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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1926
Page
7
In Elyria on December 1, the grand jury refused indictments for John Pekras and V O Woodward after they were arrested for operating theaters on Sunday. Leaders of the drive to close amusements said they will press the issue to Governor Donahey and Attorney General Crabbe.
Report states three men are in custody in Wapakoneta today as suspects in a bank hold up attempt. Authorities described the trio as the men who tried to rob the bank, with details incomplete.
Columbus December 1 William M James president of the motion picture theater owners of Ohio comments on Elyria blue laws move He says until a state church exists the state should not deprive people of other places to spend Sunday He notes Ohio has a censor ship board to pass movies and argues it offers protection for the public He adds it’s better for youths to attend movies than idle or antisocial gatherings.
It was reported from Capetown that American doctors Magoon and McMillan, lost last week in Angola, West Africa, have communicated with authorities from Lobito announcing their safety. The report says they intend to depart for Capetown this week.
In Columbus on December 1 police fished a cistern at Joseph Harris using a 12 foot pole and two nails as hooks. They recovered two gallons then five gallons of whisky, then thirteen sacks totaling fifty gallons. Jurrig pleaded not guilty and his case was continued.
The State Department announced that control of customs houses is a native matter and not a concern of the United States, aligning with Chinese nationalist demands and potentially widening gaps with other powers. In Los Angeles, police report three Hindu smugglers arrested near the Mexican border, suspected of involvement in threats against the Mahrajah of Indore.
London dispatch reports a settlement of the coal mining dispute that paralyzed British trade for nearly seven months. Miners in Cumberland vote today with expected approval to return to work as more than 70,000 miners resumed pumping coal. Normal winter train service also began returning to normal.
Ben H. Williams aged 67, a Civil War era Rough Rider and Kenyon College alumnus, died at his farm west of Norwalk. Williams was active in Grange and Farm Bureau work and was a prominent figure in Iowa agriculture.
A vintage drugstore ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast cure for sour stomach and acid dyspepsia. It claims near instant stomach relief and calm after meals, with a 40 cent package available at drugstores.
Paris dispatch says former Crown Prince Carol as private Romanian citizen may meet or follow Queen Marie to King Ferdinand's bedside in Bucharest. A royal proclamation declares Carol shall never inherit the throne. Carol may visit his mother at the Ritz hotel where Queen Marie Princess Tieana and Prince Nicholas arrived from Cherbourg.
Cleveland telegram reports Patrolman John Polly has led Willowick crime control for six weeks solo after the disappearance of Police Chief N B Bliss. No further details were given, but authorities describe the situation as unsettled. The note cites a United Press dispatch from Cleveland dated December 1.
More than 250 members of cooperative clubs from Pittsburgh Cleveland Cincinnati Detroit Buffalo Washington Pa Dayton and Columbus will meet here today.
Former Linndale village mayor Harry E. Dorsey and five other men go on trial in federal court in Cleveland on charges of conspiring to violate prohibition laws. Dorsey also faces a tariff violation count tied to liquor smuggling.
J B Cover cashier of the Farmers and Merchants bank of Williamsburg is listed in the initial effort to identify an individual in a Cincinnati fraud case. The report notes his banking role and association with Williamsburg.
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