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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1930
Page
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In Detroit a gangland ambush wounds Inspector James J. Garvin and kills 11 year old Lois Bartlett as she stood on a friend's steps en route to school. The attack appears to be retaliation for Garvin's crusade against racketeers.
Detroit January 2 The man hunt for Fred Burke “most dangerous man alive” resumed across Michigan after a report of a man fitting his description leaving Kalamazoo with another man in a sedan. Police patrol routes into Detroit and statewide alert were issued as Burke is linked to the St. Valentine’s Day massacre and suspected in multiple murders and bank robberies.
Rhode Island Attorney General Oscar L. Heltzen announced an appeal to President Hoover to enlist Federal help in the inquiry into the Coast Guard fatal shooting of three alleged rum smugglers at Narragansett Bay. Heltzen returned from Washington and assumed directing the state investigation with assistant Benjamin M. McLyman.
Arthur Brisbane reports on market anxieties and the stock exchange mood while noting Ford’s strong start. The piece contrasts economic tension with a sense of progress as speed and innovation surface in transportation and finance.
A call to individual responsibility as 1930 starts, arguing that mass effort depends on each person choosing to act. The speaker uses Niagara Falls as a metaphor for collective power and warns that if too many people refuse to contribute, national progress will falter.
A fragment notes that years seem long for youth but quick for the old, reflecting on time passing and a reference to 1931. The text appears as a continuation from a prior page.
Rear Admiral Bradley E. Fiske defends William B. Shearer as misunderstood and maligned for naval propaganda work at Geneva. The World says Fiske will present Shearer when he speaks at Carnegie Hall about ten years of international intrigue against U.S. sea power.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Anthony of Union Furnace welcomed the first 1930 baby in the Hocking Valley a ten and a half pound son born at 6 30 a m on New Year s Day The prior year s last Athens baby of 1929 was the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Wills of McArthur born at Shetering Arms Hospital
Nolan Swackhammer and Eu gené Trace of the Ohio University basketball team will miss a Nelsonville game Friday night. Swackhammer denied knowledge of the contest and Trace is at his home in Zanesville.
Mrs. Harvey Albaugh, 57, died at her home here after a long illness. She is survived by her husband and three children Bert Albaugh of Coonville Harvey Albaugh of Mt. Vernon and Mrs Haze Bruce of Carbondale. Funeral services will be at Carbondale M E Church Saturday at 2 PM conducted by Rev Mrs M L Kimmey. Burial in Asbury Cemetery.
Press advices report police raids on Nationalist Party leaders in the Dutch Indies uncovered documents showing East Indies Nationalists taking orders from Russia. Dispatches say a Singapore Communist center was building an Extremist propaganda network to topple authorities across the Dutch Archipelago.
The Erskine trophy for college football championship was awarded with Notre Dame receiving 179 votes, Pittsburgh 41, and Purdue 2 in the final expert ballot announced by W. O. McGeehan, chairman. The award is presented annually by Albert Russell Erskine.
Ohio Penitentiary closed 1929 with a 603 net prisoner gain to 4,703 on December 31. Warden Thomas cited an average annual maintenance cost of 230 dollars per inmate. Of the total, 1,170 were paroled or transferred, 612 are serving life terms, 231 on first degree murder, 209 on second degree murder. College graduates total 61 and high school graduates 242.
Ohio reports seventeen deaths from various causes as New Year entries begin. Incidents include a homicide from a lover’s quarrel in Bucyrus, a Greyhound bus crash near Eaton killing two, a skating tragedy in Summit County, and other fatalities across Cleveland Toledo Cincinnati Kent Mansfield and Hamilton.
At Central Police Station 67 offenders faced the court. Robert Johnson, 50, told Judge Alva R. Corlett he had been arrested before but had never appeared before him. The judge remarked he had heard of him as a fine judge, then suspended Johnson’s sentence.
Edgard S. Jennings submitted his resignation as warden of Auburn Prison in Albany New York. The prison experienced two disastrous convict outbreaks last year and his departure was learned today.
Shelby dispatch reports Ralph Ward of Elida Ohio Power Company perished after contacting a high voltage line near hero. The fatal accident is under investigation with authorities documenting the incident and location details.
NEW LEXINGTON Jan. 2 After 24 hours of freedom Rolland Taylor 21 Clark County forger who escaped in a load of ashes from the Junction City State Brick Plant is again in custody Taylor rode with Thomas Paxton Junction City who recognized him Paxton turned him over to police at Zanenville who returned him to the brick plant.
Albert Hunter of Athens was fined ten dollars and cast after arraignment before Magistrate Carl H. Porter on intoxication charges. Unable to pay, Hunter was jailed in Athens County Jail after arrest by Constable Harry Junod on Tuesday.
Lindbergh, visiting St Louis, predicts 1930 will bring major aviation advances with continued flying by the famed pilot. He foresees night service on regular schedules and two way radio contact as key progress, noting South American routes present growing opportunities without rail competition.
AKRON Jan 2 Two Hoskins brothers Lore 19 and Eugene 7 drowned when they walked out on Hershberger Pond near Springfield Center to show daring. Other boys tried to help using a stick but it broke and the rescue attempt failed. Fire departments were notified.
The Athens County Board of Tax Revision met in the office of county auditor J. Clyde Edmundson to hear nearly a dozen complaints about property tax levels. Board members included auditor J. H. Grosvenor, commission president, and treasurer W. E. Moler.
Athens County commissioners consider appointing Bert Daugherty as superintendent of the Athens County Infirmary and adding him to the Athens County Farm Bureau. County officials and Farm Bureau representatives discussed potential benefits from cooperative purchases and sales to offset a $10 annual membership. The decision is slated for the January 7 commissioners meeting at the County Home.
Dora Sandee Bachman 50 a leading Columbus woman attorney died here after an operation two weeks earlier in the night.
Washington Jan. 2. Twelve United States district attorneys have resigned or been dismissed since March 4 due to a Justice Department survey. Fifteen vacancies must be filled soon. Mitchell denied Borah’s claim that 17 DAs fail to enforce prohibition. Turnover among assistants cited. salary increases sought to attract better men. Each term of a district attorney to be renewed after careful inquiry.
The State Department announced a convention between the United States and Great Britain defining the boundary between the Philippine Archipelago and the British protected North Borneo.
United States plans a third attempt within a decade to halt a naval race among the chief powers. Secretary of State Stimson leads the delegation to the London conference aboard the George Washington, aiming for partial disarmament while navigating France Britain and Japan positions.
A U S Labor official Francis I Jones foresees a tolerable 1930 employment outlook for Ohio with rising manufacturing activity and jobs in iron and steel, shipbuilding, rubber, pottery, and autos as new programs unfold. He predicts national labor mood will improve with the new year and a broad building program supporting employment.
Columbus reports strong progress in health relations between the State Department of Health and physicians. The state laboratory documented 98 undulant fever cases year, nursing work restructured by districts for better reporting, and collaboration with Ohio State University to establish a School of Public Health was encouraged by Dr Neal.
The Attorney General ruled that Criple lled children in state care are to receive hospital attention at county expense, directing Prosecutor Don W. Myers of Lorain County to arrange coverage.
The White House ladies are highlighted in a new booklet from The Athens Messenger. It features 62 pictures and biographies of Martha Washington Dolly Madison Mary Todd Lincoln Frances Cleveland and other First Ladies. Include ten cents with coupon for a copy titled Presidents Their Wives. City.
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