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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1931
Page
5
Ohio Northern University officials announce a ten-year dancing ban will be lifted to allow dances twice weekly in sorority and fraternity houses pending trustees approval. Radio and phonograph music will be played every Friday and Saturday. all-university dances remain barred.
Athens High School honored the 1931 football squad at a Christian Church banquet led by acting captain Fitchard Atkins. Coach McKinley awarded letters to players including Dick Atkins John Bates Norman Severson Lewis Speiser Hijalmar Olson Albert David Paul Lowry Carl Van Dyke Jimmie Roach Dennis McDaniel Dick Corwin Dick Whipple Walden Kirk John Goodfel low William Kavlish and Edward Fields.
Chicago reports rail executives from the East, South and West move to start wage cut talks with 1.5 million union workers. initial demand of a 15 percent pay cut eyed to leverage bargaining while unions tie any reduction to unemployment relief and job condition improvements.
In Ganado Arizona a blizzard trapped 300 men women and children at the Presbyterian Mission. Three tons of coal reached the mission after a four mile snowbound trek but lasted only eight hours. Temperatures fell to 15 degrees below zero with more cold predicted and eighty one of the 800 patients at the mission hospital facing exposure risks.
Harvey McKinley bought fourteen pheasants for 100 dollars then fed them to children at a charity institution. Found guilty of possessing a large number of birds out of season, he cannot pay the fine and will serve jail time.
Radio lineup lists programs and guest names from 6:30 p.m. to 1:13 a.m. including Ray Perkins Lowell Thomas Argos n Andy Odette Myrti Phil Cook Eddie Rickenbacker Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra with various musical acts and talks.
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