Ohio Republicans convene with Fess and Cooper addressing
Ohio Republicans gathered in Columbus for the state convention to set the party platform and rally support for state, congressional and county tickets. Sen. Simeon D. Fess hailed Hoover’s administration and praised tariff and farm relief while Gov. Myers Y. Cooper touted tax cuts, highway expansion, and enforcement of laws. The wet question is avoided as the party emphasizes adherence to pledges and administration achievements.
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Columbus
U.P
Ohio
Joseph N. Ackerman
Cleveland
Simeon D. Fess
National Committee
Hoover
Myers Y. Cooper
Fess
Ie Farmer
Kess
Jess
Kansas City
Cooper
McCulloch backs prohibition at convention
Senator Roscoe C. McCulloch praised Hoover and Cooper as he defended prohibition. He said the party’s record on enforcement is clear and that as a former congressman he voted for the Eighteenth Amendment and its enforcement laws. He stood firm against any backward steps on the issue.
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Hoover
Cooper
Roscoe CC. McCulloch
Prohibition
McCulloch
Congress
Today by Arthur Brisbane Prohibition Surprises
Today by Arthur Brisbane surveys public sentiment on Prohibition and notes surprising shifts. He weighs political impact and social reactions amid evolving enforcement and domestic debates.
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Arthur Brisbane
Doctor Heyl and the elusive fourth dimension
Doctor Heyl of the Bureau of Standards seeks to render the fourth dimension visible to the layman. He cannot imagine it beyond theory, admitting his device may fail. His efforts resemble a ball of popcorn as higher dimensions mystify the average reader.
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Doctor Heyl
Bureau of Standards
Doctor Heyl Weighs Earth at Six Quintillion Tons
The article notes Doctor Heyl has weighed the earth, giving a result of 6,592 followed by eighteen zeros. This equals six thousand five hundred ninety-two million million million tons, and the claim highlights a remarkable measurement of our planet's mass.
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Doctor Heyl
Earth’s Weight and Orbit Through the Ether Question
A reflection on the earth's mass likened to solid steel and its continuous orbit around the sun. The text muses whether an ether exists, noting this as an unsettled scientific question.
Smith and Raskob Queried Over NY Beer Policy
Major Maurice Campbell, former prohibition administrator of New York, testifies that his superior ordered loosening brewery supervision during Republican attacks on Governor Smith. He says voters should have been offered relief for parched throats as the campaign ran.
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al Smith
Raskob
Maurice Campbell
Prohibition
New York
Smith
Fresident
Married Twice Bigamy Warrants Nameds Waldecker
In Norwalk on September 11, Mrs Gladys Waldecker of Oberlin filed a bigamy warrant against Nicholas Waldecker of Toledo. She says she married him 18 years ago in Oberlin and never was divorced, three days after his marriage to Marie Heacock of Wellington.
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Norwalk
U.R
Marie Heacock
Wellington
Nicholas Waldecker
Toledo
Gladys Waldecker
Oberlin
Waldecker
Colorado primary focuses on Senate spending probe
Denver report notes rising interest in the Colorado primary as investigations into campaign expenditures for U S Senate candidates proceed and the Colorado State Republican Party moves toward reorganization.
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Denver
Colo
U.R
Colorado
U. S. Senate
Republican
Prospects in Crops Fall as Drought Shrinks Output
The Agriculture Department forecast a drought driven fall in crops with corn production down to 1.98 billion bushels, a $775 million decline. potatoes and sweet potatoes also slump. Wheat oats and barley improve yet human food crops wither. Per cow milk output falls 6.4 percent and egg production drops 6 percent.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Arrest of Frankie and Johnnie cast ends in raid
Police raided the New York theater over indecent language in a play based on a bar room tale. Eight cast members, managers, the author and operators were arrested and later freed on $500 bail. Anne Forrest was spared after an matinee injury. The author John M. Irkland is Nancy Carroll’s husband.
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New York
U.R
Frankie
Johnnie
Anne Forrest
Josephine Evans
John M. Irkland
Nancy Carroll
Briand calls for pan European federal union for peace
At the League of Nations Briand urged a European economic and political federation to prevent war. He cited the lingering “heritage of war” and sought quick accord with Italy on naval tonnage as part of London Treaty terms, stressing unity as essential to peace.
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Geneva
U.P
Peurope
Aristide Briand
League of Nations Assembly
Briand
Italy
London
Dino Grandi
France
Europe
Assembly
Appeal Arguments Set On Schroeder Dague Case
The Pennsylvania State Supreme Court will hear the appeal of Irene Schroeder and Glenn Dague on October 6 after their convictions for the death of State Highway Patrol Corporal Brady Paul. Co counsel Ben Jarret said the case could go to the Pardon Board if the high court does not rule in their favor.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Irene Schroeder
Glenn Dague
Brady Paul
State Highway Patrol
State Supreme Court
Ben Jarret
Supreme Court
Leaps Off Dome First Papal State Death In History
Italian tourist Marcello Nuttati died by his own action today after jumping from the dome of St Peter’s in Vatican City. The 435 foot fall marks the first self inflicted death in the Papal State and the first such incident in the new era.
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Papal State
St. Peter
Vatican City
U.P
Marcello Nuttati
St. Petera
Knife Victim Found Dead in Akron Underbrush
The body of an unidentified middle aged man was found in tangled underbrush near Cleveland Road Akron. He had six stab wounds, three to the heart from a stiletto causing instant death. Authorities suspect gang of extortionists operating near Akron and Canton.
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Akron
U.R
Cleveland Road
Crafts
Summit County
Here
Canton
Stores To Close For Legion Armistice Day Event
Athens retailers will close their shops the afternoon of Armistice Day November 11 to cooperate with K. T. Crossen Post of the American Legion in staging the Armistice Day celebration. The decision came at a recent Athens Retail Merchants Association meeting.
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Athens
K. T. Crossen Post
The
American Legion
Athens Retail Merchants* Association
Brucker Secures Republican Gov Nomination in Michigan
In Detroit on September 11, Wilbur M. Brucker won the Republican nomination for governor with a lead over rival Alex J. Groesbeck, while Frank Murphy defeated Charles Bowles in Detroit returns. Observers expect Brucker to win by over 16,000 votes.
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Detroit
Mich
U.R
Wilbur M. Brucker
Alex J. Groesbeck
Brucker
Frank Murphy
Charles Bowles
SUGGEST CLARK AS SUCCESSOR TO AMBASSADOR
Washington reports a renewed push to name J Reuben Clark of Salt Lake City as ambassador to Mexico. Clark, now in Mexico as advisor to Dwight W Morrow, was seen as an ideal successor but indicated personal reasons might block acceptance. Officials did not confirm if Hoover will press again.
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Washington
U.P
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico
J. Reuben Clark
Salt Lake City
Clark
Morrow
Hoover
Man Arrested After Dozing Beside Cave Still
Raymond Davis of Straitsville was arrested in New Lexington Ohio after officers Teal and W G. Davis found him asleep beside a large still in a cave. When officers tried to arrest him he attacked, knocking them down several times.
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New Lexington, CO
Raymond Davis
Straitsville
Haynear
F. ¥. Teal
New Lexington
W. G. Davis
Welliston
Prohibition
Davis
Still Uppish Leopold Loeb Mark Six Years In Prison
Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, imprisoned for the Bobby Franks murder, complete six years of life terms in Joliet Illinois. They began their sentences on September 11, 1924, and remain separated. Leopold, a prison clerk, keeps an uppish attitude and is disliked by some inmates while Loeb has become popular with fellow prisoners.
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Joliet
U.R
Nathan Leopold
Richard Loeb
Bobby Franks
Leopold
Loeb
Four TP&L linemen killed at East High School incident
Four Texas Power and Light Company linemen were killed when a light wire they were installing at the new East High School struck a high voltage live line. The accident occurred late Wednesday in West Texas.
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West, Tex
Texas Power and Light Company
New East High School
Raskob accused of running propaganda mill in Washington
Senator Arthur Robinson told 15,000 Indiana Republicans at the Linton rally that John J. Raskob funded a propaganda bureau in Washington to attack President Hoover and the Republican administration. He alleged the mill issued venomous, misrepresentative attacks and gloated over the stock market crash last October.
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Linton
Ind
U.R
John J. Raskob
Democratic Party
Hoover
Washington
Arthur Robinson
Indiana
Robinson
James K. Watson
Harry G. Sealle
Watson
Raskob
Charles Michaelson
United States
Haskob
Fire on Foreign Vessels on Yangtse River
Washington reports heavy shore fire against U P foreign vessels passing 45 miles west of Kinu kiang on the Yangtse. Consul General Lockhart says American merchant ships and naval vessels are attacked. shore forces use trench mortars machine guns and rifles as both sides exchange fire.
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Washington
U.P
Yangtse River
Kinukiang
Frank P. Lockhart
Hankow
State Department
Lockhart
Capitol Bound Tong Hoomel A Candidate for Presidency
New Orleans reports enthusiastic support for Huey P. Long after his decisive Democratic senatorial victory over Joseph Ranedell. Posters read Long for president as Long hinted he would consider the White House opportunity and said he was headed for the White House in several campaign speeches.
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New Orleans
Huey FP. Long
Joseph Ranedell
Santo Domingo rebuilds after Caribbean hurricane death toll soars
More than 8,000 dead and over 20,000 injured reported as workers in Santo Domingo resume rehabilitation. British and Danish sailors aid debris clearance while marines patrol streets. Major Carey Crockett returns to San Juan after aiding Dominican relief, as Finance Minister Enrique Perez cites bank loans as proof of national confidence.
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Santo Domingo
Dominitican Republic
USA
Danas
Wessel
Carey Crockett
Theodore Roosevelt
Porto Rico
San Juan
Enrique Perez
Record of Bank Failures Surges in Early 1940
The Federal Reserve Board reports 13 771 business failures in the first six months of 1940, exceeding all of 1939 which had 11 972. Total liabilities reached 237 080 000 versus 242 146 000 in the prior year period, highlighting a sharp rise in commercial collapses.
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Washington
U.R
Federal Reserve Board
Baltimore boxing convict to teach at Mansfield Reformatory
Roy Dubinski alias Kid Miller, 25, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty to stealing an auto and was ordered to serve as boxing instructor at Mansfield Reformatory by Judge Samuel Silbert. The judge said a good fighter like him is needed to show the inmates how it is done.
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Cleveland
U.P
Roy Dubinski
Kid Miller
Baltimore
Mansfield Reformatory
Dubinski
Samuel Silbert
Maryland
Mansfield
Three Mill School Tax Levies Target Athens County Districts
The Athens County rural districts will vote on three mill school tax levies for current operations and state aid participation at the November election. Alex Root, county schools superintendent, announced the list of districts: Albany Consolidated, Athens Township, Ames Bern, Canaan, Chauncey Dover, Troy, Trimble Township, Jacksonville Village, Trimble Village, Waterloo, Happy Hollow, Carthage Township, York Township and Lodi Township.
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Athens County
Alex Root
Albany Consolidated
Athens Township
Ames-Bern
Canaan
Chauncey-Dover
Troy
Trimble Township
Jacksonville Village
Trimble Village
Waterloo
Happy Hollow
Carthage Township
York Township
Lodi Township
Athens Messenger Offers Booklet on Religions of the World
The Athens Messenger promotes a booklet titled Religions of the World detailing historic Bible errors such as the Wicked Bible of 1681 the Printers Bible 1702 and the Treacle Bible 1568. Readers can obtain the booklet by using a coupon with orders.
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The
Athens Messenger
David
Gilead
Request for Religions of the World booklet
A reader encloses ten cents by coin or stamps for a copy of a booklet on Religions of the World. The note lists Name Street City as the return address.
Roosevelt Wet? New York Governor Backs Prohibition Repeal
White House officials say President Hoover will stay silent on state prohibition fights in Ohio and New York as party rifts grow. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New York repeal letter to Senator Wagner shocks Republicans and boosts Butler’s repeal push amid bid for 1932 nomination.
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Washington
Hoover
Ohio
New York
White House
Columbia
Republican National
Maurice Masehke
Congress
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Hobiew
Hudson
Michigan
Representative Miller
Representative Cramton
House
Jesse H. Wolcott
Franklin D. Rooseevelt
Roosevelt
Wagner
N. Y
Butler
Mr. Hoover
Woman Kills Daughter Then Herself After Locking Husband
In Coto on September 11 a mother, Helen Rose, shot and killed her 15 year old daughter Joyce and wounded another daughter while the husband, returning home, found them dead after breaking the bedroom door. The attacker then killed herself. The younger daughter Helen Rose Jr. was lightly wounded.
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Denver
Coto
Helen Rose
Akron dealer charged with liquor law conspiracy
Leo Sasar of Akron a corn sugar dealer is charged with conspiring to violate liquor laws. He may forfeit a $5000 bond if he fails to appear in federal court in Cleveland. His lawyer said Sasar is in Syria but will return for trial. Judge West postponed bond forfeiture and set October 8 for trial.
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Cleveland
Leo Sasar
Akron
Jasar
Syria
West
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Maine
de Clinea
Edge
Federal Farm Board
United Press
UNION
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David Johnson
Athens County Board of Elections
Board of Elections
Johnson
Legion
Groesbeck
Hobinson
Capitol Bound
Tong Hoomel
Megover
Ead
Reformatory
the Athens Messenger
Information Bureau
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington, D. C
Maschke
Pall BR. Mallon
Cramton
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