Union Leaders Address Hocking Valley Miners Sunday
Percy Tetlow and Van Bitner urged reduced working hours and fixed wages to stabilize coal production. Lee Hall noted relief funds dip as 43 000 recipients in Ohio rely on union aid, while Conrad Wein chaired the meeting at the Fair Grounds with a large turnout and community participation.
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United States
Percy Tellow
United Mine Workers of the
Southern District
West Virginia
Hocking Valley
Fair Grounds
Tetlow
Lee Hall
Miners’ Organization
National Treasury
Sts of the Union
Ohio
Conrad Wein
Hocking Miners’ Organization
Percy Tetlow
van Bitner
John Howard
Pomeroy
Casey Jones
Mollie Robinson
Hollister
James Robinson
Hall
Agai
Rain Delays Fourth World Series Game In St Louis
Rain caused the postponement of the fourth World Series game between the St Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees. A morning thunderstorm dumped rain over the city and the contest was halted as weather persisted.
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ST. Louis
U.P
Cardinals
Yank
Dresden debut thrills Dreda Aves in Verdi aria
Scores Hit Dreda Aves daughter of a Houston Tex clergyman scored a sensational success the other night in Dresden in her operatic debut. She received a dozen curtain calls after singing in Verdi s Forza del Destino.
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Dreda Aves
Houston, Tex
Dresden
Officer Who Shot Boy Is Called on Patrolman Reed
Columbus October 8. William Stillwell a Bexley High School student lies fighting for life as Prosecutor John J Chester Jr calls Patrolman C D Reed to his office to investigate the shooting. Reed says the youths acted suspiciously after refusing to halt. Stillwell suffered the loss of his right eye in the incident.
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Columbus
O.R
William Stillwell
Bexley
John J. Chester, Jr
C. D. Reed
Stillwell
Reed
Hocking Valley miners rally for union unity and higher wages
Speakers at a three hour union meeting denounced coal operators for dictating wages and urged miners to stand with union leaders. They predicted a win for the Hocking striking miners and called for wage raises in West Virginia fields, emphasizing self reliance and resistance to outside saviors. Frank E Monnett, former Ohio attorney general and current Supreme Court candidate, spoke briefly as the meeting closed.
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Hocking
Hocking Valley
West Virginia
Bitner
Frank 8. Monnett
Ohio
Miners’ Organization
Supreme Court of the State
Sheep Treating Demonstration Set At Wilson Farm
Farmers are invited to a sheep treatment demonstration at the 8. A. Wilson farm near Carthage Church Thursday at 9 a.m. Nicotine sulphate and blue stone will be shown to treat stomach worms, which 90 percent of Athens County sheep problems arise from. One sheep can be treated per minute. The event will treat 52 wethers 5 ewes and 39 lambs with either method.
Ohio Republicans pledge strong support for Hoover
A group of Ohio Republican leaders led by Myers Y. Cooper of Cincinnati told Herbert Hoover today that Ohio will vote for him by a substantial majority. Cooper is the gubernatorial candidate in Ohio.
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Washington
Ohio
Herbert Hoover
Myers Y. Cooper
Cincinnati
Kidnap Suspect Tied To Two Cleveland Case Here
Police Chief J J McNicholas linked the Cleveland kidnapping of 12 year old Irene Varreth to the May abduction of Beatrice Rosenblum in Youngstown. The statement ties the two cases as authorities pursue a single suspect.
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Youngstown
J. J. McNicholas
Irene Varreth
Cleveland
Beatrice Rosenblum
Robber Gibbs Captured After Grand Trunk Heist
John Gibbs a 20 year old bandit is charged with a daring single handed robbery of a Grand Trunk mail car near Windsor. He was caught in Detroit on a Grand Trunk ferry with $22 000 found in his pockets. If convicted he faces life imprisonment and forty lashes under Canadian law.
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John Gibbs
Windsor
Gibbs
Detroit
Smith to campaign through Southern border states for key votes
Gov. Alfred E. Smith heads to Tennessee Kentucky and Missouri for a week of limited appearances amid political risk. He plans talks with Jeb Raskob and other leaders before a single Louisville speech and a route through Nashville Chattanooga and Sedalia. The South remains crucial for the Democrats as Republicans push Hoover's influence.
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Thomas
Stokes United Press
Albany
N. Y
Alfred E. Smith
Smith
Tennessee
Kentucky
Missouri
New York
Jeb J. Raskeb
John A. Warner
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Wyoming
William F. Kenny
Chattanooga
Georgia
Nashville
Louisville
Solid South
Hoover
South
Harding
Coolidge
Cox
Wilson
Sedalia
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Democrats to Form Women Voter Club in Athens County
Democrats announce formation of a Women’s Democratic Club in Athens County. A meeting at 7:30 tonight at Democratic Headquarters over Bethel’s Store on Court Street will organize the group following a large turnout at a recent Al Smith For President Club session. Ohio University men students aligned with the party will also gather at 7:30 at Democratic Headquarters to form a students’ Al Smith For President Club.
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Athens County
Democratic
Bethel's Stor
Court Street
Democratic Central Committee
Ohio University
Democratic Party
Ohio River bend curb plans eyed near Portsmouth
The State Highway Department is preparing special plans to curb the bend of the Ohio River near Portsmouth in Scioto County. The work aims to protect the surface of the Tow Path Road from river erosion.
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Columbus
U.P
State Highway Department
Ohio River
Portsmouth
Scioto County
James Anderson to Speak on Pension Law at Athens Eagles Hall
Stark County's representative in the Ohio Legislature James Anderson will speak on the old age pension law at the Eagles Hall in Athens on Wednesday evening October 10. The Eagles support the old age pension law for the nation.
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James Anderson
Stark County
Ohio
Eagles Hall
Athens
Eagles
Borah to Speak in Hoover Campaign Closing Rounds
Senator William E. Borah was named the big gun orator for the Hoover Curtis campaign's closing stage. John Q. Tilson said Borah will tour the East to North Carolina, delivering about 20 speeches from a private rail car. Charles E. Hughes also to speak five times, west to Chicago, as Hoover’s train reaches Washington and prepares for Boston address.
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Washington
W.R
William E. Borah
John Q. Tilson
The
United Press Today
Tilson
Senate
Borah
North Carolina
Hoover-Curtis
Charles E. Hughes
Chicago
Herbert Hoover
Elizabethton
Friends Meeting House
Boston
Refuse Appeal of William Hickman
William Edward Hickman, the 14 year old killer of Marion Parker, had his United States Supreme Court appeal denied. He remains scheduled for execution by hanging in Los Angeles on October 19.
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Washington
U.P
William Edward Hickman
Marion Panker
United States Supreme Court
Los Angeles
Samuel Tryon Dies Here on Sunday
Samuel Tryon, 77, of Millfield, died at 5 o'clock Sunday evening from heart disease at his brother Alonzo Tryon's home in Athens. He had come from Millfield three weeks earlier on a visit and fell ill. Funeral services will be held at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at 46 Second Street. Burial will be in Trimble.
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Samuel Tryon
Millfield
Alonzo Tryon
Second Street
Athens
Trimble
Supreme Court Refuses Rehearing in Wire-Tapping Case
The U S Supreme Court today refused to grant a rehearing in the Roy Olmstead wire tapping case. Olmstead of Seattle and over a dozen accomplices were convicted and sentenced, with the high court’s five to four vote sustaining the legality of federal prohibition agents wire tapping. No further appeal remains.
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Washington
U.R
United States Supreme Court
Roy Olmstead
Seattle
Prisoner in Bandages Recalls Fatal Fire at Brick Plant
Ralph Braun, badly burned and confined to hospital, describes the Junction City prison brick plant fire. He explains inmates awakened by shouting, chaos at the stairwell, doors jammed, and prisoners trampling one another as they fought to escape into the open.
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Ohio State Penitentiary
Ralph Braun
Junction City
Braun
Movie Operators Parade From Theater to Police Station
Five moving picture operators face Sun day Blue Law charges after a Sabbath show disrupted police with a relay of arrests. Despite 22 arrests the theater kept showing while operators swapped roles and bonds were arranged. The next act was to be staged in Mayor Duff's courtroom today.
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Martins, Ferry
Martins Ferry
Louis Eick
Eick
Vogler
Kenneth Koehnsein
Carl
Kenneth Maguire
State begins probe of fire at brick plant
Junction City officials report a major fire at the state brick plant dormitory with at least 17 believed dead. State welfare director John E. Harper state engineer John D. Bloodgood and welfare department assistant superintendent J D. Clark lead the inquiry into the blaze origin.
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STATE
Junction City
Ohio State Penitentiary
John E. Harper
John D. Bloodgood
J. D. Clark
Finsterwald Named Athens Police Chief in 1920
Edwin Sayre Finsterwald aged 34 was chosen to head the Athens police, succeeding Herb J. Parker who resigned to run for sheriff. A WWI veteran and Ohio University graduate, he ranked 92 on the civil service exam and will assume duties after reporting to Safety Director Franz Woodworth.
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Edwin Sayre Finsterwald
John Finsterwald
Athens
Herb J. Parker
Franz Woodworth
Safety Direcor
Peter Finsterwald
Athens County
Chief Finsterwald
Ohio University
Sigma Pi
Elks Lodge
American Legion
Alex Moore
the Post
University
Moore
Charles Maple
Stir in GOP Ranks Over Smith Religion Letter
Guntersville Alabama Republican National Committeeman Oliver D Street circulated 200000 copies of a circular claiming Gov Al Smith's religion was a campaign issue Hubert Work national GOP chairman rebuked the Alabaman in a telegram stating he regretted the circulation of the letter.
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Oliver D. Street
Guntersville
Ala
al Smith
Hubert Work
G.O. P
Work
Governor Donahey declines probe into Heywood shooting
Columbus October 8 Governor Vic Donahey will not order a state investigation of the shooting of Miss Betty Heywood Elyria by a Lorain county enforcement squad unless evidence is submitted to prove the Lorain County Grand Jury which investigated the case failed to do its duty.
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Columbus
Vic Donahey
Betty Heywood
Elyria
Dorain City
Larain County
Prison Fire At Ohio Brick Plant Kills and Injures Prisoners
A fire at the brick plant dormitory housing 288 Ohio State Penitentiary inmates near Junction City trapped many. Officials fear 12 to 15 dead. 8 burned prisoners among up to 21 listed missing after the blaze in the early hours. Detected in basement with clothing stockpiled, cause suspected as faulty wiring. Guards, residents aided in evacuations. stockade inmates and clothing were distributed from Columbus.
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Junction City
Ohio State Penitentiary
Here
Lecuty
Fhewptea
Welch
Roseville
State Penitentiary
Columbus
Blosser
I. N. Grafton
William O'Malley
Cleveland
O'Malley
Plane Crash in Cincinnati Kills Pilot and Harms Passenger
In Cincinnati Ohio a plane crash killed chief pilot L E Connelly and seriously injured Theodore Hunter 23 who suffered a skull fracture. The incident left one person dead and another hospitalized.
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Cincinnati
P—ong
Newtown
Feodore Hunter
L . E. Connelly
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Stella Howe
Vivian Frederick Kerr
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William Hickman
U. S. Supreme Court
Projector
Finsterwald
Mayor Moore
Penitentiary
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