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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1928

Page

8

Congressional Leaders Debate Kellogg Treaty Naval Bill and Farm Relief

Congressional leaders spend the holiday recess amid a tangle over the Kellogg treaty the naval bill and farm relief. Hoover’s planned extra session after March 4 and moves by Borah Reed and others threaten to delay ratification of the treaty and passage of key measures as eight weeks remain in the current session.

Paul R. Mallon Borah Tolaho Warits Reed Missouri McNary Senate Agriculture Committee Senate Congress

Woman kills herself and two children after fight

CHICAGO December 29 Mrs Mary Zehradnik killed herself and her two children after a quarrel over breaking her husband's nose in a fist fight. When Joseph Zehradnik returned home he found the house sealed with the gas on and the family dead from asphyxiation.

Chicago Mary Zehradnik Joseph Leo

Postoffice Sees Postcards Survive Christmas Rush

Athens Postoffice anticipates a surge of Christmas cards as Ohio University resumes January 7. Mail clerks report a slack period during vacation with 10 employees homebound, waiting for the after Christmas rush of pen to card shipments. The reading notes many cards carry misread phrases like Arrived safely due to faulty handwriting.

Athens Postoffice Ia Ohio ‘University Postoffics Liz

Buckisy Seeks Probe Admission Before Federal Grand Jury

State Treasurer Berty Buckisy said he would ask Federal District Attorney Hareth E. May for permission to appear before the federal grand jury amid the Cincinnati breweries investigation. Buckisy aims to quell rumors but did not reveal the testimony he plans to offer.

Columbus Berty B. Buckisy Hareth E. May Cincinnati Cincinnai Breweries Buckley

Rybolt Rumored for Welfare Director Post in Cooper Cabinet

In Cleveland on December 22 three times Akron mayor D C Rybolt was reported as offered the welfare director job in Governor-Elect Myers Cooper's cabinet. Rybolt's acceptance reportedly hinges on work to settle his business affairs before taking office. Cooper met with Rybolt and his brother during the Cleveland visit.

Cleveland D. C Rybolt Akron Myers Cooper

Indicted Adams County News Editor for Election Fraud

Roy A. Knangs 30, editor of the Adams County News, charged with certifying falsely and forging board of elections names. Grand jury returned two secret indictments over irregularities tied to a short term judicial contest. Sheriff said Knauff confessed fraud prompting a special grand jury session.

West Union Board of Elections Roy A. Knangs Adams County Board of Elections Adams County News Knauft E. S. Willis Wellston J. 5. Thomas Portsmouth Thomas Knauff Walter White

Amnesia Man Arrested After Jail Address Change

A Pole wrongfully detained on Court Street by Captain Maple was released after failing to identify himself. A second arrest near Peach Ridge found him sleeping at a home. an identification card read Cheater Lamping from Clarksburg West Virginia. He claimed amnesia and was to be sent there for custody.

Court Street Charles Maple Esty Jal Philip Chauncey Lamping Clarksburg W. Va

Hold Dry League Leader for Term

Indianaplis reports that Dr BE B Shumaker superintendent of the Indiana Anti Baioon League was ordered by the Supreme Court to serve a 60 day contempt sentence and was arrested by Sheriff William Reasoner. Dry leader attorneys filed in Federal Court for a writ of habeas corpus.

Indianapolis Ind BE. B. Shumaker Indiana Anti- Baioon League Supreme Court Yeaterday Ito William Reasoner Dry Leader

Damage Suit Before Ohio Supreme Court in Double Tragedy

In Columbus the Ohio Supreme Court weighs a damage action stemming from a 1926 double tragedy near St Clairsville. First National Bank of St Clairsville, as administrator of Thomas Butler’s estate, appeals a lower court judgment awarding $2200 to John D. Hays, administrator for Mary Pogacich’s estate. The bank argues Butler and Pogacich were murdered, and Hays contends Butler killed Pogacich before himself.

Columbus St Clairaville Ohio Supreme Court First National Bank of Thomas Butler Joseph Butler Hays Butler

Alfred Smith Ends Social Life as Governor

AULBANT NY December 29 Governor Alfred E Smith prepares for final social events of his administration. The Albany Chamber of Commerce hosts a farewell party at a major hotel while a Smith family reunion with about twenty friends marks his fifty fifth birthday tomorrow. The inaugural Ball on New Year's Eve appears to be his last social activity as governor.

Aulbant N.Y Alfred BE. Smith Albany Chamber of Commerce Smith

Indiana Anti-Saloon League Leader Sentenced for Contempt

Indiana Supreme Court overruled a pardon by Governor and ordered E. H. Shumaker back to the State Farm to serve a 60 day jail term for contempt after he allegedly called the court "wet" in his annual report for The American Issue. The decision cites override of pardon by Gov. Eid Jackson.

Indianafolie Ind U.E Indiana Supreme Court Eid. Jackson Shumaker Indiana Anti-Saloon League State Farm Anti-Saloon League

Abandon Hopes Of Settlement In Naval Row

Washington reports that hopes for a settlement of the Anglo American naval controversy at the League of Nations disarmament conference have been abandoned. Diplomats see possible room for a British policy shift ahead of the 1931 Washington Arms Conference renewal, tied to a British general election in 1922 and parts of the public not fully backing the conservative government's policy.

Washington United States

Follies Girl Wins In a Divorce Suits

Tessie Brown Semple former Zeigfeld girl wins divorce from husband Joseph P. O'Donnell in Cleveland. The 23 year old accuses neglect and lack of support. They share a one year old son, FP. J. O'Donnell. Judge J. Pearson presides.

Cleveland Tessie Brown Semple Zeigfeld Joseph P. O'Donnell J. O'Donnell Miss Semple Bross iPleas 4. J. Pearson Young O'Donnell

Senator-Elect Vare Heads South for Health

Philadelphia report says Senator-Elect William B. Vare sped southward by doctor order to save his life after a serious setback from a recent illness. Dr Ellwood Kirby stated the move followed months of confinement at his summer home and rising questions about his grip on Philadelphia Republican politics as he left Atlantic City for St Lucie Florida.

Philadelphia William Vare Ellwood Kirby Vara Atlantic City S J. Lucie Fla

Newly Wed Artist Dies After Poisoning and Bomb Found

UB-Don I. Bailey a 24 year old artist and former Ohio State student, recently married, drank poison and died in Milan. A woman named Irene Schreiner, tied to a musical academy, was found dead in Vespucci Palace with bombs uncovered nearby. One bomb timed for 7 am and another found in an automobile, as police investigated a possible despondency over a refused move to Chicago.

South Sunset Chi

Federal Judge West sworn for Northern Ohio District

Mixed article fragment reports judicial appointment in Cleveland with oath taken by Judge Denison of Cincinnati. Mentions Samuel H West becoming federal judge, vacancy filled, date December 22. Also scattered notes on radio features and traffic law reforms with unclear connections.

Cleveland U.F Samuel H. Weat Ohio Denison Cincinnst Los Angeles Eral Motors Nour Fieds Eapel Rons Jane Miz Irta Ahd Netonke Sidnig Tychines

Double Funeral for Influenza Victims

Double funeral services were held today for Mrs. William McCormick a 36 year old influenza victim and her sister Misa Ursula Phoebs Boyer 78 who died yesterday from pneumosis after nursing Mrs McCormick. They were daughters of Benjamin and Rachel Boyer early Crawford County settlers.

William McCormick Misa

Radio Picture Brings Arrest For A Forger

New York police used a radio picture to locate and capture Jose Encarnation, a forger accused of forging over $20,000 in checks. Encarnation fled on the Hoea Maru toward Hawaii, was traced via San Francisco and Honolulu, and arrested when the liner docked.

New York Jose Enncarnation Encarnation Hawaii San Francisco Honolulu

Rybolt Offered State Purchasing Agent Post

Columbus dispatch confirms Akron former mayor D C Rybolt was offered the state purchasing agent position by Governor-Elect Myers Cooper. Spokesman denied any offer for state welfare director and noted Rybolt met with the governor-elect in Cleveland.

Columbus U.pr D. C. Rybolt Akron Myers ¥. Cooper Nor Rybolt J. Cooper Cleveland

201 Are Arrested In Cleveland Raid

Cleveland police sweep arrests 201 suspects after 18 murders in December. 1,100 officers raided dens and dives, arresting those unable to show lawful means of living. Four detained suspects face immediate charges. the roundup aims to curb crime but no murder solutions yet.

Cleveland Central Police Station Jacob Graut

Proves Love During Ten Month Absence

Mrs Gordon B Kinsey a beauty contest winner who left her husband a Louisville Ky attorney on their bridal night ten months ago to pursue a companionate marriage was reunited with him in New York Dec 29 She arrived from Europe on the De Grasse and learned he had missed her at the pier before meeting him at his hotel concluding they are now more in love than ever

New York Gordon B. Kinsey Louisville Europe de Grasse Hinsey

Bandits Hold Up two Bank Messengers in Boston

Three bandits with revolvers robbed two Rockland National Bank messengers outside Hood Milk Terminal in Mattapan yesterday. They seized a money bag containing about 10000 and escaped in a waiting car.

Boston Hood Milk Mattapan Rockland National Bank of

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