Dedication at Island State Memorial to Civil War Sites
Governor White and Governor Kump travel to Portland Sunday for the dedication ceremony of the Island State Memorial honoring Daughters of the Revolution and other patriotic groups. The site marks Civil War landmarks near Buffington Ford and a hospital ruins, with dated battlefield markers and a line of historic features for visitors.
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George White
Fallipolis
H. G. Kump
Inia
Portland
In Island State Memorial
Daughters of the Revolution
Cere
White
Dedicatory events mark Gallia County war monument plans
Arthur C. Johnson and Don Thomas Jenkins join Ohio historical leaders for a park dedication in Gallipolis and Pomeroy. Attendees will display flags, bunting, and tripes for a luncheon at Hotel Martin. Speakers include Governor aides and Major Daniel two tablets honor battle and fallen soldier at the mound site.
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Kump
Arthur C. Johnson
The
Ohio Heological and Historical Accept
Don Thomas Jenkins
Overnors
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Hotel Martin
Gover
Eval Frank Henderson
Mound
Daniel
Congressman
Ohio Supreme Court Judge Dies After Operation
Judge Day of the Ohio Supreme Court died unexpectedly at 17:25 a.m. today following an operation on his right leg. He was a native of Mac-sia and served on the court for many years. He was the son of the late associate justice R. Day and a former chief justice of the court.
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O.R
Ohio Supreme
Macsi
Supreme Court
M R. Day
UN- Supreme Court
Equipment room burglary at Ilesboro High School
A Wednesday night burglary at Ilesboro High School damaged the training department area. Ellinger and a deputy responded after two windows were forced open. Tools were stolen and material loss is estimated at unknown amount.
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Ilesboro High
Ellinger
Coal Miner Injured in Chauncey Collapse
A Chauncey man employed by Manhattan Coal was injured when a fall crushed his foot and fractured it. He was removed to Sheltering Arms Hospital for X rays and examination after the incident near Sept. 29.
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E Mingus
Mingus
Chauncey
Njuries
Manhattan
Will Foresees Real Uprisings When We Understand All Things
Beverly Hills letter warns of social upheaval as taxpayers resist payrolls and kidnappers reveal buried money. It argues wasteful government spending, noting 66 thousand dollars to move a pound of postcard images, suggesting cheaper telegraphic options.
Urschel Kidnap Trial Nearing Its Close
Oklahoma City report on the Urschel gang trial as 10 defendants face jurors described as small town business men. Defense called Harvey Bailey and Albert L Bates courageous and kindly while prosecutors labeled them gangsters. The case centers on a $200000 ransom with R G Boss Shannon his wife Ora and son Armon claimed as coerced participants. Federal prosecutors say ransom notes and letters used by George Machine Gun Kelly were formed by a legal mind.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Urschel
Harvey Bailey
Albert L. Bates
R. G
Boss) Shannon
Ora
Armon
George
Youth Dies in Grade Crash Near Stewart
Ansel Barnhart, 20, died after a truck driven by Dan McPherson, 60, rode onto a railroad crossing near Stewart and was struck by a westbound express train. Barnhart died at Sheltering Arms Hospital. McPherson suffered serious injuries but was reported improving. Witnesses say warning whistles sounded. coroner notes limited visibility due to a water tank and platform.
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Stewart
Ansel Barnhart
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Dan A. McPherson
Beebe
Barnhart
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
L. F. Jones
McPherson
Athens
Jones
Isaac Barnhart
Rome High School
Syracuse Man Held For Pomeroy Forgery
Cass McKinnie, 46, of Syracuse, arrested by Meigs County officers on charges he stole a check from Dr. Bryan Bing’s office and forged the endorsement to cash it. The check was washed at a local store but the forgery was found when presented at a bank. He will be held to the grand jury without preliminary hearing.
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Pomeroy
Cass McKinnie
Syracuse
Meigs County
A. O. Tracy
McKinnie
Bryan Bing
Tracy
Destruction of Sign Along Road Is Costly
Malicious destruction of property charged against Warren Wilson of Marion Township after he tore down a public highway sign. Wilson pled guilty before Magistrate W W Martin, was fined ten dollars plus costs, and ordered to serve five days in jail.
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Logan
Warren Wilson
Marion Township
Joe Farbearn
Orla Wolfe
Wilson
W. W. Martin
Public Works Board Approves Loans for Cleveland and Akron
The public works advisory committee approved two more projects totaling over 1.25 million dollars. The Huron Road Hospital Corporation seeks 380000 federal loan for a 1 million dollar building project to employ 700 workers for four months. Akron seeks 171000 loan and 40000 grant for waterworks improvements.
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Columbus
U.P
Public Works Advisory Committee
Washington
L. A. Boulay
Huron Road Hospital Corporation
Cleveland
Akron
Barthiow Family Plans Chicago Winter Move
Mr and Mrs Clyde Barthiow and their children Ned and Betty will relocate to Chicago for the winter. Ned and his father will perform musical entertainment at clubs and on radio broadcasts after the move.
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Logan
Clyde Barthiow
Ned
Betty
Chicago
Tax Group Is Picked in Ohio
Governor White announced the five appointments to the special taxation commission created to draft a permanent system for Ohio. Six legislators join them, including former Senator Robert Taft and Fred Lazarus Jr. The appointees include six Democrats and five Republicans, with Wilson representing labor. The panel will convene early next week.
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Columbus
U.P
Special Taxation Commission
General Assembly
Ohio
White
Robert Taft
Cincinnati
Fred Lazarus, Jr
Murray Lincoln
John Ahlers
Dayton
James Wilson
D. J. Gunsett
van Wert
Paul Yoder
Lindburrh Seaplane Flight From Moscow to Tallinn
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindburrh departed Moscow today in their seaplane for a 525 mile flight to Tallinn, Estonia, continuing a borderless airborne journey between Soviet and Baltic regions.
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Moscow
Charles A. Lindburrh
Tallinn
Evel
Labor Leaders Split Over AFL Union Policies
Washington September 29 A rift grows within the American Federation of Labor over whether to retain traditional craft unions or form industry based groups. Craft unions unite workers by trade, while critics say industrial organization could unify workers across an entire industry such as auto, steel, or rubber manufacturing.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
East Ohio Goes Back to Union
Eastern Ohio coal fields long non union are expected to return to United Mine Workers by nightfall after talks in Cleveland. Negotiators from the union and Ohio Coal Association reported satisfactory progress toward settlement of differences at the Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company offices. The Ohio Coal Association covers 59 companies with over 100 mines across nine districts and thousands of miners.
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Cleveland
Ohio
United Mine Workers
Youghingheny and
Ohio Coal Company
Ohio Coal Association
Camridge, Middle
Pittsburgh No
Woman Killed by Beer Truck in Batavia
Coroner S W White to hold inquest into the death of Miss Eva Lanham of Chile Ohio. She died yesterday when struck by a beer truck driven by Henry Heigenber of Portsmouth Ohio as she crossed the road chasing a chicken. She suffered a fractured neck and skull.
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Batavia
S. W. White
Eva Lanham
Chile
Henry Heigenber
Portamouth
Ohio
White
Little Miami Flood Project Approved by Court Order
Lebanon date indicates the Little Miami River Conservancy District was established by a five county court order. The project aims to control flooding at an estimated cost of about 8 million dollars with part funding from the Federal Government. Directors for the project will be appointed by the court.
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Lebanon
Little Miami River
Major Strikes Rally In Mining Areas And Ford Plant
Four thousand coal miners march around Carnegie Steel By-Products Works in Clairton sending day shift workers home. Rumors spread of plant tampering as unions press for recognition amid partial wage agreements and ongoing soft coal strike. Weirton and Steubenville picket lines enter fourth day as talks loom with Ernest T. Weir.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Carnegie Steel Company
Clairton
Road Change Aims to Fix Bad Hill on State Route 31
Logan reports right of way secured for a reroute of State Route 31 Athens Columbus Road between Enterprise School and Fairview M E Church. The steep winding hill has caused many accidents and officials expect the rebuild to be ordered soon with most of the current route abandoned.
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Logan
Athens- Columbus
Enterprise School
Fairview M. E
Jury Considers Death Penalty in Kidnapping Case
A circuit court jury in Edwardsville Illinois weighed the states demands for the death penalty for five men and a woman charged with kidnapping August Luer a 77 year old Alton banker. Luer was dragged from his home July 10 and released five days later along a roadside. Relatives said a $100000 ransom was not paid.
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Edwardsville
August Luer
Alton
Luer
Court Rule Ouster For Mayor of Akron
Akron voters fail to reach required 195 good signatures to place Mayor C Neilson Sparks on the November mayoralty ballot. Ninth District Court of Appeals upholds elections board ruling. Supreme Court decision on Lee D Sohroy’s challenge awaited.
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Akron
U.P
C. Neilson Sparks
Ninth District Court of Appeals
Board of Elections
Sparks
Supreme Court
Lee D. Sohroy
Closures Ordered for Three Montgomery County Lenders
State superintendent of building and loans Paw and Wares ordered liquidation of three Montgomery County buildings and loan associations in Columbus on September 2. The actions close the associations and begin liquidation proceedings.
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Columbus
Montgomery County Buildings and Loan Associations
State Bus Perintendent of
Lugas Paw & Wares
Indiana fugitives widen search across states
Ten long term convicts who escaped from an Indiana state prison broadened the manhunt to neighboring states. Captain Matt Leach said authorities believe the fugitives evaded a northern Indiana cordon and may be moving singly or in small groups. Sheriff Charles Neel Corydon was feared slain as the men fled.
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Chesterton
Ind
Charles Neel
Corydon
Barber Bandit Shot to Death In Gun Fight
G R Saunders 35 Columbus Grove barber was killed in a gun battle with Deputy Ben Stone after a $354.98 bank holdup at Exchange Bank Luckey. Stone wounded in the legs and hospitalized. Toledo detectives arrested John A Lora his wife Irene and Edward Lora for questioning on a tip from Sheriff Bruce Pratt. Saunders had been linked to John Lora who was convicted on robbery charges last year.
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Toledo
G. R. Saunders
Columbus Grove
Ben Stone
Exchange Bank
Luckey
Stone
Mercy Hospital
Fred Langhoff
John A. Lora
Irene
Edward Lora
Bruce Pratt
Bowling Green
John Lora
Pratt
Saunders
Lora
Ohio CCC Camps to Expand to 41 Sites
Ohio will add twenty three Civilian Conservation Corps camps under Forest Service and National Park Service guidance. The plan increases total camps to 41 housing about 12,600 recruits, with five new camps in Scioto County and locations across Meigs, Gallia, Athens, Vinton, Jackson, Perry, and other counties including Toledo and Maumee Peninsula.
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Columbus
U.P
Civilian Conservation Corps
Ohio
United States Forest Service
National Park Service
Forest Service
Scioto County
Friendship
Stout
Buena Vista
Shawnee
Morgantown
Pike County
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Athens
Athens County
McArthur
Vinton County
Jackson
Jackson County
Ironton
Lawrence County
New Lexington
Perry County
Toledo-Maumee Peninsula
Meigs Countian To Get Parole Oct 15
Ohio Board of Parole announced parole for 45 inmates after reviewing 112 applications. Paroles include Meigs County resident Thomas Dewees for burglary and larceny with tools possession, release Oct 1, and Dana Wallace of Morgan County for receiving stolen property, release Oct 15. Eight prisoners had added releases. 100 cases continued.
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Columbus
Dana Wallace
Morgan
Ohio to Train Applicants with State Patrol Help at Camp Perry
Lt. James Marshal of the Pennsylvania State Police will assist in training and instruction for applicants to Ohio's new state highway patrol at Camp Perry. The move aims to bolster readiness and standardization as Ohio builds its patrol force.
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Columbus
James Marshal
Pennsylvania State Police
Ohio
Camp Perry
Ohio Flood Control Hearing Set for Muskingum District
Washington Sept 2 The Mississippi Drainage Area Board of the Public Works Administration will hold an Oct 5 hearing in the Muskingum Valley Ohio Conservancy District on a 75 million dollar flood plan. The proposal, backed in Ohio since a survey of flood conditions, was submitted to Federal authorities with a letter from W A Stinehcomb chairman of the Ohio Advisory Board for Public Works. The Muskingum district plans stem from a Morgan Engineering Company survey Dayton which aided the Miami Conservancy District.
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Washington
U.P
Mississippi Drainage Area Board
The
Public Works Administration
Muskingum Valley
Conservancy
W. A. Stinehcomb
Ohio Advisory Board For Public Works
Muskingum District
Morgan Engineering Company
Dayton
Miami Conservancy
Plan To Avoid Punishment Ends in Tragic Death
In Marion Indiana two boys try to dodge punishment for truancy. Phillip Barkdull 13 uses a revolver to feign sympathy, but the weapon misfires twice then explodes on his head killing him instantly while his companion Orville Laughlin 12 runs away.
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Marion
Ind
Phillip Barkdull
Orville Laughlin
Barkdull
Phillip
Chucks
Orville Fied
Kelly To Have Plane Escort To Oklahoma City
MEMPHIS Sept 29 George Machine Gun Kelly will be moved to Oklahoma City before noon tomorrow. Federal authorities said his departure and an escort of 15 planes depend on the Urschel kidnaping trial set for Oct 9 in which Kelly and his wife Katherine will be tried. Officials revised earlier claims and said no satisfactory statement has been obtained from Kelly or Mrs Kelly.
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Geraldine Arnold
George
Memphis
Tenn
Kelly
Oklahoma City
Charles F. Urschel
Katherine Kelly
Oklahoma
Mines operate in Chauncey district with sixteen active pits
Chauncey reports sixteen mines currently working in the district. Named pits include Hocking, Luh rig, Lick Run, Chauncey No. 25, Carbondale, Poston No. 6, Black Diamond No. 255, No. 267, No. 107, No. 9, No. 28, Nos. 5 and 10, and No. 21.
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Chauncey
Hocking
Luhrig
Lick Run
Chauncey No
Carbondale
Poston
Black Diamond
New Jersey Case Tests White House Resolve Over Ford Strike
The National Labor Board weighs mediation of a Ford Motor Co strike at Chester Pennsylvania signaling a direct test of power between Henry Ford and the Roosevelt Administration. Ford reportedly could close all plants if the strikes spread from the East as learned by United Press.
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New Jersey
White House
Ford and NRA clash looms as Pennsylvania strike spreads
A major strike wave affecting more than 100000 workers tests the NRA code battle with Ford Motor Company cautious on compliance. In Edgewater and Jersey City action, 1200 strikers demand a 25 dollar weekly wage and 35 hour week while 511 workers are dismissed for not reporting. The Frick coke mines face coal mine tie ups as unions seek recognition.
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Clairton
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Pennsylvania
Waltersburg
Uniontown
United Mine Workers of America
Coal Control Association of Western Pennsylvania
Frick Company
Atrikers
Hugh V. Reilly
American Federation of Labor
Ford Assembly
Ford
Dearborn
Jersey City
Reilly
Ford Company
Chester
Planta
End of Strike Near in Three Cities Industrial Walkout
Detroit, Sept 29. A federal mediator joins talks on a strike by 10000 workers across Detroit Flint and Pontiac. Employers show willingness to treat wage demands and uniform hours as a common issue. The union seeks a 2% raise with $1 minimum for bench workers and 60 cents for machinists.
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Detroit
Too
Flint
Pontiac
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