Three Nurses Injured in Head-on Crash Near Pomeroy
Three Athens State Hospital nurses were injured in a head-on collision near Pomeroy Sunday night. Mrs. R. Young drove the Young car, carrying Miss Bettie Holland and Miss Stella Grimm. F. R. Smith of Huntington, West Virginia, drove another vehicle and was uninjured. The crash sent all three nurses to a hospital in Athens after a rain slicked hill road embankment crash.
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Pomeroy
Joe Will
Meigs County Weirgrounds
Athens State Hospital
R. BD. Young
Gaynelle Wise
Young
Butternut Avenue
Bet
Will
Athens
Dana Tracy
Smith
Carload of Mine Wire Found in Junk Yard
A carload of mine wire stolen from southeast Ohio mines was discovered by Meigs County officers in Herman Strauss’s Wheeling junk yard. Valued at about $3,000, the wire allegedly came from Red Bird and Dark Hollow mines and from a new dustless line on Chester Road. Investigation traced large shipments to Wheeling and Martins Ferry, with Junk dealer rank Citron implicated.
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Wheeling
Meigs County
Meigs
Perry County
Strauss Yards
Carl Williams
Brown Brothers
West Virginia
Martina Ferry
Citron
Strauss Yard
Strauss
Ohio City
John Durst
Pomeroy
Roseville
Martins Ferry
Tuppers Plains
Williams
C. C. Brown
Clendennin
W. Va
Ohio
Herman Strauss
Red Bird
Dark Hollow
Chester Road
Weeling
Rank Citron
Haga Yard
Thanksgiving Week Travel Hits Many Local Families
Rev John Orr and family plus Mrs Orrs father George Sauer Sr and relatives traveled home to New Wellington Pa after Thanksgiving visit. Van Skiles and Fred Schradt left Charleston for their home. Addie Branch and daughter Sara Taylor and son return to Toledo. Kathryn and Christine Grant go home to Columbus. Joe Beach heads to Niles after stay with relatives. J K Smith and Beulah Lee visit Nitro W Va and Cincinnati. Graham Waddell and daughter visit Columbus. Virginia Arnold of Huntington stayed with Mrs C E Erwin during Thanksgiving.
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John Orr
Toledo
Kathryn
Christine Grant
Homer Grant
Columbus
Joe Beach
Niles
J. K. Smith
Beulah Lee
Nitro
W. Va
Gene Hilbert
Quillen Family Visits Letart Falls Residents
Mr and Mrs W H Quillen from Grand Island Nebraska plus their children Dr Lawrence Quillen and Betty from Chicago visit Mr and Mrs John Quillen and Mr and Mrs Dayton Roush in Letart Falls. George B Nye returns to duties at Pomeroy National Bank after several weeks absence due to health concerns.
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Meigs County
W. H. Quillen
Grand Island
Neb
Lawrence Quillen
Betty
Chicago
John Quillen
Dayton Roush
Letart Falls
George B. Nye
Pomeroy National Bank
Trip Not Success Pomeroy Hunter Reports Poor Luck in Canada
H B Smith a Pomeroy druggist returns from his Canada hunting trip with poor luck weather warm game scarce and deer likely to be illegal to hunt soon. He notes quail cannot be killed in Canada and porcupines are increasing, destroying spruce and hard maple trees.
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Pomeroy
H. B. Smith
Court Street
Canada
Mr. Smith
Bridge company merger announced in West Virginia region
A press dispatch from Charleston reports the merger of the Steubenville Bridge Company of Weirton and the Pomeroy Mason Bridge Company Mason City into the Steubenville Weirton Bridge Company. Each Pomeroy Mason shareholder will receive one fifth of a Steubenville Weirton share. Secretary of State George W. Sharp announced the plan.
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Steubenville Corporation
Pomeroy
Charleston
Steubenville Bridge Company of
Weirton
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge Company
Mason City
Steubenville - Weirton Bridge Company
George W. Sharp
Pomeroy- Mason
Steubenville-Weirton Company
Aged Men Share Birthday On Civil War Era Anniversary
Pomeroy Ohio November 80 Two Terrell brothers Daniel A. 5 Rocksprings Meigs County and John 86 Came Bridge Ohio celebrate shared birth dates ten years apart at Daniel’s home. They recall Civil War service with their father and three brothers and the 1860s soldiers’ tales. Daniel enlisted at age fifteen.
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Pomeroy
Daniel A. Terrell
Rocksprings
Meigs County
John Terrell
Camebridge
Ohio
Daniel
W A Race Suffers Hip Fracture After Fall
W A Race 92 a former Meigs County clerk fell on Thanksgiving day and fractured his hip. He was taken to a Lancaster hospital from Baltimore Ohio where he had lived with his son John. His health had been in decline for years and he was described as in critical condition.
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Meigs
Lancaster
Pomeroy
Navy
W. A. Race
Pomeroyan
John
Baltimore
Ohto
Race
Meigs County
Oliver Hartley
Mabel Race
Hunter
Omaha
Neb
Frank
South Bend
Indiana
George
East Liverpool
West Virginia Woman Dies. Buried in California
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Poindexter learn by telegram of the death Friday night of Mrs. Frank Leeth formerly Miss Peggy Gray of Coalport. A sister of Mrs. Miriam Daniels, 76, she will be buried at Alhambra California. Daniels is visiting in Middleport.
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Ormer Pomeroy Bend
California
Middleport
Navy
C. A. Poindexter
Alhambra
Los Angeles
Calif
Frank Leeth
Bridge Proposal Seen as Boost for Meigs County
A reported push by Portland to build a bridge across the Ohio River at Meigs County gains attention in Pomeroy. Readers note the road opening, new state park, and regional farming and trucking ties that might make the project feasible.
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Meigs County
Pomeroy
the Messenger
Portland
Ohio River
Defense Forces Must Not Be Eliminated
Tulsa report quotes Henry L. Stevens Jr national commander of the American Legion asserting a 1982 defense program to safeguard adequate measures and accusing the administration of false economy. He warns that eliminating non combatant groups would leave a standing army only twice the size of New York City police and cites drastic Navy and Army cuts.
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Tulsa
Okla
U.R
Henry L. Stevens, Jr
American Legion
United States
New York City
Navy
Athens Woman Injured in Auto Crash on Infirmary Road
Mrs. P. L. Walker of Athens is in Lancaster Hospital with two nine inch scalp lacerations after the auto she rode in left the road on Infirmary Road late Thursday night. She received prompt treatment at the city hospital.
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Lancaster
P. L. Walker
Athens
Lancaster Hospital
Infirmary Road
Ski Girl near death in strange Greenwich drama
May Giedhill known as Ski Girl, Canadian swimmer and poster star, lies in Nassau Hospital after a tragedy that moved from Greenwich Connecticut to Floral Park New York. The case involves William Connor, his wife, and an infant son. authorities suspect poisoning and immigration questions.
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Mineola
L. I
Canada
Sir Robert Peel
Greenwich
Conn
Greenwich Village
William Connor
Elm Avenue
Floral Park
May Giedhill
Miss Giedhill
Cornor
Miss Gledhill
Vermont State Penitentiary
Federal Jobs Open for Civil Service Exams
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams for several posts. Vacancies include Warder at $1,200 yearly and Relief Warder at $1,020, plus a $300 allowance for quarters and meals at Alderson W Va. Other openings: Photo-engraver at the Government Printing Office, Senior Orthopedic Mechanic, Orthopedic Mechanic at Veterans Administration, and Principal Social Economist at the Children's Bureau, with closing dates mainly December 22, 1931 and December 22, 1932. Contact J L C Kelley in Athens for full details.
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United States
Ci! Service Commission
Federal Industrial Institution For Women
Alderson
W. Va
Government Printing Office
Washington
D. C
Veterans' Administration
Children's Bureau
Department of Labor
Delaware
Iowa
Maine
Maryland
Vermont
Virginia
District of Columbia
Washington, DC
J.L. C. Kelley
United States Civil Service Board of Examiners
Athens
Washington wet bloc eyed for 200 votes in prohibition fight
In Congress this winter the wet Tammany faction faces a tight vote as many members are absent or distracted. Some Republicans and Democrats alike are said to be unreliable on the anti prohibition crusade, leaving the outcome uncertain despite hopes for a solid bloc. The piece also rails at Washington monuments and a misplaced tribute to George Washington.
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Washington
U.P
Congress
New York
House
Tammany Boys
Young Girl Accused of Theft Shoots Herself
Mil dred Culver an 18 year old girl in Los Angeles shot herself with her father's revolver after being accused of stealing one dollar from her mother's purse. She left a note saying she did not take the money and expressed she would rather die. The family name appears as Culver and the note addressed to her mother and father.
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Los Angeles
Calif
O.R
Mildred Culver
Mama
Sarah
Mildred
Ohio towns seek funding shift for police from fuel taxes
James Colonel, Cleveland attorney and East Cleveland city commissioner, proposed a measure to relieve town general funds by allowing traffic police payments to be made from gas and auto tax funds.
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Cleveland
Ohio
James Colonel
East Cleveland
Navy Plans to Start Treaty Navy Program in House Soon
Congressional leaders reveal a push to authorize a navy to treaty strength without initial appropriations. House and Senate leaders back a blanket treaty navy plan with later funding, aiming for 1936 completion. estimates range 700 million to 1 billion dollars. President Hoover may oppose major appropriations while backing a treaty commitment.
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Washington
U.S
Congress
Navy Department
Hale
Maine
Senate Naval Committee
House
Hoover
Carl Vinson
Georgia
Naval Affairs Committee
New House
Winsoh
Vinson
Fred Britten
Illnois
Appropriations Committee
House Committee
Joseph W. Burns
Tennessee
Poultry Men of Troy Form Improvement Association
The Troy Poultry Improvement Association was organized at a Coolville short course in the Agriculture Building. Twenty five Poultrymen attended. R R Crislip was elected president with G W Shanks Howard DeWeese and W E Bingman as vice president secretary and treasurer. Meetings will be each Tuesday at 2 in the Vocational Building.
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Coolville
Troy
R. R. Crislip
G. W. Shanks
Howard DeWeese
W. E. Bingman
Samuel Pailet
Troy Township High School
Poultry Improvement Association
State Auto Insurance sues over wreck near Stewart
The State Automobile Insurance Company sues Leo G. Orndorff in Common Pleas Court for 118.80 saying it paid a claim on a car owned by A. A. Cain under a risk written by the company. The suit alleges Orndorff wrecked Cain’s car on July 13, 1981, on the state road near Stewart in Vincent.
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Marietta
State Automobile Insurance Company
Common Pleas Court
Leo G. Orndorff
Vincent
A. A. Cain
Orndoff
Stewart
Injured Pastor Dies in Ohio Car Crash
Rev. D Forest Williams 87 oldest Welch minister in southern Ohio dies from injuries after an auto wreck near Oak Hill last month in Gallia County Mrs Williams also injured recovering Williams helped adjudicate the Jackson eisteddfod annual Welsh festival event discourse noted in report
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Gallipolis
D. Forest Williams
Ohio
Oak Hill
Two Men Tracked to Home in Allen County Robberies
Lima authorities say two men were jailed after Sherri Jess J. Larber traced tire imprints in snow from robberies at churches and county schools in Allen County to their home.
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Lima
Allen County
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Joe Clark
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Willis Aleshire
Herb Chambers
Wilbur Curtis
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