Wall Street Blues Deepens as Blue Chips Fall Sharply
News from New York reports a renewed stock market rout with high priced blue chip shares dropping up to 25 points. Leading declines hit General Electric Westinghouse Johns Manville United Aircraft and others as both the Stock Exchange and Curb struggle with heavy selling.
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New York
U.P
New York Stock Exchange
General Electric
Westinghouse Electric
Johns Manville
United Aircraft
Stock Exchange
Curb
Chicago Exchange
Cities
Farm Board
Hope Is Held for Recovery of Burton
Senator Theodore F. Burton of Ohio is rapidly sinking and doctors have abandoned hope for recovery. His condition worsened yesterday morning and officials fear he may not survive the day. His secretary said death was probable within days.
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Washington
Theodore
Burton
Ohio
Potatoes for Sale at One Dollar Per Bushel
The Messenger Classifieds advertise Early Ohio and Seneca Beauty potatoes at 1 dollar per bushel. Also offered are O. I. C. pins at low prices for quick sale. A dry cleaning firm offers free suit or dress pressing if your name appears in their advertisement.
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Messenger
Ohio
Dizzy but Better The President On Wages and Mussolini
A brief satirical column by Arthur Griskbane discusses President’s view on wage policy, speculates on national economy of 100 billions annually, and mocks seven years of Mussolini rule. The piece uses humor to reflect contemporary political tensions and labor issues.
Hoover Says Wages Rise and Prosperity Is Sound
The article reports President Hoover asserting the nation’s prosperity is sound with rising wages and higher output in many industries. It notes wage earners receive over sixty billion of the hundred billion dollar annual revenue, leaving about twenty billion for investment and luxuries, and argues stock market wobble masks real strength.
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Hoover
Department of Commerce
United States
Frederick H. Ecker
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
4 H Delegates Travel to Capital for Ohio Congress
4 H delegates Narmon Keirns Amesville Lucile Carpenter Athens Marie Warechime Nelsonville and Margaret McKibben New Marshfield travel from Athens to the fifteenth annual Ohio 4 H Club Congress at Ohio State University Columbus with County Extension Agent T H Johnson. They will tour campus and Columbus sites while Gov Myers Y Cooper OSU President George Rightmire Dean Alfred Vivian and others participate. Alice Wilson Amesville says the delegates will have the best week yet.
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Narmon Keirns
Amesville
Lucile Carpenter
Athens
Marie Warechime
Nelsonville
Margaret McKibben
New Marshfield
Ohio State University
Columbus
T. H. Johnson
Hotel Fort Hayes
Jeader
Myers Y. Cooper
George Rightmire
Alfred Vivian
College of Agriculture
Karl Bolander
Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts
E. L. Beck
Alice Wilson
Eighteen Jaf Executed in Moscow Report
London dispatch cites the Soviet Secret Service executing eighteen individuals according to a Daily Express report from Moscow.
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London
Secret Service
Daily Express Today
Moscow
Snook seeks appellate relief in murder case
Dr. James Howard Snook, once an American pistol champion and former Ohio State professor, petitions the Court of Appeals in a six page filing claiming trial unfairness. He appeals chiefly to the speed of the 28 minute verdict and cites threats in his confession and the prosecutor's remarks. His execution is set for November 29, with possible further appeals to state and federal courts depending on the appellate outcome.
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Collmbus
Urwith
James Howard Snook
Theora Hix
Inamorata
Court of Appeals
Henry L. Scarlett
John J. Chester
Miss Hix
Chester
State
State University
Franklin County
City
Common Pleas Court
Theora Hiw
Columbus
Ohio State University
Chicaro
Snook
State Supreme Court
Judge Charged With Murder of Youth in Texas
In Weatherford Texas District Court Judge Robert H Hamilton faced trial for the murder of Tom Walton the youth who was killed after revealing a secret romance with Theresa Hamilton the daughter of the judge The incident followed the couple’s broken engagement and plans for marriage based on a forbidden romance last May 4 according to U P reports
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Weatherford
Tex
U.P
Tom Walton
Theresa Hamilton
Stern
Robert H. Hamilton
Theresa
Freighter Deck Hand Walter Johnson Killed in Toledo
Walter Johnson a 50 year old deck hand from Chicago died in Toledo after falling between the freighter Emory L. Ford and the Hocking Valley Coal dock early today. Authorities reported the accident and shifted the body to a coroner's office for investigation.
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Toledo
U.R
Walter Johnson
Chicago
Emory L. Ford
Hocking Valley
Expert in Charge for Athens Cooking School Lecture
Mrs. George Thurn, noted for national reform in home economics, will headline the Athens Mes senger Cooking School at Athens High School Auditorium next week. She is renowned for entertaining tips, economical cooking, and laundry guidance learned from years with the Federated Women’s Clubs and the Woman’s Club in South Bend Indiana.
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Home Economics Service Corporation
New York
Athens Messenger
Athens High School
Federated Women's Clubs of America
Women's Club
South Bend
Ind
George
Thurn
Canal To Be Made Into Fine Highway
Middletown report notes first work toward abandoning the Miami and Erie Canal from Cincinnati to Elyton will begin November 2 in this city where the waterway’s first earth was turned. The canal bed may become a superhighway if plans materialize.
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Middletown
U.P
Cincinnati
Railroad approach elevated near Belpre and Little Hocking
The approach to the B and O Railroad crossing between Belpre and Little Hocking has been elevated so motorists can clearly see the tracks. Further improvements on Ohio Route 7 are underway, with preparations for several bridges between Belpre and Little Hocking.
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Coolville
Belpre
Little Hocking
Escaped Convict Caught Sleeping at Wheel in Cleveland
Henry Schara, 20, one of three prisoners who fled from Junction City brick yards on June 4 in the break during which Stanley Starr was killed, was found asleep at the wheel of a stolen car by Detectives Emil Musil and Roy Ahrens at East 116th Street and Union Avenue in Cleveland.
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U.R
Henry Schara
Junction City
Columbus
Stanley Starr
Schara
Emil Musil
Roy Ahrens
East 116Th Street
Union Avenue
Toledo boaters missing after Friday disappearance
Coast Guards hunted for George Buck and Will Myers two fishermen who vanished Friday when a 30 foot power boat disappeared. Buck led Toledo Fish Company's Bay Point operations.
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Toledo
U.P
Coast Guards
George Buck
Will Myers
Buck
Toledo Fish Company
Bay Point
Mrs. Thurn To Demonstrate Cooking At Athens High
The Athens Messenger announces free four day cooking school next week at Athens High School with Mrs. George Thurn a noted New York cookery authority. Sessions start 2 PM with doors at 1 PM for seating. no admission charge. Prizes include baskets of food and household articles donated by Athens merchants.
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Athens Messenger
George
Thurn
New York
Athens
Athens High School Auditorum
Government ready to insure fair wheat price with hundred million
The Federal Farm Board announced a fund of 100 million dollars ready for use to support wheat farmers. Anelia Sam stands ready to lend funds to wheat producers, with assurances of the program details to follow.
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Chicago
Anelia Sam
Triple auto collision injures Athens area residents
A Sunday night crash on the Athens Nelsonville Road near the Athena County Infirmary left Bert C. Carscaden and W C Fish in hospital after a multi car wreck. Ralph and Mrs Maumgartner and Thomas Fitzer were injured, with varying injuries reported.
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Athens
Nelsonville
Athena County Infirmary
Bert C. Carscaden
North Court Street
W. C. Fish
Guysville
Shettering Arma Hospital
Ralph Maumgartner
New Strattaville
Fish
Ray Gardner
President Street
Thomas Fitzer
C. H. Fitter
Luhrige
Luhrig Colleries Company
Baumgartner
New Straitaville
Haumgartner
Young Fitzer
Youth Starved by Abductor Believed Kidnapping Case
Police in Pottsville Pa believe three year old Allen Giger was abducted and starved to death after his body was found at the bottom of a mine shaft about a mile from his home. Authorities say unsoiled shoes and stockings suggest he was placed in the shaft rather than having walked there.
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Carsenden
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Fish
Laumgartner
William Ray
Liaumgartner
Pottsville
U.P
Allen Giger
Schuylkill County
Attendance drive announced for high school event week
The notice invites capacity attendance of housewives at the high school auditorium next week with sessions Tuesday to Friday at 2 o'clock. Attendees are urged to come early and bring a pencil and notebook.
Ohio Industries Claims Drop in September
An Ohio Industrial Commission report shows 23 377 injury and occupational disease claims filed in September with 106 fatalities. Athena County recorded 100 injured workers including one death and varying disability and time lost figures.
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Columbus
Get
Ohio Industries
Industrial Commission
Athena County
James Cray Arrested for Intoxication in Friday Charge
James Cray was arrested Friday on intoxication charges by Officer Howard Gilson and Chief E. B. Finsterwald. He was arraigned before Mayor Woodworth and fined five dollars.
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James Cray
Howard Gilson
Finsterwald
Cray
Woodworth
Von Buelow Dead at 80 in Rome
Prince Bernhard von Buelow, Germanys fourth chancellor, died in Rome at age 80. He faced his greatest defeat when he failed to keep Italy faithful to the triple entente.
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Rome
Prince Bernhard von Buelow
German Empire
Italy
The Athens Messenger Art Booklet Offer
The Athens Messenger invites readers to obtain an Art Booklet detailing how art enriches life. It promises vistas beauty past and present, a charming environment, better citizenship, and pleasure. Send four cents for return postage and handling.
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The
Athens Messenger
ART BOOKLET Request From The Athens Messenger
Frederick J. Fiaskins of The Athens Messenger Information Bureau in Washington. D.C. sends four cents for a copy of the ART BOOKLET and asks for name street city details.
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Frederick J. Fiaskins
The
Athens Messenger
Jumper Dies in Ohio Air Accident At Circus Clash
Officials probe a series of air accidents over the weekend in Ohio. A student pilot Wallace Mats, 24, of Mansfield was injured, two passengers Lester Patton 28 and Clarence Ricer 36 died, others hurt as a plane at 500 feet spun and wrecked near Malaga Jerusalem. An Empire Circus exhibition in Hamilton was marred when a plane carrying two passengers crashed at 160 feet, killing Reuben Floyd 36 and Allen J Miller, while pilot William Myers injured. Crowds watched the crash.
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Partment Today
Ohio
Malaga
Jerusalem
Wallace Mats
Mansfield
Lester Patton
Clarence Ricer
Woodsfield
Patton
Kicer
Bie
Matt
Middletown
William Myers
Atlanta
Myers
William Stribling
Plane Goes Down in Gulf Near Genoa Sinking After Tow
Imperial Airways liner forced down in the Gulf of Genoa and sank in a storm while being towed to safety. The pilot's body recovered. four passengers and two crew remain missing. All are believed drowned. Located in deep water several miles off Spezia.
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Spezia
Italy
Imperial Airways
Gulf of Genoa
Two Prisoners Shot While Attempting Escape
Two State Penitentiary inmates were shot and wounded during an escape attempt at the Junction City Prison Plant. The men named were Mark Pope Viten, 29, Austrian, held for burglary from Cleveland, and Earl Kruger, 24, from Luca County, serving five to 15 years for assault with intent to kill.
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Columbus
U PR
State Penitentiary
Junction City
Mark Pope Viten
Cleveland
Earl Kruger
Luca County
Brokerage Houses Work on Sunday
New York October 28 brokers operated on Sunday as markets resumed activity after a hectic week. The usual day of rest was used to clear a mass of bookkeeping and clerical work. Wall Street, normally quiet on Sunday, buzzed with activity as firms processed the week’s records.
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New York
U.phr
Wall Street
Manhattan
Birthday Dinner Honors Esther Wilson at Home
In Amesville on October 28 Mrs. Fred Wilson hosted a birthday dinner for her daughter Esther. Guests included Goldie Brawley Helen Bray Marianna Linscott and Alice Catherine Hillis.
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Esther
Fred Wilson
Goldie Brawley
Helen Bray
Marianna Linscott
Alice Catherine Hillis
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