M. E. Pastors For Southern Ohio Selected
Ohio Conference appointments reveal pastors assigned to districts and towns including Coolville Guysville Logan Circleville Lancaster Logan London McArthur Portsmouth Racine Reedsville Marietta and more with names such as W H Reitz J W Stone H H Wilbur D Warren and L C Warden among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Trinity
N. E. Butler
Walnut Street
W. A. Vorhis
Chillicothe Parish
Richmondale
H. H. Apels
L. S. Norris
Circleville
C. H. Eichinger
Clarksburg
Ray Tucker
Coolville
R. L. Derrick
Darbyville
P. C. Scott
Frankfort
R. R. Weed
Glouster
F. J. Batterson
Guysville-Stewart
W. H. Reitz
Hamden
A. C. Barnhart
Harrisburg
J. K. Price
Haydenville
G. C. Nutter
Hocking County Parish
J. T. Yocum
Jacksonville
Kingston-Tarlton
V. C. Stump
Portsmouth
Bidwell-Vinton
J. L. Stephenson
Chester
W. H. Harble
Cheshire
Davison
Gallipolis
H. H. Wilbur
Letart Falls
J. D. Law
Middleport
W. B. Patterson
Pedro
N. C. Warren
Pomeroy
H. &. Henthorne
Portland
A. L. Clary
Racine
E. C. Hardin
Reedsville
Bert O'Connor
Rutland-Syracuse
Gaylord Bogardus
Waverly
J. W. Stone
D. L. Browning
Grandview Church
Columbus
D. H. Householder
Canal Winchester
E. S. Wilson
Linworth-Bethel
C. W. Hudson
Obetz
A. M. Mann
Arlington
Toledo
H. J. Holcombe
Fostoria
S. E. Weed
McC
Sheriff Jailed After Prisoner Dies by Club
Peoria jail guards rushed Deputy Sheriff C. O. Skinner to Peoria after an arrest warrant charging murder of prisoner Martin Virant. Virant’s death noted as not from hanging. he testified five deputies beat him during questioning on a saloon brawl death. Community tension rose amid the investigation and inquest proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pekin
U.P
C. O. Skinner
Peoria
Tazewell County
Martin Virant
Skinner
Virant
Dope on Strike Invites Milo Reno to Ohio Farm Meet
Milo Reno president of the National Farmers' Holiday Association, invited to speak before the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation board of trustees next Tuesday night. Reno has organized the farmers' holiday movement in Ohio and will discuss the movement to decide on a possible statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Milo Reno
National Farmers’ Holiday Association
Sioux City
Iowa
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Murray D. Lincoln
Ohio Farm Bureau
Reno
Ohio
Lincoln
Prohibition Strategy Board to Vote on Friday Meeting
The National Board of Prohibition strategy plans a Friday meeting in Washington amid a split over presidential support. The Anti-Saloon League executive committee meets tomorrow to discuss political positions deemed unsatisfactory by both groups. The board aims to focus on congressional races with tensions over Hoover Norman Thomas alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prohibition Strategy Board
Capital
Washington
National Board of Prohibition Strategy
Anti-Saloon League
F. Scott McBride
Chicago
League
Strategy Board
Clarence True Wilson
Methodist Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals
Chicago Belt
Hoover
Ella Boole
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Wilson
Norman Thomas
Senator Borah
Idaho
Edwin C. Dinwiddie
National Temperance Bureau
1300 Pupils to Return as Athens Schools Open Monday
Athens will reopen for 1300 pupils next Monday at 8:30. H C Pendry, new school superintendent, urges parents to purchase books and supplies early. All beginners must be vaccinated for smallpox before entering. A teachers meeting at the high school precedes the term with principals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
H. C. Pendry
Pendry
Board of Education
Red Cross Implements New Flour Distribution Plan
A new flour distribution system led by the Red Cross starts in Athens Township with city hall and The Plains as receipt sites. Each family receives a card and allotments vary by household size and working members, now used countywide with a Trimble Township survey supporting the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Athens Township
Athens
Plains
Miss Pearl French
Trimble Township
French
Sugar Creek Man Denied Assault Charge Also Faces Intoxication
Fred Heavener of Sugar Creek was arraigned before Magistrate Carl H. Porter on intoxication and assault and battery charges after allegedly assaulting his wife Franie Heavener while intoxicated last Saturday. He pleaded not guilty. Bond was set at $200 for intoxication and $300 for assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Creek
Fred Heavener
Franie Heavener
Carl H. Porter
Heavener
Wayne Wingett
208 Pieces of Timber No Two Alike Barn Raising
In Coolville on September 7 a traditional barn raising occurred at Oscar Clark’s home. Peter and Ed Parsons framed a 32 by 48 foot barn using 208 unique timber pieces. Neighbors completed the raise without a single loose joint. Ed Clark and Charles Ford, ages 78 and 70, praised the precision of the Parsonses, noting no prior job matched this effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Oscar Clark
Peter
Ed Parsons
Ed Clark
Charles Ford
Clark Place
Methodists in Fight for Dry Law Retention
Cincinnati dispatch reports a bitter defense of national prohibition as 1100 Ohio pastors depart for home. Bishop H Lester Smith urged perseverance amid hardship and reduced salaries while the conference backed reforms including debt cancellation only with Europe disarmament, support for Hoover’s plan, and tighter spending for certain groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U.R
Ohio Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
H. Lester Smith
St. Paul
Europe
Hoover
Anti-Saloon League
Frame-Up Claim in Lima Murder Case
Charles W. Long, Lima attorney for Loren E. Truesdale, 23, says his client is wholly innocent of the murders of his brother Earl, 20, and Thelma Woods, 17, slain May 30, 1931, alleging a frame-up and accusing police of using third degree methods to obtain a confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
U.P
Charles W. Long
Loren E. Truesdale
Earl
Long
Loren Truesdale
Roosevelt Seeks Vermont Votes in GOP Stronghold
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt headed to Rutland and Bennington Vermont to court Democratic leaders and upset the state’s GOP allegiance. He planned a 24 day Pacific Coast swing afterward and aimed to expand his presidential campaign across the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Albany
N. Y
U.P
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vermont
Green Mountain
Rutland
Bennington
Upstate
New York
Pacific Coast
Ohio man confesses to extortion letters demand
Edward H. Rothera, 42, a file-setter from Welshfield Ohio, confessed to Willoughby police that he authored five extortion letters sent in recent months to Ellsworth Augustus a wealthy sportsman, each demanding 25000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Edward H. Rothera
Welshfield
Willoughby
Ellsworth
Augustus
Paul Bern Death Mystery Deepens as Doctor Speaks
Hollywood reports that Paul Bern's personal physician offered to testify to motive behind the producer's death and to aid Jean Harlow if needed. Police note a second suicide note appears linked to Bern's life with an unnamed woman and a derangement that troubled Harlow and his circle. Henry Bern, the brother, confirms awareness of Bern's ties and the released note to his bride Jean Harlow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Calif
Sept. T
U.R
Paul Bern
Honolulu
Ed. B. Jones
Bern
Louis B. Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn Studies
Harlow
Kansas City
U.P
Henry Bern
Jean Harlow
Slayer of Ohio Co-ed Caught
In Viega Switzerland Henri Walther confessed to Swiss Telegraphic Agency to killing 21-year-old Smith College student Mias Jerane Ibershoff of Cleveland. Ibershoff was slain with a rock at the foot of Zermatt Mountain as she biked in the Alps last week. The body was cremated this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viega
Switzerland
Siss
Mias Jerane Ibershoff
Cleveland
Zermatt Mountain
Alps
Henri Walther
Martigny
Ibershoff
Smith College
Two Suits Filed in Athens County Court
Elmer Allen sues Philippine Lodge No. 708 Chauncey and three trustees for 1000 dollars with 8 percent interest from March 1 1930, seeking mortgage security on lodge property. James R Clark sues Fred Mahnken for 218 12 dollars with 7 percent interest from Sept 1 1930, seeking mortgage security on Mahnken property in Rome Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Clark
Mahnken
Rome Township
Boy 6 Saves Sister From Abandoned Cistern
In Canton on September 7 Lloyd McGonagle aged six saved his five year old sister Angela Marie after she fell eight feet into an abandoned cistern on a vacant lot. He grabbed her feet and pulled her to safety as neighbors called for help. The girl revived quickly and bystanders marveled at the rescue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canton
U.P
Lloyd McGonagle
Angela Marie
Northern Ohio dairymen to battle price reductions
Representatives of 5,000 dairy farmers in Northwestern Ohio and Southern Michigan join the Farmers' Holiday Association to oppose cutting milk prices amid Toledo retail reductions to 7.5 cents per quart. Led by E D Waid the delegation warns of possible milk supply halts to press for higher winter costs and producer prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern
Ohio
Toledo
U.P
Farmers’ Holiday Association
Northwestern Ohio
A. E B. Lane
Farmers’ Holiday Group
Loren Nelson
Bowling Green
Charles P. Wilkinson
Monroe County
Mich
Co-operative Marketing Company
J. A. Murbach
Producers’ Co-operative Organization
Wilkinson
Texas Rivers Leave Banks and Levee Breaks
A 30-foot break in a levee near Hidalgo, 10 miles south of McAllen, isolates the town and maroons 200 people. Two cars trying to cross the flooded Hidalgo McAllen Highway were swept away, occupants escaping with their lives. Along the Rio Grande lower valley, high water threatens crops and property as the river widens four to five miles and rises about six inches per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcallen
Tex
Hidalgo
Here
Rio Grande
Hidalgo- Mcanen
Brownsville
Texas
U.P
Rio Grande River
Flood Overflows Drown Mother and Three Children
Elm Creek flood near Abilene Texas drove residents from homes as Mrs George Mullens 30 of Ontario California and her three children died when the creek went out of banks. Father Harry Mullens 6 Ronald 3 Arnold 18 months were rescued from a tree though the bodies of the mother and children remained missing today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creek Abilene
Texas
U.P
George Mullens
Ontario
Calif
Elm Creek
Harry Mullens
Ronald
Arnold
Bonds Oversubscribed Quick Response Signals Rising Business Barometer
Oversubscription in 24 hours of the 1.15 billion treasury bond issue and a positive weekly Federal Reserve Board statement mark an improving business outlook. The issue includes 75 million in five year notes and subscription books closed after strong banker demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Treasury
Federal Reserve Board
Pickets mass at Sioux City as farmers strike escalates
In Sioux City Iowa on September 7 a crowd of 500 to 600 pickets gathered on a highway to halt a caravan of trucks bound for the market amid threats of violence at the farmers strike center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Iowa
Veteran 90 Today Keeps Busy With Home Routines
Civil War veteran William B. Southerton marks his 90th birthday with a day of errands and garden work. A member of the famed 75th Ohio Regiment, he fought at Gettysburg and spent nine months in Confederate prisons after being captured in Florida. Few comrades remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Southerton
Court Street
Mr. Southerton
75Th Ohio
Florida
Four Men Arrested After Wild Chase In Columbus
Four Cleveland men were arrested after a high speed chase through streets and an apartment building. The suspects Joe Trighia Nicola Crea Alfred Morrow, 22 to 24 fought through Cleveland to recover a stolen car and chased William McMillen 21 before police intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Cleveland
William McMillen
Joe Trighia
Nicola Crea
Alfréd Morrow
Trigita
McMillen
Eaton votes to issue bonds for light plant plan
The council of Eaton plans a $95,000 bond issue to be voted in November to acquire the Eaton Lighting Company distribution system and to buy power wholesale from a neighboring city for municipal light service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EATON
Eaton Lighting Company
Eaton Municipal Light League
Lutherans to Elect Officers at Ohio District Meeting
Dayton event reports election of officers on the program of the annual Ohio District meeting of the American Lutheran Church. The gathering in Dayton outlines leadership selection and district affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
American Lutheran Church
Governor White to dedicate Milan state farm Sept 17
Columbus report states Governor White and the State Conservation Commission will participate in the dedication of the new state cow farm at Milan Ohio on September 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
White
State Conservation Commission
Milan
City petitions to reduce intoxication fines in November vote
East Liverpool residents filed a petition with 1106 signatures seeking a city referendum at the November election to lower intoxication fines from ten dollars to one. The East Liverpool Ministerial Association and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union sponsored the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Liverpool
Past Grands Picnic Postponed To Sept 15
The Past Grands picnic and club meeting in Glouster is rescheduled from Thursday at Mrs Lenna Snowden’s home to Sept 15 due to many members being out of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Lenna Snowden
Biggest Dam News Sparks Beverly Hills Chatter
Will from Beverly Hills promotes Hoover Dam as the greatest project since Noah and compares it to the Grand Canyon. The note teases election returns and notes the dam lies between Nevada and Arizona with California awaiting water, presenting it as the latest dam news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
Boulder Dam
Noah
Grand Canyon
Aiit
Hoover Dam
Nevada
Arizona
California
Divorce filing expected in Los Angeles by Arnat against Welsamaker
Robbe Arnat announces a property settlement will lead to a divorce filing today in Los Angeles against Johnny Welsamaker, film actor and swimming star, per Arnat’s attorney Mise Arnat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Robbe Arnat
Johnny Welsamaker
Mise Arnat
Contracts Awarded for County Road Paving Projects
Athens County Commissioners approved bids totaling about 1 000 000 dollars for dirt road improvements. Garden Road and Orange Road in Carthage Township receive gravel paving, with exact yardage and costs listed. Big Run Road in Rome Township, Tick Ridge Road in Bern Township, and McPherson and Willow Creek Roads in several townships awarded to Shafer and others with per yard costs and total sums. A Pleasant Hill Road contract was let at 1.91 per yard for limestone. A Waterloo Township delegation asked to add New Marshfield Wingett Chapel Road to county system. decision postponed after inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
J. W. Wilson
Carthage
W. D. Buezard
Big Run
Rome Township
Foater B. Bean
Bern Township
Tick Ridge
Sidwell Brothers
Concord
Dover
Ames Township
McPherson Road
Alexander Township
Willow Creek Road
Canaan Township
Ray Shafer
Mer Pherson
Willow Creek
Shafer
Concord Road
Pleasant Hill
E. ©. Cole
Waterloo Township
Marshfield-Wingett Chapel
Gandhi Is Southpaw in Prison Diet and Tools Change
Gandhi endures a long standing hand pain forcing him to write with his left hand and spin with his feet on a new spinning wheel. He is at Yeroda Prison where he has dropped dairy and fruit, losing 12 pounds before officials urged him to resume goat's milk to avoid potential release on ill health grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Mahatma Gandhi
Yeroda
Gandhi
Cold Night Drops Temperature to 46 Degrees in Athens
Athens residents bundled up as the thermometer fell to 46 degrees overnight, rising to 69 by noon. Mrs. C. N. France, the county weather observer, reported Tuesday's high around 81 degrees and a river level of 2.70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. N. France
Athens County
House Blast Wrecks Foreman’s Vacant Home in Mine 25 Area
A dynamite blast last night wrecked the front porch and broken windows of the vacant home of M. D. Younty at Chauncey near State Route 3. Inside foreman at Mine 28, Manhattan Coal, he and his family had moved to Athens yesterday. Across the street, Mrs. J. P. McCollam was seriously injured by the blast. The event coincides with coal strike tensions as officials discuss settlement proposals with Governor White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Sept. T
Meigs
Athens
Perry
Waa
White
Cotey Te
Obloe
Herman Theisen
Milfield
Hocking Valley Seale Committee
John Down
Middleport
Pearl Parker
Meiga County
Seale
Walter Compton
Meigs County
MD Youty
Chauncey
Fouty
Manhattan Coal Company
Athend
Oxton
Mra
Three Face Porter Shooting a Squirrel Costs $25 in Tax
Glen Hanning of Alexander Township paid $25 plus costs after being arraigned before Magistrate Carl Porter on Tuesday for the Sunday incident. He was arrested by B F Swartz and Fred Ferrell on an assault charge involving Herb Loudermilk and remained held on a $300 bond. Sheriff Wayne Wingett and associates led the arrest at Chauney on assault charges as stones were thrown at an automobile carrying No 25 Mine workers. all pleaded not guilty and received $300 bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Hanning
Alexander Township
Carl H. Porter
Gama
B. F. Swartz
Fred Ferrell
Herb Loudermilk
Porter
Wayne Wingett
Pearl Canter
Clarence Oliver
Lewis Hopkins
Chauneley
Noey
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M. E. Pastors
Southern Ohio
McClure
Coulter
Radford
Derrick
Reitz
Guysville
Shank
Logan
Robert O. McClure
Adelphi
E. B. Dean
J. F. Brown
Amanda Royailton
L. C. Shaver
Amesville-Bartlett
C. H. Hubbell
Ashville
W. N. Mantle
Athens First
C. M. Coulter
Athens Central Avenue
W. C. Radford
Bainbridge
Fred Brown
Baltimore- Millersport
C. W. Hoffman
Bremen
H. A. Rothrock
Carroll
Paul Neiswander
Sayre
Nelsonville
Lancaster
First
W. G. Seaman
West Sixth Avenue
L. A. Donnally
W. N. Shank
London
G. W. Osman
Wilbur
Holliday Association
By Lyle C. Wilson
United Press
Methodists
Truesdale
Platinum Blonde
Executive
John Gilbert
Barbara LaMarr
Miss Harlow
Slayer of
Chauncey Lodge
Chauncey Home
E. D. Waid
Co-operative Association
Wauseon
Veteran
Southerton
Eaton Council
Coon Farm
Rogers
Will
Johnny
New York Coal Company
Chaundley
Glen W. Minning
Harbor
Carl H. Popeter
Floodwood
Morristown
Benjamin Six
Sanford van Sickle
Bloodwood
Henry Shepherd
Albert Perry
Orland Craig
Taylor Blair
Nye Addition
Edward Matheny
John Barnhart
Frank Perry
Charieas Bran«ham
Sherman Hughes
Reuben Lanning
George Dunn
Henry Reynolds
Roosevelt Hughes
State Emergency Board
Ohio National Guard
United Mine Workers of America
Pennsylvania
Wilmington
Ill
Ilinois Coal Company
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