Prohibition Chief Praises Ohio Enforcement Efforts
Rupert Beetham Ohio state prohibition commissioner told the Brotherhood of Evangelical Churches in Tiffin that prohibition enforcement costs were offset by revenue and that bootleggers once thrived in saloons. He warned repeated claims of failure are unfounded and cited statewide inspection progress.
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Tiffin
U.P
Prohibion
Ealing
Rupert Beetham
Columbus
Beetham
Brotherhood of Evangelal
Ohio
Prohibition Agent Probes Statements by Baynham
State Prohibition Agent George Raynham questioned statements attributed to Baynham in a Myhowdown meeting with County Prosecutor Don Myers. The inquiry, before Assistant Director W. Aldrich, included Sheriff Jence Adams and others, amid questions about liquor law enforcement in Lorain County and Northern Ohio.
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Dentes
Morain
George Raynham
Don Myers
Raynham
Pecking Valley
Jbaynham
Lorain County
Ohio
Baynham
Republan
Astant State Prohibition
W. Aldrich
Myers
Jence Adams
D. Backus
Bayn
Quesand
Inter
Rebels Seize American Autos and Supplies in Brazil
The American consul at Porto Alegre reports rebels in Rio Grande do Sul have confiscated American automobiles and oil plus other supplies. No further details were provided to the State Department.
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Washington
U.P
Porto Algre
Rio Grande de 1
Famous Love Affairs booklet offered by The Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger advertises a new booklet titled Famous Love Affairs collecting real stories of men and women famed for romantic exploits from India Egypt Italy Germany England and more. The pamphlet highlights love as a driving force with many tales of tragedy and happiness and invites readers to mail a coupon with payment.
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Athens
India
Egypt
Mice
Italy
Germany
England
Labor Federation Seeks Hoover Unemployment Committee Action
The American Federation of Labor at its Boston convention voted to urge President Hoover to appoint a national unemployment relief committee and to solicit cooperation from state governors and city mayors to form committees. They aim to begin immediate work to ease winter distress and resist national or state unemployment insurance. President Green voiced opposition to unemployment insurance, stressing workers’ desire for freedom.
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Boston
U.K
American Federation of Labor
Hoover
William Green
Federation
Blizzard Grounds Western States as Army Fliers Sit Down
Western snowstorm hits including Montana Wyoming Colorado Idaho and Utah blocking air and land travel. Army pilot Lieut Woodring hoped to resume a continental flight with a duplicate ratification document while Lieut Caldwell disappeared near Laramie after the storm forced him down and Woodring landed at Cheyenne following a near crash.
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Denver
Colo
U.rk
Rocky Mountain Region
Montana
Wyoming
Colorado
Idaho
Utah
Edwin A. Woodring
Woodring
William Caldwell
Victoria
B. C
Laramie
Caldwell
Cheyenne
Turmoil across the globe sparks student protests and royal anger
In Spain students burn a royal portrait as Berenguer closes the University of Barcelona. They decapitate a government adviser who urged peasants to eat grass, parade the severed head on a pole, drawing parallels to French Revolution excess.
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Spain
Berenguer
University of
Barcelona
Maps Show Speakeasies Across National Capital
Two recently published maps will intrigue historians. One marks all speak easy locations in the rational capital with numerous black specks resembling a child’s face full of pox, each speck indicating a bootleg resort.
Map shows South America divided by revolutions
The Other Map highlights most of the continent as revolutionary zones with dense shading while Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Uruguay appear as small white, peaceful gaps.
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South America
Chile
Colombia
Venezuela
Ecuador
Paraguay
Uruguay
This Country Resists Destructive Stock Gambling Fever
The article argues the nation has not lost nerve after a stock gambling fever and lacks revolutionary tendencies any police cannot handle. It claims there is no dole akin to England's that would sap the will to work, avoiding nationwide idleness funded by subsidies.
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England
Edison Strike At Orange Factory Sparks Wage Question
A strike at the Edison factory in Orange New Jersey is noted as possible if wage cuts occurred. The article praises Edison’s overall impact on workers worldwide with high wages and improved living standards, while noting his age and philosophy that gratitude is unlikely.
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Edison
Orange
N. J
Rioting Nazi Groups Attack Jews in Berlin
In Berlin the Hitlerites, imitation Fascists called Nazi, continue rioting and attacking shops and persons of Jews. The faction is the second most powerful party in the city, with reports of ongoing violence and intimidation. This item continues on Page.
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Berlin
Nazi
Hoover Discusses Exchange Reform With Leaders
New York dated report says Wall Street expects self cleansing by the market after talks between President Hoover and NYSE President Richard Whitney and Vice President Allen Lindley. Traders link recent weakness to organized bear short selling and see tightening on stock loans as a sign of action.
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New York
Wall Street
Shorts
Stock Exchange
Hoover
Washington
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Allen L. Lindley
Whitney
Gasoline War at Cleveland to Be Probed
Independent distributors led by Charles Cohen of Marvel Gas & Oil Co announce a dual inquiry into a three cent price cut by Standard Oil. They plan to ask the Federal Trade Commission and possibly the state attorney general or county prosecutor to investigate as unfair competition. New retail prices stand at 16 cents for regular and 19 cents for premium, with road tax included.
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Cleveland
Grapes Wasted as Record Ohio Harvest Sours Prices
Northern Ohio vineyards report a record grape crop driving prices to ten dollars a ton or half a cent a pound. Grapes spoil on Lake Erie islands near Sandusky and carloads head toward Cleveland Cincinnati Detroit and Toledo. Growers say a shift from wine to home brew has hit the market.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Erie
Sandusky
Cincinnati
Detroit
Toledo
Tragic Ending To College Romance in Toledo
In Toledo an estranged couple, Clarence Schultz and Victoria Schultz, both found dead after a murder suicide. Schultz lured his wife to Ida Michigan, then shot her twice before turning the pistol on himself. Ruth Sizer accompanied them. she was not harmed. The pair had been married six years amid a conflict over work and separation.
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Toledo
U.R
Clarence Schultz
Victoria
Schultz
Ida, Mich
Hoover Jr to stay high in mountains near Asheville
Herbert Hoover Jr son of the President will be moved later this fall to Asheville North Carolina to aid his recovery from a tubercular infection Dr Joel T Boone White House physician announced The site on Sunset Mountain overlooks the city at about 3000 feet altitude He is currently at the presidential camp on the Rapidan in Virginia and is not active in aviation due to the illness.
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Washington
U.R
Herbert Hoover, Jr
Asheville
N. C
Joel T. Boone
White House
Sunset Mountain
Seepey Castle
Young Hoover
Rapidan
Virginia
McCulloch Attacks Bulkley On Wet Dry Issue In Ohio
Senator Roscoe McCulloch spoke to over 1,000 supporters at Mahoning County Republican HQ in Youngstown Oct 16 arguing Bulkley has offered no constructive replacement for the Woolstead Law and warning against nullification. He defended the Tariff Act of 1930 and warned about economic risks to wages and living standards.
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Youngstown
Roscoe
McCulloch
Mahoning County
Sen
Robert J. Bulkley
Cleveland
Bulkley
Democratic ticket campaigns swing into Northwestern Ohio
The Democratic caravan led by Robert J. Bulkley and George W. White moved into Northwestern Ohio as Republican rivals Roscoe C. McCulloch and Myers Y. Cooper entered metropolitan areas. Bulkley and White spoke with the Ohio League of Women Voters in Zanesville while McCulloch was detained in Northern Ohio and could not attend.
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Columbus
U.R
Robert J. Bulkley
Cleveland
U. S
George W. White
Marietta
Ohio
Roscoe C. MccCulloch
Myers Y. Cooper
Bulkley
White
Ohio League of Women Voters
Zanesville
McCulloch
League
Fliers Plan North American Flight From Ireland in November
Capt. J. Errol Boyd and Lieut. Harry Connor announced to UPI they will fly the monoplane Columbia from Croydon or Baldon nel in Ireland to North America in November. They recently crossed the North Atlantic from Harbor Grace Newfoundland to Rescoe in the Scilly Isles, forced to land due to a gasoline feed pipe break.
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London
U.P
Errol Boyd
Harry Connor
Croydon
Baldonnel
Ireland
North America
Boyd
United Press Today
North Atlantic
Harbor Grace
Newfoundland
Rescoe
Scilly Isles
Fate of state office building injunction rests with judge
Up to Judge Columbus, Oct 16, fate of the state office building injunction suit rests with Common Pleas Judge Charles A Leach Jr today.
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Columbus
U.R
Common Pleas
Charles A. Leach
Census booklet ready for Messenger readers
The Athens Messenger offers a 1930 census booklet via Washington Information Bureau for ten cents. It compares 1930 with 1920, lists state populations, towns over 2500, and ranks of 200 leading cities. No similar nationwide 1930 or 1936 publication exists yet. buyers should save the booklet for decade‑long reference.
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United States
Athens Messenger
Messenger
Washington Information Bureau
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskins
Washington ,D. C
Census Bureau
Artificial Long Wins Girl's Fight Against Slow Death
Frances McGaan, a Chicago student nurse, has battled infantile paralysis since September 11. She owes survival to an unusual respirator that sustains her breathing by alternating air pressures, keeping her alive despite paralysis.
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Frances McGaan
Chicago
Bloomquist
Texet
Miss McGaan
Witness Cox Shot? Throat Slashed Before Senate Probe
James N. Cox a witness in the Senate Campaign Fund Investigating Committee was found with his throat cut and in critical condition after an attack in Nashville. Bradley McGinneless fellow witness said he was with Cox earlier but offered no explanation. Cox leads the Cannaborro Telephone Company and is linked to fundraising sources for Judge Cordell Hull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James N. Cox
Senate Campaign Committee
Nashville
Tenn
U.P
Senate Campaign Fund Investigating Committee
Cox
Bradley McGinness
Carthage
Cookville
Township trustees convene to discuss rural road conditions
The Ohio State Association of Township Trustees and Clerks of Southeastern Ohio opened in Athens with 1560 officials at Ew ing Hall. Governor pressing rural relief, Rep S K Mardis outlined winter aid and drought relief priorities for Athens Meigs Hocking Vinton Washington counties.
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Ohio State Association of Township Trustees
Ohio
Athens
Ewing Hall
Ohio University
Joe KR
Thomas Hagenville
Hocking
Meigs
Morgan
Vinton
Washington
S. K. Mardis
E. LeFever
A. P. Sandies
Civil Service Commission
John 8. Edwards
Tax Commission
William B. Gitteau
Better’ Highways Magazine
Army aviator dies in crash near Lookout Wyoming
Lieut. William Caldwell an Army aviator was killed when his plane crashed near Lookout Wyoming during a blizzard yesterday The crash was reported by KR W Meskimen pilot of a Boeing Air Transport Company west bound plane who saw the wreckage and the body still in it from the air near Lookout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheyenne
Wyo
U.P
William Caldwell
Lookout
Boeing Air Transport Company
KR. W. Meskimen
Caldwell
Furniture dealer dies after fall from third floor window
Max Goodman 45 proprietor of Healy Furniture Company falls from a third floor window during inventory at the Columbus store. He dies on the concrete paving below. Relatives say he was in good health and discount reports of suicide.
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Columbus
Max Goodman
Healy Furniture Company
Goodman
Plane wreck sighting fuels search for missing pilot
A rancher near Lookout 39 miles northeast of Laramie reports wreckage of a plane in the mountains. Authorities fear it may be Lieut William Caldwell missing after a blizzard while delivering the Japanese ratification of the London Naval Treaty. Lieut Edwin A Woodring also flew eastward after his craft was forced down near Laramie.
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Laramie
Wyo
U.R
Lookout
Here
William Caldwell
Caldwell
Edwin A. Woodring
Woodring
Schoolboy Killed at Noon Near Rock Riffle School
Eight year old Harry Carsey was struck by a truck driven by Pete Coss while playing in the school recess area at Rock Riffle School. The accident occurred at noon and police are investigating this afternoon. the Carsey family lives near Mechanicsburg.
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Harry Carsey
Pete Coss
Carsey
Mechanicsburg
Bachelors Held Over girl-murders on Grandview Island
West Virginia authorities hold Charles Henry and his brother Ray along with five others in connection with the murder of a young child on Grandview Island Ohio River case. trunks of girls clothing and hundreds of letters found. investigators review missing girl records to link other slayings to the Henrys and associates.
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New Martinsville
W. Va
Lonely Island
Charles Henry
Heathouse
Ohio River
Henry
Ray
Garland Hailey
Grandview Island
Mra Liva Eddy Batley
Stain
Henry Brothers
Ohio
Miami
Fla
St. Louis
Classified ads offer dahlia blooms and radios
Today in The Messenger classifieds readers can buy dahlia blooms for 60e per dozen delivered and a five tube radio with two batteries and a charger for 15 dollars. Also listed is an item described as delicious ape for tea priced at 1.25 each.
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Promisition
Rob American
Athens Messenger Formation Bureau
J. Haskin
Kington, D. C
Labor Federation
Unemployment Committee
Arthur Brisbane
King Measures Incorporated
Leaders OF Exchange
Standard Oil
Hoover JR
MC Gullogh
Connor
Columbia
Oes
Grash
Nton
West Virginia
O. J. Hill
Clyde McBee
James Dunn
Henry Island
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