Labor Day Observances Quietly Mark Athens Area
Athens district braces for Labor Day with stores banks and post office scaling back. County offices and schools close. Kiwanis and commissioners postpone meetings. Local pools golf courses and picnics draw families while no Athens Messenger edition will be published.
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Athens
Athens Merchants Association
Athens County
Kiwanis Club
Athens Messenger
The
Express Company
Ofice
Akron Surprises Him At Air Show Visit
Akron reporters note Captain Fritz Hammer commander of the Dornier Do-X visits Akron and Cleveland for the National Air races. He expresses surprise at the size of the U S 8S Akron compared with the Graf Zeppelin and is joined by Captain Corit Von Clausbruch and Mrs. Von Clausbruch.
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Akron
U.P
Fritz Hammer
Cleveland
Hammer
Corit von Clausbruch
Vonausbruch
Wall Street Traver Fest Promises High Yields Amid Demands
A Wall Street note argues that wheat hits a new low and one railroad skips a dividend. It touts safe stocks paying seven to ten percent though few buy them, predicting future rises may trigger purchases. The piece quips about mirages and hopes for ten billion from Europe and hints at possible cuts in reparations if Germany lowers demands.
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Wall Street
Europe
Germany
China to buy wheat for famine relief in large future credits
Joyful reports state China will take more than fifteen million bushels of our wheat for famine relief and may reach as high as fifty million. China will pay with long term notes and those notes may be added later. The note mentions possible credit from providence for helping the starving.
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China
Kidnapped Broker Wins Half Ransom in Poker Game
Charles M. Rosenthal, a young broker abducted for a $100,000 ransom, won $50,000 from his captors in a poker game and collected their IOUs, reducing the ransom to $50,000 which his mother paid. The item continues on page 4.
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Charles M. Rosenthal
the Kid
Farm Board Rep Quits Poultry Co operative Plan Here
F. P. Taylor representing the Federal Farm Board abandoned a plan to form a poultry marketing cooperative in Athens County. He could not recruit enough bird owners, needing about 10 000 birds to join for feasibility. Similar associations exist in Meigs County and in West Virginia and are said to operate successfully.
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Farm Board
Taylor Reports
Meigs County
Athens County
F. P. Taylor
Federal Farm Board
Taylor
West Virginia
Doolittle Seeks Transcontinental Record Flight
Jimmy Doolittle, former Army flyer, refueled in Albuquerque at 8 35 a m today interrupting his eastward flight aimed at a new trans continental record. He took off five minutes later continuing the journey.
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U.P
Jimmy Doolittle
Army
Broker Sought on Forgery and Embezzlement Charges
Zanesville September 4. W A Lorimer real estate and insurance broker sought on two forgery counts and one embezzlement count connected to State Security Bank accounts which closed here.
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Zanesville
U.R
W. A. Lorimer
State Security Bank
Veterans of Foreign Wars urge amending Volstead Act
Kansas City veterans at the annual encampment push for modification of the Volstead Act and repeal of the National Prohibition Amendment. They argue homes are invaded by federal inspectors and spies amid wartime liberty principles cited by 2,000,000 veterans overseas.
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Kansas City
Stepmother Named in Suit in Kane County Court
Emma Frankie Chapman Abbott of Long Island New York sues Minnie W. Chapman of Aurora alleging alienation of her husband George S. Abbott's affections. Abbott, a New York theatrical manager, married in 1895 and died owning a $750000 estate. Abbott stayed in Aurora after 1921, accused by the plaintiff of being kept there by Mrs. Chapman’s gifts.
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Geneva
Emma Frankie Chapman
Abbott
Long Island
N. Y
New York
Kane County
Minnie W. Chapman
Aurora
Chapman
George S. Abbott
Mansfield Chamber seeks intervention on coal rate case
The Mansfield Chamber of Commerce asked the Public Utilities Commission for permission to intervene in Empire Steel Corp versus Baltimore and Ohio Railroad over coal rates from Love City to Mansfield. It argued manufacturers and citizens deserve coal at competitive values and Mansfield should share equalized rate treatment with other communities.
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Columbus
Mansfield Chamber of Commerce
The
Public Utilities Commission
Empire Steel Corporation
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Love City
Mansfield
Matefeld
Akron mother leaps to death from viaduct
Mrs Hon or Frazee, a 28 year old mother of two, jumped 75 feet to her death from a local viaduct. A note left behind said she killed herself because her husband was taken away and her home was broken up.
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Akron
U.P
Honor Frazee
County treasurer M B Pancoast shoots self in garage
St Clairsville Sept 4 M B Pancoast 50 longtime county treasurer shot and killed himself in his garage. Officials cited worry over the future after his defeat for a third term as the reason. He was to leave office Sept 7.
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ST. Clairsville
U.P
M. B. Pancoast
Messenger Classifieds Urge Reading For Apartment Finds
Daily Messenger ads list desirable apartments and invite readers to place their own classified ad by dialing 0243. The notice highlights frequent reader interest from thousands of area buyers.
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Messenger
Chicago banker faced with embezzlement charge
Walter Wolf, 42, a former manager of a bank coupon department, admitted taking bonds valued at 1.5 million dollars to gamble in stock and grain markets. He had been a church usher and trusted Chicago employee for two decades.
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Walter Wolf
Chicago
Ruling Lets Ohio Court Suspend Judge in Bostwick Case
Columbus September 4 The Franklin County Common Pleas Court may suspend Probate Judge Homer Z Bostwick pending ouster proceedings after a day and a half of arguments Judge John R King said he would hear the motion by attorney Charles A Druggan on behalf of 1448 qualified voters seeking removal The hearing was delayed as Bostwick counsel prepared a possible writ of prohibition to block the proceedings in appeals court
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Columbus
Common Pleas Court of
Franklin County
Homer Z. Bostwick
John R. King
Bostwick
King
Charles A. Druggan
Judge Bostwick
Cee Bostwick
Court of Appeals
Common Pleas Court
School Strike Sparks Disorder in Pittsburgh Transit Fare
In Pittsburgh on September 4, about 200 high school students protested a new trolley fare. A group of around 20 boys tore a car fender from a street car at Haysville Junction and tied a poster to its side during the demonstration against paying half their transportation to school.
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Pittsburgh
Haysville Junction
Haysborough
Oil firms raise price five cents a barrel in Buckeye Pipe Line
New York report says South Penn Oil Company advanced Corning and Penn-grade crude oils by five cents per barrel in the Buckeye Pipe Line Company lines.
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New York
U.P
South Penn Oil Company
Buckeye Piep Line Company
If Ever a Land Was Rumored to Death It Is Us Says Rogers
Beverly Hills columnist Will Rogers quips that America is not dying from a rumor driven crisis. He mocks nationwide anxiety, noting widespread chatter as banks close by whispers and unemployment is imagined while many work overtime spreading rumors.
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Rogers
Beverly Hills
Calif
America
Will
Legal Battle Opens Over West Virginia Bluebeard Case
Two leading figures in the case against Harry F. Powers begin public clash. J Be Law of Clarksburg defends the confessed slayer of five, while Will E Morris of Harrison County prosecutes. Law accuses officers of using third degree methods to obtain Powers confession.
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Harry F. Powers
West Virginia
Bluebeard
J. Be Law
Clarksburg
Will E. Morris
Harrison County
W. Va
Law
Powers
Professor Miller Predicts Intermarriage Will Be Regarded Lightly
Professor Herbert A. Miller of Ohio State University, speaking at Lakeside, says intermarriage will be viewed lightly in the future. He warns whites to end racial domination, calls for cooperation with colored races, and lauds Gandhi for Christian action in India.
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Miller
Ohio State University
Gandhi
Lakeside
U.P
Herbert A. Miller
International Lyceum Chautauqua Association
Professor Miller
Lenin
Sun Yat Sen
India
Chiist
Newsmen Enjoy Prime Day at Ohio State Fair
News papermen visiting the Ohio State Fair under perfect weather attended a luncheon with over 200 newspaper representatives from across the state. Milton Cox of Circleville led the event as team master, I. B. Gythery welcomed guests and highlighted the exposition. Governor and daughter Mary Louise drew cheers on Governor's Day as crowds enjoyed fair progress.
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Columbus
Milton. Cox
Circleville
Democratic Enquirer
McArthur
Mary Louise
Howell in Comeback Leads Culmet at Tara in National Amateur
At Beverly Country Club Chicago on September 4 Billy Howell of Richmond Virginia won the opening 18 holes by one stroke over Francis Culmet of Boston in the 36 hole National Amateur semifinal. Howell, in his first national event, trailed early but rallied to take the lead over Culmet who is noted as 1913 National Open and 1914 Amateur champion.
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Athens Country Club
John Sprague
Beverly Country Club
Chicago
Billy Howell
Richmond
Francis Oulmet
Boston
County to Can and Distribute Surplus Produce to Needy Families
Athens County Red Cross plans a county wide canning drive to save surplus fruit and vegetables for winter relief. Local chapters, led by Miss French and Miss Smith, will organize canning centers, truck delivery, and collection of cans and sugar with support from farmers and churches across the county.
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Athens County
Ena County
Cross
Plana
Red Cross
Athens
Stra
National Red Cross
Athene
Chena
Towr
Miss French
Mesonville
Glouster
Famil
Canner David Mitchell Dies at Hoe Canning Plant
David A. Mitchell, 70, died after an incident at the Hoe Canning factory in Marysville. He reportedly fell into a conveyor at the Center location during a shift change and was later pronounced dead. Authorities are investigating the accident.
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Marysville
David A. Mitchell
and Hoe
Center
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