Ten Die in Bus Crash as 20 Youths Return From Game
In Shreve Ohio a bus carrying twenty Burbank high school students returning from a basketball game was struck by a Pennsylvania flyer. Ten youths were killed and ten others injured. Driver Joseph Baker survived speechless as emergency crews rushed to Wooster and Shreve hospitals.
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Wooster, O
Ohio
Shreve
Here
Pennsylvania
Burbank
Big Prairie
Joseph Baker
Baker
Willard
Repp
Claude
Talley
Eugene
Grubb
Wayne
Lehman
Wooster
Emil Timic
Charles Packard
Donald Lehman
Lola Talley
Elen Cowhick
Grace Fiory
Maurice Lenz
Edith Repp
Alice Webb
Hoover Reports Promising US Unemployment Drive Progress
President Hoover said the drive to create construction and improvement jobs is showing encouraging results with expectations of larger projects in 1930. Surveys from governors and industries indicate 4.7 billion dollars in contemplated public works, including 1.65 billion at state and local levels and federal programs, plus 2.15 billion from public utilities and 1.05 billion from railroads.
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Washington
Hoover
Department of Commerce
Covington man Joe Herbst held as accessory in deputy murder
Joe Herbst, 52, Covington salesman, was arrested on charges of being an accessory to the shooting and murder of Deputy Sheriff Richard Mullaney at a roadhouse on Madison Pike on New Year’s morning. Bond was sought up to 10 000 by several prominent citizens as efforts to locate Judge Read continued late last night.
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Joe Herbst
Covington
Richard Mullaney
Madison Pike
Herbst
Capitol Fire Destroys Artists Studio in Dome Blaze
Flames roared through the Capitol artist studio on the House side top floor, with water and smoke damaging the document room. Artist Carl Moberly was carried unconscious. firemen battled for 45 minutes to extinguish the blaze as officials investigate possible cigarette ignition.
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Washington
United States
White House
House of Representatives
Carl Moberly
Capitol
David S. Lynn
Capito
Th Force
Cdin
McDuffie
Alabama
McFadden
Pennsylvania
Cramton
Michigan
Statuary Hall
America
Rotunda
Chamber
The
Tragedy Strikes Burbank Village High School
In Burbank Ohio a school bus accident killed nine local students, sending shock through the village of fewer than 500. Shreve reports the scene as families mourn and authorities console the grieving community.
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Burbank
Tol
Burbank, O
Shreve
Clare A Briggs Cartoonist Dies in New York City
Clare A Briggs renowned newspaper cartoonist died in New York City at the Neurological Institute after a long illness at age 54. He created Mr. and Mrs and several popular series and worked in St. Louis Chicago and New York newspapers. The Commercial Tribune will carry his comic page tomorrow and for several Sundays.
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Clare A. Briggs
New York City
New York
the Neurological Institute
Reedsburg
Wis
Nebraska
Ruth Owen
Lincoln
Neb
St. Louis
Chicago
Mrs
Clare Briggs
Commercial Tribune
The
Briggs
Runaway Indian Boy Frozen to Death in Wisconsin
Ten year-old Indian boy Alex Souler was frozen to death and his eleven year-old companion Barney Lumbar suffered severe frostbite possibly requiring amputation. Two other Indian youths endured a night of extreme cold after escaping from St. Mary's School at Odanah Wisconsin.
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New Yok World News Service
Ashland
Wis
Jan
Vewa
Alex Souler
Barney Lumbar
St. Mary's School
Oaanah
Jail Matron Suspended Over Anonymous Letters
Miss Pearl Hoon matron of the City Hall women’s detention was suspended for one week by Col. Sherrill city manager after a hearing on anonymous letters about Workhouse conditions. Four letters were read with two alleged as hers, handwriting analyzed as likely the same. Witnesses testified about untrue statements to a client. she denied falsehoods and said her statements reflected real conditions.
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Pearl Hoon
Hereford Place
Col
Sherrill
Miss Hoon
John F. Siple
Bellevue
Gervaise Karpe
Miss
Reorganization of Day Machine Ohioan Slated To Head Joint Committee
Washington dispatch reports steps toward stricter prohibition enforcement by the Justice and Treasury Departments. The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to rule that supplying a bootlegger with liquor transport orders makes a person a conspirator. Prohibition officials announced a 15 percent output cut by industrial alcohol makers to curb illicit supply. Mellon backs Coast Guard in the Black Duck pursuit.
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Francis M. Stephenson
Washington
Justice
Treasury Departments
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Doran
Mellon
Coast Guard
Newport
Senate
Sen
Humane Society backs Sellar in dog cruelty case
The Humane Society of Missouri endorses Secretary Robert I Sellar amid calls for a $500 reward and public corroboration of his report about a dog with its mouth sewn shut found December 24. Police found no trace of the animal, while nationwide rewards exceed $3,000 for the alleged cruelty case.
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ST. Louis
Iumane Society of Missouri
Robert I. Sellar
Sellar
Robert Emmet Kane
Mullanphy Hospital
St. Louis Medical Society
Buffalo
N. Y
McCulloch Expected to Speak in Cincinnati Before Commercial Club
Roscoe C. McCulloch U S Senator from Ohio appointed last November to replace the late Theodore Burton is slated to address Cincinnati’s Commercial Club in his first speech here since January 25. Speculation runs on his bid for re election with former Congressman James T Begg possibly opposing him.
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Roscoe C. McCulloch
United States
Ohio
Myers Y. Cooper
Theodore Burton
Cincinnati
Commercial Club
McCulloch
James T. Begg
Mr. Cooper
Begg
Republican Club
Western Reserve University
Canton
Young Men’s
McKinley Club
John Whitacre
Attorney General
Cooper
Hoover
Ohio State Public Utilities Commission
Ohio General Assembly
Princess Marie Jose Begins Trip to Italy
Princess Marie Jose left Brussels in a lavish royal train bound for Rome where she will wed Crown Prince Humberton next Wednesday. The official party included King Albert Queen Elizabeth and Prince Charles. Extraordinary police precautions and cleared stations and streets shielded the departure to prevent anti Fascist demonstrations.
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Marie Jose
Italy
Brussels
Rome
Humberton
King Albert
Elizabeth
Prince Charles
Escape Beckons but Cohen Visits Mother
Coleman Cohen 17 of 1393 Linn Street was arrested in Indianapolis for auto theft, taken to the Federal Building, then escaped after his handcuffs were loosened by Deputy Marshal Billy McHugh. He later returned with his mother to the First District police station claiming he needed to see her before sentencing.
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Coleman Cohen
Linn Street
Indianapolis
Billy McHugh
Coleman
McHugh
First District
Sergt. Tobertge
Receiver cites possible excess in Roberts and Hall losses
Graham P. Hunt, receiver, says new discrepancies in Roberts & Hall accounts may exceed Henry A. Reif Jr. surety bond of over 50 000 dollars. Audit will take a week or ten days. debtors would discharge obligations in full with no loss to creditors.
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Roberts & Hall
Henry A. Reif, Jr
Graham P. Hunt
Hunt
Reif
Three Mail Sacks Lost Between Portsmouth and Cincinnati
Postmaster Behymer of Cincinnati requests an investigation after three mail sacks vanish en route from Portsmouth and Ironton to the Federal Reserve Bank in Cincinnati. Two sacks originated in Portsmouth banks and another in Ironton. contents described as valuable but not disclosed.
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Portsmouth
Cincinnati
Behymer
Federal Reserve Bank
Ironton
Cleveland Federal Reserve
Couple to Split Household Costs
An ante nuptial contract between Pierre Louis Auguste Mattise of Paris and Miss Alexina Robert Sattler of Cincinnati was filed at the County Recorder office. The agreement grants separate property, each not liable for the other’s debts, and separate rights to inheritances, with joint household expense contributions. The contract dated December 28 was signed before witnesses and the marriage was officiated by Magistrate Harold H. Hilton.
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Pierre Louis Auguste Mattise
Paris
Alexina Robert Sattler
Cincinnati
County Recorder
Mattise
Robert Sattler
Warner Road
Harold IL. Hilton
Columbia Township
City Manager halts practice of canceling traffic fines
Col. Sherrill orders end to officials canceling traffic citations outside court. Only town residents may have tags canceled off court. Complaints by aged citizens prompted hearings though officers lack authority to judge guilt. Traffic Court may reserve time to review minor charges while courts handle prosecutions.
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Col
Sherrill
Col. Sherrill
G. C. Smith
Cty
William Copelan
Copelan
Meteor seen across Ohio lights up skies over several cities
Residents in Cincinnati Cleveland and Akron observed a bright meteor moving fast across the state. University of Cincinnati astronomers say such bodies travel parallel to the ground and burn out within moments, while time discrepancies between sightings are likely due to observer error.
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Cleveland
Cincinnati Observatory
Associated Press
Akron Observatory
Elliot Yowell
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Yowell
Eider Down Duck Quilt Gifted to Cincinnati Museum
Andrew Mellon donated an eider down quilt to the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History. The quilt uses twenty duck heads and more than twenty pelts from a protected eider duck imported from Scandinavia. Ralph E. Dury, curator, notes the Treasury confiscated the pelts at entry.
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Cincinnati Museum of Natural History
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Scandinavia
Ralph E. Dury
Treasury Department
Charles Dury
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George W. Calver
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Humane Society
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AEM
Graham Hunt
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