Hotel Berry Fire Spurs Roof Rebuild and Inspections
Fire damaged the Hotel Berry early Monday with 22 rooms burned and water damage to six more. Rebuilding began as contractor C. L. Heaton plans a new permanent roof within days. Fire Chief Laughlin praised firefighters and students for rescue work. Deputy state fire marshal J. B. Patterson to investigate Wednesday.
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Daniels Urges Resignation Over Work Lease Renewal
Josephus Daniels former secretary of the Navy told Waynesville that the Republican Party must demand Dr. Hubert Work's resignation or accept responsibility for his renewal of the Salt Creek oil lease to Sinclair interests. Daniels said Herbert Hoover should press for Work's removal as chairman of the Republican National Committee.
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Josephus Daniels
Navy
Daniels
Herbert Hoover
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Republican National Committee
Record Vote Expected in 1932 Presidential Contest
Washington reports both parties expect a record turnout on November 6 with heavy registration and broad female participation. NYC, Chicago, and New York State show large gains over 1924. total registration could reach 35 to 40 million, with about 68 million eligible voters and 28.5 million women.
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Hoover Wins New York Welcome Boost On Campaign Ride
Herbert Hoover drew a thunderous 20 000 strong crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York last night. He attacked Governor Alfred E. Smith on prohibition reform farm relief and waterpower, drawing renewed hope for winning New York’s 45 electoral votes and predicting a November 6 victory. Hoover praised the turnout saying it impressed him in the home of his opponent.
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Woman Drowns While Searching for Lost Cow at Star Grange
Mrs. Nettie Penn, 81, fell into a shallow pool while searching for a lost cow on her farm near Dexter. Coroner Ben Ewing said a stroke or fainting spell may have caused the drowning. Her daughter Margaret found the body. she leaves several Brown children and Harve Ponn of Rutland as a relative. Funeral arrangements were not yet set.
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White Ribbon Head Favors Dry Rule
Mrs Florence D Richard of Toledo, president of the Ohio Women's Christian Temperance Union, declared opposition to a dry rule as the organization's fifty-fifth annual convention opened in Columbus. She argued the Ten Commandments are ancient and no one asks Moses to seal them despite murders in big cities.
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Toledo
Ohio Women's Christian Temperance Union
Miss America Honored Again in Ohio Contests
Columbus report announces winners of the Ohio Progress Exposition contest. Miss Mary Katherine Campbell of Columbus, twice Miss America and Buckeye Stages entrant, wins local competition. Miss Esther Crecelius of Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce takes the State district first. Both among over 60 competitors and earn a four month world trip.
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U.P
Mary Katherine Campbell
Buckeye Stages Inc
Esther Crecelius
Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce
Gas blasts claims life in Dayton on Sunday
James Holmes aged 27 died from burns suffered in a gas explosion at his home in Dayton on Sunday. His friend John Bush was also injured but expected to recover, according to physicians.
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Athenians Cross New Bridge in Opening Day
A group of residents in Athens will be among the first to cross the new bridge at Pomeroy this afternoon as an informal opening precedes the formal dedication on November 12. A few participants will be named as the first to cross the bridge officially.
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Spot Aids Athens Firefighters With Sandwich Baskets
During the Hotel Berry fire, Spot restaurant supplied baskets of sandwiches to top members of the Athens Fire Department and volunteer firefighters. The restaurant manager supervised feeding the firemen who also received other necessities during the blaze.
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New Cross Bridge Delivers Elevated River View
Scores of people walked the new bridge at Cross Bridge Pomeroy on Sunday. Tomorrow it opens for business and many autoists will visit during the week to see the novel span and view of Pomeroy Mason City and Middleport. Some work remains before dedication but officials say it will be ready in time.
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Middleport
Ohio Campaign Heated By Open Letters In Runup To Vote
In Columbus two weeks before the election, Republicans and Democrats trade charges. Maschke calls Martin L. Davey the fair-haired pet of the Ku Klux Klan while Davey labels Republican bosses as corrupt. Hunt writes to Burton reviving old Ohio speeches amid the campaign sparring.
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Mabel Walker Willebrandt
Ohio
Congress
Charles L. Knight
Akron
Maschke
Indiana
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Athens Miner Injured After Luhrig Mine Coal Fall
J. 8. Schuler, 70, a loader at Luhrig Collieries Company, was trapped by a coal fall at Luhrig mine. He lost his right hand at the wrist, suffered a fractured hip and head injuries, and was moved to Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens in serious but non critical condition.
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Methodist Bishop Rabbi And Agnostic Appeal To New York Audience
In a New York synagogue before about 3000, Bishop Francis J. McConnell voiced Protestant aims of loving God and neighbor and letting each man judge his own faith. Agnostic Clarence Darrow offered that if God exists he started a great machine and left it to run. Rabbi Louis L. Mann described Judaism as a way of life, not theology. A Loyola University clergyman planned to present Catholic views but withdrew at Cardinal Mundelein’s request.
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New York
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Smugglers Too Fast for Lake Guards
Washington reports that efforts to curb liquor smuggling from Canada failed. Prohibition Commissioner Doran said daily U.S. reports on liquor clearances will end, with weekly Canadian reports requested for the Treasury’s Statistical Bureau. He noted smugglers cross lakes in about 15 minutes, beating late alerts.
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United States
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Five Men Die In Hotel Fire In Chicago
Five men were burned to death and six injured when a fire gutted the Eagle Hotel in downtown Chicago. Authorities suspect a cigarette started the blaze on a wooden stairway. victims were trapped in rooms lacking fire escapes.
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U.P
Eagle
Hoover Returns Home to Prepare California Campaign Trip
President Herbert Hoover returned from New York after ending his eastern campaign. He planned preparations for a California trip to vote beginning next week.
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Washington
U.R
Herbert Hoover
New York
California
Ill health cited in veteran Wilbur Lemly death
Wilbur Lemly a 24 year old World War veteran shot himself at his father in law George Berry’s home in Mansfield last night. Police say illness was the motive for the self inflicted death.
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U.P
Wilbur Lemly
George Berry
Hoover labels Smiths proposals state socialism in Madison Square Garden
Hoover branded Smiths prohibition farm relief and hydroelectric power plans as state socialism in a Madison Square Garden speech. He accused Smith of abandoning party tenets and warned government in business would erode self government and threaten liberty. He urged regulation without ceding natural resources.
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Dawes Denounces Prohibition as Sole Election Issue
In New York, Oct 23, Vice President Dawes told a Madison Square Garden audience that voters will focus on prosperity rather than prohibition. He argued the dominant issue is economic, making the November result not a referendum on prohibition and not indicative of public sentiment on the ban.
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New York
U.P
Charles G. Dawes
Madison Square Garden
Past Grand's Association Formed by Athens County Odd Fellows
A meeting of the Past Grand's Association of Athens County Odd Fellows formed a permanent body. Officers elected: A. H. Brooks president Carmi Shaffer vice president R. Wolfe secretary and E. M. Waiden treasurer. The group plans annual county visits and a new degree staff, meeting monthly at Fellow's Hall with delegates from Coolville Stewart Albany Marshfield Carbondale Wenville Buchtel Glouster and Chauncey. An address was given by a veteran Odd Fellow of over 50 years. A banquet followed.
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Odd Fellow
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Carmi Shaffer
N Marshfield
R. Wolfe
Coalville
E. M. Waiden
Calvin Orr, Meigs County Resident, Dies at 65
Calvin Orr, a well known Meigs County resident, died this morning at Bashan. He was 65 years old. No further details of death available as of noon today.
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