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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1926
Page
5
Miss Flossie M. Perry and Mr. James H. Standall married at 9 30 this morning in the Christian church parsonage by Rev. M. E. Chatley. The couple reside in Nelsonville where they will live at home.
Prof. F. E. Lumley told the December convocation at Ohio State University that mankind should direct warlike tendencies against nature rather than against itself. He recalled how tuberculosis and influenza surged during World War I.
One passenger believed dying and eighteen others shaken severely when the New York to Chicago express on the Pennsylvania railroad derailed near Rockaway early today. The seriously injured passenger is George M. Allen of Detroit, suffering from a broken back. He was brought to Tiffin.
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Inquiries focus on foreign affairs oil and alien property matters. Cases hinge on how the new Senate handles these issues with potential impact on policy and governance.
Two new Senate investigations loom as Congress breaks for Christmas recess. One probes Mosul oil concessions tied to Lausanne treaty diplomacy and Standard Oil influence. The other, sought by Senator Borah, examines waste theft and fraud in $660 million of seized alien property.
Beatrice Meeney 50 died in Somerset hospital after a night siege at the Meeney farm in the Jutland mountains. About thirty troopers stormed the house with tear gas bombs, capturing Miss Meeney and brothers Timothy and James. James wounded in knee, Timothy kept guard. Two troopers wounded. Cattle feeding investigation by the 8 P C A sparked the crackdown.
Harold Croarkin heir to a wealthy family and confessed killer of 6 year old Walter Schmith plans to repudiate his police confession at trial asserting he was forced to confess to obtain sleep. Warden Fogarty reported Croarkin continues to claim coercion and will deny the statements in the confession.
Chicago December 23 A R John L Clements a livestock broker asks Chicago gangsters to reveal the whereabouts of his brother Hilary now missing as a Christmas present He believes Hilary is dead taken for a ride and says the family fears for his wife and mother while Hilary feared for his life after quitting illegal liquor last summer.
Washington dispatch reports House leaders see slim chances for an extra congressional session as Senate fast-tracks regular supply bills. If progress continues, Congress may adjourn before March, with eleven bills to be considered before January 36 and pending Navy Commerce and Labor reports after Christmas recess. Cincinnati note forecasts a prosperous 1997 amid improving business and financial life.
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