New Ohio Laws Take Effect Across State Today
Nine teen measures from the 89th General Assembly became law today. They cover auto title requirements, public employee insurance funding on an actuarial basis, naval militia protections, school fund disbursement warrants, eminent domain appeals, and highway safety rules among others. The same day a professorship move saw Ohio State history assistant Paul H. Clyde join the University of Kentucky in Lexington for the fall.
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Columbu
89Th General Assembly
W. R. Pringle
Cuyahoga County
Sen. L. L. Marshall
Cleveland
Marshall
Walter G. Nickels
Tuccarawas County
Virgil E. Cramer
Lucas County
Ohio Naval Militia
Ohio National Guard
Cramer
Aa. N. Corlett
Cuyahoga
Corlett
Sen
Walter. Nickels
Tuscalawas
Sciote
W. WH. Hetner
Huron
Lake Erie
J. A. Weaver
Williams
Roy J. Gillen
Jackson County
George M. Forney
Hancock
J. W. Headington
Knox
National Guard
T. E. Williams
Mercer
Earle Johnson Lake
Ohio
University OF Kentucky
Columbus
Paul H. Clyde
Ohio State University
Lexington
Ohio Weather Tonight and Saturday Patchy Warmth Eases
The forecast calls for fair skies in Ohio with mild temperatures tonight and Saturday. In the far southwest, a bit cooler tonight. Yesterday’s highs included Des Moines 100, North Platte 100, Kansas City 100. Today’s lows list Edmonton 50, Prince Albert 80, Cochrane 44, Tatoosh 50. Pressure systems drift eastward with minor, insignificant changes over the next 36 hours.
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Des Moines
North Platte
Kansas City
Edmonton
Prince Albert
Cochrane
Tatoosh
Ask New Trial For Hymie Martin
Cleveland, July 31. Motion for a new trial for Pittsburgh Hymie Martin, life prisoner in Ohio Penitentiary for the murder of Cleveland Ex Councilman William E. Potter, alleges new evidence. Attorney William E. Minshall filed 16 affidavits. Betty Gray, the state’s star witness, repudiates her trial testimony. Additional affidavits from Peggy Myers, Mark E. Houston, Elizabeth Hicks, Fstelle Ambrose, and others in Cleveland and Pittsburgh are included.
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Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Continued Warm Weather and Local Drownings Report
United Press weather forecasters predict fair skies with a chance of showers tonight and tomorrow, followed by heat relief from Saturday. In Akron two workers on the Zeppelin airship framework fainted from helium exposure but were revived. Drownings occur across the state amid heat waves. a Manchester teen and a Pomeroy boy died in river accidents. a Cambridge family was injured when a tree collapsed on their car during a storm.
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United Press
Akron
Frank Jenkins
Fred Brork
Cambridge
Phasielang
George Wetwell
Win
Betty Jane
James Wright
Shade River
Pomeroy
Sterling Zolner
Sawyerwood
Marian Thursby
Manchester
New Parcel Post Regulations Expand Package Limits
Local postmaster R B Lersch announced new parcel post rules effective tomorrow increasing size and weight limits. Packages may be up to 100 inches in length plus girth and up to 70 pounds for all zones, widening prior limits of 84 inches and 50 pounds in distant zones. The change aims to promote parcel post for factories and farm shipments with local staff ready to explain the expanded service.
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R. B. Lersch
Hmit
Post Office Department
Lersch
Suit over highway width withdrawn in Ohio
Attorney General Bettman said plaintiffs in Belmont County Common Pleas Court have withdrawn their suit challenging the width of the national highway through Ohio. He noted the action recognizes the state's right to an 80 foot right of way as set forth in the original acts of Congress in 1826.
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Columbus
Bettman
Belmont County Common Pleas Court
Ohio
Congress
Stop Order Halts County Commissioners Sanitary Fees
An order to stop payment of compensation fees to county commissioners over sanitary sewer district projects was issued to County Auditor C B Kelser by State Examiner Fred C Hotes. The ruling cites an Ohio Supreme Court decision in the Atcherson Thatcher case, noting commissioners’ pecuniary interest makes payments illegal. Lorain county sewer work stalls as commissioners await action on pending projects.
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Kelser
Fred C. Hotes
Hotes
Ohio Supreme Court
Fred Atcherson
Franklin County
A. J. Thatcher
Canity
Lorain County
Peasants Storm Nudist Colony Near Cassino
In Cassino Italy July 31 peasants storm the Nudist Colony in the Albaneta Hills near Cassino. About 40 peasant men and women attacked the colony armed with clubs pitch forks whips and stones. The Nudists fled as locals pressed the raid causing a disorganized retreat.
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Cassino
Italy
Albaneta Hills
Capone Allowed To Withdraw Guilty Plea
Federal Judge James H Wilkerson allowed Al Capone to withdraw his guilty plea in the income tax case. He reserved ruling on the prohibition conspiracy plea until September 8. Trial on the income tax case is set for September 8.
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Chicago
James H. Wilkerson
Scarface
al Capone
Wilkerson
Capone
Grand Jury
Canadians greet Lindberghs in Ottawa stop
Col Charles A Lindbergh and Mrs Lindbergh, on a 7000 mile air voyage to the Orient, arrived at Ottawa at 433 PM EST after a 380 mile hop from North Haven Me. They spoke of the pleasant overnight layover and declined to discuss the rumored difficulties of the perilous trip.
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Ottawa
Ont
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hudson's Bay
Alaska
Orient
Wea
Lindbergh
Col
Hanford MacNider
Two Men Fined On Liquor Charges in Lorain
Albert Lawrence and Peter Rzecentk of Lorain were each fined 100 dollars and costs after being found guilty of liquor law violations by Justice S J George. Both said they would appeal. State Agent O P Davis and Lorain police arrested them.
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Albert Lawrence
Peter Rzecentk
Lorain
S. J. George
O. P. Davis
Perry Memorial at Put-in-Bay Dedicated
Dedication of a one million dollar Perry Memorial at Put-in-Bay Ohio takes place with leaders from nine states and two nations attending. Governor George White of Ohio delivers the principal address as a Hoover letter message is read. Senators Bulkley and Lewis attend as lake boats ferry attendees from Detroit Toledo Sandusky and Cleveland. Nation-wide radio hookup broadcasts the dedicatory services starting at 4 45 p m.
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Put-In Bay
Perry
Commodore Perry
Geo. White
Ohio
Hoover
Bulkley
Lewis
Hlinois
Detroit
Toledo
Sandusky
Cleveland
World flyers reach Moscow on round the world attempt
Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon Jr depart Moscow for Siberia in a bid to close the gap with Post and Gatty on the world flight. They plan a Tong Jump toward Irkutsk to regain time, reporting head winds from Berlin and hoping to beat the recent record despite a seven hour deficit. Andrew Rosinoff greeted them for Osoaviakhim and escorted them to the Grand Hotel.
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Bulletin
Moscow
Clyde Pangborn
Hugh Herndon, Jr
Siberia
Post
Gatty
Irkutsk
Clyde
Post-Gatty
Berlin
Pangborn
Hordon
Andrew Rosinoff
Pangborn and Herndon
Osoaviakhim
Seciet Society For Aviation and Chemical Defense
Grand Hotel
Lad Saves Two From Drowning
John Scheiber an 18 year old from Tiffin leaped into Mohawk Lake to rescue Miss Sadie Sliter 16 of Bellevue after she became exhausted while crossing the lake. His mother Mrs. Paul Scheiber was tangled in Sliter’s arms and needed rescue. John freed the girl then pulled both to shore.
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Tiffin
John Scheiber
Paul Scheiber
Sadie Sliter
Bellevue
Ohio
Mohawk Lake
Miss Sliter
John
Ohio to market record apple and peach crop in 1931
Columbus July 31 The Ohio fruit crop faces marketing challenges as growers prepare for what may be the state's largest ever harvest of apples and peaches. State Agriculture Director Guthery urges packing cooperatives or individuals to hire competent sales agencies, arrange contracts under federal standards, and obtain joint state and federal inspections. Emphasis falls on neat, attractive packs and keeping inferior fruit off the market.
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Columbus
Ohio
I. S. Guthery
Division of Markets
Department of Agriculture
Guthery
Yangtze River Flood Devastates Central China Farmlands
Flooding from the Yangtze spreads death and property ruin across central farming regions of China. The rising river accelerates casualties and unrecovered bodies as officials struggle to tally the toll amid the chaos. In a separate note, Charles Knitle of Brownhelm Station was fined $10 and costs for reckless driving before Justice S. J. Georges.
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Hankow
China
Yangtze River
Yangtze Valley
Charles Knistle
Brownhelm Station
S. J. Georges
Elyria Fire Department marks twenty fifth birthday
Elyria firemen seek a quiet birthday tomorrow as the paid department's 25th anniversary is observed. Fire Chief W N Bates, who has led since the start, counts 11 years in the volunteer service and outlines 3,389 alarms and nearly a million dollars in fire losses over the period.
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Elyria
W. N. Bates
Bates
Chilef
Frechantec
Iwo
Chiat Rates
John Hefper
Locust Invasion Recalled By Entomologist Marlatt
Dr C L Marlatt recalls historic locust plagues and notes nature rather than science often decides outcomes of insect threats like modern grasshopper invasions. He describes past swarms over the Midwest from the Rockies to Illinois, their destructive swarms, and the high cost of poisoning efforts.
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Washington
Midwestern
West
C. L. Marlatt
Federal Bureau of Entomology
Kansas
Marlatt
Rocky Mountains
Nebraska
Missouri
Dakotas
Illinois
Dr. Marlatt
Rocky Mountain
Dowager and Her Girls Prove to Be Crooks
Chicago July 31 three well dressed women robbed Miss Dorothy Mack at St Carr Dress Shop. The blond threatened with a revolver and ordered a descent downstairs while the elderly woman stole $27 and a $1500 mink coat before bolting with two companions. Police recovered the culprit group.
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Chicago
Reyally
St. Carr Dress
Dorothy Mack
Miss Mack
Reading picnic poisons 12 000 attendees
Scores of visitors to the Lancaster Automobile Club picnic at Carsonia Park, Reading, were stricken with ptomaine poisoning. At least 75 ill, eleven in serious condition in Reading hospitals. food stalls closed as investigators seek the source. Deals with many named individuals and locations.
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Reading
Lancaster Automobile Club
Carsonia Park
Park
Reading Hospital
H. B. Wolfe
Akron
Mabel Norris
Frank H. Echternach
Lancaster
Handrew Breneman
Millersville
Clara Welk
Denver
Paul Welk
Jean Norris
Edward Gable
Ernest N. Smith
Washington
I D. C
American Automobile Association
Doctor Stricken With Infection in Charity Hospital
Dr Mohammad Yahya a nationally known Syrian American physician is critically ill in Charity Hospital from a blood infection contracted from a patient he operated on 13 days ago. The patient was released yesterday and said to have fully recovered. Doctors J W McCall and Donald Bell are making heroic efforts to save his life.
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Cleveland
Mohammad Yahya
Charity Hospital
Yahya
J. W. McCall
Donald
Bell
Baby injured as mother watches baseball game
In Cleveland on July 31, thirteen month old Gilbert Daniels was knocked from his mother's arms when an outfielder attempted to catch a bat ted ball during a church picnic at Garfield Park. Physicians reported today the child may have a fractured neck. Mrs Jute Daniels was present at the event.
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Cleveland
Gilbert Daniels
Jute Daniels
Garfield Park
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