Athens County Schools Report Adequate Fund Status
State auditor and county superintendent report Athens County districts nearly clear of deficits with several schools ready to begin the new year. Inspections of 17 districts show expenditures in line with equipment needs and pending state aid installments expected to cover deficits. Four districts vote on state aid this fall with levies forrenewal. participation decisions will shape aid eligibility under the new law.
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Boards of Education
Athens County
Alex Root
Cc. D. Hutchins
State Department of Education
Root
Hutchins
State Department
The
Plains
Albany Consolidated School
York Township
Trimble
First Boys Glee Club Formed at Athens Senior High
The Athens Senior High School organizes its first Boys' Glee Club in five years with 15 members after Tuesday’s after school meeting. The Girls' Glee Club has 55 members and the combined Athens teams will perform with 99 singers at the General Assembly of the Ohio Teachers' Association in Columbus.
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Athens
General Assembly of
Ohio Teachers’ Association
Athens Junior High School
Helen Cross
Glee Clubs
Student Council Elects Officers at Meeting
Athens Junior High School students meet after school with Principal O L Wood to elect officers for the coming year. Den nis McDaniel is president and Joe Bardin is vice president with Grace Wood as secretary Jewel Chandler treasurer and Jack Meister reporter. Members include Jim McLanahan Ruth Chandler Dennis McDaniel Elizabeth Priggs Jewel Chandler Jack Meister Eveleth Atkinson Lewis Speiser Grace Wood Phyllis Jordan Mary McCune Mary Seiple Junior Moorhead and Joe Rardin.
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Athens Junior High School
O. L. Wood
Dennis McDaniel
Joe Bardin
Grace Wood
Jewel Chandler
Jack Meister
Jim McLanahan
Ruth Chandler
Elizabeth Priggs
Eveleth Atkinson
Lewis Speiser
Phyllis Jordan
Mary McCune
Mary Seiple
Junior Moorhead
Joe Rardin
Two U.S. Planes Attacked After Raid in Toledo
In Toledo on October 7 two U S planes were attacked after a raid. Liquor was being moved to a motor car when two occupants were arrested. An aviator in one plane escaped. District Attorney Lee N Marling led the case.
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Toledo
U.R
U. 8
Lee N. Marling
Wall Street Buoyant Over Hoover Banking Plan
New York October 7 The financial community welcomed President Hoover s program to mobilize banking resources to restore public confidence with stocks climbing and optimism widespread across markets and investors.
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Wall Street
New York
U.P
Hoover
Death and flight mark front page today
Sudden death ends the career of Dwight W. Morrow in the Morgan firm after he left to serve his country as a peacemaker in Mexico. Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr fly the Pacific in 41 hours landing at Wenatchee with a crash and a smile.
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Dwight W. Morrow
Morrow
J. P. Morgan & Company
Mexico
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Pacific
Wenatchee
Washington
Wide Pacific
Morrow Rites Held For Senator Dwight Morrow
Englewood New Jersey October 7 funeral services honored senator Dwight Whitney Morrow a mentor and neighbor to many. President Hoover unable to attend sent regrets and Curtis attended. Calvin Coolidge announced he would attend. Morrow's daughter Anne Lindbergh and her husband were in China with their year old son remaining at North Haven Maine camp.
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Englewood
N. J
White House
Dwight Whitney Morrow
Morrow
Hoover
Curtis
Calvin Coolidge
Amherst
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Col
Charlies A. Lindbergh
China
North Haven
Army and Navy Postseason Game Seen in Cleveland
Cleveland urges hosting a post season Army versus Navy football game with proceeds aiding unemployed men. Tentative date is December 12 with Salvation Army backing. previous ties between teams ended four years ago. Other bid cities include New York Philadelphia and Chicago.
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Army
Navy
Cleveland
U.R
Salvation Army
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Poison Picnic Star Witness Testifies in Indiana Trial
Veneta Belle Patterson, 18, of Lebanon Indiana, the state’s star witness, testifies in the Carrie Simmons poisoning case. Patterson describes biting into a chicken sandwich at a picnic and finding a strychnine capsule, with a close up image of the capsule shown.
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Son
Labor Session Submits Plans for Unemployment Drive
Vancouver B C October 7 A U P report says the AFL convention will hear a five point plan to end unemployment and improve morale. About 50 resolutions were prepared including legalization of 2 75 per cent beer universal five day week shorter hours public works inland waterway and flood control measures higher taxes on inheritance and income possible excess profits tax maintained wages and opposed wage cutting.
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Vancouver
B. C
American Federation of Labor
Congress
Ohio Gas Firm Accepts Tiffin Council Contract Offer
The Ohio Fuel Gas Company tentatively accepted a two year contract with the Tiffin City Council for natural gas at the current rate of 60 cents.
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Tiffin
The
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Murdered man found in cemetery identified by coroner
Springfield reports a nude body found in a local cemetery Monday was murdered per coroner verdict. Victim's identity was not established.
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Springfield
U.R
Prohibition challenge to local self government voiced
W H Slayton chair of the Association Against the Eighteenth Amendment told Ohio Wesleyan University students in a course on Prohibition as a Government Problem that prohibition violates the principle of local self government in Delaware on October 7.
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Delaware
U.R
W. H. Slayton
Association Against the Eighteenth Amendment
Ohio Wesleyan University
Burglary Thwarted at Jacksonville Store
Two men were surprised entering Charles White's Jacksonville store Tuesday night. Neighbor Loren Holmes fired, puncturing a tire, and deputies Wayne Wingett and George Rasp pursued the suspects near Millfield but could not locate them. The car was abandoned in the woods.
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Charles White
Jacksonville
Loren Holmes
White
Holmes
Wayne Wingett
George Rasp
Edward Morrison
Millfield
Bostwick Trial Set for Oct 19 in Columbus
Former Judge Homer Z. Bostwick who was removed from office and indicted on blackmail charges over threats to recover a ring he had given a young woman will face trial on October 19 in Columbus.
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Bostwick
Columbus
O.R
Homer Z. Bostwick
Shotgun Accident Kills Child in Bidwell Home
In Bidwell Kerr McClaskey’s five year old son fired a shotgun by accident killing his nine year old brother. The incident occurred at the family home in Gallia County on October 7. Local authorities investigated.
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Gallipolis
U.P
Kerr McClaskey
Bidwell
McClaskey
Bodies Found Encased in Burlap Bags in Brooklyn Sedan
Two men were found dead in a sedan parked overnight in Brooklyn. Both bodies were trussed and wrapped in burlap bags, with investigators treating the case as a possible homicide. Police cordoned the scene as they searched for clues and motive.
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New York
U/P
Brooklyn
Egg Jubilee in West Virginia Draws West Virginia Poultry Leaders
West Virginia to host the first annual Ohio Valley Egg Producers Jubilee at the State Poultry Plant in Parkersburg on Oct 9 and 10 under the WV Poultry Producers Cooperative Inc. An educational program Friday features Dr J H Reits, C M Ferguson, EB L Andrews, Miss Marie Swisher, and Rob R Slocum. Saturday offers community entertainment, contests, an old time fiddlers’ contest, and noon lunch.
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Ohio Valley Egg Producers Jubilee
Parkersburg
West Virginia Poultry Producers Cooperative, Inc
J. H. Reits
West Virginia University
C. M. Ferguson
Ohio State University Poultry Department
EB. L. Andrews
West Virginia University Poultry Department
Marie Swisher
Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company
Rob R. Slocum
United States Department of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Ruth MclIntyre
C. B. Smith
Frame
Agriculture Extension Division
Farley Reveals Big Tin Box Claim In New York Hearing
Sheriff Thomas M. Farley, a Tammany leader, acknowledged earning nearly $400,000 beyond his salary over seven years. He testified about profits from outside real estate deals and hinted at a hidden “big tin box at home” as the source of extra income while resisting certain private examination demands.
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New York
U.P
Thomas M. Farley
Tammany
Hoffmachher
Farley
Seabury
Three Arraigned on County Charges In Local Court
Audrey Mizner of Sugar Creek was fined 50 dollars plus costs for intoxication by Magistrate C H Porter but the fine was suspended on leaving the county. Albert E Tabler of Kilvert pled not guilty to embezzlement and was bound over to Athens County Common Pleas Court with a 600 dollar bond. Willard Sampson of Murray City pled not guilty to a burglary charge and was bound over to the Common Pleas Court with an 800 dollar bond.
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Audrey Mizner
Sugar Creek
C. H. Porter
Albert E. Tabler
Kilvert
C. D. Stewart
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Stewart
Tabler
Willard Sampson
Murray City
Lewis Johnson
Porter
Common Pleas Court
Man Leaps for Death Then Reaches Shore in Scioto River
Mathias Raido, 47, jumped from a bridge into the Scioto River but resoled to life and swam to shore as frigid water forced reconsideration. He survived without serious injury.
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Columbus
Mathias Raido
Scioto River
Platinum Blonde Will Be Popular This Winter
New York beauty congress ends with experts predicting long yet not overly long hair. Styles favor waved loose curls and feminine lines to match new feminine hats, signaling platinum blonde as a popular look this season.
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New York
U.R
Detroit selects Murphy in landslide renomination
Voters in Detroit backed Mayor Frank Murphy for re nomination praising his dole system. Murphy, who spent nearly 18 million dollars on unemployment relief, led Harold H. Emmons by about three to one amid newspaper opposition.
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Detroit
Dole
Frank Murphy
Murphy
Harold H. Emmons
Emmons
Central Ohio AA A executives discuss unauthorized car clubs
Columbus meeting gathers executives from Zanesville Delaware Mt. Vernon Marion Springfield Dayton Newark Chillicothe Portsmouth Athens Lancaster and Bremen to discuss activities of unauthorized automobile clubs.
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Columbus
U.R
American Automobile Association
Central Ohio
Zanesville
Delaware
Mt. Vernon
Marion
Springfield
Dayton
Newark
Chillicothe
Portsmouth
Athens
Lancaster
Bremen
Hayes Dies in Fire Trap Shack Blaze
Cleveland man S. J. Hayes aged 66 perished when a small shack home burned. He slept while smoking a cigarette and the fire consumed the structure.
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Cleveland
S. J. Hayes
Corn and wheat glut described by Kansas visitor
J W Gilbert of West Union Street reports Kansas has an overabundance of corn and wheat this year while fruit is scarce. He says cattle and hog prices are very low and shipments to market yield little return. He traveled by bus from Athens to Fredonia and visited relatives in Avery LaFontaine To ronto Kirkville and Missouri during a three week western trip.
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Kansas
J. W. Gilbert
West Union Street
Missouri
Gilbert
Athens
Fredonia
Kas
J. H. Gilbert
Hazel Palmer
Avery
Edward Neese
LaFontaine
Edward Chestnut
Toronto
Kirkville
Della McCabe
Publisher Walter C. Darst Dies at 73 in Circleville
Walter C. Darst longtime Circleville Herald publisher for 44 years died in a local hospital at age 73 after a nine day illness. He led the paper and influenced Circleville's journalism scene.
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Circleville
Walter C. Darst
Circleville Herald
Weather recap and upcoming region forecast
Yesterday high temperatures reached 96 in Abilene and Oklahoma City while San Antonio logged 96. Today’s lows include Medicine Hat 20 Calgary 24 and Edmonton 24. A cooler west to northwest high brings frost in the storm center region. The Lake Region and Ohio Valley will see this cooler air overspread with likely showers tonight and much cooler conditions Thursday.
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Abilene
Oklahoma City
San Antonio
Calgary
Edmonton
Lake
Ohio Valley
War Hero on Way to U S for Yorktown Sesqui-Centennial
Marshal Petain, a noted French war hero, sails aboard the cruiser Duquesne toward Yorktown Virginia to witness the sesqui centennial celebration marking France's aid to the colonies and the surrender of Cornwallis.
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Marshal Petain
Duquesne
Yorktown
France
Cornwallis
Scarlet Fever Spreads In Athens County Reported Cases
The Athens County area reports 15 scarlet fever cases after three new illnesses. Six year old Roscoe Webb of Lodi Township is mildly ill, while Trimble Township adds two cases John Penn and Mardell Hyter aged seven. Local totals list Lodi 3 Athens 2 York 1 Boonville 4 Jacksonville 2 Trimble 3. Health Commissioner Dr J M Higgins urges precautions and early medical consultation for signs resembling a cold.
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Athens County
Roscoe Webb
Guy Webb
Lodi Township
Trimble Township
John Penn
Mardell Hyter
Athens Township
York Township
Boonyille
Jacksonville
J. M. Higgins
Red Men to Travel as State Contest Winner Declared
Red Men of Athena plan a trip to Columbus Saturday with the announcement of the state-wide membership contest winner. Athens lodge has already secured 101 new members since August 1 and aims to win. Degree work is set for Thursday at the local hall and Friday members go to Nelsonville for the Chief's Degree. Monday night 50 Athens members attended a session in Pomeroy.
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Red Men of Athena
Columbus
Athens Lodge
Nelsonville
Oho
A. P. Hatch
Sachem
Athens Tribe
Pomeroy
Akron Navy airship completes fifth test flight
Akron witnessed a successful fifth flight as the U S S Akron was sheltered from rain and lightning in the hangar after an eight hour trip. The airship flew over Pennsylvania and Ohio cities including Ravenna Warren and Youngstown then hovered over Sharon Greenvill e and finished with motor tests over Lake Erie. Officers praised the test results.
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Akron
U.R
Navy
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Ravenna
Warren
Youngstown
Sharon
Greenville
Lake Erie
Death of Morrow Mourned by Mexican Peons
El Paso reports Dwight Morrow died far in the wilds while traveling on the Mexico Northwestern line. Mexican workers called him amigo de Mexico and friend of humanity, expressing profound sorrow at his passing and loyalty to the rail and its people.
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Morrow
Rogers
EL Paso
Tex
Hearst Ranch
America
Mexico-Northwestern
Dwight Morrow
Mexico
Plan for 500 Million Bank Pool to Restart Circulation
The Am man Bankers Association in Atlantic City approved President Hoover's plan for a 500 million dollar bank pool to relieve frozen assets. The resolution says the pool will meet discount demands and help sound banks obtain funds from eligible sources, restoring credit and public confidence nationwide.
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Atlantic City
N. J
U.P
Amman Bankers’ Association
Hoover
United States
Federal Reserve Banks
Hoover Seeks Release of Frozen Bank Assets and German Moratorium
President Hoover met with Republican and Democratic leaders at the White House to plan releasing a large sum of frozen bank assets to restore circulation and confidence. He aims to extend the German moratorium and discuss mortgages with real estate leaders, facing opposition from several lawmakers. The session began at 9 p.m. and ended at midnight, producing a principle agreement and urging unity in Congress.
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White House
Washington
Fer
Hoover
Laval
Bankers’ Corporation
Federal Reserve Banks
New York Clearing House Association
Treasuery Mellon
Wall Street
John N. Garner
House
Watson
Congress
Garner
Crisp
Georgia
Art Debt Funding Commission
Senate
Europe
Bensator Watson
Joseph T. Soot
Glass
Virginia
Holi
Eral
Anid
Indictment Returns in Columbus Slaying Case
Columbus reports a grand jury indicted Willard J for the slaying of Leslie M Green. Clayton Rage county prosecutor says Jordan's indictment charges a murder without premeditation or deliberation. The case centers on the fatal shooting, with proceedings commencing today.
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Columbus
Willard J
Leslie M. Green
Jordan
Clayton Rage
Young Man Pleads Not Guilty in Aunt Slaying Case
In Painesville Ohio Donald McDonald 18 pleaded not guilty to slaying his aunt Mrs Jump. He faces sentencing October 27. McDonald’s husband allegedly plotted the death and his uncle testified McDonald received $176 to carry out the act.
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Painesville
Donald McDonald
Jump
McCamn
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