Water tanks placed at army posts aid drought areas
In the Fifth Corps area Major General Dennis E Nolan announced the placement of movable water tanks at army posts to haul water for livestock in drought stricken zones. Secretary of War Hurley authorized use of tanks to aid farmers, with initial deployment likely at Jeffersonville Indiana. General Nolan’s staff also investigates conditions in southern Ohio.
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Columbus
Fifth Corps
Dennis E Nolan
War Department
Nolan
Hurley
Jeffersonville
Ind
Col . W. Clark
Ohio
Cooper Cabinet Studies Drought Relief Measures
Governor Cooper's cabinet discussed drought relief options in Columbus. Attendees included Perry Green of Agriculture and Will Blake of Industrial Relations, with a survey to be shared with the Ohio Chamber of Commerce farm relief committee. Green said credit via intermediate associations funded by the Federal Farm Board through Ohio banks is the only feasible relief.
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Columbus
Cooper
Perry Green
Department of Agriculture
Will T Blake
Department of Industrial Relations
Fred C Croxton
Charles Jones
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Robert N Waid
H. O. Ramsower
Agricultural Extension Service
Ohio State University
Griswold
Green
Federal Farm Board
Ohlfo
Shaw says theatre done for as talkies loom
London Aug 8 George Bernard Shaw declared the legitimate theatre is done for by talking pictures and his contract with British International Pictures to produce How He Lied to Her Husband. He warned the theatre may survive only as a place to teach acting.
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London
George Bernard Shaw
Silver Screen
British International Pictures
Shaw
Endurance Plane Sit Going Endurance Flight Record Try
Forest O Brine and Dale Jackson piloted their endurance monoplane Greater St Louis into the home stretch in a bid to set a new sustained flight record. With five and a half days left they passed 424 hours in the air at 9 11 a.m. CST after beating the previous 420 hour mark. They aimed to exceed the 553 hour record held by the Munter brothers of Sparta and noted ground crew plans as costs rise. O Brine even directed sale of a car to help defray expenses.
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ST Louis
Forest O’brine
Dale Jackson
Munter
Sparta
Tammany Hall under fire as corruption cases rise
New York City faces a surge of official corruption charges touching Tammany Hall officials and allies. U S District Attorney Charles H. Tuttle presses multiple federal probes, aiming at graft in city departments and the sale of offices. Myron G. Wick Jr remains ill in Youngstown while litigation linked to Cyrus S Eaton’s merger dispute continues.
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New York City
Tammany
Youngstown
Myron C. Wick, Jr
Wicks
Cyrus S Eaton
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
New York
Tammany Hall
Boss Tweed
James J Walker
Martin J Healy
Department of Plants and Structures
Healy
Democratic Party
United States
Charles H. Tuttle
Lowe Tuttle
Tuttle
W. Bernard Vause
Columbia Finance Corporation
Wiliam F Doyle
Doyle
Board of Standards and Appeals
George Ewald
Edward
Cotter Butte Mines, Inc
Turtle
Healey
Ewards
Magistrate Post
Walker
Thomas W Tommaney
County Sheriff's Office
Ewald
Tommaney
Charles H Hand
Department of
Walter le Strange
William Gillis
Hand
Vause
Indictments in Cincinnati Bank Inquiry
Sensational indictments total 23 names including Frank J Dorger and son Clarence A Dorger as Hamilton County grand jury wraps inquiry into Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company insolvency. Indictments allege embezzlement false entries misapplication of funds and Blue Sky law violations across 58 counts. Also named are Russell Holmes Herbert Dorger Arthur Kuntz Charles Erhart Emerson B Tillar Benjamin F Davidson Jefferson O Hamilton Amor W Shafer faces separate alleged embezzlement and awaits trial.
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Cincinnati
Frank J. Dorger
Clarence A
Hamilton County Grand Jury
Cosmopolitan Bank and Trust Company
Russell Holmes
Herbert Dorger
Frank
Arthur Kuntz
Charles Erhart
Emerson B. Tillar
Benjamin F Davidson
Jefferson O. Hamilton
Cities Service
State Department
Amor W. Shafter
Henry L Doherty
Shafer
Pruski Declared Elyria's Tree Sitting Champ
Johnny Pruski is named Elyria's tree sitting champion after outlasting rivals. Ernie Ray fell from his perch during the race, ending his attempt. Pruski surpassed 600 hours early this morning while fellow riders Al Ketchum, Stan Draper, and Harry Justavich logged 355 hours by 2 PM.
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Johnny Pruski
Elyria
Johnny
Ernie Ray
Andy Thompson
Ernie
Pruski
al Ketchum
Stan Draper
Harry Justavich
Doctor Jackson Undergoes Surgery at Cleveland Clinic
Dr. R E Jackson of this city underwent a surgical operation at the Cleveland Clinic this morning. Early this afternoon the clinic reported that his condition was very good.
Rainstorm and Tornado Hit El Mire Area
A rain and hail storm accompanied by a tornado ripped roofs from buildings and downed telegraph poles in El mire, 23 miles south of Petoskey, Michigan. No injuries were reported. The storm ended a drought, but hail and wind caused extensive damage as the tornado carved a half mile wide path.
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Petoskey
Mich
Elmire
Here
Biggs Report on Condition of Bridges
County Surveyor C T Biggs reports no immediate danger at Erie avenue or Thirty-first street bridges. Erie avenue needs minor repairs with floor boards being replaced. Thirty-first street may get a new floor and maintenance is advised. Creosoted wood and asphalt plank to replace wood block fiber on the Erie avenue span. Minor sidewalk repairs, railing posts, abutment work, and painting recommended.
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Erie Avenue
C T Biggs
Cleveland
Kelly Island Lime and Transport Co
Thirty-first Street
Mascot oil boat to be inspected at lake bottom
Capt. John Newman owner of the Mascot oil burner plans a dive to the lake bottom at Wandusky Ohio to inspect his sunken vessel. Located Dec 2 1929 midway between Marblehead and Kelleys Island the Mascot is hoped to be raised and recommissioned with little damage suspected. The craft had been searched periodically since sinking while en route to Pelee Island with supplies.
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Wandusky
John Newman
Mascot
Marblehead
Kelleys Island
Newman
Pelee Island
Hoover Plans Relief for Drought Stricken Farmers
President Hoover moves to create a government relief body to aid drought damaged farmers, drawing on past Mississippi flood relief methods. He confers with Hyde and the farm board, arranges loans for feed, and coordinates with I C C on hay rate cuts. The Agriculture Department cites a 14,362,000 bale cotton crop projection with 62.2 percent of normal conditions. The War Department to supply Army resources for hauling water as drought intensifies.
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Washington, Aug
Hoover
Mississippi
Hyde
Farm Board
Legge
Idaho
Federal Farm Board
Agriculture Department
Interstate Commerce Commission
Daniel Willard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ludlow
Dem
Ind
Pennsylvania Railroad
Indiana
Interestate Commerce Commission
W H Settle
Indiana Farm Bureau Federation
War Department
Hurley
Dennis Nolan
Fourth Corps
Columbus
Ohio
Taxi Driver Slain in Cleveland Roarin' Third District
James Shields a 28 year old taxi driver for The Your Cab Co was shot to death early today while in his cab in Cleveland Ohio The killer was a passenger whom Shields had picked up shortly before robbery is believed the motive Special Officer Hornack chased the gunman who fled through an alley the taxi crashed into a pole Shields died without giving a full statement to police
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Cleveland
James Shields
Your Cab Co
Roarin
John M Hornack
Nickle Plate Railroad
Hornack
Frank W
Shields
Boys in Custody After Break-in at Mosely Home
Five boys, brothers, were taken into custody by sheriff's officers after breaking into the Mosely home on Lake avenue Stop 5 last night. The residence had been vacant since Mr Mosely's death. All stolen property was recovered and returned to the owner.
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Juvenile Court
Mosely
Stop 5
Lake Avenue
Destructive wind and rain follow drought impacts
Destructive wind and rain storms sweep across drought and heat battered regions in the Midwest. Water contamination fears rise as typhoid risk grows from polluted sources. Farmers hope for relief where drought lingered, while dairy pastures renew. Corn crops may benefit from upcoming rain though overall damage remains.
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Chicago
Nature
Midwest
Justice Dept to appeal reversal of naturalization oath case
The Justice Department said it would appeal to the Supreme Court seeking reversal of a New York Court of Appeals ruling. The decision held that a person about to become naturalized could take the oath with a reservation not to bear arms for the United States. The cases involve Douglas Clyde McIntosh, Yale professor, and Marie Averil Bland, who were denied citizenship for refusing to agree to bear arms.
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Justice Dept
Washington
Justice Department
Supreme Court
New York Court of Appeals
U.S
Douglas Clyde McIntosh
Yale
Marie Averil Bland
Tube Merger Trial Moves Slowly in Ohio Hearing
In Youngstown Ohio on August 8 the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Bethlehem merger trial advanced at a slow pace as Bethlehem chief counsel Frederick H Wood pressed to cast doubt on Hassell Tippit the Cleveland accountant's testimony. Mathematicians crowded the tables with about a dozen accountants split between Eaton supporters and pro merger factions.
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Youngstown, O
Youngstown Sheet & Tube
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Frederick H. Wood
Bethlehem
Hassell Tippit
Cleveland
Eaton Camp
Promerger
Fifty Die in Bedouin Tribal Fighting in Syria
An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Jerusalem citing Damascus reports says 50 Bedouins were killed and many wounded in tribal clashes in Northern Syria. Bedouins, feared desert fighters, frequently raid tribal villages.
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London
Syria
Jerusalem
Damascus
Prominent Canton Man Ends Life in Personal Crisis
CANTON. Aug 8. Phil D Moock 66 president of Moock Electric Co and leading civic figure shot and killed himself at his Canton home. His widow Anna Moock said he had been in a low spirits state for a year. A 32nd degree Mason and Rotary organizer born in Crystal Springs near Massillon he moved to Canton in 1906 to work for the City Light Co and later headed Moock Electric Co until his death.
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Canton
Phil D Moock
Moock Electric Company
Massillon
Cantona
Old City Light Company
Moock Electric Co
Suit Seeks 10000 Over May Car Crash Injuries
John Ziman sues for 10000 in damages from an automobile accident on May 23 claiming brutees lacerations and internal injuries as a car driven by Zigsmund Polgar and his wife Jelia vanished into a ditch after a heated dispute while driving. Ziman was a passenger in the vehicle.
CANDIDATES IN FINAL STRETCH IN COLUMBUS
Voters head to polls for Tuesdays primary as Democrats contest key senate and governor races. Republicans largely unopposed with Myers Y Cooper and Roscoe C McCulloch automatically nominated. Heat and high registration mark a busy election forecast.
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Columbus
Myers Y Cooper
Roscoe C McCulloch
Fragmentary OCR Shows Violent Car Incident Language
A damaged OCR fragment describes a confrontation in which a person grabs a steering wheel and steers a vehicle, with the account cut off mid action suggesting a forceful incident. No clear names, places, or dates are readable in the fragment.
Census figures show U S population reached 132 million
The Census Bureau announced on August 8 that the United States population on April 1 was 132,698,190, up 16,387,570 from 1920. California led growth with 65.5 percent rise and 2,245,184 new citizens, while New York remained the most populous state. Some states lose or gain seats in the House of Representatives, with 22 states losing 29 seats and 13 gaining an equal number. Georgia and Montana show minimal or negative gains. Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico listed separately.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
District of Columbia
United Press
Congress
New York State
Pennsylvania
Winots
California
Florida
New York
Montana
Georgia
Nevada
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Fragmented Ad Copy with Errata and Gaps
A jumble of phrases references selling furniture renting rooms and an engine ad with garbled text. The passage describes advertising copy errors and unclear wording, highlighting how a single advertiser’s notices devolved into a stream of mistyped and incomplete lines with no clear narrative or dates.
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