Canning Drive Expanded by More Gifts in Athens County
Athens Methodist Episcopal Church hosts growing canning drive to stock winter food for needy families. Volunteers preserve peaches apples beans and grapes as donations flow from local farms and residents. Red Cross and church officials urge continued contributions of cans jars sugar and produce.
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Athens Methodist Episcopal Church
Athens County
Joseph Mulligan
Amesville Ridge
Miss Pearl
Red Cross
Laura Bailey
Charles Roberts
Eliza Price
Athens
Efan
New Marshfield
H. F. McCleod
Strouds Run
Dean Irma Voigt
Lucile Smith
Etta Lafferty
S. G. Runyon
Dunfee
Hills
Miss French
Miss Smith
Office of the Red Cross
Pacific Fliers Are Unsighted in Pacific Sea Search
Seattle dispatch reports Don Moyle and C. A. Allen vanished after taking off from Sabishiro Beach in the City of Tacoma II. The Japanese search widespread but no sightings of the Tokio to Seattle monoplane as 40 of 48 hours elapsed. The flight carried potential arrest risk for Moyle if returned to Los Angeles on a DWI charge. The craft lacked a radio, leaving fate uncertain.
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Seattle
U.P
North Pacific
Don Moyle
C. A. Allen
Tokioto
City of Tacoma II
Sabishiro Beach
Tokio
Moyle
Los Angeles
Woman, 67, Pleads Not Guilty in Murder Case
Mrs. Blanche Halsey, 67, pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Justice Charles Nearing to a first degree murder charge in the death of her brother Fred Bonham, 64. She was held to the grand jury without bond after Bonham was found shot in bed with a shotgun nearby. Coroner Alford Whitacre ruled the death a murder.
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Bowling Green
U.P
Blanche Halsey
Charles Nearing
Fred Bonham
Halsey
Pet ads in Messenger Classifieds entice buyers and sellers
The Messenger classified ads promote daily pet sales with affordable options. Readers are urged to place their own ads if a desired animal isn’t listed, offering a 15 word one week ad for $1.26. Dial 0243 for details.
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Messenger
A & Lime
Thousands Apply for Highway Jobs Spark Large Cleveland Riots
Thousands of unemployed men queued for ditch job registrations at county yards in Cleveland prompting fights and vandalism. Police and deputy sheriffs deployed. windows broken and several people injured as 8 000 gathered at Warrensville Heights and 5 000 at the West Side yard. Deputies used tear gas and night sticks while county workers distributed coffee and meals.
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Cleveland
U.P
Sher
Storeyard
Warrensville Heights
Fred Co. Wilks
Russia And Our Hysteria By Arthur Brisbane
A syndicated column argues that U.S. reactions to Soviet affairs are overblown and urges calm, noting contrasting figures and offering cautious rhetoric on Stalinist leadership and unity.
Russia urged to embrace freedom before inviting communism
Government documents in six languages urged backward people to throw off their chains and adopt Communist theories. The piece argues Russia should be happy and prosperous first, and that doctors should try their own medicine.
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Russia
Businessman reports Chileans favor private ownership amid revolution demand
A businessman returning from Chile says locals support private property and reject any dividing plan. He notes other nations should recall that even full success of Russia's five year plan would leave Russia poor compared with Chile and other countries.
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Chile
Russia
Life of Stalin book excerpt condemns Soviet five year plan
The Life of Stalin by Isaac Don Levine counsels readers not to envy or despise Russia. It argues Stalin's absolute rule and the failed five year plan would not meet Russia's vast needs, even with industrial efforts expanded over 25 years.
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Stalin
Russia
Isaac Don Levine
United States
Riesiah
Mussia
Private initiative vs Soviet plans in automobile output
The passage contrasts Russian five year plan projections with U S automobile production. It estimates Russia could reach 158000 automobiles for 150 million people, while the United States has 26 million cars for 123 million people, arguing America’s private industry sustains leadership and that Russia will not soon flood the market with cars.
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Russia
United States
Stand pat stance on capitalism echoes Soviet view
The piece criticizes the government for clinging to capitalism, labeling it ignorant of Russian affairs. It claims Russians are told and believe the U.S. has admitted industrial failure and prefers hand labor over machines.
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Russia
Stalin Spokesman Kaganovich Addresses Youth League
Kaganovich, acting spokesman for Joseph Stalin, spoke to the Young Communist League, signaling party lines and youth mobilization as reported in the Soviet page 4 continuation.
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Kaganovitch
Stalin
Young Communist League of the Soviet
MacDonald Introduces National Economy Bill in Parliament
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald presented the national economy bill in Parliament amid the new coalition government. The bill received its first reading in the House of Commons and is set for a second reading at Friday's session. It aims to grant emergency powers to rush through financial reforms and authorize orders to curb expenditure and streamline arrangements.
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London
U.P
J. Ramsay MacDonald
House of Commons
Rogers Sees Borah Words as True This Week End
Beverly Hills notes a lively week end with a royal example from the King and Prince of Wales, a favorable Bill Murray speech, and Senator Borah remarking that government mismanagement shaped the people. The column winds through political jabs and public opinion, praising Borah’s stance.
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Rogers
Bill Borah
Beverly Hills
Calif
King of England
Bill Murray
Willie
Wilil
Deanville Man Uses Baseball Bat in Quarrel
Andrew Ego a 28 year old Dayton man is hospitalized in serious condition after a dispute at the Green home in Deanville. He was struck with a baseball bat by John Green 52 of Deanville who was arrested by sheriff deputies.
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Deanville
Athens County
Cherrington
Logan
Andrew Ego
Dayton
John Green
Ego
Green
Nelsonville
Jess Green
John
Jess
Cincinnati
Charles Farmer
Cadiz
Denver Merz
William Martin
Wayne Wingett
Peter Barrows
Chauncey
Auction planned for Park Ridge home linked to Clarksburg killings
The Park Ridge two story house where Mrs Asta B Ficher and her three children lived before being lured to Clarksburg West Virginia and slain by Harry Powers will be sold at public auction Friday Public Administrator Halbert O Crews announced along with a note that clothes silverware and other household effects left by Powers will also be sold The mortgaged value of the property is seven thousand dollars and the sale will be corrected at the doorstep.
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Park Ridge
Chicago
U.P
Asta B. Ficher
Clarksburg
W. Va
Harry Fr. Powers
Halbert O. Crews
Powers
Corn Grows on State Department Building Roof
Washington dispatch reports corn growing atop the State Department Building when two small plants about two feet high were found rooted in a broad drain along the building's side.
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State
Washington
State Department
League Official To Leave Work
Columbus official J W Stuber secretary of the League of Ohio Sportsmen announced he would seek resignation from the post to focus on game management and refuge work under the division of conservation. He will retain league membership after 15 years of service and holds other conservation and outdoor roles.
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Columbus
J. W. Stuber
League of Ohio Sportsmen
League
Stuber
State Conservation Council
Division of Conservation
League Ofr
Izaak Walton League
Save Outdoor Ohio
Ohio Department of the American Legion
Outdoor Writers Association of America
700 Delegates At Conference At Ohio Methodist Meeting
In Columbus on September 9, about 700 delegates attended the fourth annual Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Topics included pastoral support, financing world service programs, pulpits and assignments, redistricting, and Atlantic City general conference delegates. Bishop Francis J. McConnell of New York opened with remarks on obstacles to Christianity as a world religion.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Methodist Episcopal Church
Atlantic City
Francis J. McConnell
New York
McConnell
Bishop McConnell
India
Auto Thief Is Shot Down by Ohio Sheriff
Two youths Edward Boehm and Fritz Boehm, brothers from West Valley, were captured near Lancaster after Fairfield County Sheriff Gale Lester wounded Edward in a confrontation involving a stolen car. The pair admitted holding up autoists in Columbus and stealing a vehicle at Logan before its wreck and abandonment on Route 180.
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Columbus
Lancaster
Fairfield County
Gale Lester
Edward Boehm
Frits Boehm
West Valley
Lancaster City Hospital
Lester
Hocking County
Logan
Crider
Sherif
Lesler
Boehm
Fritz
James Wolfe
Fritz Boehm
Bank clerk named nation’s top embezzler with $3.67 million theft
Walter E. Wolf, a $75 weekly Cont Bank clerk in Chicago, confessed to defalcations totaling $3,666,929.06. Investigators say he siphoned securities for over 12 years to gamble on stocks and grain, while doubt lingered on prosecution as he remained a voluntary prisoner of bank investigators.
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Chicago
U.R
Walter E. Wolf
Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Company
Union Industrial Bank of
Flint
Mich
Wolf
Police Believe Mrs Powers Knows More of Bluebeard Actions
Clarksburg West Virginia police keep close watch on Mrs Luella Powers and her sister Eva Strouthers after evidence shows they may know more about Harry F Powers than previously stated. Investigators seek contents of a safe deposit box linked to Powers and the Lemke case with court action possible.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
U.P
Luella Powers
Harry F. Powers
Bluebeard
Eva Strouthers
Powers
Mias Strouthers
Carl Southern
Clerks Mislisted as Trustees in Athena County Race
Two filing errors listed Frank Caldwell and Gilbert Crawford as trustee candidates. Caldwell from Carthage Township and Crawford from Canaan Township are actually candidates for clerk in the November election.
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Athena County
Frank Caldwell
Carthage Township
Gilbert Crawford
Canaan Township
Athens Board of Education Meeting Postponed to Next Monday
The Athens City Board of Education meeting, normally held the first Monday of each month, was postponed this month due to Labor Day and will convene next Monday.
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Athens City
Now Maybe the Filipinos Will Send Us Missionaries
Senator Hawes recounts a breakfast anecdote from Coolidge era about a Kentucky menu featuring a dog, a beefsteak, and bourbon to seat the beef. In Manila Hawes told a banquet partner the tale, who misheard and believed Kentuckians eat dog. He notes the misunderstanding could linger.
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Washington
U.R
Harry B. Hawes
Coolidge
Kentucky
Philippines
Hawes
Clara Barton Honored On Fifty Years Of Red Cross
U P reports a national pause to honor Clara Barton the New England teacher nurse and founder of the American Red Cross. President Hoover led a nationwide tribute as the nation marked half a century since the society’s formation.
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U.S
Clara Barton
American Red Cross
Washington
U.P
New England
Hoover
Red Cross
Oxford
Mass
New Jersey
Baden
Germany
Clara Parton
American Red Cross Society
Europe
United States
Sugges
Un Infatuator Seeks Her Pay in Boston Suit
Mildred King, a young musician, sues Mrs. Henrietta G. Hartford of Newport and New York for 104000 claiming she arranged introductions to break up an alleged infatuation involving George Huntington Hartford II, Harvard sophomore. Hartford allegedly refused to pay the agreed fee for services.
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Boston
Mildred King
Henrietta G. Hartford
Newport
New York
Miss King
George Huntington Hartford
Harvard Slphomore
Senator's Son Weds While Still in High School
In Fairmont West Virginia United States Senator M M Neely confirms his son John Champ Neely 17 married Mary K Faust 18 on August 31 the couple announced today They plan to finish senior year at Fairmont High School and live with the bride's parents The senator's wife said the marriage came as a surprise but supports their son if he is happier.
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Fairmont
W. Va
U.P
John Champ Neely
United States
M. M. Neely
Mary K. Faust
Powder House Explosion Kills Miners in Benton
In Benton Indiana the powder house of Safety Mining Co exploded with 12 workers inside. Early reports say three miners were killed and four seriously injured as flames engulfed the frame building and hampered rescue efforts. Several men leaped into a nearby pond to escape flames.
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Benton, Iwl
A.R
The
Safety Mining Company
Veterans seek immediate payment of World War II bonuses
American Legion officials report growing sentiment for full immediate payment of service certificates totaling about 3.006 billion dollars due in 1948. States including District of Columbia, North Dakota, Ohio, Texas and Washington show strong support, while officials warn Congress and the administration about increased expenditures. Brigadier Rhon Hines campaigns to forestall the cash bonus push, arguing the government already pays nearly a million dollars daily to disabled veterans and dependents.
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Raymond Clapper
United Press
Legion
Art District of Columbia
North
Kota
Ohio
Texas
Washington
California
Hitnola
Indiana
Montana
Rhode Island
Pendenta
Kansas City
Explosion Injures Eight in Texas Powder Magazine Blast
A blast at a DuPont facility on the Henry Schaerde farm near Hut Road, south of Dallas, injures eight. Six victims come from the Schaerdel family. the most seriously hurt is Billie Schaerdel, blown from the floor and cut about the head as nearly 18 tons of dynamite detonates.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
DuPont
Henry Schaerde
Here
Hut Road
Schaerdel
Billie Schaerdel
Mine to Resume at Hocking Valley Mine Thursday
Company officials announced the Hocking Valley Mine will resume work on Thursday. The mine has been idle since May 20, employing about 880 men and producing roughly 1,300 to 1,400 tons daily.
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Hocking
Hocking Valley
Crashes in cemetery kill pilot en route to Chicago
Edward G. Hall of Niles Center Illinois dies from injuries after his airplane crashes in a cemetery Sunday night while en route from Cleveland to Chicago. The crash occurred near Youngstown. Hall was 40 and unnamed witnesses described the scene. Police investigated the incident as an aviation accident.
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Youngstown
Edward G. Hall
Niles Center
Ill
National Air 85
Cleveland
Chicago
Weather notes indicate continuing fair and warm trend
Readable fragments show temperatures around Minneapolis with highs near 104 and lows around 34 as conditions suggest continued fair and warmer weather tonight in the vicinity. The report mentions locations like Wins nemucca and ry with mixed figures amid the general forecast.
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Minneapolis
Ace
Nemucca
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