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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 1927

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Chinese Defense Of Shanghai Cut To Skeleton Guard

Shanghai reports say Chiang Kai-Shek regiments withdrew to reinforce Nanking, leaving a skeleton guard of youths to defend the city. Five hundred wounded nationalists were moved to Nanking, and Cantonese forces reportedly won a severe Saturday engagement.

Shanghai Nanking U.R Chiang Kai-Shek Pukow Yangtze Hankow Tsintao U. S Council Peking Washington United Press China Navy H. A. Hough Hough Yang Chow Sun Chuan-Fang Pengpu

Jurors named for May Term of Common Pleas Court

May term jurors drawn by T. L. Morgan. Grand jury to assemble May 2 at 9 AM. 15 names listed. Petit jurors totaling 25 selected to report May 5. Names include Elliott, Breuster, Clegg, Dunfee, Collins, Chase, Winner, Price, Wilson, Bennett, Fouts, Dorf, Chappel, Creamer, Arnold. Several from Athens area not included. No trials set before May 2.

Common Pleas Court T. L. Morgan Grand Jury Athens Athens Township Charles P. El-iott Bern Township A. C. Brewster Troy Samuel Clegg Trimble Edwin Dunfee John M. Collins Lee Charles F. Chase Alexander John R. Winner Rome L. H. Price York Fred Wilson Harry Bennett Ames Charles Fouts Carlos F. Dorf Canaan John E. Chappel Lodi Addison C. Creamer G. W. Arnold Waterloo Emory L. Chapman Joseph H. Marshall Corwin Andrews H. H. Brannon Edward Chase Carthage George W. Carter Otto Bethel Daniel Coulson Dover Floyd Foughts Lafayette Andrews Leroy Beckley M. H. Colvin Bern Miller Wilson Frank Biddle Harley Burton J. Louis Winner

Largest pay for Glouster miners ends as wage talks loom

In Glouster on April 11, workers received the largest pay in months before the Jacksonville agreement expired. Many miners left for Akron and Detroit seeking work, with some planning to quit the mines unless a new deal is reached. The Hisylvania Coal brick plant remains the valley’s largest employer, with about 100 workers and coal stored to prevent production interruption.

Glouster Jacksonville Akron Detroit Hisylvania Coal Company Sunday Creek Valley

No Sign of Peace Seen in Suspension of Mining in Ohio

Ohio miners and coal operators enter the eleventh day of a suspension with no wage scale agreement in sight. Employers mail situation resumes while others send workers personal messages seeking a plan. A Kiwanis Rotary meeting in the Hocking Valley plans to discuss the stalemate led by W. H. Haskins.

Ohio I. H. McAnally United Press Columbus Jacksonville Manhattan Coal Company Akron Cambridge Collieries Forsythe, Morris, National Pocock Lorain Coal and Dock Company Cambridge Athens Kiwanis Rotary Hocking Valley Leo Hall W. H. Haskins Coshocton Ohio Miners

State Assembly Reconvenes to Finish Work This Week

Ohio's General Assembly reopens with leaders aiming to finish most bills by week’s end. The main obstacle is the $51 million general appropriation bill which the senate finance committee must finish before reporting. If recess is delayed, both chambers will adjourn Friday and reconvene next week, with night sessions likely.

Columbus United Press Ohio General Assembly Senate House Senate Finance Committee

Painted Shoes Novelty Footwear Description

Novelty shoes feature reptile leather uppers with hand painted patent leather accents. The design blends textured skins with artistic detailing for a bold, eye catching look.

Conscience Leads Logan Man to Reappear Lost Ten Dollars

Conscience prompted George L. Blosser of 80 Hill Street Logan to recall a roof repair twenty four years earlier when a paper found a missing pocket book. A few days later he received an unsigned letter claiming a found ten dollar bill was spent and then returned with the confession and ten dollar note attached.

George L. Blosser Hill Street Logan

Three Now Living From 30th Ohio in 1864

In the April 10 1864 note from News that our grandfathers read the 30th Ohio regiment arrives in Columbus after war service in western Virginia the Potomac Maryland Alabama and more. Company C was organized in Athens County by the late Captain Charles Townsend of Athens. Only three members of this company remain: Captain J B Allen Athens Zenas Hull and William Townsend.

Todays Ohio State Journal Ohio Columbus Larkinsville Tennessee Virginia Potomac Maryland Alabama Athens County Charles Townsend Athens J. B. Allen Zenas Hull William Townsend

Antheil Cubist Ballet Mechanique Incites Mixed Reactions

New York April 11 1930 3000 attend Carnegie Hall to hear George Antheils Ballet Mechanique an extreme cubist score using bells whistles sheets of tin piano players drums xylophones and a wind machine The performance provoked uproar with some fleeing others cheering while boos and stamping filled the hall

New York U.R Manhattan Carnegie Hall George Antheil Greenwich Village

Thieves Reported Steal Food From Local Homes and Shop

Thieves broke into the Bettie Shop basement by a broken cellar window and looted candies and sandwich fillings. Meat and vegetables were taken from the John Bolin residence on South Congress street, with a large roast and berries among the items. Earlier thefts in the area included fruit from George Earhart’s basement and milk from L A Koons porch.

Bettie Shop John Bolin South Congress Street Bettie Bolin Betttie Shop Rolin George Earhart L. A

Three-vehicle crash injures one near Al derman street

A Ford with six occupants rolled onto a street car track near Al derman colliding with a Dodge driven by C Hazlitt. Only one person, H Frazee, was injured mildly with facial cuts and a sprained shoulder. Marcus Thompson, about 50, died at his Maddoc home later. Funeral plans set for 2 30 PM Wednesday at Church of God with burial in Canaanville cemetery. Frazee’s details and survivors noted.

Alderman H. Frazee Lewis Maddoc Amesville C. Hazlitt Marcus Thompson Columbus Athens Ralph Pinkerston Wolfe Street Church of God G. C. Johnson Canaanville

Remus Plans Attack on Prohibition Law After Prison

Portsmouth April 11 George Remus once Cincinnati attorney and famed bootlegger says after serving sentences he will spend time attacking the prohibition law. He told United Press he aims to expose what he calls the “diosyncrasies hypocracies” of the law and will pay contempt penalties within about two weeks.

Portsmouth George Remus Cincinnati Remus United Press

Rare Ur finds push back Mesopotamian history

Philadelphia April 11 U Penn and British Museum scientists say excavations at Ur, Lower Mesopotamia, unearthed jewelry inscribed tablets and copper and gold implements dating before 3500 B C. The discoveries include tablets with pictures and early hieroglyphic scripts and names of kings previously unknown to historians.

Philadelphia Lower Mesopotamia University of Pennsylvania British Museum

First Purchase From Estate Of Frank Munsey

A.R. Titian's portrait of Alfonzo D'Este, Duke of Ferrara, was purchased by the Metropolitan Museum of Art as the first acquisition from the Munsey estate bequest. The bequest is valued at 20 to 30 million dollars. The painting, long missing, was found in Paris a year ago. price not disclosed but likely near or above one million.

New York A.r.titian Alfonzo D'Este

Another Week of Idleness Hits Indiana Coal Miners

In Indianapolis on April 11 170000 coal miners face a fresh week of idleness as wage talks stall. Operators and United Mine Workers leaders remain far apart with no peace parleys planned and a Terre Haute meeting recessed until tomorrow.

Indianapolis U.P Indiana Terre Haute Indiana Bituminous Association Indiana Operators Association United Mine Workers

Chinese Police Seize Arms at Russian Embassy Raid

London April 11 Sir Austin Chamberlain foreign secretary announced in the House of Commons that Chinese police captured one machine gun thirty rifles and ammunition in a raid on the Russian embassy in Peking last week.

London Peking Austin Chamberlain House of Commons

Drastic Budget Measures Aimed at British Taxpayers

London April 11 Winston Churchill the Chancellor of the Exchequer outlined a dire treasury state in a budget speech announcing drastic measures to ease the burden on British taxpayers He said the government would not renew American credits used to defend the post war move to a gold standard He cited the deep impact of the general and coal strikes on British trade and warned of tight times ahead.

London U.P Winston Churchill Treasury House of Commons Churchill

Explosion Damages Farm Home in Taylor Township

A lamp explosion in an incubator at the William H. Goff farm residence in Taylor township caused a severe fire. The Marysville incident damaged the farmhouse and its contents.

Marysville William H. Goff Taylor Township

Pittsburgh native Karl Carroll Visits Grave Before Atlanta Penitentiary

New York producer Karl Carroll, a former Pittsburgh resident, returned to his hometown on the eve of his departure for Atlanta penitentiary and laid flowers at his mother's grave.

Pittsburgh Karl Carroll New York

Tito Zamboni On Trial For Attempted Mussolini Killing

Rome April 11 Tito Zamboni once a deputy and war hero faced trial for allegedly plotting to kill Premier Mussolini on November 4 1925. The former ally of King Victor was identified as the defendant in a case that drew wide interest in the Italian capital.

Rome Tito Zamboni Chamber of Deputies Victor Mussolini

Americans Evacuated to Tsingtao Amid Northern China Disorder

Some 337 Americans from across Northern China have gathered at the Japanese port of Tsingtao as part of evacuation amid rising unrest. Thirty Americans left Peking and Tientsin for Tsingtao today, with evacuations widening daily. Missionaries in Shensi and Kansu provinces also began evacuating, while northern troops claimed another Cantonese victory near Chuchow.

Peking U.P China Tsingtao Shantung Tientsin Shensi Kansu Chuchow

Pie mishap leaves 8 year old with serious burns

At Wellsburg West Virginia an eight year old boy named Lewis Zonker pulled a hot blackberry pie from a table in his mother's kitchen causing the filling to spill on his face and burn him seriously. In Detroit Michigan two bandits robbed the Blitstein jewelry store of jewelry and money valued at more than ten thousand dollars in a daytime hold up.

Wellsburg W. Va Lewis Zonker Detroit Mich Blitstein Jewelry

Earl Carroll Nominated By Atlanta Pen Inmates To Produce Girl Show

Atlanta prison inmates nominate Earl Carroll to produce their annual jailhouse burlesque show. Arrival of the New York producer is expected Wednesday for a 365 day tenure. he may work as file clerk or librarian. Warden Snook notes no bath tubs exist and jail shower baths will be used.

Atlanta Earl Carroll New York Carroll John W. Snook United Press Today Shook Earl Carrol Joyce Hawley Snook

British Delegate Rejects French Naval Arms Limitation Plan

A British delegate rejects the French proposal on naval arms limits while endorsing Coolidge’s conference plan. The clash raises fear the talks may fracture the meeting.

Coolidge

naval arms talks test limits at disarmament conference

At Geneva on April 11 Lord Robert Cecil rejected France’s tonnage based proposal and backed the Washington class based limit endorsed by the United States. Paul Boncour warned France cannot accept measures restricting its naval liberty and described the French plan as the extreme limit of tension.

Geneva Robert Cecil Tnday Coolidge League France Britain United States Washington England Theington Japan United Paul Boncour

Confesses Murder in Cincinnati Woman Held on Bond

Mrs Mary Miller twenty seven confesses to killing her husband Emmet Miller thirty six at Wyoming waterworks where he worked as a fireman The confession followed an alleged strangling attempt by the husband while intoxicated by moonshine The woman is jailed on bond set at one thousand dollars awaiting further proceedings

Cincinnati Mary Miller Emmet Miller Wyoming Waterworks

Summer Furs Lapin Sport Coats for Motoring

White dyed pelts lead the season with lapin sport coats praised as the outstanding choice for motorists. The article highlights fashionable yet practical fur outerwear options now in vogue for driving and travel.

Lapin

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