France Japan boost Franco Soviet war budget report
Parliament hears reports of a Franco Soviet alliance against Germany as France and Japan increase military outlays. France’s Chamber of Deputies approves about 5.689 billion francs for army and navy, amid debate on rearmament and defense. Russia noted to have no army in the conflict, with shifting Franco Russian ties and a 10 year horizon for broader peace.
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Germany
France
Japan
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
of Deputies
Blunt
Russia
Leon Arbaud
Mystery Deaths Shake Rink Owner Case In Town
Police investigate the death of Ruby Clarke 36 found in a trunk at a warehouse. The body discovery points to a possible homicide as authorities probe the rink owner and the circumstances around the trunk storage.
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Ruby Clarke
Vv Leaders Attend Dinner
Martin Davey state Democratic Committee chairman will attend a district dinner at the tool building in Jack on December 12. Athens County and Floyd Wolf are among who will vie for tickets. The event is hosted by the Vv Leaders and includes Myers Mate office.
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Martin Davey
Democratic Committee
W Bate Georges Myers
Jack
Athens County
Floyd Wolff
Rainfall Hope for Ohio Crops in 1935 Drought Warning
Ohio's weather observer says heavy spring rain is crucial to revive depleted subsoil moisture for 1935 crops. 1934 stands as one of the driest years on record with a statewide rainfall deficit of 10.58 inches, worse than 1930 except for that decade’s drought.
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Columbus
Ohio
W. H. Alexander
Alexander
West Virginia Fires Quelled Amid Rain and Loss
In Charleston West Virginia a 19 year old firefighter Henry Firth was killed when a blazing tree fell on Zion Mountain as 2000 firefighters battled 280 forest fires threatening Beckley and other communities. Rain offered limited relief with winds driving the flames and radio plans made after telegraph failure.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Henry Firth
Zion Mountain
Beckley
Fan Dancer Slain by Mate in Detroit Reconciliation Attempt
Detroit reports a marital dispute ended in tragedy as George A. Phillips 26 and wife Hilda 22 died from head wounds when their car rolled onto the curb. Phillips was found dying as his wife lay dead. Mrs Minnie Phillips said the couple had separated over dancing in beer gardens.
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Detroit
George A. Phillips
Hilda
Phillips
Minnie Phillips
South Webster Farmer Held in Fatal Shooting
IRONTON November 23. 45 year old P Shaffer of near South Webster is under arrest facing murder charges after the fatal shooting of 64 year old William Cantrell. Sheriff E W Bennett and Coroner Harry Jones reported Cantrell’s two sons said Shaffer quarreled with one son and Cantrell joined them to Shaffer’s farm where the argument continued.
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Ironton
W. P Shaffer
Near South Webster
E. W. Bennett
William Cantrell
Bennett
Cantrell
Harry Jones
Shaffer
Rain Ends Summer Spell as Cold Front Moves In
Rain last night in the Athens District brought a sharp temperature drop ending the spell of summery weather. Colder weather is forecast tonight with a warmer trend late Saturday. About three quarters of an inch of rain raised monthly precipitation to 1.74 inches.
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Ohio
France
Canned Beef and Rice to Be Issued in Athens County
Ralph Shafer in charge of federal food distribution announces next week relief families in Athens County will receive canned beef and two pound rice in two pound packages. The beef comes from Columbus and is the first from the factory there. A week later canned beef rice and butter will be distributed, with more foods expected through the winter and no fresh beef expected in the near term.
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Athens County
Ralph Shafer
Columbus
Delaware
Shaffer
Illinois Legislature Extends Two Percent Sales Tax
Springfield dispatch says the Illinois Legislature approved an indefinite extension of the two percent sales tax. The Senate passed the measure sponsored by Governor Henry Horner after midnight and adjourned sine die, following House approval earlier in the week.
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Springfield
State Senate
Henry Horner
Union Strike Leader To Appeal Conviction
Okey Odell, strike leader of Hardin County onion patches, plans to appeal his conviction for pointing a gun at Elmer Isner. The jury sentenced him to one year in prison and a fine of 18 dollars.
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Kenton
Okey Odell
Hardin County Onion Patches
Odell
Elmer Isner
Fort Worth Has Two Young and Elder Fathers
In Fort Worth on Nov 23 a 14 year old and a 68 year old man became new fathers. The 14 year old father and his 14 year old wife, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bert Mullins, welcomed a 5 12 pound daughter Ellen Marie who is healthy with the mother also well. The 68 year old father is J. J. Langever, a prominent Fort Worth businessman now retired.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Worth
Henry Bert Mullins
Ellen Marie
J. J. Langever
Disappearance of Rita Lent Shocks Conneaut Farm
In Conneaut Ohio Rita Lent a 3 year old girl vanishes from the North Richmond Penn Line Road farm with her police dog Buddy. Deputies search the area and discuss a possible release by an automobile on Route 7 while Rita’s mother Olivia Lent and her estranged husband Darrell Lent are involved in separate divorce actions. Sheriff Blanche restarts the investigation.
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Conneaut
Rita Lent
Ashtabula
Richmond
Penn Line
Olivia Lent
Sheriffs Department
Rita
Buddy
Blanche
Child En Route Home From Athens Killed
Martha Ann Long four daughter of Sergeant and Mrs Long of Columbus was killed instantly in an automobile crash near Canal Winchester while returning home from a visit with relatives. Her mother Mrs Long was only slightly injured. The child previously lived in Athens where her father served at the Athens Armory. Funeral services likely in Coshocton.
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Martha Ann Long
Sergeant
Wi! Long
Columbus
Canal Winchester
Carl Ramsey
Franklin Avenue
Sergeant Long
Athens Armory
Electrocuted When Lamp Short Circuits
Troy report says Frank Farrow 41 died by electrocution when an electric lamp he worked on short circuited in damp concrete. His brother George was severely burned trying to pull him free. another worker jerked the plug from the socket to release him.
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Troy
Frank Farrow
George
What New Ohio Taxes Mean
Ohio income tax proposals would create a separate state form. Examples show John O Citizen with $300 monthly salary would owe $12 state tax, James with $5,000 wages and $5,000 unearned income would owe $354 or more. Sallie Buckeye earning $2,500 would face $36 plus $75 on unearned income. Annual sales tax on a $2,000 spend would be around $60 for a family.
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Columbus
John O. Citizen
Sam
Ohio
James
Sallie Q. Buckeye
Vinton County Pair Executed for $23 Jackson County Robbery
Three Ohio defendants from Vinton County, Merbert Thacker and Raymond Freeman, were executed in the Ohio Penitentiary for the June $23 robbery and murder of Stephen Huntley. Thacker died at 7:37 pm and Freeman at 7:47 pm after prayers and baptism.
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Stephen Huntley
Merbert Thacker
Raymond Freeman
Vinton County
Twin Brother Fatally Shoots Logan Boy 6
Francia Acker 16 died after his twin Edward’s shotgun discharged while they hunted rabbits near Logan Ohio. Francis was injured and later amputated but died in Columbus hospital. Parents Joseph and Mrs Acker have twelve children and funeral services set for St John Catholic Church.
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Logan
Francia Ucker
Columbus
Francis
Edward
Joseph Acker
St. Johne Catholic Church
James FP. Nevin
Old Catholic
Half Billion Paid For Reducing Crops
The AAA reached a half billion dollars in farmer cash disbursements. Since July 28, 1983, Texas farmer William Morriss of Nueces County received Check No. 1 for 17 dollars for plowing under part of cotton. A total of 7,224,676 checks have been mailed totaling 46,646,428 dollars.
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Washington
AAA
William E. Morriss
Neuces County
Texas
Roosevelt
Morriss
Yankees and British Press for 1922 Naval Treaty Principles
London dispatch reports the British and American delegations at preliminary naval talks agreeing to uphold the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. They insist on continuing its principles and oppose granting Japan tonnage equality.
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London
Themerives Todry
Washington
Japan
Chicago Woman Fights Sheriff Over Machinery Seizure
Mrs. Ferazza of Lake Bluff confronted Constable Nelson over a writ of replevin at her husband’s shoe shop. She called President Roosevelt from a drug store and was advised to write, while the constable slipped away with seven pieces of machinery later claimed by the Shoe Machinery Company. Ferazza was later released on bond after the incident and complaint against her husband.
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Chicago
Mario Ferazza
Lake Bluff
Rowland Nelson
Roosevelt
Ferazza
Waerm Spring Ge
Ferazza Ater
Davey Cabinet Assumes Shape In Ohio
Governor-Elect Martin L. Davey filled four cabinet posts in Ohio with Howard Levis as finance director Ora S Chapman as industrial relations Alfred A Benesch as commerce and Farr R Hanefeld as agriculture. Four more posts including adjutant general and directors of public health welfare highways remain to be filled.
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Cleveland
Martin L. Davey
Davey Yeasterday
Cincinnati
Dayton
Howard Levis
Ora S. Chapman
Alfred A. Benesch
Farr R. Hanefeld
Nelsonville Mattress Project Approved in Ohio
The State Relief Commission authorized an FERA project to build a mattress production unit in Nelsonville Ath ens County with a 12. am cost and 70 jobs. Athens County also won a 148 project to clean and straighten portions of the channel of Sunday peek. A five day training institute for emergency nursery heel teachers and parent education instructors begins at Campbell Hall Ohio State University Columbus on Monday December 3.
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Columbus
FERA
Nelsonville
Athens County
Wasas
State Relief Commission
Campbell Hall
Ohio State University
Accidental Gun Death Near Marion Claims Virgil Walter
Virgil Walter, 25, of Marion, dies from an accidental shotgun discharge while coon hunting about eight miles west of Marion. The incident occurred Saturday night. Officials described it as a tragic hunting accident with no foul play suspected.
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Marion
Virgil Waltere
Death of Tom Bass renown Negro horse trainer at 75
Beverly Hills Calif Tom Bass a celebrated Black horse trainer aged 75 died here today Mexico Mo remembered for training horses rather than riding them Will Rogers pays tribute noting Bass trained thousands and left a remarkable legacy in American horsemanship
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Will
Tom Bass
Beverly Hills
Calif
Mexico
Society Folke
America
Saint Peter
Tom
Will Rogers
Vanderhilt
Liquor Permits Suspended Over Slot Machines in Ohio
In Columbus on November 23, permits of ten liquor sellers were suspended for allowing slot machines or gambling devices. Col. John A. Hughes ordered show cause hearings for revocation, with six permits also facing diluted liquor charges. Additional suspensions affected Fraternal Order of Fagies clubs in Columbus Zanesville Pomeroy Martins Ferry and Wellston for gambling and liquor law violations.
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Columbus
John A. Hughes
Fraternal Order of Fagies
Zaneaville
Pomeroy
Martins Ferry
Fagies
Wellaton
State
Baroness Holds Key To Island Mystery
Los Angeles dispatch reports Baroness Eloise Bousquet De Wagner may hold the clue to a Galapagos tragedy on Marchena Island. Navigator W Charles Swett of the Cruiser Velcro 3rd urges finding her as the voyage begins a scientific quest to solve the disappearance and the two bodies.
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Los Angeles
Eloise Bousquet de Wagner
Galapagos
Marchena Island
Equator
W. Charles Swett
Velcro
Oscar Mathena Dies At New Marshfield
Oscar Mathena, 65, died at his New Marshfield home after a two week illness from heart trouble. Funeral services will be Sunday at 10 30 AM at the M. P. Church conducted by Rev. RB. F. Pugh with Rev. Ray Huff assisting. burial in New Marshfield. He is survived by his widow and daughter Edith a local schoolteacher. a sister Mrs. John Hick of Nelsonville. two brothers and several half siblings preceded him in death.
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New Marshfield
Oscar Mathena
M. P
RB. F. Pugh
Ray Huff
Mathena
Edith
John Hick
Nelsonville
Rainbow Woman Improves After Color Changes
In Kansas City Edith Perry 32, a hospital patient, continued to show color changes in her skin since entering General Hospital a week ago. Her skin shifted from blue to purple red brown and back to red with temperature returning to normal as doctors report improvement.
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Kansas City
General Hospital
Edith Perry
Playwright Sir Arthur Pinero Dies at 70 in London
London reports the death of Sir Arthur Pinero a famed playwright at age seventy in a nursing home after an illness. The writer known for his stage works passed away today leaving a legacy in British theater.
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London
Arthur Pinero
Revenue program passes House amid city funding complaints
The Ohio House approved a $78.5 million revenue package including a 3 percent sales tax, a personal income tax, and extended liquid fuel tax, sending it to the Senate. Mayor Henry Worley condemned the plan for insufficient municipal aid as 1995 revenues are projected, while officials noted potential impacts on counties and schools. The measure features stepped sales brackets and a two to four percent income tax structure, with debates over earned versus unearned income and potential extensions beyond 1995.
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Columbus
House
Senate
Paul Yoder
Montgomery County
Colt Meals
George White
Carlton S. Dargusch
State Tax Commission
Dargusch
New York
United States
Ohio
Henry Worley
Bell’s Bride Bellows Triggered Shootings In Portsmouth
In Portsmouth on November 23 charges of shooting with intent to wound and kill were filed against Mabe Shaw, a schoolteacher, after a double shooting at a serenade for Hazel Shaw Hodge. Charlie Graham, 35, was shot in the left leg and Russell Shaw, 18, in the left foot. Shaw claimed the shots came from her pistol after she was angered by the belling of her sister and damage to property.
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Portsmouth
Mabe
Shaw
Hazel Shaw Hodge
Charlies Graham
Russell Shaw
Miss Shaw
Beling
Yale football coach Dennis Myers to marry Philippa Jeffers
New Haven Connecticut Navy line coach Dennis Myers said he will marry Miss Philippa Jeffers of Ironton Ohio on Tuesday at St Patricks Cathedral in New York City. Springfield November 23 Mrs William Willum 30 mother of three is Clark County's first victim of tularemia rabbit fever this year after cleaning rabbits.
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New Haven
Springfield
William Willum
Clark County
Building Permits Rise 17.2 Percent in October
The Labor Department reported a 17.2 percent rise in the number of building permits issued in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
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Nelsonville Mattress
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