Wilbur allocates Boulder Dam power shares to districts
Interior officials report brighter prospects to speed Boulder Dam work. The Wilbur plan gives Metropolitan Water District 50 percent, Los Angeles 25 percent, Southern California Edison 25 percent, with Nevada and Arizona at 18 percent each. Nevada may object at November 12 hearings. Los Angeles and Edison officials express satisfaction and aim to sign contracts soon.
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U.P
Boulder Dam
Interior Department
Secretary of Interior
Wilbur
Congress
Metropolitan Water District
Los Angeles
Southern California
Hison Company
Nevada
Arizona
W. B. Matthews
G. C. Ward
Southern California Edison Company
Tom
George W. Malone
Malone
Television to be popular in a short time
Chicago experts at the annual Radio Show predict television will rival radio within five years. Demonstrations show clear audience images transmitted from projector to receiver. Machines set apart by yards or hundreds of miles still function with equal clarity.
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Chicago
U.P
Pumpkin supply tight as Hallowe'en approaches
Athens County farmers report very few pumpkins this year and mature specimens are rare. With Halloween pranks and ghost parties, growers guard their best pumpkins for Thanksgiving, while a limited supply is hitting grocery shelves at 25 to 25 cents each.
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Athens County
Entertainment by Peyton Shields at Globe Theatre Chauncey
Peyton Shields, in his eighties, will perform this evening at the Globe Theater Chauncey in aid of Chauncey primary school. The ventriloquist also works with ledger tricks and a Punch and Judy show at his home with his son Henry Shields in Sand Ridge near Chauncey.
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Peyton Shields
Henry Shields
Sand Ridge
Globe
Chauncey Primary
Ledger
Woman Jumped From Bridge Drowns After Hospital Escape
Mrs. Jennie Grooms 38, a dem entia praecox patient at Athens State Hospital, leapt from Herrold Bridge into the Hocking River and drowned. Attendants tried pulmotor resuscitation for an hour. coroners ruled death by personal crisis drowning. She had murdered her husband with an axe years earlier and had recently regained some normalcy before brooding again.
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Athens State Hospital
White’s Mill
Hocking
Athens Fire Department
L. I. Jones
Buick Coach Stolen From Carpenter Street
Co. E. Shuler reports his 1927 Buick coach stolen Sunday night while parked on Carpenter Street in Athens. Police notified and investigation underway.
Italy protests in Belgrade over anti Italian actions
Italy sends sharp protest to the Yugoslav foreign minister demanding an end to anti Italian demonstrations in several Yugoslav cities as of October 22.
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Jugo Slavia
Dario Gailli
Jugo Slav
Japan Views To Be Heard In December
Washington reports outline a pre London conference naval exchange between American and Japanese delegates in December. Officials say no binding agreement will result from talks, with the submarine abolition principle guiding US posture ahead of London. Britain likely to discuss submarines with Italy and France as well.
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U.R
London
United States
Britain
Italy
France
Little German Band Delights Notables Aboard Cincinnati Parade
The Little German Band of Pomeroy boarded the Flagship Cincinnati at Dam No. 23 on Sunday, making the trip memorable for onlookers and notable passengers. Notable ex-mayors and reporters joined the parade as moving pictures were made and later shown in theaters. the Pittsburgh commission chartered the boat for the $10,000 excursion with 84 passengers including Mayor Charles H. Kline and a 14‑piece band.
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Cheshire
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Big Ben” Ewing
Great City Daily
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C Commission of
Pittsburgh
Charles H. Kline
Innocent Second Officer Accused in Liner Murder
John Melhuldrick, second officer of the Morgan Liner Creole, proclaims innocence in the Kraft murder near New Orleans. Awaiting extradition, he plans to return south to clear the matter. Morgan Line officials recount the night on the Mississippi River with Kraft, Miss Orde, Epstein, and Deeley as details unfold.
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Jack Kraft
New Orleans
New York
U.P
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Chars
Jone Orde
Tombs Prison
McGouldrick
Mississippi River
S. I. Cooper
Morgan Line
Sixty Mile Point
Mississipi River
Thomas Deeley
Sam Epstein
Kraft
Miss Orde
Reward Offered for Murderer in Kimberly Killing
Athens County Commissioners announced a $500 reward for the arrest and conviction of the killer of Blarry Green a shell shocked World War veteran shot and robbed near his Kimberly home on October 2 Investigations show he was shot in the back robbed and his body dumped in a ravine six suspects have been arrested but no arrests tied to the crime have been made.
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Blarry Green
Kimberly
Green
Publisher Richard Davies Dies in Cleveland After Illness
Richard Davies, 1, longtime publisher of the Palm Beach News in Florida for 25 years, died in Cleveland after a prolonged illness.
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Cleveland
Richard Davies
The
Palm Beach
Fla
Today by Arthur Brisbane bootleg high finance
The column reflects on themes of power and control in society as the author critiques economic influence and the status of women. It discusses freedom and age dynamics, presenting a skeptical view of modern finance and political power. The tone is opinionated and analytical.
Prohibition Era Crime Financing Baffles Authorities
Authorities struggle with high financing of crime via bookleg channels. They seek to understand how Al Capone, incarcerated in Philadelphia, could send large checks to associates, cancel them, and maintain a steady criminal business.
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Scarface al’ Capone
Philadelphia
Prohibition Funds Drive Hidden Bootleg Codes and Crime
Authorities question how bootleggers used a respectable bank to distribute illicit money. They note minute bootleg finance details, handling hundreds of millions yearly, but stress that prohibition funds crime on a scale unseen, posing a high national danger.
Bears and criminals strain under changing seasons
A bear hibernates alone in winter yet must face summer. A new criminal class acts as a self taught crime school and university. Gunman shoots gunman and racketeer uses a machine gun, but such practices cannot endure forever.
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University of Crime
Bootleggers in focus as new crime wave alarms authorities
When the new school of crime targets respectability it may seize a few interfering figures for one way rides. New authorities indicate bootleggers may have been involved, hinting at a broader crackdown.
Talking Machine At 30 Dollars Bargain Today
Nelsonville buyer lists Lloyd baby carriage for 10 dollars and Aristocrat Barred Neck cockerels at 3 dollars each. A Playertone talking machine with 25 records is 30 dollars. A young married couple in Pomeroy seeks farm work or elder care.
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Messenger
Storm Lashes Hore Along Lake Michigan Coast
A severe Lake Michigan storm battered Chicago area shores with sustained winds 39 mph, gusts to 60, and high waves 20 to 80 feet. Coast Guard crews hunted for two missing men on an oil barge after its tow line snapped during a confrontation with 40 foot waves near the Butterfield tug, while two yachts were saved from the sea.
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C. K. Howell
Coast
Butterfield
Chicago
John ©. Anderson
Weather storms lash Ohio and Virginia with gale winds
A strong disturbance with gale force winds was reported over Ohio by the U. S. Weather Bureau. A second storm over Western Virginia is expected to increase Southeast winds, with warnings issued from Boston to Eastport.
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U.P
Ohio
U. S. Weather Bureau
Virginia
Toston
Liastport
Explosions By Six Masked Men Threaten Broward Flood Area
Six masked men dynamited dikes in Broward County Florida, forcing more than 500 lowland residents to flee as flood waters from the Everglades region were released. The incident, reported from Fort Lauderdale, raised fears of extensive drainage effects.
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Broward County
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Booklet on Art Offered by Athens Messenger
The Athens Messenger promotes a beautifully illustrated art booklet prepared by the American Federation of Arts. It aims to foster interest in pictures designs furnishings and arrangements from home to the Metropolitan Museum visit for younger students. Send four cents for return postage and handling.
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Metropolitan Museum
American Federation of Arts
Request for Art Booklet Copy From Washington DC
A reader in Washington DC sends four cents in coins or stamps and asks for a copy of the Art Booklet, providing a placeholder street city and state for shipping details.
President Hoover Speaks In Rain At Cincinnati Park Dedication
In Cincinnati today President Hoover spoke in drizzle at the park dedication while a river steamer preps for his arrival. The Gibson Hotel hosts bustle as Oscar Klein and staff prepare meals and a lavish Greenbrier voyage for Hoover's river trip to Louisville.
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Middle West
Oscar Klein
Loutaville
J. & & Greenbrier
Greenbrier
Louisville
Lestie T. Hitt
Hitt
Address by the President on Ohio River canal monument
The President lauds the nine foot channel on the Ohio River as a lasting engineering triumph. He credits engineers, statesmen, river men, and business leaders, honors absent figures, and recalls Theodore Turton and Longworth while praising the era’s scientific progress and public welfare significance.
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River
William E. Merril
William T. Radcore
Theodore Turton
Woethington
Historic Inland Waterress Commission
Roosevelt
Longworth
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
Ohio Valley
Ohio Bay
White House
Plea for Fall is Made Today in Washington
Washington October 22. Frank J Hogan prominent defense attorney for millionaires continues his plea in the District of Columbia Supreme Court for vindication of former Secretary of the Interior Albert B Fall. Fall faces trial on charges of accepting a 199000 dollar bribe from E V Doheny. Hogan follows Atlee Pomerene who closed the government's case.
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U.P
Frank J. Hogan
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Interior
Albert B. Fall
Harding
Fall
E. V. Doheny
West
Hogan
Atlee Pomerene
Ohio
Pomerone
Doheny
Elk Hills Naval Oil Reserve
California
Gin and Whisky At School Report At Cleveland
Cleveland October 22. Drinking of bootleg gin and liquor among Cleveland High School pupils is under investigation by the board of education and school officials. Principals meet after reports that whisky and gin were offered to students at two high schools. Parents of Collinwood High and West High boys raised the complaints.
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Collinwood High School
West High School
Ohio River Canal Completion Celebrated by Hoover in Cincinnati
President Hoover praised engineers for completing the nine foot channel linking Pittsburgh to Cairo. About 6,000 spectators braved rain in Eden Park as officials unveiled a river milestone, with Good and Major General Lyte Brown in attendance. The ceremony marked a new era for inland waterway commerce.
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Oslo Valley Improvement Association
Ohio Valley
Hoover
de Hiver
Eden Dork
Gibson Hotel
Pere Song
Greenbrier
Louisville
Indictment in Cleveland Murder Case
A.R. Frank Andrews 65 was indicted on first degree murder charges for killing his 18 month old son Chester last August by driving the family car with wife and infant into Lake Erie. The infant died in the accident.
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A.R. Frank Andrews
Andrews
Chester
Lake Erie
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