Wells Trial Opens as State Alleges Bribery Scheme
Prosecutor Rose outlines indictments against Whitmore Maccombs and others alleging bribes tied to county lime stone and roller sales. He details payments from Greene Pincelli and MacSwords with counts for solicited contracts while defense contends motives are resentful retaliation and denies any unlawful payments. The jury is seated from a special venire with 13 members named and alternates listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
Whitmore
Maccombs
John E. Greene
Flat Run Lime Co
Stone
Beasley
Greene
Board of Commissioners
Athens County
Gabriel Pincelli
Pincelli
Paul Watson
Southern Ohio Equipment Co
Zanesville
Commissioners
James MacSwords
MacSwords
A. B. Wells
Olive Tablets Promote Digestive Help
A vintage ad urges correcting habits and increasing water and fruit intake to prevent constipation. It promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a vegetable remedy aiding bowel movements and liver bile, claiming 20 years of use and listing prices of 15¢ 30¢ and 60¢ at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Edwards
F. M. Edwards
Pierce Appeal Set For March 26 In Columbus
State Civil Service Commissioner Gertrude S. Jones announced in Columbus that Vic Pierce of Athens will appeal his dismissal as manager of the Ohio State Liquor Store in Athens. The hearing, under Civil Service rules, will be held in the Columbus Courthouse on March 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude S. Jones
Columbus
Vic Pierce
Athens
Ohio State
Pierce
Civil Service
Charles H. Calkins
Isaac F. Radcliffe
Pomeroy
John Pennell
McConnellville
Armory Improvements Spend $2,260 at Athens Armory
To safeguard ammunition firearms and other National Guard equipment improvements costing $2,260 have been made at the Athens Armory. Three single steel doors and a set of double doors with double locks were installed along with a five cross bar two upright bar steel grill over every window. Shower partitions also added.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard
Athens
Braden to Meet Kootaga Area Scouts in Parkersburg
Mr Braden assistant national director of senior scouting based in New York City will meet scouters of the Kootaga Area Council on Saturday Feb 24 in Parkersburg The area includes Athens and Meigs Counties and nine West Virginia counties Scoutmasters from Athens and Meigs plan to attend Senior scouting is for all Boy Scouts over 15 The afternoon meeting will be at the First Lutheran Church and the evening session at the First Presbyterian Church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braden
New York City
Kootaga
Parkersburg
Athens
Meigs
West Virginia
First Lutheran Church
First Presbyterian Church
Guard Readies For Inspection Drill In Armory
In a second prep drill for a federal inspection Captain E E Carmichael drills Battery C 134th Field Artillery Ohio National Guard. Corporal Robert Ziegler leads three recruits in standing at attention while ten nights of drills teach facing rest uniform courtesy and marching with exams for a definite battery assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Carmichael
134Th Field Artillery
Ohio National Guard
Corp
Robert Ziegler
William Long
Columbus
Industrial Commission Suit Is Filed Monday
Goldie Duskey widow of John Duskey sues the Industrial Commission of Ohio in Common Pleas Court appealing denial of a workmen’s compensation claim. Duskey states her husband died July 21 1938 while clearing coal slate and dirt along a mine track and struck by a live wire. She filed the claim August 1 and was denied on grounds death not in course of employment. She seeks participation in compensation funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Pleas Court
Goldie Duskey
John Duskey
Industrial Commission of Ohio
Hocking Valley Mining Co
Nelsonville
Duskey
Industrial Commission
Driver Fined After Crash in Richland
Clarence Starkey of Athens was fined 10 dollars and costs for operating a vehicle without regard for others. He struck parked car of Mrs Nile Hines on Richland Avenue, with damages estimated at 150 dollars to Starkey’s car and 50 dollars to the Hines auto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Starkey
Stella Ave
Athens
Cliff Cornell
Starkey
Nile Hines
Richland Ave
Hines
Insurance Superintendent certifies Globe and Rutgers Fire Insurance
Ohio Division of Insurance certifies Globe and Rutgers Fire Insurance Company authorized for current year. Financials show December 31, 1938 assets 14,083,367.87 liabilities 5,195,719.59 net assets 8,887,648.28, capital 2,117,070.00, surplus 6,770,578.28, income 2,604, etc. Saint Paul Mercury Indemnity Company of Saint Paul listed with 1988 figures. John A. Lloyd signs with official seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Division of Insurance
Columbus
Ins
Globe and Rutgers Fire Insurance Company
New York
State of New York
John A. Lloyd
Ohio
Saint Paul-Mercury Indemnity Company OF
Saint Paul
Wilmington
Relief costs in Athens County cut 15 percent forecast
W H Hartsough of the State Welfare Department said Athens County relief rolls would drop 15 to 20 percent by February end versus December. He noted 400 to 500 homes to be visited, a new work relief program, and that employables must work out relief. Investigators reviewed 1,134 cases with 207 absent for interviews and 116 recommended dropped. 91 got time extensions, while removals accounted for $1,438 in monthly relief expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hartsough
State Welfare Department
Columbus
Athens County
Hartsough
Athens Band to Present Concert at Athens High
The Athens Junior-Senior High School Band led by Floyd K Prince and guest conductor W Dale Harper will perform February 22 at 7 30 p m in the Athens High auditorium. The varied program includes Beethoven Sousa and Wagner with a large instrumental roster and free admission for Athens City Schools students. general admission is ten cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Athens High
Floyd K. Prince
Athens High School
W. Dale Harper
Euclid Central High
Cleveland
Achilles
St. Clair
Niobe
de Robertis
Logan
Goldman
Penn
The
Boys Glee Club
Fulton
Pavanne
Gould
Mary Graham
Jack Grover
Fauntelle Martin
Mary Parkis
Richard Swartz
Bob Darst
Orland McPherson
Billy Lewis
Darrell Burdette
Robert Mathews
Helen Radford
Freda Young
Lois Shields
Mary L. Brown
Gene Kissner
Joe Dilley
Willard Reeder
James Abraham
Frances Alexander
Jane Maccombs
Betty French
Martha Hoisington
Richard Chapman
Glenis Junod
John Reed
Kyle McAfee
Dolores Whaley
Cletus Hart
Dent Williams
Jean Kilpatrick
James Duncan
iRobert Vercoe
Bob Landis
James Porter
Wanda Coots
James R. Williams
George Maxwell
Duane Deem
Marion Wood
Dick Paynter
Emanuel Charonis
Harold Barker
Charlene Coursey
Robert Wakefield
Willard Brown
George Thomas
Billy Lee
Richard Dent
Foster Hawk
Oryn Secoy
Dorothy Pickett
Herbert Junod
Teddy Dean
Ann Maccombs
Coover Staats
Melvin Green
Gene Schuster
Anna Maxwell
Fred Rosser
Bernadine Terrell
Harold Robson
Bob Michaels
Elza Wyatt
Jubas
Eugene Clendenin
Berkeley Frost
Joe Fields
Robert Liggett
Athens City
O. L. Wood
Red Men Will Initiate Class of 30 Candidates
The Athens Red Men Lodge plans a Washington's Birthday program at the lodge hall on West Washington Street starting at 7 30 on Thursday. A class of 30 candidates will be initiated. A dance for members and families follows the event Saturday night at the hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Red Men
Washington
W. Washington St
Miners of Millfield to Hold February Meeting
Local No. 1205 United Mine Workers will meet Friday February 23 at 3 p m in the wash house of Mine No 6 at Millfield. W A Bell president and Herman Theisen Jr secretary announced the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMWA
Millfield
W. A. Bell
Herman Theisen, Jr
FDR Fishes in Pacific Aboard U S S Lang
President Roosevelt fished in Pacific waters off Costa Rica aboard the U S S Lang today. The trip highlights wartime patrols and naval activity in the Central Pacific theater with FDR aboard for a daylight excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FDR
Pacific
U. S. S. Lang
U.P
President Roosevelt
Costa Rica
Central Students Stage The Little Cook For Washington Birthday
Third graders at Central Grade School presented a play titled The Little Cook in honor of George Washington's birthday. Cast included Maxine Moore, Tommy Powell, Lindall Woolley, Peter Young, Bobby Fisher, and many others with costumes handmade by the students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grade
George Washington
Cook
Maxine Moore
Tommy Powell
Lyndall Woolley
Peter Young
Bobby Fisher
Mitchel Abraham
Harry Graham
Charles Hunsicker
William Nickoson
William Gaskins
John Rosser
Charles Hoffman
Robert Nida
Patsy Rohrer
Athens Trio Fined For Stealing Coal
Three men Edward Spencer George Tate and Willard Thompson were arrested by B and O Railroad Police and pleaded guilty before Mayor Cornell. They were fined five dollars and costs each for stealing coal from railroad yards as large coal losses at the station yards prompt Lt Jones to tighten watch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. R. Jones
Cornell
Edward Spencer
Riverside Drive
George Tate
Depot St
Willard Thompson
Washington St
Jones
Local Boy Injured in Friday Fall
Jesse M. Linscott of 12 Fern Street was taken to the Veterans Hospital in Huntington West Virginia after fracturing a leg on Friday. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter Alice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse M. Linscott
Fern St
Veterans’ Hospital
Huntington
W. Va
Alice
Scout executive to speak at Shafer Co camping meeting
Mr. R. D. Dalrymple, a Boy Scout executive, will address the camping committee at The C. D. Shafer Co office this evening at 7 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Dalrymple
Boy Scout
C. D. Shafer Co
25 Columbus Planes To Land in Athens Sunday
A convoy of 25 to 30 private airplanes from 40 h p Cubs to high power five passenger planes is slated to land at Athens Municipal Airport Sunday morning February 25 between 9 30 and 10 o clock. The Ohio State University Flying Club plans a breakfast tour to Athens to promote private flying and foster fellowship among flyers and Ohio University Student Pilot Training Corps members. Arrangements involve Athens Aero Club university officials and Berry Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Municipal
Ohio State University Flying Club
Athens
Ohio University
Athens Aero Club
Ohio University Flying Club
Berry Hotel
Columbus
Uled
Port Columbus
Norton Field
Ohio State
University Armory
Ned Mape
Band Plays at East Assembly at East Side School
The first of two weekly assemblies at East Side School featured a flag and standard gift from the PTA. The East Side School Band directed by Miss Clara Kuenzli performed several numbers including solo and chorus pieces. The program closed with a talking motion picture The Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Side School
William H. Herbert
PTA
East Side
Clara Kuenzli
Joseph Truipp
Ted Neutzling
Charles Wise
Max Duncan
Paul Vercoe
Conrad Josten
Wendell Drake
John Good
June Reeder
George Beasley
Sallie Hawkins
Jo Ellen Young
Caroline Herbert
Danny Morrison
Nancy Smith
Judith King
Marie Farley
Esther Easterling
Virginia Dabritz
Clara Bowser Funeral Held Thursday in Lancaster
Funeral services for Clara Bowser, 59, of 144% W Washington St, will be Thursday at 2 30 PM at Frank Smith Funeral Home Lancaster. Burial at Forest Rose Cemetery. Bowser found dead in bed with death due to heart ailment. Athens friends may call at Dowler & Ferguson Funeral Home this afternoon or evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Bowser
Washington St
Frank Smith
Lancaster
Forest Rose
Miss Bowser
Athens
Dowler & Ferguson
Taft Club To Meet In Athens This Thursday
The Taft for President Club will hold a meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Council Room of Athens City Hall presided over by Mayor Cliff Cornell. Fifty charter members are enrolled and the club invites more to join as the membership list remains open for new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Athens City Hall
Cliff Cornell
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Wells
Dentes
the Board of Commissioners
Warren Ross
Eve Gullum
Bertha Wagoner
Carrie Hill
Hattie Jackson
Alberta Grones
Ada Ashby
Charles Weltzheimer
Gilmore
Yosemite Run
Studebaker
Gilmore-Yosemite Run
C.I.T
Stratton Auto Sales
Fern Street
Athens, Ohio
Frank Braden
Richland
AHS Band
Central
Shafer’s
Aladdin
Cullen W. Irish
Byron Danford
Robert Gamertsfelder
Kenyon College
East Assembly
Taft Club
Western 52
Southern Life Insurancce Cc Company
United States
Federal Land Bank
Western & Southern
Family Security
H. A. Elkins
Lawrence Bidg. S. Court
EF. Union Sts
Vicks VapoRub
VapoRub
VapoRus
Pst Speneta SS
Wm. A
Mootz Bakery
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