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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1926
Page
1
Reports describe Clemenceau urging President Coolidge to show tolerance on debt issues. The story notes broader unrest with talk of revolutions in South Russia and uprisings in Ukraine reflected in Bucharest newspaper reports.
United Press reports newspapers in Bucharest publish detailed accounts of a South Russian revolution based on government in formation. Claims allege Trotsky gains in Irkutsk, Zinovieff injured, mutinies at Odessa, and executions and arrests across Moscow and the Urals amid disputed Soviet order efforts.
Aug 9. Investigators press on for Don R. Blett murder clues amid McDermott’s evasion. Police think McDermott holds information on Blett’s assassins and may have been hired as a decoy to mislead, while Ora Slater vows to capture him and believes he can resolve the case now three weeks old.
In Chicago on August 9 burglars who failed to locate jewels and valuables in George White’s apartment piled his furniture into a stack and set it ablaze. Twenty-one families fled into the street as dense smoke billowed from the unit. The fire caused nominal damage and was quickly extinguished.
Radio listings preview evening programs across time zones. WEAF offers a 9 p. m. Eastern hook-up with the Ay sht Enveready orchestra. Ferre in Cincinnati. Davenport presents an organ recital. KGO Oakland hosts a band contest. WJZ New York features Minstrels and Keyston ers with daylight saving adjustments noted.
Four married couples in Williamsport share a large house, pool resources, and split duties to live on about 60 dollars a month per family. They rent together for 35 dollars monthly, furnish jointly, and fund a building fund from weekly 15 dollar payments. They aim to own a home before buying a car.
In New Brunswick detectives chase a lead from the so called Woman in Orange who claims to know two eye witnesses to the Hall Mills murders. Senator Simpson must secure a confession or witness to one, while James Mills faces questioning and federal aid discussions loom for cross state evidence.
Petitions circulated in seven Steubenville churches demand the removal of Mayor J. S. H. Patton and Police Chief Blaine E. Carter. The move marks the return to politics of former prosecutor W. R. Albans after fifteen years retirement, aiming to purge alleged vice sites listed with names and locations.
United Press reports from Mexico City describe sporadic violence after killings in Guadalajara where Catholics attacked police officials. Troops guarded churches while towns like Pengango Zamora and Zapacupa resisted authorities, with citizens refusing taxes and ongoing unrest.
Mrs. John W. Langley appears set to win the Kentucky congressional seat once held by her husband now jailed in Atlanta for violating the prohibition law. With Saturday’s primary results in, she leads Andrew J. Kirk in the Tenth district where no Democratic candidate exists and the GOP nomination means election.
Five men perished when the westbound Ohio State Limited struck a sedan on Harlem road death crossing near Buffalo New York Central trains. The victims named include Charles Smith 29 Williamsville Harold Krieb Cheektowaga Henry Link 25 Williamsville Roy Rope 62 Snyder and Arthur Pope 35 Snyder.
Sheriff Peter Hoffman supervised the destruction of a year’s moonshine haul seized from road houses and wayside emporiums in Chicago. He said the liquid emptied into the sewers and down manholes to the Chicago River, in the largest liquor seizure of the year, alongside $87,000 in slot machines and gambling devices smashed.
Eleven swimmers were recovered after a violent undertow swept 40 bathers at Brant Beach on Lake Erie. Rescue crews searched all night along Farnham shore as survivors described being pulled under and carried far out. Names of the dead include Ann Hartman and Hilda Timmonman, among others, with one unidentified woman reported.
Salem Kentucky August 9 More than 100 rescuers worked to reach five miners trapped 600 feet from the spar and zinc mine entrance. A diamond drill penetrated 45 feet of rock and must go 50 more to reach the shaft while giant pumps bail water from shafts into an underground lake.
The utilities commission in Columbus issued an order directing the Ohio Transit Co to show cause why its certificates should not be revoked for failing to carry passenger insurance. The company operates buses from Columbus to Lancaster and through Southern Ohio.
Aimee Semple McPherson, the evangelist, retreats to a mountain resort as a renewed grand jury investigation into her alleged kidnapping looms. She had abandoned plans to reenter Mexico to identify a shack tied to the case.
Cincinnati report says authorities opened a full investigation into the murder of Tony Colusi who was stabbed to death at Camp Sherman reformatory Friday night. The DA's office followed orders from Washington to examine all details of the killing.
Logan man F. B. Bahler of Logan suffered bruises when his taxicab collided with a loader at the roadster of Pat Connelly. He was taken to Grant hospital in the car of Joe Benedicto.
Columbus officials predicted a weak turnout in Ohio primaries with about 22 percent of 3,445,000 eligible voters expected to cast ballots. The focus centered on Republican governor candidates and the Democratic race for the U.S. Senate between Judge Florence Allen and former Senator Atlee Pomerene.
Columbus officials report the Ohio Coal Operators Association will hold a meeting in Columbus tomorrow to discuss plans for reopening Southern Ohio mines. The group formed about a month ago to coordinate mining operations.
New York has faced ten days of a sweeping cleaners strike as dyers and neighborhood tailors walk out. Closures emptied thousands of households of dress items and caused frantic crowds outside shuttered shops amid red strike notices.
Washington plans for increasing profits by efficient marketing methods were announced by A. W. McKay acting director of the new division of cooperative marketing. The division created in the Department of Agriculture by Congress after the McNary Haugen rider and the Fess substitute were defeated, will select a technical staff of 20 to 26 experts to aid cooperative farm organizations.
Early returns from state and local primaries will be announced from the Messenger building on Tuesday night. A special United Press service will provide first formal returns from across the state. The public is invited to hear the broadcasts and the starting time will be announced in Tuesday's issue.
Canadian and English swimmers attempted the Ederie Channel crossing last night but failed to complete the swim. The challenging channel proved too difficult for both competitors.
Aug 9 report shows Colonel Bernard Freyberg aborting his eight hour nine mile channel swim from Gris Nez due to cold while Gertrude Ederle cheered him on. Canadian Omer Perrault abandoned after motorboat miscommunication and a one and a half hour effort recalling a 1923 burn incident.
Williamstown, Aug 3. M Nicholas Politis former Greek minister to France told a conference the League of Nations could free Latin American nations from the Monroe doctrine. He cited Latin American delegates who favor submitting disputes to the league for arbitration rather than the United States and see it as a path to escape U S influence.
A strong earthquake shook Valdivia late last night, lasting about fifteen seconds. Details were not immediately available. Earlier on Sunday numerous tremors were reported across northern Chile.
Senator Heflin of Alabama urged consideration of Governor A Vic Donahey of Ohio for the 1928 Democratic presidential nomination. Donahey rose from state auditor to governor in 1922, and won re election in 1924 as Republicans swept nationwide.
Georges Clemenceau writes from his seaside home urging tolerance on war debts. He asserts France will not sacrifice freedom for debt payments and calls debt settlements complex beyond a simple balance. The letter, portrayed as a manifesto to America, echoes in Paris as a call for broader consideration.
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