Canadian brewery kidnapping prompts $150000 ransom note
London Ontario August 15 with no clue to rescue John S Labatt the 50 year old brewer seized yesterday. A ransom of 150000 drawn from a family bank was taken to Toronto by Hugh Labatt who met police after a bank visit. Money possibly in Canadian or US currency. motive and gang origin remain uncertain. The Labatt brewery empire valued at about five million dollars anchors the family. (Continued on page six)
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London
John
Labatt
Brewer
Canada
John S. Labatt
Hugh Labatt
Sarnia
St. Clair River
Port Huron
Mich
Toronto
R. B. Balders
Halifax
N. S
United States
Musgrove Barred From Ballot For School Board Nomination
John Q. Musgrove a Fetterman district resident and Democratic candidate for the school board was barred from certification as nominee with Ira Marks of Flemington district the county clerk certifying Marks upon advice of Prosecutor Holt with Attorney General Holt ruling. Musgrove who finished fifth in a ten man field won 880 votes but state law limits one district per county to two board members and Evans and Warder outpolled him. Continued on page six. Midsummer Dance Moose Home Friday August 17th. Business Girls Club Featuring Davis Evans and His Orchestra Admission $1.00 At p8
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Fetterman
Board of Education
Ira Marks
Flemington
Frank Bennett
Marks
James C. Holt
Homer H. Holt
J. Lee Evang
Charles H. Warder
John Q. ‘Musgrove
Musgrove
Evans
Warder
Business Girls
Davis Evans
Arrest Youth as Maker of Phoney Coins
In Muskogee Oklahoma August 18 a fourteen year old boy dubbed Americas youngest counterfeiter by federal agents and his companion face charges of counterfeiting The boy Clinton Hayes allegedly led a band of high school students who met in a church basement to produce crude quarters and nickels from babbit and pewter using molds from a high school foundry Hayes testified that others described the operation as the most successful mold fashioned at West High School The youth also claimed they printed checks using a small printing press with forged signatures and endorsements.
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Muskogee
Okla
Americas
Chare Jes
Clinton Hayes
Treasury Department
Hayes
Harry Edwards Cleveland
West High School
Regular Dividend Declared by American Telephone And Telegraph
Directors of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co declared the regular quarterly dividend of 2.25 dollars on the capital stock. The payment means a disbursement of more than 41,990,000 dollars among the company's 680,000 shareholders.
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New York
Direc ‘Tors
American Telephone, and Telegraph Co
New Deal Costs Revealed In Taylor County Arts Garden Unit
Carl Currey reports on FERA expenses in Taylor county with no large salaries. William Hanway, head of subsistence gardens, earns 20 per week plus six cents mileage. Five district supervisors are paid 12 weekly. Canning supervisor Ida B. Dorsey is paid 20 weekly, with five assistants at 8.10 each. Kitchen facilities and garden yields noted as being productive, cannery unit described.
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Carl Currey
New Deal
Taylor County
FERA
William C. Hanway
Grafton
Hanway
Ray Newton
Thomas Allender
Charles Kinsey
Joseph Rinker
John Wyckoff
Dorsey
Ida B. Dorsey
Grafton High School
Elizabeth Gill
Nellie Kyle
John T. Marks
Mary S
President Warns Chiselers Over Food Profiteering
President Roosevelt told reporters there is ample food and no excuse for profiteering amid drought. He warned that chiselers would face federal action and announced intensified federal scrutiny of grain and produce exchanges to curb speculation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Attacker Escapes Vigilantes After Six Assaults
Defiance, Aug. 15. An attacker who terrorized women here eluded police and 100 vigilantes last night after his sixth assault on Miss Mabel Krotz. Police Chief Karl A. Weaner ordered a roundup as vigilantes, led by an eight member group, surrounded a cornfield believed to harbor the suspect, a mentally troubled youth. No one was seriously hurt. Continued on page five.
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Karl
A.weaner
Attar Pocklet
Miss Mabel
Krotz
Bes
Red Cross runs largest summer swimming class at Grafton Park
Frank M. Collins reports 71 students enrolled across three Red Cross classes at Grafton Park. Tests are scheduled Sunday with juniors and seniors at 10 a.m. and beginners and swimmers at 1 p.m. Names listed include Pat Lally Jo Clare Lally Mary Alice Palmer and many others.
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Grafton Park
Frank M. Collins
American Red Cross
Pat. Lally
Jo Clare Lally
Mary Alice Palmer
Alma Heckathorn
Frances Leonard
Betty Jean Bailey
Richard Leonard
Audrey McCartney
Naomi Allender
Junior Goff
C. W. Monroe
Earl Countrymen
Margaret Barnes
John Riffee
Margaret Aspinal
Dora Sturm
Earl Moats
Hilda McCracken
Grace Daugherty
Marguerite Kiger
Volta Daugherty
Mary Jean Smith
John Daugherty
Helen Smith
Alberta Countryman
James Cassell
Violet Heckathorn
Isabelle Demoss
Sidney McCoy
Edward Morgan
James Whelan
Dennies Menear
Bob McIntosh
Thelma Sturm
Norman Adlington
Leslie Loar Jr
Harry
State Church Leader Speaks at Taylor County Council Meet
Rev Dr Brinninstool executive secretary of the state council of religious education addresses the Taylor County convention at Andrews Methodist church. Sessions move to Grafton Park for varied business and recreation with a focus on home worship and Christian living. The Andrews Sunday school orchestra and duets by the Post sisters and Mrs Reynolds enhance the program.
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F. E. Brinninstool
State Council of Religious Education
Taylor County
Council of Religious Education
Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church
Grafton Park
Andrews Sunday School
Wilhelmina
Mary Louise Post
Helpful
Reynolds
Cuba Aroused Over Duel Of Bitter Rivals
In Havana the nation awaits Colonel Fulencio Batista’s reply to Joaquin Martinez Saenz’s field of honor challenge. Saenz, a scholarly ex secretary of the treasury, and Batista, a vigorous military chief, epitomize stark contrasts fueling the controversy.
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Cuba
Havana
Joaquin Martinez Saenz
Treasury
Fulgencio Batista
Saenz
Batista
Bomb injures four at Edgewater Beach Hotel
A dynamite bomb exploded in the doorway of a small print shop on the ground floor of Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. Three people were hurt and windows on three floors were shattered. Property damage was estimated at 1000 to 1500 dollars. The Electrical Workers union strike has been ongoing at the hotel.
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Chicago
Edgewater Beach
Electrical Workers’ Union
Naval Service to be Second to None After Building Program
Washington August 15 The United States opened bids for twenty four ships of war marking a step toward a navy second to none. Twenty submarines and destroyers will trigger the Vinson Trammell act raising naval power to treaty limits. Four cruisers of 11 000 tons also authorized in 1929 include an eight inch gun ship with keel after January 1 under the London pact and three six inch gun craft. Destroyers include two 1 850 ton ships and twelve 1 500 ton ships. Submarine displacement about 1 300 tons. Continued on page three.
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Washington
United States
Mellon Pays 1.5 Million for Raphael Iba Madonna
Paris report states Andrew Mellon paid the Soviet government 1.5 million dollars for Raphael's Iba Madonna, among the largest such sums. The painting, prized among four Hermitage Raphael works, once belonged to the Spanish Duke d Alva and was bought by the czar in 1836 for 70 000.
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Paris
Andrew W. Mellon
Raphael
Mellon
United States Treasury
Riga
Russia
Hermitage Museum
Leningrad
Duke d'Alba
Crar
Truck Driver Stricken By Rare Talking Sickness
Donald Campbell a 32 year old truck driver from Columbus Ohio has entered a tenth day of a rare talking sickness. Doctors report he remains rational though alternates between sobs and laughter. Medical teams use ice packs to calm him as worry over his job is cited as a possible trigger.
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Campbell
Jackson
Columbus, O
Ickes Defendant in $250,000 Suit for Damages
Chicago date Aug 15 Harold L Ickes Secretary named as defendant in a $250000 damages suit filed in Superior Court by C W Larsen one of two Chicago lawyers against whom disbarment proceedings were recently held Larsen accuses Ickes of malice and damage to reputation citing testimony publicized by the press The bar association grievance committee findings were not yet public.
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Chicago
Harold L
Ickes
C. W. Larsen
Larsen
Chicago Bar Association
Fess Easily GOP Victor in Big Field
In Columbus Ohio on August 15, Simeon D. Fess urged party harmony while opposing Rooseveltianism as A V Donahey and Martin L. Davey court the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. Davey leads Sawyer and Pickrel in early returns with 191,280 votes to 177,151 and 170,583 respectively. Donahey dominates the U S Senate race with 244,911 votes to West 144,330 and White 142,996. The tally from 7,803 precincts shows strong Democratic strength amid a Republican contest led by Clarence Brown, contrasted with Daniel E. Morgan’s 152,304 as the field narrows for November.
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Columbus
Simeon D. Fess
Davey
Charles Sawyer
William T. Pickrel
Will
Clarence Brown
Sawyer
Pickrel
Brown
Daniel E. Morgan
Cleveland
Donahey
U. S
West
White
Taree
Bryan Loses Senate Race in Nebraska
Primary results from four states show Charles Bryan defeated by E R Burke for the Nebraska Democratic senatorial nomination. Republican race also features Rep. Robert Simmons. Arkansas Governor Putrell renominated. Idaho Gov. Ross leads in Democratic gubernatorial race. The Unemployed Council of Taylor County calls a court house meeting August 18 1934 at 7 p m urging worker attendance. By M Fenton Ernest Lee.
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Associated Press
Ohio
A. V. Donahey
United States
Charles West
Geo. White
Simeon D. Fess
Nebraska
Goyv
Charles Bryan
E. R. Burke
Best Advcate
Robert G. Simmons
Wirther
Taylor County
Court House
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Palmer
U.S
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Naval Service
Andy Mellon
Fess
Victor
Vic” Donahey
M. L. Davey
Bryan
M. & Fenton, Ernest Lee
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