Secretary of War James W. Good dies at Walter Reed
Washington Nov 19 Secretary of War James William Good 63 died at Walter Reed Hospital at 8 30 last night from complications after an operation for acute appendicitis President Hoover visited the hospital and then attended the funeral rites in the White House the body to be buried Friday at Cedar Rapids Iowa Good a close adviser to Hoover played a key role in the Hoover nomination at Kansas City and led the Western campaign Good born Cedar Rapids Iowa September 24 1866 was a lawyer and congressman before entering cabinet duties including flood control and inland waterways administration contact with Congress and many public speeches by request of the President
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Washington
U.R
James William Good
Walter Reed Hospital
Hoover
Good
Theodore Burton
Ohio
White House
Diplomatic Corps
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Kansas City
Western
Coe College
University of Michigan
Congress
Evanston
Chicago
Tucy Deacon
James William
Robert Edmuna
Good, Childs, Bob
Treasury Mellon
Stimson
Classified Ads Read In The Messenger
In Pomeroy a Majestic Model 71 all electric radio in a Walnut cabinet is for sale at 85 dollars. A team of three year old draft mares is offered with a trade possibility for a small horse. An Easy Washer with copper tub is advertised with a bargain price of 50 dollars for the first buyer.
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Messenger
Pomeroy
Hoover Cabinet Loss After Appendicitis Operation
Secretary of War dies from post operative complications after an appendicitis operation. Funeral services will be held at the White House with full official honors for the late cabinet member.
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Hoover
White House
River Site Selected for State Office Building in Columbus
Columbus November 19 The State Office Building Commission votes to use a civic center site along the Scioto River for a new 5 million dollar state office building. Architects to start plans immediately. land to be condemned if needed. Estimated cost 4.0 to 5.0 million with about 6.0 million available for site and building. The site covers 4.62 acres with 2.44 acres privately owned and valuated around 1.7 million dollars.
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Civic Center
West Broad Street
Front Street
West Town Street
Bank Stocks and Rumors: Brance Gold and Armour Tragedy
A compact digest notes Bank stocks movement amid rumors surrounding Brance securing gold and the Armour tragedy. The column by Arthur Brisbane surveys financials and sensational headlines shaping investor sentiment.
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Brance
Railroads pledge to push expansion despite market downturn
Heads of nearly all major eastern railroads meet President Hoover pledging to proceed with full construction and expansion programs regardless of stock market conditions. The Federal Reserve Board and its bank advisory council plan a second round of talks with Hoover to discuss business confidence and the economy.
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Washington
U.P
Hoover
Federal Reserve Board
Strangest Wall Street Developments Spark Bank Stock Drop
The late cycle saw bank shares fall as investors react to uncertain credit conditions. Banks rely on access to funds. when times are strong they lend heavily, and when weak they demand liquidity.
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Wall Street
New York Banks Hit Hard in Panic Selloff
The most brilliant and successful New York banks saw stock values fall more than any other listed line during the recent market panic.
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New York
Record shows sharp fall in New York bank stocks
Since September the greatest banks in New York have averaged a drop of 52 percent in quoted prices of their stocks. This applies to the greatest banks in the world whose stocks will have an ultimate value difficult to exaggerate.
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New York
Stock decline amid bank condition praise
The drop in stock prices occurred despite a banking situation judged not only sound but extraordinarily prosperous and liquid, signaling unusual market tension despite strong financial health.
Woman Ends Life with Two Children in Cedar Rapids Garage
Mrs. Alice Rugh 45 takes her children George 7 and Alice Bertie 5 in her car after stock market losses. Police call death self inflicted, noting her role as VP of the Iowa Business and Professional Women's Club. Husband Capt Bert Rugh, an architect and veteran, was previously killed in a car crash.
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Alice Rugh
Rugh
Iowa Business and Professional Women's Club
Capt
Bert Rugh
Banks Stay Liquid During Cyclone in New York
The writer notes that only two large New York banks borrowed from the Federal Reserve during the cyclone and neither is among the biggest. The First National and the National City Bank maintained liquidity above 65 percent of deposits, a pattern seen in many other banks as well.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Iirst National
National City Bank
Rumors Circulated Targeting Credit Institution
In the face of this condition vicious rumors spread attacking the credit institution. The text notes circulating rumors and their impact on public perception and trust surrounding the financial entity.
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Credit
Bank Robbers Fail in Fayetteville Heist
In Fayetteville on November 19 an attempt to rob the Bank of Fayetteville failed after yeggs cut into the vault with an acetylene torch and pried the front door. The safe remained unopened and no money was taken as officials filed the incident.
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Fayetteville
U.R
Bank of Fayetteville
Yeggs
Blaine Proposes Efficiency Plan For Cotton Industry
Senator Blaine of Wisconsin urged the Senate to adopt a program of efficiency economy decency and humanity to relieve low mood in the cotton textile industry as he opened a coalition attack on proposed increases in the cotton textile schedule.
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Washington
U.R
Blaine
Wisconsin
Senate
Match-caused blast at Elyria plant kills six
A W. B. Timms Spring Company employee struck a match in a gas-filled room on November 9, triggering an explosion that killed six people and injured four. H. G. Ihret, safety director of the State Workshops and Factories Division, released the findings today.
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Columbus
U.R
W. B. Timms Spring Company
Elyria
H. G. Ihret
State Workshops and Factories
Chosen Head of Biscopalians Rt Rev Charles Palmerston Anderson
The bishop of Chicago is named the new presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church. He was chosen in Washington to serve the remainder of the term of the late Bishop John Gardner Murray of Maryland.
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Charles Palmerston Anderson
Chicago
Episcopal Church
Washington
John Gardner Murray
Maryland
Hoover Confers with Rail and Business Leaders Today
President Hoover holds a series of conferences with major business leaders to maintain steady economic activity. Treasury Secretary Mellon and Commerce Secretary Lamont participate as government representatives.
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Mississippi
Treasury
Mellon
Commerce
Lamont
Lindbergh Shoulder X-Ray Follow Up At Inglewood
X ray pictures were being developed at Inglewood Hospital to gauge the extent of a renewed shoulder injury suffered by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. The ailment followed a mishap at the home of Dwight W. Morrow, Lindbergh’s father in law, with the shoulder quickly reset but reported for further evaluation.
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N. J
U.R
Inglewood Hospital
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mexico City
Lindbergh
Dwight W. Morrow
Merger Talk Draws Attention At Ohio Movie Exhibiters Meet
In Columbus on November 19, officials discussed a potential merger between the Allied States Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors and the Motion Picture Theater Owners of America. The Ohio group remained independent, having refused to join either national body. Abram F. Myers of Washington spoke alongside M. A. Lightman of Memphis during the convention program.
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Columbus
U.P
Allied States Association of Motion Picture Exhibitors
Motion Picture Theater Owners of America
Motion Picture Theater Owners of
Ohio
Abram F. Myers
Washington, D. C
Allied States Association
M. A. Lightman
Memphis
Carbondale Man Injured in Hunting Accident
John Stanley of Carbondale suffers pain but is recovering after 72 small shotgun pellets embed in both legs. The incident occurred near Bolins Mills on Saturday when his brother Amos, armed with a shotgun, shot him by accident.
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Carbondale
John Stanley
Stanley
Bolins Mills
Amos
Finance house Dower and Company Failure At Boston Exchange
Dow er and Company a Boston Stock Exchange member for about eighty years announced today they could not meet their engagements. The small commission house faces a financing setback affecting its clients and local trading activity.
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U.P
Downer and Company
Boston Stock Exchange
Company & Small Commission House
Local Exchange
Valley Public Service unveils Columbus Chillicothe bus link
Columbus Ohio November 19 the Valley Public Service Company announced a new bus service between Columbus and Chillicothe to start Thursday. The plan aims to improve regional transportation and provide scheduled daily trips.
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O.R
Chillicothe
The
Valley Public Service Company
Hartman Boy Dies In Accident Shotgun Mishap
Lancaster reports 14 year old A R Hartman of Millersport Fairfield County died from gunshot wounds after picking up a shotgun that discharged accidentally.
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Lancaster
A.R. Leo Hartman
Clay Hartman
Millersport
Fairfield County
Cooper approves Columbus site for new state office building
Gov. Myers Y. Cooper approved the State Building Commission's choice of the Scioto River site in the Columbus civic center for the state's new 5 000 000 dollar office building.
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Cooper
Columbus
U.R
State Building Commission
Scioto River
Columbus Civic Center
Myers Y. Cooper
Market Rally Eases Early Declines in New York Stocks
Stocks drifted higher around noon after bulk trades showed renewed demand amid earlier losses. Leading issues recovered from initial declines as buyers stepped in, lifting major curb stocks in the first hour of trading.
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New York
U.R
Athens Messenger Desserts by Famous American Women
The Athens Messenger advertises a booklet from the Washington Information Bureau with over 120 recipes from Martha Washington to Mrs Coolidge. It offers pies cakes custards creams pastries and puddings for all occasions and tastes and can be ordered for six cents with postage and handling.
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Washington Information Bureau
Martha Washington
Mrs. Coolidge
Request for Dessert Booklet from The Athens Messenger
Frederick J. Haskins of The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington DC encloses six cents for a copy of the Dessert Booklet. He provides name street city state for delivery.
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Frederick J. Haskins
The
Athens Messenger
Middlewest Hit By Snow and Cold Wave From Canada
A bitter cold Canadian outbreak sweeps into the central United States with snow and ice. Great Lakes winds surge to high speeds and temperatures dip below freezing across Michigan Indiana Iowa Minnesota Missouri Nebraska and other states.
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Canada
Great Lakes
Chicago
Daneer
Deon
Laureta Halderman Earns Phi Beta Kappa at Ohio University
Laureta M Halderman a senior at Ohio University and Lancwater resident was elected to Phi Beta Kappa the national honorary scholastic fraternity. She balanced work at a local pharmacy with studies achieving a scholastic average above 2.9% and plans to enter medical college after graduation.
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Phi Beta Kappa
Laureta M Halderman
Ohio University
Halderman
Retor
Misa Halderman
Lancwater
Tollege of
Libera Arte
Sinesabe
Enister Medical College
Bwcchubthanid
Ohie Universiti
Ohio University Band to welcome Elect Eleinore Orton sponsor
Miss Eleinore Orton will make her initial public appearance as sponsor of the Ohio University band at the Wittenberg football game Friday night. Chosen from many co ed candidates by student vote she is a member of Alpha Delta Pi and will shine at basketball games and other athletic events.
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Ohio University
Diely Boonser
Eleinore Orton
Dayton
Ohio
Wittenberg
Ohio Band
Hutchins Heads Chicago University At 30
Robert M Hutchins, aged 30, was inaugurated as president of the University of Chicago, leading the $90 086 000 institution. The ceremony in the Rockefeller chapel drew 200 educational leaders, including 112 college presidents, with Berea College president William J Hutchins among the attendees.
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Chicago
Navy
Uri
University of Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Hutchins
Midway
William J. Hutchins
Berea College
Governor outlines prison farm expansion at Grafton Lorain
Nov 19. Gov. Myers Y. Cooper spoke to the Men's Clubs of Methodist and Congregational Churches in Lorain County detailing plans to expand facilities at the Grafton State Prison Farm. The address highlighted modernization aims and increased inmate housing and programs.
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Lorain
U.P
Grafton State
Lorain County
Myers Y. Cooper
Methodist
Congregational Churches
Auto dealer acquitted in auto theft act case
A federal jury in Toledo acquitted Arthur Ray Altman on all eight counts of an indictment charging violations of the Auto Theft Act. The trial concluded with no conviction and Altman walked free.
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Toledo
U.P
Arthur Ray Altman
Findlay Auto Dealer
McGaw Receives 1 to 20 Year Sentence in Shooting Case
Mansfield report states Edwnard McGaw Toledo dry agent was sentenced to one to 20 years for shooting to wound Frank Pilenet during a raid at Minnafield April 20. He failed to appear for sentencing and his bond was forfeited. Defense notes a misunderstanding.
Two Rabbits at a Time Is His Speed
Mineral City hunter John Finley bagged two rabbits with one shot. After spotting a rabbit he fired and found two kills, the bullet having killed both. The incident occurred yesterday in Mineral City.
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Mineral City
John Finley
Finley
Keileys Island Threatened as Bootleggers Paradise
Columbus report says Keileys Island in Lake Erie off Sandusky will stay a bootleggers’ haven unless the federal government aids Ohio. Deputy prohibition chief Aldrich cites a dry-agents shortage and Canada liquor flow via the island and mainland. Ware Department has no data to deploy agents.
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Columbus
U.P
Keileys Island
Ohio
Lake Erie
Sandusky
Paradise
W. ©. Aldrich
Aldrich
Canada
Kelleys Island
Aldrich &Td
Ware Department
Earthquake Shakes Northeastern US and Atlantic Coast
A strong tremor centered near the New England coast or the Saint Lawrence Valley rattled cities from Boston to Halifax. Tidal surges four feet higher than normal lashed Sea walls and waterfronts, while towers and rooftops swayed in urban areas. Residents fled to streets amid alarms and confusion.
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Mama
Sciamographia
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Jey
St. Lawrence
Conway
Wommen
Augusta
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St. Dehu's
Newfoundland
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Halifax
Winthrop
Iseston
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Weather Bureau
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Beacon Hill
Sinclair to be freed Wednesday after seven months in jail
Washington reports that Harry F. Sinclair, the multi millionaire imprisoned for contempt of court and Senate, will be released at midnight Wednesday. He was jailed May 6 for refusing to answer the Teapot Dome investigative committee and later sentenced to six months for contempt related to jury shadowing tied to a conspiracy with A. J. Valolm.
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Harry F. Sinclair
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Senate
Sinclair
Teapot Dome
Secretary of Interior
A. J. Vali Om
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