Pacific Fliers Reported Safe In Far North
A radio report says Don Moyle and Cecil Allen, missing since Sept 8 after taking off from Shiburo Beach Japan, landed on an uninhabited Bering Sea island in Alaska. Admiral Campbell confirmed they would reach Seattle by Sept 22.
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Seattle
Wash
U.P
Coast Guards Today
Don Moyle
Cecil Allen
Alaska
Moyle
Allen
Shiburo Beach
Japan
Gane
Bering Sea
Washington
Navy Department
E. H. Campbell
Seattle Naval District
Campbell
Buria
Francis Bresson
Arlington
Calif
Love
Don
British flyer Boothman wins Schneider Trophy record
Lieutenant J. N. Boothman of Britain wins the Schneider Trophy with an average speed of 340.08 mph on a triangular course. Lieutenant Stainforth also sets a separate British speed record at 404 mph, highlighting national pride in aviation progress and scientific ambition over monetary concerns.
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J. N. Boothman
Great Britain
Stainforth
France
Alexander
Persia
Aristotle
Athens Public Schools enrollment tops 1542 in 1931 meeting
The Athens City Board of Education announced total enrollment 1542 with 784 in elementary and 758 in high schools. Board approved changing a steam line at Senior High and referred brick veneer plans for the shelter house to a committee. Clarence D. Samford named acting history professor replacing Carl H. Roberts who takes leave to attend Columbia University. Members present: George Whipple, A B Roe, L J Addiscott, Mrs. John Woolley. School counts: East Side 230 Central 231 West Side 89 Rufus Putnam 234 Junior High 374 Senior High 374.
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Athens Public Schools
Athens
Carl H. Roberts
Columbia University
George Whipple
A. B. Roe
L. J. Addiscott
John Woolley
East Side
Central
West Side
Rufus Putnam
Magazine Suppressed At University Of Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati officials halted a new students magazine named the New Collegian after profanity and a false graduation depiction. The staff replaced the objectionable piece Finis by Hargis Westerfeld, UC class of 1931, with another story.
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Cincinnati
U.R
University of Cincinnati
the New Collegian
Finis
Hargis Westerfeld
U. C
Farmers responsible for most Ohio reforestation work
Ohio extension forester F W Dean says farmers made up the majority of planters in a study of Ohio Experimental Station nursery records. Of 926 tree planters, 800 were farmers, and about 5,700,000 trees were planted in the last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio
F. W. Dean
Ohio State University
Dean
No Indictment in Ohio Father Killings Case
John Hubbell, 83, who killed his daughter in law Marie Hubbell after a bitter quarrel, was freed as Wood County grand jury did not indict. Marie, mother of two, Jeanette seven and Edward six, died after the April 28 incident in Rossford.
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Bowling Green
John Hubbell
Marie Hubbell
Roderick
Wood County
Hubbell
Jeanette
Edward
Rossfords
Air Mail Notables Mark 20th Anniversary
On September 23 the United States air mail marks its twentieth anniversary. President Hoover, former president Calvin Coolidge, and the postmaster general are to be thanked for their encouragement of air mail, a growing service. Continued on Page 4.
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United States Air Mail
Hoover
Calvin Coolidge
Air Mail
Toledo Banks Collapse Triggers Fed Review of Closings
Toledo faces severe financial strain after five banks closed, locking up 122.86 million dollars in deposits. Federal Reserve Board officials studied the case with Toledo representative Wilbur M. White meeting Governor Eugene Meyer and Comptroller John W. Pole to seek aid.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Toledo
U.P
Federal Reserve Board
Wilbur M. White
Congressman White
Eugene Meyer
Reserve Board
John W. Pole
Two Men Fined for Liquor Possession in Athens
P. E. Day of Athens was fined 200 dollars and costs after arraignment on possession and transportation of intoxicating liquor charges. Sam Ruff, formerly of Columbus, was found guilty of possession of intoxicating liquor and equipment for liquor manufacture, and fined 100 dollars and costs on each charge.
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P. E. Day
Athens
C. H. Porter
Day
Sam Ruff
Columbus
Porter
Search for bodies continues after drowning aboard charter vessel
Cleveland reports on September 16 that search teams extended their efforts for the bodies of Arnold Lowry and his wife Evelyn McNamee Lowry who drowned during a morning pleasure trip on a chartered sailing vessel.
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Cleveland
U.P
Arnold Lowry
Evelyn McNamee Lowry
Car Crash Injures Smythe In Cleveland Safety Zone
Otis Smythe, 33, sustained critical injuries when his car struck a safety zone post in Cleveland. His female companion was killed and Mrs. Smythe could not identify the other woman.
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Cleveland
Otis Smythe
Julius Fleischman resigns as Cincinnati crusaders head
Julius Fleischman, leader of the Cincinnati battalion of crusaders that covers northern Kentucky and southern Ohio, resigned in Cincinnati. He said he expected to be away from the city for a long time.
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Cincinnati
U.P
Julius Fleischman
Crusaders
Kentucky
Ohio
Teens Shot During Attempted Hold Up at Rail Crossing
Samuel Roberts, 17, was shot after he and a partner tried to rob Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Hurley at a Point Place rail crossing as the couple stopped their car for a passing train.
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Toledo
U.pr
Samuel Roberts
Edward J. Hurley
Point Place
Divorce Testimony Links to Wardrobe Gift in Actor Marriage
Grant Withers told of sparing gifts to Loretta Young during their year and a half marriage as evidence leading to her divorce. The actor said he bought her only one dress, a detail cited in Young’s custody and divorce proceedings in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Grant Withers
Loretta Young
Miss Young
Fledgling escape from Portsmouth hospital shocks locals
Oscar Mendenhall, once believed unable to walk after being shot in both legs during an alleged robbery attempt, reportedly escaped the general hospital by using a rope made from rags to slide to liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
U.P
Oscar Mendenhall
Liberty
General Hospital
Weather Summary for U.S. Plains and Canada Tonight
Yesterday's highs reached 98 in Kansas City and 96 in Abilene with Oklahoma City missing a value. Today's lows dip to 30 in Calgary 34 in Medicine Hat and 32 in Edmonton as easterly pressure drift maintains warm unsettled conditions with brief showers then cooler by Thursday night.
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Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Abilene
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Edmonton
Bare Convicts Massacre Plot Frustrated in Kansas Prison
In Lansing Kansas eight convicts planned a violent prison break aiming to kill seven guards and trustees. Authorities say the plan was foiled hours before execution with eighty men involved and an arsenal including home made rifles shotguns pistols knives ropes and ammunition crafted in prison shops.
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Lansing
Kan
A.R
Kansas State
Rooms for rent advertisers urged in Messenger Classifieds
The Messenger promotes using its Classified Index to list rooms for rent. It urges readers to place ads and even offers a charge option by dialing 0243. The note emphasizes the ease of finding rooms through the newspaper's listings.
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The
Messenger
Athens
Akron man undergoes brain operation to curb crime
Howard Buck, age 30, of Akron Ohio, underwent a brain operation in Massillon Ohio to remove criminal tendencies stemming from a skull fracture in a 1922 football game. Buck requested the delicate procedure.
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Howard Buck
Above
Akron
Massillon
Buck
Sincerity Versus Diplomacy Says Gandhi Mission Will
Beverly Hills dispatch notes Gandhi mission advocates sincerity over diplomacy amid postwar disarmament debates. A reader letter praises Gandhi, contrasting his simple attire and humble tools with grand conferences and data, urging sincerity in international action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
Gandhi
Beverly Hills
Calif
London
Power Shown By Democrats
Washington report notes the Democratic Senate delegation returning to Congress with its strongest lineup since Wilson. The minority is poised to shape policy, frame major campaign attacks, and influence the 1928 presidential year with seasoned debaters and provocative gallery leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Ballot Box Theft Marks Violent Pittsburgh Election
Two men robbed an election board and took a ballot box with 600 counted ballots in a climactic act amid rioting across Allegheny County. Police under Governor Pinchot dispersed crowds as shootings and kidnappings were reported. Voting machines failed in many districts, heightening confusion during record turnout.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Pinchot
Boiler explosion at Graham Crossing kills three
Port Jervis New York reports that three men died and three sustained injuries, one critical, when the boiler of an Erie railroad locomotive exploded at Graham Crossing near Port Jervis.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
U.P
Erie Railroad
Graham Crossing
British Naval Mutiny Stirs Peace Talk in London
Mutiny in the British Navy over pay cuts prompts government to study sailors’ hardship. The Great Atlantic Fleet, docked off Invergordon, refuses to work as Sir Austen Chamberlain announces admiralty inquiry. Sailors sing God Save the King and hold to a passive strike until the review is done.
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London
Scotland
Austen Chamberlain
Admiralty
House of Commons
Austen
Admiralty Board
Atlantic
King
Ragnar M. Colvin
Invergordon
Sailors’ mutinies tied to revolutions across nations
The article recalls how naval unrest sparked revolutions in 1918 Keil and Hamburg, Kaiser Wilhelm fleeing, and similar windups in Russia, Chile, and a French warship mutiny, noting the fleet forecastle as barometer of national mood.
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Washington
U.R
Keil
Hamburg
Kaiser Wilhelm
Holland
Chile
Crusaders Oppose Liberty League Prohibition Referendum
The Crusaders, in a letter to the Ohio Federation of Labor, oppose the National Liberty League referendum push on Ohio liquor laws. They align with groups opposing state referenda and urge voters to back legislators who will repeal the Eighteenth Amendment and related enforcement acts. The Liberty League seeks 15,000 signatures and $5,000 in Franklin County for a 1932 statewide prohibition referendum.
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Columbus
Crusaders
Ohio
National Liberty League
Ohio Federation of Labor
Association Against
Women’s Organization For National Prohibition Reform
Joseph N. Ackerman
Cleveland
Don E. DeBow
Dayton
Crabbe
Franklin County
Pomona Grange Meeting Planned at Coolville
A large attendance is expected for an alleday Pomona Grange meeting to be held in Coolville on Saturday. Athens County extension agent Thomas H. Johnson announced the session will start at 10 oclock and dinner will be provided by Coolville members at noon.
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Pomona
Alleday
Pomona Grange
Coolville
Thomas H. Johnson
Athens County
Wheat Ticket Could Admit to Tuscarawas County Fair
Wheat is rapidly becoming legal tender and may be used to gain admission to the Tuscarawas County Fair, announced in New Philadelphia on September 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Philadelphia
Typhoid Outbreak at Cleveland State Hospital Under Control
Typhoid fever outbreak at the Cleveland State Hospital for the insane has claimed six lives and infected 126. Officials inoculated staff, isolated patients, and cleaned supplies while guarding Lake Erie beaches. The epidemic traced to August 15 and tied to sewage runoff from the hospital.
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Cleveland State Hospital
State Department of Health
Columbus
Cleveland
Findlay van Orahall
Lake Erie
Guy H. Williams
Williama
Woman Found Dead in Auto on Lonely Road North of Urbana
County officials probe the death of 34 year old Lulu Willets found slumped in her car on a rural road near Urbana. Sheriff and coroner will determine cause after reports she may have suffered a stroke while with a possible companion who fled. Nearby farmers had seen the parked car all day before a late afternoon tip led to the discovery.
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Urbana
Lulu Willets
Ed Biggert
D. H. Moore
Moore
Regain World Title In Draft Horse Pull at Indiana Fair
The Hole Farm Company of Versailles regained the world pulling record for a draft horse team at the Indiana state fair, returning to a 23.4 ton pull 27.5 feet on granite pavement. The Ohio State University agricultural college relayed the update, noting the team had held the world title previously and that a New York team had claimed the crown this year at the state fair.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio
College of Agriculture
Ohio State University
Hole Farm Company of
Versailles
New York State
Grudge Motive Hinted In Gilliland Murder Trial
Testimony aimed to prove Charles Patrick killed former Oak Hill marshal James Gilliland over a years long grudge. Patrick faces a first degree murder charge in Jackson. Prosecutor Everett said the killing occurred July 10 as revenge for arrest on intoxication charges. Defense argues Patrick has been insane since a mace blow broke his jaw during the prior arrest.
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Jackson
U.R
Charles Patrick
James Girlland
Oak Hill
Patrick
Fred W. Everett, Jr
Gilliland
Harry B. Reese
Defense
Reese
Belize Relief, British Navy To Rebuild After Storm
Crews of British warships prepared to take over Belize supervision from U S Marines after a devastating hurricane. One ship docked. two more expected. About 2000 dead and 600 injured reported. Water treatment and purification chemicals urgently needed to avert cholera. City buried in wreckage with many bodies and mud as residents fled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belize
B. H
U.R
United Press
United States
Sacramento
Swan
Confession Aimed at Caring For Invalid Brother Led to Murder
Mrs Blanche Halsey 67 was indicted for second degree murder in the Sept 4 shooting of Fred Bonham 62 her invalid brother. Authorities say she admitted the shooting though she claimed the gun fired accidentally while Bonham slept after years of caring for him and her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
U.P
Blanche Halsey
Fred Bonham
Bonham
Four Die As Plane Crashes Into San Francisco Bay
A United Air Lines plane on an early morning mail run to Seattle fell into San Francisco Bay while circling for an emergency landing. Oil and gas from the wreckage ignited, trapping the pilot Ray Boudreaux and three passengers Kirk Herre F I Sheahan and W H Bissell. Police and patrol boats searched the bay for bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
San Francisco Bay
Kirk Herre
Seattle Star
Seattle
Wash
F. I. Sheahan
W. H. Bissell
Portland
Ray Boudreaux
United Air Lines
Boudreaux
Ohio parole reform explained by McSweeney statement
Ohio Director of Prisons John McSweeney clarifies the Norwood Law and parole changes. He notes the 1936 measure lets 1,680 inmates become eligible for parole and that the parole board will assess readiness based on inmate conditions and postrelease environment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pcolumbur
State
W John McSweeney
McSweeney
Ohio
Parole Board
Wee
Funeral services for Mrs Fr Aldrich in Alfred Ohio
Funeral services for Mrs. Fr Aldrich also known as Sarah Guthrie will be held Sunday at 4 oclock in the Orange Christian Church Alfred Ohio. Burial follows in the church cemetery. Mrs Aldrich died in Eugene Oregon and the funeral party will travel from that city to join the services.
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Fr Aldrich
Sarah Guthrie
Orange Christian Church
Alfred
Ohio
Aldprich
Eugene
Oregon
Lembus
Athens
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Ford
King Features, Inc
Versity
Cincinnati Magazine
Farmers Responsible
Forester
Grand Jury
Sam Rufe
Long Island Sound
Benjamin F. Collings
Mineola
Helen Collings
State Prison
Wilson
By Keith Jones
Liberty League
U. S
Federal Reserve
Thomas L. Stokes
Sept
Federal Serve
Contry
John M. Gries
Commerce Department
Hoover Ia
Alameda Airport
McSweeney Save
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