Warden Shot Warden Crawford Stays at Post at Colorado Pen
Colorado State Penitentiary siege ends after 17 hours of gunfire and dynamite. Warden Francis Crawford and guards endure heavy losses as mutineers including Dannie Daniels unleash a final death by own action. Six convicts and twelve guards are killed or wounded in the riot aftermath.
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Canon City
Colo
U.P
Colorado State Penitentiary
Francis Crawford
Dannie Daniels
Daniels
Colorado
Dannie
Crawford
French Plane Reported Sighted Near Siberian Village
The French Air Ministry confirmed a sighting of the plane Question Mark last week near Beklamischey 100 miles west of Chita in Siberia. If the craft reached that point without a stop it would set a new distance record.
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Air Ministry
Beklamischey
Chita
Siberia
City Street Repair Work Begins After Sewer Project
After completing a sanitary sewer project on Morris Avenue, the Athens City Service Department started repairs on Fast State between Park Street and Mays Avenue. Crews will remove holes and uneven sections and relay bricks on a crushed limestone base, a job expected to take about two weeks, said city service director G. M Romine.
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Morris Avenue
Athens City Service Department
Park Street
Mays Avenue
G. M Romine
City Service
Boy Killed When Gun Tested After Show
In Youngstown on October 4, 9 year old Mike Romio of Campbell confessed to Police Chief Cunningham that he was with 10 year old Are Todeaso when a revolver killed Todeaso in a shack called Moses Temple. The boys had gone to a movie and then to Todeaso’s home where the fatal accident occurred.
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Youngstown
U.P
Mike Romio
Campbell
Cunningham
Are Todeaso
Moses Temple
Arel
Todeaso
Visit to General Electric plant highlights science and labor
Arthur Brisbane notes in Schenectady that GE employs about 36,000 workers and stresses the lab’s work in pure science becoming useful to millions. He urges readers to meet lab figures Coolidge Langmuir and Anderson, and likens science to Job’s awe, while acknowledging digestion and refrigeration as everyday wonders.
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Schenectady
America
General Electric
Tearing the hydrogen atom away from its brother
Two families of electrons are cruelly separated from their hydrogen atom and its partner, a fragmentary science note suggesting an experiment or metaphorical description. The snippet hints at negative and positive charges and early discussion of atomic structure.
Hall resigns council seat as he moves to manage oil interests
Miles Hall, village councilman at New Straitsville, has resigned his post after moving to Zanesville to oversee the W. Hunter Atha oil interests. The resignation takes effect immediately and prompts local government changes.
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New Lexington
Miles Hall
New Straitsville
Zanesville
W. Hunter Atha
Athens Messenger Owner Dies After Stroke at Home
Frederick W. Bush, owner and publisher of the Athens Messenger, died at his North Hill home The Beeches at 2:30 a.m. after a stroke suffered Tuesday in the Messenger Building. A Noble County native and longtime leader in Ohio publishing, Bush built the Messenger into a prominent daily with roots dating to 1895 and a modern plant in 1925. He served as editor, publisher, and held leadership roles in Ohio and national newspaper associations.
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Rederick W. Bush
The
Athens Messenger
North Hill
Beeches
Messenger
Mr. Bush
Noble County
Athens
Ohio
Middle West
United States
Renrock
Bush
Monroe
Lawrence
Ohio University
New Marshfield
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
McConnelsville
Herald
Charles E. M. Jennings
Walter S. Bush
Catherine Blazier Bush
Rauc
Pleasanton
F. W. Bush
Joseph E. Bush
Dresden
George
Ohio Select List
Associated Ohio Dailies
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
W B Bush remembered for civic leadership in Athens
The obituary recalls F W Bush a longtime Athens editor printer and civic leader active in the Chamber of Commerce Masonry Salvation Army and university committees. He served on Ohio University boards planned campus construction and aided Federal Route 50 efforts before dying at work. Funeral services are set for Sunday at his home with burial private.
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W. Bush
Athens
Athens County
Bush
Flis
Fle
Athens Country Club
Ohio
Athens Meesenger
Mr. Bush
Charles M. Coulter
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Sheriff offers ride home inducement in Perry County
In New Lenington on October 4, Sheriff Ditford Witaen provided free rides home in his car after jail release. Inmates Jasper Eddy of Corning and Thomas Boyt of Rendville accepted the offer, praising the sheriff for the accommodation despite bad weather.
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New Lenington
Perry County
Sherif Ditford Witaen
Jasper Eddy
Corning
Thomas Boyt
Rendville
Trial of Alexander Pantages Advances Amid Protests
Mrs. Tou Irene Pringle, mother of Eunice Pringle, testified as the first witness in the Pantages statutory charge case. Judge Fricke heard ongoing defense and prosecution motions while a theater manager, H. E. Hollum, was jailed for contempt after protesting a jury visit to the former Pantages Theater. The theater, purchased recently in a deal tied to Pantages interests, is valued at about $15,000,000.
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Los Angeles
Alexander Pantages
Superior Court
Charles Fricke
Tou
Irene Pringle
Eunice Pringle
Baron Witta
H. E. Hollum
Pantages
Hoover Accused of Farm Board Benefit by Senator
Senator Blease claims President Hoover shared in a $9 million advance to California grape growers from the Federal Farm Board before steps were taken to aid the wheat shortage. He notes Hoover as one of the largest grape growers affected by the loan.
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Washington
Hoover
Senator Blease
D. C
California
Federal Farm Board
Morris to Speak at Institute Here
George M. Morris Columbus state supervisor of rural education will speak at the opening session of the Athens County Teachers Institute in Ewing Hall Ohio University Saturday. His talk will cover rural education. In the afternoon Dr K Mardis and W E Petgrsa discuss the proposed tax limit amendment. Delegates to district and state associations will be elected. Over 200 teachers expected.
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George M. Morris
Columbus
H. R. McVay
Athens County Teachers Institute
Ewing Hall
Ohio University
K. Mardis
W. E. Petgrsa
Plan Homecoming in New Straitsville Perry County
Oct. 4 notice announces a community homecoming for present and former residents to be held in New Straitsville Perry County beginning Monday October 7 and lasting one week.
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New Lexington
New Straitsville
Perry County
Death of German statesman Stresemann Reverberates Worldwide
World mourns Gustav Stresemann former foreign minister of Germany as condolences pour in from governments across the globe. Berlin halts politically and economically while the cabinet plans a grand public funeral next Sunday in the Reichstag. Leaders ponder Germanys future and the fate of the Young Plan amid the loss.
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Perlin
Berliin
Gustav Strenemann
Ketch
Biasmarck
Germany
Paul von Hindenburg
Berlin
Herr Stresemann
Reichswehr
von Hindenburg
Reichstag
Frau Stresemann
Sealed Mines to Open in November in Ohio County
Belmont County will reopen its two sealed mines in November. The Florence Mine of the Youghiogheny & Ohio Coal Co. in the county’s south, closed after a fire last August, should resume in a month. The Powhatan Mining Co. section sealed for fire two weeks ago will follow. Air samples indicate the fires are subsiding. Ohio’s only sealed mines.
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Columbus
U.P
Belmont County
RE. W. Smith
Division of Mines
Florence
Youghe Iogheny & Ohio Coal Company
Powhatan Mining Company
Smith
Ohio
Fought Over Toy Balloons Ends in Homicide Rift
Cincinnati report states William Smith, 30, bound over to the grand jury on a charge of killing Robert Bell, 25, after a carnival brawl over a toy balloon.
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Cincinnati
William Smith
Robert Bell
Prominent Athens Men React to Death of F W Bush
Athens leaders and citizens express deep sorrow at the death of F W Bush owner and publisher of the Messenger. They praise his upright character, civic leadership, and lasting impact on economy, social life, and public opinion in Athens and Southern Ohio.
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Athens
MR. Bush
F. W. Bush
the Messenger
Bush
Ohio
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