Unemployed Rally Demands Work in Athens County
A crowd of about 250 unemployed from Nelsonville Glouster Jacksonville Ames and surrounding areas marched to the Athens County Board of Commissioners in Athens. They read six resolutions calling for WPA projects and fair wages plus relief reforms as relief funds run short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Shafer
H. T. Davis
Relief Administration
Nelsonville
Glouster
Jacksonville
Ames- OR
Ee Ees
Athens
Unemployed League of
Athens County
Workers’ Alliance
Board of County Commissioners
Ira Whitmore
Walter Maccombs
John Southard
Henry Windle
Relief Office
Agnes Clark
Shafer
Onetime Ohio Teacher Dies
Bernard L. Jefferson, born March 10, 1887 in Danville Ohio, longtime English professor and former Ohio University faculty member, died. He held a PhD from Princeton 1914 and taught at Northwestern and Ohio University before joining the University of Illinois in 1927. Survived by wife Irma N. Williams and daughters Ruth Elizabeth and Jeanette Louise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Bernard L. Jefferson
University of Illinois
Ohio University
Jefferson
Danville
Ohio
Thomas Edward
Florence Frost Jefferson
Kenyon College
Princeton University
Northwestern University
Irma N. Williams
Ruth Elizabeth
Jeanette Louise
Russian ex premier Kerensky weds Lydia Tritton in Martin's Creek
Alexander Kerensky aged 58, former Russian premier, married Lydia Allen Tritton aged 33 of Brisbane Australia yesterday at Martin's Creek, Easton, officials said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easton
U.P
Alexander Kerensky
Lydia Allen Tritton
Brisbane
Australia
Martin’s Creek
WPA Radio Talk on Unemployed Issues Sets Aug 23
Howard O. Hunter of the WPA unveils Winter Over the Unemployed in a nationwide CBS broadcast from 9:30 to 9:45 p m Eastern Time on Wednesday August 23. Ohio WPA workers and local officials are urged to listen as wage hours and job duration changes affect about 160 000 state workers and about 100 million dollars in Ohio WPA projects. Stations include WADC Akron WKRC Cincinnati WGAR Cleveland WBNS Columbus WHIO Dayton WKBN Youngstown WHAS Louisville WGR Detroit WMVA Wheeling WMMN Fairfax WJAS Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard O. Hunter
WPA
CBS
Carl Watson
Ohio
Boards of Education
WADC
Akron
WKRC
Cincinnati
WGAR
Cleveland
WBNS
Columbus
WHIO
Dayton
WKBN
Youngstown
WHAS
Louisville
WGR
Detroit
WMVA
Wheeling
WMMN
Fairmont
WJAS
Pittsburgh
Armenian immigrant grows silk at home in Philadelphia
Mrs. Pirity Vartanian, born in Armenia, raises silkworms on the second floor of her Philadelphia home. She imports the larvae, feeds them with mulberry leaves, and maintains controlled temperatures to produce enough silk for about a dozen pairs of stockings every 45 days, despite odors and frequent illnesses among the worms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Armenia
Postpone Meeting of Democratic Women Club
The Women's Democratic Club meeting has been postponed until Monday August 28 due to many members being on vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Democratic Club
Charley Ball Demonstrates Quick Transit Maneuver
In Cleveland en route from New York to Detroit Charley Ball appears to reach his destination by simple string leisure pull, a demonstration of effortless travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
New York
Detroit
Charley Ball
Attendance Record High in Athens County Schools
Athens County schools report a 96.75 percent attendance rate for the past year the highest in county history Enrollment rose by 91 to 5716 under the guidance of Attendance Officer J G Russell Superintendent F J Taylor cites new Senate Bill No 99 expanding county supervision powers including longer teacher and superintendent contracts and a central purchasing agency for textbooks and supplies The board may accept or reject appointments with substitutes possible A newborn Ronald Wayne is welcomed by Curtis and Mrs McPherson of Athens R F D No 3 The Ohlen Bishop saw works fire in Lawrenceburg Ind causes $15000 damage
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Athens County
J. G. Russell
Taylor
F. J. Taylor
County Board of Education
Fairfield County
Death of Former Athens Resident Dios Mirai C H Swaim
Former Athens resident Dios Mirai C H Swaim died at her daughter’s home in Lincoln Nebraska last Saturday evening after four years of declining health. She leaves husband daughter and sister Eugenia May Liston of Seattle. Funeral services will be held in Lincoln Tuesday afternoon. Her son Donald preceded her in death two years ago.
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Mirai C. H. Swaim
Athens
H. C. Mardis
S. 26Th Street
Lincoln
Nebraska
Swaim
W. L. Jones
Eugenia May Liston
Seattle
Washington
Jones
Ohio University
Charles E. Kincade
Guysville
Stewart Cemetery
Urbana man arrested for failure to pay support
Charles Shields was arrested in Urbana by the Champaign County sheriff on a capital issued for failure to pay support for two minor children. He was taken to Athens jail to await further order, while on probation from the Athens County Common Pleas Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Shields
Urbana
Champaign County
Athens
Charles Evans
Harold J. Rose
Shields
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Evans
County fair mischief at Athens reveals horses and machines
A writer visits the Athens County Fair before opening day and describes stables full of horses, a track with a famed surface, midway concessions, a Ferris wheel, and a six armed “The Octopus” ride as curious highlights. The narrator foresees returning to judge prize pigs and cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Athens
West Virginia
Kentucky
Midway
Ohio Graduate Will Study in Old World
Professor W. T. Morgan of Indiana University History Depart depart for Europe on the Cunard liner Brittanic to study archives of manuscripts and state papers from the Queen Anne era in England and France during a semester leave. He graduated from Ohio University at Athens in 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Morgan
Indiana University History Department
New York City
Cunard
London
Morgan
England
France
Ohio University At
Athens
Wolf enters Marietta Business Institute in secretarial course
Donald Wolf son of Mr and Mrs R I Wolf of Coolville enrolled in the secretarial course at Marietta Business Institute last week He completed his high school training this spring at the Troy Township School
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Wolf
R. I. Wolf
Coolville
Marietta Business Institute
Marietta
Mr. Wolf
Troy Township
Nickel consumption in 1938 reaches 168 million pounds
In the first ten months of 1938 world usage of nickel across all forms totaled 168 million pounds, reflecting high demand in metals markets.
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Athens Messenger
Zanesville
Nelsonville Group
Sylvester Davis
Wesley Imes
Joseph Bagley
Workers Alliance
William Swindell
Alfred Harding
Chester Sanborn
Carl Hoisington
Don Davis
Peter Collins
Weds
Pirity Vartanian
Mdionna
Visalia
Calif
Oklahoma
Curtis McPherson
Athens R. F. D. No
Ronald Wayne
Ronald McPherson
Athens R. F. D. No. 3
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Ohlen-Bishop
Dios
Oscar
Fulton
City Hall
Dial
Bill McGraw
Herb Parker
Carter
C. E. Kincade
Kincade
Izetta Nichols
Trimble
Della Edwards
Charles Kincade
Savannnah Lodge
the Wizard OF
Athens, Ohio
Athens Ice
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