Cincinnatian claims discovery of Swift mine gold mine
Cincinnati resident I H Kopf announced finding the fabled Swift mine in Wolfe county Kentucky with a 6348 acre claim and assays showing 160 to 180 dollars in gold per ton He plans mining after raising 25000 in capital near Campton in an eastern Kentucky canyon historic references trace the tale back to 1754 and French explorers.
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Cincinnati
Orso
Hopf
Campton
Wolfe County
Kentucky
Winchester
Swift
Lewis Collins
History of
Collins
American Flier Saved From Firing Squad By Franco
Mrs Harold E Dahl, a Riviera Casino singer, learned her aviator husband was spared from a Nationalist firing squad after a Franco pardon. She planned to rush to Paris then Salamanca to reach his prison cell, overwhelmed with joy.
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Cannes
France
Harold E. Dahl
Riviera
Francisco Franco
United Press
Dahl
Paris
Salamanca
Rededication Service At Church Of Christ
Gaines M. Cook will speak at the rededication service in the Church of Christ auditorium Sunday at 10 35 A M. The interior is redecorated and new lighting installed. Will J Foster announced a special invitation to members and friends for a capacity congregation. London hosts 50 Keep Fit classes.
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Gaines M. Cook
Disciples of Christ
Ohio
Church of Christ
Will J. Foster
Bus Lines Face Strike Threat
The threat of a drivers strike set for 5 a m Sunday loomed over eight Greyhound Bus Lines operations east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac. R S Harvey, assistant president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, said a grievance committee of 15 called the walkout. The dispute centers on the union and companies refusing joint versus separate contracts. The committee represents 1,300 drivers.
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Cleveland
Greyhound Bus Lines
Mississippi River
Ohio and Potomac
R. Harvey
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Sizn
Harvey
Special Session of Congress Expected
President Roosevelt signaled he may delay a decision on summoning a special session until after returning to Hyde Park. He said the situation remains unchanged and he is not arranging a late‑October/November meeting with advisers to decide on a session around November 15. Opposition to the wares and hours bill pushes to modify provisions before any anticipated session. Authoritative sources expect a November 15 call if needed.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Hyde Park
N.Y
House Rules Committee
Refuses To Send Girl To School Goes To Jail
Mrs. Burleigh Baney, 57, jailed for refusing to pay a 16.40 fine after sending her daughter out of state to avoid school. County officer Gus Skibbie had the girl put on a Fort Wayne bus. judge Charles Nearing ordered continued re-arrest until compliance.
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Bowling Green
Burleigh Baney
Mother Loses Leg But Saves Her Children
New York, Oct 8. Mrs Ruth Powell 29 lost her right leg today after saving her children Barbara 7 months and Eileen 5 1 2 from a 400 pound cornice tumbling from a four story building. She ducked the danger pushing Eileen into the gutter and shoving Barbara to safety before the stone struck. Powell suffered a fractured skull and was in critical condition. the children were unharmed.
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New York
Ruth Powell
Barbara
Eileen
Fire station lesson for scouts ends with breathing aid
Thirty Girl Scouts of Troop No 1 received instruction in artificial respiration yesterday afternoon during a visit to the Central Fire Station. Instruction was given by Tacit. William J. Burner. Howard Burke, 83, of RD Amherst, and Joseph Finnegan, 25, of Amherst, were treated at Amherst Hospital today for lacerations and bruises from an automobile accident about 1 PM yesterday.
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Girl Scouts
Troop No. 1
Central Fire Staton
Tacit
William J. Burner
Amherst
Howard Burke
Joseph Finnegan
Amherst Hospital
Notable Talks On Women Education At Oberlin
Price Rainey, director of the American Youth Commission, and Miss McAfee presented talks on women’s roles. Miss McAfee spoke on Women’s Place Then and Now, Rainey addressed Rosa Lind Has Come to Stay. Dr. Thomas W. Graham delivered the benediction as the morning program closed in the chapel.
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Price Rainey
American Youth Commission
Miss McAfee
Rainey
Rosalind
Thomas W. Graham
Oberlin
Courthouse Watch Patrol Warns On Grease Pranks
Deputies asked to watch for boys near Stop T on the Yellow Line as grease pranks threaten accidents. Alfred G. Wheeler sues Isabelle H. Wheeler for divorce on neglect and cruelty, married 1928 with two children. Helen M. Kasper sues John C. Kasper for neglect and cruelty from R. D. Amherst. Home Owners Loan Corporation files two foreclosures: Joseph Furei et al in Lorain for 5524, Christina Oldenburg Burt et al in Elyria for 3763.
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Saeriff Wete
Stop T
Yellow Line
Alfred G. Wheeler
Isabelle H. Wheeler
Helen M. Kasper
John C. Kasper
R. D. Amherst
The
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Joseph Furei
Lorain
Christina Oldenburg Burt Et al
Elyria
Frank T. Johnston dies of heart attack on sidewalk
Frank T. Johnston, 80, longtime Bucyrus druggist and former vice president and director at First National Bank, died last night from a heart attack while walking home from downtown. He had retired two years earlier and also served as a director of the Bucyrus Loan and Building Co. which he helped organize.
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Blaikss
Frank T. Johnston
First National Bank
Bucyrus Loan and Building Co
Memorial Gateway Dedication Marks Oberlin Coeducation Milestone
Leaders from Ashland Hiram Otterbein Western and more attend Oberlin College centennial events in Warter gymnasium. Ceremonial luncheon features radio addresses by Sir James Ivine and Dr. Robert A. Millikan. A 13 ton Indiana sandstone monolith and a plaque honor the first four coeds and Adelia A. F. Johnson. The ceremony reflects on coeducation since 1832 and Oberlin’s pioneering role.
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Warter Gymnasium
Scotland
Sir James Ivine
University of St. Andrews
California
Robert A. Milikan
Oberlin College
California Institute of Technology
Mary Hosford
Oberlin
Mary Fletcher Kellogg
Jamesstown
Elizabeth Smith Pratt
New York
Caroline M. Rudd
Huntington
Conn
R. T. Miller, Jr
Chicago
Indiana
Barbara Frost
Brooklyn
Mary Kellogg
Adelia A. F. Johnson
Teday
Nll
United States
K Rioer
Ernest Hatch Wilkins
Oblanterlin College
Labor Groups Seek Representation on Chest Board
A formal request for labor representation on the Elyria Community Chest board was received by The Chronicle-Telegram. The letter, signed by Elyria Central Labor Union president Al McWilliams and secretary Alva Kemp, asks that labor groups be included in all beneficial community projects and that all participating groups have representation.
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Elyria Community Chest
Elyria Community Chest, Inc
Chronicle-Telegram
Elyria Central Labor Union
al McWilliams
Alva Kemp
Death Record Charles McCall Funeral Rites Saturday
Funeral services for Charles McCall will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. from Taylor Funeral Home with the Reverend Thomas Hughes of Columbia officiating. Burial will be in Columbia Cemetery.
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Charles McCall
Taylor Funeral Home
Thomas Hughes
Columbia
Columbia Cemetery
Snails His Fad For 60 Years
Dr. Carlos de la Torre former Havana mayor houses hundreds of snails at the Natural History Museum in Washington his lifelong hobby begun in Cuba and carried through exile at the University of Havana. The collection features colors from cream to jet black many striped patterns with shells shaped by bark chemistry and warning coloration. Birds avoid snails due to their bitter taste as the aged naturalist notes.
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Washington
Carlos de la Torre
Havana
Natural History Museum
de la Torre
University of Havana
Cuba
Florida
Mode Of Life Blamed For Rise In Divorces
New Orleans judge Hugh C. Cage, 78, cites sweeping lifestyle changes as the cause of growing divorce rates. He estimates divorces have risen about a hundredfold since the 1880s, noting that filing for divorce was once a sensation but is now a routine court procedure.
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New Orleans
Hugh C. Cage
America
Cage
Civil District Court
Unusual Trial Details Involving Prosecution Witness
The case centers on an attempt to hide the prosecuting witness, a 13-year-old guru, in Oberlin until events cooled. Other mentions include a 13-year-old gym pickpocket in Listowel, Irish Free State, and a note about Japanese film actresses learning rifle handling. The text juxtaposes varied topics and stray phrases about instincts and ennoblement.
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Guru
Oberlin
Listowel
Irish Free State
League Department Plans Year Oberlin Meeting
Oberlin October 8 The first meeting of the department for Government and Child Welfare of the Oberlin League of Women Voters will be held Monday afternoon October 11 at 3 30 at 208 Forest Street home of Mrs Robert McEwen. This get together aims to plan the year s work and report on improvements at the Children s Home. The League Board met last week with officers and chairmen listed including President Mrs Leigh Alexander and Mrs J R Hayler as recording secretary.
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Oberlin
Department For Government and Child Welfare
Oberlin League of Women Voters
Robert McEwen
Forest Street
League of Women Voters
Leigh Alexander
Hope Hibbard
J. R. Hayler
R. P. Fowler
H. G. Klermund
C. E. Howe
E. R. Comings
H. M. Metcalf
Garden Club to Hear Cleveland Lecturer on Bulbs
Miss Louse Kline Miller of Cleveland will address the Community Garden club and friends in Oberlin Inn parlors next Monday evening October 11. She is renowned as a flowers and plants lecturer and authority. The meeting opens at 7:30.
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Louse Kline Miller
Cleveland
Community Garden Club
Oberlin Inn
Panly Chaploom
Amherst
Stone City
L. E. Daniela
Oberlin
Cincinnati
Episcopal Church
United States
Mabel D. Brown
Conservatory of Music
Santa Clara
Valparaiso
National Laundrymen's Convention
Fannie A. Drummond
West College Street
Port Clinton
Ottawa Country
Market prices on cattle calves sheep hogs grain and produce
Cattle steers 750 lb fetch 13.00 to 14.00, cows 9.00 to 6.50, calves 12.00 to 13.00, hogs 10.50 to 13.25, sheep lambs 19.60 to 5. Payment for butter eggs poultry vary, with live poultry weak and butter steady. Produce and grain quotations include oats 38 to 41 cents, corn 39 to 42 cents, wheat 1.09 to 1.14, flour and mill feeds listed, hay prices by kind.
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Cleveland
New Jersey
Ohio
New Cobblers
Idaho
Long Island
Maine
North Dakota
Bliss
Elesaror Co
Montana Milling Co
Timothy
Chicago
Plymouth
White Rock
U. S Dept. of Agriculture
United States
U. S
Colorado
U.S
Minnesota Cobblers
Houghton Improves After Illness Returns Home
Postmaster M A Houghton, previously ill for weeks, is greatly improved and moved from Allen hospital to his East College street home yesterday. Local officials and neighbors wish him a speedy recovery and note his service to the community remains valued.
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J Houghton
M. A. Houghton
Allen Hospital
East College Street
Oberlin Kenyon game draws fans to Gambier Saturday
Community buzz focuses on the Oberlin Kenyon clash to be played Saturday afternoon in Gambier with favorable weather. A large contingent of football fans is expected to travel by car, signaling strong regional interest in the intercollegiate event.
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Gambier
Disabled Vets Meet with Commander in Elyria Hall
Local Disabled American Veterans chapter hosted a well attended session at V. F. W. Hall led by Commander Thomas Mihalis. Speakers included National Rehabilitation Officer George Farl ing of Cleveland and Ohio state officers Mrs George Fout and Earl Teeter detailing organization aims and regional participation.
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The
Disabled American Veterans of the World War
V. FL. W. Hall
Thomas Mihalis
Mihally
George F. Farling
Veterans Administration of Cleveland, O
Farling
George Fout
Cleveland
Akron
Teeter
Lorain
Norwalk
Columbus
Greenfield Ohio
California Builds World’s Tallest Smokestack
SELBY Cal California pushes for the world’s largest smokestack at 605 feet to outshine Osaka Japan. The American Smelting and Refining Company builds the tower painting it in wide black and orange bands with night illumination for visibility to aviators.
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Selby
Cal
California
Osaka
Japan
American Smelting and Refining Company
Johnston Memorial Honors Oberlin Benefactor
The Johnston Memorial honors Mrs. Johnston a longtime Oberlin benefactor. She helped secure additions to the Oberlin college plant and supported graduate study through the Johnston Fellowship begun in 1941. She died in 1910 and was buried at Westwood Cemetery. The memorial committee includes Cravath McAfee Prentiss Johnson Freeman Bradley Millikan Hart Wright and Martin. The Irish Free State pursues cemetery improvement.
Removal of Entire Lawrence County Board of Elections
The attorney general endorsed former Congress man A R Johnson's call to remove the Lawrence County Board of Elections over vote fraud findings. The move was announced by Herbert S Duffy as in accord. Louis Michowka faced a postponed trial for disorderly conduct after solicitor Harvey Cheney left the city. Michowka denied charges brought by tenant Mrs Francis Sanders and remains free on bond.
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Columbus
Lawrence County Board of Elections
William J. Kennedy
Herbert 8. Duffy
A. R. Johnson
Ironton
A. Z. Blair
Portsmouth
Lawrence County
Johnson
Duffy
Louis Michowka
15Th Street
Harvey Cheney
Francis Sanders
Auction sale notices barn fire prompts public sale near Pittsfield
Public auction at residence one mile north and 1.5 miles east of Pittsfield on Wednesday October 13 at 12 30 PM. Items include two roan geldings, 25 cattle with 20 Holsteins and a Holstein yearling bull, many heifers milking, six purebred cows freshened, and a thriving Holstein herd. Also sheep chickens and miscellaneous items plus eight milk cans. Terms cash. property not moved until paid. Auction by Wm Harris & Son. Clayton Sooy listed as auctioneer.
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Sir Inka May
Carnation Stock Farm
Lorain County
WM. Harris & Son
Clayton H. Sooy
Lee Klinect
E. L. Pierce
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London
F. A. Humphrey
Sudro - Curtis Ambulance
Stone’s Grill
Bulletin
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Graduate School of Theology
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Western College
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Lake Erie College
Allegheny College
Pennsylvania College For Women
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University of Akron
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Africa
University of Chicago
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Ohio State University
Cleveland College
Western Reserve Academy
Columbia University
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Carnegie Institute of Technology
Wooster College
Sederis
Eagle
O'Donnell Paint and Wall Paper Co
Elsria, Ohlo
Esther Wood
Richard Clerenger
Garden Club
Cleyv Elan DD Bes Estour
Kenyon
E. A. Stevens
North Park Street
Middletown
Nancy Squire
BD. A. R
the Fay CO
Board of Elections
Pittsfield
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Star Score
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Broad ST
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