Bandit slain at Hobson during botched gas-station robbery
Pomeroy reports a trio of robbers attempting a gas station hold up ended when proprietor W R Athey shot one dead and likely wounded another. The dead bandit, about 30, unidentified, was aided by a third who escaped toward Gallipolis with up to leave behind small cash haul. The incident connected to a prior Tuppers Plains holdup is under investigation.
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Hobson
Pomeroy
W. R. Athey
Athey
Gallipolis
Athens Messenger Publishes Desserts Booklet
The Athens Messenger announces a dessert booklet featuring real English plum pudding recipe by Miss Irances George Knowles-Foster of London. It promises many hostess favorites and magazine readers are urged to order via a coupon for six cents postage.
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Irances
George Knowles- Foster
London
England
Athens Daily Messenger
Dryness Not Enough To Qualify Man For Public Office
Oxford September 4 delegates to the Ohio Methodist Conference heard Gromley Oxnam of Depauw University say dryness does not qualify a man for public office. He urged voters to consider other civic leadership qualities and opposed defending lies revealed by science. Bishop Fisher spoke on new world, Christian Buddhism conflict, and noted scientific education may ease religious conflict. The session noted six year terms for four district superintendents and a trial date was set for Russell Bready on misappropriation charges with S R Dunham as prosecutor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Methodist
Oxford
U.P
G. Gromley Oxnam
Depauw_ University
Greencastle
Ind
Ohio M. E
Oxman
Fred B. Fisher
Ann Arbor
Oxnam
H. J. Holcombe
Athens
Arba Martin
Cincinnati
W. C. Hartinger
Columbus
O. L. Seward
Defiance
Russell H. Bready
Trinity M. FE. Church
8. R. Dunham
Beauty parlors redefine staff as beauticians in charm lessons
A columnist notes the shift from beautician to the new term beauticians and jokes that the word evokes mortician. The piece asks why American women would seek charm education in beauty parlors as middle aged women receive hair dye, facial paint, lifting, wrinkle reduction, and hair removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beauticians
Savings deposits rise signal end of slump says Wallace
T. F. Wallace, head of the National Association of Savings Banks, notes deposits increased by 225 million dollars. He warns that prosperity depends on spending as well as saving, arguing more circulation would hasten recovery while savings keep people secure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. F. Wallace
National Association of Savings Banks
Harvard Experts Optimistic About Better Times
Harvard College experts express cautious optimism about improving economic and social conditions as they discuss long term prospects and policy implications for the coming years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard College
Contracts for new roads are given today
Columbus Sept 4 Contracts on state highway construction projects costing about 1 500 000 were let today by Robert N Wade state highway director Bids were received August 26 The Ray Strawser Construction Company Columbus was awarded the contract for building 4139 miles of the Jackson Ironton road in Lawrence County with one concrete beam bridge on its bid of 190 858 The Ebersbach Construction Co Pomeroy was awarded the contract for building 2048 miles of the Ohio River Road in Jefferson County brick at 180 747
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Robert N. Waid
Ray Strawser Construction Company
Jackson-Ironton Road
Lawrence County
Ebersbach Construction Co
Pomeroy
Jefferson County
Ohio University Enrollment Seen Slight Rise This Fall
The registrar reports a small enrollment increase for the fall term at Ohio University. Out of state applications are expected to rise due to a fee increase not taking effect until 1931, per registrar F B Dilley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
F. B. Dilley
Pugilist Sobieralski Killed in Toledo Train Collision
Four companions escaped with minor injuries when a car carrying 19 year old Toledo boxer Frank Sobieralski was struck by a New York Central passenger train. Sobieralski, who had hoped for his first major bout next week, died at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
U.P
New York Central
Frank Sobieralski
Ammonia Explosion Hits Gloucester Plant
An ammonia explosion at a Gloucester cold storage plant injures two workers and affects 50 women with fumes, with one man believed fatally burned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloucester
Mass
U.P
Plan changes at meeting of local firemen
Mayor Robert Wood led a meeting to reorganize the Athens Fire Department. Fire Chief Laughlin will appoint six substitutes to cover absences, with uniforms planned for department members and Laughlin given full charge. Residents are warned not to crowd scenes to avoid arrests.
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Athens
Robert 8. Wood
EB. 8. Laughlin
Wood
Laughlin
Ohio
Bomb at Rockefeller Hospital in Peiping Kills Worker
A suitcase bomb exploded in the Rockefeller Foundation Hospital in Peiping killing a Chinese employee. An unknown person left the device in a room after a Chinese newspaper called the hospital an imperialist tool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeller Foundation
Peiping
China
U.P
Bootlegger Shot Dead in Dillonvale Home
Louie Makrai aged 36 described as an alleged bootlegger was killed at his Dillonvale residence when an unknown assailant lured him to his door. The shooting occurred on September 4 in what authorities classify as a fatal ambush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillonvale
U.p—U.r
Louie Makrai
Hoover to appoint Eugene Meyer Jr as Federal Reserve governor
President Hoover will appoint Eugene Meyer Jr former Federal Farm Loan Board head as governor of the Federal Reserve Board. The decision was learned authoritatively today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
Hoover
Eugene Meyer, Jr
Federal Farm Loan Board
Federal Reserve Board
Drought Shrinks U S Corn Crop and Feed Supplies
Washington reports extended August drought reduces corn and feed stocks. Secretary Hyde notes crop prospects near 2.06 billion bushels, well below earlier forecasts, with water shortages for stock tightening, and August rainfall well under normal in multiple states.
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Washington
U.R
Hyde
Agriculture Department
United States
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
West Virginia
Experts named to direct drought relief work across agencies
Secretary Hyde as chairman of the National Drought Committee announced a group of government experts to handle specific drought relief tasks. The Agriculture Department also said feed shipments into affected areas have begun at emergency reduced rates, reaching 11 states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Hyde
Hoover
National Drought Committee
Belief Nils Strindberg Died Before Andree on Polar Trip
A Swedo Norwegian commission in Tromsoe confirms that Nils Strindberg died on the ice at White Island before Salomon Auguste Andree. Relics from the last camp yielded a diary but no further notes, though a pen knife, cartridges, and matches were found in Andree’s clothes as examinations continue.
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Tromsoe
Norway
Nils Strindberg
White Island
Salomon Auguste Andree
Andree
Strindberg
Advertisers Forecast Big Gains for Papers Over Five Years
Cleveland reports Guy Hubbert of New York predicts newspaper advertising space will bring merchants far greater benefits in the next five years than in the previous two decades. He spoke at the sixth annual Newspaper Advertising Study with managers and editors from across the nation attending courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.R
Guy Hubbart
New York
Barrett sought in double family slaying in Kentucky
George Barrett, 44, is being hunted across central Kentucky after allegedly killing his mother Nancy Jane Barrett 75 and seriously wounding his sister Rachel Maupin 37. Police say the motive stemmed from a beating of his son and his sister’s injuries are considered serious with doubtful recovery.
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Berea
U.P
Nancy Jane Barrett
Rachel Maupin
George Barrett
Kentucky
Barrett
West Indies Plight After Hurricane Impacts Santo Domingo
A hurricane disrupted Santo Domingo and western Caribbean islands with unconfirmed scope of damage. Reports from Havana and Port au Prince signaled some abatement while Santo Domingo remained cut off. Red Cross readiness and Dominican officials warned of economic strain amid widespread impact.
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United Press
West Indies
Santo Domingo
Caribbean
Havana
Port Au Printe
Dominica
Porto Rico
Dominican
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Ito
American Red Cross
Sttacken
United States
Republic
Plan to Build Ten Hospitals Under U S Veterans Bureau Program
The U S Veterans Bureau pushes a 16 million plan to complete within three years ten new hospitals aiding World War veterans. Forty seven hospitals are operated, treating over 100000 veterans. Half of patients suffer neuro psychiatric disorders, many permanent. Tentative sites include Albuquerque Huntington Canadaigua Lincolnville Tuscaloosa Indianapolis Waco with more than 200 beds in most buildings.
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Washington
U.P
U. S. Veterans Bureau
Bureau
Federal Hospitalization Board
Albuquerque
N. M
Huntington
W. Va
Canandaigua
Lincolnville
Kansas
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Indianapolis
Ind
Waco
Texas
New York
Utah
Black will admitted despite son and children protest
Van Lear Black's will was admitted to probate in Baltimore over the protest of his son Van Lear Black Jr and two minor children. The will leaves the dower one third to Mrs Van Lear Black and distributes the rest to his children brothers and others. Mrs Lord named to receive 100000 while Van Lear Black Jr gains a life interest in 56000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
U.R
van Lear Black
van Lear Black, Jr
Harry CC. Black
J. Walter Lord
Black
Lord
Stout Air Lines to Buy Four Ford Tri-Motor Planes
Stanley E. Knauss, vice-president and general manager, announced the purchase of four new 14 passenger Ford tri motor transport planes for passenger service between Cleveland Detroit and Chicago on Stout Air Lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.R
Detroit
Chicago
Stout Air Lines
Stanley E. Knauss
Noted Astronomer Violet White Joins Imperial College
Violet White of London, a 23 year old astronomer, is appointed research assistant at Imperial College of Technology in South Kensington. She is among the world’s new women astronomers gaining recognition in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Violet White
London
Imperial College of Technology
South Kensington
Hurricane devastates banana plantations in Honduras
Kingston Jamaica dispatch reports a hurricane in Spanish Honduras Friday destroyed about half a million banana trees and several buildings, causing extensive damage in the region and prompting relief concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
Jarmatea
Honduras
Riday
Hurricane of terrific force sweeps Caribbean islands
A hurricane of terrific force swept northward through the West Indies today isolating islands by severing communications, disrupting commerce, and causing widespread anxiety across the Caribbean region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
West Indies
Caribbean
Santo Domingo Wrecked by Hurricane Strikes City
Advices from reliable sources say Santo Domingo was wrecked by a hurricane that struck yesterday. Communications are disrupted and initial reports are unconfirmed as of 9 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port AU Prince
Haiti
U.P
Santo Domingo
Hurricane kills 26 in Caribbean. RC A reports damage
RCA announced a San Juan message reporting 26 killed in Dominica and immense damage at Santo Domingo from the hurricane. The report situates the Caribbean disaster as widespread with severe destruction affecting multiple locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Radio Corporation of America
San Juan
Porto Rico
Dominica
Santo Domingo
END HUNT FOR THREE ESCAPED OHIO CONVICTS
The nationwide manhunt for two Junction City Brick Plant escapeescontinued until today after a third was captured. Clyde Fischer and Ben Caddes eluded a large Fairfield County posse following a guard escape at the Junction City plant. Lee Neddleton, 28, will be sent to the Ohio Penitentiary after his capture near Pleasantville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
A.R
Junction City
T. W. Glick
Canal Winchester
Clyde Fischer
Trumbull
Lee Neddleton
Lucas County
Ohio Penitentiary
M. M. Hanna
Levi Hite
Woodland
Pleasantville
Nelsonville Feature in The Messenger Supplement
Nelsonville appears in a 14 page Sunday Messenger supplement dated September 7. The section coincides with Old Home Week and mixes current Nelsonville stories with historical memories and pictures of the Hocking Valley city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Messenger
Nelsonville
Old Home Week
Hocking Valley
Ohio
McCormick Defends Use of Detectives in Nye Probe
Ruth Hanna McCormick Republican candidate for U S Senator from Illinois said she used detectives in the Nye investigation and sent them to North Dakota with business cards. She spoke to 1,800 people in East St. Louis and pledged affidavits on tapping telephones and ransacking her farm office to Senator Nye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Louis
U.R
Ruth Hanna McCormick
United States
Illinoia
Nye Senate
Nye
Senator Nye
Bandits Hold Up Gas Station Near Marietta
Three bandits robbed a gasoline station at Mile Run Junction near Marietta late last night and fired on attendant F. E. Bishop as they fled. Police believe the same trio committed an earlier Hobson robbery. one robber was killed. Bishop was brought to Pomeroy for identification of the slain robber. Authorities suspect two of the bandits are convicts who escaped from a state brick plant at Junction City yesterday.
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Marietta
U.P
Mile Run Junction
Here
Bishop
Hobson
Pomeroy
Junction City
Relief plan formed for Santo Domingo hurricane damage
Government officials and the American Red Cross joined to provide relief for Santo Domingo after a tropical hurricane caused destruction in the city. Ernest J. Swift, acting chairman of foreign operations for the Red Cross, met with Acting Secretary of State Cotton to discuss relief measures as the Weather Bureau warned the storm was moving toward the Florida Straits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.R
American Red Cross
Santo Domingo
Weather Bureau
Florida Straits
Ernest J. Swift
Cotton
I Must Work
Madame Marie Coste wife of the French air hero says she will sail for New York as soon as she finishes an unfinished motion picture in Paris. She cannot join Dieu donne in America until filming ends and she is eager to see New York.
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Paris
U.P
Madame Marie Coste
Air Hero
France
United States
Madame Coste
New York
Dieudonne
America
Former bank guard surrenders on embezzlement warrant
W G Detman, once night watchman at Farmers Savings Bank and Trust, named in an embezzlement warrant a year earlier, surrendered today in Mansfield. He said he wanted to get it off his mind as Sheriff Aaron Davis filed the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansfield
U.P
W. G. Detman
Farmers Savings Bank and Trust Company
Detman
Aaron Davis
Hand bond forfeited in Galion bank robber case
The $25,500 bond for Wilbur Pretty Hand a Galion bank robber was declared forfeited by Common Pleas Judge J W Wright after Hand jumped bail following capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BUC Co O
Wilbur
Common Pleas
J. W. Wright
Mexico aids emigration curb and plans return of workers
Mexico aims to limit emigration to the United States and facilitate returns of jobless Mexicans. Col Eduardo Hernandez Chazaro, secretary to President Ortiz Rubio, said 4,000 Mexicans were sent back last week with another 4,000 expected soon after his California visit.
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Mexico City
French Flyers Set to Chase $25000 Prize Across America
Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte, escorted by Colonel Lindbergh, started at Curtiss Airport Valley Stream Long Island and aimed for Dallas Texas. Within three hours they reached the Midwest crossing Allentown and Steubenville, then moved toward Ohio at over 100 miles per hour.
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Curtiss
Valley Stream
Long Island
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Dallas
Texas
New York
Middlewest
Allentown
Mbensburg
Ohio
Steubenville
Coste and Bellonte Reach Dallas After Atlantic Flight
Urr Captain Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte fly the Question Mark to Dallas completing a westward crossing. They aim to collect a 26000 prize from Willard Barkerwood Jr and end a flight that started at Le Bourget Airdrome last Monday. Government forecasters said weather was favorable for the journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Bellonte
Aviation
United States
Atlantic
Dallas
Texim
Curtiss Airport
Valley Stream
le Bourget Airdrome
Willan E. Baaterwood, Jr
Coste
Bellonte
US Ambassador Morrow joins goodwill flight committee
Dwight Morrow United States ambassador in Munico City has accepted membership on a committee sponsoring a goodwill flight in the United States by French trans Atlantic aviators Coste and Bellonte.
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Munico City
Sept
Aur
United States
Dwight Morrow
Coste and
Bellonte
Lindbergh to Lead Escort Planes for Coste Reception
Washington reports Charles A. Lindbergh will fly a number of escort planes to Washington for a state reception. He will join Captain Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Hellonte in the event, announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ames Charles A. Lindbergh
Escor
Dieudonne Coste
Maurice Hellonte
Pilot Coste and Hellonte Escort Question Mark Flight
Captain Dieudenne Coste and Maurice Hellonte flew over Cincinnati at 11 47 a m Eastern Daylight Time. A squadron from the municipal airport escorted the Question Mark for several miles toward Louisville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Dieudenne Coste
Maurice Hellonte
Ne Municipal
Louisville
Cooksey Funeral Held Wednesday
Funeral services for Jam Cooksey 72 of Athens were held Wednesday at Sugar Creek Methodist Church with Rev. G B Courtney officiating. Burial followed in West State Street cemetery. Cooksey, born in Fatherburg Kentucky, worked as a miner for many years and is survived by his widow three sons three daughters and multiple relatives in Kentucky and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jam Cooksey
Athens
Sugar Creek Methodist Church
G. B. Courtney
Chauncey
West State Street
Mr. Cooksey
Fatherburg
Athens County
Jay, Harkless
Milton Cooksey
Professor Wagner to Speak at Athens Church Services
Prof A EK Wagner from Ohio University College of Education will speak at Sunday morning services in Athens. Announcement notes his address and role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. EK. Wagner
College of Education
Ohio University
Athens Church
Antique Chest and House for Sale Featured in Classifieds
Classified listings advertise an antique chest of drawers offered for sale and a house with lot on Walker Street priced at 2500 dollars. Also noted is a steel dump truck body in good condition listed for 35 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger
Walker Street
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