Fatal Skull Fracture in Sugar Creek Fight Stirs Inquiry
John McKenzie Gooding, 18, Uhrichsville, a freshman at Ohio University, died from a depressed skull fracture after a Sugar Creek incident and a possible bathtub fall. Prosecutor Bolin voiced doubt that the injury's cause had been revealed, considering two theories: a jaw blow in a fight or a fall in the tub. Autopsy confirmed a depressed skull fracture with no external head injuries.
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John McKenzie Gooding
Uhrichsville
Ohio University
West State Street
John Bolin
Thens County
Coding
Sugar Creek
Gooding
John ¢. Henry
Byron Danford
Bolin
Athens
pu@Nettes
Robinson Brothers
Dwight
Roy Robinson
John W. Genter
Dwight Robinson
Thieves Active Around Mine 107 Hemlock Vicinity
Thieves reported to Perry County officials to have entered Mine No. 107 wash-house twice during the week near Hemlock. Daytime entry raided miners clothes, cash and valuables taken. Night entry stole pony feed carbide lights and other property. Deputy James Airain investigated and works on clues.
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New Lexington
Perry County
Hemlock
A Wonderful Meeting Says Will
A correspondent from Winslow describes a family trip home after a Claremore celebration. He says the day broke records, with no speeches and a joyful mood, noting local folks stayed put while the Chamber of Commerce and politicians were left speechless.
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Winslow
Ariz
Old Orangejuiceville
Claremore
Chamber of Commerce
Will
Today Down Goes The Pound Up Goes Silver
The article notes a shift in financial markets with the pound weakening and silver gaining value. It offers cautious guidance to investors and the public regarding currency and metal movements in a concise financial snapshot.
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King Features, Inc
Silver Rises Boosts Indian Trade Despite Pound Drop
As anticipated the pound falls a dollar below normal while silver climbs 14 cents an ounce. The rise in silver already boosts Indian trade, countering claims that devaluing silver harms global commerce and India’s economy.
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India
Silver prospects and copper country pride
The piece notes silver could rival gold, warning France and the United States about gold holdings while stressing the United States as a great silver and copper country. It highlights Mexico as another silver source and suggests regional prosperity would please the U S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Mexico
Stock Market Short Selling Curbs Amid England News
Traders voiced concern as the stock exchange restricted short selling after England reported strong gains. The exchange later tweaked the rule to balance fears of a drop with a push for commission-based activity.
Statesman proposes New York short sale ban
A bill to prohibit short selling in New York state is announced. The move targets aggressive stock practices tied to interstate corporations and Federal oversight may apply. The message urges market defenders to safeguard American values against profit driven tactics.
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Stock Exchange
New York State
Those Who Say Short Selling Cannot Be Stopped
A editorial declares short selling critics misguided and urges suppression of any group uniting to sell stocks short for public welfare. The piece hints the stock exchange situation will continue on page four.
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The
Stock Exchange
Fight for Great Estate Over Miss Ella Wendel Trust
Lawyers for Rosa Dow Stansbury of Vicksburg Mississippi challenge the disposition of the 100 million dollar Miss Ella Wendel estate in Manhattan. They claim she signed away her rights without legal aid and was only a distant kin. The case centers on a one thousand dollar waiver plus twenty four thousand upon probate, totaling twenty five thousand versus the vast estate.
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Miss Ella
Rosa Dow Stansbury
Vicksburg
Miss Ella Wendel
Miss Wendel
Manhattan
Miss Stansbury
Montgomery County GOP Endorses Brown for Governor
The Montgomery County Republican Executive Committee unanimously backs Secretary of State Clarence J. Brown as the GOP candidate for governor. Brown has now won endorsements from 58 county committees and clubs.
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Dayton
Montgomery County
Republican Executive Committee
Clarence J. Brown
Brown
Drunken Airplane Driver Crashes After Wild Chase
Don C. Swepton, 29, a student, lands at Long Beach airport after a drunken aerial spree that included dives over beaches and a water lagoon. He crashes a plane into a signal hill oil field guy wire, crawls from wreckage with a bleeding nose, and is arrested by a deputy sheriff who notes the incident. He admits drinking and asks if anyone was hurt.
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Long Beach
Calif
U.2
Los Angeles
Army
Navy
Signal Hill
Don C. Swepton
Swepton
Franco German leaders plan permanent committee for relations
Premier Laval and Foreign Minister Briand met Chancellor Bruening and Julius Curtius to form a Franco German committee. Police guarded Berlin streets as Briand and Laval toured the city amid cheering crowds and a rare hostile outburst. Laval proposed a joint commission to study economic issues between the nations.
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Berlin
Germany
Pierre Laval
Aristide Briand
France
Heinrich Bruening
Julius Curtiss
Friedrichstrasse
Briand
Laval
Iaval
Suspects Returned in Kroger Robbery Case
Deputy Dana Tracy brought back Charles Hysell and Ella Hawley from Cincinnati after a woman implicated them in the Kroger store robbery in Pomeroy. She said they fled last July in a rowboat, robbed a Portsmouth soldiers camp tent, and were later arrested in Cincinnati. Hearing for Hysell is expected tomorrow.
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Pomeroy
Dana Tracy
Cincinnati
Kroger
Charles Hysell
Ella Hawley
Pity Me
Portsmouth
Hysell
Interurban collision blamed on motorman at Dunbar
Charleston officials fault Motorman James Barnett for a Dunbar interurban crash that injured 10 people after he reportedly refused to wait on a siding for the other car. The incident involved two interurban cars and occurred in Charleston, West Virginia.
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Charleston
W. Va
Charleston Interurban Railway Company Today
James Barnett
Dunbar
Barnett
Moratorium urged on mortgage foreclosures by bishop
Bishop Joseph Schrembs of the Cleveland Catholic diocese urged a moratorium on mortgage foreclosures as a remedy for the depression. Speaking at the Alliance of Bohemian Clubs dinner in Cleveland he said owners of homes are a community asset and called for a foreclosure halt.
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Cleveland, O
U.P
Joseph Schrembs
Cleveland Catholic Diocese
Alliance of Bohemian Clubs
Schrembs
Route 38 to become federal corridor by Tuesday night
Washington D. C. Sept 28 State route 38 will be rebuilt from the city to the Highland County line and opened Tuesday night as federal route 68, officials said.
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Washington D. H
Highland County
Man Refuses Anesthetic During Eye Removal Fearful of Confession
John Chorak, a Wisconsin fugitive, was arrested after his wife Emily Chorak's body was found in a Milwaukee area sewer. He reportedly confessed to killing her, stuffing her body down a manhole, and later refused anaesthetic during eye removal to avoid revealing his crime. A boy discovered the body in the sewer, prompting police to pursue Chorak.
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Chicago
U.P
John Chorak
Chorak
Beaver Dam
Wis
Emily
Ohio Week-end Accident Toll Is Set at Eleven
A United Press survey tallies eleven deaths from Ohio weekend accidents. Victims include Fred Stone 37 in Portsmouth auto crash, companion John Adkins critically injured, and 4 year old Laura Rieker fatally struck in Dayton. Others injured or dying include David Wooten 23 and Ivis Johnson 20 in Portsmouth, J A Gephart 76 in Dayton, an unknown youth in Columbus, and Frank Chymnnski 34 decapitated by a freight train in Toledo while returning from Michigan seek work. The Ohio River near Portsmouth yielded the body of Donald Koerner 24 who drowned at Dam 30.
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Columbus
U.R
Ohio
United Press
Fred Stone
Portsmouth
John Adkins
David Wooten
Ivis Johnson
Donald Koerner
Laura Rieker
Dayton
J. A. Gephart
John Rheinscheld
Logan
Frank Chymnnski
Fairfield
Conn
New York Central
Toledo
Chyminski
Michigan
League seeks year armament freeze proposal
Geneva September 28 The League of Nations signaled its limit on disarmament efforts by asking the Assembly to urge states not to increase armaments for one year starting November 1 The disarmament commission also urged a broader halt until the World Disarmament Conference meets in February 1932 Italian Foreign Minister Dino Grandi proposed a universal moratorium until after that conference
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Geneva
Lindberghs Extend Mercy Flight To Flooded Central China
Col Charles A. Lindbergh and wife planned a black monoplane flight from Nanking to Hankow to conduct relief surveys in flood swept central China. Weather delays pushed departure to Tuesday while they stay several days to observe and aid refugees along the Grand Canal and lower Yangtze. They carry medical supplies on their relief flights.
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Lindberghs
China
Nanking
U.R
Harles A. Lindbergh
Hankow
Grand Canal
Yangtze River
Weather Snapshot Across Regions
Fragmentary weather data shows low temperatures around 30 to 36 degrees in San Antonio and nearby cities with 36 hours ahead in Calgary and White River. Forecast suggests tonight mainly clear and cool with rising temperatures into the day.
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Poe
San Antonio
White River
Badmonton
Calgary
Fiddle Player Mellie Dunham Dies at 78 in Maine
Mellie Dunham the farm boy turned fiddler who charmed Henry Ford with Turkey in the Straw died in Lewiston Maine at age 78. He saved his four fiddles from a family fire but lost the homestead this year his wife Gram shared the Detroit trip with him and they later toured vaudeville earning about twenty thousand dollars.
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Lewiston
U.P
Mellie’ Dunham
Henry Ford
Gram Dunham
Detroit
Mellie
Admiral Peary
Ford
Enrollment Rise At Athens High School Reaches New High
Principal O. L. Wood notes current enrollment at Athens High School has reached a record 384 students, with 110 seniors, 140 juniors, and 134 sophomores. The increase reflects joining students relocating to Athens and those returning to school seeking work benefits.
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Athens High School
O. L. Wood
Athens
Death of Anna Schaaf Reported in Cleveland Burial Set for Pomeroy
Councilman John Schaaf was informed by telegram of the death of his sister Miss Anna Schaaf 49 at her sister Mrs Joe Gross home in Cleveland. She was a daughter of the late John Schaaf and had long lived in Cleveland. The body will be brought to Pomeroy for burial from Peace Evangelical Church at 2 30 on Wednesday. The brother and sister are the only living relatives.
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Pomeroy
John Schaaf
Anna Schaaf
Joe Gross
Cleveland
John Schaa
Peace Evangelical Church
Widow testifies at inquest into Col lings murder aboard Penguin
Mrs Benjamin Collings described at a Huntington coroner's inquest how two unknown men boarded her cruiser Penguin in Long Island Sound at night, bound her pilot husband and threw him overboard before abducting her.
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Mra
Benjamin Collinga
Huntington
Lang Be Land
Long Island Sound
Spending Urged to Fight Unemployment Across Nation
Washington dispatch reports Walter L. Gifford, head of the President's unemployment program, urging immediate steps. He calls for state committees, local emergency bodies, and coordinated plans to create work and relief, arguing the distress is temporary and solvable with emergency measures.
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Washington
U.s.america
Walter &. Gifford
Wreed
Gifford
Manchurian Officials Seek Independent Government
Report from Mukden claims officials and top officers sent telegraphs to Chiang Kai-Shek and Chang Hsueh-Liang declaring intent to form an independent government. Dissent stems from Chinese stance on the Japanese invasion, with Mukden under Japanese control.
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Tokio
U.P
New Trial Denied for Pittsburg Hymie Martin in Potter Murder
Pittsburgh Hymie Martin, serving a life term for the murder of ex-councilman William E. Potter, was denied a new trial by Common Pleas Judge Walter McMahon. Chief defense attorney William E. Minshall said he would appeal to the court of appeals.
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Cleveland
U.P
Pittsburgh
Hymie’ Martin
Ohio
William E. Potter
Common Pleas
Walter McMahon
Martin
William E. Minshall
Court of Appeals
Streets Repair in Athens Focuses on Brown Ave and Grosvenor St
Repair work in Athens this week involves brick replacements and leveling on Brown Avenue and construction of a small curb strip on Grosvenor Street.
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Brown Avenue
Grosvenor Street
Athens
Father of Sunday Baseball in Ohio Dies at 74
Funeral services will be held Wednesday for Joseph J. Greeves 74 known as the Father of Sunday Baseball in Ohio. A Democrat elected to the legislature in 1911 he led the long fight to legalize Sunday baseball.
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Cleveland
Joseph J. Greeves
Ohio
Elks Club Building Robbed In Ravenna
Safe crackers broke into the Elks Club Building in Ravenna over the weekend and escaped with more than $1,000 in cash.
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Ravenna
Elks Club
Ohio State University to Open 1931-32 Term Tuesday
State opens Tuesday in Columbus as Ohio State University officially starts the 1931-1932 school year. The ceremonial opening marks the return to campus life for students and faculty after summer.
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STATE
Columbus
U.R
Ohio State University
Miners Vote Five to One to Return to Work
Hundreds of Sunday Creek Coal miners in Millfield return to the job after a mass meeting. About 1,500 workers and some families attended, voting by show of hands roughly five to one for resuming operations despite intermittent rain.
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Sunday Creek
Millfield
Raina
Elected Checkweighman at Mine No 5 in city election
Fete Abell was elected checkweighman at Mine No. 5 in a 10 o'clock vote. A total of 164 votes were cast by secret ballot with Abell receiving 134 and Thomas Gears 19. No other candidates stood. company Shelter and Chief Berry acted as tellers and verified the tally. Election at the 10-X Mine scheduled for the afternoon.
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Abell
Asbeil
Thomas Gears
Co. Shelter
Chief Berry
Miners Debate Checkweighman Law Amid Strike Fallout
Speakers including Lee Hall and David Wetkins outlined a strike settlement proposal at Sunday Creek Company matters. They discussed a new mining code retroactivity and who may serve as checkweighman, with leaders disputing old law interpretations and urging acceptance of the plan.
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Lee Hall
Ohio
United Mine Workers of America
David Wetkins
G. W. Savage
Percy Tetlow
Col
John 8. Shetler
T. G. Windom
James Berry
State Division of Mines
White
Hall
Ral D. Henderson
Columbus
Watkins
Sunday Creek Company
Mataers
Union
An Ae Creek Company
William Nabb
Murray City
Western Fuel Company
George Rannels
Orbiston
United King Workers of America
Sunday Creek Cx Company
Wallyee
Minimum wage push kicks off by metal workers league
Pittsburgh September 28 a new campaign by the Metal W Industrial League seeks a minimum wage of five dollars a day for workers. The effort targets wider pay standards and labor protections as it opens.
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Pittsburgh
Metal W. Industrial League
Arraignment Set for Mayor Nominee and Brown
Stanley McDonald and Brown will be arraigned at seven tonight on a charge of intoxication. They were arrested by the city police Saturday night at the Ausens County Fairgrounds.
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Stanley McDonald
Brown
Robert
Wood
Ausens County Fairgrounds
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