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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1926
Page
1
A study plan emphasizes funding stability while deprioritizing political debate and focuses on social factors as the core basis for research. Researchers argue resources are secured and social context informs experimental design and interpretation.
The national research council of social sciences will launch a two year inquiry led by Dr. Charles E. Merriam to assess prohibition’s impact on health crime and youth behavior in the United States. Professors aim to provide unbiased data beyond political argument.
A promotion for The Art Booklet published by The American Federation of Arts offers free distribution. The pamphlet explains art as a constant source of happiness and value, inviting readers to clip a coupon with stamps for return postage to receive the booklet by mail.
Dr E B Bryan told a convocation that the petition for a longer spring break was denied for two reasons the steady routine and substantial extracurricular activities leave little room for extra time. He noted Ohio University starts later in fall and ends earlier in spring, hindering the AAUC minimum vacation standards. The decision, he said, benefits students who work summers and supports summer school and faculty schedules.
United States Attorney Emory R Buckner testified before the senate wet and dry committee claiming enforcement of the Volstead Act is impossible in America's large cities. He described a vast bootleg underworld thriving on diversions of industrial alcohol, with last year’s illicit trade valued at 3.6 billion dollars and widespread corruption in federal court handling.
Fact finding in the inquiry will involve cooperation from leading colleges nationwide as well as local and state agencies in prohibition investigation and enforcement.
Floods sweep Missouri as melting snow and rain raise creeks and washout bridges. Rail and highway traffic crippled with more than a hundred cars stranded between Columbia and Boonville. Jefferson City branch line service from Fulton halted by washed out Chicago and Alton bridge. A busload of Missouri University students marooned at Boonville.
Boston officials cleared Henry L. Mencken and the American Mercury of selling an immoral article titled Hat Rack in municipal court. The decision ends charges tied to the magazine story and upholds publication freedom claims.
Chicago April 7 1926 malt tonic once hailed by prohibition supporters as a beer substitute fails to satisfy even when mixed with near beer. Trials show the 3.75 percent tonic lacks mellowness and fizz, selling only in small steady runs while most buyers feel no urge for repeat purchases.
Washington reports that semi official advices indicate the League of Nations will not accept the Senate reservations on advisory opinions. Irreconcilables in the Senate chortle as the United States seems to have a ceremonial adherence only. The disputed section bars advisory opinions without U S consent, potentially hamstringing the league and its court. The League and Washington argued anew, with Geneva invited talks. Washington prepared a note rejecting the invitation and moving ahead this week.
In New York the mother of Frances "Peaches" Heenan known as Cinderella the second must appear in children's court tomorrow before Chief Justice Hoyt to answer improper guardianship charges. Frances is also summoned to appear. The filing cites late nights and inadequate home supervision and irregular school attendance.
In Cincinnati on April 7 Charles E. Junium a 41 year old laborer leaped to death when officers raid a cafe at Findlay and John streets to investigate a handbook operation. He sprang from a rear room and fell head first into a concrete courtyard.
Nine year old Lawrence Bolin lost two fingers and a thumb on a dynamite cap while playing with a cap. He is in Sheltering Arms hospital as doctors take precautions against infection. It is the fourth such accident in the valley this month. Dr John Sprague of Athens cautions parents to keep caps away from children and to avoid handling them.
The Home Telephone company issues a supplemental list to the last directory. It adds 100 new subscribers since the start of the year and notes 120 changes in names and addresses. Five hundred corrected directories are prepared and distributed to businesses and professionals.
Hartford April 7 State's Attorney Hugh Alcorn prosecutor in the Walter Shean case has no plans for immediate action. Shean, son of a Springfield Mass family, was seized during a New Britain holdup where Policeman James Skelly was shot and killed. Shean testified helping Gerald Chapman's conviction for Skelly's murder and the hanging.
In Santa Rosa on April 7 the aged plant wizard Luther Burbank receives bedside consultation after Dr. Joseph H. Shaw says he is not making the hoped for progress but there is no cause for alarm. Friends await the outcome with concern.
The body of Lester Russell aged 3 was found on the shore at Red Bank near Allegheny river by Grant Sayres, a Pennsylvania railroad baggage man. The drowning occurred near 8&1 George on November 1 last, and the body had floated approximately fifty miles from the scene, remaining there through the winter.
Cleveland April 7 five fire companies responded to a Euclid avenue apartment blaze with fifty residents out on the street. Firemen found Mrs Mary Houston aged 80 in her room changing burned sheets as a hot brick lay on the floor. she did not know an alarm had been turned in.
In Chicago a Superior Court hears Edward Buchen describe a Mexican divorce route via Morelos. He paid 425 dollars for a lawyer, a brief court hearing, and a newspaper notice, claiming inc ompatibility as cause. Mrs Buchen contests legality while a maintenance decree stands in the U S. The Mexico option could supplant Reno and Paris if approved.
Washington April 7 Col Carmi Thompson of Ohio will survey the Philippines natural resources at President Coolidge request Hoover says the trip is not for rubber production or industrial surveys and the government leaves development to island authorities Thompson’s appointment aims to study future development opportunities.
Billy Sunday the famed evangelist told an audience of more than 4,000 in Music Hall Cincinnati that if both major parties nominate wet candidates in the 1928 race he would run for the presidency on an independent ticket.
Mrs Nettie Hawk of Chauncey was brought before Magistrate Pearl W Helwig on a slander charge by Herbert J Wise. She pleaded not guilty and was bound over to Common Pleas court on a $100 bond. Wise alleges she named Mrs Wise as correspondent in a divorce case pending between Mrs Hawks husband and herself.
British medical officials express alarm as sleeping sickness deaths rise. In 1925 nine months saw 1157 deaths in England and Wales with survivors suffering long term effects. Birmingham health officer Dr George Auden notes moral and behavioral changes in affected children, including theft and lying, and cites lunacy act certifications.
A heavy snowstorm moved through Newark after daylight and lasted about two hours. The spring snowfall is the latest in twenty five years, marking an unusual late-season event for the century.
Premier Mussolini narrowly escaped death when a woman shot at him outside the surgeons’ facility in Rome. The bullet wounded his nose. the assailant was seized by crowds and taken away as Mussolini calmed followers and ordered no reprisals.
Judge Stephen B. Dai of the Department of Commerce stated the new radio common law is developing. A survey by Davis seeks to determine the law governing numerous radio activities, noting that a single authoritative rule is impossible to establish.
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