Davey Defends Against Libel Charge at Kent Gathering
Democratic candidate L Davey rebutted Paul Herbert libel claims over city bank dealings and bond payments. He urged a two year monitor of principal bond payments and emergency measures to keep schools, police, and city services functioning amid Ohio financial crisis. Other speakers included M Goddard chairing and D Bardin with remarks from local officials and candidates.
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Paul M. Herbert
Govert Davey
Kent
Govert Herbert
Davey
City Bank
Ugh
Ohio
Rennels
Fee
Daveys
Paul Herbert
Kington Street
Ips
Relief rolls drop sharply for Washington families
L H Hopkins relief administrator told reporters that the number of people on relief fell from 3,800,000 in July to 3,000,000 in August.
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Lief Roop
Ashington
L. Hopkins
Fresh Outbreaks Of Strikes Seen If Truce Fails
Washington reports indicate labor leaders expect a fresh wave of strikes within six months unless President Roosevelt secures the proposed industrial truce. Oklahoma City notes fringe debates over labor goals and the Recovery Act amid a growing push for economic security and shorter work weeks. San Francisco reports President Green predicting 1,000,000 more workers will join organized labor in a push for industrial unions across mass production industries.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oklahoma City
Frances Perkins
Hugh 8. Johnson
NRA
Fabor
San Francisco
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Hurring
Green
United Mine Workers of America
Federation Executive Council
Tiger Hurler Takes Bride in Detroit
Detroit on Oct 12. Lynwood Thomas Rowe, star pitcher for the Detroit Tigers, marries Edna Mary Skinner of El Dorado Arkansas in a hotel ceremony with Tigers teammate Ervin Fox as best man. They plan a southern honeymoon and will live in El Dorado before heading to Florida for spring training.
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Detroit
Lynwood Thomas Rowe
Edna Mary Skinner
el Dorado
Ark
Detroit Tigers
C. L. Calkins
Preston Methodist Church
Ervin
Pete) Fox
Tigers
Mrs. Fox
Fox
South
Florida
Massacre Evidence Implicates Combine in 1933 Case
Federal agents probing the Kansas City Union Station massacre reported by the Washington Evening Star uncovered evidence of a political and gangster combine so strong that a federal grand jury inquiry would begin almost immediately. Rex Collier said two key figures had already been slain by gangsters, spurring haste in the grand jury probe to safeguard other prominent participants from similar fates.
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Washington
Washington Evening Star
Kansas City Union Station
Rex Collier
Star
Athens Police Buy Sub Machine Gun
Athens police bought a 4 Thompson sub-machine gun with part of the $200 raised at the Policeman's Ball. The weapon uses a cylinder magazine for 50 bullets and a clip for 20 more, fires 45 caliber rounds, and was test fired at the Athens Rifle Club range. Additional equipment will be purchased.
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Athens
Athens Rifle Club
Laura Nease, 77, Dies at Nease Settlement
Miss Laura Nease aged 77 died Thursday at her brother W. G. Nease's home in Nease Settlement. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 PM at the residence.
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Pomeroy
Laura Nease
W. G. Nease
Nease Settlement
P. T. A. Moves to Keep Ohio Schools Open
The Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers plans political action to defend school funding. It will quiz Legislature candidates on a foundation program, urges Education Week observance Oct 28 to Nov 3, and backs voting drives with a proposed funding of 45 dollars per elementary pupil and 67.50 per high school pupil. It opposes constitutional amendments restricting highway fuel revenue.
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Columbus
Ohio Congress of Parents and Teachers
Ohio
Congress
Ohio Education Association
State Canning End Near as Ohio Plan Concludes
The Ohio Relief Commission announced a state wide canning project will end by the end of October. About 180000 relief families participated starting Sept 1 with an average of 150 cases canned per family, filling shelves for next winter. County officials were told canning equipment orders will not be accepted after Oct 32.
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Columbus
Ohio Relief Commission
Ohio
Commission
16 Year Old Killed by Willoughby Police Shootout
Willoughby authorities say a 16 year old, Broadus Jackson, was shot and killed by Police Chief Charlies Ely after the boy allegedly prowled a Willoughby grocery store. The chief reported the youth jumped through a plate glass window as a patrolman entered the rear door and two shots were fired.
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Willoughbay
Charlies Ely
Willoughby
Broadus Jackson
Sunday Creek Submits Hospital Coal Contract
Columbus awarded a contract for 3,000 tons of nut and slack bituminous coal to Central West Coal Company for the United States Veteran Hospital Chillicothe. Sunday Creek Coal Company of Columbus will supply 5,009 tons of run-of-mine coal for the same institution.
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Columbus
United States Veteran Hospital
Chillicothe
Central West Coal Company
Sunday Creek Coal Company
Hauptmann’s Lawyer Plans 15 Witnesses in Habeas Hearing
In New York on October 12 the Lindbergh kidnapping case neared a showdown as Bruno Hauptmann’s lawyer James M. Fawcett prepared to call 15 witnesses at a habeas corpus hearing. New Jersey’s attorney general aimed to counter to gain custody. Fawcett vowed to appeal if ruled against, while naming witnesses who may dispute Hauptmann’s presence in Hopewell, New Jersey, the night of 1932. Frank Rossiter of Maplewood testified Hauptmann spoke briefly with him in a well lit place near the Sourland Mountain scene, though time remains unconfirmed.
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New York
Bruno Hauptmann
New Jersey
James M. Fawcett
Carpenter
Hauptmann
Fawcett
Hopewell
N. J
Charles Lindbergh, Jr
Frank Rossiter
Maplewood
Sourland Mountain
Rossiter
Robbers Seize Taxi and Wallet From Pomeroy Driver
Pomeroy Oct 12. A man and woman abducted taxi driver Donald Houck from Middleport after luring him to Jackson. A revolver was shown and his wallet and taxi were taken. Police traced the suspect to the Pickens boarding house in Louisville where he registered as Piggie Simms. Houck was later found stranded by Reverend Watts of Rio Grande.
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Pomeroy
Donald Hauck
Houck
Middleport
Jackson
Thurman
Rio Grande
Pickens
Piggie Simms
Louisville
Reverend Watts
Trains Collide Near Iowa City Killing Three
A Rock Island No 14 bound for Chicago derailed six miles east of Iowa City and was struck by westbound No 23. Three people died and at least six were critically injured as Train 28 from the east crashed into the derailed cars, with several others injured in the wreck that followed a prior Milwaukee derailment near Guttenberg.
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Iowa City
Rock Island
Here
Iowa
Milwaukee
Guttenberg
Bishop Expelled After Ten Year Struggle
Atlantic City Oct 12 Bishop William Montgomery Brown of Galion Ohio known as The Last of the Heretics was expelled from the Protestant Episcopal Church after ten years of appeals. The House of Bishops acted on a canon committee recommendation confirming his removal. Public health officials order paralysis containment closed the school at Big Prairie Holmes County.
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N. J
William Montgomery Brown
Galion
Protestant Episcopal Church
Brown
Enominational Court
House of Bishops
Committee On Canon
Big Prairie
Ville
Holmes County
Seven-Year-Old Boy Found Strangled in Trunk
Jersey City police report a seven year old boy, John Feeney Jr., found strangled and stuffed in an old trunk in a shack near the Morris Canal. The child had left Bayonne after school and disappeared. his father and friends searched dumps all night before reporting him missing.
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Grammar School
Jersey City
N. de
John Feeney, Jr
Morris
Bayonne
John Feeney, Sr
Rallies Planned by Republicans Across Athens County
Mrs Bricker and Mrs Day to headline wife campaign tours with Simeon D Fess Clarence J Brown Daniel Morgan and Gilbert Bettman among speakers. Events include Nelsonville buffet dinner Athens high school auditorium Glouster Memorial Auditorium Nelsonville Gallipolis Jackson and Ironton venues with breakfasts and meetings scheduled Monday and Tuesday.
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Security Bank
Hal H. Rowland
Simeon D. Fess
United States Senate
Clarence J. Brown
Daniel Morgan
Brown
Gilbert Bettman
Nelsonville
Bettman
American Legion
Fess
Athens
Morgan
Glouster
Southeastern Ohio Teachers’ Association
Memorial Auditorium
John W. Bricker
Arthur H. Day
Clarence. J. Brown
C. H. Bartlett
State Central Committee
Tenth District
Elmhurat
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Jackson
Ironton
Gallipolis Dam Bids Opened and Dams Planned
Plans for the Charles Mill and Wills Creek dams in the Muskingum Valley flood control project are sent to Washington for approval. Charles Mill Dam in Ashland County is estimated at 522000 dollars and Wills Creek Dam on the Muskingum Coshocton County line at about 1379000 dollars. Bids for the new Gallipolis Dam on the Ohio River nine miles below Gallipolis will be received November 20 by Major John F. Conklyn in the Huntington District.
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Cincinnati
Charies Mill
Wills Creek
Muskingum Valley
Washington
Roger G. Powell
U. & Army District
Charles Mill
Ashland County
Muskingum Coshocton
National Rural Carriers Chief to Address Harrisonville Meeting
W G Armstrong president of the National Rural Letter Carriers Association will address the Tenth District rural carriers gathering in Harrisonville after attending a Washington conference with postal heads. Other speakers include Congressman Jenkins state organizer Kress and Keirns. Gordon Buah was renominated to the Ohio Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
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W. G. Armstrong
National Rural Letter Carriers Association
Tenth Congressional District
Washington
Armsrong
Thomas A. Jenkins
C. N. Kress
Sardinia
Gilbert 8. Keirns
Ohio Rural Letter Carriers Association
Gordon K. Buah
the Messenger
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Press
Toledo
Mr A E Graham Ty Nerionely At His Home
A notice states that Mr A E Graham is at his home located at 308 State Street.
Republicans Sign Up Ex White House Coeds For Sorority Dance
Beverly Hills Calif. Republicans recruit ex White House coeds Mrs Benjamin Harrison Mrs Theodore Roosevelt Mrs Wil liam Howard Taft Mrs Calvin Coolidge and Mrs Herbert Hoover for a sorority hop in a campaign push. Will Rogers comments on the White House and wishes Mrs Franklin Roosevelt a happy birthday.
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White House
Beverly Hills
Calif
Benjamin Harrison
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoov
Speeding Train Carries Young Monarch Home
Paris dispatch says Little King Peter II of Yugoslavia travels in a guarded special train with his widow mother toward Belgrade. Queen Marie shows grief as two suspected terrorists in France admit a secret mission by a Yugoslav group, while authorities deny anti Italian rioting reports. The royal convoy faces delicate political duties and waits for the late arrival of King Alexander’s body from Marseille due to storm delays.
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Peter 11
Yugoslavia
Europe
Belgrade
Peter
Marie
France
Surete National
Alexander
Split
Marseille
Italy
Pomeroy Post Office Site Selected on Second Street
The Federal Post Office Department named the Ebersbach property on Second Street between the Public Library and the telephone exchange as the site for the new Pomeroy Post Office. The Ford garage building on the property must be cleared within 30 days. the sale price was $9,500.
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Pomeroy
Federal Post Office Department
Florence Smith
Ebersbach
Second Street
Telephone Exchange
Ford Garage
Pretty Boy Floyd Evades Death Trap Near Iowa
Charles Pretty Boy Floyd and two companions escaped a law set death trap at Cresco Iowa and appeared to head toward Ozark Hills after a gunfight with officers. They were later sighted near Princeton Missouri as they fled toward the Missouri badlands.
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Cresco
Iowa
Charles
Pretty Boy) Floyd
Southwest
Desperado
Ozark Hills
Princeton
Missouri Badlands
Gasoline Prices Cut Half-Cent a Gallon
Standard Oil Co of Ohio cuts retail gasoline by half cent a gallon effective tomorrow. Other firms may follow as wholesale prices for petroleum products drop due to the East Texas crude breakdown. Retail grades are 14, 12, and 10 1/2 cents per gallon plus four cents state tax and one cent federal tax.
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Cleveland
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Standard
Oklahoma
East Texas
Russian Archbishop Pommer Slain in Latvia Villa Fire
Doctor Pommer archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church was found slain in his burning villa in Riga Latvia early today. The body was discovered under straw as fire crews responded. Police have made no arrests in the killing and there is no immediate suspect.
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Riga
Latvia
Doctor Pommer
Pommer
Family Expects Contact After Matron Kidnap Ransom Paid
The Stall family confirms the $650,000 ransom is paid and awaits contact as Berry V. Stoll leads a Kentucky chase from Hodgenville to Elizabethtown seeking the kidnapper. Investigators clear maid Ann Wooler of involvement while police question a Charleston suspect.
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Louisville
Alice Speed
Berry V. Stoll
Daddy Browning Dies in New York Real Estate Operator
Edward West Browning known as Daddy Browning, a wealthy real estate operator and husband of Frances Heenan, died today in Scarsdale New York. He was prominent in New York society and real estate circles.
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Browning
New York
Edward West
Frances ‘‘Peaches” Heenan
Scarsdale
School PTA to Hold Annual Potluck Meeting
Junior-Senior High School Parent-Teacher Association will hold its annual potluck supper Monday at 6 p.m. in the high school gymnasium. Mrs. Dan Bardin chairs the social committee.
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Dan Bardin
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