Tigers Aim To Even Series As Rowe Tops Cardinals
Detroit fans pack Irvin Field as Lynwood Rowe leads the Tigers against St. Louis in game two of the World Series. Cardinals field as favorites after a first game win, while Detroit seeks a comeback with strong pitching and careful defense.
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Detroit
Wild Bill Hallahan
Ouis
Heavy Ii
Irvin
Lynwood Olboy Rowe
Detroit Tigers
T. Louis Cardinals
Rowe
Cardinals
Binghamton
N. Y
St. Louis
Tiger
Cardinal
Inrt
Joe Medwick
Goom Goalin
Tigers
Gorlin
Rogell
Bill Delancey
Civil War Veterans Gather for Athens County Reunion
The Athens Opal Church pastor saluted Civil War veterans at the annual Athens County Civil War Vet Association reunion. He praised Lincoln and the veterans for sacrifice and service, saying their example helped shape America and the nation’s greatness.
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Abraham
W. H
Athens Opal
Chamber of Commerce
Security Bank
Athens County Civil War Vet Association
Fowler Modern School
America
Lincoln
Ohio counties vote on AAA referendum in farming policy
In Warren and Hocking counties voters supported the Agricultural Adjustment Administration policy in a farmers referendum. Reports show a majority favoring AAA while several districts reported opposition or incomplete tallies.
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MBUS
Ohio
Irmers
Cone
Agri- Adjustment Administration
Warren Nd Hocking
AAA
Hocking
Plot Revealed Against Bloch Tobacco King
DoJ agents announced a plot to kidnap Betty Bloch 24 daughter of a Wheeling tobacco magnate and demand a 825000 ransom. Harry Thornton a haberdashery clerk and Thurman Bowen a semi pro football player confessed the plan to abduct Miss Bloch from Esther Leddy’s home and flee to Ohio. they abandoned it fearing danger. Thornton 37 Bowen 35 lived in Bridgeport Ohio. Miss Bloch is to wed Wilmot Harris of Washington DC.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Betty Bloch
Department of Justice
Harry Thornton
Haberdashery
Thurman Bowen
J. J. Waters
Pittsburgh
Miss Bloch
Bloch Brothers Tobacco Company
Wilmot L. Harris
Washington, D.C
Waters
Esther Leddy
West Virginia
Ohio
Thornton
Bowen
Bridgeport
Two Men Arraigned Before Justice Here
Clarence Turner of Toledo pleaded not guilty to a failure to provide for a minor child and was bound over to Athens County Grand Jury on a $300 bond. John Theisen of Millfield pleaded guilty to killing a raccoon during a closed season, was fined 25 and costs, and jailed to work off the fine. State fish and game protector B. F. Swartz made the arrest.
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Clarence Turner
Toledo
C. H. Porter
Athens County
Porter
John Theisen
Millfield
B. F. Swartz
Fish and Game Protector
May Get 130 Year Sentence For Guardian Trust Case
In Cleveland, James Arthur House, former Guardian Trust Company president, faces 130 years in a federal peniten tiary and a $130 000 fine after a jury convicted him on 26 counts of misusing Trust funds. The verdict came as the Ohio Supreme Court denied review for another Cleveland banker, C Stirling Smith, on embezzlement charges from prior banks.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Bank
Guardian Trust Company
James Arthur House
Samuel H. West
Ohio Supreme Court
C. Stirling Smith
Standard Trust Bank
Citizens Bank and Trust Company
Citizens Securities Corporation
Standard Bank
Alabama Supreme Court Denies Rehearing in Scottsboro Appeal
The Alabama Supreme Court denied a rehearing on the appeal of Heywood Patterson and Clarence Norris, two of nine African American defendants in the Scottsboro Case, as the high court continued the case's post verdict actions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Supreme Court
Heywood Patterson
Clarence Norris
Megro
Insurance salesman miraculously survives 30-foot quarry plunge
Tiffin October 4 Frank J. Russell fifty an insurance salesman escaped unharmed when his car went over a 30 foot drop into a quarry after a tire blew out.
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Tiffin
Frank J. Russell
Its High School Vs Grades In Pennant Race
Detroit letter from Will Rogers praises a matchup between High School Boy Rowe and Grammar School Boy Dean as a test of whether youth should pursue higher education or enter the workforce. The writer, noting Jerome Dean’s riot-quelling feat and Henry Ford’s support, weighs the two sides amid a playful score forecast of 3 to 2 or 2 to 1.
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Detroit
Mich
Jerome Dean
Holdenville
Okla
Bill Murray
Mickey Cochrane
Rowe
Paul Dean
Henry Ford
Love Letters Key Evidence in Edwards Tragedy Trial
Wilkes-Barre Pa October 4 The defense fights to save Robert Allen Edwards from the electric chair in the American Tragedy case as over 170 letters to Margaret Crain are presented. Detectives testified Edwards admitted beating Miss McKechnie but denied the assault. Crain reportedly said she was through with him.
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Wilkes-Barre
Robert Allen Edwards
Freda McKechnie
Luzerne County
Commonwealth
Margaret Crain
Coal Town
Edwards
East Aurora
N. Y
Miss McKechnie
Harvey's Lake
Miss Crain
Bob Edwards
County
Richard Powell
Legion Heads Installed Here
M. C. Morrison was installed as the new Commander of the K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion at a regular meeting. W. A. Edleman Tom Gibson and J. P. DeMolet were named vice commanders with other officers appointed, and a rising vote of appreciation was given to outgoing officers. Paul Shannon spoke on the Good of the Legion, and starting October 17 two regular meetings will be held each month.
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M. C. Morrison
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
W. A. Edleman
Tom Gibson
J. P. DeMolet
W. W. Connett
Claud Clarke
R. M. Sherman
W. V. Walsh
P. G. Hutchins
P. C. Nichols
W. A. Adams
H. 8. Wood
P. M. Schloss
C. D. Gaston
Chester Lightfritz
R. W.finsterwald
R. M. Duffee
C. A. Parker
Charles Woodworth
Paul Shannon
Legion
Unemployed Group to Meet FERA Official over Clothing Aid
A committee representing Athens County unemployed plans to meet EB J Hornick a district FERA relief supervisor to seek funds for clothing for schoolchildren lacking adequate attire. Led by Peter Frisby president of the Unemployed League the group cites school authorities figures on needy children.
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Athens County
EB. J. Hornick
FERA
Peter Frisby
The
Unemployed League
Akron police hunt 25-year-old attacker near school
Akron police search for a 25 year old man who assaulted a nine year old girl near a school in Akron. The incident prompted a citywide lookout as authorities investigate the crime and seek information from the public.
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Akron
Grand Jury Returns 39 Indictments in Athens County
The October term Athens County Grand Jury returned thirty nine indictments including second degree murder for Quincy Cole and manslaughter for Mac Strode. Witness testimony totaled 238 with 28 cases ignored. Indictments also covered arson assault theft and other offenses. jury recommended jail sanitation upgrades.
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Athens County
Grand Jury
O. F. Rowland
John W. Bolin
Quincy Cole
Coolville
Route 3
Herbert E. Griffen
Cole
Griffen
Strode
Chikis Seek $1 022 44 in County Court Suit
Katie and Joe Chiki, parents of Helen Chiki killed and Ethel Chiki injured in a crash on U. S. Route 50 near Sugar Creek on Oct 15 1933, sue Richard Kennedy and Pearl Walker for 1022.44. They claim funeral costs 265 and medical bills 316.84 and seek judgment for these amounts. Mrs Chiki requests 441 for care of Ethel from Oct 28 1933 to Sept 28 this year. She already holds judgments against Kennedy totaling over 2000.
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Katie
Joe Chiki
Helen Chiki
Ethel Chiki
Richard Kennedy
Sugar Creek
Kennedy
Pearl Walker
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Ethel
Chiki
Supreme Court upholds Licking Co. decision on fair grounds
The Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society was declared the rightful owner of the old Licking County Fair Grounds, site of Moundbuilder activities, by the state supreme court. The ruling sustained Licking County courts which rejected claims by the Licking County Agricultural Society that it owned the property, which had transferred to the county in 1927 before the county deeded the site to the society.
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Columbus
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society
Licking County Fair Grounds
State Supreme Court
Licking County
Licking County Agricultural Society
Cooiery
Site of CCC Camp Viewed By U S Men
Federal representatives visited Athens to advance plans for a Citizens Conservation Corps Camp east of Peach Ridge Road. A new lease replaces a tentative deal with landowners J Clyde Edmundson and H W Roach. The Cutler site eyed for abandonment faces water supply issues, but officials anticipate a workable water line from the standpipe. Local business leaders largely favor establishing the camp here.
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Athens
Citizens Conservation Corps
Peach Ridge Road
J. Clyde Edmundson
H. W. Roach
Roach
Edmundson
Cutler
Athens County Hog Pay Raises Income Boost
The incomes of Athens County farmers rise by 15.4.70 dollars after the first AAA payment to hog and corn contract signers. ES Haller, secretary treasurer, estimates total payments near 30,000 dollars excluding administrative costs. The first payment covers two fifths of hog and one half of corn.
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Athens County
AAA
ES. Haller
Athens County Association
AAA Shows Variation In Milk Price Spread
The AAA released figures after surveying 50 cities showing wide variation in the price paid to dairy farmers and the price paid by housewives. The spread ranged from 4.41 cents in Chicago to 8.34 cents in Raleigh North Carolina, indicating the distributors’ gross operating margin varies by city.
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Washington
AAA
Farm Administration
Chicago
Raleigh
North Carolina
Ohio October Relief Budget Set Amid Strict Limits
Ohio officials warn county relief directors to operate within the $8,091,555 October budget. Adjutant General Frank D. Henderson says no extra funds are available for overexpenditure and notes a fall in work division funding. The plan projects 194,818 families to receive direct relief in October, up from September.
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Columbus
State Relief Commission
Frank D. Henderson
Henderson
Commission
Wallace Seeks Rash Steps to Help Farmers After Low Farm Mood
Secretary Henry A. Wallace urged drastic action to lift farmers from financial distress at Circleville Pumpkin Show opening. He warned processing tax plans are imperfect, but coop with federal wheat and hog reductions could improve conditions by next year. He noted higher wheat prices in Liverpool and forecast fewer hogs and cattle next year. Also reports Ruth Chatterton divorced George Brent in Los Angeles after Nevada split from Ralph Forbes.
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Circleaville
Henry A. Wallace
United States
Circleville
Wallace
Liverpool
Chillicothe
Kiwanis Club
Ruth Chatterton
Los Angeles
George Brent
Nevada
Ralph Forbes
Counties to receive final 1994 motor vehicle tag funds
Columbus notes a final 1994 distribution of motor vehicle license tag money totaling $500,000 will be issued October 15. Registrar Frank Weat notified O. W. Merrell, director of highways, of the distribution details.
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Columbus
Frank Weat
O. W. Merrell
Athens School Board Faces Deficit and Tax Cuts
The Athens City Board of Education announced a projected revenue loss of at least 16000 for this year amid debate over a proposed 3 mill levy. If rejected at the November election the district would incur about 50000 more in losses. The board approved clothing for needy students with work assignments for able bodied unemployed family members to pay for outfits. Arch nowlton and a new FERA nursery and home mechanics class space were approved at local schools. The Athens Nursery class opens next Monday at East Side School for ages two to five, serving West Side students via transport.
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City Board of Education
Lomt
Board of Education
Harper Pendry
Arch Nowlton
FERA
Athens High School
East Side
Frances Higgins
Athens Nursery Clase
West Side
Higgins
Thia
Athens County
West Virginian Dies In Gallipolis Crash
Kenneth Raike 33 of Henderson West Virginia was killed and Edith Smith was lightly hurt when struck by a motor car near Gallipolis. The driver was taken into custody.
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Gallipolis
Kenneth Raike
Henderson
W. Va
Edith Smith
Hauptmann linked to Lindbergh case finds road maps
District Attorney Foley disclosed Hauptmann’s trunk contained Sourland Mountain maps of Col. Lindbergh’s estate and notes showing memory recall of Hopewell territory. He noted an English German dictionary and statements about spelling, while a grand jury in Hunterdon County and an extortion trial in the Bronx loom. A witness identifying a ransom note payment and a store purchase tied to ransom money emerge as key details.
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New York
Get
Samuel J. Foley
Bruno Hauptmann
Sourland Mountain
New Jersey
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
Thie Tewak
Foley
Hauptmann
Bronx
New Fingland
Hunterton County
N. J
Parkes
Bronx County
Cecil M. Barr
Greenwich Village
Lindberg
Thin
Isadore Fisch
Germany
East Side
Fess Criticizes Dollar Policy in Dayton Campaign
Dayon Ohio October 4 United States Senator Liamton Fess attacked the dollar policy during a re election campaign speech. He argued that recovery hinges on calling off the dollar and condemned artificial price increases that do not raise real value. He said business cannot function under volatile currency and contracts tied to future delivery with variable value.
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Dayton
Oct
United States
Liamton
Fess
Ohio
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