Officials Prepare To Move 550 Convicts To Other Prisons
State corrections officials plan to transfer 550 inmates to facilities across the state. The move aims to reduce overcrowding and is expected to take place over the coming weeks.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1930
Page
1
Ohio Penitentiary calm restored after deadly block fire
Reassuring calm settled over the Ohio Penitentiary for the first time since Monday night’s cell block fire that killed 21 lives. About 1,600 prisoners in White City had refused discipline, but they moved to breakfast in orderly fashion as Warden P. E. Thomas faced calls for removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Penitentiary
White City
P. E. Thomas
Bettman
Watkinson
Hall
Baldwin
Little
Thomas
Coddington
200 Prisoners Moved to London Prison Farm
Columbus April 25. About 200 prisoners from Ohio State Penitentiary were moved today to the London Prison Farm in guarded motor trucks. The farm’s population now stands at 1,200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London State Farm
Columbus
Ohio State Penitentiary
London Prison Farm
London
Prison riot fallout at state penitentiary with resignations urged
Governors and Bettman press a prolonged inquiry into the disaster as Thomas refuses to resign. Guards examined over delayed prisoner release and a suspected wiring fault. Thirty-five hundred inmates await relocation while officials promise orderly administration and welfare safeguards.
Million Members Goal Set by Prohibition Reform Leader
Mrs. Charles H. Sabin, president of the Women s Organization for National Prohibition Reform, announced plans for a nationwide drive aiming for one million members. Re elected leader at a Cleveland conference, she forecasts a five year path to repeal and names an executive committee with members from West Virginia Indiana Illinois Michigan Ohio Maryland and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Sabin
Cleveland
Sabin
National Executive Committee
William Brewster
West Virginia
H. V. de Moore
Indiana
Leslie Wheeler
Dinois
Elsie Mershon
Michigan
Allen House
Ohio
C. Baker Clothworthy
Maryland
Oklahoma unveiled a statue honoring the pioneer woman
The article extols women's enduring role as earth's true pioneers in ideas and action. It traces early female contributions from seed development to domestic fertility and settlement, claiming mothers shaped humankind and social progress across millennia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Earth
Last Man's Club Ends As Last Members Are Buried
The Last Man's Club of Atwater Minnesota buries its second to last member Charles Lockwood aged seventy eight who accompanied his friend Peter Hall to the grave Hall died at ninety one and with Lockwood still alive the club will end when he passes away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atwater
Minnesota
Charles Lockwood
Peter Hall
Lockwood
Last Human Race Club member faces final fate
The piece muses on humanity's end with the final burial and the distant possibility of cataclysm. Scientists estimate the extinction is millions of years away while pondering what men achieve in the interim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Human Race Club
Jack Dempsey Plans Africa Trophy Hunt
Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey announces an Africa expedition to hunt lions elephants giraffes hippopotamuses and rhinoceroses. The trip targets big game in wildlife reserves amid rising hunt tourism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dempsey
Africa
Fire inquiry resumes with arson suspected at prison
Captain Hall urged a pause before unlocking cells as State Fire Marshal Ray Gill reentered the pen to determine if arson caused the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Ray Gill
Attorney Feuer Wertz challenges Youngstown Sheet Bethlehem merger
Cleveland attorney Edwin S Wertz filed a Federal Trade Commission letter asserting the Youngstown Sheet & Tube and Bethlehem Steel merger violates the Clayton Act and Sherman Antitrust Laws. He aims to block the consolidation with a double-barreled attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
U.R
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Edwins. Wertz
Federal Trade Commission
Graf Zeppelin Set to Sail for London and Back
Graf Zeppelin will depart at 6 a.m. Saturday from Friedrichshafen, Germany, bound for London via Basle Besancon and Paris, on the way to Cardington England. It will begin the return flight Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graf
Friedrichshafen
Germany
U.P
London
Basle
Besancon
Paris
Cardington
England
Warden Keeps Job Amid Ohio Penitentiary Fire Probe
Preston E. Thomas remains warden of Ohio's largest prison as investigators continue after Monday's disastrous fire. Attorney General Bettman urged suspension yesterday, but Governor Cooper refused to oust the warden during the inquiry. Thomas has led the facility for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Cooper
Gilbert Bettman
Bettman
Preston E. Thomas
Ohio
Gandhi Nears End of Salt Campaign Says Dispatch
An Allahabad report to the London Daily News says Gandhi may abandon the salt tax protest and pursue other civil disobedience. He may intensify boycotts on foreign cloth and liquor in India. The All India Congress reports 62 killed and 30 wounded in Peshawar rioting, with curfew lifted as order returns after 48 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Mahatma M. K. Gandhi
Allahabad
London Daily News
Gandhi
India
All India Congress
Peshawar
Bombay
Judge Grants Permanent Injunction For Scarface Capone In Florida
United States District Judge J Halstead Ritter in Miami on April 25 issued a permanent injunction restraining 20 Florida sheriffs from molesting Alphonse Capone known as Scarface. Ritter urged the gang chief to respect the law and assist officials in enforcement while granting the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
U.R
United States
J. Halstead Ritter
Florida
Alphonse “Scarface
Capone
Chicago
Ritter
Senate committee backs Prohibition Transfer Bill amendment
Washington April 25 Unanimous approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee signals early passage of the Prohibition Transfer Bill. The measure backs reform urged by President Hoover, Wickersham, and Attorney General Mitchell. An amendment allows Mitchell to overhaul the Prohibition Bureau as he sees fit including retaining or dismissing administrators and staff. Four other bills authorize new judgeships in Southern New York and Southern California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hoover
Wickersham
Law Enforcement Commission
Mitchell
Prohibition Bureau
Doran
New York
California
Rental Offers Feature Today
A classified item notes rooms for rent on West State Street Athens in a nicely furnished locale. It also advertises a brand new automatic washing machine with gasoline engine for 119 dollars. Another listing on Mound Street Athens offers a four room house with gas electricity and a large garden for 12 dollars monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adg
West State Street
Athens
Mound Street
Six liquor violators among Ohio Penitentiary fire victims
Ohio Penitentiary fire victims include six liquor law violators among 821 identified. Records show many were serving indeterminate one to five year terms as third offenders. Other convicts ranged from auto theft to murder, with most in their first prison terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
W.P
Ohio
United Press
Frost Touches Southeast Ohio Crops Sharply
Fruit and early garden crops in Southeastern Ohio were severely injured by a third frost in three days. Temperatures slipped to 24 degrees with earlier readings of 26 and 22 degrees. Growers report frost bitten vegetables and damaged trees, fearing a greatly curtailed crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Ohio
Ohio
F. W. Gibson
Amesville
Ates
Local man Mont Hickman dies in Ohio Penitentiary fire
Mont Hickman of Ross County reported burned to death in the Ohio Penitentiary fire. He had lived in The Plains as a youth with Mr and Mrs Colonel Lock before later moving to Sugar Creek to live with a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Plains
Montrose
Hickman
Ross County
Ohio
Colonel Lock
Sugar Creek
Athens Messenger Road Book Promises Easy Auto Planning
The Athens Messenger offers an Automobile Road Book via its Washington Bureau. The mileage chart lists distances between major U.S. and southern Canadian cities to aid in extended tours, with an example route Richmond Virginia to Hot Springs Arkansas totaling 1204 miles. Readers can request a copy by coupon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Athens Messenger
United States
Canada
Washington
Richmond
Hot Springs
Ark
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Bristol
Knoxville
Nashville
Jackson
Memphis
Little Rock
Ohio prisoners to be moved to ease pen congestion
Gov. Cooper names Sen. Granville W. Kumler and Rep. William C. Wendt to aid in selecting inmates for transfer. About 600 convicts to London Prison Farm and 250 to Mansfield Ohio Reformatory. If Mansfield receives inmates, the same number move to Grafton reformery farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Granville W. Kumler
Lewisburg
William C. Wendt
Myers Y. Cooper
Board of Clemency
Ohio
London
Ohio Reformatory
Mansfield
Reformatory
Grafton
Ruler and tally sheet used to gauge Kohler letters
In Sheboygan Wisconsin April 25 a ruler and a tally sheet were used in court to estimate Governor Walter J Kohler's personal campaign correspondence during his bid for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. Kohler was recalled to testify but was excused after brief questioning amid a dispute over the excessive campaign expenditures charge. Others followed as witnesses were called.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Wis
U.P
Walter J. Kohler
Kohler
Belden Brick Company Wins Glenford High School Contract
Somerset April 26 The Belden Brick Company of this city has been awarded the brick contract for the new Glenford High School Building after resuming operations from a six month shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Belden Brick Company
Glenford High School
Transfer Bill Up Congress Moves To Tighten Prohibition
In Washington April 25 plans to tighten prohibition enforcement advance in Congress. The Senate Judiciary Committee takes up the Williamson Bill transferring enforcement from Treasury to the Justice Department, with Mitchell veto power over permits. The three month hearings yielded an 800,000 word record as wets and dries debate enforcement and political stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Plana
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
House
Judiciary Committee
Graham
Names of Congress members kept secret by lobby group
Washington April 25 The confidential files of the Association Against the Pron Amendment list wet drinking and dry voting members of Congress but the Senate Lobby Committee will likely not publish them. Henry H. Curran testifying faced questions on expense accounts. Walter G. Hooke, the association political agent, had travel expenses totaling about 1500 dollars and bills up to 600 dollars. Robinson questioned the records but Curran denied improper use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Congress
Association Against the
Henry H. Curran
Ton
Robinson
Republic
Indiana
Republican
Wisconsin
Carter Washington
Net
Curran
Walter G. Hooke
Mealy
Moore
Hooke
Eye Thrower Accusation In Federal Power Commission Case
Minnie L. Ward an employee of the Federal Power Commission in Washington is suspended pending investigation after being accused of throwing eras at her superior officer. She accuses Chief Clerk Frank W. Griffith of trying to remove valuable official documents from the commission's files in her care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Minnie L. Ward
Federal Power Commission
Washington
Frank W. Griffith
Commission
Spring to Be With Us After A Cold Sunday
Washington April 25 The Weather Bureau said winter’s return engagement, blanketing much of the country in frost and cold waves, will end over the weekend with spring arriving by Monday or Tuesday. The cold, blamed on April showers, has kept temperatures 10 to 12 degrees below normal in the east, while the Rocky Mountain area saw recent dips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Weather Bureau
Mississippi River
Rocky Mountain
Bureau
Curran disavows policy in Martin correspondence record
A letter from Curran regarding a reply to Martin was entered in the record. Curran stated the correspondence did not align with the association’s standard policy and warned that aiding him financially could influence a favorable congressional response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Curran
Martin
Thames Freighter Survivors Rescued by W. Chapin Line
The New England Steamship Company reported that crew of Co. W. Chapin had rescued survivors from the freighter Thames and were transporting them to Providence, R. I. The transfer was confirmed by company offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
New England Steamship Company
Co. W. Chapin
Thames
Providence
HR. I
Barnes Praises Newspapers For Economic Duty
Julius H. Barnes says American newspapers have advanced beyond sensationalism and now fulfill a living purpose by informing the public on economic problems such as business, prices, and unemployment. He spoke to the Bureau of Advertising of the American Newspaper Publisher's Association in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Julius H. Barnes
Hoover
National Business Survey Commission
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publisher's Association
Barnes
Fetta
Ohio State Nurses Association elects new officers in Lima
At the close of the 37th convention in Lima on April 25 1981 Miss Anna Gladwin of Akron was named president and first vice president for the past year. Elsie Druggan of Athens Ohio University was chosen secretary and director of the department of hygiene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Ohio State Nurses’ Association
Anna Gladwin
Akron
Elsie Druggan
Athens
Ohio University
Performances Continue Despite Personal Tragedy in Honolulu
The article notes Guy Bates Post presenting Friend the King in Honolulu despite the shock of learning his divorced wife has died. The report emphasizes the actor's professional commitment and the show's continuation under public attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
T. H. April
Guy Bates Post
the King
Bank Robbers Escape With $15,000 from Tankawa Bank
Two young bandits robbed First National Bank in Tankawa shortly after opening today and escaped with about $15,000. Police launched a search as details remained scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tankawa
Okla
First National Bank
Tragedy Strikes Belt Line Brakeman Dan Pettibone
The body of Dan Pettibone a brakeman for the New York Central Belt Line was found after he accidentally plunged 90 feet from a bridge into the Caygy River near Carey Ohio He was en route to his home in Minerva Ohio at the time of the fatal fall شاهد
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Dan Pettibone
New York
Euters
Careyahoga
Sant’ Hia
Minerva
Ohio
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Harry W. Sharpe
Col
Robert Haubrich
Charles H. Sabin
New York City
Arthur Brisbane
Pel Ae
King Features Incorporated
Dempsey
Narcisco Gaeta
Gaeta
George W. Keil
Dr. Keil
Ben Rudner
Canton
Don Mellett
Frederic J. Haskin
the Athens Messenger
Information Bureau
Washington, D. C
Paul R. Mallon
Treasury
Justice Department
Senate
Overman
Industrial Alchoholc
Senate Committee
U.S
Ohio Nurses
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