Explosion and Fire Wreck Ohio Newspaper Plant
A bomb explosion and fire wrecked the J. E. Manahan printing plant in Belle Center Ohio, damaging neighboring buildings. Sheriff Bewley found six flashlight batteries set as a high explosive trigger and handed the case to the state fire marshal. Manahan prints Fleming's American Examiner and two weekly papers. Fleming is imprisoned for obscene literature.
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Belle Center
J. E. Manahan
Fleming
American Examiner, Inc
Charles Bewley
Manahan
Belle Center Herald Voice
Mt. Victory News
Marion
Andy Bold
Herald Voice
Bold
Examiner
Grover Fleming
London
Bewley
Logan County
Ohio
Middle West
Fight Pictures Coming to Logan Theatre
Moving pictures of the Lollis Farr heavyweight championship fight will be shown at the Logan Theatre on Wednesday and Thursday September 8 and 9, announced manager Ed C. Paul today.
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Lollis- Farr
Logan Theatre
Ed C. Paul
Rotary News: Brashares Reports on Zanesville District Convention
Logan Rotarians heard President Josef Brashares report on the district convention at Zanesville last week. In Har ley Meyer’s absence, Charles Achauer acted as secretary.
Neighbor Admits Killing 10 Year Old Evelyn Mack
A former neighbor, Joseph Jacobs, confessed to killing 10 year old Evelyn Mack whose body was found near Detroit after an all night search. Jacobs, father of three, said he does not know why he killed her and sobbed at police headquarters.
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Detroit
Evelyn Mack
Walter Bacher
Joseph Jacobs
Jacobs
Evelyn
AUTO
Vernon R. Mack
Packard Motor Car Co
Ambassador Bridge
Lieut. Bacher
Death claims aged widow in Rockbridge
Mrs. Charlotte Dupler aged widow of Phil Dupler died suddenly at her Rockbridge home this morning from apoplexy. Survived by nine children including Charles Jesse and Joe of Lancaster Vere Boyd and Amos Carpenter in Rockbridge, two daughters in Sugar Grove and another unnamed daughter. Heinlein Bros. in charge of funeral arrangements.
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Charlotte. Dupler
Phil Dupler
Rockbridge
Charles
Jesse
Joe
Lancaster
Vere
Boyd Dupler
Amos Carpenter
William Jackson
Clyde Brown
Sugar Grove
Hester
Heinlein’ Bros
Sheriff's Son Ace Trapshooter Impresses at Fair Grounds
In a practice trapshoot at the Fair Grounds, 12-year old Jack Farbearn amazed onlookers with rapid shoots. He broke all five birds in a string and then won the shoot-off against his father Sheriff Joe Farbearn.
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Fair Grounds
Jack Farbearn
Jack
Joe Farbeann
Spain reports new offensive in southern Spain
The Spanish government announced a new offensive in southern Spain and the capture of several strategic mountain positions in the Sierra Nevada range west of Almeria in official communiques.
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Madrid
Sierra Nevada Range
Almeria
Spain
Drowning of 14-year-old Sherman Wilson at Scioto River
Sherman Wilson aged 14 from Clifford drowned in the Scioto river while bathing near Piketon. The incident occurred late yesterday and authorities investigated the death.
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Piketon
Sherman Wilson
Clifford
Scioto River
Fearful calm as clashes risk new riots in Palestine
In Jerusalem on August 31 AP reports Race torn Palestine braces for more bloodshed after three Jews and two Arabs were killed in recent disorders. Police and British troops stand by amid tensions tied to Britain’s partition plan and the ongoing Jew Arab conflict. High Commissioner Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope returns to Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Holy Land
Britain
Arthur Grenfell Wauchope
Barn Fire Kills Man and Dogs at Imperial Farm
George Gil bert, kennel master at the Carapolis Beagle Club, died from burns while rescuing about 60 of 100 hunting dogs from a barn fire near Imperial, Pennsylvania. C E Porter was listed in serious condition as the blaze drove the animals out before the flames.
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Pittsburgh
George Gilbert
Gilbert
Carapolis Beagle Club
C. E. Porter
Porter
Imperial
Railroad bridge fall claims Sowash life near Wellsburg
Joseph B. Sowash of Mingo Junction Ohio fell about 50 feet when struck while on a railroad bridge over the Ohio River. He died on impact on the street car roof below yesterday.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Joseph B. Sowash
Mingo Junction
Ohio River
Chiang Kai Shek Urges Immediate Foreign Intervention
Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek called for immediate international action to end the Sino Japanese war, arguing intervention protects China and global safety. He cited the Kellogg pact and League of Nations, and warned that defeat would threaten world trade and politics. United States ships at Shanghai faced port closures as air attacks increased risks to civilians and refugee liners. The Italian steamer Lung Shan was bombed, causing panic but no major damage. Shanghai schedules were halted for several foreign vessels and ships were redirected to Manila or Hong Kong.
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Associated Press
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
Chiang
Japan
Shanghai
United States
League of Nations
Lung Shan
Hoover
McKinley
Grant
Coolidge
van Buren
Manila
Hongkong
Ohio State Fair Attendees Forecast Over 60 000
Columbus Aug 31 AP County and independent fair officials attendances predicted to exceed 60 000 as Earl Hanefeld directs. More than 30 000 women and children admitted free amid crowds of 50 000 total on Monday with about 20 000 others. Judging begins for 95 county champions to select healthiest 4 H boy and girl with free trips to Chicago in December for national congress.
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Columbus
Earl HH. Hanefeld
Ohio
Chicago
McCutchan Joins Williams Faculty in Music School
Richard McCutchan, director of instrumental music for Logan city schools, joins the Ernest Williams School of Music summer faculty in Saugerties New York. He assists Pierre Henrotte as violin instructor and serves as assistant conductor of the symphonic band. McCutchan premiered a new march titled Sauger ties with the Williams Concert Band conducted by the composer.
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Richard McCutchan
Logan City
Ernest Williams
Doctor Treats Blonde Borgia New Details In Death Case
Mrs Anna Marie Hahn, 31, a former Cincinnati housemaid, is in jail awaiting trial October 11 on charges she poisoned an elderly Cincinnati man. She complained of illness at Herrington Lake Kentucky, while prosecutors seek a full report on J. T. Woolridge's finding with a boat chain around his neck.
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Cincinnati
Anna Marie Hahn
Herrington Lake
Dudley Miller
Kentucky
J. T. Woolridge
Boyle County
W. R. Purdom
Woolridge
Approval urged for Chesapeake and Ohio rail deal
An Interstate Commerce Commission examiner recommended approval of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's plan to acquire control of the Nickel Plate road and the Erie Railroad. The proposal would give 57.02 percent Nickel Plate and 55.68 percent Erie securities, conferring voting control.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
New York, Chicago and St. Louis
Erie Railroad Company
Ralph R. Maeister
Commission
Chesapeake and Ohio
Virginia Transportation Corporation
New York, Chicago, and St. Louis
Nickel Plate
Erie First
Erie Second
Erie Common
Alleghany Corporation
Erie Securities
Educator Burton Legate, Harvard Freshman Crew Coach, Dies
Leominster Massachusetts reports the death of Burton John Legate age 82 a longtime educator and coach who led the Harvard freshman crew in 1895. He died last night at his home after a long career in teaching and athletics.
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Leominster
Mass
Burton John Legate
Harvard
Judge Jones Ohio Supreme Court Jurist Dies at 78
Judge Thomas A. Jones of the Ohio Supreme Court died today at 78 after months of ill health. A Jackson, Ohio native, he served since 1914 on the high court after earlier probate and circuit duties. Survivors include his widow Grace Hoyt and four children.
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Jones
Ohio Supreme Court
Columbus, O
Thomas A. Jones
Jackson
Columbus
Ohio
Fourth District
Supreme Court
G.O.P
Davey Be
Ing
Charles ©. James
Circuit Court of Appeals
Grace A. Hoyt
Athens
Thomas Hoyt Jones
Eben Hoyt Jones
Cleveland
Katherine Jones Cockley
Grace Hoyt Mosisr
Hocking County
Latter resigns to join hospital staff change
Sheriff Joe Farbearn announced Deputy Newton Spencer resigns to become bookkeeper at Cherring ton Hospital replacing Charles Barker who moves to the Ohio Industrial Commission as field investigator. Rudolph Brandt named Spencer's successor and sworn in. Barker previously ranked fourth in state civil service exams.
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Joe Farbearn
Newton Spencer
Cherrington Hospital
Spencer
Charles Barker
Ohio Industrial Commission
Farbearn
Rudolph Brandt
William P. Shaw
Brandt
Court House
Nellis Smith
Barker
Industrial Commission
Columbus
Typhoid Fever in Flood Zone Hits Portsmouth
Portsmouth Ohio reports 40 typhoid cases linked to the spring flood zone with 12 in hospitals and several serious. Scioto County counts 11 cases, six new on Monday, all from flood areas. Public Health Service dispatched two physicians to assist locally.
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Portsmouth
City Health Co
D. Tatte
G. W. Fishbaugh
Scioto County
Public Health Service
Washington
J. P. Leake
C. E. Bell
Lancaster Eagle Gazette Publishes 172 Page Special Edition
The Lancaster Eagle-Gazette released a 172 page special edition to mark its new office plant dedication. The issue features two sections on the new structure and the rest on Lancaster industries with more than 599 local pictures. Kenneth Kerr serves as publisher.
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Lancaster, O
Lancaster Eagle - Gazette
Lancaster
Fairfield County
Eagle-Gazette
Lancaster Industries
Kenneth Kerr
Eagle Gazette
Plan wage board forms in Columbus to draft code
Co. B. Chapman Ohio director of industrial relations said information on a minimum wage for Ohio retail would be completed by week’s end and a nine member board would be named to draft the minimum wage code.
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Columbus
B. Chapman
Ohio
Prolific Spud Grower Reaps Returns in Rockbridge
J. M. Moreis of Rockbridge reports strong potato yields this year after planting seven taters in his garden. He notes a solid return on his potato-growing effort as harvests increase.
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J. M. Moreis
Rockbridge
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Hahn
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