Believe Youth Wounded in Hocking County Liquor Feud
Kenneth Robinson seventeen was wounded by a 32 caliber bullet while tending a still in Perry township near Laurelville. Sheriff Joe Farbearn sought to determine if federal or state agents were involved amid ongoing feuds in western Hocking county. The teen was found bleeding along a road and taken to Cherrington hospital for treatment.
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Kenneth Robinson
California Hollow
Hocking County
Joe Farbearn
Robinson
Viola Fay Robinson
Sam’s Creek
Ed Waites
Perry Township
Laurelville
Fred McCabe
Joe Farbeann
Farbeann
McCabe
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
State Highway Patrol
State Dry
Trees
Dupler
Devil’s Backbone
Circleville
Farbearn
Geo. Ryder
Columbus
Sheriff's Office
Motorcycle crash injures Logan rider in Rock Bridge collision
Walter Gillsey of Columbus was hurt with minor bruises and possible skull fracture after his motorcycle sideswiped a car and crashed into the Rock Bridge General Store. Rider George Hartsook escaped with minor bruises. Gillsey was taken to Lancaster hospital in delirium.
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Logan
Rockbridge
Walter Gillsey
Front St
Columbus
George Hartsook
Hartsook
Gillsey
Lancaster
Senate Debates On Amendments And Banking Bill
The banking committee hears secretary Morgenthau on a bill to bar suits to recover under gold clause abrogation. He considers cutaneous legislation. The Ways and Means Committee discusses liquor control bill.
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Associated Press
Senate
Banking Committee
Morgenthau
Ways and Means
Civil service urged for Ohio public works head
Ohio government survey committee recommends placing the director of public works under civil service and cutting the 1935 1936 department budget by 18 700. The report to Governor Davey calls the current appointing method archaic and says the division of engineering has not functioned as intended. Other ideas include centralizing state building oversight and tightening property management and procurement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus, CO
Ohio Government Survey Committee
Civil Service
Davey
C. O. Sherrill
T. S. Brindle
Ashland
Adjutant General, Liquor and Highways Departments
Court Rules Federal Power Lacks to Condemn Land for Public Housing
The sixth U S Circuit Court of Appeals held the federal government cannot condemn land for public housing projects. The ruling upholds Judge Dawson's January decision that condemnation for such purposes is illegal. The Louisville housing project valued at 1.618 million dollars is directly affected, with potential impact on a 160 million dollar nationwide program in about 40 cities.
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Cincinnati CO
Sixth
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Charles Dawson
Louisville
Ickes
Rain Promises Break In Heat In Hocking County
Rain fell this afternoon promising relief from a weeklong heat wave in Hocking county. Two men previously stricken William Robey of North Culver Street and Bill Erwin of West Street are reported improved. Robey had a mild stroke at home and Erwin succumbed to heat at Sun Glow Mfg Co.
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Hocking County
William Robey
North Culver St
Bill Erwin
West St
Sun Glow Mfg. Co
Mussolini orders mobilization as Ethiopia conflict looms
Premier Benito Mussolini orders the mobilization of a regular army division and creation of a Blackshirt division for East Africa. Ten new submarines are to be built as part of Italy's heightened military preparations, signaling a likely war with Ethiopia after Haile Selassie rejects Italian influence and a railroad through Ethiopia.
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Mussolini
Romb
Italy
Ethiopia
Benito Mussolini
Il Duce
East Africa
Haile Selassie
Drownings Add to Ohio Toll
Tragedies in the water push Ohio’s death toll as heat sends people to beaches and pools. Victims include John Teron 27 who dived and failed to reappear Martin Zubak 21 who grabbed a live wire near a pier Alfred Winlock 27 who dived and failed to reappear Alfred Winlock 37 who collapsed while wading Robert Kelerer 24 whose neck was broken diving James Thompson 55 of Cincinnati found in the Ohio River Percy Kenny 18 drowned in the Ohio River at Bellaire Five traffic victims were counted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Alfred Winlock
Robert Kelerer
James Thompson
Cincinnati
Ohio River
Percy Kenny
Bellaire
Lynching of Two Negroes Reported Near Columbus
Two men identified as Bret Moore and Dooley Morton were lynched by an angry white mob eight miles from Columbus Mississippi. The incident occurred July 15 as authorities investigated the mob violence.
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Columbus
Miss
Bret Moore
Dooley Morton
Total Lunar Eclipse Captivates Nation Tonight
The United States witnesses a total lunar eclipse with Earth’s shadow covering the Moon from 10:12 p.m. EST to 12:50 a.m. EST. The Moon enters the shadow at 10:12, is fully eclipsed by 11:09, remains hidden for 1 hour 41 minutes, and reappears around 12:50.
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New York
United States
Four Hoodlums Captured After Shootout near Circleville
State and local officers cornered four Allentown youths three miles northeast of Circleville after a six hour chase. One detective and an 18 year old boy were wounded. Suspects identified as Mickey Rishko 17 Stephen Shutz 18 Frank Stavinsky 19 and Steve Scharino 20 face questioning over holdups and a Columbus traffic crash.
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Circleville
Allentown
Mickey Rishko
W. S. Pealer
Columbus
Rishko
Stephen Shutz
Elks 71st Grand Lodge Opens in Columbus Tonight
Delegates from across the country pour into Columbus for the 71st annual Benevolent Protective Order of Elks Grand Lodge convention. Officials estimate about half of the 60 000 expected attendees. events include golf tourney trap and skeet shooting, ritualistic contests, and a band concert. Postmaster General James Farley cannot attend due to pressing business.
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Columbus
Grand Lodge
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Elks
James Farley
PWA Modification to Step Up Work
Columbus Ohio July 15 AP L A Boulay acting state public works administration director predicted speeding of works progress administration projects through modification of PWA regulations and delegations of increased powers to state administrations. Under the new regulations borrowers and receivers of grants have primary responsibility for fixing wages to conform with local rates. The regulations also recognize labor's right to bargain collectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
L. A. Boulay
State Public Works Administration
Works Progress Administration
PWA
Democratic Leaders Move to Speed Congressional Action
Democratic leaders return from a Chesapeake Bay fishing and hunting trip with President Roosevelt and face a hot weather push to speed controversial legislation. They keep August 15 as a distant target and suggest the session may exceed that date while offering no details on plans for 1936 or major fights. Roosevelt travels by motor from Annapolis after disembarking from the Sequoi.
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Roosevelt
Jefferson Island Club
Chesapeake Bay
Public Works Plans Dropped in Washington
High officials said the National Resources Board plans for a $4 trillion work relief program have been abandoned in the current job drive. Money shortages and speed to start the 3.5 million jobs were cited. Secretary Ickes chaired the board which proposed a coordinated lands and resources program and a permanent plan potentially totaling $125 trillion over 50 years.
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Washington
National Resources Board
Roosevelt
Ickes
Bicycle thief steals Packard and rides away in Logan
Guy Irvin 22 of Athens Route 6 arrived in Logan on a bicycle with a flat tire, then left in a Packard Sedan. He returned Sunday evening in a deputy sheriff’s car and was later arrested after authorities traced bad checks signed Mary Halliday. Irvin confessed to issuing the checks and stealing both vehicle and bicycle, and he was bound over for a grand jury with $1000 bond.
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Dame Fortune
Guy Irvin
Athens
Logan
Newton Spencer
Irvin
Zanesville
McArthur
Sheriff How
Ard Thompson
Joe Farbearn
Nelsonville
Mary Halliday
S. B. Whitehart
Flood Wrecks Hanyang and Threatens Hankow
Residents flee to hills as Han River floods surge through Hanyang near Hankow. An estimated 10,000 lives lost as two thirds of Hanyang is submerged and dykes fail, threatening Hankow with rising waters and further breaks along the Changkung dyke.
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Hankow
China
Hanyang
Yangtse
Changkung
Blind accordionist accused in fatal fall at Boston hotel
Forester R Wells 30, a blind accordionist, is charged with throwing Hazel Martin 25 from a third floor window at The Clarendon hotel in Boston. He admits the act as mercy after a series of quarrels. the couple met in Columbus and traveled to Boston two years ago. Police found the body after a dog’s barking drew staff. Wells was found on the girl’s bed. the dog later died at the Animal Rescue League.
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Boston
Forest R. Wells
Hazel Martin
the Clarendon
Pierce
Wells
Detroit
Martin
Columbus
Ohio
Animal Rescue League
Pair Wanted for Robbery in Cincinnati Raid
Police captured Basil Potensa aged 22 and Mary Mona aged 20 in a be- fore-dawn raid on a rooming house in Cincinnati. New Jersey officers say the pair are wanted on eight robbery charges and three counts of intent to kill. Lieutenant R W Alvis and Sheriff R G Auxter participated, with Cincinnati officers and New Jersey police reporting the arrest.
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Cincinnati
Basil Potensa
Mary Mona
New Jersey
Liet. R. W. Alvis
State Highway Patrol
R. G. Auxter
Clermont County
Mayor postpones hearing on blue law violation case
Perrysburg Ohio June 15 AP Mayor John Lyon announces indefinite postponement of the hearing for LW Waten an automobile mechanic charged with violating a Sunday blue law by working on the Sabbath The hearing had been scheduled for today
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Perrysburg
John Lyon
L W. Waten
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Court of Appeals
U.S
Senator Gibson
Frazier
Columbus Hotels
Farley
Rapid City
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National Geographic Society
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Lefe
Mr. Roosevelt
Annapolis
Sequoi
Packard
Yangtze
Yangtse Falls
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