Athens veterans elect W D Christman president at meeting
W D Christman Glouster was elected president of the Athens County Civil War Veterans Association at a Wednesday gathering in the Athens Chamber of Commerce rooms where 26 members sang songs from the Civil War era and heard reminiscences of campaigns. Ezra Walker 91 Athens was noted as the oldest veteran present.
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W.D. Christman
Glouster
Ezra Walker
Georgia
Athens County Civil War Veterans Association
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Daughters of Veterans
Women's Relief Corps
W. D. Christman
Mary E. Roberts
A. J. Learned
Millfield
J. P. Coe
Albany
Tennessee
Henry Staftinger
Chauncey
Lookout Mountain
Learned
J. L. Pickering
Athens
Milhoan
William James
Sugar Creek
Turkey
Daughters of
William Phillips
Harry Stalder
James Ruston
Thomas Porter
C. A. Barker
D. C. Cornwell
W. B. Southerton
I. H. Gilkey
J.B. Allen
George Martin
W. J. Newman
J. D. Brown
Rom Chauncey
J. M. Tippie
Henry Staffinger
Wright Moody
Dr. A. Jlearned
Isaac Newton
Marshfield
Zenas Frost
Krost
Joseph Hawk
Jerseyville
Alen Devol
Carbon Hill
H. I. Dixon
Eber Jones
Nelsonville
Safe Hawk
New Marshfield
J. L. Cline
Hiram Tinkham
the Plains
Booklet on Modern Manners from The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger promotes a booklet on Modern Manners. It advises avoiding apologies when staying past the planned end of a visit and resisting lingering after rising to leave. The piece stresses small social courtesies and invites readers to request the booklet by sending six cents with a coupon.
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Athens
Ford predicts $27 daily wage for 1950 and universal five-day week
Henry Ford, in his book Moving Forward with Samuel Crowther, forecasts a $27 a day minimum wage for American workingmen in 1950, a universal five-day workweek, and no unemployment. He envisions a new industrial revolution yielding leisure for workers and a balance between production and consumption. Ford cites wage growth from 25 cents to $1 per hour since 1910 and argues continued increases depend on intelligence.
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New York
U.P
Henry Ford
Ford
Samuel Crowther
Finsterwald Elected Legion Commander For Armistice Day Parade
R W Finsterwald an Athens attorney and former county prosecutor was elected commander of K T Crossen Post American Legion at the Wednesday night election. He will succeed C O Gibson at the October 14 installation of officers. The Armistice Day celebration November 11 will include a huge float parade with 10 000 attendees and 15 000 tickets issued.
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R. W. Finsterwald
Athens
K. T. Crossen Post
American Legion
C. O. Gibson
A. F E. McConkey
M. D. Hughes
Don C. Peden
Dr. W. W. Lee
B. B. Nelson
P. O. Nichols
B. T. Grover
John DeMolet
G. D. Gorham
Floyd Hutchins
D. H. Sams
B. M. Gibson
Captain Frank Hawks Sets 640 Mile Detroit to New York Flight
Captain Frank Hawks flew 640 miles from Detroit to New York in three hours. The achievement spotlights rapid cross continental air travel and hints at transatlantic routes within decades.
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America
Frank Hawks
Detroit
New York
Atlantic Ocean
Captain Hawks Sets Record in American Flight Era
Captain Hawks stands as the first flier in America and inspires others to surpass him. Colonel Lindbergh may challenge the record but will win public affection regardless of outcome. The piece celebrates enduring popular support for aviation pioneers.
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Captain Hawks
America
Lindbergh
Radium Deposits Declared World’s Largest in Wilberforce Ontario
The Monday announcement declares huge radium deposits at Wilberforce Ontario far exceeding Belgium’s Congo holdings and hailed as potentially transformative for global industry and finance. The note compares future value to the vast gold and copper discoveries, underscoring the unprecedented scale of the find.
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Wilberforce
Ontario
Belgium
Congo
Wilberforce linked to radium find could aid cancer fight
The discovery mentions Wilberforce in connection with radium deposits expected to aid cancer treatment by freeing people from slavery of the disease. Continued on Page 4.
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Wilberforce
Wiberforce
Parachutist Survives After Landing On Tent Roof
Leo Blodey escaped death when his parachute failed to open after a jump at the Boyne City fairgrounds. He landed on the peak of a large midway tent, broke through the canvas, and dropped to the ground, missing the centerpole by inches as the crowd watched in horror.
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Boyne City
Mich
Leo Blodey
Blodey
Glider Crew Reports First Refueling Contact
UB Jack O'Meara of Akron made history by sending a lunch down to Wallace Backus in New York while Backus piloted a glider 300 feet below.
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Elyria
N. Y
Jack O'Meara
Akron
Wallace Backus
New York
Tariff issue dominates McCulloch Hoover visit remarks
Senator Roscoe C. McCulloch, seeking a Senate return, spoke to about 500 party workers in Cleveland before boarding the Alliance train carrying President Hoover. He framed tariff as a core issue, calling Americanism versus internationalism and warning that foreign capital threatens American prosperity.
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Cleveland
U.P
Roscoe C. McCulloch
Senate
National Administration
Alliance
Hoover
McCulloch
Appeals Held Washington Oil Case Delays Continue
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals continued hearings on three appeals from the Teapot Dome and Elk Hills oil cases until January. Plaintiffs include Albert B. Fall, convicted of bribery, and Harry M. Blackmer of Denver appealing a $60,000 fine for refusing to obey oil trial summons.
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Washington
U.rh
Teapot Dome
Elk Hills
District Court of Columbia Court of Appeals
Albert RB. Fall
Harry M. Blackmer
Denver
Blackmer
Athens Republicans Gather for State Campaign Meeting
Athens Mayor Robert S. Wood and R. W. Finsterwald attended a Columbus gathering of the Republican State Campaign Committee as members. State office candidates spoke, with a principal address by Colonel Ralph Cole of Findlay, former congressman and governor candidate.
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Robert S. Wood
R. W. Finsterwald
Athens County
Republican Executive Committee
Columbus
Republican State Campaign Committee
Ralph Cole
Findlay
Embezzlement Charge Leads Off Athens Grand Jury Agenda
The Athens County Grand Jury set to convene will probe a $6100 embezzlement by Sylvia Sweeney while clerk of Glouster Board of Public Affairs from 1928 to 1930. Examiners Rector and Corbin allege falsified reports and underreported receipts, with Sweeney now said to live in Nelsonville. The panel will handle 108 cases next week, summoning 382 witnesses, including charges of worthless checks, burglary, theft, assault, and liquor violations among others.
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Athens County Grand Jury
Sylvia Sweeney
Board of Public Affairs
Glouster
George B. Rector
Charles W. Corbin
Nelsonville
Ropes Set to Split Sunday Pictures in Orange
The Palace Moving Picture Theater will divide seats between Safe by a Rope Orange and Faust Orange, with rope to separate halves on Sundays. Mayor Charles H. Martens of Faust Orange vows to rope off his town’s portion to shield East Orange from Sunday films as Fast Orange allows Sunday showings.
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Orange
N. J
U.P
Palace Moving Picture Theater
Fast Orange
Batast Orange
Charles H. Martens
Faust Orange
East Orange
Darrow Takes Case Of Clerk Who Took Cash
Clarence Darrow, returning from retirement, defends bank clerk Nicholas Pace, 25, who admitted taking 1024 dollars to help his widowed mother. Pace’s case arises as Judge John H. Lyle prosecutes two gangsters for vagrancy under an 1874 law amid Darrow’s public critique of the judge’s enforcement.
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Darrow
Nicholas Pace
John H. Lyle
Loeb
Leopold
Bobby Franks
Lyle
Student Rafael Trejo Gonzalez Dies After Clash
Rafael Trejo Gonzalez university student died at Municipal Hospital after injuries from a confrontation between students and police Tuesday in Havana.
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Havana
U.P
Rafael Trejo Gonzalez
Hoover Avoids Politics in Cleveland Stop Address
In Cleveland, Hoover avoids politics while addressing supporters. The Association Against the Prohibition Amendment releases figures claiming the nation spends about 2.848 billion dollars annually on intoxicants, far more than a prohibition scenario would permit, and disputes claims that prohibition boosts productivity.
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Hoover
Cleveland
Washington
Rb- Association
United States
Ohio Plane to Join Aerial Parade of the States
Gov Myers Y Cooper with the American Legion arranged a plane bearing the Ohio name to fly from Columbus to Boston Oct 6 for the Oct 7 Aerial Parade of the States during the American Legion convention. John M Vary of Columbus will pilot the aircraft, a former Naval Air Corps flyer.
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Columbus
Myers Y. Cooper
American Legion
Ohio
Boston
Mase
John M. Vary
United States Naval Air Corps
Shoots Himself in Tragic Calm Amid Farmyard Gate
South Zanesville man Paul A. McGrath 46 died after his shotgun exploded while passing a gate at his father in law Charles Flanders home in Bristol Morgan County. His wife witnessed the accidental shooting after returning from a hunting trip.
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South Zanesville
Zanesville
Paul A. McGrath
South
Charles Flanders
Bristol
Morgan County
McCrrath
Ex-Bank Cashier Sentenced for Embezzling 40000
Clyde Barr former cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Amanda was sentenced today to four to 30 years in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to embezzling forty thousand dollars from the defunct bank. He was indicted yesterday and arraigned.
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Lancaster
Clyde Barr
Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank of
Amanda
Toledo holdup murder suspect questioned in Fostoria case
Police planned to return to Toledo for further questioning of a wounded man held there in connection with the murder of Frank J. Wilson, 60, a Fostoria grocer killed during a Tuesday holdup in Fostoria.
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Toledo
Fostoria
Frank J. Wilson
Fever Epidemic Warning Issued by Athens County Doctor
Dr J M Higgins warns Athens County residents of rising typhoid fever cases due to droughts and poor water conditions. He urges boiling drinking water until springs and wells refill after the fall rains.
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Athens County
J. M. Higgins
Doctor Higgins
Five Die When Greenwich Village Rooming House Collapses
A four story Greenwich Village rooming house, undermined by wrecking operations next door, collapsed killing five people and injuring seven in New York. Lodgers reported the building shook for days. District Attorney Crain ordered arrests of wrecking corporation members after initial inquiry.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Victorina Courtarde
Marguarite Courtarde
Frank Bourdon
Carlo Tornaghi
Crain
Feln Wrecking Corporation
Woman's Body Guarded by Greyhound in Toledo
The body of 30 year old Marion Lowry, a saleswoman, was found in her apartment after she shot herself with a revolver borrowed from her landlady. A large greyhound stood guard beside the corpse, and police say the dog blocked entry as investigators arrived.
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Toledo
Marion Lowry
Parents urged to place parenthood over business in Toledo
Mrs Hamilton Shaffer of Dayton urged Toledo parents to favor education over other concerns at a P T A meeting. Mrs Ethel Peters Simon added that wealthier communities must share the burden of educating children in poorer districts to prevent future community problems.
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Toledo
O.R
Parenthood
Hamilton Shaffer
Dayton
Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
Toledo Federation of
Parent-Teacher Clubs
Ethel Peters Simon
Sho
Hoover avoids political meaning on Cleveland trip
President Hoover tours toward Cleveland amid World Series events while stressing non political speeches. Officials say he will not endorse candidates or write letters to back campaign efforts. The visit includes stops in Bedford and Cleveland with banker convention engagement on the economic situation.
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Cleveland
Nea Pinan
Hoover
Simeon Fens
Republican National Committee
Washington
Philadelphia
Robert H. Lucas
Brown
David Ingalla
Hin
Tin
Congres
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Ohio
Roscoe McCulfech
Robert J. Bulkley
Wilson
Mule Shore Bend
Pennsylvania
Bedford
M Hoover
Indianapolis
J. R. Nutt
Mr. Hoover
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
Boy Dies After Pushing Brother From Auto Path
Four year old A R Donald Lyon of Hamilton Ohio sacrificed himself to save his two year old brother. He was struck by a speeding automobile and died at the scene. The driver was exonerated. the boy was the son of Earl Lyon.
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Hamilton
A. R
Donald Lyon
Earl Lyon
Miners Die in Brown Pit Disaster at William Grove
A fatal explosion at the William Grove colliery in Brown 2, near Walsall Staffordshire, costs fourteen miners their lives. Rescue teams and officials confirm the tragedy as investigations begin into the blast.
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Walsall
Stafford
Eland
William Grove
Brown
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