Athens County Postmaster Race Ends In Endorsement Split
The county executive committee deadlocked over appointing a postmaster as Francis Frebault was sworn in by the retiring official. Senators backed Frebault while Preston supporters pressed for a different choice, with a vote and brief debate before a federal appointment finalized for Oct. 1.
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Athens County
Athens
Francis P. Freas
Dan A. Bardin
Washington
Robertey
Vic Donahey
Frebault
John H
Rvice Commission
Preston
Lincoln Street
Roval
Van Sweringen brothers regain rail control amid auction
The Van Sweringen brothers of Cleveland aim to resume control of their vast railroad network after a staged open auction of stocks used as collateral for about 50 million dollars in loans. Morgan & Co led the banking group backing the operation, with losses totaling around 45 million dollars shared among creditors.
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York
Reringen Brothers
Cleveland
Wall Street Bankles
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van Sweringens
George A. Tomlin
van Swerinuight
Y A
Morgan & Co
Mansfield official dies in automobile crash
A 62 year old official of the Mansfield Cleveland South West Ley Company died Monday in an automobile crash. His body was taken from the scene and examinations followed.
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Lley
Mansfield
Cleveland-Southwestley Company
Paris banquet reveals exotic dishes in French Society menu
A Paris banquet by the French Society showcased dishes of Indo China and buffalo milk products including a vegetable named Poure Birifor and smoked rein hark. The fragment mentions fish eggs and ham and hints at market ads with a sale notice and a phone number 26603.
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Ian
Reinhark
Paris
Fury of tropical hurricane devastates Cuban city
A battered frame of a large factory with steel skeletons and bricks scattered on the ground marks the destruction in Cienfuegos, a thriving city of 40,000, as the Caribbean storm rips through the island and narrowly misses Florida, veering into the Atlantic.
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Cuba
Cienfuegos
Florida
Atlantic
PWA Funds for Ohio State Program Declared Impossible
Ohio faces the end of PWA aid with no new allocations from Washington as $20 million state building plans depend on federal grants. Gov Davey shifts to a November tax plan after four emergency measures expand local taxing options and library aid participation for federal projects.
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Columbus
Ohio
Davey
Public Works Administration
Washington
PWA
House Taxation Committee
Ohio General Assembly
Senate
General Fund
Heavy storm damages ships and victims on Black Sea coast
A heavy storm battered the Black Sea coast causing damage to vessels and reporting casualties. Officials described strong winds and flooding as rescue operations continued and local authorities urged caution.
Federal Thwet Project Nears Sipyme Court
The right of the federal government to produce electric power for sale in competition with state owned utilities is near the Supreme Court. The issue arises from a constitutional challenge to the Tennessee Valley Authority Act by four preferred stockholders of the Alabama Power Company.
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Tell
Supreme Court
Alabama Powompany
W. J. Grubb
Power Company
TVA
Pearl in Meal Shocks Dining Patron
Ray Dean of Canton found a minute pearl while eating in a downtown restaurant in Salem. The jeweler lamented that cooking spoiled it, saying it would have been worth several dollars otherwise.
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Salem
Ray Dean
Canton
Passengers of Wrecked Liner Landed Safely
Kingston Jamaica reports 400 passengers and about 250 crew of the Rotterdam reached shore aboard the Ariguani after a grounding on Morant Cays 60 miles southeast of Kingston. Passengers praised Captain J Van Dulken and officers for keeping calm. the ship drifted off course and will sail to New York on the Volendam.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Rotterdam
Morant Cays
J. van Dulken
New York
U. S. Volendam
Bege Attacks Roosevelt Aide Brain Trust Criticizes New Deal
Former Ohio congressman James Joy Begg of Cleveland denounces the Roosevelt administration in a Dayton address. He claims history shows weak leaders rely on a brain trust and calls for sane government, arguing the New Deal lacks a single strong plan.
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Dayton
James Joy Begg
Cleveland
Congress
Ohio
Roosevelt
Youth Admits Fatally Harming Fitther and 21 Others
Police report a youth confessed to fatally harming Fitther and twenty one other victims in a chaotic incident. The suspect admitted involvement as authorities pursue details of the attack and the broader casualties.
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Fitther
Jury Convicts Sherman of Slaying Wife in New England Case
A Worcester jury convicts Newell P. Sherman of murdering his wife in what prosecutors call an American Tragedy. The judge sets a death sentence pending a possible appeal. Sherman showed no emotion during the verdict after a nine hour deliberation.
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Sherman
Worcester
Mass
Newell P. Sherman
Eather Magill
Lake Singletary
Thomas J. Hammond
Owen A. Hoban
Davey Charges Opponent Behind Klan Crusade
Governor Davey replied to an address by James A. Colescott grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan saying the organization would hang the governor. Davey stated he believes Colescott is acting as paid fixer for a rival candidate.
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Columbus
Davey
James A. Colescott
Ku Klux Klan
State Guards Against Poll Frauds in Cleveland
Representa tives of the Secretary of State and twelve teams of inspectors for the Board of Elections guarded against trouble today as Cleveland voters went to the polls to nominate two candidates for mayor out of a field of eight.
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Cleveland
Secretary of State
Board of Elections
France Tightens Border Readiness Amid League Exit
France orders unexpected military maneuvers and strengthens defenses on the German border as Germany's League of Nations exit nears. Paris seeks British air support for countering German threats and parity with Italian moves in East Africa amid the Italo Ethiopian crisis. Haile Selassie signals mobilization to the League, while Italy evacuates consulates and braces for conflict.
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Italy
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Africa
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Luigi Vinci-Gigliucci
Addis Ababa
Adawa
Harar
Sudan
Eritrea
Rome
East Africa
Great Britain
Suez Canal
League of Nationa
Geneva
Quarry Blast Kills Workers Near Baltimore
A quarry explosion near Baltimore killed three men and injured several others during tests of a new explosive. Two of the dead tamped the explosive into drilled holes when the blast occurred, sending bodies and rock fragments far from the site.
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Baltimore
Athens M E Pastors Re Appointed At Conference
At the Columbus conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church the coming year re appointments were announced. Athens pastors W. H. Fowler First A G Jenkins Wesley Foundation and W C Radford Central were named. Rev C M Coulter, former Athens pastor, was re appointed as superintendent of the Dayton district.
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Columbus
Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Athens
W. H. Fowler
A. G. Jenkins
Wesley Foundation
W. C. Radford
Central
C. M. Coulter
Dayton
Exile Threats Target Dillinger’s Red Woman
Mrs. Anna Sage known as the woman in red faces new threats as exile actions loom. Exile adversaries accuse federal agents of promising to suspend deportation orders to Rumania amid Dillinger case fallout.
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Anna Sage
Woman In Red
John Dillinger
Rumania
Arrest Driver Of School Bus For Drinking
Nelsonville Ohio where L. Pruden of Longatreth faced arraignment on operating a school bus under the influence. He pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the Grand Jury on a $500 bond after state patrolman J L Richardson stopped him on State Route 216 near Buchtel. Pruden, who had been transporting Pittsburgh Hollow pupils to Murray City, was arrested after an empty bus driven by him passed during a patrol safety talk at Nelsonville High School.
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C. L. Pruden
Longatreth
G. Holland
Pruden
Buchtel
J. L. Richardson
Nelsonville High School
Pittsburgh Hollow
Murray City
Hocking County
Murray
Mrs. Ed Robinette Dies in New Marshfield
Mrs. Ed Robinette aged 55 died after a short illness at Port Clinton. Formerly May Bell, she spent most of her life in New Marshfield and recently moved to Port Clinton. Funeral arrangements set at Hoodier's with services at the Methodist Protestant Church officiated by Rev. Ray W. Huff. Burial in New Marshfield Cemetery. Survived by husband, son Rolland, and daughter Eloise. Both children are Ohio University graduates.
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Ed Robinette
Port Clinton
May Bell
Homer Bell
Hoodier
Ray W. Huff
Rolland
Eloise
Ohio University
Third Victim of Auto Wreck Dies Monday
PIQUA. G. Martin a Dayton commission merchant aged? died in a hospital here Monday night the third fatality from a collision on September 23 as his motor truck collided with an automobile carrying five Sidney youths William Reviss and Sylvester Farley of Sidney were killed and the other three were injured
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PIQUA
G. Martin
Dayton Commission
Sidney
Wilfiam Reviss
Sylvester Farley
Rainy opening of squirrel season in Athens County hunters faced mud
Scores of hunters entered the woods at daylight in Athens County to begin squirrel season amid rain and wind. Four hunters became temporarily marooned on Hooper Ridge as rain turned the road to a quagmire until Arza Linscott, his son Edward, and William Antie pulled them out with Jersey oxen. Ruth Burdette logged 74 hunting licenses the previous day, with eight more submitted at the courthouse last night. Prospects for tomorrow showed improvement as the rain cleared this afternoon.
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Athens County
Athens
Ruth Burdette
Senator King Calls for Federal Spending Cut and Local Self-Government
Senator King of Utah decried federal socialization and unnecessary expenditures. He urged limiting federal agencies to constitutional powers, warning that overreach risks regimentation and state sovereignty loss, while predicting a smaller deficit under the Roosevelt budget plan.
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Washington
King
Utah
Senate Finance Committee
Ihs
Roosevelt
Donahey
Ohio
Bermuda Watches Diminishing Hurricane Move Offshore
The Meteorological Bureau lifted the warning as the aging hurricane passed 100 miles northeast of Hamilton Bermuda. No center report was available with the storm speeding at 546 miles per hour earlier and gusts near 78 mph, while observers placed its location about 300 miles northeast and weakening. Deaths were tallied as 2 in Jamaica, 40 in Cuba, and 14 in minor Bahama islands.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Meteorological Bureau
Jamaica
Cuba
Bahama Group
North Atlantic
Charged Clothes Line Death Under Coroner Inquiry
Findlay coroner H O Crosby opened an inquest into the death of Bertha Hines a 27 year old divorcee who died after contacting a charged wire clothesline in her yard. He indicated the wire was connected to a light fixture and likely placed on purpose suggesting a prank or murder plot.
Eleven Large Mines Resume Work Under New Coal Pact
Eleven district mines including Kimberly Lick Run Poston No 6 Salem Hollow Ohio No 1 and Nos 255 267 107 and 219 resumed operations after a week long strike ended by a Washington conference. The pact raises coal workers pay and sets terms through April 1 1937 affecting about 400000 men while most districts returned to work though Eastern Tennessee Virginia and Harlan County Ky stayed out.
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Hocking Valley
Washington
Kimberly
Lick Run
Poston No
Salem Hollow
Ohio
Tennessee
Virginia
Harlan County
Governor Calls Pay Increases for Ohio Highway Patrol
Governor Davey urged raises for Ohio highway patrol members. He told State Highway Director John Jaster Jr. that current pay is inadequate and should attract and retain experienced officers. Proposed scales range from $125 to $140 monthly for various ranks, plus maintenance. Col. Lynn Black said funds are available, but timing is unclear.
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Columbus
Davey
Ohio
Highway Patrol
John Jaster, Jr
Col
Lynn Black
AAA Officials Brace For Potato Tax Criticism
AAA officials anticipate sharp criticism from two sides at Thursday's potato growers meeting. The hearing will discuss voluntary reduction with grower payments, as an alternative to a compulsory tax control system.
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Washington
AAA
Pair of escape fugitives recaptured after Mt Vernon escape
Mount Sterling police returned Rathfon Kirby, 29, to Mansfield Reformatory Monday after his capture at this location. He fled from the Mt Vernon Honor Camp on Sept 24. A companion fugitive, Gerald Dunlevy, 21, of Belmont County, eluded officers.
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MT. Sterling
Rathfon Kirby
Mansfield Reformatory
Mt. Vernon
Reformatory
Gerald Dunlevy
Belmont County
Pants Gone Robbery Report In Dallas
A man staggered along a Dallas downtown street claiming theft of his pants. Officers Newman and Brawner stopped to check and the victim said his pants had been stolen, leaving him in a state of confusion.
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Dallas
Tex
Newman
Brawner
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