Squirrel hunt described in officer murder case
Ten men are to be tried on charges related to Deputy Sheriff James Daniels’ murder in Harlan County. Testimony described labor meetings planning “squirrel hunting” for deputies, quotes from John B. Gross and others, and threats against Daniels and guard members during a strike situation at Black Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Sterling
U.P
Harlan County
W. B. Notes
James Daniels
James Cawood
Jones
Daniels
John Henry Blair
Black Mountain Line
Varts
Cawood
Baames Carpenter
Evarts
John B. Gross
Harlan
Black Mountain
Daniel
Navy League Attacks Hoover Over Naval Policy
The Navy League renewed its charge of abysmal ignorance about President Hoover's naval policy in a 17 page letter by William Bruce Howe. It claims Hoover has starved the navy and failed to carry out Republican platform pledges, though the White House has yet to officially respond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
Navy League
Hoover
White House
William Bruce Howe
League
Howe
Final Act Gracious Italian Diplomat Seeks Clemency
A R Dino Grandi and Signora Grandi sail from New York for Italy at 3 p m ending a 10 day American visit. Grandi asked clemency for Orlando Spartaco, 26, who threatened him in Philadelphia and received a two year prison sentence. He telegraphed Governor Pinchot that the plea came as a friend of the American nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mussolini
Grandi
Pinchot
Thanksgiving program features school play at Athens Junior High
An Athens Junior High School assembly opened with The Courtship of Miles Standish produced by the English Club under Miss Bertha Albert. Bob Bird presided, Goldie Morris read The Story of Thanksgiving, followed by a Florence Smith poem and a trombone solo by Kermit Diehl.
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Athens
Miles Standish
Bertha Albert
Bob Bird
Goldie Morris
Florence Smith
Kermit Diehl
Unemployment Insurance Opposed by Ohio Retail Merchants
The Ohio Council of Retail Merchants says a statewide unemployment insurance plan would unfairly burden employers. They criticize the Reynolds plan as costing about 40 million dollars annually and note objections to employee contributions. They contrast with Wisconsin and New York, where employers bear costs, and argue Ohio should pursue a noncontributory system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Council of Retail Merchants
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
George White
James Reynolds
Cleve
Wisconsin
New York
Try To Be Thankful and Two Offhand Killings
ARTHUR BRISBANE reviews a mix of reflections on gratitude and news items. He discusses two offhand killings in a concise, opinionated column and touches on Japan's refrain in current events, with a brief note on air travel and aviation themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Gratitude, hardship, and lessons from 1929 insight
The author argues that despite hardship and lingering 1929 losses the nation retains assets and resilience. He cautions against overconfidence in prosperity and warns against reckless speculation, urging hard work and reflection akin to Socratic humility. The piece emphasizes learning from past financial mistakes.
Reflections on Gratitude and Human Progress
The passage contemplates gratitude for the future and its opportunities, contrasting human achievement with ancient beliefs. It recalls a Greek saying praising being human and contrasts roles of women, noting their tough life then and now. The note ends with a pointer to continued discussion on Page 4.
Court Upheld Perjury Guilty In Springfield Robbery Case
The Ohio second court of appeals affirmed perjury verdicts against Dr C Richie an Springfield eye doctor in the Duffy West Jefferson gasoline station robbery case. Duffy 21 is in Ohio Penitentiary serving 10 to 25 years. Mrs Richie and Sam McAllister face perjury indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Springfield
Ohio
Second Court of Appeals
C. Richie
Richie
John Duffy
West Jefferson
Sam McAllister
Duffy
Neuman
Chicago Boy Sells Old Banknotes in Nickels Cash Scheme
Jackie Becker eight year old discovers a bundle of banknotes in an old store and sells them for small change, accepting pennies nickels and dimes as payment. His mother seizes the money totaling 3900 to place it in a safe deposit vault while Martha Preuss seeks the finders claim noting the banknotes may belong to her late husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Jackie Becker
Jackie
Martha Preuss
Joliff Loses Arm in Hunting Accident
Tom Joliff twenty son of Merlin Joliff of Arlington lost his right arm at the shoulder after a accidental gun discharge during a hunting trip in Dunkirk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkirk
Tom Joliff
Merlin Joliff
Arlington
Trainloads of Jap Troops in Big Offensive
Trainloads of Japanese soldiers rolled southward in Manchuria toward Ch chin chow as Gen Sheguri Honjo led an offensive against Chinese forces. Japanese headquarters reported Tientsin attacks and a Japanese counteroffensive with the Kwantung army ready to take necessary measures amid rising tensions and Chinese aggression.
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Mukden
Manchuria
U.P
Jjpaneses
Sheguri Honjo
Foreign Office
Tokio
United Press
Honjo
Chinchow
Great Wall
China
Tientsin
Kwantung Army
Outsiders in Battle Barred
Tokyo reports the Japanese government will not occupy Chinchow for now as Chang Hsenh-Liang's forces concentrate there. Negotiations for a peaceful withdrawal within the Great Wall proceed, with Chang asking guarantees from the U S France and Britain that Chinchow stay under Chinese administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
U.P
Chinchow
Marshall Chang Hsenh-Liang
Chang
Great Wall of China
United States
France
Great Britain
Aristide Briand
League of Nations Council
Baron Shidehara
M. de Marte
Japan
Manchuria
Verdict To Stand In Ohio Supreme Court Declines Review
The Ohio Supreme Court declined to review the conviction of O C Romans for embezzling from the Morrow County Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Cardington Ohio where he served as secretary treasurer. Auditors reported a shortage of 17000 with one count alleging 8000 and Romans had given a 3000 chattel mortgage to the firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Supreme Court
Cardington
Columbus
U.R
0. C. Romans
Morrow County Farmers Mutual Insurance Company
Romans
First American casualty of Sino-Japanese war reported
Detroit records the first American casualty of the Sino-Japanese conflict a thirteen year old, Joseph Strothers, was wounded while playing a game with another thirteen year old, Harry Bell, using an unloaded revolver.
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Detroit
Joseph Strothers
Manchuria
Harry Bell
Laval's Policy Wins Strong Vote Of Confidence In France
Paris reports Premier Laval’s foreign policy winning a 325 to 150 confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies with Radical Socialists abstaining. He defended reparations linked to German private debt and warned against changes to the Young Plan without proportional cuts in French war debts.
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Paris
U.R
Pierre Laval
Germany
America
Washington
Hoover
Berlin
Chamber of Deputies
Laval
United States
France
Quiet Turkey Day Observed Here Thursday
Athens residents marked a quiet Thanksgiving with little activity as Ohio University students spent the holiday elsewhere. No arrests were reported. several institutions provided meals to inmates and residents. church services were limited. many families and fans followed games on radio.
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Athens
Ohio University
Wayne Wingett
Finstéetwald
E. R. Laughlin Lkewise
Athens Free Methodist Church
Salvation Army
Christian Science Church
Annabelle
Harriet Haller
Athens County Children’s Home
Athens County
State Hospital
Ashbrand
Ohio University of the Westminster Fellowship
Athens Presbyterian Church
Hobson Study Circle of
Nelsonville
Logan
Threats Endanger Slovenian Church Pastor House
In Cleveland on November 27 a police guard was posted around St. Marys Slovenian Church after threats to bomb the parish house of Rev. Vitus Hribar. Hribar received two letters, Oct 18 and Nov 23, demanding $1,000 and signed with skull and crossbones and the note that blackhanders would carry out the bombing.
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Cleveland
U.R
Vitus Hribar
St. Mary’s
Hribar
This Meridian Stuff Is All Wickersham To Will
A shipboard musing on the eighty‑first meridian sailing while aboard the S S Empress of Russia. The speaker jokes about losing a day at the meridian and questions the value of returning, noting Thanksgiving and dwindling causes for celebration as the voyage continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wickersham
Will
Indians Face Death in Southwest Blizzard Trapping Navajo and Zuni
Five hundred Navajo and Zuni Indians are stranded on wind swept mesas near Atarque New Mexico facing cold, hunger, and dwindling supplies after a blizzard. Nine deaths reported and hundreds return with news of freezing conditions. Rescue and relief efforts struggle to reach the snowbound communities guarding gathered nuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Gallup
N. M
U.pb
Southwest
Indian Agency
Cerro Alto
Santa Rita
Atarque
Eight Die Across Ohio in Thanksgiving Holiday
A United Press survey reports eight people killed in Ohio during Thanksgiving Day. Hunting accidents claimed Mose Jesse, 22, and Paul Wood, 40, while others died in traffic crashes including three in Cleveland. Additional fatalities occurred near Wilmington and Woodsfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
United Press
Mose Jesse
Pomeroy
Paul Wood
Elyria
Monroe C. van Sickel
Louis Critchfield
Akron
Floyd Timberman
Malta
Floyd Schuman
New Philadelphia
George Leikas
Jefferson
Carl Rudolph
Owen McGinnis
Jackson
Cleveland
Anna Simmons
Lloyd Tosch
Clarence Buncher
Clifford Pendry
Clinton County Infirmary
Baltimore and Ohio
Wilmington
Ernest Wells
Stafford
Woodsfield
Pastor Hall Charged with Fraud in Several Cities
The Rev. Alfred G. Hall pastor of Peoples Temple and preacher at the county jail was arrested on fraud charges in multiple cities. He allegedly violated immigration laws by entering the country without proper documentation. Federal immigration inspector John R. Northrup said Hall faced possible deportation to Canada if prosecutors in Chicago request it for charges described as religious fakes.
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Cleveland
U.P
Alfred G. Hall
People's Temple
John R. Northrup
Federali
Canada
Chicago
Lindbergh Demonstrates Feasibility of Atlantic AirLink
Col Charles A. Lindbergh piloted the American Clipper across from Barranquila Colombia to Miami in 12 hours with 26 passengers and five crew plus 15,000 pounds of mail and a $5,000 currency shipment. He signed 220 clearance papers amid the journey. A minor takeoff mishap at Marranquila was blamed on the ground crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Wia
U.P
Charles A. Lindbergh
North
South America
Lindbergh
Barranquila
Colombia
Kingston
Havana
Controlsa
Marranquila
West-East Hop Made by Flier Bert Hinkler
Bert Hinkler the Australian flier arrived in St Louis Berega Africa at 2 pm from Natal Brazil completing the first non stop air flight across the South Atlantic from west to east. He planned to go to Port Etienne tomorrow. The Natal to St Louis leg covered about 1650 miles with secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Aeropostale Company
Bert Hinkler
Fler
St. Louis
Berega
Africa
Natal
Brasil
South Atlantic
Hinkler
Port Etienne
Aeropostale
South America
St. Louisa
Catholics Convene 1931 Newman Clubs Delegates in Cincinnati
The Ohio Valley Province Federation of Catholic Newman Clubs opens its 1931 convention in Cincinnati with about 150 delegates from eighteen colleges and universities across Ohio Indiana Kentucky West Virginia Pennsylvania Michigan and Illinois. Represented schools include Adelbert College Antioch Indiana University Miami University Ohio State Purdue Ohio University University of Kentucky University of Michigan University of Pittsburgh West Virginia University and Wittenberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newman Clubs
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley Province
Federation of Catholic Newman Clubs
Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Illinois
Adelbert College
Cleveland
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Indiana University
Miami University
Northern State Normal School
Marquette
Ohio Northern
Ohio State
Ohio University
Purdue
Tri State College
Angola
Ind
University of Kentucky
University of Michigan
University of Pittsburgh
West Virginia University
Wittenberg
Governor Blocks Executions Keeps Bell From Chair
Frank Bell sentenced to death for the murder of a Chicago restaurant proprietor received a 30 day reprieve after intercession by the U S government. Governor Louis L Emmerson granted the stay two hours before the planned execution following a plea from Murray W Garsson the labor department official in Chicago. This marks Bell s second last minute escape from death after an insanity hearing postponed his October 16 electrocution.
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Chicago
U.P
Frank
Bell
U. S
Louis L. Emmerson
Emmerson
Murray W. Garsson
Labor
Jury Awards Damages Over Home Brew Raid In Ironton
A common pleas jury after about an hour's deliberation awarded Mrs Len Yates Hopkins $1000 against BE W Fassett. The suit named former city manager Chie/Fassett police officers including Ennis Callihan Patrolmen Eddams and Elmer Blackwell. Testimony said the raid followed an anonymous letter to Fassett reporting homebrew at Charles Hopkins home. Police secured an address from the city directory and entered without missteps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
U.R A
Common Pleas
Len Yates Hopkins
BE. W. Fassett
Chie
Ennis Callihan
Eddams
Elmer Blackwell
Fassett
Charles Hopkins
Unemployment Rise Is Reported as Check in November
Washington reports unemployment, monitored by the American Federation of Labor, showing October and mid November increases near seasonal norms. President William Green notes the two-month pause after February’s rise, marking the first time since February that unemployment did not grow beyond normal levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
American Federation of Labor
Sgrat
Yhua
Wiliam Green
Aid
Perry County Robberies Near Solution Revealed
A Perry County police sweep uncovers a web of robberies dating to 1920. Dewey Horn Jon Pace Roy Everett and others are tied to thefts from chicken houses mines and coal properties with confessions and arrests in Gallipolis Pomeroy and Meigs County. Williams and Brown escapes linked to wire theft and mine robberies. Everett denied theft but faces charges along with the trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Perry County
Pomeroy
Roy Everett
Wheeler Williams
Thorn Township
Clifford Wilson
James Adrai
Gallipolis
Dewey Horn
Jon Pace
Redfield
Somerset
George McClellan
Zanesville
Everett
Primrose Coal Co
Jobs Hollow
Highway Wrecking Co
Kehoto
McCunenville
Meigs County
Carl Williams
Wheeling
W. Va
Wilson
Williams
C. O
William Brown
Moundaville
Brown
Williames
Officinls
Storta Brothers
Horn
Pace
Athens County
Tom Mix Shows Signs of Recovery from Peritonitis
Hollywood November 27. Renewed hope for Tom Mix’s recovery from peritonitis followed a physician statement that Mix had “a most satisfactory day.” Dr R Nichol Smith cautioned he remains at risk for at least 48 hours as his strength fights the complication from a ruptured appendix. the actor slept intermittently as doctors monitor his condition.
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Hollywood
Tom Mix
R. Nichol Smith
Mix
Hollister Men Charged in Mine Explosion Case
Seven Hollister residents were arraigned before Magistrate C H Porter on charges of setting off explosives near a Negro workers settlement at Ohio Collieries Mine No 17 in Hollister. Defendants Dan Adams Pat Sweeney Doc Sweeney Jack Rothery Frank Gail Jr Peck Jennings Otto Bethel pleaded not guilty and were bound over to the Athens County Grand Jury under $300 bond. Affidavits by Athens County Prosecutor John W Bolin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
C. H. Porter
Ohio
Dan Adams
Pat
Doc Sweeney
Jack Rothery
Frank Gail, Jr
Peck Jennings
Otto Bethe
Athens County
John W. Bolin
United Mine Workers Readying Move in Hocking Valley
United Mine Workers prepare to re capture the Hocking District with a meeting at Chauncey where about 90 delegates from operating mines will hear Captain Percy Tetlow Leo Hall and David Watkins discuss policy A general strike may be proposed to enforce union recognition amid long standing district tensions and recent sympathy strikes at Bun day Creek coal firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Bartlett
Nelsonville
United Mine Workers Organization
Hocking
Chauncey
Percy Tetlow
Leo Hall
David Watkins
Bunday Creek Coal Company
Onli U
Coal Strike Fears Stir Ohio Industry Outlook Cautious
Local coal operators express deep unease over a potential strike as winter nears while noting limited local demand and competitive districts. They cite higher wages in the Hocking District, a reemergence of union tensions, and an open shop since a three year ago dispute, with public sentiment leaning toward restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ous
Hocking
Elsether
Ohio
Minerala
Millfield Mine No 6 A.M. Workforce At 225 Men
Nelsonville reports Millfield Mine No 6 had 225 men at work this morning as the operation resumed after an apt situation. The official bulletin confirmed the workforce level and indicated continued mining activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Millfield
Death of Dr Henry Turner Bailey in Cleveland
News of the death in Cleveland on November 7 of Dr Henry Turner Bailey years dean of the Cleveland School of Art was received today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DE. Bailey
Cleveland
Henry Turner Bailey
Cleveland Sch of Art
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