Bucket of Tar Explodes Killing New Marshfield Woman Grace Herron
Miss Grace Herron 43 dies from severe burns after attempting to carry a flaming bucket of tar and asphalt from her burning home in New Marshfield. The blaze, started by melting paint on a kitchen stove, destroyed the house and personal property. Ray Rosser aided, funeral planned at M F P church with Clifford Herron as guardian.
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New Marshfield
Grace Herron
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Miss Herron
Ray Rosser
Rosser
Clifford Herron
Ingram Herron
Ohio
Fred R. Herron
Athens
M. FP. Church
I. F. Herron
N. W. Baker
East State Street
Remus Is Ordered Held for Murder of Wife
Cincinnati October 7 George Remus known as the king of the bootleggers was ordered held for the county grand jury without bond on a charge of murdering his estranged wife Mrs Imogene Holmes Remus He waived a preliminary hearing and asked for an early trial saying he killed his wife yesterday for a principle and felt justified He cited the conduct of his wife with Franklin Dodge a former Justice agent.
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Cincinnati
U.R
George Remus
Imogene Holmes Remus
Remus
Fanklin Dodge
Department of Justice
Indictments Charged in Atlantic County Murder Case
Mays Landing New Jersey October seventh indictments accuse widow Margaret Lilliendahl and poultry dealer Willis Beach of murdering Dr William Lilliendahl the grand jury returned the indictments today in Atlantic County.
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Mays Landing
N. J
Margaret Lilliendahl
Willis Beach
William Lilliendahl
Atlantic County Grand Jury
Birger Gets Stay of Execution Pending Supreme Court Review
Springfield reports Charley Birger, a notorious gangster, was sentenced to death for murder but granted a stay of execution while the Illinois Supreme Court reviews his case. The stay preserves Birger’s life as the high court weighs legal issues.
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Springfield
Charley Birger
Illinois Supreme Court
Banks of Athens Set Early Closing Time Tomorrow
Starting tomorrow the banks of Athens will close at 2 o'clock in stead of current hours, affecting customers and daily schedules across the city. Local financial offices urge customers to plan ahead and complete transactions before the new early close time.
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Athens
No Rain for Games in New York World Series
Weather officials forecast no rain likely to interfere with World Series games in New York. Showers expected tonight and possibly early tomorrow morning, but the diamond should be dry by afternoon. Cooler today with a drop in temperature expected tomorrow.
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Washington
U.P
New York
Weather Bureau
Nurse Crashes Vehicle Through Guard Rail Near New Marshfield
Miss Thelma Grubb of the county is injured when her car Careens over a guard rail near New Marshfield. The crash occurred as she lost control near a roadside bank, prompting medical attention.
Thelma Grubb Survives Bridge Crash on New Marshfield Road
Thelma Grubb an Ohio University student and Athens County Red Cross secretary escaped serious injury after her coupe plunged off a bridge and toppled 15 feet to a cliff beside railroad tracks. She crawled free and called for help despite a knee wound, saying she swerved to avoid a crossing dog on the way home from Red Cross duty near Carbondale.
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New Marshfield-Carbondale
Thelma Grubb
Ohio University
Athens County Red Cross
Miss Grubb
Baltimore & Ohio
W. R. Hails
Grant Garage
Athens
Red Cross
Carbondale
Boys Take Girls To Police Station For Safety
In Chicago from Bryan Illinois, Lucille Shearer sixteen and Esther Berry fifteen met Raymond Marcola nineteen and Leonard Denman eighteen after a date. The boys took the girls to juvenile officer Joseph Haeger asking him to persuade them to go home stating the girls were too young to be alone in the city.
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Chicago
U.P
Lucille Shearer
Esther Berry
Bryan
Ill
Raymond Marcola
Leonard Denman
Joseph Haeger
Marcola
Haeger
Epidemic Threat Near Unalaska Halts 700 Residents
Seven hundred people in Unalaska Alaska face possible extermination from a mysterious epidemic. The Coast Guard Cutter Northland races to aid with one doctor aboard and a hospital corps while the village lacks physicians. A separate Gallia County oil lease involves 56 000 acres with immediate drilling planned in twelve townships.
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Washington
U.R
Unalaska
Alaska
Coast Guard
Northland
Gallipolis
Atha- Webber Company
Columbus
Gallia
First Life Term Under Michigan Liquor Law Felony
Fred Palm a 29 year old Lansing man received a life sentence at hard labor in a Michigan state prison for having a pint of gin at his home. He is the first person whose liquor law violation was treated as a felony under the new criminal code. The code requires a life term after a fourth felony conviction.
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Fred Palm
Michigan
Palm
Lansing
Four Coal Mining Firms Seek Inclusion in Injunction
Four eastern Ohio coal mining companies asked Judge Hough to add their mines to the injunction allowing non union operation. The firms said the mines employ about 4,250 men and produce 17 175 tons daily, with four mines already operating under the injunction.
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Columbus
Ohio
Judge Hough
Alfonso De La Huerta Killed Near Nogales in Battle
Alfonso De La Huerta, brother of a former Mexican president, was slain during a clash with federal troops near Nogales Sonora. His body arrived today as a federal battalion displayed the fallen leader who reportedly led Yaqui forces against a larger federal force.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mex
Alfonso de la Huerta
Mexico
Here
de la Huerta
Sermons and Activities at First Presbyterian Church
The Rev. Dr. A. Y. Wilcox will deliver morning and evening sermons at Sunday services. Bible school will focus on student classes. Young people's societies will meet at 6 P.M.
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A. Y. Wilcox
First Presbyterian Church
One of the Largest Grange Meetings in Athens County
Athens countys New Marsh field hosted one of its largest Grange gatherings Thursday night October 6 with twenty eight Pomona grange members initiated to fifth degree. Visitors from Meigs and Vinton counties attended and W B Johnson of Athens received the degree. A later session before October 29 will award sixth degree to about 200 candidates from Athens Vinton Meigs Morgan Washington and Hocking counties with an illustrated lecture on ritual work by Dean Alfred Vivian of Ohio State University.
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Athens County
New Marshfield
Pomona Grange
Meigs
Vinton
W. B. Johnson
Athens
Farmers’ Grange
J Grange
Morgan
Washington
Hocking
Alfred Vivian
Ohio State University
Weather Record Shows Warm Night and Daytime Peak
One tenth inch rain fell overnight while temperatures held steady. The thermometer hit 86 degrees yesterday at 4 PM, the highest in the last 24 hours. Thursday and Friday readings show afternoon temperatures from the 70s to low 80s.
Rebels Take Last Stand on Mountain Peak in Mexico
Rebels fight a final stand on a 13 416 foot Mexican peak as two columns of federal troops close in. The wedge formation tightens the siege with federal units advancing on the insurgents from two directions.
On Vantage Point Forces Press Rebel Hold At Cofre de Perote
Federal troops two to one surround Arnulfo Gomez and Hector Almada at Cofre de Perote 13 416 foot peak in Mexico. Gen Jose Gonzalo Escobar and Gen Jesus Aguirre lead attacks from Perote and Jalapa with air support. Decisive battle expected as forces reinforce and storm the mountain.
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Mexico City
Cofre de Perote
Arnulfo Gomez
Hector Ignacio Almada
Jose Gonzalo Escobar
Perote
Jesus M. Aguirre
Jalapa
Cofre de
Francisco Serrano
Vera Cruz
Joint Electric and Water Works May Be New Proposal
A group of Pomeroy and Middleport businessmen met to discuss a joint water works and electric system owned and operated by both towns. With the public utilities commission reviewing water rates, municipal ownership could be argued if tariffs do not decrease. The Westerville model and past Middleport campaigns for municipal utilities are cited as context.
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Pomeroy
Pomeroy and
Middleport
Public Utilities Commission
Westerville
Youngstown Millionaire Ends Life After Long Illness
John Stammbaugh a Youngstown steel magnate died by suicide after more than a year of illness. Coroner J C Henshaw stated the cause of death today.
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Youngstown
John Stambaugh
J. C. Henshaw
Identity sought for woman found on Lorain beach
Police scanned missing person reports in Lorain as they investigated a well dressed woman found partly buried in sand on the beach. The coroner suggested head injury from a club and possible drowning after being thrown from a boat, with police speculating bootleggers or a dope ring as suspects.
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Lorain
U.R
Myles Perry
Theodore Walker
Miners End Strike Return To Work On Similar Wages
Missouri Kansas Arkansas Oklahoma and Texas miners sign pact returning to work under nearly the old wage scale. The agreement runs to March 31, 1928, covering about 20,000 miners in three union districts with day rates at 7.50 and tonnage payments from 1.25 to 2 per ton.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
United Mine
Eastern Ohio firms to open non union mines with deputy protection
In St Clairsville Ohio Judge Hough will be asked to extend last Augusts injunction to several Eastern Ohio companies planning non union mine operations under federal protection. About 50 miners freed after investigation into picket duty near Florence mine office.
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ST. Clairsville
U.P
Ohio
Benson Hough
U. S
Steubenville
U.S. Marshall
Stanley Borthwick
Cincinnati
Coal Company
Florence
Youghiogheny Coal Company
Borthwick
Legion Elects Officers at Athens Post Meeting
The K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion in Athens elected officers at their regular meeting in Legion rooms on Wednesday night. M. P. Shannon was chosen Post Commander, with Fred Williams as first vice commander Ural Westfall as second vice commander Jack Sweeney as third vice commander L. G. Connett as finance officer Bartlett Gibson as post adjutant M. D. Hughes as service officer Earl Miller as child welfare director David Fetch as athletic director Francis Lavelle as trustee for three years Howard Goodwin as chaplain and Carl Heck and Webb Walker as color guards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. T. Crossen
American Legion
Athens
M. P. Shannon
Fred Williams
Ural Westfall
Jack Sweeney
L. G. Connett
Bartlett Gibson
M. D. Hughes
Earl Miller
David Fetch
Francis Lavelle
Howard Goodwin
Carl Heck
Webb Walker
P. T. A. Meet in Mechanicsburg Tonight
The Mechanicsburg Parent Teacher Association will meet at 7 30 tonight at the school building to discuss upcoming activities and programs.
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Parent-Teacher Association of Mechanicsburg
McManaway Not Indicted in Merz Killing Case in County
In Athens County, a grand jury returned 34 true bills but did not indict James McManaway over the August 4 shooting death of Peter J. Merz, president of Lick Run Coal. McManaway had been held for the killing and claimed self defense, saying Merz was the aggressor during a dispute over family matters. The panel examined 267 witnesses across 51 cases, acquitting 30 and returning seven remaining indictments for burglary and larceny plus related offenses.
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Athlens County
Bone Hollow
Nelsonville
McManaway
Merz
Athens County
Ray Young
Virgil Wolfe
Allen Vernon
Federal Valley Railroad
Phillip Ross
Charles Millican
Howard Sauer
George Kish
Eli Douglas
Glendon N. Bowman
Lyell H. Cornell
Howard C. Bowman
Bruce Chapman
Pallie Chapman
Frank Andrews, Sr
William Fields
Labor unions discuss immigration and foreign policy
In Los Angeles the American Federation of Labor reads key resolutions on immigration limits for Mexico, withdrawal of armed forces from China and Nicaragua, Philippine independence, and repeal of the Sherman Act. The body backs wage growth tied to productivity and opposes forced settlement of labor disputes, also protesting a non union contract for the New British embassy project.
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Los Angeles
Calif
United States
American Federation of Labor
Philippines
Mexico
China
Nicaragua
John P. Frey
Cincinnati
Metal Trades Department
Atlantic City
Washington
Plundering of State By Public Utilities Sparks Campaign
Fred W. Warner charges Ohio is being drained by Eastern utility capitalists and calls for a focus on utility plunder and repeal of the primary in the next campaign. He accuses officials of corruption and urges newspapers to highlight state government conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
UPR
Public Utilities Commission
Fred W. Warner
Republican State Central
Public
Warner
Ohio
Graceland Faculty Recital Praised For Miss Hatch
The Lamoni Chronicle lauds Graceland college music faculty member Miss Frances Hatch of Athens for an impressively natural stage presence and rich contralto voice. She delivered works including Ombra Mai Fu Handel Coeur S ouvre a Ta Voix Saint Wild Geese and Dame Durden among others to captivated listeners.
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Graceland College
Lamoni
Iowa
Frances Hatch
Athens
Lamoni Chronicle
Miss Hatch
Lamont Chronicle
the Chronicle
Ombra Mai Fu
Handel
Seans
de Leath
Robin
MacDowell
Dame Durden
Joan
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United Press
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Torreon
Saltillo
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Clyde Hardes
Paul V. Waddell
Charles Wise
County Commission
Hardesty and
Waddell
Govern
Donahey
Wise
Findlay
Legion
Ivor Darnell
Edward Malone
Mabel Chevelier
Gaylord Radcliffe
Kenneth Lagoullin
Mildred Hickman
Wilbur Drake
J. Elmer Syx
Ernest B. Watkins
First National Bank of Glouster
Indian Refining Company
James Heiskell
Black Diamond Mining Company
Robert Lunsford
Hisylvania Coal. Company
Neal Bowman
Pete Hudwell
Willard Williams
Banner Press
Ralph Lattimer
Earl McAfee
Robert Sprouse
Nick Rodgers
E. Hobart Rodgers
Merle Bowers
Ralph and
Howard Stout
Joseph Rowe
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