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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1930
Page
9
Marian Bush Snyder notes Londoners packed the Thames banks for the Oxford Cambridge boat race. Cambridge won by two lengths as Londoners cheered amid drizzle and crowds, while an American spectator observed the scene and the crowd’s vivid delight.
William J. Hoffman, principal of Harriman School in Orange County, must relinquish his post on July 1 after admitting he refused to hire Catholic teacher Miss Anna Mulholand. State Education Commissioner Dr. Frank Graves found him unfit for serving due to lack of understanding of religious freedom and government foundations following a February public hearing prompted by Rev. P. F. McAuliff.
Nineteen Dartmouth College faculty members sent objections to Senators Keyes and Moses, urging them to vote against Judge John J. Parker's Supreme Court confirmation. They cited Parker's stance toward organized labor and African Americans and argued other judges show greater bench ability.
Mrs. Margaret Davis pleaded guilty to illegal sale of liquor before Judge J. D. Davis and was fined 100 dollars plus costs. Co-defendant Mrs. Roxina Schumann, arrested at Davis home for intoxication, agreed to leave the county.
Plan to issue 660000 shares of capital stock totaling 18.6 million dollars was asked from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The request was made in Washington on April 24 by the Pennsylvania Railroad to raise funds for its operations and expansion.
A fundraiser at Strouds Run School Friday evening at 7:30 to raise funds for a phono graph, featuring a pie and candy social and a program.
In Lexington on April 26 the standing committee of the Episcopal Diocese of Lexington labeled a union between a minor and a Roman Catholic an impossible situation during the ecclesiastical trial of Rev. Julius Arnold Versace, rector of St. John Church in Dayton Kentucky for insolence and insubordination to his bishop.
In Laguna Beach California two prominent residents Mrs. Guy Bates Post and Mrs. Donis Murry Palmer were found dead in Palmer's bungalow. Police termed the deaths murder and self destruction in a jealous rage after friends returned Palmer's dog and discovered the bodies. Post, 50, formerly Adele Ritchie, was a noted stage beauty.
Five women tied by art and proximity in Laguna Beach drift apart after marriages and separations. Mrs Palmer, once married to Dr. Clinton Foster Palmer of Albert Lea Minnesota, was divorced last year from actor Guy Bates Post. Mrs Palmer is twenty years younger than her friend, and the group formed close ties during the years they lived six blocks apart.
Stockholders of Chase National Bank Peuitable Trust Company and Interstate Trust Company approved a merger forming the world’s largest bank with total resources near 2 billion dollars. The three banks had agreed terms weeks earlier and now finalize the union.
Famous novelist Mrs. Kathleen Norris withdraws as candidate for president of the League of American Pen Women after criticism of her disarmament stance. She says she did not know the group deals with international affairs, believing it to be literary only.
Columbus report says the toll climbed to 321 as Alvin Bartezko, 27, convict from Clark County serving 10 to 25 years for burglary, died of pneumonia due to smoke and exposure after the blaze.
Lyall T. Wright known as the boy sheriff of Juneau County Wisconsin, held on first degree murder charges in the slaying of District Attorney Clinton G. Price at Manston. Wright was the youngest sheriff the state had ever had.
Two Chicago nuns Sisters Dominica and Lasisdek narrowly escaped death after pursuing the liner Levia in a motor boat. They reached the ship too late to board the New York bound vessel and were swept into the liner’s wake, nearly drawn into its propeller.
Heavy surf battered the Harbor Breakwater for a third day as engineers sought explanations for giant waves. Officials considered a sea floor disturbance or two currents colliding as causes for the ongoing, unexplained swell.
Charles D. Swartz filed an injunction suit against the Carthage Township Board of Education seeking to block a proposed $15,000 bond issue for a school site. Judge L G Worstell dismissed the case in Athens County Common Pleas Court, ruling no tax burden harm to township residents established.
In Sheboygan Wisconsin on April 25 echoes of the Republican nomination race for governor reverberated amid the trial of Governor Walter J Kohler who faced charges related to funds used to win the primary election.
Tom Mix once a motion picture star who moved to the stage is reported to earn fifteen thousand dollars weekly. A double has performed the actor's roles since Saturday as he fights a pneumonia threat in Chicago.
Judge W. Lei. Bhave of Texarkana presides over the $1,000,000 libel suit of R. A. Creager, national Republican committeeman from Texas, against Collier's Weekly. Trial set for May 4 in Brownsville over Creager's role in Texas politics.
London April 24 British tanker Crenadier collides at sea and is being advised by radio authorities. Rescue ships and coast guard alerted as crew report damage and possible oil spill. Authorities coordinate response and inspect hull integrity.
Kellogg ALL BRAN cereal touted as a natural cleanser that sweeps out wastes and impurities. Physicians recommend ALl BRAN with two tablespoons daily and with every meal, claiming it aids blood building and constipation relief.
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