Illinois Mine Clash Triggers National Guard Mobilization
Armed miners besieged Peabody Coal Mine No. 43 at Arrisburg Illinois wounding twelve guards as 200 National Guardsmen moved to quell the violence. Sheriff Saline County warned the situation looked bad while officials reported ongoing gunfire and mass guard deployment.
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Arrisburg
Ill
U.P
Illinois
Peabody Coalpany
United Mine Kers of America
Peabody Coal Com
C. Craig
Nee
Ders
Eugeneser
Saline County
Ser
NRA buying campaign to start next Monday
Washington Oct 5 The NRA moves to clear hurdles for retail codes and its buying campaign amid price control debates. Hugh S Johnson says economic rehabilitation is underway as the board urges public price oversight and access to records while asking manufacturers and advertisers for support starting Monday.
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General Johnson
National Board
Washington
U.P
NRA
Hugh S. Johnson
Pr’v.e
Fire at Griffith Park claims dozens of workers
Los Angeles authorities report that a fire at Griffith Park killed or left missing many workers employed as council job laborers. Coroner Nance notes only a few identifications possible as officials prepare to preserve remains for an inquest next Wednesday while witnesses deny coercion. Record points to panic as a major factor in the high death toll.
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Nance
Nk Thompson
Thompson
Officials pick conservation corps camps across states
Conservation Corps camps named by Director Robert er include 42 in Ohio 18 in Virginia and 27 in Kentucky with sites listed by county and town such as Summit Ashtabula Scio Jefferson Champaign Highland Warren Tuscara Cuyahoga Vinton and Jackson among others totaling multiple counties Defiance Henry and Kanawha noted in Virginia and West Virginia border areas.
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Hington
Oct
Conservation Corps
Roberter
Ohio
Virginia
Kentucky
Valve Genius Dies Teland In Washington
Charles E. on, inventor of valve engines, died in Washington D C. He headed Thompson Products Inc and was known as a leading figure in valve technology and industrial innovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teland
Charles E.on
Wash- D.C
Thomproducts, Incc
Delegates Hear Labor Program At Convention
Secretary Frances Perkins outlined a four year labor program at the American Federation of Labor convention. Proposed measures include federal unemployment relief, preventing relief from subsidizing sweatshop wages, public works, abolition of child labor, use of public buildings for schools for the unemployed, and drastic limits on working hours.
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Washington
Frances Perkins
American Federation of Labor
Miss Perkins
Ohio Supreme Court appoints Springfeld attorney to fill unexpired term
Charles B. Zimmerman of Springfield named to fill the unexpired term of the late Judge Robert H. Day on the Ohio Supreme Court. He is a grandson of prominent Athens family the Ballards and daughter Helen Ballard. He graduated from Wittenberg College and Harvard Law School and practiced with his father John L. Zimmerman, Sr. in Springfield.
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Charles B. Zimmerman
Springfeld
Robert H. Day
Ohio Supreme Court
Charles Ballard
Athens
Helen Ballard
Wittenberg College
Harvard Law School
John L. Zimmerman
Springfield
Relief Commission Backs Chest Drives Across Ohio
The Ohio Relief Commission endorses Community Chest drives and private social agencies. Signed by Mary Irone Atkinson and approved by Frank D. Henderson the statement supports private philanthropy and supplementary private services even as public relief burden grows.
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Ohio Relief Commission
Mary Irone Atkinson
State Commission
Frank D. Henderson
Miners and Operators Adjourn Meeting in Southeast Ohio
A joint meeting of miners and operators in Southeastern Ohio adjourned this morning as UMWA District 6 President Percy Tetlow was recalled to Cleveland for the Eastern Ohio gathering. The session is postponed until next Monday.
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Ohio
Percy Tetlow
United Mine Workers of America
Cleveland
Commission to Study Sources Of State Funds
Senator Paul P. Yoder of Dayton was named chairman of a new special taxation commission to study public revenue sources and recommend legislation for a permanent state tax system. The group includes members from both houses and appointees from various industries. Governor White noted the shift away from relying on real estate tax as the fiscal backbone and warned subdivisions cannot function without replacement for losses from real estate tax reductions.
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Sen. Yoder
Columbus
Paul P. Yoder
Dayton
Special Taxation Commission
General Assembly
Commission
Easier Credit New Bank Aim of President
President Roosevelt returns to Washington after a nine day absence with plans to accelerate a broadened recovery program. He aims to expand credit relief banking aid and create a permanent NRA organization and convenes Henry Bruere to coordinate government credit agencies.
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Easier Credit New Bank
Aim
Washington
Roosevelt
NRA
Welfare Leaders To Meet Monday Evening
A meeting of the Community Welfare Association which oversees the Community Chest will be held in the Chamber of Commerce Rooms in the Security Bank Building Monday evening Oct. 16 at 7 30 o'clock. All chest contributors are members and are urged to attend. Four board seats will be filled and each member organization will send a representative with a year in review report.
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Community Welfare Association
Community Chest
Chamber of Commerce
Security Bank
Civil War Vet David Williams Dies at 91 in Porterfield
Marietta report states David Williams aged 91 a Civil War veteran died at his Porterfield home Tuesday. Funeral services were held in Belpre this afternoon with burial at Reckliland Cemetery.
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Marietta
David Williams
Porterfield
Belpre
Reckliand Cemetery
Senators And Giants Clash In World Series Rematch
The Washington Senators and New York Giants resumed the World Series in a new setting with the Giants holding the series lead. Washington, once favorite, trails as they struggle for hits and fielding, while Giants boss Bill Terry again outguesses the Senators as lineup and order for Game Three are listed.
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Stuart Cameron
United Press
Washington
Washington Senators
New York Giants
New York
Giants
Drizzling Rain Opens Giants Senators Inning Action
Inning one sees Giants Moore foul out, Cruz and Terry ground out as no runs. Senators Myer singles, Goslin doubles driving in two runs, Cronin out, Schulte doubles scoring Goslin, Kuhel grounded out. Two runs on three hits.
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Connie Mack
Giants
Bill Terry
Washington Boys
Senators Moore
Myer
Critz
Goslin
Rf Terry
Manush
Ott
Rf Cronin
Davis
Schulte
Cf Jackson
Kuhel
Mancuso
Bluege
Ryan
Sewell
Fitzsimmons
Whitehill
Pfirman
Ormsby
Moras
Moriarity
Moore
Cruz
Terry
Senators
Jackson
Cronin
Kubel
Dr Cooper Addresses Ohio University Speaker at Laurelville Club
Dr C E Cooper of the Geology Department at Ohio University spoke to a Laurelville community club gathering that included Adelphi Kingston and Laurelville clubs. He gave an illustrated lecture on the Philippines. On Saturday Oct 7 he will address County teachers at Marion on geographic subjects.
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C. E. Cooper
Ohio University
Laurelville
Adelphi
Kingston
Philippines
Veteran Samuel S. Hirst Dies at 92
Samuel S. Hirst, 92, Civil War veteran wounded in the Battle of Chickamauga, died in New Philadelphia on Wednesday.
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New
Philadelphia
Samuel S. Hirst
Chickamauga
Ohio coal prices jump under new NRA code orders
The government ordered price hikes on Ohio steam coal, boosting Hocking Valley and Southern Ohio coal. Mine-run coal rose to 1.85 dollars a ton, with slack at 1.55 and four and five inch block 2.25 to 2.35. The increases follow a wage rise of around 17 cents per ton for miners under the NRA code.
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Cleveland
U.P
Ohio
Coal Code Authority
Hocking Valley
Pittsburgh
Hugh 8. Johnson
Washington
NRA
Athens County Grand Jury Returns 47 Indictments
The fall term reported 89 cases reviewed with 44 witnesses heard. Indictments include failure to support dependents, assault and battery, breaking and entering, larceny, and other offenses across multiple defendants led by Prosecutor John W. Bolin.
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Athens County Grand Jury
John W. Bolin
Floyd Leffler
Roy Patterson
Gerald Campbell
Thurston Stone
Bollar Bricker
Wilbur Ruth
Howard Gutherie
John Genter
John Gibson
Everett Smith
Robert Smith
Vera Six
Willard McLaughlin
Claude Burton
John Patton, Jr
William Badwell
Carl Keplar
Clyde McNabb
Ernest Evans
Herschel Roberts
John Roberts
Don Cunningham
Gryan Smith
Wayne Searles
George Evener
Pat Alien
Charles Barnes
Emmet McColly
Alfred Howdyshell
O. J. Stevens
John Patton
Richard McAfee
Wilford Grimes
Sam Witham
John Witham, Jr
Elza Dean
John Burns
Clarence Skinner
Violence at Clairton Steel Plant Sparks Picket Clash
Pittsburgh dispatch reports intense picket activity at Carnegie Steel in Clairton with roughly 700 strikers including women. stones allegedly pelt vehicles entering gates as state police fail to locate assailants. Coal mine leaders in Pricedale vote to continue work stoppages until steel firms operate under union recognition, aligning 70,000 miners with the steel strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Carnegie Steel Company
Clairton
First Liquor Ads Appear in New York Newspapers
New York readers saw the first hard liquor advertisements in metropolitan papers since January 1919. A full page ad announced a firm would take orders for imported wines and liquors for delivery promptly if and when repeal comes, listing liqueurs cordials whiskies and wines.
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New York
U.P
New
Hardest Part of Fight Ahead Roosevelt Says
President Franklin D. Roosevelt told the National Conference of Catholic Charities that the hardest part of the national recovery fight lies ahead. He urged redoubled efforts to aid those on relief, prevent home life disruption, and support depression victims until recovery is complete. He credited the people, not the administration, for existing progress and said the federal government will not take on the entire job.
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New York
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Conference of Catholic Charities
Roosevelt
Special Deputies Guard Pope Steel Plant Amid Strike
Steubenville reports twenty special deputies on duty as four crises loom at the Pope plant a subsidiary of Weirton Steel Company. Pickets remain active at mill entrances under police watch as attempts to resume operations circulate.
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Steubenville
J.P
Pope
Weirton Steel Company
Detour on U. S. Route 8 Between Athens and Canaanville
Traffic on U. 8 between Athens and Canaanville is detoured while a section east of Athens is tarred. Cars are rerouted over U. 8 north then back onto South two miles south of Amesville.
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Athens
Canaanville
Amesville
Athens County Chosen as Model for Urban Rural Sanitation
The U S Public Health Service selects Athens County to pilot an urban and rural sanitation program in the Midwest. E C Stoy explains the plan to Athens Chamber of Commerce as officials and groups are urged to cooperate. The county health board has enacted regulations and seeks passage of a model ordinance by town and village councils. Replacements of insanitary toilets are proposed to reduce disease and infant deaths in the past decade. Stoy will stay to aid the effort and discuss the project with officials. later talks will outline plans to use relief labor once underway.
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Midwest
E. C. Stoy
United States Public Health Service
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Health Board
Athens County
Stoy
AM. Higgins
R. L. Marion
Tragedy Teaches Leaders How To Pick Good People
Beverly Hills letter reflects on leadership lessons from fire response and the value of capable men. The writer praises young Bill Stribling as a fine example and mentions a humorous image of the savior of Austria, noting the absurdity of the claim.
Officials Meet To Determine Britain's Debt
Four men at the Treasury Department discuss how much Great Britain will pay the United States on its war debt of over 4 billion dollars. Britain has paid more than 2 billion in principal and interest since 1923 and now faces about 184 million in annual payments. Talks include possible reductions, but no official demand has been set. The administration expects Congress to approve any debt agreement before it becomes valid.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Great Britain
United States
Congress
Germany Ends Press Freedom Under Goebbels Law
Berlin October 5 the first section of a six part press law promulgated by Dr Paul Joseph Goebbels declares editors must uphold the rightness of the present regime. It states newspapers are not organs of free opinion but belong with radio theater and schools as public institutions influencing the nation.
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Berlin
Germany
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Propaganda
Hit by Ball Man Sues Columbus Club
Mrs. Martha Sonnenberg of Groveport Ohio has sued the Columbus Baseball Club for 6275 claiming injuries from a ball struck her ankle on June 4. She says she could not walk for five weeks due to the injury.
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Man Sues
Columbus Club
Columbus
U.P
Columbus Baseball Club
Martha Sonnenberg
Groveport
Mra Sonnenberg
Ex Miner Edward Jacoby Dies at 70 in Marietta
Edward Jacoby aged 70, a retired Athens County coal miner, died at his Marietta home after moving there in 1921. Survived by brothers and sisters Henry Jacoby Miles Jacoby R. F. D. George Jacoby and Mrs Belle Smith.
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Marietta
Edward Jacoby
Athens County
Henry Jacoby
Athens
Miles Jacoby
R. F
George Jacoby
Midland City
Belle Smith
Nelsonville
Mr. Jacoby
All Dealers Must Now Pay 1.35 for Milk in Ohio
The Ohio Milk Marketing Commission issued an emergency order requiring every distributor in the Dayton milk market to pay no less than 1.35 dollars per 100 pounds for four per cent milk bought from farmers in September. Payments for September milk had not yet been made at the time of the ruling.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio Milk Marketing Commission
Dayton Milk Marketing
Com
National Legion to elect commander and set policy
The American Legion met in Chicago to elect a new national commander and to decide policy for the coming year. Edward A Hayes led the race for commander as members debated a broad veterans rehabilitation plan and a tough national defense program.
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Harrison Salisbury
Chicago
The
American Legion
Erernal
Frank T. Hines
Forse Ces
Chonees
Wright Patman
Texas
Havana braces amid post storm political clash
Looters roamed Havana as hurricane winds eased while Cuba's political crisis deepened. Soldiers were ordered to shoot looters and Ramon Grau San Martin pressed to consolidate power as rebels in the National Hotel battles faded. Government supporters accused opposition leaders of inciting chaos to undermine Grau San Martin.
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Havana
U.P
Cuba
National Hotel
Ramon Grau San Martin
Grau San Martin
Byrd Antarctic Vessel Bears Down on Storm at Southport
Commander Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic expedition ship The Bear was steaming toward Southport as tropical storm winds close in. The Coast Guard cutter Medic, from Wilmington, sped to aid though distress was not confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southport
N. C
Richard E. Byrd
Coast Guard
Medic
Wilmingston
Support of Hitler by Wealthy Men Charged
A British Trades Union Congress delegate told the American Federation of Labor convention that international financiers were backing the Hitler regime to crush democracy. James Rowan, a former British miner, urged united labor action against Hitlerism and its principles.
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Washington
U.R
American Federation of Labor Convention
British
Trades Union Congress
James Rowan
United
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