Pearson Goes to Jury in Ohio Manslaughter Case
In Athens County Court Barney Pearson of Nelsonville faces a manslaughter charge for the death of Victor Richer from a June 26 alley fight. The trial also involves Peter Wollett and Val Naughton, with testimonies detailing the beating and alleged money exchanges.
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Barney Pearson
Nelsonville
Athens County
Pearson
Richer
Wollett
Val Naughton
Naughton
Desert Factory
Man slain by wife after losing bid in bridge game
In Kansas City a husband, 36, was shot by his wife after a quarrel triggered by a failed bridge bid. The couple argued when Benjamin Bennett’s bid of one spade was raised to four spades. She fetched a revolver and killed him at the door as he left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City
U.P
John G. Bennett
Charles M. Hofman
Anett
Bent
Hofmans
Bennett
Today by Arthur Brisbane in The Imperial Suite
A concise vignette by Arthur Brisbane introduces judges and an armless flyer in a side line narrative. A woman shouts rather than whispers, creating tension and social commentary within the suite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Suite
F W Bush Suffers Stroke At Messenger Building
F W Bush publisher of 17 Athens Messenger suffered a partial stroke this morning at The Messenger Building. He was taken to The Beeches on North Hill where his condition was reported improving and he rested later this day with his family at his side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. W. Bush
Athens Messenger
Messenger
Mish
Beeches
North Hill
Classified Ads That May Interest You
Light bon liner stroller in good condition for 10 dollars. All wool plaid coat for sale, very reasonable for chilly mornings. Farm with good build and pasture near State lad, worth trading for Athens petty. See the Classified Read the many rising offers listed there.
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Athens Petty
Hig Cor Sta Ma Biz We Tha Rink
Low readability OCR fragment mentions a high corrosion state in a city business context and a rink. No clear person or organization names, dates, or concrete events are readable. Provide refined context if more text is available.
Ramsay MacDonald Sails to America Amid Kaiser Ambitions
The piece notes Ramsay MacDonald departing on Berengaria in Kaiser’s imperial suite, misjudged as imperial space by the German leader. It contrasts MacDonald’s later role as British Prime Minister with Stolidity of royal power and quotes a German aphorism as it hints at political irony and a New York crime-finance thread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsay MacDonald
America
Berngaria
New York
Hoover launches program to centralize prohibition enforcement
President Hoover announces a new plan to centralize prohibition enforcement agencies. John McNabb of San Francisco is chosen with joint approval to study and recommend improvements to the enforcement machinery, with Mellon Mitchell and Wickersham overseeing the Law Enforcement Commission.
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Washington
U.S
Hoover
John McNabb
San Francisco
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
Mitchell
Wickersham
Law Enforcement Commission
Hoover seeks new head of Prohibition Bureau
President Hoover faces a major problem filling the Prohibition Bureau after Willebrandt. With a short staffed temporary setup, prosecutions grow faster than the new staff can handle. Officials have not released names though at least ten candidates have been proposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hoover
Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Prohibition
Department of Justice
White House
Winds To Strike In South Carolina
Northeast winds and gales will strike from Charleston to the Virginia Capes late this afternoon. The Weather Bureau places the tropical disturbance at 9 a.m. with its center over Southwestern Georgia.
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Washington
U.P
Charleston
D. C
Virginia Capes
U. S. Weather Bureau
Georgia
Glynn Arrested in Brooklyn on Third Degree Assault Charge
Vincent Glynn nephew of former Governor Alfred E. Smith was arrested at the Pierrepont Hotel Brooklyn and held on a third degree assault charge after a dispute with William Martin over a dismissed telephone operator last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
O.R
Vincent Glynn
Alfred E. Smith
Pierrepont Hotel
Brooklyn
William Martin
Glynn
Cold weather aids mayor in bare leg war
Lynn Mass October 1 1940s Mayor Ralph S Bauer pressed his anti bare leg campaign urging arrests of girls over 12 for wearing stockingsless outfits But the cold snap kept most high school girls in conventional dress The mayor claimed victory yet admitted success hinges on warmer weather and hoseless fashion catching on
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Ralph S. Bauer
Transit Company To Operate in Athens
C. M. and S. Transit, Inc., filed with the Utilities Commission for permission to issue five hundred dollars in shares to qualify its directors. The newly formed company plans operations through Athens Marietta and Mc Connelsville Columbus Oct 1 UP report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Columbus
C. M. & S. Transit, Inc
the Utilities Commission
Marietta
McConnelsville
National Road Cad(e) Opened and Blue Grey Trail Plan
Ohio Highway Director Robert M. Waid granted permission to reopen the case for the National Blue and Gray Trail. The route from Charleston West Virginia through Pomeroy Athens Nelsonville Columbus Lima Bryan to Muskegon Michigan is under consideration for federal numbering, with support from H N Burgett and committee members.
Soviet Seek French Plane Long Overdue
Soviet aviation officials dispatched wireless calls to Siberian outposts to search for the long overdue French airplane Question Mark. Aviators Diedonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte have not been heard from since their flight over Movosibirsk toward Irkutsk, which they should have reached by Sunday.
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Moscow
U.P
Siberian
Question Mark
Paris
Iberia
Diedonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Movosibirsk
Irkutsk
Paria
Grange suit against Cleveland team goes to trial
UPR suit seeks 6600 damages from Red Grange and Cleveland Professional Football Company over a failure to play a December 19 1925 game. Trial before Federal Judge Paul Jones began in Cleveland.
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Cleveland
U.pr
Red Grange
Cleveland Professional Football Company
Paul Jones
Storm Warnings Issued as Flood Waters Rise Near Savannah
Storm warnings posted in Savannah with gale winds and heavy rain expected this afternoon. Barometer falling as flood waters rise on the Ogeechee Road at six inches per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
U.P
Ogeechee Road
Senate Split Over Tariff Flexible Provisions
Washington Oct 1 Up with the vote on the flexible provisions of the Tariff Bill pending today or tomorrow Senate leaders remain uncertain. Three or four doubtful votes will decide the outcome. Senator Steck of Iowa favors the flexible provision and will be absent when the vote is taken, aiding Republican efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Hoover
Steck
Iowa
Pastor Rex Frolkey Dies After Bank Robbery Suspect Cleared
Lemars Iowa October 1 1938 neighbors recall Rex Frolkey a minister and land owner suspected of robbing Sioux Center State Bank. The 38 year old killed himself on a tenant farm after being questioned and released. He had earlier paid a farmer 360 as he drove away.
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Lemars
Iowa
Riends
Tev
Rex Frolkey
Frolkey
Sioux Center
Plymouth County
Srrolkey
Dearer Voices for Navy Limitation Before Senate Group
William Shearer the naval propagandist testifies to the Senate Naval Lobbying Committee in Washington saying he supported curtailing navy programs with Hoover and MacDonald. He asserts British cruisers limited to 39 and Japan to 14 and claims Geneva actions influenced policy. He cites sending statements to Schwab and Grace and defends his Geneva role as client information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
William , Shearer
Senate Naval Lobbying Committee
Hoover
MacDonald
Great Britain
Shearer
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Japan
Geneva
Charles E. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Eugene Grace
Schwab
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
Doughboys Parade in Louisville Opens Legion Meet
Thousands of former service men led the annual American Legion parade in Louisville Kentucky marching in uniform with 126 bands and 100 floats. Crowds estimated at 125000 filled the streets as visitors arrived by train car van and air. The event opened a week of festivities with dances talks and plans for the 1930 convention.
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James M. Kerr
United Press
Louisville, Ky
Q.P
Bill Smith
Jack Jones
Louta
Ville
American Legion
United States
Legionnaires
Atreets
Boston
Los Angeles
L. Bodenheimer
Arkansas
A.L. Cox
North Carolina
Texas Ranger Frank Hamer Sent To Clean Up Bad Actors
Gov. Dan Moody appointed Ranger Captain Frank Hamer to impose order in Borger Texas. The six foot tall, 250 pound officer brings 26 years of service with the Texas Rangers and a record of subduing troublemakers without unnecessary firing.
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Texas Ranger
Austin
Tex
U.P
Borger Way
Hutte
Mont
Waco
Frank Hamer
Dan Moody
Berger
Hamer
The
Texas Rangers
Bodies of Girl and Man Found in Field
In Detroit on October 1, Florence Warner 16 and Martin J. Fisher 29 were found dead in a field near Mount Clemens. The couple had connections to Fisher's car and a Detroit confectionery where they met. the girl had once worked in his candy shop but left due to his unwanted attentions.
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Detroit
Mich
U.R
Florence Warner
Martin J. Fisher
Mt. Clemens
Fisher
Borger Martial Law Ousts Boom Town to Calm
Borger Texas faces martial law as state troops patrol the streets amid a prohibition era crackdown. Gambling dens shut, hotels guarded, and Sheriff J. B. Wheatley oversees a town reeling from an oil boom and a $3,000 bond on the mayor for intimidating a state witness.
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Borger
Tex
J. B. Wheatley
Brothers Reunite at Ohio Penitentiary In Family Moment
Four Angelin brothers from Cincinnati met again inside Ohio State Penitentiary in Columbus. The reunion brought together two pairs serving life terms since 1927 for the fatal shooting of Shirley Glarden, sheriff records show.
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Columbus
State Penitentiary
Angelin Brothers
Cinccinnati
Hamilton County
Willian
Frank
Theodore
John
William
Shirley Glarden
Cincinnati
Britain and Soviet Russia Move Toward Restored Ties
In Lewes England October 1 representatives Arthur Henderson British Foreign Secretary and Valerien Borgalevsky Soviet Ambassador to Paris agreed on procedures for resuming full diplomatic relations. They discussed settlement of outstanding questions and exchange of ambassadors between Moscow and London.
Toledo Dean J. Lee Richmond Dies at 72
Dr. J. Lee Richmond, 72, dean of men at the University of Toledo and a famed early baseball star, died at his home in Toledo on October 1.
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Toledo
U.P
J. Lee Richmond
University of Toledo
Pantages On Trial For Girl Assault
Ur Alexander Vantages, who ran a remote Alaskan goldfield into a $30,000,000 theater network, faces trial in Angeles for allegedly assaulting a girl seeking work on his vaudeville circuit. His wife Lola, convicted of manslaughter in an auto collision death, is awaiting a possible sentence with health based probation considerations.
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Angeles
Ur— Alexander Vantages
Lola
Juro Rokumoto
Vantages
San Quentin
Key witness in Cleveland playground graft faces speedy trial
Harmon G. Atwater, central witness in the Cleveland playground graft case involving a 33000 land deal, may be brought before the county grand jury to testify. Prosecutor Ray T. Miller said Atwater could be charged and expedited if he agrees to tell the full story, potentially implicating others.
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Harmon G. Atwater
Cleveland
Ray T. Miller
Atwater
Liston G. Schooley
L. G. Schooley, Jr
Zeppelin Damaged In Initial Takeoff At Detroit Exhibit
The Puritan, second of the Goodyear Zeppelins sent to Detroit for exhibition flights, was badly damaged during removal from the Groose Isle hangar. A gust of wind pushed it into trees, puncturing the gas bag. it will be trucked to Akron for repairs. The Defender earlier had to be hauled back after an engine trouble during takeoff.
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Detroit
Mich
U.R
Groose Ile
Akron
Capital Committee Advances Large Highway Improvement Plan
A joint meeting with Governor Myers Cooper and State Highway Director R M Wald plus U C Highway Association officials outlined a two year program to upgrade Federal Highway No 1 from Parkersburg West Virginia to Cincinnati. The plan includes grade crossing elimination at McArthur bridges and regrading on the Chillicothe to Kelpre section and replaces wooden covered bridges with modern spans. The Athens Guaysville Carthage Gap Coolville corridor will be improved next year with emphasis on the South Bridge in Athens. Governor Cooper and Director Wald pledged full support to carry out the program.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Cincinnati
Gov. Myers
lCooper
Robert M. Wald
State Highway Department
U. & #C Highway Association
Good Roads Committee
Columbia
Cooper
Wald
Ohio U. & No. 60 Highway Association
W. T.calertine
Cart R. Heasley
Athens
James Hannan
Chillicothe
H. N. Burgett
Athena
Kt. G. Sama
Hillsboro
McArthur
Kelpre
Highland County
Guaysville
Carthage Gap
Coolville
Robbers' Loot Found After Prison Break
Salem reports two county jail escapees Charles Grimm aged 22 and William Minner aged 36 likely tied to a spree of robberies and holdups. Guns ammunition clothing and foodstuffs were recovered at their home and linked to stores in Leetonia and Winona. Mussolini meets Karl A. Bickel at Venice Palace Map Room.
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Salem
Charles Grimm
William Minner
Leetonia
Winona
Bickel
Rome
U.R
Mussolini
Karl A. Bickel
United Pres
Venice Palace
Athens Messenger Publishes Popular Poems Booklet
The Athens Messenger announces a 48 page booklet titled America’s Favorite Poems. It curates poems chosen by nationwide reader canvass and offered to the public at ten cents plus mailing charges. This first national edition reflects poems closest to American readers. Use the coupon to obtain a copy.
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Paughton
Rich
Peason
Dr. H. Berry
Peter Wollett
Char Stewart
Ethel Cooper
Gil Skir
W. M. Davis
Pat Naughton
Liam Asabel
William Poston
Cl Duffey
William Perry
Ch Bowers
the Kepler
Bagner Pearson
Jes
Arthur Brisbane
King Features Incorporated
F.W. Bush
England
Holland
Samos
NEW Day
Hunt
South Carolina
Smith
Bay State
Mrs. Bryan Iil
William Jennings Bryan
Brayn
Washington and
Miorida
Burgett
Siberia
Grange
Self
Dearer
Probers
Hunter
Henry
Robinson
Palen
Frederick DP. Palen
Samuel Wakeman
Sheater
Valen
Bardo
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Legion Parade I
Louisville
Burger Loats
Texas
Ohio
John Angelin
Russia
Pantages
Zeppelin
Highway Association
R. M. Waid
Frederick J. Haskins
Washington, D. C
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