Two New Prisons in Ohio Urged by State Commission
The Ohio State Welfare Advisory Commission calls for two new prisons, one on the Grafton State Farm in Lorain County, to relieve overcrowding at Columbus Penitentiary and Mansfield Reformatory. It urges development of new facilities rather than expanding existing ones, and notes overcrowding at Marysville Girls and Lancaster Boys Industrial Schools as major issues while detailing recent rebuilding at the Columbus facility and costs to replace the penitentiary.
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Columbus
U.R
Grafton State Farm
Lorain County
State Welfare Advisory Commission
Cooper
London Prison Farm
Mansfield
London Institution
Reformatory
Marysville
Boys Industrial School
Lancaster
Girls Industrial School
Delaware
United States
Ohio Penitentiary
Athens Messenger Publishes Debater Readiness Booklet
The Athens Messenger offers a booklet titled Ready References for Debaters citing recent magazine articles official reports and congressional discussions as sources. The guide notes each reference leads to more bibliography and asks readers to mail six cents with a coupon to obtain a copy.
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Athens
Lsted
Come and Get It Bank Robbers Refused $15,000
Three bandits robbed the Commerce Guardian Trust branch in Toledo after dawn, escaping with 7000 dollars. The staff refused to surrender a fresh 15000 dollars arriving by express, urging the robbers to “come and get it” before fleeing as police were feared.
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Toledo
U.R
Stickney-Central
Commerce Guardian Trust & Savings Bank
John Rominsky
Elmer Rehm
Rominsky
Rehm
No Bootleg In This Rays That Pierce Steel
A fragment mentions copyright tag and a cheerful Mr Sloan with notes about bootleg avoidance and a steel piercing ray concept, suggesting a caption or ad snippet from a comic or feature headline. The readable text references King Peatures Incorporated and a speaking character.
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Mr. Sloan
Sloan predicts auto industry bottom and rebound
Alfred P. Sloan Jr. declines to panic and says the auto sector has hit the low point of the cycle and is beginning a slow return to normal. He notes this trend is evident across industries as call money sits at one percent and prices adjust upward.
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America
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
Farmer Harry Dietrich Kills Wife Children Then Hangs Self
In York Pennsylvania a farmer, Harry Dietrich, killed his wife and four children before hanging himself. A farewell note cited the family must die together and indicated a $3800 bank note coming due next Saturday with no funds to pay.
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York
Harry Dietrich
Gamma Ray reveals hidden flaws in steel and armor
The article recalls early X rays and notes that gamma rays now let scientists see through solid steel and battleship armor to detect defects. It emphasizes the power of imagination and human capability to achieve new discoveries.
Ohio commission seeks humane middle ground for prisoners
The commission, created by Cooper after the penitentiary closure, rejects both coddling and hard treatment. Members include Julius I. Stone Columbus A I Anderson Cincinnati Grove Patterson Toledo Dudley S Bloxsom Cleveland Harry McLaughlin Cleveland with R E Miles Columbus as secretary. The preliminary report details investigations of state penal and correctional facilities and a tour of eastern institutions.
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Cooper
Julius I. Stone
Columbus
A. I. Anderson
Cincinnati
Grove Patterson
Toledo
Dudley S. Bloxsom
Cleveland
Harry McLaughlin
R. E. Miles
Ohio Institute
Jungle underworld defendants face liquor conspiracy trial
In Cleveland a federal jury weighed cases against Ellis Darany former Canton police sergeant Mike Smith and John Gust charged with liquor conspiracy. Final arguments closed as Howell Leuck argued many government witnesses were Jungle regulars casting doubt on credibility.
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Cleveland
U.R
Canton
Ellis Darany
Mike Smith
John Gust
Howell Leuck
Leuck
Mae Weakley
Tony Kalaris
Outline Plans for Republican Campaign
Athens County Republican Executive Committee met at Athens City Hall for its first session. Thirty of the 2 members pledged support to the ticket. I M Foster former congressman discussed campaign construction. Judge H Phillips praised the candidates and urged full committee backing. Mayor Robert S Wood presided.
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Athens County
Republican Executive Committee
Athens City Hall
I. M. Foster
Tenth District
Court of Claims
Washington, D. C
Athens
Executive Committee
Robert S. Wood
Canadian prairie ice storm claims three in Alberta crash
A severe early season storm swept across prairie provinces bringing ice and snow and snapping telegraph lines. An airplane carrying three Calgary residents crashed near Southeast Alberta after the storm, killing pilots Pat Holden J. C. McDonald and J. C. Gibson as the plane exploded. A separate report notes Elk Park Colorado and Leadville Colorado recording snowfall and cold temperatures.
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Winnipeg
Man
U.P
Prairie
Canada
Southest
Alberta
Pat Holden
J. C. McDonald
J. C. Gibson
Calvary
Prince . George
M. C
Severe Midwest storm cuts lives and crops
A nighttime storm in the southwest caused one death and extensive damage. In Metz Missouri a home toppled and Mrs. W. W. Webster died. Kansas University observatory dome shifted at Lawrence. Richmond Missouri saw lifted box cars and rail damage. Kansas wheat blown by high winds. two inches of snow at Ellsworth Nebraska.
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Kansas City
U.R
W. W. Webster
Metz
Lawrence
Kas
University of Kansas Observatory
Richmond
Watts
Okla
Bennett Griffin
Roy Hunt
Endurance Fliers
Kansas
Middle West
Ellsworth
Neb
Officers Indicted by Grand Jurors in Ohio Case
Columbus report states Sheriff Sherman Chrysler and chauffeur William Cannatta were indicted by the county grand jury on assault and battery charges. Attorney Kenneth Little said Chrysler and Cannatta ejected him from Justice of Peace Clint Doughty’s court after a dispute over custody of papers in a case. Conviction could bring a $200 fine and up to six months in jail.
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Columbus
Sherman Chrysler
Justice of Peace
Clint Doughty
Marion Township
William Cannatta
Chrysler
Cannatta
Kenneth Little
Squire Doughty
Little
Bargains Today In Classifieds
Classified ads offer a Jersey ball calf for $2 and collegiate cars from $20. Rooms for rent on Franklin Avenue Ath ens feature modern conveniences. A matched team and 4 year old horses are for sale and usable anywhere.
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Franklin Avenue
Athens
Debtor Seek Court Decision In Ohio State Bank Case
Auburn W. Duff, stockholder and debtor of the Ohio State Bank at Washington D. H., files for voluntary bankruptcy in Federal Court in Columbus. Duff lists liabilities of 416,689.04 and assets of uncertain value while being sued by the Washington Township School Board and Fayette County officials over bank funds.
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Columbus
U.pr
Auburn W. Duff
Ohio State Bank
Washington D. H
James Ford
Bettman
Mal S. Daugherty
Duff
Washington D
O. C. Gray
State Bank
Washington Township School Board
Fayette County
Board of County Commissioners
WF ]C and WCSO Consolidate to Operate as One
The Federal Radio Commission approved WGAR Radio Company's plan to merge WEJC Akron and WCSO Springfield into a single Cleveland station. The new outlet will broadcast at 1450 kilocycles with 5600 watts unlimited hours, adding a fourth Cleveland station as Nation al Broadcasting Co seeks a blue network outlet amid WTAM red and WHK Columbia links.
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Cleveland
U.R
Federal Radio Commission
Wgar Radio Company
Staaions Wejc
Akron
WCSO
Springfield
National Broadcasting Company
WTAM
WHK
Columbia
WJAY
Webb to Broadcast From WCAH in Columbus Saturday
Samuel Dr. Webb a former Albany resident will broadcast on Station WCAH in Columbus at 1 PM Saturday. Webb has lived in Columbus for years and is known in Athens and Meigs Counties.
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Albany
Samuel Dr. Webb
Columbus
WCAH
Webb
Athens
Meigs
Scouts to Ushers at Ohio University Stadium Game
All registered Boy Scouts of Athens are expected Saturday after noon at 12 30 oclock in uniform to serve as ushers for the Ohio University football game against Wilmington at Ohio University Stadium.
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Boy Scouts of
Athens
Ohio University Stadium
Ohio-Wilmington
New York Republicans Back Prohibition Repeal At Albany Convention
At the New York State Republican Convention in Albany on September 26, the platform called for repeal of the Prohibition law and favored state option on wet-dry questions. The plank passed 782 to 268, with no minority report. The platform also criticized Governor Roosevelt’s administration and urged rapid removal of officials who refuse to answer pertinent questions. The document praised Hoover’s economy measures and tariff reforms while supporting federal-state cooperation to enforce liquor laws where dry.
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Committee On Rules
William M. Calder
Drys
WUS
Charles H. Tuttie
New York
New York Republican Party
Hoover
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hawking Department
Department of Public Works
Department of Corrections
Department of Public Service
Auburn
Dantemora
Hfe
Roosevelt
Republican Party
New York State
Democrats
Congress
Scarface Al Hideout Memo Reveals 31 Vagrancy Targets
A Carlton Hotel room pillow conceals Deputy Chief John Ryan’s confidential memorandum listing 31 wanted vagrants with arrest assignments. The document, intended for Norton and the Vagrancy Bureau, leaked to Tony Tagenti who slept in Room 204 during a federal and city manhunt for Scarface Al Capone.
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Chicago
Scarface
al Capone
Carlton Hotel
John Ryan
John Norton
Ryan
Norton
William Balewick
Carlton
Tony Tagenti
Bandaman
Hold Witham? Columbus man identified after shooting
A man wounded while trying to break into a house at Mt. Carmel Hospital is tentatively identified as Jay Witham of Athens County. The head wound is not serious and he is expected to be turned over to Athens authorities to face murder charges tied to his wife’s death years ago.
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Columbus
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Jay Witham
Athens County
Witham
Athens
English golfer Cyril Tolley seeks marriage license in Ohio
The Sept 26 report shows Cyril Tolley and Miss Mary McMahon of New York and Dayton applying for a marriage license in Greenwich Connecticut. Tolley, from Kinderminster England, says he has been married before and divorced. Miss McMahon is daughter of Dayton business leader J Spriggs McMahon.
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Greenwich
Conn
Cyril Tolley
Mary McMahon
New York
Dayton
Tolley
Kinderminster
Eng
Miss McMahon
J. Spriggs McMahon
Vocational Agriculture Meeting Set for Athens County
Vocational agriculture instructors of Athens County meet tonight at the home of R. R. Barker in New Marshfield. T. H. Johnson, the county extension agent, will present plans to unify the program of work for the coming school year.
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Athens County
R. R. Barker
New Marshfield
T. H. Johnson
Brokers Questioned Over Soviet Wheat Sales
The Congressional committee investigating Communist activities returns to New York to probe the role of three local brokerage houses in Soviet wheat orders on the Chicago Board of Trade. Chairman Hamilton Fish says witnesses will be questioned to see if trades helped depress American wheat prices as alleged by Secretary Hyde. The firms named are J. S. Bache and Company, Wachsman and Waassall, and A. Morden and Co. The first hearing is set for this afternoon with five subpoenaed witnesses. full wheat investigation begins tomorrow.
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New York
U.P
Congressional Committee
Chicago Board of Trade
Hamilton Fish
Hyde
Fish
J. 8. Bache and Company
Wachsaman & Waassall
A. Morden and Co
Lamont urges steady buying to lift business outlook
Secretary of Commerce Lamont tells United Press that if the average man and woman continue to buy normal needs and some extra items, retail trade will rise and the economy will move toward prosperity. He notes consumer spending is already contributing to a broad recovery and stresses caution about predicting rapid upturns.
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Lamont
United Press
Commerce
Washington
U.P
Robert P. Lamont
United Press Today
Government Department
The
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Canton Underworld
City Hall
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Elk Park
Mont
Leadville
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the Messenger
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N. Y
Chiang Kai-shek
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