virginia on November 1 Emmett Weene aged 48 a train cook fractured his arm then became obsessed with the fear he would be discharged He killed himself when the call boy failed to wake him The boy forgot to call the cook.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Emmett Weene
Weene
Will Visit Ellis of Lancaster to Inspect Lodge
Disteliet deputy grand exalted ruler for Ohio and South Central district will inspect the Athena Lodge of Buffalo tonight with Roy M Pierce named exalted ruler of Athens.
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Lancaster
Disteliet
Ohio
South Centralistrict
Athena Lodge
Bika
Roy M Pierce
Athens
Lanige
Farmers Ack Honor Tricks In New Deal
The National Farmer Union meeting in Omaha demands a farm friendly program in Roosevelt’s new deal. It calls for gold backed farm mortgages, a moratorium on debts and taxes, and costs of production plus four percent profit. The union urges debt cancellation only after bankers cancel fifteen billion dollars owed to them.
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Omaha
Neb
National
Fermera Union
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Partners Holiday Association
Union Assembly
Congress
Farm Union Board of Directors
Roosevelt
Impart
United States
Honor Slayer Goes Free Acquitted in Mobile Murder Case
A Mobile circuit jury acquitted Raymond Dyson 27 a contractor in the slaying of Mr M Butler Jr a Mobile society man Aug 22 Dyson testified he struck Butler with his feet and knocked him unconscious in a hotel room citing a dispute over paternity and alleged wife’s affair Mrs Dyson testified her husband confronted Butler while the trial revealed details of a clandestine relationship and marital tensions.
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Mobile
Ala
Mobile Breait Court
Raymond Dyson
Pairhope
M. Butler
Mobile Society
Dyson
Butler
War Debt Moratorium Topic for Hoover Roosevelt Talks
President Hoover favors a moratorium on December debt payments by Europe pending new negotiations. President-elect Roosevelt accepts Hoover invitation to discuss the war debt issue, planning a joint session next week with aides advising cautious action. Officials note a broader push by debtor nations for debt reductions as Britain and France push for disarmament progress.
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Hoover Way
United States
Europe
Roosevelt
MR. Hoowier
Albany
N. Y
Franklin
Moose Sell
Washington
Hoover
Great Britain
France
Mutchinnon
Kanen
Chace
Beneft
America
Fines in Court Case Men and Local Offenses
Magistrate C M Porter fined Henry Dye of Carbondale 26 dollars and costs for intoxication after a church meeting disturbance Sunday night. Isaac Edwards of Luhrig paid 10 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to intoxication in Athens. Raymond Misner of Canaan Township was fined 2 dollars and costs for possessing skunk hides. James Kisor of Millfield was ordered to pay 16 dollars monthly for two minor children after pleading guilty to failure to support.
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Ofustice
C. M. Porter
Henry Dye
Carbondale
CH. Porter
Isaac Edwards
Luhrig
Frank White
Athens
Raymond Misner
Canaan Township
BFP
Swartz
James Kisor
Millfield
Glenna
Railway officials deny relief train refused to Santa Delam
Havana reports that the Camaguey Santa Cruz Railway allegedly refused a relief train to Santa Delam before the hurricane struck, but railway officials today denied the claim.
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Havana
Libby Holman Reynolds Case Ends In Nolle Prosequi
Winston Salem dispatch reports judge Golsetter Carstale Higgins entered a nolle prosequi in the murder case of Zachery Smith Meynolds, heir to tobacco fortunes. Libby Holman Reynolds and Albert Walker are spared prosecution unless new evidence prompts reinstatement. The action leaves the door open for potential future proceedings.
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Winston Balem
N. C
Golsetter Carstale Higgins
Libby Holman Reynolds
Albert
Ab) Walker
Mies Holman
Zachery Smith Meynolds
Too Much Hot Air Radio Becoming Over Commercialized
Harold A. LaFont acting chairman of the Federal Radio Commission warned at the National Association of Broadcasters that many radio stations overcommercialize for profits from excessive advertising. He said they are selling their birthright for a mess of pottage and facing a reckoning, as public opposition in Congress grows for drastic action.
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Lafont
Louis
National Association of Broadcasters
Harold A. LaFont
Federal Radio Commission
Comegress
Brookhart Recovering in Hinsdale From Pneumonia
Senator Smith W Brookhart of Iowa remained in Hinsdale suburb Chicago today and was reported recovering from pneumonia after being treated at Se Lin Pope.
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Prookhart
Chicago
Smith W. Brookhart
Lona
Selin Pope
Hinsdale
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