Texas Suffering Under Rain and Cyclonic Winds
Damaged lines limit details as Texas endures torrential rain and cyclonic winds. Four killed in floods across West Central and South Central Texas. two dozen more missing or hospitalized after tornadoes and flooding in East Texas. Thousands left homeless as rivers Guadalupe Colorado Nueces swell. rainfall 6 to 12 inches with more expected.
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Dallas
Texas
U.P
Latexa
Guadalupe
Colorado
Nueces
Plans to Dedicate Harding Memorial Delayed in Marion NC
Marion plans for the $800000 Harding Memorial dedication are suspended citing politicization by the Republican State Central Committee and internal disagreements. Harry Daugherty urges patience while Donithen and Miss Jones exchange letters about handling the event without party politics.
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Republican State Central Committee
Harry M. Daugherty
Harding
Daugherty
Hoke Donithen
Marion
Association
Gertrude Jones
Findlay
State Republican Committee
George B. Christian Jr
Ohio man accused in bride murder on Wisconsin honeymoon
Milwaukee dispatch reports pathologists near identification of Mrs. Cora Bell Hackett found dead weeks after July disappearance near Lac Du Flambeau. Perry, Chicago widow of Roosevelt secret service member, allegedly wed Hackett after responding to a newspaper ad for travel companionship and is suspected of murder.
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Milwaukee
Cora Bell Hackett
Chicago
Lac du Flambeau Indian Reservation
Wisconsin
Hackett
President Roosevelt
Secret Service
George W. E. Perry
Perry
Katherine Gebhart
Cleveland
California
Jury Probing Co-mingling Charges in Jail
The Tuscarawas County grand jury investigated alleged co mixing of sexes at the county jail. Several girls from the Delaware Girls Industrial School testified. Complaints cited the women and children's wards being in the main jail building.
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New Philadelphia
Tuscarawas County
Girls’ Industrial School
Delaware
Athens Messenger Promotes Lets Play a Game Booklet
The Athens Messenger advertises a booklet titled Lets Play a Game offering many game options for social gatherings. It promises both new and old games, indoors and outdoors, and notes buyers should mail six cents with a coupon to obtain a copy.
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Athens Messenger
Surprise for Michael Angelo Draws Local Attention
A curious item titled Today SYS cS, Surprise For Michael Angelo features a 109 year old stranger described as Strange Lady. The note also recalls Doughnut Month with four added paragraphs, hinting at a quirky local feature or column.
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Michael Angelo
Michelangelo and the Pope on St Peter’s work ethics
The account recalls Michael Angelo appealing to the Pope about dishonest contractors while working on St Peters. The artist warned that design and construction profit meant little unless the endeavor benefited the soul. He found joy in knowing the project would inspire for centuries.
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Michael Angelo
St. Peters
Michelangelo and modern telephony reach St Peters dome
A historical ode notes a telephone installed in the dome of St Peters Vatican City. It imagines Michelangelo’s astonishment if the Pope could speak via that line to bishops far across the Mediterranean and Atlantic, recalling Columbus era when he was 17.
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Michael Angelo
Vatican City
St. Peters
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Columbus
Centenarian Rules Sparked by Staten Island Woman
Mrs Francoise Levapresto, aged 109 on Staten Island, credits four rules of life. The first three are hard work, plenty of sleep, and no worry. Her fourth rule is to always have a bottle of wine for dinner.
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Francoise Levapresto
Staten Island
N. Y
Doughnut Month Revered in City Celebrations
The note invites readers to focus on the Doughnut Month observance and mentions a continuation of coverage on Page 4 highlighting the noble confection and related events.
Thugs seize mayor's wife jewels in Chicago crime
Chicago police report Mrs. William Hale Thompson attacked in front of her home as three bandits stole a six carat diamond ring worth 8000 dollars a diamond bracelet valued at 4000 dollars and a diamond brooch around 6000 dollars. Policeman Peter J. O Malley was kidnapped with his revolver taken.
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Chicago
U.R
William Hale Thompson
Thompson
Peter J. O'Malley
O'Malley
Arnold Kegal
Kegal
fugitive former bus company president held in Detroit jail
Detro it authorities hold 45 year old FE McAfee in county jail awaiting removal warrant. He is the former president of Sylvania Busses, Inc. of Ohio and was sought as a fugitive for Toledo.
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Detroit
U.P
Toledo
McAfee
Sylvania Busses, Inc
Ohio
Hunt for Bandits in Cincinnati Shoots Grocer
An intensive search is under way for two Black suspects after they shot and seriously wounded Louis Davis, 51, owner of a Cincinnati grocery, during an attempted robbery last night. The incident occurred in Cincinnati on October 7 with U P reporting.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Louis Davis
Five charged with murder in boy's death
Five warrants charging first degree murder were served in Tyler County for the death of 3 year old Garlan Balls whose body was found along the Ohio River at Grandview Island ten days earlier. Suspects Charles Henry Raymond Henry Eva Eddy Bailey James Dunn and Clyde McBee are held in Wetzel County Jail until January grand jury.
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Middlebourne
W. Va
Justice of the Peace
H. M. Adams
O. H. Hill
Tyler County
Little Garlan Balls
Ohio River
Grandview Island
William P. Baker
Charles Henry
Raymond Henry
Eva Eddy Bailey
James Dunn
Clyde McBee
Wetzel County
New Martinsville
Four men questioned in Ohio State student murder
Columbus police held four men for questioning in the murder of Carl I. Dominic 21 a former Ohio State University student who was shot in a car. Investigators say the case may connect Dominic to a bootlegging ring and that he was to deliver five gallons of liquor before he was killed.
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Columbus
U.R
Carl I. Dominic
Ohio State University
Dominic
Salute Hoover Aboard Special Train En Route
Pickets at Dan River Mills watched as President Hoover traveled south for a Kings Mountain speech. At Danville the President spoke with workers about the strike and drought impacts.
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President Hoover
King's Mountain
U.P
Dan River Mills
Kings Mountain
N. C
Danville
Chinese wife of former consulate aide jailed for opium smuggling
Mrs. Koa Ying, wife of a former assistant in the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, was sentenced in Shanghai to four years in prison and a $4,000 fine for attempting to smuggle opium into the United States. The Nanking Supreme Court reserved ruling on complicity until after a retrial by Kiangsu Province High Court.
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Shanghai
U.R
Koa Ying
San Francisco
United States
Supreme Court
Nanking
Kao Ying
High Court
Kiangsu
Malt Store Explosion Rocks Cleveland Area
Oct 7 report says detectives questioned one man in connection with a blast that wrecked The Ala Co malt and hop dealers and sparked fires in two adjacent buildings. Investigators probe motive and total damage in the Cleveland incident.
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Cleveland
Ala Co
Spanish War Vets To Hold Picnic At County Fair Grounds
Members of Athens County Camp No 78 Spanish American War Veterans will host a picnic dinner at the Athens County Fair grounds on Sunday Southeastern Ohio veterans invited to attend A directors meeting of the Southeastern Ohio Hoosiers Association planned to map the next gathering.
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Athens County
Athens County Fairgrounds
Ohio
Southeastern Ohio Hoosiers Asso- Pape
Revolutionary spirit urged citizens to defend self government
An executive speech lauds revolutionary heroes and urges Americans to fight for liberty and law. It warns that pacifism militarism and ballot manipulation threaten democracy, condemns corruption in office, and condemns government by business or excess federal overreach.
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America
East Side School Second Graders Invited to Air Program
Second grade pupils from East Side School under Miss Louisa Steele will plan a stories for broadcast on WLW Cincinnati. The children will not broadcast themselves but assemble a program for the school of the air. Miss Bessie Gabbard invites the pupils. she hosts the children's hour on WLW Thursdays from 2:30 to 3:00 PM.
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East Side
Louisa Steele
Wlw
Cincinnati
Bessie Gabbard
Linwood Schools
Miss Gabbard
Brazil calls Army Reserves to quell rebel riot
President Washington Luis ordered the Brazilian Army Reserves of first and second categories for 30 days to suppress uprisings in Rio Grande do Sul and other states. About 1,000 reservists reported in Rio de Janeiro as aviation units bombed rebel towns and prepared for a major raid toward Brasília.
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Rio Grande Do Sul
Rio DE Janeiro
U.P
Washington Luis
Interior States
Cuba’s Leader Sees Little Agitation Across Island
President Gerardo Machado states political agitation is confined to Havana and fringe groups. He cites Communistic elements exploiting events and notes a student’s death amid protests, with authorities quelling disturbance without major trouble.
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Gerardo Machado
Cuba
United Press
Havana
Athens County Grand Jury Opens 108-Case Probe
The Athens County Grand Jury began a session Tuesday impaneling George P. Hall as foreman with 14 jurors. Major cases include Mrs. Sylvia Sweeney charged with embezzlement of 64 100 while clerk of the Gloucester Board of Public Affairs, with other indictable offenses listed on the docket such as burglary theft forgery and assault.
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Athens County Grand Jury
George P. Hall
A. L. Snedden
John Sharp
David Watburn
Heber Henry
Grace Moyers
Jessie Coe
F. BR. Tidd
W. FY. Glesichke
A. F. Sargon
I. E. Ash
Frank Gifford
J. Otis
Ed. Sheridan
Ll. J. Lash
Mra
Sylvia Sweeney
Board of Public Affairs of
Glouater
Sweeney
George HB. Rector
Charles W. Corbin
Mra. Sweeney
Nelsonville
City specialists lecture on combating nasal and sinus diseases
Dr J W Mittoeffer of Cincinnati spoke at the Athens County Medical Association luncheon on practical points in combating nasal accessory and sinus diseases. More than 60 physicians attended and Dr C N Sanders of Millfield was elected to membership. The November meeting will be held in Nelsonville. The association, organized in 1902, formed to unite area medical leaders.
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J. W. Mittoeffer
Cincinnati
Athens County Medical Association
Hotel
Berry
Mittoeffer
C. N. Sanders
Millfield
Sanders
Ohio University
Ohio State Medical College
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Athens
Loran
McArthur
Pomeroy
Rutland
New Lexington
Wellston
Jackson
Nelsonville
CC. 8. McDonugal
Athens County
Senate panel considers wire tapping charges in Nebraska primary
The Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee met to discuss charges that it ignored evidence of wire tapping by an alleged federal agent during the Nebraska senatorial primary. The accusation was sent to Vice President Curtis by Charles E. K. Mateon of Lincoln, Neb. Curtis had not yet seen the letter.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Campaign Expenditures Committee
Nebraska
Curtis
Charles EK. Mateon
Lincoln
Neb
Funeral Train Carries Bodies of Air Victims
A funeral train carried 47 coffins across France from Beauvais to Boulogne for transport to England after the M-101 airship disaster. British and French officials attended as civilian crowds paid respects, with troops lining the route and planes flying overhead.
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Beauvais
France
U.R
Lord Thompson
Air
Britain
Andrew ‘Tardieu
Laurent Egnac
Allonne
Boulogne
Tempest
England
Supreme Court opens fall term in Columbus
The state Supreme Court opened its fall term in Columbus today after a three month recess. Only a few emergency cases were heard during the recess.
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Supreme Court
Columbus
State Supreme Court
Hoover Speaks in Textile South as Explosions Hit Kings Mountain
President Hoover's tour through Ohio and Massachusetts continues into the textile region near Kings Mountain North Carolina where a blast wrecked White store Dixie Salvage and Windsor apartments. Fire followed, windows were blown out, and thousands gathered as insurance and gas-fume notices emerge amid an estimated loss over 25000 with several injured and rescues under way.
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President Hoover
Kings Mountain
N. C
Hoover
Ohio
Massachusetts
Tve
Dixie Salvage Company
Windsor
Salevage
Stansbury Drug Store
Stansbury
J. B. Harley
M. G. White
Ferguson
Parole Prisoners Listed by State Clemency Board
Forty seven inmates at the State Prison farm were named in a clemency list released today. The release notes that none come from northeastern Ohio.
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London
State Clemency Board
Boutheastern
Ohio
Help Summoned Fire Follows Blast To Destroy Buildings
A major gas explosion in Middleport Meigs County Oct 7 caused a fire and total destruction of a central business block, injuring several people including Mrs Della Windsor Republican leader, Mrs J B Smith, Kenneth Enteminger, Mrs M G White, Mrs Hazel Grant, and Lois Smith.
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Meigs County
Middleport
Della Windsor
J. B. Smith
Dixie Salvage Store
Kenneth Enteminger
M. G. White
Hazel Grant
Lois Smith
Mra
Windsor
Gas Explosion at Dixie Salvage Store Hurts Mother
In the Dixie Salvage Store blast Monday afternoon a mother, Mrs Samuel Ralph, was hurled into the street and badly bruised. A baby in her arms fell to the floor uninjured. The fire caused a $25,000 loss.
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Middleport
Dixie Salvage
Samuel Ralph
Waa
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Rio Pe Janeiro
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Heart of Textile
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