United States joins Western powers in potential peace bid for Manchuria
Washington reports indicate seven western nations and Japan moved toward a peaceful solution in the Manchurian crisis. Stimson and Briand urged notes to Japan and China, with Britain Germany Italy Spain and Norway later joining Geneva talks. The Kellogg Pact framework was invoked to push pacific settlement and direct negotiations amid rising tensions.
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Woking
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France
Far East
Astern Mall Road
Pacific
Lights Out Final Tribute for Edison in National Darkness
West Orange New Jersey October 21 The nation will observe a final tribute to Thomas A Edison burial today near his works after a simple service The body was moved from his workshop library to Llewellyn Park home of the Edison family for the funeral There will be no eulogy per his wish A national lights out at 10 pm EST will mark the tribute as Hoover suggested The filament bulb he developed underpins the country tonight as lights go out for sixty seconds
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N. J
Thomas Ala Edison
Llewellyn Park
Fdisons
Hoover
Edison
Witness Sought In Columbus Shooting Mystery
Columbus police seek a Negro witness who knocked at the door moments before a fatal shooting. William H. Brown, an advertising man, was killed by Mrs Mandel Malloy in self defense after a scuffle during which she says she pointed a revolver to scare him into paying debts.
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Solumbus
Willia H. Brown
Brown
Mandel Malloy
Malloy
Shellenbarger
John F. O'Connor
Mailey
Stephen Malloy
Nana Daniels
Jacob Daniels
Ture
Sandusky Hits Fund Drive Milestone In Campaign
After a one day drive Sandusky leads a nationwide push for a 345661 dollar community fund spanning 376 cities in the United States. She is believed to have been first to hit the quota as campaigns began yesterday.
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Sandusky
United States
Goblins and Ghosts Parade in Athens Halloween Event
Southeastern Ohio children will join the Kinants Club in Athens on Friday October 90 for its third annual Halloween party on Court Street. Grownups may attend but the event centers on youngsters with a parade of costumed characters and prizes for best outfits. Traffic will be detoured to keep the street clear and expectations include further attractions yet to be announced. The club emphasizes preventing Halloween mischief by encouraging safe, fun activities for kids.
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Ohio
Athens
Kinanis Club
Court Street
Kinants Club
War prevention plan eyed after Laval visit to Washington
President Hoover and Secretary of State Stimson prepare to discuss supplementing the Kellogg Briand pact with automatic consultation and debt relief based on capacity to pay during Premier Laval of France's Washington visit. Laval will be welcomed with military honors, meet at the White House, and seek European peace groundwork amid German Polish tensions and Franco Italian naval issues.
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Hoover
Stimson
Raymond Clapper
United Press
Washington
Simson
France
Hoor
MacDonald
Iuevai
United States
Europe
Robers
Treasury Mille
Ray
Germany
Poland
Lavei
Walter Edge
White House
Edison Dream and Justice in a Day’s News
Governor Larson advocates Hoover era blackout to honor Edison with a one minute citywide darkness. Edison’s childhood ingenuity is noted as teachers labeled him absent minded yet he pursued ideas. Al Capone faces possible Leavenworth sentence as legal delays extend the process.
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Alphonse Capone
Big Shot
Wilkerson
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Way Some General May Become Greatest National Hero
Beverly Hills editor sketches a speculative take on how a general could become a national hero by shaping key victories and public sentiment. The letter discusses historical milestones and imagines future recognition, hinting at colonial and wartime outcomes in a provocative, opinionated tone.
Frank Day dies. Milan Ledger editor mourned
Funeral services were held today for Frank A. Day editor of the Milan Ledger and Civic Club president who promoted a Thomas A Edison memorial in Milan his birthplace. He died last Sunday about an hour after Edison’s death.
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Edison
Hoover Era National Committee Meet Nears Dec 16
A Republican National Committee meeting likely December 16 will appoint a new national chairman if President Hoover’s decision is ready. Senator Simeon D Fess may retire when Hoover acts. Mark L Requa and Henry B. Robinson are considered. finances worsen as Democrats report a 1.5 million victory fund.
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Republican National Committee
Simeon D Fess
Hoover
Fess
Mark L Requa
Republican National
California
Henry B. Robinson
Los Angeles
Claudus Huston
National Committee
Cleveland
Chicago
Three Capitals Visit Dawn To Dusk Flight Tribute
Mayor Jimmy Doolittle completed a dawn to dusk flight linking Ottawa Washington Birmingham Corpus Christi and returned toward St Louis after a 11 hours 45 minutes actual flying time plus 12 hours 25 minutes elapsed. Mexicans and Americans honored the trip during a stop in Mexico City before departure.
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PRR
Canada
United States
Mexico
Jimmy Doolittle
St Louis
Doolittle
Valbuena Fying Field
Ottawa
Washington
Birmingham
Ala
Corpus Christi
Texas
League Grows Impatient as Manchurian Dispute Stalls
Geneva October 21. The League of Nations council showed growing impatience over the Manchurian dispute with adjournment discussions and demands for a swift solution. A Chinese side dossier on the Manchuria issue was submitted, while Japan pressed for no fixed withdrawal date and accused China of railway violations.
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U.P
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League Council
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Briand
Stimson
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Eret
Hon
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Counciloday
League
Tokyo
Manchuria
Interstate Commission to raise freight rates on key commodities
Washington reports the Interstate Commerce Commission plans a $3 per car freight increase on coal and steel related goods including anthracite and bituminous coal coke iron ore copper ore concentrates and other ore shipments. Additional impacts include a $3 rise for pit iron scrap iron and scrap steel while Ohio road projects may face higher costs for sand travel broken stone cement and brick under the new policy.
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Goal
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Muireads
Ohio
President Ohio League of Women Voters Hon ors Mra Stanley
Dayton, Oct 21. Mrs Mra Stanley of Dayton was chosen president of the Ohio League of Women Voters at its convention last night succeeding Mrs Agnes Milton of Cincinnati who resigned due to illness. Delegates moved to hold the election then. Other officers named include Mrs Walter Schaeffer Dayton first vice president, Mrs John Weinig Cincinnati treasurer, and trustees Mrs George Stewart Norwalk Mrs Bertram Blackwood Lakewood Mrs Charles Kriehbloom Canton Mrs W E Henderson Columbus Mrs William Schultz Zanesville and Mrs Robert Taft Cincinnati.
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Dayton
M Stanley
Mixa Agnes Milton
Cincinnati
Walter Schaeffer
John Weinig
George Stewart
Norwalk
Bertham Blackwood
Lakewood
Charles Kriehblum
Canton
W E Henderson
Columbus
William Schultz
Zanesville
Robert Taft
Distrust Blamed For Slowing Economy At Ohio Clubs Meet
Edmund F. Arras of Columbus spoke at the tenth annual Ohio District of Kixanis Clurbs convention. He blamed distrust and selfishness for sagging conditions and urged that means buyers and bank confidence be restored. A banquet for visiting delegates was held tonight and officer elections are scheduled for Wednesday.
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Columbus
Edmund F. Arras
Ohio
Kixanis
Arias
National Union Miners Demands Rejected by Yorkville Council
National Miners Union demands presented to Eastern Ohio county commissioners were rejected again when a Yorkville council delegation spoke last night. The items included $15 monthly for part time workers or unemployed men with $2 per child, $10 monthly to unmarried men, free light gas clothing for school children, and rent and exclusion from a relief program. Village officials said they could do nothing.
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Get
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Ohio
Colleges Cut Social Budget Low Mood
Chicago reports a Depression era shift as colleges trim social spending. Dances priced down, fewer events, card games replacing circo trols, dining hall costs reduced, and job reps adjusted to favor students most in need. Some campuses resist, urging normalcy. a UW Wisconsin fraternity cuts dance orchestras to local price.
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United L'resn
Uni
University of Wisconsin
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University of Missouri
Stephens and Christina
Columbia
Northwestern University
Exvanston TL
Harry Chase
University of Finals
Senator Hatfield opposes proposed WV coal freight rate rise
United States Senator Henry D Hatfield, returning from Washington, denounces proposed higher freight rates on West Virginia bituminous coal as a heavy, unfair burden that could bankrupt the industry. Leading coal operators share the opposition and plan a meeting to discuss the Interstate Commerce Commission rate increase proposal.
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West Virginia
United States
Henry D Hatfield
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Twenty Boys Initiated Into Athens Hi Club
Twenty boys were initiated Tuesday night into the Athens High School Hit at the high school building. Mr Samford, history teacher, and officers of the club conducted the event. A bean dinner followed in the science room with bean soup corn bread pleklea apple butter pumpkin pie and coffee. About 60 were present including Hi members their fathers and men from the high school faculty. Flower bowls and white napkins colored the room. Principal L Wood directed the dinner prepared by a boy committee: Roderick Eddy Frank Bolin Nate Croy and Charles Snow. After dinner Dr Einar Hansen of Ohio University spoke on Being Game. A brief musical program closed the meeting. The initiates included Edward Wise Robert Read ing Lowell Henry Joe Gill Solomon Rosenberg Jack Melater Walton Davies Carrol Davies Robert Bingham Frances Fuller Lewis Spelzer Eo Roberson Dwight Duncan Donald Harvey Frank Chute Gordon Orley Joe Signer Dick Whipphy and Paul Springer.
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Samford
High Acout
L Wood
Roderick Eddy
Frank Bolin
Nate Croy
Charles Snow
Einar Hansen
Oho University
Edward Wise
Robert Reading
Lowell Henry
Joe Gill
Solomon Rosenberg
Jack Melater
Walton Davies
Carrol Davies
Home Repairs Plan Approved
A PRA home repair program allied with 4 EF Bush and Hoover unemployment relief members won Governor White’s Emergency Relief Committee approval. The plan seeks state backing to urge Ohio property owners to repair and beautify homes, using low material and labor costs. The highway department would supply pintos to transport workers to sites offered for work.
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Bush
Hoover
Ohio
White
Ataia
Hertes
Oral Chambers of Commerce
Highway Department
Kentucky to Choose New Governor Soon
Kentucky set to vote on November 4 to choose a successor to Governor Flem D Sampson Republican. Candidates Ruby Laffoon Democrat and Charles Harrison Republican campaign across the state as early voting remains sluggish amid economic debate. Cavernous turnout contrasts with posthumous tribute to civic leader Samuel Mather in Cleveland.
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Frankfort
Hoover
Harrison Hi4
Democratic Highway Commission
Minute Period of Darkness Tonight
Athens residents were asked by Mayor Jobert 5 Wood to join in the national tribute at 10 o'clock tonight for Thomas A. Edison. The tribute suggested by President Hoover calls for turning off all electric lights for one minute. The President considered turning off current at generating plants but rejected it as dangerous and crippling to industry. The plan now is for lights to be extinguished in homes and other safe places for the minute.
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New Jersey
Edison
W. R Heart, Jr
Hoover
Athens
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Wood
Thomas A. Edison
MecConnelsville Man Appointed Provisional Agent
A MecConnelsville man was named provisional agent for state purchasing, pending civil service exam results. The appointment was announced by Governor George White and could lead to Morrison resigning his post as purchasing agent due to health concerns. The civil service results are due within ten days.
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Joey Phantina
McConnelsvidls Asses
Fred W Morrison
Iie
Gorge White
Quarrel over debt ends in jail in Canton
In East Sparta a dispute over a $200 debt led to a shooting as L V Carnahan a Stark County stock denier and Frank L Arnold neighbor clashed at the home of Justice of the Peace Wealey Smith. Arnold was jailed as Carnahan’s assailant. Additional items note a water warning in Sandusky Bay and a Mahoning Valley view on an Interstate Commerce Commission decision.
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L V. Carnahan
Stark County Stock Denier
Frank L Arnold
Jar
Justler
Wealey Smith
East Sparta
Arnold
Carnahan
American Issue to resume pub in November edition
Columbus reports the American Issue official Ohio Anti Saloon League publication will resume with the November issue per S P McNaught superintendent of the league. Mike Goes Native Mag intervention in Mentone Indiana notes a crow now leading 50 flocks with commands Lets Go Beat It Turn On The Beat. Mt Liberty chicken supper social Saturday Oct 24 to raise church funds.
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Ohio Anti-Saloon League
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Mentone
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Crow
Isaac Miller
MT. Liberty
Plan to Stabilize Rail Industry Faces Delays
Washington reports a plan by the Interstate Commerce Commission to reject a 15 percent wage raise request and instead create a pool of funds from small rate increases for stressed rail workers. The move aims to ease industry credit and restore confidence while sparing the average citizen from direct impact. The commission studied the proposal amid mixed reactions from railway executives and unions.
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Critiea
Mainkliy
Beale” Industesea
Interataty Commerse Commission
Rueda
Leat Nany
Ford Decries Depression As Harmful To Nation
An October issue of The American Automobile prints Henry Ford arguing the Depression harmed business and morale. He says people must end gift dependence, restore belief in effort, and real prosperity rests on benefits of life, not mere money.
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Mipr
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Senas
Accident Not Murder Inquest Sheds Tragic Ending
Medina Ohio October death of 92 year old John L Maulday of Chippewa Lake was ruled accidental by Coroner Be L Crum after an inquest. Crum described the civil war veteran and Irish immigrant as stumbling over a pile of goods, falling to the floor and injuring his head, then dying after lying helpless in his cottage for hours.
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Crum
Alpro
Convict Will Have His Dog Near Penitentiary
John A Martin, 22, awaiting transfer from Hamilton County Jail to Ohio Penitentiary to serve a one year blackmail sentence expressed pleasure upon hearing Warden P E Thomas would arrange to have his German Police dog exercised and allow occasional access. He feared the dog would pine apart if separated and asked to take it with him.
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John A Martin
Hamilton County
Ohio Penitentiary
P. E Thomas
Martin
Weather Improves as Athens Feels Warm Afternoon
A bright sun warmed the Athens district today and temperatures rose from a cold spell. The high reached 73 with a 28 degree low last night, and noon figures held near 70 as fair weather continued. Columbus forecast predicts warmer conditions tomorrow. Miss Ruth Nichols plans a flight from Los Angeles to the United Airport at Burbank as part of a rumored project.
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Los Angeles
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