Tragedy at Pt Pleasant Air Show Claims Two Fliers
Two stunt pilots, Graham and Burnell, died when their Aeronca monoplane crashed into the Ohio River near Pt Pleasant West Virginia after a 5:10 p m display. The wreckage was recovered by a guard cutter, but both men were pronounced dead. Eyewitnesses report the engine surged and the plane nosedived during the stunt flight.
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Vo Fliers
Pt. Pleasant
Edna Ervin
Messenger
Lipolis
Ohio River
W. Va
Graham
Pury
Sss Burnell
Gallipolis Airways
Eye Witte
Gomaneuvers
Barged Worker Is So Soft Himself
A garbled report mentions a discharged comptroller and a department head in a state issue. The fragment references Col. John A. and a liquor department matter with unclear details.
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Department of Liquor
Col. John A.epartment
Survivor reports personal crisis and missing friend
A survivor recalls a friend’s personal crisis as authorities search. A man named John, age seventy, is found dead with his body suspended in a clothes closet. The case involves an investigation and planned burial for those connected.
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John
Investil
Cothes
Ohio Week End Mishaps Leave Nineteen Dead
Associated Press reports a deadly Ohio weekend with an airplane crash into the Ohio River a glider crash in Cincinnati and numerous auto accidents statewide. In Cleveland seven fatalities accompanied by deaths in Canton and elsewhere including Mary Boucher and Arthur Hendren ages 46 and 50 and James 45 Edward Pinchek 21 and Mrs Sarah Guerra 1 among the victims.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Canton
Mary Boucher
Arthur Hendren
Weiser
Idaho
James
Edward Pinchek
Sarah Guerra
Guerra
U S Firm on Silver Policy Stands by Congress Rule
The United States says it will maintain its silver policy buying silver in world markets. Secretary of State Hull sent a note to Nanking promising consideration to China while defending the policy as Congress established and unchangeable by the executive.
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Washington
United States
China
Hull
Congress
Youth Finds Mother Slain
In Dayton on October 15 William J. Hennessy 41 a patternmaker shot and killed his wife Margaret 40 then shot himself and hanged in his garage. Their son Charles 14 found the body in a car in the driveway. Neighbors alerted police after the boy ran indoors. A prior threat to shoot occurred three months earlier amid domestic troubles.
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Dayton
William J. Hennessy
Margaret
Charles
Hennessy
Five Die in Collision With Bus Near Aberdeen Maryland
Five African American people were fatally injured when their automobile collided with a heavy passenger bus near Aberdeen Maryland early today. Three died at the scene and two others died later in Havre De Grace hospital.
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Aberdeen
Here
Havre de Grace
Nudists Conclude Conference Amid Cold Ohio Weather
Delegates to the Third Annual International Nudist Conference left Akron after two days as eighteen states members regretted the inhospitable Ohio weather. Prominent speakers addressed the gathering at the Nolan Country Club before departure.
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Akron
Nolan Country Club
Ohio
Crucial Day In Stoll Kidnaping Sparks New Hope
In Louisville on October 15 the fifth day of the Alice Speed Stoll kidnapping saw authorities pressing, with ransom of 50000 dollars tied to Nashville. Fears of harm lingered as a potential sighting near Warren County prompted renewed rural searches and an Army air sweep.
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Louisville
UPI
Alice Speed Stoll
Mrs. Stoll
Warren County
Nashville
Stoll
James E. Scales
Suit Stealers Back in Jail
Delphos Ohio Oct 15 Robert Coombs 22 and Daniel Reier 18 are jailed awaiting return to Mansfield reform School after escaping Wednesday. They entered William Ricker's home near Delphos Sunday wearing his clothes. Ricker spotted them on the road, gave a ride to the police station, and officers fired in the air to halt their flight.
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Delphos
Robert Coombs
Daniel Reier
Putnam County
Mansfield
William Ricker
Ricker
Coombs
Reler
Brown To Speak Over Three Stations Tonight
Clarence J. Brown, Republican candidate for governor, will speak tonight at 7 30 over a network of three Ohio radio stations. His address may be heard over WLW Cincinnati WHK Cleveland and WSPD Toledo. The schools of Ohio is the announced subject.
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Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Wlw
Cincinnati
WHK
Cleveland
WSPD
Toledo
Brown
Johnson Quits NRA After Long Public Service
Washington Oct 15 Hugh S Johnson resigns from the NRA ending 16 months of public service. He steps down after serving with the industrial recovery administration he created while seven colleagues fill his former duties as executive power is reduced.
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Washington
Hugh
Johnson
NRA
Industrial Recovery Administration
Roosevelt
Episcopal Delegates Study Name Change Proposal
Atlantic City Oct 5 upi Delegates to the Episcopal Church in the United States consider a constitutional change to drop Protestant from the church’s name and adopt Episcopal Church in the United States of America The committee on changes in the constitution reported this proposal to the house of deputies seeking a vote on the name change.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Upi
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
House of Resolution
Episcopal Church
United States of America
White Refuses To Speak at Columbus Political Rally
At a Columbus rally Governor George White attended but did not speak. Postmaster General James A. Farley endorsed the Democratic ticket, while Republican attacks on banking practices of Martin L. Davey and Donahen’s victory framed the campaign. Lamneck invited White to speak but he declined.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Farley
Paul Herbert
Martin L. Davey
Farley
Donahey
Davey
Charles West
New Deal
George White
A. P. Lamneck
Pierpont Set for Execution at Ohio Penitentiary
Silent and sullen Harry Pierpont sits in a death row cell at Ohio Penitentiary awaiting the summons for execution by electric chair. The date is scheduled between midnight Tuesday and midnight Wednesday for the murder of Sheriff Jesse Larber in Lima on October 12, 1933, a crime that helped John Dillinger briefly regain freedom. Warden Preston F. Thomas tightened guards and deployed a personal detail while checking out-of-state license plates near the prison.
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Columbus
Harry Pierpont
Ohio Penitentiary
Preston F. Thomas
Pierpont
Jesse Larber
Lima
John Dillinger
Troy Roads Are To Get FERA Projects
The State Relief Commission approved 38 FERA projects in 27 counties, providing employment for 603 people at a cost of 91,012 dollars. Projected work includes Athens Coolville township road improvements east of town for 4,820 dollars.
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Columbus
State Relief Commission
FERA
Athens
Coolville
Slayer of Policeman Goes to Death Tonight
Edward Miller, 28, convicted slayer of Canton policeman Albert Bush, faces execution tonight in the Ohio Penitentiary electric chair. Miller allegedly drew a weapon from under his pillow and tried to shoot when Bush and another officer entered Miller’s Canton bedroom on April 17.
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Columbus
Edward Miller
Canton
Ohio
Albert Bush
Bush
Miller
Hutchins Appointment Reported Imminent
President Roosevelt discussed with Robert M. Hutchins the likely appointment of Hutchins as chairman of the National Labor Relations Board following talks at the White House. The Chicago University president was routed for the top NL RB post.
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Washington
Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
National Labor Relations Board
Roosevelt
Potato Growth From Buried Bottle Neck Surprises Finders
Frank Rose and Eddie Strauss of Richland Avenue uncovered a potato that started its growth in the neck of a broken bottle buried underground and continued through the bottle to emerge on the opposite side.
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Frank Rose
Eddie Strauss
Richland Avenue
Repairs Begin Caulking Windows at Athens County Courthouse
Work started today on caulking and weather stripping windows as part of the courthouse repair program in Athens County. The project aims to seal gaps and improve energy efficiency during the ongoing building renovations.
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Athens County
Poincare Dies at 74 in Paris Home
Paris reports Raymond Poincare, wartime president and famed World War I figure, has died at 74 after a brief illness. A national funeral is planned with state ceremonies at the Pantheon and Notre Dame before burial at Sampigny Nubecourt, as France mourns the demise of "the last of the great men."
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Paris
Raymond Poincare
France
Marseille
M. Poincare
Alexander
Louis Barthou
Lebrun
Belgrade
Pantheon
Notre Dame Cathedral
Premier Doumergue
Sampigny
Nubecourt
The
Riviera
Admits He Threw Child Into Apartment Furnace
Mount Vernon, Oct. 15 AP Police say Lawrence Stone confessed to throwing 5 year old Nancy Jean Costigan into a large basement furnace at the apartment house where he worked as a handyman. Blood on clothes and a trail through the basement helped confirm the confession amid details of the kill.
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Mount Vernon
N. Y
Lawrence Stone
Husky
Nancy Jean Costigan
Stone
Michael
Silverstein
Jean
Fresh Beef Issued At Central Stations
Fresh beef distributed today at the central food station in Athens will be given out tomorrow and Wednesday at Nelsonville Glouster and Chauncey. Canned beef continues on regular schedule for families using government food from stores. The Chauncey station opens in the old Sunday Creek store on High Street.
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Central Food
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster
Chauncey
Sunday Creek Company
High Street
Smart
Speary
Findlay Professor James Deming Dies of Pneumonia
Findlay Illinois October 15 James Deming professor of English at Findlay College died early today of pneumonia. He formerly taught at Iowa State University.
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Findlay
James Deming
Findlay College
Iowa State University
Mysterious Man Peter Domanski Hangs Self in Toledo Rooming House
A man identified as Peter Domanski hanged himself in a Toledo rooming house using two shoestrings. Police report notes no note found and case under local investigation.
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Toledo
Peter Domanski
Brown Opposes Public Aid for Private Parochial Schools
Republican governor candidate Clarence J. Brown declares he is unalterably opposed to using state funds for private or parochial schools. He states money from the state school fund should support public schools only. The move marks the parochial issue’s first major entrance into the race as he travels to Toledo to outline this stance. Democratic candidate Martin L. Davey has not clarified his position on public aid for private schools.
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Columbus
Clarence J. Brown
Brown
Toledo
Martin L. Davey
First Lady Mrs Roosevelt Urges Campaign for Friend
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt announced five campaign speeches in New York urging the election of her old friend Mrs. Daniel O'Day as congresswoman at large. Separate dispatches note steelmakers turning to auto industry for orders and Evangelical Church delegates returning home without action on a merger with United Brethren.
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Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Daniel O'Day
Akron
Thirty-First General Conference
The
Evangelical Church
United Brethren Church
Judge S M Johnson Back in Athens County Probate Post
Judge S M Johnson resumes duties as Athens County Probate Judge after several weeks of severe illness confinement at home.
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S. M. Johnson
Athens County
European Nations Weigh Bets Before Engaging Conflict
Santa Monica column notes Europe delays war by avoiding exclusive alliances. Nations await offers like freelancing actors, as in World War I, with France seeking potential services and Poland previously signed but canceled, leaving both sides to wait for the best option. Will Rogers signs off.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Europe
Free Lancing
Free Lance
France
Poland
Will Rogers
Hauptmann Testifies About Alibi On March 1 1932 Night
Bruno Hauptmann told Supreme Court Justice Hammer at the Bronx court he was at his 222nd Street home in the Bronx on the night of March 1 1932 the Lindbergh baby kidnapping date. He recalled taking his wife Anna to work and having supper at a bakery before returning home.
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New York
Bruno Hauptmann
Supreme Court
Ernest E. L. Hammer
Bronx
Lindbergh
Hauptmann
Anna
James M. Fawcett
Plot Aimed At Ohio Child Threat Appears
Salem Ohio reports a note threatening to kidnap or kill the two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Hiram Greiner Jr unless they pay $8000. An American Legion guard was placed over the child and federal agents joined the investigation after the note was found beneath the door a week ago.
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American Legion Guard
Salem
Salem, O
Hiram Greiner, Jr
American Legion
Parenta
Department of Justice
Tippie Changes Plea and Is Sentenced in Ohio Penitentiary
Oliver Tippie, one of two men indicted for robbery by the Athens County Grand Jury, withdrew his not guilty plea and pleaded guilty to pocket picking in Common Pleas Court before Judge F. Rowland. He was sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiary. Mitchell remains in custody awaiting trial on the robbery charge. Frank Watkins was fined $100 and costs for driving while intoxicated.
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Oliver Tippie
Athens County
F. Rowland
Common Pleas
Guily
Ohio
Tippie
Harry Mitchell
C. L. Dawson
South Bridge
Mitchell
Frank Watkins
Rowland
Columbus taxi fleet idle in fare meter protest
Columbus observed about 126 taxicabs idle as drivers protest the retention of a meter fare system. The action halted pickups citywide, reflecting discontent with rate collection methods and signaling broader disapproval among operators.
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Columbus
Death of Dr Edward S Lewis noted in Cincinnati obituary
Dr Edward S Lewis a 79 year old Methodist clergyman and longtime editor of Methodist Church School publications died at Christ Hospital Cincinnati after a long career with church publications. His work influenced many in the denomination across the Ohio area.
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Cincinnati
Edwards. Lewis
Methodist Church Schoo
Christ Hospital
Miners in Hungary Threaten Mass Death in Distressed Pit
About 1,200 coal miners in PECS Hungary have been hunger striking for days and holding 96 hours of self confinement 1000 feet underground. Officials debated forcing them to surface while fearing foreign and domestic backlash. Guards at the pit mouth threaten entry with pickaxes as villagers send aid while negotiations stall.
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Pecs
Hungary
GUARD
Frood
Minister of Commerce
Air Mail Cancellation Appeal Rejected by Supreme Court
The government won in the Supreme Court today as it rejected a challenge to the February cancellation of air mail contracts. Lower courts had ruled the government could not be sued without its consent, and the high court let that ruling stand.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Transcontinential
Western Air, Inc
Feth Undergoes Second Operation at University Hospital
Jacob Feth of Athena Route 1 underwent a second operation on Saturday at University Hospital Columbus. He earlier had surgery at the same hospital last April and has remained in poor health since.
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Jacob Feth
Athena
University Hospital
Columbus
Feth
Yugoslav Subjects Weep for Martyr
Yugoslav subjects wept before the coffin of the king as a royal train carried the casket through towns from Split to Zagreb and Belgrade. The train halted at several stops due to thousands seeking last respects to Alexander, with Belgrade already crowded with foreign princes and notables.
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Yugoslavia
Split
Marseille
Dubrovnik
Alexander
Belgrade
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