Red Cross To Have Roll Call Next Month
The Athens County Red Cross will hold a November roll call for memberships only. The drive is separate from the Athena Community Chest, due to unusually heavy relief needs this year from mining areas and farming communities. Local officials report vast distributions of flour and garden seed and over ten thousand dollars in aid to needy families, with business and social groups pledging support.
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Athens County
The
American Red Cross
Roger Connor
Red Cross
Athena Community Chest
Athens County Welfare Association
Connor
Olunteer Corps
Glouster Screens The Hero at Palace Theater Saturday
Glouster residents may view The Hero a two reel Athens comedy at The Palace Theater Saturday night Gertrude Vermaaten Trimble a Jacksonville Trimble High School graduate now pursuing public speaking will appear in the cast Also featured are Mayor Robert S Wood Mrs Carl Beasley Mary Catherine Chute Jack Swanson Tom Byrne and Helen Jones all from Athens The film follows the production of The Messenger from story Breaks to the final newspaper delivery portraying how a paper is made
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Glouster
the Messenger
Palace Theater
Trimble Township
Gertrude Vermaaten
Trimble
Jacksonville-Trimble High School
Robert S. Wood
Carl Beasley
Mary Catherine Chute
Jack Swanson
Tom Byrne
Helen Jones
Athens
Messenger
Palace
Queen Mary in Antique Racket Says Writer
Carmel writer Robert Welles Ritchie accuses Queen Mary of sustaining England’s antique trade as a genteel racket. He claims King George's wife buys at discounts and sells at premiums, drawing dealers to Buckingham Palace with hints and large markups.
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Carmel
Cal
U.P
England
Robert Welles Ritchie
London
George
Buckingham Palace
Edward Stanford Sentenced for Possessing Explosives
Cadiz Ohio Edward Stanford was sentenced to a term of one to twenty years in Mansfield Reformatory after pleading guilty to possessing explosives for unlawful purposes. He was indicted following an investigation into the explosion of an Ohio Power Company transformer near Robyville during a mine strike.
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Cadiz
Edward Stanford
Mansfield Reformatory
Common Pleas Court
Stanford
Ohio Power Company
Robyville
Argentine Gauchos Show Off at Estancia Visit
Reporter tours a Buenos Aires estancia with gauchos and American polo players, witnessing ostrich chasing and wild gaucho style. The letter highlights Argentina as a land of vast fertility and dense cattle and horse populations per acre.
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Buenos Aires
Athens School Autumn Fete Opens Tonight
The Junior and Senior High School Fall Festival opens in the Senior Gym tonight at 5 30 with booths built by Industrial Arts under A A Nellis and L J Bjornstad. Dancing at 9 and a ninth grade picture show add to the Halloween themed event to raise funds for school activities.
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Industrial Arts Department
A. A. Nellis
L. J. Bjornstad
Dr. Doolittle
M. A. Grubb
O. L. Wood
Mary Connett
Carbondale Men Win County Coal Contract
Athens County Commissioners awarded Oscar Prater and James Luster of Carbondale a coal contract for the courthouse jail and county garage at 2.25 per ton for 100 tons as needed. No. 6 seam straight lump coal. Several lower bids were rejected for noncompliance or non Athens County residency.
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Athens County
Oscar Prater
James Luster
Carbondale
Hocking County
Hoyt McDaniel
New Plymouth
John Pierce
Nelsonville
Starling H. Smith
Albany
Hocking Corporation
Rufus C. Hopkins
Athens
Francis Lenoine
Glouster
C. D
Johnston
Mineral
C. V. Hester
Abe Williams
Prison batch sent for robbery and larceny sentences
Red Markins and Earl Sephus were taken to the Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus by Deputy Sheriff George Rasp to begin sentences imposed by Judge O F Rowland. Sephus pleaded guilty to robbery and was sentenced. Markins, also pleading guilty, was sentenced for grand larceny.
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Red Markins
Earl Sephus
Athens County
Ohio State Penitentiary
Columbus
George Rasp
O. F. Rowland
Sephus
Markins
Ohio Schools Face Finances Shortfall and Closures
Ohio education officials report a growing financial crisis with many districts unable to pay teachers. Fichter says schools may close early as high schools cut to three days a week and others run half days..map
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Barberton
Dayton
Cambridge
Elkrun Township
Columbia County
Problems To Be Settled In Aiding U S
Columbus Ohio October 21 Mixed notes of cheer and warning greeted the Ohio Chamber of Commerce convention as leaders warned of months of stagnation unless public and private leaders tackle core issues. Lionel D Edie outlined national problems including tariffs war debts budgets and relief for farm and urban mortgages. Directors include Gordon K Bush A C Dyer and George DeCamp.
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Columbus, CO
U.P
Ohio Chamber of Commrce
America
Lionel D. Edie
Capital Research Company
New York
Gordon K. Bush
Athens Messenger
A. C. Dyer
Columbus
George DeCamp
Cleveland
Treasury Looters Identity Sought in Cleveland Cash Heist
Ohio state examiners and County Prosecutor P. L. A. Lieghley announced progress in tracing the 477000 missing from Cuyahoga County Treasury. Examiners under James N. Main will present data and evidence to the county grand jury when ready.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
P. L. A. Lieghley
Lieghley
Treasury
Corps of State
James N. Main
Kenton Man Kills Prowler in Garage
John Zurcher, 48, shot and killed a prowler identified as 26 year old Noman Buchanan in his Kenton garage after the intruder ordered him to raise hands at gunpoint. Zurcher fired twice as Buchanan fled, dying from bullet wounds to the hand and right thigh. Coroner ruled justifiable homicide.
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Kenton
U.P
John Zurcher
Zurcher
Noman Buchanan
Buchanan
F. M. Eliott
Hoover Plans To Attack Roosevelt In Detroit Speech
Roosevelt campaigns draw huge crowds in Indianapolis and Terre Haute as 75 000 to 100 000 greet him in Indiana. He vows action over committees and blasts Republican fear tactics while Illinois farmers hope for a large Democratic lead.
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Mattoon
Ill
Illinois
New York
Indianapolis
Roosevelt
Terre Haute
Ind
Shooting Scrape Ends With A Tandem Torpedo Joke
Garbled reports of a fatal shooting scrape drew deputies and a crowd to Sec ond Street and Butternut Avenue. John Moon and his helper explained they were merely arguing loudly and firing off torpedos for fun, not a real fight or shooting incident.
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Pomeroy
Second Street
Butternut Avenue
Hank Young
Dana Tracy
John Moon
Arrests Own Son by Rutland Constable
Constable Ross Taylor arrests his 16 year old son Harold in Rutland on Wednesday for intoxication. The youth is held in the county jail by juvenile authorities. Constable Taylor faced a conflict between fatherly instinct and duty and chose to act as an officer. He expects the boy to be sent to the Industrial School at Lancaster.
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Pomeroy
Harold Taylor
Rutland
Ross Taylor
Taylor
Lancaster
Scarlet fever reports rise in Athens County findings
Two new scarlet fever cases were reported today in Athens County says Dr. J. M. Higgins health officer. Five families in the county leave quarantine this morning and the only remaining quarantined family in Athens City will be released Monday.
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Athens County
J. M. Higgins
Athens City
Bank of England Chief Warns of Global Economic Lows
Montague Norman, governor of the Bank of England, breaks his silence to say the world faces a severe low mood beyond any one man government or country. He urges cautious lending abroad and guestates a Bankers Industrial Development Company for industry rationalization at a Mansion House banquet.
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London
Montague Norman
Bank of England
Norman
Lence
Bankers' Industrial Development Company
Mansion House
No Leg To Stand On Officer Is Struck By Odd Item
New York police patrolman Timothy Kelly was struck on the head by a hard object connected to a severed leg found on the sidewalk. The leg belonged to John Russin, 42, who after refusing to replace it was taken to court. Magistrate Farrell sentenced Russin to $200 bail for a hearing after he sobers up.
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Kelly
New York
U.P
Timothy Kelly
John Russin
Russin
Farrell
Tax Values Cut in 13 Ohio Counties
Taxable value of real estate in 13 Ohio counties was reduced by the State Tax Commission to counter a general deflation since the 1931 re appraisal. In four counties Brown Hamilton Madison and Shelby reductions were ordered by the commission, others were cut by county auditors and approved by the state body.
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Columbus
Ohio
State Tax Commission
Brown
Hamilton
Madison
Shelby
Tax Commission
State Commission
Disapproval Expressed By Union Men At Hollister Meeting
About 80 delegates from local unions met in Hollister to protest district mine operations since the strike. They voted to have Scale Committee and district officials seek another conference with Governor White. Reemployment of former workers at Sunday Creek and New York Coal Cones was urged, with accusations that former hands were not restored to jobs. William Morris planned to confer in Columbus with Capt. Percy Tellow of the United Mine Workers.
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Hollister
Governor White
Sunday Creek
New York
Herman Theisen
William Morris
Scale Committee
Columbus
Capt
Percy Tellow
United Mine Workers of America
Ohio Farm Bureau Service Company Meeting Report
The branch managers and Service Board members met in the Post Office Building with 25 present. Principal speakers included Arthur R. Weed from Columbus and Silas Vance of Ohio. Marvin D. Losey of Athens Branch led the session, with branches from Jackson Portsmouth Lucasville Chillicothe Crovelport Marietta and Athens represented.
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Ohio Farm Bureau Service Company
Arthur R. Weed
Columbus
Silas Vance
Ohio
Marvin D. Losey
Athens
Jackson
Portsmouth
Lucasville
Chillicothe
Croveport
Marietta
Buchtel Man Pleads Not Guilty to Theft Charge
Eck Schoonover of Buchtel denied stealing furnishings from Oral Daugherty. The preliminary hearing was scheduled before Magistrate Porter for October.
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Eck Schoonover
Buchtel
Oral Daugherty Buchtel
Porter
D A R to Dedicate Tablets to Washington in Ohio River Pageant
The Daughters of the American Revolution will dedicate four tablets during the George Washington Ohio River pageant. Locations include Mingo Captina Creek Powhatan Point Hackingport and Racine Meigs County Ohio with material by C G Galbreath and Dr Guy Mareld Sysith.
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East Liverpool
George Washington
Todey
Ofie
West Virginia
C. G. Galbreath
Guy Mareld
Daughters of the American Revolution
Oia
Mingo
Captina Creek
Powhatan Point
Ohio
Hacking River
Hackingport
Athens County
Racine
Meigen County
Chio
Bobcats Head to Oxford for Buckeye Conference Showdown
Ohio University fans rush to Oxford for the Buckeye Conference clash with Miami as the official party and a large student turnout depart Athens by train and road. A 7:30 am special train carries at least 960 riders plus the band, while 7,600 are expected in Oxford for the 2 pm kickoff.
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Ohio University
Oxford
Buckeye
Miami
Athena
Cincinnati
Bobcat
Athens
Bobcats
France Move To Block War Debt Payment To United States
Parliament considers blocking December payment of the French war debt to the United States and pursuing debt revision after the American elections. Premier Herriot’s speech to the foreign affairs commission framed the debate, with France willing to pay 400 million on commercial debt while seeking cancellation of wartime borrowing.
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Paris
U.P
United States
Edouard Herriot
Foreign Affairs Commission
Chamber
Preas
France
Squirrel Ranks Thin Meigs Farmer Makes Accurate Check on Population
Ed Reuter of Ball Run claims a careful count shows 400 grey squirrels in the area from Ball Run to Wolf Pen. He contrasts a hunter’s remark that numbers are unchanged since opening season, asserting his field check provides an accurate pop count.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
Ed Reuter
Ball Run
Wolf Pen
President Pummel New York Governor in Olympia Speech
President Roosevelt plans to attack Governor Franklin Roosevelt over his policies while praising his own adminstration. Treasury Secretary Ogden Mills gives a mixed verdict on the bonus question and federal spending, highlighting increases since 1927 and arguing against large expenditures. The Detroit speech targets unemployment relief and the Western swing includes cities across West Virginia Ohio and Michigan.
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Get
Hoover
Fpragkiin OD
Ievelt
Olympia
Detroit
Ni York
Cleveland
Rae
Roosevelt
Astia
Charleston
Huntington
West Virginia
Ohio
Ironton
Portamouth
Treasury
Milla
P Franklin Roosevelt
Pittsburgh
Mille
Starvation To Quell Rioters At Kingston Prison
Kingston Ontario October 21 with Ries Kingston penitentiary guards and mutinous convicts awaiting action after a second riot this week. Troops were on hand and the situation contained. Reports say authorities planned to starve rioters into submission. Guards separated from mutineers by heavy iron gratings and ceilings described as siege features. No injuries were reported during the all night disturbance.
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Kingston
Ont
Kingston Penitentiary
Dominion
Lake Ontario
Hed
Greta
Celia
Tax Wealth Plan Proposed by Norman Thomas
In Columbus on October 21 the first presidential candidate Norman Thomas proposed a graduated wealth tax aimed at 35 to 58 billion dollars. The plan would tax securities deposits notes real estate and other property to address foreclosures wages and unemployment. He argued the tax would cut out the cancer of the depressions.
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Columbus
Aapsak
Norman Thomas
Thomas
Pala Club Meeting With Mrs Matthews at Kerry Street
The Pala Club will meet Mrs Charles Matthews at Kerry Street 60 in the afternoon. Mrs Matthews will lead the session and outline the program for the day.
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Pala Club
Charles’ Matthews
Kerry Street
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Ohio Penitentiary
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Joseph W. Fichter
Marion
Madison County
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Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln’s Tomb
Raymond Clapper
United Press Staff
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Springfield
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin J. Roosevelt
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Charles Evana Hughes
Sidney Williams
United Press
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Ok Bird
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Thor Olsen
Wally Lathy
Biden Armbrunt
al Harko
Kenneth Bennett
Pete Bernardo
Howard Brandenburg
Harold Brown
Paul Butcher
Pop’ Kessler
Jack Laakin
Chick Maurer
Chief Meyer
Walter Priode
Bill Pullin
Ralph Robinette
Leonard Badosky
Larry Mattis
Joe Sinth
Pete Stephan
Rob Willoughby
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