Ohio poised as关键 battleground in Hoover Roosevelt clash
Washington reports Aug 12 with Hoover accepting speech setting stage for GOP campaigning in Ohio. Roosevelt labeled wet by his repeal stance while Hoover appeared a moderate dry. Senator Simeon D. Fess praised the speech as comprehensive on prohibition and urged active campaign. Ohio leaders plan meetings in Columbus to map the state push.
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Washington
Hoover
Ohio
Union
Roosevelt
Simeon D. Fess
Ghio
Fess
Lkely
Columbus
Walter F. Brown
Pittsburgh
James Francis Burk
Republican Committee
Toledo
Socialist nomination offered to Scopes in Kentucky
John Thomas Scopes, central figure in the Dayton evolution trial, was offered a Socialist congressional nomination in Kentucky. The party approved the nomination at its Louisville convention. Scopes recently returned from work as a geologist in South America.
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Scopes
Louisville
John Thomas Scopes
Dayton
Armed citizens gird for bandit threat in Youngstown area
In Youngstown and nearby rural districts an armed citizen vigilante patrol forms with Sheriff Stone and Police Chief Leroy Goodwin lending support. After two weeks of crime that included murder, severe injuries, and home invasions, residents of Four Mile Run rallied, with forty joining the effort to counter escalating burglaries and protect families.
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Youngstown
Adam Stone
Leroy Goodwin
Here
William Leigh
Stone
Sheriff’s Department
Irish Set Low Crime Record
In Los Angeles Gen. Eoin O'Duffy outlines Ireland's low crime record praising armed restraint of police. He cites only one burglary and one robbery since 1929, attributes to unarmed police, and notes police numbers and status under government supervision across 900 stations.
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Los Angeles
Gen. O'Duffy
Irish Free State
Rubio Rejects B E F Request
Mexico City August 12 President Ortiz Rubio rejected the American bonus army bid to establish an agricultural colony in Mexico. He cited Mexicans expelled from the United States about 200000 as the priority for colonization work and said it would be unfair to favor foreigners over nationals or worsen Mexican unemployment.
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Mexico City
Ortiz Rubio
American Bonus Army
Mexico
United States
Campaign to Seek Old Age Pension Signatures
In Columbus on August 12 GP A reports a drive to gather signatures to push an old age pension bill in the next general assembly. Backed by the Ohio State Federation of Labor the Old Age Security League and the Fraternal Order of Eagles representatives met in Springfield. The state will be divided into districts and petitions circulated immediately.
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Columbus
Gp—A
General Assembly
Ohio State Federation of Labor
Old Age Security League
Order of Eagles
Springfield
Expert reports Clarke suicide in Lancaster murder trial
A ballistics expert testified that Haden Clarke, a Miami journalist, died by his own hand. Dr. Albert H. Hamilton, criminologist, said the fatal shot was self-inflicted, based on skull, revolver and bullet evidence. The case centers on Captain William N. Lancaster, accused of murder.
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Miami
Fla
William N. Lancaster
Haden Clarke
Albert H. Hamilton
Auburn
N. Y
Lancaster
Clarke
Jessie M. Keith-Miller
Keith-Miller
Hamilton
William Lancaster
Captain Lancaster
DROWNS AT CLEVELAND CLEVELAND
The drowning toll in Cleveland rose to 25 as James Loftus, 28, died after sinking in Lake Erie while swimming back from Edgewater Park breakwater. The incident occurred August 12 and follows other recent drownings in the area.
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Cleveland
James Loftus
Lake Erie
Edgewater Park
Benn bank deposits prompt call for PSC probe in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg dispatch reports Governor Pinchot claiming former Public Service Commissioner James S. Benn deposited $650,000 in Philadelphia banks during his 1d-year PSC tenure. The governor urges quick Senate action to probe PSC Utilities ties. Benn’s ally W D B Rainey is accused of a bank account over $185,000.
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Harrisburg
Gary, Pinchot
Public Service
James S. Benn
Philadelphia
Benn
State Senate
Public Service Commission
Court actions and divorces filed in Lorain county cases
In Lorain county a slate of filings include the Wickens Company suing Joseph Kasper for 526 and foreclosure on a mortgage. Rockport Realty suing Florence Peter Dalton to cancel a land contract for default. Myrtle Maud Mills seeking divorce from Vernier Mills with grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. A M and R Shoe Company sued by Bancroft Walker for 1129. Federal Land Bank of Louisville obtained 7380 against August C Kolbe and foreclosure against Mildred May Miller in Huntington Township. Edwards and Miller divorce granted to Elyria on grounds of gross neglect of duty. Lorain County Savings and Trust Company suing Joseph Séres for 3685 on a promissory note with foreclosure. Andrew Striker versus Mike Kokotjle for 5000 slander. John Pachuta et al for 4860 foreclosure on property in Elyria.
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Wickens Company
Lorain
Joseph Kasper
Rockport Realty Company
Brownhelm Township
Florence Peter Dalton
Loudenville, C
Myrtle Maud Mills
Elyria
Vernier Mills
Federal Land Bank of Louisville
August C. Kolbe Et al
Huntington Township
Mildred May Miller
Edwin Irvin Miller
W. B. Thompson
Lorain County Savings and Trust Company
Joseph Séres
John Pachuta
Study of Heraldry in Historic Columns
The article laments past zeal for heraldry, noting columns filled with absurd extravagances. One expert traced arm origins to creation, and when asked about Adam’s coat, answered gravely, "Three fig leaves."
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Adam
Oberlin Obituary and Local Notes Dominate August News
William J Manns, 64, is found dead at his Oberlin home from heart disease, with survivors including a widow and three children. A Moravian road trip and the Helen Street Stocker wedding in Berea are noted, alongside brief items on lodge gatherings, monument dedications, and local travels of residents, all reflecting Oberlin area society events.
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Oberlin
William J. Manns
Mr. Manns
Germany
Amherst
Oberin
Theodore Manns
Helen Hart
Esther Manns
Carl Bates
Henrietta
Vine Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows
William Gerber
Oberlitz
M. J. Watson
Daughters of American Colonies
Waterford
Georges Washington
Sigyn Lindaurst
Canton
A. Lindquist
Thousand Island
Ada M. Hastinga
Ober Iin
N. A. Kane
Vermilion-on-the-Lake
Frank Foster
Oberlin Band To Play At Berea Saturday
The Oberlin Band will perform in Berea tomorrow evening, exchanging places with the Berea High School Band which will play here. Richard Stocker, a former Oberlin man, directs the Berea Band. The concert program includes Sabo Bennett Chimes of Normandy Planquette Mighty Lak a Rose Nevin Men of Ohio Fillmore Dawn Bennett Glory of the Trumpets Brackenshire Bugler s Overture Bennett Prelude Beghon Aunt Hannah Bennett Pizzacotta Polka Strauss New Colonial March Hall College Boy Bennett.
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Oberlin
Berea
Richard Stocker
Sabo—Bennett
Normandy
Nevin
Men of
Ohio
Fillmore
Dawn Bennett
Bennett
Beghon
Aunt Hannah — Bennett
Pioneer Prohibition Party Formed by Sixty-Niners in Portland
In 1815 sixty nine citizens met at a Quaker meetinghouse in Portland Maine and formed a pioneer prohibition party. The group known as the Sixty-Niners did not advocate total abstinence from all drinks but organized themssiveg.
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Portland
Maine
Sea Dog Sees Russia Fading
Captain B D Thomas of the freighter New Westminster City reports from Houston that Russia is paralyzed by propaganda and a small elite, shifting from czarist to communist rule. He notes widespread hardship, hopes for trade revival fading, and laments societal changes while delivering cotton to Murmansk.
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Houston
Russia
Texas
B. D. Thomas
New Westminster City
Murmansk
Teheka
GPT
Thomas
Military rebel movement claims faltering in Spain
Colonel Polanco refused and said his troops joined the uprising only after General San Jurjo issued a proclamation falsely claiming Madrid was seized and the government in rebels hands. San Jurjo then vanished from Seville and was captured later at Huelva after a flight.
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Polanco
Revolutionary Movement
San Juljo
Madrid
San Jurjo
Seville
Huelva
Court Order Delays Decision on Mayor Roosevelts Case
Supreme Court Justice Harold J. Hinman issued an order delaying final action in the mayoral case. The order prevents holding up the regular hearing while the issue remains undecided, and requires the governor to pause his final decision. George Donnelly of the Bronx Chamber of Commerce secured the order. Sidney Levine said he will seek a writ of prohibition by August 19.
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Supreme Court
Harold J. Hinman
George Donnelly
Bronx Chamber of Commerce
Roosevelt
Sidney Levine
Donnelly
Cleveland Markets and Prices Across Produce and Livestock
Cleveland market report shows weak prices for produce like butter eggs and Ohio potatoes, with steady hogs cattle calves and sheep at mixed levels. Chicago cash quotations follow, covering butter eggs poultry and potatoes plus farmers local markets listing apples beans cabbage and a wide range of grain, flour and feed prices across regional commodities.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Chicago
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Missouri
U. S
Kansas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Iowa , Early Ohios
Lima
Fen É&Fc
Dankers
Clavel
Hoover addresses prohibition and debt relief in first amendment talk
President Hoover outlines recommendations touching the 18th amendment during federal Prohibition. He signals hardship from low morale, defends reconstruction plans, and favors tangible relief like expanding markets for American agriculture and labor while opposing debt cancellation. He condemns radicalism and vows action to aid suffering citizens.
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Hoover
Hoover Speech Echoes Roosevelt Fame in Tax Ties
The speaker praised Theodore Roosevelt as a tariff reform pioneer and drew applause from a packed crowd including Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Mrs. Ethel Derby. He urged support for the 18th amendment while lamenting wet centers hampering enforcement and warned opponents aim to dismantle federal control of the traffic.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Hoover
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