Drys Step Up Offense Against Prohibition Critics
United Press reports a renewed drys campaign led by the Anti-Saloon League with an educational push across newspapers magazines radio and films. Prohibition Director Woodcock approves a St Louis raid on a store selling grape juice for wine making amid questions of legality and national policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodcock
St. Louis
Washington
U.R
Anti- Saloon League
Drys
Scott McBride
Anti-Saloon League
McBride
Prohibition
California
Despondent 16 year old adopts daughter ends life in Barberton
Margaret Moran of Boston, adopted by Mrs. M. L. Moran, killed herself in a Barberton apartment after learning of her adoption. The teen had fled from Boston weeks earlier and planned to return with her foster mother as authorities noted this was her third suicide attempt in ten days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barberton
U.R
Margaret Moran
Boston
Mass
M. L. Moran
New England
Moran
Harlin Hotel Guest Ends His Life in Cincinnati
J Gluck of Charleston West Virginia killed himself in a Cincinnati hotel room after writing letters to his wife and children. He had checked in last Friday and paid Tuesday’s rent. A telegram to his wife was found with a note that he mailed his watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.R
fAfter
J. Gluck
Harleston
W. Va
Harlin Hotel
Rebecca Gluck
Charleston
Athens Messenger Candy Recipe Booklet Offer
The Athens Messenger promotes a booklet with 144 candy recipes available for six cents via the Washington Information Bureau. The text notes no special equipment is needed, aside from a candy thermometer, and promises tested recipes with simple care for perfect results. Mail the coupon today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger
Washington Information Bureau
Information Bureau Official Notice from Washington
An official notice from the Information Bureau in Washington D C with Frederic J Hasitin listed as Director outlines a city state focused advisory or announcement. No further details are provided in the readable text.
One Ideal Generation of Children Is Hoover Plan
President Hoover urges a single generation of well born trained and healthy children to solve many government problems. A White House conference on child health and protection brings 3000 specialists to outline duties of community state and nation to protect normal children aid defectives and reduce delinquency. He warns 10 million handicapped children threaten future crime and praises community nurses as force multipliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
President Hoover
Hoover
America
Ne’er-Do-Wells
Morgan ancestor recalls caution to J Pierpont Morgan
T. W. Lamont of Morgan & Company retells a tale about Junius Morgan, father of the late J Pierpont Morgan. He recounts the father offering a warning to his son during a sea voyage warning against betting against the nation’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Lamont
Morgan & Company
Junius Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Stocks Real Estate Values Through Time
The piece argues current stock prices and real estate trends are volatile. It notes some stocks may fall, real estate is weak, yet future values are unpredictable. It cites a hypothetical New York corner priced at 34 million dollars per acre, suggesting population growth will push values much higher in twenty years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Editor Reveals Harsh Russia Condition Portrait
Cyrus H K Curtis notes Russia's dire shortages with meat at $2 a pound and long queues. People wait hours daily for food as bread remains scarce and educated workers go hungry amid widespread scarcity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Skibbereen Eagle
Russia
Outsiders Photograph Russia Faces Cheerful onlookers
An excerpt notes that despite a sad scene outsiders photograph Russia and show smiling faces, with a continuation referenced on Page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Body Found in Shack Near Wellsburg Murders Probe
Brooke County authorities hunted for Peters murderers after the 35 year old Pittsburgh interpreter for Hannah Employment Agency was found dismembered in a shack near Wellsburg West Virginia last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellsburg
W. Va
U.P
Brooke County
Thomas Peters
Pittsburgh
Peters
Hannah Employment Agency
Will Rogers Says Unemployment Tightens As Jones Works
In Beverly Hills Will Rogers notes unemployment tightens while Bobby Jones plans work and questions amateur status. He cites California adding nine congressmen to aid relief and Chicago Mayor Thompson proposing a 4 million lottery to fund the unemployed with the winner eating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Bobby Jones
Bobby
California
Thompson
Chicago
Will
McBride Held Insane in Ohio Court Order
Emmett McBride brother of Anti-Saloon League head I Scott McBride was ordered committed to Massillon State Hospital for the Insane by Probate Judge S J Morrow. He was adjudged insane after relatives testified to his actions following prior quarrels over his criticisms of F Scott Mc Bride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anti-Saloon League
Carrollton, CO
Emmett McBride
I. Scott McBride
Massillon State Hospital
S. J. Morrow
Emmett
F. Scott
Washington, D. C
F. Scott McBride
Washington
Fe Scott
Chicago
Knox County
McBride
Ohio Supreme Court rejects bid to force state office building bid review
The Ohio Supreme Court refused a mandamus request by Fleisch er Engineering and Construction Co. to compel the State Office Building Commission and Gov. Myers Y. Cooper to consider its $2,281,700 bid. The commission and the governor had rejected the bid because the bond did not meet the required base bid. The general contract was awarded September 22 to Struck Construction Co. of Louisville, Kentucky at $2,622,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.R
Ohio Supreme Court
Fleisher Engineering and Construction Co
Chicago
State Office Building Commission
Myers Y. Cooper
Struck Construction Co
Louisville
Fishermen Rescued After Gyda Sinks Near Collamore Ledge
Coast Guards from North Scituate Station rescued six fishermen near Scituate Massachusetts as the Boston Schooner Gyda foundered after crashing on Collamore ledge in dense fog south of Minot's Ledge early today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scituate
Mass
U.p.coast Guards
North Scituate Station
Boston
Gyda
Collamore Ledge
Minot's
Wets Campaigning Against Dry Belief In Rural Territory
United Press reports anti prohibitionists plan a rural education drive to overturn long held dry sentiment. Newman says chapters will operate county by county with literature on liquor control. Bobby Jones offers to assist by supporting a national Crusaders chapter in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo F. Baron
United Press
Cleveland
America
Newman
Theaders
Anti-Saioon League
Bobby Jones
Crusaders
Atlanta
Jones
Ocean Rescue on the Mauritania Saves 28 Crew Members
The Mauritania, famed Cunard liner, rescued 27 men and one woman from the Swedish steamer Ovidia amid a fierce Atlantic gale. The operation unfolded 1,100 miles east and north of New York as Endicott and S S American ships assisted. even the rescue cat survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Mauretania
Mauretania
Atlantic
Cunard
Ovidia
Florida
George Fried
S&s. S
S&s. S. American
New York
Endicott
Floods Kill Nine in Hawaii Island Outbreak
Floods on Oahu left nine dead and damages estimated at 150000 as the 48 hour storm subsided. Simultaneously Kilauea on Hawaii began to rumble and threaten eruption while crowds gathered at the crater rim despite warnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
T. H
U.P
Oahua
Kilauea
Hawaii
Four Arrested After Night Court Street Fight
Officers say a fight on North Court Street at 2 30 this morning led to the arrest of Woodrow Knox Ray Graham Wheeler Dew and Ivan Maple. Graham has a broken arm and cannot attend a hearing until Saturday. Dew and Maple were fined 10 dollars and costs each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Knox
Ray Graham
Wheeler Dew
Ivan Maple
North Court Street
Graham
Dew
Maple
Favors Vote On Dry Laws
Dr Clarence True Wilson of the Methodist Board advocates a four nation referendum on the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act. He urges dry organizations to unite in a militant federation and predicts stronger enforcement and swifter court action from the Wickersham Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickersham Commission
Wilson
Grid Fan Killed In Hillsboro Washington D H Crash
Richard Doggett aged 20 died from injuries after an automobile crash near Washington D H while returning from the Hillsboro Washington D H scholastic football game. His companion Ralph Kessler, 20, was injured. The car was sideswiped by another vehicle and crashed into a fence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro, CO
Washington ,. H
Richard Doggett
Ralph Kessler
Washington D. H
Joint Progress Story Is Told in Messenger Silver Anniversary Issue
The Athens Messenger marks its Silver Anniversary with a special edition published next Sunday. It presents a joint progress story of the newspaper and district business over 26 years, with stories and pictures from Messenger writers. Extra copies are limited and must be requested by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Athens Messenger
Reduced Tax May Be Kept Another Year
Washington's Treasury weighs suspending debt retirement next year to preserve the one percent tax cut this year. Secretary Mellon hints discussion will occur in Congress short session, arguing the move would not harm federal finances or credit. Suspension could free nearly 400 million for general expenses, but officials see no emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Treasury
Mellon
Congressa
Congres
Congress
Must Collect Special Tax Must Collect Special Tax
Ohio Supreme Court rules that county treasurers must collect special assessments with regular property taxes. The decision overturns Summit County rulings and requires simultaneous collection of assessments and taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Navy
U.R
Ohio Supreme Court
Summit County
M. Ek. Brown
Cuyahoga Falls
Comuel D. A. Cooper
Common Pleas Court
Supreme Court
Plea Entered In Athens Whisky Case
Floyd Porter and Roy Everett of Athens pled not guilty to furnishing whisky to minors. Porter bound at $8600 and Everett at $600. Kelley of Nelsonville faces grand jury action on a third offense liquor violation. Prosecutor Williams not consulted. Officers say the men worked at the county commissioners liquor cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floyd Porter
Roy Everett
Athens
L’leas
Porter
Everett
Order of County Commissioners
Wendall Kelley
Nelsonville
R. D. Willams
Kelley
Grand Jury
Children Bandits Rise From Unemployment
County Proba tion Officer Hal Delamathe warned that unemployed parents are driving schoolchildren to crime. He cited reports of youths stopping pupils, stealing lunch boxes, and pleading their own pails were empty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky
U.P
Hal Delamathe
Delamathe
Cleveland stenographer sues, jury awards verdict
Logan Judge presided in Hocking County Common Pleas as Elizabeth Kelley, a 24 year old stenographer, sued Alexander Weber for 100000 damages claiming jilting her for a multi millionaire’s daughter. The jury awarded 246 006 as damages. Weber denied engagement insisting their relation was only a party circuit. Judge Harley Whitcraft led the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Kelley
Alexander “. Weber
Mussolini States Italy’s Peace and Preparedness Policy
In Rome Mussolini tells a United Press interview Italy favors disarmament but will arm if others do. He says Italy seeks peace, supports Geneva talks, and will defend peace by readiness, insisting policy is peace and preparedness.
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Rome
Italy
Arius
Julius Caesar
Plazo Venesius
Benito Mussolini
Petre
United Real
Geneva
Mussolini
Europe
League
Freedom for Buckley Near Freedom
Former State Treasurer Bert Lp Buckley of Dayton set to be released on parole from the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary after an 18 month stay of an 80 month sentence for conspiring to bribe and obstructing prohibition law. He will board a train to Cincinnati where his wife and two daughters await. plans to return to Dayton or relocate unspecified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.2
Federal Penitentiary of
Atlanta
Bert Lb. Buckley
Dayton
Buckley
Cincinnati At & A. m
Pauline
Nadine
Beth
Youth Shot While Hunting Near Hamersville
George Fearhardt, 16, died from a bullet to the heart after firing a .22 rifle while climbing a fence on the John Dooley farm near Hamersville Ohio. Authorities investigated the accidental shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamersville
U.P
George Fearhardt
John Dooley
Ten Miners Killed in Yubari Coal Mine Blast
Ten miners died and six were injured in an explosion at a coal mine in Yubari Hokkaido Province. Advices from Tokyo reported the disaster today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Yubari
Hokkaido
Watson Sees No Reason To Stabilize Wheat Policy
Watson of the Republican Senate leadership argues against government steps to stabilize wheat prices. He contends the wheat buying program is excessive, risks broader farm-crop purchases, and should be abandoned only after completion of the current effort. He supports continued winter funding, noting the government holds over 100 million bushels and has bought about 60 million this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aventa
Congress
Watson
White House
Lege
Varma Board
Gangster Is Found Guilty In Tax Case Against Guzik
Chicago reports Jack Guzik, trusted lieutenant of the Capone gang, convicted on three income tax counts in federal court. The verdict follows weeks of court action against organized crime figures as Frank Bell and Richard Sullivan face electric chair for murder. Capone kin Ralph Capone had been the first to be convicted on similar tax charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Jack Guzik
Capone
Scarface
Guzik
Frank HF
Bell
Richard Sullivan
Ganestera
Crime Commission
Charles E. Woodward
Mainy
Ralph Capone
Memorial Meeting for Millfield Mine Disaster Victims
A memorial gathering for 82 men killed in the Millfield mine disaster will take place Sunday at 2:30 PM in the Majestic Theater Athens. Hosted by United Mine Workers of America speakers Phillip Murray and Capt. Percy Tetlow will lead as principal orators with clergy delivering eulogies. Governors Myers V. Cooper and George E. White have been invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millfield
Majestic Theater
Athens
United Mine Workers of America
Phillip Murray
Percy Tetlow
Myers V. Cooper
George E. White
Tow boat Margaret Destroyed. Captain and Crew Save Lives
The Ohio River tow boat Margaret, captained by Gail Justice, 55, of this plot burned to the water's edge three miles north of sea last night. The captain and assistant engineer Cast Smith ran the boat ashore and saved their lives after an explosion of gasoline powered the blaze. Captain Justice is a driver of Capt. Charles Justice of Steamer Senator Cordill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sistersville
W. Va
Margaret
Gail Justice
Cast Smith
Justice
Charles Justice
Senator Cordill
Ohio
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King Features, Inc
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Logan
Miussolini
Halian
Henry T. Russell
Weller
United
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Ty Lyse
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