United Labor Leaders Debate Ideas From Abroad
At the American Federation of Labor session in Cincinnati delegates from England and Canada discussed labor programs while William N. Doak and A. F. Whitney led talks on modern state problems. A faction of insurgent delegates pressed independent resolutions including dues enforcement issues social relief measures and protests. President William Green signaled they would be sidelined on the main floor.
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Cincinnati
U.R
England
Canada
Ameria Federation of Labor
William N. Doak
A. F. Whitney
Cleveland
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Resolutions Committee
William Green
Federation
Ohio Public Schools Face 3.2 Million Deficit
Dr. B. Skinner state director of education told a Columbus conference that Ohio public schools would face a deficit of 3.2 million dollars if kept open to December 16. He warned state aid could not arrive until the January legislative session. The meeting was called by Hamilton Shaffer of Dayton, president of the Ohio Parent-Teacher Association.
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Columbus
U.P
B. ©. Skinner
Ohio
Hamilton Shafferin Dayton
Ohio Parent-Teacher Association
Seek To Abandon Line Company Heads Say Interurban Line Isn't Needed
IMBUS November 23 report states the Company Delaware and Marion Electric applied to the Ohio Public Utilities Commission to abandon interurban service from Columbus to Marion. A January 5 hearing is set with the line operating at a loss of about $3,000 monthly and no public need alleged to remain. The firm was previously authorized to abandon Marion to Bucyrus service.
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IMBUS
Co Us
Delaware and
Marion
Ele
Ohio Public Utilities Commission
Columbus
Bucyrus
University Of Cincinnati Announces Financial Aid Wave Ahead
The University of Cincinnati unveiled a wave-a-year plan to assist high school graduates delaying college due to finances. Eligible students may enroll in February in the varsity undergraduate units and complete freshman requirements by September, advancing as if they had enrolled this fall.
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Cincinnati
U.2
University of Cincinnati
Imaid
Dance at Athens Country Club Thanksgiving Night
Mr. Darrell H. Sams announces an informal subscription dance at the Athens Country Club on Thanksgiving night November 24. Brooks Golden Orchestra will provide music and entertainment. The dance starts at 9 and continues until 1. Sams expects many members to attend.
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Athens Country Club
Darrell H. Sams
Brooks-Golden Orchestra
Sams
Fess and Russell Exchange Words on Prohibition Rift Heals
In Columbus Ohio on November 2 Senator Simeon D Fess and Anti Saloon League founder Dr Howard Hyde Russell exchanged sharp words over the prohibition issue. Russell accused Fess of riding two fast horses while Fess replied you must not attack men as dry as you are. The men said they would clear up the misunderstanding with a second letter.
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Fess
Russell
Anti-Saloon League
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Howard Hyde Russell
The
Senator Fess
Dr. Russell
Westerville, O
Thanksgiving at the White House Quiet observance
President and Mrs. Hoover plan a simple Thanksgiving dinner with a few personal friends and traditional turkey and pumpkin pie. In the afternoon they may attend religious services, reflecting New England traditions.
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Washington
White House
New England
County G O P Campaign Costs in 1932 Report
Athens County Republican Executive Committee spent 1047.81 in the 1932 campaign, with a beginning balance of 420 and contributions totaling 1780. Expenses from the 1930 campaign and recent disbursements left a 243.9 balance. The report to election board clerk David Johnson lists numerous individual contributors and identifies the State Central Committee.
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Athens County
Republican Executive Committee
David Johnson
Election Board
T. R. Biddle
Great Dane Rin defeats three burglars for new collar
In Chicago a year-old great Dane named Rin protected Mrs. Belle Dickey solo when three burglars entered her home. Rin knocked the first down and bit the second while guarding Mrs. Dickey as the third, armed with a gun, fled after Rin stopped. Mrs. Dickey rewarded Rin with a new collar.
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Chicago
Rin
Belle Dickey
Downing Sentenced to Electric Chair in Ohio case
John Red Downing, a pardoned convict and slayer, was sentenced by Judge Henry L. Scarlett to die in the electric chair at Ohio Penitentiary. Execution set for March 10. He killed Mrs. Marie Bonzo in her basement on Oct 25 with an automobile steering wheel and a ginger ale bottle.
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Ohio
Columbus
John
Red) Downing
Ohio Penitentiary
Henry L. Scarlett
Downing
Marie Bonzo
Dan J. Bonzo
Cincinnati
Brick Heater Brings Hope for Quick East State Street Work
A brick-heating machine arrived on East State Street today prompting hopes the project will resume soon. Foremen organized crews while some workers returned home for Thanksgiving. It was unclear if work would resume tomorrow.
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East State Street
Athens
Church Benefit Rally and Booth Festival Planned
The Epworth League of Athens County sponsors a fall rally and festival at Central Avenue M. E. Church to collect provisions and canned foods for the Methodist Children's Home at Worthington and White Cross Hospital at Columbus. The program includes a 1:15 p.m. trip to Athens State Hospital, 5:30 dinner and fellowship, and a 7 p.m. program with Dr. W. N. Shank of Logan as speaker.
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Central Avenue M. E
Methodist Children’s
Worthington
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Epworth League
Athens County
Athens State Hospital
W. N. Shank
Logan
Opera Singer Convocation Delights Ohio University Crowd
Josephine Lucchese, Texas born coloratura, performed a program ranging from Italian grand operas to Carry Me Back to Old Virginia at Ohio University this morning. She earned at least six encores, has toured Europe and the United States, debuted with the Manhattan Grand Opera House, and now aligns with the Philadelphia Opera Company. Prof. William Longstreet accompanied from the Ohio University School of Music.
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Ohio University
Old Virginia
Josephine Lucchese
Miss Lucchese
Texas
Europe
United States
Manhattan Grand Opera House
New York
Philadelphia Opera Company
Ak Ron Canton and Youngstown Railway Faces Repayment
The Akron Canton and Youngstown Railway may owe the government $410,243 as its half share of $520,486 excess operating income the commission says the line earned from 1922 through 1927.
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Washington
Akron, Canton and
Youngstown Railway
Newport Foreman Acquitted in Fatal Rail Project Shooting
Robert L. Dean aged 47 from Blanchester Ohio was acquitted by a jury in Newport Kentucky for the fatal shooting of Rodney L. Storer 45 of Covington Kentucky on a railroad construction site where Dean served as foreman.
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Newport, Ky
Robert L. Dean
Blanchester
Rodney L. Storer
Covington, Ky
Dean
Taker Elmer Routzahn Killed In Auto Crash Near West Milton
Elmer Routzahn a 46 year old Covington undertaker and Walter Maier Covington businessman were in a crash when their car skidded off the highway at Possum Hollow near West Milton. Routzahn was killed and Maier was critically injured.
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Piqua
Elmer Routzahn
Miami County
Covington
Walter Maier
Possum Hollow
West Milton
W V man found dead in Wheeling with throat cut
Stephen Delmonico, 62, was found in his Wheeling home with his throat cut and head battered after his wife, visiting in Salem, Va, returned and discovered the body.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Stephen Delmonioc
Salem
France Turned Cold on Japanese Alliance Overtures
Paris reports a persistent claim that France and private bankers rebuffed Japanese efforts for a Franco Japanese loan and alliance. The embassy allegedly sounded out the Foreign Office about a large loan and military pact, but officials denied the allegations. Yosuke Matsuoaka or Materoku denied the overtures in Geneva.
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Paris
Japan
Yosuke Matauaka
Geneva
Edouard Herriot
Materoka
Second Round Fight Pending in Municipal Court
In Lima on November 2, a second round of a fist fight erupts after Sheriff Jess Farber refuses Urbana reporter John Powers permission to interview a prisoner. Powers swears out a warrant accusing the sheriff of assault and battery while the sheriff files an affidavit charging Powers with intoxication. no blows will be thrown Saturday in court.
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Lima
U.P
Jess Farber
John Powers
Urbana
Ohio Examiner
Powers
Prince of Wales Visits Idle Lancashire on Unemployment Tour
The Prince of Wales arrived in Bolton to begin a two day visit among about 150000 unemployed in Lancashire, Liverpool, St Helens and Wigan. Thousands greeted him with cheers and handkerchiefs as Lord Derby welcomed the royal visitor. The prince did not smile often.
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Bolton
England
Prince of Wales
Lancashire
Liverpool
St. Helens
Wigan
Lord Derby
Neighborly Husking Bee Supports Farm Youth
Edward Hubbard, a Lynchburg High School pupil, missed no classes to husk corn at his late father's Hubbard farm. His classmates, led by Professor Marion W. Wallace, joined to help in a neighborhood husking bee. Women provided supper after the job was finished.
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Lynchburg
U.2
Edward Hubbard
Lynchburg High School
Hubbard
Edward
Marion W. Wallace
Mansfield youth testifies in reformatory guard killing case
Merril E. Chandler, 22, of Columbus, takes the stand in common pleas court at Mansfield to defend himself against charges for killing a guard at the Mansfield Reformatory claiming he was beaten, underfed, and tortured in a straightjacket to force a confession.
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Mansfield
Merrill E. Chandler
Columbus
Mansfield Reformatory
Common Pleas Court
Congress Leaders Meet With Hoover To Form Debt Policy
Chicago report notes political leaders in talks with President Hoover to shape national debt policy while Roosevelt stays distant. The piece situates policy discussions amid cabinet and congressional considerations as economic pressures mount.
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Congress
Hoover
Roosevelt
Turkey Tops Menu as 1972 Farm Output Rises
Columbus reports November 24 marks turkey prominence as the 1972 crop grows to one of the nation’s largest. Ohio leads states with a 25 percent rise in turkey production, totaling about 18 million birds across the country.
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Ohio
Columbus
New England
Savings Clubs Release Funds for Christmas Cash
Ten thousand dollars will be placed in circulation in Athens early next week. Christmas Savings Club checks will be sent to 20 persons by Security Savings Bank. Members have deposited 25 cents to $5 weekly. funds distributed first of next week for Christmas shopping. Nationwide about 10,000,000 savers hold over $500,000,000 in these Christmas funds.
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Athens
Christmas Savings Club
The
Security Savings Bank
United States
Pilot in divorce suit cites business motive for marriage
Rex B. Harker, 27, American Airlines pilot, testifies in Domastic Relations Court that his wife Frances Harker sought his name to claim a British estate. She planned a strictly business marriage with half of the estate and a later divorce. Judge Charles W. Hoffman adjourns case for more testimony.
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Cincinnati
Rex B. Harker
Charles W. Hoffman
Frances Harker
Harker
Hoffman
Mooney Praises Russia in Pravda Letter
A San Quentin letter from Tom Mooney praising Russia and the Russian revolution was published by Pravda. Dated October 17 and likely sent via underground channels, it expressed proletarian gratitude for support of his freedom and endorsed the dictatorship of the proletariat.
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Moscow
Tom Mooney
Josef Stalin
San Quentin Penitentiary
Mooney
Pravda Today
No Messenger on Thanksgiving Day
No editions of The Messenger will be published tomorrow Thanksgiving Day. Messenger employees across the district will join in the celebration of this national holiday.
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The
Messenger
Roosevelt outlines new deal aims in war debt talks
President elect Roosevelt meets Democratic leaders to discuss plans to fulfill campaign pledges and advance a new program before March 4. Governor Roosevelt signals a hands off approach to current Congress while Hoover and party chiefs review debt and budget issues. Paris talks between Herriot and Tyrrell focus on British debt policy and a possible UK moratorium without France concessions.
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Washington
New
Mills
Roosevelt
Hoover
Garner
James A. Farrey
Helrieves
Yrienda
Congress
Tank
Paris
Edouard Herriot
Lord Tyrrell
Britain
France
Paroled killer gets life term in Cleveland holdup
Francis E. Mack Bush a paroled gunman was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of jeweler Herbert Quinlan during a store holdup Oct 3 in Cleveland. Mercy recommendation spared him the electric chair as police guarded the courtroom following a gun battle that left two dead and several injured.
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Cleveland
Francis E. (Mack) Bush
Herbert Quinlan
ES. Quinlan
Common Pleas
George P Baer
Bush
Bucket Brigade Fights Fire At Croy Home In Jackville
Neighbors formed a bucket brigade to fight a morning blaze at Mr and Mrs N B Croy s home on Marshfield Road Jackville. The roof burned away, damaged furniture and interior from water and smoke. Damage estimated at 1000 dollars. Fire started about 745 am from an undetermined cause. Athens firemen arrived with chemicals and saved the frame bungalow house.
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N.B. Croy
Jackville
Marshfield Road
Athens
Nude sketches removed from Cleveland City Hall exhibit
City officials say City Hall is not a proper venue for displaying nude figure sketches. Two penciled drawings were taken from an exhibit by local artists and removed by custodian William Claney.
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Cleveland
City Hall
Alice
William Claney
Four public hearings planned on Ohio intangible tax law
The joint legislative taxation committee announced four public hearings in Columbus on December 1 5 and 16 to hear industrial business and financial interests about proposed amendments to the intangible tax measure. The panel will also consider changes to the distributive feature after a Hamilton County challenge. Attorney General Gilbert Bettman represents the Tax Commission and may take the case to the Supreme Court for a final ruling.
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Columbus
Joint Legislative Taxation Committee
General Assembly
Colurmbne
Robert A. Taft
Cincinnati
Hamiltton
Gibert Bettman
Supreme Court
Ohio University Students Head Home for Thanksgiving Break
Hundreds of Ohio University students leave Athens for Thanksgiving vacation with classes resuming Monday. A special C and P railroad train departs at 12 40 to Columbus to connect with other lines. Railroads and bus companies offer special vacation ticket prices as students travel by car or bus.
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Ohio University
Athens
Columbus
Battle Looms On Six Mile Chaco Front As Forces Mass
In the Chaco Boreal region a six mile front sees over 20 000 Bolivian and Paraguayan troops amassed amid a war that has raged for six months without formal hostilities. Casualties reach thousands as crews suffer from hunger and thirst after separation.
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Grand Chaco
Chaco Boreal
South America
Bolivia
Aregaay
Chaco
Buenos Aires Herald faces libel action over council critique
Newspaper postal rate privileges were withdrawn from the Buenos Aires Herald after its report accusing the City Council of causing the financial woes of the British-owned street car system. The Herald labeled the council uncaring and pillaging, while La Prensa criticized the Herald’s language and the council began a committee review of a possible suit.
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Buenos Aires
U.P
Buenos Aires Herald
Herald
la Prensa
Argentina
Lake Erie fishing closing date extended to Dec 11
Sandusky reports extension of the Lake Erie fishing closing date to December 11. Officials announced the later deadline to accommodate fishermen as the season continues.
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Sandusky
Lake Erie
President Hoover and Roosevelt Face War Debt Policy
President Hoover met with cabinet members and congressional leaders to map debt policy as European debt relief requests loom. A plan to create a new Debt Funding Commission was discussed and Roosevelt declined to join. no immediate conference with Roosevelt was finalized. The White House move aims to ensure December 15 payments proceed while Congress weighs options.
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Washington
Hoover
Morrison
Marrison
Rainey
Ono
White Mouse
America
Boover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Moorer
Roosevelt
Mov
Watted Presse
Congress
Froosevelt
Nloune
Senate Democrate
Mayflower
White House
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Sperber Garner
Congress Holds Firm Stance on Hoover Roose debt talks
An adamant Congress remains inflexible against cancellation and resistant to further postponements, casting a stern shadow over the Hoover Roosevelt debt conference.
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Congress
Fugitive Isaac Lowe Arrested in Cincinnati Shooting Case
Isaac Lowe alias Johnson, 57 of Batavia Ohio, was captured in Cincinnati ending thirteen years as a murder suspect. He admitted shooting Deputy Sheriff William Thompson of Giles County Virginia after a quarrel, triggered by a family dispute that led to police pursuit.
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Cincinnati
Isaac Lowe
Johnson
Batavia
Lowe
William Thompson
Giles County
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