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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1937

Page

5

Blaze Threatens Amesville Block Destroys Two Buildings

A lighted match into a gasoline bucket sparked a fire in Amesville late Sunday afternoon. Two buildings including a Sunoco filling station and a barber shop were destroyed, with two more damaged. Total losses estimated near ten thousand dollars. Local fire crews from Athens and Trimble fought the blaze using hoses from a creek, preventing further spread.

Athens Messenger Athens Ohio Amesville Trimble C. A. Gardner Lee Hines G. L. Fleming Denzel Robinson Chapman and Moorehead D. O. Easier Grocery Fleming Sunoco Hines State Chapman and Moore Easler

Operation News From Sheltering Arms Hospital

Miss Ruth Burdette undergoes gall bladder operation. Mrs Gertrude Keefer and Mrs Mabel Jones had tonsil operations at Sheltering Arms Hospital Monday morning. Earl Schneider and Charles Pyle were admitted for toe amputation and broken leg treatment. Joan Johnston, age 7, discharged after observation.

Gertrude Keefer Millfield Mabel Jones Nelsonville Sheltering Arms Hospital Earl Schneider E. Union St Ruth Burdette Athens County Clerks of Courts Charles Pyle Columbus Hospital Sunday Creek Mine Joan Johnston McArthur

Dr J A Malone In Serious Condition At Mt Carmel

Dr J A Malone, Athens physician and surgeon, was reported in serious condition at Mt Carmel Hospital Columbus after being taken by ambulance Saturday He has been ill for weeks Mrs Malone accompanied him and relatives were summoned today Will Malone May Cabeen and Bradley Peck joined the hospital party England reports 250000 uninhabited houses in estimates.

J. A. Malone Athens Mt. Carmel Columbus Malone Will Malone May Cabeen Bradley Peck

Ironton Flood Devastates City as Refugees Shelter in Schools

Ironton residents flee 12 000 homeless out of 16 000 as floods engulf the city. Newspaperman Harry Blanchard and Athens National Guard units describe food transport, looter orders, and makeshift hospitals amid fires and wrecked buildings. Governor DeVey (Davi) addresses 800 refugees at Kingsbury School.

Harry Blanchard Ironton Thomas Henry N. Congress St Henry Blanchards Henrys McArthur Jackson Athens National Guard Blanchard Ohio Flood Chronicle Davey Kingsbury

Confidential shipboard interview narrows times of 8 curtain

Detective notes detail ship carpenter Jenes testimony on 7 30 to 8 30 last night about who passed through the forward companionway and the pantry door, naming Miss Rocksavage’s maid Nellie Orde and Ringbottom the cabin steward, with timing around eight o clock. The dialogue frames suspect movements as agents in a staged crime search.

Ringbottom Mr. Blane Miss Rocksavage Neame Kettering Syd Jenes Jenks Derringham The Southern Cross Steward's Pantry Mr. Ringbottom

Bruce Tom To Speak To 4-H Club Leaders

Bruce Tom, a rural sociologist, will address Athens County Senior 4-H Club leaders in a special meeting at the Athens Grange Hall on February 3 at 7 30 p m. A lunch will follow the discussion.

Bruce Tom Athens County Athens Grange Hall

Guard Unit Delivers Food for Ironton Flood Relief

Men of Battery C 134th Field Artillery Onto National Guard in Athens report flood relief work at Ironton. They describe loading food onto boats and trucks to pass high water, then moving supplies by land, with headquarters at Ironton High School. Quest and Shumway expect a two week or longer stay.

134Th Field Artillery Athens Onto National Guard Ironton Jack Quest Lloyd Shumway Battery Ironton High School Quest Shumway

Greyhound resumes through service to flood area

Public transportation is restored on U S Highway 50 as Capitol Greyhound lines resume through trips from Washington D C to St Louis for the first time since flood waters halted travel. Through schedules run daily in both directions with initial departure times noted by traffic manager C L Crum.

Ohio River Capitol Greyhound Line Washington D. C St. Louis C. L. Crum Capitol Greyhound Lines Cincinnati Greyhound Parkersburg Athens McArthur Chillicothe Aurora Lawrenceburg

Old Bolsheviks Die Before Firing Squads

Warsaw correspondent reports 13 men condemned to treason were executed by machine gun fire, including four once honored Old Bolsheviks, in a Wednesday verdict.

London U.P Warsaw Daily Mail

PTA Group to Meet in Beckley Apartments

The Study Group of the Central PTA will meet with Mrs Faith Williams at 8 Court St Beckley Apartments Tuesday evening at 7 30. Mrs Ira Harmon will be assistant hostess and Mrs Jack Quest topic leader.

PTA Central Faith Williams Beckley Apartments Court St Ira Harmon Jack Quest

Minister Clarke Reassigned to Des Moines Due to Ill Father

The rector of Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Athens Rev. L. W. Clarke has been called to Des Moines Iowa because his father is seriously ill.

L. W. Clarke Good Shepherd Episcopal Church Athens Des Moines

Vicks Plan for Better Control of Colds Reported Strong Results

A national study audited by ABA Accounts discloses that Wicks Plan for Better Control of Colds cut sickness from colds by over half and reduced school absences by about 58 percent. The four winter trials involved 17 353 participants with 87 physicians and 200 nurses. The plan emphasizes rest, open air, light foods, hydration, crowd avoidance, early use of Vatronal, and VapoRub with bed rest when illness strikes.

Aba Vicks VapoRub VapoRub Vicks Plan

Vicks Unusual Colds Clinic Report Available

The official report detailing Vicks unusual colds clinic methods and results is now issued as a booklet. Readers may request a copy from the Research Dept. at Vick Chemical Co. Greensboro North Carolina.

Vicks Unusual Vick Chemical Co Greensboro N.C

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