03 Feb 1927
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1927
Page
1
A measure to create a state commission to regulate the mattress industry in Ohio advances. Lawmakers react with laughter when the sponsor reads the bill’s title in the House.
In Columbus, the 87th general assembly considers a state commission to regulate upholstery and mattresses as a health measure. A bill to make Armistice Day a legal holiday passes after debate about Groundhog Day as a holiday. A gasoline tax expansion would add about $500 daily revenue, and highway funding would gain total motor bus tax proceeds for infrastructure. Mayors and justices on salary replace fees are also discussed.
Mrs. Benjamin Hadzick remained jailed in Cleveland on assault and battery charges after an attack on a dry agent during a raid at her home. Trial was scheduled for February 14.
The Messenger promotes a forty page illustrated booklet on the film industry. It includes a history of the movies, profiles of people, and facts from the Washington Information Bureau. Available via coupon for a nominal price.
In Columbus on February 3 the senate's fees and salaries committee backed Senator Bender's bill to pay justices and mayors a salary instead of fees. Fees would go to county or village funds, with salaries set by county commissioners and village councils. Johnson of Youngstown also joined as a coauthor on the measure.
Delegations from five Athens county towns Athens Nelsonville Chauncey Trimble and Coolville plan to meet the state tax commission at 2 p m Friday in Columbus to discuss possible adjustments to reappraisements. The final outcomes remain undecided with only those districts under consideration. Representatives from Athens will come via the Athens Chamber of Commerce and other towns are expected to send observers.
President Coolidge greeted a group of champions led by the tenth champion cotton growers of the South and the “Corn King” Ira Marshall who raised 160 bushels to the acre in Hardin county Ohio. Senator Stephens of Mississippi introduced the group.
Washington February 3 The cloture rule used rarely in Senate history was revived today by farm and banking blocs to end the legislative jam in the upper House.
Dr F E Clark pastor of a small South Houston church was bequeathed 800000 by New York millionaire Willard Bassett for saving his granddaughters during a sea storm returning from Australia. The wind and waves battered the vessel as the family faced peril and the pastor acted to rescue them.
Funeral services for Joe Blakeley will be held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Canaanville church. Burial will follow in the cemetery at that place. The cortege will depart from 81 Sunnyside Drive at 1 30 Sunday afternoon.
Attorney General Edward C. Turner said he cannot form an opinion on applying debtors laws to liquor law violators serving jail terms for inability to pay fines until he reviews the Cleveland court of appeals record of yesterday's ruling. The decision upheld a common pleas court ruling and may set precedent. officials expect the matter to go to the state Supreme Court for review.
County records show from 9 887 automobile licenses sold last year 26 784 73 was returned to municipalities for road repair and construction while more than 53 000 was paid in license fees by Athens county residents. Athens city led with 2 465 cars and about 16 000 paid. Country districts totaled 3 596 cars with nearly 18 000 paid.
Jose Cravinho a barber in New Bedford Massachusetts was ordered to two months in jail for bobbing a woman's hair without her consent.
Garret Folsom lies dead after a bathing accident at a crowded beach. Ned Barron the Copper King stands nearby with Carmelita Vakion as Hfs guards carry the victim from the water. Follow the Messenger's sensational story to learn how, who, and why.
United Press reports Henry Ford as the world’s richest man, possibly worth 1.5 to 2 billion dollars. Detroit accountant Norval Hawkins says Ford has about 400 million in cash, excluding holdings in Ford subsidiaries abroad. The tax suit against Senator James Couzens and others seeks 36 million in back taxes, with defense witnesses portraying Ford’s rise and profitability.
A detachment of 251 Marines and 15 officers will depart Cavite in the Philippine Islands for Shanghai upon the arrival of the U S Gold Star in the Philippines, as informed to Secretary of the Navy Wilbur by Admiral C B Williams, commander-in-chief of the Asiatic fleet.
Columbus reports that 72 Logan Natural Gas and Fuel Company cities challenge property valuations used to compute rates. City solicitors argue the $52,000,000 valuation is nearly double the true value. New York engineer BE. G. Hill testified on valuation method while Cincinnati’s W. H. Weiss is to testify next.
Indicted in New Orleans on charges that John Alford and Webb Bellue of Amite La sold a family of five Negroes for $20 in 1926. They allegedly took Crawford Allen, his wife and three children from his home, transported them to Fluker and sold them to farmer F Hurst. Witnesses testified that such pre Civil War style sales occurred in Amite.
Columbus has the most widowers of any US city with about 25 000 widowers, according to Mrs Nel le B Stull national president of the Widows' and Widowers' club of Elyria who spoke in Columbus on February 3.
In Sulu six Moorhammedan women were found among thirty five bodies recovered from a battlefield after mortar fire destroyed the native stronghold. Princess Tarhata and her husband Datu Tahil, leaders of the defeated rebels, have eluded capture.
Treasury officials say Congress has not enacted medicinal liquor legislation so permits to distill prescription whiskey may be granted. One or two distilleries could receive permits under existing law, with fifteen applications already filed but no decisions yet.
A mine motor jumped the track at the Hocking mine near The Plains injuring Andrew Krivusti. His left arm was crushed near the elbow and he was taken to the Sheltering Army hospital at Athens. Krivusti is a World War veteran, single, living with his parents Mr and Mrs Michael Krivusti.
Senator Willis of Ohio introduced a bill to shift control of the Philippines and other U S island possessions from the War and Navy Departments to an independent civilian office of insular affairs. The legislation follows Carmi Thompson of Cleveland who recommended the plan in a survey on Philippine conditions ordered by President Coolidge.
Chicago, Feb. 38. Educational leaders of the Methodist church blame the vigorous pace of modern life and atheistic tendencies in education for rising student crisis reports. Dr. Marsh cites quest for thrills and lack of faith as dampening life purpose, while Dr. Hopkins cites atheism among instructors. Bishop Leete links social pressures to suicides among youth, noting excessive demands and weak parental control.
In the photo, the woman at right is Mrs Beulah Graham 29 the grandmother. Her daughter Mrs Jessie Widner shown above left became a mother at 14. The great grandparents reside in Fresno California while the mother and grandmother live in Oakland.
Two marooned sailors were rescued after their yacht ran ashore at the foot of a cliff and broke apart. The vessel was split to pieces in heavy surf, leaving both men stranded before rescue teams reached them.
Mrs Ray Bricker and Captain Louis Gros were stranded on a rock for fifteen hours when the 10 ton yacht Enterprise crashed into Santa Monica rocks in dense fog. Bricker organized help, a horse drawn cable lowered to the cliff, and both were saved before the vessel broke apart.
The federal jury will hear the Volkmer case in Cleveland after Elmer L. Volkmer is charged with sending a false financial statement through the mails.
In Indianapolis delegates close to an almost unanimous vote backed the wage committee report amid clashes with opponents. John L. Lewis defended the report praising union unity while warning against anti organizational rhetoric. Operators fear shifting the Miami conference location as the central field readies a new wage framework to bind both union and non union mines.
Ohio designated a Teacher Day with dates February 2 to February 17 by gubernatorial proclamation. The move, issued by Governor Donahey, marks a formal observance in the state for recognizing teachers.
A 15 year old girl, Paeiine Ivan, was assaulted by a youth as she returned home from a grocery store. The assailant demanded her directions to a fictitious address, struck her when refused, and fled.
A weather blurb reports a rise of twenty degrees in four hours this morning with temperatures near the high record for the date. The SE region records zero in the morning, noting a 1906 reference and Thursday temperatures in a brief summary.
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