Relief. Tax Levy Discussed at Courthouse Meetings
Athens County officials and city leaders in Athens and Nelsonville debated relief funding and prisoner care under Senate Bill 675. Officials urged a special legislative session, support for a five mill levy, and use of delinquent tax bonds to sustain county welfare during rising relief demands through 1940 and 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Dew
Nelsonville
Senate
van Scheik
Ohio
Cleveland
Toledo
Athens County
Athens
Dew
Cornell
Elliott
Board of Trustees of
the Children’s Home and Board of Public Assistance
O. C. Bird
Public Assistance Board
Prisoner Rescued From Blazing Chair Fire in Athens
Thomas Sloane of Cleveland, a plumber in town to seek work, was rescued from a second floor room in the Violet Flats by Lee Bell of Albany area. Bell dragged Sloane from smoke, shoved the burning chair out a window, and firemen put out the blaze. Sloane, intoxication charged, was fined 18.70 and held for investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens City
Thomas Sloane
Cleveland
Lee Bell
Albany
Sloane
Athens
Violet Flats
N. Court
W. State Sts
Bell
Broughton’s
W. State St
Charles Maple
Leslie Bradfield
Cliff Cornell
Levy Proposal for Welfare and Direct Relief On November Ballot
A committee drafted a four mill levy for welfare and direct relief, two and a half for welfare and one and a half for direct relief, to raise about 73 500 dollars over two years. The group will meet with Prosecuting Attorney Rose to finalize ballot wording and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Wingett
Children's Home
John Wyckoff
Labor Council
Harry Mettler
Tuberculosis Association
A. R. N. Truelson
Michael C. Kreider
Harold J. Rose
Francis White
George Holdren
Children’s Home
G. E Ashwill
Esta Lahue
John Dalton
Margaret McCutcheon
H. T. Rainey
Jessie Cooper
Drunk Driver Jailed and Fined in Richland Ave Case
Bernard Joseph Smith aged 30 pleaded guilty before Common Pleas Judge O F Rowland to driving while intoxicated on Richland Ave. He was fined 50 dollars and costs, ordered to 10 days in jail, and driving privileges suspended for six months. Patrolman J A Gosling testified to his erratic driving and arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Joseph Smith
Richland Ave
O. F. Rowland
J. A. Gosling
Smith
Skywriting Over Athens Ends With Injuries and Insight
Marion Wedge lies injured in a hospital bed after a solo endurance flight that critics call a stunt. The episode suggests aviation safety lessons and may influence Ohio University students to study there. Local pilots plan to attend the National Air Races. visitors and friends from Chicago and Parkersburg joined the Athens scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Wedge
Marion
Parkersburg
Jim Pilcher
Doc Shumate
McArthur
Athens Airways
Waco
Bernard Schwarzel
Athens Flying Club
Chicago
Neil Daniels
Paul Foley
Charles Rogers
Tax District Offices Consolidated and Moved After Abolishment
The Fifteenth Sales Tax District is absorbed by two districts as offices close. The Security Bank Building unit moves to Columbus Athens Meigs Vinton Gallia and Washington Morgan and Hocking Counties join the Portsmouth and Zanesville districts. Athens office opened in 1935 with manager Wayne Wingett and four to eight examiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Security Bank
Columbus
Athens
Meigs
Vinton
Gallia
Portsmouth
Washington, Morgan
Hocking
Zanesville
Wayne Wingett
Athens County
E. W. Stephan
Washington
Guernsey County
L. C. Brafford
Coolville
Ae Gladys Syx
Frank Ogan and Chauncey Arrested on Intoxication Charge
Frank Ogan and Chauncey were arrested on N. Lancaster Street yesterday morning by Officer Carman Church for intoxication. They were fined five dollars and costs today by Mayor Cliff Cornell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Ogan
Chauncey
N. Lancaster St
Carman Church
Cliff Cornell
McKinstry in Serious Condition After Emergency Surgery
Richard W. McKinstry of 305 Front East State Street underwent emergency surgery at Sheltering Arms Hospital Tuesday night and remains in serious condition today as announced by the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard W. McKinstry
State St
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Police Captain Shot in Springfield Home Death
Police Captain James R. Adams aged 53 was found fatally shot in the rear of his Springfield residence. He had been ill and died from a self inflicted gunshot wound according to initial reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
James R. Adams
Emmett Robinson Dies in Columbus Hospital
Emmett E. Robinson aged 47 a native of Athens County and longtime Columbus police officer died Wednesday at White Cross Hospital Columbus from peritonitis after an operation Funeral services set for Friday at two in Glenn L Myers Chapel with burial at Pataskala He is survived by his wife Lottie a son Paul B Robinson at home four sisters and other relatives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornell
Ralph Elliott
Board of Commissioners
Athens County
Charles Bayless
Athens
Dew
Robert Tompkins
Elsworth DeVore
Nelsonville
van Scheik
Emmett E. Robinson
Columbus
White Cross Hospital
Glenn L. Myers
Pataskala
Robinson
Lottie
Paul B. Robinson
E. Kossuth St
Kath
Family Obituary Notables Include Robin son Siblings
Erine Sterner and Miss Nellie Robinson are named in the obituary along with Mrs. Mary Butcher and Mrs. Floris Wilkins. The notice also mentions three brothers George, William, and Oral Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erine Sterner
Nellie Robinson
Mary Butche
Floris Wilkins
George, William
Oral Robinson
Kidney Trouble Relief Ad Pitches Gold Medal Haarlem
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Old Capsules to stop night urination and flush kidneys. It claims to relieve bladder irritation and lists additional symptoms such as backache and swelling eyes, urging readers to get the original Gold Medal Adv.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haarlem
Solvenized Tune Up Plan Promises Early Motor Care
The feature promotes Solvenized Tune-Up Treatment to reveal minor defects early and prevent costly repairs. It cites valve and carbon cleaning costs from 7 to 40 dollars and touts Puresol as an exclusive chemical in Pure Oil stations. The plan offers a half hour and one dollar to reduce excess carbon before using Solvenized Pure-Pep gasoline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pure Oil
Pure Oil Laboratories
C. F. Kendall
Kendall Distributing Co
Houston
Texas
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Board of County Commissioners
State Auditor's Office
Elberfelds
Pomeroy
Joe Hunter
Sport Oxfords
Women's New
Black and Brown Oxfords
Dad
Hill's Shoe Store
North Court
Cash Shoe Store
Ohio U
Ohio University
Belpre
Masonic Lodge No
Seventeenth
Masonic Officers’ Association
Dillon Crist
Alliance
Grand Lodge
Unio
Bradford Lodge
Congressional
Methodist
J. Fred Frazier
Belpre Lodge
J. A. Hayes
Webb Lodge
Stockport
Officers’ Association
Harold Pierce
Paramythia Lodge No. 25
Pierce
McKinstry
Emmett Robinson
Ada
Phi Delta Sy
Middleport
Clyde Trask
Berry
McCullough
Martin and Roller's
Midd
Kappa
Pomeroy Report
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Pure ON Co
U.S. Pat. of
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Columbia
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