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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1930
Page
16
Authorities launch a coordinated drive to suppress gang violence in the city following the murder of Carmello Licati. Police say the operation targets remaining feuds and linked crime networks to restore public safety and quell further killings.
The Rev erend Plummer of Jacksonville spoke at the Kiwanis Club meeting on world problems. He argued London Naval Conference may help but not solve the issues of race unemployment and living costs. Musical numbers and a cat test with prizes followed, with Charles Dunn top in the quiz.
Will be sold in Glouster at 1 p.m. Saturday in front of the Athens Courthouse. The sheriff will offer the Joe D. Davis property and several vacant lots for sale.
The Ohio Fuel and Gas Company relocated its office from Front Street to the old bank building one door north of the Postoffice. The space has been decorated and outfitted with new equipment to handle the company’s business.
Dick Wiley of Glouster will air Tuesday night at 9 o clock on Station WAIU Columbus next week only, instead of his usual Monday night slot, before returning to the regular Monday schedule the following week.
Glouster April 4 practice announced for the regular Marcellite Rebekah Lodge meeting to be held at the Odd Fellow Halls Saturday night.
A Carterton Virginia man describes years of fatigue and kidney trouble then credits Orange Brand Tonic and Nuggets with restoring sleep, appetite, weight, and strength. He praises the tonics for reducing back pain, urination issues, headaches, and liver ache and urges others with kidney weakness to start a course now.
The Rev. Paul E. Kemper of the M. E. Church is at White Cross Hospital after an examination showed he has goiter. It was unclear if he would return home this week or stay in Columbus for an operation in a few days.
Glouster officials announce a 7 o'clock meeting at the City Building. The session marks the first monthly gathering with reports from multiple city departments to be submitted.
Capt. Frank Hawks finishes a glider flight to Parks Airport in East St. Louis amid comments that the voyage across the continent is “just a lark.” He notes his motor functions well as an airplane-towed glider trip nears completion while a potted plant sent from San Diego to New York Mayor Harry Clark to Mayor Jimmy Walker remains the lone worry.
The Eaglet carries a plant twelve and a half pounds of glider mail and a radio. More than 450 letters and 955 post cards will be mailed from New York to Hawks' friends across the United States as part of the cargo.
In Cleveland on April 4 police seized Central Station to detain thirteen suspects as part of an ongoing investigation. Authorities said the group is being questioned about a broad security matter.
Kupper Bler aged 109 died from burns suffered while lighting a cigar in bed. A longtime immigrant from Austria he ran a Hoboken butcher shop until age 103 before retiring to leisure.
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