Ohio Governor trims state university budgets in vetoes
Ohio Governor Davey vetoed major portions of the general appropriations bill cutting 3 million dollars from higher education including 544 thousand from Ohio State University and 94 thousand from Ohio University. Other bureaus and institutes also faced sizeable cuts. Legislators return Feb 25 to decide on override moves. Market men in Leeds England report farmers using lipstick to tint faded hen combs for pullets at a union meeting.
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Columbus, CO
Ohio
Davey
General Assembly
Ohio State University
Leeds
England
Model youth repudiates murder confession on stand
Edwardsville, Ill. February 8. James Paul Jarrett a 16 year old model youth arrested in a freshman class and charged with the robbery murder of Deputy County Treasurer John C Higgins denied on the witness stand today any confession or participation in the November 26 burglary and killing. He said he would take a lie detector test and insisted the confession was coerced by threats. Prosecutor Lester Geers pressed him with cross examination as he defended his innocence.
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Edwardsville
Ill
James Paul Jarrett
Lester Geers
John C. Higgins
Distillery Strike Ends in Agreement
Pekin Illinois February eight An end to the distillery workers walk out sparked a two hour general strike bringing normalcy back to the town Six hundred distillery workers many of whom picketed for nearly three weeks in sub zero weather will return to work Monday The general strike ended at noon Thursday Federal mediator J E O Connor announced the distillery agreement at nearby Peoria last night and it was ratified quickly by the strikers
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Pekin, Ill
Midwest
J. E. O'Conner
Pooria
Spur failure kills Norwalk lineman at work
Glen Wilcox, 36, a Norwalk municipal light plant lineman, died after his spur tore loose while climbing a pole. He fell and was electrocuted when he struck a high tension wire during an attempted fall arrest.
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Norwalk, O
Glen Wilcox
Norwalk
Wilcox
Birth of Daughter for Mr and Mrs Leon Wolford
Mr and Mrs Leon Wolford announce the birth of a daughter this morning at City Hospital. The couple reside at 547 East Mulberry Street.
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Leon Wolford
E. Mulberry St
City Hospital
Bricker Endorsed by Fairflett Republics for Governor
Fairflett County Republican executive committee voted unanimously to endorse John Bricker for governor of Ohio. No congress endorsement. wait for district meeting. Pending county races to be discussed at next Republican club session on February 11 with speaker F. J. Milligan. Lincoln tribute to follow on WLW radio with Arthur M. Vendenburg and Herbert Hoover.
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Fairflett County
Republican Executive Committee
John Bricker
Ohio
Otter
L. J. Wagner
George B. Renshaw
Vernon V. Senith
Breet
Aeard
Republican Club
F. J. Milligan
Bricker
Abraham Lincoln
WLW
Lincoln
Arthur M. Vendenburg
Michigan
Herbert Hoover
Government Charges Raskob Over Million Tax Deficiency
The government accuses former Democratic National Committee head and Liberty League figure Raskob of a 1970 income tax deficiency of 1,026,340 dollars. It alleges he cooperated with Pierre S. Du Pont in wash sales to evade assessments, with 30 million dollars in stock transactions cited as fictitious sales.
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Liberty League
and “DuPont
Washington
Jota J
Raskob
Democratic National Committee
American Liberty League
Pierre S. du Pont
du Pont
Bremen Sheriff Sells Property At Courthouse Sale
Sheriff conducted sales at Bremen courthouse this afternoon resulting in Goldie Welty purchasing five parcels for 5133.34 and Fairfield Federal Savings and Loan Co. winning a bid of 1200 for a 10 room house at 1133 W. Fair Ave. Three men were held by police after arrests for intoxication and disturbing the peace, including Andy Canter and Homer McVey. Firefighters responded to a car fire at Martens Motor Co. on South Broad Street.
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Goldie Welty
J. W. Kagay
Bremen
Fairfield Federal Savings and Loan Co
Joshua Glenn
W. Fair Ave
Plaintiff
Andy Canter
Homer McVey
Dwight Parrish
Martens Motor Co
South Broad Street
Five More Escapees From Kentucky State Reformatory
Five convicts escaped from the Kentucky State Reformatory in Frankfort after overpowering a truck driver in the chair factory. Prison officials launched a search as the total escapes reached nine in two days. Authorities believed four of yesterday’s escapees were hiding in eastern Kentucky.
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Reformatory
Kentucky
Succumbs at Home Near Lithopolis
Mrs Anna Smith Dum 61 died Friday night at her home southwest of Lithopolis after a long illness. Survived by husband John Dum two sisters Mrs Saren Coover of DeGraft Ohio and Mrs Stella Book of Sylvia Kansas and brother Joseph Smith of Lithopolis. Funeral Monday 2 pm at Lithopolis Lutheran Church with Rev A L Drewex officiating and interment in Lithopolis mausoleum by Kistler brothers.
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Anna Smith Dum
Lithopolis
John Dum
Saren Coover
DeGraft
Stella ‘Book
Sylvia
Kansas
Joseph Smith
Lithopolis Lutheran Church
A. L. Drewex
Kistler
Italy Beats U.S. in Olympic Hockey OT Thriller
In Garmisch Partenkirchen on February 8, Italy edged the United States 2 to 1 in the fourth Winter Olympic Games ice hockey match after a second overtime period.
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Italy
U. S
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany
United States
False Alarm Report From Walnut and Maple Box
City firemen responded yesterday afternoon at 3 50 to box 34 at Walnut and Maple Streets reporting a false alarm.
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Walnut and
Maple Sts
Life Lost As Rescue Fails In Snowstorm
In a blizzard off Tangier Sound a rescue mission to deliver 2,010 pounds of food to Smith and Tangier islands failed. Major Enoch B. Garey led 15 men. one sergeant Wilbert W. Hunter died after falling in the water. Five others were rescued with chest and hypothermia risks, while Petty officer Ernst Tillett and Edward Thompson escaped.
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Washington
Tangier Sound
Smith and Tangier Islands
Crisfield
Enoch B. Garey
Wilbert W. Hunter
Garey
Wone
Ernst Tillett
Coast Guard
No. 174
Edward Thompson
Agitators Driven From Dover Sewer Job asserts police action
In Dover village near Cleveland a group of about 20 WPA agitators arrived at a sewer project and urged workers to suspend work in protest of Joseph Horvath's discharge from the Project Workers' Union. Chief George Jackson and Sgt. Clarence Grube ordered them to leave, dispersing them before injuries occurred.
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Cleveland
WPA
Dover Village
George Jackson
Jackson
Sergt
Clarence Grube
Joseph Horvath
Project Workers' Union
Harvest Time as Zero Temperature Freezes Lake Ice in Conneaut
In Conneaut Ohio on February 8 the thermometer neared zero as Lake Erie ice reaches 18 to 24 inches. More than 45 men work for M. J. Grow Fisheries Co to harvest and store over 1100 tons in the concrete ice house. The firm remains the sole local ice harvester after several years of multiple nearby providers.
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Conneaut
Lake Erie
M. J. Grow Fisheries Co
Grow Fisherse
Hospital Admissions Report
Charles Myrtle of 917 Pierce Ave Mary Dudleson of 503 1-253 Broad St and Lillian Piper of 214 Perry Street were admitted to the city hospital for treatment.
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Charles Myrtle
Pierce Ave
Mary Dudleson
Broad St
Lillian Piper
Perry Street
City Hospital
Rescuers Fail To Free Terrier From Cave Prison
In Ickesburg Pennsylvania on February 8 six farmers concluded that eight year old pocket terrier Dan froze to death after getting trapped in a high mountain cave on Tuscarora Mountain. Searchers found signs Dan had sought the limited shelter but the dog was gone and the entrance proved impassable.
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Ickesburg
Dan
Tuscarora Mountain
Chérance
Charles Wilson
Wilson
Charles Curtis Dies in Capital at 76
Former Vice President Charles Curtis, age 76, died at his home in Washington after a heart attack. He served seven House terms for Kansas and four six-year Senate terms before being Hoover’s running mate in 1928. President Roosevelt voiced deep regret over his passing.
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Washington
Charles Curtis
Edward E. Gann
U.S
J. R. Burton
House
Senate
Hoover
Roosevelt
Parish Is President Of Humane Society
Jacob D. Parish was chosen president as Lancaster and Fair County Humane Society elected officers at a courthouse meeting on February 6. Byron L. Cave became vice president and Chas Shotts secretary treasurer. Bruce M. Walker chair of the board and James T. Fricker was agent. Other board members include James Skinner William E. Newman and Morton Hunter. The society reported Agent Fricker drove 1,041 miles answering confidential calls and listed a phone number for reports.
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Jacob D. Parish
Lancaster and Fairseta County Humane Society
Byron L. Cave
Chas
Shotts
Bruce M. Walker
James T. Fricker
James Skinner
Wm.e. Newman
Morton Hunter
Fricker
Roosevelt Plans Peace Conference Invitations for Americas
President Roosevelt expected to issue invitations to all American Republics to form a continental peace conference in the Western Hemisphere. The State Department would not comment, and Latin diplomats have been told to await instructions. Sumner Welles has briefed ministers and pledged secrecy while pushing for a Buenos Aires settlement to unlock the plan.
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Washington
iPi
Roosevelt
Western Hemisphere
State Department
Buenos Aires
Chaco
Sumner Welles
Welles
Counties Owe Ohio Two and a Half Million
Debt ridden counties totaling about fifty owe the state roughly 2.5 million dollars for care of indigent inmates in state institutions. Claims dating 20 to 22 years old were not headed for court action. a wait and hope approach was noted by H H Banta. Fairfield county shows a small misstatement of 262.55 due but was settled after a mislaid check. Major claims include Athens 79,000 and Belmont 82,000.
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Athough
H. H. Banta
Attorney General’s Department
Falkhl
Fairfield County
Irvin A. Miller
Miler
Miller
Athens Hospital
Athens
Belmont
Miss Ella Kinkead Dies in Marysville
Miss Ella Kinkead 84 died early today at the home of her brother in law A D Pearse in Marysville. She was a Lancaster native daughter of the late Joseph C Kinkead and Mary Effinger Fonkead and had lived in Lancaster before spending her later years with the Pearse family. Surviving are Mrs James Hall and Mrs Theodore Mirhoff of Lancaster. Arrangements to be announced.
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Lancaster
Filla Kinkead
A. D. Pearse
Marysville
Miss Kinkead
Joseph C. Kankead
Mary Effinger Fonkead
Pearse
Phyllis
Nelle Pearse
Albert Pearse
James Hall
Theodore Mir‘hoff
Ambulance Driver Abandons Patients For Tavern Drink
Salinas California February 3 A conservation corps worker Bernard Radloff left his ambulance with four pneumonia patients aboard and went to a tavern while on a run to Monterey Presidio hospital. Police found him drunk and brought the ambulance to the hospital. patients suffered hours in near freezing temperatures but apparently had no serious injuries.
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Salinas
Calif
Bernard Radloff
Conservation Corps
Radloff
Ccc
Monterey Presidio Hospital
Baltimore Man Injured in Street Car Crash
Paul Eveland of Baltimore was injured last night when his car skidded on Edgemont Avenue and North Columbus Street, hitting a tree. He was taken to Lancaster Hospital in stable condition. Passenger Wilmia Davis of Lancaster was injured.
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Paul Eveland
Baltimore
Edgemont Ave
North Columbus St
Lancaster Hospital
Wi- Mia Davis
Lancaster
Eveland
Mithoff to Seek Fairfield County Office
Tewis Michell Rosebank has filed a petition with the Board of Elections, aiming for the Republican nomination for Fairfield County Treasurer. Lancaster has submitted a petition and is reported to pursue the Democratic nomination for coroner.
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Tewis
Michell Rosebank
Board of Elections
Nation
Fairfield County
Jonas Stevieton
Lancaster
Fairfield Hocking flood control survey approved in Ohio
WPA approves a 2203 dollar flood control survey for the Hocking River condition study in Fairfield and Hocking counties to be finished by March 15. Locust Street improvement in Lancaster receives 1194 dollars. Weather forecasts warn of a strong cold wave with temperatures dipping to near zero at night by Sunday.
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Columbus
Works Progress Administration
Hocking River
Fairfields
Hocking Counties
WPA
Locust Street
Lancaster
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State Bureau of Jureanaise
Reniso
Ohio University
Miami University
Bowling Green University
Kent State University
Wilberforce University
Ohio Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Orphans
Xenia
Ohio State University Agricultural Experiment Station
State Forestry Division
Charlie Chaplin
New York
Broadway
Frankfort, KY
Frankfort
Kentucky _State Reformatory
Tiny Terrier
Chas. Curtis
Capital
Curtis
Gann
United Press
Keee Goster
Hoover Grieves
Humane Society
Gran Chaco
Americas
Boliva
Paraguay
Fairfield Co
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Mithoff
K. Fairfield-Hocking Flood Control Survey
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